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by Shiva Indis
Mon Nov 12, 2018 12:30 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: What Are You Currently Playing?
Replies: 1322
Views: 3076372

Re: What Are You Currently Playing?

I finished the Revolutionary Girl Utena Sega Saturn game. For a game based on an anime, it was really good, had a lot of feel good and funny moments. It even goes into messing-with-your-mind territory near the end, and gives some backstory for the Black Rose arc not seen in the anime. Creator Kunih...
by Shiva Indis
Mon Nov 12, 2018 12:14 am
Forum: Lunar: The Silver Star
Topic: An anomaly in the Lunar series
Replies: 21
Views: 49854

Re: An anomaly in the Lunar series

Hey, some of that is familiar after going through those short stories Hosoe wrote around the same time those novelizations were published. Her take on Fake Althena is particularly sympathetic. I translated a couple of her shorts in 2009 -- how the time flies. http://lunarthreads.com/viewtopic.php?f=...
by Shiva Indis
Sat Oct 06, 2018 1:13 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: What Are You Currently Playing?
Replies: 1322
Views: 3076372

Re: What Are You Currently Playing?

Ophilia
Cyrus
Tressa
Olberic
Primrose
Alfyn
Therion
H'aanit

Traveler.
by Shiva Indis
Sat Oct 06, 2018 12:49 am
Forum: General Lunar Discussion
Topic: Questions regarding the series
Replies: 9
Views: 24239

Re: Questions regarding the series

So what I'm gathering is that there is currently no known definitive answer, but it is most likely a combination of something legal and because the music of TSS overall doesn't match the tone of SSS. (Playing the second overworld theme from TSS over footage of SSS's world map definitely makes this ...
by Shiva Indis
Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:56 am
Forum: General Lunar Discussion
Topic: Hajime Sato's Storyboards
Replies: 7
Views: 23264

Re: Hajime Sato's Storyboards

Hey, I was doing some research on Sato recently! His work for Lunar is so imaginative and every so often I wonder what he's been up to. Following his career is a bit tricky; a lot of Japanese people have the name Hajime Sato. Sato worked on another Game Arts game, Alisia Dragoon, before working on L...
by Shiva Indis
Fri Jun 15, 2018 3:40 am
Forum: General Lunar Discussion
Topic: What is Canon?
Replies: 18
Views: 38820

Re: What is Canon?

Imperial Knight wrote:I generally think the concept of canon as what actually happened is overemphasized by fans of most fictional works.
Agreed.

But what if I told you that my Lunar 1 canon of choice is the novelizations, in which Kyle is a pirate captain with his own Dragonship?
by Shiva Indis
Tue Jun 12, 2018 5:38 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: What Are You Currently Playing?
Replies: 1322
Views: 3076372

Re: What Are You Currently Playing?

Live A Live!

I wish I had played this game sooner, and I wish there were more games like it. I read that old-timers in Japan think of it as the predecessor to Chrono Trigger, and it does have the same sort of thematic everything-and-the-kitchen-sink vibe.
by Shiva Indis
Tue Jun 12, 2018 3:25 pm
Forum: Lunar: Silver Star Story (Complete)
Topic: Blind witches
Replies: 8
Views: 25463

Re: Blind witches

Yeah, the video compression was not up to the challenge that this particular cutscene posed. Most of the other videos are easier to make out than this, but as a stylistic choice, reducing facial features in situations like these to conserve detail is a pretty reasonable move for an animator. Conside...
by Shiva Indis
Tue Jun 12, 2018 4:53 am
Forum: General Lunar Discussion
Topic: What is Canon?
Replies: 18
Views: 38820

Re: What is Canon?

That is a difficult question for this franchise, since the creators have shown little interest in endorsing remakes over originals or vise-versa. I suppose one could operate on the assumption that the creators favor the remakes. It's all canon -- especially when two versions contradict each other. D...
by Shiva Indis
Tue Jun 12, 2018 4:47 am
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: So I have a baby
Replies: 15
Views: 56886

Re: So I have a baby

Wow, congratulations!!
by Shiva Indis
Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:23 pm
Forum: Lunar: Silver Star Story (Complete)
Topic: Saturn translation [in progress!]
Replies: 45
Views: 106352

Re: Saturn translation [in progress!]

