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Off Topic and Technical Support => Off Topic => Topic started by: MadCapellan on 15 November 2023, 13:52:28
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The anime thread is dead, long live the anime thread!
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ok finally have time aside to watch complete attack on titan
alas still cant watch all of gundam every time i try some idiot thinks their life is important and drags me into their drama or tries...
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How many more final seasons is Attack on Titan going to get?
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How many more final seasons is Attack on Titan going to get?
i think the 4th season got split into 3 parts thats why its such a back end product from dogs end
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The anime thread is dead, long live the anime thread!
Aw, I was hoping for some kind of play on the Frieren title, but couldn't think of one.
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Aw, I was hoping for some kind of play on the Frieren title, but couldn't think of one.
You mean like "Beyond Viewing's End"?
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You mean like "Beyond Viewing's End"?
lol, did you just add that, or am I blind? My money is on the later.
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Wow. Didn't know Ladies Versus Butlers was as revealing a show as High School DxD. No warning from Tubi, either. But, it was still a fun comedy. Easy to finish in one sitting.
And, watching Full Metal Panic S1, again. I find that show has a rewatchability that's hard to replicate.
And, I've also found a show that I liked that aired on Fox many years ago but never got to see complete: Metabots! And I see Monster Rancher's on the list, too.
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Has anyone found anything interesting to watch over this holiday weekend?
I fear that I'm going to be slipping into nostalgiaville and looking at older animes that have a little more to them than being a cheap advertisement from manga.
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Synduality Noir
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Decided to give Bullbusters a chance.
I can safely say that of mecha anime I’ve seen, it’s one of them.
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Really can't work up much interest in watching anything I'm reading, because of just how far ahead the manga is, and a very high chance the anime will never surpass it. And haven't had much interest in rewatching older stuff, as I prefer to just listen to the soundtracks of the OP, ED and insert songs of my favorite shows.
Has anyone found anything interesting to watch over this holiday weekend?
I fear that I'm going to be slipping into nostalgiaville and looking at older animes that have a little more to them than being a cheap advertisement from manga.
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Im still working on my sloooooooow One Piece binge. Im up to ep 620 now, so by the time the next season starts in January I still won't be current more than likely.
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I wish they update Those Who Hunt Elves with a new season or something.
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Didn't the original come out in the 90s?
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Yeah, that ship is long since sailed....
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Which is why I wish they either continue the series...
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Im still working on my sloooooooow One Piece binge. Im up to ep 620 now, so by the time the next season starts in January I still won't be current more than likely.
Could read the manga instead, with all the filler in the anime it's literally like one chapter per episode. At most. So you'd be done about 5-10 times faster...
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God! I miss mecha anime.
I finally checked out Buddy Complex. It feels like Buddy System's a copy of that found Pacific Rim, but applied to Gundam style mecha. The logic behind the design escapes me.
But, the story, otherwise, has me hooked. I got up through ep 5 in one night, and plan to finish the last of the 12 episodes today.
Note: I've long since given up on defining Gundam mecha as 'Real Robot'. It's now a style all its own as the hero Mech warps physics to bring out a win, anymore.
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I classify Gundam as a super robot story in a real robot setting.
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It really depends on the Gundam series.
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Oh, yeah. UC '79 counts as RRA, as far as I'm concerned. And some of the side stories around the One Year War. But, when you get into Unicorn, and some of the alternate timelines, it changes.
I take it Buddy Complex never got a second season. It ended at a fine stopping point, so I'm not concerned.
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It really depends on the Gundam series.
There are some that stay firmly in Real Robot, but a lot of them, especially newer series, seem to really go all-in with the Gundam being outright magical compared to the other mecha.
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08th MS Team is probably about the hardest Real Robot that Gundam gets, I think.
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Ohh, saw the teaser for "Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance".
Must see that when it comes out.
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08th MS Team is probably about the hardest Real Robot that Gundam gets, I think.
I'd actually say War in the Pocket.
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I'd actually say War in the Pocket.
Ooh, good point. Tough call between them, really.
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funny...you guys talking about gundam
i have all of them had them since 5 years back
guess what? had not been able to even watch even one episode!
it seems that every time i do something happens that prevents me from doing so...
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That's because you keep trying to binge watch them all. Skip doing that and just watch them as you have time.
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I'm honestly convinced your just not that in to the idea.
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That's because you keep trying to binge watch them all. Skip doing that and just watch them as you have time.
tried that...its like people know i want to watch it
example within 2 minutes my phone is off the hook
its like return of the jedi 2.0
since early 1984 i had never ever watched that movie in one shot
the movie either breaks at same spot or something happens that i am un able to watch it its a spot where han and rest are getting id at the shield and have an older code so far film broke dvd died when i went to a the theater caught on fire projector at theater dies and another caught on fire unwanted visitors drop by my dvd died my pc ate the dvd and scratched the disk vhs tape fed the vcr at same spot rented a tape to find some one swapped the tapes inside the case for porn
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Then tell people you're busy for a while, turn off the phone, and watch yourself some Gundam. They can wait.
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Yeah, if you're not a first responder then you can probably afford to let something go to voicemail and listen to the message 20 minutes later.
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funny...you guys talking about gundam
i have all of them had them since 5 years back
guess what? had not been able to even watch even one episode!
it seems that every time i do something happens that prevents me from doing so...
I was always told by parents and relatives: 'Where there's a will, there's a way.'
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZTVPV1RxOs
speaking of gundam...looks like netflix is trying to put their foot into the franchise
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Feels like a successor to MS Igloo for me. Especially using the Zeon POV' again.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZTVPV1RxOs
speaking of gundam...looks like netflix is trying to put their foot into the franchise
Nice!
This might be something my wife might watch along with me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZTVPV1RxOs
speaking of gundam...looks like netflix is trying to put their foot into the franchise
Man, if only we could have a Btech series in the same style.
Maybe the prequel story of Avanti's Angels, facing off against the might of the clans, despairing last stand after last stand, would be a great tale.
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Oh no, are they taking it off youtube. Some of those things are free.
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While the cg looks good in a lot of places, I actually kinda wish this had a touch more of the live action to it. I know. I'm a heretic. :tongue:
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i am doing happy dance
been trying to watch gundam for 15 years now
i actually got to see an episode today! a first episode from 1978 today
and no one had bothered me with calls messeges knocking on my door or demanding child sacrafice!
ummm ahhh wth is coming that will make me pay for this?
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ohhh i called it kitchen sink just sprung a leak...maintance cant replace it until friday
my intercom went on fritz and makes a nose like a fire alarm...guess what? cant fix it until friday....
bird just hit my window as maintance guy was telling me this...guess whose window is now cracked?
and guess what cant be replaced until what day....
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You're telling me your sink, window, & intercom broke in the 17 minutes between your posts???
You can just tell us you aren't into Gundam, man.
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You're telling me your sink, window, & intercom broke in the 17 minutes between your posts???
