2018-05-05, 19:44 | Link #141 | |
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You have highlighted mostly the technicalities of difficulties imposed by the bueracratic system, but fact is there ARE actual things that Yang could actually have done, but we are not shown. Since I haven't read the book, I can't really cast rock on him right now, but I maintain my stance that Reinhard would probably have done so much more aggressively in his place. |
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2018-05-06, 13:19 | Link #142 | |
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2018-05-08, 07:01 | Link #144 |
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Based on the sample of the combat in first two episodes compared to the new one, the combat is kinda flashier and slicker. Also ship designs are kinda even more stylised. While in the original there was some streamlining in Imperial designs and BOXINES in Allied ones, both looked quite machiney and rugged. Now nearly all Imperial ships look as aerodynamic as Reinhard's ship if not more (his new one too is kinda fancy). Allied ships are METAL BWAKESES.
So so far so good. The bad is that some of the large scale overview of what is going on is lost because the camera tends to be closer on the ships. And with the new fancier animations the combat bits kinda eat into other things. Also new maps kinda tend to be overly fancy and maybe even less clear. Tactics are roughly the same as in the original but there are some changes. In battle of Astarte most notably Alliance advances in a line abreast in new version while in the old they are falling on Reinhard from all sides. For me as someone new it's fine, although I am annoyed sometimes by the overly fancy displays.
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2018-05-08, 13:16 | Link #145 |
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Lol? Yang should really change class from historian to comedian! How is it possible tat a girl who gave him coffee 8yrs ago have a better memory than him?!? What happened to all those dates and locations and names he need to memorise for history class?
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2018-05-08, 14:13 | Link #146 | |
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Wow, Schönkopf's been bishified. But then, with a name like his... (Pretty Head in German.)
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2018-05-08, 16:29 | Link #147 |
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As I expected, Miki Shinichirou is just absolutely not working as Schönkopf. I don't think I'll ever be able to wrap my head around this casting. Nor Suwabe as Oberstein... (And whoever OK'd Suwabe's acting as Oberstein. There could have been so many ways for Suwabe to be at least serviceable in the role, but this... is still painful.)
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2018-05-08, 17:27 | Link #149 |
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I don't know which was more faithful to the novels, but I liked the way the Rosenritters were introduced in the OVAs better. They came across as real dicks here. I certainly wasn't expecting Frederica to easily own one of them either. I don't recall ever seeing her fight, for that matter, so that was really surprising.
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2018-05-09, 11:44 | Link #151 |
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Another proof Aliance is much better place to live. Empire hero get dissapeared blood related sister. Aliance hero can choose between well mantained widow and Sheryl Nome. Life is not fair. Thank goodness
Being historian is hardly guarantee of having eidetic memory. Even if Yang has wast knowledge drilled into his head, it's entirely possible any random gall out there can remember all these things with much less effort and with much less need refresh these memories in long run. That's difference between geniuses and peasants.
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2018-05-09, 15:51 | Link #152 |
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Finally got around watching the latest episode (I was interrupted before) and echoing others, what the hell was that Rosenritter introduction? Who thought it was necessary? Frederica doesn't need this sort of propping up, this is not her role. And it was equally showing the Rosenritter in a terrible light. They might be a rowdy bunch but they're not complete idiot meathead bros. Hell, if the writers want badass girls and rowdy fighters why not add some female Rosenritters, and be done with it, instead of doing this manufactured and pointless drama... taking up time that could have been better spent on other things.
Also, I continue to wonder where the translator is getting the name localizations for a bunch of these characters. Cazerne, Sithole, Bewcock... yes, these exist and have been already deemed wrong by canon itself. (It's Caselnes, Sitolet, Bucock, etc.) I mean OK, I don't expect the translator to buy the Encyclopedia, but there's the whole internet, or the English language release of the novel (which has numerous problems but it follows the official name localizations), the Japanese Wikipedia, and oh, the official website of this very anime... Last edited by kuromitsu; 2018-05-09 at 16:04. |
2018-05-09, 16:36 | Link #153 |
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As far as I came to know (namely, from a ANN article), simulcast translators tend to have very little time in hands to translate one episode of a series.
They seem to be handed a script in japanese, and most surely it doesn't offer any official names for the characters. I know, it sucks, but given said circunstances I don't let such cringe get to me. I get nothing from being like that... Regarding the Rosenritter moment, it seemed to me Schonkopf stated his men were testing Yang & Frederica's mettle or something, and taking it a bit too far. I actually liked the moment and didn't make me dislike them, but it may simply be due to already knowing about them and their future endeavors. |
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That would work in a different type of story, but not here. It was immensely out of character for Frederica to use physical violence; it was immensely out of character for Schönkopf to allow something like this to happen in the first place. (Also it was ridiculous for the writing to think that Frederica needed this moment. She doesn't. She's not a physical fighter.) The Rosenritter may be a rowdy bunch but they're still a professional military group. |
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2018-05-10, 04:20 | Link #158 |
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You can't act out of character when it's not established yet. And this episode did exactly that established characters of Frederica and Schönkopf. Unless anime will try go against their own characterisation in future there is no problem neither is taking some liberties from over thirty years old anime and even older novels.
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2018-05-10, 04:40 | Link #159 | |
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2018-05-10, 04:47 | Link #160 |
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Dear goodness, how much of a fanboy can you be? Why can't you just wait a bit to see how things will fare?
Who tells you these small liberties aren't being taken into consideration by the author himself? Just enjoy the ride, like I'm doing |
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