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[thievingmagpi]

Power creep seems to be the only topic that anime has ever covered, so it would be perfect for an MWO adaptation.

[Bombast]

thievingmagpi, on 18 February 2019 - 06:16 PM, said:

Power creep seems to be the only topic that anime has ever covered, so it would be perfect for an MWO adaptation.

That gives me an idea.

[Valdarion Silarius]

I'm not too sure I'd watch a Battletech anime if it was on Netflix. If it was under a different network then maybe. I was really enjoying the Castlevania anime, up until they started changing the identity of characters like Isaac completely with "current year" narratives and undertones. I forced myself to stop watching it when the show went on a non stop tangent of bashing and criticizing Catholicism, when originally Castlevania projected the religion in a positive light. I wouldn't want Battletech to steer off with "current year" narratives and suffer the same fate. It's a shame because I absolutely love the Castlevania franchise.

Edited by Arnold The Governator, 18 February 2019 - 06:24 PM.

[InspectorG]

Anime?

No thanks.

I would do BT with a rotoscope-like style. Real fluid animation and real grimy design. Heavier line weight for the mechs and combat stuff.

Like this:

[Anjian]

Netflix's last robot anime was quite good in my opinion though pacing is a bit off. The mechanical designs are by Shoji Kawamori of Aquarion and Macross fame. The action and mechanical designs are outstanding.





Another one I liked is A.I.C.O. Incarnation.

[Anjian]

Adridos, on 03 March 2018 - 10:08 AM, said:

Anime production studios are the ones choosing the topics they cover. It's not Hollywood where you have a studio and tell them to do an X adaptation of this and that comic you just bought a license to. Anime works the other way around. Production company serves ideas, sponsors only pick the ones they like from the ones provided. Netflix is in a position of such a sponsor.

The problem here is simple. Battletech is not and has never been big in Japan outside of them liking the old simulator pods (those even had a cameo in some random OVA a few years back). Chances of some anime director proposing a Battletech-based anime are thus realistically non-existent.

To answer a long dead question,


Most anime mecha by far are brand new original IP. Only Gundam happens to be the recurring mecha franchise. And even with Iron Blood Orphans, Gundam isn't even the most popular mecha anime.

Last year the popular one was Darling in the Franxx, and it may have more to do with the waifus than the mechs. It still has to be said that the numbers of mecha anime remain thin these days as mecha anime are just not as popular as they once was back in the '70s to the '90s, thanks to the surge of slice of life, moe, fantasy and isekai anime.





This year, Price of Smiles caught my eye. Despite the fluffy looking characters, show gets dark and tragic quickly. The story is shown from two sides of a war being fought with mechs. Like Darling, Smiles is a totally original IP.






A "Battletech" anime need not be sold to existing audiences who know BT, which there won't be enough to justify the show, but to a brand new audience. Like for example, how many have seen the Rage of Bahamut series which was in Amazon or Netflix (not sure which).




I am sure by far those who watched the show English dubbed and streamed in Netflix or Amazon, doesn't even know that this was a game, and ever played the game. This was actually a mobile card based game that was popular at some point but over time, was pulled out from global regions and became Japan only. I watched it, I enjoyed it, and I never played the game.


A Battletech anime can be just like that. It caters to a brand new audience, should not require you to play the game or have some background knowledge of BT lore, no need for lengthy exposition, with the show only feeding the audience bit by bit what they need to move the story. The only thing it needs to be is to be entertaining.

Edited by Anjian, 18 February 2019 - 07:53 PM.

[Prototelis]

BT needs a reboot in order to appeal to modern western audiences.

[Shadowomega1]

I wouldn't let netflix touch anything Battletech, I would actually seek out the group that made Transformers: Prime for Hasbro. If not them, maybe Lucas Animation Studios if we are talking big name companies. If not I bet some smaller group could put together a decent show.

[GeminiWolf]

Shadowomega1, on 18 February 2019 - 08:40 PM, said:

I wouldn't let netflix touch anything Battletech, I would actually seek out the group that made Transformers: Prime for Hasbro. If not them, maybe Lucas Animation Studios if we are talking big name companies. If not I bet some smaller group could put together a decent show.

No money in it

[Johnathan Tanner]

Prototelis, on 18 February 2019 - 08:18 PM, said:

BT needs a reboot in order to appeal to modern western audiences.

Why?

[Prototelis]

Johnathan Tanner, on 18 February 2019 - 08:44 PM, said:

Why?

Poorly written, inconsistent, rife with 80's style racist stereotypes. The IP hasn't been well maintained, its really what holds it back.

[Johnathan Tanner]

Prototelis, on 18 February 2019 - 08:46 PM, said:

Poorly written, inconsistent, rife with 80's style racist stereotypes. The IP hasn't been well maintained, its really what holds it back.

Sir you must be mistaken. I must ask for citation of your remarks!

[Shadowomega1]

Get back the part of the license that Topps has and contract with Hasbro to make some toys based on the show, or even McFarlane to make High Quality Figures.

[Prototelis]

Johnathan Tanner, on 18 February 2019 - 08:49 PM, said:

Sir you must be mistaken. I must ask for citation of your remarks!

I cite just about every novel.

Battletech is like game of thrones in space, if stephanie meyer wrote most of it.

[Anjian]

Johnathan Tanner, on 18 February 2019 - 08:49 PM, said:

Sir you must be mistaken. I must ask for citation of your remarks!

Kind of like the Samurai Jack cartoon. Westerners cannot properly separate Chinese and Japanese cultures. They only have this vague view of a globular "oriental" culture that combines both.

Japanese don't use dragons as emblems to start with. Using a dragon emblem is very Chinese.

[Jackal Noble]

Short answer: no
it would be a amalgamation of Godzilla and Voltron. barf.

[Steel Raven]

It always amaze me how people forget Battletech was inspired by two freak'n animes (Macross and Dougram)


Doesn't matter; a good chuck of this community cant help nit picking fan projects until the creators give up on them, I'm sure they would double down on criticizing anything officially released.

[Jackal Noble]

If it's 80s-early 90's dark anime in the vein of akira or neo tokyo? sure absolutely
If it's the fluffy jump emotion terribly written crap from the 2000's on? hell na

[Anjian]

Jackal Noble, on 18 February 2019 - 10:09 PM, said:

If it's 80s-early 90's dark anime in the vein of akira or neo tokyo? sure absolutely
If it's the fluffy jump emotion terribly written crap from the 2000's on? hell na

Akira, Neo Tokyo dark? Compared to some many anime today they would be light grey.


You haven't seen Attack on Titan? Do you think that's fluffy?





Netflix is well known for being the host of some particularly dark anime.

Knights of Sidonia. Think of it like Attack on Titan with mechs and in outer space.




Devilman Crybaby goes down as among the most gruesome anime I ever watched.




Ajin: Demi Human. This show is literally sick in the head.

[Anjian]

Jackal Noble, on 18 February 2019 - 10:09 PM, said:

If it's 80s-early 90's dark anime in the vein of akira or neo tokyo? sure absolutely
If it's the fluffy jump emotion terribly written crap from the 2000's on? hell na

Back then, this anime was pretty gruesome too.