Could Sunrise pull off a 3rd HiME series? [Archive]

NoSanninWa

2006-01-12, 03:15

As much as I'd want one, I don't think it'll happen.
The question isn't if they can. The question is if they should.

Obviously they could pull off a 3rd HiME series and they are likely to do one if this one continues to make money for them. There is even a good chance that they could find better writers than Otome seems to have.

While it is possible that they could make a third series as good as the first, the simple fact is that such things tend to devolve. Better they let the franchise die now, than drag it into the gutter. Take a good look at what happened to Tenchi if you doubt that you can have too much of a good thing.

I demand Fatty-chan to be the next main character!
She'll be awesome in her own spinoff magical-girl show.
That at least has the benefit of being a bit different, though the resemblance to both Pretty Sammy and Komugi-chan is undeniable.

Starks

2006-01-12, 03:18

The question isn't if they can. The question is if they should.

Obviously they could pull off a 3rd HiME series and they are likely to do one if this one continues to make money for them. There is even a good chance that they could find better writers than Otome seems to have.

While it is possible that they could make a third series as good as the first, the simple fact is that such things tend to devolve. Better they let the franchise die now, than drag it into the gutter. Take a good look at what happened to Tenchi if you doubt that you can have too much of a good thing.

That at least has the benefit of being a bit different, though the resemblance to both Pretty Sammy and Komugi-chan is undeniable.*Opens up Photoshop to make NSW's wish come true.

NoSanninWa

2006-01-12, 03:23

That at least has the benefit of being a bit different, though the resemblance to both Pretty Sammy and Komugi-chan is undeniable.
*Opens up Photoshop to make NSW's wish come true.
Oh no! Don't photoshop that!

Eclipze

2006-01-12, 03:30

As much as I'd want one, I don't think it'll happen.
They'd need to use new characters in another season. Re-using characters can be done once with great effect, but twice is going over the limit.

Preston

2006-01-12, 03:53

They'd need to use new characters in another season. Re-using characters can be done once with great effect, but twice is going over the limit.

Hardly. The are many prime examples of continuing trends with the exact same characters that have done exuberantly well. A triology does seem to be the pattern of the moment.

This wouldn't stop any self-respecting company. Money is the main player. While some of the fans say things along the lines of 'let it die here, while it's still good', that isn't what it boils down to. If Sunrise can make a profit, a substantial one at that, a new series will come into existance. Just look at the merchandise - you can see just from this Sunrise is doing very well with their little series, and no small amount of fan complaints is going to change their mind.

Did Lucas stop with the first trilogy of Star Wars? Oh no. Hardcore fans didn't want it, but that wouldn't stop it being very profitable. He may have killed the long running franchise in the fans eyes, but it undeniably made a large amount of money.

Though Evangelion is quite the opposite.. Gainax just keep milking that one.. though they can't do it forever. The film that may never come into existance and a possible OVA are basically just to bring it back into the limelight.

I'm also sure, that no matter how much any of the fans complained, it is likely that the DVDs would end up in their collection regardless. Sunrise would probably guess this, and just so long as they get high sales, good profits, and cover their costs, they don't care how they get the merchandise there.

I see no reason that the 'Mai-' series would stop being profitable for Sunrise any time soon. Just look at their website, it gets update at a very rapid pace, and new merchandise is constantly being announced. Just the other day I think they update tdheir product page for some stuff comming in early-2006. This is the sign of a very healthy series.

Though I'm sure that a 3rd series would not 'drag it into the gutter'. Did people complain about Otome when it was announced? I wasn't around here so I don't know.. but I would guess they did. And I expect they are among us in the forums. I hated the series at the start and couldn't flame it enough.. but now I like it even more that HiME. A very surprizing change for me.

I would say a 3rd series is more than possible, but after that, I'd say a 4th isn't going to happen for any more reason that 3 is a nice number to end on, and people and staff would want to move on. As for me.. I'm not sure what I would want.. if Sunrise could make the series just as good as this, I think I'd like it.

