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Nov 14, 2011 2:41 AM
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According to Young Jump magazine, Hara Yasuhisa's historical manga "Kingdom" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. It will be aired on NHK channel in 2012. The production studio is Studio Pierrot.

Kingdom manga official website

An action game of Kingdom on PSP was released in October 2010.

Kingdom game official website

Source: Scan of YJ

Kingdom on MAL
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Nov 14, 2011 3:01 AM
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but Pierrot made Twelve Kingdoms and that was awesome.
Nov 14, 2011 3:01 AM
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nextday said:
Sounds cool but
dtshyk said:
The production studio is Studio Pierrot.
I was gonna say
Nov 14, 2011 3:02 AM
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dtshyk said:
historical manga "Kingdom"

At first I thought it was going to be based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Now I'm disappointed.
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Nov 14, 2011 3:05 AM
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The two main characters remind me of Ichigo and Rukia. And Studio Pierrot? Hope this one will be a long running series. Fillers are always welcome. : ]

Nov 14, 2011 3:15 AM
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sounds interesting :)
Nov 14, 2011 3:45 AM
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hellraiser8 said:
but Pierrot made Twelve Kingdoms and that was awesome.


Beelzebub
Bleach
Flame of Recca
Fushigi Yuugi
Great Teacher Onizuka
Juuni Kokuki aka (Twelve Kingdom)
Midori no Hibi
Naruto
Ninju
Saiyuki
Yu Yu Hakusho
and many more

Seriously what's wrong with this Studio??
Trolls rolling on!!
gendouhydeistNov 14, 2011 5:26 AM
Nov 14, 2011 3:50 AM
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Not really interested for now.
Nov 14, 2011 4:06 AM
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Cool, I like historical animes! Will watch.
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Nov 14, 2011 4:24 AM

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gendouhydeist said:
hellraiser8 said:
but Pierrot made Twelve Kingdoms and that was awesome.


Beelzebub -they trashed it
Bleach -haven't seen, but the infamous reputation precedes it.
Flame of Recca - haven't seen it
Fushigi Yuugi - haven't seen it, but a friend liked it
Great Teacher Onizuka Haven't seen it but it's apparently well-liked
Juuni Kokuki aka (Twelve Kingdom) haven't seen it
Midori no Hibi seen it and enjoyed it
Naruto seen part one and enjoyable enough....until the fillers
Ninju haven't seen it
Saiyuki haven't seen it
Yu Yu Hakusho - haven't seen it
and many more

Seriously what's wrong with this Studio??
Trolling rolling on!!


The bold are my comments. From what I seen, they have had decent series and blatantly greedy commercialized series. This could swing either way to me.
Nov 14, 2011 4:32 AM

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Sounds pretty cool, but Pierrot... :\
Nov 14, 2011 4:36 AM

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^You haven't even seen half of them. I've seen a little more and here are my opinions:

Beelzebub - they really ruined this one with all the fillers and ridicoulus animation
Bleach - it's a faithful manga adaptation, the fillers' quality is usually horrible though
Flame of Recca - haven't seeen it
Fushigi Yuugi - haven't seen it
Great Teacher Onizuka - haven't seen it, but I'm sure it's really good
Juuni Kokuki aka (Twelve Kingdom) - the best fantasy anime ever
Midori no Hibi - seen the first half, didn't like it, but that's not the Studio's fault. the production quality was alright
Naruto - just like Bleach, good manga adaptation, but this has too many fillers. they're not even necessary since the manga is lightyears ahead.
Ninju - haven't seen it
Saiyuki - haven't seen it, but this one has a big fanbase too
Yu Yu Hakusho - one of the best shounens I've ever seen

They're really not as bad as some people say.
Nov 14, 2011 4:56 AM

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Look at the cover of the manga and think : Pass pls ...
Nov 14, 2011 5:02 AM

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Studio Pierrot is known from bringing long series and because its a long series then the quality of the animation and the episodes overall are variable, i mean most of the times the episodes of their long series are either fillers or poorly made
Nov 14, 2011 5:28 AM

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Title as cliche as ever.

Anyway, might watch.
"Your taste is shit cause you like what I hate. Believe me I have 1000 cartoons that I rated with less than 5."


