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rizuchan
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Oh, so Starmyu gets blu-ray but Sekaiichi Hatsukoi is dvd only? WTF Funimation??
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Lupica
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Nice review James
As a card-carrying member of the community of game fans and history buffs (literally, I'm in the series' official fan club) I was happy to see you taking such a balanced view of End of Judgement. It's been panned by many fans for not being a proper follow up to the gorgeous previous seasons so I think you (unintentionally) went in with exactly the right idea and treated it as a standalone show out to entertain as best it could. I love the combination of silliness and drama but understand many don't; it was therefore most pleasant to read a review by someone who kept such an open mind. I recommend the original anime (separate continuity to this one) if you want to try a little more in the 'like Sengoku Musou, but crazier' category. |
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belvadeer
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I haven't seen that name in years. Whatever happened to Spider Riders anyway? It certainly was unique as far as kids shows went. You're so lucky, I missed my chance to go to AX and meet her. I always wanted to ask her about her performance as Rondo in Eternal Sonata (especially since she voiced some of her battle lines in English). |
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CrowLia
 Posts: 5502 Location: Mexico |
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Did anyone actually tell James that End of Judgement is the third Sengoku Basara anime? I'm actually surprised he was able to enjoy it without knowledge of the previous two seasons, but a lot of the character interactions -especially the bits with Date Masamune and Sanada Yukimura- must have been completely lost to him. I'd even say EoJ is the weakest entry to the Sengoku Basara franchise (maybe rivaled by the Last Party movie, which is basically a condensed version of this third season) and I'd reccomment if you enjoyed End of Judgement, going in blind, that you might get more fun from watching the other two seasons.
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Lupica
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It's not the third Sengoku Basara anime though. It's a completely separate adaptation based on the game Sengoku Basara 3, whereas the old anime were based (incredibly loosely) on the previous games before having to make things up to coincide with SB3 due to deviating too much from canon. There are enough massive plot holes to drive a bus through if you take EoJ as a sequel of any kind to the previous adaptations. Dead characters are suddenly alive again. Relationships are all remixed. Entire factions have upped and vanished for no apparent reason, and everyone is using different moves.
I think watching them as separate projects is a far better experience. |
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Ashen Phoenix
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I was going to ask about this. I loved the over-the-top fun of seasons 1 and 2 and even The Last Party, so I was wondering if it was worth it to check out this new incarnation. |
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jr240483
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i'm more flabbergasted that their getting the sub only treatment while the free! series got an english dub. have a bad feeling that funi might be going down the same boat as ADV films cause this trend of sub only releases is the exact same thing adv and media blasters did after releasing lots of HYB (both sub and dub) versions over the years.
unfortunately those have been massive hits and misses since most of them got the sub only treatment. while most of these are very very old, i can get that, but some of them should have been considered to receive a dub. turn a gundam is one primarly example. the same with Double Zeta ,victory and recongusita in g. but the worst treatment they did with the franchise is what they did to build fighters/try. giving it a sub only release was one thing, but to give it the CCS treatment and use the horrendous animax asia dub was downright lazyness if nothing else. i would rather have any series be given the sub only treatment than to have that series be plastered by its animax asia version which in is pretty much the eastern version of 4kids. and speaking of which, dont even bother getting the dvd versions of YGO Arv V. considering that crunchyroll is streaming the series, its a chance that those episodes will have official subs so just watch it there instead of getting the 4kmedia/konami version which is just an offshoot of 4kids. |
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Gina Szanboti
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There's absolutely no comparison between the popularity of Free! and that of Starmyu. Of course Free! got a dub. I'm surprised Starmyu got a release at all. Can hardly blame them for not throwing their money away dubbing it. |
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Zalis116
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Interesting that at least some of Lisa's shelves are arranged by publisher; there's a definite shelf for Geneon, ADV, and Bandai, with some others being mixed.
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