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I was reading this article on ANN when I got to this line (emphasis is mine):

If so, it would definitely put a hold on whatever project Shinkai is currently working on. However, he did say in his last blog that he had wanted to talk about it but was not ready, that it was still a work-in-progress. So, could this mean that his next project is one that he's doing for Ghibli? But please, don't quote me on that. You know how rumors get started. There goes me and my big mouth again. Sad

LOL, well, as I said, I have absolutely no expectations that this would be true.

But as long as we're dreaming...

Seriously, at first, I was worried about pressures affecting Shinkai's work if this were true. I have a feeling ComixWave gives Shinkai some wide latitude on his work. But then I remembered that Shinkai was "pressured" to make Voices of a Distant Star to be "more showy" by the producer as Shinkai was planning on expanding on She and Her Cat. This is why Shinkai went with a mecha-based theme. I actually think this is good, despite the criticism Shinkai receives for the mecha combat, as it gets Shinkai out of his "comfort-zone" and learns different ways to express things.