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2007-06-06, 08:38 | Link #24 |
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Other than the colours are being slightly bright (nothing unusual though), I got to agree with the rest, the animation is very, very faithful to the original designs.
I'm think that they're pulling everything they can to make sure that it looks good, in order not to risk alienating fans of the game (something in which most redesigns have tend to overlook at times, and something which SHAFT have a reputation for). It's like BMW and Chris Bangle's designs (if you know what I mean). Last edited by kct; 2007-06-06 at 22:20. |
2007-06-13, 17:36 | Link #25 |
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Alot of people keep getting mad about the anime and the games designs. Saying that the anime looks bad. I think it looks great. Not better, because the original is amazing.
But whatever. I'm still looking forward to this.
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2007-06-13, 20:51 | Link #26 |
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I have a feeling this show is going to turn out really bad. not because of the character designs or anything, (those were all taken from the game btw) but because of the pathetic attempt to cash in on a franchise that is so common among dating sim turned anime productions.
hopefully they learned their lesson on how to make a better product and will follow storylines similar to the wind OVAs, and not the original TV series, if they have any say in what goes on in the production that is. |
2007-06-14, 00:29 | Link #27 | |
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2007-06-14, 02:15 | Link #28 |
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You guys make me chuckle. Pimping out your story is something completely logical if you're a high profile software company. Now, the ef anime was bound to happen. It was probably written in stone by God itself, taking in the fact that minori had anime adaptation offers on their table even before the first tale. was released.
But if you want batshit crazy speculations right off the bat, I'd say this adaptation will kick ass (basing this SOLELY on the few screenshots of characters, because anything else is pretty much unknown). |
2007-06-14, 02:17 | Link #29 | |
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Air was upscaled for BD release with a kickass new OP. And I agree with Toua.
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2007-06-14, 02:36 | Link #30 |
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well, using kanon 2006 is a bad example.
since its a second attempt at turning the series into an anime and all... being a die hard kanon fan there, orion, shows some bias I'm a huge to heart 2 and wind a breath of heart fan. but I'm not going to lie to you. the TV series were a C-, shuffle memories which was a blatant cash in was a D-, so releasing any type of 'Game' adaptation anime is always an uphill battle. |
2007-06-14, 03:12 | Link #31 | |
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That it was, but you're forgetting about the first SHUFFLE! series which, despite its flaws received a positive response from the niché crowds.
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2007-06-14, 03:32 | Link #32 |
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because in a manga adaptation you already have the main story, plot devices and such. you just need to add more frames and animate the events that are already there.
a game almost NEVER is the same. have you played the original kanon or shuffle games? other than the main plot being the same, everything else you see is anime filler. Shuffle for example, since its a newer game. there were no clubs. there were no crazy events happening all over the place. kaede did not have a crazy obsession over rin (Not like in the anime at least) and she did not detest Asa to the point of death. as for kanon, each girl had their own paths. the anime focused only on key points. now shuffle and kanon 2006 were good animes. but shuffle memories was not. please do not associate shuffle with shuffle memories. one was a good anime series, the other was corporate cash-in. as for manga- hayate no gokuto follows the manga pretty much precisely from what I hear. not in order, mind you. if the manga is good, it will be really hard for the production team to mess up since they are just adding color and voices. but if the manga was bad in the first place, the anime will be bad (and vexx would like me to point out that koi koi 7 is bad right now ). the problem with game adaptations is that alot of studios are given leeway, too much in my opinion. that is why anime producers become famous or infamous. Look at negima, all the problems were blamed on the production crew for not following the manga, right? no one points out that ken akumatsu actually made a crappy manga. it is because the production team took too much leeway so it became known as 'their' adaptation. you would think its not important to follow the game story, since any anime can be fine on its own, and I would agree except, then what is the point of using the game name in the first place? if you could make your own good anime without needing to rely on someone elses story it would be your name on the title, not Minori's. the problem is video games have a BLATANT history of cheap *** cash ins. did u go see the resident evil movie? how about the awesome street fighter II movie with jean claude van dame? normally I would be optimistic, but in cases involving 'video games' which I have been playing for over 20 years now, regrettably when someone says I'm making an anime or a movie about a video game, its common place to expect it to be the frisbee type. I have played ef some but that means nothing since most of the game can be covered in 4 episodes or so. its what else they put in that will make or break a good dating sim anime series. Last edited by Potatochobit; 2007-06-14 at 03:53. |
