There was an production announcement party held yesterday (24th of March) for the upcoming Black★Rock Shooter OVA at the Akihabara UDX Theater.
To receive a ticket and attend the event, you’d have to apply at the official home page and be randomly selected by Good Smile Company. Lucky buggers.
Shinobu Yoshioka, director of the OVA production, made an appearance, along with Aki Takanori (CEO of Good Smile Company) and huke (THE artist). They held a panel, with Shinobu commenting that he really liked supercell’s music and thought the PV was amazing. Or something like that; I’m relying on Google Translate here. >_<
Anyway, after that they showed a minute-long exclusive promotional video made up of footage that were used in the making of the OVA. There is no leaked video at the moment though, so all I can show you are these images:
Love the quality here. It’s definitely a big leap over the lack of quality seen in the DVD we bought last year. *cough*
YES! These shots pretty much confirm my suspicions about Black★Gold Saw being in the OVA! Claws + big jagged sword is <3. Also, let’s not forget about Dead Master!
The seiyuus (voice actresses) behind Black★Rock Shooter and Dead Master were also (finally) revealed, along with their (human) character names in the OVA.
Black★Rock Shooter, AKA Mato Kokui Kuroi (黒衣マト) will be voiced by Kana Hanazawa.
Meanwhile, Dead Master, AKA Yomi Takanashi (小鳥遊ヨミ) will be voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro.
The voice actresses made an appearance at the event, too, and talked about their experience auditioning for and voice-acting their roles.
Upcoming Black★Rock Shooter figures were also showcased in their full-painted glory. Here we have the Black★Rock Shooter Nendoroid, figma and Anime (scaled) versions, as well as the Dead Master Original and Anime versions (scaled) respectively.
All of that aside, the OVA itself will be a single 50-minute episode and will be streamed for free on the Internet as part of a promotional campaign running from the 25th of June to the 31st of August this year. It will also be distributed as a free DVD with every copy of the July issues of the Hobby Japan, Megami and Animedia magazines.
UPDATE: The free DVD distribution has been delayed to the September issues of the magazines.
There will also be Blu-ray and DVD Special Edition discs, though (obviously) you’ll have to pay for those. Pricing details have not been released yet.
ryo will also be behind the music used in the OVA, so I’m expecting an epic soundtrack out of this. I haven’t been following his recent album(s), but I did love Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari, so that counts for something. >_>
The afore-mentioned 1-minute promotional video will also be screened at the Good Smile Company booth in the Tokyo Big Sight anime fair later today (25th of March).
The Black★Rock Shooter website has also updated with the main cast details, and there doesn’t seem to be any information regarding Black★Gold Saw. I guess they’re keeping mum about that till the OVA’s release in June.
I’ve posted the images that flash in the site intro for your reference. =3
Speculation time!
- Who (or what) is Black★Gold Saw? Another human-turned fighter? Or something else?
- Will the henshin (transformation) scenes be awesome?
- Will there be any Miku references?
- Will Miku even sing any song used in the OVA?
- …Insane Black Rock Shooter…? >_>
This post may contain errors (especially regarding on the intricate details on who showed up and the ‘unimportant chatter’), so feel free correct me if you can understand the source better. The details regarding the OVA (length, streaming for free, seiyuus, etc) have all been confirmed by several other sites, so no problems there. >_<
Source: AV Watch, Anime News Network
Also, thanks to k1y0 for the initial translation of the names; J-Talk isn’t very good at it sometimes.
You may also view more images at Akiba Hobby.
EDIT: Apparently Matou-san’s first name is Kuroi. Whoopsie.
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Ah sweet! We finally have a name for her.
okay i’m officially lost
reasons:
1. first people said it an anime show now it’s a OVA!?
2.the only to watch the OVA first hand is that you need get pick by Good Smile Company which you have a 5.3% of getting pick.
can someone clear my head cause i’m having major nosebleeds for no reason.
awwwhh my head is mess up at the moment! (@_@)
Actually, the OVA wasn’t screened at the event; the “5.3%” only got to view another minute-long PV first-hand.
And yeah, I wasn’t aware that it would turn out to be a single-episode OVA. Guess the lack of main characters makes more sense now. =P
thank for the info
by the way can you help me buy can Japanese products(FYI i don’t have a credit card(>_< uhh busted) and i have no plan to get one(due to my country best in hacking credit cards))
if you don't want to it's okay
anyway thank again
~menroko
I want IBRS DAMNITTTTTTTT~~~~
-spasms-
Hanazawa Kana? Mmm… well we’ll see after I hear it.
So it’s gonna be streamed on Nico? That sounds awesome. Can’t wait for this to come out. It’s amazing how far a viral internet hit can go. ^^
Oh, if you’re translating names, http://nihongoresources.com has a good name database. You could also use ja.wikipedia.org (just paste the name in after the /wiki/ part) since they always give name readings in parentheses at the start of the article.
