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Big Hed
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 Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:41 pm
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This adaptation is exactly that—an adaptation, more or less reciting the events of the story |
That's funny; I haven't actually read my copy, but when I skimmed through volume 1, events looked liked they played out differently in some instances. Anyway, good thing I only got the manga as part of the bundle deal with the DVDs.
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DFB
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:18 am
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I thought that the anime came from the manga. From what I understand, although I have not read them, there are three manga with alternate story lines and the anime is from one of them. The three being: Knightmare of Nunnally, Suzaku of the Counterattack, and Lelouch of the Rebellion. Is it just that the anime spawned three stories? I would like to know what the truth is.
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Labbes
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:48 am
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| DFB wrote: | | I thought that the anime came from the manga. From what I understand, although I have not read them, there are three manga with alternate story lines and the anime is from one of them. The three being: Knightmare of Nunnally, Suzaku of the Counterattack, and Lelouch of the Rebellion. Is it just that the anime spawned three stories? I would like to know what the truth is. |
No, the anime came first and spawned three manga spin-offs. While the "Lelouch" one should, judging by the name, follow the events of the anime, the Suzaku and Nunnally manga tell a different story. From what I heard, the Nunnally manga even takes place in a whole different universe.
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Requiem
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:53 am
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| DFB wrote: | | I thought that the anime came from the manga. From what I understand, although I have not read them, there are three manga with alternate story lines and the anime is from one of them. The three being: Knightmare of Nunnally, Suzaku of the Counterattack, and Lelouch of the Rebellion. Is it just that the anime spawned three stories? I would like to know what the truth is. |
The anime and the manga adaptation that was reviewed started out around the same time (October 2006), so the anime does not originate from a manga. The four Code Geass manga (there's another one that takes place in 1850s Japan) are all alternate universe spinoffs and don't touch each other.
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Kyogissun
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:21 am
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Not surprised this got the scores it did, I've read a few chapters myself and the art, pacing and... Well, everything that was good about the anime failed to enter in properly here.
Nightmare of Nunally and Suzaku of the Counterattack should be good though. I look forward to those releases.
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BleuVII
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:59 am
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| Kyogissun wrote: | | Not surprised this got the scores it did, I've read a few chapters myself and the art, pacing and... Well, everything that was good about the anime failed to enter in properly here.
Nightmare of Nunally and Suzaku of the Counterattack should be good though. I look forward to those releases. |
Um... don't get your hopes up. I have them in Japanese. I thought Suzaku of the counterattack would shed some light on Suzaku, who deserved way more screen time than he got. Instead, I find a spinoff whose main catch is that "Lancelot" is not a mech--it's a Super Sentai (Power Rangers) suit. Nightmare of Nunally is even worse. I didn't even bother getting it off the shelf. From what I saw, Nunally gets a geass that allows her to see and walk and pilot a strange knightmare frame. Unfortunately, it's got quite a few sexual overtones, which completely ruins the character of Nunally.
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Panda Man
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:57 pm
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| Big Hed wrote: |
| Carlo wrote: | |
This adaptation is exactly that—an adaptation, more or less reciting the events of the story |
That's funny; I haven't actually read my copy, but when I skimmed through volume 1, events looked liked they played out differently in some instances. Anyway, good thing I only got the manga as part of the bundle deal with the DVDs. |
I read it during a Class of Algebra 2 and thought it was alright. Not great but interesting enough to keep me busy. And yeah, it does differ in quite a few places. Some that wouldn't even make sense in the Anime.
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HyperGatack
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:04 pm
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| BleuVII wrote: | |
Um... don't get your hopes up. I have them in Japanese. I thought Suzaku of the counterattack would shed some light on Suzaku, who deserved way more screen time than he got. Instead, I find a spinoff whose main catch is that "Lancelot" is not a mech--it's a Super Sentai (Power Rangers) suit. |
Masked Rider Suzaku? Sign me up.
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Nightmare of Nunally is even worse. I didn't even bother getting it off the shelf. From what I saw, Nunally gets a geass that allows her to see and walk and pilot a strange knightmare frame. Unfortunately, it's got quite a few sexual overtones, which completely ruins the character of Nunally. |
So Code Geass as written by Frank Miller? *Badum-kiiish*
Srsly, of all characters NUNALLY? WHAT. THE. HELL?
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bglassbrook
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:15 pm
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| Quote: | | But in between those incidents lie some really stupid things like a cat stealing Zero's mask and causing slapstick antics for a whole chapter, |
I'm going to guess the reviewer wasn't too keen on that episode in the anime either. Or was the manga version just that much worse?
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Kyogissun
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:10 am
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| Kyogissun wrote: | | Not surprised this got the scores it did, I've read a few chapters myself and the art, pacing and... Well, everything that was good about the anime failed to enter in properly here.
Nightmare of Nunally and Suzaku of the Counterattack should be good though. I look forward to those releases. |
Um... don't get your hopes up. I have them in Japanese. I thought Suzaku of the counterattack would shed some light on Suzaku, who deserved way more screen time than he got. Instead, I find a spinoff whose main catch is that "Lancelot" is not a mech--it's a Super Sentai (Power Rangers) suit. Nightmare of Nunally is even worse. I didn't even bother getting it off the shelf. From what I saw, Nunally gets a geass that allows her to see and walk and pilot a strange knightmare frame. Unfortunately, it's got quite a few sexual overtones, which completely ruins the character of Nunally. |
...I knew this already, that's why I'm interested in them. A nice change of things would be interesting...
The whole Code Geass plotline is open for so many different parallel's I like the concept of one tiny thing being changed and the outcome being entirely different.
And Nightmare of Nunally actually looks like it might be a different insight on her and how deep down there's a potentially violent and dark inner self to her. I don't wish to spoil anything but the tiny bits of info I know about it are interesting enough.
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