Anonymous
6/25/2025, 6:34:17 AM No.11823770
Why was there never an anime? You have a war between humans and aliens, space battles with giant robot fish. It writes itself. This would have been huge in the 90s.
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Anonymous
6/25/2025, 7:47:08 AM No.11823880
Because anime is expensive to produce and the market was saturated in the 90s.
Anonymous
6/25/2025, 11:18:38 PM No.11825293
>>11823770 (OP)
>Why was there never an anime?
Because it's a shmup, all the budgeting all went to the boxart and marketing
>Why was there never an anime?
Because it's a shmup, all the budgeting all went to the boxart and marketing
Anonymous
6/26/2025, 3:20:42 AM No.11825924
This is another one, it would have sold a ton of OVAs and from there spawned a big franchise.
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Anonymous
6/26/2025, 3:26:14 AM No.11825930
>You have a war between humans and aliens
You basically just described half of all anime from the 80s and 90s
You basically just described half of all anime from the 80s and 90s
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Anonymous
6/26/2025, 6:09:07 PM No.11827073
>>11823770 (OP)
It had a promotional comic book-style oneshot manga
https://shmuplations.com/dariusii/
It had a promotional comic book-style oneshot manga
https://shmuplations.com/dariusii/
Anonymous
6/26/2025, 6:42:49 PM No.11827141
>>11825924
So many OVAs were total one-offs.
So many OVAs were total one-offs.
Anonymous
6/26/2025, 6:49:13 PM No.11827159
>>11825930
Exactly
Exactly