Characters reveal videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7d7lhuX47UAlso some more pics following below.
>>22924659please be yuri please be yuri please be yuri
>>2292465912,000 years? Again? Already?
First the titular robot main form and it's alts, Aquarion Sigel
>>22924660>>>/u/
Aquarion Tir
Aquarion Feoh
Sakko Otori, voiced by Yumiri Hanamori
Momohime Amaha, voiced by Azumi Waki
Rimiya Tsukishiro, voiced by Makoto Koichi
Toshi Hatano, voiced by Aki Toyosaki
Sayo Ichiki, voiced by Konomi Kohara
https://aq-moe.com/Site with some info (in japanese) updated now.As a somewhat relevant staff refresh, the Character Designer is Masashi Kudo, whom previously worked in such capacity on Maoyuu Maou Yuusha, Bleach and Tower of God.This... certainly looks very different.
man Satelight really went completely down the shitter huh
>>22924659oh so that's what they mean by MOE
>>22924659Wow what an UGLY fucking Adult Swim art style.
>>22924667>>22924668>>22924669>>22924670>>22924671In a way this is a all star cast for the female VA fans. Yumiri Hanamori is pretty talented thought,i wonder how would she handle shota MC voice this time
>Super stylized character designs with flat details>Same old-ass Aquarion models from 20 years agoPick one or the other. The character designs could in theory work for a mecha show, but they clash with the heavily-detailed Aquarion forms too much. Imagine if the cast of a Precure season was inserted into a Bayformers flick while retaining their art style, that's what's going on visually with this show's art style.
>>22924730>>22924737>>22924737>>22924659The mecha need to be SD too. I don't know why mecha designers today are so afraid of doing SD mecha for a tv show. This is clearly the show for that kind of mecha style.
12000 years and humanity devolved.
>trigger styleDUEL IS GONNA FREAK
>>22924659Why does it look like Panty and Stocking
>>22924787People did complain when Granbelm went with SD mechaOther than that, there's a new Wataru coming, so SD mecha aren't completely dead https://youtu.be/1_jTRYqzenU
>>22924659What the fuck is this artstyle
>>22924806Nobody gave a single fuck about granbelm.
>>22924659>LOGOS bombed hard in part due to its unappealing character designs>MOE just takes it even further How in the ever loving fuck do you go from Chinatsu Kurahana and Ishida Kana to this? It's like they know nobody gives a shit about the franchise so why even bother. If there's no AKINO doing the opening theme then it's pretty much dead in the water.
>>22924863That's exactyl my point: Anon is saying why not more SD mecha and I point out that the last attempt years ago failed to be succesful and thus this would make the money people in charge of greenlighting and giving their money to shows scared of SD stuff. Wataru gets away with it because it's an stablished franchise thqt already had SD mecha from the start as part of the identity
This looks like utter shit, this sort of cartoony block style is so unappealing and garbage. At least there's Yamato and a Zegapain sequel so it should be fine
In terms of designs:Sousei>EVOL>MOE>LOGOS
>>22924869>>22924870>SouseiThat show looked ugly as hell
>>22924659>dat character designAHAHAHAHAHA!But seriously, so this is why they took so long before revealing the designs.
>>22924871I liked it's unique early 2000s designs over EVOL's more generic 2010s LN adaptation designs, personally
>>22924872Also, can't wait to see how they'll pull off the series's iconic orgasm gattei with this character designs.
>>22924659Outside EVOL none of the Aquarion anime were particularly good looking hell the guy who was in charge of LOGOS character designs never work on anything else prior so art has never been this franchises' forte HOWEVER this looks like utter shit like they didn't even try to make any of the characters distinct or interesting even if the SD aesthetic is intentional it doesn't make me want to watch it.
The style is fine, it's like you people don't watch any anime besides gundam. I'm more worried about the stiff animation and the plot being trash like every previous aquarion.
>>22924879>uniqueThey were bland as shit and feels like something you would find off a generic 90s movie where every character feels like a diversity checkmark. EVOL definitely went towards pandering to otaku/fujo but I wouldn't call them generic like Sousei or bad like LOGOS.
>>22924891Name 5 90s movies.
>>22924886>It doesn't have to have good character designs>You just don't watch anything outside GundamDejavu
>>22924895FerngullySwan Princess Page masterQuest to CamelotAnastasia
>>22924659>Satelight dropped Macross for thisHow this studio continues to stand despite all the metric ton of bad decisions it's made for 20 years os beyond me. What's worse is that Aquarion is the only franchise by them that's survived up to this point so for them to treat it like this is really concerning.
