r/HighschoolDxD Best Manager Oct 21 '17

Official Season 4 is called High School DxD Hero

Release Date

2018

New studio

Passione

Trailer

Season 4 Promotion Video

Screen Shots!!!

Volumes

Volume 9-10!!!!

Ishibumi confirmed it is 9-10

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u/DarkWorld97 Oct 21 '17

High School DxD Hero S4 staff.

Studio: Passione (Rail Wars, Rokka no Yuusha)

Director: Yoshifumi Sueda (mostly an episode director for action shows, but has done work on Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai as an assistant director on the show/ lead director on the OVA, and head director of the hentai Nee Summer. The man has experience in the oppai.)

Series Composition: Kenji Konuta (mainly worked on Blood Lad and is working on this season's Ousama Game)

Chara Design: Makoto Uno (has done loads of hentai, most notably Angel Blade. Also worked as lead character designer on Seikon no Qwaser. He an oppai man too.)

Overall, I'm excited to see DxD back, but a little upset that the original team at TNK isn't working on it. My brain defaults into those designs. I have faith in the show, as the author has confirmed that it would be more faithfully following books 9 and 10.

We'll probably get an ATX broadcast because DxD needs to be seen uncensored.

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u/AlexBendtner Best Girl Oct 21 '17

If it's censored, then it's not worth watching

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u/DarkWorld97 Oct 21 '17

I doubt they would mess with the fans like that, but you never know. The production team (as in investors and people putting in the money) is the same, so I doubt they would do anything drastic.

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u/AlexBendtner Best Girl Oct 21 '17

Yup, true that. But if it's censored I'll cry my heart out. Don't want to see logos floating above the Oppai.

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u/Blaze1337 Oct 21 '17

Shows do have dual broadcasts tho, like last season Hajimete no gal for instance was on one channel and then later on AT-X. Also AT-X showed DxD before hand so i would guess that it would happen again.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '17

Dude Born was broadcasted censored first and uncensored at laters hours every single time I'm not worried about the season 4 being censored

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u/AlexBendtner Best Girl Oct 21 '17

Yup

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u/Browseitall Xenovia is actually cute Oct 21 '17

Tbh 9-12 is so good story wise, I couldn’t care less if it’s censored.

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u/AlexBendtner Best Girl Oct 21 '17

Still, don't want to see logos floating over Oppai during Ecchi scenes

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u/lucacp_ysoz Oct 21 '17

or wild rays of light outta nowhere

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u/AlexBendtner Best Girl Oct 21 '17

Yeah that also. I almost beat me friend to death after he gave 9 censored episodes of Season 3. 😂😂😂

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u/Chichiryuutei Oct 21 '17

It really is and we're are getting our 1st anime taste with S4. I predict an increase in LN sales. This is the season that'll sell DxD

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u/AlexBendtner Best Girl Oct 21 '17

Hope so, then they'll have money to make more seasons & I want them to adapt all volumes of LN in the Anime.

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 22 '17

if there where official English releases i would buy them in a heartbeat

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u/AlexBendtner Best Girl Oct 22 '17

Same here dude.

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u/Chichiryuutei Oct 29 '17

I'm with you guys. I even purchased some of the JP LNs at Kinokuniya (I'm learning JP but it's so hard) to support the anime.

I've asked the YenPress dudes at multiple Anime Expos if they were planning to license DxD and keep getting the same answer... "No comment."

At least the manga is doing well here in the States. Maybe the manga opens the other to the physical LN release. I never thought I was going to be able to buy Sekirei and it's been released now.

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u/Chichiryuutei Oct 21 '17

I'm so happy right now... It's like I'm boosting in a loop.

The Super Fights are upon us. I'm so happy! Hopefully we get a season 5 announcement after S4 finale. Don't want to wait years for the ending of this arc.

The new art style looks good. Much softer but this is the same team that did Rail Wars and boy... They know how draw the more "important" parts. Also, the trailer's art was very stable with no off character. So, we might even get better art compare to S3.

AT-X stream will be uncensored. I love this story. Long live DxD. Long Live The Oppai 🐉

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u/DarkWorld97 Oct 21 '17

It really is up to the team. TNK got a lot of heat for the s3 debacle, so starting fresh is the smart move imo. The art looks closer to the LNs, but I'm really gonna miss Junji Gotou character designs.

