The NZA Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 here! The May issue (on sale on March 25) of Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine will confirm that a television anime version of Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal manga will premiere this summer in Japan. Tomokazu Seki (Escaflowne's Van, Gungrave's Beyond the Grave) will voice the main character Manji — a rōnin swordsman condemned to immortality unless he kills a thousand evil men for all the good men he killed. Rina Satou (Negima!'s Negi, Bamboo Blade's Satori) will play Manji's fellow traveler Rin. Hirofumi Nojima (Kagehisa Anotsu), Kazuya Nakai (Taito Magatsu), Masashi Ebara (Sabato Kurui), Katsuyuki Konishi (Eikū Shizuma), Daisuke Namikawa (Araya Kawakami), Mamiko Noto (Makie), Megumi Toyoguchi (Hyakurin), Toshiyuki Morikawa (Giichi), Shinichiro Miki (Shira), and Maaya Sakamoto (Machi) complete the cast. Koichi Mashimo will direct the animators on Bee Train as he did for the .hack// franchise and Noir. Hiroyuki Kawasaki (The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Sorcerer Hunters) will oversee the scripts, and Yoshimitsu Yamashita (Murder Princess, Samurai Champloo animation director) will design the characters. Kō Ōtani (Ayakashi Ayashi, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing) will compose the music. Dark Horse Comics publishes the manga in North America. For info on why the series is so awesome, check out my thread on the manga. For a sneak peek at a promo image (to see how faithful the art style is so far), check out the official site here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 I just hope they don't tone it down. I want to see blood an limbs flying all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maldron Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 I just hope they don't tone it down. I want to see blood an limbs flying all over the place. Yeah... I've never known Bee Train to have that kind of violence, Newtype. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Fuck! I didn't read the part about Bee Train doing this. So much for wanting to watch this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Losifer Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 About effin' time. Read this thing back in my freshman year of high school. Can't even remember was it was about anymore...fuck I'm old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 ive got the scans somewhere if you want a refresher, Los. Great series. newt/maldron - wait, i dont know about this Bee Train. we being sarcastic, or are my hopes of an uncensored DVD release not gonna happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maldron Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 newt/maldron - wait, i dont know about this Bee Train. we being sarcastic, or are my hopes of an uncensored DVD release not gonna happen? They did everything .hack// that was animation related. They also did Avenger, Noir, MADLAX, Tsubasa Chronicles, and god forbid you've ever seen it - Spider Riders. Their animation style isn't bad, but it isn't highly stylized either, and the series they churn out tend to be maddeningly slow-paced and incredibly non-violent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Cap'n Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Is there any screen shots anywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 still cant find any more good shots, and its starting up in july according to wiki. man, i cant wait. oh wait, the main site has character art here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogie Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Looking good! Lets cross our fingers about the animation/violence level... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 well, i went to get the most recent issues of the manga from Demonoid, and it included a short trailer in the extras, gotta either host it or find it to share it. Looked good, but early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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