Xian Yue Meng Ying, or Reflection of Crescent (lost cancelled Chinese direct-to-video boys' love animation; 2011)
Promotional poster for the series.
Status: Lost
Xian Yue Meng Ying, well known as the international name of Reflection of Crescent was a Chinese animation project centered on a romantic homosexual story between three characters, who lived on an evolved society where demons coexist with humans. Planned to be launched in DVD format, the first official announcement of the OVAs was on August 2010, planned to be released in 2011. However, was until 2015 when the full written script was announced. The project was cancelled or suspended after that, for unknown reasons. The producer studio, Great Demon Nation Production, did not make an official statement except that the project was moved to another studio, and then moved to obscurity again.
Because of monetary problems[1] on the original animation studio, the project was sold to Seven Stone Studio, but this one did never make official statements apart the fact of having the script full written.
Plot
The story was planned as a fantasy/sci-fi, where the humans start to experiment with the genome to become a superior race, while the demons try to reach the same goal by taking a place on education and make their cult rise. After a war between both clans, they make a deal for reach peace, creating an institute where the youngest representants of both of the races can coexist.[2]
The three main characters are Kai YaLun, a representative of demons and the successor of the Demon King; Sal WeaGal, a distinguished member of Elite; and WeiYi, a student who's a half demon and half human.
Information Available
There is a lack of information about the project, remaining only the synopsis (found on Latin/Spanish forums at the date of its announcement), the name of the three main characters and a trailer, featuring the original studio (Great Demon Nation Production, intended to be this their first work). There is known to exist a website about the animation, but is currently down, with the domain name free and showing ads for lottery numbers. The website could be also considered lost, since the Wayback Machine site can't find anything related to the dates of production and launching.
All the information of its date was uploaded on Chinese sites who seem to be deleted by now, remaining only a MyAnimeList page[3] and some Spanish forums.
On 2012, Vocaloid China Project Senden Animation released a short series of chapters about three minutes, where YaLun and WeaGal appear as short cameos. It is unknown the reason why they appear on the series, excepting that both projects belong to Seven Stone Studio.
Distribution Rumors
There were rumors of a very limited proof distribution of the DVD, since some China-based blogs about the animation posted information about the DVD, explaining that was a pack with one DVD with the first OVA, a full colored comic (manwa) and some image cards. It is not confirmed that this distribution occurred, even when there exist photos of the manwa and the cards.[4]
Videos
Gallery
Proof (with date) of the physical extras of the DVD.
YaLun, and WeaGal, on their transformed appearances. Cameo on ep. 3 of Vocaloid China Animation.
Another cameo, now at ep. 4.
External Link
- Official Page of the OVAs. Retrieved 18 Feb '19
References
- ↑ A Sina blog post explaining the motifs of the proposal of the project. Retrieved 19 Feb'19
- ↑ Spanish Tapatalk with the plot description (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 Feb '19
- ↑ MyAnimeList page about the OVAs. Retrieved 18 Feb '19
- ↑ A Sina blog post about the package content. Retrieved 19 Feb'19.