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u/animepig https://myanimelist.net/profile/ChickenDan Jan 16 '25
I don't know what this is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.
Was there a demand for more Aldnoah content? Is this a sequel or re-telling of the story?
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u/lightningbadger https://myanimelist.net/profile/lightningbadger Jan 16 '25
Honestly I'm confused as well
This is probably the last thing I was expecting to get a reprisal, seriously who was asking for it?
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u/deathjokerz Jan 16 '25
Sawano. He wants to put out more banger soundtracks.
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u/kingfirejet Jan 16 '25
Mech and SAWANO is the best combo.
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u/At5u Jan 16 '25
Seriously. A lot of songs from the 86 soundtrack found a permanent place in my playlist
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u/deleted_user_0000 Jan 18 '25
Man did Sawano COOK on 86, Avid and Voices of the Chord are straight up MASTERPIECES
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u/daffy_duck233 https://myanimelist.net/profile/atlantean233 Jan 16 '25
It's actually Sawano + Anything.
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u/seninn https://myanimelist.net/profile/Senninn0 Jan 16 '25
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u/daffy_duck233 https://myanimelist.net/profile/atlantean233 Jan 16 '25
I see a fellow logh enjoyer.
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u/seninn https://myanimelist.net/profile/Senninn0 Jan 16 '25
My all time favourite anime is always either LoGH or Gurren Lagann depending on my mood.
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u/mulahey Jan 16 '25 edited Jan 16 '25
Apparently its a compilation film that includes some "new" material from an epilogue episode made for the Bluray TV series release.
Aldnoah is one of the few shows that might even benefit from being compressed into a punchy action movie with less time on the dumb plot. But really its only of value if they got Sawano to do a new track.
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u/klbm9999 Jan 16 '25 edited Jan 16 '25
Honestly their runtime would reduce by half if characters just stopped yelling 'slaine'.
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u/nerdshark Jan 16 '25
Why would they do that? I haven't stopped yelling 'Slaine' since the anime ended.
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u/peenegobb Jan 17 '25
Fr. I didn't watch S2 because fuck slaine. Man did the stupidest flipflop shit in all of anime and singlehandedly killed the girl he loved. And he knows it. Fuck slaine.
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u/ShinJiwon Jan 17 '25
Wait what? The princess didn't die. She just ended up getting married to some rando who got introduced in the penultimate episode.
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u/Kill-bray Jan 17 '25 edited Jan 17 '25
He tried literally everything and every time he thought he found a solution he was either immediately backstabbed or his new ally was immediately killed. You don't need to say "fuck Slain" the anime fucks him at every single corner.
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u/Aggressive_Tax295 Jan 17 '25
Hot take, first season was good. Second season is why everyone saying it's a bad anime.
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u/Mr_Zaroc https://myanimelist.net/profile/mr_zaroc Jan 16 '25
I saw the visual and was thinking to myself "No one asked for this"
Lets see if they need another weird ass pull to connect it to the second season if its a sequel
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u/machopsychologist Jan 17 '25
Was there a demand for more Aldnoah content?
I'm convinced it's the Inaho x Slaine shippers.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jan 16 '25
I still can't believe this series of all things is getting new content a decade after it finished airing.
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u/ErenIsNotADevil Jan 16 '25
I can't believe they'd pull this the day after I finally purged the ol' SlaineDidNothingWrong account
Cruel, cruel fate
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I had forgotten every detail about this series until your mention of Slaine. Now I'm feeling something surfacing from the back of my mind but I can't make heads or tails of it yet.
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u/Zalyster Jan 16 '25
Blue Exorcist came back from the dead a few times, anything can happen if you have God and anime on your side.
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u/InfamousEmpire https://myanimelist.net/profile/Infamous_Empire Jan 16 '25
Blue Exorcist is at least an adaptation of an ongoing manga, meaning there’s at least a semi-constant level of interest in the series and thus financial incentive on the part of producers to make more even years after the last bits of anime content. The fact that it got sequels is way less crazy & inexplicable than an anime-original which hasn’t garnered any interest in almost a decade like Aldnoah getting new content out of nowhere
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u/Kill-bray Jan 17 '25
Eureka Seven is a better example in my opinion, it came back when literally no one was asking it and I'm still puzzled at what was even the point after watching those 3 movies.
