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Manga 'Tesla Note' Gets TV Anime Adaptation in 2021

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Bandai Namco Arts opened an official website for a television anime of Masafumi Nishida, Tadayoshi Kubo, and Kouta Sannomiya's Tesla Note manga on Wednesday, revealing the main staff, cast, a teaser visual (pictured), and teaser promo. The anime is scheduled for a 2021 debut.

Synopsis
Mission T is a secret operation to save the world from destruction. Trained as a ninja from a young age, Botan Negoro, raised to become the ultimate spy, teams up with another excellent spy, Kuruma. Their aim is to recover the legacy of the genius inventor Nikola Tesla, the "Shards of Tesla." Can the two outwit the agents of other countries who are also pursuing these fragments? A super-original spy thriller begins. (Source: Kodansha, translated)

Staff
Director: Michio Fukuda (Terra Formars: Revenge)
Series Composition, Script: Masafumi Nishida (Tiger & Bunny)
Original Character Design: POKImari (Itazura Majo to Nemuranai Machi)
Music: Kaoru Wada (D.Gray-man)
Studio: Gambit

Cast
Botan Negoro: Konomi Kohara (Asobi Asobase)
Kuruma: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Nanatsu no Taizai)
Ryuunosuke Takamatsu: Tomoaki Maeno (Death Parade)
Mickey Miller: Junichi Suwabe (Mars Red)
Oliver Thornton: Hiroshi Kamiya (Fune wo Amu)

Nishida, Kubo, and Sannomiya began serializing the action thriller manga in Weekly Shounen Magazine on January 6. Kodansha will publish the first volume on April 16.

Teaser PV


Official site: https://teslanote.net/
Official Twitter: @teslanote

Source: Mantan Web

Tesla Note on MAL
DatRandomDudeApr 7, 2021 5:49 AM
STOP SLEEPING ON ODD TAXI

Apr 6, 2021 8:49 PM
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I've seen a lot of people say the reason why CG in anime is bad is because it lacks "frames" and it's all choppy. The reason why CG in anime tends to be like that is so that it would still have that same anime feel, as most anime are animated in 2's (12 fps). This abomination is what happens when you don't animate by 2's and interpolate all frames. The animation isn't particularly stiff or unexpressive, yet it feels so jarring because it's just too fluid. It just looks like some video game's cutscene rather than an anime. Hell, even some video games try to replicate anime's animation style by holding frames (e.g. like those ArcSys games). This anime's production is still redeemable if they animate it by 2's or something. Unlike something like Ex-arm, which was doomed from the start.

On another note, I'm shocked to see an anime adaptation announcement when the manga only started a few months ago and the first volume isn't even out yet.
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So this is new ex-arm???
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Characters of this kinda looks cool. The cast and staff looks great as well.
Apr 6, 2021 8:56 PM
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Facial expressions and linear timing of lip sync reminds me of Ex-arm, but other aspects are way better in terms of rendering and timing based on how this trailer went so far. But then, trailers can be deceptive so we'll see when it's already there.

Still wondering why studios can't just try to emulate Orange, Sanzigen, and MAPPA's CGI. Not saying that the effort above was bad as it's actually very decent, way better, and liveable as far as it goes compared to Ex-arm.

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Sakuta002766 said:
So this is new ex-arm???
It's not that bad at all.
Apr 6, 2021 9:37 PM
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HERE WE GO AGAIN...

...is what I wanted to say, but we've come a long way for 3DCG anime in the veins or 2D-3DCG mix. The presentation is definitely leaps better than Ex-Arm, but then again, it's still the trailer production so this is still up in arms.

At least there's a production committee who KNOWS how to make anime, so I'm left wondering if this is what Ex-Arm's production would've been like to veterans, at least for full 3DCG experimentation in the veins of Polygon Pictures.

Znra said:
Still wondering why studios can't just try to emulate Orange, Sanzigen, and MAPPA's CGI. Not saying that the effort above was bad as it's actually very decent, way better, and liveable as far as it goes compared to Ex-arm.
Quite true.
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I really love detective anime but Don’t know if I wanna watch another ex arm animation type the way the characters move, and their body movement is like they’re like slippery or something. They poster looked really nice but the animation for me is a no-no honestly even project scard’s animation is better
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Let's gooooooooooo!!! ex arm 2.0
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Was there really a need to make an anime out of this so soon.
It's not even half a year since this came out, idk how much is this gonna increase sales, even the first volume isn't out.
Apr 6, 2021 10:40 PM
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Damn. This looks goater than the previous season goat
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Apr 6, 2021 11:49 PM

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Can tell I'll probably like this more than Ex-Arm.
This anime shit is addictive
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Not as bad as Ex arm ofc but still laughably bad lmao .
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Please keep making the trend that Ex Arm started, let the legend live on.
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Oh boy. I can't wait to watch Ex-Arm 2.0
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Advance condolences to Tesla Note fans.
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thats why i hate CGI, Good or Bad
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MegamiRem said:
Sakuta002766 said:
So this is new ex-arm???
It's not that bad at all.