Nov 14, 2011 5:54 AM

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sounds interesting
Nov 14, 2011 6:57 AM

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sounds interesting


Not really.
Nov 14, 2011 7:32 AM

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do i have to study japanese history first?
She's basically saying, "I'm going to release my full power magic into you at point blank, so don't move, bitch."

Nov 14, 2011 7:51 AM

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Interesting, but
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The production studio is Studio Pierrot.
Nov 14, 2011 8:07 AM

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Will probably end up watching it
Nov 14, 2011 8:09 AM

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Could be interesting.
Nov 14, 2011 8:30 AM

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hope its good!
Nov 14, 2011 10:34 AM

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Game looks awesome the anime prohably will be also.
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Nov 14, 2011 12:05 PM

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nextday said:
Sounds cool but
dtshyk said:
The production studio is Studio Pierrot.
this...I like some of the stuff they do, but they tend to butcher them with those horrible fillers...and the cover destroyed me
Nov 14, 2011 2:59 PM
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milkman90 said:
do i have to study japanese history first?


This is Chinese history by the way.

The warring states in China in 3rd century B.C.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warring_States_Period

Hope this is going to be epic.
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The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.
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On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard?
Nov 14, 2011 3:11 PM

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Eh... not my cup of tea.

I might still check it out though.
Nov 14, 2011 3:33 PM
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Wonder if it'll be worth it.
Nov 14, 2011 4:31 PM

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I'll definitely have to keep an eye on this one, no matter who's making it.
Nov 14, 2011 7:55 PM

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I actually thought Twelve Kingdoms was going to get a second season when I read the title lol
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Nov 14, 2011 8:37 PM

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finally some Seinen! enough of the shounen garbage
Nov 15, 2011 3:18 PM

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I like Studio Pierrot. That should be enough to get me into this, but...

Meh. Historical animes never really were my thing. If it goes well, and everyone else really likes it, I might think about it but... -.-V
Nov 15, 2011 7:43 PM

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wakka9ca said:
milkman90 said:
do i have to study japanese history first?


This is Chinese history by the way.

The warring states in China in 3rd century B.C.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warring_States_Period

Hope this is going to be epic.


oh. my bad.
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Nov 17, 2011 4:06 PM
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TreF said:
Judging a show by the production studio instead of staff

MAL, home of animu professionals


We all know how rapidly MAL users like to jump to conclusions:

1 - Dropping the series before even watching it
2 - Bashing a series because "everybody else" are bashing it
3 - Bashing a studio because "everybody else" are bashing it

What is not realized about any adaptation are:

1 - actual staff on the project matters most, not really the studio
2 - the original material, whether it's more suitable for particular type of adaptation
3 - the story itself

...and the list goes on.
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The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.
Niko-kun said:
On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard?
Nov 30, 2011 2:06 AM

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The Casts of Kingdom:
Masakazu Moriyama
Jun Fukuyama
Rie Kugimiya
Youko Hikasa
Rikiya Koyama
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Mar 12, 2012 12:43 PM
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The manga so far is awesome and is apparently very huge in Japan and Eastern countries. The art is pretty horrible though, hopefully the anime will improve on that.

And yes, this is seinen, not "shonen garbage," meaning its gonna be more dark and have more mature and philosophical themes. Some people; however, prefer the "shonen garbage," like Bleach and Fairy Tail. Naruto have fairly heavy seinen elements. I like Fairy Tail and used to like Bleach, they're senseless and stupid but they're fun. They also don't cause you to think about deeply about the plot, character motives, and the more complicated stuffs; this is a good thing for some but a bad thing for others.

Some people only watch harem, fanservice, humongous or all female cast, and things of that nature. I'm not gonna comment on them since I have no idea what goes through their heads.

Oh, and thank god its not based on Romance yet again. China is more than just Romance, that period doesn't even make up 1% of Chinese history and is hardly an important event. Much of the stuff in the book is entirely fictional anyways.
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The 38-episode series will premiere on June 4 with a 50-minute first episode.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-26/kingdom-tv-anime-trailer-streamed

38 Episodes, wow and the first Episode 50 Minutes, wow again
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Watched 1st trailer and the animation have CG like crappy Berserk movies but not too much like Berserk. 3D CGI and Studio Pierrot epic fail.
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