Going back to the post I quoted, if Sunrise made a 3rd series, I expect it would have returning characters, simply because they have big winners now, and introducing even more characters to the already massive cast.. well, lets say, they wouldn't be doing themselves any favours.

Tatiana Razajev

2006-01-12, 04:22

The chances of a 3rd series depends on how successful the second is in the eyes of Sunrise. I can't predict how I will feel about a third series. I can't say I am opposed to it. As an RPG player, I've played several games in the same series. Such as playing Final Fantasy 1-10 for example. So in order for me to automatically disregard a 3rd series in regards to HiME and Otome, I'd have to have a double standard in my case.

Anh_Minh

2006-01-12, 05:23

kari-no-sugata

2006-01-12, 05:36

If we look at it in a different way: What makes a good TV anime series? (As opposed to just being popular). If a "third series" is good enough that it'd be succesfull on its own merits, then Sunrise should be able to "pull it off". However, even if it is good on its merits, it may fail if it is either too similar or too different from previous series, or if popular characters are "ruined" - since non-fans would mostly ignore it anyway and previous fans would be put off.

Personally I think My Otome is better than I had expected. So, there's hope...

Starks

2006-01-12, 05:42

How about a Gundam spin-off?

Eclipze

2006-01-12, 06:00

Hardly. The are many prime examples of continuing trends with the exact same characters that have done exuberantly well. A triology does seem to be the pattern of the moment.
Did Lucas stop with the first trilogy of Star Wars? Oh no. Hardcore fans didn't want it, but that wouldn't stop it being very profitable. He may have killed the long running franchise in the fans eyes, but it undeniably made a large amount of money.

You see.....Starwars had a continuous storyline. And you dont see Chewbaka(sp?) or any characters for ALL the episodes, do you?

But hime/otome uses the same characters, change some's behaviours, and is set in alternate universes.

Practically all Hime characters have appeared in otome. And the story for both is very, very different.

Unless.....you have Mai Latome or something, I dont see how they can use the same cast as a sequel, considering that both hime/otome have practically no shown relation to be related.

How about a Gundam spin-off?
Good idea! I remeber reading on how some people wanted a female lead instead of all the male leads so far. But that'd reduce Mai to a beam spammer :sad:

Anh_Minh

2006-01-12, 06:10

Well, you could do another few series in different universes and have a "Crisis on infinite Mai", where all the different versions meet up and fight a great Evil.

Eclipze

2006-01-12, 06:14

Well, you could do another few series in different universes and have a "Crisis on infinite Mai", where all the different versions meet up and fight a great Evil.
The other parallel universes can get REALLY old, especially with the same cast of characters.

Kane2005

2006-01-12, 06:25

*thinks* A third season with My Hime vs. My Otome .... *stop thinking*

As long they make a good profit they will try to make more about it. (ex. Pokemon)
But then they ae also thinking about what will happen if you "milk" out a serie.
I'm scared when they would make a third season that people will expect more about it then the last two seasons. (can i say seasons, yeah it is seasons).

Kane2005

2006-01-12, 06:25

*message removed due a mistake on replying*

Befgrek

2006-01-12, 06:29

Eclipze

2006-01-12, 06:32

Of course there's going to be another sequel. This is Mai Hime Z, right? Then we have the series all the fans will hate left: Mai Hime GT, where the characters become ultra mega super strong by transforming themselves into furries. :frustrated:
Actually, its Mai Z-hime, and its not actually "Z". Its a japanese kanji which somehow translate to otohime, which means youngest princess or something...or otome, which translates to "maidens". (ug, NSW explained it in another thread on the possibilities).

midnightlumina

2006-01-12, 07:04

How about My-TurnA-HiME

Tempest35

2006-01-12, 07:25

I say that they make the Mai HiME OVA series just to have a time buffer to make a plausible 3rd season. :D Still, the good folks at Sunrise must be sick to death of all the 'moe' jokes that I'm sure they get in RL. :heh:

I wish that they'd give Kagutsuchi a 'human' form - I realllllllly~ want to see that. :D

