 It was announced that Shoutarou Ikenami's historical novel Onihei Hankachou will get TV anime under the title Onihei. The series is expected to broadcast in 2017.Synopsis The blade arts of the "Devil" tasked with stiking down evils threatening a peaceful Edo! Heizou Hasegawa, upholding the role of chief officer protecting against crime and arson! In 1783, the heart of the Tenmei era, Hasegawa held the office of chief director of the department charged with sustaining safety in the region, suppressing the most vile of thieves and criminals, an individual largely feared, renowned as Devil Heizou... (Source: MU) Director, Character Design: Shigeyuki Miya (Aoi Bungaku Series) Producer: Masao Maruyama (Monster) Music: Kouhei Tanaka (One Piece) and Ryu Kawamura Studio: Studio M2 Production: TMS Entertainment Onihei Hankachou is a novel by Shoutarou Ikenami that was serialized in Bungeishunju's Oru Yomimono magazine between 1967 to 1989. A manga version has been published through Comic Ran since 1993, with Bungeishunju published its 98th compiled volume of the manga on June 21, 2016. It has previously been adapted into various live-action adaptations, such TV dramas, movies, and stage-plays. Source: Cinema Today Onihei on MAL |
tsubasaloverOct 21, 2016 6:02 AM
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| Seems interesting, all in for a Historical anime, hope it has some bloody action-adventure packed stories :D |
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| sweet. im always up for more historical anime. |
| Hope this delivers and its one of the good historical series. As a big fan of this genre I'm really looking forward to this. |
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| i googled it ,seems like a detective story about solving crimes set in edo peroid so basically detective conan with samurai,COOL HA,i hope some samurai classics (like sword of doom)would be adapted into anime |
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| More historical anime is always a treat! I have not heard of this until now, but it definitely does look interesting :D |
| @tsubasalover, TMS Entertainment should be credited for production, while Studio M2 for animation production/studio. Also, Kouhei Tanaka (One Piece) and Ryu Kawamura are in charge of composing the music. (Source: Cinema Today) The novel was serialized in Bungeishunju's Oru Yomimono magazine. Bungeishunju published 98th compiled volume of the manga on June 21. (Source: Amazon JP). Synopsis The blade arts of the "Devil" tasked with stiking down evils threatening a peaceful Edo! Heizou Hasegawa, upholding the role of chief officer protecting against crime and arson! In 1783, the heart of the Tenmei era, Hasegawa held the office of chief director of the department charged with sustaining safety in the region, suppressing the most vile of thieves and criminals, an individual largely feared, renowned as Devil Heizou... (Source: MU) |
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| Thanks for the synopsis. Anyway count me in. I need my fill of historical anime, this one looks promising, i hope it is. |
| I'm hopeful for this one! Seems like something a little more mature and the director was involve with Aoi Bungaku...I always thought the designs were pretty wonderful in that anime (hopefully they do something similar with this one) so overall looks like a good choice with the historical setting. |
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| Not a fan of historical content but that premise has my interest. Hopefully will be good. |
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| All the best to the legend Masao Maruyama & his new studio M2, looking forward to this. |
| Imagine a berserk anime by Yoshiaki kawajiri at Madhouse. Now take a look at Berserk (2016). YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO CRY. |
| Historical novel huh, that's pretty unusual these days |
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| This one is gonna be good for sure. |
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| @tsubasalover You got the studio and production mixed up. M2 are in charge of animation production so should be listed as studio , TMS are listed for production. ANN / Moca-news - There's also comments by the producer Masao Maruyama on the anime if you want to add that in (from the Moca-news link) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reason behind M2 is for his dream projects he wants to do before he dies, can read a little more over here on it: https://boards.fireden.net/a/thread/143573547/ Anyway, I'm rather excited for it. Very old source material and historical, so could be really interesting. |
| wait, i kinda remember ever watvhing japanes live action with same title... but the sub was soo bad i stop watching it after 5 minutes or something... lol.. gues waiting for this... |
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| >Producer: Masao Maruyama >movie It has a 90% chance of flopping. |
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| well, another new studio from Masao Maruyama, lolz anyway, if Dylan said is true about M2, we might get some quality anime in the future after this one too. its not a movie tho |
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DatRandomDude said: well, another new studio from Masao Maruyama, lolz anyway, if Dylan said is true about M2, we might get some quality anime in the future after this one too. Although he says in the article that he expects to only live another 3 to 5 years (he's 75 currently). Even if he's still alive by the time he's 80, he'll probably retire. So seems like this is a temporary studio for the next 5 years, not sure if it'll carry on after he retires or passes away. |
| As much as I like Historical setting I'm kinda bored with Samurai era but will most likely give it a shot anyways. |
