PSO/PSU Anime? (Discussion)

[Dark Emerald EXE]

I'm pretty sure this has come up before. Some of my friends and I where talking about that.
I'm not sure how PSO would work but I could see PSU "possibly" having something.

If it was up to you

What kind of story plot would you go with???

[SammaeltheDark]

It's a shame that the "I wish <title> was a real anime" joke is most likely unknown in this community

But to answer the question, I'd make it a hentai anime

[Mysterious-G]

a hentai anime

Yeah, let's waste all the possibilities and make it a simple hentai!
http://nymeria87.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/facepalm1.jpg

[Cracka_J]

What kind of story plot would you go with???

One where all the game's story characters die within the opening minutes.

I think that would at least pave the way for something mediocre.

edit: yes, on second thought I'll agree with Sammael! lots of hentai and seed vitaces!

[Jose!]

One where all the game's story characters die within the opening minutes.

I think that would at least pave the way for something mediocre.

edit: yes, on second thought I'll agree with Sammael! lots of hentai and seed vitaces!

And Nanoblasts!

[Chaos320]

This already sounds bad...and we are only on 5 posts..

[ashley50]

and CASTs kicking Beasts on the Chest...small ones that is.

[Jose!]

And SUVs!

AND MAGASHI'S!

[Shinko]

o.0 My god what's with all the prev XD
Something like that would be ok for a 1 time movie hentai anime

But back to the OP topic...l. urm... well to be honest if they was to plan to make a anime of pso or psu i think they should use a whole new storyline. I hate seeing a storyline repeated.

BUT if they didn't and was going to use the same story then i'll go with pso's story. More drama was in it. The story was all over better than psu (just the story)

[Tyreek]

Well, here's something to contribute to the topic....

JOHNNY YOUNG BOSCH AS ETHAN WABER!!!

*Cough* But in any case, I agree that a new storyline should be in order. I doubt anything dealing with the Illuminus would help at all.

[xBladeM6x]

AND MAGASHI'S!
AND BRUCE!!!!!!!

xD

Anyways, back to the topic. Yeah I would like to see them make an anime of how PSO and PSU are connected. Like start the story of PSOBB and then make it's way to how Falz reached PSU. With a whole new epic story that takes place in the space between spaces. :D

Then It could end up starting Episode 4, in game. O.O

[Akaimizu]

Well, I would likely use formulas that break typical anime convention. I'm like that, you know. I learn the typicals, perhaps mock it, and then veer a totally different direction. Well, unless the whole storyline is designed to mock convention, then I would follow it to a tee but with an attitude where it doesn't take itself too seriously and mocks the cliche.

I'd definitely involve the Six Square Circus in it, but not as a central plot device. More or so, to serve as backstory available for some characters and to dress up the universe that the story takes place in. Mine would involve different story circumstances from what is used in the game, and would link the events of PSO as events in a past history of human,newman,cast existence. Partly to try to link the advancements in Casts between the days of Dr. Montigue and PSU.

[Shinko]

Anyways, back to the topic. Yeah I would like to see them make an anime of how PSO and PSU are connected. Like start the story of PSOBB and then make it's way to how Falz reached PSU. With a whole new epic story that takes place in the space between spaces. :D

Then It could end up starting Episode 4, in game. O.O

XD that would be nice but who would be the main character of the anime.... maybe some new character.... yea and the other character from both pso and psu would be in it XD that would be nice.

As in starting a game from it idk.... would it be pso like or psu like..... i see that being a problem. (though i'd like it more of psu like when it come to class and character creation)

[Dragwind]

If it was anything like PSZ's anime cutscenes, count me out. :roll:

[Tyreek]

LMAO. It's that bad huh?

[Dark Emerald EXE]

If it was anything like PSZ's anime cutscenes, count me out. :roll:

Behold!!!
A Mod has spoken ^_^

[Tyreek]

Profound Darkness maybe? If Mother Brain and Falz can be in the same game, then I have no qualms about Profound Darkness.

