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NEWS: Crunchyroll, Adult Swim Announce Original Fena: Pirate Princess Anime for 2021


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v1cious



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 11:25 pm Reply with quote
Not feeling it so far. The designs look meh except for Fena, and the director inspires no confidence at all. Still really early though, so anything can change at this point. Trailer showed potential at least.

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Utsuro no Hako



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 11:46 pm Reply with quote
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Fena has been raised on an Island where there is no hope of becoming anything more than chattel, to be used and discarded by soldiers of the British Empire.


Okay, sooo... why is she white?
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#Synaesthesia



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 11:50 pm Reply with quote
this looks really cool. Looking forward to this one!
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Scion Drake



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 11:58 pm Reply with quote
Utsuro no Hako wrote:
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Fena has been raised on an Island where there is no hope of becoming anything more than chattel, to be used and discarded by soldiers of the British Empire.


Okay, sooo... why is she white?


Because anime art-style. Laughing
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Utsuro no Hako



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 12:05 am Reply with quote
Scion Drake wrote:

Because anime art-style. Laughing


Her skin is #FFFFFF. They could've at least made her as dark as Anthy and Nadia and those two girls from DanMachi.
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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 12:05 am Reply with quote
ya this looks really uninspired like most the CR stuff in the last few seasons. Honestly the less involvement CR has in stuff, the better things will be just based on all their "Originals" already. Wasting so much good talent IMO
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sirdano1



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 12:09 am Reply with quote
Do these people have no idea what pirates look like?

The show looks more like Fena: Samurai Princess


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Kokushibou



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 12:10 am Reply with quote
Utsuro no Hako wrote:
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Fena has been raised on an Island where there is no hope of becoming anything more than chattel, to be used and discarded by soldiers of the British Empire.


Okay, sooo... why is she white?

Did you even read the synopsis? and besides it's drawing, more accurately anime style drawing so race and looks aren't taken into consideration unless it's crucial to the story. And again, go read the synopsis.
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CatSword



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 12:25 am Reply with quote
Utsuro no Hako wrote:
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Fena has been raised on an Island where there is no hope of becoming anything more than chattel, to be used and discarded by soldiers of the British Empire.


Okay, sooo... why is she white?


How did you get that she can't be white out of that?
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Ermat_46



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 12:25 am Reply with quote
CR should just stick to licensing anime. This will be the next Gibiate.
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configspace



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 12:27 am Reply with quote
Utsuro no Hako wrote:
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Fena has been raised on an Island where there is no hope of becoming anything more than chattel, to be used and discarded by soldiers of the British Empire.


Okay, sooo... why is she white?

There were such a thing as white slaves. And the Barbary pirates took white American and European slaves.
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Utsuro no Hako



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 12:42 am Reply with quote
flame2frost wrote:

Did you even read the synopsis?


The synopsis that I quoted which says she's being held as chattel by the British Empire? Yeah, I read that.

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and besides it's drawing, more accurately anime style drawing so race and looks aren't taken into consideration unless it's crucial to the story. And again, go read the synopsis.


A) That's BS. Anime characters are not just some blank default race.
B) If she's chattel, that's crucial to the story.

configspace wrote:

There were such a thing as white slaves. And the Barbary pirates took white American and European slaves.


This is explicitly about the British Empire, not the Barbary Pirates, and the British did not keep white people as chattel slaves. If they said she was an indentured servant, then maybe, though that wouldn't make sense with the rest of the plot. But the synopsis specifically calls her "chattel," and that means something very specific.
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 12:43 am Reply with quote
I'll be honest, not feeling this Ronin Warriors reboot.

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darkchibi07



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:15 am Reply with quote
v1cious wrote:
Not feeling it so far. The designs look meh Except for Fena, and the director inspires no confidence at all. Still really early though, so anything can change at this point. Treiler showed potential at least.


Seriously. Fena is like the only character that really, REALLY stands out among the cast of darkly, similar-looking ninja pirates.
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Gina Szanboti



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:37 am Reply with quote
I think it looks kind of interesting. I'm not expecting historically accurate drama. So if the pirates look like ninjas, that's cool with me. The director's interview was hilarious though. He sounded like he was speaking to people just learning Japanese so maybe they could follow along without the subs. Very Happy
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