Redhead of retro + otaku thread

[Anonymous No.9860271]

Play her games now.

[Anonymous No.9860278]

>>9860271
I've played that one and the PC-98 game to completion. How are the others?

[Anonymous No.9860279]

Sorry, I don’t play games with flat chested women.

[Anonymous No.9860295]

>>9860279
cringe

[Anonymous No.9860297]

>>9860295
cope chestlet

[Anonymous No.9860316]

>Banpresto
yep, time for some shovelware japslop

[Anonymous No.9860323]

>>9860316
>-slop
I don’t get understand /v/meme

[Anonymous No.9860330]

>>9860316
If Banpresto is "shovelware", what's left for actual western-made shovelware?

[Anonymous No.9860334]

Stop playing japanese games, start playing western modern shooters.

[Anonymous No.9861356]

>>9860278
The one

[Anonymous No.9862363]

Are there fan translations of the slayers games?

[Anonymous No.9862368]

>>9860271
God, old anime art in video games is pure soul

[Anonymous No.9862412]

Momo is the complete package.

[Anonymous No.9862658]

>>9862363
Since 2010 I think

[Anonymous No.9862672]

Slayers to me represents everything about 90s Japanese style sword and sorcery fantasy. That and Record of Lodoss War.

[Anonymous No.9862675]

>>9862672
It's the best pure fantasy series. Can't get into any others. Probably is the cast and the humor that makes it stand out so well.

[Anonymous No.9862685]

>>9862675
Lina is just a ridiculously good lead, being both strong willed and a big idiot when needed.

[Anonymous No.9862929]

>>9862658
Any for the Royal 1 and 2 and PC 98?

[Anonymous No.9863332]

>>9862685
She reminds me of Sailor Moon in that regard.

[Anonymous No.9863372]

>>9860278
The SNES one is pretty good, and surprisingly canon to the LNs, Hajime Kanzaka wrote the game's story and is set between LN3 and LN4 if my memory is right.

[Anonymous No.9863385]

>>9860316
Perhaps some of them, but as an 80s-born weeb, there's a lot of inherent charm to anime-licensed SFC games.

[Anonymous No.9863396]

>>9862672
>>9862675
Can we include the original Orphen there as well? It was really fun, but what amuses me is how Japanese magazines pair him and Lina as friends.

[Anonymous No.9863625]

>>9863332
>>9863372
Some shantae and popful mail

[Anonymous No.9863638]

>>9863625
Shantae was inspired on Ranma's artstyle, but close enough I guess.

[Anonymous No.9863759]

>>9860271
Just finished Magic Knights Rayearth on SNES and moved onto the Phantasy Star PS2 remake.

Anyone have more retro JRPGs with anime waifus to recommend?

[Anonymous No.9863802]

>>9860279
>>9860297
I'm a Disgaea fan so Lina might as well have E cups as far as I'm concerned

[Anonymous No.9863805]

>>9863638
It was? Not a single game in the series has an art style that even remotely resembles Ranma, so that's interesting to hear

[Anonymous No.9863808]

>>9863759
The girls in the original Persona trilogy are way better than literally any girl from P3, 4, or 5

[Anonymous No.9863812]

>>9863759
The girls in the original Persona trilogy are way better than literally any girl from P3, 4, or 5

[Anonymous No.9863881]

>>9863805
Way back, when Risky's Revenge Director's Cut was released, Matt Bozon directly mentioned Ranma and Rumiko Takahashi as the inspiration behind the GBC game's artwork and art direction, with Mega Man and Castlevania for the gameplay.

[Anonymous No.9865146]

>>9863396
I'm pretty sure there's a radio drama with them as protagonists, and perhaps both are almost considered part of the same setting / universe despite being written by two different authors.

However, there is a Banpresto Ps2 game with Orphen, Lina, Sgt.Frog and other characters.

[Anonymous No.9865490]

There should have been a Zelda 2-alike starring Lina.

[Anonymous No.9865616]

>>9863372
Wait, the Lina clone is canon?

[Anonymous No.9865675]

>>9860334
I'll play whatever the fuck I want, cocksucker.

[Anonymous No.9865928]

>>9865616
The game wholesale is canon, wacky isn't it?

[Anonymous No.9866031]

>>9863638
>>9863805
Also the eye line has Inuyasha look and nuku nuku ova.

[Anonymous No.9867415]

>>9866031
Ranma and Inuyasha were both created by Rumiko Takahashi

[Anonymous No.9867442]

>>9865675
These people are real...... fucking horror

[Anonymous No.9867450]

>>9862672
>>9863396
For me it's Ruin Explorers

[Anonymous No.9867469]

>>9867450
Haven't heard of Ruin Explorers. Just from the synopsis it sounds right up my alley.

[Anonymous No.9867503]

>>9860279
Based

[Anonymous No.9867512]

>>9867450
I knew about Ruin Explorers but never watched it. Always seemed like one of those desperation series; you know, like, "Oh, you've watched all of Slayers 3 times now and you really need some more? Well, there's this, I guess."

