Paul Chi (paulchi@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU)
Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:05:12 -0500
X-Sender: paulchi@mailhub.acsu.buffalo.edu Message-ID: <l03130303b2c82810824a@[128.205.246.25]> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:05:12 -0500 From: Paul Chi <paulchi@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU> Subject: Re: Internet Message Header
>>>I just got this message from ADV!!!!!
>
>New Releases - April 1999
>
>Sakura Wars
>Order Cut-Off Date: 03/23/99
>Street Date: 04/27/99<<
>
>Well, it's nice that the dub/sub of the OAV series is coming out, but I've
>said
>it once and will say it again... the first 3 OAVs tend to confuse utterly
>anyone who hasn't played Sakura Taisen. The OAVs were made for fans of the
>game
>and really don't make any assumptions that the viewer ISN'T already acquainted
>with the characters and the world. They're back-story to answer some of our
>questions.
>
>There are a LOT of nods and winks that I enjoyed, but I wound up having to
>explain an awful lot to people on the CompuServe Anime Forum who weren't ST
>cognoscenti. People who'd heard a lot about ST from my extended reviews
>and had
>become very interested were quite puzzled, found it "disjointed" and were
>abuzz
>with "who's that?" "what's that?".
>
>On the other hand, the 4th OAV stands on its own and was brilliantly executed,
>not only in the fact that it serves as a missing "Oogami Story" for midsummer
>in the Sakura Taisen first year game chronology, but too in its use of
>"kuroko"
>stagehands to represent player influence on the events.
>
>I also regret that this series may wind up causing frustration for non-Saturn
>owners who will find it a bit more difficult to fill out their story knowledge
>should they get hooked <g>.
>
>--Richard
Hmm, maybe ADV will give liner notes as well? Do they do that kind of
thing? I just hope they don't add in their own explanatory dialogue. That
kind of thing usually destroys the mood for me, regardless of whether it's
there originally or added in.
Anyway, I can't wait to see them!