Yes I went through some posts and his designs are really nice, and even saw some SPC designs too like Nyagoking and others, so thanks for pointing out about this =).

Regarding the manga, well this is among the few mangas that I think are official (or thats what I have always thought), there are a lot of dojin out there and quality is not always good or respecting the original plot, I dont have the zip for this but ElonNarai kindly put this gallery with all pages, of course its not just him, many people helped in the scan and translation of this, I hope you like the reading .

http://s121.photobucket.com/user/ElonNarai/library/KNT?sort=3&page=1

Regarding the game I could make, thanks for your support =), I will post something as soon as I gather time for putting things together, I dont want to ask other people to join a team with empty project, I know I will only be able to put few things together on start like a couple of characters, selection screen and few interactivity but I think its a lot better to post something working and hopefully other people will find it interesting enough and join the team to build it together as alone I know it would take too long with my current lack of time.

By the way you dont happen to have any blueprints for the Pizza parlour, right? I have been looking for that and found nothing, design sheets or something like that you know, if you dont have it then maybe I could ask for that somewhere just I have to find the right section.

Edit: As I mentioned in other thread Im collecting the sheets for the project I would like to start (probably some are missing, I had nothing for buildings and stuff so let me know if you have any), maybe Matt or other people find a good use for them too, anyway here they are, I will share this or updated collection in the project thread in case people is interested in joining as I plan to stick as close as possible to the original aspect of the show. http://www.mediafire.com/file/aqprmamp02c74jl/SPC+sheets.zip

Yeah, I think the designs are really nice--really cute, too.

You're welcome. I think it's nice to support people that want to make a small game, or a video, or what have you. I think it's nice to put out content like that.

Sorry, but I don't have scans for the pizza parlor or any other area of the show.

Yeah the SPC designs in the designer's blog are nice too, for me the best SPC art is the type of drawings that look like official you know, like the manga I mentioned (link above), well I think thats official but its different author involved I think, anyway looks like art taken directly from the show thats the best for me, and probably not only for SPC but also any other series or shows I have liked.

Yeah I agree with you we have to support people making new stuff ig we can, as its always hard to do even what looks like the simplest things, so having some help always makes things easier =).

Well the sheets I mentioned were probably never freed after production who knows, or maybe these are in the offical fanbook, whenever we manage to get the book we will see, thanks anyway =).

Yeah, I definitely agree that while the pictures in the blog are nice, the best pictures are the ones that are either from the show or look like they could be.

I think the support, from the SPC/KNT fans, is one thing that I love about this community.

We will definitely see when the time comes. You're welcome.

Indeed, its like when someone makes fanart, of course its cool to see these images being made these days, still we could maybe spot points where the images are not sticking to the official art, same goes for the blog images, and as you said these are all very nice.

I agree, support from the SPC/KNT fans is really great =)

Well about these sheets I mentioned, I will try to use some of the photos from miniature Pizza parlor and the papercraft parlor too, with these I should have no trouble, just I need some time to finish other stuff before.

Yeah, I think it's cool to see fan-art, not just because it can look great, but also because it represents people that are still into the SPC/KNT product. The images are indeed nice, and I see where you're coming from when some of the images look...different.

It really is. Honestly, the support (and love) that people have for the show keeps me around. I like being in a place that's friendly and has people that like/love the show.

A miniature Pizza parlor? I didn't know they made that.

Im very sorry I havent been able to reply earlier, it has been a bad year for me and still is but well I wanted to come back one of these days even if Im not at my best. Im still working on games as amateur, meaning that they havent paid me much lastly and so I wasnt able to gather much time for a SPC/KNT project I would like to start building, whenever I finish my current project I will try to make a small demo and post here to see if someone is interested in collaboration, plan is the same you see, I hope Matt continues with projects like these in the mean time and other people too, hopefully we get to see any new media based on the SPC/KNT soon =).

As for pizza parlor, well there is the papercraft that you know about here https://ninjatoes.wordpress.com/2002/08/24/samurai-pizza-cats-pizza-parlour-hq/

And the miniature well Im sure you know already but I refer to this (there are better images scrolling down) http://www.flickriver.com/photos/thepowerdome/sets/72157625940325276/

EDIT: I thought I have posted this reply before but somehow I was caught in time with all that has been in this year for me

Yes I went through some posts and his designs are really nice, and even saw some SPC designs too like Nyagoking and others, so thanks for pointing out about this =).

Regarding the manga, well this is among the few mangas that I think are official (or thats what I have always thought), there are a lot of dojin out there and quality is not always good or respecting the original plot, I dont have the zip for this but ElonNarai kindly put this gallery with all pages, of course its not just him, many people helped in the scan and translation of this, I hope you like the reading .

http://s121.photobucket.com/user/ElonNarai/library/KNT?sort=3&page=1

Regarding the game I could make, thanks for your support =), I will post something as soon as I gather time for putting things together, I dont want to ask other people to join a team with empty project, I know I will only be able to put few things together on start like a couple of characters, selection screen and few interactivity but I think its a lot better to post something working and hopefully other people will find it interesting enough and join the team to build it together as alone I know it would take too long with my current lack of time.

