The adage about expecting the worst only works if I truly expect the worst. Besides, the day I underestimate AoA is the day they surprise me. :laugh:
On one hand, I’d prefer not to hear about more rescue releases before progress happens with the boatload that were licensed last year. On the other, well, I wouldn’t
If I can track down this SP show I suppose it can tide me over until the next season of Chaika starts up. Looking at the seiyu, the sub might actually be watchable for me so I could more accurately (for lack of a better phrase) compare the two shows to evaluate if ANN has gotten it wrong. Though a dub both starring and directed by Crispin Freeman is tempting.
Given that premise I’d prefer Luci over SCB. Besides, SCB not playing some sort of upper level bureaucrat would be a radical departure from typecast at this point (bureaucrat has become, for those who have seen Milk Chan, the new “fat and motherly” lol).
Though I’m not sure that only those 2 could do the role. Matsurika from Maria Holic reminds me of Akari.
I wonder who Sentai will get for the 2 main male characters. For Gillette’s team I can’t help but hear the pumpkin scissors dub cast as they reminded me so much of it.
I’ve started on Scrapped Princess and while the similarities between it and Chaika are glaringly obvious they aren’t to the “Patriot/Braveheart” degree that I was led to believe. Also it doesn’t have the same appeal as Chaika.
The Toru figure is much less interesting, he’s Lawrence from S&W with a sword, the Akari standin is the stereotypical brainless girl with an uberskill (A Yui of mass destruction) and the Chaika figure is yet another annoying bratty princess character.
The show also could have literally ended in the first episode but due to utterly irrational “plot magic” it did not. I hate it when shows do that.
I’m surprised at how well animated it is so far though.