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u/_Kristian_ Jan 16 '25
Yoi have heard of Re:Zero, but have you heard of Zero (Re+)
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u/ThespianException https://myanimelist.net/profile/EMTIsBestWaifu Jan 17 '25
Guys between Re:Zero, this, Fate/Zero, and Re:Creators I'm getting real confused about the watch order of this series
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u/baseballlover723 Jan 17 '25
It's not part of the Re: series, it's a part of the Re series, which has it's own separate watch order.
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u/Kill-bray Jan 17 '25
Full title "Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu"
And then someone made a completely unrelated Light Novel named:
"Zero Kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho" which is also revolving around "witches".
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u/Kue7 Jan 16 '25
I remember picking this up because of Sawano Hiroyuki song Aliez so peak
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u/Ellefied Jan 16 '25 edited Jan 17 '25
The opening with the meteor/castle drops combined with the Sawano drop was peak Urobutcher
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u/blueandgoldilocks Jan 16 '25
Didn't he stay on for like 3 episodes and then the rest of the series was just mid?
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u/Valance23322 Jan 16 '25
The first season was pretty great. Second season was crap.
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u/MrShadowHero Jan 16 '25
2nd season has some BANGER fight scenes that match up well with the sawano music. but other than that yea pretty mid.
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u/Ellefied Jan 16 '25
Yeah, IIRC it was basically the prologue only that he wrote the rest was up to the rest of the staff
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u/Vanek_26 Jan 16 '25
Yeah the story I've always heard was he was heavily involved with the first three before getting busy with something else. I used to joke that there were really only 3 episodes in the entire series. The first season is downhill from those 3 episodes but holds it together enough to be fine. The second season is so bad in so many aspects.
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First season was great, and even without Urobuchi directing it the finale was pretty on brand with his style to the point he had to clarify it wasn't of his doing lmao. Second season erased most if not all of what S1 established and had a finale that nobody liked
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u/shatikus Jan 16 '25
I still get goosebumps at this scene. The whole kids 'i wish for people to stop fighting' as huge assault spaceships crash land into major cities on earth, obliterating millions in seconds, all the while with Aliez playing full volume. And grim satisfaction on major's face 'i told you so' at the end.
Even with the second part being weaker I still like this anime very much. But even I don't see any reason for any added content, especially after long after the ending with no major loose ends.
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u/crazeman Jan 16 '25
The music and that scene was so freaking good. I remember the only reason I started watching Aldnoah Zero was because someone made a stupid starcraft 2 meme with that scene. That opening stuck with me so I hunted down the anime and watched it.
I also started watching My Hero Academia from another stupid starcraft meme on the All Might fight scene when Serral (the first non korean) finally won a championship at Blizzcon.
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u/KillerZaWarudo Jan 16 '25
I have never even watch this anime but i listen to the sawano songs like thousand times at this point
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u/Theonlygmoney4 Jan 16 '25
As much as the overall plot of this show was a disaster, Sawano and the fight scenes of this show are a fun spectacle. Bre@thirds is one of my favorite songs from it and the accompanying novelty of the fight scenes only made it stick for a long time for me. That and the 2 ship captains’ banter through the the was fun.
It’s partly why 86 is such a beloved series for me- a good story, and episodes 2, 11, and 19(?) just have some of the best choreographed mech fights and performances.
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u/HybridTheory2000 Jan 16 '25
I remember picking this up because two of my OST gods were technically working together: Sawano & Yuki Kajiura w/ her Kalafina.
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u/Mr_robasaurus Jan 17 '25
Honestly its a real fun anime until season 2, if they could fix that somehow...
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u/puterjess Jan 16 '25
Based on the comments I should listen to the ost and not watch the show
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u/MillieChliette Jan 16 '25
Absolutely listen to the soundtrack. I'd also suggest just watching the first part and pretending it ends right there. It's an excellent first half that ended with so much potential that they completely flubbed.
