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tuxedocat
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Gungrave is the anomaly in the video game adaptation universe. It's the only title of that sort in my collection. I suppose there is a bare smidgen of hope, but definitely not a blind buy in my world. |
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Tavia_93
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Now, if they said they were going to make anime based off the Dragon Age books, I'd be a little more hopeful. However, I just don't picture Dragon Age as an anime, I picture it as a good CGI movie.
With Mass Effect, I'm happy that there is going to be a live-action for it. It doesn't need a huge budget like the Avatar movie; not when District 9 was way, WAY less than that, and that movie turned out looking incredible. Also, it seems to me that Bioware was planning a movie for ME to begin with, fashioning the characters after real people and such. But, whatever, I'll gladly try this out to see how they do. If anything, it will be interesting. xP |
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youjik33
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An anime based on the books would be pretty cool because the books are prequels. But the article doesn't really say exactly what the movie will be other than it's in the Dragon Age universe. So who knows!
I just know I won't watch anything in which spoiler[Alistair is king] because I just hate it. (That's why I love the game... freedom of choice!) |
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ZenErik
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I bought into the Gungrave hype and picked up the thinpak a while back, but the show just didn't do it for me. I made it about 10 episodes in and gave up. There was something about the dialog that I could not get into. Higurashi is another one that I just couldn't finish. I somehow made it through season 1 and couldn't stand the thought of another season and some OVAs. The balance between cute and gruesome just didn't work for me. Add in the rather weak art and lack of any detail, and I certainly was not sold. Personally, I have 3 videogame adaptations, if you can even count them. Air, Clannad, and Kanon.  I can totally admit that they're not incredible works of art either, but something about them makes me want to rewatch a few episodes of each every once in a while.
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DavidShallcross
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They seem to be using their terms loosely, calling a direct-to-video OVA a "feature film" (is film likely to be involved in the production chain at all?). They haven't mentioned an animation studio yet, and could well be planning pure CGI. But I think live on-screen actors are ruled out. |
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youjik33
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I hope they don't do CGI. CGI people tend to fall into the Uncanny Valley if I look at them too long. I couldn't even watch Avatar because the Na'vi creeped me out too much.
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Zilan
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Dragon Age sucks. Mass Effect please.
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Tavia_93
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Yeah, I think that too after reading the press release about this. But, true true~ it's still possible it could be CGI still. If it's not though, I just hope that the animation studio they pick gets the style and artwork right - I think gritty, detailed artwork would be most appropriate. |
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tuxedocat
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Well, people are gonna like what they like.... Titles like Air, Clannad and Kanon do indeed have a plot, but didn't the animation company completely change things around from the source material so that they would have a plot? I didn't buy them because the character designs in those shows is just too weird. The male and female characters look like different species. Too distracting for me. |
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Dimlos
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yuna49
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Since the other thread about this seems dead, I'll repost a couple of questions here.
First, what is the intended market for this show? Will it be in English and marketed primarily in R1? I thought Funi's co-production venture would be taking properties that are well known both in North America and in Japan and producing them with a Japanese studio for both markets. Is that true for Dragon Age? Bioware seems pretty much an R1 type of company, or am I wrong? Since we don't know who the studio will be yet, should we expect it to be made by a Japanese house? Can it be called "anime" if it's not made in Japan? |
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Onizuka666
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@Yuna
It will still be anime. Largely of use of the word is wrong anyway, that's why its more valid when you put japanese in front of it. Dragon Age is a cool game, and I welcome this kind of co-production, as it gives the japanese studios a much needed cash injection, I say, 2011 is going to be cool with Dragon Age and Thundercats anime on the way. Sure, Halo Wars might not been everyones cup of tea, (I could see this when they said it was going to have, so many japanese chefs, when what they should have really pushed for was a 13 episode series, with one running story), so long as Halo and anime sells, it will make money. I hope the Mass Effect live action film does well, as we need more game to film adaptions with decent stories to tell. After Prince of Persia, I think the subject matter will be taken more seriously, than games have been before. CG would have been a nice option, but look how much Avatar spent on it. Also while Advent Children was cool, only fans would watch and buy it. Hollywood studios have to think bigger than that. |
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MetatronM
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That's a strange misspelling of "Ubisoft." |
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TJR
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Funimation's co-production focus is the American market and not Japan. They're working with properties that are big in the US and have the potential to become mainstream hits (selling hundreds of thousands of copies, if not a million; etc.). While Japanese anime studios will create the content, appealing directly to that country isn't the goal. |
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prime_pm
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I never get tired of that game.
That and Witcher. If only... |
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