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Don't you threaten me, Ogre! :))
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Don't you threaten me, Ogre! :))
I already did it before he posted it (http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=58102.0)
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Now now, we can have an Anime thread and a Full Metal Panic thread. Though, really not much FMP info to talk about yet. Gonna go watch my copy of "Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky" that showed up this morning. Animation looks great, now to see how the rest turned out.
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Yeah, FMP was originally slated for this fall before it got kicked down the lane. I believe they tapped Xebec as the animator?
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I really need to watch Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid. Enjoyed the first series.
Oh and the for the first time in my (very short) time as an anime watcher I've hit a series I started but will not finish. Hetalia: Axis Powers Watched the first season and it just didn't appeal at all... :(
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I really need to watch Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid. Enjoyed the first series.
It's good. It gets dark more often than the last original series and there isn't as much comedy. It doesn't get as dark as the original did though(The nuke recovery mission comes to mind), but it does get pretty intense toward the end. If there is more FMP coming, I'm really looking forward to it.
Check out Full Metal Panic? if you haven't yet. Laugh riot.
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Oh and the for the first time in my (very short) time as an anime watcher I've hit a series I started but will not finish. Hetalia: Axis Powers Watched the first season and it just didn't appeal at all... :(
Hetalia started out as a very clever web comic intended to interest girls in world history & it has a good number of great skits about various historical events, but between the ever increasing focus on fan slash pandering & Studio DEEN's complete inability to hold even its simple web anime production schedule together, it really ceased to be worth watching even for serious fans by the end of the 2nd season. My favorite skit was the one they did on the War of Austrian Succession, complete with Britain bailing on Austria because he was just there to fight France.
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Hetalia started out as a very clever web comic intended to interest girls in world history & it has a good number of great skits about various historical events, but between the ever increasing focus on fan slash pandering & Studio DEEN's complete inability to hold even its simple web anime production schedule together, it really ceased to be worth watching even for serious fans by the end of the 2nd season. My favorite skit was the one they did on the War of Austrian Succession, complete with Britain bailing on Austria because he was just there to fight France.
I don't know, maybe it was just the short and disjointed nature of the skits and the interspersing of the chibi-fied skits with the frequent opening and closing credits. The annoyance outstripped the funny pretty quickly, so back to the library it went.
Check out Full Metal Panic? if you haven't yet. Laugh riot.
I have watched FMP: Fumoffu and enjoyed it immensely.
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I remember watching FMP... I remember I liked it... but I don't remember anything about it :-[
Did rewatch The World is Still Beautiful while waiting for this seasons next episodes. Might have to watch Snow White with the Red Hair again while waiting for next weeks. The week after... any suggestions from Netflix, CR, or Funimation??
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Don't you threaten me, Ogre! :))
It wasn't a threat, it was a reminder. ;D
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It's good. It gets dark more often than the last original series and there isn't as much comedy. It doesn't get as dark as the original did though(The nuke recovery mission comes to mind), but it does get pretty intense toward the end. If there is more FMP coming, I'm really looking forward to it.
Check out Full Metal Panic? if you haven't yet. Laugh riot.
I dunno if you've read the LNs, but holy crap do they get DAAAAAAAARRRRRRKKKKKKK. Like, super wicked dark. Which is where the anime is going towards. It's not about comedy any more, but where the Whispered come from.
I'm pretty sure that this is the season where SPOILER REDACTED THE TAG DIDN'T WORK. Don't get me wrong, it's a great story that kept me reading until the very end, but if you expect more "Hahaha, who brings a hand grenade to school?" shenanigans you're going to be rather upset.
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Princess Principal is rather good.
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Princess Principal is rather good.
DAMN STRAIGHT! Easily my favorite show of the season! Last episode's scheming Princesses only amplified my enjoyment of the series thus far!
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any suggestions from Netflix, CR, or Funimation??
Here is MadCapellan's overview of the past season (http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=53161.msg1335033#msg1335033). Many of those are in one of the sites you mention. Most of the rest should be either on DAISUKI or Anime Network.
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Princess Principal is rather good.
Damn straight. I've enjoyed what I've seen so far.
Here is MadCapellan's overview of the past season (http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=53161.msg1335033#msg1335033). Many of those are in one of the sites you mention. Most of the rest should be either on DAISUKI or Anime Network.
Also don't forget that several shows are on Amazon Prime's additional fee Streaming service. As well as Anime Network is out of the streaming side. Most of their streaming has been taken up by a service called HIDIVE.
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I remember watching FMP... I remember I liked it... but I don't remember anything about it :-[
mechs fighting it out over people called The Wispered who for unknown reasons(in the anime at least) are born with freaky amounts of knowledge over a particular subject or two. For example, the 16 year old who commands a highly advance military submarine she designed herself. The main character is a 17(?) year old sergeant who's been a solider in one capacity or another since he was 6.
The first series is an oil and water mix of comedy and military action/drama.
I dunno if you've read the LNs, but holy crap do they get DAAAAAAAARRRRRRKKKKKKK. Like, super wicked dark. Which is where the anime is going towards. It's not about comedy any more, but where the Whispered come from.
I'd love to read them. Are they legitimately available in English and in a physical form? If so, where would I find them?
I'm pretty sure that this is the season where SPOILER REDACTED THE TAG DIDN'T WORK. Don't get me wrong, it's a great story that kept me reading until the very end, but if you expect more "Hahaha, who brings a hand grenade to school?" shenanigans you're going to be rather upset.
