Bounen no Xamdou Trailer Online

Bounen no Xamdou has gotten a proper trailer at its official site

Unfortunately it can only be viewed in Internet Explorer, but it’s a small price to pay for a delicious taste of what’s to come from Bones and the Eureka Seven team.

I haven’t had the chance to really watch it, but expect an opinion and some screen caps (for those of you not wanting to deal with the hassle of IE) soon.

Xamdou! Can we call it “Eureka Frontier?”

Who’s a Xamdou?! What’s a Xamdou?!

It’s the most pressing question simply because the pedigree of this project does not have me worried AT ALL.  BONES announced that they’re doing a new anime, and it’s using the staff of my beloved Eureka Seven, including my favorite character designer Yoshida Ken’ichi.  And looking at the main site, I have no worries here either. This splash image just does everything right that it possibly could. A prominent, well-designed main character. A highly unorthodox being or robot or something tells me that this will be different. Or it’ll be a lot like Eureka Seven which is FINE BY ME.

There might even be the possibility it somehow relates to Eureka Seven. Would I prefer it? Maybe, but I will prefer whatever results in a better story.

I’m so looking forward to it, I’m going to give Xamdou its own category on this blog.

Watch out for it.