Mar 17, 2006
Le chevalier d’Eon
This looks promising (from AICN):
Anime News Network reports that Production IG (Ghost in the Shell) will be announced a new anime series with Kenshin director Kazuhiro Furuhashi at the Tokyo Anime Fair. The 24 episode historical horror action, be accompanied by the manga official Chevalier D’Eon homepage.
18th Century, just before the French revolution, multiple religious cults of the dark side were engaged in secret maneuvers under the name of Revolution. “Le Chevalier D’Eon” (Knight D’Eon) a diplomat and a special agent working for Louis XIV, is fighting against those cults, and also on a mission to find the killer of his own sister. A mysterious cult organization called “Rose Cross” stands in his way, using vicious powers to create a dark creature, “Gargoyle” to over take Europe…
Production I.G. have a good track record, so looking forward to at least checking out the first episode. On the anime front, right now I’m enjoying ERGO PROXY, which is up to episode 3.
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Thanks for the heads up re:Ergo Proxy. Not sure whether I’m too interested in this new one from IG (looking forward to Fast Food Bandits though), but like you say, no harm checking out the first episode. It puts me in mind of Michael Moorcock’s Elric series a little.