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NEWS: Asakiyumemishi - The Tale of Genji Manga Gets Anime




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dizzywulf



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:04 pm Reply with quote
11 episodes for The Tale of Genji...really? I guess I can understand because they don't want to make it too boring with all the material. It still seems a little on the short side.
They better keep the old school giant-sparkly-eyed character designs.
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ladholyman



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:56 am Reply with quote
Holy wow, how are they going to condense 13 volumes into 11 episodes? The original novel was over 1,000 pages too.
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nargun



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:10 am Reply with quote
ladholyman wrote:
Holy wow, how are they going to condense 13 volumes into 11 episodes? The original novel was over 1,000 pages too.


It's pretty modular; there's a lot you could take out. Like, say, the entire last third of the story [basically a sequel with new characters], and most of the seduction-of-the-week stuff from the first half. The big problem is the Akashi empress, who is concieved, is born and grows to adulthood in the course of the novel. It's a lot easier to do that in a novel than in motion pictures; you could patch over that with a timeskip, but you'd have to put it in an awkward point in the narrative.

It's doable. Me, I'd rather buy a Taylor translation to go with my Waley; haven't seen the manga, I'm told it takes some significant liberties with the narrative.
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grooven



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:19 am Reply with quote
I my god...you can't be serious....that book is so lame >.< who the hell wants to see an anime version?
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Onsokumaru



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:59 pm Reply with quote
Where is my Fairy Tail anime!?
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scortia



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:31 pm Reply with quote
I guess none of you have seen the Tale of Genji anime movie. I can't compare with the novel, because Genji is written in a genre I don't care for, but it was amusing in that it was like a guy and his harem with no characterization. Compare to that, 11 episodes is a lot. Smile
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nargun



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:30 pm Reply with quote
scortia wrote:
I guess none of you have seen the Tale of Genji anime movie. I can't compare with the novel, because Genji is written in a genre I don't care for, but it was amusing in that it was like a guy and his harem with no characterization. Compare to that, 11 episodes is a lot. Smile


Ah, Genji, world's first eroge adaption.
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