Aquarion EVOL - generic discussion thread

[bakAnki]

Originally Posted by Shinji103

Eh, I seriously doubt it, because then Kawamori is just copying the romance of first series; Amata and Mikono would just be Apollo and Silvia Ver. 2.0.

Besides, it's much more likely that Kagura is Apollo's reincarnation, from his appearance to Apollo's trademark "smeelling," as said in the trailer. (sounds rather...odd when you say it like that ) Plus, Kagura's own character profile on the main website makes hints towards Apollo.

We can already guess that in the end both of reincarnated characters of Apollonius and Celliane will remember their past life(s), but the story can still be interesting with what obstacles and twists will they have to and how they pass through before reaching to that end ^^

And like Key Board said, it could be that Apollonius and/or Celiane's soul are once again divided/reincarnated into two different people. Maybe Apollonius soul is reincarnated into Amata while Apollo's into Kagura ^^

[Chaos2Frozen]

Lol, I stand by my statement that the best thing about Aquarion was the original Opening theme song


Because after so many years they're still using it

[frubam]

Originally Posted by C.A.

Well the main message in Aquarion is 'love transcends time', its very likely it will always be a love story of Apolonius and Seliane.

I popped out the dvd to refresh myself, and upon watching it over again, it seems like Apollo was a completely different person at the end, as if he "merged" with his past self. Same with Silvia. But Apollo said that he hopes to meet her[Silvia] in another 12,000 years, so I'm not sure if that was simply the Apollonius side talking to the Celiane side(meaning only their memories would transcend time), or was that an Apollonius-influenced Apollo talking to a Celiane-influenced Silvia(meaning mainly Apollo's and Silvia's memories would be the ones to transcend).

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Lol, I stand by my statement that the best thing about Aquarion was the original Opening theme song

I thought most of the orchestrated tracks were pretty good; Pierre's Theme, Baron's Theme(at the end of ep 13?), the ending theme of ep 14(when Apollo returned), Rena's song, & Celiane's song(during the touching moment btw Apollo/Silvia in ep 24). They really manage to capture the mood of the scenes taking place and tug on my heartstrings/hype me up(depending on the type of scene[drama, comedy, action, whatever]).

[bakAnki]

Aquarion EVOL booth on C81


Song, why u no leaked soon! XD

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by bakAnki

Aquarion EVOL booth on C81


Song, why u no leaked soon! XD

Dangit, can't see that tapestry of Mikoto behind the statue...

Oh, right. The Aquarion Evol looks good too.

[ars89]

looks like a sleeker sol, but still good

[DragoonKain3]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Lol, I stand by my statement that the best thing about Aquarion was the original Opening theme song

Chalk me up too. I think I dropped Aquarion after they changed the OP, as I don't remember how it ended. (or it might just be my memory failing )

Kinda a let down though that the female lead ain't done by HanaKana. Got my hopes up when I watched that CM (there are only two VAs I can pick up by ear almost instantly: Laura Bailey and HanaKana), when only after further research did I find out HanaKana is voicing the green haired chick.

[EagleBlue]

Is it just me or does Aquarion EVOL have guns on top of it's feet?

[bakAnki]

EDIT: Looks like the song just available to choose at Joysound Karaoke. Hoping for someone with good voice to leak it soon XP

【NEWS】アクエリオンEVOLのOP「君の神話 ～アクエリオン第二章（歌: AKINO with bless4）」のカラオケ配信がJOYSOUNDにて本日よりスタート！放送前からぜひ歌って、そして踊 ってくださいね！

source: https://twitter.com/#!/AQevol/status/152601003089342464

[justpassingby]

From the Characters page

At first I like "Why the hell not?" and started to translate them. Then I saw the first 2 characters' description, and I went " Yeah...whatever" .
I think my translation for Andy is a bit off. No, I'm pretty sure it is wrong. All I can say is that

Spoiler for Characters:

Amata (Kaji Yuki)
A young lad who is a little weak-spirited, and easily trembled. But he strongly desired to become strong to protect someone.

Mikono (Kayano Ai)
Lacks self-confident and can't take a step forward. But usually she's a cheerful, charming girl.

Zessica (Hanazawa Kana)
An unyielding and mannish bishoujo. Having mood like a cat, she has a body like an adult, but still has
younger girl aspects on her.

Kagura (Uchiyama Kouki) <you like Houki's dance much?
Althea's military soldier with wild personality. Even for Mykage and Izumo, his temperaments are rough.
Wild and powerful, somewhere in him there are vestiges of Apollo from 12000 years ago...

Mykage (Nakamura Yuuichi)
Priest of Althea. Prefers beautiful things. He awakened from cold sleep since the beginning of the war.

Jin (Fukushima Jun)
Expert in Electronic Warfare and a hikikomori. He prefers isolation and the youngest juvenile in Althea.

Shrade (Namikawa Daisuke)
Due to his cool character and illness, while the others are training, he'll play piano in the music room alone.
His latent ability is top class in the academy.

Cayenne (Suzumura Kenichi) 奥様は?(ﾉ≧∀≦)ﾉ
Strong and reliable with good physique. He was a former marine.Though he has his clumsy side, normally his mind is occupied with surrounding.

