New Shakugan no Shana anime

[HitokiriShadow]

New Shakugan no Shana Anime in Development (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-01/new-shakugan-no-shana-anime-in-development-revealed)

I was assuming we wouldn't get anything after the second series, so I was very happy to read this.

[Draneor]

Although this was all but implied a few months ago, my reaction is basically meh. I am happy though that Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu II is going to get an air date though.

[Consignia]

New Shakugan no Shana Anime in Development (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-01/new-shakugan-no-shana-anime-in-development-revealed)

I was assuming we wouldn't get anything after the second series, so I was very happy to read this.

Oooh, a nice surprise. I just finished the first series, and I really enjoyed it, especially after I'd written it off from an earlier trailer.

[Classical]

It's great news that there's going to be a new Shana anime. I'm desperately hoping that the second season (especially since I haven't seen it) and this new season that is being planned will get licensed for R1.

Edit: I noticed the article mentioned something about "Shana Project is restarting." Does this mean that mean the series is getting a reboot?

[something]

YES.

I was always all but certain they they could be continuing Shana, it was just a matter of "when" to me. I'm surprised it took this long for confirmation, actually. Though seeing that a lot of the staff was probably busy with Index (and the upcoming Railgun) made it more understandable.

Anyway, I can't wait. First season was great, second season was even better.

[Princedarian07]

We need to pray that Nozomi Entertainment does not get season 2 or 3. That would be be awful and we would never see a dub. Lets go Funi!

[Fencedude]

We need to pray that Nozomi Entertainment does not get season 2 or 3. That would be be awful and we would never see a dub. Lets go Funi!

Even if Funi getting it means that the season 1 dub cast will almost definitely not return?

[something]

We need to pray that Nozomi Entertainment does not get season 2 or 3. That would be be awful and we would never see a dub. Lets go Funi!
You know, at this point I think people should be worried about if we'll see it at all. If Season two were going to be licensed, it probably would have been already. Odds just get worse every day. (I should add that the idea of a Nozomi release for Shana is orgasmically wonderful to me, but it'll never happen.)

[Draneor]

We need to pray that Nozomi Entertainment does not get season [...] 3.

The magazine which will announce that it's been green lit isn't even officially out yet, and you're worrying about this? It kind of has to get made first. ^^

[Princedarian07]

Then one of the Canadian should pick it up. Bandai is good with people at ocean studios.

[Consignia]

We need to pray that Nozomi Entertainment does not get season 2 or 3. That would be be awful and we would never see a dub. Lets go Funi!
You know, at this point I think people should be worried about if we'll see it at all. If Season two were going to be licensed, it probably would have been already. Odds just get worse every day.

I dunno. I think it's still got a decent chance of a Nozomi or Sentai release. It's not that old, and there's a good buzz about it.

[Princedarian07]

We need to pray that Nozomi Entertainment does not get season 2 or 3. That would be be awful and we would never see a dub. Lets go Funi!
You know, at this point I think people should be worried about if we'll see it at all. If Season two were going to be licensed, it probably would have been already. Odds just get worse every day.

I dunno. I think it's still got a decent chance of a Nozomi or Sentai release. It's not that old, and there's a good buzz about it.

Nozomi or Sentai only do sub only and thats bad. The dub cast was amazing.

[Fencedude]

Nozomi or Sentai only do sub only and thats bad. The dub cast was amazing.

Yes, but so what?

Also this really isn't the place for this discussion.

[Sly05]

Good news. Despite its rough start, the second series ended up great so I have high hopes for the third.

[ArcticMech]

Figured it would be a matter of time, but it's nice to have confirmation (unofficially at least).

[Suwako Moriya]

Yes, more quality time spent with Shana herself.

[Buster Blader 126]

This is nice to see.

I didn't like Season 2 as much as I did Season 1 as a whole, but I'm still up for more Shana.

[Suwako Moriya]

I dunno. I think it's still got a decent chance of a Nozomi or Sentai release. It's not that old, and there's a good buzz about it.

