| Tower Records' official Twitter revealed during the concert "Producer Jin One Man Live Mekaku City Summer '13" held today, details about the anime adaption of Kagerou Project, a mix-media project by the vocaloid musical composer and writer Jin. The anime is titled Mekaku City Actors and will be directed by Shinbo Akiyuki and animated by Shaft. No airing date or other staff or cast information has been disclosed yet. The Kagerou Project started in February 2011 on Nico Nico Douga with the song "Jinzou Enemy" (Artificial Enemy). A few more songs followed and the third one, "Kagerou Days," proved to be particularly popular. The name was chosen as the title for the later manga and novel adaptation. The first CD album was released in February 2012 (also named "Mekaku City Actors"). The first volume of the novel was published in May, and the manga started in July (with the first volume published in November). So far, 3 albums, 1 single, 3 novel volumes, and 2 manga volumes have been released. The story told a complex and mysterious tale which started on August 14th and involved a number of characters, some with special powers. In addition, the songs are about different characters' views. Source: Tower Records' Twitter Story by 45Ravager Mekaku City Actors on MAL |
NaruleachJan 4, 2014 4:11 PM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Awesome, it got put up, I'm currently reading the manga of this, and it's really great. I'm also glad to see that Shaft will be working on this, judging from what I've read so far, it fits their style =) |
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| I am really hyped for this. Can't wait to see what Shaft does with this series. |
| I've been waiting a very long time for this, it seems like. Only Vocaloid songs I ever listen to nowadays. Shaft seems perfect for this, put Ene's face on TV! |
| I've heard of this novel, it's gets a bit too depressing for my tastes. |
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| Sometimes I wonder why stuff like this gets animated. |
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UnbornMVs said: Sometimes I wonder why stuff like this gets animated. Vocaloid is popular, only problem is that there hasn't been a true Vocaloid anime with Miku, Luka, etc. |
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| I'm interested 45Ravager said: Awesome, it got put up, I'm currently reading the manga of this, and it's really great. I'm also glad to see that Shaft will be working on this, judging from what I've read so far, it fits their style =) Can you give me the link to the manga? |
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Hoppy said: UnbornMVs said: Sometimes I wonder why stuff like this gets animated. Vocaloid is popular, only problem is that there hasn't been a true Vocaloid anime with Miku, Luka, etc. Still. Imo I would prefer more anime like Shingeki no Kyojin to come out , the epicness in this industry lowered considerably in the last years. |
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UnbornMVs said: Still. Imo I would prefer more anime like Shingeki no Kyojin to come out , the epicness in this industry lowered considerably in the last years. We get the new Fate series for that. I'm still waiting for a Claymore remake though. |
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| Not a Vocaloid fan but I will looking out for this one. |
UnbornMVs said: Sociologists have linked the trend of youngsters to be more inward-looking and passive to the decline of epic stories -- and to be honest it is not something that is limited to anime, even in manga, novel, and game there is similar trend. It is just that since there are fewer anime titles compared to the other forms of media the trend looks particularly prominent.Still. Imo I would prefer more anime like Shingeki no Kyojin to come out , the epicness in this industry lowered considerably in the last years. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| animated by shaft! bless. so it's finally confirmed, can't wait till they announce the cast. happy kagerou day! |
AmnaMJAug 15, 2013 10:05 AM
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| Oh God SHAFT. Kinda expected this since Kagerou fits their style. I hope Kano is voiced by Kamiya Hiroshi. Shinbo Akiyuki, make us proud. |
| I'm not really surprised, but now you say it was about the same time last year it was announced too? I almost thought it was just a coincidence, since it was taking so long, but I guess they wouldn't let it just be a coincidence. |
-Ene- said: Mid-August is an important time for the story so I guess the timing of mid-August may not be a pure coincidence.I'm not really surprised, but now you say it was about the same time last year it was announced too? I almost thought it was just a coincidence, since it was taking so long, but I guess they wouldn't let it just be a coincidence. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Finaly! And SHAFT is making it on top of that? dear god, I'm so ready for this I want to cry. @_@ |
| Oh yes shaft Gonna watch it for sure |
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| Seems to be a promising anime show. I hope it will be great. |
| I like anime. |
| Are the songs going to be included in the series somehow? Because that would be amazing. |
