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Originally Posted by Mint

I'd say there's no such thing as a canon ending.

Spoiler for about PoI endings, STAY AWAY unless you have played the game.:

Spoiler for Seriously, I mean it. Do NOT spoil this anime for you!:

Both the Ein and Drei ending are absolutely valid in their own right. In fact, personally I prefer the Drei ending, since it avoids the uber-cruel and incredibly bitter scene where Reiji is forced to kill the isolated and desperate Drei. "It makes sense that you won - since you had someone to protect. I, on the other hand, have nothing. Nothing at all". I won't forget that. Basically, this key part of the Ein path kinda invalidates the whole second book, which gives things a bit of a bad aftertaste to me. The resolution of the Drei path flowed a bit more natural, that's why I slightly prefer it. Now, going for a "draw" style Mio ending in the anime might feel like a cop-out ^_^; ... I doubt it.

Spoiler for about PoI endings, STAY AWAY unless you have played the game.:

I don't know about that, I mean I get what you're saying, but I think Elen's ending fit more soundly. I felt that she should have been the one to off SM after all he did to her, plus there was that epilogue. Well, everyone got an epilogue, but her's was longer, and had actual animation at the end, so I assumed that was the canon ending.

In the Drei ending, didn't Reiji get himself shot/stabbed on that one protecting Drei? I think I remember him saying that her and Elen shouldn't fight or something. I guess that does seem more plausible than the Elen ending, since I feel that he does love both Elen and Drei equally(imo). Well, I guess I have mixed feelings about those two endings

Also, I just met that the fight Drei and Elen have in the Mio ending should be somewhere in the story, but it doesn't necessarily have to be the Mio ending. Actually I like the music involved during that scene and the idea of those two facing each other head-to-head with their respective personalities(Elen's stoic and Drei's excitement),.

Originally Posted by stormy

Yuck.

Can't they pick anyone else besides Bee Fucking Train? Their pan shots of eyes is irritating, their aversion to blood despite violence is annoying and the preference of fluffy style over gritty realism sucks.

I love the game, hated the OVA. Now the TV series will rape the excellent story to perfection. There is no justice in this world, sometimes.

Just because they screwed up BotI doesn't mean they'll fail with this. As long as they don't use still images to show the ass-kicking and make it smooth, it won't fail.

Originally Posted by Fellini 8.5

By way of AnimeNation, a Japanese article with character design pics:
http://www.famitsu.com/anime/news/1220553_1558.html

I think the char style looks good. I love the Ein/Drei pic at the bottom; it looks badass. And they better bring back Omi Minami as Ein(they did it with the crappy OVA).