KANEKO’S CRIB NOTES LI: PIXIECan’t say we expected to be back in the game so soon, let a
KANEKO’S CRIB NOTES LI: PIXIECan’t say we expected to be back in the game so soon, let alone with a whopper like this, but here we go! Turns out one of the most iconic Fairies this side of Jack Frost himself has had a source readily at hand all the while: Cham Huau of Yoshiyuki Tomino’s Aura Battler Dunbine, released roughly a decade prior to Pixie’s debut in the original Shin Megami Tensei. Of course, her more recognizable modern design maintains the template laid out above, but her earlier, longer haired appearance leaves little room for ambiguity.This connection is thanks to an admission from Kaneko himself in the Digital Devil Story 10 Year Chronicle book, so it’s as 100% authentic as a Star Trek: The Next Generation Lieutenant Worf collector plate from The Franklin Mint: Commenting on Pixie’s appearance in SMT1, Kaneko says in the second sentence, “自分の中にはやっぱり某ロボットアニメのフェリのイメージがあるんだよねえ（笑）,” “I’ve retained the mental image of a fairy from a certain robot anime (Laughs the guilty laugh of a serial plagiarizer).” As Cham is the only notable fairy from robot anime predating SMT1*, Kaneko was practically pulling a Dzolob here. *UPDATE: Friend of the site, “Ed,” informed me that Cham has a twin in Lillith Huau from Heavy Metal L-Gaim, released only a year after Dunbine and also directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. As you can see below, Lillith shares Cham’s general appearance; she also has the same voice actress! That said, we still feel Cham is the correct Crib subject, as she established the mold. -- source link
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