 Shochiku opened an official website for a new original television anime titled Sonny Boy on Wednesday, revealing the main staff, concept visual (pictured above), and a teaser promotional video. The sci-fi survival anime is scheduled to premiere in 2021. Synopsis Empty classrooms, boring days. It was supposed to be a normal summer vacation just like any other. Suddenly, the school begins to drift through another dimension, and 36 boys and girls are left there, awakening to their supernatural abilities. Amidst the whirlpool of questions that come to mind one after another, survival in a supernatural world begins. Staff Director, Script: Shingo Natsume (One Punch Man) Original Character Design: Hisashi Eguchi (Perfect Blue) Character Design: Norifumi Kugai (ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka) Art Director: Mari Fujino (Dororo) Color Design: Satoshi Hashimoto (Boogiepop wa Warawanai (2019)) Director of Photography: Akane Fushihara (Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu) Editing: Kashiko Kimura (Hoshiai no Sora) Sound Director: Shouji Hata (Great Pretender) Studio: Madhouse Rock band Ging Nang Boyz will perform the theme song "Shounen Shoujo." Teaser PV Official site: https://sonny-boy.net/ Official Twitter: @sonnyboy_anime Source: animate Times Sonny Boy on MAL |
DatRandomDudeApr 28, 2021 2:26 PM
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| i like the simple character design since its animation friendly so i expect a lot of sakuga |
| really fucking with those character designs, can’t wait for this |
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| a new madhouse original !! great staff working under it and seems pretty interesting, can't say im hooked on the story but ill definitely keep an eye for it. artstyle looks like something from a webtoon and thats really neat, can't wait to see more of this |
| Madhouse isn't dead ? Jokes aside, this looks pretty interesting but 36 characters + Survival Genre + Superpowers ? Feels like it could into a big mess if it isn't handled well, although the staff seem solid. Hope it turns out well. This has been a pretty good year for originals so far (Wonder Egg Priority, SK∞, Odd Taxi and Vivy's Flourite Eye's Song are all doing pretty well), so hopefully this joins the ranks. |
TitanInsaneApr 28, 2021 9:05 AM
| Why does this look like manhwa lmao. Anyways, looking forward. |
| Anime from madhouse? I'm interested |
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| Ooooh it's shingo dingo !! The character designs reminds of something made my queen bee I watched a while back ...... A survival anime eh ? I am a fan of these ind of settings , if done well. Sonny boy sounds like something my old man would called me , imma start using that term as well.... |
TweedleDaneApr 28, 2021 10:29 AM
| An original madhouse anime, hopefully it'll be good. |
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| I'M SO SURPRISED that none have caught on that this is the original production team behind One Punch Man. Pretty stoked to have Shingo Natsume helm another show, and an original at that. |
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| The no. of shows with only one gendered full male or full female cast has really increased, which I hate, so the mix of male and female is welcome, original, SF, madhouse and veteran staffs style is also welcome. |
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| I don't know about the staffs, but if it's by Madhouse then I guess I'm intereseted. |
| Ah, the shingo natsume/yuichiro fukushi team is back, and it seems they have full creative control. So hyped for this, already so many animators saying that they are working on it, this will be a sakuga fest and i also believe natsume will make an amazing story. |
| im ngl it doesn't sound that interesting but i'll still watch for madhouse ALSO is that stop hibari kun on that book cover?? thats a cool detail |
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| I am really excited for this anime , not just because of madhouse, for some reason the art style really give a nostalgic feeling aside from that One punch man director is involved this anime is going to be great , After watching the trailer it seem that this anime will be more dramatic with very less comidy and I really like that kind of stuff ๐ |
NcKurty said: In regards to the sonny boy anime by the shingo natsume/yuichiro fukushi team,it seems they have full creative control. i wonder if madhouse is fully funding this project or another company is funding it?? I will be watching this series. google production committee, i never heard of a studio fully funding an anime especially original anime |
Yes. They aint messing around with Hisashi Eguchi's involvement, I guess. Not gonna lie, the only thing that got me curious about this is Hisashi Eguchi. It's been a while since he got any anime involvements. |
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| Glad to see a new Shingo Natsume anime |
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| There is something ironic about that Madhouse 2021 anime looking like Ghibli's brief attempts to be youth in 80s . |
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| Looks interesting!! |
| very interesting, I'll be sure to check this out, that poor cat, I don't know if he's having the best time of his life or he's being tortured by that black hair chick |
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| >sci-fi survival series that actually balances character genders that looks like Ghibli, done by Madhouse Shit, I'm in. Hope this is as good as Dr. Stone. |
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| Hopefully this turns out to be good, at least. I hope madhouse do the right thing with this one. |
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| Oh... Madhouse is still making anime? I |
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| ROTOSCOPINGGGGG I'M IN, HELL YES HELL YES |
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| Too many characters, but it looks interesting. I like the animation. |
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| Definitely sounds like an interesting premise, that. MadHouse certainly aren't at their best but I get the feeling they might pull off something special with this. In any case, I'll keep a keen eye on this for the time being. |
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| MadHouse is back with an original? Let's fucking goooo Really looking forward to this now. The synopsis seems really interesting. And the minimal art design also looks really nice. |
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| The character designs look really nice and since this is from Madhouse I'll give it a try. |
| new madhouse anime? might just watch it |
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| Hey Madhouse. Been a while hasn't it? |
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| I'm really excited about this anime. Madhouse has already made TONS of masterpieces like Hunter X Hunter, Monster, and Death Note, so I hope that this anime doesn't disappoint me. |
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| Sounds terrible, looks amazing. |
| Yep, that's Madhouse alright. Agreed with the second poster, definitely fuck with the art style. Let's get into it. So good to see Madhouse back in action. |
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| This doesn't look good tbh, the plot looks generic asf, and the artstyle kinda sucks, looks like a bad copy of studio ghibli's artstyle, Madhouse era was in the 2000s, now they should die once and for all, stop being a joke CrapHouse. MAPPA ruleZ |
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Azmarath said: Most of the animators of MAPPA initially works for madhouse, Mappa is laterally Madhouse 2.0This doesn't look good tbh, the plot looks generic asf, and the artstyle kinda sucks, looks like a bad copy of studio ghibli's artstyle, Madhouse era was in the 2000s, now they should die once and for all, stop being a joke CrapHouse. MAPPA ruleZ And have you seen Ghibli movies before the art style look nothing like Ghibli movies it looks more like yuasa's anime , can you name one Ghibli movie that look like this, |
RobertBobert said: This look more like yuasa's Anime , There is something ironic about that Madhouse 2021 anime looking like Ghibli's brief attempts to be youth in 80s . |
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