Comments on: The light of dawn always comes right after the deepest darkness http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/ Anime fan forever Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:38:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kalnaf http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-47404 Kalnaf Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:37:25 +0000 http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-47404 Hi. I am glad to see people on the other side of the pacific enjoying this wonderful piece of anime. I read the novel first in Korean, and the anime was even greater, trully! But hardcore 'SF' fans in Korea looks down upon this anime because theythink legen d of galactic heroes is a soft space-opera. I think theyr'e missing the whole point! But perhaps the American SF manias who watch 'Battlestar Galactica' could feel the same with LOGH... Which would make this anime unappreciated by both Otakus and SF buffs. Hi. I am glad to see people on the other side of the pacific enjoying this wonderful piece of anime. I read the novel first in Korean, and the anime was even greater, trully!

But hardcore ‘SF’ fans in Korea looks down upon this anime because theythink legen d of galactic heroes is a soft space-opera. I think theyr’e missing the whole point! But perhaps the American SF manias who watch ‘Battlestar Galactica’ could feel the same with LOGH… Which would make this anime unappreciated by both Otakus and SF buffs.

]]> By: The snowy nights and racing trains of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | Bateszi Anime Blog http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-43981 The snowy nights and racing trains of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | Bateszi Anime Blog Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:55:49 +0000 http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-43981 [...] to great fantasy, of creating a living, breathing world, which is why I’m now comparing it to Legend of the Galactic Heroes, because even though it’s over half way through, FMA continues to introduce exciting new [...] [...] to great fantasy, of creating a living, breathing world, which is why I’m now comparing it to Legend of the Galactic Heroes, because even though it’s over half way through, FMA continues to introduce exciting new [...]

]]> By: subaruholic http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-16891 subaruholic Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:58:23 +0000 http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-16891 Well, the anime is good, especilly the music and cast. Despite some small bugs. Siegfried Kircheis, the name, soft, kind, the color of his blue eyes are just like the clear sky, but I doubt if he can win Yang if the condition is exactly equal. GUNDAM and Macross, also very good, if I havn't read LoGH, I will love them best. Well, the anime is good, especilly the music and cast. Despite some small bugs.
Siegfried Kircheis, the name, soft, kind, the color of his blue eyes are just like the clear sky, but I doubt if he can win Yang if the condition is exactly equal.
GUNDAM and Macross, also very good, if I havn’t read LoGH, I will love them best.

]]> By: Taker http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-15909 Taker Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:48:51 +0000 http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-15909 This is one of my all time favorite, like subaruholic, I've read the original novel in Chinese and it is consider the greatest Asian Sci-Fi work. The anime follows the novel pretty faithfully. some comments 4th season is the weakest, which I agree, but that more because there are more self reflect/thinking scenes that really don't translate well on screen and is much better represented in the original novel. While Reinhart and Young are the main characters, I personally think it's Kirkis that steal the show despise his early exit. He was so influential to Reihart and is the "hidden genius" that might be the only one who can equal or even best Young in the tactical front. and he is such an impactful character in the series that you have to wonder the "what if..." secnario if he had stayed alive. Overall this is by far my favorite dramatic series and my favorite sci-fi anime even more so than the two great franchises that I also liked in Gundam and Macross. This is one of my all time favorite, like subaruholic, I’ve read the original novel in Chinese and it is consider the greatest Asian Sci-Fi work. The anime follows the novel pretty faithfully. some comments 4th season is the weakest, which I agree, but that more because there are more self reflect/thinking scenes that really don’t translate well on screen and is much better represented in the original novel. While Reinhart and Young are the main characters, I personally think it’s Kirkis that steal the show despise his early exit. He was so influential to Reihart and is the “hidden genius” that might be the only one who can equal or even best Young in the tactical front. and he is such an impactful character in the series that you have to wonder the “what if…” secnario if he had stayed alive.

Overall this is by far my favorite dramatic series and my favorite sci-fi anime even more so than the two great franchises that I also liked in Gundam and Macross.

]]> By: primeparadigm http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-9143 primeparadigm Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:13:20 +0000 http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-9143 If you're going to watch the "Conquest is a Sea of Stars" movie, you should watch "Prelude to a New War" movie too. It is very much a retelling and expansion of the first two episodes of LoGH, with alot of focus on what happened just before the battle of Astate, which is good since it further expands on Jessica Edwards and Robert Lap's story. If you’re going to watch the “Conquest is a Sea of Stars” movie, you should watch “Prelude to a New War” movie too. It is very much a retelling and expansion of the first two episodes of LoGH, with alot of focus on what happened just before the battle of Astate, which is good since it further expands on Jessica Edwards and Robert Lap’s story.

]]> By: subaruholic http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-8915 subaruholic Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:36:35 +0000 http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-8915 Have you ever try to drink like that?^_^ I remember Yang always drink black tea with Brandy wine, is it the same in the movie you saw? I'm not sure about that because what I read is all in Chinese or Japanese, I havn't seen LoGH in English, may be the translation is a little different from each other. No matter in what language, I love LoGH forever~ I'm not old enough to drink wine, and it is not what Yang drink make me love thid kind of person, but what he think and what he do attrack me. Nice to meet you~ Have you ever try to drink like that?^_^

I remember Yang always drink black tea with Brandy wine, is it the same in the movie you saw?

I’m not sure about that because what I read is all in Chinese or Japanese, I havn’t seen LoGH in English, may be the translation is a little different from each other.

No matter in what language, I love LoGH forever~

I’m not old enough to drink wine, and it is not what Yang drink make me love thid kind of person, but what he think and what he do attrack me.