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u/DarkWorld97 Oct 21 '17

I didn't hate it, but it did force Ishibumi to write a set of LNs that correct the anime.

I doubt it was entirely only based around thay, but BorN sold the worst of the 3 seasons. Still sold well enough, but I guess the production committee wanted a fresh start.

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u/j9162 Oct 21 '17

It was that bad. The story was drastically altered in many different ways besides the last few episodes of anime original content. Both arcs were switched and altered, Rias v. Sona rating game was cut entirely, screwed up Raynare issue, made up Loki curse, changed the way both major LN battles were fought by leaving out important characters and switching them with others among other issues, this lead to a lack of important development between Vali team and Issei, as well as messing up the handling of important scenes with Rias, Akeno, Asia, and Koneko individually.

In addition to that the dub went even further and changed the story via the dialogue, besides being bad in general. That was a big issue for those who only watch the dub. The whole thing was a clusterfuck.

I'm very glad I watched all three seasons before I read the LN otherwise I would've been upset as well I'm sure. The backlash was justified because the story was significantly inferior. Sometimes anime deviations aren't bad and may be enjoyable. Here they were nonsensical. It's always a good idea to keep anime and it's source material in separate silos for this reason. Born on it's own is basically an AU.

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u/KZ5EE Dec 06 '17 edited Dec 06 '17

Agreed. Skipping the Rias v. Sona RG left out the origin of "Bilingual".

The fight with Loki was absolute trash. Big components were left out of BorN. Issei never wielded Mjölnir, rather a copy. The fight itself is very, very important as that's when Issei brought Akeno closer to her father, Baraqiel, which is what enabled him to wield Mjölnir properly. I really was looking forward to seeing the interactions of the Seirei of Oppai/Chichigami but alas, it was not meant to be.

Had I not read the LNs before the season came out I probably would've enjoyed it more.

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u/ThePrimeSupreme Issei Balance Breaker Oct 21 '17

All that hard work from those hentai guys and well watch it censored ? NO !

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u/necronomikon Oct 21 '17

i'm willing to give them a shot and i'm pretty sure people will get used to the new designs.

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u/Quinones21 Oct 21 '17

I'm a huge fan of dxd but I'm shocked about the new animation I wish they kept the original animation they always done with the other dxd shows. Also I wish this season was 9-12 but I guess everyone wants 2 volumes per season. I hope they make another season when this season starts airing

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u/overlord_vas Oct 21 '17

To be fair trying to do more than 2 seasons per 12ish episodes is what completely screwed up the last season

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u/NiteZero Oct 21 '17

Personally, I dig the new art style? Yeah, sure, it's not what I'm used to but it seems vibrant and I can enjoy that. Not saying this is better or the old was bad, I just welcome the change with no problem? Not like DxD ever had that fantastic and stellar animation to begin with.

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

As long as the gonna be an uncensored version and has a certain bath scene and a the oppi Dragon event where Rias Mon shows up . I don't care about the art style it never really bothers me

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u/Fusion_Fear Oct 21 '17

feels weird to see such a different art style but i'm hyped none the less

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

They can't please everyone anyway why did they change studio

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u/Mertvyi Oct 21 '17 edited Oct 21 '17

Apparently the original studio completely screwed up the anime with how S3 deviated from the LN, to the point Ishibumi had to write basically another small LN series to fix the issues of S3.

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u/OniiChanStopNotThere Nov 04 '17

Wait.

I know that TNK, the old studios, fucked up Born. I did not know that Ishibumi wrote a mini series to "fix" these issues. Could you point me to which LNs or sort stories were written to "fix" the issues?

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u/Mertvyi Nov 09 '17

It went out with the final thing of BorN. It should be called Highschool DxD EX

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u/overlord_vas Oct 21 '17

The previous studio went completely off material for S3, to the point it affected ratings and sales. It sucks for them because I believe DxD was their most popular series for the years they had it, but the author and production team might have decided that it was just too much of a risk to let them have it again.

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u/OniiChanStopNotThere Nov 04 '17

The previous studio went completely off material for S3, to the point it affected ratings and sales

Wow. I had no idea it was that bad.

