The show will be an adaption of the manga, which took certain creative liberties and does not strictly follow the game's story and details.
If it were a hybrid adaptation, taking elements from the manga while largely staying loyal to the game, then I think it would be fine. But as someone who thinks the manga itself works as its own thing, if the implication here is that they're adapting it straight for the anime, I feel they've made the wrong move here, especially if they end up covering stuff like Operation Cube in the same way the manga does.
This only has the potential to divide discussion about story progression and events. I am happy for those behind the manga though, despite that. Can't imagine how they must feel knowing their work is getting animated!
Damian0358 said: This only has the potential to divide discussion about story progression and events.
Case in point: there was once a fan series created by English players that MICA themselves gave their support on(Not physically, of course, but more or less cheered them on) but the CN community was NOT happy about the creative liberties taken despite the clear messages saying it had nothing to do with the official canon, and pretty much criticized the creators to no end until they just straight up canned the series before any conclusions were even made. If that community doesn't have easy access to the manga, then chances are we're gonna be seeing some debates.
I'm not really into the manga-exclusive Gentiane thing as much as having a face-concealed Commander with an androgynous voice, but whatever works for them, I suppose. We can only hope the adaptation will work well enough to satisfy the larger amount of fans.
I really do wonder how the anime will play out, for something with 12 episodes and the amount of stuff in GFL's story, I dont think they'll be able to cover everything in one season. Maybe up to chapter 6 or 8 without the major event stories (they could still be made into OVAs or such, so its not entirely out of the question.) and emergency/night battle stories.
I honestly hope the anime plays out well and that a 2nd season or movies get put into the works, because the games story is great and more people should be able to experience it.