With each new entry I keep asking myself more and more just how the fuck this franchise even still exists and who the fuck keeps asking for it.By now it feels more like some Horizon- or Nora-esque vanity thing.
>>22924902Did they acutally "drop" Macross, or was that something outside of their control?
>>22924905>me who actually like Aquarion, especially EVOLErm...
>>22924898Oddly specific
>>22924907Macross and Symphogear should have right holders that just decided to work with Satelight for many years. Second OP of the Symphogear gacha had already ditched Satelight for KAI for exampleI assume they have actual partial ownership of Aquarion since it's always been a clusterfuck franchise
>>22924886Japan unironically loves this type of art styles so It has more chances of having higher than logos who just looked fugly.
>>22924882Maybe they will pander to all the lolicons that they got in LOGOS and also pandering to shotacons. Like seriously, Karan has so much more hentai drawings than anyone else and it's funny. My expectation was that the designs and lack of popularity of LOGOS itself would mean a lack of drawings for LOGOS as a whole, but somehow the loli exploded. Not much, I'll admit but she's still far more popular than the rest of the cast combined among artists and Gelbooru's most recent drawing of her is 2023. I'd expect people to stop drawing her sooner than that, given LOGOS aired in 2015, I'd give it 2 or 3 years for such an unpopular show to stop getting fanart and yet some artists kept going with the loli far beyond that
>>22924891You say pandering to diversity, but it's the typical asian/europeans characters except for PierreMaybe Rena with her being a blind cripple. But that's still 2 characters
>>22924930>unironicallyAs opposed to?
>>22924659Are you for real? Are you fucking kidding me? Fuck this, I hope Sunrise Macross doesn't disappoint me.
>>22924932Thanks anon. This explains so much.
>>22924886The style is garbage and there's so much mecha outside of Gundam that looks better than Gundam and obviously this
>>22924667YUMIRI!!!!!!!
>>22924730Sounds cool enoughhttps://x.com/AQ_moe/status/1854464058302324983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7d7lhuX47U
>>22924659Thanks I hate it
>>22924659Is this now a children's card game show? What's going on?
>>22924659I'll still watch it but wew
>MOE has moe artOh I get it now
>>22925080did you know EVOL is LOVE spelled asswards
>>22924659I'd one thing if it's just this artstyle, but combined with the fact that the director only ever did a kid film series doesn't really strike me with confidence.
>>22924659Guess we know why it took them so long to show anything about it.
>>22924659Is Ishigaki involved in the mecha designs for this one?
>>22924806I loved the granbelm designs fuck haters
>>22924659I don't say this often, but the characters look soulless when they're staring into the camera. The cockpit scenes are very unsettling.
>>22924659>project aquarian moeGARbros........ not like this.........
>>22924659>All that talking and no monsters I got a bad feeling about this. And why did the Bleach guy copy Panty and Stocking? It's still Aquarion and I'll watch it, it's just... Odd.
So this is gonna be a tourism ad show, yeah?Anyway, I can't say I expected Puyo Puyo Tetris character designs, but I prefer this over whatever the hell Logos' design was supposed to be.
Looking at the story/character concepts I like it more than the language gimmick of Logos, but then the character designs feel like a kid show and the combination doesn't work for me at all. Hopefully it feels better in practice. Also a big part of what made Aquarion fun for me was the really good use of insert songs and while I hope we go back to that, I'm a bit pessimistic.
>>22925221Oh yeah? Name three granbelm designs.
>>22925273It's going to be a quirky literally-me show to fuel shipping and porn artists if >>22924932 is to be believed. There's probably going to be little action since Satelight has such little money they had to get the 20th anniversary project for their big homegrown franchise sponsored by a municipal government. I like the launches, though; they're very Eldran-esque. If it ends up being a kids' show, it will probably be pretty good, but if it's not, then I am SCARED.>>22925351>Looking at the story/character concepts I like it more than the language gimmick of LogosHow? It's the most generic concept imaginable. It's like G-Witch; a bunch of quirky literally-me characters in a school have to fight bad adults for no good reason. Logos at least was interesting with its word gimmick.