By the way you dont happen to have any blueprints for the Pizza parlour, right? I have been looking for that and found nothing, design sheets or something like that you know, if you dont have it then maybe I could ask for that somewhere just I have to find the right section.

Edit: As I mentioned in other thread Im collecting the sheets for the project I would like to start (probably some are missing, I had nothing for buildings and stuff so let me know if you have any), maybe Matt or other people find a good use for them too, anyway here they are, I will share this or updated collection in the project thread in case people is interested in joining as I plan to stick as close as possible to the original aspect of the show. http://www.mediafire.com/file/aqprmamp02c74jl/SPC+sheets.zip

Yeah, I think the designs are really nice--really cute, too.

You're welcome. I think it's nice to support people that want to make a small game, or a video, or what have you. I think it's nice to put out content like that.

Sorry, but I don't have scans for the pizza parlor or any other area of the show.

Yeah the SPC designs in the designer's blog are nice too, for me the best SPC art is the type of drawings that look like official you know, like the manga I mentioned (link above), well I think thats official but its different author involved I think, anyway looks like art taken directly from the show thats the best for me, and probably not only for SPC but also any other series or shows I have liked.

Yeah I agree with you we have to support people making new stuff ig we can, as its always hard to do even what looks like the simplest things, so having some help always makes things easier =).

Well the sheets I mentioned were probably never freed after production who knows, or maybe these are in the offical fanbook, whenever we manage to get the book we will see, thanks anyway =).

Yeah, I definitely agree that while the pictures in the blog are nice, the best pictures are the ones that are either from the show or look like they could be.

I think the support, from the SPC/KNT fans, is one thing that I love about this community.

We will definitely see when the time comes. You're welcome.

Indeed, its like when someone makes fanart, of course its cool to see these images being made these days, still we could maybe spot points where the images are not sticking to the official art, same goes for the blog images, and as you said these are all very nice.

I agree, support from the SPC/KNT fans is really great =)

Well about these sheets I mentioned, I will try to use some of the photos from miniature Pizza parlor and the papercraft parlor too, with these I should have no trouble, just I need some time to finish other stuff before.

You are right, all these make the show interesting and never boring or tiring, I have watched other anime series and to be honest mostly in present times anime they are a lot like repeating themselves and showing flat characters just trying to represent the same type of stories over and over.

I hadnt thought about that, you are right, we can watch some episodes out of order, but these are never like filling episodes, I mean in those animes that have like +300 episodes they incorporate a lot of episodes with empty plot, but in SPC its always fun and entertaining even if we watch out of order.

About the original videogame I think I will try to get some time to play it in English, as you said it was really fun but understanding the plot it will be a lot better =). By the way if I remember correctly the game had some cutscenes based on some still graphics with little movement and little text, right? maybe this type of cutscene will be right for Matt's game, dont you think?

Honestly, I haven't seen a new anime in at least six years, so I couldn't add much to what you're saying.

I actually think that part of the fun lies in watching it out of order and seeing if you missed anything. Like I actually had my first episode being The Case of the Bogus Billionare, and I think it was a good introduction episode as it showed the wackiness that the show was about, and it was also an entertaining episode. When I was watching the show during the Summer of 1997, most of the episodes were shown at random order--I remember seeing The Big Comet Caper (part 1) on Thursday and part 2 on Friday while Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday had episode 17, 18, and 19.

I do think it's important to understand the plot of the game and it does make it a lot better. As for the cutscenes, it's a picture of the character with text and their mouth is moving. It's a simple style, but I think it works very well.

I also think that, like you said, it could work for Matt's game.

Well if you havent watched anime from the recent times then trust me you havent missed much, if you ever decide to watch any new series its better to pick any from previous years.

Here I watched the episodes out of order too, mostly my trouble because I couldnt be at home every day at that time (damn school schedule!) but it was fun anyway, and as you said sometimes I guessed like... ah yes that episode must go before that other or so, at that time there was not much information available in internet or other places (well there was not much access to internet either lol), but was equally fun even not having the right order or guide to know what episode number was watching =).

Yes, understanding the game plot is very important, even if its 8bit game which use to feature small plot its still important to get the overal circunstances and all thats going on.

Now that you mention the cutscenes with text and mouths moving I remember, yes that style is simple but effective enough, cutscenes can communicate enough and are not super hard to make, in terms that characters designs can be re-used with only some background works and the needed text, so yeah my vote would be for that type in Matt's game =).

Yeah, if I ever saw a new anime, I would just pick one that looked good to me. The year wouldn't matter.

SPC came on before school for me, I think at about 6:30 AM, not sure. It was generally really early, and even though I could get up and watch it before I go to school, I still think it'd be a good idea to record it--that way I can watch it later.

I agree.

