Post by Residisi on Jan 9, 2015 16:49:54 GMT -5
Hello guys and gals, I'm ResIsBestStat, a fat, humongous swine who corrupted our holy Earth with his vast intellectual strength contained within his fashionable trilby.
Today I'm here to talk about the highly anticipated second season of Stardust Crusaders, its themes, visual representations and opening and closing credits.
Let me start by saying that I am a big fan about JoJo and what it all is about, but I'm sure you all know about JoJo and the like, what I'm going to say now however might shock you, but just let me say you this.
I like the anime way better.
I'm not saying that the manga is bad and ugly, I actually really love Araki's artstyle! Even Part 1 was something different for me and I love how he develops his artstyle gradually, making everything seem different. But one thing that I don't like about Araki is his tendency to forget some pieces of the plot or planning certain things poorly. Let's think about Stardust Crusaders. There we see Kakyoin drawing Jotaro and cutting his leg by drawing a bloody cut on his portrait, then he proceeds to "safely dispose" of the painting and that power is never heard from again. I do understand why Araki did that, but that's just an example of poor planning on his part. The anime doesn't fix this either, but what it does fix is the general flow of the fight scene between Kakyoin and Jotaro. In the fight in the manga, Kakyoin just peppered Jotaro with emerald splashes until Jotaro pummeled him. In the anime, Jotaro dodges Kakyoin's tentacles, throws a trash can at Kakyoin but fails to harm him and is eventually caught by his tentacles, he then frees himself and pummels Kakyoin.
The anime does so many things better in my opinion, never disrupting the flow of the fights and development while adding as little filler as possible thanks to david production's masterful display of adaptations done right. But enough about me loving season one, let's talk about season 2's first episode instead.
The opening of season 2 is something that not most of you like. I mean, you like how it sounds, but you like the other openings better (Looking at you Bloody Stream and Stand Proud.) What I liked however is the fact that the song, with its fitting title and music, basically screams the end of everything. It fits, it just fits with the way the characters are presented in different situations with various poses that foreshadow their fate, and the final "ORAORAORA" barrage is just a big book end that we all knew that was coming. I know many of you might not like the theme of the song, but in my opinion, they couldn't have done it any other way in order to give that feeling of a true end.
The ending in the meanwhile is related a lot to the episode. The moment when Joseph takes a picture of the group we all see how happy they are, even with a new member like Iggy. Most of the episode is simply the cast messing around with the new member and just talking together, even during the fight. However when Kakyoin gets blinded, we are given a small foreshadowing about his fate, but those unfamiliar with the series might understand the feeling of someone possibly dying in the series, maybe thinking that Iggy will replace Kakyoin. I think that most of the people who heavily disliked and downright hated the opening (Not talking about the people in this forum) and the ending are simply looking at the anime with a JoJo fan persona, instead of understanding that david production is trying to make the series more easy to access to newcomers and people who only watch the anime, trying to give feelings that I don't even think that the manga could convey, despite Araki's talent.
Now, let's talk about the most criticized part of the new season. The ending. Last Train Home is a song that many people think that doesn't fit with JoJo or Stardust Crusaders, but actually it does fit, it fits so well, but in a subtle way that even surprised me for a second. The first time I listened to the ending I thought that it was horrible and just wanted Holy Diver to play instead of it, but after re-watching the episode due to boredom, I found out how magnificently it complements the darker part of Stardust Crusaders. When one listens to this song, they should also watch the ending itself and think about season 1.
Season 1 had Walk Like An Egyptian for its ending, a pun on the characters going to Egypt and another way to say that the Stardust Crusaders cast is in the 80s, but it could have been easily substituted with something like Holy Diver or Egypt (The Chains Are On.) Why? Because the first part is comedic and action packed, similar to early 80s movies which were full with action and slapstick humor, the kind that is funny and serious at the same time (But mostly funny.)
Season 2 however is much darker and "edgier" since it deals with many brutal fights and character injuries. Sure we still have tons of comedic parts in every chapter, but most of the villains themselves are more disturbing and bloody when compared to some of the villains before them. The ending itself is quite dark and depressing despite a lot of comedy going on near the end. Last Train Home is a song dedicated to this darker and sadder part of JoJo. Not everyone will be on the train back home and Jotaro & co. know that soon after Kakyoin gets blinded. Jotaro himself throws away a picture near the end of the ending, a picture showing the crusaders all together in a photo, as if their fates were sealed.
