[Review] Kimagure Orange Road (revisited!)

In article <zrSdne_z_5TwJTfVnZ2dnUVZ_g6dnZ2d@posted.internetamerica>,
sanjian <mungkb@vt.edu> wrote:[color=blue]
> "Relic" <relic1980@ameritech.net> wrote in message
> news:mXsqk.19673$89.160@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...[/color]
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> > I would also love to see what could be done with newer animation, but
> > to be honest, while there are probably a lot of older fans who
> > remember the series with fondness in Japan, I am not sure if there
> > would be enough to get the project off the ground there. I liked the
> > manga as well, but given the art style, I really couldn't see it
> > getting published over here (I would love it if Viz got off it's duff
> > and finished Urusei Yatsura, but given the poor sales over here, I
> > don't see that happening either...).[/color][/color]
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> I think it could be very dangerous to mess with KOR. As much as I love
> the series, it was balanced almost perfectly to hide its weaknesses.
> Let's face it, the story was rather trite, and in many cases severly
> contrived. It worked more on the power of the characters than on plot.
> And the music helped that along.[/color]
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> Any attempt to revisit the series could shatter that facade.[/color]

There were certain specific episodes that I had problems with, and it does
centre heavily on charas, but I'm not totally convinced that the whole
series suffered. I agree, however, that trying to revisit the series could
be difficult.

As for Urusei Yatsura, I doubt that Viz will ever get going again with it.
There was a fan-based scanlation going on but I haven't kept up with that.
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> Although, if it's done, they had DAMNED well better use Akemi Takada for
> the character designs.[/color]
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> > As for the ending of the first movie, one of my nieces just got
> > finished with Excel Saga and has lined my KOR discs for her next view.
> > I am not even gonna HINT at the ending....[/color][/color]

Heh! ^_^

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sanjian <mungkb@vt.edu> wa:[color=blue]
>*Hikaru-chan defender since 1995, but still a Manami fan.[/color]

Wow, now this is something I never thought I'd see. Makes me wonder if
C-ko has any fans (since the two seem to appear a lot together in "most
hated" lists). :]


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