Figured I'd throw this one out here after I had the idea of implementing it in Fenspace.
The ReAnimator
The ReAnimator - self-named because "it sounds about ten times cooler than just 'Animator'" - is a Wavetech computer/animation studio created
by a True Neutral who prefers to go by "Mekboy" from his computer, DVD player, and various peripherals. Upon the addition of handwavium to the
combination, it metamorphosed into a rather ugly cybernetic/organic hybrid with a computer screen and a mouth as its most noticeable attributes.
Experimentally, Mekboy offered it his Negima! DVD set, which it promptly ate, then plugged itself into an Internet jack. Shortly afterward, it also ate
Mekboy's first few volumes of the Negima! manga, and became silent.
Some days later, it spat out a DVD which Mekboy discovered to contain a high-resolution video file: the first episode of a new Negima! series. As it turned
out, the ReAnimator had decided that it could do better than XEBEC had in adapting the manga. And indeed, the next few episodes it produced over the next month
were highly faithful to Akamatsu's manga, superbly animated, and well voiced, with the curious quirk that there was no music - apparently it lacked the
skill to compose any. Undaunted, Mekboy assembled a team of musicians and sound editors to make up for this deficiency, and eventually - with Akamatsu's
agreement - released what, indeed, most fen have taken to calling NDR, for "Negima Done RIGHT."
After the full run of Akamatsu's manga had been adapted, the ReAnimator took to adapting Ranma ½, calling the animation and characterization in Studio
Deen's anime "craptacular" and posting a 3,000-word essay online on "Why Stopping in the Middle is Bad." For personal amusement, it has
also created several music videos and distributed them freely online. These include "Bell B. Dandy," in which the goddess Belldandy gives an
enthusiastic performance of Johnny B. Goode, "Kanon Rock," in which the cast of Kanon performs JerryC's hit rendition of a classical piece, and
"Kumikyoku," a spectacularly animated and choreographed rendition of the eleven-minute medley circulated on the video sharing site Nico Nico Douga.
Reportedly, discussions are also underway to produce adaptations of Animorphs and Megatokyo.
The ReAnimator can purportedly be a very temperamental and demanding creator; one assistant described headquarters as the only place in Fenspace that serves
DVDs with chocolate sauce. Particularly infamous are its arguments with Benjamin Hutchins over the production and creative control of an Undocumented Features
series. All attempts at producing a new ReAnimator without the original's problems have dramatically failed. Nevertheless, it remains one of the most
profitable media producers in Fenspace.
Well, then...any thoughts? Comments? Flames? Pie?
Pronounced "shy guy."
The ReAnimator
The ReAnimator - self-named because "it sounds about ten times cooler than just 'Animator'" - is a Wavetech computer/animation studio created
by a True Neutral who prefers to go by "Mekboy" from his computer, DVD player, and various peripherals. Upon the addition of handwavium to the
combination, it metamorphosed into a rather ugly cybernetic/organic hybrid with a computer screen and a mouth as its most noticeable attributes.
Experimentally, Mekboy offered it his Negima! DVD set, which it promptly ate, then plugged itself into an Internet jack. Shortly afterward, it also ate
Mekboy's first few volumes of the Negima! manga, and became silent.
Some days later, it spat out a DVD which Mekboy discovered to contain a high-resolution video file: the first episode of a new Negima! series. As it turned
out, the ReAnimator had decided that it could do better than XEBEC had in adapting the manga. And indeed, the next few episodes it produced over the next month
were highly faithful to Akamatsu's manga, superbly animated, and well voiced, with the curious quirk that there was no music - apparently it lacked the
skill to compose any. Undaunted, Mekboy assembled a team of musicians and sound editors to make up for this deficiency, and eventually - with Akamatsu's
agreement - released what, indeed, most fen have taken to calling NDR, for "Negima Done RIGHT."
After the full run of Akamatsu's manga had been adapted, the ReAnimator took to adapting Ranma ½, calling the animation and characterization in Studio
Deen's anime "craptacular" and posting a 3,000-word essay online on "Why Stopping in the Middle is Bad." For personal amusement, it has
also created several music videos and distributed them freely online. These include "Bell B. Dandy," in which the goddess Belldandy gives an
enthusiastic performance of Johnny B. Goode, "Kanon Rock," in which the cast of Kanon performs JerryC's hit rendition of a classical piece, and
"Kumikyoku," a spectacularly animated and choreographed rendition of the eleven-minute medley circulated on the video sharing site Nico Nico Douga.
Reportedly, discussions are also underway to produce adaptations of Animorphs and Megatokyo.
The ReAnimator can purportedly be a very temperamental and demanding creator; one assistant described headquarters as the only place in Fenspace that serves
DVDs with chocolate sauce. Particularly infamous are its arguments with Benjamin Hutchins over the production and creative control of an Undocumented Features
series. All attempts at producing a new ReAnimator without the original's problems have dramatically failed. Nevertheless, it remains one of the most
profitable media producers in Fenspace.
Well, then...any thoughts? Comments? Flames? Pie?
Pronounced "shy guy."