Thank you for reading this huge wall of text about my analysis on the new season in general, and post about how stupid I am and about how shitty my thoughts are.
K thx bai.
Today I'm here to talk about the highly anticipated second season of Stardust Crusaders, its themes, visual representations and opening and closing credits.
Let me start by saying that I am a big fan about JoJo and what it all is about, but I'm sure you all know about JoJo and the like, what I'm going to say now however might shock you, but just let me say you this.
I like the anime way better.
I'm not saying that the manga is bad and ugly, I actually really love Araki's artstyle! Even Part 1 was something different for me and I love how he develops his artstyle gradually, making everything seem different. But one thing that I don't like about Araki is his tendency to forget some pieces of the plot or planning certain things poorly. Let's think about Stardust Crusaders. There we see Kakyoin drawing Jotaro and cutting his leg by drawing a bloody cut on his portrait, then he proceeds to "safely dispose" of the painting and that power is never heard from again. I do understand why Araki did that, but that's just an example of poor planning on his part. The anime doesn't fix this either, but what it does fix is the general flow of the fight scene between Kakyoin and Jotaro. In the fight in the manga, Kakyoin just peppered Jotaro with emerald splashes until Jotaro pummeled him. In the anime, Jotaro dodges Kakyoin's tentacles, throws a trash can at Kakyoin but fails to harm him and is eventually caught by his tentacles, he then frees himself and pummels Kakyoin.
The anime does so many things better in my opinion, never disrupting the flow of the fights and development while adding as little filler as possible thanks to david production's masterful display of adaptations done right. But enough about me loving season one, let's talk about season 2's first episode instead.
The opening of season 2 is something that not most of you like. I mean, you like how it sounds, but you like the other openings better (Looking at you Bloody Stream and Stand Proud.) What I liked however is the fact that the song, with its fitting title and music, basically screams the end of everything. It fits, it just fits with the way the characters are presented in different situations with various poses that foreshadow their fate, and the final "ORAORAORA" barrage is just a big book end that we all knew that was coming. I know many of you might not like the theme of the song, but in my opinion, they couldn't have done it any other way in order to give that feeling of a true end.
The ending in the meanwhile is related a lot to the episode. The moment when Joseph takes a picture of the group we all see how happy they are, even with a new member like Iggy. Most of the episode is simply the cast messing around with the new member and just talking together, even during the fight. However when Kakyoin gets blinded, we are given a small foreshadowing about his fate, but those unfamiliar with the series might understand the feeling of someone possibly dying in the series, maybe thinking that Iggy will replace Kakyoin. I think that most of the people who heavily disliked and downright hated the opening (Not talking about the people in this forum) and the ending are simply looking at the anime with a JoJo fan persona, instead of understanding that david production is trying to make the series more easy to access to newcomers and people who only watch the anime, trying to give feelings that I don't even think that the manga could convey, despite Araki's talent.
Now, let's talk about the most criticized part of the new season. The ending. Last Train Home is a song that many people think that doesn't fit with JoJo or Stardust Crusaders, but actually it does fit, it fits so well, but in a subtle way that even surprised me for a second. The first time I listened to the ending I thought that it was horrible and just wanted Holy Diver to play instead of it, but after re-watching the episode due to boredom, I found out how magnificently it complements the darker part of Stardust Crusaders. When one listens to this song, they should also watch the ending itself and think about season 1.
Season 1 had Walk Like An Egyptian for its ending, a pun on the characters going to Egypt and another way to say that the Stardust Crusaders cast is in the 80s, but it could have been easily substituted with something like Holy Diver or Egypt (The Chains Are On.) Why? Because the first part is comedic and action packed, similar to early 80s movies which were full with action and slapstick humor, the kind that is funny and serious at the same time (But mostly funny.)
Season 2 however is much darker and "edgier" since it deals with many brutal fights and character injuries. Sure we still have tons of comedic parts in every chapter, but most of the villains themselves are more disturbing and bloody when compared to some of the villains before them. The ending itself is quite dark and depressing despite a lot of comedy going on near the end. Last Train Home is a song dedicated to this darker and sadder part of JoJo. Not everyone will be on the train back home and Jotaro & co. know that soon after Kakyoin gets blinded. Jotaro himself throws away a picture near the end of the ending, a picture showing the crusaders all together in a photo, as if their fates were sealed.
Thank you for reading this huge wall of text about my analysis on the new season in general, and post about how stupid I am and about how shitty my thoughts are.
K thx bai.