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Under the Dog

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Under the Dog	comment	It is 2025, five years after the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics were struck by a devastating terrorist attack. In the aftermath, the United Nations formed a special counter-terrorist unit dedicated to hunting down and destroying the organization responsible. Using the cover of the International School for Boys and Girls, particularly gifted high school students are recruited and coerced into the service of a specialized death squad to find and destroy the terrorists.Under the Dog is an anime science fiction thriller by Creative Intelligence Agency, LLC (no, not that CIA) funded by Kickstarter. The 30-day fundraising campaign began on August 8, 2014 with a goal of $580,000 and achieved that goal on September 4, three days ahead of schedule. The campaign ended on September 7 with $878,028 (151% of the initial goal), making Under the Dog the most funded animation project on Kickstarter. The staff behind Under the Dog includes names such as director Masahiro Ando, character designer Yusuke Kozaki, and scenario writer Jiro Ishii, with animation to be done by Kinema Citrus.The funding model is stated to be the first of its kind: while other titles such as Little Witch Academia used Kickstarter to supplement their budget, Under the Dog was an anime fully funded by crowdsourcing. The production team specifically stated that they chose the Kickstarter route instead of more traditional funding methods to ensure that they retain full creative freedom of the project.On September 2, 2014, Hideo Kojima made an endorsement of the project. A few days later, Keiji Inafune and Yoko Taro expressed similar sentiments.Under the Dog was released as a 24-minute OVA on August 1, 2016 for its Kickstarter backers.On October 29, 2016, the series has entered in a new partnership and will expand beyond crowdfunding in the future.The pitch trailer is here. A key animation trailer is here.On October 20, 2017, another Kickstarter was begun, aiming to fund a special edition that will include a live action short and new ending theme music video.
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Under the Dog / int_12575a9f	type	Friendly Sniper
Under the Dog / int_12575a9f	comment	Friendly Sniper: Estella, a sarcastic yet surprisingly warm sniper.
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Under the Dog / int_14848fa3	type	Multinational Team
Under the Dog / int_14848fa3	comment	Multinational Team: The team consists of two Japanese, a Swede, and a Mexican.
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Under the Dog / int_1badfb3a	type	The Heart
Under the Dog / int_1badfb3a	comment	The Heart: Hana's ability is to subtly shift people's moods and mental states, making her an ideal anchor of stability for the team.
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Under the Dog / int_25b7257f	type	Red Right Hand
Under the Dog / int_25b7257f	comment	Red Right Hand: Nanase's arm can transform into a Pandora one. This is taken as a sign that he's not the candidate after all and he gets killed for it.
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Under the Dog / int_34082c59	type	Wolverine Publicity
Under the Dog / int_34082c59	comment	Wolverine Publicity: The trailer puts Anthea front and center as seemingly the main character, and she is the heavy focus of the key visuals and promo pictures. In the actual OVA, Anthea doesn't appear until almost 3/4 of the way through, and the focus is largely on Hana.
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Under the Dog / int_38449aae	type	Magnetic Weapons
Under the Dog / int_38449aae	comment	Magnetic Weapons: Anthea's gun sounds like an energy weapon in the trailer, but the design notes describe it as using plasma gas and rail magnets to propel .50 caliber anti-armor tungsten rounds at 3,000 meters per second.
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Under the Dog / int_3d59c9a0	type	Powered Armor
Under the Dog / int_3d59c9a0	comment	Powered Armor: Anthea's suit can integrate with the Trike to provide her stability while shooting and riding. The helmet also comes with a heads-up display.
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Under the Dog / int_41d5f145	type	Fluffy the Terrible
Under the Dog / int_41d5f145	comment	Fluffy the Terrible: These child assassins are called the Flowers.
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Under the Dog / int_4484e50a	type	I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure
Under the Dog / int_4484e50a	comment	I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure: The UN commanding officers have each agent's loved ones implanted with micro-bombs. If an agent acts out of line or fails a mission, said loved ones will be... liquidated, along with the agent.
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Under the Dog / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
Under the Dog / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: The opening shots of the trailer with a beautiful view of Tokyo Bay and its downtown area.
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Under the Dog / int_5fc3eff4	type	Time Bomb
Under the Dog / int_5fc3eff4	comment	Time Bomb: In the same vein as Black Bullet, the Flowers are biological time bombs to become the Pandora once the Pandoraization rate becomes too high.
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Under the Dog / int_6dec2f19	type	Swiss-Army Weapon
Under the Dog / int_6dec2f19	comment	Swiss-Army Weapon: Anthea's gun is normally an assault rifle, but its barrel can expand to become a sniper rifle.