Honestly, I think those cutscenes are basic, but they look really good, and they work well, too.

Yes I know we should not just avoid new anime, but mostly the present time anime is really like... mass produced stuff, not really having personality like they make clone plots and dont get anything special nowhere, well whenever you decide to pick a new series I hope you pick right =).

Well here the SPC was aired at a time close to lunch time, well like half an hour before that time, and we were released from school mostly to arrive at lunch time, then only some days per week I was able to catch the show, or if there were special circunstances like teacher got the flu etc I couldnt record it at that time nor think any of my friends who watched it recorded it either, in fact it was not very popular in my class dont know why, only 3 or 5 were watching it, perhaps due that rare schedule not many people managed to watch it, if they lived quite far from school or needed to do some shopping on the way home then sure it was hard for them to catch it.

Regarding the cutscenes, with the NES style, I think this basic and simple way to communicate fits really well in Matt's game, I think Matt is using SDL coding in C++ (not visual environment as far as I know), so to arrange some sprites after each level with the text wont be really hard task for him as he made the game really fast and quite solid, probably other type of more complicate cutscenes would be a lot tougher to add, not impossible, more considering he is really skilled in this, but for a game like this more complicated cutscenes would look like off place a bit I think

Yeah, I like shows that try to do different stuff, even if it's only the small stuff.

I hope I pick right, too.

I understand. Well, luckily we have YouTube (and also the DVDs) so that you can watch the episodes.

Yeah, I think those NES cut-scenes work really well. They're simple and basic, but it's all you need.

I agree, lack of original stuff is making anime these days really repetitive and boring to be honest and I havent watched many series fully. If you decide to watch some new anime one suggestion I can recommend is Medabots or at least first season from it.

Yes you are right, thanks to Youtube or the DVD we can watch the show again, well in my case I still miss the dubbing they showed here, but still is good that the show got a DVD release not like other series which were never published.

Yes I think NES style of cutscenes is probably the best and would fit really well in Matt's game, he said he is not making Metal Gear type of scenes, that of course is logical path since he is working alone then it could be crazy to make something really complex with animated sequences, voice over etc so for him NES style will grant him the opportunity to tell the story he wants and not work a lot of years in just the animations.

Yeah, I knew about Medabots back in the day, but I haven't seen much of it. Thanks for the recommendation.

I do hope that you get the episodes that you've been looking for.

Honestly, I'm grateful that SPC/KNT got a full release. I mean, the show was decades old, and it took a long time for it to be released, so much that I thought it would never be released on DVD/Blu ray, but it happened.

I think that's the best idea, too. If Matt is working alone, and it sounds like he is, then this is the best (and most realistic, like you said) form of cut-scenes that can be used.

Well Medabots like other series were not too popular when aired, dont ask me why, they even released a 4 volume translated manga following the story told in the first season and also the GBA games which covered that too, but for a reason that escapes me the series was not too popular, as said its really worth checking first season =).

Regarding the episodes Im still missing, well I contacted people in other forum who said they have only 3-4 missing, still I have to get back and check if they posted what they managed to collect, I think this happens because it was never released here in any form however as you said it took long to be released there and you have it, so maybe we have luck and get a release too who knows.

I agree, Matt seems to be working alone in this on his spare time, if he is working or studying he can only put in this a few time, so as said that type of 8bit cutscenes is the best for sure, well if he finds himself short of time he could do unanimated images with text, something like a comic I mean, some games feature that type too, its good because well he only has to arrange the image with the text beforehand and display a bitmap ingame so its easier to handle in the code and everywhere and the result would be cool too I think.

Indeed looks cool, and I wish there is something new for Halloween =)

My guess was it's the official book for fans, hence "official fanbook". But yes, putting the words in that order makes it sound they way you described it. Either way it is "official" in the sense that Sotsu and Tatsunoko signed it off.

As for any other artbook, IIRC there was some character artwork/sketches floating around before both this fanbook and the King Record/Star Child DVD booklet. However I always guessed they came from production sheets which pop up every now and then on eBay. That or they were from the dōjinshi.

I really want to get my hands on those fan books. This one, in particular, sounds very promising.

I have to agree with you, more considering apparently there were no other artbooks prior to this one so we only had few freed materials from production time but not really anything like an artbook featuring clean art and sketches with interviews and more, I really want that too, I hope I can get it here in shop or somewhere. By the way the DVD booklet mentioned, I dont know if you saw that thread (I stumbled upon it a few days ago), I cant find the thread right now, but as I downloaded it then it is faster to upload it again, I added the translation they made for the interview, all the credit goes for the nice folks who scanned this and translated for later sharing it here, sorry I cant name them now.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/khbty6up3xouib4/Samurai+pizza+cats+dvd+booklet+Originals.zip

Im also collecting the design sheets availables on this site and overal internet, when I have it I will let you know, its interesting to see some of these, I wish quality was better in some but its still cool I think.