You can just tell us you aren't into Gundam, man.
its a rule of 3 for every good thing 3 things go wrong
after this i am treating any gundam anime as return of the jedi 2.0
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its a rule of 3 for every good thing 3 things go wrong
after this i am treating any gundam anime as return of the jedi 2.0
No, Rule 3 is An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody.
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No, Rule 3 is An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody.
I thought that rhyme ended in everyone...
I should know, my XO always ran with firecrackers... would love to throw them at us in batches to make us run either faster or smarter.
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Given that G-Saviour set the bar extremely low for Gundam, I doubt that even Netflix can screw it up.
While I'm looking very forward to watching the series, I'm hoping that they be somewhat careful with the lore. Adding another Gundam variant to the One Year War out of nowhere.
So they uploaded the Reconquista in G movie series on the Gundaminfo YouTube Channel; its interesting but its really not grabbing me at all
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The big challenge with G Reco is that Bellri is the main character but he doesn't care about the plot at all. There's all this important stuff going on in the background while Bellri is getting hype about fighting people in the Gundam & chasing girls around.
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Reconquista has some serious issues with pacing and characters just behaving like morons, too.
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G-Reco wasn't UC Century for me, and I'm still not interested in it. I'm also not a fan of the Turn-A look it has either.
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Reconquista was attempted to me to continue Turn-A as Canon by the original writer. I admire the animation, I did not like how story was handled. Main characters, nevermind the timeline was ... crappy and sloppy. Too many plot dumb pills were taken. They should have not linked UC to this at all .
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So I got thru the first Movie and started the 2nd though its getting difficult to grind thru this series; and that's A shame because I'm a huge UC Gundam fan more than any of the other timelines.
It says that Tomino wrote the series but ill be perfectly frank, I'm not seeing his style of writing in this at all. Bellri does not fit with other UC main Gundam protagonists and is really hard to take seriously as even a Gundam pilot at this point. The female characters so far are also hard to take seriously and seem like carbon copies of Fraw, Cagalli,and even Sayla in some aspects. I am also still confused by the plot; if this timeline takes place after the UC era, I feel like they should have done a better job of explaining how the new era came to be. I really don't like the animation style at all; it seems way too flashy in a ways.
As for Turn A; I watched it years ago but was kind of meh on it. While the setting was kind of interesting with the tech of the world receeding to a pre-industrial state, I couldn't connect that much to the characters too much. Plus the Turn A still looks ugly to me.
I'm surprised Gundam Age has yet to be uploaded; though I've heard nothing but negative things about the series.
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Age seemed niche. It was pretty popular model-wise and certainly in the games.
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Gundam Age was made with a pretty heavily flawed gimmick from the start. Age tried to fit something like 4 seasons of Gundam into 50 eps. They were trying to tell a multi generational story, but everything was way to compressed with none of its storylines or characters really allowed to gel before they were into the next arc and a new generation of pilots. Its hard to get emotional invested in someone's tragic death when you've only met them last week.
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As for Turn A; I watched it years ago but was kind of meh on it. While the setting was kind of interesting with the tech of the world receeding to a pre-industrial state, I couldn't connect that much to the characters too much. Plus the Turn A still looks ugly to me.
The whole purpose of G-Reco (besides as Tomino described it as giving work to talented older animators) is to bridge UC & Turn A. The plot of G-Reco is essentially how the interstellar civilization left over from the Universal Century collapsed in the Reguild Century, leading to the isolated Earth at the start of Turn A in the Correct Century. Bellri is different from other Gundam protagonists because he reflects the failure and degredation of Reguild society - he is he is impulsive & self-absorbed to the last, never expanding his awareness or growing his curiousity in the way past Gundam pilots did. As is typical of Tomino's writing, it is the female characters that step in to motherly save the main character from himself, but in G-Reco, Bellri never really evolves past quarreling & foolish games. He's a commentary on a failed generation.
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The whole purpose of G-Reco (besides as Tomino described it as giving work to talented older animators) is to bridge UC & Turn A. The plot of G-Reco is essentially how the interstellar civilization left over from the Universal Century collapsed in the Reguild Century, leading to the isolated Earth at the start of Turn A in the Correct Century. Bellri is different from other Gundam protagonists because he reflects the failure and degredation of Reguild society - he is he is impulsive & self-absorbed to the last, never expanding his awareness or growing his curiousity in the way past Gundam pilots did. As is typical of Tomino's writing, it is the female characters that step in to motherly safe the main character from himself, but in G-Reco, Bellri never really involves past quarreling & foolish games. He's a commentary on a failed generation.
Hmm.....that's got to be the best analogy I've ever heard when it comes to a Gundam series; it even makes me see ReConquista G and Turn A in a new light, possibly even deciding to press on with the movies.
Thank you
On the Gundam-related front, I watched the fourth Trailer to Gundam Seed Freedom and it looks interesting; though it will probably be a while before we get it here. I still feel that this movie is coming out 15 years too late however and feel that Bandai is simply trying to boost Model sales at this point
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You guys ever watch Haisukuru Furito?
I just saw a pre-veiw for it...
Is it like Garuzu ando Pantsa?
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Similar to Girls und Panzer for the idea of highschool girls doing military things, this time in the Navy. Not a bad series from what I've heard, but not great like GuP.
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You guys ever watch Haisukuru Furito?
It's pretty good, & it's got a pretty passionate cult following. It's little bit more focused on actual seamanship & a significantly less on military trivia and zany combat stunts, which makes it not as great in my book.
The best part was where they may have sunk a submarine from a boy's school with all hands and no one so much as batted an eye.
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I watch Toonami on Cartoon Network for the past few years, religiously as I rarely get enough to pay for Crunchyroll.
Anyway, I know I'm missing out on stuff... Prefer to own and watch pantless and a bigger bowl, three bags, of Popcorn and a 2-liter, or dinner while watching them.
And so far I actually like IGPX... Like Mechwarrior and Speed Racer combined...
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That was an interesting show. Too bad what happened to it.
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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
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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.
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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.
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I'd forgotten Roar even existed.
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I'd forgotten Roar even existed.
was it with a sd tcats? i enjoyed that one
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That was the one.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If I'm only going to watch it once, why would I pay for that at all?
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Because there's a lot of stuff out there that you might enjoy watching once but not owning?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Trust me, my SSDs are stacked
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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!
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(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.)
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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
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Apparently Spy X Family is getting a movie next month.
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I Like the EU SW Eclipse SSD,
Me too! :cheesy:
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! :tongue:
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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.
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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. (https://youtu.be/_Z4doRKcUhY) Sort gives me Cyberpunk / dark Bubblegum Crisis vibes.
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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. (https://youtu.be/_Z4doRKcUhY) Sort gives me Cyberpunk / dark Bubblegum Crisis vibes.
Thank you, i didn't knew about that one.
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Don't get me started! It's off topic & we'll be here all day! :tongue:
Did you ever see Star Wars: Visions?
It's a really nice collection...
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Nope! Wild horses would need to drag me! Star Wars without Lucas isn't Star Wars! I'm completely out!