My only real issue with the show's first season was its back and forth between teen comedy and military drama. Both our very entertaining on there own and for their own reasons, but they don't mix. Like I said before, it was oil and water.
I'd love to watch a comedy about a solider trying but failing(horribly) to integrate into a high school while secretly protecting one of the students. I'd also love to watch a military action/drama about... well, okay, I really don't know exactly what's going on in FMP, but it's still awesome. What I don't want is for them to be mixed together like... like... two good things that shouldn't be mixed together. Chocolate and spaghetti?
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I, on the other hand, love nothing better than FMP's blend of comedy & serious action, & wish far more series would follow its example! Life is funny & sad in equal parts, why shouldn't entertainment be the same?
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Anyone heard when Your Name comes out on blu-ray in the states? Amazon says August 4th, but I can't find anything else to back that up.
Life is funny & sad in equal parts, why shouldn't entertainment be the same?
Can't argue with that I suppose.
I think (for me or least), the issue was FMP's extremes and my own random whims. If I'm in the mood for a certain kind of entertainment, then that's what I primarily want to watch. I think it would have helped if it was blended together better. It was more often one or the other.
It also made it difficult to recommend it to my niece. I'd tell her about some parts of the comedy portions and she was eager to check out the show. I then told her about the mechs and drama and she'd look at me like I told her she would enjoy math homework. It's tough finding things we can both relate to since she drifted away from My Little Pony. So far it's just been the Nozaki-Kun Manga.
Don't get me wrong, I love the show and am eager for more. My toughest criticisms are often aimed at things I love.
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I'd love to read them. Are they legitimately available in English and in a physical form? If so, where would I find them?
Amazon.com seems to have them. Paperbacks (Dead Tree Format), not Kindle ones.
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Going to see The Irregular At Magic High School movie this weekend! I absolutely love the franchise, & was afraid it'd be years before it was available stateside! So thankful Aniplex is giving it a limited theatrical release!
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Amazon.com seems to have them. Paperbacks (Dead Tree Format), not Kindle ones.
Sweet! Added them to my wishlist so I don't forget the next time I place an order.
Checked out the toy section for FMP stuff while I was at it. I uh... I don't remember Tessa ever wearing some of those outfits in the show...
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Amazon.com seems to have them. Paperbacks (Dead Tree Format), not Kindle ones.
Sadly, I'm pretty sure they were from TokyoPop and are now discontinued.
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Going to see The Irregular At Magic High School movie this weekend! I absolutely love the franchise, & was afraid it'd be years before it was available stateside! So thankful Aniplex is giving it a limited theatrical release!
I've watched the series several time and enjoyed it. Never fails to entertain, hope the movie gets posted online somewhere. So few do.. Was it new material or a rehash of the series?
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I've watched the series several time and enjoyed it. Never fails to entertain, hope the movie gets posted online somewhere. So few do.. Was it new material or a rehash of the series?
It's an all new original story!
Preview may be found here: http://mahouka.us/ (http://mahouka.us/)
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Lucky me, should have a showing here on the 29th!!! ^-^
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Not sure if this story on the upcoming 6 Girls Und Panzer films & PS4 game was discussed, but there's a blink and you'll miss it reveal of the French-themed BC Freedom High School team!
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-20/girls-and-panzer-reveals-video-for-1st-film-in-6-part-project-new-ps4-game/.119081 (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-20/girls-and-panzer-reveals-video-for-1st-film-in-6-part-project-new-ps4-game/.119081)
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18if - 3
While I still question the motives of the MC in ep2, he sort of redeemed himself in this ep.
This weeks 'Witch' is quite interesting and only wanted to experience a normal high-school life while she could. A very nicely done ep.
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Not sure if this story on the upcoming 6 Girls Und Panzer films & PS4 game was discussed, but there's a blink and you'll miss it reveal of the French-themed BC Freedom High School team!
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-20/girls-and-panzer-reveals-video-for-1st-film-in-6-part-project-new-ps4-game/.119081 (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-20/girls-and-panzer-reveals-video-for-1st-film-in-6-part-project-new-ps4-game/.119081)
Now, what are the odds of that game ever getting released in the US?
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Depends.. any english japanese dating sims?? :P #P
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Steam has a ton of dating sims.
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Now, what are the odds of that game ever getting released in the US?
It's from Namco Bandai, who have perhaps the worst track record localizing otaku games to the Western market. I wouldn't expect to see it released in English - I'll be importing it.
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That's what I thought.
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About FMP! (light?) novels:
Sadly, I'm pretty sure they were from TokyoPop and are now discontinued.
Speaking about which, why nobody else has picked up series TokyoPop has left unfinished? I want the rest of the Slayers novels! >:(
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just finished watching snow white with red hair...
little too sweet for my taste
now gonna watch zeiram...had not seen it in about 15 years...and gunhed....
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Yeah!! Gunhed!! I plan on watching that before i play with some quadvees in mm.
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...and gunhed....
Oh that is a fun one.
I remember buying a bootleg VHS raw copy back in the day. It took a couple of viewings to get a good understanding of the plot, what there was of it. It is a decent popcorn film.
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now gonna watch zeiram...
This one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeiram)? Or this one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iria:_Zeiram_the_Animation)?