Bloody

2006-01-12, 07:30

*Cannot wait what will happened on the future :D * BUT I HOPE SO ^_^

Cracknut

2006-01-12, 07:46

Maybe they could do a LIVE version of this time around...Wait, nevermind strike that thought.:eyebrow:

Eclipze

2006-01-12, 07:52

How about My-TurnA-HiME
I can list a few:

Mai Hime's counter attack
Mai Hime Destiny
Mai Hime 0083
Mai Hime Victory
Mai 08th Hime team
Mai Hime G
Mai Wing Hime

:heh:

ranchan13

2006-01-12, 08:24

How about My-TurnA-HiME
ROFL
I uhm, ROFL
I can ROFL
Damn, funniest thing all night ROFL

While we're at it, how about we try some other crossovers, such as
Melody of Otome
Mai DearS
Shakugan no HiME
Azumanga HiME

On second thought, I'll go shoot myself now, I'm thinking crazy thoughts again

Tremalkinger

2006-01-12, 08:33

I think I could stand one more series from these characters, assuming the quality of the series doesn't drop. Maybe a plotline along the lines of Stellvia (space school drama), or perhaps a more medieval centered story (Haruka would make a great Black Knight :heh: )

Or maybe they'll use Stark's idea and do a Mai HiME / GSD hybrid, and I'll have a siezure and die.

Ronin Aquila

2006-01-12, 08:44

Oh no, Nao would make an even better Black Knight (What I wouldn't give to see her re-enact the "tis but a scratch" scene in The Holy Grail. )

Haruka-Chan on the other hand would make an excellent Knight Who Says Ni, and Shizuru would be an excellent Bridgekeeper (Her asking in her sexy voice "What is your favourite color" alone would make a knight fall into the pit of lava, wrong answer or not. :P )

shinigami1101

2006-01-12, 10:17

I can list a few:
Mai Wing Hime

O_O
the thought of this horrifies and excites me at the same time

lone_wolf

2006-01-12, 11:37

Actually, its Mai Z-hime, and its not actually "Z". Its a japanese kanji which somehow translate to otohime, which means youngest princess or something...or otome, which translates to "maidens". (ug, NSW explained it in another thread on the possibilities).

Actually it's located in the FAQ and I'm the one that provided the info for the FAQ.:D

--Lone Wolf

Eclipze

2006-01-12, 11:40

Actually it's located in the FAQ and I'm the one that provided the info for the FAQ.:D

--Lone Wolf
Sorry, my bad.:heh: (gives a cookie)

Dagger

2006-01-12, 12:01

Sure, why not? How about a Mai-Space Opera?

Darth Sergey: "Nina, I am your father."
Nina Skywang: "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!"

Or Mai-cyberpunk. Or Mai-hiFantasy.

Nagi: "Still not king. Mai looks good, but Mikoto will kill me if I try anything."
Ha! Nice adaptations. I especially like the LotR one. And I can so imagine Nagi saying that...

Guido

2006-01-12, 12:19

A possible idea for a third Mai- series could be using priestesses -miko.

Mai-Miko

After all, they employed HiME, and now are using Otome.

Princesses, maidens, ..... priestesses?

Honeyman

2006-01-12, 14:27

If the quality's good enough and they kept the same character designer I'd watch it for sure. I wouldn't mind it being like the 3rd in a trilogy as it would feel odd to change the whole feel of it if it was the last MAI related series. Sometimes things are best kept in the same mould if you know what I mean.

Apekatt

2006-01-12, 14:28

I'd like to see a direct sequel to Mai Hime (I.E The same universe and characters). I mean, there were lots of unanswered questions in HiME and I doubt Otome will answer any of them. IIRC Nagi even mentioned something about that "the real challenge would begin now", in the last episode.

alangaruku

2006-01-12, 14:45

Even though Mai Otome is not done airing,
I still have a feeling that there is going
to be more. Maybe not a 3rd season,
but an ova/oav, or a prequel/sequel,
or a mimi movie/special of some kind.
I hope there is going to be more, becasue
Mai Otome is starting to bore me.

