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evil-samurai
2007-12-12, 07:11
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Anime adaption of the manga Soul Eater by OOKUBO Atsushi.
Description: Set in the Shinigami technical school for weapon technicians, the series revolves around 3 groups of each a weapon technician and a human weapon. Trying to make the latter a Death Scythe and thus fit for use by the Shinigami, they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and 1 witch.
Broadcast: April 2008
Official Site: Soul Eater (http://www.souleater.tv/)
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9388/1dsp8.png
Original Work: Ookubo Atsushi
Director: Igarashi Takuya
Series Composition: Yamatoya Akatsuki
Character Design: Itou Yoshiyuki
Concept Design: Aramaki Shinji
Main Prop Design: Hoshino Takeshi
Art Director: Nakamura Norifumi
Animation Production: BONES
Read the manga? Then use tags! Spoilers are Bad!
Thanks to NeoSam for the info!
Nightengale
2007-12-12, 07:24
BONES doing Soul Eater? AWESOME.
Granted, the style of the manga and its ridiculous characters/settings may not be for everyone, but the charm of the manga's flat-color black-white tones is something that is hard to evoke if it uses typical shonen-budget animation.
Not to mention the director and art director of Ouran, good stuff.
Great news!
When I first read vol 1 of the manga. I wasn't that impressed with the series, but as I read on I got hooked. : o
Nightengale
2007-12-12, 11:04
Great news!
When I first read vol 1 of the manga. I wasn't that impressed with the series, but as I read on I got hooked. : o
I didn't quite like it at first either, what's with the weird settings and all that, but it started its feel on the whole out-worldly feel along with new characters made it more interesting.
I think I started enjoying it once Stein appeared. And Medusa. :3
I'll put the available volumes of the manga in this post:
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ソウルイーター
SOUL EATER
The manga is seriaized in the shounen manga magazine Shounen GanGan (http://www.comipedia.com/magazine/shounen-gangan).
For now there are 10 volumes released of the manga.
Covers:
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Mangaka: Ookubo Atsushi
Genre: Shounen, Fantasy
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Andrew C made a thread for this 2 weeks back on AOD and since he has never lead me wrong so far this year I checked out the manga. Lets just say I'm rapt that Bones are doing it since they will be able to do this series justice in terms of animation.
Soul Eater is a very fast paced manga and has a stylish charm about it, Andrew C also mentioned it was going to run for 50 odd episodes so I expect something similar to what Bones did with FMA.
I also really hope Bones nails the casting choice for BlackStar since in the right hands he will come across awesome, miscast role and he will just be flat out annoying. And oh yeah Blair is hot!
Destinyblade
2007-12-13, 21:34
BONES adapting a Shounen Gangan manga that will last for at least 50 episodes... it sounds like FMA all over again, in a sense.
Not that it's the same show as FMA, of course. I've checked the summary and a couple of the chapters, and it sounds interesting. I'll probably take a look at it when it comes out in Spring.
On a side note, I was curious if this might get the same timeslot and broadcaster as FMA did (for example, this show's first season in Spring, followed by Gundam 00 Part 2 in Fall, and then this show's last half in Spring '09). According to MOON PHASE, however, Soul Eater will be airing on TV Tokyo on Mondays at 6:00p.m.
I think unofficially Code Geass 2 is going to be airing in between Gundam 00 seasons, though with 3 months to go things can change. What show is Soul Eater replacing btw?
Destinyblade
2007-12-13, 23:29
I think unofficially Code Geass 2 is going to be airing in between Gundam 00 seasons, though with 3 months to go things can change. What show is Soul Eater replacing btw?
Currently, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles airs on that slot. So it'll be replaced by Soul Eater in the Spring.
When I first saw Soul Eater, I thought that the show might land on doroku for the Spring and air a second season in Spring of '09; I was curious about this because of the whole Square Enix/Shounen Gangan and BONES connection. However, this anime is more of the type that TV Tokyo airs, and besides, doroku shows tend to have some sort of military/anti-war theme to them (courtesy of the Executive Producer for that slot). Soul Eater doesn't have any of that, though, so I guess it makes sense for it to be aired on TV Tokyo.
As for the 6pm slot on MBS/TBS, it's going to be either Code Geass 2, Macross Frontier (which I don't know if this has any chance whatsoever of being licensed :heh:), or some unannounced show that MBS plans to air. We'll probably know by January, since it seems that timeslots for shows are announced around three months before it airs.
Yeah could be Macross F, is there any other prime time slot it could take? Looks way too high budget to be stuck in a late night slot.
Destinyblade
2007-12-14, 00:19
Yeah could be Macross F, is there any other prime time slot it could take? Looks way too high budget to be stuck in a late night slot.
As far as I know, MBS and TBS only have one primetime slot for anime, and that's the doroku slot. All their other anime air on late night, usually at the end of the week (like Thursday, Friday, and Saturday). If Macross F isn't going to be on late night, MBS/TBS would have to create a new timeslot for the series.
The 1982 Macross aired on the stations on Sundays at 14:00 (2p.m), and Macross 7 aired on Sundays at 11:00a.m. Interestingly enough, the Macross F special that's set to air in late December are all airing on late night slots (for MBS, it's December 28th at 25:25; for TBS, it's December 23rd at 26:50). So I don't know if the TV Series will get late night or maybe a mid-afternoon slot like its previous TV series. I guess Macross F could take over Shana II on the MBS 25:25 Thursday slot in Spring, but isn't Macross a bit too high profile of a franchise to be receiving a late night slot? I don't know much about the Macross franchise, so I can't be sure.
Anyways, speaking of timeslots (and to keep this post from being completely off-topic :heh:), I'm kinda glad that Soul Eater is getting a primetime slot, though that may be just because TV Tokyo is willing to put more anime on their network than the other major broadcasters in Japan. Unfortunately, a lot of TV Tokyo anime tend to be overlooked by anime fans outside of Japan. For example, a lot of low profile Sunrise shows have aired on TV Tokyo before, such as Keroro Gunso, Yakitate Japan, Gintama, Kekkaishi, just to name a few. A part of me hopes that this show doesn't end up the same way and get overlooked by a lot of fans just because it looks like typical shounen (especially with the whole Shinigami stuff, since Shinigami is being used a lot in numerous shounen anime), especially with the Code Geass and Haruhi sequels on the way. Then again, this is being done by BONES, not Sunrise, so maybe that'll give this show more recognition, lol.
EDIT: Before anyone catches me on a mistake, Kekkaishi aired on NTV, not TV Tokyo. Still, though, it was a pretty low profile Sunrise show outside of Japan.
aardvark
2007-12-14, 00:35
The character designs are pretty nice.
I know it's the FMA designer, but they sort of remind me of Kekkaishi anime designs as well.
Nightengale
2007-12-14, 00:46
It's been more than 10 years since the last TV series, and the latest production was an OVA too, so it's harder to gauge the market value. Especially if it's going to be for the doroku slot, that has been in a decline of sorts due to ratings failure of post-GSD shows.
And those Sunrise shows named... well, it's a little sad, yeah, since Sunrise is a good studio at shonen manga adaptions. Though to be fair as well, other than Kekkaishi, Sunrise never really put in much money and production values into their shonen adaptions, and Kekkaishi had the support of it being in a great timeslot once before ratings dropped. (( next to Conan ))
Soul Eater imo suffers much of what the other low-profile-outside-Japan Sunrise shows did. A somewhat uninspiring start-off to the series, (( since Soul Eater started as 3 different one-shots before it became a regular series, and were the weakest links of the manga )) along with a somewhat strange settings and all, easily coming across as being weird and in Black Star's word, uncool.
I mean, this guy is the strongest character in-series. -_-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/chiakt/6m.jpg
Nightengale
2007-12-14, 01:27
Btw, this was the casting for the Soul Eater Drama CD.
Maka: Takeuchi Junko
Soul Eater: Hoshi Souichiro
Black Star: Yumiko Kobayashi
Tsubaki: Mamiko Noto
Death the Kid: Takako Honda
Liz: Yuko Kaida
Patty: Miyuki Sawashiro
Shinigami-sama/Lord Death: Ryusuke Oobayashi
Death Scythe: Hiroaki Hirata
Franken Stein: Mitsuru Miyamoto
Sid: Susumu Akagi
Chances are there will be changes of the casting towards animation just like how Ouran ousted Hoshi, but it gives an idea of how the character sounds.
Just as an addenum, Inu Yasha was a Sunrise Shonen Adaption that did very well.
To stay on topic, Soul Eater, I dont know much about it. To be frank it sounds generic but one piece is generic as hell and I love it so we shall see how it turns out. Hopefully we will get some a couple of good sakuga episodes here, and I like Itou's work (I can tell a draawing is by him usually by the way he draws the mouths:p). As for Igurashi, his direction on Ouran was great, lotza nice visual florushes. Hopefully he'll keep it up and attract good animators to work on it.
