Remember that time April transformed into a demon?
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So that was cool. I honestly don't have much of a reason to make this thread, I just read the Original Devilman, Devilman Grimoire, Mao Dante, watched the Mao Dante anime and the Devilman OVA after watching Devilman Crybaby. It just reminded me of this episode (probably more Dante than Devilman) but I seriously doubt anyone involved in making the episode even knew about Go Nagai. There's not much more to say about this episode other than it's technically where Spider Bytez came from. Anyway, actual question here. Demon April, Yay or Nay? |
I was disappointed this was never made into an action figures with attachable wings, but the toy line was on its last legs by the time the Back the Sewers episodes aired.
I do remember Ninjinister made a cool custom of it! http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...209#post713209 |
That's actually my favorite episode of Back to the Sewers. Second favorite would be "Hacking Stockman."
The last seasons cyber Turtles stuff got old fast, but the episodes without it or very little of it worked very well. |
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Was that the first ep? The ones with the least cyber-turtle stuff tended to be the better ones that season.
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The difference is the mystic power stuff was a main point of the season and they don't even master their powers till halfway in it, the cyber turtle stuff would be fine for a single episode or two, but there was no plot for it for the whole season. We just had to have scenes going there finding Splinter databits almost every ep.
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I mean it wouldn't be the first anime reference in that series so it's not impossible. Go Nagai is pretty well known, or at least his works are.
Now go watch Violence Jack, Shin Cutey Honey, and CB Chara Go Nagai World! |
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It's not impossible to find fan translations and what not, it's just that on average I doubt he or his work is that famous in the US. It would have been a rather niche audience. |
'87 April was allegedly based on Fujiko Mine. I don't know anybody who had heard of Lupin III in the states at that time.
Plus in 2007, there was this thing called "the internet", so I'm sure there were more than just a few people who knew what Devilman was. I mean, it likely didn't have a substantial fanbase, but I mean, I'd heard of it by 2007. |
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A lot of his claims are contradicted by other people. Most of these claims are ones in which he gives himself credit for a creative decision or creation, it's pretty obvious he's just trying to spin everything in his favor to make himself seem more important. Since Fujiko Mine barely resembles April and he's a writer rather than a character designer, it's more likely that she's based on April's design in issue 2 (with the actual character designer maybe being inspired by Fujiko). David Wise was probably just asked if any similarity was intentional and thought he could could it to further peddle his crap. I strongly suspect that if David Wise was entirely truthful about his writing process on season 1, it'd probably sound more like this: "Fred Wolf handed me a concept and character sheets already hammered out by Playmates, I wrote the first draft scripts and then other people altered them. Not to mention that the voice actors improvised many if not most of the lines. At the end of the day, all I really did was stretch out a plotline handed to me so it would fit 5 episodes at 20 minutes each." Because as far as I can tell from other sources than him, that's mostly what happened. Quote:
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I mean, I knew about Devil Man as an American in 2007, but I'm a giant weeb, so...
The 2003 series has at least some confirmed anime influence/reference though, there's the Akira bike slide if nothing else. |
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All I ask for in situations like this is a shred of evidence and all I've seen is "pls believe me my friend at uh... a place said so." I ain't callin' you out. It's just how I and most people should normally operate. Closest I have seen is I think Laird once said "I suspect..." and then some stuff. E'rrybody got their secret sources around here and look at how much of that seems to pan out to be legit. The case would still stand though that one person on the production team knew who Fujiko was and that's all it would take to slip in a reference. Same with a Devilman reference in demon April... wouldn't even have to be a character designer, just a decision-maker. |
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I don't quite have the time to find all these sources right now, but the Ivey interviews are on her Youtube: And Peter Laird's statement is right here: http://peterlairdstmntblog.blogspot..../ask-pl-6.html "I don't have many clear memories about getting those first batch of scripts, but I think we may not have seen any of them until our first visit to the offices of Murakami/Wolf in California. One thing I DO remember quite clearly is shooting down what Kevin and I both considered to be a ridiculous idea that Wolf (or someone writing for him) put forward -- that at the end of the first few episodes, the Turtles would take over the Technodrome and turn it into their lair." Then there's the early Bebop and Rocksteady designs that are pretty easy to find: http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...rocksteady.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3097/2...c71563a2_b.jpg Then I suppose you could just google "David Wise Interview TMNT", gives you outrageous statements like these: "The [original 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'] five part miniseries ends with the Turtles having to battle an alien armada that is coming through a gigantic black hole dimensional portal being projected in the sky directly above New York City. This dimensional portal projector has created a giant opening in the sky, with a whole alien armada coming through it. That's what the turtles are facing. The way to stop it is to shut down the machine that's generating the portal. All I have to say is: you're welcome Joss Whedon!" http://screencrush.com/teenage-mutan...imated-series/ So basically, he's not very trustworthy. Like, at all. |
I literally just watched this last night on my series rewatch I've been conducting! So funny!
Anyway, I have to admit, she was a little creepy, and was surprised that they went with the eyes glowing, tongue hurling winged demon. Cool to see, but not what I expected when I first saw it! |
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