The Battle of Geekboat

**The Battle of Geekboat** is an artbook collection of various scrapped ideas or concept art for the film *Promare*. It was released in 2019 after the film's release.

## Appearance

The cover is of Lio in his usual biker gear holding flames in his right hand. A small smile can be seen on his face towards the viewer. In front of him is the text "The Battle of GEEKBOAT ONE." The background is a pure white.

## Notes

*Some content in this section may be considered offensive in regards to stereotypes. Reader discretion is advised.*

### Concept art/Visual differences

* **Matoi Tech**: Early versions of the Matoi Tech only had the mech be around the arms, giving a hulking appearance. Furthermore, the signature hikeshi motifs were not added yet.
* **Child Lio**: In some depictions, Lio is made into a child bearing a similar appearance to Simon from *Gurren Lagann*. His hair has a large ahoge spike as the rest is a short cut. He also occasionally wears overalls and a helmet.
* **Burnish Galo**: Various artworks depict Galo as a Burnish leader instead. Said depictions give him an eyepatch, a prosthetic, and less spiky hair.
* **Flaming Lio**: Lio was at one point considered to have his hair and head on fire at all times. This was quickly scrapped by Koyama.
	+ In regards to other appearance changes, Lio was given a variety of outfits. These would mainly consist of dress shirts without a jacket and the addition of corsets. His hairstyle would also occasionally differ with shorter cuts or one of his eyes being covered by bangs.
* **Kray**: Early concepts of Kray give him a variety of hairstyles such as long hair or a Wolverine-like cut to resemble devil horns. That said, his enraged form is depicted with two horns coming from his hair ends. Some concepts also give him glasses or a long coat.
* **Biar**: Biar was originally considered to be blonde and have a slight tan. Some artwork of a 'Biasu' character from the second rewrite is seen alongside Kray. This depiction gives her straight hair reaching her waist and heavy bangs.
* **Burnish Horse**: One depiction of an armored Lio has him sitting into a chariot driven by horses lit aflame. As to whether these are actual Burnish horses or just ones conjured by Lio is debatable.
* **Aina**: Aina is an evolution from the scrapped character Dora. Said character was to be a strict older sister figure to the other characters akin to Satsuki from *Kill la Kill*. As the actual film was being worked on, Aina was depicted with a longer ponytail and as being taller than her older sister.
* **Heris**: Heris was given a variety of different hairstyles and glasses. Most notably, she was considered to have two long ponytails over her shoulders which was also depicted in the storyboard book. Her outfit would also occasionally have a longer skirt.
* **Thyma**: Sketches can be seen of a young woman with bandages covering her face as she wears a long white dress. This is speculated to have been an early version of Thyma.
* **Lucia**: Lucia originally had large twin-tails akin to Nui Harime and depicted as taller.
* **Varys**: Earlier depictions of Varys have him lacking a shirt and wearing gear akin to Nudist Beach in *Kill la Kill*.
* **Remi**: Remi would occasionally be portrayed with long hair akin to Meis.
* **Vulcan**: He is depicted as lacking his suit's enormous muscles in concept art, which may imply that he wasn't short in previous scripts. Furthermore, certain illustrations of Vulcan give him triangle tattoos on his head.

### Story differences

* **Coming of Age**: In the second draft for the film, the film would revolve around Lio and Galo as children enlisted in a corrupt juvenile military school. Lio would instead be the protagonist and have with him a bunny-like creature named Mera as he becomes aware of government deception. Galo acted as his rival and instead is with a small dragon named Dolabra. For this draft, a tall pink-haired female instructor named Dora would be alongside them who in later drafts would later become Aina. Furthermore, Kray, Deus, and Ignis would still be present. Their specific roles are unknown other than Kray being the antagonist and Ignis helping Lio.
* **Cut character**: For later scripts of the film, a suited man with an elongated nose was be in the story but was later cut. This is speculated to be an early version of Deus.