Merridian wrote: Sadamoto's Evangelion adaptation could have been nice, too. Adapting Gainax originals to comic format doesn't strike me as being a very good idea, even when the work in question is twenty-some years old.

There's some kind of consensus that the manga is bad? It comes as a news to me, personally I liked it so far.

Hyper Shinchan wrote:There's some kind of consensus that the manga is bad? It comes as a news to me, personally I liked it so far.

It's okay in my books (and I gather in books of many other ones too) but it's nowhere as brilliant as the original work.

Lately Rebuild bashing has clouded what used to be nigh-religious manga/Sadamoto bashing

Xard wrote:It's okay in my books (and I gather in books of many other ones too) but it's nowhere as brilliant as the original work.

Lately Rebuild bashing has clouded what used to be nigh-religious manga/Sadamoto bashing

Yeah, the new frontier of trolling...
I can agree that it wasn't as good as the anime but it has its good points (and the bad points aren't so terrible).

Hyper Shinchan wrote:Yeah, the new frontier of trolling...

None of us hardcore fans has a rational relationship to the original NGE in the slightest - hence such emotional outbursts were pretty much inevitable.

Xard wrote:None of us hardcore fans has a rational relationship to the original NGE in the slightest - hence such emotional outbursts were pretty much inevitable.

Yet they're unjustifiable, we don't even have the complete work but people is already attacking it; NGE was overall good but not every single episode was by itself outstanding. We should wait before making final statements about how badly Asuka's demise was handled or anything else. I used to dislike the first movie (because it was little more of a mere retelling) but now that I'm connecting it with the second my impression has been largely changed.
If you look at something from a limited angle you're limiting your judgement, you should try to look at the bigger picture.

Hyper Shinchan wrote:I used to dislike the first movie (because it was little more of a mere retelling) but now that I'm connecting it with the second my impression has been largely changed.

Actually, the majority of Eva fans aren't too fond of Death & Rebirth either.

If you look at something from a limited angle you're limiting your judgement, you should try to look at the bigger picture.

This is true, however sometimes art is only art when seen from a certain perspective. Also: "less is more." It really all depends on the context. In Eva's case, there's been very few adaptations/doujinshi/etc that have come close to the original in my eyes.

This is pretty much my stance on this new Gunbuster manga (and probably most remakes/adaptations/sequels of brilliant media); when you take a perfect good story and try to flesh it out it tends to not hold together as well as the original. That, and the story becomes somewhat convoluted.

I will give the manga a chance, but as of now I remain skeptical of it's quality.

Sachi wrote:Actually, the majority of Eva fans aren't too fond of Death & Rebirth either.

I dunno if I putted it clearly but I was referring to Jo and Ha respectively; by looking back at Jo now I can note the little hints of what was going to happen in Ha.

Sachi wrote:

SPOILER: Show

Gendo with an AT Field pretty much ruined the manga for me. But I do plan on reading the entire thing when I get the chance.

It was somehow exaggerated even though it's not impossible that having Adam in his body gave him those powers.
Actually I'm not disliking it at all because Shinji isn't depressed as much as in EoE, his action (and the final) could differ sensibly (or at least I hope so).
But this is more relevant to the thread about the manga's ending.
Thread: I'm not sure that it's going to be good merely because I don't know the author and how good he is but I'd like to read this manga (if it's published here in the "west side of the world" or translated by someone).

So what's this Gunbuster thing I keep hearing about?

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Anno´s debut as an anime director.

^ Failing to detect sarcasm. Yet again.

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What's this sarcasm thing I keep hearing about?

Anyway an user from the ANN forum (DrizzlingEnthalpy) mentioned something about expanded elements from the PS2 game, does anyone know anything about it? I don't own a PS2 and I've never played that game.

Hyper Shinchan wrote:^
What's this sarcasm thing I keep hearing about?

Sarcasm is “a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt.” Some authorities sharply distinguish sarcasm from irony, however others argue that sarcasm may or often does involve irony.



I CAN PLAY THIS GAME ALL NIGHT LONG

If they cheapen this with excessive moe crap someone's gonna die.

It´s a manga, you can´t make it excessively moe.

So did this manga turn out to be anything interesting?

I can't find this manga anywhere. Anyways did the Gunbuster manga finish or is it still ongoing. If it's finished then can someone tell me how many volumes it is? If it's not finished then does the manga correlate to the story of the OVA? THANKS

I've never seen what this manga looks like, but I must admit that the idea of releasing anything related to Gunbuster without incorporating the distinctive character designs of the legendary Haruhiko Mikimoto, just strikes me as wrong.

I wonder why we haven't heard any more from this?

I absolutely loved Gunbuster, so a manga adaptation would interest me.

The art style does look odd. Not bad, but a bit too 2000s. I prefer 80s Noriko.

Well it did come out, if that's what you mean: looks like you could probably get the whole thing (to date?) for like $30 plus shipping

Like this, in fact:


Yes, it is complete at five volumes.