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Techno spy action anime from BONES! From the director of Wolf's Rain!! A talking cat with a wireless network!!! SOLD.

Originally Posted by wao

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Production

Spoiler for Saving space:

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There were many difficulties because everything from the characters to the atmosphere/worldview had to be created from scratch [or so they say, anyway], and furthermore while the number of anime has been continually increasing, less and less of them are original projects [i.e. not based off manga or an original work (gensaku)]

"While I do think it's true that it's easier to make things based off existing material, I also believe that for all the extra work that you have to put in, you should get a correspondingly more interesting and unique result. That's something I would like to express, I think" [I don't know who said this, it's probably the director or character designer.]

Fascinating comments, the last paragraph in particular shows why BONES remains one of the most exciting and inspiring anime studios. They want to produce original IP despite the commercial pressures to adapt manga, games etc...and this is why we get gems like Eureka 7. Hopefully DtB will be something memorable. I'm hoping for something like Kurau: Phantom Memory as I'm getting similar sort of vibes from the visual style.

Originally Posted by wao

Anyway, the following info is taken from Newtype Jan. and also from the Darker than Black website both.

Any chance of a scan? My Newtype is still 'lost' in the Christmas mail.