Your Favorite Series "rebooted"

[Garrett Jax]

This actually stems from another discussion I had at work with a friend of mine.

We were discussing Hollywood's propensity to remake just about everything under the sun nowadays, and it got me to wondering...

Do you have a favorite anime from the past that you would like to see remade using today’s crisp looking animation skills and the proper (<---+ that's the key word there) blending of modern CGI?

I know it may be blasphemous to some, but I'll start off by saying that I wouldn’t mind seeing a remake of Macross. Having recently watched it (and enjoying it very much) the only thing that really held it back for me was some of the lack-luster animation in certain areas. I would personally love to see it remade... keeping the main story intact though.

How about yourself? :)

Any past anime favorites you'd like to see remade?

[ADC]

I'd say Maison Ikkoku, but I think today's animation companies would try to (1) sex it up way beyond what it's supposed to be, and (2) pack it into 24 episodes. If it were a proper cel-for-cel rebuild, retaining the look and feel (and episode count) of the show but with more consistent colors and maybe a bit more modern styling (meaning no poofy hair except for Akemi and Sakamoto), I'd be first in line to buy the new DVDs.

Of course, Viz would licence it, so we'd still get incompetent DVD authoring, hard subtitles for every bit of onscreen text, name transliteration (Yûsaku instead of Godai) … but that's for a different thread. Yeah, Maison Ikkoku. That's mine.

Neglected to mention the first time around that I'd really like JC Staff to handle this. Kyoto Animation would be my second choice.

[StudioZEL]

I'm the type of person who likes to reserve remakes for shows that I feel are important to introduce to a new audience from time to time. So my picks include only 1 personal choice as opposed to what I would call an "imporant" choice. ^^

I'd love to see the original Mobile Suit Gundam (0079) remade as a TV series. Preferably with a bigger budget than SEED so that we don't have constant flashbacks to fill in gaps. XD

I'd love to see a remake of Ranma 1/2 that stuck to the manga like glue (i.e. no filler junk, I got so tired of constantly seeing fillers that started with Happosai stealing panties...). If this were in the hands of say, Kyoto Animation, I think we'd have comedy gold on our hands.

In addition I would personally love to see a remake of Ruin Explorers (Fam and Ihrie) as a full TV series. I always liked the characters and thought that if they kept going with it, it could be a decent series like Slayers.

[LordGeo]

Ashita no Joe: With Ippo and RinKake getting anime adaptations moe recently, Joe should get a new anime that tells the whole story in one go, instead of two series that were made 10 years apart.
Eat-Man: The original was not accurate to the manga, and '98 only told a couple of stories from the manga. There are SOOOO many stories, 19 volumes worth, to tell. The Leon Arc would be cool animated.
Metal Armor Dragonar: Either a sequel or a full-on remake. This mecha show was so good!

[LimePie]

I want to see a remake of Sailormoon that stays faithful to the manga. Preferably with Bones or KyoAni doing the animation.

[jecca-neko]

In addition I would personally love to see a remake of Ruin Explorers (Fam and Ihrie) as a full TV series. I always liked the characters and thought that if they kept going with it, it could be a decent series like Slayers.

I agree with that. I'd love to see such a thing. It always felt way too short.

[Serial Experiments Nobue]

Revolutionary Girl Utena
Keep the original staff, artists and designers... but just reanimate the show frame for frame with today's technology. Update only the visual presentation of it. Everything else - storyline, plot, themes, soundtrack - remains exactly as it is already.

Magic Knight Rayearth
This one might benefit from some streamlining in the story department, and the animation could definitely benefit from today's tools. A rescoring may not hurt either.

[EmperorBrandon]

I want to see a remake of Sailormoon that stays faithful to the manga. Preferably with Bones or KyoAni doing the animation.

Hmm... I wasn't thinking about that before, but that sounds like an awesome idea... even though I do really like Toei's anime and have never cared much for manga. Maybe not something exactly like the manga, but at least something more faithful that's just as good or better than Toei's version in terms of character and story would be nice. I know it will probably never happen, but it's always been a peculiar desire of mine to see the characters of Sailor Moon: Another Story in an anime story as well.

