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fanart of Odin-Spere;
I've been seriously wondering what their name actually means
in the Japanese, they are called "Shinigamis" (which definetly fits ) and in the German version, they are called "Sensenschwinger" (= Scythe Swinger);
but hell, what kind of sense does "Halja" make???

Update: was told that "Halja" is a different form of "Hel", the Godess of the Dead in Norse Mythology
- thanks to


one of the coolest designs of the whole game, nevertheless - not much that beats a muscle-packed reaper, doesn't it?



btw. I really enjoy the voice-acting, too;
especially Ingway, King Valentine and Gallon are awesome
Oswald and Onyx are cool, too
check this video for some examples (be aware of spoilers, though):
[link]
(youtube-quality is horrible, but nothing better to link to...)


(c) is to SquareEnix
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Comments: 32

Nemo-Nessuno [2010-10-02 13:53:13 +0000 UTC]

Hah, genau danach hab ich gesucht ^^ Und ich dachte immer, sie hießen "Hollower", oder so ähnlich. Wobei ich "Sensenschwinger" auch immer recht passend fand. Sehr gelungen, auch von der Farbintensität!

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HallowGazer In reply to Nemo-Nessuno [2010-10-02 16:35:26 +0000 UTC]

Ich hab den Namen lange Zeit auch nicht gekannt und aus den Synchronstimmenn immer "Hauler" herausgehört XD
Ich glaube, ich bin irgendwann im englischen Wiki-artikel über "Halja" gestolpert...

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arrow3000 [2010-06-28 01:07:45 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, awsome job~! c;
Odin Sphere is an amazing game.

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HallowGazer In reply to arrow3000 [2010-06-28 17:43:15 +0000 UTC]

thx
it sure is - amazing story and best grafics ever

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arrow3000 In reply to HallowGazer [2010-06-28 22:24:31 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome~. c;
And have you played Muramasa: The Demon Blade?
It's also by Vanilla Ware. o3o

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HallowGazer In reply to arrow3000 [2010-06-29 12:13:12 +0000 UTC]

sadly, I never got my hands on it since I don't own a Wii (and I don't think I ever will own one, so I'll just watch a playthrough on Youtube someday, I guess)
at some point, I want to get Grim Grimoire, the old game that is still for PS2, though

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arrow3000 In reply to HallowGazer [2010-06-29 16:37:18 +0000 UTC]

Aww...
Well, Grim Grimoire is awesome too. c:
The PS2 is amazing.

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HallowGazer In reply to arrow3000 [2010-06-29 17:35:47 +0000 UTC]

it surely was the best gaming platform
nowadays, it seems so hard to decide which platform sucks less than the others, lol

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arrow3000 In reply to HallowGazer [2010-06-29 17:44:33 +0000 UTC]

lol, yeah. xD
It's kinda sad, really. :'c

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Xeranad [2010-02-24 20:04:59 +0000 UTC]

"Halja" is another version of "Hel", who, in Norse Mythology, was the goddess of the dead. So the name makes perfect sense for the servants of Queen Odette of the Netherworld.

Regardless, nice piece.

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HallowGazer In reply to Xeranad [2010-02-24 20:35:53 +0000 UTC]

seems like I didn't investigate thoroughly enough about this
thanks, man
also, glad you like it, of course

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Xeranad In reply to HallowGazer [2010-02-24 20:39:04 +0000 UTC]

Eh, I like reading mythology from different cultures, especially Norse Mythology. Glad I could help out.

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Brods [2009-09-25 22:39:53 +0000 UTC]

Yeah you actually drew him Hes the coolest boss in the whole f-ing game YEAH!!!

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HallowGazer In reply to Brods [2009-09-27 18:20:53 +0000 UTC]

indeed
even though I like Wagnar, Darkowa and some others, too
been thinking about it, maybe I'm gonna draw some of the other bosses, too

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Brods In reply to HallowGazer [2009-09-30 01:01:31 +0000 UTC]

They all rule so its hard to pick a fav.

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HallowGazer In reply to Brods [2009-09-30 13:09:32 +0000 UTC]

indeed

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Brods In reply to HallowGazer [2009-10-01 00:08:35 +0000 UTC]

X3

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Infernal-Feline [2009-09-25 17:03:06 +0000 UTC]

yummie

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HallowGazer In reply to Infernal-Feline [2009-09-27 18:18:16 +0000 UTC]

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Infernal-Feline In reply to HallowGazer [2009-09-29 09:19:02 +0000 UTC]

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metalheadkomik [2009-09-25 02:50:54 +0000 UTC]

looks wicked !

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HallowGazer In reply to metalheadkomik [2009-09-25 14:16:38 +0000 UTC]

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sfprincess [2009-09-25 01:27:01 +0000 UTC]

I haven't played it yet, but my friend tells me it's really good! Beautiful coloring on this piece!!

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HallowGazer In reply to sfprincess [2009-09-25 14:23:00 +0000 UTC]

Odin Sphere got one or two flaws, but it's definetly worthwhile playing
especially the story is really great

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sfprincess In reply to HallowGazer [2009-09-25 21:17:52 +0000 UTC]

Good. Because we need more games with good stories!!!

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HallowGazer In reply to sfprincess [2009-09-27 18:22:08 +0000 UTC]

indeed - nice stories are everywhere to find, but finding a real exceptional story is quite rare

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sfprincess In reply to HallowGazer [2009-09-28 03:52:54 +0000 UTC]

So what would you say are your top 5 exceptional stories?

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HallowGazer In reply to sfprincess [2009-09-28 15:33:36 +0000 UTC]

woah, that's a tough one...
without spending the whole afternoon for remembering all great stories I played, I'd name the following (without a specific order):
-Odin Sphere
-The World Ends With You
-Vagrant Story (quite old for PSOne )
-Pandora Hearts (anime)
-Angel Sanctuary (manga)

if I think too much about that, the list might probably fill books

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sfprincess In reply to HallowGazer [2009-09-28 23:00:37 +0000 UTC]

Haha!! Awsm! Those are not the typical top 5 that people respond with, but that's very cool. I didn't give The World Ends With You a fair shot because I didn't enjoy the gameplay -- but if you say the story is good, maybe I'll reconsider.

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HallowGazer In reply to sfprincess [2009-09-29 15:29:07 +0000 UTC]

the gameplay sure was something to get used to...
SquareEnix didn't have the best idea of the world by using both screens for the fighting system...
mainly, I got it because the grafic-style really got me hooked and after getting over some critical first impressions, I really enjoyed both the game and the story

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Don-Pachi [2009-09-24 23:09:00 +0000 UTC]

Pure Excellence with the color and design!

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HallowGazer In reply to Don-Pachi [2009-09-25 14:24:19 +0000 UTC]

compared to the original, I might've done better, but I always appreciate you like it, of course

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