Information about the completed but unreleased Alien vs. Predator anime, Aliens vs. Predator: Annihilation, is sending ripples of excitement through the fandom lately. We recently heard from Dave Baker and Eric Calderon, the Western animation consultants and producers, about the original vision for the anime and their displeasure at the direction Aliens vs. Predator: Annihilation later went.
Now, director Shinji Aramaki has taken to his Facebook page to share our first look at Aliens vs. Predator: Annihilation! Taken in what appears to be the editing bay, we get a good look at Annihilation’s Xenomorph!
Aramaki has previously shared screenshots and design artwork from the vaulted Aliens vs. Predator anime at Otakon, but those images have remained off the internet. What do you think of Aliens vs. Predator: Annihilation’s take on the Alien warrior?
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This one just didn't.
Ahh, I hadn't seen that, only the image of the Xenomorph (is there a link?) 😃
Welcome to the boards Bull0rca!
Alien appears to have a good following in Japan - especially on the merchandise front. Plenty of anime and games from Japan mimic the movies. I can only imagine that the reason we haven't seen an Alien / Predator manga would have something to do with copyright / Dark Horse having the monopoly on the comics for years (as I often think the style seen in the Aliens vs Predator arcade from Capcom would have been the perfect style for such a Japanese take back in the early 90s. Which is why I feel this project sounds like it's having an identity crisis - early 90s anime tropes, but sort of 'realistic' visual style - perhaps a more Capcom AvP style would have suited it better? 😅
That's got me thinking though.
Can anyone speak to the popularity of Alien, Predator, and AVP's popularity in Japan? I really have no idea where they would land, in terms of any modern relativity. Or is that a question to be posted in the forum, with it's own thread?
This is what it comes down to for me too. Obviously the scale and numbers involved are different, but if someone commissions me to design something or paint a wargames army, and they don't like the results, I don't expect them to give that design to the labourers to build, or to not paint strip that army and hire someone else.
It obviously sucks for the creatives involved. A lot of people worked hard with nothing to show for it.
But if you're making a project for someone else and they're not happy with the result, it's absolutely their right to throw it in the bin.
That's nice but again, more isn't bad either. Least you can choose to come back to these new things if you wished. It's just nothing wrong to ask for better quality AVP stuff. Aliens are killing it recently and Predator has some decent stuff here and there but AVP is sorely lacking for a decade now.
Well you don't have to be so precise when you make sense. Geez!
Fox thought they were only up to two failures by this point? Get bought out by Disney, assholes.
I don't care if it's good or bad, or if it's a thing I plan on watching or not (I have no desire to sit down and watch most of what I listed above, personally). If something is made, release it. Screw all of this studio heads panicking after the fact, tax break bullshit.
I can second this (to a degree) - having just turned 39 myself, I still feel the 'golden age' of the Alien franchise ran up to and ended in '96.
There really is something to be said for "less is more", and to me, the franchise was at its best when we had the Alien Trilogy, Predator 1&2, and the novels/comics/spin-off media. Have I always craved more? Yup! But then when we get it, it's never right, or (in some cases) enjoyable but somehow feels 'off'. The problem being, it's not a simple case of 'pretend it doesn't exist' as it impacts and influences everything, even if it's a stinker. Case in point; Alien Resurrection released in '97.. now suppose you absolutely hate the movie and refuse to acknowledge it... well, not that simple, as now the comic books are using it as reference for their xeno designs, the Kenner toy range is mimicking the warrior design for their 'Hive Wars' range, every video game and dvd set is slapping its imagery on the cover art etc...same with AvP, as soon as it launched, the Comics and Books switch from 'Aliens vs Predator' to 'AvP' branding, unrelated Aliens media start featuring xenos with tail fins, every story starts revolving around ancient predator temples and pyramids as per the movie etc... not keen on the lore added by Prometheus and Covenant? Too bad it's now in your video games, space jockeys are now engineers, cassette futurism is no more, the universe is now holograms standard modern sci-fi interiors, and flying 'pups' etc etc... (for the record, not saying *i* have issue with these movies, just purely given as example) the fact is, whether something sucks doesn't matter, it will influence and impact the franchise on the whole...it's not just a stain, it grows. Sure, you can come back from it ('Prey' from 'The Predator' is proof) but the latter is still there and it's influence felt.