[Gundamhead]

I've said it before, but a "Cutey Honey" re-make and/or re-imagining (not like "Re: Cutey Honey" though I hate "Re:"!) would be awesome. I've nothing against modern "Magical Girls" but it would be nice to have at least one nowadays who just beat the hell out of villains the old fashioned way rather than using silly, "Sailor Moon" knock-off magic attacks.
Doesn't hurt that Honey is one of the coolest and most bad-ass Heroines ever.

I'd suggest a re-make of "Gall Force" not because the originals animation is in anyway deficient, but because it really should have been a thirty-odd episode T.V. series to begin with. Most of the characters got the shaft development wise, and it would have been nice to learn a bit about both the Solnoid and Paranoid societies. There is more than enough material or potential material to support a two or three season T.V. show just waiting to be tapped.

[Gundamhead]

I know it may be blasphemous to some, but I'll start off by saying that I wouldn’t mind seeing a remake of Macross. Having recently watched it (and enjoying it very much) the only thing that really held it back for me was some of the lack-luster animation in certain areas. I would personally love to see it remade... keeping the main story intact though.


Revolutionary Girl Utena
Keep the original staff, artists and designers... but just reanimate the show frame for frame with today's technology. Update only the visual presentation of it. Everything else - storyline, plot, themes, soundtrack - remains exactly as it is already.

Honestly, I don't see the point of that. Why do the exact same thing over, with just a slight difference in the presentation? It's the anime equivalent of that lousy "Psycho" re-make. Absolutely pointless. If they aren't going to do anything new with the material, why not just watch the original?

[Collectonian]

I want to see a remake of Sailormoon that stays faithful to the manga. Preferably with Bones or KyoAni doing the animation.

Seconded! While I like the anime, the manga rocks and I wish the anime hadn't rewritten so much stuff.

[LimePie]

I want to see a remake of Sailormoon that stays faithful to the manga. Preferably with Bones or KyoAni doing the animation.

Hmm... I wasn't thinking about that before, but that sounds like an awesome idea... even though I do really like Toei's anime and have never cared much for manga.

As much as I love the anime, it has way too much filler. Plus, the last two arcs are so different anime/manga-wise. I want to see the Outers fighting Nehelenia, the senshi in their Princess and Sailorstar forms, the Galaxy Cauldron, and Sailor Cosmos.

[Serial Experiments Nobue]

Revolutionary Girl Utena
Keep the original staff, artists and designers... but just reanimate the show frame for frame with today's technology. Update only the visual presentation of it. Everything else - storyline, plot, themes, soundtrack - remains exactly as it is already.

Honestly, I don't see the point of that. Why do the exact same thing over, with just a slight difference in the presentation? It's the anime equivalent of that lousy "Psycho" re-make. Absolutely pointless. If they aren't going to do anything new with the material, why not just watch the original?

Because the second time around, continuity errors and lazy drawing mistakes could be fixed, since the goal would be to pay attention to detail and correct the mistakes made the first time around. The point would be to improve the presentation without changing the series. In my opinion, Utena is a series that would benefit from cleaner animation.

In other words, something that is one step above the restoration of Evangelion is the kind of thing that's on my wish list of things that are obviously never gonna happen. ;)

[leongsh]

Ashita no Joe: With Ippo and RinKake getting anime adaptations moe recently, Joe should get a new anime that tells the whole story in one go, instead of two series that were made 10 years apart.
That would be great. Instead of a combined 126 episodes, this would help to streamline and tighten the complete Ashita no Joe to approx. 78 episodes (i.e. 3 complete broadcast seasons) thereabouts. As it is now, you can transition from Episode 51-52 in Season 1 (totalling 79 episodes) to start Season 2 (which has 47 episodes in total). Easily 27 episodes lopped off. By giving it a good polishing, it is possible to reduce a few more episodes - mainly from the 1st season.

