I wonder if there'll be a "remake" of Alter Memory

[Hayatemaru]

I'd love to see a possible remake of BlazBlue Alter Memory, but instead the person who made the cutscenes for Central Fiction should animate it. And by remake I mean they actually re-draw it all, similar to how Jojo's Bizarre Adventure's David Productions versions are to the OVA version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK0Ug57YarE

[Pig Mac]

Were Alter Memory ever really popular in the first place? I'm a big fan of BB, and also a big fan of anime (still I really hate Naruto, One piece, Jojo, Bleach and their likes) but still spent too much time watching pretty good anime the last 25 years.
I thought Alter Memory were .. mediocre. If I wouldn't be a BB fan I wouldn't gotten past the first 2 episodes (I didn't get past them during a few weeks even)

[Hayatemaru]

Originally posted by Pigmachine:

Were Alter Memory ever really popular in the first place? I'm a big fan of BB, and also a big fan of anime (still I really hate Naruto, One piece, Jojo, Bleach and their likes) but still spent too much time watching pretty good anime the last 25 years.
I thought Alter Memory were .. mediocre. If I wouldn't be a BB fan I wouldn't gotten past the first 2 episodes (I didn't get past them during a few weeks even)

That's why I'm asking about a remake. I'm not sure if you've ever compared the quality of the Jojo's OVA and the David Production anime, but the difference is night and day. Compare that quality difference to the quality of BBAM vs BBCF's cutscenes. It's not about BBAM being popular, it's about making it successful to begin with.

[Pig Mac]

Yeah, that's what they kinda missed the first time. and now the Ragna storyline is already over. Sure i'd like to watch the difference, but I don't expect them to remake that one.

The difference of the Jojo's quality have been mentioned by some of my anime watching friends, but I never cared to check it out.
Most of them are pretty sane, and usually have quite similar taste as I do. Still a few loved all the Jojo 'eras'

[Hayatemaru]

Originally posted by Pigmachine:

Yeah, that's what they kinda missed the first time. and now the Ragna storyline is already over. Sure i'd like to watch the difference, but I don't expect them to remake that one.

True, that's a good point. They've probably already moved onto the BBTAG "series" (Mori mentioned he wanted it to be a series).

The difference of the Jojo's quality have been mentioned by some of my anime watching friends, but I never cared to check it out.
Most of them are pretty sane, and usually have quite similar taste as I do. Still a few loved all the Jojo 'eras'

It's basically night and day. Better voice acting (In both Japanese and English voices), better animation quality (The old OVAs were rushed and seemed like a low quality version of a 90s anime while the new ones are more polished and use the modern "DBZ Kai" style), and much more.

I'd love to see BBAM get that kind of treatment just because I feel like the plot deserves it. Since Mori's completely done with Ragna's storyline though, I guess that means we probably won't get it.

[Pig Mac]

I still I have problem with the older style anine general look. I even think Ashita no Joe, looked a bit interesting, even as it were generally sloppy animated, and even the story were a bit longwinded.

One of the animes that got me caught watching anime more then movies, were Akira. It's also a bit sloppy, and have lots of the characteristics of the old style.
I actually quite liked Wolf's Rain, even as it had very lazy and stiff animation.

I never were into Dragon Ball, so don't understand the 'hype' But a lot of current fighter gamers grew up to it, so I guess it's a thing for them.
As even the polished look in the game ,more or less seem to keep a bit of the old style, just as old fans like it, then polish it all up.

Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto, Mushishi, Hyouge Mono, Bakuman, 91 Days and a few like that is what makes me really satisfied.

But enough OT from me. It were fun to talk no another one interested in animes old styles vs new.

[Red]

I agree. I'd like to see an actual BlazBlue anime properly following the games in one way or another animated by Production I.G. as well (and already brought that up quite a while ago). As far as I know, BBCSE's, BBCPE's and BBCF's openings were done by Production I.G., plus one cutscene in BBCSE and the rest of BBCF's cutscenes, so it might not be an impossible task. Production I.G. for fights and Tatsunoko Production for more idle sequences could be a good way to save resources; I think they already did that for Psycho-Pass 2 while working on the movie.

Now the real question is: how would they adapt the games, especially the first ones? Would they make story arcs based on each character's story, including time loops, plus the True End to sum it all up at the end of the season? Or would they put the events into a more sequential structure, a bit like BBCP's and BBCF's structure? If it's the latter, they might have a lot of work not to make it feel bland, inconsistent or worse, confusing.

I hope BlazBlue: Causal Chain (or however they may want to call it... Causal History?) will become a thing, with Production I.G. behind it. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will end up like BlazBlue: Alter Memory.

[NeoStrayCat]

I doubt there would have been a remake, cause it would have been real nice if they also covered CP and CF animated, but that's probably never gonna happen unless otherwise.

[Plasma]

BB as a whole isn't linear enough to make an anime that people would be completely pleased by unless they wanted to completely alter the story telling to make it more akin to the BB style, kind of like how stories like durarara and baccano jump back and forth constantly with their narrative to give the feel of interlinking lives.