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Otomo's SOS Dai Tokyo Tankentai To Become OAV
Date: 5/8/2006
Based on the 1996 manga by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Steamboy), a winter 2006 release has been given to the Bandai Visual OAV "SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers 2006". We first reported on this project in October, 2005, where at the time, it was being shopped around at the Tokyo Project Gathering international investment / interest raising event. Following is the description of the project at that point in time: "Original comic strip concept: Katsuhiro Otomo 3DCG by the staff of ""Steamboy"" The tale of a boy who searchs for the hidden mystries of subterranean Tokyo." According to new information, Steamboy director Takagi Shinji will direct, head picture continuity and production on the series. Murai Sadayuki (Cowboy Bebop, Millenium Actress, Perfect Blue, Steamboy) will provide script. Shuichi Ohara (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind) will handle Character Designs and Drawing Direction. CG Direction by Masashi Kokubo (Blood The Last Vampire), Art Direction by Junichi Taniguchi (Sailor Moon R Movie), Sound Direction by Keiichi Momose (Steamboy, Ergo Proxy), Animation Production by Sunrise.
Source: Anime News Service