[xBladeM6x]

Rupika =D Or maybe a reincarnation of Dark Falz, who is actually good now? :O
Sounds like you guys like my idea. :wacko:

[RegulusHikari]

I'm with Cracka. I'd only watch a PSU anime if it involved the characters beating each other to a bloody pulp with large, blunt objects, minutely.

Otherwise I can get an equal amount of enjoyment and character development by sticking my head up my own ass.

[Calsetes]

I personally think an anime version of PS4 would be much much better source material. Hoever, since this is about PSU, then I'd hope it would be something that would still relate in some way to the story of the game, like what happens to Ethan after PSU ends (i.e. his experiences during Episodes 2 and 3), or if a certain fleshy person survived the colony's impact somehow, or...... heck, make it a comedy and make it about the Vol Brothers and how they amassed enough of a fortune to create the casino.

Or like some of you guys suggested, make a brand-spanking-new character and introduce them into it somehow. Make it run parallel to the story's events in some way, so while it's similar, it's not the exact same thing (like the beginning of Shadow Chronicles taking place during the last episode or two of Robotech). It'll at least make it easy to establish a timeline as to when stuff happens in it.

[Noblewine]

If the story is the same as PSU I won't complain. I like how they managed to creat a decent story regardless of how cliched it was. All I ask for is dynamic characters and no clunky controls or bad camera controls.

[Inazuma]

considering how well phantasy star has been doing lately, i wouldnt be surprised to see an anime later this year.

[Rayokarna]

I can't really say if this topic has made any sense. I got lost after 8 posts in.

Personally, I've loved the whole Karen/Ethan story relationship and how it is developed. So yeah I would like to see one.

[Sinue_v2]

Rupika =D Or maybe a reincarnation of Dark Falz, who is actually good now? :O

Er... you can't have a "Good" Dark Falz. Falz/Force is the very embodiment of evil and/or the most intense part of the Profound Darkness's hatred and wrath. That's it's essence.

A "Good" Dark Falz would be the Great Light, or the Great Light's equivalent counterpart.


I personally think an anime version of PS4 would be much much better source material.

I think PSII would make even better source material. The plotline is very strong, but lacks detail. This could be an excellent way of allowing a creator to flex their creative muscle and introduce some fresh elements and vision to the storyline/world while still staying rather true to the source material.

The PSII Fan comic at Ill-Intent (http://www.ill-intent.com/issue01p01.htm) is a great example of this.





Oh... and insofar as hentai, I do have a Laia x Leo hentai somewhere on my computer. Not really worth animating though. Maybe if they nanoblasted mid-coitus, that would have been kinda cool.

[Tyreek]

With protagonists aside, there is also the deal of what the central antagonist. And since the Illuminus is near kaput. What other menace is there besides Falz? I still promote Profound Darkness, but there is also the issue of....

[spoiler-box]Helga's appearance in Shred the Darkness; Her records do state that she was supposed to be dead, even though she is alive again even after PSP's storyline. Clone much?[/spoiler-box]


What is this "Profound Darkness" thing? I read the summaries of the PS games on Wikipedia, but I didn't see anything about that.

The true embodiment of all evil that's locked within another dimension iirc in PSIV, and the prime reason Falz exists. In a more simplified term: Falz's mommy.

[Sinue_v2]

What is this "Profound Darkness" thing? I read the summaries of the PS games on Wikipedia, but I didn't see anything about that.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nPWhs92gLY&feature=related

Personally, I like the Japanese version better. The Profound Darkness wasn't originally evil, and wasn't originally a single consciousness. The battle occurred between a race of spiritual beings, and the defeated were sealed away. Over the eons they eventually congealed through their hatred into a single, rage filled, mind. I think the change was made in localization to appeal to the more monotheistic western theologies. The same reason why Perolimate was changed to "Burger". LeRoof, RaFaze, etc, are members of this spiritual race which stayed behind. So it's not just that the Great Light is "gone away", but that what's left of that race of beings is no match for a single and focused hatred of the PD's magnitude.

