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Flandre5carlet:
--- Quote from: Dioxaz on January 23, 2016, 10:31:56 AM ---The overall mood is also completely different from what we watched before. It presents itself as relatively serious with only a few tidbits of funny attempts (you won?t see a grimace fest like in Memories of Phantasm). I also like how it tries to put the storytelling very upfront by developing relationships within characters and events that occur. Unfortunately, if you?re a bit lost behind regarding canon and can?t speak Japanese (just like me), this may feel a bit complicated to follow. Like in Memories of Phantasm, character psychology seems okay and tangible enough (compare that to the caricature we had in A Summer Day?s Dream). You might find all those characters endearing.
One quality I like about it over Memories of Phantasm is how low it relies on fan-service and some lame and dated puns. You won?t find any of these here. For some people, that may be a huge plus. Also, it doesn?t feel as cartooney as Manpuku?s anime.
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I'm oh so happy about that, you have no idea - especially that last line. Finally a good fanime that doesn't rely on fanservice, fanon or cartooney humour, and instead presents an attempt at serious storytelling, with some of the lesser represented characters and storylines.
In that regard, that's where I disagree with your verdict; while Memories of Phantasm is fine for what it is (ie. "not taking itself too seriously", appeals to the largest audience), it's specifically for those reasons that I simply cannot agree on it being better than KFT's attempt. It's just... way too cartooney/fanservicey/fanoney/etc like a lot of fanworks, making KFT's anime seem like a breath of fresh air amidst all of it. And I won't even talk about Summer's Day Dream.
Thanks a lot for the review, also. Very in-depth. Still waiting to have enough cash to be able to buy my own copy. Also, as Clarste said, the male characters are OCs.
Dioxaz:
You don't have to agree with my verdict. After all, this is a reflection of my own thoughts. Also, I mainly wanted to emphasis the fact that Memories of Phantasm is not as bad as some like to depict it.
There's a lot of qualities that are missed because it's not to one's liking. Even though I really wish Manpuku push storytelling more upfront instead of relying on all those "entry level" and outdated gags like they overused them in episode 6 (nothing really interesting happens during that episode). To be honest, I was in "WTF mode" when watching episode 6 for the first time. It took me some time and many re-watches to really enjoy it. If they keep going in the same direction, they might get some stronger criticism.
Now, about this:
--- Quote from: Clarste on January 27, 2016, 03:10:49 PM ---Those are original characters, not characters from CiLR. Actually, I think we knew that ahead of time? It's perfectly understandable that you'd be less invested in the plot if you haven't read the related canon works.
...I haven't actually watched it myself though.
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That's what I suspected. Thank you for the clarification. I should have remembered that huge discussion on 4chan (/jp channel) trying to find out how accurate it was in comparison to CiLR. I guess there were some grey areas plot-wise during the writing of the episode and they came up with those secondary characters to "fill in the blanks". They probably did what they thought was the best.
monhan:
I don't know if it warrants a new thread, but Kyoto Fantasy Troupe have updated their site with news regarding the addition of voiceover for the first episode of the Hifuu fananime.
http://kyotofantasytroupe.net/archives/509
Here is the tweet:
https://twitter.com/fantasytroupe/status/715569881354100737?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
Nico Video with voice samples:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm28543106
The seiyuus are:
Maribel Hearn (CV: Kana Hanazawa )
Renko Usami （CV: Eri Kitamura）
Kaguya Houraisan（CV: Mamiko Noto）
Eirin Yagokoro（CV: Sumi Shimamoto）
Watatsuki no Yorihime（CV: Ayako Kawasumi） > SEIIIIBAAAA
Watatsuki no Toyohime（CV: Tomatsu Haruka ）
Tsukuyomi （CV: Shibata Hidekatsu）
Prince Tsuku （CV: Inoue Kazuhiko）
Prince Sasarae （CV: Koyama Rikiya）
Yukari Yakumo（CV: Inoue Kikuko）
Suika Ibuki（CV: Shimizu Ai）
Yuyuko Saigyouji (CV: Kayano Ai）
Reimu Hakurei（CV: Imai Asami）
Marisa Kirisame（CV: Asumi Kana）
Honestly, I want to hype, but Spoiler: today's April Fool... so many people are worried that this may be a joke. But still, the voices in the video is legit, so I don't know...
If this isn't the right place to post this news, then I'll leave it to the moderators.
Dioxaz:
Again, what I said in my conclusion just holds true.
Not very smart of posting that kind of news on this particular day and with no preliminary info whatsoever (it almost gave me the impression they dropped the idea). Given the fact all voices sound relatively spot-on, even if I was personally not convinced (all this sounds pretty generic to me and looks like voice will not add that much to the experience). But it's just a personal view, as usual. Your mileage will probably vary. Still excellent news for anyone actually looking forward to this particular voiced version or wanting to hear what pro seiyū are capable of on a production of like this.
However, what I'm sure will happen now are complaints that such or such voice is not good enough or doesn't really match, etc. (probably by the same ones who complained about no voices in the first version). I wonder what they will choose to do for a possible episode 2, if they actually decide to produce it.
Also, they also posted different info on the Japanese and Chinese pages of their blog. We learn from the Chinese one that it will be planned for early May in some Chinese and Japanese festivals (the English page appears not to be maintained anymore). Some info is also present on the video itself.
Bottom line: I can already read some "Cookie☆" in the comments... oh boy, it might get fun... (they appear to have been deleted, still remain some references to a certain "UDK")
Clarste:
Historically, even when doujin groups get professional voice acting, their voice direction is relatively amateur and brings down the quality.