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thedoctor2016 said:
VN always make good anime so i will surely watch
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That might be going a little far

I do think VN adaptions tend to have an advantage, the ending is already in place so your much more likely to get a satisfying adaption compared to novels/manga where they end up fizzling out with the ending of book 3/volume 6 that doesn't always make a satisfying Anime ending.
 
Yeah. Quite a few anime based on VNs that I found pretty poor/awful. (Amnesia, Kanon, Togainu no Chi, Dramatical Murder, Tsukihime lel, etc.)

Not even reserved for VNs either. Devil May Cry is an abomination, on the video game based anime front.
 
It's pretty rare for video games to translate well into TV/Movies in general really, though it often seems to have more to do with the way they're adapted than inherent qualities. Saying that, games tend to be designed with interaction in mind and they don't always have the kind of story that would translate well into another medium so that can also be a factor. Visual Novels are a bit different since they tend to have more compatible stories and the interactivity tends to come from choosing what route the story will take. Even so, an adaptation will still have to make certain decisions about how to apply the story and that can be where things start to fall apart (that goes for any kind of game really).

I think I'd like to see an anime adaptation of Planescape: Torment, now there's a game with some great story. An adaptation could also have some pretty amazing visuals (not that the stuff in the game is bad to begin with, though a little old now). I'm not sure why I let ideas like that pop into my head, now I'm going to feel bad that it's almost certainly not going to happen.
 
DRAGON BALL SUPER WILL BE RECEIVING IT'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE PREMIERE IN 2016... in Asia

Also, the Japanese Broadcasting Ethics and Program Improvement Organization has delivered yet another amusing complaint, seemingly about Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphams, objecting to a scene where "several nonresistant prisoners and enemy soldiers are gunned down by the young male protagonist". This is especially interesting given the scene in question occurs in the third episode, and the very first scene in the show is the same male protagonist killing somebody when he was a child and the gory aftermath of said shooting. Also, the complaint suggests that the show's title would imply it was a children's show, which makes it all the more interesting that they decided not to actually name the show in question...
 
BBFC Updates

Infinite Stratos 2 *listing incomplete*
15 - Episodes 01-03 - strong sex references
Maid-Sama!
12 - Episodes 01-04 - moderate sex references
12 - Episodes 05-09 - moderate sex references, threat
12 - Episodes 10-14 - moderate violence, sex references
World Conquest Zvezda Plot
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PG - Episode 02 - mild bad language, threat
PG - Episode 03 - mild bad language, violence
12 - Episode 04 - moderate nudity
15 - Episode 05 - strong sex references
U - Episode 06 - very mild bad language
12 - Episode 07 - moderate threat
12 - Episode 08 - moderate violence, moderate bad language
12 - Episode 09 - moderate nudity, sex references
12 - Episode 10 - moderate violence
12 - Episode 11 - moderate violence, threat, nudity
12 - Episode 12 - moderate violence
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robot monkey said:
Terra Formars season 2 release date announced. The second season features a new director & animation study on-board to help out.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/ ... /?a=126815
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I'm excited for the new season, the question is whether the censorship will be better than the first.
 
NormanicGrav said:
I'm excited for the new season, the question is whether the censorship will be better than the first.
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Answer: No.

I don't know why Terraformars got picked on so much, Tokyo Ghoul Root A has some censorship that's just as bad, but nobody mentions it.
 
Buzz201 said:
NormanicGrav said:
I'm excited for the new season, the question is whether the censorship will be better than the first.
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Answer: No.

I don't know why Terraformars got picked on so much, Tokyo Ghoul Root A has some censorship that's just as bad, but nobody mentions it.
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It got picked on for the censorship on Episodes 1-4.
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Other than that, the show's a fun watch (despite it being heavily rushed in the beginning).
 
NormanicGrav said:
It got picked on for the censorship on Episodes 1-4.
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Other than that, the show's a fun watch (despite it being heavily rushed in the beginning).
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Well, I knew the censorship was terrible, what I mean is several other shows have been just as terrible with their censorship. I don't known why Terraformars is the go-to...

This was my favourite piece of censorship from the first series though :p...
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I don't think the anime itself is racist. The manga clearly has problems, but the show seems to avoid most of the racial problems (unless your problem is the design of the cockroach-esque creatures in the first place). There's something coming up that is outright racist, but I can't see how the show could skip that bit and I doubt anyone will care because it's aimed at China.
 
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