#staroceanex — Public Fediverse posts

Finished my #StarOceanEX rewatch! Made two reference posts:

Episode-by-episode list of interesting ideas (anime-only things that do not exist in the game or manga)
https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/4958203

Images of Ernest's spaceship, which is alluded to but never seen in game or manga
https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/4958403

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I know I have lots of complaints about the #StarOceanEX anime, but like I said they did also come up with 👍 stuff. Like, Ernest and Opera coming to the rescue on kickass hoverbikes from Ernest's ship? Everyone flying all super cool into Eluria Tower for a showdown? Imagine how fun that'd be in the game! UP3? What UP3?

Technically only Ernest, Opera, Claude should be allowed in the front seats. Anyone else there (Dias, Bowman, etc.) cracks me up. There's no time for driving lessons.

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Mentioned this in my space and dreams soliloquy analysis, but #StarOceanEX anime dub Claude really gets some of the most awkward lines to work with. It's not always so bad, but there are enough instances of "people do not talk like this" that I feel for the voice actors.

Episode 20 example: The translation literally has him declare *fist clenched* "I'm an empty shell of a man!!" I LOLed.

His VA Matt Hill delivers this, and numerous other pieces of gold, valiantly. Thank you for your efforts!

Picked up #StarOceanEX rewatch again, continuing from Episode 18, which is the Lacour Frontlines. At this point the anime deviates significantly from both the game and the manga. Technically this started around Ep 14 Tournament of Arms, the feeling of "I'm watching a fanfic!! I can't tell what's going to happen next anymore!!" Haha. But it's impressive they took this route; it was definitely more work to (re)write. And they still managed to work in some game references!

I wrote a post about the opening soliloquy in #StarOcean2 Claude's story, with links to every version, a metaphrase of original Japanese compared to both official translations, plus thoughts on cinematics, translation decisions, delivery choices across 6 voice actors.

Lots of fun with Japanese practice, also got to hear Claude talk a million times 😆

https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/4941937

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Laughing so hard right now.

As previously mentioned, I've been braving a slow Star Ocean EX rewatch, because it has some interesting ideas even if execution is meh, and I thought "Oh, I'll make a list of the interesting ideas in each episode to reference in the future."

I was going through ancient LJ archives looking for something else and discovered I made a list in 2006. 🤣

(It's not by episode and most of it is ranting about execution. But it's still a list.)

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Honestly, I think my biggest issue in general with the anime (outside of animation quality/consistency) is that it actually raised so many interesting ideas, but the execution is challenging - and often at the expense of certain characters, usually Rena. I don't even consider myself a Rena fan, but I often find myself going, what is this character assassination... For example, Ep5, the reimagining of the Mars Village plot - some neat little changes. But Rena!!! 💪 :bunhdangry:🙃😂

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I've been braving a rewatch of as much of Star Ocean EX as I can, haha. I struggle with the English voices, at least in part due to the translation of some lines the actors have to work with, as well as the fact that the translator doesn't appear to have been provided with a game translation for reference which can result in hilarity... but I struggle with the Japanese version too because Rena is so high-pitched I can't take it sometimes. And of course she's in every episode 😂

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The Tournament of Arms/Armory Contest is one of SO2's most iconic plot points! I had some fun writing a reflection on how the game uses perspective to manipulate player perception of events/characters.

I also have a comparison of game, manga, and anime versions summarized by: who enters under which smiths; reason(s) for entry; the matches; conclusion.

⚔️ https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/4857218

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