Drifters

New Show Hype!

Rarely do I find myself enjoying shows from new seasons, usually there's only a handful worth watching and out of those only one or two are truly good, and every once in a while you get a real gem. I think this upcoming fall season will have one of those gems.

I am getting hyped for a show called Drifters, the manga was written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano, my favorite hyper violence loving, comically edgy manga artist. He is most famous for creating Hellsing which received an adaptation called Hellsing Ultimate which is one of my favorite anime to watch just purely based on entertainment value. I've read all the manga of Drifters that is out and it is definitely Hellsing's spiritual successor. 

The show itself is basically Kouta's own fantasy football league but instead of players, its mainly militaristic historical figures, and instead of football, its the conquest of a fantasy world complete with orcs, elves, and dwarves. They released the first two episodes packaged into one OVA earlier this summer and it looks very promising, and like Hellsing Ultimate, its a very faithful adaptation of its source material.

Just to make things better they also brought on an awesome production team, you have Kenichi Suzuki directing, who also directed many episodes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Hideyuki Kurata writting, who wrote Hellsing Ultimate, and Ryoji Nakamori doing the character designs, of Hellsing Ultimate fame as well as many other series. So right now it's hard to see how this series can be bad, here's to hoping they don't mess anything up!

Have you read or seen anything about Drifters? What do you think about it? Let me know in the comments!