Also, the PD's final form is more awesome than anything Falz has materialized as in PSO/PSU. DF's third form is pretty decent as well, but was restricted by turn-based combat. It looks like a giant "Tyrant" from Resident Evil - and would have been a blast to fight in real-time combat. The only battle in PSO/PSU that would even come close would be Olga Flow.

Edit: If you played PSU during MAG, Rupika's dialog is taken directly from PSIV's opening texts. It relates directly to the Profound Darkness.


The long, long struggle of ancient times finally ended...
The victor sacrificed the vanquished to the heavens.
Four bells tolled. Four torches were lit.
And the world continued for thousands of years...

[Miyoko]

My many PSU hentai doujinshi also agree that an animated PSU hentai would be the only way to go.

[SammaeltheDark]

Oh... and insofar as hentai, I do have a Laia x Leo hentai somewhere on my computer. Not really worth animating though. Maybe if they nanoblasted mid-coitus, that would have been kinda cool.
That's too furry for me.. and furries already killed my good childhood memories of one Sega IP Sonic

[RemiusTA]

I'm pretty sure this has come up before. Some of my friends and I where talking about that.
I'm not sure how PSO would work but I could see PSU "possibly" having something.

If it was up to you

What kind of story plot would you go with???

A PSO anime would ruin the point, unless it was done really really well. (I'd say the only way to keep the mysteriousness of the story would be to design it similar to the way Karas was done.)


PSU Anime? Fuck no. The story is horrible enough as it is, i couldnt stomach them making it even more corney than it already is. Theres nothing wrong with the characters in PSU (i actually liked ethan, aside from the fact his VO had a complete lack of emphasis during cutscenes and casting magic), its just that they were put into a story that (i sware) was put together at the dinner table one night.


The only reason i would stomach a PSU anime is to see Mieri get wtf-randowned by her father again. That was the most random and retarded death ive ever seen in my life.

its like they had no way to get rid of Mieri's character, so they decided she would just get choked and then die 8 minutes later. They could have at least dropped a truck on her or something so we could get the "HOW" down.

[Jian-Zero]

Sega can actually do it, you know. They certainly have the means. Sega owns more than 50% of one anime studio. I think its called TMS Entertainment or Tokyo Movie Shinsha. TMS not only has a long history in anime but also contributed in cartoons for other countries as well, including Batman and Futurama for the US.

It seems that at least each year, SEGA has to release some anime on its own. The other time it was Shining Tears Shining Wind, which is a compilation of all the characters from the Shining Force series. In 2008, there was World Destruction. There seems to be a certain unique feel and art in all of SEGA's game and anime creations, and even in World Destruction, there is something about it that has a SEGA feel.

Valkyria Chronicles appear to have been optioned out for an anime. However, this one is being done by some Sony owned studio, which is not to unexpected, since the game was for the PS3.

Phantasy Star Zero has its animation done by the great GONZO studios. Likewise, GONZO is also doing the animation for the upcoming SEGA's Infinite Space for the DS.


PSU Anime? Fuck no. The story is horrible enough as it is, i couldnt stomach them making it even more corney than it already is.

Quality of plot has never been a reason to bring a game or manga to life as an anime.

[Xefi]

instead of making an anime, i would actually
love to see them make a strategy game out
of PSO/PSU. Make it play like Valkyria Chronicles
or Shining Force. That would be like a dream
coming true....if only.

[ashley50]

can't wait how the Valkyria Chronicles Anime would turn out once its out :x...(i enjoyed the game ;)

but PSU/PSO...

[stukasa]

I'd love to see a PSO/PSU anime but I wouldn't want a retelling of the main story, I'd rather see new characters and a new plot set in the same universe. Maybe have a few cameo appearances by existing characters but that's it.

