In our continued watch on anime studio Gonzo, to see whether they'll get things back together or fade out from existence, they've has now released the opening sequence for the MMORPG iteration of the Tower of Druaga, the classic-game-turned-anime that Gonzo produced the animation for originally.Apparently the company had to bring back animators and other staffers who had been laid off in order to produce this animation in the first place-- but presumably the reunion was a contract one; I wouldn't go expecting Gonzo Part II. <object height="388px" width="640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZUGvG2ChDss&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZUGvG2ChDss&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="388px" width="640px"></embed></param><param value="transparent" name="wmode"></param></object> It certainly looks good, and with luck we could hope that the money Gonzo is being paid for this might help them move forward with a new project; or perhaps the MMO will be popular enough to warrant a new animation, which Gonzo would be first choice on. Maybe they could even just continue getting work producing animation for games, like the Arcadia Saga promo video from a month or so ago.But that's the optimistic outlook-- I couldn't tell you what to realistically expect from this point forward, unless someone comes out of left field to invest money on Gonzo.
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