2012-03-09, 11:36 | Link #102 |
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My reason for trying this is simple: Kawamori + Okada.
What happens when you get one of the pioneers of love triangles combined with the most atrocious shipping feeder? The world explodes of course... or you get Aquarion EVOL and AKB0048 Expecting lots of shipping trolling in this . Probably yuri shipping since it's likely going to be an all female-cast. |
2012-03-09, 14:56 | Link #103 |
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Aaaand to round up the list... cast announcement, third edition.
Akimoto Sayaka: Kawasumi Ayako Miyazawa Sae: Nakahara Mai Maeda Atsuko: Sawashiro Miyuki Boy, did this remain surprising up to the very end, in a good way. I'm looking at the whole cast list again, and there's no way I would ever have expected a TV anime in 2012 to feature all these names together...
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2012-03-09, 21:49 | Link #104 |
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Mon dieu, with a lot of heavy-hitting seiyuu, I could imagine some crossover cosplaying in fanart. *rubs hands in anticipation* Acchan as Suruga... http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-7982.html#more
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The cast and staff of this project have me all in, anyway.
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2012-03-12, 13:32 | Link #106 |
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I love that they seem to be trying to lure in the sci-fi fan crowd to which I belong when I've pretty much been through this sort of attempt to appeal to know that the sci-fi aspects are going to get maybe 5% of the focus while the rest of the show is comprised of really expensive concert scenes (probably with lots of flashy CGI since it's Satelight), fluffy dialogue and maybe a little fanservice here and there. It's just like nope....after countless experiences like this in a row I just don't trust a show where the entire cast is comprised of a female pop group to deliver to anyone other than fans of said pop group in real life. I honestly don't know why they even bother as it just seems like the kind of ploy that's going to dilute the story and be of no interest to AKB48 fans.
AKB48 fans don't give a **** about seeing the intergalactic space idol/Macross/Jet Set Radio version of the band, they just want to see AKB48 dance around and sing their new songs and sci-fi fans don't give a **** about wanting to see singing/dancing pop-idols for extended lengths of time, they want to see a distant yet familiar world and be entertained by the intracies of the setting and characters so just again really not sure why they are bothering with the sci-fi twist here as it's just not going to work to it's advantage in any way that I can see...not with this writer and this premise at least. |
2012-03-12, 23:20 | Link #108 |
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Rather the show is more on the musical side than full-on serious sci-fi (I believe that the last time a major pop group had an animated feature of their own, even though short-lived, it was New Kids on the Block).
Man, you haven't seen the show yet, so don't rail on it until it arrives.
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2012-03-13, 00:33 | Link #109 |
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@Kaioshin Sama
I have to agree with sa547 here as well, as I mentioned, this project to me does not look like a project to gain new fans but more as a reward project for old fans. I don't know how much you know about the group, but AKB48 was a group that was built on the foundation in which it's core fans ARE hard core ACG fans. (our so called otaku) In fact many of the direction the group takes are based on what this group suggested in the past. To say it was a project to reach sci-fi anime crowd doesn't make sense to me since they've already tapped into that crowd in their Akibahara based theater and to be frank, their current popularity make that pointless. It just doesn't make sense when AKB are now on top of not just the Japanese idol world but the whole Japanese entertainment world where the group was estimate to be have stimulated nearly 30 Billion Yen (roughly $375 million USD) for Japanese economy last year. (according to KinSMA special) It make more sense that the project is using AKB to hope to draw more sci-fi anime fans from the production sides and from AKB side it's a project devotes to their long-time followers.
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2012-03-13, 11:26 | Link #110 |
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My body isn't READY for this:
Work-in-Progress/Not Finalized Oh, do I have to remind that they ain't gonna repeat Xenoglossia (I'm sure Okada and her deputies have reviewed that precedent and hopefully don't let the story go that way)? To make comparisons with Xenoglossia would be a mistake; that other show was poorly directed and scripted.
