Gonzo Stripped of Strike Witches Season 2
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Nov 27, 2009 19:49 JST
- Tags: AIC, Continuations, Gonzo, Loli, Pantsu, Production Controversy, Strike Witches
In a surprise announcement which may be the death knell for troubled studio Gonzo, the production for the second season of Strike Witches has apparently been confirmed as moving to studio AIC, despite earlier assurances that Gonzo would retain the rights.
AIC has previously cooperated with Gonzo on the production of Strike Witches, so they likely have some expertise with aerial pantsu-like things.
AIC may actually be a very logical choice if Gonzo was considered too unreliable or otherwise, as they have previously produced the similar Skygirls, as well as several series jointly with Gonzo (such as Seto no Hanayome and Sora no Otoshimono, along with the aforementioned Strike Witches).
In any case, the loss of its most high profile franchise probably spells the end for the lingering remains of Gonzo, at least unless its management overhaul turns out to be spectacularly successful…










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At least it can't get worse than season 1
Gonzo made Burst Angel, right? Was that any good?
It's great news, AIC always been known for great production values. They don't always get the best materials to work on but fuck they deliever top notch results in every project they touched. They can make even generic harem crap appear having substances.
Strike witches is a prima example of why the whole moe thing is bad for a lot of things.
And then they try to bring it to the US...
all hail gonzo!!!
lol(gonzo).
Studio AIc is doing a great job on sora no Flying Pantsu. I would like to see their rendition of the witches.
hey i really liked skygirls and seto no hanayome,didn't saw the sora one.
Anyway expecting something better now from strike witches.
THIS CAN'T BE TRUE!!!!
GONZO DON'T FUCKING DIE ON ME, I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!!!!!!!!
Man this sucks, I don't know if AIC can pull of the SW season 2 alone.
Their collaboration was having great results and Gonzo needed it a lot.
strike witches will live on. gonzo will now die.
let live and let die, it's the natural circle of life.
i never really heard of gonzo until strik witches anyway
Gonzo... they are in literally dipshit...
From certain financial sources, they have from last I heard US$6M to clear by (forgotten what date) or they will be under bank control / property.
Thus, they have to pull out all guns now to save their ass. (remember in Seitokai no Ichizon, the Strike Witches parody? also Kiddy Grade-and where if I remember correctly, Gonzo staff are on the production though not credited)
Now that production has moved to AIC, Gonzo most probably will have to sell their license rights and production / design templates of Strike Witches + working out the production (with their remaining staff who used to be on the project maybe without being credited) if they want to save themselves.
wtf is up with the red marks on their bodies? they freaking look like huge zits they should stop that shit.
That's a shame, I still remember the good stuff that studio made in the old days, before turning to this newest "make bland crap that sells" trend.
R.I.P Gonzo, you shall be remembered. Atleast we still have the Muppet Show bird guy.
My one gripe with AIC handling the franchise now, is that it opens up the possibility of a hopeless male harem lead being included into the cast.
He will probably represent Geneva, Nato, or the UN or something.
Gonzo seems to be better at writing stories with a female only cast.
for a sec I thought they were canceling the season and my heart stopped for a sec..oh the mere thought is scary.
for a sec I thought they were cancelling the season and my heart stopped for a sec..oh the mere thought is scary.
I will miss gonzo. They were probably my second or third favorite producers.
Studio DEEN will animate it. They've already proven they've got what it takes (the Strike Witches spoof in Seitokai).
AIC for the lulz!
more senseless panchira????
count me in
As a supporter of flying girls with only their panties on, I don't really give a damn what/who's going to take hold of Season 2.
Best regards, though. I LOVE Strike Witches, even if people say its shitty.
I am very happy that "Strike Witches" will have a second season, I was waiting for a long time, it was worth every day and month ^^.
Yay for more Lucchini and Sanya-sama :3
Rut-roh! I hope it isn't the end of Gonzo, but Strike Witches is in good hands with AIC.
I hate to see them go but maybe it will turn out to save the struggling anime companies as a whole.
Stripped Witches!
with nyankoi & sora no otoshimono, I think Strike Witches will be in good hands...
Indeed. For something as supposedly brainless fanservice as Sora no Otoshimono, the anime is pure win so far.
It definitely surpassed my expectations.
LOL! It's about time! Them witches are late, frankly speaking....
I still can't figure out if this is a good thing or a bad thing.
In years long gone, Gonzo has made:
Gnakutsuou
Last Exile
Welcome to the NHK
In recent years they have made:
Rosario+Vampire
Saki
Strike Witches
And in their current financial crisis, they are far from returning to teir best, relying on shit stuff that sells, so I'll be the first to say:
And nothing of value was lost.
Strike Witches and Saki rocked and I heard NHK was far inferior to the manga (haven't seen it yet). So there.
I'm disappointed on the absence of Basilisk in that list >:(
And Peacemaker Kurogane..
Strike Witches IS something of value. Just not intelligent value.
Gonzo might suck, but they know fanservice. Since that's all this show is, I don't have high hopes for season 2.
True, true. Just remember the glory days of Last Exile etc and pretend Linebarrels and Shangri-la never happened.
I liked Saki :p
Does Gonzo have ANY decent anime properties left?
I don't really want them to go down, not with Vandread and Nadesico still technically in their hands. I know that all the good people have left the company, but at the very least I hope some of the legacy franchises could be rescued.
They still have Saki?
A new Nadesico season would be great. Between TV and movie is a lot of empty space...
The planned second season, which never materialized, was supposed to be a sequel to the movie. It would be nice if they could revive that, however it seems unlikely that they would try to resuscitate it at this late date. The director declared the franchise dead four years ago.
They recently made a mahoromatic ova for some reason or another. Who the hell says they can't make another nadesico anime? OVA, movie or whatever. Same with Nanoha. The series has ended so to speak, what with nanoha being in her mid-twenties by the latter drama cds, yet they're still making an alternate retelling.
Nadesico is a great anime. One of my faorite.
I hope that Akito saves it for us.
yup, pretty much this is the last nail on their coffin.
uhhhh, isn't Nadesico done by Xebec and not Gonzo?
pass on the torch Gonzo, you have failed
THIS IS MADNESS!
white sauce on pantsu.
Really? Well I thought this was Sparta, but whatever you say, pal.
Awwww. Poor baby's upset.
Stop forcing the same old meme on every fucking article.
Hey madness! Wassup!