Reply To: First & Second Empress

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    Chaud, let me applaud your continued search for evidence on your question. You are doing the good work, getting actual documents to support your findings. gendo1

    Looking at the image you found of Azusa, “punk” Misaki, and “second” Funaho, the designs remind me highly of another AIC property I enjoy. Below is a cast shot from Gall Force: Eternal Story.

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    As a point of fact, both Hayashi and Kajishima worked on iterations of Gall Force at some point during their careers. Perhaps a little bit of the character designs bled over? butts1

    Also, I love the look of “punk” Misaki. She seems much more assertive than her OVA series 2 counterpart. Give Misaki Lufy’s “no fucks given” attitude or Eluza’s “no nonsense” attitude from Gall Force: Eternal Story, and I think “Here Comes Jurai” would have been a different episode. badass1

    Of course, comparisons could also be made with the more obvious Iczer 3, Tenchi‘s immediate progenitor. tuxedodouche

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    Keep up the good work, Chaud. The truth is out there. gendo1