I think that book sounds cool, but I think it sounds even cooler because there's interviews included.

Thanks for the link.

You are welcome =), I find the DVD booklet specially cool because of the interviews added there, so I agree, the book will be great because of the different interviews that it features which will help us understand a lot more of the SPC and circunstances of its production.

You are right, all these make the show interesting and never boring or tiring, I have watched other anime series and to be honest mostly in present times anime they are a lot like repeating themselves and showing flat characters just trying to represent the same type of stories over and over.

I hadnt thought about that, you are right, we can watch some episodes out of order, but these are never like filling episodes, I mean in those animes that have like +300 episodes they incorporate a lot of episodes with empty plot, but in SPC its always fun and entertaining even if we watch out of order.

About the original videogame I think I will try to get some time to play it in English, as you said it was really fun but understanding the plot it will be a lot better =). By the way if I remember correctly the game had some cutscenes based on some still graphics with little movement and little text, right? maybe this type of cutscene will be right for Matt's game, dont you think?

Honestly, I haven't seen a new anime in at least six years, so I couldn't add much to what you're saying.

I actually think that part of the fun lies in watching it out of order and seeing if you missed anything. Like I actually had my first episode being The Case of the Bogus Billionare, and I think it was a good introduction episode as it showed the wackiness that the show was about, and it was also an entertaining episode. When I was watching the show during the Summer of 1997, most of the episodes were shown at random order--I remember seeing The Big Comet Caper (part 1) on Thursday and part 2 on Friday while Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday had episode 17, 18, and 19.

I do think it's important to understand the plot of the game and it does make it a lot better. As for the cutscenes, it's a picture of the character with text and their mouth is moving. It's a simple style, but I think it works very well.

I also think that, like you said, it could work for Matt's game.

Well if you havent watched anime from the recent times then trust me you havent missed much, if you ever decide to watch any new series its better to pick any from previous years.

Here I watched the episodes out of order too, mostly my trouble because I couldnt be at home every day at that time (damn school schedule!) but it was fun anyway, and as you said sometimes I guessed like... ah yes that episode must go before that other or so, at that time there was not much information available in internet or other places (well there was not much access to internet either lol), but was equally fun even not having the right order or guide to know what episode number was watching =).

Yes, understanding the game plot is very important, even if its 8bit game which use to feature small plot its still important to get the overal circunstances and all thats going on.

Now that you mention the cutscenes with text and mouths moving I remember, yes that style is simple but effective enough, cutscenes can communicate enough and are not super hard to make, in terms that characters designs can be re-used with only some background works and the needed text, so yeah my vote would be for that type in Matt's game =).

Yeah, if I ever saw a new anime, I would just pick one that looked good to me. The year wouldn't matter.

SPC came on before school for me, I think at about 6:30 AM, not sure. It was generally really early, and even though I could get up and watch it before I go to school, I still think it'd be a good idea to record it--that way I can watch it later.

I agree.

Honestly, I think those cutscenes are basic, but they look really good, and they work well, too.

Yes I know we should not just avoid new anime, but mostly the present time anime is really like... mass produced stuff, not really having personality like they make clone plots and dont get anything special nowhere, well whenever you decide to pick a new series I hope you pick right =).

Well here the SPC was aired at a time close to lunch time, well like half an hour before that time, and we were released from school mostly to arrive at lunch time, then only some days per week I was able to catch the show, or if there were special circunstances like teacher got the flu etc I couldnt record it at that time nor think any of my friends who watched it recorded it either, in fact it was not very popular in my class dont know why, only 3 or 5 were watching it, perhaps due that rare schedule not many people managed to watch it, if they lived quite far from school or needed to do some shopping on the way home then sure it was hard for them to catch it.

Regarding the cutscenes, with the NES style, I think this basic and simple way to communicate fits really well in Matt's game, I think Matt is using SDL coding in C++ (not visual environment as far as I know), so to arrange some sprites after each level with the text wont be really hard task for him as he made the game really fast and quite solid, probably other type of more complicate cutscenes would be a lot tougher to add, not impossible, more considering he is really skilled in this, but for a game like this more complicated cutscenes would look like off place a bit I think

Yeah, I like shows that try to do different stuff, even if it's only the small stuff.

I hope I pick right, too.

I understand. Well, luckily we have YouTube (and also the DVDs) so that you can watch the episodes.

Yeah, I think those NES cut-scenes work really well. They're simple and basic, but it's all you need.

I agree, lack of original stuff is making anime these days really repetitive and boring to be honest and I havent watched many series fully. If you decide to watch some new anime one suggestion I can recommend is Medabots or at least first season from it.

Yes you are right, thanks to Youtube or the DVD we can watch the show again, well in my case I still miss the dubbing they showed here, but still is good that the show got a DVD release not like other series which were never published.

Yes I think NES style of cutscenes is probably the best and would fit really well in Matt's game, he said he is not making Metal Gear type of scenes, that of course is logical path since he is working alone then it could be crazy to make something really complex with animated sequences, voice over etc so for him NES style will grant him the opportunity to tell the story he wants and not work a lot of years in just the animations.