I'll be happy with that lineup from the drama cd if it was the final one but yeah I'm expecting some changes.
I guess Macross F could take over Shana II on the MBS 25:25 Thursday slot in Spring, but isn't Macross a bit too high profile of a franchise to be receiving a late night slot? I don't know much about the Macross franchise, so I can't be sure.
Hmm I always thought that the 4th Maria-sama series was going to get the "Pizza Hut" slot. I know it hasn't been announced yet but I'm expecting something soon especially since that Pizza Hut deal for it.
Especially if it's going to be for the doroku slot, that has been in a decline of sorts due to ratings failure of post-GSD shows.
Wasn't Dokoku going into decline slightly once NTV started airing Major against GSD? IIRC Major was the cause of most of the ratings loss for GSD and in addition to Major shows which probably shouldn't have aired in the slot really diminished Dokoru.
Read the manga, meh. Probably be more fun in well animated form. That seiyuu cast for the cd sounds awesome though. If hoshi does it, he should use his "kamina" voice.
as fer doroku, I have a feeling that it'll be macross F. It's a big enough franchise.
It is true ever scince Major started airing on Kyoiku, the youths arent watching Doroku in high numbers, I thought Blood+ would be marketable enough but without a preexisting media tie in i guess its rough going in the anime world.
Hoshi's Soul Eater will probably sound similar to a (slightly younger) Kazuma I'm guessing, would have to be the worst voice actor director in history to make Hoshi use his Kira voice lol.
As for Blood+ I've liked what I've seen (35 eps) but it definitely took too long to get the "hook" episode in. I know the first SEED was also off to a sluggish start but it had the whole "It's Gundam!" thing behind it.
aardvark
2007-12-14, 06:07
The only thing tempering any enthusiasm I could have for Soul Eater, is the main writer...who doesn't really have an encouraging resume to say the least. Hopefully the show will be able to match FMA in terms of animation at least.
Read the manga, meh. Probably be more fun in well animated form. That seiyuu cast for the cd sounds awesome though. If hoshi does it, he should use his "kamina" voice.
as fer doroku, I have a feeling that it'll be macross F. It's a big enough franchise.
It is true ever scince Major started airing on Kyoiku, the youths arent watching Doroku in high numbers, I thought Blood+ would be marketable enough but without a preexisting media tie in i guess its rough going in the anime world.
I'll bet you that Macross F will air on the thursday late night timeslot that Code Geass season 1 and Darker than Black aired in. Shakugan no Shana 2 is airing there atm and (Im guessing its ~26 eps since I dont watch it) will be done when Spring season begins and Macross F begins.
Oh dear, i did mean "Kazuma" hehee.
As for Yamatoya, meh. When adapting shonen usually you dont have licence to get creative (unless you try filler) youre just there to translate the comic into animated form. Resume reads mailny from generic shonen which this is. What will make or break it for me is weither the direction and visuals can really make it entertaining.
Tsukishirou
2007-12-21, 18:36
Does anyone know where I can find art and images of this series? (manga)
evil-samurai
2007-12-22, 04:37
As in Scanlation, manga-rain (http://www.mangaupdates.com/groups.html?id=97) is currently working on the manga, 4 volumes have been translated so far, you can find them all on the Irc channel.
If you want Fan-art Have alook around deviantART they have quite a few sweet pics.
sapphire-pyro
2007-12-28, 00:31
Just read the manga, and I totally love it xD I can't wait for more scanlations and also for the anime! YAY! xD
Iron Maw
2008-01-11, 03:08
Website updated, http://www.souleater.tv/.
Character Design looks pretty close to Manga.
Yes they have managed to capture the style of the manga which is just awesome, also some voices have been announced and it's quite different from the Drama CD.
Chiaki Omigawa as Maka Alban
Kouki Uchiyama as Soul Eater
Mamoru Miyano as Death the Kid
Yumiko Kobayashi as Black Star
Akeno Watanabe as Liz Thompson
Kaori Nazuka as Tsubaki Nakatsukasa
Rikiya Koyama as Shinigami-sama
Mahou-X have also been quite busy on the manga scene, might catch up before the anime premieres hopefully.
sapphire-pyro
2008-01-12, 08:42
The anime art is indeed close to the manga art . . . but for some reason I like the manga art better ^^;
Among the voice cast . . the only one I am familiar with is Mamoru Miyano . . . AND HE'S GONNA VOICE KIDD??? OMG!!!!! INTERESTING!!!!! Now I'm looking forward to see the aniem MUCH MORE xD
lol, wow...miyano mamoru and jun fukuyama are sure getting lots of attention lately...
by the way, I'm looking forward to Taku Iwasaki doing the soundtrack
by the way, I'm looking forward to Taku Iwasaki doing the soundtrack
Is that confirmed? On the website?
Is that confirmed? On the website?
Yes its on the website, I'm very sure ;)
You were right, my apologies if I caused any offense. Anyway I've really enjoyed the last 2 Iwasaki scores in Kekkaishi and Gurren Lagann (haven't watched Persona yet) so like you I'm looking forward to hearing his score.
Hrm, designs for the anime are pretty close but there's something that isn't quite right but I can't put my finger on it. Anyway, I hope the action sequences are animated well, there are some particularly sweet scenes from the manga like Liz (<3 <3 <3 <3 Liz) and Patty's first action sequence, that is cool in the manga and could be even better if they animated it well.
Bonta Kun
2008-02-02, 11:33
I'm one thats never fussed about how close a anime style sticks to the manga, as long as they capture the same kinda feel its all good.
Really looking forward to this and this may be my first time saying this but sooooo looking forward to Kidd's emoness, gotta be the greatest emo ever!!!:p
Kidd = awesomenesseseessesesss!!!
I think the designs are good, but the images on the official site look off... It's in the coloring.
sapphire-pyro
2008-02-08, 10:02
Really looking forward to this and this may be my first time saying this but sooooo looking forward to Kidd's emoness, gotta be the greatest emo ever!!!:p
Kidd = awesomenesseseessesesss!!!
Same same xD Extremely emo characters are usually annoying, but Kidd's emo style is just so freakin' adorable and amusing xD His scenes in the manga amused me to no end xD What if I see such scenes on screen and with a voice!!! OMG xD
April . . .what's taking you so long???? *_*
aardvark
2008-02-12, 20:49
Saw this on ANN:
The official Japanese website of the Soul Eater anime series has announced that each episode will air in two different versions: the regular Monday 6:00 p.m. version and a late-night "Soul Eater Late Show" version with added special footage. The dual broadcast of this supernatural action series is being billed as the "world's first evening and late-night resonance broadcast."
Wonder what they will add on the late night. More violence? More fanservice? Both?
Lets just say that Blair will be a lot more popular with late night only viewers than afternoon only. Props to Bones for doing this so we don't have to wait for dvds.
Bonta Kun
2008-02-12, 22:18
mmmmm.......Blair:naughty: as much as I will look forward to her, Kidds still the one I want see the most.
aardvark
2008-02-12, 22:45
I just read the first volume of the manga, and yeah I can see what stuff they might be leaving for a late night airing :heh:
When I saw it was airing at 5pm I gave up any hope of seeing Blair's assets animated but Bones to the rescue!
aardvark
2008-02-12, 23:03
When I saw it was airing at 5pm I gave up any hope of seeing Blair's assets animated but Bones to the rescue!
After the reading the first volume, it definitely feels like it was tailor made for Bones to animate in terms of style, even with all the fanservice (something the majority of Bones anime don't usually have)
And the Tim Burton-esque atmosphere and background art is awesome.
Nightengale
2008-02-13, 08:46
Soul Eater is all about the style. Honestly, remove the style from it, and it loses almost all its appeal.
Frankly speaking, Soul Eater is something that's probably more suitable for to be made by a western animation company/Disney/whatever, for it seems to be very exaggerating in their motions, which is something western animation tend to do well from the traditional Disney films like feel like Bollywood every time they go for a musical animation orgy, or the traditional basic Tom and Jerry. Japanese animation don't do that much.
Iron Maw
2008-02-21, 11:32
The official site has updated again, Blair, Stein and Death Scythe are upn now.
Topcowimagehitman21
2008-02-21, 12:00
looks like another good series I also love the artwork in it.
Wiki says the opening theme song will be sung by T.M.Revolution. T/F?
Wiki says the opening theme song will be sung by T.M.Revolution. T/F?
Yup. It's on the official site.
There's some minor info up on the staff blog. It seems like they'll be following the tankouban--episode 3 is Kid and the Thompson sisters and episode 4 is the lead characters together for the first time.
Oh nice I was wondering if they were going to include those 3 chapters or start it from Extra Lessons.
duckroll
2008-03-04, 12:38
50-52 episodes. Like FMA, it's slated to run for a full year.
