MK1: I don't really think that the new merchandise necessarily means very much. But with the 20th anniversary of the series coming up, it's possible we may see a movie at some point, particularly if the manga and anime continue to be very popular.
Regarding the goddess' parents (yeah, I know this is reaching a ways back):
Is there any real reason to assume that Belldandy and Skuld are half sisters? Just because Urd is a half sister to Bell and Skuld doesn't mean that Bell and Skuld are half sisters to each other.
Also, while I haven't read the manga myself (my introduction to AMG was through the anime) one of the analysis articles about the series that I read indicated that Hild thought Skuld resembled the goddess' father in appearance and that Belldandy resembled him in terms of behaviour.
That being said, I do have to admit the Silhoutte figure we saw in the anime does resemble Belldandy somewhat (although being a Silhoutte, we aren't exactly getting a lot of detail). It would be interesting to know how much involvement the mangaka had with that aspect of the anime, wouldn't it?
24-Mar-2007
