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Son-kun
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Yeah, they really need to release his One Shot Collections & the Neko Majin Kanzenban.
Yeah, but at least it's doing well with those that are fans of his works & not only Dragon Ball.
It's definitely an odd move for Viz considering the anime came out just recently. As mentioned before, they should've definitely licensed Buso Renkin first.
That's the thing though, as someone mentioned, I think it's really more for the RPG & anime fans. Considering Sakaguchi & Toriyama are such big names in the industry, I could imagine it's towards those group of audiences that are fans of their works. Also just because something looks kiddie, if can mean far from being that. I think Blue Dragon in particular is a mesh between lightheartedness & an epic as one would expect from Sakaguchi.
No. It was FFX, btw. Blue Dragon was something Sakaguchi wanted to do for himself after leaving Square-Enix as said in his Game Informer Interview. It just so happened he was a Toriyama fan. |
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Drowning_Wolf
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I know this wasn't addressed to me but, the Xbox does have a few Rpg (and Fable doesn't suck, it was just over-hyped for what it was) and even a few nice one, in numbers there is approximately the same amount of GameCube's and Xbox's Rpg released in North America. For the next-gen, well the Xbox 360 is right now the system with the more Rpg, that won't last for sure, but for the moment it's a fact. |
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v1cious
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i can't believe how fast this got licensed. i wonder if they're gonna give it the Itunes treatment, like they did with Death Note. anyone know how that's selling btw?
Last edited by v1cious on Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:48 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Deltakiral
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Yeah I'm a big surprise also by the speed of this announcement, it's not as surprising to hear that VIZ has the rights. Personally I wonder if were going to have two different releases of this series....I'd imagine this show would make it on CN/AS so perhaps uncut boxes like Naruto? @Gatsu 360 is the overall leader in total sales for system of this next generation. But in Japan 360 is dead last....it's nearly being outsold by PS2 each month. And the Blue Dragon basically sold most of the systems in Japan. |
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GATSU
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Delta:
I actually imagined FUNimation getting it, but I guess everyone is hoping for the next Dragonball nowadays...
Total sales, including games, or total sales of systems? |
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Deltakiral
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I believe it's both, I know systems it is for sure. Games I am not sure but I would assume so just because of it's head start, and it's a bit early to tell in Nintendo plans to put out games this generation.
That could also work seeing how Funimation did get DBZ eventually, at least we wouldn't have to worry about widescreen issues.  I am just glad that 4kids didn't swoop in like a vulture and take this series.....thank goodness.
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ananda
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Blue Dragon is a Role-Playing game from the developers of Chrono Trigger. Exclusive for the Xbox 360. Development Team: Game Design: Hironobu Sakaguchi Character Design: Akira Toriyama Music Composer: Nobuo Uematsu Release Date: US: August 2007 / Europe: September 2007 Website: http://www.mistwalker.info/bd.html Famitsu gave it an: 10/9/9/9 ( Mistwalker's first ever game, next up will be Lost Odyssey xD) About the Story: Sakaguchi: Blue Dragon has a lot of bright sides to the Story and the Characters, but there are betrayals and double crosses. And the objective is to allow the gamers to grow with the characters through thick and thin, through a lot of problems. But the objective again is to create a heartwarming experience. So when they’re done with the game they’ll go, “What a beautiful game it was. What a happy ending. What a happy story.” That’s the emotional story around Blue Dragon. === Hope that helps. 
As for the Blue Dragon Anime---This is AWESOME News!!! 
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ChronoBall X
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WTF, good lord,that was quick, why does it seem all of a sudden,Viz have been on a role licensing these animes so quickly, I mean,hell, the first episode has'nt even been subbed yet,D@MN it, no wonder it's taking so long for the first episode to be subbed.
and the reason why Blue Dragon is so hyped is that any anime with Akira Toriyama's cartoonist designs in it will please all those DBZ fanboys.
and Deltakiral, I would'nt worry about 4Kids,because as of now, they hardly even license anime anymore, 4kids lost they're once great power like they did in 2003-3004,and besides,they never get animes with Akira Toriyama's artwork. if 4kids keeps dropping the anchor on many anime titles like Onepiece, Magical Doremi, and Tokyo Mew Mew,than I can't possibly see them trying to pick up another anime title.heh. Last edited by ChronoBall X on Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:23 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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ananda
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Pics from the Blue Dragon Anime!!!
http://www.mistwalker-fr.info/images/news/bdacap0001.jpg http://www.mistwalker-fr.info/images/news/bdacap0003.jpg http://www.mistwalker-fr.info/images/news/bdacap0004.jpg http://www.mistwalker-fr.info/images/news/bd_anime_006.jpg ^I don't know if they are old or what; but for anyone who hasn't seen them yet!!!
Also, for the Upcoming Blue Dragon RPG game, the following English VAs have been confirmed: Richard Epcar.....Voice Director (Batou in "Ghost in the Shell" as you may know) Tara Strong.......Kluke Mona Marshall.....Shu Steve Staley......Jiro Nika Futterman....Marumaro Cindy Robinson.....Zola Richard Herd......Nene Fred Tataciore is also part of the Crew but it doesn’t get revealed who he is voicing! ^If they take the same Cast for the Anime Series, I don't think we need to worry. 
Here is the Article about the Localization Progress: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/772/772809p1.html |
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Deltakiral
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But the really big reason behind why Blue Dragon has all this hype is because one it's Microsoft big attempt at trying to get higher then 10% install base in Japan, so basically Microsoft did everything possible...Anime, Manga, bringing in the top game developers....and well it didn't do as great as everyone had hoped, but it's certainly is a start. Hopefully the anime and the manga do well enough to draw more fans in... |
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Son-kun
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Well not that many people in Japan would want to pay $300 for a X-Box 360 Core even if it included Blue Dragon. After all, it's just one game. Chances are, after Lost Odyssey comes out, that might change.
That's a pretty good line-up. Even with the option of switching to the Japanese voices, I'm definitely playing through the game with English cast line-up. Norio Wakamoto was the only seiyuu of my interest in the JPN line up since he's a veteran. |
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Deltakiral
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P.S. Want to know why everyone wants to make games for the DS....
March Sales figures,
Also the Wii better cut out the holding back of systems they don't have the games for it, it's going to bite them in the end. |
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