Sega Hard Girls (future collab) just aired it's first anime episode.

[Takatsuki]

http://www.crunchyroll.com/hi-scool-seha-girls/episode-1-661647

That's the official stream link. But if you don't have a CR account then you only get a preview. I won't be linking to alternative places to get it since I'm pretty sure that would not be allowed.

Anyway, yeah, this is the anime for the Sega Hard Girls franchise. It seems to be mostly about Sega trivia. We're getting some collab stuff in the near future for PSO2. I sure hope we get Saturn's costume...

Here's a few screenshots:

https://i.imgur.com/fOu1o8U.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/QaXGIFF.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/z7IOVf6.jpg

[SakoHaruo]

What the hell is... *sees arcade machine* Oh shit, I can get down with this. o3o

Wait, Wtf? None of those games were released on PC, and don't say that big log on the table is a Dreamcast just because you can see the logos on the back of the chair. D:<

No excuses. D:<


EDIT: Did not see the consoles on the wall. FUCK.

[Takatsuki]

What the hell is... *sees arcade machine* Oh shit, I can get down with this. o3o

Wait, Wtf? None of those games were released on PC, and don't say that big log on the table is a Dreamcast just because you can see the logos on the back of the chair. D:<

No excuses. D:<


EDIT: Did not see the consoles on the wall. FUCK.

The girls are in fact the consoles.

[BIG OLAF]

The fuck is this?

[The Walrus]

What Olaf said

[obsexed]

^^

go home bearsuki, you're drunk.

[Arkanoid]

What the hell is... *sees arcade machine* Oh shit, I can get down with this. o3o

Wait, Wtf? None of those games were released on PC, and don't say that big log on the table is a Dreamcast just because you can see the logos on the back of the chair. D:<

No excuses. D:<


EDIT: Did not see the consoles on the wall. FUCK.

Actually all of those games have PC ports >_>

[Jaqlou Swig KING]

I was hoping one of those screens had Blue Stinger on it, so I could have something of a laugh.

Oh ELLIOT YES

[Sayara]

https://i.imgur.com/fOu1o8U.jpg
[/thread]

I wish it luck?

[NoiseHERO]

So sega fanservice using chibi babby thingies to sell sega garbage to kids and otakus in the future, how nice.

[Maninbluejumpsuit]

So sega fanservice using chibi babby thingies to sell sega garbage to kids and otakus in the future, how nice.

No one has ever done this before.

Also, my sarcasm may have been so dry that this even sounded serious to myself...

[Arkanoid]

So sega fanservice using chibi babby thingies to sell sega garbage to kids and otakus in the future, how nice.

I don't see any garbage, it's exactly the kind of stuff they AREN'T selling anymore except for some rereleases >_>

[NoiseHERO]

I don't see any garbage, it's exactly the kind of stuff they AREN'T selling anymore except for some rereleases >_>

No the games are the fanservice part. (see how u rushed to defend em over misunderstanding? total fan bait items.)

But those games are still technically garbage anyway since that's where SEGA threw em.

You know like what they do with ALL their games.

edit: and The stuff they're /actually/ trynna sell will probably be whatever throw-away products they make using these chibi babby characters.

[TaigaUC]

That's an anime? I saw the screenshots and honestly thought it was a doujin game or something.

[Arkanoid]

No the games are the fanservice part. (see how u rushed to defend em over misunderstanding? total fan bait items.)

But those games are still technically garbage anyway since that's where SEGA threw em.

You know like what they do with ALL their games.

edit: and The stuff they're /actually/ trynna sell will probably be whatever throw-away products they make using these chibi babby characters.

What if I like the chibi babby characters? I normally don't but Saturn girl is cute D:

[Takatsuki]

So sega fanservice using chibi babby thingies to sell sega garbage to kids and otakus in the future, how nice.

They're only chibis most of the time.

Then this happened.

[SPOILER-BOX]https://i.imgur.com/J7UuyTr.jpg[/SPOILER-BOX]

[Arrow]

You know what I would pay to see?
A fully fledged Phantasy Star Anime.

What does Sega do instead?
This.... chibi thing.

*sigh*
Not. even. surprised.


They're only chibis most of the time.

Then this happened.

[SPOILER-BOX]https://i.imgur.com/J7UuyTr.jpg[/SPOILER-BOX]


...oh for the love of photons.