Bonta Kun
2008-03-04, 13:18
50-52 episodes. Like FMA, it's slated to run for a full year.
wow really...thats a big surprise but an extremely welcome one:D
I really can't wait for this series, Death the Kidd is one of my fav characters right up there with Sousuke from Full Metal Panic and Sanji from One Piece!
bring on the emoness!:heh:
Article with screenshots from the first ep (http://dol.dengeki.com/data/news/2008/3/10/911bf3dae217305a78564ed67c3cc247.html)
I like it, very colorful :)
The official website has also gotten a substantial update, and there's information for the ending theme now.
Haohmaru
2008-03-10, 14:20
That looks pretty. I'm looking forward to a trailer. I want to see that in motion.
That looks great, they captured the style from the manga really nicely, I hope it looks good in motion though being from Bones I'm sure it does.
QBnoYouko
2008-03-12, 20:58
I'm looking forward to this one! I'm really interested in hearing Emiri as Blair, I'm sure that's gonna be a real treat.
50-52 episodes. Like FMA, it's slated to run for a full year.Hope that's true because ANN lists 13 episodes.
Kaioshin Sama
2008-03-12, 21:44
I heard T.M Revolution is doing the opening for this series. If it's anywhere near as good as Howling I'm going to have a new song on my playlist. :D
I'm looking forward to this one! I'm really interested in hearing Emiri as Blair, I'm sure that's gonna be a real treat.
Hope that's true because ANN lists 13 episodes.
That's number of episode titles (or time slots) available at the moment, not total number of episodes for the entire run of the show. People confuse episode titles and number of episodes from ANN. Don't worry there is certainly more than 13.
It's been known it will be 50 odd episodes since the first week of December.
TrueKnight
2008-03-14, 11:57
Heh... the manga is awesome. I hope they won't butcher Kid since he's my favourite. I wonder how they'll do a 50 episode run since the manga is still around vol. 10? Don't tell me they're gonna pull another FMA on us, the anime sucked badly compared from the manga. I like BONES because of their consistent animation, but I'm not too fond for what they've done with FMA.
Iron Maw
2008-03-14, 13:18
Article with screenshots from the first ep (http://dol.dengeki.com/data/news/2008/3/10/911bf3dae217305a78564ed67c3cc247.html)
I like it, very colorful :)
The official website has also gotten a substantial update, and there's information for the ending theme now.
That looks great! Now all we need is a trailer. >_>
BTW, Volume 11 has been released.
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/5238/11fa7.jpg
Which chapters does that cover? Chapter 42 was never released.
Iron Maw
2008-03-14, 15:48
Dunno, I got the image and info from another forum.
42 was released it's just that it was renamed 43 or something I think, for whatever reason. Alo here's hoping they introduce the the two new meisters at some point in the anime as well. The ones on the cover of volume 10 (i didn't include the third due to the fact if you read the raws... well you'll know won't you ;) )
42 was released it's just that it was renamed 43 or something I think, for whatever reason. Alo here's hoping they introduce the the two new meisters at some point in the anime as well. The ones on the cover of volume 10 (i didn't include the third due to the fact if you read the raws... well you'll know won't you ;) )
I dunno... that's a pretty big error to let slip through. You can still see the covers on the site, it jumps from 41 to 43. The numbers would have been corrected by now if that was the case.
Plus, it was never actually explained how Medusa suddenly came back other than saying she surrendered.
Iron Maw
2008-03-15, 09:36
I see. It's probably a mistake then about the release.
According to where I get the raws it said that Okubo did it intentionaly for some reason, there is no missing chapter.
According to where I get the raws it said that Okubo did it intentionaly for some reason, there is no missing chapter.
Yet. That's why I was expecting it to appear in volume 11. At the very least, there should be an explanation why there isn't one.
Also is it true that their will two diffrent versions of soul eater one broadcasted at 6pm and another one later for the fanservice content?
Yes there will be two versions and the late night one is also probably for blood as well as fanservice. Soul Eater doesn't really contain "that" much fan service after the first volume, it still has quite a bit but the most you will see is during Blair's first few episodes.
I know the normal version will be at 6pm but what time will the uncut version be on? Because i want to get an idea as to when the raws will be uploaded
I know the normal version will be at 6pm but what time will the uncut version be on? Because i want to get an idea as to when the raws will be uploaded
The earliest broadcast will be Fridays @ 2:15 AM.
Firday the 4th of april or friday the 11th of april?
11th
Keep in mind the affiliates have different broadcast times for the late-night show, so that's just for the Tokyo channel.
Well depends on how badly i want to see an episode but i know i'll be watching the first version when it first broadcasts on the 7th
Haohmaru
2008-03-15, 19:07
ok this is really confusing. Zoe says 11th and one post later it's the 7th? The official site does say 7th.
ok this is really confusing. Zoe says 11th and one post later it's the 7th? The official site does say 7th.
There are two different versions of each episode being produced. The "normal" one airs earlier in the week, the "late night" one airs later.
Haohmaru
2008-03-15, 19:47
My bad. I thought they were aired in the same day. One just earlier than the other one. So it's a 4 day wait for the uncut version. That blows.
4 days is a heck of a lot better than waiting months for the dvd version, it's not like Bones had to set up two screenings in the first place.
Trailer's online :
http://www.souleater.tv/movie/index.html
Soul sounds a lot older than I imagined him to be (was like wtf when he first talked) but aside from that it looks awesome and Bones have captured the style of the manga really well.
Maka's voice is really unique... it will take some getting used to.
darkchibi07
2008-03-18, 09:15
/me joygasms over trailer
I'm anticipating that this going to be pretty big! :p
Finally a trailer. Yipeee!!!!!!
Can't wait for this to start. Loved the music. :D
ochibi77
2008-03-18, 09:21
I want that trailer XD
Maybe it'll turn up again once the site has all its content up. The joy of that trailer was short-lived. :sad:
Actually the video is still online, you just need to use the direct link :
mms://norvallen.mediafactory.co.jp/pv/soulpv-mae.wmv
[edit] It's on youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5qXZIiIFz4
Probably shouldn't say more until the first episode is actually released, but it seems like they're already changing some things up (dropping hints?).
This line wasn't in the manga:
あいつの魂はもう鬼神の卵だ。人間じゃない。
Edit:
Actually, they're setting up the villain right from the start.
Oh nice, I just noticed that Maaya Sakamoto was listed to be Chrona.
The trailer looks really good. Apart from its unique style, I really disliked the manga (it took me a month to get through three volumes). However, it looks like with the right production staff and animation company, they can definitely translate and improve on the original a lot. Iwasaki Taku's music sounds awesome! ;) However, Maka's voice sounds weird and Soul Eater's was waaay deeper than I expected.
To follow up on flou's comments;
Happy with the seiyuus I heard, Makka sounds cute (geneually cute at that, which for me, Is rare).
Damn, soul's voice is deep! I was expecting something more traditional like Souichiro Hoshi's at the lowest or Romi Park's boyish inflections actually.
The art direction goes good with the character design, although really niether really impress or excite me. (more the manga's fault then anything else)
TakuIwa's Music sounds really cool
TakuIgura is seems like a good visual director based of off the better Ouran episodes, plus it looks like some of Bones's good movers are on the show.
The whole resonance gimmick of simoultaneous teatime and late niight showings is very interesting although what will probably end up happening is more violence and looks at Blair's hotness i suppose.
Overall; it looks hopelessly generic but the acousitcs sound better then average and Bones is animating it, so at least it'll look and sound pretty (and really thats all that counts:p)
It'll be nice to veg out to every middle of the week. I wonder how long it'll run though.
Hell yes that was fantastic, amazing animation as expected of bones and the voice acting sounds great, whilst soul sounds older than i expected he still sounds badass, and the music sounds great too as expected of Taku Iwa although if watch the the youtube video at about two minuites into it the music that sounds like a warped flute sounds very similar to a peice he did in gurren lagann last year.
Okay after watching the trailer about ten times I have to say I actually like Soul's voice now, it's definitely not anything close to what I imagined it to be.. but it's pretty good and I'm sure manga readers will get over it after the first 5 episodes... I would say 3 episodes but manga readers should know what will be shown in episodes 2 and 3...
BearShare
2008-03-18, 23:14
I'm probably never going to get tired of watching the trailer. Trailer looks awesome even if it's in youtube quality.
Oh nice, I just noticed that Maaya Sakamoto was listed to be Chrona.
Not only that, look who her mum's VA is <3 (according to wiki at least)
And Blair! (w00t, Kagami!) :D
Its not symmetrical dammit! **emo emo**
XD
VA list is damn scary, I know and like almost all the VA's previous role.. Now I wished the Sekirei's VA got the same treatment at least for the 4 leading roles XD
Iron Maw
2008-03-18, 23:34
The trailer was fantastic, it's really great to see BONES caputure Soul Eaters' style so well. Hopefully the show well stick to the Manga as much as it can. Soundtrack sounds like it's going to be a hit too.
Oh nice, I just noticed that Maaya Sakamoto was listed to be Chrona.