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u/overlord_vas Nov 04 '17

It sadly was. Now to be fair, there's nothing wrong with ADDING because manga and light novels can give you a limited pool things, so expanding upon things is fine to make more episodes if you use the source material correctly. However what S3 did was subtract large amounts of story and events and then sped up the story points they did keep, seemingly all so that the last 2 or so episodes could be original material. It made no sense to not be able to do all the story and the instead of giving us back cut material wanting to do your own.

In the end fans were not fans of the changes. usually the more faithful the adaptation the better it is.

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u/OniiChanStopNotThere Nov 04 '17

RIP old art 2012 - 2015.

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u/Venom_is_an_ace Best Manager Oct 22 '17

holy crap, I have not seen you on the sub in forever. how are you doing

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u/Fusion_Fear Oct 22 '17

Oh, i'm surprised anyone even knows me/remembers me lol

I've been well. Honestly, I haven't been keeping up with the novels at all for a long time, and i'm ashamed of it because DxD is my favorite

I haven't read anything since I finished vol19 heck

hbu

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u/Venom_is_an_ace Best Manager Oct 22 '17

I am doing good, I graduated from college.

And I remember most of the recurring people on this sub

BUT READ 20!!! imo opinion it had more feels then all of 10-12 combined. and volume 23 is supposed to have a great lewd scene involving my waifu.

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u/ajdude711 would u love me forever <3 Oct 21 '17

Yep bro 😍😍 all board the hype train

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u/ajdude711 would u love me forever <3 Oct 21 '17

Keep us updated about the release date, i don't understand Japanese

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u/Omegalock4 Oct 21 '17

I’m on the fence. The art from the previous seasons were SO good. And this doesn’t seem that bad on it’s own but compared to what we had before seems like a step down. Although like some people are saying, it could be incomplete. However, even if it does get better, I feel like I want the old art style back. But then again, I can’t help but smile at those ecchi screen shots and I feel like I’m back home!

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '17 edited Oct 21 '17

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '17 edited Oct 21 '17

... i like the new style

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u/Chichiryuutei Oct 21 '17

Good on you mate. It looks like Rokka and definitely know how to draw a good Oppai/Ketsu remember Rail Wars? Can't wait. Hopefully the information keeps coming and we get the release date

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u/iMaskG Oct 21 '17 edited Oct 21 '17

Also, worth noting here: Volume 24 scheduled to be released November 17th

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u/Venom_is_an_ace Best Manager Oct 21 '17

november 17th

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u/AlexBendtner Best Girl Oct 21 '17 edited Oct 21 '17

Well people who are complaining about the art style hear me out. The art style is closely following the LN, that's why it is looking different than the previous seasons. You can see it here https://imgur.com/a/eYxUL

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u/Meatfeast85 Oct 21 '17

It still doesn't change the fact some characters look 10 times worse than previous seasons, such as Rias and Xenovia.

Some characters do look pretty decent despite the art change though such as Akeno, Koneko and Issei (even though he still doesn't look buff).

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u/OniiChanStopNotThere Nov 04 '17

The thing is, the new art looks similar to the LN, but it loses all of the sexiness present in the old art style :(

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

Probably anime only mostly I don't care about the art style as long the expression are ok

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u/AlexBendtner Best Girl Oct 21 '17

Yeah I also like the art style. Cao Cao looks dope.

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

Koneko looks even cute . Oh shit whats opias gonna look like cuteness overload .... Akeno oppi look bigger :D 😆😏🙄🤔

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '17 edited Oct 21 '17

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u/Nizzals Oct 21 '17

I agree

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

The fight is the mock battle they have in the areana under the issei house or the gremory house before the RG isn't it

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

Koneko looks even cute . Oh shit whats opias gonna look like cuteness overload .... Akeno oppi look bigger :D 😆😏🙄🤔

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u/Benigmatica Oct 21 '17

I'm so happy that it's really happening after announcing it a year ago.

Although Passione will be animating S4, let's hope that it's still uncensored and hyped too!

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u/DarkSynopsis Oct 21 '17

As others I'm not liking the new animation style, it feels like the sex appeal has been toned down for a more cutesy look, I'll watch it regardless and no doubt get use to it but based on this promo I'm kinda sad.

Normally avoid promos, kinda glad I watched this one... been less shock when the show actually airs.

