Nobunaga the Fool

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Well, this is odd

A East Vs. West anime/stage play directed by the guy behind the Macross and Aquarion animes with Mamoru Miyano as Nobunaga Oda, Yoko Hikasa as Jeanne Kagura d'Arc, Tomokazu Sugita as Leonardo da Vinci and various other high caliber seiyuus voicing charcters from Hideyoshi to FUCKING Julius Caesar.

Quote from Crunchyroll

The East Star and the West Star... It is said that the separated stars were once connected by the supernatural chain called the "Dragon Stream." Both stars enjoyed their own prosperity, but such a peaceful period came to end. They come to be bombarded by chaotic vibration of time, and entered into a series of war. Joanne d'Arc is born to save the world, the only person knowing the reanimation of a transcendence technology called "Shinki," meaning God's vessel. She foresees an emergence of deliverer and makes her way to the East, together with Leonardo da Vinci, the man of the insight. In the East, her foresight of "deliverer" refers to the most delinquent guy, Nobunaga Oda. Is Nobunaga is the true deliverer? Or, is he only the devastator?

It certainly looks interesting, the colors are nice and bright, the designs are well done with the mechs looking pretty distinct for each faction, and the concept itself sounds (to my odd ears) like Index: basically take different cultures and eras, modify them along certain lines, and just have fun with it. I am also inclined to make a comparison to Gundam since Nobunaga is voiced by the same guy as Setsuna F. Seiei but I'm not sure if it is accurate given the lack of any real plot details.

I will post an impression of the first episode as soon as possible but this seems to be an odd one to pay attention to.