Blaat

2006-01-12, 14:51

How about My-TurnA-HiME

When I saw this thread the first thing that came into my mind was "Mai Turn-A HiME" you beat me to it :D

Anyway this is Mai Z HiME, right? So without a doubt the next one shoud be Mai ZZ HiME after that we can have Mai V HiME :heh:

lone_wolf

2006-01-12, 15:09

When I saw this thread the first thing that came into my mind was "Mai Turn-A HiME" you beat me to it :D

Anyway this is Mai Z HiME, right? So without a doubt the next one shoud be Mai ZZ HiME after that we can have Mai V HiME :heh:

Please refer to the FAQ.
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=26284
Question: Why is there a Z in the title?

Answer: It isn't Z, it's 乙, which is a Jananese kanji character. If you spell out Otome, it's 乙女. They took out 女 so the title would be pronounced "Mai Oto-Hime", except that nobody pronounces it that way. (credit: lone_wolf)

It's not a "Z"

--Lone Wolf

Takemi_Ikazuchi

2006-01-12, 16:21

舞歌HIME
My Uta-HIME - girls fight with "songs" Elements are referred to as "instruments"
set for late 2006

舞黒HIME
My KuroHIME / Micro Hime - Gothic fantasy with small SD versions of Childs.
set for 2007

Ronin Aquila

2006-01-12, 19:28

You're not kidding.... :confused:

Takemi_Ikazuchi

2006-01-12, 19:37

I am serious.

However it does not mean that is the truth.

Translation: NO, it's not true... yet... I hope....

brightman

2006-01-12, 20:28

Answer: It isn't Z, it's 乙, which is a Jananese kanji character. If you spell out Otome, it's 乙女. They took out 女 so the title would be pronounced "Mai Oto-Hime", except that nobody pronounces it that way. (credit: lone_wolf)

It's not a "Z"

--Lone Wolf
However, note there IS a tendency to use '乙' as a substitute for 'Z' in Japanese Internet lingo... So you really can't deny that the creators had no intention of making a small reference to the 'Z'.

Which could be why 舞-乙乙HiME (pronounced Mai Otsutsu-me) isn't far off...? (eh... never mind)

SuperKnuckles

2006-01-12, 20:47

I think they could pull it off right.

In retrospect, I think 26 episodes for Hime and Otome are a bit short. I wouldn't mind if each series were 50 episodes long or something. They have enough interesting characters to base entire angles off of.

Bloody

2006-01-12, 22:13

and the question is... who will be a main character their?? (probably Natsuki and SHIZURU AGain :heh: )

Shigan

2006-01-12, 23:43

How about Mai-Hina? Harem-trying to get into college show with Shizuru as the maincharacter.

:D

Diodati

2006-01-13, 00:01

How about Mai-Hina? Harem-trying to get into college show with Shizuru as the maincharacter.

:D
You know you're just dying to post your plot summary and character/room number descriptions from the other site - it was quite genius Shigan - still makes Sun Ra (i.e. me) laugh just thinking about it :heh:

Someone should at least do a doujinshi of that!

Hmmm another Mai show...I suppose if the premise was good enough. I'm keen to see how Otome maps out before I commit any support to a third series. I do think both HiME and Otome should be(en) longer run than 26 epsiodes each. There was enough material (and characters) to go past 26, but just my opinion.

Shigan

2006-01-13, 00:40

You know you're just dying to post your plot summary and character/room number descriptions from the other site - it was quite genius Shigan - still makes Sun Ra (i.e. me) laugh just thinking about it
Ara, I've been found out *blush*. But since you so humbly ask...this lady cannot refuse you! At the risk of being shot by the admins, I will then repost my idea for season 3 from shoujoai.com XD

Feel free to fill in the Otome-girls

Mai-Hime Season 3, IF written and directed by Shigan :D :D :D

"Love Hina ~ Fujino" - Young Fujino Shizuru moves into a all-female dorm her family owns in preparation to get into Todai and fullfill the childhood promise to a darkhaired playmate with a stuffed dogtoy. But she can't remember her friend's name! Already blessed with perfect marks, superior intellect and now living in a dorm filled with beautiful schoolgirls, what is a gorgerous teenage lesbian to do?

