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 Post subject: Hikaru No Go - proper physical or digital releases availabl?
Post #1 Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:37 am 
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I was wondering if anyone knew if there is any place that may be printing this on either DVD or Blu-Ray, or, failing that, if there are any streaming services. Seems like kind of a shame if the series was no longer available officially in some form.

I did see Amazon Prime, but is there anything else?

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Post #2 Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:22 am 
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Post #3 Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:50 am 
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It had a good start, and the quality of the manga remained high throughout because of the same artist. But for whatever reasons, it didn't know how to end ( bad planning from the start? ), and the quality of the anime deteriorated rapidly after the beginning ( felt strongly like a budgeting issue -- they ran out of money to retain the original high-quality artists who did the opening and end-theme songs and the first few episodes; then low quality sank in. ). Not to mention it became pointless after Sai. Too bad.

Interesting that the original Chapter 1 title is different in Japanese (棋聖降臨) than the English version (Eternal Rivals) -- of course, the original is so much better IMO ( and why it was pointless after Sai ).

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Post #4 Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:28 am 
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I thought the most attractive part of the anime was the rivalry between Hikaru and Toya. It wasn't interesting while Hikaru was a tool of Sai and only became more interesting when Hikaru was on his own. I guess I focussed on the plot and not so much on the art.

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Post #5 Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:26 pm 
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Hi Gowan,
I didn't focus on the art; the bad art drew attention to itself like a black eye :blackeye:.

In the beginning, everything was nice: the plot, the writing, the art, and for the anime, the music and the voice over. Everything was interesting -- thus, "it had a good start". My anecdotal experience from chatting with a few people: adults tended to like Sai (and didn't care for Hikaru), and kids liked Hikaru; personally, I found both Hikaru and Akira boring -- your experience was different.

The manga art quality was high throughout because presumably it was the same artist for the entire manga series. The anime art deterioration was blatant -- ( example: the fingers began with a strong character with distinct segments and fingernails but later decayed into formless lumps with missing fingernails; the list of animators in the end credits changed throughout the series -- they actually wrote down for all eternity to see who was responsible for the art deterioration! :evil: ), much like certain user interfaces of certain Go clients -- but not everyone would notice it (or mind).

Thanks for your perspectives.

Episode 1, Akira's anatomically OK hand and fingers:
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Opening theme song, Sai's hand, with good budget:
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Episode 75, alien, anatomically weird hand with lazy fingernails:
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