(L) Date A Live

[iamadooddood]

Originally Posted by farios

New info for Date a Live 2nd season

Spoiler for yamai seiyuu:

Yamai Kaguya: Uchida Maaya
Yamai Yuzuru: Bridcut Sarah Emi

Source

Miku's seiyuu not out yet?

She had better be someone who can actually sing. Else the fans will rage.

[AP24]

I also want to know who's going to voice Miku. But I'm more interested in knowing the airdate of 2nd season. If it's going to air in Spring 2014 season then they will announce it before the end of this year.

[Yoxall]

The Date A Live Anime site has changed once again. This time they are going back to Tohka.



They also have some text there, though I don't know what they are saying. They also reorganized of some things in the site. Hopefully this could mean season 2 is coming soon.

[Shinji103]

Well, the second season might not be that far off after all.

Besides the update on the seiyuu selection for DAL S2, as pointed out above the main website for the anime has been revamped, but the big thing is the modified logo and page header,

"DATE A LIVE II."

[monir]

Originally Posted by Shinji103

Well, the second season might not be that far off after all.

Besides the update on the seiyuu selection for DAL S2, as pointed out above the main website for the anime has been revamped, but the big thing is the modified logo and page header,

"DATE A LIVE II."

Excellent! I enjoyed this show.

Let's put up a new thread in the Upcoming.

[Shinon]

volume 6 bd cover http://dalian.7thstyle.com/2013/10/d...kotori-001.jpg

[blitz1/2]

Originally Posted by Shinon

volume 6 bd cover http://dalian.7thstyle.com/2013/10/d...kotori-001.jpg

dat thigh and leg.

[Shinji103]

Eh, it could honestly do without as much fire blocking Kotori's character. It feels like there's too much flame taking too much attention away from Kotori herself.

[AbZeroNow]

It would appear that Funi has got the OVA that's coming out December 6th.

http://www.funimation.com/date-a-live

(It lists 12 episodes and 1 OVA)

[Somethindarker]

The sales were strong. Not great though. I'd say the chance of season 2 were 50/50. I liked the show. Origami was my fave. Those quiet yandere's always do it for me.

[iamadooddood]

Originally Posted by Somethindarker

The sales were strong. Not great though. I'd say the chance of season 2 were 50/50. I liked the show. Origami was my fave. Those quiet yandere's always do it for me.

If you didn't notice, season 2 got greenlit as early as June 21.

And given the price of the BDs, I'd think DAL did great in this regard.

[Filia Nox]

Originally Posted by kagato3

Series overall thoughts. Trying to be not to be biased over all I think I would give the Series a rating of 75/100 I feel there were some major pacing issues, an over use of some pretty bad "jokes" (Ai, Mai, Mii, I'm looking at you), many of the characters come off as a bit generic with little in the way of motivation.

That being said having read the novels it fails as an adaption. Too many Important parts of the characters backgrounds have been cut such as the talk about Shidou's adoption in volume 1 as it explains the source of his motivation for helping the Spirits, most of the AST parts that show that they know killing a spirit is next to imposable and their job is to do little more then contain them and try to make them leave. The fact that Yoshinon is in fact a second personality that Yoshino made to control her powers because she is afraid of hurting other people. Some of the more odd things about Reine such as her claiming to have not slept for 30 years after eating (yes she chews them) a bottle of "sleeping pills". The full events of Origami's dream of the death of her parents where she see what she believes is the Spirit mocking her as she lies broken looking at the charred remains of her parents.

Originally Posted by kagato3

I might concede you have a point had the ep that it was shown in not had yet another unneeded Ai,Mai,Mii joke that cover the same time it would take to you know show the dream even the condensed version of it in the BD would have been ok IMO but the aired version fails to convey just how traumatic it was for her and shows they were personally killed by a spirit and were not just collateral damages of the fire it caused some what justifying her views.

As for Reine it's not the sleep deprivation that is important but how it started 30 years ago(you know when the first space quake hit) and is one of a string of things that point to her not being quite normal since eating a whole bottle of sleeping pills should kill a person, just like her tea with enough sugar in it to put someone in a diabetic coma (which they did show)

Originally Posted by Anime Online

As I see it, the anime is trying to do too many things at once, and it never fully addresses the basic premise of the show.

