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DDayton

(more a nerd than a geek)

• Sep 13, 2011

• #1

Okay, THIS is new to me - there was a Fire Emblem animated series (2 episodes) that got dubbed and released in the USA back in 1998

http://www.amazon.com/dp/6304824807/?tag=neogaf0e-20

I discovered this when looking for Nintendo 3DS conference videos (http://nintendoeverything.com/72029/)

Anyone here ever hear of this?

 

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Shard

XBLAnnoyance

• Sep 13, 2011

• #2

I owned it back in the day and can't remember any details, it was just that bland.

 

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DDayton

(more a nerd than a geek)

• Sep 13, 2011

• #3

Shard said:

I owned it back in the day and can't remember any details, it was just that bland.

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Oh, I wasn't expecting quality or anything like that -- I was just sort of surprised.

 

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Solune

Member

• Sep 13, 2011

• #4

This was back when they translated Marth's name as Mars.

 

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Toth

Member

• Sep 13, 2011

• #5

I have this one in my collection. It was pretty good for a two part anime. Shame it was only two episodes though as it was a very interesting series that still had not been released in English.

 

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meadowrag

Banned

• Sep 13, 2011

• #6

Is this the same thing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0mJ4Ya-15M

 

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Dark Schala

Eloquent Princess

• Sep 13, 2011

• #7

Yeah. I rented it dozens of times before I bought my own copy. I thought it was pretty good at the time, and I remember being disappointed that it was only 2 episodes. I don't have a VCR to see what I think of it today, though!

And in this Marth = Mars.

meadowrag said:

Is this the same thing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0mJ4Ya-15M

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Yes.

 

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Charoncaori

Member

• Sep 13, 2011

• #8

AHAHA, that video with the Ico music and the Castle Shikigami II lines dubbed in is hilarious.

 

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Slime

Banned

• Sep 13, 2011

• #9

Totally rented that shit. Don't remember anything about it, but I do remember it existing.

 

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Regulus Tera

Romanes Eunt Domus

• Sep 13, 2011

• #10

It was shit. Almost as shit as the Final Fantasy V anime sequel.

 

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WrenchNinja

Member

• Sep 13, 2011

• #11

DavidDayton said:

Anyone here ever hear of this?

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Yeah, back around the time Fire Emblem for the GBA came out.

 

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Choppasmith

Member

• Sep 13, 2011

• #12

The Japanese voice of Marth used in Melee and Brawl originated from this.

Saw the first couple of episodes on Youtube out of curiosity. I wouldn't say it's terrible, just not spectacular. I'm surprised ADV didn't try releasing this on DVD after Melee came out (maybe redubbing Mars into Marth). Would've sold very well for them. The problem was they released this YEARS before when no one knew what the heck Fire Emblem was.

 

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Deleted member 74300

Unconfirmed Member

• Sep 13, 2011

• #13

English dub Marth/Mars = Shinji from Evangelion

For those who couldn't notice it at first.

 

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cosmicblizzard

Banned

• Sep 13, 2011

• #14

Yeah, I saw it. It was eh.

Not really that surprising that it exists. There's an anime of plenty of stuff back in the day. There's even a Mario and Final Fantasy V one.

 

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Cow Mengde

Banned

• Sep 13, 2011

• #15

You think the Fire Emblem anime is weird, check out other Fire Emblem cameos. Link is in the Fire Emblem anime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I8mUP_w9ZA

 

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vazel

Banned

• Sep 13, 2011

• #16

There was also a Panzer Dragoon VHS which I bought. Didn't get the Fire Emblem VHS since I didn't care about Fire Emblem back then.

 

Joe Molotov

Member

• Sep 13, 2011

• #17

cosmicblizzard said:

Yeah, I saw it. It was eh.

Not really that surprising that it exists. There's an anime of plenty of stuff back in the day. There's even a Mario and Final Fantasy V one.

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Yeah, I remember Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals getting a US release in the wake of Final Fantasy VII's popularity. It was pretty dire.

 

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tolkir

Member

• Sep 13, 2011

• #18

there is more info here. http://myanimelist.net/anime/2782/Fire_Emblem

An anime a little poor

 

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Cow Mengde

Banned

• Sep 13, 2011

• #19

The anime is actually very accurate if low budget. It is the most accurate game based anime or any game based media. It's practically word for word Fire Emblem.

 

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DDayton

(more a nerd than a geek)

• Sep 13, 2011

• #20

Cow Mengde said:

You think the Fire Emblem anime is weird, check out other Fire Emblem cameos. Link is in the Fire Emblem anime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I8mUP_w9ZA

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I didn't manage to make it through 13 minutes of that. Where is the Link cameo, exactly?

 

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Ezalc

Member

• Sep 13, 2011

• #21

I remember reading about this when I first got into FE. I didn't bother watching it because I knew it was probably going to be terrible :lol.

 

Joe Molotov

Member

• Sep 13, 2011

• #22

Have you guys seen the Chrono Trigger OVA? It's a hoot. :lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrqsLbdcJYo

 

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kittens

Unconfirmed Member

• Sep 13, 2011

• #23

I'm watching the first episode... And it's actually pretty good!

 

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Starwolf_UK

Member

• Sep 13, 2011

• #24

It came out in France and Italy too.

As far as anime goes its incomplete (it gets to chapter 3/25 of the game) but the main issue is its essentially a clone of The Heroic Legend of Arslan; which was also incomplete (the source material novels are too, its written by the person who did Legend of the Galactic Heroes). Both are expired as far as licenses go.

It does look quite nice for 1996 though. At least thats what I recalled...I forgot when the budget suddenly died...

DavidDayton said:

I didn't manage to make it through 13 minutes of that. Where is the Link cameo, exactly?

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Quite clear