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Guido · 2006-03-02, 16:10

Would anyone wants to figure out why Jinki:Extend hasn't been licensed yet?

It's one of the few remaining 2005 anime titles pending for licensing.

My bet goes that ADV films will secure the license for it eventually.

Sides · 2006-03-12, 13:08

So, who has bought it and who has watch it (the OVA) ?
Would be nice to have a summary of it ^^.

Just skipped through that episode,
what i can say is no jinki in action ;_;

Shinji103 · 2006-03-12, 20:56

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Originally Posted by Sides

Just skipped through that episode,
what i can say is no jinki in action ;_;

Did you get it form torrent? If so, can you send me a copy of the torrent?

Shinji103 · 2006-03-17, 06:35

Yeah, I'd like a summary on it too. The download for episode 13 is going so freaking slow (literally 1 kb per second

), and I'm starting to get bloodthirsty...

apr · 2006-03-17, 11:04

Summary? Um, well, we get to meet all the girls again, as they ponder their future. One last fireworks party, and then they're off to pursue their dreams, be it to meet a broken mother, find a long-lost brother, or perform Jinki research.

It's a very pretty episode (photography, music), but story-wise it goes nowhere. You're not missing anything.

Knowname · 2006-03-18, 03:11

So it rivals that Kannon special for irrelativity??? lol

pianocello · 2006-03-18, 04:15

Do we get any Rui x Aoba "moments" if you know what I mean?

Also, any fanservice?

apr · 2006-03-18, 04:42

Well, they're all bouncing around in yukata, which could count as fanservice. There's a shower scene with whatshername (blue hair; has an older brother; voiced by Ai Nonaka) as well. Um, nothing else that stuck in my mind.

There's a nice mother-daughter scene, and the episode is very pleasant to watch overall. It's just disappointing that it doesn't seem to finish the show, after the previous 12 episodes failed so miserably.

apr · 2006-03-19, 05:33

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Originally Posted by philip72

Is there any resolution between the two of them? Does Shizuka ask for forgiveness or express any love towards Aoba?

I wasn't thinking of that couple. And I'm trying to spoil as little as possible. :)

Kensuke · 2006-04-04, 13:08

Yay, Jinki:Extend OVA is subbed by Ayu.
*Downloading*

Shinji103 · 2006-04-04, 18:14

I was just about to post the announcement too.

Long live Ayu!

Shinji103 · 2006-04-05, 03:24

Spoiler for Episode 13:

EDIT: Oh, and there were a few small and some big mistrnaslations here and there, but otherwise a good sub. Fyi.

Guido · 2006-05-14, 22:11

I have seen now the thirteenth episode. The animation quality was inconsistent compared to the rest of the TV series considering it was a DVD-released episode.

Some bad drawing and design at certain close up shots. The eyes of the entire female cast looked more penetrating than were in the TV series. Their eyes seem like when both Rena and Mion (from Higurashi Naku no Koroni) go psychotic, oyashiro mode.

The story itself was inconsistent with the plot of the TV series. There is no mention whatsoever of Kokushou as if had been eaten by earth.

It doesn't give closure to exactly what was the 'Lost Life Phenomena', the legacy of Wakana, the reasons behind Angels conception, and Kokusho's quest for vengeance.
In the last TV episode there's a close shot of the unmasked Kokushou followed after by the ending credits, "To Be Extended", which suggested that the OVA would carry on a final climax against him.

But everything is absolutely discarded.

Spoiler:

And it was nice too to hear the ending theme, Mirai Yuuna Kotae, playing in the OVA episode after a long time.

Shinji103 · 2006-05-14, 23:14

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Originally Posted by Guido

It doesn't give closure to exactly what was the 'Lost Life Phenomena'

While it wasn't specifically pointed out in the TV series, in the manga it was explained that Kyomu and the Hasshoujin were behind the Lost Life Phenomenon. Kyomu would wipe out the cities and kill the populace with Jinkis and cyborg soldiers.

Another indication of how the TV series fails, and the manga succeeds. Why did they have to kill the anime by limiting it to only 13 episodes... >.>

Guido · 2006-05-15, 00:05

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Originally Posted by Shinji103

While it wasn't specifically pointed out in the TV series, in the manga it was explained that Kyomu and the Hasshoujin were behind the Lost Life Phenomenon. Kyomu would wipe out the cities and kill the populace with Jinkis and cyborg soldiers.

