The Wu-Tang Clan virtually had their very personal anime sequence, courtesy of the U.Okay.-based Manga Leisure — the now-defunct producer, licensee and distributor began by Island Information founder Chris Blackwell that helped anime grow to be mainstream in the UK, in accordance with The Anime Business podcast.
Laurence Guinness, who was as soon as head of the U.Okay. workplace, sat down with The Anime Enterprise podcast and talked concerning the venture he was most pleased with that by no means bought made, and that venture included the influential group preventing evil as anime characters. “The venture I used to be proudest of, an OVA sequence I pitched and conceived to Wu-Tang Clan, bought far down the road with a manufacturing settlement with them that they’d signed off, we had financing in place,” he revealed.
“There have been a couple of members of the band that hadn’t [signed off], and that’s what stalled the entire thing. However after I pitched it to Chris Blackwell — I’ll always remember — I sat in entrance of him, I stated, ‘That is the sequence, it’s known as The Imperial Warrior, it’s a few gang of Black musical artists from Brooklyn who problem the forces of evil on the earth by music and their martial arts abilities.”
He added: “And it was an incredible sequence, implausible — as you’d anticipate — soundtrack, however with these unbelievable characters…in anime kind. It could’ve been revolutionary. That was the venture I used to be proudest of that by no means occurred.”
Guinness additionally talked about that the studio was in talks to supply an anime with the Spice Girls as effectively and shared some idea artwork.
The Wu had been within the information not too long ago as they completed up their Final Chamber Tour and had Zohran Mamdani, New York Metropolis’s Democratic mayoral nominee, visit them backstage throughout their efficiency at Madison Square Garden.
The long-lasting rap group can also be popping out with a online game known as Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver that can function a customizable character that’s tasked with discovering every member and may have producer Simply Blaze dealing with the soundtrack. The sport will launch alongside the RZA-directed, Ghostface Killah-produced horror film Angel of Mud.
There isn’t a set launch date for both.
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