UdeDen anime ponderings...

Tsukasa · Post by **Tsukasa** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 6:26 am

A thought hit me... Perhaps there was something more planned for UdeDen and the season got cut short. That happens to a lot of series for one reason or another. I can name several (FF:U being my favorite that it has happened to) anime series that have met that same, tragic fate.

What do you guys think?

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 6:50 am

It sucks that DUSK was cut short. FFU wasn't getting too much popularity... that's why they cut it short. Not many were too crazy about it. It sucks that it happens to series though. Gotta feel bad for the artists & creators abit.

Rhyste · Post by **Rhyste** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 6:53 am

... I think... they realized how poorly written it was... and went... "dude, we should stop this." =p

On the other hand, it ended but... like... two weeks before the game came out? I think that was timed.

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 6:55 am

I really liked Dusk.. it wasn't that poorly written... but at some points I had no idea where the story was coming from... especially after those kids took Shugo's code.. yet deleted Rena... confusing....

Duskino · Post by **Duskino** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 6:33 pm

Well, I like UdeDen a lot, but I'll admit it wasn't half as good as SIGN. I doubt it was cut short - There wasn't really a whole lot you could do with those characters. They had little to no background information, unlike the characters in SIGN where you figure out little by little about each character. The manga is probably different, I've never read it for myself, but the anime probably wasn't ment from the start to go anywhere ...

YashaOokami · Post by **YashaOokami** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 7:33 pm

I hope that I do get my hands on the manga as well :/ Either it be scans and translated,or possibly brought over here...which that will be a very long while before that ever happens.And I am kinda confused about how Ouka came to be,y'know? They never really say that much about her history,only as to what Mileiyu knows.

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 9:53 pm

The manga would be a snazzy thing to have. ^_^ & I really agree... Ouka wasn't explained much...... They sure needed more characters though. 6 or 7 just isn't enough. ;_;

Duskino · Post by **Duskino** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 10:21 pm

They sure needed more characters though

Oh, they had the characters, they just weren't characterized enough. More like... sterotyped. Shugo being the goofy, newbie main character; Rena being the... sister who's there; Mireille being the hyper-cute girl; Ouka being the badass chick; Blamung being the badass dude; Sanjuro being the... er... old(er) guy who's wise and informational, Hotaru being the sweet quiet girl... the list goes on. I mean, everybody's like they are because of a reason. They explained that in SIGN, but in UdeDen, there's just... them.

If anything, 6 or 7 is good. Perfect. Too many characters is not a good thing.

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 11:39 pm

That's pretty much what I meant... (in a way)
but you're right. They should had explained more of their characters abit.. given them twists or something.

stupid kid · Post by **stupid kid** » Sun Apr 13, 2003 12:39 am

Duskino wrote:Sanjuro being the... er... old(er) guy who's wise and informational

Nah, I disagree. He's more of the calm sword lover person.

Duskino · Post by **Duskino** » Sun Apr 13, 2003 2:14 am

>> Well, that too... but he was Shugo's, er... "Sensei/Mastah" =P Thus, makes him the wise informational dude.

Rhyste · Post by **Rhyste** » Sun Apr 13, 2003 5:53 am

Ouka wasn't badass, she was the Busty Bigboobs of the show... obviously. Which is probably why she had little dimension beyond, "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT." You could also count her as the Furry Creature.

Black Lotus · Post by **Black Lotus** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 1:05 pm

Of the many differences between the two shows I think the biggest one was th audience that they were aimed at. Sign is pretty subtle and seems to be more for the older people, especially since the younger ones wouldnt really understand everything. That doesnt mean little kids shouldnt watch it, but they wont get as much out of it as an older kid or an adult. Dusk is not as subtle with how they do things, but the show is still slightly confusing. I think that Dusk is lacking in the symbolism department after all the symbolism in sign.

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 2:40 pm

Duskino wrote:>> Well, that too... but he was Shugo's, er... "Sensei/Mastah" =P Thus, makes him the wise informational dude.

There's also the fact everyone always says "I bet he's a school teacher offline."

Tsukasa · Post by **Tsukasa** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 3:20 pm

How I see it, I enjoyed UdeDen a lot because I expected it to be a silly, humorous romp, which it ended up being. It's a lot of fun, in my eyes, and... just sickeningly adorable at times. n.n

However, I don't think the production staff had any intention to do anything really big with it.... But I do have the feeling that there is an odd chance that they had to cut it short. I could actually find out somewhere. I just don't feel like exherting the effort right now. n.n;;