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If Shenmue were a bigger franchise, sure. Let's enjoy what we're getting cuz it's a hell of a lot more than any of us actually expected.
facts.If Shenmue were a bigger franchise, sure. Let's enjoy what we're getting cuz it's a hell of a lot more than any of us actually expected.
If Shenmue were a bigger franchise, sure. Let's enjoy what we're getting cuz it's a hell of a lot more than any of us actually expected.
Based on what evidence?Sure, but we want it to still be good. If the 13 episodes don't only cover Shenmue 1, It's going to be worse then bad, It's going to be a Greek tragedy.
Based on what evidence?
Shenmue 1 is a great game but how much is imperative to the story?
1. Iwaos Death + letter arrives
2. Master Chen and Sword hand guard.
3. Find mirror introduce Chai.
4. Money for Hong Kong, lose to Chai.
5. Job and Mad Angel's.
6. 70 man battle, beat chai, leave.
What's more intersting is how the develop the relationship with Ryo, Nozomi and others within this. Could they have 40 min episodes for example?
We need to wait before passing any sort of assumptions here.
Fair re Shenmue 1 point.You missread my post. Shenmue 1 can fit in a 13 episode anime, Shenmue 2 can't however. The announcement makes it sound like the anime will cover Shenmue 1, and 2.
However they could've just got lazy with writing the premise for the anime(ie instead of writing what the anime will follow, they copied what the Shenmue story ingeneral follows).
Fair re Shenmue 1 point.
However the original point still stands, based on what evidence will it suck? We don't even know how far into Shenmue II the first season will go, let alone the episode lengths etc.
mmm.. its also worth considering how much of the story struckture will change, just to be adapted to the anime format.
I would say that the story of shenmue was made the way it was because it's a game.
im not saying it's gonna be an issue.That doesn't have to be the case though. Sure it was made as a game, but it follows the wuxia rules so closely in every aspect(even the gameplay), and wuxias are usually only in written, and visual only forms.
There are already a few wuxia anime in existance:
The Legend of Condor Hero(a extremely accurate adaptation of the novel return of the condor heroes, and directly based off of the 1984 live action series with the same name)
The Legend of Qin/Qin's Moon(this is a super complex wuxia, and spin on such)
Hua Jiang Hu Zhi Bu Liang Ren
If those can be anime, I'm sure Shenmue wont be a issue
The one closest to Shenmue, is definitely The Legend of Condor Hero, and works so great(so great infact, this is my #1 best anime ever made choice), I strongly suggest people watch this masterpiece.
im not saying it's gonna be an issue.
Im saying it will maybe be a bit different than the games. Maybe the order of some events.
Maybe some events don't happen at all, and other ones get more importance you know?
lets see how they pace it, and how much of the game's story they will remove.Yea obviously something like that would have to be going on, but even then, 13 ep is such a limited amount of time, to tell a worthwhile story, way too short. Hell even most 26 ep anime are a little too short for the stories they are trying to tell.
Some anime is. I guess it depends on whether there is a demand and how popular the series is.Is anime still released on physical media? Because I must get this show on Blu-Ray. I must.