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This one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeiram)? Or this one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iria:_Zeiram_the_Animation)?
actually both live ones...turns out i had a file on old disk and it had both...mind you i had not touched that particular disk in 12 years or more...surprised it was not corrupted...
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The Reflection - 1
Well the last of the Summer 2017 shows has premiered.
I'm still not 100% sure about the art design and the actual animation for The Reflection. I'm still gonna give this show a few more eps. But if the animation doesn't pick up, I may not even care to finish this 1 cour series.
And before I begin, FUNi's initial English Dub cast has been announced (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-22/funimation-reveals-the-reflection-anime-english-simuldub-cast/.119205). I would of been rather disappointed if Stan Lee wasn't going to voice his expy, Mr. Mystic, in the English Dub.
And here's a ANN article (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-06/stan-lee-deen-the-reflection-anime-previewed-in-new-promo-video/.118478) that has the names of most of the Characters seen in this ep.
While a fair portion of ep 1's action was featured in the PV in the above ANN article, I liked the minimal visuals of Eleanor's teleporting ability and seeing X-On's ability in action too. I-Guy's fight with Dreadwing and the frog-looking guy was ok. I'm still not too keen on I-Guy apparently able to create and/or manipulate video displays on the fly, in addition to his typical power-suit looking powers. Then again, that could be my dislike of the Art Style/Animation sinking in...
There's just enough to keep my interest, but we'll have to see.
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Love Knights and Magic so far. Still waiting for the kid to develop a Gundam frame or two :P
Things are looking up for the horror harem as well with his latest lady love. Can't wait for the next 18if!
Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun is still holding my interest. Wasn't initially sure I would be interested in a sports anime but it is turning out to be anything but. I do like his more slobbish online persona lol Was nice to find [REDACTED] in his class. That was a trip, especially the scene in [REDACTED].
That Hero show is back in its groove for the past few episodes. Midoriya seems to be slowly growing into his power. Though one poor hero may have fallen... That old guy is a real hoot to watch. Pretty spry for an old fart ;D
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just saw trailer for ready player one...
fun cameos from the spielberg movies...but there is one thing that made an appearence that got my eyebrow up....
lets see if any one else noticed....
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Youkai Apartment, despite its theme and its high-school MC, turns out surprisingly ... adult by now. In a good way.
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If you like Toku stuff, you need to check out Action Heroine Cheer Fruits. It's cute, slightly yuri, and the staff really loves their Toku stuff. Its main writer is Naruhisa Arakawa, and it really shows.
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If you like Toku stuff
I need translation here. What is Toku?
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He means tokusatsu (special effects), specifically shows like Ultraman or Super Sentai.
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Yup. Check out the OP they did for the fictional show that started off the anime's plot,
especially that henshin belt detail at the 57s mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rxZcXFwBmk
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New Kemono Friends and Konosuba anime inbound
[drool]
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Hope Kazuma gets his 3rd
harem season. What do you think? Spin-off, another OVA, or new Season?
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New season. It's a solid money-maker.
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So I want to like Gamers, but it's kind of... well... boring. It has good moments, but it paces them weirdly IMHO. I think I get it, it's sort of a parody of school club anime, so it tries to hit the same beats as that kind of show and then subvert them, but overall I found my attention wandering away midway through the second episode.
On the other hand, Made in Abyss and the new Mahoujin Guruguru has both my and my wife's approval. We must see more. I liked the old Mahoujin Guruguru in a weird way, but the new one is IMHO way better.
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I enjoy Gamers but it can be slow from time to time.
But, time to watch todays shows!
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So I want to like Gamers, but it's kind of... well... boring.
Awww, really? I really like it! The first episode was a little slow off the ground, but I think episode 2 really sold me on it! I really liked how Tasuku realized that none of the people he thought liked him for being cool actually liked him for any reason other than being himself! If the series keeps up like this, it's going to be pure gold!
On the other hand, Made in Abyss and the new Mahoujin Guruguru has both my and my wife's approval. We must see more. I liked the old Mahoujin Guruguru in a weird way, but the new one is IMHO way better.
Made In Abyss is fantastic, and is giving me Mega Man Legends flashbacks!
This is my "intently watching Guru Guru" face:
(http://i.imgur.com/qPjeaD0.jpg)
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My First Girlfriend is a Gal - Wow.. that poor guy. And that other girl at the end... I am beginning to think that is a school full of crazies.
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So a typical anime high school then?
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My First Girlfriend is a Gal - Wow.. that poor guy. And that other girl at the end... I am beginning to think that is a school full of crazies.
Is that poor guy called pervert and abused by the girls?
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No, a poor loser kid that is shocked he has a girlfriend. His girlfriends friend on the other hand... Is ripping his shirt off and trying to **** the **** out of him abuse??
BTW have you watched In Another World With My Smartphone? Not as funny as KONOSUBA nor as pervy but has a similar vibe in some ways.
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Just finished watching the third Patlabor film! I enjoyed it but couldn't help but think that something that I enjoyed from the rest of the franchise wasn't there. Sure they did a good job keeping the animation style of the other 2 films and Kenji Kawai's music was as great and fitting as it always is. Maybe it's related to how little we saw the SV2 characters and their antics? I'm not sure, but it didn't feel like Patlabor. Did anyone else feel the same way?
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Haven't seen it. Did enjoy the others. Is it up on any of the services??
