It’s the 90’s all over again as it looks like Animation Innovation Content Project, i.e. AIC-Pro, has picked up the rights to the Saber Marionette work from Hiroshi Negishi and Satoru Akahori. The company is planning a new project on the work and it makes a lot of sense to revisit this for the company considering that Negishi is listed as a representative director for them. There’s no details as to what the project will entail, but it’s the latest bit of mining for 90’s material to see what can be done with it.
The project started off as a five volume manga in late 1996 that ran until 1999 alongside the first anime series that began in October 1996, running for twenty-five episodes. There were a few follow-up projects after that and it was a popular license in the early 2000’s with Bandai Entertainment acquiring and releasing most of it. It’s long since fallen out of print.
Original series concept: In the distant future, since the Earth has become overpopulated, efforts to find and colonize on other planets have begun. However, one of the ships, the “Mesopotamia” malfunctions and all but 6 of its inhabitants are all killed. the remaining 6 manage to escape to a nearby planet named “Terra ll “, which is similar to Earth in many respects. However, all of them are male. Therefore, as to not let their efforts go to waste, they begin to set up 6 countries and to reproduce through cloning and genetic engineering. however, there are still no women, and to make up for it, thy create lifelike advanced female androids called “Marionettes” which do everyday chores and work. However, they are all emotionless machines. But one day, a ordinary boy named Otaru finds and awakens 3 special battle type Marionettes that have emotions due to a “Maiden Circuit” within them. It’s up to him then to teach them and allow their emotions to grow, and when a nearby country threatens with world domination, it’s up to to Otaru and his “human” Marionettes to protect their country.
[Source: ANN]
