Miku Hatsune: Project ANIME
Dec. 21st, 2009 10:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bloodyfangirlSo, after reading this article (Which, whilst informative, didn't really tell me anything I didn't already know) it turns out Japan's latest virtual idol will be getting an animé. Sort of.
The first few Black Rock Shooter song music videos starred a character that wasn't Miku but appeared to at least be very loosely based on her. This animé appears to be based on those music videos, complete with Not!Miku in the starring role.
The new anime, based on and taking it's name from the Supercell song that uses Miku's vocals, Black Rock Shooter is set to air some time in Spring of 2010 (Some sources I've seen are pinning it down to April). A pilot animation was released back in September, though. HAVE AT IT!
From what I can deduce it looks like a magical girl anime with a Hero/Villain dynamic similar to that between Miaka and Yui in Fushigi Yugi (If someone could kindly direct me to the TV tropes article for that kinda dynamic...). But I'm just guessing.
Also, in terms of animation style, it seems that they've gone for a very modern, minimalist shoujo-y, wide-eyed style. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing and is quite fitting for this type of series, I imagine. However I'm not sure it's to my liking; whilst I agree that less is often more some of the frames in the pilot animation look lazy and cheap (For example, the shot with Not!Miku leaping off into the...sky?). Furthermore those giant, puppy dog eyes, which are often an integral part of that particular style, often creep me the hell out.
That being said I'm still gonna give this animé a chance as it doesn't look like your run of the mill magical girl series. Case in point, Not!Miku is wearing shorts as opposed to a too-short-skirt and is also wearing a whole lot of black instead of a whole lot of pink. So...I'm giving this series a chance purely based upon a single character design? Mind you, not a lot more is given away in this pilot animation that we don't already know if we've seen the various Black Rock Shooter music videos. XD In addition to this, I wanna know what the deal is with Not!Miku's (literally) flaming eye. I'd also be interested to see what type of story they're able to glean from a couple of fan-made music videos...
The first few Black Rock Shooter song music videos starred a character that wasn't Miku but appeared to at least be very loosely based on her. This animé appears to be based on those music videos, complete with Not!Miku in the starring role.
The new anime, based on and taking it's name from the Supercell song that uses Miku's vocals, Black Rock Shooter is set to air some time in Spring of 2010 (Some sources I've seen are pinning it down to April). A pilot animation was released back in September, though. HAVE AT IT!
From what I can deduce it looks like a magical girl anime with a Hero/Villain dynamic similar to that between Miaka and Yui in Fushigi Yugi (If someone could kindly direct me to the TV tropes article for that kinda dynamic...). But I'm just guessing.
Also, in terms of animation style, it seems that they've gone for a very modern, minimalist shoujo-y, wide-eyed style. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing and is quite fitting for this type of series, I imagine. However I'm not sure it's to my liking; whilst I agree that less is often more some of the frames in the pilot animation look lazy and cheap (For example, the shot with Not!Miku leaping off into the...sky?). Furthermore those giant, puppy dog eyes, which are often an integral part of that particular style, often creep me the hell out.
That being said I'm still gonna give this animé a chance as it doesn't look like your run of the mill magical girl series. Case in point, Not!Miku is wearing shorts as opposed to a too-short-skirt and is also wearing a whole lot of black instead of a whole lot of pink. So...I'm giving this series a chance purely based upon a single character design? Mind you, not a lot more is given away in this pilot animation that we don't already know if we've seen the various Black Rock Shooter music videos. XD In addition to this, I wanna know what the deal is with Not!Miku's (literally) flaming eye. I'd also be interested to see what type of story they're able to glean from a couple of fan-made music videos...