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[Flying Dice]

Huh apparently the Gundam Wing: Frozen Teardrop LN serial finally finished. I both dread and look forward to the inevitable adaptation/spinoff of it, if only to see the insanity with my own eyes.

For those who don't know, it's a sequel to Wing written by its director with the intend of jumpstarting some Wing sequel expanded universe thing with the goal of leading up to a new animated production in the AC timeline. The thing is however... it seems that the director broke into Hideo Kojima's vault of extra crazyness and chugged it all down in one gulp before writing it.

Spoiler: Featuring such things as... (click to show/hide)

Heero being woken up from Cryosleep on Mars decades after Wing and being assigned to kill Relena because if she dies by any way other than being killed by him nanomachines will kill everyone on Mars.

Deadbeat dad Duo who after marrying Hilde, fell into debt, saddled Hilde with all the debt, and then divorced her to go adventure around Mars on a motorcycle.

A new Gundam team composed of Duo's son Duo Jr, Katherine Winner, a female clone of Quatre, Trowa Phobos, a guy who looks exactly like Trowa and has the same code name but is apparently completely unrelated to him, and Wufei. Who is just Wufei.

Mobile Suit nanomachine shenanigans! Heero pilots a Gundam called the Snow White that wields a crossbow shaped Buster Rifle that comes with a set of cartridges called The Seven Dwarves that use nanomachines to do stuff like shoot firey birds and tornados and other elemental shenanigans. The Gundam Warlock, which dual wields scythes and uses nanomachines to create illusions like giant bats and spontaneously making the full moon appear. The Gundam Prometheus, which has a giant gatling gun that's almost as big as it is and is shaped like an ornate cross. The Gundam Sherazade, which apparently moves like a bellydancer and has a rainbow colored anti-nanomachine cloak. And the Epyon White. Which is just a recolored Epyon with more guns and a third head. (Which translates to it having an extra leg strapped onto the side of its arm while in MS mode.

Speaking of MS, how can there be anything to fight against if the end of Endless Waltz said Mobile Suits were never seen again? The answer is that Mars made a new type of mech called Mars Suits instead. Yes really.

Trieze has a half brother named Van/Vinght Khushrenada who pilots a black version of the Wing Zero.

Also the original Epyon is still around and it piloted by a hologram copy of Zechs.

Meanwhile the actual Zechs is running around in a Tallgeese that has Wings and a Halo and nanomachine thingies.

Did I mention that when Heero was in training before Wing they made a clone of him for some reason? And that the one featured in Frozen Teardrop might actually be the clone who has been implanted with Heero's memories while the original one runs around in the background? For some reason.

Drugs. He broke into Kojima's vault of drugs and went on a titanic trip. There is no way that that was developed by a sober mind.

[Sirus]

Apparently Berserk has finally gotten off the boat!

Is that like falling off the wagon?

[Flying Dice]

Apparently Berserk has finally gotten off the boat!

Is that like falling off the wagon?

No, they spend... god, I don't even know how many chapters just sailing around on a ship. I don't remember why they did it in the first place, and I don't remember most of what happened apart from the mermaids and giant tentacle(?) monster that decided to play Bible reinactor since I stopped watching for new chapters months and/or years ago.

[Zangi]

Apparently Berserk has finally gotten off the boat!

At first I thought this was about the manga... but its nowhere near any boats as far as I recall.

[Flying Dice]

Apparently Berserk has finally gotten off the boat!

At first I thought this was about the manga... but its nowhere near any boats as far as I recall.

...Dude. They've been on that fucking boat for seven years in real life. The party got on the boat in chapter 286 on December 5th, 2007. They got off in chapter 342 yesterday, on November 24th 2015.

[miauw62]

thats eight years.

[Flying Dice]

Seven years and ~11.75 months ain't eight years. You don't get to round up for ages unless you're counting your own birthdays and are still in the single digits. 

_{^{That and eight years sounds even fucking worse for the pace.}}

[Zangi]

Oh, it ain't translated or something...  So not within my radar.
I actually thought you were talking about One Piece since it was also mentioned...  (I don't read One Piece and it seemed plausible for em to name a character Berserk...)

[IronyOwl]

Huh apparently the Gundam Wing: Frozen Teardrop LN serial finally finished. I both dread and look forward to the inevitable adaptation/spinoff of it, if only to see the insanity with my own eyes.

For those who don't know, it's a sequel to Wing written by its director with the intend of jumpstarting some Wing sequel expanded universe thing with the goal of leading up to a new animated production in the AC timeline. The thing is however... it seems that the director broke into Hideo Kojima's vault of extra crazyness and chugged it all down in one gulp before writing it.

