Posted by Bob Mackey
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We're all excited about Chrono Trigger again--and why shouldn't we be? This November, we'll finally have the chance to pay $40 for a game we could've plunked down $70 for back in 1995. I'm such an unabashed Trigger fan that I actually unlocked all of the bonus content on the terrible PSX port of the game. Hey, it was new, and it was Chrono Trigger, so I was all over it.
So when the Chrono Trigger anime surfaced just a handful of years ago, of course I wanted to see it. It felt like some sort of crime that an animated version of one of my favorite games could be made and hidden from the world for so long. Only after watching it did I learn that the real crime was the making of the Chrono Trigger anime.
But you don't have to take my word for it:
So, let's see... You have a video game property combining the hottest talent across various industries, and you decide to make an animated version of said video game. Will it star the characters designed by one of the most popular comic artists in Japan? No. Will it follow the same story crafted by the most successful JRPG talespinner? Of course not; no one wants to see that. Instead, we'll get to see what really happens during the Millenial Fair at night--and wait for the money to roll in, of course.
I'd really like to know the story behind this production, because I bet there's an interesting one. The whole thing feels like it's barely official; Chrono and company only show up for the last few seconds, and we only see the backs of their bodies--perhaps they were just as embarrassed, too? Whatever the case, you are now aware that the Chrono Trigger anime exists, and are much less happy as a result. I'm sorry.
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About Bob Mackey
For a brief period of time I was Bull from TV's
Night Court, but some of you may know me from the humor column I wrote for Youngstown State University's The Jambar, Kent State University's The Stater, and Youngstown's alternative newspaper, The Walruss. I'm perhaps most well-known for my bi-weekly pieces on Something Awful. I've also blogged for Valley24.com and have written articles for EGM, 1UP, GameSpite and Cracked. For all of my writing over the years, I have made a total of twenty American dollars. It's also said that I draw cartoons, which people have described with words such as "legible." I kidnapped the Lindbergh Baby and am looking to do so again in the future.
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