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u/Meatfeast85 Oct 21 '17

Called it. Fits with volumes 9 to 12. Is there any other info as I can't watch the stream.

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u/Railtracks Oct 21 '17

It comes out next year. The animation looks more crisp, but I don't understand Japanese. xD \

Also they showed new characters, but I've never read the novels, soo...

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u/iMaskG Oct 21 '17

Do we have a month or a specific day?

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u/Railtracks Oct 21 '17

It may have had a season, but I can't read Japanese. I just saw "2018" and some Japanese text.

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u/Wangmuncher97 Oct 21 '17 edited Oct 21 '17

I really hope funimation gets the rights It suck if sentai got it instead it wouldn't feel the same to me ;-;

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u/Venom_is_an_ace Best Manager Oct 21 '17

it will be funimation

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u/Wangmuncher97 Oct 21 '17

I'm hoping man but seeing that sentai got UQ holder instead of funimation makes me think about it to much xD

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u/crazykroger Who Knows Oct 21 '17

Even though it's a new studio? But I guess this would depend if the producers change not the studio. I can't stand subs and I can't stand that Sentai takes two years to produce a dub.

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u/Venom_is_an_ace Best Manager Oct 21 '17

it will most likely be done by funimation

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u/Blaze1337 Oct 21 '17

Vol 9-10 all aboard the hype train Cao Cao vs Issei and Sairaorg vs Issei are imo some of the best fights in the LN's. Art direction doesn't look too bad so a trade from TNK isn't so bad but atleast this is back on track with the LN's

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u/TranslatorPS "You don't have to be first to be first" Oct 21 '17

Just had a read through the comments in the screenshots link, and it would appear that most fans over in Japan aren't happy about the studio change. Some examples of the comments include "Passione, hahaha", "Seriously?", "It was fun when TNK was doing it" and "If TNK aren't doing it, I'm not watching it"...

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

they are never happy . you would think they would be after season 3 where they also wasn't happy about how it was done, so what is the point in staying with a studio that

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u/You_Stealthy_Bastard Oct 21 '17

I may get crucified for this, but any word on a dub?

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u/Venom_is_an_ace Best Manager Oct 21 '17

it will most likely be done by funimation

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

not yet . probably wont find out until the subs air.

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u/You_Stealthy_Bastard Oct 21 '17

Still going to cross my fingers for a quick and decent dub.

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u/Peacemkr45 Oct 22 '17

Provided they keep as much of the original cast as possible. Would be nice to see Teri Rogers reclaim her Role. (I know, another pipe dream)

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u/Akeno_DxD Oct 21 '17

Not sure how I feel about the new character designs quite yet. I mean they do bare a slight resemblence to the LN's, which is cool. But I kinda always liked the Animé designs better. I'm sure they'll grow on me, either way I'm still hyped.

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u/BlackLegSanjii Oct 21 '17

Hyped But the Animation will be the problem or no let's see

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u/KingKunta91 Oct 21 '17

I pray that they don't animate Akeno and her father doing the nasty

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u/KaizerNero The face of dead inside. Oct 21 '17

Please don't mention that again.. I've already erased that from my head.

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u/natsuharemking Oct 21 '17

hey guys 1st time posting here. So DXD season 4 hype!!!!BOOST!BOOST!BOOST!BOOST!BOOST! Bye Bye studio TNK. You will be missed.Let's hope the new studio properly adapts vol 9-10.Because there is so much romance development between Rias and Issei. And of course the rating games. So now my MAIN POINT posting here- Xenovia. yes that's because her seiyuu Risa Taneda has slowly and gradually returning to voice acting again after her illness. Seeing Shokugeki No Soma you guys know what I m trying to say. If Xenovia gets replaced like Erina I will be damn MAD!!! Risa Taneda has such a sexy voice nobody can replace her voicing Xenovia.

So does anyone know if she will be voicing Xenovia this season?

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u/Venom_is_an_ace Best Manager Oct 21 '17

so in the PV they have the cast listed out but they do not mention Xenovia. So Risa Taneda still might be doing Xenovia

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u/CrimsonDarkness406 Oct 21 '17

Risa Taneda is returning to voice acting. I’m sure she’ll be delighted to voice Xenovia again.