The real question though is will there really be sufficient interest?

I know I will plunk down my hard cash for the DVDs (or by that time Blu-Ray and/or HD-DVD whichever format prevails or not :P ). Effectively, it would be a third dip into the series for me :sd:

[Kellory]

Because the second time around, continuity errors and lazy drawing mistakes could be fixed, since the goal would be to pay attention to detail and correct the mistakes made the first time around. The point would be to improve the presentation without changing the series. In my opinion, Utena is a series that would benefit from cleaner animation.

While I see where your going with this, I cant really agree that this would necessarily make it a better show. Because those very issues are part of what makes the show what it is.

As an example, lets take Gone With The Wind. Now what if it were possible to digitally master the film in full color. And not just fake color, but actual color. Like say it was possible for a computer, or several, to look at each and every pixel of the film and correctly interpret the color that should go there. That it were possible to make the show look exactly like it was shot in full color originally. Would that make it even better? I'd argue not. In fact, it would probably make it worse. For all that it is in Black and White, Gone With The Wind is what it is because of what it is. How it was shot, and how it looks even today.

Sometimes the very flaws in something are what draw us back to it. It is those very flaws that make a show to us.

Another example is a ship. Every ship, no matter if it is part of a series or a prototype, has it's own quirks. Most of them negative. During World War II, my uncle worked on the old USS Enterprise. It had a lot of shortcomings. The nuclear powered Enterprise was vastly superior to it in all respects. Yet, talking to crew that did serve on both, there was always that longing for the old ship that they grew up on. Yes, the new ship was better (OMG, Showers!) and there was no question which ship they would prefer to take into battle. But, at the end of the day, the ship they talked about, the one that they really loved, was always the first ship. Problems, issues, idiosyncracies, and outright flaws always became lovingly referred to after the fact.

Yes, a redone Utena with just updated animation might look better. And perhaps would be better especially to those who are seeing it for the first time. But for those who have watched the original, I doubt that many of them would agree that a new version with nothing added would really surpass the original, flaws included.

[Serial Experiments Nobue]

Because the second time around, continuity errors and lazy drawing mistakes could be fixed, since the goal would be to pay attention to detail and correct the mistakes made the first time around. The point would be to improve the presentation without changing the series. In my opinion, Utena is a series that would benefit from cleaner animation.

While I see where your going with this, I cant really agree that this would necessarily make it a better show. Because those very issues are part of what makes the show what it is.

I'm not saying to get rid of the original (this would go for any series, too), but with this being a thread about wishing for things that are never going to happen, I was just tossing it into the ring.


As an example, lets take Gone With The Wind. Now what if it were possible to digitally master the film in full color. And not just fake color, but actual color. Like say it was possible for a computer, or several, to look at each and every pixel of the film and correctly interpret the color that should go there. That it were possible to make the show look exactly like it was shot in full color originally. Would that make it even better? I'd argue not. In fact, it would probably make it worse. For all that it is in Black and White, Gone With The Wind is what it is because of what it is. How it was shot, and how it looks even today.

I am absolutely against colorization of old films. If it's B&W, that's how I'm watching it. Wasn't Gone With The Wind a color film to begin with though? Cinematographic decisions are one thing; poor quality masters is another. One doesn't need correcting and the other shouldn't have to suffer artistically for it.

Sometimes the very flaws in something are what draw us back to it. It is those very flaws that make a show to us.

Another example is a ship. Every ship, no matter if it is part of a series or a prototype, has it's own quirks. Most of them negative. During World War II, my uncle worked on the old USS Enterprise. It had a lot of shortcomings. The nuclear powered Enterprise was vastly superior to it in all respects. Yet, talking to crew that did serve on both, there was always that longing for the old ship that they grew up on. Yes, the new ship was better (OMG, Showers!) and there was no question which ship they would prefer to take into battle. But, at the end of the day, the ship they talked about, the one that they really loved, was always the first ship. Problems, issues, idiosyncracies, and outright flaws always became lovingly referred to after the fact.

