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Holiday

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"Area 88 TV anime website up!" , posted Wed 19 Nov 23:44:

news from Natsume Maya

The upcoming Area 88 TV anime will commence broadcast on TV Asahi on 8 January.
Avex has a webpage up for the anime here. A total of 12 episodes. The CD OST will be released in March 2004 and the DVD release will start in April 2004.

Official website

Is the the first anime based on a shooter? :)
Well, actually there was a 3 part anime OVA that came out in 1985, and the arcade/Snes games were based on that.

How wonderful the world would be if there were anime series for shmups which have some storyline like Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun, Thunderforce, Gunbird, Gigawing, Tengai, DANGUN FEVERON

[edit] oops, DarkZero corrected me on that point about the anime being released before the game. I made an earlier edit but I forgot to post the message!

[this message was edited by Holiday on Thu 20 Nov 00:47]

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Gen

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"Re(1):Area 88 TV anime website up!" , posted Thu 20 Nov 00:07:

quote:
news from Natsume Maya

The upcoming Area 88 TV anime will commence broadcast on TV Asahi on 8 January.
Avex has a webpage up for the anime here. A total of 12 episodes. The CD OST will be released in March 2004 and the DVD release will start in April 2004.

Official website

WOW
I'm a big Area 88 appreciator

quote:

Is the the first anime based on a shooter? :)
How wonderful the world would be if there were anime series for shmups which have some storyline like Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun, Thunderforce, Gunbird, Gigawing, Tengai, DANGUN FEVERON

No the shooter's based on the comic and or animation.
edit: moved last line outside of quote

[this message was edited by Gen on Thu 20 Nov 13:58]

DarkZero

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Gold Customer

"Re(1):Area 88 TV anime website up!" , posted Thu 20 Nov 00:12

quote:

Is the the first anime based on a shooter? :)
How wonderful the world would be if there were anime series for shmups which have some storyline like Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun, Thunderforce, Gunbird, Gigawing, Tengai, DANGUN FEVERON

Actually, Area 88/U.N. Squadron was a manga series and then a mid-'80s three episode anime OVA before it became an SNES shooter. Only the first episode of that OVA is available on DVD in the United States, and it looks to be a very, very old US Manga Corps release, but there's a plot summary for the series here and also a screen cap gallery here. Hopefully this new anime series will follow the same plot, because this sounds like a really good, dark series. And the authentic planes are a nice touch.

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WOW
I'm a big Area 88 appreciator

Same here. Definitely my favorite shooter ever.

Burning Ranger

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"Re(2):Area 88 TV anime website up!" , posted Thu 20 Nov 07:29

This has to be the second 'retro'-new anime series that Avex is coming out with (aside from Cyborg 009).

It seems to be a big trend for any kind of media production organization these days. Sure, I can understand incomplete works (like how Bubblegum Crisis was originally incomplete and the new BGC2040 remade and 'finished' the story). Then of course theres reinventions (like Battlestar Galactica).

Oh well. I wonder if that guy will have that Iori hair this time.

Advanced Cyborg E. Branger AKA Burning Ranger

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Jazzie D

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"Re(3):Area 88 TV anime website up!" , posted Thu 20 Nov 12:32

Yes! Finally, I get some info on the new series and it'll be a television series! Plus, Avex is doing the music! Whoo!

There are still questions though. Who'll play as Shin now this his seiyuu, Shiozawa Kaneto-san, passed away? Maybe Hikaru-san? That might actually work. If I had to make a guess on the studio, it'll be Mad House.

As for Shin having Iori's hairstyle, ha ha ha! I'll assume that he keeps the same style. Yeah.

Tomo - Kimura-sensei

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Kimura-sensei - CUZ I LIKE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS AND STUFF!