Andy (Toriumi Kousuke)
An optimistic lad who wholeheartedly hole-digging in front of the opposite sex. Unshy mood maker.

MIX (Fujimura Ayumi)
Student Council President with good grades. A perfectionist who will bury holes if she sees them.

Sazanka (Nakajima Megumi) ランカイズラブ
Loves the coupling between beautiful men. A lively girl who likes to day dream.

Crea (???)
Mysterious belle.

Malloy (Satou Kensuke)
Looks flashy on the outside, but he is the most invigorating guy in Neo DEAVA and has many secret admirers(?)

Izumo (Yasumoto Hiroki)
The Supreme Commander of Althea. He's taking command for the revived Holy War at Althea which is on brink of destruction.

Donar (Suwabe Junichi)
Neo DEAVA instructor. Carrying out precise trainings, and trusted by the surrounding people.

Suomi (Kobayashi Sanae)
Neo DEAVA woman instructor. While she and Donar share many similarities, there are things which their views clash.

Andy and MIX is soo going to bond well

[bakAnki]

Thank you for translating

So they already subtly say that Kagura is Apollo's reincarnation? At least part of it?
And Sazanka/Megumi Nakajima character.... she's fujoushi?

Gahh, only 6 more days! I'll go crazy if they decide to troll us by not include the OP song on the 1 hour special premiere XD

[Katapan]

Dunno how long the video'll last, but AKINO performed the OP live on the special Anison Plus Live 2012 - it starts at the 5:44 mark (with a few distorted sounds at the beginning):

Of course she also sang Sousei no Aquarion before that one. :P

[bakAnki]

W000t!!!
I fall in love, beautiful song <3

But looks like Akino herself is having a hard time singing the song at that video, perhaps because of all the choreograph?

[Shinji103]

Dat song............

DAT SONG

5 days to go...........

By the way, has there been any word on how long EVOL is going to be? I'm betting on two cours, given Aquarion is a pretty popular title.

[bakAnki]

^stupidget post month ago said that Evol is confirmed for 2 cour

The OP/ED single wil be released on January 25th by the way. The track list

1．君の神話　～アクエリオン第二章　／「アクエリオンEVOL」オープニングテーマ
作詞:Gabriela Robin 作編曲：菅野よう子
2．月光シンフォニア　／「アクエリオンEVOL」エンディングテーマ
作詞:Gabriela Robin 作編曲：菅野よう子
3．君の神話　～アクエリオン第二章　（カラオケ）
4．月光シンフォニア　（カラオケ）

1. Kimi no Shinwa ~ Aquarion Dai Ni Shou (Your Legend ~ Aquarion Chapter 2) / Aquarion EVOL opening theme
Vocals: AKINO with bless4 | Lyrics: Gabriela Robin | Composition and Arrangement: Yoko Kanno
2. Gekkou Symphonia (Moonlight Symphonia) / ending theme
Vocals: AKINO and AIKI from bless4 | Lyrics: Gabriela Robin | Composition and Arrangement: Yoko Kanno
3. Kimi no Shinwa ~ Aquarion Dai Ni Shou (karaoke)
4. Gekkou Symphonia (karaoke)

And there's also live performance of the full song on Nico...

[frubam]

Originally Posted by bakAnki

W000t!!!
I fall in love, beautiful song <3

But looks like Akino herself is having a hard time singing the song at that video, perhaps because of all the choreograph?

I think it actually sounds more powerful that way =03. There's something to be said when you can feel the exuberance in her voice, which is something you can't quite get with just singing in a booth. I loved it (^,^)!

[bakAnki]

TV size (or "above-video size" ) lyric

Spoiler for Kimi no Shinwa~Aquarion Dai Ni Shou:

Osore! Living your life don't give up now keep moving on
Kimi wo dakishimeru nandomo nandomo nandomo

Ashita boku wa kimi ni deau darou
Wazukana hoshi akari wo tayori ni
Boku ni wa kimi ga wakaru yo wakaru yo
Sen oku no toki wo koe futari hiraku densetsu no tobira
Naraku no ao tobikoete kimi to hairi ni naru tame
Nagaki rinne wo kanashimi tsurete tabishite kitanda

Zenryoku de mikansei kimi no tonari de
Kawaita kokoro hodoke chi wo nagasu kedo
Soba ni iru yo zutto yori sotte zutto
Futari hikari no fune ni noru
Kaze no hajimari no oto kanade you

Aishiteru yo zutto futari hikari no fune ni noru
Kaze no hajimari no oto kanade you

[Shinji103]

Tomorrowtomorrowtomorrowtomorrowtomorrowtomorrowto mortomorrowrotomorrowtomorrowtomorrowtomorrowtomor rowtomorrowtomorrowtomorrowtomorrowtomorrowtomorro wtomorrow

[Aoi Toori]

even though I overslept, just watch half of it, and with that annoying language barrier, I really ENJOYED it very much! I mean the music! the battle! SOUSEI GATTAI!!!

and I love how a lot of seiyuus did a good job in this adaptation

+edit+

just watch the sub. man I really pumped up with this series and definitely my fav anime this season.

[stardrago]

So what happened do you know who piloted the other vectors or did Amata perform sousei gattai all by himself while Mikono was sitting on his lap?