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New Gatchaman/Battle of the Planets TV series announced...

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7Th

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...directed by Kenji Nakamura (Mononoke, Trapeze, Tsuritama) and featuring a female protagonist designed by mebae:

Toshio Nakatani, the deputy head of NTV's film business department, reported in the May/June issue of The Tsukuru magazine on Saturday that Kenji Nakamura (tsuritama, C – Control – The Money and Soul of Possibility) will direct the previously revealed Gatchaman Crowds television anime. He added that the new anime will be completely different from the original Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman anime.

The heroine of the new anime is a girl who practices the science ninja arts. According the character design sheet (pictured right) that Tsukuru published, the name of the girl is Hajime Ichinose.

Tatsunoko created the 1972 original Gatchaman series, although Nakatani does not say if Tatsunoko is also animating the new anime.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...akamura-helms-gatchaman-crowds-with-girl-lead

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GATCHAMOE
 

EulaCapra

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Not digging the civilian look.

But yay for female lead! But boo when the males will most likely outnumber them 7:2.
 

TreIII

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...Interesting to say the least.

Of course, I think it's interesting that this stuff happens just when Capcom's Tatsunoko rights have likely already elapsed!
 

7Th

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Director: Kenji Nakamura
Series Composition/Script: Toshiya Ono
Original Character Design: Kinako
Animation Character Design: Yuichi Takahashi
Suits Design: Koji Nakakita
Animation Production: Tatsunoko Production

12 episode series. Summer 2013. Main characters are Hajime Ichinose (the girl), Sugane (the samurai kid) and Joe Hibiki (the other male):


It's probably going to be more shoujo anime than moe anime; the characte profiles for Sugane and Joe pretty much say "they will fall in love with Hajime". :p
 

Akainu

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Is it just me or is this guy's body out of wack?

At least it's only 12 episodes so we can wipe it from memory when it's done.

WHHYYY!!!!!

And get rid of that battle of the planets non-sense!
 

7Th

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Character profiles:

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Hajime Ichinose (Born: November 25 | Age: 16 years old | Height: 155 cm)

The main character of the story. An 11th grade attending a high school in Tachikawa City. A powerful and energetic girl with an artistic spirit, she is a little bit strange in a good way. She has a passion for stationery goods, and gets extremely excited when it comes to different models of pens and scissors. She is put under the responsibility of Sugune, but usually goes against him and acts on her own. However, she greatly affects the world and her team members when she does something that results in something that has never been seen in Gatchaman activities in the past.

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Sugune Tachibana (Born: August 2 | Blood Type: O | Height: 175 cm)

Sugune is a samurai boy with an old-fashioned personality and speech who has spent 5 years on the G Team. Due to his personality, he holds justice and his duties very strongly, and is at first baffled by Hajime, who makes him believe in things he had once not thought possible. When he first met her, he did not even think of her as a woman, but as they continued to work together, he began to understand and admire her, and even began to hold feelings of love for her.

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Joe Hibiki (Born: March 29 | Blood Type: B | Height: 187 cm)

Joe is a Tokyo University graduate who felt despair and nothingness toward the human race, and also felt the limits of the world after 10 years of being on the G Team. However, after meeting Hajime, he gained back his passion for living, and became serious about his work. He is usually running the "Living Safety Department" in the town hall, where he is transformed into a clean, well-kempt, handsome man. However, in the evening, he lets down his hair, puts away his glasses and smokes, changing his atmosphere entirely. He calls Hajime "little lady", and himself "old man". Although he holds a distance from Hajime, he actually is very interested in her.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/news/2013-04-16/gatchaman-crowds-anime-characters-staff-revealed
 
Yep, they ain't even bothering to hide the boys' intentions.

Also, everyone seems to have really, really long legs for some reason.
 

7Th

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Main story:
The story is set in Japan in the early summer of 2015. 180,000 people live in Tachikawa City, the "second metropolis" of the Tokyo area. Among them are "Gatchaman" — warriors who fight in special reinforced suits powered by "NOTE," the manifestation of special spiritual powers in living beings. A council has scouted a group of individuals with latent powers to protect Earth from alien criminals. In recent years, the council has assigned Gatchaman warriors to deal with the mysterious entity known as "MESS."
 
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