[Arkanoid]

Yeah they actually used to not be chibis, those designs have been around for a little over a year now I think. Here's some illustrations for most of the other sega consoles

http://sega-addicts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Sega-hard-Girls-group.jpg

[NoiseHERO]

first time I saw em they weren't chibiz

but the chibis are better.

cuz chibis more kawaii than 8 year olds o-o;;;

but no really what is this time wasting garbedge, make a real anim- wait that'd cost money.

[landman]

I actually had some great laughs with Dreamcast's presentation and attempt at connecting to the internet xD I wish the rest of the chapter had more inspired jokes and the only nice things were the videogame details.

[Stealthcmc1974]

You know what I would pay to see?
A fully fledged Phantasy Star Anime.

What does Sega do instead?
This.... chibi thing.

*sigh*
Not. even. surprised.




...oh for the love of photons.

What timeline would we have said Phantasy Star anime in?

[Walkure]

All the timelines, simultaneously.

[Stealthcmc1974]

All the timelines, simultaneously.

I'm being serious. I mean, having such an anime over all the timelines could be possible, seeing as how time travel is established in one of them.
But if you weren't going to do that, which timeline would people want to see?

[Arrow]

I myself have only played PSZ and PSO2 so I'm limited on my knowledge of the other games and thus the overall relationship of each game to the other outside of Dark Falz being a recurring entity and that some planets are also common to some of the games along with the races.

So I don't really know what timelines there are except for w/e one PSZ references.

All I do know is that there's a lot of potential for one hell of a sci-fi anime and I really wished Sega would wake up and tap into it instead.

actually...that reminds me...
Is there someplace with all of PS's lore?

[Chdata]

The girls are in fact the consoles.

Where do I insert my plug?

[Stealthcmc1974]

I myself have only played PSZ and PSO2 so I'm limited on my knowledge of the other games and thus the overall relationship of each game to the other outside of Dark Falz being a recurring entity and that some planets are also common to some of the games along with the races.

So I don't really know what timelines there are except for w/e one PSZ references.

All I do know is that there's a lot of potential for one hell of a sci-fi anime and I really wished Sega would wake up and tap into it instead.

actually...that reminds me...
Is there someplace with all of PS's lore?

Here's the discussion thread:
http://www.pso-world.com/forums/showthread.php?t=207203&highlight=almighty

Most common way I've seen people tie the lore together is first its Phantasy Star I-IV, then you have PSO/PSZ. Supposedly then Ragol ends up being Parum in PSU. Its unclear where exactly PSO2 fits in the timeline.

None of this has been confirmed by SEGA, but the arguments can be made to tie these different timelines together. A goal of mine is to write a story that manages to string PSO, PSU, and PSO2 together in some way, whilst also explaining some of the science fiction (Star Trek has been a big help and lets face it, because Photons is not good enough of a reason). The way I'm writing it would lend itself well to an anime I suppose.

EDIT: If we're gonna continue this thread of discussion, it should be it's own thread. This has gone off topic for a bit too long. Either that or PM'ing

EDIT #2: Here, have a timeline of everything: http://gaminggoddess.net/2011/08/24/phantasy-star-timeline-version-2/

[Chdata]

ahahahaha what the hell this show is like designed for toddlers or something the way the represent information

[Tyreek]

Supposedly then Ragol ends up being Parum in PSU.

Someone tried to argue this a long time ago due to the Ragol hallucinations. However, this was debunked because even though even though the system emerged with hallucinations of the PSO areas, it didn't have traces originating from Parum. And the first hallucination came from Moatoob in the form of Forest, then Caves on Neudaiz, and then Mines on Parum, with Ruins appearing on the G. Colony. In the end, it all came from Rykros and Falz's memories having an effect on the solar system. Plus there's that thing about the Ancient Civilization, and Subspace and other plans leading into PSP2, but thats a whole 'nother can of worms.

On the previous topic at hand in regards to what story Sega could choose for a Phantasy Star anime, they can easily lean on PSZ or PSU, as they are already animeish in their presentation(Even PSZ had its own anime opening lol). I'd be interested in a PSZ anime.

... This Sega Hard Girls looks... not good.

[Stealthcmc1974]

Someone tried to argue this a long time ago due to the Ragol hallucinations. However, this was debunked because even though even though the system emerged with hallucinations of the PSO areas, it didn't have traces originating from Parum. And the first hallucination came from Moatoob in the form of Forest, then Caves on Neudaiz, and then Mines on Parum, with Ruins appearing on the G. Colony. In the end, it all came from Rykros and Falz's memories having an effect on the solar system. Plus there's that thing about the Ancient Civilization, and Subspace and other plans leading into PSP2, but thats a whole 'nother can of worms.