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Awww, really? I really like it! The first episode was a little slow off the ground, but I think episode 2 really sold me on it! I really liked how Tasuku realized that none of the people he thought liked him for being cool actually liked him for any reason other than being himself! If the series keeps up like this, it's going to be pure gold!
As far as slice of life with a bit of a twist goes, I've been watching Centaur's Life with at least a modicum of tolerance; it has the 'slice of life' with odd additions that makes it kind of fun once in a while. Plus, the translator dropped about halfway through the manga and it'd be nice to get some of the weirdness resolved without resorting to raws - if I could even find them.
Made In Abyss is fantastic, and is giving me Mega Man Legends flashbacks!
Funny, my wife said, "I didn't know that this was a Megaman origin story!"
This is my "intently watching Guru Guru" face:
(http://i.imgur.com/qPjeaD0.jpg)
And mine as well.
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About Patlabor 3
Haven't seen it. Did enjoy the others. Is it up on any of the services??
Main character on this one is police detective. Division 2 & Patlabors are side characters. Serious stuff, no fooling around.
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About Patlabor 3Main character on this one is police detective. Division 2 & Patlabors are side characters. Serious stuff, no fooling around.
I found it to be a good film, but not as good a Patlabor film as the other two.
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Saw The Irregular at Magic High School movie yesterday, & it was a blast! The plot was pretty short & succinct for this series, but it was handled well with enough hints of something else tying back to the main light novels! Taku Iwasaki's soundtrack stole the show - I can hardly wait til it is released!
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Todays episode of In Another World With My Smartphone was a blast, especially the end with the big fluffy white summoned critter. Reminds me of KONOSUBA. At least this time around the god invovled isn't a complete AHO, but having a party of women... definitely feels like KONOSUBA
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Looks like sony is making a move to buy out Funimation.
http://kotaku.com/soon-funimation-will-be-sonys-1797422900
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Let us hope it is a good thing for Funimation and let us hope they don't decide to go the rout Hulu did and force people to sign up to watch ad supported videos or pay more for add-free videos.
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having a party of women... definitely feels like KONOSUBA
Except the girls in Konosuba at least had some sort of ... character.
I mean, we all know that Isekai Smartphone is pretty much ripping off Rem and Ram dynamic from Re Zero minus yandere tendencies cuz those are uncool, Yae looks like the LN artist read "female samurai" and shrugging her shoulder just copied her straight off a Sakura Wars cover; Soucie fills the "we need a random blonde British transfer student with an Engrish name doing nothing" spot in all the classic ways; Yumina is pure lolicon pandering, and that should be enough said about her. Uh, it'll continue from there in the same way btw.
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Bad news
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DAISUKI END OF SERVICE NOTICE
TOKYO, JAPAN – August 1, 2017 – We regret to report that Anime Consortium Japan Inc.’s international anime streaming platform “DAISUKI” will be ending service as of October 31, 2017 at 11 a.m. Japan Standard Time.
:'(
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Yeah, this story broke a little while ago. Reaction seems to be pretty muted - there don't seem to have been a lot of dedicated users of the platform, & despite it being created collectively by most of the major anime production companies, it never seemed to get the kind of strong support it needed to really gain traction.
With Sony Pictures's purchase of 95% of Funimation, I suspect Sony is positioning themselves to become the primary Japanese pop culture export conduit. The alliance of Playstation & anime seems like a no-brainer, & I see the makings of a unified content platform beginning to coalese around Playstation & Playstation Vue. Most Japanese companies already have sound business relationships with Sony by necessity, which will make it all the easier to leverage those relationships to score exclusive content. I'm sure the companies that have been paying to operate Daisuki are looking around and deciding they'd rather let Sony pay them to handle the distribution side.
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I wish someone would explain that to those in the TRO/HG thread lol
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there don't seem to have been a lot of dedicated users of the platform, & despite it being created collectively by most of the major anime production companies, it never seemed to get the kind of strong support it needed to really gain traction.
Daisuki was pretty much dead even before Bandai bought out all other shareholders in March.
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I never saw anything worth watching on Daisuki
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I never saw anything worth watching on Daisuki
I have seen anime in DAISUKI that are region blocked for me over at Crunchyroll. Just yesterday I started watching Eromanga Sensei at DAISUKI site. Before that I have watched through at the very least High School Fleet, Gangsta, Granblue Fantasy, and Pandora in the Crimson Shell. Not worth of watching, huh?
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Also don't forget that, for the US at least, Daisuki was the "we got it first!" for both seasons of Iron-Blooded Orphans.
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Looks like sony is making a move to buy out Funimation.
http://kotaku.com/soon-funimation-will-be-sonys-1797422900
I wonder how it will effect what products they'll be releasing from now. Sony may not allow or Funimation be able carry competitor's line of shows.
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That's unlikely. Sony's got a working relationship with practically every content company in Japan. Owning their own production company (Aniplex) hasn't resulted in Playstation not providing content from other companies. If anything, it gives Funimation increased leverage in negotiating licenses.
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I just hope they can slightly change Funimation so it's dubs aren't so edited/censored or different from the original dialog. That's one my chief problems with that company.
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Problem is a lot of people, at least in the US, view anime as just a bunch of cartoons. Pretty sure he would have a heart attack if he watched some of the stuff I've seen.... Some of those uncensored shows... :o
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Problem is a lot of people, at least in the US, view anime as just a bunch of cartoons. Pretty sure he would have a heart attack if he watched some of the stuff I've seen.... Some of those uncensored shows... :o
funny...
some of these usa nut jobs who belive in sky faries watched some of the anime i had watched manga i had read and seen over decades they would go on rampage like they did with dungeons and dragons.
i still am bit sore about that one...
