Touhou Anime Due, with All Star Seiyuu Cast
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Dec 9, 2008 07:26 JST
- Tags: Adaptations, Comiket, Doujinshi, Rie Tanaka, Seiyuu, Touhou, Video Gallery
The Touhou Project has finally given rise to an anime, 夢想夏郷 / Musou Kakyou, to be distributed at the upcoming Comiket on DVD, and featuring an all star seiyuu cast despite being a doujin product.
The preview video:
Player 1
A variety of professional seiyuu are lending their voices to the project:
博麗霊夢 / Hakurei Reimu: 中原麻衣 / Mai Nakahara (Higurashi’s Rena, Clannad’s Nagisa, Utawarerumono’s Yuzuha, etc)
霧雨魔理沙 / Kirisame Marisa: 沢城みゆき / Miyuki Sawashiro (Rozen Maiden’s Shinku, Kannagi’s Tsugumi)
射命丸文 / Shameimaru Aya: 藤村歩 / Ayumi Fujimura
You can see full details at Maikaze.
The DVD will be distributed as a limited edition box set, for ¥2,800, and including an OST CD, a collection of pictures, postcards, etc.
C75 release details are as follows: 月曜日（二日目） 西地区 “あ” ブロック 41a.
Sales through the usual distributors will follow afterwards. Odd for them not to opt for Reitaisai?
An anime adaptation was inevitable, as Touhou is serious business, but for a doujin anime to be managed is rather surprising.
Doubtless not the last we hear of the anime, though it would be surprising for it not to eventually be adapted into a professionally produced series, as the copyright objections raised thus far seem more like stalling than any genuine obstruction?
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YAY!!!!
FCK YEAH!! TOUHOU ANIME!
YES! finallly A animated Touhou
Oh wow! Finally the infamous shooting game will have an anime! GREAT NEWS!!!
why is it called "toho" anime project?
Ambiguous romanization. It mostly resembles the widely-used Hepburn style, which really should be Tōhō with macrons above the O's.
Godspeed to the those that will be waiting in line to get this, it'll be rough!
Wow, what a seiyuu cast for a doujin project!
Nice to see Rie Tanaka in another maid role.
Art style reminds me a bit of Ghibli's late 80's/early 90's stuff (castle in the sky, etc)
April fools! ..wait holy crap awesome!
FUCK YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Sweet. Oh boy, oh boy.
Bout time o(^_^)o
Weird, but I'm getting a déjà vu here, somehow I get the thinking that I already have seen this once...
Maybe because someone already released a doujin Touhou anime a year ago.
is this the only one or r there more doujin work out there?
http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Touhou_Project_Side_Story
asth hv provided an eng sub for this one
I've always been wary of a proper touhou anime because whenever something gets an anime, that is usually when it hits the big time and then you get the mass influx of retarded fans getting interested in it.
Oh well, the touhou panel I'm trying to get going for Sakura-con, pending they finally get back to giving me an e-mail regarding its acceptance, was designed to help deal with something like this should it happen so it isn't that bad.
Sakuracon Touhou panel, you say? I'll be there, and willing to help if you need it. Look for the guy with long hair and glasses in a group with Alice and Suika cosplayers (if the girls finish their costumes anyhow).
Not a fan of shooting games but i love the art style touhou uses. Looking forward to this.
yes time for some armpits.
lol I found you.
FINALLY SOME REAL TOUHOU ANIME!!!!
ROFL. Armpits and pads. I am so looking forward to this.
Gonzo look!!! , touhou is a gold mine xD . Think quick or die.
A Touhou ero-anime could be their salvation...
About a million years late, but better now than never!
OMG! they finally completed it after so long!
*fangasm*
Something seems wrong. I know I've seen this video before. This can't be a preview video just released.
There were previous previews, but they had very little actual animation in them, and most seem to have doubted anything would come of it.
They had better include new arrangements of the game soundtracks in the OST, or they're in for some massive nerd rage.
I was wondering if MAIKAZE was finishing this up after seeing the 2 previews ages ago. Never expeted the cast though.
It's awesome my favs are in there; China, PADS, Suika and Remi. Though China is missing a VA for now, unless ??? means randomer haha. What will be the story? If not, it may be a 'Slice of Life' thing going then.
Wonder what ZUN's take on it will be to see the finished product too.
i know its coming close...
ITS OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT?! OVER 9000????!?!??!
Ah~~~~~~
Finnally~ ^^
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
clever ^^
This was a triumph.
I'm making a note here, huge success.
There will be cake.
The cake is a lie.... unlike Touhou anime
Still wishing for SHAFT, though......
IT CANT BE
IMPOSSIBLE
cant wait for it
Could you provide the nico nico link? The embedded video doesn't work for me. D:
*translates the theme song in 10 minutes flat* [http://atashi.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/touhou-anime-project-theme-song-soko-ni-aru-mono/]
BAM.
To behold, a public bulletin board built of both brilliance and barbarity by bastards with boners?
Absolute hit or complete deception, i can´t wait to see how this touhou anime thing turns out.
I think the art could use some improvement, but I've learned not to expect much out of Touhou in that department after a while.
Eh, it's not bad. Just not the kind of style that's popular with anime these days. As long as they keep consistent quality it's fine as is for me.
C75! pls arrive nao!
Now just please, god, not let it be a troll =)
Its asking a bit too much, but somehow i feel that the character art leaves much to be desired. everything else is splendid though.
cant wait to see how this goes.
I know what you mean. Some characters look almost yukkuri in the video.
I think it actually looks pretty close to ZUN's original artwork...
This is probably why they hired an all-star seiyuu cast. To make up for the lousy character art. The background looks ok though.
Also the op is great.
Touhou anime. What else can I say? **** YEAHHHH
Moar Arisu plz.
I haven't been so excited in ages. Of course, this could still end up being an epic failure.
And it needs more YuyukoYukari.
Rie Tanaka working on a doujin project? How the blazes did they manage that??
We get an anime adaption of a well known doujin game, which is good, and people just had to find complain about stuffs? Proves that Americans really like to whine.
It's because the previous attempt at an anime adaptation of the same game was made of epic fail. Soundholic's story was at the level of bad fanfic, and their animation wasn't even as good as this one.
That being said, if Maikaze's story is halfway decent, and the seiyuus aren't phoning it in, this will be awesome despite the so-so art. I don't think the art is outright bad, personally, but I guess some people's mileage might vary.
I hope and expect this to be better than that crappy touhou anime by sound holic.
wait the price less than 3000 yen? How long this anime duration will be?
15 minutes...?
Proponents of the Maikaze-style art on NicoNico claimed it looks like ZUN's drawing with a little less of the mannerism. And in a way, it does look so.
Yo Any sites where you could pre-order that? International shipping ofc, I really want that shit It doesnt matter that there is no subs.
oh god, why is remi fat?
Oh yes!!! Touhou Anime!!! Thx God!
why is marisa's hat so small? Surly any touhou fan would know that her hat isnt that small, and i agree with you Anonymous =.=' remi does look fat, so does sakuya alittle but I'm still looking forward to it. XD
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What's the name of the anime version of Touhou going to be? Is it just "Touhou Anime"? I hope they have an epic name for it (like Immaterial and Missing Power), not a lame name like "Touhou Anime".