Valkyria Chronicles

[Ryllharu]

I'm guessing the contrast will be shown between Gregor who only considers his soldiers as tools to be used and discarded and Welkin who sees his soldiers as people who work harder when they are trusted and cared after?

Other than that, pretty tame episode. I am greatly amused by Jun Fukuyama playing another genius-Emperor character, I should have known.

[Kraco]

I have a feeling Welkin won't be walking straight into a trap, either. The hunter general was ideal to be trapped by the enemy since animals rarely orchestrate traps when being hunted.

But if Welkin succeeds in this (like he probably will), his fame should skyrocket.

[shinta|hikari]

And hopefully, Alicia does something worthy of being the main protagonist, other than being all tsundere and cute.

[Nadouku]

Finally, Welkin's group gets a move on, and he has help from his friend, so lets see how they defeat the so called "Devil" in the forest battle next episode.

[Buffalobiian]

Other than that, pretty tame episode. I am greatly amused by Jun Fukuyama playing another genius-Emperor character, I should have known.

I reckon. It's funny how he sounds exactly the same as Lelouch, but only an octave or so lower.

[Xelbair]

His badass voice was same in game too.
Too bad that they changed Largo's voice - original was way better.

There are some changes in the plot, which annoyed me deeply because original was way better. Their general was never cold blooded bastard in game - it might get troublesome later in plot, Jaeger have got minor appearance shifting - and this is way better than game, and they skipped one battle(imo important one)!

Good thing that they keep music from game, and bad that Edelweiss seems like super-fast tank. His parameters were compared to the Empire's Medium tank, which was slow as hell, and later through upgrades to the Heavy Tank. Nor it was a heavily armored tank. And largo was Lancer not Scout! (Lancer = anti-tank Lance, Shocktrooper = assault rifle, Scout = rifle) but thank god that Rosie is still a Shocktrooper. I hope to see Edelweiss changing as in game. And Allicia character is way different, she wasn't such lightheaded.

Plot in game was not one major battle and minor story, its was usually one battle, sometimes 2 but one of them was always short, and major part of story.

and ED is damn annoying, completely not in tone with anime/game.

I think that in 2 episodes you will get why people hate Darcsens.

[Ryllharu]

Largo was Lancer not Scout! (Lancer = anti-tank Lance, Shocktrooper = assault rifle, Scout = rifle) but thank god that Rosie is still a Shocktrooper.

Largo (monkey-face) is a Lancer if those weapons are what determine what class they are. All they ever show is him shooting a rocket-lance in the OP. The anime just hasn't gotten to a point where infantry vs tank will occur. We'll probably see it next episode.

Speaking of characters, I assume that the girl in Squad 7 who looks exactly like Alicia is the same class? She's a classic palette swap (grey hair in pigtails, blue ribbons instead of a red handkerchief).

[RyougaZell]

Speaking of characters, I assume that the girl in Squad 7 who looks exactly like Alicia is the same class? She's a classic palette swap (grey hair in pigtails, blue ribbons instead of a red handkerchief).

I was going to answer this but... it would be game info instead of anime... I haven't seen past episode 1. I'll probably catch up soon since I managed to finish the game a few days ago.

Question: Is Ayako cutting out the openings? I was browsing the episodes to look for the character you spoke of, but saw the files didn't had them. While it cuts down the size file I dislike when the groups do that. What other group is doing this series and is good?

[Ryllharu]

Ayako cut out the OP in eps 2, but it was back for eps 3. I've forgotten to download their version of eps 4 so far, so I don't know whether they are cutting them out or not anymore.

[Kraco]

Xelbair, lay off the game info dealing a bit, will you? I'm not going to edit this post of yours, but let's say that if in an anime thread most of your post content deals with the game, not the anime, you are way off course. I think you know what I mean, even if you loved the game and the anime doesn't seem to meet your expectations.

