If you were in search of an anime featuring an evil baby shooting a sniper rifle at a behatted swordsman, your search ends with the new anime music video by Japanese band King Gnu for their September digital release, “SO BAD.”
Directed by Nonashi Baisun at A-1 Pictures, this four-minute animation showcases a multitude of werewolves, a different baby (not the sniper rifle one) who plunges from the sky and ends up in the care of the aforementioned swordsman (who wields a pistol as well) along with his companions, and other forms of silliness. All of this is presented through an aesthetic that evokes the feel of an anime from a unique corner of the 2000s.
Among the additional staff credits for the “SO BAD” music video are:
• Planning, original story, direction: OSRIN
• Character designers: harakiri, OSRIN
• Storyboard (animation part direction boards): koya (KENJA) harakiri
• Assistant director: Megumi Maeda
• Colorist and paint checker: Kanako Hokari (My New Boss is Goofy)
• Background art director: Ryuta Hayashi (Ranma 1/2 Season 2 co-background art director)
• Compositing director: MAPPA’s Haruka Juta
“SO BAD” serves as the theme song for Universal Studio Japan’s Halloween Horror Night’s Zombie de Dance attraction. The primary characters depicted in the video are the members of King Gnu themselves, as noted by Music Natalie.
- Used Book in Good Condition
- George Trombley (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 376 Pages - 08/22/2014 (Publication Date) - Learn From Zero (Publisher)
In search of a more subdued anime music video? Wanuka’s “Saishinwa,” the ending theme for the A Star Brighter Than the Sun TV anime, has recently been released with a heartwarming video featuring young love set in a library.
Source: @KingGnu_JP
