The Doctor
07-08-2007, 04:49 AM
A long time ago there used to be an article in Anime Insider called "If it were Anime..." which took characters like the JLA or Charlie Brown and totally rewrote their origin while also getting a famous Anime or Manga artist to redesign the characters. I am wondering if all of you could assign a writer and artist to a certain character that you would give a plot and want animized who would you choose and why? Now for my entry:
CAPTAIN UNIVERSE by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Steamboy) and Satoko Morikawa (The Cat Returns).
Everyone knows that I am the biggest Captain Universe fan ever...and probably the only. But the concept has one major flaw: the lack of an ongoing cast. With the help of Anime Master Katsuhiro Otomo and Cat Returns artist Satako Morikawa; Captain Universe could be redesigned into the hero he was meant to be: a New Age Space Opera God.
Imagine the Fortieth Century Marvel Universe where the evil Haamin threaten the lives of the Human Colonies that are spread across the vast cosmos and where one man: Arcturus Rann gains the near-omnipotent powers of the masterless space ronin Captain Universe from the Sword of Eternity in order to save the woman he loves (Princess Mari of Crystalia) from the Haamin threat and their vile Sub-Atomican Leader: the Psycho-Man! Along the way he encounters the strange Kalikian Merchant known as Bug, the Intrepid Space Policeman called Rocket Raccoon and the beautiful and mystifying Kirke, Sorceress of the Winds and together they heroically set out to defeat the Haamin and save the Galaxy from total annihilation.
And that is my vision. But I would really like to know who would you assign to reimagine YOUR favorite characters. Oh and if this is the wrong place for this thread then please move it.
CAPTAIN UNIVERSE by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Steamboy) and Satoko Morikawa (The Cat Returns).
Everyone knows that I am the biggest Captain Universe fan ever...and probably the only. But the concept has one major flaw: the lack of an ongoing cast. With the help of Anime Master Katsuhiro Otomo and Cat Returns artist Satako Morikawa; Captain Universe could be redesigned into the hero he was meant to be: a New Age Space Opera God.
Imagine the Fortieth Century Marvel Universe where the evil Haamin threaten the lives of the Human Colonies that are spread across the vast cosmos and where one man: Arcturus Rann gains the near-omnipotent powers of the masterless space ronin Captain Universe from the Sword of Eternity in order to save the woman he loves (Princess Mari of Crystalia) from the Haamin threat and their vile Sub-Atomican Leader: the Psycho-Man! Along the way he encounters the strange Kalikian Merchant known as Bug, the Intrepid Space Policeman called Rocket Raccoon and the beautiful and mystifying Kirke, Sorceress of the Winds and together they heroically set out to defeat the Haamin and save the Galaxy from total annihilation.
And that is my vision. But I would really like to know who would you assign to reimagine YOUR favorite characters. Oh and if this is the wrong place for this thread then please move it.