Yes I went through some posts and his designs are really nice, and even saw some SPC designs too like Nyagoking and others, so thanks for pointing out about this =).

Regarding the manga, well this is among the few mangas that I think are official (or thats what I have always thought), there are a lot of dojin out there and quality is not always good or respecting the original plot, I dont have the zip for this but ElonNarai kindly put this gallery with all pages, of course its not just him, many people helped in the scan and translation of this, I hope you like the reading .

http://s121.photobucket.com/user/ElonNarai/library/KNT?sort=3&page=1

Regarding the game I could make, thanks for your support =), I will post something as soon as I gather time for putting things together, I dont want to ask other people to join a team with empty project, I know I will only be able to put few things together on start like a couple of characters, selection screen and few interactivity but I think its a lot better to post something working and hopefully other people will find it interesting enough and join the team to build it together as alone I know it would take too long with my current lack of time.

By the way you dont happen to have any blueprints for the Pizza parlour, right? I have been looking for that and found nothing, design sheets or something like that you know, if you dont have it then maybe I could ask for that somewhere just I have to find the right section.

Edit: As I mentioned in other thread Im collecting the sheets for the project I would like to start (probably some are missing, I had nothing for buildings and stuff so let me know if you have any), maybe Matt or other people find a good use for them too, anyway here they are, I will share this or updated collection in the project thread in case people is interested in joining as I plan to stick as close as possible to the original aspect of the show. http://www.mediafire.com/file/aqprmamp02c74jl/SPC+sheets.zip

Yeah, I think the designs are really nice--really cute, too.

You're welcome. I think it's nice to support people that want to make a small game, or a video, or what have you. I think it's nice to put out content like that.

Sorry, but I don't have scans for the pizza parlor or any other area of the show.

Yeah the SPC designs in the designer's blog are nice too, for me the best SPC art is the type of drawings that look like official you know, like the manga I mentioned (link above), well I think thats official but its different author involved I think, anyway looks like art taken directly from the show thats the best for me, and probably not only for SPC but also any other series or shows I have liked.

Yeah I agree with you we have to support people making new stuff ig we can, as its always hard to do even what looks like the simplest things, so having some help always makes things easier =).

Well the sheets I mentioned were probably never freed after production who knows, or maybe these are in the offical fanbook, whenever we manage to get the book we will see, thanks anyway =).

My guess was it's the official book for fans, hence "official fanbook". But yes, putting the words in that order makes it sound they way you described it. Either way it is "official" in the sense that Sotsu and Tatsunoko signed it off.

As for any other artbook, IIRC there was some character artwork/sketches floating around before both this fanbook and the King Record/Star Child DVD booklet. However I always guessed they came from production sheets which pop up every now and then on eBay. That or they were from the dōjinshi.

I really want to get my hands on those fan books. This one, in particular, sounds very promising.

I have to agree with you, more considering apparently there were no other artbooks prior to this one so we only had few freed materials from production time but not really anything like an artbook featuring clean art and sketches with interviews and more, I really want that too, I hope I can get it here in shop or somewhere. By the way the DVD booklet mentioned, I dont know if you saw that thread (I stumbled upon it a few days ago), I cant find the thread right now, but as I downloaded it then it is faster to upload it again, I added the translation they made for the interview, all the credit goes for the nice folks who scanned this and translated for later sharing it here, sorry I cant name them now.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/khbty6up3xouib4/Samurai+pizza+cats+dvd+booklet+Originals.zip

Im also collecting the design sheets availables on this site and overal internet, when I have it I will let you know, its interesting to see some of these, I wish quality was better in some but its still cool I think.

You are right, all these make the show interesting and never boring or tiring, I have watched other anime series and to be honest mostly in present times anime they are a lot like repeating themselves and showing flat characters just trying to represent the same type of stories over and over.

I hadnt thought about that, you are right, we can watch some episodes out of order, but these are never like filling episodes, I mean in those animes that have like +300 episodes they incorporate a lot of episodes with empty plot, but in SPC its always fun and entertaining even if we watch out of order.

About the original videogame I think I will try to get some time to play it in English, as you said it was really fun but understanding the plot it will be a lot better =). By the way if I remember correctly the game had some cutscenes based on some still graphics with little movement and little text, right? maybe this type of cutscene will be right for Matt's game, dont you think?

Honestly, I haven't seen a new anime in at least six years, so I couldn't add much to what you're saying.

I actually think that part of the fun lies in watching it out of order and seeing if you missed anything. Like I actually had my first episode being The Case of the Bogus Billionare, and I think it was a good introduction episode as it showed the wackiness that the show was about, and it was also an entertaining episode. When I was watching the show during the Summer of 1997, most of the episodes were shown at random order--I remember seeing The Big Comet Caper (part 1) on Thursday and part 2 on Friday while Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday had episode 17, 18, and 19.