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Yo dawg, I heard you like One Peice, so we finna make an animation with The in front outta ya live action based off the anime.
https://www.techradar.com/streaming/netflix/netflixs-live-action-one-piece-anime-remake-was-so-successful-netflix-plans-to-remake-it-as-an-anime
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Western financing of anime IPs was a MISTAKE.
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Even odds Netflix will cancel it after 8 episodes.
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Here I thought Netflix funded animes would be good thing since they end up funding genres I grew up with than what is norm now. Oh well.
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So Eminence of Shadow S2 wrapped up with a slight cliffhanger; they did announce a movie though to cover the next arc so looking forward to that
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Here I thought Netflix funded animes would be good thing since they end up funding genres I grew up with than what is norm now. Oh well.
There are still some childhood toy IPs that have yet to get a show. I'd be all over seeing an Air Raiders or Kenner Mega Force cartoon/anime.
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There are still some childhood toy IPs that have yet to get a show. I'd be all over seeing an Air Raiders or Kenner Mega Force cartoon/anime.
Those would be neat, and will also never happen, unfortunately
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Looks like we're getting actual scifi / real robot anime coming out later this year. (Looks like winter, so we'll be waiting bit...)
Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Braven (don't let the name fool you).
Video Trailer Here (https://youtu.be/Xt5uJ7fLqUQ?si=4dFaQZOaXpbRsyIk)
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Started watching The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious. I know I'm only two episodes in, but so far this has the depth of a newspaper comic strip. Does it ever go anywhere? It's seems to be rated very highly, so am I missing something, or is this one just not for me?
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I remember reading this one. It felt like a standard maid and master kind of dull romance. Didn't feel like anime material to me.
Started watching The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious. I know I'm only two episodes in, but so far this has the depth of a newspaper comic strip. Does it ever go anywhere? It's seems to be rated very highly, so am I missing something, or is this one just not for me?
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Looks like we're getting actual scifi / real robot anime coming out later this year. (Looks like winter, so we'll be waiting bit...)
Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Braven (don't let the name fool you).
Video Trailer Here (https://youtu.be/Xt5uJ7fLqUQ?si=4dFaQZOaXpbRsyIk)
That looks neat!!
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Sweet, Frieren is back! I was worried that would be a longer break. Word of warning to anyone who hasn't watched yet and hasn't read the manga. If you are very spoiler sensitive, skip the new opening . If you came into the anime blind, maybe what they show will be meaningless? I don't know, but there were a couple things as a manga reader that I was surprised to see in the intro.
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So the Apothecary Diaries got a continuation which is quite awesome; the first twelve episodes covered Book One but it looks like the next twelve might cover Books 2&3 if the one goes by the intro
Finished the Second Season of Ancient Magus Bride but I have a question about the finale: Was Veronica behind everything after all?
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How many years is Attack on Titan's final season up to now?
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10 and it finished in september with 4 seasons
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Then why is Crunchyroll still advertising more AoT Final Season stuff?
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they are still around?
my guess they are still dubbing it
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Where would they have gone? They're working their way to a monopoly.
And I thought I'd heard there was going to be another finale for Attack on Titan, but I could be wrong. I'm not really paying attention to that series.
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AoT has ended so I really doubt there is going to be anything new for it unless they animate Before the Fall light novels.
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So...anyone hoping for a pure Real Robot show with Bravern is gonna be disappointed. :D
https://youtu.be/-xqPBXo-WHw
https://youtu.be/Zkg_03wzNKQ
I always expected some sort of melding of Real Robot and Super Robot due to the branding and the story hints, but this is essentially 'A Brave hero (Fully intelligent. Has a sword! Voiced by Kenichi Suzumura!) descends to Earth to assist Real Robot armed humans against an alien invasion'. Only thing missing is a giant lion head on the chest, and i hope that's an upgrade down the line.
And I am TOTALLY into this.
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(https://scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/417391015_697709449009472_1754323025747727576_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg_p843x403&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=dd5e9f&_nc_ohc=-BwjakGrgUMAX9mmTAE&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.xx&oh=00_AfD19YTo7-IPl0XD4dEWrL5vvX6ixcS3nnwn2g8mlxk53w&oe=65A5E1C7)
This is Parvinee Tatiyakajohnlert, who is half Thai, half Japanese. She is an anime character on the left, and this is how she looks in real life on the right. She is also a voice actress.
Would love to see a Live Action One Piece with her.
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I think I speak for all of us when I say, damn.
I wonder how much of the look is photoshopped, though...
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Look her up on FB... yeah it is her.
Mostly Thai sing song language, but dem pics... :ready5:
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That's a lot of Shoop, I'm afraid.
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I hope Delicious in Dungeon gets a full anime run. Easier when the manga its based on is completed.
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Has there been any recent news on the status of the last parts of Girls Und Panzer das Finale?
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Has there been any recent news on the status of the last parts of Girls Und Panzer das Finale?
Girls und Panzer das Finale Part IV hit theaters in Japan in October & is currently scheduled for a March 27th Blu-Ray release in Japan. Expect the North American release a couple of months after that.
Actas is a notoriously slow animation studio & is also producing the Princess Principal Crown Handler movies. Girls und Panzer films have been releasing every other year, so expect 2025 for part 5.
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I'd almost forgotten there was more Princess Principal coming. Is any of it out in the US yet?
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I'd almost forgotten there was more Princess Principal coming. Is any of it out in the US yet?
The first two Crown Handler films are out in the U.S. the third was released in Japan on Blu Ray in November, so we should be seeing an English release soon.
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I should watch that show...
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I should watch that show...
Yes, yes you should. It is really on your wavelength.
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The first two Crown Handler films are out in the U.S. the third was released in Japan on Blu Ray in November, so we should be seeing an English release soon.
Off to Amazon!
Are they self contained films, or like GuP spreading a season out across multiple OVAs?
EDIT: Never mind! They're literally both already sitting on the shelf to my left. I really need to get caught up on my backlog.
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Are they self contained films, or like GuP spreading a season out across multiple OVAs?
Just like das Finale, Crown Handler is effectively PriPri S2 but not on a television release schedule so it can all be completed on time and high quality.
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It's both depressing and a relief how little merchandise that show has. Kinda bummed I seem to have missed the window to get that hoodie too.
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while cooking i am enjoying yu yu hakusho live version
anime was fun but meh same goes for manga
but live feels more older teen oriented than younger teen
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So, how much Yen do you need MadCapellan to get us first dibs on that sweet sweet Japanese Blu-Rays?
:wink:
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Well, the BDs for both Princess Principal Crown Handler Part 3 & Girls Und Panzer das Finale Part 4 are ¥8,580, so there's your start!
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this popped up on my you tube feed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37SOs_Bqj8g
some one is really a dai rugger/ voltron fan
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Not sure why the delay, but it looks like Bravern finally got announced for English streaming rights.
Bring on the Brave action.
