ATTN: All you anime fans/HERO gamers out there

[Space Cadet]

Ever wonder what a superpowered Ninja Hero campaign might
look like?

Well, if you happen to have the Cartoon Network as part of
your cable/satellite service, you'll have the opportunity to
see how the fights in such a campaign would look come Aug.
30th at 7:00 PM. That's when the Cartoon Network begins
airing episodes of Knights of the Zodiac, a.k.a. Saint Seiya
(Knights of the Zodiac, IIRC, is the approximate translation
into English of the title under which it was aired in Spanish-
speaking countries -- Los Caballeros de la Zodiaco. Of
course, I may have screwed up as to the Spanish form of the
title as far as how it should be written -- foreign language
classes in Junior and Senior High were never my strong suit).

It'll be interesting to see if the fight scenes get to be shown
as they were originally seen in Japan, or if they wind up being
toned down somewhat for American viewers (having seen shows
like Yoroiden Samurai Troopers -- that's Ronin Warriors
here in the US -- at the local anime club, and then the edited
English-language versions on TV later on, I have a suspicion that
that is unfortunately going to be the case here).

Space Cadet :cool:

[Max Callahan]

And in French Speaking countries Saint Seiya was known as Les chevaliers du zodiac.

[Oruncrest]

Originally posted by Space Cadet

(Knights of the Zodiac, IIRC, is the approximate translation
into English of the title under which it was aired in Spanish-
speaking countries -- Los Caballeros de la Zodiaco.

So let me get this straight:

Cartoon Network is gonna be showing us the English dub of a Spanish dub of a Japaneese show? :rolleyes:

Heaven help us.

[Space Cadet]

Actually, I'd say it's more a case of they're going to be running
an English dub of a Japanese show that happened to be shown
in Spanish-speaking countries a couple of decades before mak-
ing it here to the US.

IIRC, Knights of the Zodiac/Saint Seiya was the first of the "mystic
armor" anime series that ran on Japanese TV back in the late '70s
and early '80s, along with Yoroiden Samurai Troopers and
Heaven War Chronicle Shurato (I'm not sure if this is the
right title for No.#3; If anyone out there knows what it is for
sure, please feel free to post it).

Space Cadet :cool:

[Michael Hopcroft]

I've wanted to see Saint Seiya for over a decade. But I'm an anoime purist -- I like my anime real, uncut and subtitled. Will there be such a release, as there is with the various .hack shows?

[Space Cadet]

MH, I think the only way that you're likely to see an uncut and
subtitled version of KotZ/SS would be to find an anime
club in your area that's either showing it or has VHS tapes with
about 3-4 episodes per tape available for member rental. This
was the case in the anime club I was in some years ago, only
we didn't have subtitled tapes; instead, we had photocopied,
typed plot synopses to tell us what was going on in each epi-
sode.

Now, if they would only do an English-language version of Sonic
Soldier Borgman :D...

Space Cadet :cool:

[Max Callahan]

As I understand it there will be a DVD release of Saint Seiya (under it's real name even) including the original japanese audio with subtitles available Oct 21.

[Michael Hopcroft]

Originally posted by Max Callahan
As I understand it there will be a DVD release of Saint Seiya (under it's real name even) including the original japanese audio with subtitles available Oct 21.

Purt that on the list of about 20 anime DVD series i want (including the brand-new Sailor Moon uncut Japanese boxset from ADV, the rest of card captor Sakura, the two Magic Knight rayearth boxes, and all the Gundam I can eat, er, watch....)

[Kaeto]

I've been waiting for Saint Seya to show up for ages.

[Tech]

Originally posted by Michael Hopcroft
Purt that on the list of about 20 anime DVD series i want (including the brand-new Sailor Moon uncut Japanese boxset from ADV, the rest of card captor Sakura, the two Magic Knight rayearth boxes, and all the Gundam I can eat, er, watch....)

Me, too, though I haven't seen Rayearth and I'm tired of rehashed Gundam ('SD Gundam' coming up).

[Space Cadet]

Nasssty, nasssty Gundamses...

Oh... sorry about that. For a brief moment there, I was in touch
with my inner Gollum.

Space Cadet :D

[Enforcer84]

This may sound stupid, but I want the third season of Digimon on DVD. 52 episodes and they seemed the least like a commercial for a gam than either of the two previous.


I also wouldn't mind getting the complete Escaflowne

....

I can't think of any other. Any suggestions?

[NuSoardGraphite]

I'm an Anime fan from way back in the day and I still haven't seen Saint Seiya (I've seen like, 1 episode!)

I will eventually run a campaign like Ninja Hich School (or rather, more like one of my favorite Anime tittles...Combustable Campus Gardures!) but I've got a Wuxia campaign and an Armageddon campaign to do first...

[Space Cadet]

Ninja High School, eh? Now there's a campaign with a
lot of comedy potential. Just think of how hilarious it'd be to
watch the guy roleplaying the male human HS student trying
to cope with being the object of affection from a female ninja
and an alien panda-girl, not to mention all of the weirdness
that will inevitably find their way to them.

Space Cadet :D

[Enforcer84]

Argh, I missed it! Thought it was on Sunday! Anyone see it?

[Kaeto]

I saw it and they didn't cut too much out. But they recolored the blood purple.

[Oruncrest]

Originally posted by Kaeto
I saw it and they didn't cut too much out. But they recolored the blood purple.

Well, you have to expect that sort of thing from DiC:


"We're not afraid of controvesial subjects at DiC! We fearlessly hack away at them until they're gone!"

I mean, I was completly boggled as to why the show was called Knights of the Zodiac instead of Saint Seiya until I found out that DiC is producing the show in America. Can't have Saints fighting for a pagan goddess, now can we?

[Markdoc]

Not exactly Ninja High School, but have you seen Whasango? (aka Volcano High?). I just got the uncut version, which is even more of a hoot than the movie one. It's sorta Korean master martial artist high school..

cheers, Mark

[Enforcer84]

Was it any good? I saw an add for the next episode. Saturday at seven I presume?

[Space Cadet]

In case anyone's interested, there's a section in the FAQ section
of one of the numerous Saint Seiya websites on the Internet
that features a Champions variant for roleplaying in the universe
of the series. It's the last of ten chapters in this particular FAQ.

Here's the URL for the website:

http://www.saint-seiya.com/knowledge/faq_part1.html

I had actually seen this site some years ago, but had forgotten
about it until recently.

Space Cadet :cool: