Abunai Sisters: Koko & Mika (found CGI anime shorts; 2009): Difference between revisions

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Abunai Sisters: Koko & Mika was a series of CGI shorts created in Japan to promote tabloid celebrities Kyoko and Mika Kano, starring the two sisters as secret agents. The show was distributed by Pony Canyon^[1] and produced by Production I.G., famous for their work on anime such as Eden of the East, Ghost in The Shell, and FLCL, among many others. Early reception of the shorts was universally negative due to the poor quality of the CGI animation and the writing, which consisted mainly of jokes about the lead characters' large breasts. The Kano sisters were guests at Otakon in 2008, where they announced the anime project.^[2]^[3]

The shorts ran on Japanese satellite network AT-X, but only the first two were ever shown, and pulled after only one month on the air. The show was originally dubbed into English, with no Japanese audio track (but subtitled in Japanese.)

The first episode is still available on official platforms such as Nico Nico Douga^[4] and Crunchyroll^[5], and rips of the second episode exist elsewhere, but the rest of the shorts are now lost. A single DVD of the full show exists, but it is hard to find and expensive due to poor sales.^[6] (Despite offering bonuses such as figurines, discounts and shout-outs in the credits to the first 500 people to preorder the DVD,^[7] reports say that it only ever sold 265 copies.)^[8]

References

[1] ttp://www.ponycanyon.co.jp/intl/tp_new/animation/abunai_sis.html

[2] ttp://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-11/kano-duo-to-star-in-i.g-abunai-sisters-anime-dvd

[3] ttp://www.animate.tv/news/details.php?id=1241741151

[4] ttp://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5808698

[5] ttp://www.crunchyroll.com/abunai-sisters

[6] ttp://www.netprice.co.jp/netprice/library/goods/295372/

[7] ttp://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2009/01/16/production-igs-new-cg-anime-abunai-sisters/

[8] ttp://www.dannychoo.com/en/post/15032/Abunai+Sisters.html

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-'''Abunai Sisters: Koko & Mika''' was a series of CGI shorts created in Japan to promote tabloid celebrities Kyoko and Mika Kano, starring the two sisters as secret agents. Despite the series being created by acclaimed studio Production I.G (who also did work on Eden Of The East, Ghost In The Shell, and FLCL, among many other shows and movies), reception of the shorts was universally negative due to the poor quality of its CGI and writing, which consisted mostly of jokes about the lead characters' large breasts. The shorts ran on Japanese satellite network AT-X, but only the first two were ever shown, and they were pulled after a month on the air. It had no Japanese audio track, and was instead originally aired in English with Japanese subtitles.
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+|title=<center>Abunai Sisters: Koko and Mika</center>
+{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUtBbESLDiQ|320x240|center|Trailer for the series|frame}}
+|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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-The first episode is still available on official platforms such as Nico Nico Douga and Crunchyroll, and rips of the second episode exist elsewhere, but the rest of the shorts are now lost. A single DVD of the full show exists, but it is hard to find and expensive due to poor sales. (Despite offering bonuses such as figurines, discounts and shout-outs in the credits to the first 500 people to preorder the DVD, reports say that it only ever sold 265 copies.)
+'''Abunai Sisters: Koko & Mika''' was a series of CGI shorts created in Japan to promote tabloid celebrities Kyoko and Mika Kano, starring the two sisters as secret agents. The show was distributed by Pony Canyon<ref>http://www.ponycanyon.co.jp/intl/tp_new/animation/abunai_sis.html</ref> and produced by Production I.G., famous for their work on anime such as ''Eden of the East'', ''Ghost in The Shell'', and ''FLCL'', among many others. Early reception of the shorts was universally negative due to the poor quality of the CGI animation and the writing, which consisted mainly of jokes about the lead characters' large breasts. The Kano sisters were guests at Otakon in 2008, where they announced the anime project.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-11/kano-duo-to-star-in-i.g-abunai-sisters-anime-dvd</ref><ref>http://www.animate.tv/news/details.php?id=1241741151</ref>
-Blogger Danny Choo profiled the series here: http://www.dannychoo.com/en/post/15032/Abunai+Sisters.html
+The shorts ran on Japanese satellite network AT-X, but only the first two were ever shown, and pulled after only one month on the air. The show was originally dubbed into English, with no Japanese audio track (but subtitled in Japanese.)
-The full DVD is currently available at this Japanese online store: http://www.netprice.co.jp/netprice/library/goods/295372/ Be warned, it's pricey - 36,270 Yen is nearly $300 US.
+The first episode is still available on official platforms such as Nico Nico Douga<ref>http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5808698</ref> and Crunchyroll<ref>http://www.crunchyroll.com/abunai-sisters</ref>, and rips of the second episode exist elsewhere, but the rest of the shorts are now lost. A single DVD of the full show exists, but it is hard to find and expensive due to poor sales.<ref>http://www.netprice.co.jp/netprice/library/goods/295372/</ref> (Despite offering bonuses such as figurines, discounts and shout-outs in the credits to the first 500 people to preorder the DVD,<ref>http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2009/01/16/production-igs-new-cg-anime-abunai-sisters/</ref> reports say that it only ever sold 265 copies.)<ref>http://www.dannychoo.com/en/post/15032/Abunai+Sisters.html</ref>
-[[Category:Lost animation]][[Category:Lost TV]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+[[Category:Lost animation]]
+[[Category:Lost TV]]