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First Squad

Postby angelx03 » Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:47 pm

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... irst-squad

The Russian-Canadian animation company Molot Entertainment has relaunched the website for its upcoming First Squad animated video series, which is currently in production at Japan's Studio 4°C. The English/Japanese/Russian-language site now includes a brand-new trailer, an introduction to First Squad's story, character profiles, and a set of design and layout sketches. The trailer is also available for streaming via YouTube.

First Squad is set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They are opposed by a Schutzstaffel (SS) officer who is attempting to raise from the dead a supernatural army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross and enlist them in the Nazi cause.


So basically we got ourselves superpowered, badass Soviet teens who are going to stop an army of Nazi zombies. AWESOME!!! 8-)
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Postby Jasta85 » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:00 pm

so, is this actually anime, i'm a bit confused as it seems several countries are involved, sounds a bit like hellsing to tell the truth lol
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Postby Otohiko » Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:19 am

Is this related to a music video that was out in Russia some months ago? (I can't find it again...) which showed something VERY similar to this?

Interesting. :o
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Postby angelx03 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:27 pm

Otohiko wrote:Is this related to a music video that was out in Russia some months ago? (I can't find it again...) which showed something VERY similar to this?

Interesting. :o


Pretty much, yeah. I think the music video was created to drum up interest for this project which I guess worked.
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Postby Ishbalan » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:34 pm

Sounds fun.
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Postby Ijexis » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:41 pm

=O This looks perfect for an AMV idea that sprouted up in my head earlier today. I needed a serious bloody and brutal military anime source but all I could think of was Jin-Roh. This would make a perfect addition.
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Postby Jasta85 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:04 pm

i actually really want to see this, the perfect trailer idea for it would be the Red Alert Intro's song hell march
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Postby chosef » Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:13 am

Strike witches on steroids + drama? :?
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Postby angelx03 » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:10 am

chosef wrote:Strike witches on steroids + drama? :?


And pants! :o
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Re: First Squad

Postby Ishbalan » Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:51 am

We got a decent trailer!
http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/studio- ... e-first-s/

Looks promising.
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Re: First Squad

Postby OmniStrata » Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:38 pm

Booyah, saw a trailer for this a while ago and was wondering when it'd come out.

Looks awesome, though I'm not too fond of Studio 4C's work. [Coulda had more to work with in their SF4 OAV [eek]]
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Re: First Squad

Postby Vivaldi » Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:04 pm

Must admit, I wasn't expecting the zombies or knights templar, I had thought was was historical fiction. :?
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