Spoiler: Featuring such things as... (click to show/hide)

Heero being woken up from Cryosleep on Mars decades after Wing and being assigned to kill Relena because if she dies by any way other than being killed by him nanomachines will kill everyone on Mars.

Deadbeat dad Duo who after marrying Hilde, fell into debt, saddled Hilde with all the debt, and then divorced her to go adventure around Mars on a motorcycle.

A new Gundam team composed of Duo's son Duo Jr, Katherine Winner, a female clone of Quatre, Trowa Phobos, a guy who looks exactly like Trowa and has the same code name but is apparently completely unrelated to him, and Wufei. Who is just Wufei.

Mobile Suit nanomachine shenanigans! Heero pilots a Gundam called the Snow White that wields a crossbow shaped Buster Rifle that comes with a set of cartridges called The Seven Dwarves that use nanomachines to do stuff like shoot firey birds and tornados and other elemental shenanigans. The Gundam Warlock, which dual wields scythes and uses nanomachines to create illusions like giant bats and spontaneously making the full moon appear. The Gundam Prometheus, which has a giant gatling gun that's almost as big as it is and is shaped like an ornate cross. The Gundam Sherazade, which apparently moves like a bellydancer and has a rainbow colored anti-nanomachine cloak. And the Epyon White. Which is just a recolored Epyon with more guns and a third head. (Which translates to it having an extra leg strapped onto the side of its arm while in MS mode.

Speaking of MS, how can there be anything to fight against if the end of Endless Waltz said Mobile Suits were never seen again? The answer is that Mars made a new type of mech called Mars Suits instead. Yes really.

Trieze has a half brother named Van/Vinght Khushrenada who pilots a black version of the Wing Zero.

Also the original Epyon is still around and it piloted by a hologram copy of Zechs.

Meanwhile the actual Zechs is running around in a Tallgeese that has Wings and a Halo and nanomachine thingies.

Did I mention that when Heero was in training before Wing they made a clone of him for some reason? And that the one featured in Frozen Teardrop might actually be the clone who has been implanted with Heero's memories while the original one runs around in the background? For some reason.

Drugs. He broke into Kojima's vault of drugs and went on a titanic trip. There is no way that that was developed by a sober mind.

Holy shit, no kidding. Just what kind of "expanded universe" was he envisioning this leading into?

Apparently Berserk has finally gotten off the boat!

Is that like falling off the wagon?

No, they spend... god, I don't even know how many chapters just sailing around on a ship. I don't remember why they did it in the first place, and I don't remember most of what happened apart from the mermaids and giant tentacle(?) monster that decided to play Bible reinactor since I stopped watching for new chapters months and/or years ago.

I never even got to the brutal dismemberment tentacle rape things that happened, I must have been out of the loop forever. I think... I don't quite remember why they got on either, but I swear I almost do. I remember they got it from whatsherface's ex-fiance!

Oh, it ain't translated or something...  So not within my radar.
I actually thought you were talking about One Piece since it was also mentioned...  (I don't read One Piece and it seemed plausible for em to name a character Berserk...)

Eh? The manga's translated. So is the anime, but it's a heavily abridged version of the earlier parts.

[Repulsion]

I don't watch much anime or read much manga, but I've gotten into HunterxHunter recently and I must say, it's fantastic.

[Zangi]

I don't watch much anime or read much manga, but I've gotten into HunterxHunter recently and I must say, it's fantastic.

Yes, it is fantastic.



And I meant the latest chapter people speak of.  At least not when I employed my weak google-fu.

[Furtuka]

Kinda late, but a subbed version of the newest Jojo Eyes of Heaven trailer popped up and I forgot to post it till now. (Warning, has spoilers for... Well a lot of the parts) Dear god the story mode is looking utterly amazing.

[Neonivek]

So is Black Jack a continuous series where the creator separate Young, *Blank*, and Old one?

Or are they separate series part of the same continuity?

I mean I guess it would explain why Every single episode of Black Jack so far is better then all the episodes combined of Young Black Jack.

[Furtuka]

Young Black Jack is written by someone different and is a modern spinoff of the classic series. The original Black Jack was one of Osamu Tezuka's manga.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Black Jack was originally a manga made by Osamu Tezuka way back in the 1970s and wasn't intended to be made into the kind of massive series that you're thinking of. It was just a bunch of medical adventures with many recurring characters running through it but no major overarching plotline. As far as I'm aware, Young Black Jack is based on the main character's years in medical school which was barely elaborated on and is made by an entirely different set of people. According to wikipedia the Black Jack animes were also recently made and so Osamu Tezuka had no direct influence on them either, but probably draws heavy inspiration from the manga and so is more faithful to it.

As such... I suppose that they are all separate series which are trying to be part of the same continuity. It's just that one group is basically off in uncharted territory and not doing a very good job at making an enjoyable series.