I do think it's important to understand the plot of the game and it does make it a lot better. As for the cutscenes, it's a picture of the character with text and their mouth is moving. It's a simple style, but I think it works very well.

I also think that, like you said, it could work for Matt's game.

Well if you havent watched anime from the recent times then trust me you havent missed much, if you ever decide to watch any new series its better to pick any from previous years.

Here I watched the episodes out of order too, mostly my trouble because I couldnt be at home every day at that time (damn school schedule!) but it was fun anyway, and as you said sometimes I guessed like... ah yes that episode must go before that other or so, at that time there was not much information available in internet or other places (well there was not much access to internet either lol), but was equally fun even not having the right order or guide to know what episode number was watching =).

Yes, understanding the game plot is very important, even if its 8bit game which use to feature small plot its still important to get the overal circunstances and all thats going on.

Now that you mention the cutscenes with text and mouths moving I remember, yes that style is simple but effective enough, cutscenes can communicate enough and are not super hard to make, in terms that characters designs can be re-used with only some background works and the needed text, so yeah my vote would be for that type in Matt's game =).

Yeah, if I ever saw a new anime, I would just pick one that looked good to me. The year wouldn't matter.

SPC came on before school for me, I think at about 6:30 AM, not sure. It was generally really early, and even though I could get up and watch it before I go to school, I still think it'd be a good idea to record it--that way I can watch it later.

I agree.

Honestly, I think those cutscenes are basic, but they look really good, and they work well, too.

Yes I know we should not just avoid new anime, but mostly the present time anime is really like... mass produced stuff, not really having personality like they make clone plots and dont get anything special nowhere, well whenever you decide to pick a new series I hope you pick right =).

Well here the SPC was aired at a time close to lunch time, well like half an hour before that time, and we were released from school mostly to arrive at lunch time, then only some days per week I was able to catch the show, or if there were special circunstances like teacher got the flu etc I couldnt record it at that time nor think any of my friends who watched it recorded it either, in fact it was not very popular in my class dont know why, only 3 or 5 were watching it, perhaps due that rare schedule not many people managed to watch it, if they lived quite far from school or needed to do some shopping on the way home then sure it was hard for them to catch it.

Regarding the cutscenes, with the NES style, I think this basic and simple way to communicate fits really well in Matt's game, I think Matt is using SDL coding in C++ (not visual environment as far as I know), so to arrange some sprites after each level with the text wont be really hard task for him as he made the game really fast and quite solid, probably other type of more complicate cutscenes would be a lot tougher to add, not impossible, more considering he is really skilled in this, but for a game like this more complicated cutscenes would look like off place a bit I think

Yes I went through some posts and his designs are really nice, and even saw some SPC designs too like Nyagoking and others, so thanks for pointing out about this =).

Regarding the manga, well this is among the few mangas that I think are official (or thats what I have always thought), there are a lot of dojin out there and quality is not always good or respecting the original plot, I dont have the zip for this but ElonNarai kindly put this gallery with all pages, of course its not just him, many people helped in the scan and translation of this, I hope you like the reading .

http://s121.photobucket.com/user/ElonNarai/library/KNT?sort=3&page=1

Regarding the game I could make, thanks for your support =), I will post something as soon as I gather time for putting things together, I dont want to ask other people to join a team with empty project, I know I will only be able to put few things together on start like a couple of characters, selection screen and few interactivity but I think its a lot better to post something working and hopefully other people will find it interesting enough and join the team to build it together as alone I know it would take too long with my current lack of time.

By the way you dont happen to have any blueprints for the Pizza parlour, right? I have been looking for that and found nothing, design sheets or something like that you know, if you dont have it then maybe I could ask for that somewhere just I have to find the right section.

Edit: As I mentioned in other thread Im collecting the sheets for the project I would like to start (probably some are missing, I had nothing for buildings and stuff so let me know if you have any), maybe Matt or other people find a good use for them too, anyway here they are, I will share this or updated collection in the project thread in case people is interested in joining as I plan to stick as close as possible to the original aspect of the show. http://www.mediafire.com/file/aqprmamp02c74jl/SPC+sheets.zip

You are right, all these make the show interesting and never boring or tiring, I have watched other anime series and to be honest mostly in present times anime they are a lot like repeating themselves and showing flat characters just trying to represent the same type of stories over and over.

I hadnt thought about that, you are right, we can watch some episodes out of order, but these are never like filling episodes, I mean in those animes that have like +300 episodes they incorporate a lot of episodes with empty plot, but in SPC its always fun and entertaining even if we watch out of order.

About the original videogame I think I will try to get some time to play it in English, as you said it was really fun but understanding the plot it will be a lot better =). By the way if I remember correctly the game had some cutscenes based on some still graphics with little movement and little text, right? maybe this type of cutscene will be right for Matt's game, dont you think?

Honestly, I haven't seen a new anime in at least six years, so I couldn't add much to what you're saying.

