Tokyo Babylon (cancelled)

[Mad Pierrot]

You know, considering Clamp's tendency to make crossover, I wouldn't be surpised if Yuko happens to appear in this anime for one episode. I mean doesn't she reference Subaru in the beginning of xxxHolic?

[saya_leviathan]

https://twitter.com/chibiyuuto/statu...98512778420225

Main cast was announced:
Shouta Aoi as Subaru Sumeragi
Nana Mizuki as Hokuto Sumeragi
Yuichirou Umehara as Seichirou Sakurazuka

https://twitter.com/chibiyuuto/statu...02752833900544
Also, Shouta Aoi will sing for the opening theme while Nana Mizuki will do the ending theme.

https://twitter.com/chibiyuuto/statu...04807409512451
The show will premiere on April 2021.

Here's also another trailer with the voices:

YouTube

https://youtu.be/tlKvElScvRE

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The staff list is also out:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-debut/.166505

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by saya_leviathan

https://twitter.com/chibiyuuto/statu...98512778420225

Main cast was announced:
Shouta Aoi as Subaru Sumeragi
Nana Mizuki as Hokuto Sumeragi
Yuichirou Umehara as Seichirou Sakurazuka

https://twitter.com/chibiyuuto/statu...02752833900544
Also, Shouta Aoi will sing for the opening theme while Nana Mizuki will do the ending theme.

https://twitter.com/chibiyuuto/statu...04807409512451
The show will premiere on April 2021.

Here's also another trailer with the voices:

YouTube

https://youtu.be/tlKvElScvRE

Sorry; dynamic content not loaded. Reload?

The staff list is also out:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-debut/.166505

the Seiyu seem well cast for their characters. Hokuto looks less cute compared to the manga, but it works here .

[Guardian Enzo]

It's kind of hard to muster much enthusiasm for anything GoHands is attached to, TBH. But you hope for the best.

[shmaster]

I went OH NO out of pure reflex the moment I see Aoi Shota is listed among the cast.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by shmaster

I went OH NO out of pure reflex the moment I see Aoi Shota is listed among the cast.

OTOH, Nana Mizuki as Hokuto.....

[Mad Pierrot]

While I think Aoi Shota can make a good young Subaru, I kinda wonder if he can give him a different adult tone for his adult persona. Even the CD Drama of X involves a story where Seishiro says that Adult Subaru is almost nothing like his teen persona. To make it even more important, Adult Subaru was voiced by Sugita in X's tv series where there was a more masculine tone almost brooding. Curiously, X was one of Sugita's first works.

[saya_leviathan]

The anime is postponed due to the characters' costume designs which they copied without permission
https://twitter.com/tokyobabylon21/s...32795279925249

For more context, this was the issue last month after the trailer's release.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/int...s-doll/.166629

And it's not the first time GoHands did that. So, yeah, they're probably going to redo the costume designs. Hopefully, they'll use the costume designs that CLAMP made.

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by shmaster

I went OH NO out of pure reflex the moment I see Aoi Shota is listed among the cast.

Miyu Irino would have matched better.

[Mad Pierrot]

What a disappointing Christmas present GoHands. Couldn't they simply ask to have Clamp to update Subaru and Hokuto's designs rather than copying? It's a miracle Tokyo Babylon it's still in development based on certain laws in Japan though.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by saya_leviathan

The anime is postponed due to the characters' costume designs which they copied without permission
https://twitter.com/tokyobabylon21/s...32795279925249

For more context, this was the issue last month after the trailer's release.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/int...s-doll/.166629

And it's not the first time GoHands did that. So, yeah, they're probably going to redo the costume designs. Hopefully, they'll use the costume designs that CLAMP made.

Uh....Can't they just like.....I dunno, have CLAMP design new stuff?

[Cloudedmind]

Oh man, I kept wondering why Subaru's outfit looked familiar. But, I just chalked it off to general styling for that type of outfit. But, that is some blatant level of copying.

[Cosmic Eagle]

But let's be fair.....GoHands may copy a lot, but saying Neko's outfit; one of the most common every day outfits ever, is copied, is a bit stretching it

[Kakkou]

Even if the outfit is fairly common and not exactly the same it's pretty obvious they straight up copied that photo for what should've been a pretty simple pose.

[saya_leviathan]

The show's canceled due to plagiarism issues and the lack of trust with GoHands. CLAMP and Kadokawa are now planning to restart the project with a new production committee.

https://chibiyuuto.com/2021/03/28/br...ets-cancelled/

[Guardian Enzo]

GoHands really should be shut down. They're an affront to decency.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by saya_leviathan

The show's canceled due to plagiarism issues and the lack of trust with GoHands. CLAMP and Kadokawa are now planning to restart the project with a new production committee.

https://chibiyuuto.com/2021/03/28/br...ets-cancelled/

WHAT.....THE.....FUCK



No seriously.....what. This is from that issue earlier? How the hell they went from producing Mardock to...this? Who left along the way?

[LG-MAX 2.o]

Fucking Lame.

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by saya_leviathan

The show's canceled due to plagiarism issues and the lack of trust with GoHands. CLAMP and Kadokawa are now planning to restart the project with a new production committee.

https://chibiyuuto.com/2021/03/28/br...ets-cancelled/

Wow, I was not expecting the production to crash and burn this hard .

Hopefully whatever happens next is a better fit for adapting the material.

[Guardian Enzo]

GoHands is basically what every production studio will be in ten years if the production committee system continues to tighten its influence unchecked.