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Altiea
Mar 10, 2019, 05:37 AM
A new anime series based on the PSO2 franchise is set for release! This time, the main story of the game will be adapted into animated form, featuring all of your favorite characters such as Ash, Luther, Xion, Matoi, and more! The anime will debut in 2019!

https://twitter.com/sega_pso2/status/1104626617387692034?s=20

Ezodagrom
Mar 10, 2019, 06:25 AM
I hope this ends up being 2 cours (around 24~25 episodes or so), 1 cour doesn't feel like it would be enough (usually 12~13 episodes).

Dragwind
Mar 10, 2019, 06:49 AM
I have my hopes up a bit for this one. The previous anime really let me down.

XrosBlader821
Mar 10, 2019, 07:33 AM
The biggest Sin of PSO2 Episode 1~3 was the god awful presentation of the story as well as the multiple timeline Idea being confusing.
This being an anime already takes care of one problem, if they make the story flow better as well then this might be really great.
I do hope this wont be a 12 episode endeavor. You can't summarize 3 Game Episodes worth of Story into 12 Anime Episodes without skipping and cutting huge amount of information.

Ezodagrom
Mar 10, 2019, 07:45 AM
I do hope this wont be a 12 episode endeavor. You can't summarize 3 Game Episodes worth of Story into 12 Anime Episodes without skipping and cutting huge amount of information.
Same, 24 episodes though would probably be enough.

Since there's already a PV, I guess July is a good possibility for the start of the anime, thought October is also an option.

Zulastar
Mar 10, 2019, 08:56 AM
Protagonist is default male... sigh T_T


featuring all of your favorite characters such as Ash

Who's this? I don't remember.

XrosBlader821
Mar 10, 2019, 09:19 AM
Protagonist is default male... sigh T_T



Who's this? I don't remember.

I assume Ash might be the canon name of Mr.Protagonist.

Meteor Weapon
Mar 10, 2019, 09:31 AM
Rupika(default FOnewearl) as main character would be nice

Zulastar
Mar 10, 2019, 09:47 AM
Rupika(default FOnewearl) as main character would be nice

Anybody except default human male would be. It's not bad, but too banal.

the_importer_
Mar 10, 2019, 10:28 AM
Considering that the vast majority of players use a female character, this anime will be flawed right off the bat.

ZerotakerZX
Mar 10, 2019, 03:13 PM
Considering that the vast majority of players use a female character, this anime will be flawed right off the bat.
agreed. Oppai loli in bikini as protag would make anime very amusing, even if script end up being lame.

ZER0 DX
Mar 10, 2019, 07:20 PM
They gotta push the Matoi love interest factor somehow. Also, Ash has always been the poster boy for the online games, nothing new here.

Great Pan
Mar 10, 2019, 08:03 PM
B E G O N E, L I G H T N O V E L A N D I S E K A I S H I T ! S C I - F I I S R E E L !

Anduril
Mar 10, 2019, 11:46 PM
The biggest Sin of PSO2 Episode 1~3 was the god awful presentation of the story as well as the multiple timeline Idea being confusing.
This being an anime already takes care of one problem, if they make the story flow better as well then this might be really great.
I do hope this wont be a 12 episode endeavor. You can't summarize 3 Game Episodes worth of Story into 12 Anime Episodes without skipping and cutting huge amount of information.
They are probably going to cut and reorder a lot of things even to make it fit properly into 24/25 episodes. Like they are probably going to cut a lot of the extra content and stuff we got from sub-stories (alas, we may not see the budding romance of Marlu and Ohza!), and I wouldn't be surprised if they condense the story lines of some minor characters and have them be done by another character just for the sake of keeping the cast size down (like having someone else take over Fourier's Lillipan story). I also think they are probably going to give us a lot of anime original scenes featuring Matoi in the Episode 1 and early Episode 2 portions to push her importance earlier.

landman
Mar 11, 2019, 02:59 AM
Hoping for 24 episodes? I was hoping this was not a couple OVA lol looking forward to this! always wished the original pso had that treatment.

XrosBlader821
Mar 11, 2019, 04:25 AM
They are probably going to cut and reorder a lot of things even to make it fit properly into 24/25 episodes. Like they are probably going to cut a lot of the extra content and stuff we got from sub-stories (alas, we may not see the budding romance of Marlu and Ohza!), and I wouldn't be surprised if they condense the story lines of some minor characters and have them be done by another character just for the sake of keeping the cast size down (like having someone else take over Fourier's Lillipan story). I also think they are probably going to give us a lot of anime original scenes featuring Matoi in the Episode 1 and early Episode 2 portions to push her importance earlier.

So basically cut out characters that dont go anywhere in the grand scheme of things. Im afraid tjeyre gonna cut Quna as well tho and just leave her as Idol, occasional help.

silo1991
Mar 11, 2019, 09:16 AM
i know you guys are gonna say :here i go again

this is what sega should do in matter of anime to begin with , again the questions come to my mind : what the hell happen during EP4 seriusly ?

i mean PSO2 the animation was suppose to be a prequel of EP4 and in the end was irrelevant without any rescuable quality. outside of visual ones

i dont know if blame the artist(i know they were external) or blame the marketing team or director for aproving that shit .

seriusly how can you screw up so badly along a whole season

i wish i had more free time to continue the summaries im working on and reach EP4 and leave it as a warning of what not to do with a franchise

Golgotha
Mar 15, 2019, 08:00 AM
Its probably going to go the same way ep0 manga went, one of the timelines Xion had to erase because it didn't end too well.

Anduril
Mar 15, 2019, 09:38 AM
It would be interesting if this was [Persona]'s original timeline, but I doubt they would do something that clever.

XrosBlader821
Mar 15, 2019, 04:41 PM
It would be interesting if this was [Persona]'s original timeline, but I doubt they would do something that clever.

That would actually be really amazing but if the Episode 4 anime is anything to go by, I doubt they'll have that idea.

lostinseganet
Mar 21, 2019, 10:57 AM
Ohhh now this is hype. I would purchase to show support.

[Ayumi]
Apr 1, 2019, 11:40 PM
I'll wait until it comes out before judging it.
But hey... there's no high school anime nonesense from what I've seen... so that's a plus at the very least.

landman
Oct 6, 2019, 04:02 PM
Is this going to be streamed somewhere? kinda hoping for some insta official subs...

XrosBlader821
Oct 6, 2019, 04:39 PM
Is this going to be streamed somewhere? kinda hoping for some insta official subs...

I read somewhere that Funimation wanted to simulcast it.

landman
Oct 6, 2019, 04:50 PM
Thanks, found the confirmation on www (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-20/funimation-to-stream-phantasy-star-online-2-episode-oracle-stars-align-anime/.151377), great news.


EDIT: Seen it, and it was better than expected, very satisfied with the first chapter.

Time to go kill some Falspawns :wacko: (I actually like that name for the darkers lol)