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TANK S.W.A.T. 01 in Animage (April 05)

Great news for Masamune Shirow fans, especially those with Dominion close at heart! ^_^

Animage Apr. 05

Shirow news websites are buzzing with news of a new 3D Shirow anime apparently in the works. This is reported in Animage April 2005 issue (Published by Tokuma Shoten), with a short article and screenshots, and a minute-and-a-half preview clip in the magazine's complementary DVD.

Oh Yes! Its been a LONG time since we last saw the sexy Puma sisters! ^o^ Surprising she doesn't need to shrink down though (maybe this isn't Bonaparte's interior!) 

The planned OVA is titled [ 警察戦車隊 TANK S.W.A.T.01 based on Dominion Tank Police by Shirow Masamune ] according to the article. Unfortunately other than some screenshots and a few info about the animator, nothing more is revealed by Animage. So we have no release confirmation, release date, info on progress of the project or story preview yet.

What we do know is that it looks like an independent CG film project by Romanov-Higa [ Bar Side-X ], a freelance CG artist / animator whose credits include Gungrave anime open/end sequence, Gungrave OD (Game) animation for Playstation 2, and a World War II CG film titled URDA. From the little preview at the URDA site, I think if this project is succesful, this Tank SWAT title could be interesting! ^_^ The anticipation is high~~

I myself haven't seen the DVD preview clip nor the magazine, but there's a good scan from the magazine at sTwo's Shirowledge  and [Layer-T], so if you want to see the full-page scan, go to the news section of these two excellent Shirow fan sites and check out the full scan of the Tank SWAT article: [1] [2]. I've tried searching for more news of this, but so far without any success. The MSHP will keep track of this though and will update as soon as there are more information available. In the meantime, let's wait and see~ ^_^

It is obvious from screenshots that Tank SWAT is based on Dominion Conflict, as we see (from left) Asada, Uni(?), Bonaparte, Leona, Anna(?), Habana, Shinozaki.

posted by: Lucas at 03/12/05 10:36 | link | comments | Category: shirow news, dominion

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