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This is probably not a particularly good line of conversation for a thread that's intended to stay open.
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Just finshed reading the "All You Need is Kill" manga. I found it to be pretty good. Love the powerarmour design. Ending was great. Sad, but great.
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A week ago or so I discovered I had bought Himouto on Bluray somewhere along the way(Acen maybe?) so I figured I'd watch it.
I have to give this one a resounding "meh". I had some good laughs(I'll be saying poe-tah-toe chips and Co-LAH for weeks), but there really wasn't much there. Enough to get me to the next episode I guess, but if the series doesn't continue I won't be disappointed. :-\
Just finshed reading the "All You Need is Kill" manga. I found it to be pretty good. Love the powerarmour design. Ending was great. Sad, but great.
That's been sitting on my bookshelf for awhile waiting to get read. Is it something I could safely read at work?
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Problem is a lot of people, at least in the US, view anime as just a bunch of cartoons.
Anime IS cartoon. When Japanese people talk about anime, they could as well talk about whatever it is Disney and Pixar have put out.
Anime is also called child porn. Not the hentai ones either, but the popular ones which don't even have kissing. It seems nowadays hentai and anything with rape and gorn don't get that much of attention.
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A week ago or so I discovered I had bought Himouto on Bluray somewhere along the way(Acen maybe?) so I figured I'd watch it.
I have to give this one a resounding "meh". I had some good laughs(I'll be saying poe-tah-toe chips and Co-LAH for weeks), but there really wasn't much there. Enough to get me to the next episode I guess, but if the series doesn't continue I won't be disappointed. :-\
That's been sitting on my bookshelf for awhile waiting to get read. Is it something I could safely read at work?
yes you can read it at work no nudes or hentai just lots of voilance armor on bug...
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Enough to get me to the next episode I guess, but if the series doesn't continue I won't be disappointed. :-\
You mean Himouto Umaru-chan? Season 2 starts in October.
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That's been sitting on my bookshelf for awhile waiting to get read. Is it something I could safely read at work?
There's some gore, and a single shower/changing into armour scene, each with barbie-doll anatomy.
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Well, apparently it was announced at concert that the Macross Delta Idol group was performing that there will be a Macross Delta anime film project. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-05/macross-delta-gets-theatrical-anime-project/.119799)
This is on top of the a anime television series planned to be released in 2018. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-29/macross-gets-new-tv-anime-in-2018-35th-anniversary-project/.111595) However, it's not been given any details what it's about.
Both are part of marking of the franchise's 35th anniversary.
I hope heck at least one of them different from the different tact that Delta took. I just didn't enjoy watching that show very much. It lost it's semi-realistic hard scifi feel to it. Then again, i never liked Macross 7 either.
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On another front, a sneak peak in the new and up coming Gundam Build Fighters series has been released, Gundam Build Fighters: Battlogue.
Reported on ANN, now AI pilots can be added to your Gunpla. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-04/gundam-build-fighters-battlogue-episode-1-streams-with-english-subtitles/.119765)
This included 11 minute preview.
I'm not sure how i like having someone else doing the fighting for me, but it was sure as fun see different characters duke it out.
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A week ago or so I discovered I had bought Himouto on Bluray somewhere along the way(Acen maybe?) so I figured I'd watch it.
I have to give this one a resounding "meh". I had some good laughs(I'll be saying poe-tah-toe chips and Co-LAH for weeks), but there really wasn't much there. Enough to get me to the next episode I guess, but if the series doesn't continue I won't be disappointed. :-\
At first, I thought it was just a cutesy little animu, some good gags, but then I realized what it's about:
The masks we all wear.
To each one of her friends, Umaru is a different person. To her brother and brother's buddy, a spoiled little brat. To her neighbor, a perfect schoolgirl. To her gamer friend, a fellow gamer geek. To her admirer, an adorable little moppet AND the perfect schoolgirl. She takes great pains to keep them all separate and distinct, to the point that she's afraid of being discovered even in the slightest way.
It's got a quite smart philosophy hiding under the adorableness. I'm now looking forward to that second season.
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At first, I thought it was just a cutesy little animu, some good gags, but then I realized what it's about:
The masks we all wear.
To each one of her friends, Umaru is a different person. To her brother and brother's buddy, a spoiled little brat. To her neighbor, a perfect schoolgirl. To her gamer friend, a fellow gamer geek. To her admirer, an adorable little moppet AND the perfect schoolgirl. She takes great pains to keep them all separate and distinct, to the point that she's afraid of being discovered even in the slightest way.
It's got a quite smart philosophy hiding under the adorableness. I'm now looking forward to that second season.
I think there's two key things that rubbed me the wrong way.
1)She's a complete prick to her older brother and he puts up with it. Why? Yeah he clearly cares for her, but that's not enough to put up with all that.
2) She physically changes into the little gremlin. I thought it was supposed to just be a representation of her becoming a different person at home, but with Kirie it became really clear she actually changes. Many times a work of fiction requires some suspension of disbelief, but this one just requires too large a leap for me. Doesn't help that I didn't like Gremlin Umaru. I'd rather have seen Umaru stay normal all the time. She was actually likable that way even when she wasn't being a "perfect teenage girl".
