2008-12-27, 05:01 | Link #41 |
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A nice scan from the Feb 2009 issue of the Megami magazine:
The arts look interesting, and with Mizuki Nana + Hirano Aya (and Tomatsu Haruka...) in the cast I won't miss to check this one out.
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2008-12-28, 05:40 | Link #42 |
Jigoku Shoujo
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Before accusations of White Album ripping off "Macross Frontier" start flying around, I must state that White Album was an eroge made by Leaf, way back in 1998. Not to mention the idea of love triangles and catfights have been around since… ok, I have no idea, but all the same, please look forward to White Album.
*I hope this show will be popular enough,at least "Nana Mizuki" is idol. http://www.last.fm/music/%E6%B0%B4%E...A5%88%E3%80%85 1,641,509 plays at last.fm |
2008-12-28, 10:42 | Link #43 |
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Like it or not it's going to get compared to Macross, since it's essential Macross sans mechas and Macross has been doing the pop idol triangles since 1982 in many variations and is a hugely influential anime title.
That being said it would be silly to say it's ripping off Macross and I doubt we'll see that said here, if anything it's going to attract the Frontier crowd from these forums. Edit - Been listening to the radio rip of the full version of Mizki's OP "Shinai" (thanks hashihime/Karou for linking it on your blog's winter preview). Liking what I'm hearing, looking forward to the OP sequence. Last edited by Westlo; 2008-12-28 at 11:52. |
2008-12-28, 12:27 | Link #44 | |
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What did they do to Shinozuka Yayoi?
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And I must say I'm extremely disappointed in how they "ported over" Shinozuka Yayoi's design from the original game. She was probably the best-looking of the White Album girls from the original game (partly because she was the most mature-looking among them). Here's a link to something in which I believe highlights her beauty well: http://www.hlj.com/cgi-perl/tanoue/f...Page=0&Style=0 In short, "Yayoi is subtly sexy, without baring more than her face and hands." I cannot say the same of her anime incarnation, here: http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000...26477/img.html Did anyone here play the original game? I doubt very much that it would ever be translated here by Peach Princess, since it'd be pretty impossible that they could claim that a loli like Mizuki Mana in this game is "actually over 18 years old." I'd definitely like to learn about how Yayoi's route in the game went. |
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2008-12-28, 12:49 | Link #45 | |
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So, please, if you want to use another person's work, at least god damn paraphrase to avoid others from exposing you as a hack. |
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2008-12-28, 13:52 | Link #46 | |
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This has never stopped them from localizing pretty much whatever game they wanted before (including characters with much younger-looking character designs). The main reason they won't translate it is because it's by Leaf, and therefore is $$$$$ to license. Because the margins on these types of products are so low, they'll only bring over works from some of the less-mainstream makers (who are less likely to have their works adapted into mainstream anime). |
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2008-12-28, 14:42 | Link #47 | |
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I recently took a gander at the new designs for the remake of the game and I can't say I like Kawata Hisashi's new designs for Morikawa Yuki and Rina Ogata. Now they look too much like Sasara from To Heart 2. Do you think you could tell me who drew the originals? And did you play the game yourself? I seem to remember the protagonist being one of the most hated amongst the eroge fandom (on Wikipedia, no less), 3rd to the protagonists of KimiNozo and School Days--is that because choosing anyone other than Morikawa Yuki in the game will result in a bad ending or something? As for localizing this game in English, I played Yume Miru Kusuri recently, and I could believe that Aeka and Nekoko were that wiry despite being "over 18," because they were malnourished. I doubt I could ever believe Mizuki Mana being 18 or over (do you know what excuse the writers gave him to get her ending in the original eroge?). |
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2008-12-29, 07:16 | Link #50 | |
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2009-01-02, 04:40 | Link #54 | |
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2009-01-03, 03:17 | Link #58 | |
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Anyways, I'm planning on watching and blogging White Album because I'm a romance/drama addict. Thanks for the info everyone. I can't wait to hear Nana Mizuki's voice again.
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2009-01-03, 12:30 | Link #59 |
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Most cases and purposes, I can't stand crummy voice acting. Figured I'd give Hirano Aya another shot, but it's still the same ole poor and uninspired VAing from when she debuted...almost as bad as the acting in Lemon Angel Project. Mizuki Nana was alright, but overall, the vaing is pretty average across the board.
The animation itself was pretty smooth and imho really well done for the most part. OP by Mizuki Nana and ED by Suara were pretty good as well, but nothing standout compared to their more recent works. I think the story has some potential, but I'm going to refrain on commenting much about it until another ep or 2. Feels like a boring afternoon soap opera so far, though. Just feels like a mediocre to average anime just based on the first ep, though...I probably won't get past ep 3. Was not worth staying up until 2am to watch the season start of this series... |
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