Either way, the chances of a high-budget adaptation are slim to none, though if by some miracle one were to exist, I wouldn’t be opposed to a Ninja Scroll-esque, ultraviolent adaptation of Imperishable Night directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri and animated by Madhouse. Whether this is for the sake of preserving indie cred or to avoid canonizing what has essentailly become fanon, I can’t say for sure. At present, there’s no way to watch the damn thing, not even a handcam version.Ī probable reason for Anime Tenchou x Touhou’s nonexistent availability and the general lack of mainstream Touhou anime is ZUN’s resistance toward the commercialization of Touhou. What little information that exists on this 10-minute animation suggests that it was shown on precisely one day in a single theater, leaving no indication that it even existed save for a trailer. If this sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is. ![]() This curiosity is called Anime Tenchou x Touhou Project and those familiar with Lucky Star may recognize the former as the hot-blooded storeowner and mascot of the AniMate retail chain. There is one final Touhou “anime” and this one was done by an actual animation studio: ufotable. If someone came up to me and asked, “What’s so special about Touhou?” I would show them this and note that it was entirely fanmade. ![]() In many ways, Memories of Phantasm represents the pinnacle of the passion, talent, and perhaps affluence of the Touhou fandom. Even more impressive is the possibility that all the voices were done by a single person, though the evidence for this claim isn’t particularly reliable given the precarious nature of amateur translations of Nico Nico Douga (Japan’s Youtube equivalent) descriptions. This fanmade anime was separately fandubbed and while the voicework isn’t up to par with Summer Day’s Dream, it stands out for being passable/competent in a sea of atrocious fandubs. Interestingly, the version of this anime below was not the original release, which did not have a voiceover. Indeed, if Memories of Phantasm were released today, it could pass as a contemporary studio anime. Unlike our previous example, Memories of Phantasm is drawn and animated much more like something you’d expect from the new millennium. This anime project is by Manpuku Jinja and retells the story of the Touhou games (Perfect Cherry Blossom thus far) with some deviations and abridgments for the sake of flow. Now, we get to a completely different beast: Fantasy Kaleidoscope ~ The Memories of Phantasm. As intriguing as these details are, the work itself is hardly worth toting as the definitive Touhou anime.Ī print version of Wikipedia? I’m not sure if Patchouli is ahead of the game or behind the times. Either the production circle MAIKAZE is very well-funded or very well-connected as Summer Day’s Dream features a cast of professional, known voice actresses including Mai Nakahara (Rena in Higurashi) as Reimu and Rie Tanaka (Lacus Clyne in Gundam Seed) as the maid Sakuya. ![]() What’s far more interesting is the talent mobilized in this anime’s creation. This plot obviously isn’t impressive and neither is the animation, which beats out Mars of Destruction, but still looks behind the times with character designs and coloring that’s uncomfortably close to the less than appealing game sprites. ![]() The first of these is Summer Day’s Dream, a series consisting of three twenty-minute episodes which is still being released and tells the story of an unfolding incident involving vanishing objects. There are, however, fanmade anime of varying length and quality that are most impressive for the simple fact that they exist. You’ll often see people in the comments of Touhou-related videos asking “What anime did this come from?” Indeed, it’s easy to mistake Touhou for an anime given the character designs and limited exposure of the games, but in the strict sense of having a TV series or 20+ minute OVA produced by an established animation studio, no such thing exists.
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