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Jokaku Gattai Oshirobots Project Gets Short Anime Directed by Masami Obari
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The project reimagines the historical castles in Japan as giant robot that transform and combine. In particular, the short above features the Kumamoto, Takamatsu, and Aizu-Wakamatsu Castles. A group of children and the Shirodama (the castles' souls, who are actually historical army commanders) forces to pilot the castles.
The MIXI_ANIME booth at the Shiro Expo 2022 event in Kanagawa Prefecture's Pacifico Yokohama North venue features a 2-meter (about 6-foot) tall cardboard Kumamoto Castle robot this weekend. It is also distributing Oshirobots trading cards of the same castle.
Update: This short anime is the first project under MIXI_ANIME, a new anime brand from the IT company mixi. Source: Animation Buiness Journal
Source: Comic Natalie
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