DOOOOOOG
>>22924659>M(yth) O(f) E(motions)>Character designs are dumb and moe-ifiedkek
>>22924659What...The....Fuck...Is......This?....
>>22924737Imagine if they do what Panty and Stocking does and they go from Stylized Chibi to more EVOL-esque character designs when they lock in?
>>22925462It won't.
>>22924659>Myth of EMOTION>all the characters have mood ring hair
>>22924659Okay okay, but more importantly is AKINO involved with the project?
>we want the Trigger audience
>>22924891>>22924865It's funny how Aquarion character design gets progressively simpler over time.The old show looks like a 90s OVA in comparison.
>>22925508Technically it was from Gainax, newfriend.
>>22925531You haven't seen any 90s OVAs.
>>22924659we're so fucking back
>>22924659>no AKINO >no pilot suitsThis ain't looking too good, bros.
>>22925575It's possible they could get pilot suits later, and just wear their casual clothes in the robot for the first episode.But it looks like they might be controlling the Vectors from a remote VR cockpit rather than actually being inside of the machines, so I doubt it.
Panty stocking worked because it was satire and batshit insane with guy's penis transforming into shotgun and shit.This is just garbage that nobody will watch.
>>22924943Chibishit.Japs ironically like chibishit, because when one gets released nobody fucking cares.
>>22924659Like other anon said Panty stocking worked because it was satire and comedy ( which at times had real animation too) this is just trash and ugly no wonder they didn't show the character designs early
>>22925638>This is just garbage that nobody will watch.well, it's aquarion after all
>>22924674>Kawamori isn’t involved aside from mechanical designWhat’s the point? I would take dog fucker over this.
>>22924730>i wonder how would she handle shota MC voice this timeThere's precedence like Minowa Gin from Yuuki Yuuna
>>22925698Seems that it would be futuristic isekai for PV shows people in non chibi look, and has chibi model on screen.
>>22925698>real animationRetard.
>>22926223>Retard.You first retard.
>>22924667>>22924668>>22924671>red MC>extroverted green>introverted purpleOh fuck not again.
>>22925574It's never been more over.
>>22926780Long hair girl is automatically main girl though.
>>22927395That's what they WANT you to think.
I have no idea why they're even bothering with another series if they're gonna quarter-ass it so hard. Seriously, what were they thinking with that artstyle?
Cute artstyle. I never really bothered with Aquarion before but I might finally check it out
>>22926780Will Green Hair be allowed happiness this time?
>>22927569Kawamori's not really involved beyond the mech designs so it's possible
>>22926780>yfw da Momohime wins da Aqua Lion
Between the art style and the director's background, is this gonna be aimed squarely at young children?
>>22924659looks like shit
Unless this is gonna shit all over Evol retroactively the same way Evol shat over the original I'm not interested.
>>22925365Not him but Viola Katze, White Lily, and Viola Katze F.F :))Aconite Renata and Ji Guan Long (in its mecha form) are cool and memorable too but I did have to look up their names
>>22924659>check comments>"It looks like it's being sponsored by Takara Tomy on TV Tokyo at 6pm"What japanese issue with Takara Tomy?
>>22929296How do you even shit on Evol at this point outside of completely retconning it out of existence?
So this is why they took the longest time to reveal the character designs.
>>22929323They just mean it looks like a show marketing toys for kids.
>>22925086Did you know that LOGOS is an anagram for “O! Slog!”
>>22929254>Series Composition: Sadayuki Muraithe writer says otherwise
>bruh... [SPOILER] lol [/SPOILER]
[SPOILER]man how do you blacktext[/spoiler]
Epic fail.
>>22930771help me brotha HELP ME
>>22930787No.
>>22930073What else have they done?
>>22929254This aired at midnight so no
>>22924659I don't necessarily hate the character design, but it clashes way too hard vs the backgrounds and vs the mech designs. None of these three fit with each other in any combination. Who is this for?
>>22930904What if it really is PSG with mechs?You'd think Trigger would have done it first.
>>22924659Are they going for a Sunday morning time slot?
Wait, what's the GATTAI sequences even gonna look like now?
>>22924659they better be going full balls-to-the-wall batshit with this installment if they're gonna have everyone look like this.
>>22930901Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Steamboy, Sidonia, the Blame! movie, Kaina, Boogiepop, the CG Godzilla movies, the first adaptation of Kino’s Journey, this guy has quite the resume
>>22931676>all adaptations
>>22924668At first I thought trying to comparing the visuals to Panty and Stocking was strenuous, but that's pretty much exactly how they did ears and eyes in Panty and Stocking specifically.
