Anticipation thread

Felix-san said:
As someone who played the original Visual novel Yu-no, see what they have made with ayumi and yuki make my eyes bleed

Original

Remake


This time we'll not see Inoue, Kikuko as ayumi Unfortunately.

barthos said:
The new trailer looks really unispiring. My day is ruined.

ycleped said:


What part of it is uninspiring to you?

barthos said:


Smudy basically nailed what I thought. I hope the anime betray my expectation but VN adaptation have highest possibility to be a mess show.

DaBackpack said:
I think it's time we all just accept it,

this is gonna suck.

What annoys me is that, as always, people are going to use this anime adaptation as a reflection of the original game. You know, like every other crappy VN adaptation.

Tsukihime 3.0, Umineko 2.0, let's go.

I actually like Yuuki's design the best out of the new ones. It gets his doofy character pretty accurately. Ayumi's new design just makes me sad.

ycleped said:
Alright, let's slow down here a little. This PV was only introducing characters. All of the moments within that PV also happen within the VN. It wasn't supposed to necessarily generate hype towards the actual story, it was clearly ONLY for introducing characters.

While I did enjoy the old character design, it really wouldn't sell well today. I honestly think the character design of the remake, now being used in the anime adaptation, is a great transformation to modern standards. I don't really see how they look basic (minus Takuya).

And again, how does this PV cause you to think the adaptation will be a mess? Everything in that PV also occurs in the original VN. In fact, since it's being made to sell the remake, there's a very high chance we'll see the majority of scenes adapted 1-to-1, without any embellishing or anime-original differences.

Laukku said:


One reason the visuals look so bland compared to Feel's previous works (especially Hinamatsuri and Island) could be that this is their first 2-cour series in a long time, so they're possibly spreading their budget, time and workforce over a larger episode count. As a person who can draw well, I can tell that the issue is less about the designs themselves being generic and more about drawing quality; the 1997 Saturn version had extra CGs with the original designs drawn by obviously less skilled artists and look stiff and generic as hell. Already this looks generally better than the remake art, IMO, if only slightly so.

Although I am concerned about the stereotypical mannerisms by Mio and Kanna briefly showcased in the trailer, the director seems enthusiastic about his vision and the end result actually might even be entertaining in its own way despite some corniness. Kanna seems less of a confused dandere compared to the remake at least. The original game tried to make dialogue realistic to the point that the characters continually go off on tangents during their banter, which is not going to work in a shorter, more streamlined adaptation.

Laukku said:

Nothing on the anime as I recall. There are these on the Switch port of the game though:

https://gematsu.com/2018/10/first-look-at-yu-no-for-switch-first-print-bonus-game-yu-nos-great-adventure
https://nintendoeverything.com/yu-no-will-be-released-in-spring-2019-in-japan/

If you're hungry for YU-NO news I recommend bookmarking these Twitter links, last link is to the official YU-NO Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q="YU-NO"&l=en&src=typd
https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23YU_NO&src=typd
https://twitter.com/yuno_5pb

Mezo-RPWPA said:
i'm kinda curious, is this like one of the VNs where there are love routes and he chooses a girl or is it a story with one route that it goes through?

Laukku said:
Kanna's model sheets posted:
https://twitter.com/yuno_anime2019/status/1101407261849616384
http://yuno-anime.com/character/hatanokanna/

rsc-pl said:

You are traveling between many timeliness and you need to "beat" all routes to see the epilogue which is the best part of this game and simply mind blowing.
All character stories are taking a major part of the main story and they are essential.
After beating the game (with epilogue) you can see the true endings of your favorite girls. It's hard to explain, this game is rather complex. It's not just a VN. Most part of gameplay (except prologue and epilogue) is point and click based. About genres, it's sci-fi mystery erotic melodrama thriller and comedy. Basically all in one, perfectly balanced.
https://youtu.be/_a18D0Quefk (spoilers possible).


It doesn't look that bad. But the only upgrade over original character design is Mio for me.
Generally I don't blame feel for doing this. They just used "modern" design from VN.

BTW, this is how all remakes should be done:

Mezo-RPWPA said:



thanks for letting me know, so it's similar to amagami but with more scifi parts right?

rsc-pl said:

I'm sorry but I'm not familiar with Amagami VN. I've only seen the anime adaptation. If it's faithful (I've heard it is), then no. Not at all, because while love stories are essential (you're replaying the same 3 days in alternative time lines, sometimes you're even jumping between them), they aren't your final objective (at least in the main part of this game). You need to collect all "orbs" for your "Reflector" device to be able to enter the epilogue part (which is about 10 hours long).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YU-NO:_A_Girl_Who_Chants_Love_at_the_Bound_of_this_World#Gameplay
This is one of these games that you need to experience by yourself to understand how great it is. I highly recommend the original version (even if remake will be translated), because of getting full experience (no cut off content), phenomenal fan translation and masterpiece OST.

Mezo-RPWPA said:



thanks for letting me know, so it's similar to amagami but with more scifi parts right?

ycleped said:

I've seen Amagami SS and can tell you that YU-NO is absolutely nothing like Amagami SS. There are literally zero similarities.

Think more like Steins;Gate. You haven't seen Clannad, but to me, YU-NO is like a mix of Steins;Gate and Clannad.

Kade_ said:


I've heard the stens gate comparison before, but what ways is it like Clannad? Looking forward to this series, haven't played the games before.

ycleped said:


There are many similarities but a lot of them are unfortunately spoilers.

I can tell you though that the second half of YU-NO is a lot like the second half of Clannad (After Story).

Kade_ said:


Legit? The second half of Clannad AS is one of my favorite anime of all time If YU NO has anyting near that this is gonna be amazing.

Laukku said:
They did some panel where they showed the Switch version (lip flaps yay!) (5:34) and a scene from the anime (13:06 to 14:55):

ycleped said:
The closer it gets to April, the more excited I become for this.

Laukku said:

Me too! Incidentally, April 2nd happens to be my birthday! Being able to watch it streamed in English that day would be just perfect, but there hasn't yet been any info on English streamers, has there? Crunchyroll did post a trailer but that isn't a hard confirmation.

rsc-pl said:

It's not exactly the same kind of story, but the impact and emotions are really similar. If I needed to choose something that could be competing with Clannad (which is my favorite story ever), it would be YU-NO, definitely.
Clannad was clearly inspired by YU-NO in many different ways (and not only Clannad, if I need to be completely honest, I would say that YU-NO is one of the most important and most inspiring VN all time).