tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313763630040077753.post5405077854165278624..comments2024-03-12T19:12:35.892-07:00Comments on What is eternity doing tonight? - an anime blog: Sequels: Do They Suck?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313763630040077753.post-32729575753566755672007-09-30T09:01:00.000-07:002007-09-30T09:01:00.000-07:00A certain Shirikawa character needed more screen t...A certain Shirikawa character needed more screen time !! Aisia's personality in the manga was better imo, her whole "MASTER! TEACH ME ^^" attitude didn't run with me.. Yeah sqeuals are often worse or seem worse because of expectations from the previous work. Still not all sqeuals turn out bad I guessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313763630040077753.post-28297390287887427782007-09-25T14:35:00.000-07:002007-09-25T14:35:00.000-07:00Anonymous: Nice catch on remembering that sequels ...Anonymous: Nice catch on remembering that sequels quite often aren't "sequels" but just "continuations". I didn't take that into account. The arguments about higher standards/cheaper adaptations, though, still are valid, I believe. <BR/><BR/>Sagacious C: Yeah, wouldn't say that all sequels are bad. Just that some are quite dissapointing compared to the original. In that case, I'm a whiny fan. XD<BR/><BR/>gabest: Well put in a scientific manner - "we like new stuff," I kind of read it as. Would explain sometimes why if you watch a lot of one genre it begins to get boring after a while.CCYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00136092618116251048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313763630040077753.post-55259523227944639632007-09-22T16:39:00.000-07:002007-09-22T16:39:00.000-07:00"Sequel" is mostly used in a wrong context, most a..."Sequel" is mostly used in a wrong context, most anime are anything but original and based on another source (manga, game, novel). You have a clear, mostly long, well laid out story for you, which goes for the most part unused because the source is either much longer or not finished yet.<BR/><BR/>Haruhi is one long story, a second series is still the same thing, it's not a sequel per se, same goes for Seikai no Senki, Ah My Goddess, Honey and Clover and many more works, to raise a few examples. A sequel would be a new story written after the original story has already finished. Adding something new retrospectively.<BR/><BR/>If people complain about Full Metal Panic and its "sequels" being better than the original series, they are forgetting, that it's all part of the same story and GONZO did heavily edit on it (with animation drop after the first third of the series) while KyoAni stayed true to it (with overall quite good animation).<BR/><BR/>One has to realise that the problem is not "the sequel is bad", it is "this part of the story wasn't as good adapted as the former".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313763630040077753.post-44787963348865259382007-09-22T13:20:00.000-07:002007-09-22T13:20:00.000-07:00You forgot about one category, remakes. But yes, s...You forgot about one category, remakes. But yes, sequels suck. Sensing is more interesting at the first derivative level, the changing of something, brain is no exception, if you don't change the input significantly it becames dull and goes unnoticed after a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313763630040077753.post-70924202534643244782007-09-22T13:15:00.000-07:002007-09-22T13:15:00.000-07:00I guess it is a general rule of thumb that sequels...I guess it is a general rule of thumb that sequels do indeed suck, but it has been proven wrong at times.<BR/><BR/>Case in point, Full Metal Panic! < FUMOFFU < The Second Raid.<BR/><BR/>Seeing how KyoAni did wonders with GONZO's mediocre work, I have high hopes they'll please us with their next installation of Haruhi. And, you said, Haruhi has got some good source material to work off of, too...so it's got that going for it as well.<BR/><BR/>I have a feeling Gunslinger Girl II will also rock. There's just so much untapped material that they can work off of. I thought Season 1 ended appropriately, but it definitely could have been better. Season II now has that opportunity to cap it off with the closure many of us wanted the first time around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com