2010-12-02, 08:10 PM
ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR NITROPLUS'S NEXT MASTER PIECE? I am too!
[video=youtube;BqY_QOj9aec]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqY_QOj9aec[/video]
[video=youtube;QL2v-HS3tfs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL2v-HS3tfs[/video]
Premise of Axanael is basically that it's about what's basically a Russian roulette. The story, according to the PVs and according to a source where vndb got its description from, is about a story that revolves around basically a mass suicide on New Year's Eve in Akihabara that starts a buzz on the Internet. Only it's not exactly a mass suicide. Six people get together for it, except only one of the bullets out of the guns is real- and this gun is Axanael. The person who shoots themself with Axanael dies, while the remaining five get their wishes granted.
I'm curious where they'll go with it, since I don't really get how they can make a story off a premise like that. But the videos look sweet, and it's Nitroplus. I really like the Akihabara setting, and the way the videos seem to show a portrayal of Japanese culture- namely Akihabara culture.
Opening was a lot more impressionable for me, but that's because there was more to it than the PV. Awesome song and visuals. Nitroplus seems to be really good at Adobe After Effects, based on Sumaga's opening and Sumaga Special's opening; and this one naturally came out great too. The opening plays with directions in a lot of interesting ways. Scrolling up the Twitter page, then the freeze, and the box cutter going down; and then splitting down where the box cutter was cutting to reveal Noko, the yandere girl; I like how they use opposites and figure out clever transitions like that. Same thing with them in different poses about to commit suicide, where when the last person was shown with the gun pointed to the left; the birds went to the right. Then there's the art itself. I really liked the Gundam parody's art, and a few of the different styles in the video.
That shrine maiden girl reminds me of:
![[Image: pI2kZ.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/pI2kZ.jpg)
Could it be a coincidental passing resemblance? Or could she be a small tie between Axanael and Sumaga?
Also, let's have fun with the opening. Can you spy: Soniko, a naked gaijin (typical gaijin!), and an Indian guy who resembles TUNAK TUNAK TUN?
[video=youtube;BqY_QOj9aec]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqY_QOj9aec[/video]
[video=youtube;QL2v-HS3tfs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL2v-HS3tfs[/video]
Premise of Axanael is basically that it's about what's basically a Russian roulette. The story, according to the PVs and according to a source where vndb got its description from, is about a story that revolves around basically a mass suicide on New Year's Eve in Akihabara that starts a buzz on the Internet. Only it's not exactly a mass suicide. Six people get together for it, except only one of the bullets out of the guns is real- and this gun is Axanael. The person who shoots themself with Axanael dies, while the remaining five get their wishes granted.
I'm curious where they'll go with it, since I don't really get how they can make a story off a premise like that. But the videos look sweet, and it's Nitroplus. I really like the Akihabara setting, and the way the videos seem to show a portrayal of Japanese culture- namely Akihabara culture.
Opening was a lot more impressionable for me, but that's because there was more to it than the PV. Awesome song and visuals. Nitroplus seems to be really good at Adobe After Effects, based on Sumaga's opening and Sumaga Special's opening; and this one naturally came out great too. The opening plays with directions in a lot of interesting ways. Scrolling up the Twitter page, then the freeze, and the box cutter going down; and then splitting down where the box cutter was cutting to reveal Noko, the yandere girl; I like how they use opposites and figure out clever transitions like that. Same thing with them in different poses about to commit suicide, where when the last person was shown with the gun pointed to the left; the birds went to the right. Then there's the art itself. I really liked the Gundam parody's art, and a few of the different styles in the video.
That shrine maiden girl reminds me of:
Could it be a coincidental passing resemblance? Or could she be a small tie between Axanael and Sumaga?
Also, let's have fun with the opening. Can you spy: Soniko, a naked gaijin (typical gaijin!), and an Indian guy who resembles TUNAK TUNAK TUN?