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On another front, a sneak peak in the new and up coming Gundam Build Fighters series has been released, Gundam Build Fighters: Battlogue.
Reported on ANN, now AI pilots can be added to your Gunpla. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-04/gundam-build-fighters-battlogue-episode-1-streams-with-english-subtitles/.119765)
This included 11 minute preview.
I'm not sure how i like having someone else doing the fighting for me, but it was sure as fun see different characters duke it out.
Its a way for builders who suck at piloting to enjoy seeing their gunpla in action.
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I think there's two key things that rubbed me the wrong way.
1)She's a complete prick to her older brother and he puts up with it. Why? Yeah he clearly cares for her, but that's not enough to put up with all that.
2) She physically changes into the little gremlin. I thought it was supposed to just be a representation of her becoming a different person at home, but with Kirie it became really clear she actually changes. Many times a work of fiction requires some suspension of disbelief, but this one just requires too large a leap for me. Doesn't help that I didn't like Gremlin Umaru. I'd rather have seen Umaru stay normal all the time. She was actually likable that way even when she wasn't being a "perfect teenage girl".
Those were my exact reactions as well. I really didn't care for Umaru-chan, and dropped it after episode 1. If it becomes even more about people's phoney self-presentations, I'm glad I stopped when I did!
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Ack, AnimeNewsNetwork down....hope it's not bad.
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ANN's been down since late yesterday afternoon.
And I agree, I hope it's not anything really bad either.
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They were hacked and thoroughly compromised. Considering they lost their DNS address & social media accounts, I suspect Zac or another owner's email was cracked. They've currently uploaded a backup of the site at their Capellan Confederation host: http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/site-news/2017-08-08/update-what-going-on-with-anime-news-network/.119882 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/site-news/2017-08-08/update-what-going-on-with-anime-news-network/.119882)
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Changing my password...i guess no where is safe these days.
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I think there's two key things that rubbed me the wrong way.
1)She's a complete prick to her older brother and he puts up with it. Why? Yeah he clearly cares for her, but that's not enough to put up with all that.
2) She physically changes into the little gremlin. I thought it was supposed to just be a representation of her becoming a different person at home, but with Kirie it became really clear she actually changes. Many times a work of fiction requires some suspension of disbelief, but this one just requires too large a leap for me. Doesn't help that I didn't like Gremlin Umaru. I'd rather have seen Umaru stay normal all the time. She was actually likable that way even when she wasn't being a "perfect teenage girl".
Ah, marketability - I think that part of it is still the idea that games are for the immature, so of COURSE you can't show a teenage girl who's getting straight A's at the top of her class enjoying video games as herself.
Made in Abyss. Anyone else keeping up with this? Because holy cow is it just as good as I thought it would be, especially now that their actual adventure has started.
Also, in a shocking break from HorribleSubs tradition, they're subtitling songs now? Since when?
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Rather shockingly, it appears that Sentai actually included the OVAs with their Blu-Ray release of Monster Musume.
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Made in Abyss. Anyone else keeping up with this? Because holy cow is it just as good as I thought it would be, especially now that their actual adventure has started.
Also, in a shocking break from HorribleSubs tradition, they're subtitling songs now? Since when?
Yep, Made In Abyss is fantastic! I am excited/dreading what all they'll end up facing as they descend, but hey, at least Riko's got Mega Man Volnutt w/her!
The song subtitles are probably just an artifact of whoever is streaming it, aren't they?
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Rather shockingly, it appears that Sentai actually included the OVAs with their Blu-Ray release of Monster Musume.
Ooo! Should I buy it... Nah, I'll stick to manga version
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Watching Gamers! thining I may need a diagram to keep track of all the varied misunderstandings between these characters.
Fun to wach at least
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Do you remember animated short ME!ME!ME!? Yeah, that one which wouldn't be liking to forum moderators, so I refrain from linking to it. Look up on YouTube a video What is ME!ME!ME! (NSFW) - Goombah's Real Talk on channel Gaijin Goombah Media. It gives detailed explanation about that light show and... it creeps me out!
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ok for those who had not noticed...
new game season 2 just started
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Do you remember animated short ME!ME!ME!? Yeah, that one which wouldn't be liking to forum moderators, so I refrain from linking to it. Look up on YouTube a video What is ME!ME!ME! (NSFW) - Goombah's Real Talk on channel Gaijin Goombah Media. It gives detailed explanation about that light show and... it creeps me out!
Definitely Not Safe For Work. Or this forum. But you're right it is psychologically interesting once you understand what is going on.
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It has a sequel now, called GIRL. It's just as trippy and full of symbolism
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Ann (Capellan Combine version) reported that Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory promo video (Japanese only) (http://www.tdd-1.com/iv/news/170812.html) has been released in the wild.
Looks good so far. It's now slated Spring 2018...
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ok came across this little gem
TO
2 ova nice visual and music is pretty good
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TO?
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TO?
yes
TO
nothing else just
TO
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Where do I even find such a title?
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Through Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Nights#TO
It's an adaption of two chapters of the 1980s scifi manga 2001 Nights into two mostly standalone OVAs.
CR has it under "TO Movie".
The 3-volume full manga was published in English by Viz in the mid-90s.
There's also a 1987 hour-long OVA (Space Fantasia 2001 Ya Monogatari) that has never been translated to English.
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Oh, cool! I googled TO anime & it wasn't immediately clear, thanks!
