Voyou San
Jun 20 2007, 07:57 AM
well it looks like they are going to be releasing the Xenosaga anime in the US later this year.
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/797/797704p1.html
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Xenosaga Anime Series Announced
Exclusive Announcement: ADV is bringing the sci-fi videogame series to American DVD.
by Chris Carle
June 19, 2007 - Today ADV Film announced that they will release the Xenosaga anime on DVD in the United States. The sci-fi anime series was originally produced by legendary studio Toei Animation.
Based on the popular RPG series for PlayStation and PlayStation 2, the story is inspired by the first installment of the PS2 trilogy, Episode One: Der Wille zur Macht. A fan favorite, the game was also well-received critically, garnering an 8.6 overall rating on GameStats, a videogame review score aggregation site.
There will be twelve total episodes in the series, presented on three DVDs. The first disc is scheduled to release on September 11, 2007.
Here is the synopsis, per ADV's release: "Four thousand years have passed since humans abandoned the planet Earth. Humanity is now on the brink of destruction, hunted down by a vicious alien race known as the Gnosis. The last hope of mankind rests in the hands of scientist Shion Uzuki and her creation KOS-MOS, a battling android with unfathomable capabilities. Shion and her creation are taken in by the crew of the Woglinde, a battleship of the Galaxy Federation. Unbeknownst to the crew, the Woglinde houses the Zohar, a mysterious object that attracts the Gnosis. When the Woglinde is attacked by the Gnosis, KOS-MOS is activated and begins to pursue her own mysterious plans."
I always loved the game, even though i only got halfway through the first and havent played the 2nd or 3rd. anyone else excited?
Andrico
Jun 20 2007, 08:19 AM
Yes, I can't wait... but I've already played the first two games and watched it in Japanese. I'm dissapointed that ADV is going to translate it, though. I much prefer Bandai, they are much more reliable.
Rhadamanthus
Jun 20 2007, 08:30 AM
Given the anime is pretty terrible, I'm not excited at all...
Xerno
Jun 20 2007, 09:12 AM
Yes, well... the anime isn't all that great, though it does have some interesting changes (like that one Kirschwasser's bigger role in the anime, amongst other things). But is this getting dubbed too? That'll probably be for the worse, unless they get the voice actors from the games back (which I somehow doubt).
Exire
Jun 20 2007, 09:57 AM
Hehe, this does remind me a bit of a bad sequel to a good movie where there seems to be a good chance that the main people won't be in it along with just not being as well done as it could have been. I would be much more excited if the Xenogears anime was coming out, while the dubbing in the scenes was horrible, I think it would have made a good anime look on the game. But this is about Xenosaga...I am not all that interested in it, I saw a bit of it once and I am not really that big of a fan of the art. I don't know, I love Xeno but I'm just not too interested.
The Evil Dead
Jun 20 2007, 11:40 AM
Sweet. Can't wait to see the bastardized version on cartoon network.
The only way I'd ever sit down and watch an anime based on Xenosaga ( A series that still doesn't have me convinced I need to play the second and third in the series ) is if they turn it into a hentai extravaganza.
And we know that'd never happen.
Crimson Cloud
Jun 20 2007, 11:50 AM
This anime isn't interesting at all from my point of view. I expected so much more.
Armaros
Jun 20 2007, 02:54 PM
QUOTE (The Evil Dead @ Jun 20 2007, 12:40 PM)
Sweet. Can't wait to see the bastardized version on cartoon network.
The only way I'd ever sit down and watch an anime based on Xenosaga ( A series that still doesn't have me convinced I need to play the second and third in the series ) is if they turn it into a hentai extravaganza.
And we know that'd never happen.
Oh, just skip two and play three. Hell, skip one if you want and play three. You KNOW you want too.
Honestly, gameplay wise three is the strongest of the series, and a lot of fun to boot. It's excellent storywise too.
As far as the anime goes, I'll probably pick it up just to see what's like, and then sell it to a friend for an exorbant price if I don't like it.
Denim
Jun 21 2007, 06:15 AM
The anime is a retelling of a retelling with a budget so low that the art looks like it was drawn by a very good 6th grade drawer. I mean. For a picture it's cool, but it simply doesn't work animating it.
