In ten days, Shinagawa's Maxell Aqua Park will be transformed into an elegant gala fit for Marie Antoinette herself. The Rose of Aqua Park -Let's Go to the Beautiful Sea Ball!- will turn the space into a European palace, filled with beautiful sights and (of course) stunning displays of sea life. Each area will feature aquariums displaying fish themed to the worldview of Riyoko Ikeda's classic series. The entrance of the event, designed as a grand staircase, will include tanks with Japanese lionfish—which, like roses, are both beautiful and thorny: Related: This Rose of Versailles Tiara Can Be Yours for 100 Million Yen The Queen's Banquet Hall is decorated with digital projections of dancing rose petals. Occasionally, the elegant atmosphere will change as the Black Knight swings through: Other areas in the exhibition include the "Garden of Memories," arranging fish in tanks to commemorate seven different scenes from...
- 4/15/2024
- by Kara Dennison
- Crunchyroll
"Designs - Mamoru Nagano Design Exhibition," the first major exhibition of Mamoru Nagano , who has been active as a manga author, as well as a mechanical designer and character designer for anime series, opened at the Ej Anime Museum in Tokorozawa Sakura Town in Saitama Prefecture on February 10. It is scheduled to run until March 24. The exhibition features about 340 original design drawings, illustrations, settings, rough sketches and more from his works before his commercial debut and from his past works including Heavy Metal L-Gaim (1984-1985), Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985-1986), Brain Powered (1998), Shell Bullet (2011), The Five Star Stories (1986-) and Gothicmade (2012). In particular, rough sketches of mobile suits from the Gundam series, including those that did not appear in the anime, are exhibited all at once. Related: The Five Star Stories Creator Mamoru Nagano Plans Design Exhibition in 2024 A media preview was held on February 9, and the organizers provided us...
- 2/10/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Yesterday a first preview for the almost forgotten anime Gothicmade (Hana no Utame Gothicmade – ゴティックメード 花の詩女) directed, written and designed by Mamoru Nagano was released on the film’s official website. The project was first announced back in 2006, but updates on its status have been scarce since them.
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On a tiny colony world named Carmine, young women known as Songstresses inherit the generation memories of those who came before them, using their knowledge to help a populace that suffers under the harsh policies of the ruling interplanetary league.
Newly reborn as a Songstress, 16-year-old Bellin Ajelli sets off a holy pilgrimage across the planet. Rumors of a possible terrorist attack result in Prince Truhallon of the militant Donau Empire being sent in to protect her, but his very presence is the antithesis of everything Bellin stands for. The two are as different as night and day, but...
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Synopsis via AnimeSuki:
On a tiny colony world named Carmine, young women known as Songstresses inherit the generation memories of those who came before them, using their knowledge to help a populace that suffers under the harsh policies of the ruling interplanetary league.
Newly reborn as a Songstress, 16-year-old Bellin Ajelli sets off a holy pilgrimage across the planet. Rumors of a possible terrorist attack result in Prince Truhallon of the militant Donau Empire being sent in to protect her, but his very presence is the antithesis of everything Bellin stands for. The two are as different as night and day, but...
- 3/21/2010
- by Ulrik
- Affenheimtheater
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