hi, hm...the last time i sent this off it got bouced back..hopefully this time will be ok:)..oh yeah, spoilers may apply to some of the below:) On Wed, 6 Nov 1996, Ted Ekering wrote: > Finally, I've been asked to translate a new Tanaka sci-fi anime series > called Nana Toshi Monogatari (at least, we think that's how it's read -- > on/kun readings may be confused). It's in two 30 min. parts, and the > description on the back reads something like this... > > Because of the "Big Fall Down", caused by the collapse it was due to the nuclear war i think and that was after some of the human population moved up to settle on the moon. > of the earth's axis, the North and South poles moved > to the equatorial region and all mankind on earth were > annihilated. Luckily, however, those who were on the > moon and escaped this calamity came back to the earth > and built seven cities to start a new history. However, the seven cities were named after historical places , one of the major ones was New camelot where most of the action fr... hmm...i dont think it was the pple on the moon that started the seven cities. i seem to recall that it were the survivors of the war that built the cities out of what remained (??) or did i get that wrong?...hmm... > fearing an attack from the new mankind on earth, people > of the moon installed the "Olympos System" but caught an > infectious disease and died away while the system was > in drive. The people of seven cities have formed the > armies, calling them a self-defence force and fought with > each other, reconciling from time to time as if to pass the > tedious time until the Olympos System shall be destroyed. > > Anyone familliar with this series, in anime or any other form? err...me has seen the anime :) kinda slow IMHO, but the 2 parter only animated the first story :) and me has bk :) there is no official chinese translation of this novel from what i hear too, sigh...sharp publishing has not got round to doing this one yet :( the novel exists as a collection of abt 4-5 stories (i dont have the bk with me now but i can check for ISBN and stuff), written by tanaka sensei after LGH i think.it's published by haykawa novels. the 2 main charas REALLY remind u of some of the charas fr LGH...:) that and one particular retired politician(?)....that guy really reminds me of yan ^_^ oh yeah and the novel illustration is tomomi kobayashi ..nice ^_^ ...tanaka sensei seems to have lotsa nice artists doing his bks :) ...arslan was amano, LGH (towards the end) was katsumi michitaka. ;) but the premise of the entire thing is kinda ok, and kinda fun too since they are not allowed to use anything that is above 500m/ft(?) coz of the olympus sys > We haven't decided on an English title yet, so suggestions are encouraged... hmm....how abt 'tales of the 7 cities' ? :) which is what the jap title translates to i think :) ramblings lai