Ronia the Robber's Daughter (山賊の娘ローニャ Sanzoku no Musume Roonya?), is a TV series currently in production to begin airing in October 2014 on NHK and BS Premium in Japan. It is a collaboration between Studio Ghibli and Polygon Pictures, the studio they previously worked with in 2004 to produce Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence. The 3D CG production is being directed by Goro Miyazaki and is an adaptation of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren's 1981 fantasy book for children, Ronia the Robber's Daughter.

Ronia is the first TV series to be directed by Goro Miyazaki, with production cooperation by Studio Ghibli. The story revolves around Ronia, the daughter of the chief of a tribe of bandits who live in a large castle in a forest.



Producer: NHK Enterprise
Original Story: Ronia the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren
Series Composition (Show Runner): Hiroyuki Kawasaki
Writing: NHK, Dwango
Theme Song: Spring's Shout (Haru no Sakebi)
Singer: Aoi Teshima
Music: Hiroko Taniyama
Lyrics: Goro Miyazaki
Animation Production: Polygon Pictures
Animation Production Cooperation: Studio Ghibli
Direction: Goro Miyazaki
Production: NHK, Dwango

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Looks 100% Ghibli to me!

Totoro meets Lupin III?

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Yay, another one to look forward to...

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That 3D though, I just can't get used to the style. Ever since I saw it on Korurenbo and Freedom, I never could get used to the freaky smiles.

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Originally posted by fenkashi
Screw your opinions, they are not relevant ^^.

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@roar

have you seen The Sky Crawlers by osshi. its CGI is great.
The western and asian 3D or CGI[may or may not be 3D] style is different. In west CGI is about making things smooth, soft, cuddly and something cute where in asia it is shiny, sharp,stylish, metallic, rough and something hardcore along the line.

The 3D game is a quite different genre, which has resemblance of the asian style.

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its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
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Sky Crawlers is a very good example of well done anime CGI. The characters are 2D though but the switch from CGI 3D air combat scenes to the personal interactions between the pilots off duty was probably a deliberate decision.

On top of that it's a fantastic story as well.

There have been less successful asian CGI works though, which seem to mimic the 'smooth and cuddly' western styles. Vexile was a visual failure in that category I think (the characters at least) and I always disliked the 3D faces in the Final Fantasy films. It just seems wrong to take a traditional 2D art style and try to directly convert it to 3D. The spiky hair for example is complete fail because its not a realistic depiction of hair to begin with and in 3D CGI it just looks odd.

This trailer though looked great to me. I didn't even notice the character was 3D CGI, she looks 'normal' to me.

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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVP0PcdFvyo

Here's a preview for the show, which begins airing very soon. The backgrounds look great but the CG is a little unnatural and kinda comes across looking like a videogame. It doesn't give away much of a story, and I expect it'll be fairly episodic.

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Hmmm... those 3D faces are a bit disturbing, very plasticky. I suppose you'd get used to it after a few eps though. I agree other artwork is amazing.

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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)

I think that I would enjoy the story... and as you say, we'd get used to the CGI after a bit...

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While the 3D characters can be a bit off, it's certainly some of the smoothest 3D I've seen in anime.

I liked the first ep! It was unexpectedly funny... as in, I'm not entirely sure why I was amused, but I was. Will watch more. And hey, we should anime club this.

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I didn't like Goro's movies for Ghibli, but this started quite well.

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i dont know about the progress of the series but this one is a very very interesting interview

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/opinion/AJ201502180014

read it you will like it

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its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi

Anyone know if this film has an official DVD or Blu-ray release with English subtitles? I only have found bootlegs, so far...

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