It'll probably show up on Adult Swim for a few weeks, or days. I mean, they showed .Hack.
I might rent the DVDs one day and show it to my friends or something.
Demonwing
Jul 4 2007, 04:17 PM
As long as they get Crispin Freeman for Albedo, don't really care who else they use =p
I liked the anime version, watched it subbed. Virgil's role and that Kirschwasser and all were pretty interesting, though they shouldn't have removed Cherenkov's parts. Meh whatever, I liked it =)
Denim
Jul 5 2007, 07:10 AM
I think they did it for time restrains. I mean, Cherenkov's side story would take at least an episode to do. And seeing as they also cut out Ziggy and MOMO's escape, then it really had no chance. Though KOS MOS vs. Ziggy was a cool fight =D.
Although, Ziggy/MOMO thing was cut out from the DS version too, and it's supposed to be canon.
Demonwing
Jul 5 2007, 07:42 AM
I guess that they didn't find it as important. Although I did like the battle against Margulis, kept MOMO behind Ziggy. Though imo, another episode or two shouldn't have been that hard to make, since they used the Zohar Emulators as the intro screens, the 13th could have been the original Zohar, giving them room for another episode =p
Razael
Jul 5 2007, 09:12 AM
QUOTE (The Evil Dead @ Jun 20 2007, 11:40 AM)
Sweet. Can't wait to see the bastardized version on cartoon network.
The only way I'd ever sit down and watch an anime based on Xenosaga ( A series that still doesn't have me convinced I need to play the second and third in the series ) is if they turn it into a hentai extravaganza.
And we know that'd never happen.
I am almost 100% sure that Xerno already has a full album of yaoi stuff where Albedo ##### Nigredo or something, if thats a path you particularly want to take.
Xerno
Jul 7 2007, 07:35 AM
QUOTE (Razael)
I am almost 100% sure that Xerno already has a full album of yaoi stuff where Albedo ##### Nigredo or something, if thats a path you particularly want to take.
Sadly, Xenosaga yaoi is very rare (yet I do have a few of those rare gems =P ). But while on the subject of the anime, I must say that the Allen & Scott bar scene was rather... awkward (it could have been shounen-ai =p ).
Demonwing
Jul 13 2007, 06:51 PM
..............They are changing Albedo's voice actor.................
*cries in the corner and doesn't come out for at least a good three months*
Rubedo
Jul 13 2007, 07:40 PM
It's official, I'm not seeing this overlumped piece of #####.
Was bas enough when it was a fansub with the dialouge and VAs were unbearable at time and now it's the same thing, only the series took a stabbing in the chest with a meat cleaver to rip it's beating heart out just to replace it with one with alot of clouted up values.
Xerno
Jul 15 2007, 05:47 AM
I've seen a list posted elsewhere of the new voice actors for each character. All are new voices, none from the games were re-used:
Luci Christian as KOS-MOS
Stephanie Wittels as Shion Uzuki
Greg Ayres as Jr.
John Gremillion as Albedo Piazzolla
Andrew Love as Luis Virgil
Andy McAvin as Margulis
Blake Shepard as Allen Ridgeley
Chris Ayres as Jin Uzuki
Chris Patton as Tony
Clint Bickham as chaos
George Manley as Vanderkam
Hilary Haag as Kirschwasser
James Faulkner as Helmer
Jason Douglas as Ziggurat 8 (Ziggy)
Jessica Boone as Mary Godwin
John Gremillion as Gaignun Kukai
Mariela Ortiz as 100-Series Observational Realian Units
Tiffany Grant as Juli Mizrahi
Vic Mignogna as Wilhelm
... I don't know any of them. Maybe they're better known to people who watch dubbed animes? The only voice I'm somewhat interested in hearing is chaos'. I never found that he had a fitting voice in any of the games (though I like his first one more than his horrible second one), maybe he's got a decent voice in the anime (wishful thinking <<'' ).
Denim
Jul 18 2007, 08:11 PM
Obviously not going for high budget here. All the voice actors from Xenosaga are prominant voice actors in anime. Ziggy for example, was Richard Epcar (sp?) who was Batou, and Shion's voice actor directed English translation of Serial Experiments Lain.
chaos's voice in second and third games was better than his helium first one, I find.
But whatever.
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