Wazzup Pilipinas!
‘March Madness’ takes on a new meaning for anime fans this month, as
Animax premieres two series that viewers will go mad for! Fans in Asia are in for a double dose of
fantasy and romance when the first 24-hour anime channel in Asia exclusively
launches two sci-fi/ adventure series
this month: Brynhildr in the Darkness and Rage of Bahamut: Genesis.
BRYNHILDR
IN THE DARKNESS
Premieres
March 7 at 10pm, Monday and Tuesday, 2 Episodes back-to-back
Brynhildr in the Darknessis from Arms
studio, producers of such popular anime as Wizard
Barristers and Maoyu. It follows
the story of Ryota Murakami, an intelligent boy who nearly died in an accident
that claimed his female childhood friend. To fulfil a promise he made to her of
proving the existence of aliens, he devotes himself to observing the starry sky
every night. One day, a girl who is the spitting image of his dead friend
appears in his 11th grade class and then later saves his life with
the use of magic. Who exactly is this mysterious young lady and what are her
true intentions? Brynhildr in the Darknessis
based on the manga by Lynn Okamoto and directed by Kenichi Imazumi.
RAGE
OF BAHAMUT: GENESIS
Premieres
March 29 at 10pm, Monday and Tuesday, 2 Episodes back-to-back
Based on the immensely popular Bahamut card battle game
developed by Cygames, Rage of Bahamut:
Genesis is a visually extravagant animated fantasy action adventure
reminiscent of The Lord of the Rings
and Zorro. Rage of Bahamut: Genesis is produced by MAPPA, the studio behind
the popular series,Terror in Resonance.
The story begins long ago in Mistarcia, a
mystical world where humans, gods and demons co-exist. When the fearsome
Bahamut monster threatens to destroy Mistarcia, the three races overcome their
differences and join forces to seal the Bahamut’s power. The key to that seal is
then split in two and given to the gods and demons for safekeeping. Two
thousand years later, however, the gods’ half of the key is stolen by a human
woman, plunging the world into chaos. Can the stolen key be found before the
Bahamut is unleashed? And what role will humanity play in this world-altering
conflict?
Rage
of Bahamut: Genesis is directed by Keiichi Sato, with
character designs by Naoyuki Onda. It is based on the Rage of Bahamut card game that’s played by more than three million
players outside of Japan and was #1 on US Google Play when it was launched in
2012.
Animax
is seen on SKYCable Channel 46, Cignal Digital TV Channel 34 and Dream Channel
07.
Ross is known as the Pambansang Blogger ng Pilipinas - An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Professional by profession and a Social Media Evangelist by heart.
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