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View Poll Results: Code Geass: Akito the Exiled OVA - Episode 2 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 13 | 22.41% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 12 | 20.69% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 15 | 25.86% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 11 | 18.97% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 4 | 6.90% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 1 | 1.72% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 1 | 1.72% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 1 | 1.72% | |
Voters: 58. You may not vote on this poll |
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2013-09-18, 19:08 | Link #104 | |
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What happened in R2 - Lelouch spent 1 yr with Rolo. What can be retconned because of the OVA - Lelouch spent hypothetically, lets say 6 mths with Rolo & had the other 6 mths of memories implanted. That gives Lelouch 6 mths "wiggle room" to make an appearance in separate media.
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2013-09-19, 03:05 | Link #106 | |
I change anime endings.
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In my opinion they just make a cameo for the fans, ignoring the old series. |
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2013-09-19, 03:51 | Link #107 | |
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All you have to do is reduce the length to match whatever time this takes. |
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2013-09-19, 19:01 | Link #110 |
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At least he's spending some time in a more interesting way than playing around with Rolo, provided this is actually the same character and not someone else entirely.
That said, he's only like the 10th or 12th thing on my mind when it comes to this particular Code Geass project though. It's not a make-or-break deal for me. PS: Did anyone notice there's two people who have already rated this episode? Color me surprised. |
2013-09-19, 20:40 | Link #111 | |
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Supposing the reason why they (Black Knights) chose to attack the tower in R2 ep 1 is because this was their first real chance to get to Lelouch. If he really spent the entire year with Rolo, what was stopping them from getting him back?
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2013-09-19, 20:46 | Link #112 |
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I just feel; well, It's not like I hold R2, especially its godawful cliffhanger fakeout beginning, as Sacrosanct, but I think having him involved, if he is really involved, with Akito to be both contrived and also depriving Akito of the ability to be more standalone.
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2013-09-19, 21:19 | Link #113 |
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The thing with Code Geass AtE is that Lelouch was bound to appear at some point. I just didn't expect him to appear in this way. (Considering if that even is Lelouch).
He would eventually cross Akito's path: (1)As Zero, when he was recruiting members for the UFN, he'd possibly meet with Akito's superiors. (2)As the Emperor, when he began his worldwide war, Akito was bound to clash with his army at some point.
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2013-09-20, 00:14 | Link #115 | |
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All I had to do was read this at AnimeNewsNetwork and realized that this Code Geass was a steaming pile of feces. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...he-exiled-cast The Lelouch-clone is Julius Kingsley, which translates to this to me. Lelouch Double + R2 ending stabbing + Cart Driver that CC is talking to = Epic Fail Sunrise. At Xander Told you Xander, that Lelouch (or a clone of him) would be in Akito and that they had to do it or else their DVD/BD sales would be garbage, and they have been for the most part. Code Geass is Lelouch and Lelouch is Code Geass. They put too much weight on this character and they really can't kill him if they want to continue the franchise at this point. It's Okouchi's fault, and I'm through with this series. Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is far superior to this anime IMHO, as is Gundam Unicorn, so I'm done with Code Geass at this point. There's my rant/2 cents.