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Where do I even find such a title?
sent you the link earlier...enjoy! i did
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Through Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Nights#TO
It's an adaption of two chapters of the 1980s scifi manga 2001 Nights into two mostly standalone OVAs.
CR has it under "TO Movie".
The 3-volume full manga was published in English by Viz in the mid-90s.
There's also a 1987 hour-long OVA (Space Fantasia 2001 Ya Monogatari) that has never been translated to English.
Funimation also has it.
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Re-watching the Heavy Object series from 2015. Yes, some fan service, but i like the story and the humor that in it between the action. How can you go wrong with Orge or 100k super-heavy dropship size Combat Vehicles dueling it out.
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Re-watching the Heavy Object series from 2015. Yes, some fan service, but i like the story and the humor that in it between the action. How can you go wrong with Orge or 100k super-heavy dropship size Combat Vehicles dueling it out.
It is a lot of fun, too bad mobile structures are too slow.
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Just saw some previews last night on YouTube. A third season of Shokugeki no Soma is due out this fall. Looks like they are introducing a bunch of new characters. I though the first two seasons where hilarious, so I'll be looking forward to that. The Godzilla Monster Planet anime movie looks cool. Hope that gets subbed of dubbed fairly soon. Saw that UQ Holder! (sequel to Negima) is coming out as an anime. It will be interesting to see if they can break the curse on anime based on Ken Akamatsu's manga and produce something that doesn't suck. Finger's crossed on this one. Also a new Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World anime series. Not sure of its a remake or a sequel but I'll be sure to watch. A number of others look worth at least checking out; Mahoutsukai no Yome, Dies Irae, Black Clover, and Dia Horizon. Should be a good Fall season.
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Saw that UQ Holder! (sequel to Negima) is coming out as an anime. It will be interesting to see if they can break the curse on anime based on Ken Akamatsu's manga and produce something that doesn't suck.
He's had a bad run with anime adaptions. I don't think it's his fault, since they kept make them while he was in the middle of production.
UQ Holder isn't as popular in Japan, i just hope anime mixup of it doesn't transform it into something it's not. I like more adventure/action oriented UQ Holder vs current manga where they're retreading into Negima flashbacks.
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Just saw the most recent episode and Princess Principle continues to deliver a great show time and time again. Not a single one has been even average, they have all been high caliber. Keep it up guys!
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Yeah, hands down Princess Principal is the best show this season! Studio 3Hz does it again! Not only is the world gorgeously detailed, but the writing of all the overlapping schemes & mysteries is an absolute knock-out!
Steampunk! Action! Cute girls! What's not to love?
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Is Princess Principle streaming in US?
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Is Princess Principle streaming in US?
Amazon Anime Strike
I'll also agree with how well Princess Principal is doing. It has a Steampuk-ish Cold-war spy thing going on.
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Amazon Anime Strike
I'll also agree with how well Princess Principal is doing. It has a Steampuk-ish Cold-war spy thing going on.
I add this one to my shopping list.
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Umm Matti...
Anime Strike is Amazon US' additional-fee-on-top-of-Prime Streaming service.
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yeah I had to sign up for the trial to watch Macross... need to binge watch as much as possible before the bill comes due. Don't need to pay for yet another service... If I wanted that I would go with Hulu since its cheaper.
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And somehow I was wrong. Looked over all the anime and found Macross but it seems it part of Prime and not Anime Strike... I guess not I am going to have a second trial...
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Umm Matti...
Anime Strike is Amazon US' additional-fee-on-top-of-Prime Streaming service.
Does that mean there won't be disc release?
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Does that mean there won't be disc release?
If this ANN article from June (http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/2017-06-27/sentai-filmworks-licenses-princess-principal-for-summer-simulcast/.118077) is accurate, Sentai Filmworks has the physical release. When it'll be released is anyone's guess right now. Considering it's still airing.
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My discussion with my fiancee about Princess Principal was this:
"It's steampunk spy noir-"
"You had me at steampunk."
Our fear, that it was moemoe bait with cutesu girls and flashy visuals overlaying an empty box, were relieved rather quickly. Yes, it has the girls, but it also has an interesting storyline, and though we've only watched up to ep2 the hook is well and truly planted.
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If this ANN article from June (http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/2017-06-27/sentai-filmworks-licenses-princess-principal-for-summer-simulcast/.118077) is accurate, Sentai Filmworks has the physical release. When it'll be released is anyone's guess right now. Considering it's still airing.
Probably two years if they do an English dub.
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Looks like first Build Fighter's episode of Counterattack Start series has been released just after the preview for the series. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/2017-08-24/gundam-build-fighters-gm-counterattack-anime-promo-video-streamed/.120505)
I'm taken back by going back to the old crew, i guess it was more popular choice...
Animation remains very good.
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Looks like first Build Fighter's episode of Counterattack Start series has been released just after the preview for the series. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/2017-08-24/gundam-build-fighters-gm-counterattack-anime-promo-video-streamed/.120505)
I'm taken back by going back to the old crew, i guess it was more popular choice...
Animation remains very good.
What is even more interesting is that a English Dub for the first Build Fighters series (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJV1h9xQ7Hx8sbBO-7f9pvYiAnrPMEr5M), as well as BF Try (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJV1h9xQ7Hx-Jgr3doST_5z96Nc2xuzix), are being released on the Gundam.Info's Youtube channel. As of this post, the first five episodes for both shows are up.
