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NEWS: Gainax, Saudi Arabia's Arinat Make 3-Minute 'Desert Knight' Trailer


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Heishi



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 3:58 pm Reply with quote
Nice collaboration here!

While I love Japanese culture, I also have a particular fondness of Arabic culture. I also think for some reason that Arabic and Japanese culture are kind of similar despite them having vastly different customs. I don't why. Razz
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SENPAI--



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 4:11 pm Reply with quote
Anything from Gainax I will check out.
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NearEasternerJ1





PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 4:16 pm Reply with quote
Erm, us Arabs don't look like that. :/
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taishou*



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 4:17 pm Reply with quote
I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this.
It's always exciting to see new projects, especially from an area of the world that doesn't get a lot of positive attention.
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TsukasaElkKite



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 4:57 pm Reply with quote
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decides to challenge the tyranny and the rule of the law of the jungle and bandits


A thinly veiled "take that" at the Saudi regime?[/quote]
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NGK



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 5:17 pm Reply with quote
Hagwalah-D anime when ??? Laughing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpjY3qLwd0w
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Suena



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 5:39 pm Reply with quote
When it's so much work to censor imported anime, that you might as well make your own
[kidding!]

It's always cool to see more international anime collaborations.
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Wrial Huden



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 5:52 pm Reply with quote
Don't think I'll be supporting this. Saudi Arabia's human rights record is atrocious.
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:03 pm Reply with quote
Wrial Huden wrote:
Don't think I'll be supporting this. Saudi Arabia's human rights record is atrocious.

Yeah, I'm guessing having any strong female characters show up was out of the question.
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Afezeria



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:50 pm Reply with quote
NearEasternerJ1 wrote:
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Maybe you didn't noticed that this is an anime esque animation and not a live action show? Any way, since a lot of people are presumebly really familiar with anime style animation nowadays, it's probably better to take advantage of that.

With that said, I didn't watch the video and might not do so, Magi is great enough.
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taishou*



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:51 pm Reply with quote
Wrial Huden wrote:
Don't think I'll be supporting this. Saudi Arabia's human rights record is atrocious.

It's not backed by the Saudi Arabian government, but by a private company who has no control over politics there. It's kind of stupid to refuse to consume media for something beyond a person's control.
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#861208



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:55 pm Reply with quote
Boy is cute, style looks vintage, probably a very basic story for aforementioned reasons... but it's cute, and international collabs are always a good thing.
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Banken



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 7:28 pm Reply with quote
NearEasternerJ1 wrote:
Erm, us Arabs don't look like that. :/


...and Japanese people don't look like anime characters...

I can't help but look at this and think.... these characters very likely have values incompatible with a liberal, secular society.
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leesahlynn



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 9:12 pm Reply with quote
I will absolute not support anything coming out of Saudi Arabia. You think the money they earn from this wont be spent there, wont benefit that economy and government? What a sick joke. The private company behind this collab shouldn't have agreed to the partnership in the first place, it was perfectly within their control and now it's in ours as the consumer.
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Ruh



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:39 pm Reply with quote
leesahlynn wrote:
I will absolute not support anything coming out of Saudi Arabia. You think the money they earn from this wont be spent there, wont benefit that economy and government? What a sick joke. The private company behind this collab shouldn't have agreed to the partnership in the first place, it was perfectly within their control and now it's in ours as the consumer.

You should not support anime at all, then. Some of them can air on Saudi Arabia TV, making money to this company or another which will then benefit the country's economy and the government too.
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