Scratch Trigger Era, Prologue 1

[Steve Hubbell]

Scratch Trigger Era, Prologue 1
written by Mark Gilson and Jon Chang, art by Stan Sakai





Originally published in the new Headbangers Karaoke Club zine included with the CD or LP version of Hayaino Daisuki - "The Invincible Gate Mind of the Infernal Fire, or Did You Mean Hawaii Daisuki?" which was released by Hydra Head Records on February 23, 2010.

Hayaino Daisuki is the band's name, and all that Invincible Gate Mind stuff is the title of the CD (less one word edited out because of the profanity filter).

For more about Scratch Trigger Era....

Scratch Trigger Era is the first OVA (original video animation) currently in production by Studio Grey in association with face2face animation. Adrenalin pumping thrash metal, gravity defying gun fu battles and a torrent of high speed idiosyncratic characters rendered in a hybrid of anime and graffitti...

Created by Mark Gilson and Jon Chang, Scratch Trigger Era was initially conceived of as a series of eccentric gun fighting short stories, but has since evolved into a full fledged epic complete with super robots, cowboys, modern day gun slinger otaku, 4 armed one eyes elephants, super natural soldiers and heavy metal. On this site you'll find some plotlines, production art, story boards and a bit about the story.

Exploding across roof tops, through deserted subway stations, down alleys, up fire escapes and back down into the bowels of the city where sprawling underground bases churn out culture as instructed by a twisted cabal of former government super agents.

Trap Syndicate, the supreme power which has shaped the consciousness of all humankind for nearly half a century. Formed to influence a progressive human culture that would take to the stars and beyond, the agents of this organization have lost their way. Consumed by avarice and greed, Trap Syndicate devours souls and spits out amorphous beings lacking imagination or creativity. Until 3 rough around the edges heavy metal gun slingers and their 3 story super robot turn up and start taking them apart.

Hiro, Soda, I/O and MetaSenki Voranga. Three otaku gun fighters and a super robot, working their way up the food chain one super villain at a time.

No, they're not here to save the world.

They're here to destroy it.

If you are curious as to the music.....

Amazon

Hayaino Daisuki is:
Michelle Bowlin - Vocals
Jon Chang - Vocals
Dorian Rainwater - Guitar
Takafumi Matsubara - Guitar
Teddy Patterson III - Bass
Eric Schnee - Drums

[Steve Hubbell]

Giant Robot Blog
Posted by Martin Wong
Thursday, March 11, 2010

Metal Mark Gilsonic / GRNY x HD

GR: Out of all the indie comic artists out there, how did you wind up having Stan Sakai illustrate the strip that you and Jon wrote? Usagi Yojimbo is old school!

MG: Isn't that nuts? Stan Sakai drew a comic I wrote; I still can't wrap my head around that. When we originally talked about having an STE comic in the new zine, Jon told me he didn't think I should draw it. I took it hard at first because I'd always been the primary character designer for the whole Scratch Trigger Era universe, but the idea was really to boost the profile of STE. I'm at best an amateur illustrator, so I realized it would be better if I didn't do it. I thought about dream artists that I'd like to have involved, and came up with Adam Warren and Stan Sakai. Aim high, right? We contacted Adam first, and he had other commitments. By this, time the story focused on I/O and Voranga and I thought that Stan's art would really resonate with those particular characters–"a boy and his 'bot," we were calling it. When Jon contacted Stan, he was willing to do it. It came out great, and Stan deserves credit for supporting indie creators.