I agree. Any longtime fan of anything... movies, cars, miniature trains, anime... will be able to appreciate the things that they like, warts and all.


Yes, a redone Utena with just updated animation might look better. And perhaps would be better especially to those who are seeing it for the first time. But for those who have watched the original, I doubt that many of them would agree that a new version with nothing added would really surpass the original, flaws included.

In which case we go the Evangelion Platinum route. Clean up what is already there, making tweaks where necessary. Everybody wins. :neko:


Incidentally, it was the way that Juraian Knight worded it that made me even mention Utena in the first place. The example was similar to what I was thinking, the way I read it:

I know it may be blasphemous to some, but I'll start off by saying that I wouldn’t mind seeing a remake of Macross. Having recently watched it (and enjoying it very much) the only thing that really held it back for me was some of the lack-luster animation in certain areas. I would personally love to see it remade... keeping the main story intact though.


...and I also neglected to mention that I love Utena just the way it is, too. I just wouldn't mind seeing a cleaned up version of it.

[ADC]

But for those who have watched the original, I doubt that many of them would agree that a new version with nothing added would really surpass the original, flaws included.
While I can't speak to the point of Utena (despised it; not kidding), I do say that Maison Ikkoku is my favorite series despite being 21 years old, not because it's 21.

[KShinjo]

This actually stems from another discussion I had at work with a friend of mine.

We were discussing Hollywood's propensity to remake just about everything under the sun nowadays, and it got me to wondering...

Do you have a favorite anime from the past that you would like to see remade using today’s crisp looking animation skills and the proper (<---+ that's the key word there) blending of modern CGI?

Any past anime favorites you'd like to see remade?

Well, whenever a series is "remade" there's always some edits and/or changes to the story. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Macross: DYRL, Gundam Movies trilogy, Galaxy Express 999 movies are all fantastic remakes. The recent remake of Area 88 however wasn't so great (IMHO).

The best remakes (IMHO) are those made by the original staff and done within a few years of the original series. Usually reedited and retold in a shorter length of time.

I also think that a line-for-line remake would be impossible or rather unrealistic (and I can't think of a past work in which such a thing happened).

[LenMiyata]

This actually stems from another discussion I had at work with a friend of mine.

We were discussing Hollywood's propensity to remake just about everything under the sun nowadays, and it got me to wondering...

Do you have a favorite anime from the past that you would like to see remade using today’s crisp looking animation skills and the proper (<---+ that's the key word there) blending of modern CGI?

Any past anime favorites you'd like to see remade?

Well, whenever a series is "remade" there's always some edits and/or changes to the story. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Macross: DYRL, Gundam Movies trilogy, Galaxy Express 999 movies are all fantastic remakes. The recent remake of Area 88 however wasn't so great (IMHO).

The best remakes (IMHO) are those made by the original staff and done within a few years of the original series. Usually reedited and retold in a shorter length of time.

I also think that a line-for-line remake would be impossible or rather unrealistic (and I can't think of a past work in which such a thing happened).

There actually was a 'line-for-line' anime remake, the 'Renewal of Evangelion' project, where the entire sound track was re-recorded for a 5.1 sound, re-animated several scenes, and improved the frame rate through out the series... Your statement on shorter and better retelling is also going to be tested with the first of 4 new 'Evangelion Movies' due out later this year...

Now a series I would love to see re-made with modern CGI animation technology would be the original 'Space Pirate Captain Harlock' with the recent 'Endless Odyssey' providing a taste on what could be done...

[Gundamhead]

There actually was a 'line-for-line' anime remake, the 'Renewal of Evangelion' project, where the entire sound track was re-recorded for a 5.1 sound, re-animated several scenes, and improved the frame rate through out the series... Your statement on shorter and better retelling is also going to be tested with the first of 4 new 'Evangelion Movies' due out later this year...

Yah know, I think I'm getting a little bit sick of Eva :sigh:

[something]

I've always thought a redone Nadesico with Kadosono's artwork would be amazing. I like the original designs a lot, but Gotoh's work just isn't on the same level as his wife's.

