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| Dash no Chris
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|  "Re(1):Well, this time it's for real...."
, posted Sun 1 Sep 16:22
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It's official and has been reported here and there, the Hades part of Saint Seya will soon be adapted in OAV. on a pay per view channel in november, and sold in January.
Link Here
La Glaire est de retour, et elle n'est pas contente...
Thanks for the post and the link, Iggy.
The post reminded me to check on Region 2 DVD releases of Saint Seiya (which the Japanese DVD import company I run has been getting queries about at conventions all year). The good news is, the Region 2 releases are finally on the way. The series is broken up into 5 boxed sets (4 discs, 24 eps each; last box is 3 discs, 18 eps): Pegasus Box (12/21/02), Dragon Box (3/25/03), Andromeda Box (6/25/03), Cygnus Box (9/25/03), and Phoenix Box (12/18/03). At last, the Saint Seiya fans can have something decent, rather than those shitty Hong Kong bootleg sets.
The link has got me really jazzed about some of the other tv anime series that are in the works.
I'm a big Nagai Gou fan, so I'm particularly interested in the anime adaptation of his manga, Maou Dante.
The Big O ~Second Season~ is another one I'm looking forward to. Looks like the plan is to re-broadcast the original 13-episode first season starting the first week of October. Assuming that this will be a weekly broadcast, the 14th week (the broadcast of the first episode of the second season) should be right around New Year's, which is when I'm usually in Japan. Hopefully, I can catch the broadcast while I'm there!
I'm getting excited about a non-canonical Gundam series for the first time ever. This is because one of the 2 mechanical designers [ I believe his surname is Oogawahara] for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (airing in October) was one of the mechanical designers for King of Braves Gaogaigar (one of my 2 favorite robot shows, EVER); also, SEED's co-creators (one of whom is also SEED's director) headed up the staff of GEAR Fighter Dendoh (the 2nd of my 2 fave robot shows) -- one was Dendoh's creator, the other (SEED's director) was Dendoh's director. Looks like some of my favorite seiyuu -- such as Koyasu Takehito and Mitsuishi Kotono -- are also involved in SEED.
Oobari Masami's got yet another robot series ramping up, entitled Choujuushin Gravion (roughly translated, Super Heavy God Gravion). Oobari is credited as series co-creator, director, and mecha co-designer. Character designs are being handled by Uno Makoto -- best known as the chara designer for the Love Hina anime series, but also a recent co-conspirator of Oobari's (Uno is the art director for Oobari's first hentai anime series, Angel Blade). The design for the main robot in the Gravion series has been assigned to the aforementioned Mr. Oogawahara (mecha designer from Gaogaigar and Gundam SEED). Finally, the theme songs for Gravion are being done by JAM Project, the vocal unit headed by Mizuki Ichirou (the voice behind just about every '70s era robot show theme song) and Kageyama Hironobu (the new big name in robot theme songs -- esp. the Super Robot Wars game series -- over the last several years). JAM Project are known recently for the vocal themes from Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo, Mazinkaiser, and The Soul Taker. It appears that the series is slated for 13 episodes, starting in October. The official website seems to indicate that the series' DVD release will occur post-November.
--Chris
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| Dash no Chris
16th Post
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| "Re(6):Well, this time it's for real...." , posted Sun 1 Sep 16:44
Oops. I just realized that not everyone here can read the Japanese on the page Iggy linked to, and some might want to see the official websites of some of the shows I was rambling on about in my previous post. So here they are:
Maou Dante
http://www.mao-dante.com/
(move your mouse to one of the 4 corners of the screen to find the "ENTER" link)
Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED
http://www.gundam-seed.net/
Choujuushin Gravion
http://www.gravion.com/
Unfortunately, there is no link for a Big O ~Second Season~ website.
Looks like there's also a possible TV anime series in the works based on the PS2 robot war sim series, Ground Trooper G-Breaker -Legend of Cloudia-:
http://www.dricas.com/sunrise21/g-breaker/index.html
And a possible TV anime series based on CAPCOM's recent release, GUNGRAVE (a series, which unfortunately doesn't have a website yet).
And it looks like Spring 2003 will see the birth of a new Gerry Anderson [Thunderbirds, Stingray, etc.] TV series. Instead of Anderson's traditional marionation style, his latest work -- tentatively titled "Gerry Anderson's FIRESTORM" -- will be animated and produced by Trans Arts. Character designs are credited to Oonuki Ken'ichi (best known as chara designer for Taito's "Psychic Force" 3D fighting game series). I spent 4 years of my childhood in England growing up on Gerry Anderson marionation -- as a big fan of Oonuki Ken'ichi to boot, I'm very much looking forward to seeing what the Japanese do with his latest creation.
--Chris
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| makondo99
14th Post
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| "Re(3):Re(10):Well, this time it's for real..." , posted Thu 5 Sep 18:10
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The wait has been really long, they might as well make the whole thing, and notleaving us hanging like they did 13 years ago.
It all depends if the people who love st Seya buy the DVD or just download the DVD rips. So this time, if there is no end to the OAV, the fans will be responsable.
You may be right Iggy, but try to understand Seiya fans that live in a Zone 4 like myself or those who do not have a DVD player...and we have waited for soo long...
Anyway, thanks for posting this piece of news, I've got all my friends hooked with this future release of the Hades chapter, and we are all looking forward for this release!
AVEEEEEEEEEEEEE FENIX!!!!!!
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