On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Chris Sypal wrote:

> 
> > > the seiyuu for the major characters.  ALL of the seiyuu looked like their
> > > character counterparts.  The creators probably intended it that way...
> > > 
> > But wasn't Patlabor a manga before being animated?  Maybe it was a big
> > coincidence...(the Hand of Fate?)
> 
> While the manga may have come out before the first OVA series, the OVA 
> series was created before the manga (just like Evangelion). 
> 
Ah, that explains a lot.  Escaflowne's manga came out after the anime was
planned as  well, right?

		Johann Chua

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