Well, I’m back. The truth is, Starfi3ld wanted these posts of mine to have anime news, but I told him I didn’t really follow. Which is true. Still, I felt a little bad – so I found this article and copy pasted it for you.

Grapes of Wrath to be Fifty Episode Epic.Studio Gonzo has announced just this week their intentions to convert American classic ‘Grapes of Wrath’ into a fifty episode epic anime series. “We’re running out of good, solid novels on this side of the ocean,” the director to be, who asked to be un-named, told the news at the time. “They’ve almost all been done here, and the rest refuse to negotiate. Some of the attempts got fairly ugly, there were some very rude references to previous works and even a death threat or two from fans of the original pieces. So we decided to look elsewhere.”

Grapes of Wrath, in addition to having a long standing record as a Great Novel, has the added advantage of no longer falling under copyright laws (present legislature states a written works copyright expires at fifty years). This combination proved an irresistible lure to the anime companies material seekers, as economic downturns make not having to pay the exorbitant fees authors have been demanding as compensation of late a major factor. “It’s a very thick classic, but we can work with that,” the director stated confidently. When asked about the studio’s background and familiarity with the work, they confessed that, prior to it’s selection, there had been none, but that proper research has been done. “We tried to read the book, but we couldn’t do it. So we took the suggestion of two college interns we had at the time and got copies of the Cliff Notes for the whole staff. They have all been required to read it, and progress with the script is expected to go quickly.” The students refused to be named or interviewed.

Asked about planned directions, the director was happy to enlighten us. “I can confidently state that rolling waves of dust have never been so realistically rendered,” he enthused. “And action scenes -  you have to have action scenes. I don’t know how the book managed without them. We probably would have been able to read the original if there had been action scenes.”

A release date has not yet been determined.

Credit for this article goes to ANN – not. HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY! (yes, on the other side of the dateline where this site is hosted, that was yesterday – I’m american. So sue me.)

P.S. That bit about copyright laws and fifty years is actually true.

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