[Anonymous No.9867762]

>>9867450
>tfw there wasn't any more animated Ruin Explorers after the OVAs

[Anonymous No.9867862]

>>9867512
>>9867469
You should watch it. It's short but it's delightful.
>>9867762
There's the manga I suppose but it mostly covers the same material with some differences. Shame they only made the one. I'd have been all kinds of down for more adventures.

[Anonymous No.9867883]

>>9867450
>>9867862
What about Slayers in Space, fellas?
I love when these threads pop up and I get to talk to you, /ar/ anons

[Anonymous No.9867889]

How close it feels like to playing a 90s fantasy anime is probably why I adore the Ys franchise. The OVAs it got back in the day were neato as well.

>>9867883
What the hell this looks sick. Kinda reminds me of Crime Crackers but not as akibacore.

[Anonymous No.9867906]

>>9867889
Unfortunately it didn't succeed like Slayers, so it only has one season. But if you like Slayers and you like Japanese sci-fi, give it a shot.

>Ys
I love these games.
Even the non-/vr/ ones, I'm waiting for X.

[Anonymous No.9867908]

>>9867906
I personally don't like the non-/vr/ ones very much because the tone is completely different. Much more modern "chuuni" style isekai anime-feeling stuff for teenagers that isn't my cup of tea at all.

[Anonymous No.9867914]

>>9867908
I don't really understand what you mean since Ys hasn't really done any Isekai plot, everything still takes place within it's world, the usual backlash I hear is over the party gameplay being completely different from the Car Bumper gameplay. I don't know if my idea of chuuni is different, but stuff like Lacrimosa of Dana and the retelling of Mask of the Sun even feel dated on release, like an early 00's fantasy anime to me, just with a newer coat of paint. To me, a chuuni anime for teenagers are Konosuba or Danmachi where they even blatantly use videogame mechanics and terms in-universe.

[Anonymous No.9867916]

[Anonymous No.9867920]

>>9867914
When I say "isekai" I mean as a feeling, not actual isekai.

[Anonymous No.9867938]

>>9867920
Yeah, sorry anon, it's not quite there to me. I do wonder if we'll have a bumper game any time though, there was a Falcom anime 2 or 3 years ago that even mentioned it with Adol bumping into stuff.

[Anonymous No.9867949]

I started reading the Slayers books with the new hardcover collections. They're actually pretty damn good, better than the anime in my opinion.
If you read the old translations I'd say it's worth picking up the new ones. No censorship this time so stuff like getting raped by a fish are included in their entirety.
One thing that does kinda annoy me about Slayers is that every adaptation has its own continuity that differs greatly from the others. When characters meet, the general order of events and even characterizations are entirely different between each version.
Do the video games take place in the anime continuity or are they once again their own separate thing?

[Anonymous No.9867950]

>>9867938
Unfortunately I don't think bump Ys is ever coming back, which is a shame but expected. Ark of Napishtim started its transition to a typical 3D action adventure game.

[Anonymous No.9867962]

>>9867949
>No censorship this time so stuff like getting raped by a fish are included in their entirety.
Very interesting, thanks for the headsup anon.

>Do the video games take place in the anime continuity or are they once again their own separate thing?
The SNES game is the only one that is canon to something, being set after the eighth novel. The rest are based on the anime but not paricularily canon to anything.

[Anonymous No.9868226]

I really wish someone translated both Royal games, I've always loved how they look but the gameplay seems kind of complicated if you don't know japanese. Wonderful seems like a bad 3D RPG.

[Anonymous No.9868917]

>>9867889
you'd like the first 3 trails games.

[Anonymous No.9868932]

>>9862672
Don't forget Words Worth.

[Anonymous No.9869714]

>>9868932
If you're including Words Worth you might as well include the entire Rance franchise, as they're just typical Japanese sword and sorcery fantasy but with more sexual assault.

[Anonymous No.9869737]

>>9867883
Its both shit and awesome at the same time. I loved it.

[Anonymous No.9869745]

>>9867916
MGR before MGR

[Anonymous No.9869896]

>>9867442
>8 dysgenic Jews with le 24th chromosome gayface
>Token nigger
>Self satisfied beanlet standing on a stool in the back
Kek

[Anonymous No.9869916]

For me, it's Louie

[Anonymous No.9869937]

Okay, OP... but first I have to watch Slayers since I've never seen it.

[Anonymous No.9870067]

>>9869937
The first 3 seasons (26 eps each) are very much worth it, that is:
>Slayers
>Slayers NEXT
>Slayers TRY

The HD seasons are shorter, and lower budget. You can tell they were made 11 years later out of some obligation or some exec thinking maybe they could get some nostalgia bux:
>Revolution
>Evolution-R

[Anonymous No.9870081]

>>9860271
VHS ads for Slayers are Top Kino

[Anonymous No.9870083]

>>9870081

[Anonymous No.9870096]

>>9870081
Holy shit they were expensive, was it like that for all anime VHS's?

[Anonymous No.9870116]

>>9870096
Unlike, say, 4kids dubs or Robotech VHSs they kept all the original soundtracks, openings and endings, plus the distribution fee of the Seiyuu's work internationally, so that's why the price was higher.