Ex-Arm also did not looked THAT bad on trailer/PV.

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Piromysl said:
MegamiRem said:
It's not that bad at all.


Ex-Arm also did not looked THAT bad on trailer/PV.
Yes it did. Go rewatch the PV again.

@Piromysl here is Ex-Arm PV.


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MegamiRem said:
Piromysl said:


Ex-Arm also did not looked THAT bad on trailer/PV.
Yes it did. Go rewatch the PV again.


Nah. Anime was much worse than just PV. I assume in this case it will be the same.

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Piromysl said:
MegamiRem said:
Yes it did. Go rewatch the PV again.


Nah. Anime was much worse than just PV. I assume in this case it will be the same.
Ex-Arm PV was a disaster already but in this case the PV doesn't look as bad as Ex-Arm PV at all. The actual content might be even worse than Ex arm but that's not the point. You can't say it's as bad as ex arm based on just this pv which is better than Ex Arm PV.
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There is nothing more generic than the words "super-original." Pass.
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Well I for one already loved Lain.
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MegamiRem said:
Piromysl said:


Nah. Anime was much worse than just PV. I assume in this case it will be the same.
Ex-Arm PV was a disaster already but in this case the PV doesn't look as bad as Ex-Arm PV at all. The actual content might be even worse than Ex arm but that's not the point. You can't say it's as bad as ex arm based on just this pv which is better than Ex Arm PV.


Not so sure. Ex-Arm PV was ENTIRELY compiled of scenes that used motion capture, which most likely consumed about 90% of budget and was not representative of this anime in general and motion capture scenes were just a small procentage of whole anime. PVs usually look better because they are made to sell the anime.
Tesla Note already looks awful on PV and I assume an actual anime will look even worse.

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This looks better than Ex-Arm. Animation and rendering looks way clearer than Ex-Arm. With that being said though, it doesn’t look that good... The facial expressions, that’s like a necessity for anime, if that’s not there then idk what to say... It makes an anime feel bland and vague. I hope the production is actually better. Also I am completely fine with 3DCG, it’s good when it’s done right.
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this pv hurted my eyes ...
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Was this planned to be multimedia all along? The manga barely started.
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Why they gotta do that to Tesla Note wtf, Ex-Arm 2 lol.

I liked the start of this. I will read some more.
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This looks a bit better then ex-arm , still very bad , I don't mind 3DCG like in Dorohedoro I actually enjoyed it a lot but this is a pass. Despite the fact that I like Masafumi Nishida work.
At least there is Re-main and it's by mappa.
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My friend recently recommended this manga. WTF is the trailer, its still bad even though it looks it bit better than Ex-Arm. I was really looking forward to a GOOD action spy anime, sigh.
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A super-original spy thriller

Yeah, tell me another one.
Apr 7, 2021 6:57 AM
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I'd like to see more footage before I make a judgement on the animation(something definitely feels off though)

This music is also terrible, and the direction is on the goofy side
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I recently started reading the manga which was quite fun and the manga getting an adaptation even when it's still very early to have anything worth animating in a TV series. But then it comes out to be Ex-arm 2.0. I just don't understand the new studios, I don't understand why they are using CGI, wasn't it more expensive than 2D but then it's not even as good as Beastars which went full CGI at least from the PV but I will still wait for it.



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Just read that the manga is heading towards the finale. Guess this was promo material all along.
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It doesn't look very polished but it is not horrendous.
Nothing will pass the CGI of the Island of the Giant Insects.
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Ex-Arm 2.0 albeit with a much better story, I'll go read the manga instead.


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I didn't know ex arm was getting a second season
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Guess I'll go read the manga as a way to pay respect



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That looks bloody atrocious.
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TIME TO READ THE MANGA FAM!

Did anyone ever think that Ex-Arm is worth imitating the shitstorm that it is?
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It looks pretty interesting, I'll probably check it out when it releases
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LETS FUCKING GO EX ARM 2 BABYYYYY ANIME OF THE YEAR MATERIAL IS RIGHT HERE

They said "CG anime is da future bro...." 😂



(What's even worse is that this manga premiered on January 6th... isn't it a tad bit too early for an anime?! Is it a straight adaptation or multimedia style?)
(and it looks better than ex-arm.. but that's not really saying much when you take out any comparison)
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