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Ichi The Killer [Koroshiya Ichi]
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Based on the disturbing manga by Hideo Yamamoto, this 45min anime tells the story of how bully victim, Hajime Shiroishi, was manipulated into becoming Ichi The Killer. It's similar to the second live action movie '1', which is a prequel to Takashi Miike's infamous rendition- Ichi The Killer, the first version put to film.
Ichi episode 0 started production in 2001 and was released in 2002. You will notice that most of these copy settei are labelled November/December 2001.
Since uploading this series, I've acquired the ORIGNIAL hand-penciled settei which I've very happy about!
The character designer was Tsuneo Ninomiya, veteran designer/animation director since the early 1970's.
His designs are quite distinct, the characters 'look' Japanese in their facial features and the style is edgy yet simplistic. However, the translation of the designs into the final anime didn't succeed, in my opinion. Whether it was due to budget restrictions or the director's wishes, characters and animation appear very naiive but they still work well within the context of the story to help convey the twisted, juvenille, psychotic world as seen through Hajime's eyes.
In fact, the style is reminiscent of Mike Judge's 'Beavis & Butthead' and 'King of the Hill'.
I hope you enjoy viewing these model sheets, to my knowledge there are no other collections on the web.
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