It's like watching an alien invasion movie and it never talked about why the aliens are so interested in Earth. What exactly happened 30 years ago? Why are the Spirits there in the anime? Where did they come from? What is their purpose? The anime introduced the concept that spirits would cause a spacequake when they arrive, yet it completely ignored that whenever the anime like. Who oversees Kotori? Who oversees the AST military people? I dunno. I had all these questions during the early parts of the anime and thought the anime would gradually explain things. Maybe I was expecting too much.

It all just seems like a cover for a harem anime and all I got from it is "Shidou is a Spirit magnet". Even Infinite Stratos, being a generic harem anime with mecha suits, felt more satisfying.

So agree with some of these comments. This anime has too many loop-holes unanswered and though it has good actions and lots of potential – I personally feel it’s only saving grace is the nice Opening Theme – it sorely lacks character development and places too much emphasize on the Spirits only without even shredding some history of the humans (and families) who fell victim to the spacequake phenomena. It’s still an ongoing novel – I get it – but we have seen other anime - with ongoing manga – and by this time the plot, purpose, backstory/history would have all fallen into place.

[EroKing]

[Filia Nox]

Originally Posted by Somethindarker

The sales were strong. Not great though. I'd say the chance of season 2 were 50/50. I liked the show. Origami was my fave. Those quiet yandere's always do it for me.

Origami is my favourite too.

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by Filia Nox

it sorely lacks character development and places too much emphasize on the Spirits only without even shredding some history of the humans (and families) who fell victim to the spacequake phenomena.

Huh? Since when does a story go into the details of the victims of big catastrophies? You didn't see the story focus on the history of the, what, tens of thousands of people killed in the space elevator collapse in Gundam 00 S2.

It’s still an ongoing novel – I get it – but we have seen other anime - with ongoing manga – and by this time the plot, purpose, backstory/history would have all fallen into place.

And why does DAL have to follow this formula of revealing the plot early in its story? And there was another popular title *coughToaruMajutsunoIndexcough* that didn't lay its plot bare in its first 24 episode season.
There was somebody a while back in this thead who was making these same exact complaints......

[Filia Nox]

Originally Posted by Shinji103

Huh? Since when does a story go into the details of the victims of big catastrophies? You didn't see the story focus on the history of the, what, tens of thousands of people killed in the space elevator collapse in Gundam 00 S2.

Since when? Well let's see....when some of the human protagonist(s) or main characters or supporting main characters are concerned? Look at Code Geass, Fullmetal Alchemist, Blood + and a host of other anime that I can't remember off-hand. Do you get my point?

Originally Posted by Shinji103

And why does DAL have to follow this formula of revealing the plot early in its story? And there was another popular title *coughToaruMajutsunoIndexcough* that didn't lay its plot bare in its first 24 episode season.
There was somebody a while back in this thead who was making these same exact complaints......

I don't say that it is a MUST that every anime has to follow a criteria of storytelling. But at least choose some or the most interesting history of some/all of the characters to focus on. Here, we don't even exactly KNOW much about Shido and his past. Except that he has amnesia 5 years ago. Why? What cause it? What exactly happened? Where is/are their parents? Why did Tohka - or the rest of the Spirits - come to Earth in the first place? All these are in the blanks. Nitpicking? I don't think so. Personally, if a story leaves too many questions unanswered then it is nothing but just a lame story. That's all to it.

p.s. Toaru what? I have not watch it yet so I'm not gonna comment on it.

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by Filia Nox

Since when? Well let's see....when some of the human protagonist(s) or main characters or supporting main characters are concerned? Look at Code Geass, Fullmetal Alchemist, Blood + and a host of other anime that I can't remember off-hand. Do you get my point?

Who ever said that any of the named character cast is connected to the spacequakes? Aside from the spirits obviously, who needless to say get plenty of focus, the only named human character that has any connection to the spacequakes/was a victim of a spacequake at all is Origami.

I don't say that it is a MUST that every anime has to follow a criteria of storytelling. But at least choose some or the most interesting history of some/all of the characters to focus on. Here, we don't even exactly KNOW much about Shido and his past. Except that he has amnesia 5 years ago. Why? What cause it? What exactly happened? Where is/are their parents? Why did Tohka - or the rest of the Spirits - come to Earth in the first place? All these are in the blanks. Nitpicking? I don't think so. Personally, if a story leaves too many questions unanswered then it is nothing but just a lame story. That's all to it.

