Alicia vs Kana
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 11, 2009 15:50 JST
- Tags: Animation, Character Design, Comparison, Minami-ke, Plagiarism, Valkyria Chronicles
Viewers of Valkyria Chronicles can’t help but notice certain curious similarities between the show’s heroine Alicia Melchiott and a certain Kana Minami, of Minami-ke… Mere coincidence?
Some curious reworking has also been going on: below you see the next episode preview image of “Alicia shock”, and after it the version actually featured.
Fans will doubtless be praying the similarities with Minami-ke end there…
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Why do they make the close up shots so ugly in Minami-ke? The rework for VC up there looks a lot better.
They always look like poor hentai designs to me.
agree!
no nothing was corrected
>They always look like poor hentai designs to me.
thatsthejoke.jpg
The Bible Black faces, they're GREAT! /tonythetiger
I sort of thinking getting Kana's VA to voice Alicia was a mistake. I can't help but see Kana when I hear Alicia talk
well, you can tell how differ the game and animu versions if you're playing the game. animu version tends to make alicia being more funnier. even the manga version isn't that fun.
Goddamn I love manga Alicia.
BUCKETS
MUD DANGO
RANDOM DOG TAIL POPPING UP
But leaving that "You're pretty good" as a translation in chapter four still haunts me...
I love Alicia Melchiott. She's a sexy gal! I don't know if it's the character design or Hair & eyes - but she very watchable. Yet I don't like Kana compared to her.
I am actually downloading the episodes of Valkyria Chronicles right now just cause I like Alicia so much based on these pics.
I saw some really cool pic of her in the 'channel' - love these two pics - I was SOLD!
http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/390145/alicia_melchiott-angry-blush-brown_eyes-brown_hair
I love the way the artist captured her ass & legs and face expression...I sooo wish I could draw this good
http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/390146/alicia_melchiott-back-blush-brown_hair-kekke-looki
You're a mistake.
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery?
or it saves on production cost's
this is when things run out of ideas don't blame em for it
Both the characters are voiced by the same voice actress...that's why. LOL
Both voiced by Marina Inoue
dun worry.alicia is cuter
doubtful
dun worry. Kana is cuter.
fix'd
kana AM BOSS
I agree with you that Alicia looks better. Kana is cute and all, but Alicia just beats her in everything.
And that's coming from someone who uses her as their avatar...
Just because I use her as my avatar doesn't mean I think she is the best. I just like the look she has in that picture. If it bothers you that much, I can change it to Alicia.
Well they're not all that similar.
I guess when they were working on the anime, halfway through they forgot what they were doing, saw that Inoue Marina was voice acting, and assumed it was Minami-ke.
I would have preferred they mistook it for Zetsubou-sensei.
Someone did a copy+paste with the storyboards.
Haha, occasionally I have noticed Alicia's eyes going a little minami-ke in style. The similarity is something I've noticed for quite some time though, basically since the first images were released (could have sworn that I had said something. Perhaps I merely thought it to myself.
It's all very interesting, though -- I didn't know until today the two characters shared the same voice actress. Uncanny! (Alicia is a hell of a lot more awesome than Kana though.)
Actually, come to think of it, how similarly do they act? From what I've heard Alicia acts a bit differently between the game and this anime -- did they make her more like Kana?
As an aside, it's interesting how A-1 pictures seems to do this a bit -- Kannagi to me took quite several cues from KyoAni at the time, beyond what might be expected from just sharing a director. Think they did a better job of it though then as well.
Alicia is a helluva lot calmer in the game and much more motherly.
And that's what I like about her character in the game. She's a character that I can respect.
Also, she isn't a goddamn tsundere.
Alicia > Kana.
Alice is a twindere,instant win.
The BOSS wins.
> below you see the next episode preview image of “Alicia shock”,
all I can see below are links to other posts and comments
i noticed the similarities between the two pretty much on the first episode of VC but in the end, i didn't mind much. anime alicia makes the show more funnier, for better or worse but at least it makes it a new experience for those who have played the game already.
Good I'm not the only one who noticed this.
They are BOSS.
srsface.jpg FTW! (´∀`)
I noticed this and already stated it back then in the irc channel I think but nobody listens :3
Inoue Marina FTW.
Okay now bring Chiaki into this anime as well
She can take Isara's place in the Marberry Shores mission if you like
Lol'd.
I've been playing the game and watching the anime and have noticed that anime Alicia is a lot more erratic. It doesn't bother me all that much though. Interesting to have a source for some of the weirder facial expressions though.At least she's not acting like Chiri-chan though.
good to see that one drawing redone though. It was horribly out of place.