What did you draw this week? Back in week 1, I also received a request from Winter, suggesting either Eureka from Eureka Seven or Arin from Trinity Seven. Now, I’ve not seen either of those series, sorry Winter, so I jumped onto Google images and checked them out.
This is again where I shall apologise to Winter, as I was looking through the images of Arin from Trinity Seven I kept noticing this redhead in the background. Something compelled me to further my search and long story short, I drew Lilith from Trinity Seven instead.
There is a good reason for this… well, just look at her. Other than the obvious, it seems like a good picture to prep me for a little project I’ve been planning for a while. If you read my Make It Anime post, you may know what I’m talking about. Anyhow, I’m going to start work on character sketches for a gender-flipped version of Predator. If they look good, maybe I’ll even turn them into a light novel!
Anyhow, here’s Lilith!
Once more, I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, but this one wasn’t as straight forward as Albedo. When I did my first outline, I accidentally made the torso far too long and it looked stretched. I was seconds away from starting again when I remembered to put my eraser to good use.
Want to see me draw someone or something (I’m prepared to draw mecha or monsters too) then put in the comments and I’ll see what I can do.
Life at the orphanage will never be the same again. Can the children find a way to escape or will they be left to face the same fate as those before them?
What did you watch? When the first episode aired, I tried to wait for four to be available, but quickly realised that it wouldn’t be possible if I was to avoid spoilers. I’m not making that mistake again, so I watched episode two shortly after it went live.
Also, I believe that this should take us past the preview of this post, so let’s get down to business. From here on, I’m assuming you’ve seen episode one, so there will be spoilers.
What happened? The morning after Conny left the orphanage, Emma and Norman attempted to maintain appearances. They are sure that Mother will have found the bunny they left beneath the truck, but can’t be sure she knows it was them or that they saw anything.
Lisvalletta is plagued by a new drug known as Anthem which mutates those lucky enough to survive its effects into powerful monsters. The Seven-O, a special police unit is put together to fight back.
What did you watch and why? This was one of the shows I selected for my round of seasonal anime from Fall 2018 lineup, and I am glad I did. It’s set in the same universe as the Tiger and Bunny series, one that I stopped watching after one episode… Maybe, I should revisit that. Anyhow, this is a police drama with a good helping of comedy.
What’s it about? Kirill is your average police officer, but he dreams of being a hero. After spending the day looking for a missing cat he finally gets his chance, helping a detective bring down an Anthem user that is holding another officer hostage.
The Straw-Hat pirates meet a living skeleton, get trapped on a mysterious island, battle zombies, ancient gods, and one of the seven Warlords of the Sea.
What did you watch and why? Does everything seems to be part of a challenge lately, or is just me? Well, this is no exception. As part of my One Piece A Day Challenge, where I’ve been watching an episode of One Piece every day for almost a year now, I have now completed season ten and I’m not even half way yet!
What’s it about? Fresh from the battle at Enies Lobby, the Straw-Hats flee Water-7 on the Thousand Sunnies, the new ship Franky built them before joining the crew. Having left the Marines, including Luffy’s grandfather behind they entered the Florian Triangle, a mysterious patch of water shrouded in think fog.
There they meet a living skeleton, stranded on a ghost ship. Luffy asks his to join the crew much to the bewilderment of the rest of the crew. Brook refuses, telling them that he cannot as he no longer has a shadow and sunlight would kill him. He also tells them to leave the mysterious island they’ve just arrived at, but not before asking Nami to show him her panties!
Before they know it, they have all been caught up in a sinister plan by Gekko Moriah, one of the seven Warlords of the Sea. If they are to get out of this alive, they will need to battle zombies, defeat an ancient god, beat Gekko Moriah, recover their shadows, and stop a wedding…
As it seems to be even more popular to attempt to transform successful anime into live-action series and movies, it seems only fair that this tag tries to do the opposite. I should thank Ya Boy Jack for including me in this tag. It looked like a lot of fun when it first appeared, so I’m excited to put my two cents in.
Here are the rules:
Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog post.
Choose 1 Book, Movie and TV show of your choice that you think could work as an anime. (A series of books or movies is allowed e.g. Lord of the Rings, Hunger Games)
If you want to pick more than 1 from each section that’s fine. Or if you can’t think of one for a specific category that’s fine also.
Explain why you think your choices could work as an anime. Maybe the advent of animation would enhance it, maybe the different anime genres could help expand and improve the story. Just go crazy with it.
Link back to the original post (this post) so I can read people’s suggestions, I’d love to read everyone’s ideas.
Include Make it Anime in your tags so everyone including myself can find them all easily.
Nominate around 5-10 bloggers.
Now, let’s get down to business.
Book: Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg
I’ve been waiting for an adaptation of this classic novella for ages, but it still doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. So, someone somewhere, hear my plea because this would make a fantastic anime.
The story follows a man ripped out of his time and pulled into the distant future. A future where technology has advanced to such a state that it appears as magic to him. All that is left of humanity travel between several recreated cities from history and mythology. Each city is populated with artificial life and everything is for the benefit of the tourists.
But each city only exists for so long before being replaced with another, opening up new experiences and sights for these eternal travellers. Charles has long since forgotten his home time and enjoys the dinners, parties, and exuberance. He has a group that he travels with and a girl that he loves, but she disappears one day, leaving Charles to search the world to find her.
If you ask me, there are so many elements that scream anime. The wondrous sights of Valhalla, Alexandria, or of a future New York could be spectacular. There is a love story, time travel, futuristic technology, and the sort of dream-like existence that would feel completely at home in this format.
Movie: Predator
So, at first glance this might seem ridiculous. After all, there have been how ever many Predator reboots and sequels, but hear me out. I’m going to employee a time honoured tradition of anime. Are you ready for the… wait for it… gender flip?
I’m not talking about the actual Predator, although that could work too. What I’m envisaging is a cast of strong female marines with masses of firepower on a mission through the jungle, where it’s hot and wet, only to be attacked by an alien.
Come on. You can see it too. It would be incredible. I just don’t see how this can go wrong. Ultimately, there’s not going to be any groundbreaking story-lines, but that’s fine, it would just be girls with guns. Explosions, hot girls, guns, hot girls, lasers, hot girls, predators, and hot girls with Gatling guns!
TV Series: The Shannara Chronicles
At first, I was sure I would select A Game of Thrones, because it’s the best, but then I realised that was a mistake. Why remake something that is perfect? In reality, this should be something that had potential, but for whatever reason didn’t quite hit the mark.
Well, for me, that is The Shannara Chronicles. It’s set in future Earth after some sort of event brought life as we know it to an end. In this new world elves, dwarves, gnomes, trolls, and demons exist. That’s right, it’s a post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure.
I enjoyed the first season even though it didn’t quite hit the heights I was expecting, but it does have everything you’d want from an anime series. Strong female leads, a goofy yet determined hero, dark and sinister monsters.
So, who are you going to nominate? I think I’m in fairly early, so I should be able to nominate bloggers that haven’t already been included which is a nice change. Here we go.
No pressure, if you don’t want to do it. I don’t mind, this is just me saying thanks for the support and the entertaining posts. Keep it up, and thanks for reading.
