New Shinichiro Watanabe project!

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-11-06 02:49pm

http://www.samuraichamploo.com/

This looks cool. It's all in Japanese, but you can still look at the images and view the short trailer.

Also, Mahiro Maeda (the guy who directed both Second Renaissance shorts) and Dai Sato, one of the guys who wrote Bebop, are both on board.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-11-06 02:56pm

Great team, but I find the feudal Japan scene to be too common now along with giant mechas. I prefer it when talent like this goes about something more original.

I'll keep a look out for it, mind.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-11-06 02:58pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:Great team, but I find the feudal Japan scene to be too common now along with giant mechas. I prefer it when talent like this goes about something more original.

I'll keep a look out for it, mind.

One of the characters has modern clothing on. I don't think it's in feudal Japan.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-11-06 03:41pm

Read about this in Newtype. I'll post a transcript of the article if you guys want.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-11-06 03:42pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Read about this in Newtype. I'll post a transcript of the article if you guys want.

If it's not a bother, sure.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-11-06 03:49pm

Definately can't be during the feudal eras (710-1333, roughly), as the girl's kimono is a more modern design within the last 300 years or so (at least the Edo [1603-1868] or Meiji [1868-1912] periods).

Looks like a modern setting to me, based on what limited information there is right now, though.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-11-06 04:00pm

It actually looks a bit like the anime sequence from Kill Bill; the character design of the younger female in particular somewhat resembles O-Ren as a little girl.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-11-06 05:40pm

Durran Korr wrote:It actually looks a bit like the anime sequence from Kill Bill; the character design of the younger female in particular somewhat resembles O-Ren as a little girl.

Yeah I saw that resemblance too.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-11-07 12:38pm

It looks like the animation director is actually Nakazawa Kazuto, the same guy who was the Chief Animator for the Kill Bill anime sequence. I am one perceptive motherfucker.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-11-07 12:42pm

Also, the turnover time for this series could be pretty quick assuming it's successful in Japan, because it would probably be very successful here.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-11-07 04:36pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Definately can't be during the feudal eras (710-1333, roughly), as the girl's kimono is a more modern design within the last 300 years or so (at least the Edo [1603-1868] or Meiji [1868-1912] periods).

It could be an anachronism....

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-11-07 05:08pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Definately can't be during the feudal eras (710-1333, roughly), as the girl's kimono is a more modern design within the last 300 years or so (at least the Edo [1603-1868] or Meiji [1868-1912] periods).
It could be an anachronism....

It's not.

Clothing in Japan was very different during the feudal age when you compare it to that worn in the eras during and after the restructuring.

Seeing as the girl is wearing a fairly modern kimono, and that the men are also dressed in modern clothes, the series probably takes place within the last 200 years or so, which is far more modern than the feudal eras.

But my post was intended as more of a correction as to when the feudal eras actually were, as it appeared that a few of the others confused them with the later Shogun or post-unification eras.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-11-07 05:21pm

Scratch that: definately withing the last 200 years, but more likely within 50. The character Mugen wears very modern clothes, and Jinn's glasses are modernly stylish.