Kickstarter for Sci-Fi Anime 'Under the Dog' Launched [Update 9/5]

Tommk said:


Nope, their plan is to make it into a trilogy :D which ain't half bad nor dragged out

DarkMorpher said:
From their Project update page

So what about Little Witch Academia and Kick Heart?

Well, 1) Check the animation. Waaaaaay different production values here.

Okiura said:

Really bad communication.

StardustNyako said:
what do you mean?

ArbiterofWhim said:
backing this. The team working on it is excellent, the premise is fairly interesting, and if it does get funded they'll probably do a full show using the more traditional methods of funding.

Plus, if more anime gets successfully developed on Kickstarter and other crowdfunding sites, the industry will likely begin to shift towards a more buyer-friendly environment for anime fans. And by this I mean we won't need to pay $200+ for entire box sets of half a season when all we really want is the bluray. -_-

ronri said:
@Okiura: You mean they should've phrased sit somewhere along the lines of "We simply have different production values compared to Kickheart and LWA" instead of "Looks at our animation, and look at theirs for comparison"?

GodlyKyon said:
Too much violence in JUST the PV. That kind of violence really downplays values such as human judgment and scale...

Okiura said:

Project Page
"If they were doing 24 minutes then their budget would have been ~$300k which is not a far cry from what we are doing here given the differences in animation effort"

Their suggestion that KH and LWA have lower production value and animation effort is pointless and counterproductive, because these two are well animated "sakuga" works and UTD is not even funded yet. The comparison should have ended at budget and duration.

StardustNyako said:
I dunno, asside from that snip bit, he seems really enthusiastic/passionate about his pitch.

(Kickstarts are supposed to seem proffesional? Hmm, that may be truewith this kind of ambitious project especially)

I'vedecided I'll only back this up if they meet and pass their first goal and are funding for their secondgoal of a movie, since I would believe in that way more than one ep. Sorry but for the plot theyput out, an "exploration/ eye candy preddy episode just won't cut it)

DerpHole said:
I was impressed at the quick jump to 160k, but it seems to have cooled off.

I doubt it will get funded. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see it pull through, but 500k for ~20 minutes? Fuck that.



Go watch your moe shit pleb

GodlyKyon said:

Anyhow, looks like a mess in themes, a clusterfuck is what this will end up as.

GodlyKyon said:

Also, you probably got my point wrong: I'm saying that mindlessly slashing down bodies = less impacting when depicting characters are humans. But maybe they will utilize this to make her question what she does?

GodlyKyon said:
Too much violence in JUST the PV. That kind of violence really downplays values such as human judgment and scale...

Psajdak said:
If I knew japanese language, I'd suggest animators to make similar Kickstarter for the entire reboots of GTO series - starting with the Shonan Junai Gumi!, as well as entire reboots of Rurouni Kenshin, and Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou manga.

I think those would be simply masterpieces.

Wyzdm said:
At the rate they're going I don't think they'll reach their target in time.

StardustNyako said:
I think I've caught aa huge quite obvious flaw in this campaign.

They are trying to funfd an anime, but just speaking/ typing in English, no Japanese except the vids.

JizzyHitler said:
Well kickstarter isnt known in japan, little witch and kick heart both did the same thing and succeeded despite relying entirely on western audiences

live2win said:
It plausible that they would hit their goal, good luck.

PrOxAnto said:
Doesnt seem promising ... with only 11 days to go and not even halfway through their goal :/
Shame really

UnbornMVs said:


It's half a million dollars. Imo you can't get that much from the fans only. It was a ridiculous sum from the very beginning.

PrOxAnto said:


They did it with their game

DerpHole said:


Games typically give you more than ~20 minutes worth of entertainment

kokusho36 said:
I donated 10 dollars, but it seems it won't reach the goal.

It's a real shame, since this was an opportunity to show that our community still cares about this type of show, but their goal seemed unrealistic, especially for a project that no one heard about before they announced the Kickstarter.

Perhaps if the big anime youtubers like gigguk and arkada had made a video about it, things could have been different.

YumeNoMonogatari said:
Maybe it would work better if they released the episode first so we could see if we like it, and then launch the kickstarter.

JizzyHitler said:
I dont know how the hell people cant seem to comprehend the basic idea of this, the point of crowdfunding is to crowd fund money to MAKE SOMETHING, if they made the first episode then they wouldnt need the kickstarter in general

Digital Offering

The first is the announcement that we will be allowing all backers of the $20 tier and higher to have digital access to any future Under the Dog animations.

This means if we only meet the base goal of this KS campaign but go on to create our trilogy of films at some later time then you, the backers, will have access to download those for your original $20 or more contribution to this campaign!

Anthea and Her Power Suit


Kozaki-san wanted to do a slight modification and redesign of Anthea in her power suit and this is the result.


The power suit integrates with Anthea's trike, helmet, and rifle for targeting assistance, navigation, and mechanical stats as well as offering her information about her surroundings. The power suit can also transfer charge to any of these devices and is also designed to provide Anthea with additional strength, reflexes, and armor.