Wait, which was Vega? Also, I'm pretty sure they just made the character so they could cast Freddie Prinze Jr. Another EA fuck over.
It seems hard to remember a time before James Vega. The breakout star of Mass Effect has delighted gamers with his rich characterization, incredible journey and masterful voice acting by Freddie Prinze Jr., and it's not an understatement to say he singlehandedly saved the Msss Effect franchise, even though he only appeared in the third one and that was probably the last. Of course, his skyrocketing popularity was such that Bioware, Funimation and Production I.G were forced to create this Vega-centric Paragon Lost anime, lest the legions of Vega fans -- who we all know call themselves Vegans -- storm their offices and kill the workers. Now that there's a lengthy preview for the anime, obviously, the work in your offices will halt completely as you all gather round to see the next chapter of the character who has delighted us all so much. If you have kids, bring them into the room, because it's never too early to learn about the wonder of Vega. And if you feel any of this is actually true, please seek psychiatric help. (Via Anime News Network)
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the only problem with paragon lost is that it's fanbase is such a niche it's not going to go far.
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I can't stand Vega. ME3 would have been a better game without him for sure. And without that reporter lady too. He's basically a musclehead whom delights in being a musclehead. He has no character depth, his stories don't feel real, he's either on a mission, working out or drinking/gambling. He's a walking militairy stereotype. I cannot comprehend how this asshat actually got a fanbase. What kind of inbred redneck do you need to be to aspire to be an asshole like Vega?
@Marcy ...Yeah, because we all know that if there's one thing every Mass Effect fan hates, it's Marines who actually act like, you know, Marines. I'm not trying to say he's replacing Garrus anytime soon, but maybe calling him an asshole's a tiny bit strong. And just from a gameplay perspective, I actually did kind of need another pure weapons specialist; I usually play a sentinel, and although I'm not shedding any tears over having killed Ashley off in the first game, it does make balancing out Kaidan or Tali in a party a challenge at the higher difficulty levels. I don't get why he's the star of the anime, either, but the full-on hate for the guy puzzles me just as much.
It just looks like a Saturday morning cartoon to me.
What, exactly, makes the distinction between "cartoon" and "anime"?
@James.k.Polk That it's a Japanese studio making it, usually, regardless of where the animation is actually done. As otherwise we have to ignore everything farmed out to Korea.
And it can't be limited to artstyle, either - PSG is done in a western, 90s CN art style but with Japanese sensibilities.
(I'm not sure if Korean animation counts as anime or not, honestly. Dunno if it has its own term or not. But I generally operate on the philosophy of "anything produced by a North American/European company doesn't count", even when they're doing stuff in a Japanese art style (eg, Avatar TLA). Note by my own arbitrary rules, only the Japanese-commissioned and written parts of the G1 Transformers cartoon are anime by definition.
@GeneralTekno OK got it. If it is Japanese, even if it is crap, it earns a higher-sounding name. If it is from anywhere else, it might be "styled" like anime, but is just a cartoon.
I guess I'm not nerd enough to appreciate the hairs-breadth distinctions.
@James.k.Polk @GeneralTekno Anime isn't meant to sound higher, that is just a Japanese pseudo-slang for animation. Things made by a Japanese studio are called anime because Japanese animation houses have notably different styles from American and French ones (America and France being the other two power houses of animation), in terms of stories, character development, plots, and themes. Being a fan of both, it is very easy to tell where any cartoon is made.
@Shadow12000 @James.k.Polk Which is why my definition is somewhat arbitrary and more for my own personal taxonomic classification than anything official.
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@James.k.Polk @GeneralTekno It's not a higher sounding name, anime is just a shortened version of the word animation that started being called that IN JAPAN from THE JAPANESE. Because they called their own cartoons that, the word stuck to it when it was brought over to the west.
It's not a higher name, it's the same damn thing. It's not an art style, it's where it came from. I don't know anything about Korean toons either, so I don't know what they were called or what they call them now.
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It's not fair Jimmy Vega gets an an anime AND a comic. Garrus got only one comic, and Zaeed doesn't even get anything.
Cared got his old gun working. "Let's gut the bastards!" Give Zaeed a switchblade and send him against the Reapers, he'd win.
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Oh, nice! Another thing to add to my list of "unnecessary crap I don't care about"! (No offense to the news, but to the anime itself.)
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Wow, that looks terrible. I mean, truly terrible. Are we sure that it was the real Production I.G. and not some sort of knock-off version?
@Lithroe It has that "bargain deal" kind of look. I doubt EA broke the bank when getting this one made. Which is all the same to Production I.G. who I'm sure was prioritizing the Cyborg 009 movie about this time with SANZIGEN studio.