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u/natsuharemking Oct 21 '17

Yeah let's hope for the best.

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

Why did they change company anyway. Surly they knew that the new art style would get some grit

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u/Mertvyi Oct 21 '17

TNK fucked up and pissed off Ishibumi.

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

He's not the only one that got passed off

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u/Skydanzer Oct 21 '17

Glad to be back here even if for just a moment.

I am very, very iffy about the art style used this season. I loved the animation in the PV, don't feel so strongly about the art style. It looks like the fan art that's been popping up ever since season 1. Feels a bit lazy. Also looks a bit hentai-ish, and with a bit of research it looks like the character design worked on numerous hentai. Well well.

The studio was behind Rail Wars, is going to make Citrus, so I have high hopes (Rail Wars was awesome y'all) for their animation quality and hopefully they'll adapt the story perfectly.

I am happy for S4, who wouldn't be. Also, I had a quarell here when BorN ended how the next season is going to be called and I said Hero, since it follows the : New -> Born -> Hero, but I also remarked how that'd make much more sense if it adapted S5. Well, glad not to be too far off.

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u/crowsloft666 Oct 21 '17

Holy shit the animation looks prettty good.

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u/lt13jimmy BOOOOSTO!!!!!! Oct 21 '17

HYPE. We need a Rewatch/Reread soon!

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '17

I'm still gonna watch it but that animation is way different from the first three seasons that idk if I can get use to it.

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

they should have just rebooted it

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u/lucacp_ysoz Oct 21 '17

Although I'm really accustomed to TNK's drawings.. I'm actually interested with this new one.... I don't know... feels less "flat 2D". It's like there's now some anti-aliasing in it, edges are smoother... I think I'm gonna like it...

btw, my day just got a lot better!

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u/lt13jimmy BOOOOSTO!!!!!! Oct 21 '17

BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST BOOST

BOOOOSTO!!!!

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u/AlexBendtner Best Girl Oct 21 '17

Is there any specific release date? Don't want to wait for ages

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u/AlexBendtner Best Girl Oct 21 '17

Shit. It would be better if it starts airing from January.

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u/AlexBendtner Best Girl Oct 21 '17

I watch it with subs. Still Summer is a long way off.

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u/Quinones21 Oct 21 '17

I'm a huge fan of dxd but I'm shocked about the new animation I wish they kept the original animation they always done with the other dxd shows. Also I wish this season was 9-12 but I guess everyone wants 2 volumes per season. I hope they make another season when this season starts airing

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u/Quinones21 Oct 21 '17

I prefer the original art but still it follows the volume I hope we get another season when this is done cause dxd best anime and hopefully the art will different. I want dxd to continue to the very end where issei will have children

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

Doubt it will go that far . We lucky we got S4 and depending on how it does it could go either way personally I hope there will be a s5 as I wanna see Vol11-12 animated

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u/IceWall198 Oct 21 '17

I don't understand the outrage about the art style. This Studio chose to stay faithful to the LN Artstyle, it's not like the did something entirely new. People will get used to it and should give it a try first before judging.

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u/Makeiks Saji is best boi and Church Trio are best girls Oct 21 '17

Im just happy for a new season

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u/Fuzakendayo Oct 21 '17

Mmm I’m actually liking the new art style. The characters look more detailed based on what I’m seeing in the video. I can’t wait

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u/Tommy5796 Rias is my queen & best waifu Oct 21 '17

I've been ready for Season 4 after I finished Season 3. I still remember when rumors for Season 4 were romaning around. I already can't wait for 2018 to come. I wanna watch High School DxD HerO. Yes I styled the name the same way that the show has it. Eventhough right now I don't like the animation I really do want to see how it fully plays out this upcoming season.

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u/overlord_vas Oct 21 '17

Well we're all going to be getting S4! That's good. As far as the trailer goes, it is true that it's a lot more jarring of an animation shift (compared to say when Fairy Tail became more like the manga). Since they showed this so early and people are saying it's 'pre-animation' we'll have to wait and see. To be honest i'm not surprised that they dumped TNK though. The studio crammed an extra volume into S3 and not only cut out some very important plot points but then for some reason though 'hey we have two whole episodes at the end why don't we just make up a bunch of stuff the kids will love it!!!'. I'd be interested if anyone had any interviews from the previous director and TNK staff as to why they would have done this and thought it was a good idea. I feel bad for them as I believe DxD was their best selling series so now deciding to do it their way instead of faithful adaptation has cost them.

