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Tenchi
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Eh, I like it when characters age, but not necessarily in real time with the audience. If characters aged 1:1 with their audience, the original series Sailor Senshi, who were in their early teens in the early 1990s, would be pushing 40 now, and the idea of middle-aged Sailor Senshi is kind of depressing. spoiler[Yeah, I know aging within Sailor Moon's world gets weird with the whole Silver Millennium thing, where characters a thousand or so years in the future appear to have stopped aging in their early twenties, although does that mean Crystal Tokyo was supposed to have been established in the early 2000s in the original series' timeline?]
I like the WataMote manga style of aging, where Tomoko's now two years older compared to when the manga started, but it took six or seven years of publishing time. And, speaking of WataMote, while it's not quite on the scale of some of the delayed sequels mentioned in the article and the comments, a sequel series is more than overdue given that there's enough manga source material for two cours without needing to pad anything out with filler. spoiler[Forget Kenshin, WataMote's Kyoto arc is the only one that matters to me anymore.]
I wasn't interested in seeing the Jumanji sequel before but now I'm kind of curious seeing as how it has ridiculous "legs" and will likely end with an outstanding 10x multiplier (total domestic box office divided by opening weekend) and the word of mouth I'm hearing is mostly positive, even from skeptics.[/spoiler] Last edited by Tenchi on Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:00 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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ParaChomp
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Any two interpretations of a property can be compared and contrasted but without a strong leg to stand on, said interpretation's arguments will fall apart. Speaking of being stuck between sequels, what about that status quo? |
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EricJ2
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It's pretty much making its, quote, "legs" on being the ONLY big studio family-film to hit Christmas (usually we'd be getting an Alvin sequel about now, but Fox has given up on their Christmas CGI-hybrid kiddy movies, and nobody went to see Ferdinand), not to mention the obvious fact that no one wanted to go back to see Last Jedi. Some studios might have forgotten that parents always wait until after-Christmas school vacation and early January to go near a shopping-mall cineplex again, but Sony remembered. Basically, "It wouldn't be Christmas without big-studio-budget Jack Black", but at least this one is less obnoxious than that "Gulliver's Travels" thing that got Fox out of the habit. |
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Ouran High School Dropout
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As much as I love poor Tomoko, I wouldn't hold my breath; IIRC, sales in Japan were not good. It wouldn't surprise me if the US release made more, even with the cost of dubbing. (On that note, I think Izumi Kitta and Monica Rial both did a great job!) As for my choice, it's the Tylor OVA, which begs to be finished right! |
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Ouran High School Dropout
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You and me both! Especially given the end, where spoiler[Louie and his long-suffering party are on the run after obliterating the royal palace--but the king just wants to reward him for saving his throne! That, and the king has sent his son to track Louie down...] "This is SO against my will!" |
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nino56754659
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...but taichi joined the workforce and have loving company. Or even if he doesn't...
only daisuke started his own noodle business. He is not waiting for jobs handed to his ass. Go read inio asano or honey and clover if you are into life confusion.. You sure you watched the whole D1-D2 series? |
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SonicFanA
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I want a sequel or reboot of Kyo Kara Maoh! It is an old twist and parody of BL and transported to another world light novel tropes. I wish Crunchyroll would stream it.
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Beltane70
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I'm surprised that no one has brought up the eleven year gap between 2004's Fafner in the Azure and its 2015 sequel Fafner in the Azure: Exodus!
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Dr. Wily
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Frankly, why not mess with the plot? The end is an absolute clusterf*ck and makes, depending on your point of view, either no sense or it's just kinda crappy. The movie treatment would work well though, tell a nice little story, wrap up all the story's loose ends in a neat bow, badda bing badda boom. |
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Juno016
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Go google "Fruits Basket Another". It's a 3-volume sequel from 2015 and it's a nice read, but nearly impossible to find, since it started digital-only. |
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WingKing
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Bastard!! - There's 27 volumes of manga and over 30 million copies in print in Japan, and all we ever got was that one aborted OVA 25 years ago.
Claymore - The other 27 volume dark fantasy series that never got fully adapted. Instead it got half-adapted with an anime-original ending. Would love to see the rest of it adapted sometime, even though I know it'll never happen since it wasn't that popular in Japan. Haruhi Suzumiya - Echoing others on the thread, the entire second half of the light novel series is sitting there waiting for someone to bring those stories to the screen (well okay, they can skip "Where Did the Cat Go?" because that story sucked). Princess Resurrection - The anime adaptation came out early in the manga's run and the main plot of the series (the battle over the royal succession) had barely gotten going at the point where it ended. I'd love to see a redone anime version centered around telling that story, most of which is in the later (unadapted) volumes. Those are the main ones for me in the "10+ years ago" category. |
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Color2413
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Indeed. Or that there is no word yet on exactly what "Fafner: The Beyond" actually will be, despite its being announced over a year ago. As for "dream sequels," I would like to see a "No. 6" OVA that resolves the bittersweet non-ending of the original. However, given that author Atsuko Asano has not weighed in on what the resolution might look like, I don't have much hope that an OVA could happen. |
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CrownKlown
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Its more of a spinoff and a short, but they did make a sequel to Tylor , just that it takes place 100s if not 1000s of years in the future. Shows that I think need sequels or at least would want: Crest of the Stars Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarock Index 3 Final Devil Bread Arc of Yakitate Japan Tenchi Muyo/Geminar (honestly while not as good as the originally I like 3, and am waiting for a dub of 4) Demonbane Any Isekai/fantasy Adaptation ( I get tired of these one cours, that cover the first 3-4 volumes and then rinse and repeat the process with the next one instead of continuing previous works - ex Unbreakable Machine Doll, Dragonar Academy, Black Bullet, Blade Elementars, unlimited fafnir, world break, bahamut etc) Date A live 3/Strike the Blood 3 Dance in the Vampire Bund 2 Gundam Seed 3 or Movie |
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