Is this thread only for reanimating shows though? The anime equivalent of porting an older game to a new system and sprucing up the graphics in the process? I'd be much more interested in a good old show being completely redone even better.

Case in point is Kanon. The original by Toei was very good. The remake by KyoAni, however, just blows it away. Part of this is the animation and designs being approximately 104,662*10^234 times better. But the most significant reason is because KyoAni is just goddamned brilliant and everything they touch is gold, so they simply did it better than Toei did, and gave it twice as many episodes to boot.

It's definitely a remake by my definition but I'm not sure if it is by yours, because while they both work off the same source material, KyoAni's version is not a scene for scene remake or anything.

[XenoCrisis0153]

I would say Bubblegum Crisis, but they did have a remake made in 1998 and now there's rumor (confirmed detail somewhere) of another version coming out.

Another Martian Successor Nadesico would be nice.

[mrgazpacho]

Any past anime favorites you'd like to see remade?

I suspect that very few of my favourite shows would have their emotional impact improved by blacker blacks.

[ohtori_akio]

But for those who have watched the original, I doubt that many of them would agree that a new version with nothing added would really surpass the original, flaws included.
While I can't speak to the point of Utena (despised it; not kidding), I do say that Maison Ikkoku is my favorite series despite being 21 years old, not because it's 21.


Why did you despise Utena, if you dont mind me asking....

[Garrett Jax]

I've always thought a redone Nadesico with Kadosono's artwork would be amazing. I like the original designs a lot, but Gotoh's work just isn't on the same level as his wife's.

Is this thread only for reanimating shows though? The anime equivalent of porting an older game to a new system and sprucing up the graphics in the process? I'd be much more interested in a good old show being completely redone even better.

Case in point is Kanon. The original by Toei was very good. The remake by KyoAni, however, just blows it away. Part of this is the animation and designs being approximately 104,662*10^234 times better. But the most significant reason is because KyoAni is just goddamned brilliant and everything they touch is gold, so they simply did it better than Toei did, and gave it twice as many episodes to boot.

It's definitely a remake by my definition but I'm not sure if it is by yours, because while they both work off the same source material, KyoAni's version is not a scene for scene remake or anything.

Trust me… I’m the first person to always bitch about remakes when I hear about the next Hollywood movie that’s going to turn <insert title here> into a full length movie or remake <insert title again> the way it was “intended.” If my co-worker ever posted here he would collaborate that for sure :)

But… and here’s the kicker here, I become a bit hypocritical when I reminisce about something that I think would be good if it were done differently.

Also not everything that gets a remake is always good if you mess with the winning recipe that made it good in the first place. Story, plot, character development, you know, the overall "feel" that made the first one so great.

Take as an example the upcoming movie “Get Smart.” It’s taking a good series IMO and destroying it because they think they know what the current movie goers want, and are totally disrespecting the fans of the original series. I’ve read the plot posted here (http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/movie.html) and while I’m sure many will love it… I’m not wasting my time or money even thinking about it. As far as I’m concerned it doesn’t exist and never will.

Let me just elaborate a bit on my initial post. It doesn’t have to be word for word, line for line, scene for scene if you don’t want it to be. Like someone said before, this is pure fantasy. I know that the likelihood of Macross being totally redone with modern animation technology is slim and none,… but it doesn’t hurt thinking about what it would actually look like and sound like if it were :sd:

My personal preference, however, was that I would like for it to be the same story just better animation. If I were to change anything about the story…? Hmmm… I suppose I would like to see Max and Milia’s relationship drawn out a bit more. The whole, “I just had a knife fight to the death with you. Will you marry me?” thing really kind of threw me. I know that love at first site happens all the time and instant weddings are a reality. But with someone who just seriously threatened to kill you? Nahh... I'm not buying it.

I would have liked to have seen the courting that these two would have had to go through to get from “I wish you were dead” to “You know… I really love him.”