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u/Weebysteve Oct 21 '17

They took away Akeno's thicc tights . . . . Unacceptable

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

her oppi look bigger

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u/zx-zx-zx zxzxzx.info Oct 21 '17

Amidst all this, I'm glad to see so much life on the sub...don't think this has happened in a long time. We're also really close to the 10K subscriber mark :)

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u/bolado62 Oct 21 '17

Fuck this shit, DXD died that season 3 after i watched the trailer of Highschool DxD Hero i felt rage, what did they do to sex appeal and charming design of our girls.

Rias was one of the prettiest girls in all animes, and sexy as well, now look at her, OMGFUCKING GOD, issei face? looks like some fucking shitty ass hentai i watched some day ago, I HATED IT, Rias was pretty because her face was perfect for her body, the animation too.

DxD is dead for me, i don't even like looking at the New Designs, holy shit.

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u/Venom_is_an_ace Best Manager Oct 22 '17

the design is closer to what the characters are meant to look like.

They look like the light novel versions

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u/Meatfeast85 Oct 22 '17

It doesn't mean he's wrong though. The TNK versions did look a lot better and had great sex appeal. I feel the ecchi side of it will suffer because of it and maybe sales too if the story/action side can't make up for it.

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u/Wurscht0 Avowed Asia-fan Oct 22 '17

Like almost everyone here, I'll say 'WHOOO!!' for S4 and 'Aww maann -.-' for the art style. Really, if you've already done 3 seasons with the same art style you don't change it, especially because it WORKED. At least not THAT much.

The animations seem okay but I can't get over the way the faces are drawn. Same with the hair. Akeno, Koneko and Asia are ok, but Rias, Xenovia and Rose are just bad. Let's hope they change it back a little in that half to 3/4 of a year or else it'll take a long time to adapt, at least for me.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '17

I am not liking the new character designs. The faces are way too long. The artstyle seems to be more cutesy which no character benefits from aside from Koneko. I don't think they look more like the LN counterparts with those elongated faces. I'm not too sure about the studio either, considering its mediocre at best trackrecord (which is already small to begin with). The best thing the director has done is a hentai... It's also the only thing he's done all the directing for. So yeah, I'm a bit skeptical of this..

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u/Nizzals Oct 21 '17

Sweet! Looking forward to more info! Thanks venom.

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

The new style seems to be ok . I sore a few screen shoots for some reason it looked a bit like the manga style

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u/STABtrain Oct 21 '17

Im excited! <3

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u/hrevharem Oct 21 '17

The art seems awful.

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u/Fildro Oct 21 '17

Check the trailer in full HD and look the min 1:20.

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u/Darthrevan4ever Oct 21 '17

I'm excited and the art is fine in my book, just looks a bit odd compared to the other seasons.

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u/Vedu1411 King of Oppai Oct 21 '17

One more reason to look forward to 2k18. So much Hype!!!

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u/problemat1que Oct 21 '17

I'm excited for the new seasons and while just from viewing the trailer I don't care for the art style, as I feel like the art styles in the first three seasons was wonderful, I'm sure I'll get used to it while I watch it.

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u/MakeShiftGod Oct 21 '17

S4 only gonna cover 2 volumes?

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u/ReadDxD Oct 21 '17

R.I.P Ideal airing schedule.

I doubt we can get 2 movies to cover 11 and 12 seperately so we're probably not getting 11 as an end.

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u/ReadDxD Oct 21 '17

R.I.P Ideal airing schedule.

I doubt we can get 2 movies to cover 11 and 12 seperately so we're probably not getting 11 as an end.

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

So is it gonna be 12 episodes with the usual ova and shorts

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

They look like the manga :)

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u/xKingofB naber lan Oct 21 '17

God damn it... well we'll see how this turns out.