Figures in their full painted glory, huh… I sense an impending massive wallet damage >.>
Looks like that the OVA really is going to portray the characters as some kind of magical girls. Hm, so it’s just one episode then? I may pick out some time to watch it to see it myself when it’s out then.
.-= Q´s last blog ..figma Black Rock Shooter preview =-.
Cant wait for the OVA/Anime. This is gonna be torture… need to own all of em, especially the Dead Master figs >__<
.-= K´s last blog ..More Fate/Stay Night Figures from GSC! =-.
When does it even come out?
It’ll be streamed for free starting from the 25th of June. =3
Hanazawa Kana-san is very famous for her voice I can tell. I’m going to hear her voice again so i can get a picture of what Mato Kokui -san would sound like.
When does the episode start coming out?
.-= Kimu Nekumi´s last blog ..Kokoro now has Muziic =-.
25th of June this year, assuming there are no delays or anything like that. =P
Will there be a dubbed or subbed of this? I would really like to watch this, but I can’t understand Japanese.
I wouldn’t know anything about official subs, but I believe Moetron-Subs will be more than happy to do subtitles for the OVA.
Correct me if I’m wrong though; might have misheard.
Hey does anyone neo where to watch it when it comes out? o_o
For now you’ll have to purchase one of the selected magazines to get a free DVD. It’s said that the OVA will be streamed for free too, but details are still unknown.
The OVA got delayed though, so you’ll have to wait till July.
aw! love this! cant wait to watch this..
would just like to share to you that i cosplayed black gold saw.. check it on deviantart with the same username..
i’m guessing she’s a girl from another school coz i saw a picture of her wearing black uniform, different from what the 2 main characters are wearing (blue sailor outfit)
You cosplay looks great! I was getting sick of all the VOCALOIDxBRS crossover cosplays already. >w<
Also, where did you see that picture? I haven’t seen that before o_o
hi! i wonder if you’ve read my last post. since i think it is still pending..
hi! i think i posted the first link wrong, so dont bother..
here is the supposed to be link.. sorry for flooding here.. it’s ok if you dont post my comments regarding the links.. thank you ^^
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9195/384869.jpg
Terribly sorry about that! I had wanted to edit the comment with the intended link, but I couldn’t find it in the end and eventually forgot about it. >_<
For the rest of you, this is what she originally linked.
That piece doesn’t look like it was drawn by huke, so I don’t think it’s canon. I’d check again, but the site is either down or blocked by my polytechnic firewall.
I wonder who This Girl with the big mechanical arms is. I think she’s part of the main characters.. Any Clue?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannychoo/4464709506
.-= Krusnick´s last blog ..Heroman Episode 9 =-.
The full name is unknown; she’s currently represented by “STR” in one of huke’s BRS artbooks.
Kana Hanazawa(the person who is voice acting Black Rock Shooter)is a big hit
she has acted the voices for Kobato Hanato(Kobato),Nadeko Sengoku(Bakemonogatari),Sharon Reinsworth(Panodra Hearts),Sakura Hanazono(Kaichou Wa Maid-sama),Sonohara Anri(Durarara),Tenshi/Kanade Tachibana(Angel Beats!)and many more but these are the anime I watched with her voice acting.But also Miyuki Sawashiro is a big hit(the person who is voice acting for Dead Master)she has acted the voice of Celty Sturluson(Durarara),Iwasawa(Angel Beats!),Ayane Yano(Kimi No Todoke),Suruga Kanbaru(Bakemonogatari),Drei/Cal Devens(Phantom:Requiem for the Phantom),Yoru,Ikuto Tsukiyomi(young),Yu Nikaido(young),X-Eggs,X-Dia(Shugo Chara),Jimmy(Earl and Fairy),Shizuku(Naruto Shippuden),Kazune Kujyou(Kamichama Karin),Shinku(Rozen Maiden),Alchemist C(Wolfs Rain)that’s all I know about her but she has much more,and yes Miyuki Sawashiro has been doing anime since the ’90 while Kana Hanazawa has been doing them only since 2006,but the weird thing is that now well from 2009 they have almost always been seen working together in top class anime(mostly as the leads)
I’m looking up the kanji for Mato’s surname, and it is definitely “Kokui”. Where “Kuroi” comes from, I have no idea.
Actually, a scan from the July issue of Hobby Japan clearly states that her name is くろいまと (Kuroi Mato), not こくいまと (Kokui Mato).
I did make the same mistake till I saw the scan for myself. orz
Kuroi Means Black
Mato Is actually means Aim
By the way,Do you guys know which volume of hobby Japan Which contains the information of Figma Kuroi Mato?? I mean Kuroi Mato,Not Black Rock Shooter.
I’m having high hopes for Black Rock Shooter in the future.