On the previous topic at hand in regards to what story Sega could choose for a Phantasy Star anime, they can easily lean on PSZ or PSU, as they are already animeish in their presentation(Even PSZ had its own anime opening lol). I'd be interested in a PSZ anime.

... This Sega Hard Girls looks... not good.

I wasn't even sure about it myself tbh. Then you've got that whole going back in time thing and end up getting Red Ring Rico's PC in PSPo2i (although that's really just fanservice).

If SEGA released a freaking official timeline of where everything fits, that'd be dandy. Hell, Nintendo did that with the Legend of Zelda, and that was a lot harder to pull off IMO.

\on topic
I go for more serious anime and such (occasionally some more light-hearted stuff). But this, Imma definitely pass on this one.

[Nitro Vordex]

Looks like some of the miku dancer bullshit no thanx

[AlVaRo0515]

the bear is drunk, dont listen to her.

[Takatsuki]

the bear is drunk, dont listen to her.

N-Not a drunk bear! D:!!

[Squall179]

You know what I would pay to see?
A fully fledged Phantasy Star Anime.

What does Sega do instead?
This.... chibi thing.

*sigh*
Not. even. surprised.




...oh for the love of photons.

This is actually that, leading into it. Dark Falz invades that world and they summon the heroes of Algol, Ragol, Coral, Gurhal and the ARKS to defeat it.

I would buy every action figure if they did that.

[landman]

Off topic: the only games with alternate timelines are the originals, and three of them follow one single timeline, it's the black sheep the one that splits the final part. PSO2 could be considered to have alternate timelines but in fact everything you do happens and it is presented in a linear way. PSU has alternate paths at endgame, with 4 different endings, but Ethan/Karen should be the canon one, as well as the "good ending" in psp2.

If they made a Phantasy Star anime they could go the OVA way, 3 OVA for PS, PS2 and PS4, something, not sure, about PS3, maybe a miniseries with gen 1, gen 2A, 2B, and gen 3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D.

[Takatsuki]

IT'S HERE!!!

https://i.imgur.com/9VJbFwA.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/mU7QePu.jpg

....W-Wait a second...

[Sayara]

Id play Phantasy Puyo Puyo Akai

[Cyron Tanryoku]

https://i.imgur.com/fOu1o8U.jpg

[gigawuts]

https://i.imgur.com/fOu1o8U.jpg

http://puu.sh/cvoT5/01b2839904.jpg

[Kilich]

Crunchyroll? I'd rather use subtitles from groups that have my trust.

[Gama]

why hard girls? do they have boners?

[Sayara]

Id suggest like Hardware because they're the SEGA machines but..

[Gama]

Its sega , and its japan tho.

i dont like the designs, dreamcast is.. underwhelming at best.

[Sayara]

Im not defending them as good or anything just going by why they'd be called hard girls.

hard to please the masses girls

[NoiseHERO]

they should stay kid frandly big headed babby thingies.

[Takatsuki]

Crunchyroll? I'd rather use subtitles from groups that have my trust.

The subs are fine. Just get HorribleSubs. In fact I don't think anyone else is subbing it to begin with.


why hard girls? do they have boners?

It stands for Hardware.
...I think...

[Noblewine]

Segac is desperate for monies with this stunt.

[tuxdude143]

They're only chibis most of the time.

Then this happened.

[SPOILER-BOX]https://i.imgur.com/J7UuyTr.jpg[/SPOILER-BOX]
I see that little S on the neck thing. That's the exact same font that's used on the japanese saturn logo.
Also "This content is not available in your region".


FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU

[Takatsuki]

I see that little S on the neck thing. That's the exact same font that's used on the japanese saturn logo.
Also "This content is not available in your region".


FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU

HorribleSubs is your friend.

[Dark Matter]

Sega, theres no need to put yourself in other peoples shows, why not have your own.

I just want an 24 episode anime of pso2 that plays out the events of the matterboard so I don't have to wait months for a new board to appear.

My only question would be, who would animate such a thing?

[NoiseHERO]

nah that's fine no one needs to care about this game's story.

They should make an anime about PSO, and completely diarrhea over all everything all the fans imagined about it to make it seem better than it actually is.