Yeah, most of the cast up on ANN, though they took down Patty's for some reason.:uhoh:
I can't wait hear how Eruka, Asuna and Free sound like. Wakimoto would be so badass for Free.
It'll be nice to veg out to every middle of the week. I wonder how long it'll run though.
It's suppose to run for a full year.
I'm probably never going to get tired of watching the trailer. Trailer looks awesome even if it's in youtube quality.
I've watched it like 5 times now.<_<
Wonder if we could force ourselves up for a subforum, unlike DGrayman that stuck with a single thread.. That would sux :(
At least the fighting animation in the trailer is imba enough to make some gif of it later ^.^
Aside from Macross Frontier I don't see anything else from the upcoming season having a better chance of getting a subforum than Soul Eater.
I like Black Star's voice. Totally getting a Laharl vibe off of him XD
I just want to hear Kuwashima Houko's Medusa!
BearShare
2008-03-19, 00:30
We just need to spam in the Soul Eater thread at every chance we get.
When exactly is this airing? Date specific.
EDIT: nvm, it's airing on the 7th.
Zoe how much of the manga have you read btw? When do you expect the plot to diverge from the manga ala FMA? I'm guessing all the scanlated stuff (chapter 22) will definitely be safe from being changed.
BearShare
2008-03-19, 00:39
Well it's up to volume 11 in Japan.
I'm thinking after the current story arc (which is being curently translated) is where the anime will probably split off from the manga altohugh i expect some things in the current arc will be changed like the greed arc was changed a large amount in FMA. I have a bit of a feeling that medusa may not come back after being 'killed' although she may come back with a smaller role than she currently has in the manga and i don't think the current villan, the spider witch (i don't know her name) may not appear at all but rather the anime is going to focus more on Asura and possibly introduce some new villans major or minor
Zoe how much of the manga have you read btw? When do you expect the plot to diverge from the manga ala FMA? I'm guessing all the scanlated stuff (chapter 22) will definitely be safe from being changed.
I'm current (waiting for 47). I agree with Terrus. It's either going to end or diverge with the current arc. Plus, if they go any further than that, then there's a whole slew of new characters that will have to be introduced.
It's more likely to diverge rather than stop though cause we still need a proper resolution for something that happens really early in the manga.
sapphire-pyro
2008-03-19, 09:18
I saw the trailer and has expected, IT"S SO DAMN AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
Great choice of voice cast too! ^_^ Soul's voice was too deep though. I was expecting his voice to be more boyish ^^; But I'll get used to it soon :) Maka's voice, I expected it to be the squeeky little girly one, but no! It was also a matured one but it fits her so fine :) Oh yes! And Black Star's voice fits him PERFECTLY! And as for Kidd's voice . . .SEXY AS EVER!!!!!!!!!!! xD
Like many have mentioned, music and animation's totally great :) I HAVE FAITH IN BONES IN MAKING THIS AN AWESOME SERIES!!!!
I love the manga . . .I want the anime . .NOW!!! xD What is takign April 7 so long???? xD
Oh, hopefully, this will indeed get its own subforum . . .IT DESERVES IT!!!! :) Soul Eater fans unite! xD Hehe
Loran Kira
2008-03-19, 13:25
Sooo, is this going to be a really long series? Like Bleach?
Sooo, is this going to be a really long series? Like Bleach?
No, expect it to turn out like FMA.
SkoolRumble4Ya
2008-03-19, 14:08
This show looks a promising series. I will definitely try this one out.
Loran Kira
2008-03-19, 14:09
Well 50 is good enough.
Is this definitely fifty episodes?
I heard it was 26, and that makes much more sense.
Puzzle_Pieces
2008-03-19, 16:50
Man, the trailer is badass. I just keep on replaying it ove and over again. Now I'm even more pumped up to see this anime when it comes out. As expected from Bones, the animation and music are excellent, and also very fitting for the series. Soul's voice surprised me the first time I heard it, but after listening to it repeatedly I've gotten used to it. The seiyuus for Maka and co. fits them all perfectly. And leave it to BONES for making the fighting scenes look awesome.
duckroll
2008-03-19, 17:54
Is this definitely fifty episodes?
I heard it was 26, and that makes much more sense.
Yes, it's 50 eps. You heard wrong.
The people on 4chan are saying it's 13 for some reason.
Puzzle_Pieces
2008-03-19, 18:27
I think that maybe it's because there are 13 episodes listed on Anime News Network. But, it's definitely 50 eps.
Edit: Nevermind, Scab explained why.
The people on 4chan are saying it's 13 for some reason.
Shows are normally scheduled one cour at a time, i.e. 13 weeks. This has nothing to do with their full length, though it's constantly confused for it. Hence why ANN has 13 episode titles listed right now.
It seems to be planned for four cours, so 52 episodes is a good guess.
It could be anything in the 49 to 52 range, a forced recap episode could push it up from it's planned 50 episodes to 51 etc.
TrueKnight
2008-03-20, 00:42
The trailer's surprisingly awesome, very good animation, as expected from BONES. I'm surprised at Soul's voice, it's deep, and I like it. Agree with the previous poster that Maka's voice would take a while to get used to. Black Star is what I expected, a Naruto style voice. While Kidd is the emo badass that we've always knew, maybe his VA would retain Kidd's cool headedness from Light (Death Note) and Setsuna (Gundam 00), while his wimpy and wussy attitude from Aoba (Tokimeki) seeing they all shared the same VA.
Wow, they already introduced the main villain right from the start / trailer?
Edit: wait when I saw the trailer again, I just realized that they give little screentime on Blair...damn thats blasphemy.
Yeah hardly any Blair and no Medusa :(
Blair = Kaagami Hiragii from LS
Medusa = Clare from Claymore.
sapphire-pyro
2008-03-20, 08:54
Medusa = Clare from Claymore.
Wow! I didn't know that xD
So cool that some of Soul Eater's voice cast had voiced some famous characters :)
I TOTALLY CAN'T WAIT FOR KIDD!!!! Awesome character + awesome voice = Absolute awesomeness!!!!
Heheheh :D
Concerning what I said about them introducing, new villans there may be at least two new ones at 2:08 and 2:13 into the trailer, i can't recall seeing the guy in the red mask although he may of been in the manga and the character in black may be a redseign of the witch from Kidd and the thompson sisters intro chapter.
skyablaze
2008-03-21, 20:02
Holy crap just finished watching the trailer and this anime looks to freaking good any one know where I can find the manga.
Concerning what I said about them introducing, new villans there may be at least two new ones at 2:08 and 2:13 into the trailer, i can't recall seeing the guy in the red mask although he may of been in the manga and the character in black may be a redseign of the witch from Kidd and the thompson sisters intro chapter.
I'm pretty sure the mask guy is Lupin.
And the guys eating souls are from Black Star's chapter.
Iron Maw
2008-03-21, 21:09
Concerning what I said about them introducing, new villans there may be at least two new ones at 2:08 and 2:13 into the trailer, i can't recall seeing the guy in the red mask although he may of been in the manga and the character in black may be a redseign of the witch from Kidd and the thompson sisters intro chapter.
Those guys, are in the Manga. The red masked guy is Lupin the Thief who was killed by Kidd in the first chapter, the other person just a symbolic generic witch that was in Maka's chapter and isn't an actual character.
sapphire-pyro
2008-03-22, 01:14
Concerning what I said about them introducing, new villans there may be at least two new ones at 2:08 and 2:13 into the trailer, i can't recall seeing the guy in the red mask although he may of been in the manga and the character in black may be a redseign of the witch from Kidd and the thompson sisters intro chapter.
Like what Zoe and Iron Maw said, I agree that those were actually from the manga ^^; So no new villains at the moment.
But I think there are and will be some anime extras. Like the girl being chased at the trailer. I don't remember that from the manga xD Hehe.
Yeah i had a feeling that i saw Lupin before, also i don't rember the mafia guys wearing masks eating souls in Black stars first chapter either so it does look like their making minor changes already.
I'm sure we will get the odd filler episode or two in the first half similar to FMA episodes 3 and 4 if I remember the right ones.
Yeah and at least one or two of the episodes will probably be recap episodes as well. But i'm not bothered by a couple of filler episodes, but if the series were to end with the current arc that is being scanlated it would kinda of annoy me unless they altered it quite a bit. Still if anything it looks like their going to be able to fit a chapter into an episode as the first three episodes will be the charcater intro chapters, and as the 'medusa' arc finishes at chapter 22 episode 22 will probably be where the anime breaks off from the manga.
I'm betting the Medusa arc will end around the 25/26 episode point since it will be the end of that cour and will also allow them to start the next arc with a new intro. Speaking of intros has there been any commercials with the T.M Revolution song playing in the background or any way to listen to a preview of it?
Well come monday there's only going to be two weeks before soul eater first airs so their may be an ad for the series soon but it'll probaly only be a few seconds long (what animes timeslot is the edited version of soul eater replacing?). As for a preview there may be one the website soon or perhaps not.