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2013-09-20, 00:14 | Link #116 | ||
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For other examples, I believe Amuro shows up in several Gundam Evolve shorts, and you do see both of their respective robots in a couple of MS Igloo episodes. And for the record, it could be worse. Like in Votoms, where most of the sequels, prequels and side stories are all about Chirico showing up yet again as the sole protagonist despite his entire character arc being properly resolved at the end of the original TV series. He's in Last Red Shoulder, Pailsen Files, Roots of Ambition, Phantom Arc, Shining Heresy, Alone Again. For a long time Armor Hunter Mellowlink was the only exception to this, at least until they made a couple of one-shot OVAs like Irvine and Finder relatively recently. EDITED: Just noticed the reply above. Oh, what the hell. Quote:
I don't follow your math above. If anything, it is easier to do something like this when there's a giant one year hole in the time line. It causes the least harm. This doesn't imply anything about the cart driver at all and there's another tiny little detail: Lelouch is not the point of view character. I understand not liking an idea, but your reaction strikes me as knee-jerk. Oh, I checked and you did the same for episode one too. Well, shucks. By the way, you're extremely wrong by assuming that Akito's BD/DVD sales have been garbage. Or maybe you live in a parallel universe where 30,000 BD/DVD sales are worthless. Last edited by Kusaja; 2013-09-20 at 01:37. |
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2013-09-20, 01:56 | Link #117 | ||
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Period. Yes, I watched the first episode and the music is annoying as fuck. The battle scenes don't need a damn horn blaring the whole friggin time its going on and the plot was weak, very weak. So it deserves a 1 because it was painful to watch. The preview of the second volume in the animenewsnetwork write up looks equally painful with the introduction of a Lelouch clone. I have discussed this (over a year ago) with people here already in detail and as I said back then, they can't do Code Geass without Lelouch and that shows how weak the storyline really is. Correction: Make that over 4 years ago. http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...00#post2805300 There is no "alternate universe" about this. SBY 2199 Volume 1 sold 15,000+ copies in the first WEEK. Quote:
Code Geass can barely make that after months of being out. It's a flop. In Yamato (and Gundam) there wasn't such a stink by the fanbase about characters being alive or dead. Nobody threw a hissy fit if anybody suggested that Admiral Okita might still be alive or that he came back in Final Yamato from a coma. In Code Geass, so much nonsense was built up over the death of Lelouch that the head writer came out and said he was dead. Now they're going to put him in as a clone and/or alternate personality? Give me a break. The show has become a waste of time at this point because they can't get past Lelouch.
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2013-09-20, 02:29 | Link #118 | ||
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But yeah, objectively, I like Gundam Unicorn and 2199 a lot more than Geass (Mineva Zabi is what Euphemia should have been like). But I liked episode 1, though not as much as Unicorn or 2199, and felt that it could go a long way towards establishing a broader world of Geass. I hope that feeling wasn't wrong. |
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2013-09-20, 03:37 | Link #120 | |||||||
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Not going to discuss most of your opinions about the first episode because I share none of them. But now that the soundtrack is out, it is very amusing to still see people complaining about the use of barely two atypical jazz tracks, simply because said two tracks aren't universally appealing. Quote:
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...-28-february-3 That's 24,507 BDs and 2,818 DVDs in the first WEEK. To highlight the obvious when comparing first WEEKs, 24,507 is a larger figure than 15,908. It would seem reality disagrees with your assessment of "flop" here. Ignoring cumulative sales doesn't exactly help your case either, since the industry itself doesn't ignore them. And to quote your own link: An average of 20,000 may not seem like a lot, but since Japanese blu-rays retail for 3-4 times the cost of an American disc, this represents substantial revenue. But apparently this is a "flop" for something that doesn't even have the same running time as any one chapter of Yamato 2199? Nope! Quote:
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If you press me, then I can just admit this can be considered an interquel, which makes it both a sequel and a prequel at the same time. The reason I brought up Zeta is this: it came out long before 0080 and 08th MS Team in production order and was the first official expansion of the Gundam universe. It's not directly continuing the Zeon vs. Federation war, and I was able to have fun watching that show without knowing anything about the history of Amuro or Char. Akito the Exiled is the first official expansion of Code Geass and nothing else, since R2 was the 2nd half of the previous story, has been produced before it in animated form. It's not directly continuing the war for the liberation of Japan, and I have not felt that you need to know much of anything about the history of Lelouch in order to enjoy this. Whatever the case...I don't think you can say that this is, objectively, deserving of a 1 out of 10 even if you hate the idea of Julius or whoever appearing. Or can you? Last edited by Kusaja; 2013-09-20 at 04:02. |
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