But that's just me :P

[Suwako Moriya]

Is this thread only for reanimating shows though? The anime equivalent of porting an older game to a new system and sprucing up the graphics in the process? I'd be much more interested in a good old show being completely redone even better.

Honestly I have to agree with something. Sure yes a prettier version of an older series can be good and I'd be tempted to watch it. However it is definitely more important to improve on the original story. Note that I said improve as opposed to butcher. I'm fine with the story being fleshed out more. I'm fine with trying to be more faithful to the source material when reasonable. I'm even fine when they remove stuff that honestly may have done more harm than good. Such as perhaps 7 episodes dedicated to two characters just staring as an extreme example. However I don't want a case where they decide to change stuff to the point that you can't even call it a remake. That it's more like they're just borrowing names.

[Yukino Miyazawa]

Definitely Violinist of Hamelin (http://www.animeacademy.com/finalrevdisplay.php?id=165).

Despite its dark and angsty story, it was probably never licensed due to its shoddy animation.

[Njr Scrawl]

Kenshin. Jinchuu arc. Sticking close to the manga for story & character designs. Bring in Tomoe as a flashback retold. Finish the story as the manga did.

[Garasharp K7]

Now generally, when it comes to remakes, I tend to be in the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" camp. Not to mention I like many older shows because of earlier animation styles (I love the 'rough' look of '70s robot shows) and whenever I see a vast alien armada or a fancy mech transformation I'm often impressed by the effort involved in animating them. As impressive as alot of today's animation is, it sometimes leaves me cold.
Look at Area 88, for instance - the dogfights in the original OVA were fierce and visceral; not only were the planes cut to ribbons, but the pilots were too. The aerial battles in that series were IMO some of the best I've ever seen in an anime. Now the recent tv series, though it still looks pretty cool, doesn't have that same level of intensity with its' battles. But I suppose that's due to it being a tv series rather than an OVA. I guess you can't show bloody battles like that on tv nowadays. (they could in the '70s, though)

That said, I'm still curious to see what any new iteration of an old favourite might look like...

I've always thought a redone Nadesico with Kadosono's artwork would be amazing. I like the original designs a lot, but Gotoh's work just isn't on the same level as his wife's.

I love Gotoh's character designs, but I'd be curious to see what the show might look like with Kia Asamiya's original designs. I wasn't overly fond of them at first, but they've grown on me a lot over time - I've bcome a fan of his stuff thanks to the Nadesico manga.
Come to think of it, I wouldn't mind seeing an animated version of the manga either, odd as it was.
But what I really want is a sequel.

[something]

Kenshin. Jinchuu arc.
But if it's never been animated it can't be "remade", just "made" =P

[bobma]

From the top of my head, I'd like to see a remake of Trigun. Now with the manga one or two chapters away from being finished, they have the whole story available and don't have to make up their own stuff. The unused manga content is good and extensive enough to warrant a new take on everyting IMO. Also the old trigun was a bit "budget animation" at times, so a proper reanimation would be a plus as well.

And maybe Berserk, fixing some of the anime series' deviations from the manga which would introduce some continuity issues if they were to do a continuation beyond the point where the first series left off. Better, updated animation would help too, though I'd still want Susumu Hirasawa for the soundtrack. I can't imagine Berserk without "Forces" anymore. :)

[ADC]

Why did you despise Utena, if you dont mind me asking....
It's been nearly a decade, so the initial vitriol has faded somewhat, but it was more that I didn't find anything on the first CPM disc (7 episodes) that I did like. Utena? Hated her. Anthy? Hated her, too. Character designs? Yuck. I might even have disliked the music, but I don't remember. It was still a perfect storm of audio and video annoyance. Until Smellovision comes along, audio and video annoyance means death.

[Takato]

Hmm... I wasn't thinking about that before, but that sounds like an awesome idea... even though I do really like Toei's anime and have never cared much for manga. Maybe not something exactly like the manga, but at least something more faithful that's just as good or better than Toei's version in terms of character and story would be nice. Didn't they already do this with PGSM? Personally I felt like PGSM actually surpassed both the anime and the manga...