Speaking of intros has there been any commercials with the T.M Revolution song playing in the background or any way to listen to a preview of it?
One TV CM (http://www.dailymotion.com/manuloz/video/7992697). Thanks to Manuloz on the Manganimation forums as usual.
What I'm mostly looking forward to is seeing what kind of stylish animation BONES can come up with for the opening, though.
A few seconds is all I need, I just want to see what sound he's going with for the intro, I can't imagine a SEED/Destiny type intro for this series and if he was going to have a rockier edge he should've stayed in that abingdon boys school group which did the first OPS for Darker Than Black and D.Gray Man.
I believe that the edited version of Soul Eater is replacing some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, I think I asked this question on the first few pages of the thread... or maybe it was in AnimeOnDVDs thread for this.. whatever.
EDIT
Thanks for the link Katapan and thanks Manuloz if you're reading this.
Interesting CM with a few scenes not shown in the trailer I believe, the song sounds like a typical T.M Revolution song of the last few years. It could work, need to see the intro to really judge it though.
Makes me wonder what the first song in the trailer was :\
Insert song by Taku Iwasaki probably, he's been doing the odd hiphop style track in Kekkaishi (Mother -cker) and Gurren Lagann (Rap wa Kan + 5 thousand variations) and it looks he will throw in one here as well.
SE will take over the slot held by 4kids Ninja Turtles remake (no joke), interestingly it'll only be shown in the 6 biggest metro areas though.
My wonder is what will the subbers do with the uncut episodes, will they sub the edited versions as soon as they come out or wait for the uncut version later on in the week?
BearShare
2008-03-22, 19:24
I'm still trying to figure out which one I should watch.
I'm watching both initially to see what's the big deal but uncut is going to be the DVD version imo.
My wonder is what will the subbers do with the uncut episodes, will they sub the edited versions as soon as they come out or wait for the uncut version later on in the week?
There's such a gap between the two, that, as long as the show doesn't suck, you can bet that there will be groups for each showing.
Haohmaru
2008-03-22, 20:52
Or subbers could just do a v2 for the uncut episodes. It's not like the uncut episodes are going to ad a lot of text now is it?
MrProphet
2008-03-22, 21:51
Oh, god, this looks so generic shouneny...
Why, BONES, whyyyyy?!?
I am now very much torn. I usually try to watch all BONES series, but right now I keep hearing sirens in my head, urging me to stay away from this teenage GETSTRONGER-fest.
BTW, Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (the sound director) is a seriously cool dude. I watched a bunch on interviews with him on GITS:SAC dvds and he's great.
aardvark
2008-03-22, 21:59
Oh, god, this looks so generic shouneny...
Why, BONES, whyyyyy?!?
Not like it's their first time, they did FMA as well.
If you're waiting for what BONES really has in store for 2008, just wait for TAF next week :)
MrProphet
2008-03-22, 22:07
Not like it's their first time, they did FMA as well.
No, no, no, no, I remember the first PV for Fullmetal Alchemist quite well and it had none of this Gash Bell/One Piece vibe I'm getting from Soul Eater.
Shounen adventure has now become this terrible generic substract of boys' anime where everything adheres to the standards I'm already sick of. Just look to D.grey-man for proof.
If you're waiting for what BONES really has in store for 2008, just wait for TAF next week
Oh, I do believe in BONES. They had their missteps before. I don't love them any less for it. 8)
TrueKnight
2008-03-22, 22:10
I am now very much torn. I usually try to watch all BONES series, but right now I keep hearing sirens in my head, urging me to stay away from this teenage GETSTRONGER-fest.
I think this is some of the rather-decent shounen show. Eventhough it does fall into the quite generic 'getstronger-type'. But havent every show had been doing it?
Now I just hope that Bones stays TRULY FAITHFUL to the manga and won't butcher started from half the series like it did with FMA...
I can understand how you feel prof. but except for a few lone gems (like FMA) all shonen is the same old junk. Just because it's a "quality" type show with real substance doesn't mean it can't be enjoyable though. Bones more recent works, Skullman and DtB I found a bit lacking in substance then I'd hoped, but they were stylish and well excecuted and sometimes that's all you can hope for.
I just look at it as an equivalant to a saturday morning action cartoon (although American tv broadcasting S&P would flip at the content:p.)
Plus as far as im concerned most shonen is all about grandstanding and fights, with BONES, theres a much higher chance of fights actually being nicely and interestingly animated.
aardvark
2008-03-22, 22:24
No, no, no, no, I remember the first PV for Fullmetal Alchemist quite well and it had none of this Gash Bell/One Piece vibe I'm getting from Soul Eater.
Shounen adventure has now become this terrible generic substract of boys' anime where everything adheres to the standards I'm already sick of. Just look to D.grey-man for proof.
I won't disagree that it has generic shounen vibes, and having read the manga you're pretty much right. However, the manga isn't enjoyable for it's plot, but rather it's style and creative backgrounds and designs, and as the anime seems like it captures that very well, I'm looking forward to it. Plus, solid voice cast, music and a good staff, as well as a finite 50 episode run, i'd hardly say that it will end up as something as dreadful as D. Grey Man.
Oh, I do believe in BONES. They had their missteps before. I don't love them any less for it. 8)
That's the spirit!
Now I just hope that Bones stays TRULY FAITHFUL to the manga and won't butcher started from half the series like it did with FMA...
They can do whatever they want with the original plot really, it hardly matters.
Now I just hope that Bones stays TRULY FAITHFUL to the manga and won't butcher started from half the series like it did with FMA...
Butcher huh?
Aside from Kid's introduction chapter and the Kid/Black Star chapter, all of the fights have been tied into the plot. This isn't a MotW shonen, and there are plenty of chapters to keep it from becoming that.
MrProphet
2008-03-22, 22:45
Butcher huh?
Aside from the silly robo-Archer, I'd say BONES did a splendid job of making Fullmetal Alchemist something of their own and not just an adaptation of Arakawa.
I know a lot of people dislike the second part of the series, but I actually admired the adult feel of the series. I know that the manga used campiness to even out other terrible things, but I felt like FMA the anime was an altogether more wholesome, more purposeful creation.
I guess we'll see where Soul Eater goes. At least I can make an excuse that I'm watching it for Takehito Koyasu, if you know what I mean. 8)
I agree with MrProf. on FMA note (Aikawa really kicked ass as writer there)
Actually Zoe did point out a good point, the plot progression in the manga seems like something that would happen about two arcs later in a another shonen. They cut right to the chase in establishing the main focus.
ok i just watched the Tv CM and aside from noticing the sweet animation (probably by YutaNaka) i noticed two things
Resonance sounds like something from 10 years ago
Kohei Uchiyamda's Soul Eater sounds ALMOST COMPLETELY like Masakazu Morita's Ichigo
aardvark
2008-03-22, 23:16
ok i just watched the Tv CM and aside from noticing the sweet animation (probably by YutaNaka) i noticed two things
Hopefully Nakamura will be a regular appearance throughout this, unlike last year where he was completely absent from all Bones TV productions (cept that one ep of Skull Man and Ayakashi OVA) due to Stranger
Was the skullman ep 9? The fight in the last episode was by a freelancer named Naota Hosoda I believe.
So is that it? All the movers and shakers were busy with stranger? I had thought so, the last show that really got me visually by the studio was probably Eureka Seven or Kurau.
Ouran had some good work here and there as well too.
Yea I hope we at least get a show as good looking as FMA was, Itou is a nice character adaptor he really makes the characters his own in a way. I'm beggining to enjoy Norifumi Nakamura's interpretation of the world's set design. It makes it look like a children's story book.
aardvark
2008-03-22, 23:37
Was the skullman ep 9? The fight in the last episode was by a freelancer named Seiya Numata I believe.
So is that it? All the movers and shakers were busy with stranger? I had thought so, the last show that really got me visually by the studio was probably Eureka Seven or Kurau.
Ouran had some good work here and there as well too.
Yea I hope we at least get a show as good looking as FMA was, Itou is a nice character adaptor he really makes the characters his own in a way. I'm beggining to enjoy Norifumi Nakamura's interpretation of the world's set design. It makes it look like a children's story book.
That's wierd, I remember seeing his name in the credits for the final Skull Man ep, (and after checking it now, the sakuga wiki site doesn't list him there). Guess I was wrong. So I guess all he did last year was Ayakashi OVA 5 (which was awesome)
Anyways yeah, Stranger is supposed to be an animation wet dream, so it's no surprise all the big guns were working on it. Nakamura did a shit load of work on it as well.
Destinyblade
2008-03-22, 23:45
Now I just hope that Bones stays TRULY FAITHFUL to the manga and won't butcher started from half the series like it did with FMA...
I hate to break it to you, but from what I have seen and read, BONES does have a tendency to break away from the manga of their adaptations and add in their own material into a work. How much it deviates might depend on the director and/or script writer, but I think every BONES work that was originally from a manga has deviated at some point (Angelic Layer, FMA, etc.).