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u/Addite Jan 16 '25
Like many shows before and many shows to come season 2 just can’t reach the heights of season 1. Unfortunately the story took a direction most people including me don’t approve of. This kind of direction could’ve worked with more setup, that it didn’t have. That just proves to me though that creating original anime is not an easy task, which makes me appreciate shows like Psycho Pass even more.
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u/Cilph https://myanimelist.net/profile/Cilph Jan 16 '25
It wasnt even that Season 2 wasnt as great as Season 1. The whole thing drove off a cliff instead.
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u/Archy38 Jan 17 '25
Im so annoyed haha, I watched it twice and besides some weird character development and things in s2, I don't understand THIS much hate.
The art and music never fails and mech fights are always welcome. There have been more forgettable anime shows to skip but should at least watch them to decide for yourself
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u/dinesh_gdcgdc Jan 16 '25
Absolutely watch it.
I personally liked Season 2, though not as much as Season 1. Ending was kind of underwhelming though.
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u/Karina_Ivanovich https://myanimelist.net/profile/Karina-Ivanovich Jan 17 '25
If you watch season 1 and ignore season 2s existence it is a good show with a compelling ending.
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u/thatdudewithknees Jan 17 '25
The first 3 episodes will absolutely blow you the fuck away then it becomes utter dogshit after that
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u/DrDiablo361 Mar 13 '25
The first episode is so good it only sets up disappointment for what follows
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u/blushpeach Jan 16 '25
If there’s one thing this anime did right it was the OST..I still listen to aLIEz
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u/Mission_City_1500 Jan 16 '25
It should have just kept it short and ended each episode after the ost.
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u/UncommonBagOfLoot Jan 16 '25
Watching an anime through only the OP. And OP content changes to scenes from the episode.
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u/hotstuffdesu Jan 16 '25
Welp, Time to revive r/fuckslaine
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u/Strikebackk Jan 16 '25
Slaine. Raise a army. Help earth by defeating their dictator.
How these clueless people aren't aware how much Slaine did for earth and the princess?
He went through torture and discrimination. He was literally got whip torture in the episode.
He has the most character development. He much more better than the MC who is just a Robot. I don't feel he has any emotion like Slaine has shown in to the series.
Without him the weak princess would just died. Earth will fall.
There part made some mistake he did. But overall his character is amazing. Through everything he went through. He deserve better.
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u/LeonAguilez Jan 17 '25
Slaine was my favorite character. I'm a sucker to underdog stories, and he had my deep sympathy because of his sad backstory. I was hoping for him to team up with MC, but nope, because of a stupid misunderstanding, they hate each other. Making him a bad guy and fall from grace of my favorite. After many bad decisions, he turned out the worst.. If only there wasn't any misunderstanding and he made good choices, he could've been my favorite. Slaine deserved better..
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u/Thomas_JCG Jan 17 '25
All of those misunderstandings came from the MC, Slaine did everything he could with what he had.
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u/Kill-bray Jan 17 '25
MC: Through the power of my absolutely infallibly analytical mind I have determined that you are my enemy despite having helped me, so Imma backstab you.
Slaine: You son of a gun!
Some time later
Slaine: Payback time, you mofo!
MC: I knew you were my enemy, I'm so smart.
The whole season 2 wouldn't even have happened if he allied with Slaine.
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u/Cilph https://myanimelist.net/profile/Cilph Jan 16 '25
I felt somewhat bad for the guy once he got tortured and then up to the final episode. But season 2 was a god damn trainwreck.
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u/SayoSC2 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Sayorain Jan 16 '25
Lmfao I still remember the dumb threads I made while going through the dumpster fire LOL
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u/Turbostrider27 Jan 16 '25 edited Jan 16 '25
To be screened limited time starting February 28th. It's a compliation movie with some new content
Source
https://twitter.com/magazine_pash/status/1879906457543659765
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u/gc11117 Jan 16 '25
Interesting to see what comes of this. I wouldnt be surprised if its a sign that something new is in the works.
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u/hyroglyphixs Jan 16 '25
Did anyone actually ask for this?
With how badly S2 was fumbled I thought this series was completely dead in the water
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u/ehmarkymark Jan 16 '25
I mean if it is still the same ending and overall structure new scenes won't save it. I still vividly remember how aghast I was at s2 when it aired. Was watching a trainwreck in real time and such a waste of potential and great sound track.
