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awaragainstboredom: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto’s concept art for the...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:12:46 -0400

Yoshiyuki Sadamoto’s concept art for the Gainax anime Blue Uru (Aoki Uru). Blue Uru was to be the sequel to Wings of Honneamise (Tsubasa no Honneamise) set 50 years in the future, but due to lack of funds and scripting issues, the project was dropped midway. It did however have new life breathed into it and was resurrected in the form of Neon Genesis Evangelion. I would have have liked to have seen Blue Uru in it’s completion.

It’s kind of a shame, because as I’ve gotten older, I have sort of a love/hate relationship with Evangelion’s characters and it’s narrative. The angst-ridden teen me reveled in it’s ability to conceive a twisted psycho drama about teens piloting giant robots. though during that time, I was still learning about story structures, and was emotionally drawn to thrillers, suspense, and other media with a heavy psychological narrative.

I’m not saying the series was bad, or that I hate it. I just simply feel now that it was lacking. I love Gainax and a good number of their creations. Wings of Honneamise still ranks high as one of my favorite animated films, even with it’s awkward moments, but I ponder on what would have Lhadatt’s world would have been like after the end of the movie.

Reblogging for the Royal Space Force love, but also to say Gainax has confirmed they’re giving the project another shot this year.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-20/gainax-makes-blue-uru-film-with-honneamise-yamaga-sadamoto

So uuuh, why wasn’t this in CCA?

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:35:52 -0400

So uuuh, why wasn’t this in CCA?

I’d main Harry Ord so fast

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:28:52 -0400

Because why not?

I’d main Harry Ord so fast

screw off fight club

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:51:54 -0400

screw off fight club

Photo

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 22:29:38 -0400

Photo

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:41:49 -0400

tekkaman-blade: pactagon8: kinks3: 巨神ゴーグ４ I REALLY WANNA...

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:50:21 -0400

tekkaman-blade:

pactagon8:

kinks3:

巨神ゴーグ４

I REALLY WANNA WATCH THIS BUT I CANT FIND THE FULL THING ANYWHERE AND YOUTUBE ONLY HAS A FEW EPISODES SOMEBODY HELP PLEASE

that’s cause there’s only eight episodes subbed

enjoy suffering in wait like the rest of us

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/survey/298

Vote for it on the Daisuki poll that’s running right now and it’ll be streaming with official subs.

kinks3: 巨神ゴーグ４

Fri, 31 May 2013 23:12:34 -0400

kinks3:

巨神ゴーグ４

blargheeegafsd: I recently bullied erin into watching the first...

Fri, 31 May 2013 23:09:11 -0400

blargheeegafsd:

I recently bullied erin into watching the first couple dubbed episodes of nge with me, which she affectionally just calls ‘the shinji ikari anime’

Anyways the dub has some golden one liners

Oh how I’ve missed you, “Soryu”

Thu, 30 May 2013 19:50:14 -0400

Oh how I’ve missed you, “Soryu”

Haruhiko Mikimoto panel recap from Animazement 2013 in NC

Wed, 29 May 2013 14:02:56 -0400

fuckyeahmacross:

Hey Macross fans, better a few days late than never, right? Here’s what went down at the Mikimoto panel! This will get a bit long, so check under the break for word on his current manga projects, his thoughts on original Macross characters, and more from across the franchise.

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Thanks a ton for this! I only caught the end of the panel due to the rescheduling.

kick-heart: Here is our new trailer. Enjoy!

Mon, 27 May 2013 22:35:12 -0400

kick-heart:

Here is our new trailer. Enjoy!

So I went to Animazement today - not much on the agenda but a...

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:34:00 -0400

So I went to Animazement today - not much on the agenda but a few panels and such.

The coolest one I went to was the first one - the panel held in memory of Noboru Ishiguro with his wife Yumi in attendance.

Also on that panel were Hiroshi Nagahama (the director of Mushi-shi) and Haruhiko Mikimoto.

The panel started out with each panelist reminiscing, mostly talking about how they met Mr. Ishiguro and the impact he had on their lives. The real interesting part was afterward though - when the audience was allowed to reminisce about their experiences with his work. There was a really great back and forth between the audience and the trio on stage. After a bit the panel actually became very Megazone-centric, Mrs. Ishiguro talking about how’d she’d found memos of her husbands from when he was working on it - revealing that the story had come to him after a trip to Las Vegas, having experienced enclosed environments there meant to simulate skies and such.

Nagahama was especially enthusiastic, nodding along with the audience members as they told their stories. After Mrs. Ishiguro’s comments, he talked at length about Megazone’s influence on himself and the industry saying that he first saw it in high school and how many taboos it broke for Japanese animation at the time. Sex scenes, the destruction of actual land marks, ridiculously detailed mecha - it had it all. He then went on to explain how Ishiguro had totally called Hatsune Miku and Vocaloids with Eve. At that time Mikimoto chimed in, adding that when working on Macross Ishiguro had tried to pitch Minmay to record companies as a “fake” idol like Hatsune Miku only to be met with rejection and condescension.

In the end, the panel itself felt sort of the opposite of what I expected - I came out of it less sad a little more inspired and appreciative of Mr. Ishiguro - which I thought would be impossible since I already respected him a great deal.

Later I tried to catch the dedicated Haruhiko Mikimoto panel, but it had been pushed forward an hour unbeknownst to me, so I ended up only catching the last 15 minutes or so. I still managed to get his signature though, as you can see. While I was waiting there was line adjacent to the Mikimoto one for some visual kei band. A girl approached me and asked what it was for. I just said “Haruhiko Mikimoto” only to be met with a “HUH?” and I scrambled to respond with “Macross’s character designer!” She just kind of shot back “WELL WE’VE GOT (the band) NOIZ!” I really only think that band exists to play this convention.

Finally I attended Masao Maruyama’s MAPPA panel. It was sparse on details as he wasn’t really in a position to announce anything, but he did mention that Shinichiro Watanabe has another anime in the works for them set to come out next year. He talked at length about his experiences with Osamu Tezuka’s Mushi-Pro and even brought up the Supernatural anime saying that he was a fan of horror and the show, so he was happy to make it happen. He also spoke about Redline for a moment, saying that ultimately he felt it was worth pursuing even though it was a huge time and money sink. Preserving Takeshi Koike’s ability to make what he wanted was top priority.

I asked him about Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s Ninja Scroll sequel and the possiblity of MAPPA being involved in any capacity only to be met with a no and a bit of explanation of licensing conflicts. His philosophy with MAPPA inspires hope, however, saying that he only wishes to work with directors he personally likes and would like to create unique animation.

To end the panel, Mr. Maruyama showed off a cute short made to inspire earthquake victims. It had a music piece written by Yoko Kanno and I for the life of me can’t remember who directed it, sadly.

Anyway, it was all pretty cool shit.

kinks3: Char Aznable 安彦良和

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:27:04 -0400

kinks3:

Char Aznable

安彦良和

themadcaplaughs1970: seizeitfairness: america But G-Savior is...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:29:58 -0400

themadcaplaughs1970:

seizeitfairness:

america

But G-Savior is Canadian…

A lot of the principle cast is, yeah, but it was filmed in LA.

vestenet: The Master. That list’s pretty powerful all...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:23:31 -0400

vestenet:

The Master.

That list’s pretty powerful all around, get a load of Yamaga there at the bottom, man.

I know the presentation here’s supposed to be ironic, but...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:55:59 -0400

I know the presentation here’s supposed to be ironic, but I sure do hope the content is too

o-8: The best character in this movie @A@/ When in doubt, KICK...

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:59:48 -0400

o-8:

The best character in this movie @A@/

When in doubt, KICK EVERYTHING

rachelelm: Summertime Fanart Giveaway! Hello friends,I’ve...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:09:11 -0400

rachelelm:

Summertime Fanart Giveaway!

Hello friends,
I’ve reached a point where I don’t know what to do with all of the fanart I make and they are just cluttering up my little apartment, so I’ve decided to just give em away. I’ve never done one of these before, but I guess how it’s usually done is something like this:

I’ll pick 10 random people who’ve reblogged this post on May 25 and they can have whatever they want from what I’ve dug out of boxes and pictured above - I’ll even take care of mailing it to you, wherever you are. I can’t sell them so if there’s anyone who’s interested in them I’d rather you have them instead of them going into the trash! Reblog as many times as you like!

~p.s. if you think I’m dumb for not taking money for this stuff, if you like it, or me, perhaps something original of mine would also catch your fancy uwu~

Thanks for looking!
xoxo

I want that Char so bad

stoner-sunshine: I had a crush on this character at one point...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:58:29 -0400

stoner-sunshine:

I had a crush on this character at one point in time LOL

if you’re not crushing on yamcha at some point in your life then you’re not worthy of love