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Terraformars 2nd OVA Episode's Trailer Streamed
posted on by Kyle Cardine
The official website for the OVA adaptation of Yū Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana's Terra Formars manga began streaming a trailer for the second episode on Friday. The second episode will come with the manga's 11th compiled volume, which will ship on November 19.
Shōkichi: My best friend died on Mars.
Shōkichi: They had antennas and cercus... They are unmistakeably cockroaches.
Alexander: The name of those creatures is Terraformar. Since they were found at Bugs 2, they have been researched by us.
Man: I'm going to have you continue the mission. Bugs 2 is filled with poor and needy beings, and that includes you. Have you ever thought as to why?
God: Because there's no worth to our lives.
Man: I NEED MONEY. I NEED MONEY. I NEED MONEY. I NEED MONEY.
Nanao: There's no other kind of work that people like us will be hired for.
Man: You all threw away your humanity in exchange for money.
Shōkichi: Don't look down on humans, you cockroaches!!
Shōkichi: I'm going to defeat you all! I must return to Earth at all costs to tell the people that Mars was beautiful, and that going there was a big step for man!
Alexander: The pyramids you're seeing now are most likely the ones built by the gods of Lahag.
Shōkichi: Lahag...
Woman: Then this is...!?
Ichirō: Yeah... A Terraformar egg.
Alexander: You all must destroy the Terraformar eggs, no matter what you have to do.
Victoria: No...! Why isn't it working...!? We were able to control the others here!
Ichirō: They're... evolving...!
Man: It was so strange that they were attacking us. But I feel like I know why now. It's the same feeling of pure opposition that humans feel when they see a cockroach. I'm going to survive and go home! As if I'd die in a place like this!!
Shōkichi: You're a human... And my friend...!
The story of Yū Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana's original, graphically violent manga begins in the year 2577, hundreds of years after scientists sent cockroaches and mold to terraform Mars. However, when the first manned ships land on Mars, they encounter large humanoid cockroaches with great strength, and are wiped out. Humanity then sends elite warriors to Mars to eliminate the cockroaches.
The OVA stars:
- Ayako Kawasumi as Nanao Akita
- Hidenobu Kiuchi as Shōkichi Komachi
- Tomokazu Sugita as Ichirō Hiruma
- Ami Koshimizu as Victoria Wood
- Ayahi Takagaki as Zhang Ming-Ming
- Hiroshi Yanaka as Kō Honda
- Jouji Nakata as Alexander Gustav Newton
- Juurouta Kosugi as Luke Snorresson
- Kenjiro Tsuda as God Lee
- Kouji Ishii as Narration
- Nana Mizuki as Maria Viren
- Rikiya Koyama as Donatello K. Davis
- Tomohisa Hashizume as Thien
- Yuko Tachibana as Petra Eheim
- Ayaka Shimoyamada as Jaina Eisenstein
- Eiji Takeuchi as Tejas Viji
- Ryūichi Kijima as Yang Huwan
- Tooru Sakurai as Redon Burgsmüller
- Yasuyuki Sano as John Welthork
- Youji Ueda as Toshio Bright
The television anime adapts the Annex 1 arc of the manga and premiered on September 26. The companion original video anime (OVA) project adapts the earlier Bugs 2 arc on discs bundled with the 10th and 11th manga volumes. The Annex 1 arc takes place 20 years after the Bugs 2 arc.
Hiroshi Hamasaki (Shigurui: Death Frenzy, Texhnolyze, Steins;Gate) is directing the TV anime at Liden Films. Shogo Yasukawa (Hyperdimension Neptunia, Invaders of the Rokujyōma!?) is handling the series composition, Masanori Shino (Shigurui: Death Frenzy, Black Lagoon) is handling the main character design, Satoshi Kimura (key animator for Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Valvrave the Liberator) is handling the character design, Takahari Ozaki (composite director for Texhnolyze) is serving as assistant director, and Shusei Murai (Silver Spoon, Tibetan Dog) is composing the music. Terrspex is performing the opening song "Amazing Break" and the ending theme song "Lightning."
Sasuga and Tachibana launched Terra Formars in 2011. The manga ranked at #3 on the Da Vinci magazine's list of the best male-oriented comics in the first half of 2013. The manga also topped the male readers category of the 2013 edition of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook. The manga was nominated for last year's Manga Taisho award.
Viz Media has licensed the manga for North America, and the company published the second compiled volume on September 16. Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs in Japan.
