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NEWS: Kiss Dum R Anime's BD-Box to Add New Footage




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hissatsu01



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 2:15 pm Reply with quote
I think the circumstances during production were that this thing was an absolute bomb and they would have taken a bath if they bothered to release it. Since there's such "high demand," there's a 2000 minimum preorders requirement for them to make it. I'm sure the people who wanted it but never had the chance to own it will be happy, but I'm skeptical about 2000 of those even existing. One episode was enough for me.
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Lord Geo



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:07 pm Reply with quote
Apparently the big problem was that the director or producer left shortly into the production of the show, effectively screwing over the entire production of the original show. That's why Kiss Dum R had to be made in the end.

Still, I am amazed to see this show returning yet again in some form... And with more new footage!
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:33 pm Reply with quote
I thought it was an okay show somewhere between Linebarrels and Blue Gender with Aquarion protagonist. Always wondering why finding it fansubbed was a hassle and had to watch the raw version by the end.
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DangerMouse



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:45 am Reply with quote
Lord Geo wrote:
Apparently the big problem was that the director or producer left shortly into the production of the show, effectively screwing over the entire production of the original show. That's why Kiss Dum R had to be made in the end.

Still, I am amazed to see this show returning yet again in some form... And with more new footage!


Yeah, I remember this talk, the show looked really good in the promos and with it's timing and CG mechs from Satelight it was building up as sort of basically the dry-run for Macross Frontier's production too in many ways, and just as it was about to air all sorts of rumors started flying that one of the key guys who wrote and designed the stories for the characters, world and actual plot left taking some of the main blueprint of the series with him, which then was followed by several fast-paced somewhat interesting somewhat confusing jumpy episodes airing.

It's indeed amazing to see this return once again, I'm actually surprised the new footage isn't part of the show itself as it seems like they've been trying to remold this thing into what their original vision for it was as it seems to keep coming back up whenever there's new Satelight news on ANN or other sites. If they fixed it up and/or the story actually comes together in the second half (which I don't know the details of the overall story developments) I wouldn't mind actually seeing the whole thing some day if it were to ever be released here since I remember quite liking the visual design side of it in the couple of episodes I saw.

As with the person above after finding the first two eps I've always been trying to find the second half of this thing fansubbed to actually watch it but it got progressively harder as the groups that were doing it died off.
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TJR



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:59 am Reply with quote
DangerMouse wrote:
it seems like they've been trying to remold this thing into what their original vision for it was as it seems to keep coming back up whenever there's new Satelight news on ANN or other sites. If they fixed it up and/or the story actually comes together in the second half (which I don't know the details of the overall story developments) I wouldn't mind actually seeing the whole thing some day if it were to ever be released here since I remember quite liking the visual design side of it in the couple of episodes I saw.


I'm perplexed by the decision to recycle Kissdum.

IIRC, the concept was all in the original director's head, so no one else on staff had a clue of what the series was about (beyond Ep. 1, which was only partly storyboarded just weeks before the air date). There was no blue print because the director refused to share any details, delayed work until well past the crisis point, and then fled once he realized he'd sunk his own ship.

The final product wasn't so much an attempt to salvage the series but rather a rush to throw anything together and fulfill broadcast obligations (thus avoiding any potential problems that could stem from breaching their contracts with financiers who'd already purchased the time slots). In that way, Eiichi Satou was hailed as the savior of Satelight, even if Kissdum itself was a laughingstock.
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