I expect they'll do the same with Soul Eater, seeing as how this is supposed to only go 50 some odd episodes like FMA and the manga isn't finished. Still, I would think they'd remain somewhat faithful to the manga, at least in the first half.
I remember reading an interview with BONES Producer Masahiko Minami, when he was asked about the episode length of anime. In that part, he mentioned that with more episodes, they can add in side stories and character development. This is something I have seen particularly in BONES works. FMA had quite a few episodes that were almost completely filler, with maybe one or two character or plot tie-ins. Then there's their original works, which usually have boatloads of side stories, or basically episodic type stuff.
That's not to say that's a bad thing, but I'm just pointing out that it's typical of BONES and I expect it to appear occassionally in this show as well.
Shounen adventure has now become this terrible generic substract of boys' anime where everything adheres to the standards I'm already sick of. Just look to D.grey-man for proof.
Yeah, it's a tad unfortunate that there aren't more well developed shounen type anime like Rurouni Kenshin and Fullmetal Alchemist. Those two are probably my most favorite anime series because they combine the shounen action and pacing with well developed characters and above average (or excellent) storylines.
Still, shounen anime tend to be the better sellers in the anime industry in North America, so even if most of them are too generic, they're still a necessity.
sapphire-pyro
2008-03-23, 00:12
I think BONES will do justice on Soul Eater :) Based on the previous shows it has worked on, most really turned out so awesome :) Ouran and FMA are some of their legends xD
Very likely they'll change some of the storyline and add a few fillers and make a different ending. I totally don't mind, since they turn out okay. :)
Except for the ending I guess. I didn't appreciate the endings they made for FMA, Ouran, and DtB >_> I love those anime, but their endings, to me, made me: o_O duh . . .
TrueKnight
2008-03-23, 00:32
I hate to break it to you, but from what I have seen and read, BONES does have a tendency to break away from the manga of their adaptations and add in their own material into a work. How much it deviates might depend on the director and/or script writer, but I think every BONES work that was originally from a manga has deviated at some point (Angelic Layer, FMA, etc.).
I expect they'll do the same with Soul Eater, seeing as how this is supposed to only go 50 some odd episodes like FMA and the manga isn't finished. Still, I would think they'd remain somewhat faithful to the manga, at least in the first half.
I remember reading an interview with BONES Producer Masahiko Minami, when he was asked about the episode length of anime. In that part, he mentioned that with more episodes, they can add in side stories and character development. This is something I have seen particularly in BONES works. FMA had quite a few episodes that were almost completely filler, with maybe one or two character or plot tie-ins. Then there's their original works, which usually have boatloads of side stories, or basically episodic type stuff.
That's not to say that's a bad thing, but I'm just pointing out that it's typical of BONES and I expect it to appear occassionally in this show as well.
I think with FMA, was that when they finally decided to put it on anime, the manga was only a mere 2 years old. When they reached the first half and started the second of the tv series they're already catching up to the manga, and they: (i) just don't have enough materials to continue originating from the manga; so to compensate this they (ii) throwing up fillers; and finally (iii) add some stories that deviated from the original story from the manga.
With Soul Eater ("SE"), seeing that SE had already begun from 2003 till know, we have now around 11 Volumes when they decided to put it into a tv series. Just say that 1 volume would cover around 3 episodes, and that'll take 3 weeks. It means 33 weeks for 11 volumes (not consider the holidays). In 33 weeks the author could probably produce around 2 volumes or so. Then we could probably see the story stray off from the original around ep 41.
The materials are there, so I do think that BONES would remain spmewhat faithfull with SE than it did with FMA.
Note: I don't know if I'm quite right with the series calculation, if anyone had a better forecast, please add.
Oh, god, this looks so generic shouneny...
Why, BONES, whyyyyy?!?
For the money that it will generate.
If this becomes another Bleach, just imaging the money it will rake in for them.
Note: I don't know if I'm quite right with the series calculation, if anyone had a better forecast, please add.
We're at chapter 47 right now. If we assume a 1:1 ratio and that the current arc will wrap up nicely, that's more than enough to fill 50ish episodes in time.
1:1 is a very poor ratio ._.
Current Naruto anime now running at 1:1, Believe me, it sucks so hard I even go on hiatus again, and still didnt plan to continue yet -.-
Yes but a Naruto chapter is 20 pages in length while a Soul Eater chapter is between 40-50 pages long. The first 3 episodes which are confirmed to follow the 3 one shot chapters are 40-48 pages long. The first chapter which is 66 pages long and looks like being episode 4.
So most chapters will end up being an entire episode except for action heavy ones unless they pad out the fight scenes. For instance the current scanlated arc Fight to the Death Part 1-7 I very much doubt will take up 7 episodes, more like 4.
Expect a few filler episodes at first like FMA eps 3+4 as well as some padding at times but I expect chapter 22 will be episode 24, 25 or 26 in the anime. Anyway my point is that a 1:1 ratio is not very poor for this manga since 47 chapters of Soul Eater are the equivalent of 94 of most SJ manga and that's not counting the 3 one shot stories which will be the first 3 episodes.
Speaking of Bones, I want them to do Superior as their next manga adaption, looks like their next "big" project is Zamudo though, looking forward to seeing that revealed sometime this year hopefully.
ZODDGUTS
2008-03-23, 08:35
There was only what? only 7 or 8 volumes of FMA when Fullmetal Alchemist anime started but with Soul Eater there's currently 11 volumes (11th volume soon to be out) so there shouldn't be the same amount of filler episodes that Fullmetal Alchemist had. By the time the first season ends vol 12 should be out. So they should have enough material for the entire 2nd season not to be mostly filler material like FMA was probably the last 13 episodes will be original and have it's own ending.
SquirrelLuvsPnut
2008-03-23, 09:41
Man, the show hasn';t even aired yet and people are already bitching. C'mon guy's, it's Soul Eater + anime. What's there to complain about?
I love the manga, anime looks awesome, really good adaptation... only the CG sun (?) looks a little weird. Oh well.
Don't know why the voices don't really get to me, too eccentric compared to how I felt they sounded in the manga.
Heh, I wonder how long it will be before we see cosplayers (http://www.bones.co.jp/souleater_yota/archives/000465.html).
sapphire-pyro
2008-03-24, 05:05
Cool! There are already clothes for cosplay xD Hehe
I would like to see a Kidd one :) hehe
Iron Maw
2008-03-24, 14:31
One TV CM (http://www.dailymotion.com/manuloz/video/7992697). Thanks to Manuloz on the Manganimation forums as usual.
What I'm mostly looking forward to is seeing what kind of stylish animation BONES can come up with for the opening, though.
Sounds like something out of GS/GSD to me.:uhoh: Guess we will need hear the whole thing before any final judgements are made.
Heh, I wonder how long it will be before we see cosplayers (http://www.bones.co.jp/souleater_yota/archives/000465.html).
Looks rather nice, but what I'm wondering is why manga scans up on the walls.
BearShare
2008-03-24, 18:54
Bleh, the insert songs sound a lot better than the OP for me.
Looks rather nice, but what I'm wondering is why manga scans up on the walls.
I'm not sure exactly what's going on, but it's some kind of anime "museum."
Even if the OP isn't any good there's going to be another three OP and ED's as FMA and E7 had.
If the op sucks I'll just skip it and hope for a good one in 12 weeks time, this is hardly going to be an aquarion where I keep watching for 6 weeks because of the OP.
This is kinda aside from the topic but when an anime is listed as airing at 25:00 JST does it mean 01:00 AM UST? It's just that I need to know because there are other anime that I plan to watch this season that are going to be on about this time.
Also here's a link to STANCE PUNKS performance of the 6th Naruto OP if anyone wants to get an idea of what the first ED will sound like
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pec3o221CFQ
Iron Maw
2008-03-25, 11:01
You can find more music from the band here:
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=STANCE+PUNKS&search_type=
This is kinda aside from the topic but when an anime is listed as airing at 25:00 JST does it mean 01:00 AM UST? It's just that I need to know because there are other anime that I plan to watch this season that are going to be on about this time.
Yes. It's just to avoid confusion on what day it actually falls on.
You know after doing Sword of the srtranger and Soul Eater wich is Bones's third 50 ep series, it's a wonder were Bones get's it's money from and is still able to keep up quality animation and music.
I wonder on this even more after the announcment of Bones next series Bonen no Xamdou
http://zip.4chan.org/a/src/1206609606726.jpg
the pre realease website is now up and more details are going to be announced on the the 10th of April. The project is coming from the people who worked on FMA and Eureka 7 (and it looks like Kenichi Yoshida will be doing the CD as well) so we can expect yet another 50ep series although i doubt this will air until after Soul Eater has ended.
aardvark
2008-03-27, 05:51
You know after doing Sword of the srtranger and Soul Eater wich is Bones's third 50 ep series, it's a wonder were Bones get's it's money from and is still able to keep up quality animation and music.
