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MarshalBanana
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The more Impractical the better, if your mech is not Impractical, then you've done something wrong.
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Tenchi
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For the poll results, should Streets of Rage really be on the list? I suppose it is a fighting game in that you're fighting against gangs of people, but it's generally classified as a "beat 'em up", as in the same genre of game as Double Dragon and Final Fight. Plus, it got two official sequels, although several other games on the list also got sequels including ones that came out within the last half-decade or so.
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Hiroki not Takuya
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For the new survey, I think The Big O deserves a redo if only to straighten out the plot and setting and make a good coherent story. There were a lot of good concepts that got badly handled. |
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luffypirate
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I voted for Cyber Formula.
Glad to see Star Driver make the list. Such a good series. |
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zrnzle500
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For Sunrise sequels, I'll go with Daily Lives of High School Boys. While it isn't my most favorite, most of the others had enough finality or were long enough ago that a sequel wouldn't be that plausible.
[quote="Hiroki not Takuya"]
IIRC mechs in the Gundam Universe are nuclear powered, albeit with more compact reactors than we use. |
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Cyberphobe
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Nobody better touch Cowboy Bebop. It's perfect, and making a sequel will likely do to the IP what the sequel and OVA's did to Darker than Black, which is ruin it. Really, the only Sunrise IP that needs a sequel is Outlaw Star. The show was one of those gems that checked every box a 90's kid, like myself, was looking for in a cartoon. It had action, suspense, drama, sci-fi, great characters, cool machines, and a unique world (or in this case universe) to get lost in. The show was made to have a sequel, and we almost got it if not for staff and productions issues, and the poor decisions made by the production committee. (What the hell were they thinking making Angel Links?) Outlaw Star has all the ingredients necessary to make a successful reboot or sequel, and this series is long overdue to get it.
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BadNewsBlues
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Minus never really explaining Spike's past in detail, Julia being a shoot the shaggy dog story, and Jet and Fey effectively sitting back while Spike goes off to settle his feud with Vicious for the final time (ambiguously).
They find the galactic ley line don't know where they'd go from there. |
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belvadeer
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I imagine it's because the pilot was an upbeat female character and they wanted to keep the whole idea reflected in the design of the Gundam.
I think Angel Links was a good idea personally. It attempted to expand on something mentioned only by name in Outlaw Star and link the two characters who worked for that group (in addition to slotting in some cameos and making more use of grappler ships). Of course, the way Angel Links was originally portrayed in Outlaw Star made it more akin to a space police or military force, as the Angel Links art book sketches show (along with some designs for crew members who never got used), but it ended up being a space pirate-fighting corporation that took jobs for free (and the overall atmosphere among the crew was a bit more lighthearted rather than everyone being serious and by the book as Outlaw Star showed them). |
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SejinPK
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I voted for Cowboy Bebop, though if I were able to I would've also picked Witch Hunter Robin. The main thing I'd want to see explored with more Cowboy Bebop material is really just how Jet, Faye, and Ed react to Spike's death, and what they do with themselves at (and after) that point. We get closure for Edward, but not for Faye and Jet, which is something I've always wanted. I think this is something that could be explored satisfactorily in a short OVA series (maybe 1-3 normal-length episodes, depending on what, specifically, the creators would want to do with it).
In the case of Witch Hunter Robin, I think there's a lot of room for a sequel, given how it ends plot-wise and where it left off with the ideas it was exploring. Also, I would absolutely LOVE more songs sung by Bana. WHR's OP and ED have been some of my favorite songs since I first watched the show.
I also think Witch Hunter Robin would be a good fit for live-action. It was my favorite show as a teenager, so even though I don't like it as much now as I used to, I still have fond memories of watching it and feelings towards it. |
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Joe Mello
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The lack of Gold Lightan on this list makes it trash.
Also, how dare you blaspheme the best part of Tenchi in Tokyo  the music is probably second but I have weird taste
/Also I had a dream once where I summoned the Ryo-Ohki mech like it was one of the G-Gundams so there's that, too |
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notrogersmith
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I suppose one can argue that Dann of Thursday from Gun X Sword would be impractical on account of not having any ranged attacks.
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timfnj
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...Tiger+Bunny,Outlaw Star(though KillJoys filed the serial numbers off),+ a true remake of Brave Raideen (I try to forget that CGI mess). It would be nice if they could animate that manga that combined the Romance Trio and Raideen...
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killjoy_the
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That's an adaptation though, right? |
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zrnzle500
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Ah. Didn't notice the original part. Well I didn't add the choice. |
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Kadmos1
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Eva Unit 01 would also work since you need a whiny 14-year-old for it to really work.
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