| According to Famitsu, Enterbrain has launched a multi-media project "Busou Chuugakusei -Basket Army-". A short anime series will be streamed on the official website from December 22nd. Each episode is 3 minutes long and will be updated every two months. Basekt Army official website Staff Director: ROMANoV HiGA ("TANK S.W.A.T. 01") Script: Nojima Kazushige Anime Character Design and Animation Director: Tanaka Masaki ("Minami-ke Okaeri") Sound Director: Kameyama Toshiki Music: Kawai Kenji Production Studios: Asread, StudioRF Inc. (3D CGI of "Hellsing Ultimate") Cast Natori Tohko: Koshimizu Ami Kurobe Kazuki: Kaji Yuuki Senami Hikari: Tohyama Nao Matsuura An: Hirata Mana Kano Nanami: Mimori Suzuko Takizawa Tomonori: Mizushima Takahiro Chris: Inoue Kikuko Gabriel: Kanemitsu Nobuaki Torch: Yasumoto Hiroki Synopsis: In 2026, Japan has been suffering from the long economic recession and the malfunction of the government. In order to deal with the rising international tension, the government has initiated a new military education program for teenagers. Natori Tohko is in the third year of the military junior high school. On the final day of a combat training course, an instructor proposes an extracurricular lesson called "The newest arms research", which leads the students into an actual battle against a French PMC. Source: Famitsu Busou Chuugakusei: Basket Army on MAL |
NaruleachNov 28, 2011 11:39 PM
| Military, huh. Might be worth watching. Since it's short, I imagine it will be along the lines of something like "platonic Chain", but with 2D animation and with a military focus. Maybe a bit more action-orientated than that. |
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| A 3 minute long anime that's about a bunch of teens with guns. What could go wrong? |
| Considering the lineup of the staff and the cast, there should be a full length work in the future, I believe. |
| The artwork on the website looks very promising. |
| 3 minutes ? WHY ? =( I would like to see it longer, like a normal TV series =) |
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| I mean, it doesn't sound bad, per se, but 3 minutes? Every 2 months? I don't know about this... |
dtshyk said: "Busou Chuugakusei -Basketarmy-". A short anime series will be streamed on the official website from December 22nd. Each episode is 3 minutes long and will be updated every two months. Cast Kurobe Kazuki: Kaji Yuuki Senami Hikari: Tohyama Nao Chris: Inoue Kikuko Synopsis: In 2026, Japan has been suffering from the long economic recession and the malfunction of the government. In order to deal with the rising international tension, the government has initiated a new military education program for teenagers. Natori Tohko is in the third year of the military junior high school. On the final day of a combat training course, an instructor proposes an extracurricular lesson called "The newest arms research", which leads the students into an actual battle against a French PMC. Yay? |
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| Sounds like Hidan no Aria 2 to me. Hope this isn't the case since they only have 3 minutes each episode. |
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DesolateOne said: Sounds like Hidan no Aria 2 to me. Hope this isn't the case since they only have 3 minutes each episode. *shudders* Why did you have to make that comparison, I was hopefully optimistic about this... |
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| what is this madness, the french having a good army! |
| If your going to complain that Yu-Gi-Oh! Mangas are on the top NY times manga best sellers, you must not realize how popular Card games are(as well as the fact that you get a free card). |
| it would have been more interesting if it wasn't 3 min each episode |
| Kaji Yuuki have my babies. Um. Anyway. Well, I'll be watching. Sounds interesting, and there's always potential for full length eps. |
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| I like the title but not so much for the synopsis. |
| KAJI YUUKI!!!! *O* |
| Ugh. What's up with these short anime releases that's been spreading? |
| this looks promising indeed.. *_* I was looking the official website linked above and i've just seen "comic" between the top menu, now i'm not really able to read japanese XD so.. is there any news about a possible related manga of this? *w* |
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EtnaEraclea said: Google translate does wonders: http://translate.google.nl/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fbasketarmy.jp%2FcomicI was looking the official website linked above and i've just seen "comic" between the top menu, now i'm not really able to read japanese XD so.. is there any news about a possible related manga of this? *w* So I guess it's gonna be a one-shot. There isn't any more detail on the website for now, only a little synopsis. |
| Oh. That's gonna be interesting. :D Sankyu ♥ |
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| TANK T.W.A.T |
| update: i've found additional cast, if you guys want to edit the main post~ Genki Muro as Youji Takatsu Shin Furukawa as Satoshi Yoshino Yūta Odagaki as Tarou Tsurumi source: Basket Army [Animenewsnetwork] |
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