Starring:

Kuga Natsuki - Room#401, Highschool sophomore, biker and all around delinquent.

Tokihai Mai - Room#402, Highschool Sophomore, hard-trying nice girl from poor family.

Mashiro van Windbloom - Penthouse, JuniorHigh Senior, brattish oversea transfer student.

Minagi Mikoto - Room#402, HighSchool Junior, Second cousin to Koalla Suu, eats everything and glomps.

Yuuki Nao - Room#103, JuniorHigh Senior, Queen of Bondage Seduction - it says so on her door.

Harada Chie - Room#513, Highschool Senior, Shizuru's biggest rival!

Senou Aoi - Room#413, HighSchool Senior, Chie's willing victim.

Munakata Shiho - Room#162, JH S, Often seen with Voodoo dolls and phallic microphones, avoid.

Suzushiro Haruka - Room#216, HS S, Dorm Disciplinary Commite Director (self-proclaimed)

Kikugawa Yukino - Room#215, HS S, Secretary to the DDCD (see above), recommended by said director.

Okuzaki Akira - Room#741, HS J, Second cousin to Aoyama Motoko, heir to the Demon-Slay-Ninjutsu clan (or whatever)

Higurashi Akane - Room#152, HS S, Only dorm girl confirmed with a stable boyfriend.

Sugiura Midori - Landlady, archeology obsessive and practical joker all around.

And I will say it again, I would KILL for this manga to be drawn. XD

guest

2006-01-13, 00:45

Young Fujino Shizuru moves into a all-female dorm her family owns in preparation to get into Todai
Does Shizuru have to try that hard to get into a college?:eyebrow:

lone_wolf

2006-01-13, 00:54

Ara, I've been found out *blush*. But since you so humbly ask...this lady cannot refuse you! At the risk of being shot by the admins, I will then repost my idea for season 3 from shoujoai.com XD

Feel free to fill in the Otome-girls

Mai-Hime Season 3, IF written and directed by Shigan :D :D :D

"Love Hina ~ Fujino" - Young Fujino Shizuru moves into a all-female dorm her family owns in preparation to get into Todai and fullfill the childhood promise to a darkhaired playmate with a stuffed dogtoy. But she can't remember her friend's name! Already blessed with perfect marks, superior intellect and now living in a dorm filled with beautiful schoolgirls, what is a gorgerous teenage lesbian to do?

Starring:

Kuga Natsuki - Room#401, Highschool sophomore, biker and all around delinquent.

Tokihai Mai - Room#402, Highschool Sophomore, hard-trying nice girl from poor family.

Mashiro van Windbloom - Penthouse, JuniorHigh Senior, brattish oversea transfer student.

Minagi Mikoto - Room#402, HighSchool Junior, Second cousin to Koalla Suu, eats everything and glomps.

Yuuki Nao - Room#103, JuniorHigh Senior, Queen of Bondage Seduction - it says so on her door.

Harada Chie - Room#513, Highschool Senior, Shizuru's biggest rival!

Senou Aoi - Room#413, HighSchool Senior, Chie's willing victim.

Munakata Shiho - Room#162, JH S, Often seen with Voodoo dolls and phallic microphones, avoid.

Suzushiro Haruka - Room#216, HS S, Dorm Disciplinary Commite Director (self-proclaimed)

Kikugawa Yukino - Room#215, HS S, Secretary to the DDCD (see above), recommended by said director.

Okuzaki Akira - Room#741, HS J, Second cousin to Aoyama Motoko, heir to the Demon-Slay-Ninjutsu clan (or whatever)

Higurashi Akane - Room#152, HS S, Only dorm girl confirmed with a stable boyfriend.

Sugiura Midori - Landlady, archeology obsessive and practical joker all around.

