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Some news for the new MAO anime is coming in about an hour and a half. You excited? Not heard of MAO? It is Rumiko Takahashi's latest manga.
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I hope they don't go too dreary with the color scheme. I was some really vibrant stuff.
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Not yet. Here. https://www.youtube.com/live/-FA1rrEdCvQ?si=_JWYBCXMf9_yafpQ
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Two consecutive cours: https://x.com/SugoiLITE/status/2028127178538532920
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nice
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thanks
>107 minutes
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bro really talked about the color scheme and then posted the grayscaled version of a color page...
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>>286445669
the character's name is mao
written 摩緒
it's also a reference to the chinese word for "cat" which is māo
>https://twitter.com/rumicworld1010/status/1405465244156063746
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Wasn't there an anime voice actress named MAO?
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>>286445739
baffling how they dropped this in july and then said nothing for 7 months
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it was announced 2 weeks ago that the opening will be "heartland" by Kis-My-Ft2
there's been no preview of it though, maybe we'll get that in the livestream
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everyone's dressed in red and black
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>>286446506
TAKE A SHOT BROS
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otoya va >>286446497
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>>286445520
I expected as much, that will give them a good amount of material to work with and get all the setup done
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New key visual!
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yes
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>>286446828
they were holding it up too lol
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i fucked up gomen
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actually sana
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it's getting a special jacket cover
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rumiko sent them her autograph
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Reina Ueda as Yurako
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Motoko Kumai as Uozumi
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Yoko Hikasa as Tenko
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Risa Shimizu as Sana
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Kazuyuki Okitsu as Shiranui
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Takashi Matsuyama as Byouki
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now bigger!
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you will wear red and black for the anime premiere, right bros?
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clearer image posted
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Trailer only showed scenes from as far as volume 5, from what I could tell
Looks like they're using a papery texture for the Heian era flashbacks
Byouki's eyes are really green
Some interesting effects with Nanoka in the time portal or Mao summoning the spirit
Overall, the color schemes on the one hand seem fairly varied and vibrant, but they also seem pretty heavy-handed with the color filters which mutes things down a little
Both songs are alright, I suppose
Some of the action scenes seem pretty nicely animated
I HATE CGI CARS AND TRAINS
In conclusion, Nanoka a cute
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Trailer is up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVfpoS0rjw0
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Incredible
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hiss
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I feel like they made Otoya a little more cute-looking than he is in the manga
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The anime seems to be injecting some Inuyasha into the expressions
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Genbu in the house
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Shiranui's looking as fruity as ever
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>>286448119
It's not so noticeable in the manga, but he's always had it
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Airing on the Saturday midnight slot on NHK G, it seems
I don't know much about NHK's anime offerings, so what does this say about how gory the show will be?
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>>286445201
She is a Legendary mangaka for a reason!!! I hope she can stick the Landing. Fujita must be having a laugh, knowing that she and Mitsuru Adachi get all the good adaptations.
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