2006-12-30, 16:12 | Link #1 | |
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Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula
Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula (Apo Mekhanes Theos Gigantic Forumula) Broadcast: 2007 (sometime) Site: www.gigantic-f.com Based on the original story by Kimura Hidefumi (Kiddy Grade). Directed by Gotou Keiji (Kiddy Grade), original character design by Kadonosono Megumi (Kiddy Grade), character design by Yabuno Kouji (Kamichu). Animation duties by Brains Base (Kamichu). Mecha designs: Ikuto Yamashita (Isthar 12) Junya Ishigaki (Griffin 6) Kanetake Ebikawa (Vulcanus 1) Katsushi Murakami (Jupiter 2) Kazumi Fujita (Vulcanus 1) Kazutaka Miyatake (Xuan Wu Shen #3) Kimitoshi Yamane (Minervas XI) Kunio Okawara (Chronos 0) Shingo Takeba (Ceres 4) Shinji Aramaki (Nephthys IX) Shoji Kawamori (Yunowa VIII) Takeshi Takakura (Chiron the 5th) Yasuhiro Moriki (Susano-o 10-shiki) Yutaka Izubuchi (Diane 7) Story: Quote:
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2006-12-30, 23:10 | Link #2 |
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The animation does look impressive, then again, it seems to be the usual case for any mecha adaptation. I think the only time I was impressed by any form of mecha, was in the Future Boy Conan. Those things were hilarious. Anyway, animenfo has this to say in the following:
The human race has recovered from the cataclysmic disaster now known as the "Equator Winter". Now, each country begins to battle one another with robots to establish the new world order. A 13-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl operate Japan's robot.
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2006-12-31, 07:36 | Link #3 | |
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Gah I'm way off-topic. Anyway Gigantic Formula (or should we call it Gunchu ) looks very promising indeed and the mecha is pretty epic, but the characters with those cherubic Kamichu faces, makes it a real oddity. |
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2007-01-06, 15:47 | Link #4 | |
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There's some news regarding this upcoming serie which might be quite interesting:
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Seriously, what the... hell? That's an impressive list of notorious mecha-designers (like Shoji Kawamori or Yutaka Izubuchi, to mention my favorite ones). My expectations for this anime are quickly rising up and the mecha fanboy inside me is screaming like an idiot. I am definetely looking forward to see this. Absolutely. |
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2007-01-06, 19:09 | Link #6 |
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MAD PROJECT!? SOLD! (( Mecha Animation Designers )) :P
G Gundam - Hot Blood + Slew of legendary mecha designers!? SOLD!! I never liked Kiddy Grade (( even though this one looks like it's going to have a dark athmosphere around it, what's with the low colours and music all )) and I was never fond of those Kamichu~ish designs (( not to mention they look unespecially creepy in the trailer...like for a horror anime or something )), but I'm going to watch this no matter what, even if it sucks ass. The setting + those designers are too good of delight to not watch. Damn, every single name expect Murakami is making my mouth salivate. Ikuto's works for Evangelion were class...(( wait...when was the last time he designed something NOT EVA? )), Ishigaki can pump out some great designs if he puts him mind into it (( though IGPX was kinda meh...loved his Escaflowne and Wing though )), Ebikawa (( THE 3D MAN )), Kawamori, Okawara and Izubuchi are legendary while others had contributed (( I'm sure I've seen some names that worked in Nadesico before )) to some great designs in the past. Can't wait to see the diversity expressed in the designs.
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2007-01-11, 05:33 | Link #8 |
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Some news - the website has been officially launched, the mecha page gives us a nice look at Yasuhiro Moriki's design of Susano-o 10-shiki (the one seen in the trailer) and the character pages show the three leads (who look better animated than on paper I think)...
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2007-01-29, 17:17 | Link #9 |
Yuuki Aoi
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What am I doing here? I don't like mecha. Oh, wait: I just watched Turn A Gundam and enjoyed it, so that's a start.
