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vanfanel
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That paperback edition is only up to book 7 at present. This link'll get you a look at all of the Yamada covers thus far. Edit: misunderstood your post at first; I thought you were wanting to see more Yamada work. |
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KutovoiAnton
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It's because he reminded her of Romance of the Three Kingdoms' Zhao Yun. I wouldn't be surprised if he actually was based on him, though, since Tanaka is a big fan of Chinese history. |
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Nyaomix
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I can definitely see the love of chinese literature even in the ideas behind the story itself. Just kind of mentioning a view that since this story is about the middle east the OVA was nice in depicting it that way. Daryun definitely has a look similar to Zhao Yun. Thanks for the insight into the author and the artists reasoning.
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Sahmbahdeh
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I'd been meaning to start this show earlier, but never got around to doing so. Today, I decided to start and I'm really glad I did. I marathoned the first 6 episodes. I really like the middle-eastern style setting, the characters have grown on me, and the theme of recognizing flaws in traditional systems, of both yours and your enemies, are right up my ally. I'm enjoying it, but I do have some issues. First of all, the CGI has improved, but is still a little awkward. Then, as stated in the review, I'm still waiting for that 'pop' that really makes me fall in love with this show. I'd be fine if that doesn't happen, honestly, it's good enough as-is, but it would be nice.
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Nyaomix
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The pop should be coming. This part of the story is really more of a prologue. Arslan will probably get out of the cave next episode and start doing something. They are not taking this show season by season, their plan seems to be that it will succeed and be able to take its time. It`s a long wonderful story and we have just started it.
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DangerMouse
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Great to finally have Farangis show up.
Cool, I'm already really enjoying the show so I'm looking forward to something like that. I'm definitely glad they're taking a shot at doing this that way (obviously it could be an issue if they don't get to continue but hopefully that won't be a problem and it'll be as successful as I hope), the show really has a lot of potential and I vaguely remember that I liked the last start in the first two old OVAs too. |
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Nyaomix
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Surprised the reviewer came up with Silver Mask being Kharlan`s supporter. They make it quite obvious especially in the sewers that Kharlan serves Silver Mask.
I have little doubt this series will stay popular. It is an extremely popular story in Japan. Again Elam looks a lot better than in the OVA`s. He gets to show off fighting skills rather than throw fruit from his bosom at the guard. Etoile has such a different role in this version. In the OVA Etoile was a much later character. |
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vanfanel
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I had forgotten he was in the OVA. Since he's not in the first novel at all, I was thinking he was an anime-original character. I think they're making some really good judgments about how to arrange and present material here. For example, the novel opens by laying out the history of Pars in chronicle form. By skipping all that stuff, the anime benefits in two ways: first, audiences have little tolerance for "infodumping" these days, so losing it probably helped keep viewers; secondly, witholding all that backstory means that there's more mystery to what's going on in the present, and the info can be parceled out later for maximum effect. Also, while Giev does perform a song for the queen in book 1, we don't get any lyrics there. The same scene in the anime simply has him recite the words of a poem that opens book 2. Good call, and I loved the VA's reading of it. |
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Nyaomix
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Definitely an anime original role, and possibly Etoile will not end up being the original stories character.
I agree adding the poem was a great addition for Giev`s performance, though I disliked the flute since there was no flautist. It bothers me when they are showcasing the skill of an artist and they have to add other instruments rather than trust in the strength of the player. Farangis definitely has the right feel. Hope she at least gets some armor later. I`m definitely very into this version of the story. The changes that have been made so far are good ideas to me. And yes, they are parsing out the info better. Hope when the opening changes they pick something that fits a bit better. Uverworld`s song is a good song, but does not fit a historical fiction story about the middle east. |
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KutovoiAnton
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Yeah, I second that. I've read interview with Makoto Umezu (I think that was him. Can't recall for sure, but that was someone fom the main staff) and he said that they were aiming for Taiga drama feel for the show. Uverworld's song most definetely doesn't help it. Taiga dramas have an instrumental main theme as an opening. |
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Nyaomix
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This song fits a little better than the second opening picked for Akatsuki no Yona though. That first opening was exactly what was needed. Almost feels like they are afraid to go with the proper music in order to keep the younger crowd in. There will always be people playing all sorts of music.
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SailorTralfamadore
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To be fair, that's not a high bar. 
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Ohoni
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Lol, such is the way of divine mandate. Religion is to keep the rabble in line, it's to bow to the whim of kings.  He is very devout, but only to the principle that God wants him to have what he wants.
It's basically the same principle as the Prosperity Gospel, really.
Perhaps they are doing a bit like what SAO did, only moreso, working in elements from later books that might not have occurred to the author when he wrote the early books, but which could have done with some more seeding through the plot. |
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Nyaomix
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The cool part about the larger role for Etoile is that in this case the writer is involved with the anime. So it is not as likely to be a case where the edit ruins things down the road. (not that the original creator is always the most capable of expanding their work.)
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DangerMouse
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Yup, this is probably why I already like her so much. Hawkeye was one of my favorites in FMA and Lan Fan was great too, and ofcourse Lust had a great design (and off-topic was a good villain, plus Laura Bailey did such an amazing job with her).
Yeah. |
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