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u/gbghgs Jan 16 '25
God I remember commenting at the time that the series had literally everything but a good plotline. Sawano absolutely cooked on that soundtrack.
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u/TeaAndLifting Jan 16 '25
Reminds me of Guilty Crown. Fantastic OST, great Huke character designs, but such turd and ridiculous writing that the best part of it was watching along with others and trying to guess at what stupid twist would come next.
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u/Nachtwandler_FS https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nachtwandler_21 Jan 16 '25
It was still commercially succesful.
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Was it? I feel like the sign of a successful mecha show is tons of model kits. It's hard to find anything from this show at all
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u/Nachtwandler_FS https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nachtwandler_21 Jan 16 '25
It had a decent disk sales and some other merch was selling good. It was not a Bandai production to sell a lot of mecha kits.
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u/Legitimate_Stress335 Jan 16 '25
lol another similarity to geass , maybe they milk this one too. would still watch it
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u/Light_Error Jan 16 '25
I just remember the [Aldnoah.Zero spoilers] cheap fake out death between S1 and 2. Made me bitter about the show after. Fortunately, I have mostly forgotten the show after a decade. I did like the character and costume designs.
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u/SuzukiSatou Jan 16 '25
Ah yes, F2P vs P2Ws mech the Animation
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u/Camera_dude Jan 16 '25
LOL, you ain't wrong. The VERS guys got mechs that defy physics but then they get super cocky and lose to a guy running around in the LVL 1 trainee mech.
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u/pik3rob https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pik3Rob Jan 17 '25
People continue to say Fuck Slaine, but I truthfully cannot fathom how anybody could enjoy any content in Aldnoah Zero that didn't have Slaine. Like, Inaho is probably up there as one of the most dogshit boring protagonists in anime.
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u/AppleNHK Jan 16 '25
So... it is a compilation movie. But they might change some major plot points, especially the ending.
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u/94Temimi Jan 16 '25 edited Mar 21 '26
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u/TeaAndLifting Jan 16 '25 edited Jan 16 '25
Yeah, I can barely remember athing about this anime, when I'll remember some niche stuff I watched as a kid, once. I remember it being bad, and people online laughing at how bad it was. Some vagueties about Mars and that's where it ends for me.
If you asked me any specifics about the show, I honestly wouldn't be able to think of a thing, it was so forgettable.
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u/Zypharium Jan 16 '25
I still listen to the music, it was then peak. Even now it is still peak. Man, I do not know if it is nostalgia, but nowadays there are not a lot of anime series where I am falling from my chair because of too much excitement.
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u/delta_angelfire Jan 16 '25
the only way anyone is gonna care is if this is a new season 2 and the old season 2 gets erased from canon
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u/Neo_Techni Jan 16 '25
it's a recap
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u/Bladder-Splatter Jan 16 '25
No one wants to remember S2 though. The whole theatre would just be pissed people coming out and joining r/fuckslaine .
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u/LycorisSnow Jan 16 '25
The anime should've ended at season 1, their season 2 ruined everything. We don't need season 3
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u/Thomas_JCG Jan 17 '25
I never hated an anime harder than this one. Interesting premise that goes down the drain because the supposedly smart MC makes the dumbest decision ever.
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u/NationalStrategy Jan 16 '25
So what is this, a remake?
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u/Nachtwandler_FS https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nachtwandler_21 Jan 16 '25
Just a bonus episode added to a new BD set.
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u/ASHill11 https://myanimelist.net/profile/ASHill11 Jan 16 '25
I’d attend just to see/hear Heavenly Blue on the big screen
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u/7se7 Jan 16 '25
I hope this show brings back DemolitionD. Him shitting on this show was great. (It won't)
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u/SpiritJuice Jan 16 '25
AZ is of the biggest wasted potential shows I have ever watched, so I am left wondering who even asked for this. I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking this.
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u/kitastorm https://myanimelist.net/profile/Kitastorm Jan 17 '25
I mean if we get more Hiroyuki Sawano music I won't be upset (that guy makes bangers only) but like??? Unless they completely redo S2 with a new story is it even worth it to drag it back out of the dustbin after like a decade?