Perhaps, although between the two I'd put more stock in Nozomi. Probably because I'm still waiting for Sentai to announce more new titles than just the three they started with.

[railohio]

Yes, but so what?

Also this really isn't the place for this discussion.

^ What he said. Can't we just rejoice in more Shana goodness? Even if the the series is never licensed it'll still give us a new wave of character goods. :)

[tuxpower]

<snip> Can't we just rejoice in more Shana goodness? Even if the the series is never licensed it'll still give us a new wave of character goods. :)

YES to more Shana! I picked this up when Funi/Geneon released the box set, and I want more! :bowsmiley:

[Nosredna]

Wow that's awesome news! Hopefully it's like the end of the second season and not like the beginning of it.

[Xcandescent]

Yay for more Shana!

As for Season 2, I'd like to see a dub too ... but at this point, just getting an R1 release would be a minor miracle.

-XCN-

[superdry]

I'm quite happy for a third season. After reading summaries about what happens in the later novels...I'd love to see it in action.


^ What he said. Can't we just rejoice in more Shana goodness? Even if the the series is never licensed it'll still give us a new wave of character goods. :)

I agree. I can't wait for new Shana goods to come out. I should definitely hit up one of the Japanese bookstores I go to see if they got in the new Degenki Bunko magazine that announced the third season (the cover is to die for as a Shana fan) and I want to see if it comes with any extras.

[Hayate Kurogane]

Well, I loved the first season, and bothered to import everything that hasn't yet been licensed (all first-press discs for Second, the movie preview disc, the movie LE, and the OVA LE before we knew the episode was in the R1 thinpak collection), so I guess I've been on board for this for a while now. :)

[Suwako Moriya]

Even if the the series is never licensed it'll still give us a new wave of character goods. :)

There's also the matter of artwork images that will start appearing. In any case, I'm going to take it one step at a time. First step is to hope the series itself will turn out to be good. Other steps comes later.

[Zeether]

I too hope we get Shana S2 but I'm not gonna hold my breath.

[EmperorBrandon]

Then one of the Canadian should pick it up. Bandai is good with people at ocean studios.

I wouldn't count on Bandai getting something like Shana, and especially wouldn't count on them dubbing it if they got it. :sweat: The chances of getting Ocean people back may be better with FUNi even.

[Talyn]

YAY!!!!!!!!! I hope it's more Shana III and not a reboot

[joelgundam01]

YAY!!!!!!!!! I hope it's more Shana III and not a reboot

Ditto and I really hope that Shana 2 gets licensed soon. :catgirl:

[Suwako Moriya]

YAY!!!!!!!!! I hope it's more Shana III and not a reboot

It would be rather depressing to wait this long for a continuation only to have it start over.

[arooga]

Yay! I watched a bit of shana yesterday and was starting to think we'de never see an s3.

Maybe the licence will be sold as shana 2+3 combined.

[Mateo_home]

I'm happy to hear this news. Loved both seasons.

I'm also in the "hoping it continues where it left off" group. With a movie, it's okay, but I really don't want this to be a remake. Would check it out anyway.

[something]

I'm happy to hear this news. Loved both seasons.
I'm also in the "hoping it continues where it left off" group. With a movie, it's okay, but I really don't want this to be a remake. Would check it out anyway.
I don't think we have any reason to fear a reboot at this point. Seasons one and two don't seem to have some even close to telling the whole story so they've got plenty more to go on with new material.

[HawkEyeTS]

I don't think we have any reason to fear a reboot at this point. Seasons one and two don't seem to have some even close to telling the whole story so they've got plenty more to go on with new material.

Without spoiling anything, they've made so many changes to the anime that continuing with the novel story at this point would take some major contortions and/or retcon to fit. That said, a good chunk of season 2 was entirely anime-original and was enjoyable in a fan service sort of way, so I wouldn't be opposed to them cooking up another mostly anime-original season.

Obviously it's not the popular opinion, but personally I'd really like to see them do a Full Metal Alchemist and reanimate the novel story line much more tightly.

