Fourth in the line of 5pb’s famed “science adventure series” is a title dubbed “Occultic;Nine” – which one can presume has to do with the supernatural to some degree, and just perhaps, occultism of some form.
Just glancing at the main visual above already is overwhelming in how vastly different this upcoming installment clearly is from any of the past sci-fi productions in this continuous franchise. It’s highly abstract, and the combination of aesthetics and name both make it implied and understood that this light novel is set to experiment with a route completely unlike Steins;Gate or siblings.
Yet the PV does place this series on a slight level of consistency with its brothers in that there’s a strong sensation of mystery and open fascination – the feeling there’s a world which remains to be seen. On another note however, the choice of eight-bit Nintendo music definitely establishes a “sci-fi warrior” mood – like flying a pixelated ship in pixel space and shooting at meteoroids. The sudden shift to sounds of deep water is highly disconcerting, inciting the feel a horror genre is just on the horizon – although more unusual than this is the sound-byte at the end.
That explosive effect is as if we’ve traveled to the days of quarter arcades and are preparing for a sniper shootout.
Strange as the “Occultic;Nine” seems, it looks more chilling than ridiculous – a little frightening, but the book looks intriguing.
Dec 28, 2012 @ 21:49 CDT
Considering the franchise history, this probably won’t take long to get an anime adaption.
Dec 28, 2012 @ 21:54 CDT
Considering the franchise history, if the anime adaptation is not by White Fox, it will be horrible.
Dec 28, 2012 @ 22:36 CDT
Well to the very least, it looks better than Robotics;Notes.
Dec 29, 2012 @ 2:10 CDT
You say it like every single studio has given this series a shot. I think they would give it to a different studio from the previous ones, considering the franchise history.
Dec 29, 2012 @ 12:23 CDT
If Seven really wanted to see O;N adapted into anime, he acts as if every studio not named White Fox trying to adapt it are bound to suck, which isn’t always true. Personally, I could see why a really good, competent studio like Brain’s Base should adapt it.
Dec 29, 2012 @ 18:07 CDT
No one figured it was a joke to say that only Steins;Gate didn’t suck.
Dec 29, 2012 @ 2:12 CDT
Um, in the last sentence, you should be saying the light novel looks intriguing, because it isn’t a game.
Dec 29, 2012 @ 5:01 CDT
This looks more up my alley than Robotics;Notes was. I really hope the story is as good as it looks.
Dec 29, 2012 @ 8:48 CDT
It looks like they are getting a further away from science fiction and more into fantasy with this one, so it looks like it won’t dissapoint.
Dec 30, 2012 @ 10:35 CDT
I just watched the latest R;N anime PV, and holy shit, the story gets serious and awesome even though I know it isn’t going to look as great as S;G was.
Dec 30, 2012 @ 10:42 CDT
Sounds like a cool story.
Dec 29, 2012 @ 18:15 CDT
sorry, how do you guys know that is a light novel ?
Dec 29, 2012 @ 18:21 CDT
Press release.
Dec 30, 2012 @ 10:56 CDT
Ever heard of research.