[Lego]

Macross Plus as a TV series. I loved the OVA and I know that the budget and animation would suffer, but you want to spend more time with the characters. Macross Plus holds up well for when it was made but I look at the animation in something like Macross Zero and start to drool :virgin:

[2old2care]

Ace wo Nerae (Aim for the Ace!) - I love the 70's shoujo original, however a fresh take on the story and animation would be interesting imo.

[HitokiriShadow]

In addition I would personally love to see a remake of Ruin Explorers (Fam and Ihrie) as a full TV series. I always liked the characters and thought that if they kept going with it, it could be a decent series like Slayers.

I agree with that. I'd love to see such a thing. It always felt way too short.

I'd like to see that as well. It was a nice little OVA (my first anime DVD purchase ever as well) but I think it could have benefited from more time for story and character development. But it needs to air on a station that allows nudity.

Two other short OVAs that I'd like to see get this treatment are Ninja Cadets (a.k.a. Ninja Mono) and Maze. Yes, the latter actually had a TV series, but the one episode I saw of it was painful to look at and also lacked the nudity and other sexual content the OVA had (one of the few redeeming aspects of the OVA, IMO). Oh, screw it, just make Maze a hentai. But I would like a full 13-26 episodes for Ninja Cadets. Or at least a longer OVA series with a better ending.

[StudioZEL]

In addition I would personally love to see a remake of Ruin Explorers (Fam and Ihrie) as a full TV series. I always liked the characters and thought that if they kept going with it, it could be a decent series like Slayers.

I agree with that. I'd love to see such a thing. It always felt way too short.

I'd like to see that as well. It was a nice little OVA (my first anime DVD purchase ever as well) but I think it could have benefited from more time for story and character development. But it needs to air on a station that allows nudity.

Two other short OVAs that I'd like to see get this treatment are Ninja Cadets (a.k.a. Ninja Mono) and Maze. Yes, the latter actually had a TV series, but the one episode I saw of it was painful to look at and also lacked the nudity and other sexual content the OVA had (one of the few redeeming aspects of the OVA, IMO). Oh, screw it, just make Maze a hentai. But I would like a full 13-26 episodes for Ninja Cadets. Or at least a longer OVA series with a better ending.

Agreed.

Speaking of short OVAs, I'd love a 13 episode continuation of Shinesman. But I'm crazy like that. ^^

[elfirw]

Ace wo Nerae (Aim for the Ace!) - I love the 70's shoujo original, however a fresh take on the story and animation would be interesting imo.

The live action version is quite good. I'd love to see it go back to animated again though.

Rose of Versailles is my choice though.

I'd be curious to see what a redo of Kodocha would be like. Sana with super high quality animation for all her hyper time? Kyoto Animation dancing? That'd be pretty sweet.

[Njr Scrawl]

Sol Bianca would be cool. It never quite became a whole story between the 2 original OVAs (ADV) & 1st reboot, "The Legacy" (Pioneer).

A shame because all the women had dark pasts, which were only touched on, & the ship itself (particuarly with Jun's history) is an enigma itself.

What Sol Bianca needs is to tie both previous versions together, give it all a good background story, & then a related new adventure or three. :)

[vtr9kvictor]

I'm with others who say "Sailor Moon". The gateway drug of anime would bring in a whole new world of fans. Course, you'd have to convince someone to make it more than 12, 24, or 26 episodes and that would possibly be very difficult.

[Njr Scrawl]

I'm with others who say "Sailor Moon". The gateway drug of anime would bring in a whole new world of fans. Course, you'd have to convince someone to make it more than 12, 24, or 26 episodes and that would possibly be very difficult.

Perhaps it would need a new manga first?


Video Girl Ai is a title I'd like to see made into a 13 or 26+ episode show.

I's has been re-booted, so perhaps VGA might get lucky still.

