Wednesday, May 7, 2014

VIDEO: Latest "Double Circle" Anime Short Talks Food Safety and Tech

Toshiba's Double Circle is an original online anime series, which takes place in the "Smart City" of Kawasaki, Japan, and stars citizens who transform into heroes symbolizing different forms of renewable energy. The new third of the four shorts, featuring character designs by Gatchaman Crowds' KINAKO, addresses DNA and GPS technology.


 


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World


 


Double Circle" is the original web anime by Toshiba which has the theme of the smart community in Kawasaki. It is the story of the people who live in Kawasaki, and which incorporated the idea of "energy","environment", and "activation of the regional economy using ICT*". "Double Circle" tell you through this anime to the community development coping with both the environmental consideration and convenience / comfort.


 


Concept


 


"Double Circle" means the community which evolves infinitely by the energy and ICT in the smart community project.


 


People who live in Kawasaki become a hero, and beat an enemy who steals near from the time-stopped world to the evolving town Kawasaki.

 


 

 


Characters


 


Asagi : personnel of Kawasaki City office
Akane : engineer works in the smart community center
EMU : foreign man who lives in a boathouse
Nanoha : digital native and gifted boy of IT 
Tama-chan : mysterious girl who came from outer space

 




Character designer: KINAKO
Costume designer: Michael Karawata

 


 Speaking of KINAKO, she's recently been Twittering more fanart










 


 


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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

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