Forum - View topicNEWS: Viz Media's Neon Alley to Stream Accel World Anime
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Sam Murai
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It's still entirely possible that it could appear on Toonami, given that Bleach (coming soon) and Naruto air on Neon Alley, too, though likely after or well into its NA run (to avoid audience cut-in). |
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HybridMedia
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I think Studiopolis might do the dub considering they are frequent with Viz than Bang Zoom but given that Viz, Aniplex & Sentai (sometimes for the latter two) are their last choices, Bang Zoom is the clear cut winner although Ocean Group should handle some dubs especially after Inuyasha: The Final Act. |
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Primus
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So, the only company Viz uses that you don't want is Blue Water? Well, that's alright.
Viz has already said that the existence of Neon Alley won't prevent their shows from airing on other networks. The problem is Toonami isn't 24/7, and there's no guarantee they'd want what Viz is selling. |
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Hagaren Viper
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I'm really not interested in Neon Alley, but I do hope Viz is able to do well and pump out more dubs with it. With Bandai gone, the more work that Bang Zoom gets the better. Really like the talent they have over there.
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StormSky92
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It made the story a hell of lot more interesting. Brain Burst had pretty much no risk involved. Every single character in the show took the game WAY too seriously. They acted like their life depended on it, but it really didn't. Unless they told other players, no one in the game even knew who each other was. Plus, I hated must of the AW characters. The only one I liked was the Sky Laker chick and the motorcycle guy. Fat and whiny protagonist, typical childhood friend setup among the main three, and like i've said, weak second season villain. SAO also had a weak second season, but the first was more interesting. I like those characters, especially Sachi. It should of focused more on the SAO like the light novels did. (Light Novel > Anime) At least i'm providing more than a single sentence to my arguments. |
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WeirDiE_InC
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Unrelated question, but why does everybody always refer to Bang Zoom as if they're the only ADR studio in LA?
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DangerMouse
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Yeah, I'm subscribing but that's one of the most important parts in that hopefully this is continuing to help create more dubs from Viz, I'm already preordered with a bunch of the upcoming new BDs. |
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Fencedude5609
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Haha. Thats funny. Accel World has a myriad of flaws, but its much, much better than Sword Art Online. It shows a distinct improvement in Kawahara Reki's writing (from abysmal to just mediocre) and has characters who's actions make sense in context. |
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dtm42
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Yes, I agree with this. Maybe I owe Reki an apology for calling him a hack, because Accel World shows that he does have potential to write some decent stuff. Haru's character development is quite respectable and he's a lot more relatable than Gary Stu Kirito ever was, the supporting cast are actually important and - gasp - get to do stuff, the world-building is a lot more consistent, and Black Lotus is way cooler and more sympathetic than Princess Peach Asuna ever was. Like you say, Accel World does have its flaws, and the entire second half of the show was weaker than the first. Similar to Sword Art Online, it had an over-the-top insane villain who made crazy faces, and a deus ex machina ending. Even so, it wasn't the trainwreck that Sword Art Online's second half was, which shows how successful the Nega Nebulus characters were at holding things together. |
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getchman
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while I really dont know how I feel about Haru, I do prefer Accel World a bit more than SAO depending on the arc.
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Fencedude5609
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I wouldn't call the end of Accel World's second half a Deus ex Machina. It was a given from the start that Kuroyukihime's return would solve the issue, and we even had an entire (and much better) sub-arc where she got what it was she used to make her grand return. The big problem was that Noumi was a terrible villain (for the same reasons and Sugou) and it was demonstrated that on their own Haru and Taku are completely useless, and Chiyu's just barely better. |
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dtm42
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I wasn't talking about Black Lotus, I was referring to spoiler[Chiyo's previously unannounced ability to rewind effects and make it so that Noumi stealing the wings never happened.] While it was kind of cool, it came out of nowhere, and when I watched the second-to-last episode of Sword Art Online I was reminded of what happened in Accel World.
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superdry
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I thought that was more of a misunderstanding of her powers. spoiler[There was only one healer before she came about and her powers looked like healing, but in reality weren't. I think she figured it out as she was using it, but kept it a secret from Noumi due to the fact she was going to double-cross him] |
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Fencedude5609
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Nah, that seemed pretty reasonable to me. Its a completely valid explanation for her powers, and didn't contradict anything she previously did, so I had no issues with that. A show is not compelled to give you a complete rundown on everything the first time it appeared. |
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dtm42
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Yes, she did spoiler[realise what was going on and kept it secret from Noumi, using him to level herself up. That's why she asked Haru to trust her in the final battle. But it still felt like an arsepull, to me at least. True, it wasn't as bad as the stunt Sword Art Online pulled with spoiler[Kayaba granting Kirito super-admin powers; a literal deus ex machina.] However I would have appreciated there being some proper foreshadowing, maybe a scene where Chiyo notices something odd about her powers.]
But spoiler[rewind time?] Seriously? While consistent with what we'd previously seen, it just came out of nowhere. spoiler[Healing] is already an amazing game-breaking power, but this is just crazy-powerful. Plus it provided an all-too convenient way to spoiler[get Haru's wings back.]
I never said it had to. I just prefer that shows not wait until their final episode before revealing something like that, especially with no foreshadowing. Last edited by dtm42 on Sun Jan 20, 2013 2:18 am; edited 2 times in total |
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