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Also Rinne no Lagrange is still littered with female pilots, but it's actually been pretty decent mecha fare and feels like it's going to have more of a traditional slant to it in the long run. Also the characters are highly likeable, which is something that the likes of Aquarion EVOL and Guilty Crown have struggled with. Basically at this point not expecting too much out of any mecha series that is produced by Satelight or BONES seems like a pretty safe bet to me unfortunately. Both have some serious work to do in finding ways to be interesting again without falling back on the cute/hawt girl/guy pilots running around crutch. |
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2012-02-08, 18:32 | Link #222 |
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I thought the first episode of Lagrange was pretty bad. Sure the main character is kinda likeable, but when the show I'm reminded of the most afterwards is Fafner, then there is a problem...it just didn't make me feel like it was a show worth following.
These new E7 designs are also just depressing. They're so...anime, if that makes sense. Kenichi Yoshida is just so damn talented and brought with him a sense of style, and hell even sophistication, that I haven't seen from many other modern anime character designer, if any. Not only that, but he would create so many great designs for utterly minor or background characters, designs that most of other artists can't even match with their MC ones. Yoshida was one of the elements that elevated E7 beyond the usual crop of shows, imo anyways, and seeing these almost typical anime designs in a show that is supposedly E7s sequel kind of just deflates my enthusiasm a lot. |
2012-02-08, 18:47 | Link #223 | |
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That said if this Ao character turns out to be yet another Yuki Kaji voiced wussy lead that's clearly designed to deflect attention off on to his female compatriots I'm going to be extremely cross with Bones. |
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2012-02-09, 01:17 | Link #226 | |
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2012-02-09, 01:26 | Link #227 | |
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I'm not pre-judging this at all, and I actually liked the first manga chapter - but the leaks of images and plot in the last couple of days are depressing. I think one of the reasons "Fam" is underperforming in BD sales (and no, I don't want to turn this into a Fam debate) is that Gonzo tried too consciously to "update" the material for what they saw as current fan tastes. And it's hard not to conclude BONES is making the same mistake here. I really hope I'm wrong, but long after-the-fact sequels to anime classics don't have the best track record, generally speaking.
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2012-02-09, 02:21 | Link #228 |
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Just imagine Mutsumi Tamura as Ao. Male characters like this are usually voiced by voice actresses, but recently some of them are voiced by voice actors (male) with a more feminine or childish voice.
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2012-02-09, 14:34 | Link #231 |
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Well, Takuto is about 17 and he sounded preposterous as Cinque (who was a pretty preposterous character anyway).
Of course, it's generally best if studios get age-appropriate males for roles like this (Capeta, Hourou Musuko, Colorful, Usagi Drop etc.) but so rare that I never actually expect it. For a character as young as Ao is supposed to be, the best bet is a female seiyuu who's competent at playing boys. All things considered, that's not the biggest concern I have about this series by a long shot, after seeing the last batch of promo art.
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2012-02-09, 16:08 | Link #232 |
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Yeah, overall reactions to the series seem to depend a lot on what you'd want to see (big surprise there, I know).
If you're more of a general fan of mecha, then what we've seen so far doesn't look too shabby. Not guaranteed-awesome, but respectable looking, if recently a bit too "cute girls flying cute things"-ish. If you're not a big mecha fan but still liked E7, it's probably due to some mix of interest in the story, interest in the unique setting (coral, trapper, sky-surfing), interest in the characters, and so on. That's what's been mostly missing from all of the advance info, and why there's been so much gnashing of teeth as new info comes in. |
2012-02-10, 03:13 | Link #236 |
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Guilty as charged. But has Aoi Yuuki ever even played a boy before? She's a fantastic actress but her voice seems ill-suited to it to me.
I'd be more than happy to have Paku Romi get the role. We don't hear enough of her and she's always reliably good in these types of roles.
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2012-02-10, 04:35 | Link #237 |
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I've never actually heard Aoi Yuki voicing male characters... and I kinda want to now. I wouldn't mind her being casted in such a role here, simply because I'd love to see if she could pull it off. Voicing Ao might be a stretch though.
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2012-02-10, 04:38 | Link #238 | |
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Also, if you listen to the BD extra radio drama of Ben-To, her voice could be rendered deep enough to voice male characters.
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2012-02-10, 09:48 | Link #239 |
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http://natalie.mu/comic/news/64295
More new info and clean design art. Spoiler for Flair Blanc:
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In addition, there is a second manga that has started running in Newtype Ace this month. Unlike the adaptation manga, this is the typical spin off manga which takes place in the same world but with a different story. The main character of this manga is a girl named Yuna Maltan. Eureka Seven AO ~Save A Prayer~ is drawn by Ran Butou, and written by Akiko Waba. Spoiler for Eureka Seven AO ~Save A Prayer~:
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2012-02-10, 10:39 | Link #240 | |
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