[mighty_vespa]

I'd be a bold-faced LIAR, if I said I never entertained the idea of seeing some of my old favorites from the 80s and 90s given a sizable budget and re-animated with the original creative team involved. Then, I shudder a moment to think of what might be lost, during the course of a remake/re-imagining/"special edition"-ing. Those little touches, mistakes and moods that often come from an 80s/90s cel-painted animation.

The one title I've always had these thoughts about was:

Patlabor

The enduring love I have for HEADGEAR and Production I.G for delivering this franchise will never wane. Never. However, I occassionally think of how cool would it be for HEADGEAR to re-boot the OVA/TV series franchise and have it animated by I.G's Section 9 division; the studio division responsible for (obvs) Stand Alone Complex and Seirei no Moribito, IIRC.

If I'm going to accept a Patlabor remake, then I'm going to have to be prepared to see Alphonse, the Ingrams and Labors animated in 3DCG. That's just the way of the anime world, these days. So, if that's the case, I'll take whatever the Tachikomas were given. No GONZO-ing, please. :(

Oh, and no movie remaking allowed. Re-use/re-work the OVA/TV series' scripts, but stay away from P1 and P2.

[Shsway]

I know I'm really been feeling the Haruhi influence now, but...it would be really awesome to see a remake of Kimagure Orange Road, animated by Kyoto Animation and following the progression of the manga more. If we can't get Sagisu Shiro back to do the score, Kawai Kenji would work for me.

[Njr Scrawl]

I know I'm really been feeling the Haruhi influence now, but...it would be really awesome to see a remake of Kimagure Orange Road, animated by Kyoto Animation and following the progression of the manga more. If we can't get Sagisu Shiro back to do the score, Kawai Kenji would work for me.

*shakes head vigorously*

There can only be the 1 KOR. Much is actually close to the manga already. No character designer but Akemi Takeda!

I hope that the R2J remaster will be licensed. I'd buy it even if Funimation licensed it!

[J-Syxx]

I want to see a Battle Athletes Victory movie. Except this time let Ichino be the one who wins her. I like Kris, but her fans have been getting on my nerves lately. I would also be good with just making another tv series, that's how obsessed I am with the characters.

Also I think Dirty Pair Flash could make a really fun movie.

[Shsway]

I want to see a Battle Athletes Victory movie. Except this time let Ichino be the one who wins her. I like Kris, but her fans have been getting on my nerves lately.

I like Kris, but I do find her TV series incarnation to be rather pushy. I'd prefer her more as she was in the OVA, minus the nude dancing.

Who would you want animating this film? (or directing, or scripting, or scoring?)

[J-Syxx]

I want to see a Battle Athletes Victory movie. Except this time let Ichino be the one who wins her. I like Kris, but her fans have been getting on my nerves lately.

I like Kris, but I do find her TV series incarnation to be rather pushy. I'd prefer her more as she was in the OVA, minus the nude dancing.

Who would you want animating this film? (or directing, or scripting, or scoring?)
Eh, I liked the dance. One of the few things in the OVA I thought was funny. Kris was cute in the OVA, but over all I think her pushy, half-crazy tv version was much more entertaining, funny, and deep. However, I like Itchan much more. In fact, she's my favorite anime character of all time. However, a lot of fan girls prefer Kris because she is more open about her sexuality. Then they think they have to make a choice between the two for Akari, and bash Itchan because she is the competition. So sometimes you get the same kind of negativity that there is with Ryoko vs. Ayeka fans. I think Itchan deserves a bigger slice of the pie, since she started the whole yuri thing in the games, but unfairly wasn't in the OVA and not as many tv episodes as Kris was.

As for who should animate it, I would guess AIC since they did it last time. Maybe they could try new writers and directors, but they would have to be very good and able to give us both entertaining comedy, lovable characterization, and good character and realtionship development. I hold the original TV series in very high regard for succeeding those areas where a lot of other shows failed. The OST was amazing as well, they could bring Yoshikazu Suo, back, but they could do someoone else if they could get the same level of of emotional music for it.