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And Bravern 1+2 dropped last night. I'd say go in without spoilers for the best effect, but that's hard to do these days. It was a LOT of fun though, but man is it an Obari series. They even have the main robot do an Obari pose as the eyecatch.
Essentially a comedy/mild parody of mecha anime in general. Isami and Smith are mecha pilots in a real robot setting, practicing in a wargame on Hawaii. And then a vastly superior force of aliens land and start blowing **** up. Right when everything seems lost, Bravern, a Yuusha style super robot lands and saves every.
It's pretty hilarious, although most of that is due to the tone shifting. One moment you have someone undergoing 'enhanced interrogation', the next you have a giant talking robot shouting about Justice before transforming into a flying car as his theme music blasts out of his speakers. A lot of the humor is of that nature, with the juxtaposition between Bravern, a very loud, hotblooded sapient robot, and the no-nonsense and confused humans who dont quite realize they've switched genres yet. Isami Bravern's chosen pilot, just has a deer in headlights look through most of this.
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Oh hey Lycoris Recoil is on Toonami now.
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Yes it is...
Loved it...
Now gotta wait until next Saturday to find out what happens...
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Okay so I finally got around re-watching Record of Lodoss War. I had forgotten some things about it like how much of jerks those villagers were towards Parn.
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Dark Gathering on HiDive
Pretty interesting horror Anime so far; not a whole lot of them come out usually so its refreshing to come across one that is fairly new. I have to say that I am coming to like Yayoi as a character; vicious little girl, that's for sure.
The Executioner and her way of Life
Also a goodie and a nice Yuri Fantasy to boot; I like the premise of a fantasy world that views OP Isekai Characters as a threat and that there are Executioners trained to hunt them down.
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Trying Metallic Rouge. Seems interesting.
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Bravern is certainly...interesting. its the exact opposite of how I play the Super Robot Series, favoring the Real Robots over the Super Robots. :grin: and the dialog! So many innuendos!
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I have a couple weird questions:
- Do they have 'Choose Your Own Adventure' style books/manga in Japan?
This one was prompted by the opening to Daily Lives of High School Boys that I'm watching. The song talks about setting out on an adventure and 'flipping to the next page'. Reminded me of some of the CYOA books I got to read as a kid in middle school.
- Has English improved in anime in the last few years?
Tubi doesn't necessarily have the latest and greatest, and I'm okay with that, but I've noticed that English in shows as late as 2013 with Genshiken Second Generation or Ita Kiss in 2008 have better English delivery compared to the exchange between the Nadesico Ship's Captain and Earth Federation in Martian Successor Nadesico. However, even though I can understand the words, the intonation still doesn't feel natural. Just wonder if they've improved on that since.
Examples welcome.
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Are you talking about the quality of English dubs, or the quality of English words and phrases appearing in the Japanese dubs?
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Spoken English by native Japanese speakers is still pretty hit or miss. Most of the VAs won't usually have proper English training as it is.
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Are you talking about the quality of English dubs, or the quality of English words and phrases appearing in the Japanese dubs?
The latter - quality of English Words and phrases in Japanese dubs, especially by established foreign characters who are supposed to speak it with native affluence.
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It's all over the place. At least from what I can tell.
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dont start the debate on VA that or the mod will lock the thread
any how over the years they did get better...
but still the most cringe and horrid english dub and still the champion was U renditions din of macross II and the best has to be ghost in the shell both movies and series to date
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I'm surprised how Bravern's super robot resembles Rodimus Prime
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Okay. So it probably depends on studio and budget.
Color me not surprised.
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ok crying freeman all 6 episodes
and golgo 13 both stylewise dated by todays standards but story still is more solid than 90% of stuff out there
guess what i found while i found those 2...original fist of the north star...guess who is going to watch it starting tommorow
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ok crying freeman all 6 episodes
and golgo 13 both stylewise dated by todays standards but story still is more solid than 90% of stuff out there
guess what i found while i found those 2...original fist of the north star...guess who is going to watch it starting tommorow
I've got both Hokuto no Ken's...
Yep!
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I love how the Frerien anime can take a quick 2 panel shot from the manga, turn it into an epic combat scene, and do it so seamlessly that I didn't even notice the difference until someone pointed it out.
They're catching up to the manga pretty quick though, so I fear that a second season might end up coming out along side No Game No Life's.
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I just saw an ad for the North American release for A Place Further than the Universe in April. I am definitely getting it.
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They're catching up to the manga pretty quick though, so I fear that a second season might end up coming out along side No Game No Life's.
Would that be before or after we see the publication of The Winds of Winter? :evil:
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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-27/korean-live-action-parasyte-series-premieres-on-april-5-on-netflix/.208082
if production and story is like original parasite movies it will be a good show
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Seems that Spy X Family Code White is getting a US theatrical release on April 19th.
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closest showing and ill be by me is in NYC and ill be skewerd and quartered before i even will go to city these days...may get in touch with anime club at nyu to see if they have a copy to screen...it was the sister club to one at rutgers and i was a memeber
if they do they may get toghether with another club in jersey city
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I have no idea if it's even going to be coming to any theaters in my state.
Well, it'll probably be in Portland, but much as I like Portland I'm not going there just to see a movie.
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Hear me out on this guys, I started watching Pokemon Horizons on Netflix. IMO, it's really good so far. It doesn't star Ash as the main character but instead, a girl named Liko. Some fans won't miss Ash's story arc, but most do. Give ash credit, he did stepped up his game; even though I don't follow his Story arc as I used to during 1999-2004. At least he won the Alola League and became monarch of the World Coronation Series and hell manage to defeat Cynthia who has perhaps, over 9000 wins and now 1 loss after her defeat against Ash.
I do watch non-pokemon related anime, heck before the Ani-poke, as a kid, I saw the anime G-force which was a 90s re-run version of Gatchaman, and it was my first exposure to anime, and then the Speed Racer series. This might upset you guys and the Macross-boomers, I do like Robotech. Hear me out, I do think HG were legal trolls (or we don't talk about HG nor their legalese) but for me, I watched it on DVD when I got the first 2 volumes of the original syndicated versions. I need to get around watching Gundam Wing starting with the first 6 episodes, since I only saw it on Vol's 2 and 3 on DVD since I couldn't find the first 1 volume DVD at my local Gamestop during 2005. I know they're available to watch on Crunchy Roll
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Sad news from Japan.
https://comicbook.com/anime/news/dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-dead-68/
Pretty much as the URL says. Pour one out for one of the most influential mangaka in history.
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Bingeing MS Gundam Iron Bloodied Orphans Season 2. Damn good. Picking up a lot of good ideas since Im writing my own mecha anime series. Better than the previous Gundam shows Ive seen so far.
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I love how the BBC didn't have a single person on staff who could correct that awful synopsis of Dragon Ball. :sad: That's got to be the the only place on Earth that anime remains alien enough that no one can tell them what the Dragon Balls are for.
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RIP Toriyama. You were a founder of a lot of what we read/watch today.
Enjoy your HETAP while waiting in line at Enma's.
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I love how the BBC didn't have a single person on staff who could correct that awful synopsis of Dragon Ball. :sad: That's got to be the the only place on Earth that anime remains alien enough that no one can tell them what the Dragon Balls are for.
Sadly, that's been something of an issue with the BBC giving coverage that's an absolutely wrong take on an issue because they don't bother finding someone who actually knows about the subject first.
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redo of healer
reminds me a lot of count of monte cristo idea wise
too much on fan service at times but other wise solid story not for kids tho
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https://www.animeindependent.net/News/Disney_Plus_to_exclusively_distribute_Macross_worldwide
Interesting. I sense the hand of Sony at work
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Oh gross. Sounds like we won't be seeing those BDs for a very long time, if at all.
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Sony is maybe trying to use this as a gauge to see if this sparks additional interest in the vaporware live action perhaps. I still say the Veritech designs will have to be altered quite a bit to not infringe on the original F14 aesthetic perhaps. Or maybe they go the Michael Bay route and secure the rights. Sony really isn't doing its comic and cartoon fans much justice lately though.
https://www.animeindependent.net/News/Disney_Plus_to_exclusively_distribute_Macross_worldwide
Interesting. I sense the hand of Sony at work
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https://www.animeindependent.net/News/Disney_Plus_to_exclusively_distribute_Macross_worldwide
Bad news, I will not get D+ for it.
Interesting. I sense the hand of Sony at work
Why?
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Because:
Sony recently got the companies involved in the whole macross-robitech rights mess (big west, tatsunoko, and harmony gold) to sit down and iron out an agreement that will allow macross to go international (in part, because Somy optioned robotech & SDFmacross for a live action film), and sony has close ties to disney right now due to all the marvel character deals for the MCU.
Since the companies involved on the macross side of things have no ties to disney at all, the fact that they got their stuff onto disney suggests someone facilitated it. And Sony with its existing ties to both groups is the most probable.
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Crunchyroll may be owned by Sony, but D+ offers a much bigger market and can be placed alongside Ghibli, who also has a presence on D+. Much better marketing and visual appeal. Especially with the recent closure of Funimation, who is currently having its own rights issues as well for digital releases.
D+ isn't going to shut down anytime soon.
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I think you guys are thinking too highly of Sony, and this is coming from a card-carrying Sony fanboy.
Funimation is closing because they also were bought by Sony, & Sony doesn't want to carry the overhead of two localizers. There's no reason for Funimations licenses to go dormant other than Sony just not wanting to bother to get those works up on Crunchyroll.
There are also significant rumors that Big West, the owner of Macross, wants nothing to do with Crunchyroll. They easily could have been already streaming on the platform, but instead they announced a dead-end Blu-Ray deal with Nozomi. Now, months after Nozomi got bought out by Sony, they're putting it on another streaming service? How does that help Sony's bottom line? Unless they got Disney to pay them for it, it doesn't.
My suspicion is Big West has ruled out any Crunchyroll releases & told Sony they'd need to either fork over their rights or lose the Macross film option. The problem is I don't see Disney+ as any more reliable a steward of Macross than Crunchyroll. This franchise is cursed.
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the curse has a name i dare you to say it!
hoardmegold...say it 3 times and lawyer appears that chants sue them sue them sue them
when i spoke with carl macek 1996 he hated what hoardmegold did with macross
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guys, can we avoid this sort of unproductive and negative discussion?
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Let's just be happy that we finally get a chance to watch Macross shows legally. Who cares if it's with Disney?
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Wasn't Macross on Amazon Prime a few years ago?
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Let's just be happy that we finally get a chance to watch Macross shows legally. Who cares if it's with Disney?
I don't stream. I buy BDs. Thus, my disappointment. Stuff that streams doesn't stay available.
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guys, can we avoid this sort of unproductive and negative discussion?
Nothing personal, & I hope you get to enjoy Macross streaming, but it'd be productive if folks think twice about handing over their money to big media corporations for scraps and instead demand they release products that respect customers. "Here's the product you wanted! it's only a decade late, riddled with ads & poorly localized! Now hurry! If you don't watch it in six months we'll pull it and claim you never cared for it in the first place!" We get releases like this because we pay for them, & I'm begging people not to.
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I'm pretty sure that ship sailed long ago.
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My fear is that once they kiss the Mouse's shilling, the Mouse is inevitably going to be calling the shots, and they're going to want to monetize the living daylights out of the franchise as much as they can. Hopefully it is only and solely streaming rights to the shows and not anything more. Look what they did with Star Wars -- I didn't think there could be such a thing as too much Star Wars, but with more movies and TV shows being made in just the past decade than the entirety of the preceding forty years, I think Disney has hit that point.
In my own opinion (and this is quite likely a minority position) I already think that Zero, Frontier and Delta are surplus to requirements (though this tease that they potentially found Hikaru, Misa and Minmay in the last episode of Delta is intriguing) and I'm a little lukewarm on Seven just for their undermining the way that Minmay's song actually worked in the original series and DYRL (where it was just the Zentradi being reawakened to their humanity through exposure to art and culture rather than it being some mystical energy like the Force), so I'm not enthusiastic about any potential Disney-led installments.
It's the same fear that I have for Doctor Who -- that with Disney pumping in money to the show that we're going to get spinoff bloat along with the gorgeous new production values.
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I'm pretty sure that ship sailed long ago.
The funny thing about commerce is that it is ongoing. Anytime the customer decides they want something else, they can shift the market. They just have to have the self-respect & patience to do so.
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My only issues with the current state of Anime Streamers are the horrible translations and censorship; especially on Crunchyroll since there's no option to watch the uncut content even though I pay for premium service.
Anyways, The Spring 2024 Lineup is looking pretty great: Date A Live Season 5, Konosuba S3, Duke of Death and his Maid S3, ect......
They even have announced Gun Gale Online S2- though no clue when that comes out
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The funny thing about commerce is that it is ongoing. Anytime the customer decides they want something else, they can shift the market. They just have to have the self-respect & patience to do so.
As I pointed out last time this subject came up, when it's possible to subscribe to a year's worth of streaming vs buying two blu-ray packs of 12 episodes each that you're probably only going to watch once, most customers are going to choose the streaming.
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My only issues with the current state of Anime Streamers are the horrible translations and censorship; especially on Crunchyroll since there's no option to watch the uncut content even though I pay for premium service.
for its faults, Crunchyroll doesnt censor anything. If anthing's blurred or steamed out, thats on the broadcast version that Japan also gets. If you're discussing the 'see everything' versions, that's purposely done by the studio to increase disc sales. Thats not anything Crunchyroll (or any other service) is doing just for giggles.
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for its faults, Crunchyroll doesnt censor anything. If anthing's blurred or steamed out, thats on the broadcast version that Japan also gets. If you're discussing the 'see everything' versions, that's purposely done by the studio to increase disc sales. Thats not anything Crunchyroll (or any other service) is doing just for giggles.
Don't Blueray disks also get animation touch ups? To upgrade the animation quality or fix errors.
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I asked this question on Macrossworld (in regards to news about The Mouse and Ma-cru-oss becoming a thing, streaming services-ish) but I'm leery (since most folks here sneer at his mere mention):
What does Doomcock think about Disney getting the International rights to Macross (as opposed to, say, Crunchyroll)? Oh heck, what do YOU think about this?
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I asked this question on Macrossworld (in regards to news about The Mouse and Ma-cru-oss becoming a thing, streaming services-ish) but I'm leery (since most folks here sneer at his mere mention):
What does Doomcock think about Disney getting the International rights to Macross (as opposed to, say, Crunchyroll)? Oh heck, what do YOU think about this?
International rights isn't the same as International distribution, and as far as I heard this just concerns distribution.
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Started watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes DNT. the main characters are supposed to be two competing strategic geniuses, but it seems to me that the reason they win against impossible odds is because their opponents are usually too arrogant or dumb, and so the enemy falls for their plans. I only watched about 5 episodes so far but I hope it gets better.
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Started watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes DNT. the main characters are supposed to be two competing strategic geniuses, but it seems to me that the reason they win against impossible odds is because their opponents are usually too arrogant or dumb, and so the enemy falls for their plans. I only watched about 5 episodes so far but I hope it gets better.
If you're more interested in plot than pretty pictures, definitely check out the original on, iirc, HiDive. Still a lot of arrogant/incompetent foes, but it gives more context and I personally prefer it to DNT.
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I'm very saddened by the end of Beyond Journey's End. Which is weird because I'm still reading the ongoing Manga, but the anime was really good.
Also, went back and checked out the dub of the first episode. To say it was "phoned in" would be generous. There are so many animated shows and films with great voice acting. Why do so few animes hire any of them!?
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Also, went back and checked out the dub of the first episode. To say it was "phoned in" would be generous. There are so many animated shows and films with great voice acting. Why do so few animes hire any of them!?
Welcome to the dub factory farm, courtesy of Crunchyroll - the demand for simuldubs has meant a shift from fun, quirky dubs by people with a passion for the original work into assembly-line box checking projects by directors more concerned with the cost per hour in the booth & a stable of 20 or so actors whose main qualification is proximity to the recording studio & ability to read lines in as few takes as possible. I used to be a big fan of dubs but simuldubbing has all but killed that for me.
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Started watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes DNT. the main characters are supposed to be two competing strategic geniuses, but it seems to me that the reason they win against impossible odds is because their opponents are usually too arrogant or dumb, and so the enemy falls for their plans. I only watched about 5 episodes so far but I hope it gets better.
The personal & political drama of Legend of the Galactic Heroes is better than it's military scenes, which mostly crib Napoleonic era tactics. It's just one of those "The author can't write a character smarter than themselves" things. The first battle is literally "No one has ever thought of defeat in detail for thousands of years!?!" You watch for the drama, not for the battles. The battles are mostly just shouting while the little red & green lines flash outside.
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Many times those same voice actors often never get to see art of the character or get a chance to know the personality of said character. Especially if its a 1 off or virtually unknown series. I'm also not a fan of hearing a voice that does not fit the character archetype.
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I asked this question on Macrossworld (in regards to news about The Mouse and Ma-cru-oss becoming a thing, streaming services-ish) but I'm leery (since most folks here sneer at his mere mention):
What does Doomcock think about Disney getting the International rights to Macross (as opposed to, say, Crunchyroll)? Oh heck, what do YOU think about this?
actually i sent doomcick that question
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If you're more interested in plot than pretty pictures, definitely check out the original on, iirc, HiDive. Still a lot of arrogant/incompetent foes, but it gives more context and I personally prefer it to DNT.
I watched some of the original, but the animation felt too crude for me to really get into. The new version has a nice opening song lol
The personal & political drama of Legend of the Galactic Heroes is better than it's military scenes, which mostly crib Napoleonic era tactics. It's just one of those "The author can't write a character smarter than themselves" things. The first battle is literally "No ine has ever thought of defeat in detail for thousands of years!?!" You watch for the drama, not for the battles. The battles are mostly just shouting while the little red & green lines flash outside.
Yeah I think Im gonna skip the battle scenes from now on since Im truly after the sociopolitical drama more as a research thing. All I end up doing when the battle scenes are on is shout at the screen about how stupid the enemy commanders are lol.
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Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music From the Studio Ghibli Films show
nyc this july in madison square garden.
of you cant place the name think of any studio ghibli movie and who wrote the music for them
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Lycoris Recoil got itself a live-action movie.
(https://img.hmv.co.jp/hybridimage/eventpage/676058/main.jpg)
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Just finished 13 eps of Dungeon Meshi. Wonder if/how they will change Falin's role in this. I wouldn't mind her being a more active participant with Laius's group instead of what happened to her in the Manga.
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Gundam : Requiem for Vengeance - Trailer 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_fNP-ipgJA
Nuff said..
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Lycoris Recoil got itself a live-action movie.
*SIGH*
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Gundam : Requiem for Vengeance - Trailer 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_fNP-ipgJA
Nuff said..
Gouf Custom spotted. INSTANTLY EPIC
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Lycoris Recoil got itself a live-action movie.
(https://img.hmv.co.jp/hybridimage/eventpage/676058/main.jpg)
You have GOT to be kidding me! Why can't people keep animated stuff animated?
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You have GOT to be kidding me! Why can't people keep animated stuff animated?
The same reasons that we get reboots, well-connected people want work & corporations want projects with already established audience.
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At least its being done by the Japanese and not Hollywood; I trust them a little bit more. I wonder if this will be a rehash of the original 12 episodes or its own story?
Gushing Over Magical Girls: this series is the definition of NSFW but I heard the manga went out of stock die to its popularity in Japan
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Gushing Over Magical Girls: this series is the definition of NSFW but I heard the manga went out of stock die to its popularity in Japan
I'm not going to lie, it's a lot of fun! Not really the most forum friendly work, though.
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Lycoris Recoil got itself a live-action movie.
(https://img.hmv.co.jp/hybridimage/eventpage/676058/main.jpg)
No, it's a live-action theatrical stage, not a movie.
Basically, it's retelling of TV series.
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well new spice and wolf just aired in japan...my friend stationed there rubbed my nose in it...
he will be back state side on around x mas...must pay this one back...
sugar free gummie bears are definetly on his menu....
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Well, I finally got a chance to watch Girls und Panzer Das Finale part 4. I gotta say, Oarai did well for themselves despite the circumstances in their match. But next time they're up against an opponent that they have never beaten before, combined with a tank commander who almost defeated them in the movie. So, yeah, this one is gonna be their toughest match yet.
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Any word on when that's getting a US release?
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Any word on when that's getting a US release?
Not yet, but I'm hoping it'll be soon.
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No rush; its not like we're going to have to wait two years for the fifth film anyways
I enjoyed Gushing Over Magical Girls; hope for a second season. Intense Yuri Ecci series are hard to go by nowadays
Caught the first episode of the Spice and Wolf Redux; liked the beginning with Holo recounting the tale of how she met Lawrence with their daughter
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Been enjoying Mr Villain's Day Off. I have found that I really like magical slice-of-life comedies.
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Quite a fun read too.
Been enjoying Mr Villain's Day Off. I have found that I really like magical slice-of-life comedies.
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So question: is there a reason why colds are treated as being so dire in anime? It seems pretty common for a character to catch a cold and be incapacitated for a few days while others worry that they're going to die.
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So question: is there a reason why colds are treated as being so dire in anime? It seems pretty common for a character to catch a cold and be incapacitated for a few days while others worry that they're going to die.
it has both reasons asians geneally (it also depends what part of asia you are from)are sensitive to common cold ot can be deadly, cultural at least in japan drippy nose is considered to be disgusting on par as if you smeared poop under your nose in the west....
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So question: is there a reason why colds are treated as being so dire in anime? It seems pretty common for a character to catch a cold and be incapacitated for a few days while others worry that they're going to die.
Mostly it's just a plot device to add drama. It's just entered trope territory. We get the 'they're sick' episode, just like we get a Beach episode. And a School Festival/Sports day epidoe. But...
The word they're usually translating as 'a cold' [ 風邪 (kaze) ], is a word for any sort of illness of that general nature. So it's not just the common cold, it also includes the flu and various other diseases with similar coughing/sneezing/respiratory/fever issues. Most of those 'colds' are probably some sort of flu. And Flu will take anyone out, and can be deadly, especially when other factors are added to it. Such as...
There is a serious issue of overwork in Japan (and other parts of the world). It results in people dragging themselves to work/school when they really should be resting. Overwork also leads to high levels of stress. We are not meant to handle stress of that nature, it weakens your immune system, thus leaving you more susceptible to disease and making the symptoms worse. If you're working 12-14 hour days, six days a week, constantly? You're gonna have health issues. Cue the dramatic collapse when someone's got a light fever and they've been working for like 80 hours that week.
Also, don't overlook the tendency to go 'It's just a light cold' while overlooking possibly more serious illness. That one's universal.
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Everything Istal said. Also, in Japanese culture, every member of society is expected to give their all for the group at all times. That obligation doesn't go away simply because you face minor challenges, but as a society Japan has more or less accepted "sick to the point of collapse" as one of these outs that reverses the obligation from you to perform for the group to the group to get you recovered. I thonk it is this shift in obligation that makes this a popular Japanese TV trope. Its far more about social wxpectations than anyone's axtual assessment someone is in mortal peril.
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Mostly it's just a plot device to add drama. It's just entered trope territory. We get the 'they're sick' episode, just like we get a Beach episode. And a School Festival/Sports day epidoe. But...
The word they're usually translating as 'a cold' [ 風邪 (kaze) ], is a word for any sort of illness of that general nature. So it's not just the common cold, it also includes the flu and various other diseases with similar coughing/sneezing/respiratory/fever issues. Most of those 'colds' are probably some sort of flu. And Flu will take anyone out, and can be deadly, especially when other factors are added to it. Such as...
Okay, that makes sense.
There is a serious issue of overwork in Japan (and other parts of the world). It results in people dragging themselves to work/school when they really should be resting. Overwork also leads to high levels of stress. We are not meant to handle stress of that nature, it weakens your immune system, thus leaving you more susceptible to disease and making the symptoms worse. If you're working 12-14 hour days, six days a week, constantly? You're gonna have health issues. Cue the dramatic collapse when someone's got a light fever and they've been working for like 80 hours that week.
Also, don't overlook the tendency to go 'It's just a light cold' while overlooking possibly more serious illness. That one's universal.
Yeah, that I'm aware of. Karoshi, and all that.
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Konosuba S3: Nice and funny start to the srason; Kazuma's nightmare of Silvia was hilarious along with his attempt to become a Monk
Date A Live S5: Was great that they pick up right after the end of season 4 and it looks like we are getting nothing but pure action from here on out.
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Level 99 Villianess. I might be the secret boss, but I'm not the Demon Lord.
Love the OP and ED themesongs, as well as Yumellia herself.
Bartender is interesting so far, kind of prefer the manga more though.
Mr Villian's Day off is not bad, just a bit disjointed and follows pretty close to the manga.
Go Go Loser Ranger is a nice reversal of the sentai theme with a mob villian joining the heros to take them down from within. Set 15 years after an invasion, where the heros defeated the invaders leaders, yet still hold exhibition matches against the Dusters, the foot soldiers of the invaders that respawn after they die and a chosen villian (fake) boss of the week. A Duster mob gets tired of the routine and see what he can do to break it.
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Well, Spy X Family Code White is out Friday. Anyone have any idea how long its theatrical run is supposed to be? I can't go see it this weekend because of other stuff that's happening, so I'm wondering when I should try to schedule to go to the theater and catch it.
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Well, Spy X Family Code White is out Friday. Anyone have any idea how long its theatrical run is supposed to be? I can't go see it this weekend because of other stuff that's happening, so I'm wondering when I should try to schedule to go to the theater and catch it.
While we're at it, are there dubbed showings?
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Yes there are.
I looked up showings on Fandango, it's got both subbed and dubbed showings listed.
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Yes there are.
I looked up showings on Fandango, it's got both subbed and dubbed showings listed.
:smilie_happy_clapping:
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Decided to try Kaiju No. 8. Honestly, might watch this one even if I end up not liking it too much simply because it's not an isekai, and non-isekai action anime are getting harder to find at this point.
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Frieren? Metallic Rouge? Witch and the Beast? Big Bang Bravern? The Irregular at Magic High School? Date A Live? Shumatsu Train? Those were all just this season or last. Plenty of non-isekai
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Watching Tonari no Youkai-san, it's pretty good - there's a lot of interesting characters interacting with each other, and there's a mystery as to what happened to the MC's father in the first two episodes. If you're into Japanese mythology this is for you.
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Went to see Spy X Family Code White today. I was originally going to see the subbed version, but decided to go with the dubbed version instead because I got into town earlier than expected and didn't feel like hanging around the extra time for the subbed showing to start.
Liked it, though it did feel like they tried to just shove every single recurring character into it no matter how gratuitously.
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ok...dragging and pulling teeth on this one along with love and hates
1977/1980
battle of the planets
gah today it is unwatchable lol
but we had some of the greats doing voice work on it
alan young, kaye luke(the original master from kung fu with david carradine) Alan Oppenheimer(mou original skeletor) casey kasem ( shaggy from scooby doo)Ronnie Schell(gomer pyle)Janet Waldo( the flinstones and judy from jetsons)
and few others...
weirdly enough i got the original gatchaman series with its updates including live movie before i was able to get my claws on the battle of the planets which weirdly enough ended getting more language translations from english to other languages where the show was ran....
funniest 2 dubs i had seen were in french and german...
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ok so my neighbor is doing follow ups past the c treatment so kids are coming over later to give her a break...should i introduce them to gatchaman or battle of the planets??
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Gatchaman.
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There's a surprising lack of gacha in a show called Gachaman.
Gatchaman.
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Haven't seen gatchaman nor BOTP (but I've heard of them), but I did see G-force while it's on Cartoon Network's Toonami during the 90s; which are the same, but with differences.
Again, I was a 90s kid, what do you expect?
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Tried Mazinger Edition Z.
I forgot how bad the racist caricatures could be in some of those old animes.
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Tried Mazinger Edition Z.
I forgot how bad the racist caricatures could be in some of those old animes.
you kidding? even today i get case of giggles when i see those stereo types...one would think one would grow out of those but character and story wise i still like wb cartoons 1930 circa 1970 and btw disney was no better either or mgm ...then it is history we may not like it but have to accept it. oth that time gave us the greats chuck jones tex avery hana barbera and men and women that did the voices...
the era inspired a lot of japaniese anime we do so enjoy today
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Don't be talking smack about our national hero, Texas Mack! He's the rootingest, tootingest Mechasaurus puncher West of the Pecos!
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you kidding? even today i get case of giggles when i see those stereo types...one would think one would grow out of those but character and story wise i still like wb cartoons 1930 circa 1970 and btw disney was no better either or mgm ...then it is history we may not like it but have to accept it.
Accepting that something exists isn't the same as wanting to watch it.
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tbh i still go and re watch old toons...they took more risks and they were just starting out with those...so there was a lot of innovation...like disneys rotoscoping on large scale with snow white for example wb with short back ground music and mgm getting the right frame rate hanna barbera for pioneering short cartoon series format and backgrounds
and best culumination of all 4 can be found in 1981 heavy metal...i know today they are not popular but i still enjoy them...for example mou and gijoe or transformers would not be around if those 4 studios did not create techniques to make production faster
oth japaniese animation took a slightly different route and took the best of distilled techniques and used them...late 60s and mid 70s was unique and thanks to miyazaki and kawamori exploded into the world stage in late 1977
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ok decided to introduce my neighbors kids to disasterous life of saki after they finally finished watching mysterious cities of gold....no not the recent remake
had to do something after they learned the opening theme song to mysterious cities of gold
only so many times you can listen to before cringing to death
btw they ruined jayce and wheeled warriors opening for me too
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I was re-watching Episode 9 of Frieren and I noticed something:
Fern's left shoulder is deeply wounded by Lugner and then for the rest of the fight Fern fights one handed! I didn't notice that she wasn't using both hands the first time I watched it: her left arm just hangs there. Right at the end her left hand is resting on her staff but its not gripping it.
Fern's a badass! :cool:
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always wondered what would cross over mash up mix of sailor moon and s&m would be like?
well
gushing over magical girls(mahou shoujo ni akogorate) answers that with hilarity i did not expect
it sort of jumps off the rails of usual trope of magical girls beat up bad guys and vice versa and friendly magical creature friend/pet
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always wondered what would cross over mash up mix of sailor moon and s&m would be like?
well
gushing over magical girls(mahou shoujo ni akogorate) answers that with hilarity i did not expect
it sort of jumps off the rails of usual trope of magical girls beat up bad guys and vice versa and friendly magical creature friend/pet
It is a lot of fun, it reminds me a bit of Cutey Honey and one reviewer considers it to be an adult parody of Pretty Cure.
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normally this would not be my cup of tea in this trope i lean more to dragon half or amazaing adventurer maze...not the tv series but 2 episode preview in mid 90s
still pod that dragon half did not have full series
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Recently rewatched Dragon Half; how the hell did they get that cast!? Still the best Beethoven cover performed by a Sailor Moon VA that I'm aware of, too.
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Recently rewatched Dragon Half; how the hell did they get that cast!? Still the best Beethoven cover performed by a Sailor Moon VA that I'm aware of, too.
The 80s was waay before the idol seiyu era we live in today. Basically everyone was small time. Not even Megumi Hayashibara was so big as to turn down work.
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well went back to something i had not seen in 30 years almost
this is greenwood
animation is dated by todays standards manga is still funny and anime still has had me in stitches...especially the first episode and halloween episode
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Frieren proved it's possible...
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The isekai boom does finally seem to be waning, but it's definitely a slow decline. What I want now is more comedy & scifi anime. I'm very picky about my fantasy settings & there's far to much generic mush, isekai or no isekai.
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I'm tired of the video game paradigm tied to these isekais as well, hopefully they get away from that and work out a more realized world.
That said, I'm not turning down SOL, comedy, and mecha series.
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Other than Frieren, it has been annoying that most of the Fantasy Genre Anime have been Isekai. It would be really nice to have a series where the story does not involve a MC being reincarnated/summoned for once
Anyways, just got done watching Dark Gathering on HiDive; nice horror Anime that definitely deserves a second season
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Other than Frieren, it has been annoying that most of the Fantasy Genre Anime have been Isekai.
There have actually been quite a lot of non-isekai "medieval fantasy" anime lately, about 3-4 per season.
Stuff like Dungeon Meshi, Shin no Nakama, Strongest Tank, Ryza no Atelier...
The isekai boom does finally seem to be waning, but it's definitely a slow decline.
It's more like they're running out of source material on classic male-centric wish fulfilment isekai. A lot in that genre that we're still seeing now was written 10-15 years ago and is often either fairly bad quality (e.g.: Re:Monster) or may be complicated to adapt (e.g. Kekkon Yubiwa Monogatari).
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I doubt there's any shortage of isekai stories to adapt. If they really wanted to they could roll right on down to Shosetsuka ni Naro & have their pick. The fact that there are fewer of them must in some way reflect a reduced desire to make such anime in the first place, since a lack of originality or narrative quality has never been a barrier to animating isekai before! :cheesy:
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The 'grab popular isekai and adapt it' machine has been running on the dregs for a while now. I dont expect it's over by a long shot, but I wouldnt expect the quality to improve all that much. All the super popular ones were adapted already. Expect more obscure and '...they're adapting THAT?' titles until the market hits rock bottom.
Not the first time we've seen this with anime mind you. Isekai is just the latest trend that's been run into the ground.
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One thing I've really noticed about isekai titles is that for a few years now, the fact that they're isekai has become increasingly irrelevant: if the isekai part were removed, it would have minimal effect on the plot.
What would honestly be nice is if the industry could get away from the RPG-mechanic fantasy idea.
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That would be nice; Re Zero, The Ascendance of the Bookworm, and The Saga of Tanya The Evil seem to be the only major Isekai series that come to mind without the RPG mechanic
I'm sure there are others but those are usually single season anime that didn't really stand out
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The Ambition of Oda Nobuna is probably the most non-RPG isekai out there (and a very good anime all around), but as you say it was a single season show.
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The Ambition of Oda Nobuna is probably the most non-RPG isekai out there (and a very good anime all around), but as you say it was a single season show.
I completely agree.
The 9th Episode in English is one of my favorite episodes of any anime azn :laugh: