New installments and sequels for the oldies

Oct 14, 2012 11:55 AM

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I absolutely agree with Hisoka that the series is great so far. From the OP and until it starts ED with "Roundabout" by YES, it's one thrilling and magical ride. I've not read the manga but the idea to implement the manga art into the OP is fabulous and creates some kind the connection to the original manga. It's also really cool that they have started with remakes of the good old stuff.

Oct 14, 2012 11:57 AM

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HisokaHajime said:
JoJo has been spectacular so far. Better than anyone could have ever imagined. The first two episodes have covered 10 chapters so the pace has been very FAST, yet I'm preferring it over the manga so far. Which is just a great sign. High impact and amazingly dramatic. Top notch.

5 CHpter per episode is to much

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Oct 14, 2012 12:04 PM

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Has anyone watched the Ring ni Kakero anime(s)? I finished the first season a little while ago and now I started watching the second one, Nichibei Kessen Hen. Fans of Saint Seiya will love it because it's just as insane. Sadly, it's obvious all sorts of things have been left out of the anime, mostly expositional stuff from the beginning, leading to it kinda feels like the characters are supposed to already be familiar to the watcher. Well, guess the anime's meant for those already familiar with the manga.

Even if the animation is modern the style of the show is delightfully old school and I'm not talking about the drawing style only. The over the top techniques and drama combined with absolutely not politically correct portayals of foreigners (Black Shaft and Führer Skorpion) results in an insanely fun slugfest.

BTW, while new adaptations of old manga often place the story into modern day, it wouldn't seem to be the case with Ring ni Kakero, with nobody having cell phones etc. Can anyone confirm this?

being a big Fan of RnK manga the anime confuses in many ways likw why the hell they cut 7 years back story out but there what is there in fully cannon minus so extioen on some of the Fights so that said setting is still mid 70's time

Oct 14, 2012 1:15 PM

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"5 CHpter per episode is to much"

So far it's been great though. I just re-read through Phantom Blood again and I'm preferring the pace of the anime. Never a dull moment. I actually think 22 episodes (assuming they were to use 2 chapters per) would have been too slow for this part of the story. So we'll just have to disagree on that. I can think of a few examples where cramming too many chapters in came out poorly. This isn't one of them.

Oct 17, 2012 8:06 PM

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Glad to see there are other people keeping up with the JoJo anime. It's needless to say I'm loving the hell out of it. Here are some of the thoughts I've shared with HisokaHajime so far:

First episode:

The first episode was surprisingly better than I originally expected. I’m impressed that it is managing to capture the style and atmosphere of the manga. It doesn’t really resemble Phantom Blood ( when Araki was still developing his own style), but still has a good mix of the fabulousness and manliness which the series became so famous of. As matter of fact, it feels like David are grabbing aspects of all parts and throwing them together. They’re using the same setting as in Phantom Blood, while using character designs which resemble the ones between late-Part 3 and Part 4, and background art (architecture, clouds and trees forms) similar to what is commonly found in Part 3 and afterwards, while also making use of some interesting alternating color schemes (as frequently seen in Araki’s artwork) and symbols representing sound effects. David are incorporating well those comic-ish and flamboyant aspects of the manga into the anime, making up for the low budget with smart and creative directing. However, it can’t be denied that the low budget is having an effect on the animation. Some scenes flow awkwardly from one to the next (which also has to do with the storyboard); like that particular scene where Dio kicked JoJo’s dog senseless. Lots of still shots and scenes with talking heads are used to save budget as well, and while most of them fit nicely into the flow there are some which feel awkward and out of place. Anyway, I must give David a discount as they’re doing a good job despite the limitations they're operating under.

The very fact they adopted a style that would work with all the parts gives me the impression that they indeed are planning to go further the first two parts of the manga (which the 26 episodes will certainly manage to cover; 10 episodes for Phantom Blood and 16 episodes for Battle Tendency). There’s nothing official, but it could be pretty much possible that they're going to adapt each part of the manga over the span of multiple seasons. Thankfully, the anime is doing surprisingly well in Japan. JoJo is the second best ranked anime on amazon.co.jp in regards to pre-sales ( 1,951 units in two weeks!!) among the shows airing this season. So are there chances we will be getting more JoJo later? As long as the pre-orders keep on climbing like this, hell yeah there are!

As for the pacing, well the first episode was way faster paced than I thought it would be. A number of panels and even some relevant parts were skipped (like Jorge Joestar explaining to Dio where the mysterious mask was found and how JoJo and Danny first met each other), but that is to be expected when you try to cram 5 already fast paced chapters of a manga into a single episode. The second episode had better pacing though, despite covering the same number of chapters as the first episode. There wasn't much dialogue in the second episode, as it was more action driven than the previous one. I suppose this helped in making the pacing and flow more natural.

As far as the music is concerned, I absolutely love the soundtrack so far. It's easily one of the strongest points of the anime. I’m really fond of how amazingly well it blended with the atmosphere and the Victorian setting of Phantom Blood. Ever since I heard Hayato Matsuo would be working on the music I was optimistic, but it turned out to be beyond my expectations. Matsuo, I have become a fan of your work. Needless to say, Roundabout as the choice for the ending was fucking fantastic.

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Oct 18, 2012 10:31 AM

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Otaking87 said:

being a big Fan of RnK manga the anime confuses in many ways likw why the hell they cut 7 years back story out but there what is there in fully cannon minus so extioen on some of the Fights so that said setting is still mid 70's time

Since I wrote that last message about RnK, I've watched some of Sekai Taikai Hen and yeah, it says in one episode the year is 1979, just like in the manga, which I've "read" completely (in quotation marks because I have the series in Japanese, which I really can't say I know).

They sure did leave a lot out, probably because they wanted to get to the good stuff faster. They introduce characters like Skorpion and Napoleon way before they do in the manga, too.

The manga is kick-ass. Hope they get around to animating the 12 Gods saga and the rest someday.

Oct 22, 2012 10:48 AM

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sadly I haven't seen or read any Doraemon, but I think the new series and movies qualify for this thread.
The original manga and animes are on my to-do list (with a million other things).

Aug 13, 2018 3:15 PM

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I figure this thread can also be used for announcements of new licenses/releases, so:

Discotek announced a large number of physical releases, including Giant Robo, KOR, Cyborg 009, Galaxy Express 999, and several mecha shows, with more announcements on the way.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/08/13-1/discotek-announces-licenses-for-basically-everything-at-otakon

Some news from the downtime:

Kenichi Sonoda’s (Riding) Bean Bandit sequel Kickstarter ended at about halfway to the amount required for the stretch goal of a 20-minute runtime:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beanbandit/kenichi-sonodas-bean-bandit-new-anime-project/description

Maiden Japan announced several series for physical release, including Votoms:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-05/maiden-japan-licenses-maria-watches-over-us-hataraki-man-basquash-yumeiro-patissiere-votoms-ideon-xabungle-human-crossing-anime/.133826

Votoms is being gradually released for streaming on HiDive. Looks like they're currently up to episode 9.
https://www.hidive.com/tv/armored-trooper-votoms

"Leiji Matsumoto Confirms He is Working on New Galaxy Express 999 Manga"
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/06/19/leiji-matsumoto-confirms-he-is-working-on-new-galaxy-express-999-manga

There's a new City Hunter movie coming, which seems to be a reboot, "set in modern day Shinjuku, featuring a new story."
https://myanimelist.net/news/54398650
https://myanimelist.net/news/55377253
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-19/sunrise-animates-new-city-hunter-film-for-spring-2019/.129190

"71-Year-Old Akira Kamiya Delivers His Current Voice as 'City Hunter' Ryo Saeba"
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/04/19/71-year-old-akira-kamiya-delivers-his-current-voice-as-city-hunter-ryo-saeba-in-video

And Mix, a manga sequel to Touch set 30 years later, is getting an anime adaptation:
https://myanimelist.net/news/55377255

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Aug 17, 2018 8:39 PM

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Patlabor reboot:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-14/pluto-anime-new-patlabor-ezy-anime-series-projects-revealed/.117465
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-08-12/patlabor-ezy-anime-project-launches-website-social-media-accounts/.135372

Saint Seiya spinoff:
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/08/17-1/saint-seiya-spin-off-anime-saintia-sh-announces-december-2018-premiere-four-main-vas
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-17/saint-seiya-saintia-sho-anime-reveals-cast-december-debut/.135608

City Hunter season 1 is being released on BD:
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/08/17/city-hunter-tv-anime-1st-season-gets-hd-remastered-blu-ray-box-release

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Sep 3, 2018 10:03 AM

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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-03/dororo-tv-anime-1st-promo-video-cast-staff-visual-revealed/.136275
Same news on MAL: https://myanimelist.net/news/55621891

And this is not related to old school anime, but fans of Barefoot Gen will probably want to see this if it happens:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-02/manga-creator-kaiji-kawaguchi-designs-characters-for-hiroshima-the-last-summer-rose-anime-film/.136236

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