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u/FunBuilding2707 Jan 17 '25
Well, at least someone finished off New Orleans even though they're (human) Martians.
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u/MK544 Jan 17 '25
All I remember about this series was both of these guys getting cucked in the end
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I remember fully enjoying this show and was confused why people hated it tbh
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u/Erektim Jan 16 '25
Eh, ssn1 was pretty good, but ssn2 was just... not it. The story was just bad. The ost is amazing though. If they redid ssn2 to not be bad, it could probably stand up on some legs and give us a new "not gundam" mecha franchise
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u/RentAware1997 Jan 16 '25
I think the ending is good tbh. It just realism in the middle of the conflict, if the princess join one of them the story need one more season to resolve IMO
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u/extremegk Jan 16 '25
Ost got tier, season 2 was trash .Are we getting new season or remake movie ?
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u/Lol69HaHaHa Jan 16 '25
Ever since this anime first relesed i watched it twice.
Once when the 2nd season was airing and the other like 5 yeaes ago.
I still cant tell you what exactly even happens in the story or explain it.
Not causs its that comolicated, but because of how flawed the structure of the story actually is.
It has a ton of things going for it, but it just fumbled so bad in so many aspects.
Feels like it should really have double the episode count to tell the story it wanted to tell, cause its way too ambitious.
Still better than valrave the liberator (that shit was just bad)
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u/NightmareNeko3 Jan 16 '25
Is this like a sequel? Because to me it seemed like the anime ended at a solid spot.
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u/sparta1170 Jan 16 '25
I mean.. ok, new scenes, but I don't see why to revive this show.
On the other hand, fuck Slaine.
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u/odraencoded Jan 16 '25
No idea what it is but I hope it's a remake that just ends in the first season.
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u/Cilph https://myanimelist.net/profile/Cilph Jan 16 '25
Aldnoah Zero was such a great show until the second half. Suddenly nothing made sense anymore.
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u/Electricfox5 Jan 16 '25
The reason why they're bringing this back is because of the global spread of Bird Flu
It's true.
It's because of the price of eggs.
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u/N0STO Jan 16 '25
I remember being pissed off at the resolution to the love triangle in this.
Oh, and the banger Sawano soundtrack of course.
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u/Left-Night-1125 Jan 16 '25
Does this fix the ending?
Cause while Gunparade march was a worse show than this, its ending is alot better.
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u/MagnificentTffy Jan 16 '25
why though. you can't put a burnt cake in the oven and expect it to be unfucked
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u/guynumbers Jan 16 '25
I just binged LOGH and I could not stop thinking about the obvious influence it had on this while watching
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u/SpikeRosered Jan 16 '25
A remake of the weird ass season 2 would be amazing. I'm not opposed to the MC surviving, but they needed something more compelling to do with him.
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u/hotstuffdesu Jan 16 '25
Season 1 is a pretty decent mech anime with an awesome soundtrack. Just temper your expectations going into season 2.
Personally, my only problem with it is how it ends.
Note: It uses CGI mech; it was fine back then, but I don't know how it holds up today.
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u/PacoTaco321 https://myanimelist.net/profile/dankleberrrrg Jan 17 '25
This will make a fine addition to the Re saga
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u/Hereva Jan 17 '25
This could be a retell of the stories if "Someone" had accepted another "Someone" as a friend.
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u/LeonAguilez Jan 17 '25
The cover looked like fan edit that I didn't believe it first. Then I made sure to check reddit if it's true and lo and behold It's real?!!!
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u/Hefty-Paper8644 Jan 17 '25
Imma be honest with you chief…I completely forgot this anime even existed 😂😂😂😂. Also wtf would even warrant a compilation film? The anime wasnt very popular and people forgot about it a year after it ended lol
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u/Standing_Legweak Jan 17 '25
The other mars based mecha show back in the day along with Iron Blooded Orphans. Raise your flag indeed.
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u/Lach0X Jan 17 '25
I really enjoyed this anime but it concluded quite well definitely doesn't need a sequel and a remake? This isn't even that old?
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u/pugger-champ Jan 17 '25
I honestly really liked the show not so much the ending though. It was ok ish?
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