Shangri-La Range Murata Anime Confirmed

Shangri-La Range Murata Anime Confirmed

A TV anime adaptation of sci-fi novel Shangri-La has been announced. Perhaps most notably, the art design will be provided by the great 村田蓮爾 / Range Murata, so that alone should be interesting to see.

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  • Jiyuu commented on September 10, 2008 17:05
  • murata+gonzo=win blue sub no6 and last exile were both really good. hopefully this won't be another mardock scramble... More
  • karasu commented on September 10, 2008 06:42
  • Gonzo has some decent animation lately (Druaga, Blassreiter), and since they won't get that much power to alter the story (seeing as there's already one) I think it should turn out well.... More

robot super color comic

Cover of robot 9

This is Robot magazine, a beautiful, large format, full colour manga magazine/serial artbook under the direction of Range Murata (村田蓮爾; also a contributor), who may be familiar to you as the character designer of the anime Last Exile (highly recommended), amongst others. Yoshitoshi Abe (安倍吉俊) (involved in various capacities with Serial Experiments Lain (a favourite), Texhnolyze (another favourite), Haibane Renmei, NieA_7, etc) is also regularly featured. It is pricey and slim compared to the more mainstream phonebook sized manga compilations, but the quality of art included is second to none. Perhaps the cover price is a small price to pay for supporting these artists?

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  • edoxx commented on October 5, 2008 17:57
  • I can get volume 1-8 in my country and it's in english version. Though some volumes can be made only through special orders. I just bought volume three. Since I don't have any scanner, it wont'... More
  • mark commented on September 18, 2008 16:52
  • I actually see these books in the local chinatown and little tokyo i go to. Only in collector shops though.... More

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