(Sep. 06, 2018 10:08 PM)LOL-y Rancher Wrote: (Sep. 06, 2018 8:54 PM)Strider Xanthos Wrote: Anything, its just Burst I mostly, so let's talk about Metal.
Let's go in chronological order starting with Metal Fusion/Fight season 1: what did you like, hate, who do you like/hate, favorite batttles, characters you loved, characters you hated, etc,
Oh and Battle Fortress the game, weren't the original characters originally going to be in the anime?
Alright then...
What I liked? Gingka being a sympathetic protagonist, the fact that all three of the Metal Saga connect with each other, the bey animation blends in pretty well
What I disliked? The cliché cast archetypes, ridiculous history and mythologies (Seriously, Moses using tops?!)
Characters I liked? Kenta, Doji, Tetsuya
Characters I disliked? Not many I dislike TBH so I'll throw in Benkei or Hikaru
Favourite battle(s)? Gingka vs Kyoya, Yu vs Kenta/Benkei/Hikaru
I've never played the games but I'm pretty sure that the game characters were always going to stay game exclusive, much like the G-Rev GBA game.
Cliche cast? Really? Idk, the Metal Saga as a whole doesn't have too many tropes or cliches in comparison to other anime/even the original Beyblade but we got a lot of characters that were pretty unique. Kenta's the kind of character that would normally be a background character, we had a Beyblade sniper, Benkei was a weird mix of the fanboy and the big guy without being too boring or annoying (until Fury, but for Fusion and Masters, he was fine), Tsubasa, Yu, and Ryuga.
I don't have a problem of any of the character, I just have issues with how a few of them weren't handled....or weren't handled at all in the future.
Jesus using tops? When was this? The whole war from the Legendary Bladers' ancestor?
-I don't have a problem with Hikaru, she just needed more wins....and a new special move. She promised her mother she'd be a strong blader but like she didn't. (In hindsight the only girl the series hasnt screwed up in character development were probably Sasha, Julia, and the V-Force females) but that's it.
(Sep. 06, 2018 10:08 PM)LOL-y Rancher Wrote: (Sep. 06, 2018 8:54 PM)Strider Xanthos Wrote: Anything, its just Burst I mostly, so let's talk about Metal.
Oh and Battle Fortress the game, weren't the original characters originally going to be in the anime?
I've never played the games but I'm pretty sure that the game characters were always going to stay game exclusive, much like the G-Rev GBA game.
I remember seeing the promotions for the game and online talking about original characters planned for the anime with the returning characters from the anime. They probably were either in development for the anime but eventually cut or made from the game but I've never been clear on which one tended to be the case.
Then again, the only characters at the time in the game were Gingka, Kenta, Kyoya, Benkei, Tetsuya, HIkaru, Hyoma, Tsubasa, and Ryuga. How the heck Yu wasn't in the game despite being in episode 20 while Tsubasa was in episode 24.
Most of the newbies for the game were pretty cool and I'd love to see an alternate 26 episode story where they were introduced. Mamoru being Kenta's former friend warped by revenge and jealously, Kakeru starting a rebel Face Hunters group, Rina crushing on Ginguka, Kai being a bey parts hunter and the potential customizations, Hajime was alright, and Mariko, Rochi, & Hellbryd were pretty effective for anti-villains and side heroes. Plus MarikoxKenta was cute.