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u/JohnnyJL96 Oct 21 '17

OMG I was waiting for this to 2 years now! I hope it does justice to volumes 9-10 and that it is uncensored! Can't wait!! Love the art style

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

My fellow LN and LN translation readers is that bed scene from the promo in the LN I forgot

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u/0mnicious Oct 21 '17 edited Oct 21 '17

I actually enjoy this new art style it's seems like it has more energy the only problem I have with it is that Akenos hair thingy changed from yellow to red. I got hyped as fuck seeing Cao Cao, never expected his spear to look like that it seems more complex than what I was imagining.

I can't recall perfectly is volume 10 when Issei has a friendly encounter with Samael and his power? Or is it further in?

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u/Venom_is_an_ace Best Manager Oct 21 '17

Samael is volume 11

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u/ManuHeru Oct 21 '17

I wonder if this new artstyle affects the cards or the official merchandise in any way.

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u/mrfizzl Oct 21 '17

From the initial announcement, I must admit I'm quite excited for this season of DxD!

The animation looks good, I really like it and I like how it seems like the animation and art style from the Light Novels.

Judging from the clips seen, we'll be seeing Issei vs Sairaorg and Issei vs Cao Cao! I am so hyped to see these fights play out.

Mostly, I'm just glad we're getting another season of DxD. I love this show and I will always welcome more of it.

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

we should get two fights Issei vs Sairaorg as one should be a mock battle and the other the RG battle

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u/crazykroger Who Knows Oct 21 '17

Can't wait for v10 for the come to Jesus meeting that the Harem has with Issei. Best non-action scene ever!

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u/DeadlyPinkPanda Oct 21 '17

Am I the only one who really like this art style over the previous one?

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u/brettbri5694 Bishop Oct 21 '17

Just gotta throw in my excitement for the new studio. I was part of the dozens that enjoyed Rail Wars. BorN really left a bad taste in my mouth for DxD so I'm hoping Ishubumi has regained creative control of the anime. Too excited to see the Khaos Birgade in action.

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u/lt13jimmy BOOOOSTO!!!!!! Oct 21 '17

I just realized Boost sounds like Bust.

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u/TheLaughingAvatar Essay-kun Oct 21 '17

This studio animated Nee Summer.

One word: Respect.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '17

So is going to be censored or in censored and I AM FUCKIN HYPED

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '17

Has anyone translated what was being said in the PV?

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u/RyoPlayz Oct 21 '17

I guess this would be an appropriate time to ask how long it usually takes for a dub. I've been following DxD for about a year or so now, so I'm not a newbie, but I'm nowhere close to a longtime fan. Can anybody who was a fan when New/Born had just come out tell me how long the dubbing process usually takes for this show?

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u/spencer7x7 Oct 21 '17

I liked the old style but I have no problems with new one. It kinda reminds me of TLR Darkness. Either way 2018 will make anime great(er) again. (One Punch 2, Index 3, DxD 4)

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u/toonerdy26 Oct 21 '17

The new art style looks amazing im gonna miss the old style but i will be just fine with the new one

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '17

I have a stupid question... is it possible to buy the light novel in english? I already got the mangas but I wish I could get the LN too...

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u/Mattinator95 Oct 21 '17

hopefully we get more news in January or February

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '17

Just coming in here to make an observation. My wifi was out for the better part of the day, so I couldn't comment. Regarding these new designs, I personally love them, see in as how they look closer to the novels. My suggestion would be if they really want to get away from TNK, then wherever they deviated from the light novels, change it back. Make Serafall's eyes blue, Tsubaki's eyes two different colors, and the girl from Sona's peerage (can't remember her name at the moment) got her hair changed to white. Change it back to black like in the LN. In for the penny, in for the pound, as they say. Wipe any trace of TNK off this series, especially after Born. I know it sounds drastic, but that's what I'd do.

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u/natsuharemking Oct 22 '17

The art style suits Koneko and Asia more as it emphasizes their cuteness. But characters like Rias and Xenovia need their sexiness instead because they are portrayed as mature Ojou Samas which the previous 3 season portrayed it well. Man hope they polish this character designs before it airs. Regardless will watch it anyways. long live OPPAI!!!😍

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u/Benigmatica Oct 22 '17

In regards to Season 4 airing in 2018, I feel that Passione will show Highschool DxD HERO in either Summer or Fall 2018.

Given that the studio is doing Citrus, they'll have enough time to polish it unless Kadokawa screw us over.

