Announcing a new character in the Mirai Millennium series - Genjitsu 3.0.
The kanji for Genjitsu is [幻実] and is literally translated as "Real Illusion" - they are the reason why the Solar Marines exist - to destroy all Genjitsu that seep out from the rips in space.
When the Genjitsu appear, time freezes and people become unable to move - except for the Solar Marines which means that they are the only ones who know of the Genjitsu's existence.
Strangely however, the clock tower at the girl's school still seems to move even when the Genjitsu appear - it is yet unknown why this is...
Genjitsu start off as illusions, but it's said that when they are left undefeated they can completely change into reality which will make them indestructible. The danger levels of Genjitsu are measured as 1.0, 2.0 or 3.0. They go up a level every 15 minutes that they remain undefeated and by 3.0 it is believed that they completely break into reality. This of course means that the Solar Marines aim to defeat them at level 1.0 - in other words, within 15 minutes of the Genjitsu appearing.
And for those of you studying Japanese - below is the original Japanese. This character profile is taken from the scenario of Mirai Millennium which is now complete and written by a rather popular anime writer that everybody knows ^o^
空間の狭間からしみ出すように現れる、現実なのか幻なのかわからない異形の存在。
異世界から現れたなぞの敵。現れると同時に、時が止まったかのように人々は動かなくなり、その中で唯一動けるのがソーラーマリーン。
出現の際、人々は止まっているため、幻実の存在を知る者はソーラーマリーン以外にはいない。
だが不思議なことに、幻実出現の時だけ、学校の時計台の針が動くという現象も起きている。その真意は謎……。
幻実の形状は武者型をした異形生命体など様々だが、放っておくと“幻”から“現実”となり手の施しようがなくなると言われている。
危機回避レベルが、1.0、2.0、3.0とある。15分ごとに1レベルずつあがり、3.0になると完全に世界を侵略するとも言われる。
そのため、ソーラーマリーンに託された使命は、レベル1.0、つまり15分以内に消滅させることである。
And here are the various forms of the Genjitsu. I've called upon once again the talents of Skan Srisuwan - he was the lead designer at Square Enix who managed the Front Mission project and designed the Solar Marine uniforms and Retrokyu.
There are a few more characters in Mirai Millennium - some of whom have profiles but no designs yet. Once it is decided how and when Mirai Millennium will be published, I will be able to announce the team working on the story.