Cutethulhu anime coming??????????????????
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Lovecraftian Anime Announced: Moe Lovecraft
The announcement of an explicitly Lovecraftian anime, which features
Nyarlathotep as a silver haired schoolgirl, is perhaps one of the
oddest destinations yet for HPL's international influence. The Moe
Lovecraft anime is reportedly slated for production in the near
future. The website AnimeNation has the full details:
Publisher Softbank Creative has announced that Flash animation
production studio DLE (Eagle Talon) will produce a Flash Haiyoru!
Nyaru-Ani anime adaptation of author Manta Aisora’s “high-tension,
chaotic comedy” light novel series Haiyore! Nyaruko-san. The novels
star high school boy Mahiro Yasaka who encounters the Cthulhu mythos
god Nyarlathotep, who inexplicably chooses to appear as a cute silver-
haired girl. Aisora’s H.P. Lovecraft & moé inspired light novel series
premiered this past April. The third book hits Japanese shelves this
month, along with a new drama CD.
The “Cthulhu mythos” created by American writer H.P. Lovecraft
(1890-1937) has been quite influential in anime. References to the
mythology Lovecraft created have appeared in anime including Iczer-
One, Armitage the III, Digimon, Dirty Pair, Demonbane, and Soul Eater.
It's difficult to say how this project will turn out. In my own
limited observations of Lovecraft's place in Japanese animation, his
creations have enjoyed both serious and humorous treatment. However, a
series that stars Nyarlathotep as a young girl strongly suggests it
will tend toward the "Cutethulhu" model that's nearly as prominent in
Japan as it is in the West. English viewers may have to wait some time
to see what direction the artists and writers take, since no mention
has been made of either subtitles or bringing this project to an
English audience yet.
-Grim Blogger
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Labels: Art, Lovecraftiana
Wednesday, October 21, 2009