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Remember yesterday when I talked about the generally miserable quality of anime anthologies based on Western properties in regards to the Halo: Legends project? Now, imagine the same deal for a brand-new videogame without Halo’s cultural cache. Do you give a shit? EA sure hopes so, because they’re releasing a Dante’s Inferno anime anthology by a bunch of anime studios and directors, for which the trailer is above.
Given that the game is like a crazy-ass anime version of the classic of Western literature anyways, I can’t really fault them for going ahead and making an anime of the game. But I really wonder if this is possibly a good idea for a new franchise. Seems like an unnecessary risk to me, but I’m probably just bitter as a literature nerd. What do you guys think? (Via AnimeVice)
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.