{"id":46256,"date":"2023-11-17T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/?guid=00e51345b5710245078401e05e82a06e"},"modified":"2023-11-17T09:00:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T09:00:58","slug":"scott-pilgrim-takes-off-leaving-behind-an-unexpected-reinvention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/17\/scott-pilgrim-takes-off-leaving-behind-an-unexpected-reinvention\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Pilgrim Takes Off \u2013 leaving behind an unexpected reinvention"},"content":{"rendered":"
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N<\/span>ot far into Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Scott Pilgrim, well, takes off. In this new, looser adaptation, created and written by Bryan Lee O\u2019Malley and BenDavid Grabinski, the title character is de-centred, leaving his supporting cast to get their own coming-of-age moments in his absence \u2013 we see their growth from their perspective and not Scott\u2019s blinkered one. Because of this, Takes Off is less a revisitation than another reinvention of O\u2019Malley\u2019s popular comic book series, in conversation with both the books and the movie within its energetic, winding new story. The showrunners refuse to simply play the hits, maintaining the same slacker vibes and reference-packed rom-com-meets-battle-shonen hybrid, but in a different key this time.<\/p>\n

Its setup as a series, the art style\u2019s direct lift from the comics, the fact that the English dub of the anime series features the entire returning cast of Edgar Wright\u2019s movie<\/a> \u2013 this all points towards a sort of do-over that\u2019s \u201cmore faithful\u201d to the comics, an expansion on subplots that a feature film doesn\u2019t have bandwidth to cover, but Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is better than that. The series pre-empts such expectations in a myriad of clever ways \u2013 the franchise has always been cute about its meta-narratives and gags but it\u2019s played up even further here: Wright\u2019s movie itself becomes part of the show\u2019s conversation with and remix of Scott Pilgrim lore. That might sound too much like navel-gazing to some, but Takes Off maintains the comic\u2019s playful spirit, never feeling self-important.<\/p>\n

At the centre of this renewed take on O\u2019Malley\u2019s series is Ramona, dream girl of many a sheltered dork in the 2000s through the 2010s \u2013 here even more self-possessed and granted the same soul-searching journey that Scott Pilgrim has bumbled through twice now. It\u2019s now more \u201cRamona Flowers Versus the World\u201d, but with a gumshoe PI style, when the show isn\u2019t trying on different genres as often as the character re-dyes her hair (in one lovely touch, each episode opens with a gorgeous sequence of her going through that process).<\/p>\n

As she works on solving the mystery central to the season\u2019s arc, the show unpacks the Evil Exes\u2019 neuroses rather than simply pitting them against Scott (because Scott is gone). Ramona reflects on the compulsions that Wright\u2019s movie only had a moment to unpack, about her own inability to grow. Even Gideon Graves takes a backseat to the rest of the exes, the two main driving forces of the movie left behind for less trodden ground, looking into different aspects of its entertaining stable of weirdos rather than the worst versions of them, as Scott saw them. That approach goes a long way to making Takes Off feel like a more mature spin on these characters: the \u201cevil\u201d exes still maintain their taste for the theatrical, but also go through their own moments of introspection and growth, in the absence of a simpler unifying purpose (killing Scott). <\/span><\/p>\n

Characters who never crossed paths in the film or barely interacted in the comics have entirely new and often hilarious arcs together, while others get chances for more earnest heart-to-hearts. Some (Knives) simply get to be cooler, now they’ve stepped out of Scott\u2019s shadow. Case in point: Roxy and Ramona, whose relationship is taken a little more seriously here.<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s any one problem with the series, it’s that a sizeable portion of the returning cast doesn\u2019t always seem suited to voice acting \u2013 the energy of the English dub can often feel rather low and the rhythms of line deliveries awkward, especially when measured against the seasoned figures in its Japanese dub. But this is certainly not the case for Mae Whitman, who keeps the absurdity of her live-action performance and even finds room for pathos, as ridiculous as Roxy is. Mary Elisabeth Winstead also compels as the calm centre to the storm of the show, making for a decidedly different dynamic \u2013 a straight woman (figuratively) to all of the chaotic maniacs and egotists from her past.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But the more some things change, the more others stay the same. Takes Off may be different but it still has all the flavour of a Scott Pilgrim adaptation, fully leveraging its transmedia construction between the books, live-action and video game adaptations, an amalgamation of all of the above. It\u2019s not only riffing on the film but bringing in elements of the cult video game, with its composer Anamanaguchi<\/span> returning, accompanied by Joseph Trapanese. Sex-Bob-Omb\u2019s songs are still scrappy but catchy, and the composers have other delightful surprises in store.<\/p>\n

