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Yazuka
 Posts: 5 Location: Sweden |
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I had pretty high expectations of the anime to. and yeah, it didn't live up to them. But I still think its an okay, anime. Far from a favorite series. 
Heh... Im probably gonna get a lot of crap for this.
Xenogears is a wonderful game. But I actually like Xenosaga better. I played Xenosaga before Xenogears. And I don't know... I just like it more.. |
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Full_Metal1923
 Posts: 312 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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This is great news, I'm a fan of the games. One thing there that I found kind of interesting was that the musical score will not be handled by Mitsuda or Kajiura apparently. This should be interesting, I would've liked it if they were involved.
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LilacShadow
 Posts: 165 Location: Kentucky |
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Yay! I've been wanting to see this for a while.
I'd heard about it possibly being licensed, but I'm glad it's confirmed now. I've heard the anime wasn't really good, but I still want to see it since I really like Xenosaga.
I hope they can get Crispin Freeman to do the voice for Albedo, but I'm not so sure that will happen. I liked Jr.'s voice actor too. The rest of the cast was changed so much in the games that I don't really care. |
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Bluestreak2
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I'm one of those people who absolutly loves the games. But this anime series looks SO INCREDIBLY AWFULL comparatively that I just couldn't stomach it. I mean I love Xenosaga but I in no way suport this anime.
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DrForester
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Wonder who owns rights to this. Toei animation made the show, but Bandai/Namco/Monolithsoft owns Xenosaga (Though, Nintendo now owns Monolithsoft). I just can't see any US company going out of their way to license Xenosaga. It's been a while since the anime was made, the games were not that popular. This had to be a condition for them to get something bigger from the company.
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ikillchicken
 Posts: 7272 Location: Vancouver |
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It seems kinda pointless to have an anime out of EP1 since it WAS pretty much a CGI Anime with a few bits of RPG thrown in inbetween. /=
Episode 1 is definitely on my list of favorite RPGs. Though it really belongs on my top Anime list as thats what I liked about it, the story, characters cutscenes, etc. The gameplay was mediocre. Episode 2 on the other hand was the opposite. All in all I iked this game because I found the gameplay alot better. However, the story was poor. They abbandoned the more Animeish style in favor of more realistic (but ultimately poorer IMO) graphics. The story sortof abandoned where it was going in EP1 and went off in a different direction. It got a bit better near the end when things began to get going again. i haven't had a chance to play through EP3 yet. I guess Ill probably end up seeing this anyway, but again I dont really see the point of an Anime on Episode 1. |
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HitokiriShadow
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I saw one episode of the anime and didn't have any interest in seeing the rest. Since only the first (and maybe second) game(s) was/were out at the time, the story wasn't anywere near complete when the show was aired. And 13 episodes didn't seem like enough even for just the first game's plot. The episode I saw didn't exactly inspire me to see more.
At this point, I've played all three games and enjoyed two of them (1 and 3) quite a bit, but with the series aborted prematurely (and it shows in the last game), the second game being painful to play, and the third game suffering from severe editing on top of the premature ending, I've no interest in ever playing them again. For me, watching this anime would be like dating your ex-girl(/boy)friend's less attractive and less intelligent younger sibling. And if the games didn't sell enough to warrant finishing the series, did they really sell well enough to be considered 'best selling'? |
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Raven Shinobi
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I see ADV's licensing of this anime a bit too late for its own good; the series is already finished and many people already watched the fansubs or heard enough bad things about it to steer clear from it.
I don't know how this release will do (personally, I won't get it until the cheap thinpak is out), but I think that ADV would've made more profit if they licensed it a year or two ago when the series was at the peek of its popularity. |
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varmintx
 Posts: 1200 Location: Covington, KY |
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Kusanagi_Kei
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I'm with darkchibi07. I haven't played any of the 3 games but I totally love the English cast in the videogame (except O'Shaughnessey in episode II). Everyone knows me, I'm a huge fan of Bridget Hoffman. (Thank god they brought her back in ep III).
However, ADV seldom uses the Bang Zoom! team. The anime was good. Emotional at times too. I hope they do stay faithful to the videogame casting. |
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os-osiris
 Posts: 15 Location: usa ... |
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The anime was pretty good. It has its share of downsides, but its mostly notable for the changes it made to the story, which really weren't bad at all.
I'm glad they finally decided to bring it here though, its been quite a while since it first came out ^^; |
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BleuVII
 Posts: 672 Location: Tokorozawa, Japan |
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The music was handled by a different composer. I believe it's the same composer who did the Xenosaga I+II DS game. Anyway, it's good, and the OST is probably the highlight of this anime.
And for those that haven't played Episode III, go buy it right now! Monolithsoft FINALLY got its act together and made a kick-ass game. I enjoyed Episode III more than Final Fantasy XII. But the anime is still sub-par. It doesn't matter which one you watched first. I have seen people view them in either order, and everyone I've talked to who has seen both prefers the game hands down. |
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belisarius
Posts: 203 Location: Concord, NC |
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Having seen the first 3 or 4 episodes, I can safely say this is not a license I'd pay money for; this is a license you'd have to pay me to take. The animation was rotten and the story was like a Cliff's Notes version of the game. I was tremendously disappointed by it but it's fairly easy to see why they chose to pick it up. I'm sure hundreds of people will buy the first volume just because they loved the games and have visions of what an awesome anime it would make. Expect to see a lot of these people eBay their Vol. 1 DVDs a week later.
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Chrno2
 Posts: 6171 Location: USA |
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Now this is a surprise. Just when people were talking about when was it going to be picked up, ADV does.
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Ningensei
 Posts: 333 Location: Seattle, WA |
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Nooooo! Why?  Xenogears is so classic. Heh. Well whatever you like best, that's cool.  Maybe it's because you played it first? So it has more fond memories or something. I know I played Xenogears wayyy before Xenosaga even came out so I'm biased.
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