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kazenoyume
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I hope by 'concluding Ledo's story' it means 'Ledo is in it, but the story is focused on these random other people on the cover', because I am admittedly going to be pretty disappointed if I don't get to follow Ledo's journey through to the end since I don't speak Japanese! Hopefully the second part of the OVA gives a good conclusion.
(That being said the new characters look like a genderswapped Ledo and Amy.) |
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SouthPacific
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Skipping a TV anime for a novel sounds pretty absurd... I really hope we'll get a 2nd season in due time. It's not like the sales didn't justify it, the TV series had an average of 8.5k BDs and the first OVA sold 6k-something.
Perhaps they could adapt this new novel if there's enough buzz and good sales... 
How would a 2nd season affect you in any way? It's not like BV will come to your house and force you to watch it. And if you're talking about Gen writing the first episode and then nothing else (he also wrote the last episode, but you seem to have forgotten this...) then you are sorely mistaken. He's listed as assisting in series supervision, series composer & story creation  .
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KH91
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NOOOOOOO! Damn you various circumstances. Guess Ill read the novel.
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Animegomaniac
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Seeing how I loved everything about this series except the basic plot point about the squidfolk and how to view them, I'm still against the idea of continuing those errors in novel form.
But it's cheaper, I can give it that much. But I love the idea that even though "they" really wanted to do a sequel season but because of "various circumstances", they could not produce one. Not just at the time. Not now, not ever. Let's see: Key word "land", "concluding Ledo's story...", one writer from the series is producing the continuation... Looks like creative differences are part of those "various circumstances" because that is precisely the stuff I don't care about myself. The whole "space war" thing? Doesn't matter. Squiddies? Unless they grow legs, they're not going to matter much in the end. What's left then? Waterworld the Novel of the Animation? Think about it, Ledo's storyline spoiler[lost everything unique about the series] and the only things left are water pirates and salvagers. And they're not even that different! They could have done something else for a continuation, follow a different character, using what the audience knows against expectations by going in a new direction, maybe even "untwist the twist ending" by spoiler[showing that while the Earth squids have regressed, the space ones are knowingly fighting a war of extinction against their former fellow humans]... Great, I actually want to see that now. |
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BrainBlow
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So?
Then that just means he's a godawful writer and/or story supervisor. |
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Julliant
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I wouldn't talk logic to someone who would be upset that someone makes a TV show that he's not going to watch anyway. |
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Kadmos1
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I hope that the novel appeases a lot of fans since the creators scrapped a potential 2nd season that likely disappointed various fans.
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ichii_1
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There wasn't much you could do with the main story, only side characters.
They should have gone to shonen jump for help, they're masters of prolonging series 
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Sacto0562
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I believe Production I.G. was originally aiming for Summer 2015 or Fall 2015 airing of the second season. Maybe they would take the novel and adapt it for a 12 to 13 episode series for Summer 2016 when they have more time available?
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Angel M Cazares
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To me this also looks like a middle finger to the fans. Announcing that there was a possibility of a second season is dumb. I am a big fan of Gargantia and a well-made season 2 will be welcomed, but I am not sure if Bandai Visual even knows what the hell they are doing.
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_Cyphon_
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Conclusion to Ledo's arc? I thought he was the center of the show. There was more?
Anyway, sad to hear this, but at least they didn't completely throw it out the window. New girl looks good, but that new guy is nowhere near the coolness of Ledo. |
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Hameyadea
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I enjoyed the anime; the art style was vibrant, the story was thrilling (in a Waterworld way) and the BGM was nice to listen to. I still hope that a 2nd season will be made.
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epicrevenge
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This is disappointing.
 But I had started to think that something like this would happen so it isn't that surprising to me.
Fingers crossed the novel is picked up for an English release at least. |
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Ali07
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The title for this article, to me, reads as if they could've made a 2nd season, but decided to make a book instead. Using google translate on that quote, it mentions they ran into difficulties in making more anime. Which was also mentioned in the article. As making a new anime season was no longer an option, that is reason why the title for this article seems off to me. |
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marichan99
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These two 'new' characters look like they are genderbent versions of Ledo and Amy. Anyone notice that?? Maybe their kids? LOL Maybe the producers were just fooling around.
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