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2012-03-13, 15:11 | Link #111 |
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Is that song actually going to be the OP? 'cause I thought they would at least use a new song as theme song for the series...
Anyway, that clip actually looks nice with some pretty good dogfight movements. I'm all for changing the title of this to MACROSS: AKB0048.
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2012-03-14, 10:43 | Link #113 |
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Unfortunately, for those not happy about CG animation, it's going to stay as part of the production process; Satelite will be using the same tools and software that helped build up Macross Frontier and the two movies (as well as the Nyan-Nyan Video Clip and the videos used in the tie-in pachinko machines).
For me, the eye-candy is just the icing on the cake; what matters much for me is the script, dialogue, characterization (personality goes a very long way), and interaction.
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2012-03-14, 11:31 | Link #115 |
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To be more precise, Macross Frontier Music Clip Shuu: Nyankuri (the Northern Cross concert sequence). Also the first few minutes of Sayonara no Tsubasa at Sheryl's concert.
It's too early to go dissing.
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2012-03-14, 17:28 | Link #116 |
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Well, I finally figure out the my own question earlier on what exactly are those legacy members and the generation honorific are for.
Should have realized it sooner since its a fairly common cultural tradition in East Asia when it comes to professions and clans. I just got confuse by the names and thought those legacy members were suppose to be their real live self. Legacy members are simply regular members who inherited the name of the original (real live) AKB members based on the quality they displayed. So Takamina the 5th is literally the 5th Takamina or fourth person to carry the name Takamina and isn't Takamina being the 4th generation of some unknown group. Anyway, looking at the VA list for Legacy members, it's really a who's who list. It reminds me of the VA talent that Sakura Taisen (the game) was able to secure. This type of thing just doesn't happen often, even if they are really just there as supporting cast.
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2012-03-14, 18:16 | Link #117 | |
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Eyecandy is must for Idol/big project like this.. and after Idolm@ster that have its dancing scene worked by such like Nishigori and co (many ex Gainax involved here), CG dance/concert gonna looked pretty bleh. And again, expecting something like "well as long the story n dialogue is fine" (and as like that would happen in this lol, again no offense) is quite silly. Its eyecandy or bust for most of us that waiting for this. Considering what kind of project this is.
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2012-03-14, 18:30 | Link #118 |
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Nice way to start the morning with a red mark, eh?
First of all, unlike most people, I don't like to judge things by first sight, or the cover of any book, for there is something beneath the facade, and I want to know more about that, I want to see that substance, which explains about my viewpoint; there's more than just a cute face. I know and for months since the first announcement (and we've been discussing it at some length), there's a lot of mad risk and bets riding on this project, and after seeing the video I know comparisons with the failed IM@S:Xenoglossia show (and the successful Idolmaster) will be inevitable. If the staff of this show (including Aki-P) have done their homework, however, I'm confident in foreseeing that they're not going in that direction where Xenoglossia failed in delivering.
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I agree, besides the more I looks at this project the more I feel it's a gamble on the production side rather than from AKB side.
It seems that the production is hoping to use AKB's popularity to maybe reviving sci-fi genre as a whole as the genre has being in a virtual standstill for the past few years. (the works that there but there really hadn't been any major sci-fi hit unless you count IS) The good new here is that the AKB side seem to be fairly committed to it that while no major member other than Mayuyu is in it, Akimoto at least seem to be pretty on board with this project. And considering the current workload of top members, the fact he can even spare Mayuyu is pretty pretty impressive and it the music in the "trailer" is a hint. The series might be full of AKB music as well. It's a nice shutout from the AKB's side to it longest supporting fans. As for the dancing sequence, as sa547 said. it still in early stage. I personally like what is there considering the phase. and really if Akimoto wanted, he can easily get his people to choreography those sequences or even just have them copy AKB seguences outright. Personally, I'm more worried about those floating platforms. While those things gave it a futuristic look, it takes away one of AKB's selling points in AKB's dances IMO: formation and role switch.
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Digging into some viewer responses... Just happens that an old friend have gone out of limb to clarify:
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