(L) Kara No Kyokai

[Sterling01]

Originally Posted by Archer

A new trailer is out~

"Coming Near Future"

That's just sad

[Archer]

Originally Posted by Sterling01

"Coming Near Future"

That's just sad

Actually, the date for the fourth movie has been announced already: May 24th, 3 days after the first DVD release.

There's even a trailer for that, too.

[astranagun]

In the last episode of Persona raw there is a spot of it that confirm the dates of the dvd distribution.

[Xellos-_^]

anyone how well the movies did in the theaters?

[Archer]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

anyone how well the movies did in the theaters?

http://zepy.momotato.com/2008/01/24/...-sets-records/

[BearShare]

Scratch that, I'm not even sure anymore.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by Archer

http://zepy.momotato.com/2008/01/24/...-sets-records/

nice

this increase the chance of a Fate/Zero movie set being created.

[Sterling01]

Just bought the DVD...

Anyway here's something to satisfy

[darkchibi07]

Mmmm, she has good taste in ice cream!

[Chrono Helix]

A sub has been released by [gg-TakaJun]

[d-one]

what O.o

is it real? O.o

the iso just out not too long ago O.o

[deffusse]

Please.... Any information about BluRay disc version to be released ?? The animation is realy great, I'm going to buy the dvd for sure, but BD will be much more better...

[aers]

Originally Posted by d-one

what O.o

is it real? O.o

the iso just out not too long ago O.o

Yeah, it's real - gg paid for the DVD themselves and had a rip a day and a half ago.

[Sterling01]

Originally Posted by deffusse

Please.... Any information about BluRay disc version to be released ?? The animation is realy great, I'm going to buy the dvd for sure, but BD will be much more better...

I don't think a Blue Ray release is planned

[saphyre]

Originally Posted by Forbin

For those of you who don't know much (like myself). KnK is the book written before Tsukihime and takes place in the Tsukihime's world.

Shiki (is a girl in this one) and has the same eyes of death as Shiki Tohno and many references to the Tsukihime world.

Ah no wonder, only just found out about it now and looked it up on ANN.
The first thing that came to mind was Tsukihime and now I know why .
Looking forward to watching it.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Sterling01

I don't think a Blue Ray release is planned

Yes, though i'm pretty sure it'll happen sometime in the near future.

[Mentar]

Am I the only one who feels terribly underwhelmed by the first episode?

I love Type-Moon. I love the universe. I love Yuki Kajiura (whose fault this unpleasant first episode it was NOT). Generally, I have nothing against slow-moving mysterious setups. And the animation was perfectly fine too.

But I'd by lying if I said I enjoyed it.

Pseudo-philosophical babbling which felt endless. A complete absence of suspense or tension. Low-key droning again and again and again. Who is the "opponent"? Is there any to begin with? What is this mess about? Heck, I couldn't even say if this was the beginning of a continuous storyline, or rather the complete end of a first chapter.

Sorry. But based on my hopes and expectations, this was a _bitter_ disappointment.

[Sterling01]

Originally Posted by Mentar

Am I the only one who feels terribly underwhelmed by the first episode?

I love Type-Moon. I love the universe. I love Yuki Kajiura (whose fault this unpleasant first episode it was NOT). Generally, I have nothing against slow-moving mysterious setups. And the animation was perfectly fine too.

But I'd by lying if I said I enjoyed it.

Pseudo-philosophical babbling which felt endless. A complete absence of suspense or tension. Low-key droning again and again and again. Who is the "opponent"? Is there any to begin with? What is this mess about? Heck, I couldn't even say if this was the beginning of a continuous storyline, or rather the complete end of a first chapter.

Sorry. But based on my hopes and expectations, this was a _bitter_ disappointment.

The first chapter is the worst of the seven followed by chapter six.

[Archer]

Originally Posted by Mentar

Am I the only one who feels terribly underwhelmed by the first episode?

I love Type-Moon. I love the universe. I love Yuki Kajiura (whose fault this unpleasant first episode it was NOT). Generally, I have nothing against slow-moving mysterious setups. And the animation was perfectly fine too.

But I'd by lying if I said I enjoyed it.

Pseudo-philosophical babbling which felt endless. A complete absence of suspense or tension. Low-key droning again and again and again. Who is the "opponent"? Is there any to begin with? What is this mess about? Heck, I couldn't even say if this was the beginning of a continuous storyline, or rather the complete end of a first chapter.

Sorry. But based on my hopes and expectations, this was a _bitter_ disappointment.

Hmm. I think I understand the problem that you have with this movie.

In most of his work, Nasu tends to typically use the first part, the introduction, as a means to introduce the themes that he'll be exploring during the rest of the story. It's been done in Tsukihime (with Shiki meeting Aoko Aozaki), and it's been done in Fate (with Shirou's desire to become a hero of justice). So this first movie, which is an adaptation of the first chapter, is exactly that - an introduction. It doesn't make for exceptionally good standalone material, and many consider the first chapter of the novel rather weak in comparison to the other stories.

Personally, I believe that the cast has done a pretty decent job regardless, even if there are flaws (philosophies are introduced with the subtlety of a jackhammer for one, although this is typically something that Nasu has trouble with in general, and not really the fault of the animation crew). Not to mention that as an introduction, it allows the audience to understand the characters and the general atmosphere pretty well, which I believe should be the main purpose of an introduction in the first place.

Remember that even some of the best of anime, like for example Legend of the Galactic Heroes, don't have immediately captivating beginnings. It's best to treat the work like an episode of an anime series (The animation crew set up the release schedule for this purpose, iirc) instead of like an actual movie.

[Hypertaost]

Just finished watching this, and I have to say I'm really impressed. Some of the character's faces looked a bit strange (I know that I'm selfish for expecting the characters to look as good as they were in the book, but I hoped anyway), but the music and gorgeous scenes really impressed me. There's no need to say anything about the story since my words cannot possibly describe how great the story is. Now, to hunt down the soundtrack.....