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WolfThunder Before the storm closes in, the wolf howls at th Since: Jun, 2013
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#1: Oct 11th 2016 at 3:15:36 AM

Sae Okamoto, the creator of 11:08 has opened up a Kickstarter on her first anime project "MECHA-UDE", which you can check out here.

I've made a TV Tropes page about it, you can improve it if you want.

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amitakartok Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#2: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:56:08 AM

This sounds like an interesting concept.

WolfThunder Before the storm closes in, the wolf howls at th Since: Jun, 2013
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#3: Oct 11th 2016 at 5:02:00 PM

For those of you wondering why the first post has a red link, the original page has been deleted due to the page having a hyphenated title, which have been phased out years ago, something I was not aware of.

Here is the new page.

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WolfThunder Before the storm closes in, the wolf howls at th Since: Jun, 2013
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#4: Nov 3rd 2016 at 11:52:35 AM

A bit late in saying this, but the project has been fully funded!

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amitakartok Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#5: Nov 4th 2016 at 1:36:28 PM

More than twice over, actually.

MrTerrorist Since: Aug, 2009
#6: Jan 19th 2018 at 8:27:04 AM

New trailer is out.

Confirmed to be out on July 2018.

amitakartok Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#7: Jan 19th 2018 at 1:02:51 PM

Damn, this is actually happening?! I completely forgot about it in the meantime.

Animation style gives me a refreshing sense of novelty, I give it that.

Kotomikun Since: May, 2014
#8: Jan 19th 2018 at 4:45:14 PM

Conceptually this looks like Shonen Anime: The Animation (generic highschool loser gains cool robo-mecha-whatever powers, meets Type A tsundere, both fight villain and his evil robuts). Surprisingly good animation, though.

I guess this is just an OVA, or something? Surely they can't make a full series with only ~$70k.

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#9: Feb 1st 2018 at 11:24:27 AM

Cyber Connect 2 is doing animation assistance with the kickstarter people to make it a full length series.

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amitakartok Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#10: Feb 1st 2018 at 11:45:21 AM

Oh hell yes. Those guys are the shit.

taffeaite from indonesia Since: May, 2018
#11: Jun 25th 2018 at 2:29:47 AM

I'm gonna post the official summary of the plot from the japanese crowdfunding site. Mind you, my Japanese sucks, so there's bound to be mistake:

100 years ago, there were a race of mechanical lifeform who originally lived in another dimension, but when the energy called "Albitorium", which is needed to sustain their life, have been exhausted in their dimension, they decided to cross over to earth where Albitorium is abundant. In order to withstand dimensional transcendence, they all shrunk their body until only their arm (ude) is left. After arriving on earth, they survive by coexisting with other organisms. People started to call them "Mecha-Ude" due to their appearance.

In modern times, A sealed mechanical cube containing a mecha-ude were stolen from the research facility of the conglomerate "Kagami group" and presumed lost. An ordinary junior high school student, Hikaru Amatsuga, accidentally found the cube and managed to open it's seal. The cube contains a mecha-ude called "Arma" who has been hibernating for a 100 year. Arma proceed to parasitize Hikaru's body, and thus, their bizarre shared life begins .

ARMS is an organization formed to fight against the Kagami group. They are investigating a series of incidents where Mecha-Udes have been taken away from their host, which as it turns out, will eventually kill the host. They believe that the Kagami group is responsible for this.

Arma, who is targeted by the Kagami group, is assigned an escort by ARMS, a girl named Aki Murasame who has her own Mecha-ude, the twins, Sinis and Dex. Aki felt that whoever is targeting Hikaru and Arma is someone she has fought before. To confirm the truth, Aki embarks on an investigation by herself, ignoring her superior's order. Hikaru and Arma eventually get involved in it.

Deciding that the fastest way would be by interrogating every Mecha-Ude host in town, Aki departs for a brutal investigation, accompanied by Hikaru and Arma.

Edited by taffeaite on Jul 18th 2018 at 9:37:42 AM

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#12: Jun 25th 2018 at 3:58:25 AM

this looks pretty interesting

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WolfThunder Before the storm closes in, the wolf howls at th Since: Jun, 2013
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#13: Jun 25th 2018 at 4:19:21 AM

[up][up] When I read "ARMS" while glancing that post real quick I thought I was on the Super Smash Bros. forum for a second.

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ScrewySqrl Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#14: Jun 25th 2018 at 9:00:41 AM

[up][up][up] "the twins, Sinis and Dex"

I see what they did there!

This is going to be a full series? Might be fun!

ElfenLiedFan90 Me in a nutshell (Coping with Depression) from Jakarta,Indonesia Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#15: Jun 26th 2018 at 5:50:10 PM

Sooooo is this an original manga or will be a full fledged anime?

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ElfenLiedFan90 Me in a nutshell (Coping with Depression) from Jakarta,Indonesia Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#17: Jun 30th 2018 at 9:55:59 PM

[up] Interesting... Think I would look forward to this

"Making screw-ups and mistakes was I ever really good at. Because everything I touch went to hell."
jun_kagami Since: Oct, 2018
#18: Oct 7th 2018 at 10:31:59 PM

Link to video have been released to backers only. I've got to say I really enjoyed it. It's standard shonen to be honest, but still very well done, the characters are likable and the animation is really great. The action scenes especially are outstanding IMO, the 2D and 3D animation meshes really well. The concept of the mecha-ude themselves are also very interesting. Would be really interested to see more of the settings. Oh, and the music is great. Whether it's the BGM, OP or ED, all pretty awesome. Overall, 8 out of 10 for me, very solid. Really hope Okamoto-Sensei can make this into a full series, the sketches during the ending looks really exciting.

Edited by jun_kagami on Oct 9th 2018 at 2:05:50 AM

WolfThunder Before the storm closes in, the wolf howls at th Since: Jun, 2013
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#19: Oct 8th 2018 at 5:19:30 AM

[up] I hope the video becomes available for everyone eventually. I didn't back the Kickstarter, though I wanted to.

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ElfenLiedFan90 Me in a nutshell (Coping with Depression) from Jakarta,Indonesia Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#20: Oct 8th 2018 at 5:33:52 AM

@jun_kagami Link for the video pls

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jun_kagami Since: Oct, 2018
#21: Oct 14th 2018 at 9:00:41 PM

Seems the short episode of Aki (courtesy of stretch goals) is set before she met Hikaru. Those who pledged $130 or above will also get a "mini-manga" telling Hikaru's story before he met Arma.

MrTerrorist Since: Aug, 2009
#22: May 10th 2019 at 11:39:29 PM

The pilot episode was officially posted by youtuber Reina Scully with an english dub premiering tomorrow!

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ElfenLiedFan90 Me in a nutshell (Coping with Depression) from Jakarta,Indonesia Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#24: May 11th 2019 at 8:43:31 AM

Seems interesting

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MrTerrorist Since: Aug, 2009

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