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NEWS: Parasite Eve Author Shows Tokyo in 2020 in Anime Short




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Rebmastu



Joined: 16 Sep 2010
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 3:46 pm Reply with quote
That was great! Loved the story, loved the art.

Of course I'll make the obligatory gripe here about Mako, the main chara, being attracted to a virtual avatar, but... Well, the rest of it was just dandy. (And it might not have been the avatar itself, but the idea of a computer attending college, so I'll let it slide on that note, too.)

I kinda want to see a series based on this concept.
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AiddonValentine



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:25 pm Reply with quote
very interesting; I bet if Sena ever saw 3rd Birthday he'd strangle the guy who wrote it.
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GhostShell



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:15 am Reply with quote
Some interesting technological ideas and I can see a few of them being a reality by 2020, in particular, the ones involving advertising (active wall posters, etc). Most of the others, though, would take a few more years past 2020 to develop. Still, was a neat short.
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Juhachi



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:29 am Reply with quote
I don't really see any of this being possible in 2020, so they probably should have set it a decade or two later, or just said in the "semi-distant future".

Plus, the entire concept of a computer attending school has always seemed ridiculous to me. Why would a computer have to learn anything it could simply access from the internet? And if this future is so advanced, why is the girl's father dying of a heart condition in 5 years? He can't get even a heart transplant or an artificial heart? I thought this was the future! Laughing
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:10 am Reply with quote
We're still waiting for our flying cars! And not that plane that drives but a car that flies! Laughing
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