I wonder on this even more after the announcment of Bones next series Bonen no Xamdou
http://zip.4chan.org/a/src/1206609606726.jpg
the pre realease website is now up and more details are going to be announced on the the 10th of April. The project is coming from the people who worked on FMA and Eureka 7 (and it looks like Kenichi Yoshida will be doing the CD as well) so we can expect yet another 50ep series although i doubt this will air until after Soul Eater has ended.
I doubt Xamdou is more than 26 episodes
I doubt Xamdou is more than 26 episodes
I just assumed with the teams of FMA and E7 and all, but still i'd be happy with a 26ep bones series after soul eater has aired.
I have no idea what the rest of TAF looks like, but Soul Eater's getting some good promotion (http://www.bones.co.jp/souleater_yota/archives/000470.html#more) :D
I would suppose most of their money came from the DVD sales of shows, but FMA was a big cashcow so, they probably are at least fairly stable as a company. I just hope they dont get to be another cartoon factory.
It'll be nice to make some more money for the studio, they could actually make ad dollars on the teatime broadcast and the light night airing is double pimpage for hardcore fans to buy dvds, seems like a win to me.
Duckroll posted some interesting information on the structure of Bones in the AnimeOnDVD thread for Bonen no Xamdou after he had to correct my limited knowledge on them.
Internally BONES has divided themselves into Studios A to C. It's unclear exactly how this division works, since main project staff move around quite a bit between the internal studios.
In 2007, A Studio worked on the Ayakashi Ayashi OVAs, B Studio worked on Skullman (and possibly Sword of the Stranger, but I can't confirm that), and C Studio worked on Darker than BLACK.
Currently C Studio is working on Soul Eater, and it is very likely that B Studio is working on Xamdou. What's A Studio working on then? Possibly a Eureka Seven movie, since I've heard credible rumors about that for months now. We'll just have to see how it pans out.
Darker Than Black was nicely animated and I'm sure that Soul Eater has a bigger budget considering Bones wants this to be a hit.
Darker Than Black was nicely animated and I'm sure that Soul Eater has a bigger budget considering Bones wants this to be a hit
Well Soul Eater could be Bones next Cashcow, but how popular is Soul Eater? I know that it must of gained some popularity after FMA was aired because more people probably picked up Comic Gangan and in the process got interested in Soul Eater. Bones proabably picked up SE to appeal to the FMA/SE fanbase as well, after all Bones have made a lot of money out of their past two 50ep Series so I doubt this will be any diffrent, it's just that I don't think this may neccasarly have the same size audience as FMA and E7, but then again I suppose people said the same thing about FMA when it was first announced it would be made into an anime.
Also does anyone know how Sword of the Stranger did on the Japanese box office and if it's out on DVD how is it fairing in Sales?
I take it this is Omigawa's debut? A lead role to start with, huh?
Her voice caught my attention nicely in the trailer.
sapphire-pyro
2008-03-28, 07:48
I sure wish Soul Eater will become popular, so that merchandise of it will eventually reach my country xD Like with FMA :D
I have no idea what the rest of TAF looks like, but Soul Eater's getting some good promotion (http://www.bones.co.jp/souleater_yota/archives/000470.html#more) :D
WWWOOOOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!!!
And there's a Kidd cosplayer! Wheee xD
I sure wish Soul Eater will become popular, so that merchandise of it will eventually reach my country xD Like with FMA
Agreed, here's hoping that the manga get's licensed.
Xanithor
2008-03-28, 20:26
Looks like this is gonna be good. Would be nice if this got liscenced, then I'd might be able to get my hands on some merchandise. The trailer looks nice, and also, xD at Light voicing Kidd.
kimchipride
2008-03-29, 18:55
Soul Eater has big shoes to fill...
The trailer was already awesome.
Go Bones! Their fight scenes are amazing and their anime has great humor
A different trailer is being shown at TAF:
http://www.youtube.com/user/sakiwe
I spy episode 6 or so :D
TrueKnight
2008-03-30, 00:58
A different trailer is being shown at TAF:
http://www.youtube.com/user/sakiwe
I spy episode 6 or so
Seems like episode 5-6 will be,
the gang againts Sid.
Seems like episode 5-6 will be,
the gang againts Sid.
Episode 4 is definitely the start of the actual story. It all depends on what kind of pace they want to take after that.
The shots I'm speaking of are from the third chapter.
Here's a link to a small trailer for Bounen no Xamdou with a tiny peice of soul eater at the end ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoV2bl59m4E
Animation looks fantastic and it looks like this is going to be kinda like gyver, biological weapons and all that. Certainly something to enjoy once SE has finished or perhaps along side it depending on what season this airs in.
duckroll
2008-03-30, 11:38
There's a thread for Xamdou you know... we're already talking about it.
Thanks for telling me, I didn't know, I just thought I would post it on here as it was bones at it had a a little bit of SE in it as well :P.
First to announce that we have one week left until Soul eater airs XD.
RyougaElliot
2008-03-31, 20:43
Woh, that's one pretty promo. I wasn't at all interested in this until I heard Bones was on it. The name just seemed so generic, but I'll be damned if this series doesn't have wicked style!
seems interesting..
but I'm still kinda freaked out by these creatures #_#
they for some reason remind me of dolphins, but when i say dolphins i mean genetically modified mutant dolphins with pointy head dolphins #__#
Uh, just to let you know there's a Bonen no Xamadou thread now @_@.
sapphire-pyro
2008-04-01, 08:39
A different trailer is being shown at TAF:
http://www.youtube.com/user/sakiwe
I can't find it :(
http://www.youtube.com/user/sakiwe
Well there's only three videos i can find and aside from three 1 second clips of Black star and Soul there's not much new about them unless I am missing the one Zoe talked about somehow :S
RyougaElliot
2008-04-01, 13:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUPjtddrQZ4
Look a little bit harder guys. ^_^
Here's Random Curiosity Spring preview for 2008
http://randomc.animeblogger.net/2008/03/31/spring-2008-preview/
I started visiting this site last spring season when they were blogging GL and DTB, hopefully they'll blog Soul Eater as well but just because they have said that the chance they will blog it is good doesn't mean that they will blog the series. What seems to happen is that they blog the first episode and if they like it they usually stick with it, usually 4 to 6 shows are blogged each season (sometimes less) however i'm hoping that they will and it seems likely as one of the bloggers covered Ouran and seeing as Soul Eater has almost the same crew and two of it's seiyus, chances seem pretty high.
Also it looks as if they will only blog the cut version of the show but according to the blog it says that the uncut version will be on three days later meaning thursday but i had orginally thought it was Friday.
Well there's only three videos i can find and aside from three 1 second clips of Black star and Soul there's not much new about them unless I am missing the one Zoe talked about somehow :S
Yeah, it's just those small clips + the theme song that are new.
duckroll
2008-04-01, 14:48
Also it looks as if they will only blog the cut version of the show but according to the blog it says that the uncut version will be on three days later meaning thursday but i had orginally thought it was Friday.
It's Thursday night at 2 AM, so that kinda counts as Friday too. That might be where the confusion comes from.
The first uncut showing will air on 4/11 at 2:15 AM.
Just watched the trailer and it really look good! especially the fight scenes which caught my attention, definitely going on my to watch list
Well Soul Eater could be Bones next Cashcow, but how popular is Soul Eater?
Also does anyone know how Sword of the Stranger did on the Japanese box office and if it's out on DVD how is it fairing in Sales?
This weeks manga rankings from Japan volume #11 came in at #6
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-02/japanese-comic-ranking-march-25-31
Will probably exit next week, also friggin Nodame is a beast, last 3 weeks has been #1, #1 and #3.
Interesting, that means the ranking actually went up since it was released the same day as FMA.
Oh I didn't even notice that, guess the hype for the anime is helping out but I do find it a bit strange that it couldn't brake into the top ten last week... I remember going back through every manga release week on ANN until I got to last year and I'm pretty sure Vol 10 was around #7 or #8 the week it came out.
Well Soul Eater had to be popular to a certain extent to be made into an anime (usually a manga has to have at least 5 or more volumes worth of material before it is adapted) but then again I could be wrong :X. Gonzo adapted Pumpkin scissors when it was about 5 volumes into the series despite being published in a not-quite popular magazine (from looking at the magazine pumpkin scissors is published in it seems it's mostly made of low quality art manga, not that this makes it bad at all) However it was because of this that PS had so much filler and why it seems that most manga usually get adapted at 8 to 9 volumes like FMA and Soul Eater and Bamboo Blade as well (that's publsihed in gangan as well isn't it?). I expect most likely that we'll probably see a Fairy tail manga sometime in the future as well, also wasn't there a rumor that 666 satan was going to be made into an anime or did that come from another rumor about Bones adapting another Gangan manga and it turned out to be SE?
What's going on here people? it's now less than a day to go until SE airs and yet this thread has been dead for four days now.
