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winkel · 2013-04-07, 02:43

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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Why the fuck didn't they change Kazusa's VA to Mizuki Nana.

Why the hell would they? She was already Ogata Rina. And WA2 is in the same universe as the original.

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Originally Posted by Yume no Hana

Actually the game has 3 parts, not just 2. IMO a 12-episode season for Introductory Chapter and 24-episode second season for Closing Chapter and Coda Chapter are enough.

Please. 24 episodes to cover Intro, Closing, Coda, all going Setsuna route is more than enough.

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Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

WA2 is certainly superior to WA IMO but for those who disliked WA because of the characters what will they see of this?

It depends on what you mean by this. WA2 has the superior... plot/story? But WA1 presentation and characterization really stomp all over WA2 (talking game-to-game of course.)

Mazryonh · 2013-04-07, 02:57

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Originally Posted by Natsu_

white album 2(TV)

Broadcasting season : not determined

Series Composition,Screenplay : Fumiaki Maruto
Music producer : Naoya Shimokawa
Production : Satellite

Actually, according to Anime News Network, it's being produced by Satelight, the ones behind Macross Frontier, AKB0048, etc.

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Originally Posted by Natsu_

Seiyuu of the main characters of the three does not change.
Haruki Kitahara（北原春希）　 voice - Takahiro Mizushima
Ogiso Setsuna（小木曽雪菜）　voice - Madoka Yonezawa
Kazusa Touma（冬馬かずさ）　voice - Hitomi Nabatame

Three additional significant characters exist, who are winnable heroines in the WA2 game. They are:

Sugiura Koharu - voiced by Nagata Yoriko, best known for her role as Jun Suzuki from K-ON!

Izumi Chiaki - voiced by Habuki Risato, no significant mainstream anime roles yet.

Kazaoka Mari - voiced by the veteran Asakawa Yuu, best known for being Megurine Luka's voice provider for the Vocaloid software and the role of Rider from Fate/Stay Night.

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Originally Posted by Natsu_

Base of the story is the PS3 version.

Excuse me for a second . . . . *($^@#(*!&#*%&^@*#^$*%_^!!!!!! . . . . okay, now that the rage is out of my system, I'm amazed that they didn't get the crew and director behind Yosuga no Sora for this series. A major reason follows below:

Spoiler for Possible spoiler (though its non-specific):

I also wanted the Yosuga no Sora team because of the possibility of another omnibus adaptation. The main two heroines of the game are Kazusa and Setsuna, but it would be a damn shame if the other three I mentioned get reduced to minor characters or just cameos--by all accounts their own stories were excellently written and deserve to get the "full treatment" in an omnibus anime adaptation.

I hope a mod starts a White Album 2 game thread in the gaming forum so those of us who are interested in the game but don't know Japanese (and the translation project hasn't had any updates for more than a year now) can learn about it there.

Incidentally, will Nagata Yoriko, Nabatame Hitomi, and Asakawa Yuu get a chance to sing in this series? None of them are slouches at singing and I'm surprised that they didn't get the chance to do so in the original PC game and its all-ages PS3 port.

In any case, whoever's pumped for the release of this anime should listen to a bunch of "character trailer clips" on youtube here. All the heroines are involved and I'm sure those of us who understand Japanese would enjoy listening to what they have to say.

Cosmic Eagle · 2013-04-07, 02:58

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It depends on what you mean by this. WA2 has the superior... plot/story? But WA1 presentation and characterization really stomp all over WA2 (talking game-to-game of course.)

I mean because apparently quite a lot of people have negative opinion of WA for some reason...

Yume no Hana · 2013-04-07, 04:03

@Mazryonh: Don't believe what "you've dig up" because it's wrong. There's sexual factor in WA2 but it's minor and isn't the main theme of the story. Psychological, not sexual.

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It depends on what you mean by this. WA2 has the superior... plot/story? But WA1 presentation and characterization really stomp all over WA2 (talking game-to-game of course.)

Presentation... maybe, characterization... no, not even close.

Regarding artwork, WA1 PS3 is better than WA2 (leaf's 3 golden artist trio worked on it wherease WA2 only has Nakamura Takeshi). However, if you take directing, narrating into account, WA is inferior. In WA1, you have to choose the direction system at the beginning of the day and if you don't have enough points of a certain character, you'll only get the same typical "working/greeting/getting tired" dialogues instead of heroine events and then the day ends. Whereas, in WA2, from the beginning to the end, the story is presented to you like a well-directed movie.

The personalities of Haruki, Setsuna and Kazusa are much more complex than that of Touya, Yuki and Rina. In term of depth, the main love polygon in WA isn't even comparable to the double love triangle in Koharu's route in WA2, not to mention the core story.

Natsu_ · 2013-04-07, 07:06

タケケン@御宿FACE ‏@overdrive_sys 46分
White Album2今年の秋放送だって！！！！！全50話の4クールだよぉぉぉぉぉおおおおお！！！！！！！！ #wa2

White album 2 will be broadcast this autumn.
Two seasons of all 50 story!!!!!!!!

※ This tweet is not the official

and Official HP.
http://whitealbum2.jp/

Kirayuki · 2013-04-07, 07:16

50 episodes seems overkill....

Does it has so much content to begin with ?

Natsu_ · 2013-04-07, 07:25

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Originally Posted by Kirayuki

50 episodes seems overkill....

Does it has so much content to begin with ?

Sorry. The story of 50 is probably wrong.

Cosmic Eagle · 2013-04-07, 07:59

But 4 cour...?!

SaintessHeart · 2013-04-07, 09:13

4 cour wouldn't be so surprising.

