The
series is called Bakaretsu Tenshi in Japanese and Burst Angel in
English, and it features lovingly created female character designs from
artist Ugetsu Hakua, well-known for the women he draws. Think of a
Japanese version of the Varga girls from the 1950's and you get a
general idea of how Ugetsu draws his women. "My thought is that women
are very strong and men tend to be weaker," Ugetsu said. "Like in
figure skating, women are very strong but very beautiful - that's what
I keep in mind when I draw. I think their strength is what ever men
tell them, that women will still do whatever they want." The series now
coming to the U.S. from Funimation took years to plan and produce, The
work that seems so smoothly planned and produced was actually a hard
series to complete, Ugetsu said. "From the beginning, three years ago,
the concept for the Bakaretsu Tenshi was not finished. We were trying
to finalize the image of the series - that's how it was three years
ago. About two years ago, that's when the characters were coming into
their final forms, from where we developed the details of the
characters and the stories." Those Burst Angel character designs can be
seen as an extension of living in Tokyo, which Ugetsu describes as a
"weird city" where he can take ideas from the people he sees on the
streets. But the scantily-clad nature of the female characters is
something that he calls "my personal interest."
Ugetsu
is a product of the doujinshi self-publishing world. "It's embarrassing
to say this, but I just liked to draw from my childhood days - that's
why I'm here now. I did go to an art-type college, but other than that
I'm basically self-taught." He can be found at the twice-yearly Comic
Market gatherings. While he makes his living as an artist, Ugetsu has a
chance to express his commercially unused designs through his
self-published work. Director Ohata Koichi was the person who brought
Ugetsu onto the Burst Angel staff, and Ugetsu said he's been pleasantly
surprised that the series brought him to the U.S. for Anime Expo.
Ugetsu said he got E-mails of support from overseas fans shortly after
the series was released in Japan, and he was glad to learn that those
people liked his work. It's been so popular that a second Burst Angel
series, to be released as an OVA, is expected to go into production.
The
series is called Bakaretsu Tenshi in Japanese and Burst Angel in
English, and it features lovingly created female character designs from
artist Ugetsu Hakua, well-known for the women he draws. Think of a
Japanese version of the Varga girls from the 1950's and you get a
general idea of how Ugetsu draws his women. "My thought is that women
are very strong and men tend to be weaker," Ugetsu said. "Like in
figure skating, women are very strong but very beautiful - that's what
I keep in mind when I draw. I think their strength is what ever men
tell them, that women will still do whatever they want." The series now
coming to the U.S. from Funimation took years to plan and produce, The
work that seems so smoothly planned and produced was actually a hard
series to complete, Ugetsu said. "From the beginning, three years ago,
the concept for the Bakaretsu Tenshi was not finished. We were trying
to finalize the image of the series - that's how it was three years
ago. About two years ago, that's when the characters were coming into
their final forms, from where we developed the details of the
characters and the stories." Those Burst Angel character designs can be
seen as an extension of living in Tokyo, which Ugetsu describes as a
"weird city" where he can take ideas from the people he sees on the
streets. But the scantily-clad nature of the female characters is
something that he calls "my personal interest."
Ugetsu
is a product of the doujinshi self-publishing world. "It's embarrassing
to say this, but I just liked to draw from my childhood days - that's
why I'm here now. I did go to an art-type college, but other than that
I'm basically self-taught." He can be found at the twice-yearly Comic
Market gatherings. While he makes his living as an artist, Ugetsu has a
chance to express his commercially unused designs through his
self-published work. Director Ohata Koichi was the person who brought
Ugetsu onto the Burst Angel staff, and Ugetsu said he's been pleasantly
surprised that the series brought him to the U.S. for Anime Expo.
Ugetsu said he got E-mails of support from overseas fans shortly after
the series was released in Japan, and he was glad to learn that those
people liked his work. It's been so popular that a second Burst Angel
series, to be released as an OVA, is expected to go into production.