And I will say it again, I would KILL for this manga to be drawn. XD

Wow, Shigan! If ever becomes an anime or manga adaptation, I'll certainly reserve myself copies by pre-ordering!:D

*waves ShizNat banner*

--Lone Wolf

Eclipze

2006-01-13, 01:22

But...but...isn't the Mai franchise mecha as well?:eyebrow:

Maceart

2006-01-13, 01:29

Eclipze

2006-01-13, 03:07

There is already a Gundam "Mai-series" spinoff. It's Mai-Otome. Look at the first episode. Shizuru cutting the airplane was all Impulse gundam animation. Look at episode 13. Akane flying off harks Freedom reused animation cells flying off after a battle.

Then again, I wouldn't mind having the Mai-series take over as Sunrise's "main" franchise. Sure is more enjoyable than most Gundam series.
Its different though....in gundam, you have people piloting a giant robot (gundam), whereas in Mai Otome, we have girls (virgins only) who can materialise a robe with special abilities, namely flying, a weapon, and manipulation of the nano technology.

edup

2006-01-13, 13:19

I one most of the mai hime fans would like a third part of this but they should make a spinoff in the story another writer just to ensure that do not happen the same that happened to dragonballz.. they just need the same writer with a new one just to stay with a little touch of the old one .... another thing same character with same personalities but letting them go, I mean thse spot light on mai tate mikoto and new ones.... hopefully for them they still got romance to come up wioth since mai and tate didnt finish in anything so they can come up with something there... and with the action same weapons for them btu different i mean I know they can do a better job in designing weapons for instance, the only one I liked in therm of design was mikotos weapon...... and for finishig they have to put tate fightning..... i thing it should be

35%comedy
35%action
30%romance and that will be it

and for changing the mind of a anime producer we really can just gather a few thousands of fans and drop something on their site I mean givem promotion and like make some sort of request with the every fan name and hopefully theyll pay attention to it I mean is us the one that make them gain money so think about it

well at east thats my opinion sigh....:confused:

-KarumA-

2006-01-14, 04:15

a third series, hell yeh, Sunrise could definently pull that off

as for about what?... we still have several HiME dance chapters, in witch Mashiro has a lading role or the verry first so it can explain why the HiME dancs were introduced in the first place :D

bluemist

2006-01-15, 21:26

You know the best crossover?

Put all the HiME girls into some all-girl Catholic school and form some sort of Yamayurikai (Himeyurikai lol) with them... and realize that the Hime-star is Watching. (get the spoof?)

Heck, make HiME a full-on yuri show!!!

MattAlchemy

2006-01-16, 00:52

How about Mai-Mai

Or Arika-Mai
Or Arika-Otome

Or Marika-Hitome.

USCPharmacist

2006-01-16, 01:14

Mai goddess....

SuperKnuckles

2006-01-16, 01:14

How about a Mai Star show featuring guy characters? :shivers:

Imagine a male version of Arika and Mai.

midnightlumina

2006-01-16, 01:23

How about a Mai Star show featuring guy characters? :shivers:

Imagine a male version of Arika and Mai.
You've got a title for it n_n
Mai Wing Hime

Guido

2006-01-16, 01:44

How about Mai-Alice ?

With all the attention the Alice theme is placed on Rozen Maiden & Kagihime.

Eclipze

2006-01-16, 02:29

Mai goddess....
You mean Ah! Mai-goddess, right?:heh:

NoSanninWa

2006-01-16, 02:40

The thread is just getting silly now. If nobody has anything real to say, I'll just close it.

Eclipze

2006-01-16, 09:45

I shall try saving this thread before NSW has a reason to close it.;)

Pulling off a third series, or rather, an entire franchise the Mai-series is possible, but the problem would be that reusing the same characters can be quite limiting.

For another Sunrise franchise, Gundam, never once did they use the exact same character designs for an "alternate universe". Same goes for gundam designs. (well, S-freedom is an exception...GSD has alot of reused stuf anyways).

At the very most, I'd see the possibility for a 3rd series using the same characters, either in a sequel for MO, or yet another alternate-world. Anymore would get boring, especially since you can only go so far with the alternate-world concept.

