Character Discussion - C.C

[rinichan]

why would they reboot ?? they already continued with a new direction the akito way, and more behind the scenes...

[Lost Cause]

Originally Posted by rinichan

why would they reboot ?? they already continued with a new direction the akito way, and more behind the scenes...

Problem is though we don't know how Akito ends. So they might have to reboot R2 or whatever. The Akito storyline though might make a good jumping off point though.

[Aquaman OS]

Because R2 more or less killed any future conflict or development that might happen.

And while they could continue to make prequels, prequels are usually cheapened by the fact that the end results are predetermined. For example, in Akito, we already know they can't make any decent headway against Britannia, and if Suzaku ever gets involved he won't ever be defeated, because R2 has to happen as is. They'd probably like to move past that.

Plus it's the new thing to make a anime film based on mecha series that changes the story. Eva started it, Macross Frontier, Eureka 7 and Aquarion followed it. Now it's Geass's turn apparantly.

[Xander]

Originally Posted by Aquaman OS

Because R2 more or less killed any future conflict or development that might happen.

Hmmm..I don't really want to see any sequels to R2, to be honest, but they could simply skip forward ten or twenty or fifty years and so on. After all, Lelouch's plan was not about creating a permanent peace that will last until the end of time, so it's not very difficult to come up with a new source of conflict. I just don't have a lot of hopes for it.

And while they could continue to make prequels, prequels are usually cheapened by the fact that the end results are predetermined. For example, in Akito, we already know they can't make any decent headway against Britannia, and if Suzaku ever gets involved he won't ever be defeated, because R2 has to happen as is. They'd probably like to move past that.

That's certainly open to debate, but it doesn't really stop Sunrise from creating lots of side stories to the One Year War or even something like Gundam Unicorn, where you could argue nothing really matters to the universe as a whole since the events of F91 and Victory are still going to happen several decades down the road.

In the end, whether or not this is "cheap" depends on the viewer's expectations. I don't expect Akito to alter the large scheme of things, but that doesn't stop me from finding the exact details and specific developments involved to be interesting, especially since the European front is essentially a blank slate in most ways. The known "end results" are barely a rough outline, which this new story can at least partially re-interpret from a radically different point of view, considering all the existing gaps.

Likewise, we already know what will ultimately happen to old characters like Suzaku or C.C. but it's still nice to get a little more information that expands on their biographies, so to speak, since we never even got a glimpse into C.C.'s actions as head of the Geass cult (which is the period when she apparently met Leila) and Suzaku's screen time in Europe was previously limited to about five minutes or so. He won't die here, of course, but someone like him can fufill another role.

Plus it's the new thing to make a anime film based on mecha series that changes the story. Eva started it, Macross Frontier, Eureka 7 and Aquarion followed it. Now it's Geass's turn apparantly.

I'd agree, but it's still worth keeping in mind that those films aren't true "reboots" in every sense of the word, considering they aren't establishing a completely new status quo, going forward, but rather telling a parallel or alternate version of it. They aren't canonical replacements meant to completely overwrite the story of the original productions in retrospect.