Under the Dog

Under the Dog

Promotional artwork
Genre Science fiction, Thriller
Original video animation
Directed by Masahiro Andō
Produced by Hiroaki Yura
Written by Jiro Ishii
Music by Kevin Penkin
Studio Kinema Citrus

Under the Dog is an upcoming science fiction thriller anime project independently produced by Creative Intelligence Arts and planned for a late 2015 release.[1][2]

Plot

The story takes place within Neo Tokyo in the year 2025, five years after a severe terrorist attack at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Students possessing special abilities are forced into serving an elite anti-terrorist unit created by the United Nations, fighting against threats including other ability users.[3] If these agents fail their mission, they will be killed along with their families, who have bombs planted within their heads. One member of this covert ops unit, a Swedish girl by the name of Anthea Kallenberg, seeks to find who she really is.[4][5]

Development

Under the Dog will initially feature one 24 minute episode, with additional future episodes planned. Being funded via Kickstarter, the project was able to exceed its funding goal of $580,000, having reached $878,028 on September 7, 2014.[3] The project is planned as a television series spanning two seasons in the long-term, with the plot for 26 episodes already structured, however the producers have also shown interest in telling the story in the form of a feature length film.[6][7] Kinema Citrus is the studio responsible for animation while 3D computer graphics will be created by Orange Co. Yukinori Kitajima is responsible for the screenplay, while Masahiro Andō is in charge of direction, Yusuke Kozaki is the character and mechanical designer, Keiichi Momose is the audio director, John Kurlander is the mixing and recording engineer, Kevin Penkin is the composer, and Jiro Ishii is the original story writer.[3][8][4]

Project producer Hiroaki Yura[9] stated that creativity within anime production is limited as a result of politics relating to depending on often risk-averse production committees, and hopes that his project can inspire other anime producers to seek independent funding.[3][4][9] The project has been endorsed by Hideo Kojima[8][4] and Hiroshi Matsuyama (CEO of CyberConnect2).[10]

References

  1. ↑ 2014-09-05, Under The Dog Anime Reaches Kickstarter Goal, Anime News Network
  2. ↑ Under the Dog by Creative Intelligence Arts, LLC, Kickstarter
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 2014-09-07, Under The Dog Anime Kickstarter Campaign Raises US$878,028, Anime News Network
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 2014-09-03, Metal Gear Solid's Hideo Kojima Endorses Under the Dog, Anime News Network
  5. ↑ 2014-09-03, Anime & Video Games Come Together To Create Badass Movie, Kotaku
  6. ↑ 2014-09-04, Under the Dog Producer On The Restrictions Of Working On Anime Today, Siliconera
  7. ↑ 2014-09-05, Under the Dog Producer Hiroaki Yura Also Talks Production Committees, Moe in Reddit's AMA, Anime News Network
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 2014-09-04, "Under the Dog" Sci-Fi Anime Kickstarter Prepares for Final Days With Previews and Endorsement, Crunchyroll
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 2014-09-05, FEATURE - Hiroaki Yura, the "Under the Dog" Interview, Crunchyroll
  10. ↑ 2014-08-28, イシイジロウ氏原作のアニメ企画「UNDER THE DOG」にサイバーコネクトツー・松山洋氏が応援宣言, Gamer.ne.jp

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