Another indication of how the TV series fails, and the manga succeeds. Why did they have to kill the anime by limiting it to only 13 episodes... >.>

A perfect reason to switch to the manga. This OVA episode simply gives a sweet, happy ending particularly to both Aoba and Shizuka, however, it isn't for Ryouhei because he has to carry out a revenge that will remain pending.

Still, the OVA hints that Jinki will continue to be used.

The anime ending like that quite suggests that there won't be more Jinki anime.

Shinji103 · 2006-05-15, 03:21

I'm hoping that the manga will keep up its current kick@$$-ness, and regroup its fandom that brought the anime to life, then cause another anime to be made, like they're doing with Negima. (although it hasn't been confirmed by anyone at all what the new Negima series will be, I would think, and I hope, that it will be a re-doing rather than a sequel to the previous series

)

What they need to do is not make it a twelve episode series. This was undoubtedly the TV series' problem, since they started to rush things in episode 5, like taking out Shousei to save time by not having another character to use up screentime. Ryouhei's reduction in importance in the TV series is also a big indicator that the TV series was too short. And in hindsight, even the flashback-to-flashforward thing gave a hint of rushed-ness, as it seems like it was there to set up the 1991 setting while the 1988 setting was being set up.

Jinki fans, unite! We must press for a remake!!

Shinji103 · 2006-05-15, 13:44

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Originally Posted by philip72

Shinji103 you've got me curious about the manga. Has it been translated? or do I need my Kanji dictionary?

Unfortunately at the moment, the only US releases for the Jinki manga is Jinki: Extend volumes 1-3. The US release of JInki: Extend has apparently been temporarily halted, probably due to the fact that manga volume 8 was only released last month, and it only takes a mere 2 months at most to translate a manga volume and put it on the uS market, so I think they're probably just waiting for the Japanese manga to get some headway before resuming it. However, they apparently had problems with the licensing of the first Jinki manga, and that is currently unavailable in the states. I don't know of any scanlators doing this series.

I say whip out your kanji dictionary (although you won't need that if you can read hiragana and katana, since the kanji in the manga has furigana for the kanji).

Guido · 2006-05-15, 15:37

How did Shizuka become insane and eventually chose to support Kokushou?
(in the manga)

Spoiler:

How come Kokushou has never physically aged in both manga and anime?

Shinji103 · 2006-05-15, 17:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guido

How did Shizuka become insane and eventually chose to support Kokushou?
(in the manga)

Although it hasn't been specifically explained yet, Kokusho used limited brainwashing to make Kousei fight Aoba in Jinki volume 4, so I'm sure he brainwashed Shizuka in the manga, too. It wouldn't have been hard, since all he would have had to do was use the feelings of love she already had for him back before everything went to hell in the volume 7 flashback.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guido

Spoiler:

Yep.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guido

How come Kokushou has never physically aged in both manga and anime?

Don't know about this one yet. They'll probably explain it at some point.

ViewtifulAlchemist · 2006-05-25, 18:29

I thought there would be "more" to this OVA than what was presented. I haven't seen the original J:E series in quite some time but I remember thinking there were some serious issues that needed to be addressed in the, at that point in time, upcoming OVA but from what I've seen nothing interesting happened. I don't even remember most of issues but glancing at this thread help recall a few and even those didn't really get solved/addressed.

I forgot most of the girls' backstories besides Aoba, Rui, and that other girl blonde (now brown?) girl Aoba fought in the end of the original series but it didn't seem to matter as the OVA was basically "the girls find their path and move on, The End. Oh yeah, Ryouhei is still alive...doing stuff" type deal.

Pretty pointless OVA even though the

Spoiler:

and hearing the ED from the TV series again were very nice.

2006-03-12, 13:08	Link #22
Sides Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Edinburgh Age: 42	So, who has bought it and who has watch it (the OVA) ? Would be nice to have a summary of it ^^. Just skipped through that episode, what i can say is no jinki in action ;_; Last edited by Sides; 2006-03-12 at 15:42.