I want to say that one of my favorite VAs -- Yahagi Sayuri (Karin, Kuu in Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora) plays ten-year-old chief mechanic Amano Utsumi (pic on the character page of the official site). And I'll watch anything by Gotou Keiji, even though I didn't like Kiddy Grade, because Uta~Kata is one of my all-time favorites. I'm not sure how everyone else here will feel about this, but I expect this show to combine mecha and moe, as Kyoushirou and Soukou no Strain are attempting to do in their different ways. Those backgrounds look great. Maybe this will be my chance to learn more about good mecha design. Unfortunately, the trailer has been removed from YouTube "due to terms of use violation." There is already a radio program, with Sayuri-chan and Satou Rina (Mana, Negi in Negima). It's interesting that they already have the main VAs slated for this show, even though it is still in the "planning" stage and there is no broadcast date.
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2007-01-29, 18:34 | Link #10 |
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I don't think this is going to be a moe-oriented type of show, Kaoru Chujo. The premises imply anything but moe. This seems to be a rather serious one, especially with all these big names of japanese animation working on the designs and animation. And the trailer didn't suggest any possible "moe" theme as well.
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2007-01-29, 23:39 | Link #11 | |
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To me, moe just means there are cute characters that one is meant to feel warm toward. The "chief technician" is a ten-year-old girl, and her VA has a very moe-inducing voice. And the two shows Gotou Keiji has directed both feature young girls and some fanservice. His Uta~Kata is a very moe show that is also serious and involves huge issues, mystery, and powerful conflict. And there is a bit of a general trend to try to mix genres. But we'll see, hopefully sooner rather than later. If there is anything that could be described as moe, it will probably be incidental to the storyline and will not constitute a theme so much as a way of broadening the fanbase and humanizing the situations. "Gotou Keiji" and "mecha" seems an unusual match to me, so I would expect him to do something different with the genre.
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2007-01-29, 23:44 | Link #12 | |
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But ultimately I have to ask everybody what Gollum is doing in this series and in female form as well. I hope the art looks better in motion. Last edited by Kaioshin Sama; 2007-01-30 at 00:54. |
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2007-01-30, 08:20 | Link #14 | |
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2007-01-30, 14:00 | Link #15 | |
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Shame the PV got pulled. If I find it again I'll post a link, but I've had no luck so far.
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2007-01-31, 08:31 | Link #16 |
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Wha... I'm not all that familiar with mecha and stuff but even I can pop my eyes at that impressive list of mecha designers. Really - it's so amusing seeing so many corners of the animation industry literally trying to outdo each other at the mech genre this season. How is it that all these projects are coming about at the same time? It must have taken a fair bit of planning to get all this work tied up together... Perhaps it's some chain reaction sort of thing. Executives catch on rumours that Studio X is doing mech and so is Studio Y and they think "hey, let's join in on the action/show that we're better/etc" or something... Or maybe they had some secret meeting and all decided to unleash a wave of mecha to revive the enthusiasm among mecha fans and er.. hope to find more people to buy plamos or something?
Actually I liked the animation character designs of thsi show. I think the ones on the site don't do it justice, I saw some pics of it in Newtype some time back (which I am way too tired/lazy to scan now) and I was quite impressed by the technical skill both in the drawing and in the detail of the design in ways that I found unique and attractive. And also very similar to the techniques employed in Kamichu! - which I really loved the drawings of despite not being a moe person. It's only that in the case of Kamichu! and this, I dislike the original designs. So thank goodness for Yabuno Kouji. I don't see myself checking this out for too long, thoguh, because unless this does a Noein or something I'm not going to be too interested in an action show with 12-14 year old kids as the main characters considering there are so many other shows out there that seem more interesting. ...But the mech designs...!
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2007-01-31, 10:27 | Link #17 | |
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2007-02-15, 05:36 | Link #19 | |
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