[Vetur]

That hair texture... It's just...

[tuxdude143]

Right, so I just finished watching the first episode and I can safely say I was laughing SO HARD and pointing out all the refrences I could find. From the game refrences, to the japanese saturn boot sound being the school horn, everything. Also, this is just a hunch but I think that the reason that the character of saturn has 2 different coloured eyes is to do with the saturns hardware actually having 2 different cpu's in it instead of 1.

[landman]

Japanese Saturn had Power and Reset buttons coloured like that (at least one of the models).

I also enjoyed the first chapter, the others so far have been boring as hell, I only enjoyed a little bit the space channel one, at least the cameos were kind of fun this time.

[Yden]

[SPOILER-BOX]http://i.imgur.com/ITrkpD4.jpg[/SPOILER-BOX]

[Sizustar]

[SPOILER-BOX]http://i.imgur.com/ITrkpD4.jpg[/SPOILER-BOX]

http://i.imgur.com/C4qvQ3Q.png
http://i.imgur.com/V1UhL2B.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/TaCjs7u.jpg

[Achelousaurus]

I need to catch up with this show, still on ep 3 or so.

[Ordy]

So many good anime this fall season, I wonder why and how people can watch that shit.

[Yden]

So many good anime this fall season, I wonder why and how people can watch that shit.

They're 10 min shorts so it's easy to squeeze in. Hell you've probably watched youtube videos longer than one of these episodes on a regular basis.

[Arkanoid]

So many good anime this fall season, I wonder why and how people can watch that shit.

I don't care much for modern anime so I don't really know what good anime you're talking about, I also hardly think of this as an anime. I watch this show for the multitude of old-school Sega references and cameos. I don't care for the cheap graphics, but this is far from shit from the standpoint of a longtime Sega fan. I don't really see it being very appealing for people unfamiliar with the characters though.

[Takatsuki]

Higher quality screens.

[SPOILER-BOX]https://i.imgur.com/017n4QU.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/uIzcyy6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/DfEIuYB.jpg
[/SPOILER-BOX]

...And that's really it for PSO2 in SeHa Girls.

[Xaelouse]

So many good anime this fall season

where

[Edson Drake]

It's weird as hell. I was getting bored(but watching for the references) until I found this gem:


Saturn: You can't put Puyo in a boy's room!

Dreamcast: That's not true! There are lots of things to do!

Mega Drive: Like?

Dreamcast: You can help him come back from his obsession with 2D anime, or make him wake up and stop buying everything from clothes to household goods to food on the internet! Or smack some sense into him until he stops trying to pick fights with famous people on Twitter!

That last line was spectacular.

[landman]

Yeah, they previewed PSO2 in the last chapter and Roommania got more protagonism in the end, not that I disliked it lol

[landman]

Next week will have the girls in Shining Force EXlesia... dressed as rappyes

http://oi61.tinypic.com/whb9q9.jpg

[GHNeko]

lol @ the hate this show is getting

the Sega references and jokes are out of control and are the reason why I love this shit.

The japanese jokes that they throw in are pretty good.

And the girls' personalities help sell the jokes as well.

Plus is a massive nostalgia trip.

the moemoe chibi kawaii nonsense isnt bad enough to detract from the writing imo.

[NoiseHERO]

das not dat funni .w.

[BIG OLAF]

I wish this thing didn't exist.

[NoiseHERO]

nah it's pretty funny

[GHNeko]

I wish this thing didn't exist.

im glad that it does.

im still dying at the "Segata Yonshiro" in episode 2.

[HIT0SHI]

im glad that it does.

im still dying at the "Segata Yonshiro" in episode 2.

I'm still dying after I saw the Border Break episode plus it's continuity was pretty sick.

[Edson Drake]

lol @ the hate this show is getting

the Sega references and jokes are out of control and are the reason why I love this shit.

The japanese jokes that they throw in are pretty good.

And the girls' personalities help sell the jokes as well.

Plus is a massive nostalgia trip.

the moemoe chibi kawaii nonsense isnt bad enough to detract from the writing imo.

I share those feelings.

It's a terrible anime, but it's amazing how I keep watching it. The same happened to a friend after I showed it to him.

[Noc Codez]

I actually had some great laughs with Dreamcast's presentation and attempt at connecting to the internet xD I wish the rest of the chapter had more inspired jokes and the only nice things were the videogame details.

I have to agree, that was the only funny part of the episode other than that it was eh at best. :-?