Shakugan no SHANA II - general discussion thread

[Midonin]

Just finished Shana's first season, and just in time, it seems. Time to see what Season 2 brings.

[lazyasian224]

5 more days for us americans :/

[Westlo]

Looking forward to this.

[Devard]

The official website has been renewed. It is loading very slowly for me, though.

[Tokkan]

Hmmm... if I'm to believe what the website is saying on the staff and cast page, then aside from a different art director and the fact that Takahashi himself is helping with the series composition, the entire crew from the first series has returned to work on this.

I guess that's a good thing, we can probably expect that it won't turn out like another ZnT2.

[neutralizer]

Originally Posted by Rob the Fox

Hmmm... if I'm to believe what the website is saying on the staff and cast page, then aside from a different art director and the fact that Takahashi himself is helping with the series composition, the entire crew from the first series has returned to work on this.

I guess that's a good thing, we can probably expect that it won't turn out like another ZnT2.

That's good to hear. That's very good. God knows how bad people react to J.C.Staff if SnS 2 becomes another ZnT 2.

[UltimaWolf]

Just finished the first season aswell, Can't wait for the second season to come out.

[Bonta Kun]

Originally Posted by neutralizer

That's good to hear. That's very good. God knows how bad people react to J.C.Staff if SnS 2 becomes another ZnT 2.

*shudders at the thought*

*takes up up the fetal postion after thinking about it*

guess I think I'll go have a rewatch, good to have a recap on past events

[-Nyu-]

Hi folks!
I'm a big fan of Shakugan no Shana too and definitely looking forward to the second season!
I've just seen that the sub of the movie is out, however I have no idea what it is about and couldn't find any info through the forum search neither on Animenewsnetwork etc.

Would be nice if someone could give me a short overview, thanks!^^

[changeup]

The movie is basically a remake of the first volume of the novel. It differs a lot from the plot in the TV series, although the touching Hirai story is still in it. Overally, I think the novel lovers will love the movie better. For the TV series lovers, many seemed to be unimpressed.

[-Nyu-]

Thanks for the info! Since I've never read the novel (my Japanese isn't far good enough for that, and I don't know of any translation like the Suzumiya Haruhi novel) I'll give it a try.

[Devard]

Originally Posted by -Nyu-

I've just seen that the sub of the movie is out, however I have no idea what it is about and couldn't find any info through the forum search neither on Animenewsnetwork etc.

There's a thread for the movie here you can go through if you want.

[Zero Shinohara]

Alright, guys... It seems like we're only a few hours away from the first "First Impression Post" posts here in this topic. It has been a long wait, but we all made it! ( I started a daily countdown on my MSNM 30 days ago precisely and, oh wow, time does fly by really quickly)

Hopefully we should be seeing a few subs in the next two days. Eclipse did sub the movie, which tells me they'll be on SnS II like pedos on Fate-chan. I'm relieved, though, since they are a respectable fansub and they've done a good job with Season one.

[lazyasian224]

oh man.,... aprox 2 days till sub... ARGHHHHHH I CANT FREAKIN WAIT!

in the meanwhile... guess ill watch teh movie im lookin foward to it...

can anyone explain why they made the movie different from the TV and why they made the TV different from the novel which makes the movie and novel similar...? what?

[changeup]

Shana was out in Thursday night isn't it?

Today it's Dragonaut the Resonance and Ninomiyakun...

Looking forward to the subs. It will come out in a few hours.

[Terrestrial Dream]

Wow it's going to come out so soon, can't wait for the first episode . And which group is going to speed sub this show?

[iamthebest22]

it seems that eclipse will sub this series once again. 10 more hours!!!!!

[-Nyu-]

Yeah, first I'll do this evening is check Random Curiosity for first impression.
I wonder if it'll be set directly after the first series from the time or a year later or so.
And thanks for the link to the movie thread Devard!

[Kinny Riddle]

Spoiler for Episode 1 thoughts:

Man, this first half of this episode seems like a lame excuse for a season 1 recap. lol Though from what I've heard, since the first arc is based on that PS2 game, the story's more or less the same, in which Yuji's sensing a deja vu thanks to Mea, another loli looking Denizen, messing his mind up.

The second half focuses on where we've left off at the end of last season. Sadly for Shana, dumbass Yuji totally did not hear Shana's confession (due to all the noise back then). When trying to ask, Shana did her tsundere blush and yelled "Urusai, urusai, urusai!!!" Yup, business as usual.

We see glimpses of other characters moving on, and even Hecate-tan praying. The real action begins next week.

The new OP and ED are both sung by Kawada Mami. While not as dynamic as "Hishoku no Sora", series 2 new OP "Joint" retains that upbeat feel that makes it a good Shana OP. I've yet to warm to the ED "triangle", but hopefully, it'll grow on me.

BTW, I'm quite amazed Shana still hasn't got its own section yet. Also, I had thought Shana II would air on Fridays rather than Thursdays, since I had originally just plan to watch CLANNAD. Looks like Thursdays would be quite entertaining and busy for me for the next six months at least.

[Pell14]

cant wait for this!!! my favourite seiyu as well!