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[inverts.livejournal.com]

Since the opening video was released, I am super excited for this game!
Took a few screencaptures and figured I ought to share them. Feel free to use for icons, etc.
Anybody else take screencaps? :3 I'm not sure I'm running the best program for this... XD;



first off, gotta say... some of those stills look a...

a little silly



DEM LEGS



Adorable thief!



Adorable hopeful final boss!



mmm werewolf



I think I like the werewolf



a little too much!



whoops



Fonne has been taking lessons from the angels of NGE I think. Oh dear.

Comments

[burnfist23.livejournal.com]

Looks like they fixed the group shot at the end:
(http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/burnfist23/?action=view&current=disgaea4group.jpg)

[inverts.livejournal.com]

ah, yeah, it does! Handy to have that comparison there.

[inverts.livejournal.com]

ooooh, can't wait to see them =D
on the off chance that I've got any you don't have, you're welcome to add these to the wiki as well.

[tuinen.livejournal.com]

I took a bunch of screenshots, but they're all taken with the snip tool and most of the time I didn't even bother snipping the whole picture so I'm not sure if anyone wants them.

I know what you mean about the stills looking a little weird. I guess they didn't want to spend too much of their budget on the opening this time. Movement looks fine, though.

[inverts.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what the snip tool is, but hey! You can post 'em here in the comments if you want? =D

And yeah, movement looks awesome really. It's just pausing it... XD

[tuinen.livejournal.com]

Snip tool is one of the basic tools of Windows. It works kind of like the print screen button except that you can snip whatever area you want. It's handy when print screen isn't working for some reason or the other.

Okay, I'll just dump them here, then. :)






Haha, I love Fuuka already. <3

[inverts.livejournal.com]

aaaah these are great! ::goes through and saves a few::

[pirho-maniac.livejournal.com]

DAT FLONNE.

I need to get a PS3 now.

[inverts.livejournal.com]

Meeeeeee too. =|a

[dcantu04.livejournal.com]

Flonne destroying earth... 0_0!
I need this game!

[inverts.livejournal.com]

YES
even though I have no idea whether or not that will actually be relevant to the plot or if it is just added into the animation to look pretty! |D

[burnfist23.livejournal.com]

Usually when it comes to amazingly pretty destruction it's meant to make the opening look cool. I mean, we didn't Mao and Almaz team up against Big Star and Salvatore or Adell take on hordes of ninjas.

[taiga_ameca]

I see Flonne's missing part of her foot, XDDD

[burnfist23.livejournal.com]

Yeah and forget Val and Fen's legs. Look at their arms.

[inverts.livejournal.com]

Fffft, and then there's Fenfen's hand, too...! XD
It is pretty magical, all around.

[burnfist23.livejournal.com]

I gotta say, as much as I love this opening, I can't believe that there's quite a few off model shots in this opening, especially with the previous two openings near flawless. Well, at least it's not as bad as the anime.

[inverts.livejournal.com]

Very few things are as bad as that anime. XDb
But yes, I agree with your statement.

[dcantu04.livejournal.com]

yeah I noticed that too, even in the animated parts of the first trailer you can see that the quality of the animation is not as good as the previous openings of the series.

But since NIS is in financial trouble i think it's understandable, maybe they are trying to reduce costs, or couldn't afford to hire the same animation studio of the last two openings (or did NIS do the animation internally?).
Anyway as you said, at least it's not as bad as the anime XD

[burnfist23.livejournal.com]

I doubt they did it internally, so they either had a smaller budget for the animation studio for the two games or had someone else do it. *GONZO suddenly comes to mind*

[rrizqiw.livejournal.com]

I dont think financial situation is the problem.

It usual for Anime to Have Off model in Action packed scene (infamously Naruto and bleach is the victim here).

Compare to other opening. Disgaea 4 is the most fast paced action.

i also see some artwork difference compare to previous

[yuriranch.livejournal.com]

When we first got a look at Desco, I thought she was going to be mostly serious in her ambition to be a final boss.