And of course....never let Fukuda and wife ever touch this series.:heh:

Pleroma

2006-01-16, 13:55

Shizuru's list

I'm pretty sure she allready has one ;)

I do think that with the stagnation of Gundam Sunrise is trying to position Hime as its next massive franchise. Otome is very popular and with good reason since I see it as a vast improovement over the rather uneven Hime. They have a huge pool of character and genres to draw on as well as massive fan support. All they have to do is create a few new characters for a new series as well as continue to develop old personalities and they have another hit.

Eclipze

2006-01-16, 19:38

as well as continue to develop old personalities and they have another hit.
Well, the problem is....old characters from MH were already developed in MO.

Err, what I mean is, Takumi of MO = Takumi of MH just before he died. People like Takumi, Akira, Shizuru, Natsuki in MO are already the "end product" of MH, so they didnt develop in MO at all.

Thats the real problem....you cant develop if you are already developed, can you? Of course, I personally dont mind if they have a go at another alternate-universe Mai-series, with ShizNat/Arika/Nina/Mashiro/Mai.:heh:

Pleroma

2006-01-16, 20:20

I am not usre I agree there, personally I was rather bored by Shizuru until the very end, but now in MO iove definitely grown to like her a lot more and do feel that the character has evolved beyond its previous iteration. Much in the same way we get a more mature and responsible Nao, a mellowed out natsuki and an Akane that has gotten over her shyness.

Seeing how the series is barely past its half point I look forward to seeing what the next evolution in their characters will be. I am also enjoying the new Tate and Mashiro much more so no issues with the personality switches for tapped out characters.

Evil, slutty Arika, coming your way this fall!

Zafo

2006-01-17, 09:55

Sure, why not? How about a Mai-Space Opera?

Darth Sergey: "Nina, I am your father."
Nina Skywang: "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!"

Or Mai-cyberpunk. Or Mai-hiFantasy.

Nagi: "Still not king. Mai looks good, but Mikoto will kill me if I try anything."

I love the "Very Secret Diaries of the Lord of the Rings Characters" reference. I thought no one else remembered it.

Mai DearS
Azumanga HiME

On second thought, I'll go shoot myself now, I'm thinking crazy thoughts again

All we need is Sakaki with guns, spinning around in an ice aura, and calling forth her army of ridiculously cute robotic kittens. And Chiyo-chan glomping her for it.

If either of these happened, I'd explode with cutness.

And I will say it again, I would KILL for this manga to be drawn. XD

If you do the killing, I'll transport the bodies. I can even suggest some large multi-hectare and infrequently-traveled properties.

You mean Ah! Mai-goddess, right?:heh:

The pun police have been dispatched. There is no escape.

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I imagine they don't wrap up a single bit of Mai HiME or Otome in Otome, and leave it open for a third series that ties the two together. Though in the darkest reaches of my mind, I compare Otome to Battlestar Galactica, and the Otome universe takes places first, and they travel to Earth to start the carnival. *shudder*

Ronin Aquila

2006-01-17, 10:26

Hmm....

Elfen-Mai (Get The Mafia: Nothing Else Will Remove The Stains After This One. :p )

The Story Of Mikoto (A cross between Mai-Hime and The Story Of Ricky, (http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/storyofricky/default.php) a Hong Kong B-Grade Manga Adaptation Horror-comedy-Classic... set in a superpowered all Hime correctional facility...

Starring: Incompetent Warden Haruka-Chan and Kind-Hearted Assistant Warden Yukino-Chan... Mikoto the SUPER-strong new prisoner.... Mai the long-time-resident who becomes her best friend and mentor... her lover Natsuki... the jealous head of the Prison Guards Shizuru... Nao the Coke Whore.... Akane and Takumi the Cooks.... Akira of the undercover FBI agent.... Mashiro the death-row-clown.... Midori the expectant-mother-prisoner.... Miyu and Alyssa the warden's favourite finks... Yukariko the Death-row confessor....

...oh boy this is gonna be B-Grade-Comedy GOLD!! :p )