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Dylan21 said: well of course it depends how it goes with Maruyama's health too, i already know that ! but i want to stay positive anyway !DatRandomDude said: well, another new studio from Masao Maruyama, lolz anyway, if Dylan said is true about M2, we might get some quality anime in the future after this one too. Although he says in the article that he expects to only live another 3 to 5 years (he's 75 currently). Even if he's still alive by the time he's 80, he'll probably retire. So seems like this is a temporary studio for the next 5 years, not sure if it'll carry on after he retires or passes away. |
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Heh, I miss read but my statement still stands. |
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DatRandomDude said: Dylan21 said: well of course it depends how it goes with Maruyama's health too, i already know that ! but i want to stay positive anyway !Although he says in the article that he expects to only live another 3 to 5 years (he's 75 currently). Even if he's still alive by the time he's 80, he'll probably retire. So seems like this is a temporary studio for the next 5 years, not sure if it'll carry on after he retires or passes away. Yeah hopefully he stays healthy and lives until his 90s. Hopefully he lives long enough to complete all his dream projects with his new studio. You do know he was the producer of Perfect Blue, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and Tokyo Godfathers, was in charge of planning for Millennium Actress and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, development for Paprika. So if it's a film, it has 90% of being a massive success more like it. Plus looking at his track record with TV series, he's been producer for some really iconic/memorable anime series such as: Monster, NANA, Death Note, Kids on the Slope, Chihayafuru, Den-noh Coil, Paradise Kiss, Trigun, Hunter × Hunter (2011), Texhnolyze, Ushio & Tora as well was in charge of planning for Kaiba, Paranoia Agent, Kobato., Kaiji, Black Lagoon and BECK. He's probably one of best and most experienced producers you can get. |
Dylan21 said: You do know he was the producer of Perfect Blue, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and Tokyo Godfathers, was in charge of planning for Millennium Actress and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, development for Paprika. So if it's a film, it has 90% of being a massive success more like it. Plus looking at his track record with TV series, he's been producer for some really iconic/memorable anime series such as: Monster, NANA, Death Note, Kids on the Slope, Chihayafuru, Den-noh Coil, Paradise Kiss, Trigun, Hunter × Hunter (2011), Texhnolyze, Ushio & Tora as well was in charge of planning for Kaiba, Paranoia Agent, Kobato., Kaiji, Black Lagoon and BECK. He's probably one of best and most experienced producers you can get. He's a flop or hit producer (almost all those films are flops), he left madhouse $25 million in debt. He left madhouse in 2011 so no hxh, mappa is doing good but only because they are keeping a leash on him. |
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ichii_1 said: Dylan21 said: You do know he was the producer of Perfect Blue, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and Tokyo Godfathers, was in charge of planning for Millennium Actress and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, development for Paprika. So if it's a film, it has 90% of being a massive success more like it. Plus looking at his track record with TV series, he's been producer for some really iconic/memorable anime series such as: Monster, NANA, Death Note, Kids on the Slope, Chihayafuru, Den-noh Coil, Paradise Kiss, Trigun, Hunter × Hunter (2011), Texhnolyze, Ushio & Tora as well was in charge of planning for Kaiba, Paranoia Agent, Kobato., Kaiji, Black Lagoon and BECK. He's probably one of best and most experienced producers you can get. He's a flop or hit producer (almost all those films are flops), he left madhouse $25 million in debt. He left madhouse in 2011 so no hxh, mappa is doing good but only because they are keeping a leash on him. Well I've watched all of those films I listed and they were all good to excellent but different tastes/opinions I guess. Ratings and review wise they are also well-received, so can't really call those a flop just that you didn't enjoy them (unless you're talking about sales). He's listed as producer for HxH 2011. Also no that's not the reason, did you even bother to see his track record? He's produced a damn lot of amazing series. I don't see how being producer of Monster, NANA, Perfect Blue, Death Note, Kids on the Slope, Chihayafuru, Den-noh Coil, Paradise Kiss, Trigun, Texhnolyze and Ushio & Tora can be considered a 'flop.' |
ichii_1 said: as far as my understanding goes he was only a planner for hxh 11@Dylan21 yes I was talking about sales and he's only the creative producer for hxh for little bit until he left. |
| Imagine a berserk anime by Yoshiaki kawajiri at Madhouse. Now take a look at Berserk (2016). YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO CRY. |
| Keeping an eye out for this one, especially since it's Maruyama's newest studio's debut work. |
| @Vindstot and Dylan21: Thank you for pointing that out. I have fixed it. |
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| Producer is good and it's about historical samurai(i don't watch many samurai anime...only rurouni kenshin I think...) but synopsis and the discussion makes me curious enough to definitely want to try this one. Hope this will be seinen with action packed drama I always like. |
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| As a huge jidegeki fan,count me in. |
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