Nice to meet you~

]]> By: bateszi http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-8797 bateszi Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:09:11 +0000 http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-8797 @JKTrix: It's funny you should mention Yang's comment on "fusion bombs", I also puzzled over it for a few moments and put it down to something that happened in the first couple of episodes, but I guess not! I'll have to take a look at that film, it has such an awesome name. Also, I think you're bang on with regards to the appeal of LotGH, which is probably why it's never been released in the US/UK. To get it to sell, you'd have to attract the hardcore Star Trek/Battlestar Galactica fans because I can't see thousands of otaku going out to buy it. I wonder what German people would make of it? This and Monster seem tailor made for the German public! @JKTrix: It’s funny you should mention Yang’s comment on “fusion bombs”, I also puzzled over it for a few moments and put it down to something that happened in the first couple of episodes, but I guess not! I’ll have to take a look at that film, it has such an awesome name. Also, I think you’re bang on with regards to the appeal of LotGH, which is probably why it’s never been released in the US/UK. To get it to sell, you’d have to attract the hardcore Star Trek/Battlestar Galactica fans because I can’t see thousands of otaku going out to buy it. I wonder what German people would make of it? This and Monster seem tailor made for the German public!

]]> By: JKTrix http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-8773 JKTrix Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:31:16 +0000 http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-8773 I actually just started watching this in earnest as well. I'm on episode 18 right now. I downloaded it (all of it... all the movies and newer OVAs and the 21-disc soundtrack included) some time last year, but decided to sit down and start it this week while I was on vacation. And I'm really glad I did. In episode 15, at about 16:50. Yang Wen Li says something about dropping fusion bombs on the planet, to pay Reinhard back for 'that other time'. So I'm like, 'what is he talking about? Nothing like that happened before.' I actually skimmed through all the previous episodes looking for something like that, but couldn't find it. It really bothered me that this story, that has been so tight up until this point, made a referential remark such as that with nothing to reference it to! So I did some research, and learned about the movie: 'My Conquest Is The Sea of Stars'. I mentioned before that I'd already downloaded 'everything', so I already had the movie and watched it right away. It's about an hour long, and it actually takes place *before* the 110 episodes. And in the movie, you do see the event that Yang is referring to in episode 15. This is a great show, but I wonder how more casual anime fans would receive it. I have a friend who is more-than-casual, but he doesn't even watch Ghost in the Shell because they talk too much. This show has no chance for people like him. This is probably something that would be easier to show to hard sci-fi fans rather than an anime fan since it's so different from most of what's out there. I actually just started watching this in earnest as well. I’m on episode 18 right now. I downloaded it (all of it… all the movies and newer OVAs and the 21-disc soundtrack included) some time last year, but decided to sit down and start it this week while I was on vacation. And I’m really glad I did.

In episode 15, at about 16:50. Yang Wen Li says something about dropping fusion bombs on the planet, to pay Reinhard back for ‘that other time’. So I’m like, ‘what is he talking about? Nothing like that happened before.’ I actually skimmed through all the previous episodes looking for something like that, but couldn’t find it. It really bothered me that this story, that has been so tight up until this point, made a referential remark such as that with nothing to reference it to!
So I did some research, and learned about the movie: ‘My Conquest Is The Sea of Stars’. I mentioned before that I’d already downloaded ‘everything’, so I already had the movie and watched it right away. It’s about an hour long, and it actually takes place *before* the 110 episodes. And in the movie, you do see the event that Yang is referring to in episode 15.

This is a great show, but I wonder how more casual anime fans would receive it. I have a friend who is more-than-casual, but he doesn’t even watch Ghost in the Shell because they talk too much. This show has no chance for people like him. This is probably something that would be easier to show to hard sci-fi fans rather than an anime fan since it’s so different from most of what’s out there.

]]> By: Epic Scope, Forensic Detail: The Legend Begins « The Animanachronism http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-8684 Epic Scope, Forensic Detail: The Legend Begins « The Animanachronism Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:04:37 +0000 http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-8684 [...] Here’s Bateszi’s ‘Isn’t the Legend awesome?’ entry, complete with me being inspired in the comments. [...] [...] Here’s Bateszi’s ‘Isn’t the Legend awesome?’ entry, complete with me being inspired in the comments. [...]

]]> By: bateszi http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-8683 bateszi Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:07:03 +0000 http://www.bateszi.me/2008/03/15/the-light-of-dawn-always-comes-right-after-the-deepest-darkness/#comment-8683 @Martin: It's epic, alright. It's very political too. Cross Star Wars with 1900-era European politics and you'll be some way to understanding what you're in for. @Equitan: Nope, I haven't seen it all. Last night I finished episode 15, which just goes to show much more I've got to watch. That said, it's an Easter bank holiday this weekend, so I think I shall be gorging on this and chocolate eggs for a few days! Also, sorry to hear the last section was disappointing for you. Still, I'll try to approach it in the hope you're just a one-off. @subaruhloic: You put rum in the tea, right? Come to think of it, the secret of Yang's genius has to be that he's blind drunk most of the time! :) @Martin: It’s epic, alright. It’s very political too. Cross Star Wars with 1900-era European politics and you’ll be some way to understanding what you’re in for.

@Equitan: Nope, I haven’t seen it all. Last night I finished episode 15, which just goes to show much more I’ve got to watch. That said, it’s an Easter bank holiday this weekend, so I think I shall be gorging on this and chocolate eggs for a few days! Also, sorry to hear the last section was disappointing for you. Still, I’ll try to approach it in the hope you’re just a one-off.

@subaruhloic: You put rum in the tea, right? Come to think of it, the secret of Yang’s genius has to be that he’s blind drunk most of the time! :)

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