いぢわるぅ!! :(

[cuddlefish]

It seems outlandish that anyone on my flist would still care and not know, but there's rumors going around about a second Hagaren TV series. A document supposedly from BONES was leaked and it supposedly said stuff about this new series (there was also contact information that was confirmed to be real). My excellent comrade and I only had a day or so to foam until BONES announced officially that it wasn't their document. My reaction was still poorly controlled in that I took time out to emo in my eljay (OH SHIT).

I guess I would have left it that way if the rumor hadn't come back in some other form. So, ummm...like...there's still a faint possibility that there will be a new Hagaren series, intended to be more like the manga, next year.

I would rather nobody believed this, because if I make a big deal and I'm wrong I'm gonna feel even worse. I'm scared, guys. I'm scared of being hurt again. Hold me.

(Another entry is forthcoming because I have some fascinating things to post.)

Comments

[feast.livejournal.com]

I've heard about that. I actually hope there isn't another series. It's like, FMA! I love you a bunch! But DO WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER SERIES? I think CoS was a good enough ending. ;_;

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

Wanna know something that's...not a secret? I don't D: I want an ending where Ed is rainbows and bluebirds with ALL the people who love him like in a harem anime, not just Al. ...actually, it's kind of too bad that it's supposed to be more like the manga. I was hoping for a self-conscious, off-the-wall remake into a school-themed harem anime. (I am only partially kidding.)

Also, while I really enjoyed the uke, vulnerable anime Ed in a not completely legitimate way :DDD, I would like to see something more like the original Ed. And more like the original Roy.

[narugami.livejournal.com]

How are they going to get around the anime ending? (If it happens) I don't really understand how they would get around "the secret at the other end of the gate is the Weimar Republic" unless they start over, maybe with a recap to remind people what happened up to the splitting-off point. And if so, they might as well wait until the manga is over...

I do feel your pain a little - Sunrise of the angst and distorted facial expressions is doing an anime of Tales of the Abyss! Please don't hurt Luke anymore :(((( I want to see him HAPPY! Just like you want Ed happy. ;)

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

The anime story did diverge from the manga in significant ways. I'm thinking most of all of Ed's National Alchemist exam. It came into the storyline at different times and different ways, and Ed's way of passing was markedly different in each version. They could cover that again, this time following the manga, and it would still be new material. Also, the unconfirmed title included the phrase 原作版, so I'm guessing hoping they would start over again completely.

Alternatively they could pick up the manga storyline later on, at a point the anime just couldn't get to, and then, still ignoring the old anime storyline, go on to make an animated version that was so faithful to the manga in that if you wanted to know about what went on before you'd have to read the manga, errr...

In the "getting EVEN FARTHER ahead of myself" department, perhaps the result will be a more traditional shounen anime like Naruto, where they don't eat up all the material the author wrote in 8 episodes and then move on to the determined incorporation of delusional bullshit mutter grumble. Maybe the manga will be able to keep up with the anime, and maybe it won't be so pseudo-intellectual that we can't have a real ending!!!! >:E

I did know about Tales of the Abyss! I was devoting my energy to sharing the news with unenlightened friends who have expressed some interest in the franchise. Certainly most of my flist is ready to join the dark side anyway, fufufu. I, well, when you put it like that, I can't help but see your point (’Д‘) Ed is my weakness!!!

Maybe Luke will be more "innocent" and "sheltered" than "idiot" and "rich kid", and his friends will see who is really responsible for CERTAIN EVENTS. Then after these events, Luke will cry and be really hard on himself, so everyone will tuck him into a nice fluffy bed, and Natalia will try to feed him the soup she made, and Tear will sing him a CERTAIN lullaby, and Jade will tell him it's better for them all for Luke to go to sleep and relax, and Anise will give him Tokunaga to hold (err, thanks Anise), and Ion will say something really nice, and Guy will WIPE AWAY HIS TEARS AHHH GAY SPARKLES.

Yeah, I know, it'll never happen :( Baw.

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

Oh, speaking of fluff, that Mochida Aki series I recommended to you? The one where you could a read a chapter on Ribon's site? It's become more than honobono---it's so very...癒し系。 There's a scene in a recent chapter where the love interest's Dark Past comes out and he's very very emo. The main character finds herself unable to walk away from that so she hugs him, even while he tries to shove her away and get her to stop, and then he starts to cry on her shoulder T_T And she lets him because that's what she wanted TT_TT IT WAS REALLY GOOD. Unfortunately I can't find no scanlations of that, but there's a scanlation of one of her one-shot stories that I liked here (http://www.freewebs.com/majesticxraws/oneshots.htm), if you're interested.

[narugami.livejournal.com]

Well, it's still quite possible nothing will come of it. It might be hard to sell a remake of such a relatively recent series, 'specially one that isn't fanservice-oriented. Drama CDs would be nice too~

.....IIIIII really hope it's not a traditional shonen show. 300 episodes of FMA is too many :P But Bones does good work, so let's be optimistic!

We'll really have to see about ToA. I'm more nervous than happy about the announcement, but you never know, right? I just don't want another ending like the game; I think I hate Asch almost as much as I love Luke, so I'm really biased. ^^;;;;

Thanks for the link~! I'll make sure to check it out :D

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

FMA isn't fanservice oriented? :D ...oh, right, it isn't. X333 But sometimes I wish it was just so they'd get more comedy and less needless angst (or at least, they'd angst about who loves who instead of who kills who). I was thinking of the remake of Negima, but that's fanservice-oriented, huh?

Thankfully there aren't 300 chapters of FMA. Yet. I think they're pushing 100 lately. That's still a lot of episodes, huh?! I think they could condense some of it and still do fine. I mostly complain because I have, like, a grudge against the director of the FMA anime and, yeah, butthurt, getting way way way ahead of myself etc.

Oh god. Maybe this will be the way they bring a real ending to the franchise? I was mostly dissatisfied for Tear and Natalia's sake, but, I mean. Doesn't that ending go against everything they said and showed in the game about Luke and Asch both being...worthy?

Just if you feel like it :3 It's very...the author purposely tried to make it very sweet. It works for me.

[without-reason.livejournal.com]

I heard about it too. While it doesn't seem too... appealing, it would be cute to see Mei and Xiao Mei. ♥

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

I want another chance to swoon for Ling. Read: I HOPE HE HAS A VOICE I LIKE X3