I actually think that part of the fun lies in watching it out of order and seeing if you missed anything. Like I actually had my first episode being The Case of the Bogus Billionare, and I think it was a good introduction episode as it showed the wackiness that the show was about, and it was also an entertaining episode. When I was watching the show during the Summer of 1997, most of the episodes were shown at random order--I remember seeing The Big Comet Caper (part 1) on Thursday and part 2 on Friday while Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday had episode 17, 18, and 19.

I do think it's important to understand the plot of the game and it does make it a lot better. As for the cutscenes, it's a picture of the character with text and their mouth is moving. It's a simple style, but I think it works very well.

I also think that, like you said, it could work for Matt's game.

Well if you havent watched anime from the recent times then trust me you havent missed much, if you ever decide to watch any new series its better to pick any from previous years.

Here I watched the episodes out of order too, mostly my trouble because I couldnt be at home every day at that time (damn school schedule!) but it was fun anyway, and as you said sometimes I guessed like... ah yes that episode must go before that other or so, at that time there was not much information available in internet or other places (well there was not much access to internet either lol), but was equally fun even not having the right order or guide to know what episode number was watching =).

Yes, understanding the game plot is very important, even if its 8bit game which use to feature small plot its still important to get the overal circunstances and all thats going on.

Now that you mention the cutscenes with text and mouths moving I remember, yes that style is simple but effective enough, cutscenes can communicate enough and are not super hard to make, in terms that characters designs can be re-used with only some background works and the needed text, so yeah my vote would be for that type in Matt's game =).

My guess was it's the official book for fans, hence "official fanbook". But yes, putting the words in that order makes it sound they way you described it. Either way it is "official" in the sense that Sotsu and Tatsunoko signed it off.

As for any other artbook, IIRC there was some character artwork/sketches floating around before both this fanbook and the King Record/Star Child DVD booklet. However I always guessed they came from production sheets which pop up every now and then on eBay. That or they were from the dōjinshi.

Ah yes it might be what you said, sure is "official" since Sotsu and Tatsunoko signed it off. So with that title probably they only tried to emphasize its a book for the fans and not really for the people who never watched the SPC (I know I know, who would buy the book not being a fan...).

And about the previous sheets that used to float around with sketches or some production designs, I think then probably is as you said, not really from a book, my guess would be that these were taken from production material rather than dojin work, or at least the drawings look quite a lot like in the anime and fit in the usual pre-production designs made for other series, illustrating angles and expressions needed by the animators.

Thats first news to me, dude I have lost track of many things in all the time the hostname ban forum trouble lasted, looks impressive, more if they released a translated one so I will try to get one too

Edit: Do you happen to know where is it going to be sold? I mean its apparently to be sold in book shops like any other artbook? just wondering, I dont live in the US but would be nice to know since I have to get it like any other fan around here

I honestly wish I knew. Personally, I also want the book, although I would prefer it if it were translated.

Well if I understood correctly in the editor's site they are releasing it in a month or so, my assumption is this is going to be translated in English

Honestly, the thought of owning that book (in English) makes me excited for it.

Yeah I totally agree, I also hope I can get a copy of it or else find scans somewhere, its not going to be sold here as far as I know and probably only option is importing, maybe if certain bookstore imports it that would be great but we never know what will be imported and to be honest I never buy online. Well in any case let me know when you get it about facts like if its translated or not and the overal quality etc =).

By the way, I dont totally understand why they call it "official fanbook" I mean somehow if its made by fans it sounds like the opposite to being official but this book looks like official stuff, or am I missing something? and wasnt there a previour official artbook with production designs and sketches of characters? I have seen some of these sheets here somewhere so Im sure it was published at some point

Yes of course, new media can attract people to the SPC but is also really cool for us fans , as I said I have really enjoyed some creations from fans like Matt's game or that MSDos game from some time ago, but even a single drawing from a fan can be really nice to behold =).

Regarding that team request for a game project, I think you are right, there is hope for that, dont worry if you dont have progamming knowledge, to make a game many different skills are needed, like making 2D/3D graphics, or sounds/musics etc so if you or other people dont have the right skills then either other fans could use their already acquired skills or consider learning a bit about this, nowadays this type of knowledge can be obtained in videos etc easily, of course it can take some time, but I mean, if maybe nobody has the right skills just now its possible that in the future someone develops such skills and can contribute to the project. So well, I will see if I can put something together first and then ask for that in this section

Yeah, I think it's really cool for us fans. If you want to see drawings of the characters, then this topic is worth looking at: https://www.edoropolis.org/forums/index.php?topic=1836.0

I think it'd be awesome to work on a project like that, but we'll see.

Thanks for the link, I missed this one, I try to keep myself up to date as I lost lot of time out of here but is hard when some threads have over a year. So is this Souma blog with his designs? I remember seeing his manga which got translated to English and later Spanish (we helped in that), Im sure you know what manga Im referring, else let me know I think I still have the english files somewhere and maybe they remain here too.