It's the calm before the storm ;)
TrueKnight
2008-04-06, 06:42
Dude, it's no wonder Soul Eater currently gets little attention. You got new promising shows like Code Geass R2 and Macross Frontier, To-LoveRU and the newly surprisingly good Tower of Druaga out there already grabbing the the audience. D:
Hopefully when Soul Eater kicks in it'll grab a decent portion of the audience as well.
Well I've kept clear of Code Geass threads due to spoilers and Macross Frontier's first episode was just the same one as the episode that aired at the end of 2007 excpet with minor diffrences .To-LoveRU is terrible, the only thing it's got going for it is ecchi scenes and that's it and as for tower of Druga i had heard about that being suprisingly good as i read a review about it on a blog and was suprised to find about it being a comedy.
It's the calm before the storm ;)
That's right :cool:
sapphire-pyro
2008-04-06, 12:14
OMG! Soul Eater is tomorrow! I'm so excited! This thread will be alive again for sure once it's out xD
Dude, it's no wonder Soul Eater currently gets little attention. You got new promising shows like Code Geass R2 and Macross Frontier, To-LoveRU and the newly surprisingly good Tower of Druaga out there already grabbing the the audience. D:
Hopefully when Soul Eater kicks in it'll grab a decent portion of the audience as well.
I hope so too. Code Geass R2 and Macross F were tough competitions. If Tower of Drauga, a new series, was able to grab audience attention even if it aired on the same season as those two megapopular series, there's hope for Soul Eater :)
Wait . . To Love-Ru is also getting a lot of audiences? Oh terible! I don't wish for ecchi fanservice series to dominate this season >_>
does anyone know what time this airs tomorrow in Japan?
RyougaElliot
2008-04-06, 13:39
I'm far more excited about this series then many of the others, including Code Geass. For me, that's the equivalent of driving by a train wreck, but rather than avert your eyes, you can't help but look anyways. >.>
Ugh! Can't wait!
Really looking forward to the raw :D I'll be collecting the fansub of the late night version except for anime original episodes where I'll get both.
BearShare
2008-04-06, 13:50
I don't think I have enough disk space for a 50 episode series. :(
RyougaElliot
2008-04-06, 13:51
Then just download one at a time and delete them as you go. ^^
There will always be time to go back and download the whole series at a later date if you end up liking it.
deffusse
2008-04-06, 13:51
is there any airing schedule for this one? What time /day airs late night ver. of this show?:confused:
BearShare
2008-04-06, 13:52
It airs tomorrow and the uncut airs 3 days after the original I think.
is there any airing schedule for this one? What time /day airs late night ver. of this show?:confused:
The uncut version airs at 2:15 am on Friday.
Btw, if you want to know when a certain show airs in Japan, you should check this calendar: http://www.mahou.org/Showtime
I find it useful. :)
deffusse
2008-04-06, 14:16
thanx lot that's what I've been searching....:)
duckroll
2008-04-06, 20:45
You know, we don't really need a countdown, it really adds nothing to the thread. After it airs and people are watching it, there'll be discussion.
But countdowns are fun. Too bad we can't have a countdown clock. I'll be watching both versions.
Too bad we can't have a countdown clock.
Set your computer to Japan time and go to the official site (http://www.souleater.tv/top.html).
The uncut version airs at 2:15 am on Friday.
Btw, if you want to know when a certain show airs in Japan, you should check this calendar: http://www.mahou.org/Showtime
I find it useful. :)
Mmmm I'm missing your usual catch phrase here.
Let me see, was something like "It's gonna be the coolest series of the year"?
:P
one hour to go...
D a m i e n
2008-04-07, 03:06
there is going to be a cut and an uncut version for every eps.
i hope the subs will be be for the uncut version and that people will be able to show some patience.
Probably gonna see subs for both really, if anything the uncut will fall behind. I don't really see a lot of material in the manga that needs to be shown uncut aside from a few chapters, nothing as blatant as Blairs tits like the first episode. But I guess it depends on which groups are doing it.
D a m i e n
2008-04-07, 04:04
i dont really see what needs to be edited either but i hope we ll get the friday nights eps and not the monday ones :p.
i hope this serie will avoid the fanboyism that CG is getting atm :/
Its probably censored the blood more then fanservice tits IMO .. There arent much Blair scene to warrant 2 simultaneous(almost) episode per week IMO :D
aardvark
2008-04-07, 04:30
1st episode was great
OP and ED = awesome
Animation and fights = awesome
It was already pretty violent and the fanservice was definitely there. Makes me wonder just how much the Uncut airing will add.
Wow... the animation quality is amaging. But Maka's VA is poor.
ChibiGoku
2008-04-07, 04:34
...Well, I just watched the episode. Atleast TV-Tokyo didn't crop the series like I was expecting them to. Whenever they played the adds during Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003, the ads were cropped for some reason. Anyways, there was a good amount of blood during the opening scene, so something tells me the censorship was around Blair, although they did show her chest, but without any nipples. So I wonder what the extra footage will be about then... Especially given the content that they showed at 6:00pm... Also, it's rather a big change since the last two toyotic series that played during this slot. (TMNT 2003 Japanese Dub and Bakegyamon)
I really liked the Opening song, but the ending, was just mindless screaming... The animation, though I loved. The opening had some really top notch animation, without resorting to much static backgrounds, it was mainly full blown animation non-stop. One of the things that surprised me, was Bones kept consistant on the animation quality through the entire episode. There was alot of motion, and despite this, there was minimal short cuts used.
As for the episodes? I enjoyed it. A good mixture of comedy, action, and some rather unusual "style" to the series itself. I'm certainly going to keep on watching this.
duckroll
2008-04-07, 04:50
Great animation, great directing. The OP and ED both totally deliver on creative levels as I would expect from BONES. The only thing is, yeah, Maka's seiyuu blows. She has a few more eps before she has to face off with Maaya's character, so if she doesn't improve by then the fanbase will probably destroy any future she has in the industry. :(
sapphire-pyro
2008-04-07, 06:14
I am so excited *_* Drats I can't find it in nico . . . I wanna see it soon *_*
Does anyone here knew about keyholetv software? I wonder if tvtokyo are on its list .. if its there then I can watch it stream >_<
Found the OP (Resonance) on Yuotube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWel6ISqncA
HQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWel6ISqncA&fmt=18
Does anyone here knew about keyholetv software? I wonder if tvtokyo are on its list .. if its there then I can watch it stream >_<
it is, but it's unstable when there's a lot of people on. watching Code Geass r2 was a nightmare.:upset:
sapphire-pyro
2008-04-07, 07:13
Saw the OP and ED . . . .OMG THEY WERE AWESOME!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THE ART AND MUSIC!!!! OH SQUEE!!! I wish I could watch the raw . . .NOW!!!!!! xD
Some screenshots to share:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f277/jeanedwar/LiveJounal%202008/04%20April/seop01.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f277/jeanedwar/LiveJounal%202008/04%20April/seop02.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f277/jeanedwar/LiveJounal%202008/04%20April/seop03.jpg
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! xD
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f277/jeanedwar/LiveJounal%202008/04%20April/seed01.jpg
*faints*
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f277/jeanedwar/LiveJounal%202008/04%20April/seed02.jpg
Simply stunning
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f277/jeanedwar/LiveJounal%202008/04%20April/seed03.jpg
Soul running like a ninja is freakin' adorable xD
it is, but it's unstable when there's a lot of people on. watching Code Geass r2 was a nightmare.:upset:
Aha.. it is good then.. I'll just have to find which one is tvtokyo next week then.
I'm going to say it, Squeee XD. Man the Op and Ed are great enough and i have yet to see the raw, i have to say though i didn't think i'd like the Op but i did X) and the Ed was great too.
That op was awesome, not my fav song of the season (Kaiba has that atm) but as an overall package nothing comes close at the moment.
Is the ED up on youtube? I totally totally totally love the OP..
They even go nude Tsubaki for the transformation.. so cool =3
The Ed is on Veoh, can't wait to watch the raw and looking forward to the next OP's and ED's too and i'm interested at how diffrent the uncut version will be.
Also, WHERE'S OUR SUB-FORUM?
Is the ED up on youtube? I totally totally totally love the OP..
They even go nude Tsubaki for the transformation.. so cool =3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbbgjTl9ljw
and HQ (doesn't seem to work well)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbbgjTl9ljw&fmt=18
OMG ... The Op is awesome! O_O Medusa-sama... <3 ( I want to hear her voice.T^T)
sapphire-pyro
2008-04-07, 07:57
Also, WHERE'S OUR SUB-FORUM?
Hehe, I also think that we'll be needing a subforum soon . . .I mean REALLY SOON xD Hehe
^A Soul Eater subforum? Hehe ... Hehehehe ... *Evil laught* Yeah, we need one ... :D
At current rate this thread going? no chance :(
Unless theres more activity after the season's starts...
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