OR they could take it in another direction and make it like the .hack series, where the characters are actually just players playing the game. You never see them outside the game because the entire show would take place inside it. If they did that I think it would make a good comedy poking fun at the community, ST, and the game itself.

[landman]

PSU is like an anime, I would preffer a PSO one

[Calsetes]

I'd love to see a PSO/PSU anime but I wouldn't want a retelling of the main story, I'd rather see new characters and a new plot set in the same universe. Maybe have a few cameo appearances by existing characters but that's it.

OR they could take it in another direction and make it like the .hack series, where the characters are actually just players playing the game. You never see them outside the game because the entire show would take place inside it. If they did that I think it would make a good comedy poking fun at the community, ST, and the game itself.

The only problem I could see with this is it'd be too much like Excel Saga, where you have to be 2 steps shy from being admitted to a mental ward in a hospital to figure out what's going on. That, and approximately 90% of the show would be people sitting in circles in random lobbies talking about how uber they are, what anime they like, and making comments about the people running through the lobbies restocking and going on missions. I doubt it'd be on TV over here due to the wonderful vocabulary of some of these people and their topics of interest....


Still, a nice idea though, if they focus on the 10% (40 people) who actually do missions and talk while playing.

[Dark Emerald EXE]

Well I played PSO but its been so long playing i barely remember the story line
all i can remember as far as characters(not counting the ones u see in MAG) is red ring rico (something like that)

So for those who can really remember PSO and those have a very creative mind
Could possibly think of a nice story plot.


In reality it doesnt even have to be around PSU they could make up a whole new Phantasy Star Series based from the show (then eventually make a game out of it)

Or they could do series within a certain time line

I'm not sure how far apart PSO was from PSU but they could do an anime based off the time line before the actual existence of PSU's Time line and the after PSO's Time line

Kinda like how Halo ODST is based during the time of Halo 2 but in a different area from where master chief was

[stukasa]

The only problem I could see with this is it'd be too much like Excel Saga, where you have to be 2 steps shy from being admitted to a mental ward in a hospital to figure out what's going on. That, and approximately 90% of the show would be people sitting in circles in random lobbies talking about how uber they are, what anime they like, and making comments about the people running through the lobbies restocking and going on missions. I doubt it'd be on TV over here due to the wonderful vocabulary of some of these people and their topics of interest....


Still, a nice idea though, if they focus on the 10% (40 people) who actually do missions and talk while playing.
Not to mention that it wouldn't have enough "mainstream appeal" (only PSU players would get most of the jokes!). Sega would never actually make a series like this, it would have to be a fan-made thing--but I can dream! :p

[Aumi]

If you played PSU during MAG, Rupika's dialog is taken directly from PSIV's opening texts. It relates directly to the Profound Darkness.

Ah yeah, I remember how they screwed this part up because they actually wrote:


The long, long struggle of ancient times finally ended...
The victor sacrificed the vanquished to the heavens.
Four bells tolled. Four bells lit.
And the world continued for thousands of years...

Think they also made a few other mistakes.

[Sinue_v2]

The only reason i would stomach a PSU anime is to see Mieri get wtf-randowned by her father again. That was the most random and retarded death ive ever seen in my life. its like they had no way to get rid of Mieri's character, so they decided she would just get choked and then die 8 minutes later. They could have at least dropped a truck on her or something so we could get the "HOW" down.

The reason it went down like that is because Sonic Team thought it would be a good way to stroke the classic PS fans for some fanservice reactions rather than to actually come up with anything new. This is prevalent throughout the game. This is a real letdown, because rather than doing something new and original - they chose to make much of PSU a simple hobble-together of old plotpoints and then a game of fill in the gaps.

It's a reference to Darum and his Daughter in PSII, and crossed with the Nei/NeiFirst dynamic.