10-15-2013, 07:16 AM | #102 |
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Stardust Crusaders confirmed for Winter 2014!
We'll have a very entertaining Christmas, that much is sure.
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Sailor Moon and Stardust Crusaders ... throw one more onto the pile and Winter 2014 would be a true parade of blockbuster blasts from the past. In before Touch or Marmalade Boy are confirmed for re-animations. Oh my gosh I just looked and it turns out that the author of Marmalade Boy really did just start a sequel to the original from March 2013 forward.
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11-01-2013, 08:46 PM | #104 |
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So as we all know, most of the characters in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure are named after rock stars or bands from the 1970s and '80s. But while I recognized Speedwagon's and Zeppeli's sources, I never realized that Dio Brando himself is named after a band, the American heavy metal band Dio and/or its namesake member who was previously a member of famous band Black Sabbath. I only just found this out tonight when someone mentioned the name "Dio" and in the very same sentence offered these lyrics from one of the band's songs. Spoilers for the end of Phantom Blood a.k.a. Story Arc 1 and/or for the very beginning of Stardust Crusaders a.k.a. Story Arc 3:
Spoiler: show What the hell. It may only just be the one line, but still! Made me do a double-take. "Am I sure he's talking about a band and not simply being poetic about Dio Brando?" I wonder if there are any other Easter eggs or tie-ins like this in the series.
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11-01-2013, 11:27 PM | #105 |
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There are TONS. EVERYWHERE. Keep your eyes peeled because they'll hit you when you don't expect it, Araki loves his musical references.
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11-16-2013, 09:55 AM | #106 |
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12-22-2013, 01:40 AM | #107 |
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A trailer for the new anime was released at Jump Festa. Some news:
-all of the CVs save for Jotaro (Daisuke Ono) and Dio (Takehito Koyasu) have been replaced. That means no more Grandpa Kyon-Itsuki banter. The stated reason was cost; since this anime is going to be a lot longer, David Production can't afford the game's A-list CVs. -airing April 2014 -looks to be 24 episodes long (unconfirmed)
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03-19-2014, 09:53 PM | #108 |
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So this is about to air, so I'll announce a rumour that's been floating around. No idea how true it'll be until the anime actually airs.
Araki apparently wants to do different things in Stardust Crusaders than what he did in the manga. A character who "remained a villain" he wants to "make a hero". Not saying who it is, but if it IS who I think it is, it'll be pretty fudging awesome.
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04-04-2014, 10:00 PM | #110 |
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New Episode's out.
I haven't watched it because I'm busy writing. But the excitement is percolating!
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Watched it. Will write up more detailed post tomorrow. For now suffice to say: I think Stands are silly but I am digging Avdol. The animation is much improved but still noticeably Studio David. Disappointed to have lost Sugita Tomokazu but we've known about that for ages. Still, he will forever be Joseph Joestar to me.
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04-05-2014, 01:51 AM | #112 |
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Stands are effectively how Araki was going to dig himself out of the dead-end concept that was "Ripple". With Ripple, he was stuck with vampire plots, but you'll find stands (which written in kanji is "yuuhamon") is much more flexible.
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04-10-2014, 07:20 AM | #113 |
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I'm onto the third episode of the 2012 series and I don't think I've ever hated a villain as quickly as I have with Dio.
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04-10-2014, 03:38 PM | #114 |
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A lot of people hate Dio in Part I. I feel it's the opposite in Part III.
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There's a really good reason for that. Dio in part 1 is a plain and utter jerk. The part that made me hate him involved smoked meat. (those of you that watched part 1 will know what I'm talking about, I think...)
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I cannot imagine loving Dio Brando. Granted, I've yet to see Stardust Crusaders. But it is hard to envision him as a sympathetic villain at this point. There was a time when that might have still been possible, very early in Phantom Blood ... but once we get to Tarkus and Bruford territory, I think Dio is way past being someone we can sympathize with.
Spoilers for the finale of Phantom Blood; don't click until you have met Smokey. Spoiler: show
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04-10-2014, 05:45 PM | #117 |
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I mean most of the characters love him!
