And You Thought There Was Never an Anime Thread on This Forum!

[Tymers Realm]

Is Princess Principle streaming in US?

Amazon Anime Strike

I'll also agree with how well Princess Principal is doing. It has a Steampuk-ish Cold-war spy thing going on.

[Matti]

Amazon Anime Strike

I'll also agree with how well Princess Principal is doing. It has a Steampuk-ish Cold-war spy thing going on.

I add this one to my shopping list.

[Tymers Realm]

Umm Matti...

Anime Strike is Amazon US' additional-fee-on-top-of-Prime Streaming service.

[pheonixstorm]

yeah I had to sign up for the trial to watch Macross... need to binge watch as much as possible before the bill comes due. Don't need to pay for yet another service... If I wanted that I would go with Hulu since its cheaper.

[pheonixstorm]

And somehow I was wrong. Looked over all the anime and found Macross but it seems it part of Prime and not Anime Strike... I guess not I am going to have a second trial...

[Matti]

Umm Matti...

Anime Strike is Amazon US' additional-fee-on-top-of-Prime Streaming service.

Does that mean there won't be disc release?

[Tymers Realm]

Does that mean there won't be disc release?

If this ANN article from June is accurate, Sentai Filmworks has the physical release. When it'll be released is anyone's guess right now. Considering it's still airing.

[iamfanboy]

My discussion with my fiancee about Princess Principal was this:

"It's steampunk spy noir-"

"You had me at steampunk."

Our fear, that it was moemoe bait with cutesu girls and flashy visuals overlaying an empty box, were relieved rather quickly. Yes, it has the girls, but it also has an interesting storyline, and though we've only watched up to ep2 the hook is well and truly planted.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

If this ANN article from June is accurate, Sentai Filmworks has the physical release. When it'll be released is anyone's guess right now. Considering it's still airing.

Probably two years if they do an English dub.

[Wrangler]

Looks like first Build Fighter's episode of Counterattack Start series has been released just after the preview for the series.
I'm taken back by going back to the old crew, i guess it was more popular choice...

Animation remains very good.

[Tymers Realm]

Looks like first Build Fighter's episode of Counterattack Start series has been released just after the preview for the series.
I'm taken back by going back to the old crew, i guess it was more popular choice...

Animation remains very good.

What is even more interesting is that a English Dub for the first Build Fighters series, as well as BF Try, are being released on the Gundam.Info's Youtube channel. As of this post, the first five episodes for both shows are up.
Also: Playlist link for the GM's Counterattack & Battlogue vids.

[Wrangler]

On different franchise news, Art Exhibition has been held for Heroes of the Galactic Heroes which celebrates the 35th anniversary of the series.

Again it's mentioned that new anime project is works with Production I.G. still working on it and has recast the voice actors from the original series to voice the lead roles.

I'm glad their still going to make it, though i wonder when it will come out and how many episodes it will entail.

[Top Sergeant]

My discussion with my fiancee about Princess Principal was this:

"It's steampunk spy noir-"

"You had me at steampunk."

Our fear, that it was moemoe bait with cutesu girls and flashy visuals overlaying an empty box, were relieved rather quickly. Yes, it has the girls, but it also has an interesting storyline, and though we've only watched up to ep2 the hook is well and truly planted.

My wife and I enjoy the show very much.

Make sure you look for the Case Number at the beginning of each show so you get the chronological order.

[pheonixstorm]

Yeah... watching the second episode was very confusing at first. It is rare a show goes out of order like that. Still enjoyed it, hope to watch more but trial is only 7 days so doubt I will get more than 1 additional episode in :(

[kato]

Kemono Friends Episode 1 passed 10 million views on NicoNico Douga two days ago (currently at 10.16 million).

Since August 1st it is the most watched anime episode on NicoNico, going past Gochuumon wa usagi desu ka? / Is the order a Rabbit? Episode 1 (currently at 9.57 million).

[Matti]

I'm sure there are a lot more than that, but my point is simple: Give the audience a chance to feel HOW the show is, rather than concern yourself too much about whether they remember which characters are named what.That way they can figure out if they like the show without spending a bunch of time watching it. At least in my opinion.

It can be frakked up quite easily. Just look at Firefly.

[Tymers Realm]

It can be frakked up quite easily. Just look at Firefly.

Yea, but that was a Network call, not the intention.
As to PP's running. the early out of sync order kinda fits with the overall theme.

[Wrangler]

Given my leanings towards Mecha/action/comedy/fantasy/scifi  i like Knights and Magic the most this quarterly season.

Again story cruising along at warp speed, but it's still very enjoyable as our main hero's hobby of making gunpla *cough* giant "robotic" Knights continues and he develop his line of newly made Knights his world have never seen before that beats tar out of enemy monsters.  He soon learns secret making the engines makes these titans of crystal and steel works.  There isn't been any sign of bad guy lately So i guess we'll run into it when episode 10-11 comes out i hope.

[Wrangler]

Anybody got anything their looking forward to for Fall 2017?

[Tymers Realm]

Anybody got anything their looking forward to for Fall 2017?

Besides The Ancient Magus' Bride?
I'm also interested in Land of Lustrous (Hōseki no Kuni). I had looked at a few of the Manga's early chapters. It seems interesting. Here's a link to the most recent ANN article on the series.

[pheonixstorm]

My most looked for for a future season is the next KONOSUBA. I had hope Knight's and Magic would have gone at a slower pace, from what I read in the LN a lot of decent material was left out. The next section of the story really does need its own season to tell it properly, maybe two. Oh well, at least we get to watch Ernesti's creation stomp around in all its glory (though granted I forgot to watch todays episode so no idea how far it got).

[kato]

Anybody got anything their looking forward to for Fall 2017?

Himouto Umaru-chan R
Netojuu no Susume
Mahou Tsukai no Yome
Kino no Tabi
WUG III
Shokugeki no Souma S3
Time Bokan S2
Yuuki Yuuna S2

Roughly in that order, and with Netojuu no Susume the only really "new" thing in there.

Though that list is only that short because the more interesting stuff announced for next season (e.g. Full Metal Panic Invisible Victory, Yama no Susume S3 or Lostorage conflated WIXOSS) has all been postponed to 2018.

Robomasters (preview, japanese version) might be interesting if they can pull it off staying on a character focus instead of too blatantly advertising their product. Probably will be more of a miss though. Studio is Gonzo, staff is mostly second- and third-stringers - in fact, the only full series the director and the series composer have done before was Jitsu wa watashi wa. The only staff member of note is the mechanical designer, Watanabe Kouji of El-Hazard fame (his most recent work was as Chief Animation Director for Active Raid S1, his last mechanical design work on Nanoha Vivid).

[pheonixstorm]

Anyone check out the Netflix version of Death Note? Watched it tonight and enjoyed it. It was interesting to see how much of the background they changed while keeping to the original theme and flow of the story. At least as much as you can when converting from tv to movie. They even got a really scary guy to play the lovable monster. But as Weird Al says, hes scary in the mask, but scarier w/o it on. For those interested, do try to watch until the first death, it is... rather gory. Still need to finish the Japanese live action show... only a few episodes in on that one.

[elf25s]

Anyone check out the Netflix version of Death Note? Watched it tonight and enjoyed it. It was interesting to see how much of the background they changed while keeping to the original theme and flow of the story. At least as much as you can when converting from tv to movie. They even got a really scary guy to play the lovable monster. But as Weird Al says, hes scary in the mask, but scarier w/o it on. For those interested, do try to watch until the first death, it is... rather gory. Still need to finish the Japanese live action show... only a few episodes in on that one.

did not care for it the american vesion felt syrup sweet coated no suspense no drama just felt more like an action flick than war of to detectives or reapers game

[elf25s]

as much as i am not into chibi stuff i am bit hooked now on shorts aggressive retsuko
for some reason george carlin comes to mind when i watch it...

[HobbesHurlbut]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/feature/2017-08-30/the-history-of-american-superhero-comics-in-anime/.119913
A fascinating look at the superhero comic and crossovers in anime.

[Matti]

Past weekend at anime club meeting, we watched live-action version of Kiki's delivery service. It has some face-palm moments, but then again, I expect the anime to have that too. Haven't seen the anime, and maybe because of that I could enjoy (or at least tolerate) the live-action.

[elf25s]

Past weekend at anime club meeting, we watched live-action version of Kiki's delivery service. It has some face-palm moments, but then again, I expect the anime to have that too. Haven't seen the anime, and maybe because of that I could enjoy (or at least tolerate) the live-action.

tombo and hippo are the most cringe worthy parts...

[Sharpnel]

did not care for it the american vesion felt syrup sweet coated no suspense no drama just felt more like an action flick than war of to detectives or reapers game

The movie was an 1 hour 40 minutes long. The anime was 37 episodes long. That's 100 minutes versus 800+ minutes so you are not going to get all of that detail. BTW, I loved Willem Defos as the voice of Ryuk. As to the syrup sweet comment, this was a movie about death and murder. There's nothing syrupy sweet about that crap.

[pheonixstorm]

Is that a Riflehammer I see?? :P