I think it would be awesome to work in a project like that too, and result would be good for all of us and even people not related to the SPC, just I prefer to present something like a starting point before asking for team members, as said I cant dedicate myself fully to the project so as soon as I have the starting point assembled I will post and ask. Of course it will be different style from Matt's game, but I will set low goals so that we never reach the point of having nothing functional and nothing achieved after long time working on it.

Thats first news to me, dude I have lost track of many things in all the time the hostname ban forum trouble lasted, looks impressive, more if they released a translated one so I will try to get one too

Edit: Do you happen to know where is it going to be sold? I mean its apparently to be sold in book shops like any other artbook? just wondering, I dont live in the US but would be nice to know since I have to get it like any other fan around here

I honestly wish I knew. Personally, I also want the book, although I would prefer it if it were translated.

Well if I understood correctly in the editor's site they are releasing it in a month or so, my assumption is this is going to be translated in English

You are right, all these make the show interesting and never boring or tiring, I have watched other anime series and to be honest mostly in present times anime they are a lot like repeating themselves and showing flat characters just trying to represent the same type of stories over and over.

I hadnt thought about that, you are right, we can watch some episodes out of order, but these are never like filling episodes, I mean in those animes that have like +300 episodes they incorporate a lot of episodes with empty plot, but in SPC its always fun and entertaining even if we watch out of order.

About the original videogame I think I will try to get some time to play it in English, as you said it was really fun but understanding the plot it will be a lot better =). By the way if I remember correctly the game had some cutscenes based on some still graphics with little movement and little text, right? maybe this type of cutscene will be right for Matt's game, dont you think?

Yes of course, new media can attract people to the SPC but is also really cool for us fans , as I said I have really enjoyed some creations from fans like Matt's game or that MSDos game from some time ago, but even a single drawing from a fan can be really nice to behold =).

Regarding that team request for a game project, I think you are right, there is hope for that, dont worry if you dont have progamming knowledge, to make a game many different skills are needed, like making 2D/3D graphics, or sounds/musics etc so if you or other people dont have the right skills then either other fans could use their already acquired skills or consider learning a bit about this, nowadays this type of knowledge can be obtained in videos etc easily, of course it can take some time, but I mean, if maybe nobody has the right skills just now its possible that in the future someone develops such skills and can contribute to the project. So well, I will see if I can put something together first and then ask for that in this section

Thanks for your support =).

Well I agree in that, characters are not entirely flat and the plots arent repetitive, so I think something like that could be included in the game, giving it the feeling of being a sequel or a continuation, I havent played the translated famicon game, I played it in japanese but I cant read japanese, so I mostly got the overal idea of it, I think it was good because (as far as I understand) it follows the line we see in SPC along a longer adventure, that should be the spirit for this game I think, this way not only fans will love it but also people who never watched the SPC will get attracted to here

You are welcome =), as for youtube upload, well... my channel is hardly never visited so its senseless to upload there for other people, but feel free to upload it to your channel if you like =).

As for people awarenes of the show, I agree with you, with media like this game or other projects they will surely notice about the SPC and almost surely become fans as well because Matt game looks really good and solid, meaning only with few tweaks and additions it could be considered a fully working impressive SPC game.

I would like to make a game project too, just Im in the middle of making another game which is going to be sold, and while I have no deadline... well I work on my own then if I dont dedicate my time to it then they wont pay to me any time soon. Im considering asking in this section for a certain team creation, and maybe with more people I could work on the project knowing that its not entirely depending on me and my few spare time, what do you think? is there hope for something like that? I noticed some 3D modellers were here some time ago (more or less when my hostname was banned) but they are mostly gone these days, however maybe other people have same issue as Matt and me, so they cant work a lot in a SPC project but could work if its as part of a team as splitting tasks the things are a lot easier.

Does anybody know the song that is used in the video game clip? The clip isn't showing up anymore, but I did like the song--it's very catchy.

It starts at 18:44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIBfZEpb7v0

I would definitely love to have a YouTube link to the actual song because it is a good song, IMO.

Well I have no idea about song title, its a good one as you said, reminds me to some of Ranma 1/2 BGM tracks, but anyway here it is:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/2omd7eqpvygld5m/SPC+OST+Track+1843.mp3

You mentioned Youtube link, I hope its ok for you to download as mp3, I can upload to Youtube if its better for you though

And regarding what you said earlier, yes its really cool that people are making new stuff inspired by the SPC, I still remember when I got a certain fanmade game for MSDos console which featured only ASCII characters but inspired by the SPC, so we had one white square for Speedy one Blue for Guido and one Pink for Polly, each of them with the ability to shoot or hit enemies with their unique style, really cool game made with the few resources the creators had in hand =). I think as I mentioned on other thread that probably if some of us make new stuff like the game Matt is making, maybe that could grab atention from people who never heard about the SPC, surely curiosity makes people investigate about cool things they find, like a video of a certain game or so.