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Under the Dog / int_7464705c	type	Arc Words
Under the Dog / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: "Our enemy is the light of humanity." It's unclear whether the implied-to-be superhuman terrorists or the kids fighting them are the light of humanity in this case.
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Under the Dog / int_7a53b67d	type	Sinister Surveillance
Under the Dog / int_7a53b67d	comment	Sinister Surveillance: All agents have a microchip in their brains that allows their commanding officers to monitor and record their actions.
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Under the Dog / int_868afe72	type	Covert Group with Mundane Front
Under the Dog / int_868afe72	comment	Covert Group with Mundane Front: The UN squad's members masquerade as students of an international school in Japan, with their commanding officer Colonel Junichi Amagata posing as a staff member.
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Under the Dog / int_8767b1f3	type	Black-and-Gray Morality
Under the Dog / int_8767b1f3	comment	Black-and-Gray Morality: The "good guys" are fighting to stop terrorists from murdering innocent people... By forcing teenagers to do their dirty work for them and holding everyone they love hostage.
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Under the Dog / int_92dfffae	type	Retraux
Under the Dog / int_92dfffae	comment	Retraux: It emulates the visual style of 90s cyberpunk anime such as Ghost in the Shell and Bubblegum Crisis.
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Under the Dog / int_a5a6d7b3	type	Mutants
Under the Dog / int_a5a6d7b3	comment	Mutants: The terrorists who committed the 2020 attack seem to be this, as they are stated to be "enhanced". The Flowers also have similar powers.
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Under the Dog / int_b2283870	type	Retool
Under the Dog / int_b2283870	comment	Retool: The OVA's story underwent a massive reboot in February 2015, shortly after the staff shakeup and the removal of Creative Intelligence Arts from the project. This may be why the OVA's story and feel is almost totally different from the trailer and the previously revealed plot elements (there is no mention of a terrorist attack on the 2020 Olympics in the final product, for example).
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Under the Dog / int_b23e7ba9	type	Real Is Brown
Under the Dog / int_b23e7ba9	comment	Real Is Brown: In contrast to the more vibrant look of the 2014 trailer, the OVA's color palette is a rather dull grey.
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Under the Dog / int_b9db28ab	type	Emotionless Girl
Under the Dog / int_b9db28ab	comment	Emotionless Girl: Sayuri displays no emotions, even when she's confirming Estella's kills and killing Hana's mother and brother.
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Under the Dog / int_bb0197af	type	Cool Bike
Under the Dog / int_bb0197af	comment	Cool Bike: The Trike that Anthea rides is capable of some pretty nifty things, and even has three modes for Speed, Power, and Offense.
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Under the Dog / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Under the Dog / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: In the trailer, Anthea's upright stance when falling and shooting is extremely similar to Canaan's pose in that show's first episode, which Masahiro Ando also directed.
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Under the Dog / int_c9c756a8	type	Child Soldiers
Under the Dog / int_c9c756a8	comment	Child Soldiers: All of the main characters. Special mention goes to Estella, who has been sniping since the age of 8.
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Under the Dog / int_d54b9eb3	type	Inter-Service Rivalry
Under the Dog / int_d54b9eb3	comment	Interservice Rivalry: Despite being a UN sanctioned anti-terror group, the Flowers don't seem to get along with the US military, with both sides willing to kill each other's agents in the field.
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Under the Dog / int_dae5c997	type	Action Girl
Under the Dog / int_dae5c997	comment	Action Girl: Anthea Kallenberg by far, being the team's point lady on special ops. From their descriptions on the site, Sayuri Hyuga and Estella as well. Hana Togetsu turns out to be one as well.
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Under the Dog / int_ea6f361f	type	You Are Number 6
Under the Dog / int_ea6f361f	comment	You Are Number 6: Each member of the team has a number assigned to them.
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Under the Dog / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
Under the Dog / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: Yusuke Kozaki's design notes indicate this for both the Trike and Anthea's rifle. The Trike was designed with the consultation of a professional motorcycle industry specialist. Meanwhile, the rifle uses super-heated plasma gas and rail magnets to fire its bullets, meaning it must have both a source of energy for the magnets and a supply of gas. So the weapon's magazines also house the liquid coolant for the plasma as well as an energy cell to power the magnets. Another detail about the rifle's bullets is that rounds traveling at such high speed would normally be ineffective against organic targets... which is why they have a "smart charge" detector that sets off an explosive in the bullets if they hit a target that matches that profile.
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