Bayonetta: Bloody Fate announced

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Hey, Sonic SatAM was an awesome kids show in the 90s! Hasn't aged all that well, but most 90s animations haven't, aside from Gargoyles and some Warner Brothers classics. I think a lot of love for many of the cartoons from back then stems from nostalgia, and I'll be the first to admit that that's probably one the reasons why I still like SatAm XD.

I tried watching Bakugan a few times long ago and I found it quite painful. How dark it is doesn't really concern me: I just found the story to be incredibly lacking and the voice acting to be terrible.

I actually got Sakura Wars on DVD recently. Dub hasn't aged all that well, but it's something I really want to check out when I have the time. Only seen the first episode so far and it didn't really grab me, but most anime tends to take  few episodes to get going.

Aside from Sonic stuff, what SEGA media would you recommend? Should I check out Virtua Fighter?

Yes but you will hate the dub acting. I'll admit the dub of BAKUGAN and DINOSAUR KING is bad just like SONIC X but what i liked about those anime is that they were all mini epics in their own way, they took their world or universe seriously. It wasn't cutesy as other anime that do that type of thing. Any anime that has the bad guy seemingly killing off one of the hero's parents and making him an orphan as what happened in DINOSAUR KING isn't that bad. So its different. and its Sega. I recommend SAKURA TAISEN
VF,Canaan is good,and if you can stomach it some of the SHINING stuff. I think you would enjoy VALKYRIA and WORLD DESTRUCTION animes better though.The real problem is the better anime Sega has been involved in aren't properties that Sega made like FIST OF THE NORTHSTAR,EVENGION and a couple of BLEACH movies. Even saying that its easy to obtain the Sega based animes because there simply isn't that many of them around.
And don' get me wrong i don't hate the Sonic cartoons from the states, i just dont think they are any better or worst than what Sega has for anime now. But i think we can agree that we would all like to see some anime based on core Sega titles instead or just added to the Sega toys/kids orientated Sega games based anime they have been putting out over the last decade. So BAYONETTA is welcome but something on SHINOBI or even BINARY DOMAIN or along those lines would be much welcomed.

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I think what is most interesting about this announcement is there must be some underlying desire in SEGA to continue Bayonetta as a franchise and this is possibly the strongest indication of any such matter.

Okay it could be a one off, but what would the logical reason be for producing this anime if you were not going to continue the brand?

[ROJM]

I think what is most interesting about this announcement is there must be some underlying desire in SEGA to continue Bayonetta as a franchise and this is possibly the strongest indication of any such matter.

Okay it could be a one off, but what would the logical reason be for producing this anime if you were not going to continue the brand?

I don't think Sega said they wasn't interested in continuing the brand. They just couldn't come to terms with Platinum Games. PG kinda said that they were in negotiations after VANQUISH came out and they obviously wanted a percentage similar to their first contract which Sega probably didn't want to do. Makes one think if Sega sabotaged ANARCHY REIGNS chances of becoming succesful on purpose. Also  the fact that Sega and not PG came to some arrangement with Nintendo or the name BAYONETTA would never have been used for the sequel in the first place. PG is just the developer and not the publisher, its always different channels when it comes to IP rights and things like that because contracts and lawyers are involved. If this 3DS spinoff does happen, Sega will more likely be involved in some capacity since they own the rights to Jeanne as well.