Speculation: Gainax’s 2+2 May Equal ‘Ghost Rhapsody’
Much speculation on the AnimeSuki forums about what Gainax’s new movie project may be (the one based on a shoujo manga), and several people are starting to come to the conclusion that it’s likely to be Ghost Rhapsody, Kazuma Yamashita’s shoujo horror manga.
See, Tadashi Hiramatsu– who is working on the adaptation, which was announced back in ‘05 –says on his blog that he’s currently working on it. Hiramatsu has worked on Gainax projects in the past, including the live-action Cutey Honey movie, Gunbuster 2, His and Her Circumstances, Nadia - Secret of the Blue Water, etc. And he also mentioned that he just got back from England, where Gainax co-founder Hiroyuki Yamaga recently visited with the character designer and director of a new Gainax project.
From what I can find on Ghost Rhapsody, the manga features a woman who is getting ready to do a kekkon taishoku, a marriage retirement (i.e. she gets married and quits her job), Hikaru. She experiences an interesting phenomenon: she is visited by the ghost of her favorite rock star, Ronny, who has become her guardian spirit.
So, there you go…a rock musician. Sound likely? I think so!
Tags: gainax, ghost rhapsody, rumors
May 28th, 2008 at 7:09 am
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