2007-04-08, 06:20 | Link #21 | |
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I'm not sure I'd follow this unless it a) doesn't have endless power-ups and b) actually does something unpredictable. I can probably shake the DBZ memories if it surprises me, but for now I'll give it a few eps and see if it develops. I liked the ED though, the way the characters were presented. Thought that was cool. |
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2007-04-08, 12:14 | Link #22 |
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Agreed on the interesting designs. I mean, Shark ships? And Kluk's gun was hilarious.
I need a few more episodes to decide whether or not I'll continue to follow it but so far Zola and Uematsu Nobou's musical talents have my attention.
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2007-04-08, 15:08 | Link #24 |
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I'd hazard a guess that the anime soundtrack is more Megumi Oohashi's doing that Uematsu's. She's credited alongside him and this probably means she's taken the themes from the game and 'elaborated' on them for the anime - with little or no input from Uematsu beside some quality checking maybe. Oohashi is a talented enough composer in her own right and has more anime experience on her side. She did the excellent score for The Third, which is similarly epic.
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2007-04-08, 15:16 | Link #25 | |
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2007-04-15, 06:57 | Link #34 |
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The OP is growing on me, though I do like the ED theme alot more.
Watched ep 2 and I find myself enjoying this more than I thought, and the animation is surprisingly solid two eps in. On the downside, and this is my real fear, there is the early hint of posturing and the potential for endless TALKING rather than FIGHTING. Though let's hope we don't go further down that route than this. Zola continues to rock and, despite some reused sequences, the whole show really comes to life when she's on screen i.e away from Shu and his disposable friends, who is just plain annoying at the moment. However episode 2 shows that BD does not take itself at all seriously: at a moment of tension, when Shu should be summoning the Blue Dragon (squatting and grimacing like his DB/DBZ ancestors) instead we get a FART. I think this alone deserves praise for totally derailing expectations. Silly and childish yet somehow did more to convince me this show may be worth the long haul. Reminds me of the crude humour from the original DB series. I haven't played the game but I'm guessing Kluke has a shadow? I've warmed to her slightly after she reveals the most inappropriate mecha fetish since Winry Rockbell |
2007-04-16, 16:32 | Link #39 |
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No, DATS is still doing it, until a certain time. It's on our forum.
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2007-04-19, 13:06 | Link #40 |
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this thread is a bit dead isn't it? This anime deserves more love
I find Blue Dragon very fun to watch and it has this good old classic feel to it. I really like the art style, it reminds me of Dragon Ball... well they are essentially the same everything they do you can find the equivalent Dragon Ball reference, ROFL everytime they are in the squat position and go "AAAAaaaARRrrRRRGGGGGgGHHHHHHH" I think we can expect a Blue Dragon Z YAY @ Spoiler for ep2:
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