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Kill la Kill's Trigger Makes Gridman Short for Animator Expo
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Niconico, and it will stream the short itself on its official website on Friday.
Denkou Choujin Gridman was a 1993-1994 tokusatsu (special effect) television series from Ultraman's DiC Entertainment adapted footage from it into English as Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad. Japan Animator Expo describe the premise of the story:
22 years ago...
A boy, Takeshi Todo, who attempted to take over the world with the devil of the computer world together.
He reformed himself after the battle and now needs the power of the hyper agent. Again, the evil is going to appear in the real world.
A materialized monster is now approaching!
Enter the battle code!
The access code is..."GRIDMAN"
Someday's Dreamers II Sora) designed the characters.
The previous eight shorts in the project include "Akemi Hayashi's "Tomorrow from there."
Anno himself is serving as executive producer of the entire project initiative with Dwango President Megumi Hayashibara.
One new short will stream every week for a planned total of 30 shorts, ranging from original projects and spinoffs to promotional videos and music videos. The episodes will be streamed for free via a dedicated iOS/Android app and on the web. There are no plans for a commercial release at this stage.