... That screenshot of her just blows that thought out of the water, geezus so cute.

Also, this is probably just me, but Flonne looks like she got taller. A lot taller.

[inverts.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think she's definitely grown up!
It makes me extremely curious about whether or not Laharl and Etna will be appearing with her........

[yuriranch.livejournal.com]

I think they might not appear with her immediately, given where they are positioned in the game's box art, but... Damn it N1 if they aren't more grown looking like Flonne whenever they do pop up.

[inverts.livejournal.com]

ah, as dcantu04 just linked the box art below... Laharl and Etna seem to be sporting their usual outfits... I have to admit to being somewhat displeased!

[burnfist23.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's an animation flub cuz the box art and even the promotional images seem to indicate that she still looks pretty much the same, maybe just a little bit older.

In fact, they just updated the official site with new images and Harada's art pretty much shows that Flonne hasn't aged as much as the opening implies.

[inverts.livejournal.com]

Ooooh really? ::scampers off to check official site!::

[taiga_ameca]

Well, Flonne is older than both of them, so it's a bit normal if she grows up a bit sooner.

Though yay, it means I wasn't crazy when I said she looked older in that group picture.

[dcantu04.livejournal.com]

I don't know if Laharl and Etna will appear with her but they appear in this image that will be the cover of the game: http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/316/316251/c20101103_d4_01_cs1w1_517x720.jpg
In the upper left corner near Flonne and the Archer, so I'm sure they will be in the game even if they are not in the main story I think at least they will appear as cameos.

[rehua.livejournal.com]

I get kind of irked when people still frame something that was obviously supposed to be a fraction of a moment in fast motion. You would not otherwise catch a lot of those "strange" frames with your naked eye. These are drawn this way to create the effect of fluidity. It does not necessarily mean poor budgets in any shape or form. Ultimately, what is going to matter in animation how it looks animated. That being said, I think they did a decent job of that.

SO YAY OPENING. Our lovely angel lady getting more time than the Prinny girl is really very refreshing to me. I'm actually wanting to see a canon pairing in Disgaea for once!

[kamikaze-drake.livejournal.com]

Agreed! The prospect of ValVol really strikes a chord with me, hopefully they won't pull a bunch of will-they-or-wont-they tension like they did in D2. I like Adell and Rozalin, but they wasted so much potential.

[taiga_ameca]

But... there's plenty of canon pairings in Disgaea and N1 at large.

[kamikaze-drake.livejournal.com]

I think rehua meant "I'm looking forward to seeing this pairing, rather than being indifferent to the romance angle".

[dcantu04.livejournal.com]

I thought the Adell and Rozalin pairing was canon, same with Almaz and Sapphire.
Every Disgaea main character has a main female companion (in Laharl's case two XD) and at first I thought that Fuuka would be the main female but it appears that it's going to be Volcano (although the opening could be misleading).

[inverts.livejournal.com]

Ah, I do know this, having produced animations in the past myself. We all can see that the motion looks great, and I am sorry to have irked you, but there is no harm in having a giggle at the resulting still frames.

[rehua.livejournal.com]

Haha, nah, I know exactly you mean. ^^ Screenshots at random or inappropriate moments are incredibly amusing. Not everyone always understands why they can look that way stillframed is all. The first pic up there is arguably the most unholy thing I've seen this week.

Valb's tiny little baby hands.

[burnfist23.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm sorry too. I guess it's just that I'm too used to the previous openings being more consistent that I find the off model shots a little strange.

[kuroshiro-neko.livejournal.com]

I wish they didn't spoil Volcano's and Val's past in the opening. Well, now we all know she's not related to Vulcanus at ay all :( .
This opening had a unbalanced mix of funny and dramatic moments. They should have done either a dramatic!opening or a funny!opening. Not a funnydramaticWAITfunny!opening, it felt kinda confusing.

Do you remember?

[(Anonymous)]

Do you guys remember this la pucelle comic?

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/5/10/

[legalluka.livejournal.com]

http://i51.tinypic.com/314r140.jpg

By far the worst.