I love that it's age-restricted.
But man, did they have to use the ending theme, though?
Hey that ending is pretty good.
Beats whatever generic theme they could've used anyways.
I would've taken a generic theme (or even the relatively superior opening theme song) over Ultra-fast, Cutesy, Badly-Synthesized J-Pop song #19741769216498461375.
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Generic obscurity beats Generic Over-saturation...
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So, in Episode 7, Lady Lady approaches Meifeng and tells her that Mirei has been taken to Veste. They then leave to do something about that. However, the episode ends with Mirei and Mamori perfectly fine. In the next episode, Meifeng is also fine so it's not like it was a trap or something. Did I miss something here?
Also, Super Ultra Hyper Miracle Romantic is the greatest ED of all time and anyone who says otherwise is objectively wrong.
EDIT: Finished the anime. It's... okay. The plot is pretty interesting but the fact that it's condensed to the last four episodes really hurts it. If it had been spread out over all twelve, we might actually have had a pretty good anime on our hands.
edited 21st Feb '17 2:08:22 AM by Zelenal
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Lady Lady were aware of Akira's secret and while they did say the truth to Meifong, the goal of that little stunt was to keep Meifong from discovering the Governeur exiting the house. It becomes a little clearer once you see the mini ova focused on Lady Lady.
Personally I didn't had issues with the pacing but definitely the series would've been benefitted of a longer run. There's still so many unanswered questions. Here's hoping a sequel is announced soon.
First two chapters of the dub are available on Funi's site. Here are some samples of it
https://puu.sh/uxpGm/1ce4d5e843.ogg
https://youtu.be/3M1ZU7Tmkx8 (Beware! Is the uncensored version)
The voices fit the characters for the most part (I think Mirei should have a huskier voice) and thank god the script isn't as bad as it was with SK. They do take some liberties but nothing too serious
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Seems okay.
The chances of me watching it again are pretty slim, though.
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It's been a long time since I saw the whole anime, so going over it again dubbed will be easier for me.
I thought it was mostly good, but hoowee did that girl Kasumi was talking with near the start of the first episode sound stilted.
It's a bit part though, so whatever.
edited 7th Mar '17 5:54:38 AM by PhysicalStamina
https://infiniterainyday.blogspot.mx/2017/04/the-good-ones-valkyrie-drive-mermaid.html
Interesting if somewhat flawed analysis on the series' characters
Oh boy, Funimation didn't just include Valkyrie Drive's specials on their release. They also dubbed them
I never expected them to go the extra mile.
So I had the chance to see the dub and I'm pretty impressed, acting is on point, script isn't too different from the original, nos lame jokes like in SK's. It gets a little weird to hear some pronunciations but nothing too bad. Now I don't usually get dubs so maybe is the standard, but I was pleasantly surprised at the fact the subs weren't just a transcription of the script but rather, the same subs used for the japanese track (even for the newly translated specials) that makes interesting to see what were the changes made by the ADR director.
edited 22nd Apr '17 12:26:27 PM by Tzitzimine
Hypersexualized and exaggerated, VD: Mermaid was created by MARVELOUS, in an initiative by and for women.
It is no mystery that Japan has many of the rarest things in the world: talking toilets, vending machines for oral sex and television contests with zoophilic fetishes, among many others.
The extravagant Japanese market, too, has given rise to hundreds of unique projects, as is our case today: Valkyrie Drive (VD). The gigantic project was born from the production company Marvelous! Entertainment, which consists of three parts: Bhikkhuni, a game for PS Vita, Siren, a social game for Android and iOS that was already discontinued and Mermaid, a 12 episode anime.
The main grace? VD is a 100% women-owned project.
All the official VD material sung and designed by women, including their opening and ending songs, are part of a multi-platform project to promote feminism in Japanese industry. Only a few staff members are men, but all production decisions were made under the supervision of the creators of the project.