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The Kanon anime from 2006 thoroughly exhausted the original Kanon's story. I'd say (just a bypass remark, I don't want to promote the discussion about this) that Makoto's arc had borderline filler material in some parts of those episodes. But that's just my perception. I owned SHUFFLE! and only played through Lisianthus' route (then got bored with it and sold it) and I also own Kanon which I only played through the main Ayu route. I'd say I'm not a huge expert on these titles, but I have adequate knowledge and experience about Kanon to say that Kyoto Animation and Toei (in certain aspects) created average (Toei) to above-average (KyoAni) anime adaptations. I don't have much confidence in my knowledge of SHUFFLE! (since it was an impulse buy at the time), but I'd agree that the anime adaptation lacked in many areas (although I loved that they decided to pick a secondary heroine to wrap up the story). Quote:
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2007-06-14, 09:26 | Link #34 |
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A romance/drama show with some possible mystery ? Count me in - i am always up for such
Regarding the whole "It might turn out bad because it is a game adoption" ... i don't see where that is coming from, frankly. It is not exactly the first time this happens (), and most of the titles turn out pretty decent. Is there something specific about this title that would get in the way? For example - i hear a lot of worries about the upcoming Clannad adoption, because the story there, supposedly, is presented in a way that would be hard to carry over to the screen. Does this title has similar difficulties? If not, i don't see the source of the worries. I don't see the fact that a game is the source material as a problem. Some of such titles rank fairly highly on my personal list (Lamune / Da Capo / Gift ~Eternal Rainbow~), and one is among my top10 favorites (Canvas 2). Sure, there is the usual worry of interweaving several story paths, but this problem is not exactly exclusive to this upcoming anime alone, and has been dealt with in the past. I see Wind was mentioned... frankly - i enjoyed the game quite a bit. Sure, the anime fell short compared to it (Mind you, i hate doing such comparisons), but i attribute it to the fact that it had only 12episodes (+4 DVD only), each episode being only ~13 min long. As such there is little surprise they were unable to squeeze in everything to a satisfying degree. As far as inserting anime-only scenes/moments... personally, i have never given a flying rat's arse about things like faithfulness to the source material, regardless what that material might be. These are different mediums, and if you are expecting to see a clone of the original material, you are already setting yourself up for a disappointment. I never understood why people expect things to be exactly the same, but that is just me. (And then we have things like Death Note, where people have been known to drop the series "because it is the same thing anyways" ) In short - looking towards this one! *runs of to search for some videos or anything of the like*
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2007-06-14, 09:39 | Link #35 |
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If anything I has to say about all this, I got to agree with Toua on some of the points he raised.
However, knowing how this is something from minori, I can expect this is to be more than just a 'mere cash in' or anything. EDIT: But Death Note make normal things seem awesome! |
2007-06-14, 09:45 | Link #36 |
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Interweaving storylines won't be an issue for ef, which takes on a linear structure.
Most bishoujo games focus on one protagonist and many heroines, which means alternative routes. However, ef is a collection of linked love stories (two in -the first tale-), each featuring a different protagonist. Now the question is whether each scenario has enough substance to allow for a satisfying anime series. |
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2007-06-14, 11:31 | Link #38 |
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I'm not worried about Clannad, but I have no game experience with this title and am going in a total neophyte to enjoy this to the max. Of course, ...
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Yep, ef is a love story. That's why I'm pumped about this title. I only hope that they don't pull a "5 cm/s " on this one.
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