This is why despite my curiosity, I'd rather they leave this animated show shelved, and let it be a curiosity for years to come like 'Operation: Aliens'.
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Settling for less is what we've been doing since AVP.
The only reason I'm still a hardcore Yautja fan is because of the literature. I honestly couldn't care less about the movies or games. I'm 40, back in my day it was Predator, one comic, then one book. That was it. That book was AvP: Prey and I've been hooked since but strictly from the literature.
Another mess up like AVP and AVPR isn't wanted thank you very much. Is it really too much to ask for a awesome but consistent AVP media? Why should we ever settle for less? Xenos mind controlled by children-xeno hybrids?
I mean I can't be alone in that the fans of the AVP series, such as myself, fear another stain on the brand, AGAIN. The AVP2010 game was ok but then forgotten wayside and we only been getting comics and novels ever since. Entertaining ones here and there sure, but if we are getting one back in a motion media, live action or animated, I want one that is sure to be true to the series but also fun, exciting to watch that can bring in new people. I do love how Cyberpunk Edgerunners was that for the Cyberpunk series and I want that level of quality or greater for AVP.
In turn, it would also encourage Fox to make more AVP visual media that is lacking right now, because the films really made a huge stinker that scared them off from doing so up till this point with the shelved anime we got right here. Maybe if they released clips here and there, perhaps we can make up our minds more?
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I still gotta say I can't believe the original comic run adaptation was dumped, it's perfect for an anime adaptation like I can't think of another better choice than the first comic run.
I stand corrected! 😁
Whaaaat? Don't you guys want the forum/fandom to have an influx of sweaty, very single dudes extolling the virtues of their waifu, Xeno-Chan?
But I do need to realize that this hasn't been released yet maybe it could've been grounded in some cases but who knows. And yeah that Xeno/Human Children controlling the Xenomorphs is dumb, it is weakened the xenomorph more, I said Something similar before but the Xenomorph is supposed to be the perfect organism and is being controlled by a child.
You know what, fine. I'll go with the releases team, let's see if our curiosity kills us or not.
Human/Alien hybrid children can f**k right off, but where better for them to f**k off to than anime?
I can see why this was shelved, if the studio was worried about sinking the brand irreparably, but I wonder if maybe it isn't the complete dumpster fire they make out.
Batman Ninja was fun to watch but not something to be taken seriously.
I'm with releasing it. Sounds like fun to me but not something to be taken seriously. It's already been made, might as well make a buck or two off it.
At this point, the fans of the franchise is what's holding everything up.
If it's bad, well, then it's bad. But as it is now, it's completely made and just sitting on a shelf collecting dust. No sense in that.
And I really like that Alien.
of course - major bias in that interview. Their original project was rejected in favour of this. They were incredibly salty after that. Understandable.
I'm expecting that the anime would've been cool in the same way that something like.. Batman Ninja is cool - A wacky fun interpretation of a western franchise via japanese lens.
Would it respect "canon"? No. Neither did Batman Ninja. That's not the appeal of these things.
Would it look cool and be a lot of fun?? GOOD CHANCE OF THAT with this director. Black Lotus was a really cool show and Traitor of Mars was really good too.
"but it would've had a half alien/half human magical girl!" Yeah, that's anime bs, it's fine for what this thing is.
..i just hope the Predators got on a mecha at one point.
(even better if the mecha had dreadlocks for no reason).
hell - this thing is finished. It's not like the blomkamp weirdness, because this wouldn't change or or "impact the canon" in any real way, shape or form.
Nonsense to say "we dodged a bullet".
This series survived Alien Resurrection.
Just release it.