Although I don’t have anything of significance to say about the video in question, I do feel, however, that in these times of low activity I am required break radio silence on occasion.

Actually, there’s just not all that much to say about it. It does contain a snippet of the anime OP theme, Ready!! (not Reday!!, as the original announcement and some parts of the official site still have it listed), which is catchy if a little typical of the songs they’ve been choosing to promote the games ever since the first 360 release. By that I mean it sounds somewhere between (or perhaps around) Go My Way!! and The World Is All One in style. This isn’t to say it’s particularly bad or boring or anything, infact it did me something of a favour by blasting that darn Carnival Phantasm OP out of my head for a while.

Not that this was an entirely suitable replacement – being out of my homestead when they released the promo, I ended up watching it on the bus. Being acutely aware of being in public made it hard to focus on anything other than not singing the English-part of the songs chorus to myself (which you’ll comprehend the degree of embarrassment potential of when you hear it). Understand that I don’t usually walk (or sit) around singing to myself either, but this intense focus on the subject did nothing but make me want to sing to myself all the more.

Mercifully, I resisted, and managed to escape without garnering the incredibly peculiar looks which would likely have ensued. Phew.

The other thing of note, or at least a curious peculiarity, regarding the show that came in the news recently were the staff listings for the first four episodes, which were listed along with the last of the character art releases on Dengeki. The curious thing there is the listing for the fourth episode, more specifically the listing for the storyboard artist for the fourth episode, that being one Kazuya Tsurumaki, best known as the director on FLCL, and as assistant director on all things Evangelion.

It shouldn’t really be a surprise that someone like that would be pulled into working on a show directed by someone with as close ties to Gainax as Atsushi Nishigori, but it is a curious calibre of staff that the show is managing to attract. Secret best show of the season? Quite possibly.