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NEWS: Agricultural Machine Company Yanmar Produces 'Miru' Original Anime Project




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Nachtwandler



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 4:54 am Reply with quote
They missed the opportunity to call it TransfArmers (too bad there is already a movie with this name). Laughing
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theotheranimeman



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 6:28 am Reply with quote
Hope it's actually going to be about farming, that could be great
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 7:33 am Reply with quote
Who is this even for? I mean, are they targeting that small cross section of people who buy agricultural equipment for major corporations but also enjoy mech based moe anime? And why bother bringing it to Anime Expo, do they really think this'll boost their sales? It's such a strange thing to make.

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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:16 am Reply with quote
Mecha and agriculture? I mean, Macross could have a strong nature bent at times...
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Eigengrau



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:17 am Reply with quote
They could have done some great product placement in KamiKatsu.
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Shay Guy



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 1:44 pm Reply with quote
The katakana "ru" as a verb suffix? That's pretty rare; I've only ever seen the hiragana.
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Takkun4343



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:08 pm Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
Who is this even for?

Anyone willing to watch. Cool
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mrsatan



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:31 pm Reply with quote
I remember seeing Yanmar Diesel commercials constantly in Japan. They had these two little mascot characters Yanbō and Marbō that sang a catchy jingle. I'd have rather seen a show about them.
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samuelp
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 21, 2023 10:14 am Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
Who is this even for? I mean, are they targeting that small cross section of people who buy agricultural equipment for major corporations but also enjoy mech based moe anime? And why bother bringing it to Anime Expo, do they really think this'll boost their sales? It's such a strange thing to make.

Emerje

Honestly from the article it sounds like it's for their engineering staff who secretly always wanted to design mecha instead of farm equipment.

This screams passion project of someone or someones in the company.
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