[Buckeye]

We need to pray that Nozomi Entertainment does not get season 2 or 3. That would be be awful and we would never see a dub. Lets go Funi!
Nozomi has not released anything dubbed as of late, but that does not mean won't be that way for everything. Even if they or ADV/Sentai pick it up that I am sure they will dub it in Vancouver. If Funi licenses it they definitely will do so. Shana II and Haruka Nogizaka's Secret would have been out a long time ago had Geneon USA still been around.

[Fencedude]

We need to pray that Nozomi Entertainment does not get season 2 or 3. That would be be awful and we would never see a dub. Lets go Funi!
Nozomi has not released anything dubbed as of late, but that does not mean won't be that way for everything. Even if they or ADV/Sentai pick it up that I am sure they will dub it in Vancouver. If Funi licenses it they definitely will do so. Shana II and Haruka Nogizaka's Secret would have been out a long time ago had Geneon USA still been around.

That strikes me as highly unlikely, honestly.

[Fencedude]

Without spoiling anything, they've made so many changes to the anime that continuing with the novel story at this point would take some major contortions and/or retcon to fit. That said, a good chunk of season 2 was entirely anime-original and was enjoyable in a fan service sort of way, so I wouldn't be opposed to them cooking up another mostly anime-original season.

Eh, they can work it out, it won't be exactly like the novels, of course, but they can get the same basic storyline, with some changes.

Obviously it's not the popular opinion, but personally I'd really like to see them do a Full Metal Alchemist and reanimate the novel story line much more tightly.

No. While I'm watching the new FMA, and the redo of Kanon was definitely a good idea, I really don't think we should encourage Japan to make rehashing a series STANDARD

[Westlo]

Without spoiling anything, they've made so many changes to the anime that continuing with the novel story at this point would take some major contortions and/or retcon to fit. That said, a good chunk of season 2 was entirely anime-original and was enjoyable in a fan service sort of way, so I wouldn't be opposed to them cooking up another mostly anime-original season.

Eh, they can work it out, it won't be exactly like the novels, of course, but they can get the same basic storyline, with some changes.

That's true but I wouldn't be surprised if they ignored the novel content.. it's way different from what we've seen so far.

[Suwako Moriya]

No. While I'm watching the new FMA, and the redo of Kanon was definitely a good idea, I really don't think we should encourage Japan to make rehashing a series STANDARD

There's also another thing to consider here. In the case of Kanon, both the "original and the "remake" are complete series. Sure the second series is longer and more fleshed out, but the first still has a conclusion.

The second season of Shakugan no Shana was more of a cut-off point than an ending if I remember right. At the very least they made it clear that there was still plenty more story to be told. There's a lot of potential depending on what they decide to do.

Starting Shana over would mean throwing away everything that they took two seasons to set up. Sure, the idea of a more faithful adaptation is curious. Even so I'm less concerned with what could have been in a "What if" version and more concerned with what will happen next in the version that I'm already familiar with.

[Consignia]

'Tis going to be an OVA:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-07/new-shana-anime-to-be-shakugan-no-shana-s-ova-series

[something]

'Tis going to be an OVA
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

That sucks, horribly.

[relentlessflame]

That sucks, horribly.Well, the only consolation is that the OVA could just be a way to keep the interest in the franchise from dying while they wait to do Season 3. My little theory is that they decided to strike while the iron was hot by doing a Railgun TV series, and just do a Shana OVA for now, rather than the other way around. So in the end, OVA aside, I take this to mean that they're just waiting for a bit more source material to do season 3.

[something]

That sucks, horribly.Well, the only consolation is that the OVA could just be a way to keep the interest in the franchise from dying while they wait to do Season 3. My little theory is that they decided to strike while the iron was hot by doing a Railgun TV series, and just do a Shana OVA for now, rather than the other way around. So in the end, OVA aside, I take this to mean that they're just waiting for a bit more source material to do season 3.
Such is my hope. But this just pushes season three farther and farther away... sigh.

Oh well.

