2009-03-17, 04:39 | Link #103 |
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There are some new character and item sketches as well as screenshots at dengeki online.
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2009-03-17, 12:09 | Link #104 | |
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Not only the great character art but those are some sweet backgrounds which is sometimes a good sign of extra dedication, like the building behind the action scene which I liked earlier and some of the shots like the one with the nicely done CG tank and the helicopter have some great trees and some nice extra detail drawn of the ground the tank is driving over and the imagery of the second to last shot with the nicely detailed forest covered buildings and that structure that looks absolutely freakin massive. The sky looks surprisingly good too, that's a really nice blue and non-simplistic clouds, it actually reminds me of some of Gainax's skies when they do them well. Neat, her metal boomerang does fold-up and she looks cool in those action shots, also good facial expressions there as I remember was expected earlier in the thread. Ah, we couldn't see before but the Dio-ish girl has the multi-colored eyes thing going. It looks like her friend wears a ton of makeup lol, and the scientist who already looked interesting in the sketch looks quite interesting in color. The military guy does look like Mullin in that third to last shot, awesome hehe. Please come through with the most important part, the story, Gonzo, from the art perspective this show looks like it may deliver. Thanks for the link |
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2009-03-17, 12:30 | Link #105 |
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That massive structure in question looks like a climate-control terraforming facility, designed to process the atmosphere and control the weather (examples are found in Aliens and Serenity)
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2009-03-17, 12:37 | Link #106 |
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Ah, that would also fit with what we know of the setting.
The Dengeki article also seems to give us our first soundtrack name in addition to the May'n (of Macross Frontier fame) OP and the main music credit will make Last Exile soundtrack fans very pleased. It lists Hitomi Kuroishi, who did both the main music and ED theme of Last Exile (with her group Dolce Triade). According to ANN some of her other work includes working with Kotaro Nakagawa on the two seasons of Code Geass and Gun x Sword. Must try to keep my expectations of the show reasonable but more good news. Going back to the beginning of the thread: While it may not happen atleast the possibility is still high, these three people seem to work together somewhat often, in addition to Last Exile he also did an ED theme for Gun x Sword which Hitomi Kuroishi is also credited with him for. We still don't know who's doing the ED (or any inserts if there are any) for the show as well. Last edited by DangerMouse; 2009-03-17 at 14:02. |
2009-03-17, 18:58 | Link #108 |
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I'm looking forward to this in hopes of good science fiction, and also in hopes that Takahashi Mikako will get another great role. I have loved her work since Honey & Clover and think she gets less than her due. Iguchi Yuka (Index) is another attraction.
Director Bessho Makoto has an interesting background, having done the AMG movie, and having done storyboards for a wide range of shows, including Petite Princess Yucie, Death Note, and Seirei no Moribito. But writer Ohnogi Hiroshi (Noein) may be the most intriguing part of this project. I myself will not be shortening the title from Shangri-la, a name that is pretty easy to pronounce and is part of the English language now. It has specific associations from the original 1930s-40s novel and movie Lost Horizon, where it was the name of a hidden paradise in the Himalayas. Calling it "Shang" would be like calling the Philippines "Phil."
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2009-03-17, 23:52 | Link #109 | |
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I just noticed, even the supervisors in the background have nice connections like the creative supervisor who did the design work for Wolf's Rain, Eureka Seven, and RahXephon for Bones and the creative producer also apparently works a lot with Bones and was also the main man and director behind Vandread one of my other Gonzo favorites. I enjoyed hearing Mikako as Rushuna in Grenadier and Amy in Burst Angel, two totally different roles so I look forwards to hearing her in another totally different sounding role here. I've only seen the very beginning of Index and haven't seen much else that Yuka has done despite a large number of shows but Karen looks like an interesting character so I look forwards to it. Last edited by DangerMouse; 2009-03-18 at 01:35. Reason: Added some new thoughts |
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2009-03-18, 01:37 | Link #110 |
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He's put out some great work recently with 18-24 of Macross Frontier as well as the second season of Birdy Decode (which is a massive improvement over the first if anyone gave up on it), looking forward to seeing what he does with the rebooted Full Metal Alchemist series as well as Shangri-la.
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2009-03-18, 01:55 | Link #111 | |
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What good timing this show will have, considering that it's gonna be summertime here. Will enjoy watching with a glass of iced tea.
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So true, it's should be nice Additionaly a bunch of the shows I've been following are about to end. Last edited by DangerMouse; 2009-03-18 at 12:13. |
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2009-03-18, 14:23 | Link #113 |
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The website is now mirrored in English:
http://www.anime-shangri-la.jp/english/index.html |
2009-03-18, 17:23 | Link #114 | |
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2009-03-18, 18:13 | Link #115 | |
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Wow, the English website is nicely done, and I'm seriously hyped about this now. According to the character descriptions and the story summary, it'll be a classic 'underprivileged rebel group versus bourgeois authority' scenario.
Renge Murata's character designs seem to fit a lot better now than when I first saw them. Also: Quote:
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