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[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

Double-posting. Please blame the official site for this. D:

Apparently the Geass team got a lot of questions about the recap episode, so they decided to post an explanation up on the official blog. Translation as follows.

"...The next episode, 8.5 (recap) will be an organized look back at what Lelouch has done in the episode 1-8 and his past.

We've received a lot of requests from viewers who started watching in the middle about what sort of story happened before and that they wanted to see it. We've assembled this recap episode to answer this request. We hope our viewers who did not start from the middle would have more enjoyment of the later episodes as a result.

As for those who's been our viewers right from the beginning, we'd like you to think of this episode as a reaffirmation. If you'd like to bring your friends to watch it with you, it would make us very happy.

Thank you in advance for your support of [Code Geass : Lelouch of the Rebellion] from now on.

*Stage 8.5 will not be counted among the episodes on the DVD, but as a special selection programme. For further information, please check the official site."

...well, I did, but nothing's up there yet. If something's put up, I'll make an edit on this post and give you the breaking news. (Or make a new post if it's further apart and too much of a pain to dig) At least it seems that Episode 8.5 is made because they're answering fan demand and/or this is a good place to recap for middleroad watchers because things started changing post-8, instead of not having enough time to make a proper 9.0. (They did not seem to expect the popularity, haha) Or it could be just pretty words (ironic, if it is) but I'm going to give them the benefit of doubt, it's been very good series thus far. Does the DVD comment mean 8.5 won't count towards the amount of episodes we're getting? We can only hope.

Comments

[drunkenshoe.livejournal.com]

If you'd like to bring your friends to watch it with you, it would make us very happy.

...So it's a movie theater now? Okay then.

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

It's an old adage of the thing. When in doubt, maximize your profits.

The way they say it is certainly funny, though.

[-obliviondust.livejournal.com]

Re-cap episode? -.- Whyyyyy?

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

Well, the why is above. I find it amusing that they need to put up an explanation. Most don't bother.

[-obliviondust.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I read but I never like re-cap episodes. Especially this early into the series.

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

I've never liked them either. -_-; If you look back at ye olde RAW post yonder, you'll see me lamenting the fact. At least I'm hoping there's light at the end of the tunnel---that it won't count as an episode, and won't cut into how much story we get. -_-;

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

blahhh i knew that they put this in for no reason T___T my anime magazines do not support this!! D:

and as a small reccommendation, would you want to condense the info posts a bit? ^^;; i mean i don't mind all the info (i love you for translating it really) but then too many does seem to be a bit spammish ^^;;

of course you can just ignore me if you want D:

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

I know it's spammish. D: How much of a condensation do you want, basically? I'm a little too used to high-traffic fandoms where you just post everything as it comes, so a bit more specificness would help a great deal.

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

oh trust me, i live for high-traffic fandoms XDDD i think about... 2 or 3 new news in a post? or you could post something once it comes up, then when something else comes up, you can edit the first post and update the time as well, so it'll still be 'current' ^__^;;

then when the traffic becomes so little people are crying for a new post, spam away! XDDD

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

FMA was pretty much 1 news article per 1 post when it was still running, I'm sort of used to that one. ^^; I'll try to do that if the post is the same type or if it hasn't fallen too much (how many people go back the pages in the comm? How much is too much? Four-five posts or seven-eight?).

Unless the news become scarce, too?

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

ohh the climax period of FMA was great *____* i would be spammed by them every single day DD: now there's not much traffic... even the digest post has to incorporate other comms other than fm_a XDDD

you can just try ^___^ i never go back pages, but i guess the max number of news would be 4-5 in one post, then you can make another one :)

yeah DD: hope it doesn't tho!! then we'll need some crack fanfics XDD

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

How is useful information and regular updates with translations spam?

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

it's not exactly spam, it's just there seems to be too many info posts by the same person, so it would be better if verity_isle condensed them a bit. ^___^;;

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

So there's a quota on the amount of times you can post to the comm even when your information is new and useful?

When I see verity_isle come up on my friendslist at Code Geass, I know it'll be something interesting; she's a really decent contributor to this community and I really don't see why it's a problem when that person actually bothers to go get this stuff and post it for all to see. Having fangirled many shows where I have been lucky to have maybe one or two other people watching it, being in an active fandom like this is a treat.

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

there isn't a quota as to how many times you can post in the comm. i'm not even saying that she shouldn't post anything new at all. i'm just saying, she could post something new, then when something else comes up, she can update the first post with the new information, if it's just the one right after. of course, if she thinks it deserves a new post, post it in a new post.

the point is, i'm not telling her not to post at all or post a certain amount of posts every day. i'm just asking her to condense them together if possible. in a small community like this, the same person posting a lot of posts can look spammish, even when it's not. if the traffic gets higher or something, verity_isle can go back to posting a new post when she sees something new.

i know that feeling when you love a certain animanga, only to know no one knows it. like wild life, the only person who knew it was an anon ;____;

[eurys.livejournal.com]

Lol, I guess Gundam Seed Destiny's bunch of recaps left many viewers bitter.
I must admit I had a "Noooooo!" reaction when I learned about the recap.
I really wish they'd put some tiny original content in it (characters' past etc) and not only some previous scenes and dialogue... Oh well.

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

I also had a "Noooooooo!" reaction. Believe me, this post is me trying to find something to be optimistic about it. -_-;; If they have FukuJun narrating new scripts to go along with the old scenes so we can get to learn more about Lulu, I'll be a bit more pacified. (FanChil does it that way. Not the best, but at least it's decent)

Didn't watch Destiny due to word of mouth. I'd rather keep my image of Seed pure and beautiful. D: I do feel bad for the fans, though. I can stop because I'm not that much of a fan of the original, but for people who wanted to see how it all ends...D:

[eurys.livejournal.com]

It's especially hard to watch GSD when you're a fan of Cagalli like myself.
Her character was totally "raped" >_<

Oh, instead of a recap, I'd like a family tree of the Britannia Imperial Family. Would be useful.

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

Looks like it's true; only Noein 'recaps' with style. XD

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

I've heard good rep about Noein. How does it do recaps? :o

The art style and the summary turned me off a bit (like Black Lagoon which I am currently immensely enjoying lol), but I change my mind easy these days. If Geass aired in the season Noein aired, chances are I wouldn't have watched it. What's it like, generally?

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

I can't say exactly as it's a spoiler, but let's just say Noein is a show about time and the possibilities presented by the existance of multiple universes. They repeat Episode one as their recap. Except they don't...

I dropped everything else that ran against Noein - not deliberately, but more because it was just so much more interesting and other shows just fell away. lol. It was awesome!

It doesn't have a pretty art style and the animation is dynamic more than beautiful. But the quality of the ideas in the story were amazing.

[clamp-hikari.livejournal.com]

LOL~ people who started to watch during the middle... yeah O'm one of them, but thank god there's bittorrent and DD right ^______________^

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

For us. :D I actually started around episode 3. XD;

Japanese people, though, don't do bittorrent as a whole as far as I know. It makes sense to have recap for them if they requested it. IF they requested it.

[clamp-hikari.livejournal.com]

yeah me too~
Japanese, they're so behind on modern file sharing. YEAH~ IF they requested it.

[empanadas]

Aw man! I was hoping Code Geass didn't have to resort to clip shows... It's like if Fukuda kidnapped the director and took over Geass. D:

Like you said verity_isle, it would at least be good with Lulu's seiyuu did the narration for the previous eps. Or at least brand new scenes.