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[Kanon]

I love Sato but I feel ambivalent toward Okada, so I'm not sure how this will turn out. Will definitely watch in any case.

Originally Posted by totoum

Disagree, Kawamori is only designing mechas, not scriptwriting or directing like with evol or the fool.

So it's really the Satou X Okada combo that matters.

Great news. I can't even remember the last time Kawamori wrote/directed something good (Escaflowne, I think). Better for him to stick to what he does best: designing mechs.

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by Utsuro no Hako

Doesn't matter. Every time Okada and Kawamori get together, it's an explosion of crazy. All it takes is for those two to go out drinking and suddenly we'll have cross-dressing mecha that sing and dance.

Why the heck is this anime not being made. xD


But in regards to this anime I'll watch it, if only for people's reactions to the show, and the possible crazy explosion we could get.

[darkchibi07]

Ohhh, just realized something. Could this anime project be somehow related to this?

http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=106578
http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=69727

[Utsuro no Hako]

Originally Posted by darkchibi07

Ohhh, just realized something. Could this anime project be somehow related to this?

http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=106578
http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=69727

First page of the manga vs teaser image:

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I'm gonna go with "yes".

[Dextro]

In director Satou we trust. I'll at least watch the first couple of eps even if my tolerance for Okada's writing is at an all time low.

[Flower]

Well, I just finished the first ch of the manga... It certainly does seem an odd series to pair up with those three big names.

To be honest at the moment I cannot even formulate a possible rough sketch of what it would be like. Unfortunately I have never really been a big fan of mecha, so designs and such are not a big deal for me...

[LuxorMG]

Originally Posted by darkchibi07

Ohhh, just realized something. Could this anime project be somehow related to this?

http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=106578
http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=69727

Originally Posted by Utsuro no Hako

First page of the manga vs teaser image:

Images

Sorry; dynamic content not loaded. Reload?

I'm gonna go with "yes".

Originally Posted by Flower

Well, I just finished the first ch of the manga... It certainly does seem an odd series to pair up with those three big names.

To be honest at the moment I cannot even formulate a possible rough sketch of what it would be like. Unfortunately I have never really been a big fan of mecha, so designs and such are not a big deal for me...

The Baka-updates site lists Kawamori, Satelight, and Satou as the authors. Is this their own manga from 2011 that they're adapting now?

[TheSix]

Originally Posted by Kanon

I love Sato but I feel ambivalent toward Okada, so I'm not sure how this will turn out. Will definitely watch in any case.



Great news. I can't even remember the last time Kawamori wrote/directed something good (Escaflowne, I think). Better for him to stick to what he does best: designing mechs.

But muh Frontier. I also thought 0048 was pretty fun, and while Fool isn't at his usual standard I still consider it entertaining.

[Haak]

Originally Posted by Flower

Well, I just finished the first ch of the manga... It certainly does seem an odd series to pair up with those three big names.

To be honest at the moment I cannot even formulate a possible rough sketch of what it would be like. Unfortunately I have never really been a big fan of mecha, so designs and such are not a big deal for me...

Yeah I just read the first chapter right now and the only way I can describe it is..."Mecha Porn".

[Flower]

Originally Posted by Haak

Yeah I just read the first chapter right now and the only way I can describe it is..."Mecha Porn".

Which I could understand in and of itself, and could even understand with Okada and Kawamori in terms of precedent. But throwing Satou in there and the Psycho-pass setting vibes I got just make me go all

[LuxorMG]

Originally Posted by Flower

Which I could understand in and of itself, and could even understand with Okada and Kawamori in terms of precedent. But throwing Satou in there and the Psycho-pass setting vibes I got just make me go all

It certainly is strange to us all, but since Satou is one of the original writer for the manga (assuming this really is Mortal Metal), I'm kinda re-imagining him as an anti-Urobuchi: he makes all these healing, heartwarming series and he wants to go into something depressing.

[Frontier]

Huh. This is an interesting surprise, with an interesting crew attached to boot .

I'm ambivalent towards an Okada original work, especially one that's Mecha, but Satou as director is enticing and, while I certainly don't share the negative opinion regarding his writing, Kawamori on mecha design is also quite nice .

I'll be sure to check this out .

[Flower]

Originally Posted by LuxorMG

It certainly is strange to us all, but since Satou is one of the original writer for the manga (assuming this really is Mortal Metal), I'm kinda re-imagining him as an anti-Urobuchi: he makes all these healing, heartwarming series and he wants to go into something depressing.

Well, in any event I certainly am curious, though kinda curious as if hearing of some newly undiscovered species that has characteristics like none other science was aware up up to now - like a skinny hippo with six legs and a giant dorsal fin, for example.

Will at least give the series a shot, I guess?

[Guardian Enzo]

Satou and Okada's past collaborations have been pure adaptations - Sketch Book was the one I was familiar with but it's been pointed out that there are others. Both of them teaming up for an original work is an odd combo, even if Kawamori is only involved on the visual side. IMHO, both Satou and Okada are better with someone (or something, like a strong source material) to temper their excesses. Will the two of them fulfill that role with each other, or will their teaming up exacerbate the problem?

[kresslia]

I'd say they're using that manga as a base for whatever this anime is. I doubt they're adapting it faithfully, seems like a short one-shot kind of thing, just with two volumes. I haven't read the manga but the reviews don't look incredible, so hopefully they're changing it up.

[Utsuro no Hako]

Originally Posted by kresslia

I'd say they're using that manga as a base for whatever this anime is. I doubt they're adapting it faithfully, seems like a short one-shot kind of thing, just with two volumes. I haven't read the manga but the reviews don't look incredible, so hopefully they're changing it up.

Was the manga intentionally short, or was it canceled? If the latter, they may be doing the anime to tell the story they originally intended.

[Kakkou]

Staff:
Director: Junichi Sato
Series Composition: Mari Okada
Character Concepts: Oni Gunsou
Animation Character Designer: Hideki Inoue
Mecha Designer: Shoji Kawamori
Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Music: Hajime Sakita
OP: "Re:REMEMBER" by May'n
ED: "ego-izm" by la la larks
Music Production: Flying Dog
Animation Production: Satelight
Production: M3 Project


Cast:
Akashi Saginuma: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Emiru Hasaki: Yoko Hikasa
Sasame Izuha: Kotori Koiwai
Iwato Hato: Tomoaki Maeno
Raika Kasumi: Sayuri Yahagi
Minashi Sanagi: Tetsuya Kakihara
Maamu Yuzuki: Misato Fukuen
Heito Isaku: Ayumu Murase

(No guarantees on the characters' family name readings)

From the updated website.

[Articalys]

Interesting that it's not going to start airing until late April. Wonder how many episodes it'll be total then.

[romcom89]

Hyouka was starting also very late, i think it was 22. April or so.

[darkchibi07]

So which character design correspond to who?

Never mind, here we go!

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...ory-cast-staff