[Ty]

'Tis going to be an OVA:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-07/new-shana-anime-to-be-shakugan-no-shana-s-ova-series

That is..... disappointing. Very disappointing. Maybe they'll make up for it with amazing production values a little bit. I'd like to hope relentlessflame is correct. If they are trying to keep the show alive enough to continue down the road an OVA now while they are busy with other projects is the way to do it. The other side of the coin is this OVA is meant to close out the series. I guess we'll see.

[Talyn]

'Tis going to be an OVA:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-07/new-shana-anime-to-be-shakugan-no-shana-s-ova-series

well.... I knew this day was complete dren... this seals it...

[Herron]

You guys can rejoice a little bit, according to the August issue of Animedia the third season will come after the OVA, just like relentlessflame said.

source (http://www.moetron.com/2009/07/08/third-season-of-shakugan-no-shana-to-follow-ova/)

[Westlo]

The purpose behind the OVA project is to detail certain backgrounds and character relationships before moving on to the third season.

aka we skipped a lot of stuff that's actually going to be important to the ending of the novels, here's the cliffnotes version!

[Herron]

The purpose behind the OVA project is to detail certain backgrounds and character relationships before moving on to the third season.aka we skipped a lot of stuff that's actually going to be important to the ending of the novels, here's the cliffnotes version!

That's how I read in to that too!

God I wish the second season (and this OVA & 3rd season would be licensed).

[Classical]

You guys can rejoice a little bit, according to the August issue of Animedia the third season will come after the OVA, just like relentlessflame said.

source (http://www.moetron.com/2009/07/08/third-season-of-shakugan-no-shana-to-follow-ova/)

Also, according to this (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-08/producer-plans-3rd-and-final-shana-series-after-s-ova), the producer plans to make the third TV series the final one.

God I wish the second season (and this OVA & 3rd season would be licensed).I'm still desperately hoping that all of the above get licensed for DVD release. That said, it would also be kind of nice if at some point Crunchyroll (or anyone else for that matter) were able to stream the series.

[Suwako Moriya]

You guys can rejoice a little bit, according to the August issue of Animedia the third season will come after the OVA, just like relentlessflame said.

Ah, nice to know. Now it's just a matter of how many episodes the OVA will be. Same for the TV series. Hopefully it will be two cour like the first two seasons.

[Ty]

You guys can rejoice a little bit, according to the August issue of Animedia the third season will come after the OVA, just like relentlessflame said.

source (http://www.moetron.com/2009/07/08/third-season-of-shakugan-no-shana-to-follow-ova/)

All is well then.

[something]

You guys can rejoice a little bit, according to the August issue of Animedia the third season will come after the OVA, just like relentlessflame said.

source (http://www.moetron.com/2009/07/08/third-season-of-shakugan-no-shana-to-follow-ova/)

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY.

That rules, awesomely.

[Talyn]

You guys can rejoice a little bit, according to the August issue of Animedia the third season will come after the OVA, just like relentlessflame said.

source (http://www.moetron.com/2009/07/08/third-season-of-shakugan-no-shana-to-follow-ova/)

You are a goddess! :bowsmiley: There's a little bit of ground to cover so I, as well, hope it's two cour....

[Suwako Moriya]

That rules, awesomely.

What I find awesome is how by the time I read the news about it being an OVA, I was able to read about there being a third season a few posts down. Nothing like having a worry averted in a matter of seconds.

[superdry]

I wonder if the next light novel is going to be the final one. I don't really keep track on light novel news, but the last novel (reading a summary of it) seemed interesting and things were building up to a major finale.

Maybe JC Staff might do an anime original ending if the light novels continue.

New season and OVA is good as more Shana merch should come out...which makes the collector in me jump for joy.

[Buster Blader 126]

The news of the OVA threw me off as well, but hearing that there will still be a new TV series is good news, to be sure.


FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

That sucks, horribly.


YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY.

That rules, awesomely.

I must say, the structure of the responses cracked a smile on my face. :laugh: