(L) Stellvia of the Universe

[PocariSweat]

Originally Posted by Doddler

Furigana has alot more use than telling you the proper reading of a kanji. There's quite a few things furigana are good for.

Well I'll admit there's no law saying furigana can only be used in traditional ways, and artists are free to improvise, but that still doesn't make much sense here. After all, it's not part of Stellvia's title as it's written now, and it doesn't really add much (besides confusion )

If I had to guess, I'd say it's more likely something like an early alternate title idea someone scrawled above "宇宙" which later was mistaken for furigana.

[Jasconius]

Originally Posted by PocariSweat

Well I'll admit there's no law saying furigana can only be used in traditional ways, and artists are free to improvise, but that still doesn't make much sense here. After all, it's not part of Stellvia's title as it's written now, and it doesn't really add much (besides confusion :) )

If I had to guess, I'd say it's more likely something like an early alternate title idea someone scrawled above "宇宙" which later was mistaken for furigana.

That -was not- it. This was on the official site, either in the original logo or in the text on the site, I forget which. They were not "mistaken" for furigana, and if you do a google search in Japanese you can still find some sites which have (そら) after the title to indicate the furigana. The creators obviously decided to drop the idea, but the thing is that it probably appeared in a Newtype article that way, and so when the article was translated into English, that's how it was written. Sure, it only adds confusion, but it's a fact that it happened, and it's not going to just go away since it was in a prominent English publication.

Now that you know why it came about, you don't have to be confused and can use the real title. :P

[PocariSweat]

Just because it was on the official sites doesn't mean it couldn't have been a mistake. Mistakes *do* happen even on "official" sites. People being people are not perfect! Maybe it's just something that happened to escape the art department - who can tell? You couldn't really know for sure unless you asked those behind it, but it's gone now and maybe shouldn't have been there to begin with.

It's not surprising that other publications would copy it (mistake or not) since they'd have no way of knowing that. So at least, I'll agree Newtype can't be blamed for using it.

[WindStriker]

I was reading a previous thread that there is going to be a second series of stellvia. If this is true i have a few questions(i want opinions). Who will it star Katase Shima or pehaps Mia Glennorth from the end of episode 26? If it does star Katease will she still be bitchy. What will the disaster be? AND Will it explain who the aliens are? AND other questions what do yall think?

[DrWho2002]

There will be no second Stellvia series as far as anyone knows.

[WindStriker]

Originally Posted by wao

Here's some things I found out from the thing not mentioned so far...

Sometime after the Summer of 2004 perhaps - Uchuu no Stellvia SEQUEL... no site as of yet though... That site given said
2004夏以降 宇宙のステルヴィア 続編 監督 : 佐藤竜雄
As far as I know that means after 2004 Summer, Uchuu no Stellvia Zokuhen (Sequel)... The director is Satou... Tatsuo? I think.

thats from the thread "Winter/Spring series list of new anime?"

Just a note even if there isnt going to be a second series. Please give opinions.

[Grenadier]

This could just be a coincidence, but has anyone else noticed that boys seem to love Uchuu no Stellvia and girls seem to have problems with it? I'm not being sexist, but I've noticed that male otaku all love it and female otaku all seem to have a problem with either the character designs or the characters themselves. It may be that they're designed to be "cute" to appeal to male viewers, but if that's the case, why would they be a turn-off to the fair sex?

[Shift_]

I've never noticed that...I know guys and girls who enjoy.

[Zoya]

For the most part I really enjoyed Stellvia. I *did* get annoyed with Shipon always crying during the last half of the series, but I don't think that had anything to do with me being a female. Most people seemed to have the same general sentiment when the long Stellvia thread was running. Maybe the females who don't like the series get annoyed with seeing such a prominent female character act like a complete wimp.

[abubo]

Hmm... okay... I don't know any girls who hates Stellvia, BUT, all of you should now, that Stellvia is a SHONEN series. The manga is serialized in Comiku Dengeki Daioh, and that's a shonen manga mag.

Stellvia is part of the new wave of shonen series which uses girls as main characters, just like Azumanga Daioh and Gunslinger Girls. Plus, there a little fan service here and there... usually involving closeups of Arisa and Yayoi.

Thus it's okay if guys like Stellvia and girls don't. But, all new series in Japan tried to cater to both, so I suspect that overall both sexes should enjoy Stellvia equally.

[kamij0]

If its the girls who are rather the leads in the show, then the girls should like it more..
maybe girls dun like girls saving the earth and the universe they prefer hunks to do that

[Fronzel]

Stop talking.

[blkraven]

LOL, why is there a discussion like this? I like stellvia and im a guy so what. why should that matter at all? Some of my female friends like Stellvia also, why should it matter?

I like Full Moon also, even though it is technically a girls anime (considered that). All that matters to any given person is wiether they like the given anime or not why should it matter if they are generally male or female?

anyway in my eyes this whole arguement is rather ridiculous.

~Raven

PS. sorry for the spelling errors. also im looking for some people who wouldnt mind some sensible chating about anime on AIM please Contact me "blkraven123" is my AIM addy.

[hunterx]

I'm a boy and I hated it

[sothis]

<-- girl, loved it.

[::faze]

I always thought Stellvia was more of a girls anime, I know a lot of girls who like it, and all the guys I know, including me, hated it.

[JediNight]

I loved Stellvia, and I thought it took a pretty neutral route actually. Stellvia has VERY little fanservice IMHO, especially for a series with a heavily female character cast. I think they put it in the shonen mag because guys in Japan aren't caught dead buying shoujo serial books, so they knew that it would sell better to both that way. It actually seems very shoujo-ish in many parts if you ask me *shrug*

[Laguna]

Originally Posted by abubo

Stellvia is part of the new wave of shonen series which uses girls as main characters, just like Azumanga Daioh and Gunslinger Girls. Plus, there a little fan service here and there... usually involving closeups of Arisa and Yayoi.

Hrr.. I get shivers just hearing Azumanga Daioh and Stellvia in same sentence. I hated Stellvia to death, but Azumanga was my alltime favorite. I'm male btw.

[uLTraCarL-]

all i know is that stellvia used ship designs from Homeworld >

from the mothership to the scout

[Egan1]

Me (female) and my sister both enjoyed it. My brother watched it also I believe.