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Saint Seiya Meikai Hen
all the saint seiya meikai hen ovas have been aired, any comments on this?
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Meikai Hen = Hades Inferno arc, right?
I only watched the first two OVAs (what's taking Spectre so long?), and boy was I disappointed with them. I had high hopes after watching the Hades Sanctuary arc, which featured stunning graphics and choreography (remember the camera following Seiya's Ryu Sei Ken? Awesome). All the old voice actors returned, which brought good memories for oldtimers like me. All in all, that was so brilliant that Inferno didn't need to one-up Sanctuary. if Inferno had retained the same production level, I would have been a happy camper. Except it didn't. What's with Inferno's horrible graphics? Everyone looks deformed, as in 80's Seiya style deformed. We're in 2006, right? The environments look so bland, any amateur CG designer could have done a better job. The pacing sucks because the storyline is so crunched up. Why did they have to do it in six episodes this time around (which, if I read correctly, the team had to completely omit certain defining moments at the end)? Where is the original cast of voice actors? And why does the BGM sound like horsebleep in a vaccuum? I am SO DISAPPOINTED with the first two OVAs, I have no urge to finish watching the remaining four. My $0.02. |
well, i read somewhere that Toei wanted new voice actor for andromeda but, the orignal cast wanted to work together, so they all quit for that.
the reason that they changed the voice actor was that they dont sound young anymore(there are almost 20 years since it first aired) it have some sense to me, but it would be nice to have the original cast. now for the backgrounds, you are right, they look pretty bland and somehow repetitive, but way more colorful than ever. i was disappointed that there where no CG in the attack, like the ryuseiken or the galatic explotion in the santuary part, that was awesome. and i share your feeling for releasing only 6 ovas, with 2 more at least the passing would be much better. lets hope they correct this for the next releases |
Visual effects for the attacks were lame. Phlegias's Howling Inferno looked retarded, Aiacos's Galactic Illusion looked chopped, and there were 80% less planets in Kanon's Galaxian Explosion.
Amateurish. |
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Overall, the Inferno series just looked and felt retarded. It's really an insult after the good job that Toei did in Sanctuary. |
Well, it's still better than the Heaven chapter movie from a while back. Now that was crappy! I've also only seen the first 2 OVAs for Inferno and yes, I agree that they certainly were missing much of what made the Sanctuary arc so goddamn cool.
A complete change of cast was a major blow. The animation was sorely lacking (OMG, did you see them running?! Like freakin' puppets on strings!!! The last shot of Saori was weird too, like there wasn't much consistency in the character designs.) Please tell me the other 4 are even a little bit better........please? |
On a Saint Seiya related topic... have you guys checked out the finished figures for Ban and Nachi from the Myth Cloth line?
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Saw them but wasn't interested. After the 12 Gold Saints, I just want a Athena Saori figure and then I'll be content. I might be interested in the 5 Kami Cloths too....
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Awright, WTF? Is no one gonna do the english subs for episodes 3 - 6?! Then again, does this chapter suck so bad that no one thinks it's worth it?
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you are right, thats what i did a long time ago, if you dont mind pick 350-450 meg per chapter thats the best way to go!
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For those who still care, Spectre Anime released episodes 3 & 4 about a week ago. :D
I didn't have a chance to watch them yet, 'cause of computer problems, but from the small scenes I've watched the subs look good. Can't say the same about the episodes though (Shiryu's VA doesn't sound good at all :( ) |
OMG, what crappy episodes we have here......
The subs don't matter because your eyes are too busy bleeding to be able read them (ha ha ha, please don't take me literally....it's not as serious as that.....). But the pacing sucks eggs, and the fights are totally crap: Spoiler:
I fear the last 2 episodes will kill the Seiya franchise for good. :( |
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Hikarub,
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hope its a way to a sequel for saint seiya, maybe a link to the tenkai hen or something |
Here's a torrent for the Prologue
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An interesting theory I've heard about "Next Dimension" is that Kurumada is going to rewrite the original ending of the manga and continue with the Tenkai chapter, but ignoring the events that happened in the "Ouverture" movie (making it, like the other movies, outside the "official" continuity). Well, I certainly hope that would be true, so that we can forget about what happened in the movie. Quote:
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btw guys, I got this link incase you want to read the hades chapter.
I havent bothered to watch the inferno arc coz you mentioned it was retarded. |
Good news, nerds.
The first 13 OVAs coming to Mexico liek wut. http://www.ssiceplanet.net/news/data...aco_Hades1.jpg Boxart for Volume 1, featuring OVA 0 (the summary, I believe) and OVA 1. I'm ordering this faster that a cure for AIDS. |
yes dude, so cool!!!
release of may 24 with ep 0 and 1, with spanish 5.1, sweet!!! nintendonomicon, do you already have it? is the video quality good? and the sound? |
I'm about to order it.
I don't know about the video, but the sound seems good enough. |
oh i see, well when you receive it tell me, i read that they are releasing them in ecuador too, so i will get it eventually
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I received it yesterday. The covert art sucks because it's horribly dark and you can barely appreciate it.