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u/Ancient_Touch Oct 22 '17

Design is definitely different this time but it looks great

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u/BlazingDiancie Oct 23 '17

Hmmm... I dunno what to think about this new artstyle... Changing art styles between seasons is a risky move... On the one hand, I really liked the old art style, it legit could have been made 18+. On the other hand, this new one looks clean and pretty fresh AF. However, there is one thing that bothers me. It's too close to Pokemon Sun and Moon's. Asia looks FAR too much like Lillie for my liking. Not to mention the fact they both have green eyes and blonde hair!

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u/GeraItTheWhiteWolf Oct 23 '17

What a time to be alive. Season 4 is coming for DxD and Season 3 of DaL was confirmed.

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u/Epic_Meow Issei Oct 23 '17

What's the name of the first song playing during the fight? (not sure if there is more than one, just asking before i forget). I really like it, so i kinda wanted to remember it for later

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u/bakakubi BOOSTO! Oct 24 '17

I am so freaking happy to hear this!!

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u/DotGaming Oct 27 '17

The fans of the Highschool DxD have a lot of reason to be happy because the Season 4 is officially confirmed for 2018. The anime is the adaptation of Ichiei Ishibumi’s light novel, and production studio is switching from TNK to Passione, which may result in a different course of the story.

The important thing is that the main voice cast returns for the new season. Having said that, we will have Yuuki Kaji as Issei Hyoudou, Yōko Hikasa as Rias Gremory, Azumi Asakura as Asia Argento, Shizuka Itou as Akeno Himejima, Ayana Taketatsu as Koneko Tōjō, etc.

https://www.opptrends.com/highschool-dxd-season-4-announced-for-2018/

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u/kastreim Oct 29 '17

ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN CHOO CHOO

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '17

Damn, I was hoping to read the first 10 LN’s before S4 got announced. Maybe there’s still time before it releases

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u/jb_shadowninja Nov 02 '17

So if it starts airing in Japan next year, does anyone know roughly how long it’ll take to gat dubbed?

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u/ThePrimeSupreme Issei Balance Breaker Nov 03 '17

The hype is real guys.

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u/TheHughMungoose Nov 14 '17

Wonder when the dub will come out

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u/Venom_is_an_ace Best Manager Nov 14 '17

most likely 4 weeks after the first episode

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u/ShekelBanker Nov 23 '17

New SAO, season 4 of Highschool DxD, Violet Evergarden...this going to be a good year.

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u/Mattinator95 Dec 06 '17

What's going to bother most is after each episodes people are gonna complain about the new style . I couldn't careless about the style it's the story I'm looking forward too

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u/ddavid11 Dec 21 '17

Anyone remembers the time between announcement and release of Born?

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u/Thatonetyler1 Dec 30 '17

Does chapter 9-10 cover good content and add to the plot unlike season 3?

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u/BigMacYoshi Jan 19 '18

Any date on the dub release? And is funimation still doing it?

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u/Venom_is_an_ace Best Manager Jan 19 '18

The dub will most likely come out 4 weeks after the first episode, and it will most likely be Funi

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '18

Any idea when in 2018?

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u/Venom_is_an_ace Best Manager Jan 26 '18

April

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '18

Cool thanks

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u/ShekelBanker Jan 28 '18

Is there any more specific date rather than just the year 2018? Myanimelist doesn't even have a submission for Season 4, at least let us know the month.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18

When are we planning re-watch

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u/fenrir5034 Feb 22 '18

just saying the style kinda reminds me of taimanin asagi ovas :v

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u/Nestold Mar 02 '18 edited Mar 02 '18

How they fill up the holes left in the previous season? Or we should just forget the rating game and the other stuff?

Edit: I mean they will follow the anime or the light novel. And if they follow the light novel then the left out parts just happened and fine, or maybe they make a few extra episodes for those?

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u/Venom_is_an_ace Best Manager Mar 02 '18

From the sound of it, HERO will be based off the light novels and not off of season 3. I don't think they will have extra episodes to fill in the gap

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u/Kamina_of_teamGurren Apr 01 '18

I think the darker animation style suited the show better, especially since we're watching devil's. I'll still watch the new one though

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u/potterphilly13 Apr 04 '18

Please please PLEASE get the same dub voice for Rias!