AnimeSuki Forums

Register Forum Rules FAQ Members List Social Groups Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   AnimeSuki Forum > General > General Chat > Sports & Entertainment

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 2013-02-01, 14:09   Link #221
Snork
Twilight lander
 
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Minsk, Belarus
Send a message via ICQ to Snork
Well, MLP FiM is a fantasy-driven slice-of-life with a spoon of adventure, something a lot of mahou shoujo shows basically were and still are.

Quote:
But with MLP they are everywhere...
This year, maybe. Last year, I still encountered them by sheer accident. (edit: I meant years 2012 and 2011 respectively, but forgot it's 2013 already )

Quote:
as one concern I have with the show is that she's leaning a little bit towards "Mary Sue" territory IMO.
McCarthy promised Twi's personality won't change, and I have trouble imagining a Mary Sue with a personality like hers.

Quote:
The point of the two part episodes was to demonstrate how strong the main six are when working together. If Twilight can access something like an alicorn form ala Super Saiyan that can magically defeat whatever it is they need to defeat then the arc loses the camaraderie. If Twilight still needs their help then her upgrades are meaningless anyway.
Well, impressive ultra magic doesn't have to be a battle-oriented game breaker. We've yet to learn what kind of "profile" Twi obtains. Cadence's magic, for instance, mostly looks like defence and booster area. If Twi get something of this kind (and again, the synopsis gives a bit of such an impression), she'll be no better solo fighter than Cadence has been shown to be (I wonder, how much did it take Chrysalis to subdue and hide away a freakin' alicorn princess, even before she started feeding on Shining? Something tells me that not TOO much ), although her upgrades may give her other abilities to help (including cleaning up the mess of varying harshness that villains leave behind). And she's still one of the elements of harmony (themselves a valuable strategic weapon for the state security), so M6 teamwork is far from becoming obsolete IMHO.
__________________

Last edited by Snork; 2013-02-02 at 07:32.
Snork is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-02-01, 17:07   Link #222
Slayerx
Senior Member
 
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by Akito Kinomoto View Post
The point of the two part episodes was to demonstrate how strong the main six are when working together. If Twilight can access something like an alicorn form ala Super Saiyan that can magically defeat whatever it is they need to defeat then the arc loses the camaraderie. If Twilight still needs their help then her upgrades are meaningless anyway.

Discord and Nightmare Moon: Celestia could NOT beat them; the elements of harmony were required to beat them

Queen Chrysalis: Celestia lost in a duel against her and Cadance was imprisoned by her; it took both Cadance AND shining armor to beat her

King Sombra: Cadance could only hold him at bay; magical mcguffin and the Chrystal ponies beat him


You're overestimating Alicorn princess power. When it comes down to it, it was made clear that none of the major villains could be beaten by Magical Alicorn Princess power alone; it always took more than that. To put it simply... Friendship magic > Alicorn Princess magic

Quote:
She's a transfer student who moves into a new town with an athlete, a genki, an oujo, an Osakan, and a shrinking violet. She's got a friend who's the butt monkey of many jokes. Only with her girls has she become uber powerful.

Seems legit. :3
HA!
__________________

Last edited by Slayerx; 2013-02-02 at 02:04.
Slayerx is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-02-02, 06:34   Link #223
Snork
Twilight lander
 
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Minsk, Belarus
Send a message via ICQ to Snork
Quote:
She's a transfer student who moves into a new town with an athlete, a genki, an oujo, an Osakan, and a shrinking violet. She's got a friend who's the butt monkey of many jokes. Only with her girls has she become uber powerful.
Don't forget another transfer student who starts rivalry with her.
__________________
Snork is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-02-10, 12:49   Link #224
Snork
Twilight lander
 
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Minsk, Belarus
Send a message via ICQ to Snork
Spoiler for Episode 13 promo:


Finally some substantial footage. Not only the alicornisation event, but the whole episode promises to be epic. Which is par for the course with MLP season finals. I can't wait!

Games Ponies Play is out already, and it's a simple quality episode. Presumably based on a Fawlty Towers episode, although with that show never having aired in Russia, fans over there draw more parallels with Nikolai Gogol's "The Government Inspector" Simple fun, moar Cadance, shout-outs to the simultaneously-happening events of Just for Sidekicks, and the Mane Six' cheerleading is a total WIN. Oh, and we've seen a flashback with little Dashie and a rainbow-maned stallion, presumably her father.
__________________
Snork is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-02-17, 11:49   Link #225
Akito Kinomoto
Sekiroad-Idols Sing Twice
 
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Blooming Blue Rose
Age: 32
Send a message via AIM to Akito Kinomoto
Spoiler for Magical Mystery Cure:
__________________
Heil Muse. Bow before the Cinderella GirlsMuses are red
Cinderellas are blue
FAITODAYO
GANBARIMASU
Akito Kinomoto is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-02-17, 17:05   Link #226
TnAdct1
Honya-kun
 
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Clinton, Maryland
Quote:
Originally Posted by Akito Kinomoto View Post
Spoiler for Magical Mystery Cure:
Spoiler:
__________________
TnAdct1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-02-18, 00:14   Link #227
Kaijo
Banned
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow, in a house dropped on an ugly, old woman.
Send a message via AIM to Kaijo Send a message via MSN to Kaijo
As far as I know, another 26 episodes has been bought and paid for, but that could mean 13 episodes for season 4, and 13 for season 5. There were only 13 episodes in season 3, after all.
Kaijo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-02-18, 09:31   Link #228
Washu-Chan
Powered by AMD Athrun 64
 
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Having watched "Magical Mystery Cure", I can see it going in the following:
  • I think that they're trying to play up the "with great power comes great responsibility" arc
  • At first, Twilight is first excited at becoming a princess, but does she really want to be one?
  • What would happen to her friends? Will she value her friends more than being a princess?