>>22924663Damn, so these are literally just slight mods, so they can just make variants of existing merch instead of having to come up with new stuff.Wouldn't surprise me if they already have a SMP kit with like one different sheet of parts ready to go.
>literally the same fucking mechs as the original but with character designs from an adult comedy >"Uhhh is this for babies????"I don't understand people.
>>22931713I mean the last series just didn't get merch, so it makes sense to play it safe.
It's weird seeing male characters use that design template since pretty much only the dressed up version Brief looked that way in Panty and Stocking. So they specifically look like alterations of one character.
Love the artstyle ! It reminds me of french comics I read when I was a kid in the 2000s
>>22931682Millennium Actress and Steamboy are adaptations of what exactly? I didn’t list his TV screenwriting credits either because they’re not projects he was head writer of
The neck, back of the head and lower ear all being defined by one swooping line is so distinctly P&G I'm surprised they went with it.
>>22931888>took so long for PSG2 to come out the fans at Satelight decided to make their own and slapped the Aquarion name onto it.
>>22931713They already did announce the SMP for it.
>>22931713>>22932427Still waiting for the standalone vectors of Evol along with the SMP version of them.
>>22924659Anyone still have that Dog meme of Evol around a decade ago?
>>22932444I know the one you're talking about, but I can't find it at a glance. I have this one, though.
>>22932459all these times,These 12,000 years, Bark Bark Bark Bark Bark
I miss Evolposting so much. Where have the years gone...?
>>22932505>13 years since Evol>9 years since LogosTime keeps on slippin.
>>22933600it's not the same without the dog
>>22932505Imagine all the "you just know" posting if Evol aired today.
>>22933677I have to go now, my planet needs me.
>>22933677>so I tricked my two former lovers into getting knotted by my pet dog>funniest shit I've ever seen.
>>22924659>tripfag AND questionable character designsTerrible thread.
>>22935036Axia is based.
>>22924701Oh. OH.
>>22932505
Uh oh, trip janny melty!
Qrd on Aquarion? Heard it's about love or something?
>>229352601st two are about turning love triangles into enjoyable threesomes
>>22935260Every 12000 years a group of goofy teens with attitude pilot a magical Getter Robo type robot to defeat homo angels using the power of love and insane pilot-specific asspull finishing moves that usually only appear once each with some staple exceptions. Usually 6-8 different pilots take turns operating 1 of the 3 Getter Machines which results in different combinations and abilities of the Getter Robo depending on the form they take and the group of specific pilots. Also when they gattai it makes them cum.Love and fate are central themes, usually with some amount of love triangle shenanigans between the pilots to varying degrees depending on the series, and the idea of "fated couples" with the main pilots being descendants/reincarnations of lovers from the previous 12000 years.Logos kind of does its own thing and is unrelated to the other two series, but carries a lot of the same thematic DNA.
>>22935270...homo angels?
>>22935278The antagonist of the first two series is a fruity angel guy that's seething at humanity because 12000 years ago his angel butt buddy dumped him for a human chick instead.
>>22935295Why didn't he just turn into a woman or something?
>>22935056>people stopped adding new ones after like ep13Really goes to show how hard it shit the bed in the second half.
>>22935560I might've just missed an updated version.
>>22924663>>22924665>>22924666These coloschemes are a mess
>>22935671I think the very last one was the episode where Jin died.
>>22935260A series that was only notable for its first opening and racking in big pachinkobux. They tried making a sequel to it and it turned out a mess.Then they tried making a third series unrelated to the first two and it was just kinda bland.Now they're making a fourth series for god knows what reason.
>PSG stylePeculiar.
>>22936608If they actually go all-in on the PSG influence it has potential.It'll probably just be some boring shit aimed at tollders though.
>>22924668I love her already.
This series has one of the gayest spins on reincarnation I've seen.
>>22935693Maybe deliberately so, since the transformations/form factor looks very similar to the very first Aquarion.
>>22941789That just says they have no confidence in this series so they played it safe with the mech designs.
>>22936463>Then they tried making a third series unrelated to the first two and it was just kinda bland.It was the smartest piece of animation ever released to the public.
The only thing I rememver about Logos is that one time the MC went on stage to talk about being a savior.