| I'm hoping at least Children Record would be the op, if the others are inserted, I'd somewhat prefer they just be instrumentals, but I still hope they appear. |
Adair said: Can't imagine this would not be the case...Are the songs going to be included in the series somehow? Because that would be amazing. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
symbv said: -Ene- said: Mid-August is an important time for the story so I guess the timing of mid-August may not be a pure coincidence.I'm not really surprised, but now you say it was about the same time last year it was announced too? I almost thought it was just a coincidence, since it was taking so long, but I guess they wouldn't let it just be a coincidence. Yeah, the most important dates in the series are August 14th and 15th, so really not many people were surprised that something would get announced. The problem is WHAT would be announced. Anyways, SHAFT feels like a perfect fit imo, at least SHAFT's style seems kinda like the style Shidu and Wanyanpuu (sp?) have in the PVs. But oh man, if the songs were included somehow, like different EDs or something, that would be awesome. |
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| Didn't hear of this before, but since it's SHAFT, I'll give it a go. |
ThangLong said: I'm interested 45Ravager said: Awesome, it got put up, I'm currently reading the manga of this, and it's really great. I'm also glad to see that Shaft will be working on this, judging from what I've read so far, it fits their style =) Can you give me the link to the manga? Sorry I'm late dude, but here's a link to where I read it: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/kagerou_days/ |
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| I'm a bit disappointed it's Shinbo, but I'll watch regardless. |
Kurano said: Also a good idea. But oh man, if the songs were included somehow, like different EDs or something, that would be awesome. But just as Shojo-chanCat said, Summertime Record being the ending (or at least for the most part) makes sense. Before that album came out, I kind of thought the ending could be a completely different song (like BRS), but now that seems to make the most sense. |
EasyGo-er said: Here you go; [url]http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/kagerou-days-r6498[/url] 45Ravager said: Sorry I'm late dude, but here's a link to where I read it: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/kagerou_days/ Thanks :) |
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| One of the two most overrated non-anime now getting anime (the other one is Touhou). Not that I mind anyways since it's the time right now to check the worthiness of this. |
 Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| I haven't really heard of Shaft before so I was wondering what other animes have they produced? Also, what is the order of the songs for Kagerou Days? I've heard that there are songs that go with it just like the Night Fever songs but I could be wrong. |
yukiiholic said: EF series, Madoka, Monogatari series.I haven't really heard of Shaft before so I was wondering what other animes have they produced? |
| Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
yukiiholic said: This is basically the order the songs were released in: http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Kagerou_Project#SongsAlso, what is the order of the songs for Kagerou Days? I've heard that there are songs that go with it just like the Night Fever songs but I could be wrong. |
NicoKurosawaAug 15, 2013 12:53 PM
| I guess I'll watch this for Shaft and since I do read a manga version of the series, this will be on my PTW. |
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| After watching "Heat haze days" I remember thinking "wow it would be great if this got an OVA" and now almost year later it's getting a TV series by Shaft. This is truly a miracle. |
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| Bless everything, SHAFT is perfect for Kagepro!! I'm looking forward to this SO MUCH |
| Will watch because I've seen some of the songs and I really like it. Not too fond of Shaft, but interesting choice.. |
VioLink said: After watching "Heat haze days" I remember thinking "wow it would be great if this got an OVA" and now almost year later it's getting a TV series by Shaft. This is truly a miracle. It's not actually just Heat-haze Days, it's the entire KagePro series. You should listen to the rest of the songs if you haven't already, they're really good. |
| I was expecting thar SHAFT will be a good studio for this series. How nice it does. |
| This news gave me an erection. |
| *Cringey anime weeb stuff* |
Laciie said: VioLink said: After watching "Heat haze days" I remember thinking "wow it would be great if this got an OVA" and now almost year later it's getting a TV series by Shaft. This is truly a miracle. It's not actually just Heat-haze Days, it's the entire KagePro series. You should listen to the rest of the songs if you haven't already, they're really good. I have, its just Heat haze days was the first one I watched. |
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| Oh thank god. An anime adaptation of KagePro could easily be a trainwreck if the director doesn't know what they're doing, but I can't think of anyone else better to handle it than Shinbo and Shaft. This is such great news! Now I eagerly await a cast list. |
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