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NEWS: Masakazu Katsura Designs Characters for 2nd Garo Anime




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Stark700



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:21 pm Reply with quote
Interesting key visual.

I think we're going to have a very strong and perhaps independent female protagonist for this season just judging on that silhouette. Very excited for season 2 ofc!
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DontmesswithKarma



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:50 pm Reply with quote
First - OMG I LOVE KATSURA'S ART SO MUCH!!

Second - that visual looks amazing. Looks like this will be a much higher budgeted anime than s1. Reminds me of Bahamut's visual and the art in that was phenominal
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FilthyCasual



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 2:07 pm Reply with quote
Hopefully we get the great CG armor again; I really enjoyed the unique aesthetic and contrast with the more traditional animation.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 3:25 pm Reply with quote
I'm very excited for this. Hopefully this is the start of a new trend for the series and, much like the live action series, they start releasing more with different protagonists and, in the case of the anime, different time periods.
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wohdin



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 3:28 pm Reply with quote
I will be praying for more beefy manly oyajis. Especially sukebe ones.

Hopefully they won't all get killed off this time.
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Sam Murai



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 5:17 pm Reply with quote
Very awesome to see Katsura doing designs for a franchise like GARO, should fit it like a glove. If they decide to do a continual animated sub-franchise of it, I hope they get a different, distinctive character designer for each iteration. On that subject…I find it very odd that GARO is even getting a second series, given how poorly the first did in sales (though reviews have been kind to it). I guess Maruyama's committed, not that I'm complaining…
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:05 pm Reply with quote
Sam Murai wrote:
Very awesome to see Katsura doing designs for a franchise like GARO, should fit it like a glove. If they decide to do a continual animated sub-franchise of it, I hope they get a different, distinctive character designer for each iteration. On that subject…I find it very odd that GARO is even getting a second series, given how poorly the first did in sales (though reviews have been kind to it). I guess Maruyama's committed, not that I'm complaining…
Garo is unlike most anime (and tokusatsu) in that it doesn't rely on physical sales of merchandise to fund itself.

The Garo line of shows primarily make their money through pachinko games. There are some really ornate looking Gaor pachinko games out there in Japan and these things almost entirely help the shows become funded, regardless of sales in other areas.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:05 pm Reply with quote
#sukkar wrote:
Sam Murai wrote:
Very awesome to see Katsura doing designs for a franchise like GARO, should fit it like a glove. If they decide to do a continual animated sub-franchise of it, I hope they get a different, distinctive character designer for each iteration. On that subject…I find it very odd that GARO is even getting a second series, given how poorly the first did in sales (though reviews have been kind to it). I guess Maruyama's committed, not that I'm complaining…
Garo is unlike most anime (and tokusatsu) in that it doesn't rely on physical sales of merchandise to fund itself.

The Garo line of shows primarily make their money through pachinko games. There are some really ornate looking Garo pachinko games out there in Japan and these things almost entirely help the shows become funded, regardless of sales in other areas.
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Hyro_10



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:27 pm Reply with quote
It's a shame the first season didn't do well but I'm glad we're getting a sequel. I didn't expect a news cast and setting though, while I'll miss Leone and the rest I'm really looking forward t this.
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Gyt Kaliba



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:11 pm Reply with quote
DontmesswithKarma wrote:
First - OMG I LOVE KATSURA'S ART SO MUCH!!


It's always great to see someone enjoying Katsura's art. The man just does not get enough love here in the States (though I guess that's making the assumption you are in the states, haha). Very Happy

I don't even know anything about this series, but if nothing else, I'm gonna stay posted just to see what the art looks like.
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DangerMouse



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 2:11 am Reply with quote
DontmesswithKarma wrote:
First - OMG I LOVE KATSURA'S ART SO MUCH!!

Second - that visual looks amazing. Looks like this will be a much higher budgeted anime than s1. Reminds me of Bahamut's visual and the art in that was phenominal


Yeah. Really looking forward to seeing this.
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