My only complaint about Aespa

I can agree with that ...

one thing that made them stand out for me was their AE concept and we haven't seen much of that but I guess SM is just trying to get Aespa out there first before going harder with the AE side...

I agree but I don't think they are only using them in MVs but they are literally doing what you are hoping for. They trademarked the genre that blends webtoons animes and video games with music for a reason. They also collaborated with Kakao of all companies for the aim to distribute webtoons and such (it's what was said in the article). Also, they have a whole team and artists for the 2d ae characters and another team for the 3d ae characters. Which means they are planning to have both. They are definitely planning for more in the future. Lsm talked about Aespa members having regular promotions like normal groups but ALSO having AE members promotions and unconventional ae and real members promotions.

I want ae aespa Barbie dolls

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I want ae aespa Barbie dolls

I will buy that in a heartbeat!

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I just hope that they don't do an ae karina doll

People will make her weird things since people love to bully her

Make them expensive so people are discouraged from destroying them

Accdg to the producer of next level, Aespa’s concept encompasses MERCHANDISE too, so we’re probably gonna get so much merch from them, i feel. I’m just gonna be happy if it’s just a Webtoon.

Imagine Albums having webtoon and we get to follow their story every comeback.

wouldn't be surprised when some of things you mentioned turns out to be true or in working progress

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I just hope that they don't do an ae karina doll

People will make her weird things since people love to bully her

The people is me yes

That's a really nice idea. i know SM has already planned for webtoons; animation; possibly a series or movies. But for now; it will be cool to get once a week content of Ae members that will make us more interested for future animation series. Anyway SM seems to be taking it slow right now with establishing the Aespa universe first and Aespa as a group of course.

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Accdg to the producer of next level, Aespa’s concept encompasses MERCHANDISE too, so we’re probably gonna get so much merch from them, i feel. I’m just gonna be happy if it’s just a Webtoon.

Imagine Albums having webtoon and we get to follow their story every comeback.

One of my imaginations.

please let it happen..I want physical albums to have actual use

The concept looks extremely bizarre as it is unrealistic at all. I think it's used because it's story-based, even if I don't empathize. I even saw Ningning get uncomfortable when such AEs pop up in random scenes. Also, in the rap part of Giselle, they showed completely her AE like it's like they sabotage Giselle.

Maybe they should shoot a separate MV as an AE version. That's what I would do if it were me. They would not affect each other. SM, if you're reading this, an idea for you, shoot AE's separately.

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Accdg to the producer of next level, Aespa’s concept encompasses MERCHANDISE too, so we’re probably gonna get so much merch from them, i feel. I’m just gonna be happy if it’s just a Webtoon.

Imagine Albums having webtoon and we get to follow their story every comeback.

Ah yes, an album with a webtoon will be a revolutionary thing in kpop. It would be like when SNSD introduced the photocards in an album (Oh! Album). It would engage fans not just in the musical aspect but definitely with their storyline

Now we know why LSM was working with LOONA - he wanted to steal ideas to build an aespa-verse.

SM needs to push aespa's vocal abilities, and not bog them down in extracurricular nonsense. Other groups of their generation can't compete with their singing talents - SM needs to use that to their advantage.

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Now we know why LSM was working with LOONA - he wanted to steal ideas to build an aespa-verse.

SM needs to push aespa's vocal abilities, and not bog them down in extracurricular nonsense. Other groups of their generation can't compete with their singing talents - SM needs to use that to their advantage.

Not trying to downplay Loona as he might have learned somethings from them but ideas of Lores and unique concept has been in SM long before Loona.

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Now we know why LSM was working with LOONA - he wanted to steal ideas to build an aespa-verse.

SM needs to push aespa's vocal abilities, and not bog them down in extracurricular nonsense. Other groups of their generation can't compete with their singing talents - SM needs to use that to their advantage.

Aespa getting trademarked since 1999.

Insider reports saying SM has been building stories since 2004.

Now, what

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I wish that they would make their AEs look closer to the actual members. Or at least give them makeovers. They wear the same thing in both MVs, which makes it look cheap. They could've at least changed their clothes or their hair lol

And yeah... I think it's a cool concept but I wish SM had flushed it out a bit more. For instance, this video should have come out before Black Mamba MV did.

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If they're going to create a story around them, make it chronological. It would be cool too if all of their MVs continued to be connected somehow.

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it's better and SM intended the aes to look different from the real members; because some people may use their animated version for wrong intentions. And it makes sense why aes have the same look. For casual viewers and new fans; it's easy to remember which ae is which member's by their costume or hair color. All their mvs and episodes are connected. Black mamba introduced the black mamba villian and aespa universe. The episode 1 explained how aes were created and showed the black mamba villian. Next level mv is about them journeying to kwangya and facing obstacles. Next comeback will have next level episode released which will i think expand on the next level mv.