2012-12-08, 10:58 | Link #2822 | ||||||
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
|
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
|
||||||
2012-12-09, 16:14 | Link #2823 |
Me, An Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: UK
Age: 33
|
Man, I have to say that I'm absolutely loving the soundtrack at the moment. The first release kept me occupied even until now, but the second release is even better. Inside the Blue, Apocalypse or a New Beginning, The Awakening, Re-Paradox, Scub Coral Exterior, Responsibility, Ex-Hero...
This is gonna last for a while...
__________________
|
2012-12-16, 19:51 | Link #2825 |
reads too much
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: you know that's a great question.....
|
Well there's no word on another sequel and honestly considering how this series ended (world's history has been rewritten again, for all we know Ao is actually in our world now) I doubt the three of them would ever meet (especially since Elena was around 20 years out of her own time in AO, I can't see a new season working with that idea).
__________________
|
2012-12-24, 02:26 | Link #2826 | ||
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
|
Quote:
As wandering-dreamer pointed out though it would seem that Elena would probably have to be older than Ao and Fleur this time since Eureka no longer gets stranded in time to make her extra time jump to rescue her (nor would she need to save Elena since Secrets no longer exist to cause the Scub Burst that originally threatened her life anyway). So Elena probably never would have time jumped anymore unless something new and odd happened to cause it to occur anyway. Quote:
Last edited by DangerMouse; 2012-12-24 at 16:43. |
||
2013-01-06, 22:58 | Link #2827 |
A certain collie of rain.
Join Date: Jul 2012
|
I think we might have misjudged this sequel, mainly because of episodes 4 to 11.
True, it might not actually be a direct sequel; not much of the previous show's lore has been here, there was much more fan-service, Monster of the Week and a ridiculous villain who happens to greatly resemble Howl (Both wore jackets on their shoulders, that never fell off during flights, Truth's last appearance had raven claws for hands, etc). Spoiler for Howl x Truth comparison.:
But try to look at the scheme of episodes this way: 1-3 was the introduction, 4-11 helped us get more familiar with the characters and background of the story, 12-15 got us to realize that there really is a connection between the two shows, 16-21 was rationalization (though I hate how they just discarded TheEND so easily) and 22-24 was holy shit Renton <3 and long-hair Ao. And I will have to disagree with any of you who say the ending didn't wrap everything up neatly. Please give Eureka Seven AO another try by re-watching it, and you might view it differently than before. You have to remember two things while doing this. One is that at first when AO just lunched, we were all extremely zealous about Kokyoshihen, and the other is that there is always a difference between watching a series one episode a week, or watching it in a couple days. I hope this might convince some of you to give AO another chance, with an open mind. That said, there will always be those who will dislike this show, and I understand and fully respect these opinions as well, but regardless, happy new year. Last edited by Raincollie; 2013-01-06 at 23:39. |
2013-01-20, 01:51 | Link #2829 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
|
I agree. It's crap.
I really fucking hate "retconning history" bullshit. Time travel is fine when done in stable, self-fulfiling loops, but rewriting history is nuts. Especially when it doesn't actually change anything at all! I am really annoyed that Hulu took down the original series before I got around to watching it, and replaced it with THIS waste of time. On the topic of things that made no sense, that Naru chick. What the FUCK was ever going through her head? She was crazier than Truth. |
2013-02-07, 18:22 | Link #2830 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
|
Also, what's the point of following a story where ALL of the events you just saw got erased from existence?
This is really no different from "It was all just a dream." It's a shitty way to end a story, because it invalidates EVERYTHING that just happened, and makes a mockery of the time you spent watching. |
2013-02-10, 07:49 | Link #2831 | |
Senior Member
Author
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: USA
|
Quote:
__________________
|
|
2013-04-19, 04:04 | Link #2834 |
Criminal Unrequitor
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2010
|
I came to this show directly after watching the original. The original was pretty darn good but also fairly flawed and inconsistent. It definitely had a huge heart though which what really made me like it (and go through all its emo angst though). This sequel though is very different in many ways.
Eureka Seven Ao is very different though. If anything, Ao was really solid. The way its plot is written is very structured even with its twists and turns (and those twists were darn huge). The characters are, surprisingly (since many people had gripes about them), well-developed even if they do pale in comparison to the characters of the original. E7Ao felt very different from its predecessor and I actually kinda like it. Sequels don't always have to connect the original especially with Eureka Seven which was a self-contained story in the beginning. While E7Ao felt very different, it also used its old characters, namely Eureka and Renton, but in very interesting ways. If there's something I felt unsatisfied with this series though, or at least where the original shined more, it's the lack of couples falling in the sky. E7Ao never really reached the emotional highs of the original (though I don't think many stories can ever reach it too). But for what this series is, which is a solidly told mecha series that is somewhat a sequel, it's pretty darn great.
__________________
|
2014-01-29, 12:29 | Link #2836 | |
Me, An Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: UK
Age: 33
|
Quote:
Don't know about the dub.
__________________
|
|
2014-01-29, 19:44 | Link #2837 | |
Seishu's Ace
Author
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
|
Quote:
The dub, IMO, is mediocre at best. Subbed is the way to go, slam-dunk.
__________________
|
|
2014-01-31, 16:46 | Link #2838 | |
He Without a Title
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The land of tempura
|
Quote:
__________________
|
|
2014-02-01, 01:20 | Link #2839 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
|
I enjoyed 2/3 of AO, but I was overall disappointed with the ending and that pretty much colors my opinion of the show in general.
In contrast to when I watched the finale for Eureka 7, where afterwards I felt happy, satisfied, and pleased, the ending of AO left me wondering if there was a point to watching it to begin with. I kinda felt cheated after getting attached to the story of Ao and Pied Piper only to see their story end like that. Any developments that had happened with the cast, barring Ao, ultimately didn't amount to anything in the end. I'm not against a sequel going for something different, but not when it does so in a way that is a disservice to the original, as I feel AO did. Aquarion Evol was similar in that respect but its finale saved it in my opinion. And at least Evol generally kept quite a few elements of its original series that I loved, while I can't really say the same for AO. The animation and music were great, but that's typical for Bones . Can't comment on the Dub, but I at least appreciate that they got back Stephanie Sheh and Johnny Yong Bosch as Eureka and Renton.
__________________
|
2014-02-01, 04:30 | Link #2840 |
Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 32
|
To give a contrasting opinion... I and I know many others consider AO to be an extreme disappointment. It has a relatively nice 3 episode start, but after that it went way downhill. By the end I actually felt it managed to spit on the fans over some plot reveals that were not so good to say the least.
Opinion are of course different around here, but I consider the original to be an anime classic. This? Not even watchable.
__________________
|
Tags |
harem, mecha, romance, science fiction, shounen |
|
|