2011-02-28, 11:40 | Link #1 | |
綺羅星★!
Join Date: Jan 2004
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X-Men (Madhouse)
http://www.animax.co.jp/marvelanime/x-men/ Starts 1st April 2011 at 10pm on Animax Japan. Trailer is on the official site, character designs will be on the site later today. Official blurb: Quote:
Staff and Cast: Director: Fuminori Kizaki Chief Animation Director: Michinori Chiba Character Design: Ai Yokoyama Music: Tetsuya Takahashi Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda Animation Production: Madhouse Cyclops: Toshiyuki Morikawa Wolverine: Rikiya Koyama Professor X: Katsunosuke Hori Storm: Aya Hisakawa Emma Frost: Kaori Yamagata Yui Sasaki: Yoshiko Sagakibara Jean Grey: Yuriko Hino Hisako Ichiki: Yukari Tamura Beast: Hideyuki Tanaka Source: http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/intr...ode=NN10001160 Episode Titles: Ep1 - The Return (Gathering) Ep2 - U-Men (Mutant hunt) Ep3 - Armor (Awakening) Ep4 - Transformation (Second mutation) |
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2011-03-01, 07:41 | Link #6 |
綺羅星★!
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Character designs are up: http://www.animax.co.jp/marvelanime/x-men/chara.html
Kinda... lol.... Considering the team behind this series previously worked on Basilisk and Afro Samurai, I'm sure it'll suck just as much if not more than Iron Man and Wolverine. This Marvel Anime thing is really turning out to be crap. Lol Madhouse. Spoiler for Main Visual:
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2011-03-01, 11:52 | Link #8 | |
Licensed Hunter-a-holic
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Hisako Ichiki aka Armor. She's a somewhat ''recent'' addition to the team (she was introduced nearly 8 years ago) she had the fortune to star in one of the better X-Men stories, but considering this will be her first animated depute, it looks like her luck ran out ...Thankfully
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Of course, I'm not looking forward to the treatment her character will end up getting, if Iron Man was any indication. I agree. I'm not even sure anymore what is up with Madhouse. The studio's output for the past year had been particularly awful, but the Marvel line up was especially painful to even look at. Horrible music, unimpressive animation, shoddy writing ... I question if there is even any effort from the creative force in making these shows aside from contract obligations.
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2011-03-01, 17:49 | Link #10 | |
The Invincible Samurai
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Gairyu Isle, Japan
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@Arabesque, That's why I nefver heard of her. Not a bad design. |
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2011-03-02, 08:56 | Link #12 |
綺羅星★!
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It's a movie. It bombed at the box office. Don't expect DVD/Blu-ray sales to be even notable. Anime movies which have amazing animation and take themselves seriously as a film instead of relying on a franchise brand name do not find success. Ever. It's just the way it is in Japan.
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2011-03-02, 13:40 | Link #15 | |
綺羅星★!
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Satoshi Kon is arguably the only anime director who managed to actually find serious recognition and relative success worldwide while doing what he loves in an uncompromising and high quality way. Oh and look where that got him. Struck down by the heavens. It is clear that fate is telling us that anime does not deserve to be a serious medium, and that people should just stop trying to pretend it is. Anime = half naked girls with big boobs scrubbing each other's backs in the bath while foam covers all their sensitive regions. |
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2011-03-02, 14:07 | Link #16 | |
The Invincible Samurai
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2011-03-02, 14:38 | Link #17 |
綺羅星★!
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I don't think people became horny and desperate. I honestly just think that many normal adults don't really want to give anime as a medium a chance anymore because of the association with the fanbase. But said fanbase is also the most consistent form of revenue because they are suckers who have no quality standards and a lot of money which they will part with easily. So the gulf between artistic or creative shows (which would interest normal people who are not into otaku crap) and otaku shows grows more and more. The otakus don't really want shows like that, since it doesn't interest them, and so they won't support such shows. But the overbearing presence of the otaku culture makes it such that people who would be interested in those shows simply don't want to be associated with watching anime at all. Hence in the end, there is a very, very tiny audience left for those shows.
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2011-03-02, 19:42 | Link #18 | |
The Invincible Samurai
Join Date: Jun 2006
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I wonder what non-JP's fans standpoint on this is? I guess in the end it doesn't really matter. If you compare the sales from Japan alone to worldwide, I bet Japan still sells more. |
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2011-03-02, 20:27 | Link #20 | |
otaku against own will
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Argentina
Age: 37
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Anime aimed at an adult audience, with some notable exceptions, were never mainstream. On the other hand, there were more shows for kids and teenagers because up until the late 90's these anime had great ratings. About what non-Japanese like, well Infinite Stratos is the first or second most downloaded anime this season, make of that what you will. |
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