8/31/2023 0 Comments Legend of legendary heroes anime![]() This is thrown out the window, as none of the characters are clearly identifiable for most of the show, and especially the long distance shots look atrocious. The games generally have an incredibly old-school feeling to them, and one major influence for the game's setting is the Miyazaki movie Castle in the Sky, which the character designs and backgrounds for both the original release as well as the Evolution remakes clearly reflect. What isn't pleasant to look at, however, is the artwork. ![]() ![]() The animation is generally extremely fluid and nice to look at, with backgrounds looking pleasant and interesting. None of that exists here, everything is in your face and over the top, and above all, the audience is disconnected from everything that is happening since there's no real reason to care. Last but not least, the games at their core are incredibly character-driven, with character motivations clearly built up and foreshadowed with a great deal of care and subtlety. This adaptation fails miserably at providing us with a feeling for how the setting works, no reason about the majority of the conflicts happening and doesn't bother doing much of anything to make viewers acquainted. Secondly, the games' world is among the most well-written and complicated worlds I've ever seen in a fantasy work period. Because of this, nothing makes sense if you haven't played the first game, and as such, it completely fails as a stand alone before it even starts. You see, this technically isn't an adaptation of the first Legend of Heroes game, but rather its direct sequel which continues off the first game. The story is atrociously handled, with absolutely no set up towards any of the events in the story or any context as to why things are happening. With all this in mind, this adaptation of Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky manages to walk out not only as one of the very worst adaptations I've ever seen, but also as among the worst anime I've ever seen. Say, people randomly stumbling across the main character and talking one by one, or it being too easy to tell the importantĢ)- The world-building that is so intriguing and interesting may come off as boring and irritating in anime form, because since you're watching people infodump information rather than reading it at your own pace, it comes off as slow and dragging the show down.ģ)- The show may end up butchering all sorts of extra content, like side quests which may have added layers to certain characters, added to the feeling of adventure, fleshing out the setting or even simply being a fun scene where we see the characters messing around. Taking something from one medium to the other, especially mediums like video games or visual novels (in some cases, even manga) is difficult, because whatever has been written is written, well, for that medium.ġ)- There's the interactive elements which simply have to be removed or done in a way that doesn't feel forced (if you've seen many video game or visual novel adaptations, you know what I'm talking about). Video game adaptations are not easy to execute, and for good reason. Because when their father's airship goes suddenly missing, of course it only makes sense to two green, but extraordinarily capable, young teenagers to strike out on a rescue mission of their own! But history has a way of repeating itself, and as they prepare to join the Bracers Guild themselves, sinister forces are preparing to thrust them into the familiar family situation of being in the worst possible place when mayhem breaks out. For young Estelle Bright, daughter of Cassius, this is all just ancient history that she and her adopted brother Joshua learned as kids. Now, as the invaders pace behind the northern borders, coveting the small kingdom's magic and high technology, Liberl slowly rebuilds with the aid of the Bracer's Guild, whose mystical use of "Craft" is even more intrinsic to the nation's defense than its own army. Ten years ago, a massive invasion by the Erebonian Empire almost shattered the Kingdom of Liberl, piercing to the heart of Capital City before being driven back by a determined counteroffensive led by Cassius Bright.
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