Eminence in Anime - The M@ster Anime Thread Beyond Viewing's End

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

That was an interesting show.  Too bad what happened to it.

[Darth Nichos]

I think it was a Toonmai original but never went anywhere with the viewers so they never did a second season.

So about some time ago, back when I used Netflix's DVD service to get Anime, I watched the original Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha 13 episode series and enjoyed it. I then sent onto the second season but was only able to see a part of it; Netflix never replaced the rest of the DVDs that someone lost. I recently purchased the Nanoha Reflection and Detonation films that came stateside for Black Friday; I liked them but its unfortunate that I had to look things up

The funny thing is that the Two Movies follow the Nanoha Reboot Films that never came out here; which is weird to me. I still enjoyed them though

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

I think it was a Toonmai original but never went anywhere with the viewers so they never did a second season.

Actually, it was fairly popular with viewers but it came out at a time when CN's management was extremely hostile toward shows that were aimed at older audiences so it got canceled before the first season was complete.  Same thing as what happened to Sym-Bionic Titan and the new Thundercats.

[Daemion]

You mean the mid-aughts Thundercats, and not Thundercats Roar, right?  I liked that show, for what it was worth. But, I only got to see it because I bought the DVDs back when they were available. Same with the rebooted He-man series. The short intro is still locked in memory.

That's a shame.  It's like all the shows Fox would start and drop on short notice. 

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

I'd forgotten Roar even existed.

[elf25s]

I'd forgotten Roar even existed.

was it with a sd tcats? i enjoyed that one

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

That was the one.

[Wrangler]

I have little faith in cable/ television based. Especially when they have ever changing and censorship they do.

Netflix had good things going, but with events of streaming services and their cut back in programming has left original programming like original anime high and dry made by Western based companies since they're more likely to produce more action pack or even sci-fi based shows I enjoy. Like Voltron revival and some original plot shows. Last one I had seen was Net runner show based on Cyberpunk 2077.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Netflix has an even worse problem when it comes to original programming- they'll produce five episodes of something, call it a "season", end it on a cliffhanger, and declare that it didn't get enough new subscribers so it's being canceled.  And the reason it doesn't attract new subscribers is because people assume that it's going to get canceled.  And it has awful looking 90s CGI.

And then they'll show that they have absolutely no understanding of irony by producing a defictionalized version of Squid Games.

[Wrangler]

Netflix has an even worse problem when it comes to original programming- they'll produce five episodes of something, call it a "season", end it on a cliffhanger, and declare that it didn't get enough new subscribers so it's being canceled.  And the reason it doesn't attract new subscribers is because people assume that it's going to get canceled.  And it has awful looking 90s CGI.

And then they'll show that they have absolutely no understanding of irony by producing a defictionalized version of Squid Games.

Aren't they bleeding money? Ever since they're subscriptions service kind of fell by the wayside as far as physical, they sort of lost the income they needed to pay for the original programming.

It's a shame, they were actually doing us everyone who likes anime a good service. They were putting really good shows even if they're cutting it by the knees.

[MadCapellan]

The lesson is buy physical media, kids. Streaming services don't care what you like & won't keep it available. They aren't worth anyone's dime.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Sure, if it's a show/movie you want to watch repeatedly.  But if you're getting a bunch of things you're only going to watch once, that becomes expensive.

[MadCapellan]

If I'm only going to watch it once, why would I pay for that at all?

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Because there's a lot of stuff out there that you might enjoy watching once but not owning?

[MadCapellan]

The notion that I have to pay for stuff I'm very unlikely to enjoy enough to want to own is at the heart of the aversion I'm talking about.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Well, there's a lot of things that I've watched that I thought I'd like that turned out to be garbage and thus would have hated having to buy in order to see them.  There's also a lot of things that I didn't think looked that great and wouldn't have bought but turned out to be great because I was willing to take a chance on watching them due to already having a subscription service.

[Daemion]

The notion that I have to pay for stuff I'm very unlikely to enjoy enough to want to own is at the heart of the aversion I'm talking about.

Well, I would use that impetus in an altruistic way.  I've bought a lot of physical media, knowing that I wouldn't keep it after watching it, and then give it away to someone who couldn't afford it.  In my case, it's my local library, who's always open to donations on the video end. 

 

[DarkSpade]

I was totally in the camp of "I paid money so I'd better be able to hold what I bought" camp, but that has lessened over the years thanks to things like Steam and WoW. I'm sure the fact that I rarely ever get to actually physically hold my money has helped with that too. 

Even though I stream too, I will still sometimes buy the bluray anyway if I liked the show enough.  Heck, I've bought copies of books I borrowed after I finished reading them.  I do not understand why I do this though.  I VERY VERY rarely ever read or watch anything more than once.  Time spent rewatching or rereading something could be spent on something in my backlog.   And yet still, I collect the books and discs as if they served some purpose beyond collecting dust.

[MadCapellan]

I've bought a lot of physical media, knowing that I wouldn't keep it after watching it, and then give it away to someone who couldn't afford it.  .

I do gift some physical media, but trust me I have no trouble holding on to it if I like it. What I don't like is giving some corp a regular payment just so they can offer me whatever slop they want in whatever format is convenient for them. It is neither convenient or desirable for me.

[elf25s]

ok simple solution

get an external hd with 4gb or more save your media to that
there is plenty of compression software out there and conversion software to convert your physical media
heck most windows os come with conversion software already

[MadCapellan]

Trust me, my SSDs are stacked

[truetanker]

Trust me, my SSDs are stacked

Whaaa....

I read that as you've got several stacked, as in jack bulked up, Super Star Destroyers....

I wanna play in your sandbox!

TT

(Like the EU SW Eclipse SSD, with the spinal fore mounted Death Star laser...  but now Darth Mickey remade it into a Excecutor class SSD... No word on a Super laser yet, but look at what they did to Andor.)

[elf25s]

well this is something to look foreward to
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-14/new-urusei-yatsura-anime-2nd-half-to-air-for-half-year-starting-on-january-11/.205488
i have to admit they rally did their dilidgence to find va to be close as possible to original cast...especially lum and ataru

and i am interested in this hopefully it will be of good quality and stick close as possible to source
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-14/silent-service-live-action-film-gets-new-series-on-amazon-prime-with-worldwide-streaming/.205471

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Apparently Spy X Family is getting a movie next month.

[MadCapellan]

I Like the EU SW Eclipse SSD,

Me too! 

but now Darth Mickey remade it into a Excecutor class SSD... No word on a Super laser yet, but look at what they did to Andor.)

Don't get me started! It's off topic & we'll be here all day! 

[Mecha82]

To be honest I don't watch that much anime anymore. Last anime that I watched was AoT's final and before that Bastard!!! S2. 

[Wrangler]

I think there some hope for scifi anime,  apparently Bones is putting out this trailer for anime coming out in 2024.  (I almost wrote 3024...) 

This is a trailer for Metallic Rouge.  Sort gives me Cyberpunk / dark Bubblegum Crisis vibes.

[Maingunnery]

I think there some hope for scifi anime,  apparently Bones is putting out this trailer for anime coming out in 2024.  (I almost wrote 3024...) 

This is a trailer for Metallic Rouge.  Sort gives me Cyberpunk / dark Bubblegum Crisis vibes.

Thank you, i didn't knew about that one.

[truetanker]

Don't get me started! It's off topic & we'll be here all day! 

Did you ever see Star Wars: Visions?

It's a really nice collection...

TT

[MadCapellan]

Nope! Wild horses would need to drag me! Star Wars without Lucas isn't Star Wars! I'm completely out!