Kaiba
Masaaki Yuasa. Madhouse. WOWOW. Everything is in place for greatness. I’d be happy if this was the only anime I watch all year.
GOLGO 13
Yay! Looks like Answer Studio, who did a decent job on FLAG, are animating. I think it’s Shunji Oga directing, who was asst. director on Golgo 13: The Professional. And the writers are TV veterans that look to have Lupin III projects in their credits. So it’s looking pretty solid right now, the only concern I have is it being on TV Tokyo might mean it gets watered down a little from the manga. Still that one image on the site is reassuring – Golgo stoically walking away from shit blowing up!
Kyouran Kazoku Nikki
This appears to be some kind of moe-tinged nutty sci-fi comedy about really, really weird “family” (Mother is a catgirl, son is a lion, daughter is an alien jellyfish, you know the drill). I have the feeling it will not be anywhere near as a funny as it thinks it should be. I will probably still check it out, as high concept comedies are always interesting just to see if they crash and burn.
By the by, those character designs remind me of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s work somewhat. Especially in facial proportions.
Sugarbunnies
I believe Sanrio did this as a stop motion series a while back, and now it’s a cartoon. I like the character designs on the adult characters, but man those bunnies look depressed on the webpage.