It's pretty wild to see the logos for all the firms that made SSS followed up by Sonic. I assume video that sharp is too big to use -- kind of a shame.
by Shiva Indis
Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:13 pm
Forum: General Lunar Discussion
Topic: Seeking Lunar Merchandise
Replies: 10
Views: 23435

Re: Seeking Lunar Merchandise

I have a spare Magic School Lunar and a duplicate Lemina novel if anyone wants them.
by Shiva Indis
Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:02 pm
Forum: Anime, Music, TV/Movies, and Books
Topic: Last Anime?
Replies: 197
Views: 979866

Re: Last Anime?

I watched the first 5-6 episodes of Fushigi Yuugi back when it was first being released in the US (...basically as many VHS tapes as I could get at the time). I really liked it back then. I rewatched the first episode with some of my friends a few weeks ago. I wanted to punch Miaka in the face so m...
by Shiva Indis
Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:56 pm
Forum: General Lunar Discussion
Topic: Jess's Mom
Replies: 20
Views: 48149

Re: Jess's Mom

To be clearer about my question of chronology: I know Ghaleon needs Alex to guide him to the dragon cave, apparently. But it seems that Ghaleon was already taking irrevocable action before meeting Alex, namely, freeing Xenobia and getting her to impersonate Lemia. Nash, too, was already on Caldor I...
by Shiva Indis
Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:55 pm
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: I visit this site once and a while because...
Replies: 29
Views: 97725

Re: I visit this site once and a while because...

I like to catch up with folks around here. I'm interested to know what's been on people's minds lately, whether Lunar-related or otherwise. Looking at your post history, I know we haven't heard much out of you lately. I suppose that's because the opinions of other posters have been rubbing you the w...
by Shiva Indis
Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:08 am
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: What are your thoughts on Star Wars: The Last Jedi (WARNING! SPOILERS DISCUSSED HERE!)
Replies: 9
Views: 37423

Re: What are your thoughts on Star Wars: The Last Jedi (WARNING! SPOILERS DISCUSSED HERE!)

Ah, this topic was inevitable wasn't it? My take is short. I haven't fully enjoyed previous Rian Johnson films I've seen and have the same criticism of this one: it's half a good movie. The light side/dark side plotline I liked pretty much without reservation. It felt like a nice new permutation on ...
by Shiva Indis
Sun Dec 17, 2017 9:35 pm
Forum: General Lunar Discussion
Topic: Lunatic Festa Drama Transcriptions
Replies: 3
Views: 11587

Re: Lunatic Festa Drama Transcriptions

Chapter 11 is the last one I finished, and it is the first drama on Vol. 3. So a pretty long way in.
by Shiva Indis
Mon Dec 11, 2017 12:44 am
Forum: Lunar: Silver Star Story (Complete)
Topic: Saturn translation [in progress!]
Replies: 45
Views: 106352

Re: Saturn translation [in progress!]

Didn't the changes to the bromide and item placement have some changes to the text to go along with them? I guess that will require a few lines worth of translation from the original text.
by Shiva Indis
Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:06 pm
Forum: General Lunar Discussion
Topic: Lunatic Festa Drama Transcriptions
Replies: 3
Views: 11587

Lunatic Festa Drama Transcriptions

At least two years ago I offered transcriptions of the Silver Star Story drama CDs to folks on the board for use in projects, or for general interest or whatnot. And then I never actually got them out there. Partly because I couldn't get the file format I saved them in to upload to the boards, but m...
by Shiva Indis
Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:04 pm
Forum: Almost Anything Goes Board
Topic: Our cat is pretty great.
Replies: 27
Views: 64960

Re: Our cat is pretty great.

Good to hear from you, Zhane! Hang in there and send cat pics, since I have no cats to photograph.