The dub, however, is awesome! The only voices that return from the old mexican cast (and I mean in this particular DVD) were the narrator and Seiya (all 5 Bronze Saints will be voiced by their original voice actor, but only Seiya shows up on the first episode. However, Shiryu and Hyoga do show up briefly on episode 0, which is a summary of the entire series, and they are indeed dubbed by their original voice actors). Dohko, Shaina, Ichi, Nachi, Mu, Deathmask, Aphrodite and Shion were all new voices, and they're all great and fitting. The intro and outro theme songs are not dubbed. There are no extra features, with the exception of a Shion collectible card that comes as an insert. EDIT: And speaking of orgasms, the Aiacos Myth Cloth figure came out in Japan not too long ago. http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/7137/aicos8ns.th.jpg |
too bad that the packing sucks, but at least we have the dub!!!
with the original voice actors, i cant wait to have it! |
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yes!
and i read that this time Toei will release ALL the remaining episodes to conclude the Hades, at last! now lets hope for a quick licensing to towers! |
Just a quick remainder for the fans: The Lost Canvas just premiered in Japan.
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I have read the french scanlation. quite exciting. Finally we could know the history of Doko and Shion. check out the manga scan links thread, I have put the url of the scanlation site there. But damn, it's french :(
EDIT: whoops, I talk about another series. The St. Seiya revival, I never thought it's two different things |
here is a link for lost canvas in spanish
http://www.frozen-layer.net/bittorre...ils=1&id=37400 |
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Well, finally got round to seeing episode 10 a few nights ago. Godamn, it's about time things started getting interesting again. I was so sure they were going to fuck up this series. I was pretty disappointed with the Inferno Arc, especially since they did such an outstanding job with Sanctuary. So disappointed in fact, that I didn't bother seeing episodes 5 & 6 after the pitiful episodes 1 - 4.
Now, I see that the story has started to pick up pace again. I can't wait to see how things turn out in episodes 11 and beyond. episode 10: Spoiler:
Oh, when is episode 11 coming.......? .....sigh...... |
i think that eps 11-12 (second part of inferno)were released in feb, i dont have them cause im internet less right now
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on march the elysium chapter will be out!!!nice
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Well, finally got round to seeing the last 2 episodes of the Inferno arc (couldn't find the episodes via any torrent, happened to find them online on the veoh.com/stage6 site). What a way to go.
Now I am definitely psyched for the final chapter! I know how it all turns out but damn I can't wait to see it all. I just hope they don't screw it up... :beer: |
heheh, yeah me too.
i read all the transcription for the hades chapter in the manga years ago, but im still dying for the eps! |
The raw for Elysion OVA 01 has been released on Tokyo Toshokan. If you wanna see it straight away you can use your bitorrent client to download it:
[TV-Japan] Saint Seiya - Meiou Hades Elysion-hen - OVA 01 [CS-PPV 640x480 DivX6.8 120fps] http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=12832 I'll probably hang back a while and wait for someone to fansub it. Hope someone takes care of this soon!! |
The second OVA RAW file is out too.
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this news almost made me wet my pants O_O
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i already saw a fast dub on youtube, the eps are good, the animation improved a little, but still it dosent reach the santuary level.
anyway its good to have saint seiya |
Newbornankh Studios have released their English sub of episode 1 of the Elysion Chapter.
Get it here: Saint Seiya - The Hades Chapter - Elysion: Episode 1 Looks good with an awesome short recap of the last episode of Inferno. :judge: |
Saw episode 2 of Elysion, looks fantastic! Can't wait for the other episodes to come out soon!!
As for the Myth Cloth series, some awesome news: Saint Seiya - Seiya Pegasus God Cloth!! Awesome!! The God Cloths start coming out and the first is Seiya himself. Also: Saint Seiya - Athena Saori Saori finally appears before us. She doesn't seem to come with her God Cloth yet,but perhaps that will come a bit later... Wonder if I should start collecting these again....despite having no room for them.... :tpg: |
ive been watching the full eps, i really like them, cant wait for more.
i read in cbz.net that there are rumors about a new series or ovas. lets hope that is real!! BTW here is a link to download the eps [WZF]Saint Seiya Meiou Hades Elysion Hen [04/06] New 04 - MCAnime.net / Lista de Anime, Manga, Ost en Descarga Directa subs in spanish enjoy |
The final two OVAs just finished airing in Japan.
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Now the wait for the RAWs begin. |
Any idea when English subs for episodes 3 and 4 will be out?
Also, the Cloth Myth series has 2 versions of Poseidon coming out in September: Saint Cloth Myth - Poseidon Saint Cloth Myth - Poseidon (Royal Ornament Edition) ;) |
im totally disappointed how the last ovas where handled i never felt any emotion, nor a climax at the end. well cant win all the time. at least all the hades is at last animated
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Yeah, saw the last couple of episodes a while back. I agree in that there was really nothing that stood out, and that's not because I already read the manga and knew the ending before hand. Rather, they weren't up to the standard set by the first OVA series 'cos I'm pretty sure the quality and pacing was much better then. The last OVA (Elysion) overall had a pretty significant lack of impact.
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