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Patrick Macias' TokyoScope Unveils Unreleased Osamu Kobayashi Anime Short

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Kobayashi directed short based on Macias, Hiroyuki Takahashi's HYPERSONIC Music Club comic in 2017

Japanes pop culture writer webcomic of the same name. According to Macias, Kobayashi produced the film in 2017.

The full seven-minute short is available on Macias' TokyoScope blog.

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Image via TokyoScope

Kobayashi drew the above visual for the anime short.

Other staff that worked on the film include Yoshimichi Kameda as animators.

57-year-old Kobayashi ed away on April 17, 2021 after battling kidney cancer. Kobayashi directed such anime as Lupin III: Part IV.

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© Crunchyroll
The webcomic was the first installment in launched for free on Crunchyroll in January 2015.

Crunchyroll describes the story:

In the world of tomorrow… when technology has reached it limits… a group of young cyborgs must battle the extra-dimensional monster girls for final control of the enigmatic force known only as…The Mystery Frequency!

Macias and URAHARA television anime in October 2017.

Sources: Press release, TokyoScope (Patrick Macias)

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