There are 2 parts to the game anyway, while WA only has 1 part. Though the question is, how long are they going to run it?

Requiem-x · 2013-04-07, 13:10

HAHA, TIME FOR TRAINWRECKS AND RAGE!

...Or so I'd like to say, but everything points in a very different direction. Every single comment I've read on the web about this game worships it as a romance masterpiece (though there were also good comments on fortune arterial, and look how that turned out), so it seems to be another kind of beast altogether. I'm fine with that, whether it's a worthy competitor to Kimi ga iru no machi or Ef-a tale of memories, I'm looking forward to it already.

So, it seems the characters are quite different this time around, huh? Good, maybe this time the heroine won't have the intellect of a ten year old with brain problems, though I'll definetly miss Rina's awesomeness.

Cosmic Eagle · 2013-04-07, 13:23

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Originally Posted by Requiem-x

HAHA, TIME FOR TRAINWRECKS AND RAGE!

It is a trainwreck at least

Requiem-x · 2013-04-07, 13:28

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Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

It is a trainwreck at least

How can you have a trainwreck without rage? Is the story that much of a convoluted disaster?

Cosmic Eagle · 2013-04-07, 13:31

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Originally Posted by Requiem-x

How can you have a trainwreck without rage? Is the story that much of a convoluted disaster?

Because you can be a sadist who watches solely to seem them suffer

Requiem-x · 2013-04-07, 13:36

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Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

Because you can be a sadist who watches solely to seem them suffer

What if their suffering is the source of the rage?

Ok, before continuing this, I'll assume this is going to have concentrated melodrama.

tsunade666 · 2013-04-07, 15:21

ah... wow. lots of info in the thread even though its not the future plot but still it tells what the story is about. So I will set my self ready for another rage mode. Hope its not as bashing as the first one.

Aqua Knight · 2013-04-07, 16:01

WOW!!

White Album is in my top-10 definitely and now WA2!!

Are the characters in WA2 totally different from WA1?

Natsu_ · 2013-04-07, 18:02

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Originally Posted by Aqua Knight

WOW!!

White Album is in my top-10 definitely and now WA2!!

Are the characters in WA2 totally different from WA1?

Yes.
There is no direct relationship between them.

Information that has been decided
Broadcasting season : This autumn

Unverified Information
all 13 episodes, only IC

Haiprbim · 2013-04-07, 18:07

Any ideas of what the possible Genre(s) would be?

winkel · 2013-04-07, 18:12

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Originally Posted by Natsu_

Unverified Information
all 13 episodes, only IC

That would be crazy. You'd have to really drag out IC to make it 13 episodes...

Sumeragi · 2013-04-07, 19:25

I haven't even seen or played WA yet.

2013-04-07, 07:59	Link #28
Cosmic Eagle 今宵の虎徹は血に飢えている Join Date: Jan 2009	But 4 cour...?! __________________

2013-04-07, 09:13	Link #29
SaintessHeart NYAAAAHAAANNNNN~ Join Date: Nov 2007 Age: 35	4 cour wouldn't be so surprising. There are 2 parts to the game anyway, while WA only has 1 part. Though the question is, how long are they going to run it? __________________ When three puppygirls named after pastries are on top of each other, it is called Eclair a'la menthe et Biscotti aux fraises avec beaucoup de Ricotta sur le dessus. Most of all, you have to be disciplined and you have to save, even if you hate our current financial system. Because if you don't save, then you're guaranteed to end up with nothing.

2013-04-07, 15:21	Link #35
tsunade666 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: In my room	ah... wow. lots of info in the thread even though its not the future plot but still it tells what the story is about. So I will set my self ready for another rage mode. Hope its not as bashing as the first one. __________________ To A certain Lonely Hero

2013-04-07, 16:01	Link #36
Aqua Knight Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Age: 31	WOW!! White Album is in my top-10 definitely and now WA2!! Are the characters in WA2 totally different from WA1? __________________ I can’t sleep tonight…fish girl, sing me a song!

2013-04-07, 07:06	Link #25
Natsu_ Yoroshiku ne! Join Date: Jan 2013	タケケン@御宿FACE ‏@overdrive_sys 46分 White Album2今年の秋放送だって！！！！！全50話の4クールだよぉぉぉぉぉおおおおお！！！！！！！！ #wa2 White album 2 will be broadcast this autumn. Two seasons of all 50 story!!!!!!!! ※ This tweet is not the official and Official HP. http://whitealbum2.jp/

2013-04-07, 07:16	Link #26
Kirayuki Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012	50 episodes seems overkill.... Does it has so much content to begin with ?

2013-04-07, 13:10	Link #30
Requiem-x The slacking one Join Date: Apr 2012	HAHA, TIME FOR TRAINWRECKS AND RAGE! ...Or so I'd like to say, but everything points in a very different direction. Every single comment I've read on the web about this game worships it as a romance masterpiece (though there were also good comments on fortune arterial, and look how that turned out), so it seems to be another kind of beast altogether. I'm fine with that, whether it's a worthy competitor to Kimi ga iru no machi or Ef-a tale of memories, I'm looking forward to it already. So, it seems the characters are quite different this time around, huh? Good, maybe this time the heroine won't have the intellect of a ten year old with brain problems, though I'll definetly miss Rina's awesomeness.

2013-04-07, 18:07	Link #38
Haiprbim Banned Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Visual Dream Panire	Any ideas of what the possible Genre(s) would be?

2013-04-07, 19:25	Link #40
Sumeragi Banned Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Dai Korai Teikoku	I haven't even seen or played WA yet.