The resultant sense of spontaneity and play makes the animation producers Science Saru \u2013 their work mostly centred around the direction of former head Masaaki Yuasa \u2013 a rather ideal fit: the studio overall known for its flexible and expressive visual ethos in films like the recent Inu-Oh<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The studio\u2019s involvement in producing the animation might be the most exciting part of this reboot. It\u2019s helmed by Abel G\u00f3ngora (whose past efforts include \u201cT0-B1\u201d from Star Wars Visions, the infectious opening of <\/span>Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!!<\/span><\/a>), a longtime animator for the studio in his series directorial debut. Under the direction of G\u00f3ngora, the show redraws the time capsule aesthetics and various homages of O\u2019Malley\u2019s comics. It\u2019s not as visually out there as some of the studio’s or even just G\u00f3ngora\u2019s own efforts, but Takes Off is pleasingly cartoonish as it visually echoes the comics. <\/span><\/p>\n

The show\u2019s art style maintains O\u2019Malley\u2019s quirks, such as its costumes and cutesy character designs (via Shuhei Handa) with their squared-off fingers and blocky silhouettes, the very literal onomatopoeia (\u201cleap\u201d, \u201cdash\u201d etc). Takes Off is keenly interested in the different textures and homages that animation is uniquely equipped to undertake \u2013 like in an early Dezaki-inspired \u201c<\/span>postcard memory<\/span><\/a>\u201d shot, or throughout its incredibly kinetic action sequences. An early highlight sees a fight in a video store cross into the videos themselves, the scene evolving with the genre of each new tape \u2013 bouncing from Westerns to war movies to samurai films. <\/span><\/p>\n

The show as a whole is steeped in Gen X cultural ephemera (Netflix video rental exists within the world of the show, winking but ominous given the company\u2019s role in killing that business). Its throwback vibe is plastered all over its surface, the faded edges and restrained ratio of its flashbacks harkening back to 90s anime, some sequences framed like you dug out a dusty old video. In that same spirit, the show is bursting with homages and pastiches. The eagle-eyed will spot nods to Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken and Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad before the <\/span>opening<\/span><\/a> even finishes rolling. The series gets its own <\/span>Mortal Kombat theme<\/span><\/a>. Even the \u201c<\/span>anime-girl-is-late-for-school-so-she-runs-out-of-the-house-with-toast-in-her-mouth<\/span><\/a>\u201d trope makes an appearance in an extended sequence, as two characters watch anime videos in a depressed stupor. As it rewrites the story of Scott Pilgrim and Ramona, it\u2019s the main source of nostalgia that the show allows itself. <\/span><\/p>\n

By veering so far off the beaten path, Takes Off renews a gratifying sense of spontaneity and unpredictability that made O\u2019Malley\u2019s comics so fun to follow. The voice performances may not be entirely up to scratch, but those rough spots are outweighed by the show\u2019s overall energy and sense of invention. It\u2019s not just nostalgically circling back to the beginning like so many franchises are wont to do (a new trailer for a live-action remake of Avatar: The Last Airbender<\/a> just came out). The status quo is different, the mission of the season is different, and the relationships between these characters also go through a new kind of metamorphosis as a result.<\/p>\n

That doesn\u2019t mean it throws everything out: O\u2019Malley and Grabinski take the story on a new path before bringing it full circle \u2013 it was first inspired by a song by Plumtree, and so the series ends with it too. The original comics were inspired by anime and manga, and here it is as an anime series. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off gets to have it both ways, as a victory lap for a vastly beloved comic book, and as a chance for a coming-of-age series to come of age itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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