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REVIEW: Blue Dragon Dub.DVD 1


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ShampooEater



Joined: 05 Jul 2008
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:25 pm Reply with quote
i was happy this fall when i knew YTV would show some new anime..........then we got this. and just this!

i miss the ghost in the shell/inuyasha/witch hunter robin days
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Nebs



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:19 pm Reply with quote
The disc would've been better if they left in the original, uncut version: Razz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7EODFxhycM
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driverstart



Joined: 23 Jul 2007
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:44 pm Reply with quote
Top Gun wrote:
I have to say, I think the fact that Toriyama designed the characters is more of a turn-off to me than anything the show could possibly do (not that I'd expect much from this sort of show anyway), though I often feel like the only person on a planet who strongly dislikes his character designs (at least for humans). Seriously...foreheads are NOT that big. Razz


You are not alone. I'm not a fan of Toriyama's character designs either. However, I do like that character designs for Dragon Quest VIII, those look decent. Now if the characters didn't speak with accents, that would be even better. I don't have anything against accents, they just sound weird to me.
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belvadeer





PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:08 pm Reply with quote
Yeah Toriyama, like CLAMP, tends to recycle his designs a lot. Humans aren't really his strong point to me, he's better at dragons and dinos and whatnot.
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BellosTheMighty



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:56 pm Reply with quote
belvadeer wrote:
Yeah Toriyama, like CLAMP, tends to recycle his designs a lot. Humans aren't really his strong point to me, he's better at dragons and dinos and whatnot.


Leiji Matsumoto is worse:







Seriously, has he only drawn one woman his entire career?
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enurtsol



Joined: 01 May 2007
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:46 am Reply with quote
Eh, it hardly had to do with the game, so that alienated the gamers.
Then they added in the fanservice shenanigans, so that alienated the kids
that the game tries to attract (it's a kiddie-ish RPG).
Even Microsoft (who pushed the game for its 360) moved away from it.
So, it lost a lot of its supporters, so it had nobody to back it
when CN pulled it.

Well, it was just an aimless ship.
If they want to target the gamers, then target the gamers.
If they want the youths, then target the youths.
I don't think the anime production company knew what they were doing;
they squandered the anticipation that came with the game.
It's like they were aiming for the otaku but with a family-friendly game.
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belvadeer





PostPosted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:24 am Reply with quote
Well, the game was really entertaining. The anime I find interesting only when the Shadows have something to say. Giving them the same personalities in the game may have made it more memorable, even if Killer Bat is the silent warrior type (seriously, couldn't they give him a voice?).

And wow about Matsumoto, that's a lot of recycling Anime hyper
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