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Gonzo Gets Murdock Scramble Sci-Fi Novel Rights Date: 2/24/2005 |
| Thursday in Japan, Gonzo Digimation Holdings announced their acquisition of the story to the popular Japanese science fiction novel Murdock Scramble, with plans to adapt it to animation. The project is currently in pre-production. Murdock Scramble is the product of author To Ubukata who has also played a creative role in video game and manga production in the past, most recently in 2004 he worked on his first anime, Soukyuu no Fafner. His novel won the Japanese SF Grand Prize in 2003, and has sold 160,000 copies across three volumes in Japan's domestic marketplace. This marks the first time GONZO has adapted the work of a Sci-Fi novel. In another first for the studio which became well known across the world for it's role in Warner Brothers Animatrix, all of the characters in the new work will be fully rendered in 3DCG. The format of release will be OVA (original video animation), with scheduled release at the end of 2006. According GONZO's release, their plans are to create a distinctly Japanese feel with the fully CG production that differs from offerings coming from outside Japan. The original novel is published by Hayakawa Publishing Ltd. |
| Source: Anime News Service |