And believe it or not, the oldschool american Otaku circles of the mid-late 90's hated how "accesible" these were. It's hard to believe but there was once a time Slayers was as hated as MHA for being a "gateway show".

[Anonymous No.9870137]

>>9870116
Ha, well if anything, you can't say weebs/otaku aren't consistent after 30+ years

[Anonymous No.9870243]

>>9870137
I think the legacy of Slayers as a gateway series for uncensored anime is interesting, there was a series called Magic Magiswords on Cartoon Network a few years back. I didn't watch many episodes but it's clear the main character is a mix of Lina and Naga while her brother is just Gourry (the blonde character in the ad) with blue hair.

[Anonymous No.9870281]

>>9867450
>>9867862
I love Ruin Explorers. It's one of my all-time favorite OVA series.

[Anonymous No.9870308]

>>9870243
Mighty Magiswords was basically just Slayers through a coked-up western cartoon lens.
The show's creator is famous for throwing multiple pitches at a wall to see what sticks and Mighty Magiswords was the one that actually got picked up by Cartoon Network. He still does pitches today, like one about a hambuger man and orange girlfriend and one about a guy and gal pizza delivery team who are wild pigs.

[Anonymous No.9870329]

>>9870308
I didn't knew about pitching multiple shows, but the former is very obvious. Still, it felt more from a place of admiration rather than plagiarism, especially the original mini series.
Kinda like Mega Man X doesn't feel insulting to Casshern or Mega Man Legends to Yatterman, y'know?

[Anonymous No.9870339]

>>9870329
The guy is definitely the kind of person that loves his inspirations so I'm guessing he treats Magiswords like a semi love letter to Slayers in its own weird way. People on /co/ make fun of him because he has the "soiboi" look.

[Anonymous No.9870363]

>>9870339
I've never seen the dude so I wouldn't know. Thanks for the insight on his career, it's very interesting. I wish Magiswords had succeeded more but it doesn't work on the 30 minute mark like it did as a miniseries, it would've needed a revamp. Maybe something akin to Dave the Barbarian.

[Anonymous No.9870427]

>>9870363
Dave the Barbarian is pretty much peak sword and sorcery comedy cartoon and Mighty Magiswords got nowhere near it.

[Anonymous No.9870456]

>>9870427
I absolutely agree, but had the Magiswords writing team (or leadership) been better, it would've been great to see a spiritual successor to it.

[Anonymous No.9870516]

Did they ever release a proper hi-res version on bluray? Last time I tried to watch it, the bluray was absolute shit, upscaled cropped version of the dvd. Also, how are the "new" shows past Try, I watched everything they had back in the day but never got to the new stuff.

[Anonymous No.9870842]

>>9867883
Why is there no /ar/ board anyways?
Makes more sense than a lot of the other dead boards they've made

[Anonymous No.9871037]

>>9870842
Because /a/ cries a lot when people suggest that, they're like "NOOOooOOOOO, you CAN'T have a board for old anime! you can discuss it on /a/!", but then when you try to have a thread on /a/ it gets buried between all the incessant current season shitposting, and you also get insulted by zoom/a/rs who don't like people enjoying stuff before their time.
Also because the administration sucks, why do you think /vr/ got shat on witht he rule change instead of having /v2k/, while at the same time creating new vidya boards nobody needed or asked for like /vm/

[Anonymous No.9871705]

>>9870456
>>9870427
>>9870339
>Mighty Magiswords
Be funny CN make crossover on adult swim

[Anonymous No.9871717]

>>9870243
>>9870308
>copying the style
Show runner did mention pitch on deviant.

[Anonymous No.9871727]

>>9867415
I know for long time, anon-Kim

[Anonymous No.9871772]

>>9860295

[Anonymous No.9872408]

>>9871037
>got shat on
Don’t /vr/ get improve?

[Anonymous No.9872587]

>>9870516
> the bluray was absolute shit, upscaled cropped version of the dvd
That's extra disgusting, because there are places where the DVD looked worse than well-kept VHS copies.

[Anonymous No.9872629]

>>9867916
ninja scroll was so fucking great
the blind swordsman was one of the most epic scenes of all time

[Anonymous No.9872835]

I thought it was neat. It actually got a game too. Can't say how that is.

[Anonymous No.9872916]

>>9860271
RPGs are too tedious for me. i just want a fighting game or a bmup...

[Anonymous No.9872918]

>>9870081
I still have one of those tapes. Might watch it one of these nights.

[Anonymous No.9872920]

>>9872835
>ADVfilms
At least there's still Sentai Filmworks and Section 23 films, as well as Animego.

[Anonymous No.9872938]

>>9872920
Frankly I'd rather see Discotek come in and save this shit. They're one of the only people who give half a shit about actual visual quality.

[Anonymous No.9874589]

>>9872938
Discotek do incredible work, I wish I could see Slayers and Ghost Sweeper Mikami from them

[Anonymous No.9874905]

>>9872916
>fighting games
CPS2 or PC FX title be neat addition.