Im a huge Persona fan, Im really looking forward to Persona 4 the animation. Im stoked its coming out on the PS Vita too, otherwise Ive been out of the anime loop lately last thing I watched was Steins;Gate.
First episode of Shakugan no Shana final came out on Friday, and did something very unexpected. Looking forward to how the rest of the season plays out.
Mirai Nikki was last night. There's a speedsub available somewhere, though I'm waiting on a higher quality release.
Edit: Okay, broke down and watched it. Really liked the manga, after all. Anyway, nothing unexpected except about ten minutes in (10:31 if you must know. Pic ******' Saved.) Yuno is making what appears to be an eraser *****. Obviously that isn't what she was actually doing, but it sure as hell looks like it at first glance.
Anyway, most of us read the manga and this is the first episode so yeah. Well animated, the voices are decent, and apparently Deus' jaw works afterall and it wasn't just a mask. Okay, maybe I'm the only one that thought that. For what it's worth, the speedsub I watched wasn't horrible, though a couple of errors. Completely watchable, the most glaring error being in the karaoke at the end that was completely out of sync.
Edited, Oct 10th 2011 4:31pm by lolgaxe
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Mirai Nikki and Persona 4 both started off well. I haven't played P4, but I did play P3: FES, and I was almost squealing with joy at how well it covers the basic gameplay (Velvet Room song, similar music for the world, calendar moving the days up, etc). Mirai Nikki was good although I don't remember Yukiteru freaking out quite so much around Gasai at the beginning. I need to reread the manga...
What exactly is Persona 4? I've heard about it, but can't really seem to get a grasp on the content. I might just have to watch the first episode to see if it's any good.
Persona 4 is a Turn based RPG on PS2. Its unigue as it has much sim aspect to it where your main character goes to school and you 'roleplay' his interactions, making friends and building your social status, These social links in game empower your ability to make persona (Mystical beasts)stronger.
Its like Dating Sim meets final fantasy with dungeons being randomly put together. It does a great job of immersing into the game as your get to know every character very well, even NPCs on some instances.
Shana was interesting. It'll be interesting to see where the story goes from here. (and once again I hope Kazumi dies early on even though I know she won't)
Persona 3 and 4, as far as the games are concerned, had amazing music. P4's music is at least following suit. Also, the day change is the same as the game, which made me chuckle. Aha, and a status screen.
While on the topic, I'd kill for P4P.
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George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Persona 4 is a Turn based RPG on PS2. Its unigue as it has much sim aspect to it where your main character goes to school and you 'roleplay' his interactions, making friends and building your social status, These social links in game empower your ability to make persona (Mystical beasts)stronger.
Its like Dating Sim meets final fantasy with dungeons being randomly put together. It does a great job of immersing into the game as your get to know every character very well, even NPCs on some instances.
I guess that kind of explains it.
Sounds interesting enough for me to check out the series.
Shana was interesting. It'll be interesting to see where the story goes from here. (and once again I hope Kazumi dies early on even though I know she won't)
I KNOW! I was really hoping she'd be gone after season 2 with that whole side plot thing, but unfortunately she pussied out :(.
Finally got around to watching Mirai Nikki. First of all, it's hard to feel the same chills I did when reading the manga, knowing everything that happens. It's definitely not a series you want spoiled. Still, it's a good story and one I like very much, and I'll be watching the anime at the very least for nostalgia.
I didn't care for the introduction change, as it hints at the wrong details, and does so a little early. I also think Mirai Nikki is another manga that is difficult to translate to an anime because still images are so important to conveying the feel of a scene.
I did find the after credits scene to be hilarious.
The manga is really good and ********** One of the few I've read that was somewhat difficult to predict the direction it was heading. Though, if you do read it you'll end up ruining the anime for yourself.
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George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Persona 4's second episode was fine; the character types are reminded me a lot of the characters in Persona 3 (already thinking of them as Junpei and Yukari). I also remembered that I read the first few manga a loooong time ago, so I knew what would happen in this episode already. D'oh! Oh well.