Hmm... Perhaps I understood wrong but I think you don´t get how haste works. Increasing the haste level thanks to the neokinesis magnus advantage card only means to increase the number of haste counters you put in the mini therefore you are increasing the number of turns haste is going to last. But in no way you are increasing the number of actions you will recover next turn. You always recover +1 action point only due to haste.

There is no way you can charge Dereck and make neogenesis work in the same turn. Neogenesis is only going to work if you start the turn engaged in melee already.

Anima Studio words. It is for sure 

I don´t know about the 8 person force but I bet a gear is gonna be pricy. On the other hand, I don´t think you need 8 characters for a 300 pts force. But yes, unfortunately I suppose it is going to take some time to have enough specific faction minis. First of all we are still in Saga I.   

The range weapon technology in Anima it´s the same like in any other fantasy worlds, but the ambientation feeling is more like Reinassance and so black powder pistols, muskets and cannons are the maximun expression of power. But this applies in a general context. There are other lurking powers with a higher technology. As I have said Lucrecio is the most prosperous land and they have recently researched and designed Zeppelins. But Lucanor´s secret tech level is higher thanks to Wissenchaft. They have Lost Logia they find but also they design their own weapons. Needless to say Wissenchaft has powerful machine guns and grenades as well as some more high-tech/mistical goodies.


Err... I am too lazy to write a full page  . To sum up fast: The founder of the Sacrum Saint Imperium of Abel was a man called Zhorne Giovanni who unified mankind in Gaia and supported the Church. For centuries his descendants ruled the Imperium wisely, until it came Lascar Giovanni's turn. He was a mad man and a poor ruler (he was used to encite wars, take every woman he liked, and even he made his wife to commit suicide). One of the Warlords (a High general of the Imperium) named Elias Barbados, an a political cousin from the same emperor; promoted a "coup d'etat" agaisnt him in order to capture him and restore the situation. Even Church, and Tol Rauko turned their back to the emperor. So being defeated and didn´t want to be taken as a prisioner (Elias didn´t want to kill the emperor, as the emperor is the first representation of God in Gaia and then the church.). Lascar made his son to kill him against the son will. That seven years boy was Lucanor Giovanni and having killed the emperor (even agaisnt his will))was not a worthy heir to hte Throne anymore (I suppose something to be with the Sacrum Saint Imperium conception). So the next one in the Throne list was Elias, and he became the new Emperor and the Giovanni´s lost the throne for the first time in centuires. With Lucanor being not worthy to the trhone, Elias made him the prince of one of the most important lands in the Imperium: Lucrecio. The actual Empress: Elisabetta, is only a 12 years old girl and is Elias daughter. The fact of a woman occupying the Throne is bad seen by some lands, some Warlords and even the Church, and is the cause of the actual crisis that suffers the Imperium. And here is where Anima Tactics action starts. 

Anyway, Anima fluff is far more larger and more interesting than what I have told you  This is only a piece of the story.


At least two more characters (probably both for Saga II, one for sure but I don´t know if there is still some Wissenchaft love left in Saga I). One of these characters is something special. You see, with Saga II Anima Tactics is going to introduce to the game Beasts and invocations as well as center the game in factions. There are confirmed two beasts: an Hecatondis (a teen feet metal golem with own mind, a remain/magic weapon of an a centuries ago extinted powerful human kingdom) and an Slaughterer (an undead golem, gorilla like shape, with killer instincts. Probably Dark alineation, Black Sun faction). Well, the fact is that Wissenchaft have a more high techie aproximation to beasts    That is, one of the characters is going to pilot a Wissenchaft Gear. For gears think about Shirow´s landmates with a little bit of steampunk feel.  And it is not the only gear character planned...

I don´t think Celía´s Haste 2 power is consequence of Wissenchaft's power. In my opinion it must be due to a Selene technique. Remenber she is an ex-Selene member. (Selene is both an all female assassin´s organization as well as the martial art that Selene members practice)

Black powder guns? Knowing about the Wissenchaft's tech level... you can bet her guns are more advanced than black powder weapons. Good for you if you´ve choosen Wissenchaft as your faction. It´s my favourite too and I can tell you there are some goodies coming in the future. 


He didn´t give up his kingdom. He is the prince of Lucrecio, the most prosperous land inside the Sacrum Saint Imperium of Abel. (The Imperium faction in Anima Tactics). And Wissenchaft is his secret organization.
But he is Lucanor Giovanni, the last descendant from the Giovanni's and therefore a legitimate heir to the Throne of the Sacrum Saint Imperium (in my opinion, but the fact is he is not it anymore, long story to tell here though)

Hypnotic I don´t know, but this girl probably must have psichic powers as she is a Wissenchaft Raven   

Hmm...A hard choice between Ayl and Harod. In the end I choose the assassin for his cool anime ninja look. But Ayl is superb too. For me the best two minis from wave one.

O__OU

Dear Kurogane, did you realise that this post dates from January? 

It says "Konbanwa" what means: Good evening. If he wanted it could be written with kanji 今晩は(the last caracter is hiragana though)
It is written in hiragana one of the three writting sistems that the japanese use. In fact they use they use both hiragana and kanji at once to write everyday sentences and they use katakana for foreign words or foreign derived japanese words which are derived from english: words like テレビ (terebi what is the abreviation of television (TV) )or チョコレット or チョコ (chokoretto or choko what means chocolate). Both are words that come from english.

By the way: Angelic_Diffusionは日本人ですか。3級の日本語能力試験を勉強して行くだから日本語で答えてもいいです。分かれりましょう  ^__^

Hi Zim. Nice to see you there. It seems like you are getting addicted to spanish manga miniatures games heh?  (first Infinity and now Anima) 

Talking about Duncan and the current Anima miniature range...

I´m gonna be more serious:

I my opinion the game sistem is nice and the fluff about Anima universe is really good (believe me, it is very, very interesting ), but the overall miniature range is just fair. Which is not good given the current fantasy games market situation. In the fantasy skirmish range, Rackham's Confrontation leads the way and now another french company is going to launch Helldorado, which brings to the scene some really astoundishing miniatures. If Anima Tactics must compete with these games then it lacks some good sculptors. In my opinion more funds must be invested in contracting some reknown freelance sculptors (for example Werner Locke and Edgar Ramos). Also, don´t let miniatures like Duncan be launched to the market. If I were you I would have sent the miniature for reesculpt, you are in your right. Duncan is not only bad scaled but it shows a basic level of sculpt which is not enough for the quality the market demands nowadays. I can foresee that this miniature is going to be poorly sold.

Sorry if I've been a little rough but someone had to say it.

Cheers