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Time of Eve's Yasuhiro Yoshiura Pens Next Animator Expo Short
posted on by Tiara Hamilton
Japan Animator Expo, the project of weekly anime shorts from Hideaki Anno's studio Khara and the media company Dwango announced the 11th animated short, titled Power Plant No.33, on Monday. The full short will premiere on January 30.
Yasuhiro Yoshiura (Time of Eve, Patema Inverted) is directing and writing the script, and Studio Rikka and Trigger are animating. Yuji Kaneko is handling kaiju and mechanical design and Kengo Saito is designing the characters.
The website describes the story as follows:
A sleeping gigantic electric generation kaiju NO.33, so called ELEKI-MAGMA, which the city relies on its electric power.
One day, a mysterious giant robot PROTO-TAITAN appeared in the sky and destroyed the city!
An accumulation of electricity, which lost its way in the body, has finally awakened ELEKI-MAGMA!
The previous ten shorts in the project include:
- "Otaro Maijo and Kazuya Tsurumaki's "The Dragon Dentist"
- Azuma Tani's "Hill Climb Girl," a music video titled "ME!ME!ME!" featuring the musician Teddyloid (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt) and rapper daoko
- Akira Honma's "Carnage"
- Yoshikazu Yasuhiko & Ichiro Itano's "Collection of Key Animation Films" from Mobile Suit Gundam
- Takeshi Honda and Mahiro Maeda's "20min Walk From Nishi-Ogikubo Station, 2 Bedrooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, 2mos Deposit, No Pets Allowed"
- Tadashi Hiramatsu and Khara's "until you come to me"
- Akemi Hayashi's "Tomorrow from there"
- Akira Amemiya's "Gridman: Boys Invent Great Hero"
- Takashi Horiuchi and Masahiro Emoto's "Yamadeloid"
Anno himself is serving as executive producer of the entire project initiative with Dwango President Nobuo Kawakami, and he also designed the image character mascot "(Tor)-kun." Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki created the title logo, and fellow Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki colored it. The shorts mostly feature the voice talent of Ranma ½ and Cowboy Bebop co-stars Kouichi Yamadera and Megumi Hayashibara.
One new short will stream every week for a planned total of 30 shorts, ranging from original projects and spinoffs to promotional videos and music videos. The episodes will be streamed for free via a dedicated iOS/Android app and on the web. There are no plans for a commercial release at this stage.
Update: Fixed release date.
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