Um, why do we have to know anything about Shido's past already? We're not even halfway through the novels, and the author isn't making the novel's plot on the anime's schedule. You're saying "Questions not answered early on = bad series." There's a plethora of animes that don't reveal antying about the plot or the main character until late in the series, sometimes the final episodes. And many of these series are big time titles. What kind of story would it be if the mysteries were laid bare early on?
This is very much nitpicking; you're complaining because the series isn't conveniently answering all your questions early on. Meanwhile there's a certain series called Attack on Titan (you may notice it in the sub-forum sections right there on the main forum page ) that makes a point of presenting answers only to rip them away at the last second. Halfway through that series, and yet even more major questions keep coming up.
What you're doing is complaining about a story setup that has existed for a long time in anime. You need to replace your usage of "lame" with "pointlessly complaining about what has existed for years." It's not dumb. It's not lame. It's something that is in many, many animes for many years, and thus which you're very, very late to complain about. Neon Genesis Evangelion didn't answer a number of big questions until the End of Evangelion movie which took place after episode 24 out of 26 in that series.

p.s. Toaru what? I have not watch it yet so I'm not gonna comment on it.

Hint: check the titles of the sub-foum sections.

[Filia Nox]

Originally Posted by Shinji103

Who ever said that any of the named character cast is connected to the spacequakes? Aside from the spirits obviously, who needless to say get plenty of focus, the only named human character that has any connection to the spacequakes/was a victim of a spacequake at all is Origami.

Um, why do we have to know anything about Shido's past already? We're not even halfway through the novels, and the author isn't making the novel's plot on the anime's schedule. You're saying "Questions not answered early on = bad series." There's a plethora of animes that don't reveal antying about the plot or the main character until late in the series, sometimes the final episodes. And many of these series are big time titles. What kind of story would it be if the mysteries were laid bare early on?
This is very much nitpicking; you're complaining because the series isn't conveniently answering all your questions early on. Meanwhile there's a certain series called Attack on Titan (you may notice it in the sub-forum sections right there on the main forum page ) that makes a point of presenting answers only to rip them away at the last second. Halfway through that series, and yet even more major questions keep coming up.
What you're doing is complaining about a story setup that has existed for a long time in anime. You need to replace your usage of "lame" with "pointlessly complaining about what has existed for years." It's not dumb. It's not lame. It's something that is in many, many animes for many years, and thus which you're very, very late to complain about. Neon Genesis Evangelion didn't answer a number of big questions until the End of Evangelion movie which took place after episode 24 out of 26 in that series.

Hint: check the titles of the sub-foum sections.

I'll continue this debate with you after watching Crow Zero.

p.s. I will be doing an injustice to Toaru whom I have yet to watch, if I jump in and comment "foolishly". That's why I've said I don't want to comment...nor base any examples on it.

[Riki]

Originally Posted by Filia Nox

Since when? Well let's see....when some of the human protagonist(s) or main characters or supporting main characters are concerned? Look at Code Geass, Fullmetal Alchemist, Blood + and a host of other anime that I can't remember off-hand. Do you get my point?



I don't say that it is a MUST that every anime has to follow a criteria of storytelling. But at least choose some or the most interesting history of some/all of the characters to focus on. Here, we don't even exactly KNOW much about Shido and his past. Except that he has amnesia 5 years ago. Why? What cause it? What exactly happened? Where is/are their parents? Why did Tohka - or the rest of the Spirits - come to Earth in the first place? All these are in the blanks. Nitpicking? I don't think so. Personally, if a story leaves too many questions unanswered then it is nothing but just a lame story. That's all to it.

p.s. Toaru what? I have not watch it yet so I'm not gonna comment on it.

First off, DAL has only a 12 episode limit so back-ground is basically impossible. Even the 12 episodes have so many parts cut out from the novel.

Second. Not even those questions are answered in the novel, how'd you expect the anime to give the answers......its a novel anime adaption not the other way around. If it turns into an original adaption (Which will cause more problems...I am looking at that darn fanservice episode they put in when they could emphasis more on Yoshino's) then it'll become a train wreck.

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by Filia Nox

I'll continue this debate with you after watching Crow Zero.

It's pointless for you to continue the debate because, well, you're wrong. It isn't because I'm saying it, it's just simply that you're wrong.

Your whole complaint is defunct. Holding back answers to big questions regarding the plot and/or main character(s) is a time-honored, fan-supported storytelling device that has been in use for years and years. Now suddenly a 12-episode series, which isn't the end of the title, doesn't answer the mysteries of the universe early on and that makes it "lame"?
That belief of yours right there kills your whole argument.