2006-03-17, 06:35	Link #24
Shinji103 Crazy Devout Fanboy Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: 1st Ra Cailum-class battleship Ra Cailum, port-side officer's bunks	Yeah, I'd like a summary on it too. The download for episode 13 is going so freaking slow (literally 1 kb per second ), and I'm starting to get bloodthirsty... __________________

2006-03-17, 11:04	Link #25
apr Pedestrian Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden	Summary? Um, well, we get to meet all the girls again, as they ponder their future. One last fireworks party, and then they're off to pursue their dreams, be it to meet a broken mother, find a long-lost brother, or perform Jinki research. It's a very pretty episode (photography, music), but story-wise it goes nowhere. You're not missing anything. __________________ ...in my humble opinion.

2006-03-18, 04:42	Link #28
apr Pedestrian Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden	Well, they're all bouncing around in yukata, which could count as fanservice. There's a shower scene with whatshername (blue hair; has an older brother; voiced by Ai Nonaka) as well. Um, nothing else that stuck in my mind. There's a nice mother-daughter scene, and the episode is very pleasant to watch overall. It's just disappointing that it doesn't seem to finish the show, after the previous 12 episodes failed so miserably. __________________ ...in my humble opinion.

2006-04-04, 18:14	Link #31
Shinji103 Crazy Devout Fanboy Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: 1st Ra Cailum-class battleship Ra Cailum, port-side officer's bunks	I was just about to post the announcement too. Long live Ayu! __________________

2006-03-02, 16:10	Link #21
Guido Snobby Gentleman Join Date: May 2004 Location: Monterrey, México Age: 43	Would anyone wants to figure out why Jinki:Extend hasn't been licensed yet? It's one of the few remaining 2005 anime titles pending for licensing. My bet goes that ADV films will secure the license for it eventually.

2006-03-18, 03:11	Link #26
Knowname Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006	So it rivals that Kannon special for irrelativity??? lol

2006-03-18, 04:15	Link #27
pianocello Member Join Date: Dec 2005	Do we get any Rui x Aoba "moments" if you know what I mean? Also, any fanservice?

2006-04-04, 13:08	Link #30
Kensuke Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Finland	Yay, Jinki:Extend OVA is subbed by Ayu. Downloading

2006-04-05, 03:24	Link #32
Shinji103 Crazy Devout Fanboy Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: 1st Ra Cailum-class battleship Ra Cailum, port-side officer's bunks	Spoiler for Episode 13: They didn't tell us what happened to Kousei and Kokusho! T.T And Ryohei...man he got the supreme nerf in the anime altogether. T.T He doesn't even appear with the rest of the cast. T.T In the maga, he's an important central character, but in the anime, it seems like he's just there as a decoration. T.T And this OVA doesn't do anything to improve that. T.T And I'm still ticked off that they didn't put Shousei in the anime. T.T That said, I thought this was a nice wrap-up for the series. (aside from the above complaints) Considering how much they screwed up on episodes 5-12 of the TV series, I'm quite surprised and pleased by how well this episode turned out. We get to see all the girls again (of course), futures are decided, choices are made, and fans get to see their favorite female Jinki: Extend character(s) in Yukata! EDIT: Oh, and there were a few small and some big mistrnaslations here and there, but otherwise a good sub. Fyi. __________________

