Bamboo Blade, Prism Ark, Sketchbook Videos Posted
posted on 2007-09-27 12:01 EDTAnimate.tv and Square Enix have posted promotional videos for three animated television series that start in October in Japan: Bamboo Blade, Prism Ark, and Sketchbook ~full color'S~. Bamboo Blade (300K or 600K bandwidth video) adapts a manga about a kendÅ (Japanese fencing) advisor who trains five girls to win a bet for a year's worth of food. Prism Ark (narrowband or broadband video) is the non-adult anime version of an adult role-playing adventure game about a knight academy. Sketchbook ~full color'S~ (narrowband or broadband video) adapts the Sketchbook slice-of-life manga about a high school art club. Source: Moon Phase
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