#andgy

I’ve been meaning to make this post for a long long while now. I’ve been away from the Fairy Ranmaru fandom since completing my last fic and I don’t keep up with either Yamamoto or Andgy (and their new work together last I know, since last I heard was they had left the company).

I’m sure it’s known that late last year Andgy deleted their twitter account, along with all the art that had been on it. This isn’t anything definitive or satisfying, but a Japanese fan ran into Yamamoto last year and had the chance to chat about Fairy Ranmaru (and other things, I assume) with her. This fan locked their account while sharing information and then deleted the tweets, so I can’t really give any sources on it other than what my partner translated of it. Understandably this is very he-said/she-said but I think it’s still the most info we have from the Japanese side of this about Andgy deleting their Twitter.

This is what the Japanese fan had to say (translated obviously):

Looking back, I'm not sure if it was a good idea to ask this, but when I mentioned that I was surprised when Andgy's account suddenly disappeared, (Yamamoto) replied, "Well... a lot of things happened...". So, I thought maybe the management got angry with them. Maybe the director's audio commentary too.

She also had a chance to interact with Andgy’s work at an exhibit, and after speaking with Yamamoto, it would seem that both Yamamoto and Andgy would prefer not to acknowledge Fairy Ranmaru’s existence anymore.

Keep in mind that after Fairy Ranmaru ended, Andgy was still posting art, but specifically there were a few explicitly Ranmaru/Chilka pieces that imply more than what the show ended on.

The primary speculation here is that there was some bad blood in the end between the creatives of Fairy Ranmaru and the executives of Pony Canyon.

Again, nothing very satisfying, but it’s personally what I also think happened.

Here's a picture Mikami (who voices the Queen) took with Morita (who voices Houjou)...

...and here's one of Sakata, Sumiya and Mikami, the Winter Tri-angels.

Illustration from Andgy. (There's another one as well, but that's under the cut because it's quite spoilery.)

Here's a YouTube video from 5 to Heaven where they...uh, check out each other's underwear. Plus there's a video on Twitter to commemorate the final episode's airing.

Stand Stones is selling acrylic figures, 300 yen for 1 try. They each come with the silver chain shown on Ranmaru's figure in the 2nd image and will be available in capsule machines from the 2nd of July 2021.

Fairy Ranmaru is running a collab cafe with Amo Cafe Ikebukuro. It's planned to run from the 22nd of July (a holiday in Japan). The menu and "mini characters" will be unveiled in the next few days. (There might even be 10000 yen curry to buy...?) Book and/or see more details here.

Thanks for watching the livestream.

(...maxed out the picture count, so there's more news coming...)

Update: See the rest of the news here.

You know, I was about to comment that the white marks on his abs look like a dog's nipples, but then I realized--

He's Sirius! Alpha Canis Majoris!

Duh!

My god, Andgy (or whoever came up with this part of the design) is a genius.

Anyway, I continue to absolutely love the fairy designs in this anime. Seriously, when was the last time you saw pubic hair(-esque thing? dunno if it's supposed to be strictly that) in anime on TV on a male character?

Too bad they went with a sillier/non-sexy design for Houjou. I would've liked to see some sexy ojisan, too.

Also, Chilka. Chiruka.

The issue of Animedia sold on June 10th has Fairy Ranmaru content relating to both human and fairy forms. There is also Shakunetsu no Kabaddi content if you're looking for that too.

Video message from "Hori and friends".

New Andgy images.

Thanks for watching ep. 10. Here's a Takara from Yuuki Takano, who did the key frames for the special move bank scenes.

A reminder to preorder the character song album, Heaven's Door, here to get your hands on some hand-signed bromides. It goes on sale on the 16th of June.

Also on the 16th is the sale of DVD/BD 1. See the video for the bonus content here.

Hobby Japan has mouse pads up for preorder. If you buy one, you'll receive a can badge that matches your mousepad. Takara's is a "mune atsu" type, which just means it's extra thick to match his muscles.