In Part I, everyone was victimized by Dio and he was pretty much by himself. This time, it's the Jojo superfriends who are outnumbered and un-loved. Part 2/3 comparison: Spoiler: show
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04-29-2014, 12:31 AM | #118 |
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The first four episodes of Stardust Crusaders have aired and I've enjoyed each and every one of them. Unfortunately, I've put off posting about Episodes 01 and 02 for so long that I can't be arsed to revisit them now and write "01-only knowledge" and "02-only knowledge" posts. Furthermore, I'm not really up for writing four enormous posts, one for each episode, and the problem would only get worse the longer I put it off. So I've decided to go ahead and just write up a general thoughts & feelings post that covers everything we've seen so far. I don't plan for the post to become too long. And I think it'd serve a better purpose as something outsiders could read than something hidden from view. That stated, there are obviously unavoidable spoilers in this post for the previous two seasons. So if you haven't seen those seasons yet and are already planning to, back away from the post now! Otherwise, go ahead, expand the spoiler box below, and read on. Spoiler: show Like I said, I didn't plan for the post to become too long, so I think this is a good length to give some introductory thoughts and to give Doppel and others a chance to write me back if they wish. I still haven't written much about what I think about Stands in general or about the villain for this arc. Perhaps next time.
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He's also the only long-ranged fighter of the group. Star Platinum is exclusively a close-range Stand, and Magician's Red is mid range. And yeah, you hit the bullseye with this team. Stardust Crusaders is the only one where the Jojo squad is competent from top to bottom, where even the designated "comic relief" guy is actually pretty strong and useful. Quote:
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Polnareff by extension is French, so Silver Chariot is meant to resemble a medieval knight. Quote:
In most shows that use this concept, such as Mazinger, it usually involves the original hero being destroyed and a successor taking his place. Similarly, in every Jojo part that features multiple Jojo, the one from the previous generation is always nerfed to heck and/or caricatured. It's meant to show the mantle of "Jojo" has already passed on. Joseph was/is awesome, but Araki is going to poop on him a lot in Stardust Crusaders. He's still cool and does awesome things, but combat wise he's there to get jobbed. He has the worst Stand, almost a non-stand, to relegate him to the background and not upstage Jotaro. Quote:
Silver Chariot, while not as powerful as Star Platinum in one on one, has better range and more importantly the ability to multiply its offense when it moves at full speed. Not to mention its armour protects Polnareff from harm, while most other stands transmit damage felt by the stand to the user. I guess you could call it Lancer, but it's more like Lancer wielding both a lance and a machine gun, and not just a lance only. Quote:
Also something I need to point out - stands ('yuuhamon') are bound to the spirit and not the body, unlike true ripple which was absolutely a body/breathing ability. Some people seem to think that Dio is actually using Jonathan's stand based on its similarity to Hermit Purple, but actually Joseph's Hermit Purple is like it is because he got it from Dio. Speaking of that, time to reference my mischievous efforts earlier in the year! Quote:
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It's also funny later, maybe it's already been mentioned, one of the enemies mentions Dio having a luxurious body, "like a Grecian statue" to the Joestars. Talk about faint praise. Yep. He shares duties with Joseph sometimes, but the whole squad is thoroughly competent. It'll be reeeeeeeally interesting if that one guy joins up too.
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Stardust Crusaders Episode 06: Spoiler: show It may be too early to say such things, but I'm tempted to claim six episodes in that this is my favorite of the three story arcs so far. Studio David seems to have let off the gas somewhat -- we don't seem to be making quite as much progress plot-wise now as we did in Phantom Blood, for instance -- but that doesn't seem to have compromised the richness of the individual episodes either. I feel like most of the episodes have really given us our half hour's worth of entertainment. That's good. I was really worried that if they let off the gas we would wind up with infuriatingly sparse episodes, like most Naruto episodes and many Hunter x Hunter episodes. But that doesn't seem to have happened so far. Instead, what we've lost in speedy progression through the plot we've made up for in (if I can use such generous language) rich development of the finer points of the plot. And it should be stated that the episodes are still going at a generous speed compared with many Shounen Jump properties -- I think this week's episode, for example, was probably no fewer than two chapters in the manga and quite possibly three or more.
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Jotaro doesn't kill most of the enemies Dio throws at him. The cast isn't shy from bloodshed, but most of the Stand users are 1) Either scared of Dio, 2) Mind-controlled by Dio or 3) Hypnotized by Dio, Jotaro only has to beat them to a sufficient pulp that they're afraid of the Joestar party and keep away. You will see Jotaro pummeling guys, but it will be more apparent when someone actually dies.
Dio attempts to sabotage the Joestars at every corner, his army is rather huge and diffuse around the world. Not every stop is waylaid, but there are many Stand users of varying power and ability on the path toward Egypt. Inadvertently, they're giving Jotaro the experience he lacks with his Stand the others already have.
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Eight minutes into Episode 07 of Stardust Crusaders, I noticed a certain little stowaway. "Could it be?" I asked myself. "Could it really be her?" Did a Google search for the voice actress's name and JJBA. And ...
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05-17-2014, 11:52 PM | #125 |
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There's been a ton of doujins lately involving Jotaro and that stowaway. I daresay it'll be the runaway smash hit of the next Comiket!
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