Sakura Wars, Take Two
Aug. 15th, 2005 04:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladybug_archiveWell, thanks to Netscape and my computer being pains, I must start this entry again. This time I am typing it in Wordpad and will copy and paste. If something happens to it before then, I will decide that my topic is jinxed and that for some reason, it's not supposed to be posted.
I watched the rest of the Sakura Wars OVA on Saturday morning during a time when there were reruns on that I wasn't interested in watching. I'm not sure what I think of it. The animation was gorgeous, the music is something I must find, and the characters had potential, as did the plot, but there wasn't enough done with it. It wasn't taken to its full potential at all, and it left a lot to be desired. There were too many timeskips in order to get to things that they thought were the best for the plot, but it seemed too hurried. It's not the kind of story that makes a good OVA. It should have been a TV show. There were so many unanswered questions, such as the details about Kanna wanting revenge for something that happened to her father. Who was she angry at? Did she succeed in her attempts? She left in part 2 and we didn't see her again for a while. When we next did see her, no mention at all was made of what had transpired with her in her absence. Plus, it seemed like one of the girls only existed to have lab accidents. It became a running joke for there to be explosions no matter what she was working on.
And let's see . . . what else was odd. . . . Well, it seemed like they concentrated more on the angle of the girls performing rather than the girls fighting the demons that had invaded Tokyo. Their superiors claimed that the girls being on stage acting helped them to develope control over their psychic powers and spirit energies, though I fail to see the connection. Also, part 4 seemed to focus almost entirely on them doing a play and then needing to postpone it while they went to help their new commander fight. The whole thing didn't even have a resolution; the demons were still at large and we were left to assume that things would continue in the vein that they had been going.
The characters weren't developed as much as they should have been. The obnoxious brat didn't show any redeeming qualities for the entire four episodes. The poor lab scientist didn't get any developement, either. Actually, the only one who seemed to change at all was Sakura herself. She became confident and bold, whereas before she had been shy and quiet. But there were more characters than just Sakura, darnit. I wanted to see all of them develope!
You know, Sakura Wars was lacking so much when it shouldn't have. I almost feel like writing a version of it myself, to tell it the way it should have been told. The problem was, they tried to cram too much into just four episodes. The lack of character and plot development were the biggest disappointments, especially with such beautiful animation. It started out rather slowly in the first two episodes, the same way they might begin a normal TV series. Then it speeded up even worse in the last two episodes.
... The best line was spoken by the commander in part 4, when he found that he needed to help care for about twenty crying babies: "I think I'm going to cry now, too!" XD I love that.
All in all, it's not something I'd recommend. I wonder if possibly there was a TV show version or if this OVA was all there was.
I want a big floppy red hat! They're so purty. X3 I sketched out that picture of Alucard and NegaDuck encountering each other, and they're both like, "That's MY hat!" I drew Alucard from memory, though, so I probably didn't get him too well. **will print a picture and compare.** I do love how soft-looking I made his hair, though. XD;
Also, I find myself getting a bit more interested in the Megaman fandom again. That's probably due to the intense plot on Axess currently. I've been waiting for ages for them to start the episodes where Protoman is corrupted! They started that saga a few weeks back and I've been loving it. The show's gotten so much darker since then, and I hear it shall get more so. And we'll learn more about Chaud's past! I'm so excited. Chaud is great. He's the Seto Kaiba of the Megaman.EXE fandom.
I had a vague dream about Chaud and Protoman on Saturday, so now I want to write a story about them that focuses on their struggles during Axess. Chaud has many different names, though, and I will probably mix and match to get the one I like best. I never liked "Blaze" as his last name, as it is in the English anime. In the English version of the games, it's "Eugene Chaud." I definitely like "Chaud" better as the last name, but I'm not sure what I think of "Eugene." His Japanese name is Enzan something. I can't remember the durn last name! Anyway, I was briefly considering calling him "Enzan Chaud" in whatever fic I may write. Those are my two favorites of his names.
I also read over the story I did for the classic Megaman fandom (where they're robots): Something to Fight For. Not to be vain, but wow, I really like how I wrote that one. I need to see if I can pick up the threads of the sequel again. I got lost somewhere in the third chapter or so, uncertain of where to take it from there, but I remember how much I was enjoying writing it.
That reminds me of the short one-shot I want to write about Goku's thoughts at the end of Requiem. I definitely do not think he was looking so sad because he wanted breakfast, as he told Gojyo. **laughs.** SK gave me some cool info about Goku and about a past fight that the Sanzo-ikkou had with a previous enemy, so I think I should be able to write the drabble. Goku doesn't seem like a hard character to write for. ^^;
I watched the rest of the Sakura Wars OVA on Saturday morning during a time when there were reruns on that I wasn't interested in watching. I'm not sure what I think of it. The animation was gorgeous, the music is something I must find, and the characters had potential, as did the plot, but there wasn't enough done with it. It wasn't taken to its full potential at all, and it left a lot to be desired. There were too many timeskips in order to get to things that they thought were the best for the plot, but it seemed too hurried. It's not the kind of story that makes a good OVA. It should have been a TV show. There were so many unanswered questions, such as the details about Kanna wanting revenge for something that happened to her father. Who was she angry at? Did she succeed in her attempts? She left in part 2 and we didn't see her again for a while. When we next did see her, no mention at all was made of what had transpired with her in her absence. Plus, it seemed like one of the girls only existed to have lab accidents. It became a running joke for there to be explosions no matter what she was working on.
And let's see . . . what else was odd. . . . Well, it seemed like they concentrated more on the angle of the girls performing rather than the girls fighting the demons that had invaded Tokyo. Their superiors claimed that the girls being on stage acting helped them to develope control over their psychic powers and spirit energies, though I fail to see the connection. Also, part 4 seemed to focus almost entirely on them doing a play and then needing to postpone it while they went to help their new commander fight. The whole thing didn't even have a resolution; the demons were still at large and we were left to assume that things would continue in the vein that they had been going.
The characters weren't developed as much as they should have been. The obnoxious brat didn't show any redeeming qualities for the entire four episodes. The poor lab scientist didn't get any developement, either. Actually, the only one who seemed to change at all was Sakura herself. She became confident and bold, whereas before she had been shy and quiet. But there were more characters than just Sakura, darnit. I wanted to see all of them develope!
You know, Sakura Wars was lacking so much when it shouldn't have. I almost feel like writing a version of it myself, to tell it the way it should have been told. The problem was, they tried to cram too much into just four episodes. The lack of character and plot development were the biggest disappointments, especially with such beautiful animation. It started out rather slowly in the first two episodes, the same way they might begin a normal TV series. Then it speeded up even worse in the last two episodes.
... The best line was spoken by the commander in part 4, when he found that he needed to help care for about twenty crying babies: "I think I'm going to cry now, too!" XD I love that.
All in all, it's not something I'd recommend. I wonder if possibly there was a TV show version or if this OVA was all there was.
I want a big floppy red hat! They're so purty. X3 I sketched out that picture of Alucard and NegaDuck encountering each other, and they're both like, "That's MY hat!" I drew Alucard from memory, though, so I probably didn't get him too well. **will print a picture and compare.** I do love how soft-looking I made his hair, though. XD;
Also, I find myself getting a bit more interested in the Megaman fandom again. That's probably due to the intense plot on Axess currently. I've been waiting for ages for them to start the episodes where Protoman is corrupted! They started that saga a few weeks back and I've been loving it. The show's gotten so much darker since then, and I hear it shall get more so. And we'll learn more about Chaud's past! I'm so excited. Chaud is great. He's the Seto Kaiba of the Megaman.EXE fandom.
I had a vague dream about Chaud and Protoman on Saturday, so now I want to write a story about them that focuses on their struggles during Axess. Chaud has many different names, though, and I will probably mix and match to get the one I like best. I never liked "Blaze" as his last name, as it is in the English anime. In the English version of the games, it's "Eugene Chaud." I definitely like "Chaud" better as the last name, but I'm not sure what I think of "Eugene." His Japanese name is Enzan something. I can't remember the durn last name! Anyway, I was briefly considering calling him "Enzan Chaud" in whatever fic I may write. Those are my two favorites of his names.
I also read over the story I did for the classic Megaman fandom (where they're robots): Something to Fight For. Not to be vain, but wow, I really like how I wrote that one. I need to see if I can pick up the threads of the sequel again. I got lost somewhere in the third chapter or so, uncertain of where to take it from there, but I remember how much I was enjoying writing it.
That reminds me of the short one-shot I want to write about Goku's thoughts at the end of Requiem. I definitely do not think he was looking so sad because he wanted breakfast, as he told Gojyo. **laughs.** SK gave me some cool info about Goku and about a past fight that the Sanzo-ikkou had with a previous enemy, so I think I should be able to write the drabble. Goku doesn't seem like a hard character to write for. ^^;
