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 Captain Earth is an original mecha anime from Bones airing in the Spring 2014 season. Takuya Igrashi, Yoji Enokido, and various other members of the Star Driver team have reunited for the project. Story Well, we know that the main character has a dead dad, ends up on an island, gets a giant robot, and him and his friends fight off an invasion from Uranus by a group called the KILL-T-GANG. Other than the bare bones of the story and some sparse character details (listed below) there haven't really been any more detailed descriptions released on how this is going to play out. Even the promo videos are pretty vague about anything that might happen after the first one or two episodes and the official website still doesn't even have it's "Story" section up yet. Endokido has gone on record saying that while Star Driver was a "school mecha" anime, this is intended to be more of a "traditional mecha" anime. Characters (Descriptions from ANN)  Daichi Manatsu (VA: Miyu Irino): A 17-year-old second-year high school student who becomes a pilot of Earth Engine, a general-purpose manned Impacter (read: giant robot).  Teppei Arashi (VA: Hiroshi Kamiya): A 17-year-old boy who harbors powers beyond those of humans, as well as a sense of alienation.  Hana Muto (VA: Ai Kayano): A girl who looks 17 years old, but whose true identity is unknown.  Akari Yomatsuri (VA: Rina Hidaka): A 17-year-old genius hacker.  Tsutomu Nishikubo (VA: Rikiya Koyama): The commander of the Globe Tanegashima Base and a close friend of Daichi's father and Daichi.  Amara (VA: Kenichi Suzumura): A Kill-T-Gang Amarokku humanoid and the Planetary Gear Device leader  Moco (VA: Maaya Sakamoto): A Kill-T-Gang Morukin humanoid who despises Daichi. She is the first Kill-T-Gang. Staff and Additional Details Director: Takuya Igrashi (Star Driver, Ouran High School Host Club) Screenplay: Yoji Enokido (Star Driver, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Diebuster, FLCL) Music: Satoru Kousaki of monaca (Star Driver, Bakemonogatari) Engine Series Design/Main Design: Shigeto Koyama (Star Driver) Machine Good Fellow Design/Mechanical Design: Takayuki Yanase (Star Driver) Animation Production: BONES (Star Driver, Eureka Seven, Fullmetal Alchemist, bunch of other stuff) Air Date: April 5th Streaming Options: Crunchyroll, Saturdays at 11 AM PST (2 PM EST). Promo Art and Videos   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI3cy5TRgLo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCRmhnG_Mq0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpMw8ZyotSE Personal Opinions Star Driver was rad as heck (screw the haters) and I'm looking forward to what the staff responsible for it can cook up next. The actual plot details that we know about so far are kind of maddeningly vague, but the music sounds cool and the giant robot looks cool and Enokido is good about two thirds of the time so I'm ready to strap in and enjoy the ride. jonjonaug fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Apr 5, 2014 |
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DrSunshine posted:Oh, so it's not an anime remake of Captain Planet. Bummer! I was very tempted to use Captain Planet as the header image for the OP.
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Apr 4, 2014 02:43
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Crunchyroll just announced that Captain Earth will be added to their lineup. The first episode goes up in half an hour.
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Apr 5, 2014 18:29
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Thoughts: That was a really awesome combining sequence. Not too sure what I think of the characters yet considering that was a typical Utena/Star Driver style intro episode where we don't really delve too deeply into any of them. The "Interceptor" and "Ark" factions mentioned at the end of the episode immediately call to mind Muv Luv's internal strife over the Alternative IV and V plans, so I'm wondering if this will have internal conflicts too and not just about fighting KILL-T-GANG.
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Apr 6, 2014 04:34
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GorfZaplen posted:The giant command screen at GLOBE shows it as Kill-T-Gang. So does the official website.
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