The first two projects of VD reached a significant lesbian visibility in the international field. Siren, co-founded by Susie Lee & Katrina Hess, stopped working on April 4, 2017 and was focused primarily on the online dating market that neither Tinder nor other apps managed to reach for some lesbians. Despite having been a brand 100% composed by women and that the game reached international visibility as one of the first lesbian-themed social games to reach a "top 10" in the most downloaded apps of Japan in 2016, the creators had Who close his company for lack of money. Bhikkhuni, the PS Vita game, had moderate sales success in Japan and its impact was minimal in the US gaming sphere. The console PS Vita was not a sales success in South America, reason why the arrival of this game has been partial.
But the true jewel of VD is Mermaid, the animé that best represents the argument of the three stories. Mermaid deals with a shy girl named Mamori, who awakens on an artificial island, populated only by women who have been infected by the strange "Virus A" (Armed Virus), a strange disease that empowers women. The females are separated into two classes: Extars, girls who become excited when they become different types of weapons or "Arms", and Liberators, who are capable of handling these weapons and provoke the transformation of the Extars through a process called Drive, Which basically consists of foreplay or graphic foreplay on camera. These girls are imprisoned on these islands until one of the government-appointed supervisors decides that they are able to reintegrate into society. A delight of argument.
In the first chapter, Mamori discovers that she is an Extar and that is why she is on the island, where she finds herself almost immediately with Mirei Shikishima, an extremely powerful Liberator who decides to protect her and transforms her into her companion. The story follows the adventures of Mamori and Mirei to escape the island and is full of action, exaggerated attributes and totally free nudes.
Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid is a rampant sexuality carousel with superb and exaggerated animation and a self-discovery story full of metaphors from the life of a teenage lesbian in Japan. And many, but many naked. If you search enough, on the web you can find the versions with and without censorship.
https://pousta.com/valkyrie-drive-mermaid-soft-porn-feminista-anime/
Mind you, they confused the Mobage VD: Siren with an actual dating App called simply Siren but still, this is quite the interpretation on the series.
Wasn't Valkyrie Drive Mermaid from the guy who made the Senran Kagura series?
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Yep. That interpretation is kinda completely wrong. There's no deep message here, this is just 100% fanservice. Or, to quote the box for Bhikkhuni:
Weaponized lesbians! Powered by orgasms! What a time to be alive!
edited 23rd May '17 4:00:38 PM by Zelenal
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No such thing as a wrong interpretation of something.
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There is when what you're basing your interpretation on is factually wrong.
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Oh yes there is. Death of the Author is a stupid idea and it and all it's attendant baggage needs to be taken out the back and put out of our collective misery.
At the very least interpretations based off of incorrect information (whether accidental or deliberately falsified) are definitionally wrong.
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edited 23rd May '17 4:53:58 PM by KnightofLsama
The article goes into hyperbolic with its praise and it does got wrong the bit about Siren but is not completely wrong. The author does acknowledge the fact the creators of the concept were men (thus the "under the supervision of the creators" bit) and yes, it was a fact the staff was mostly women. During the radio show broadcasted to promote the anime, Mikako Izawa and Yuka Iguchi told that the few male seiyuu that participated on the show only remained the needed time to record their lines since they didn't want to make the environment awkward being the only men around.
Sure the project was thought with the male demographic in mind but the themes, writing and character design resonated more with women and thus, the majority of the fans for Mermaid were women. Something that caught the staff completely by surprise whom acknowledged it in many interviews.
Oh, and the "Weaponized women powered by pleasure" slogan was something that P Qube came on its own to promote the release of the game in the west, the game was marketed very differently in Japan.
edited 23rd May '17 9:31:19 PM by Tzitzimine
They actually fixed the mistake about Siren after I pointed out to them on the comments
https://pousta.com/valkyrie-drive-mermaid-soft-porn-feminista-anime/
Pretty nice of them.
That doesn't happen with these blogs often.
Updated listing
https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-video/complete-series-bld-00423/
edited 17th Jan '17 2:35:02 PM by Tzitzimine