Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting (KBC) revealed two original short anime for broadcast on its network in Summer and Fall 2015. The first, Kurayami Santa, will begin airing on July 5 and run for 13 episodes. The second, Kowabon, will air in October. Both series will be animated by ILCA. Kurayami Santa Kurayami Santa overlays animation on archived footage from the 1960s, which was recently uncovered by KBC, in order to recreate a Showa-era atmosphere. The protagonist, Santa, is tasked with maintaining the balance between the spirit and human worlds. One setting to be used is the now-abandoned Hashima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, which was previously an active mining facility during the Industrial Revolution. Staff Planning, Character Design: Chouji Yoshikawa (associate producer for Pokemon series) Director, Episode Director: Manabu Nakamura Script: Hiromu Kumamoto Episode Direction Advisor: Shinji Nishikawa (special effects design for Godzilla films) Music: Yasuhiko Fukuda Studio: ILCA Cast Santa Kurayami: Kazuko Sugiyama Honekami Jizou: Katsue Miwa Enma Daiou: Hidekatsu Shibata Ichinosuke Shikabane: Mao Ichimichi Mutsuko Tomurai: Ami Himesaki (idol group LinQ member) Official site: http://www.kbc.co.jp/santa/ Kowabon Kowabon, a horror story, will be animated using a technique called rotoscoping. Animators will trace live-action footage frame-by-frame to recreate it as animation. Staff Director: Kazuma Taketani Script: Hiromu Kumamoto Studio: ILCA Cast Yuumi Takaki, Natsu Amano (idol group LinQ members) Official site: http://www.kbc.co.jp/kowabon/ Source: Kai-You Kurayami Santa & Kowabon on MAL ![]() Modified by myanimelistllc, Feb 11, 2016 12:46 AM |
The Kurayami Santa anime looks interesting especially for the PV. ![]() |
That sounds really interesting.Really looking forward to it,good shorts are always welcomed :) ![]() |
Studio ILCA = Studio of Horror. ![]() |
talk about old school ![]() |
sooo anime's getting more realistic these days i sweat that shouting female was a real shouting female turns out she was animated ![]() |
Both of those seem pretty bad, but the first at least has potential. The latter will probably be angsty stuff like Aku no Hana. ![]() Modified by vegetablespirit, Jun 11, 2015 6:22 AM |
This sounds like something completely different! Nice that they're short - if it's terrible, it's only terrible for a short while, and if it's great, then we can always hope for more episodes or a full-length original. Hope for some more key visuals soon. ![]() |
I'm in. It's fine that they're shorts, I never expected something like Kurayami Santa to be anything more than a short, and though Kowabon looks like it'll be a horror and it being a short makes me cringe *Pupa flashbacks ensue*, it's being rotoscoped and so I think it being a short will work best in that aspect. We'll see how this goes, though, they can end up being crap or pretty cool at this point. ![]() |
kurayami looks very intriguing, i'll try checking it out when the time comes. i actually don't mind rotoscoping, so i may check out kowabon as well. i'm just really squeamish when it comes to horror, and i hope it isn't super scary. ![]() |
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These could either be completely amazing or among the worst anime of all time -- there is no in-between. ![]() |
They both look very interesting and unique, particularly Kurayami Santa. Will check both of the out. ![]() |
I wish they could do a bit more than just recreating the feel of old anime. Look at Kaiba it's super retro but also modern at the same time. Dat acting. ![]() |
Rotoscoping? Mehh. Call me when they finally have a capable actor/actress. ![]() Honobono Log - best slice of life short -------------------------------------------- most kawaii loli overlord ---------------------------- Donquixote Doflamingo AMV - Control |
Kurayami Santa looks very interesting, not just for its black/white 1960s anime design, but because they're using live-action footage and they've employed a VFXpert from the Godzilla films. This should be very interesting to watch. ![]() |
The former could be labelled as "a blast to the past" while the latter of those two anime is outright weird. ![]() The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. - Albert Einstein |