Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse TV Anime

Genkina Hito

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The TV anime Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse will get a release in the summer season.

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Synopsis
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Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse is an adaptation of a military visual novel set in the year 2001 in a world under attack from an alien species which has conquered most of the Eurasian continent and decreased the world’s human population drastically. The main protagonists are elite pilots at a UN base in Alaska who are part of Prominence Project which is a joint effort between Japan and the US with the aim to create tactical weapons and robots against the aliens. These pilots must test prototypes of these weapons.</em>


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Voice actors are lead by Daisuke Ono (Saizo in Brave 10) who takes the role of Yuya Bridges, Mai Takamura (Nagisa in Clannad) who voices Yui Takamura and Hitomi Nabatame (Kei Kishimoto in Gantz)who plays Kriska Barchenowa. Staff include Inagaki Takayuki as director (Black Cat), and Yumiko Hara (Working!!) who is handling character design. The anime is being produced by Satelight and ixtl.

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The write-up here seems to carry a whiff of Gunparade March about it.

Which might be a good thing - because Gunparade March was a show that was interesting in concept, let down by shoddy and comedically inept execution.

Fingers crossed this lives up to the potential.
 
My feelings towards this are conflicted. I have wanted to experience Total Eclipse one way or another. However, if Total Eclipse does well, age have expressed interest in animating the main MuvLuv trilogy, and I don't think an anime would do it justice. Also, this news is more than 6 months old.
 
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