[Yukimura]

@RyougaZell The OP and ED for Ayako's releases.
Valk Chron - OP - [Ayako]
Valk Chron - ED - [Ayako]

Ayako is definitely doing ordered chapters (AKA loose OP/ED files), download the above files and put them in whatever directory you save the eps in and they should be added into the ep automatically when you watch the eps (regardless of their file names). I don't see much use for including the OP in every single ep either personally, but I suppose it's a matter of how much one likes looking at/listening to it.

Valk Chron - 04 - [Ayako]

If you don't like ordered chaps I'd wait around for/archive AniYoshi-Convclave. They'll probably be 1.5-2 weeks behind most of the time but they tend to do good work.

@episode: Still not liking Alicia within the overall context of the show (I think she'd be great in a show about her adventures in her home town). Whenever I start to get in a decent military fiction mood she shows up and just pisses all over it with her admittedly cute but ultimately undisciplined and disrespectful attitude. God forbid someone's shirt gets torn up on the battlefield...I feel like she'd demand they stop the battle so he could change into a new one lest her precious sensibilities be threatened. And how dare a General insult her by not treating her like God's gift to modern warfare.

On the military front it was nice to get a look at the enemy, though they seemed like pretty standard midboss archetypes. And the fact that that dickwad general survived his own foolishness is probably a clue that he'll be back at some point. That is kind of sad thought considering he managed to lose every man under his command for seemingly no gain. Then again, what would a military show be without at least one idiot in a position of power?

[Xelbair]

Well Kraco - you know what it is when they change something when they make a anime from game - fans will always bitch about it, and compare it to game...

[Yukimura]

I don't think anyone is disputing that fans of original source material might have stuff to say about the differences between the original and the anime adaptation. However it's long been the policy on Gotwoot that it's not fair to people who are fans of just the anime adaptation to have to be exposed to constant or overly elaborate comparisons to the original source material in the anime thread.

[Buffalobiian]

Ayako - Valyria Chronicles 05

[Kraco]

I have to finally give in. The military side of this show is laughable and Alicia is completely unsuitable for military service. I simply can't come up with excuses any longer. Man, this was a sad episode.

[RyougaZell]

Reading the comments here, it saddens me the changes made to Alicia's character for the animation

Yuki: Thanks for the links. I downloaded them already. I do skip the openings now and then, but I kinda like to watch them once in a while, yet if they are skipped from the episodes I can't do that.

[Nadouku]

I didn't see much wrong in this episode. In fact, I enjoyed it, although Edelweiss is such a monstrous tank to be able to take out all of the enemy's tank army.

[Buffalobiian]

I didn't see much wrong in this episode. In fact, I enjoyed it, although Edelweiss is such a monstrous tank to be able to take out all of the enemy's tank army.

It's just that the battles we've been seeing now are a bit of a joke. Welkin hasn't been pulling off stuff that's REALLY spectacular like Lelouch, but the Imperials are getting owned left right and center anyway. Casualties are unrealistic too. So far, we've got one scratched leg.

I'd be lying if I say I'm not disappointed, but I can still accept this for what it is.

Meanwhile, I DEMAND A HANS PLUSHIE!!!

[Kraco]

I didn't see much wrong in this episode. In fact, I enjoyed it, although Edelweiss is such a monstrous tank to be able to take out all of the enemy's tank army.

First thing that bothered me was that the bunch was like a group of girl guides planning a picnic than a group of soldiers planning an attack against the enemy. For all they knew, they could all be dead after an hour, yet for Alicia the most important thing was to be allowed to take care of some wild pig suddenly extracted from its natural environment. Then they proceeded to complete a stealth attack during which they made as much noise as any elementary schooler group on an outing. As a finishing blow Alicia attacked by running into the open apparently trusting some higher power to keep the enemies from shooting her. That must have been her idea of showing how brave she can be, but in reality showed only she's an idiot.

The tank battle was so ridiculous I don't think I even need to say anything. The battles in this show are seemingly intended to be symbolic only, and the progress of the story somewhere else.

[Nadouku]

I see. I understand it better from your point of view, but I really don't have much experience in those kind of fighting to know the basics really well, so I can't agree much, even though I would like to. Like you said, Alicia rushing in is an idiot to one side, but to another, she might be displaying courage.