2006-05-14, 22:11	Link #33
Guido Snobby Gentleman Join Date: May 2004 Location: Monterrey, México Age: 43	I have seen now the thirteenth episode. The animation quality was inconsistent compared to the rest of the TV series considering it was a DVD-released episode. Some bad drawing and design at certain close up shots. The eyes of the entire female cast looked more penetrating than were in the TV series. Their eyes seem like when both Rena and Mion (from Higurashi Naku no Koroni) go psychotic, oyashiro mode. The story itself was inconsistent with the plot of the TV series. There is no mention whatsoever of Kokushou as if had been eaten by earth. It doesn't give closure to exactly what was the 'Lost Life Phenomena', the legacy of Wakana, the reasons behind Angels conception, and Kokusho's quest for vengeance. In the last TV episode there's a close shot of the unmasked Kokushou followed after by the ending credits, "To Be Extended", which suggested that the OVA would carry on a final climax against him. But everything is absolutely discarded. Spoiler: The OVA was a setup to give conclusion to all of the female cast, and what do they intend to do with their lives. After the events of the TV series, a couple of months may have passed. All of them were in Japan and kept contact with each other. However, they came each one of them opening the doors of their individual destinies. They organized the party as means to confess what their future holds for each one of them, as they were preparing to leave Japan forever. - (There's no evidence that suggests that Angel totally disbanded) Elnie is offered an oportunity at Venezuela to work on a Jinki research full time. - (Another case of bringing back a long dead character) An organization has tipped off Vanette that her brother was found alive much to her incredulity. She's offered to join them as Jinki operator for them in exchange for information regarding her sibling. - Rui is staying with Minami for now, but she'll eventually will have to leave her side to find her individual goal. - Satsuki made her choice to look after her family's temple, resuming her school life, and wait for the return of her older brother. - (Thank God, she was given limited focus in the OVA) Akao too decided to attend school to make friends and a profession. - (Good that the OVA mostly focused her as the central figure) Aoba returned to Venezuela to reunite with Shizuka, as the latter one made a full recovery of her physical condition. Aoba plans to bring her back to Japan, so that both can start over as mother and daughter. The OVA ending with Shizuka standing up and going to Aoba symbollically points out that the mother after so long has finally re-encountered her daughter. At the same time, their reunion marks on Aoba that she at last acknowledges Shizuka as her mother. - Ryouhei did appeared on this episode, though making brief cameos and then a last but limited screentime appearance. He was the person taking the pictures and has collected pictures of Japan and the girls. It's not to be upset if Ryouhei appeared scarcily in the OVA, because he was moving on. Ryouhei is after his dad's killer, Kokushou, to avenge his old man. He cannot make his own destiny yet, because he feels obliged to finish the last trace of the past which is Kokushou. Although Kokushou is never seen or mentioned in the OVA, it is implied that the person Ryouhei is after is the former one (Kokushou). - Though he has remained dead for so long and feeling furious that he was killed so early in the anime, it was nice to see Genta's tomb getting a visit from his son. And it was nice too to hear the ending theme, Mirai Yuuna Kotae, playing in the OVA episode after a long time.

2006-05-15, 03:21	Link #36
Shinji103 Crazy Devout Fanboy Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: 1st Ra Cailum-class battleship Ra Cailum, port-side officer's bunks	I'm hoping that the manga will keep up its current kick@$$-ness, and regroup its fandom that brought the anime to life, then cause another anime to be made, like they're doing with Negima. (although it hasn't been confirmed by anyone at all what the new Negima series will be, I would think, and I hope, that it will be a re-doing rather than a sequel to the previous series ) What they need to do is not make it a twelve episode series. This was undoubtedly the TV series' problem, since they started to rush things in episode 5, like taking out Shousei to save time by not having another character to use up screentime. Ryouhei's reduction in importance in the TV series is also a big indicator that the TV series was too short. And in hindsight, even the flashback-to-flashforward thing gave a hint of rushed-ness, as it seems like it was there to set up the 1991 setting while the 1988 setting was being set up. Jinki fans, unite! We must press for a remake!! __________________

2006-05-15, 15:37	Link #38
Guido Snobby Gentleman Join Date: May 2004 Location: Monterrey, México Age: 43	How did Shizuka become insane and eventually chose to support Kokushou? (in the manga) Spoiler: The anime leaves no doubt that Kokushou is Aoba's dad, since his younger self vented all of his hearbreak and frustration on a poor, young Shizuka. However, for the manga, is he also her pops? How come Kokushou has never physically aged in both manga and anime?

2006-05-25, 18:29	Link #40
ViewtifulAlchemist Member Join Date: Feb 2006	I thought there would be "more" to this OVA than what was presented. I haven't seen the original J:E series in quite some time but I remember thinking there were some serious issues that needed to be addressed in the, at that point in time, upcoming OVA but from what I've seen nothing interesting happened. I don't even remember most of issues but glancing at this thread help recall a few and even those didn't really get solved/addressed. I forgot most of the girls' backstories besides Aoba, Rui, and that other girl blonde (now brown?) girl Aoba fought in the end of the original series but it didn't seem to matter as the OVA was basically "the girls find their path and move on, The End. Oh yeah, Ryouhei is still alive...doing stuff" type deal. Pretty pointless OVA even though the Spoiler: mother-daughter reunion scene and hearing the ED from the TV series again were very nice.