According to Meghan McCarthy, "Magical Mystery Cure" is part 1 of 3.

__________________
Washu-Chan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-03-03, 17:57   Link #229
Washu-Chan
Powered by AMD Athrun 64
 
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Turns out that making Twilight Sparkle into an alicorn was set in stone since Nov. 2011:
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/0...ters-room.html
__________________
Washu-Chan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-03-18, 08:45   Link #230
Chaos2Frozen
We're Back
 
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Redgrave City
Age: 35
Miyuki Sawashiro will be voicing Twilight Sparkle?! Are you kidding me?! They've brought out the big guns ?!

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...cast-announced

EDIT:

Li Shaoran (Motoko Kumai) as Spike feels... Strangely appropriate for some reason.

Belldandy (Kikuko Inoue) as Celestia is a no brainer.

Last edited by Chaos2Frozen; 2013-03-18 at 09:06.
Chaos2Frozen is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-03-18, 10:19   Link #231
omimon
Professional Hikkikomori
 
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen View Post
Miyuki Sawashiro will be voicing Twilight Sparkle?! Are you kidding me?! They've brought out the big guns ?!

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...cast-announced

EDIT:

Li Shaoran (Motoko Kumai) as Spike feels... Strangely appropriate for some reason.

Belldandy (Kikuko Inoue) as Celestia is a no brainer.
All-star cast indeed.
omimon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-03-18, 10:41   Link #232
Kyero Fox
Tastes Cloudy
 
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Snake Way
Age: 35
Quote:
Originally Posted by Washu-Chan View Post
Turns out that making Twilight Sparkle into an alicorn was set in stone since Nov. 2011:
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/0...ters-room.html
The second.... the SECOND twilight was mentioned to be her student i knew she would turn into a alicorn.
__________________
Kyero Fox is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-03-18, 11:35   Link #233
videoman190
Senior Member
 
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Washington DC
Now I wonder who is doing the singing voices.
videoman190 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-03-18, 16:42   Link #234
TnAdct1
Honya-kun
 
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Clinton, Maryland
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen View Post
Miyuki Sawashiro will be voicing Twilight Sparkle?! Are you kidding me?! They've brought out the big guns ?!

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...cast-announced

EDIT:

Li Shaoran (Motoko Kumai) as Spike feels... Strangely appropriate for some reason.

Belldandy (Kikuko Inoue) as Celestia is a no brainer.
And then there's Kyubey (Emiri Katō) as Fluttershy.
__________________
TnAdct1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-03-18, 16:48   Link #235
Chaos2Frozen
We're Back
 
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Redgrave City
Age: 35
Yeah, the first four ponies are voiced by relatively new comers, then all of a sudden they brought in the big names
Chaos2Frozen is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-03-18, 17:09   Link #236
videoman190
Senior Member
 
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Washington DC
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20373616
The presentation is right here! and the Japanese theme song!
videoman190 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-03-18, 18:49   Link #237
Roger Rambo
Sensei, aishite imasu
 
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
Quote:
Originally Posted by Washu-Chan View Post
Turns out that making Twilight Sparkle into an alicorn was set in stone since Nov. 2011:
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/0...ters-room.html
Honestly that's not surprising. The second we saw that flash back about how Twilight ended up Celestia's student screamed "I HAVE FOUND A CHOOSEN ONE!" to me.
Roger Rambo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-03-19, 15:55   Link #238
TnAdct1
Honya-kun
 
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Clinton, Maryland
Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger Rambo View Post
Honestly that's not surprising. The second we saw that flash back about how Twilight ended up Celestia's student screamed "I HAVE FOUND A CHOOSEN ONE!" to me.
Heck, according to series developer Lauren Faust,
Spoiler:
__________________
TnAdct1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-04-09, 05:54   Link #239
Washu-Chan
Powered by AMD Athrun 64
 
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Here's the Japanese opening:



And the ending:



Here's that Twi and Fluttershy sound like in Japanese:

__________________
Washu-Chan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2013-04-09, 06:18   Link #240
Chaos2Frozen
We're Back
 
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Redgrave City
Age: 35
I think Twilight sounds the most 'natural', as expected of Sawashiro-san being the most experienced of the six Pinkie's seiyuu is pretty good at keeping her character's high tension, though Fluttershy sounds abit flat....

The other ponies might have suffered from not having their 'accent', particularly Rarity.







Chaos2Frozen is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
my little pony

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:43.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
We use Silk.