Also: Playlist link (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJV1h9xQ7Hx87G1mmHb7E3-OqNufeDB_y) for the GM's Counterattack & Battlogue vids.
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On different franchise news, Art Exhibition has been held for Heroes of the Galactic Heroes which celebrates the 35th anniversary (https://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/interest/2017-08-23/art-exhibition-marks-legend-of-the-galactic-heroes-franchise-35th-anniversary/.120295) of the series.
Again it's mentioned that new anime project is works with Production I.G. still working on it and has recast the voice actors from the original series to voice the lead roles.
I'm glad their still going to make it, though i wonder when it will come out and how many episodes it will entail.
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My discussion with my fiancee about Princess Principal was this:
"It's steampunk spy noir-"
"You had me at steampunk."
Our fear, that it was moemoe bait with cutesu girls and flashy visuals overlaying an empty box, were relieved rather quickly. Yes, it has the girls, but it also has an interesting storyline, and though we've only watched up to ep2 the hook is well and truly planted.
My wife and I enjoy the show very much.
Make sure you look for the Case Number at the beginning of each show so you get the chronological order.
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Yeah... watching the second episode was very confusing at first. It is rare a show goes out of order like that. Still enjoyed it, hope to watch more but trial is only 7 days so doubt I will get more than 1 additional episode in :(
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Kemono Friends Episode 1 passed 10 million views on NicoNico Douga two days ago (currently at 10.16 million).
Since August 1st it is the most watched anime episode on NicoNico, going past Gochuumon wa usagi desu ka? / Is the order a Rabbit? Episode 1 (currently at 9.57 million).
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I'm sure there are a lot more than that, but my point is simple: Give the audience a chance to feel HOW the show is, rather than concern yourself too much about whether they remember which characters are named what.That way they can figure out if they like the show without spending a bunch of time watching it. At least in my opinion.
It can be frakked up quite easily. Just look at Firefly.
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It can be frakked up quite easily. Just look at Firefly.
Yea, but that was a Network call, not the intention.
As to PP's running. the early out of sync order kinda fits with the overall theme.
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Given my leanings towards Mecha/action/comedy/fantasy/scifi i like Knights and Magic the most this quarterly season.
Again story cruising along at warp speed, but it's still very enjoyable as our main hero's hobby of making gunpla *cough* giant "robotic" Knights continues and he develop his line of newly made Knights his world have never seen before that beats tar out of enemy monsters. He soon learns secret making the engines makes these titans of crystal and steel works. There isn't been any sign of bad guy lately So i guess we'll run into it when episode 10-11 comes out i hope.
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Anybody got anything their looking forward to for Fall 2017?
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Anybody got anything their looking forward to for Fall 2017?
Besides The Ancient Magus' Bride?
I'm also interested in Land of Lustrous (Hōseki no Kuni). I had looked at a few of the Manga's early chapters. It seems interesting. Here's a link to the most recent ANN article (http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/2017-08-26/land-of-the-lustrous-anime-reveals-new-visual-6-more-character-designs/.120581) on the series.
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My most looked for for a future season is the next KONOSUBA. I had hope Knight's and Magic would have gone at a slower pace, from what I read in the LN a lot of decent material was left out. The next section of the story really does need its own season to tell it properly, maybe two. Oh well, at least we get to watch Ernesti's creation stomp around in all its glory (though granted I forgot to watch todays episode so no idea how far it got).
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Anybody got anything their looking forward to for Fall 2017?
Himouto Umaru-chan R
Netojuu no Susume
Mahou Tsukai no Yome
Kino no Tabi
WUG III
Shokugeki no Souma S3
Time Bokan S2
Yuuki Yuuna S2
Roughly in that order, and with Netojuu no Susume the only really "new" thing in there.
Though that list is only that short because the more interesting stuff announced for next season (e.g. Full Metal Panic Invisible Victory, Yama no Susume S3 or Lostorage conflated WIXOSS) has all been postponed to 2018.
Robomasters (preview, japanese version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M10P4_WBiWM)) might be interesting if they can pull it off staying on a character focus instead of too blatantly advertising their product (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECr4zgK6cPA). Probably will be more of a miss though. Studio is Gonzo, staff is mostly second- and third-stringers - in fact, the only full series the director and the series composer have done before was Jitsu wa watashi wa. The only staff member of note is the mechanical designer, Watanabe Kouji of El-Hazard fame (his most recent work was as Chief Animation Director for Active Raid S1, his last mechanical design work on Nanoha Vivid).
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Anyone check out the Netflix version of Death Note? Watched it tonight and enjoyed it. It was interesting to see how much of the background they changed while keeping to the original theme and flow of the story. At least as much as you can when converting from tv to movie. They even got a really scary guy to play the lovable monster. But as Weird Al says, hes scary in the mask, but scarier w/o it on. For those interested, do try to watch until the first death, it is... rather gory. Still need to finish the Japanese live action show... only a few episodes in on that one.
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Anyone check out the Netflix version of Death Note? Watched it tonight and enjoyed it. It was interesting to see how much of the background they changed while keeping to the original theme and flow of the story. At least as much as you can when converting from tv to movie. They even got a really scary guy to play the lovable monster. But as Weird Al says, hes scary in the mask, but scarier w/o it on. For those interested, do try to watch until the first death, it is... rather gory. Still need to finish the Japanese live action show... only a few episodes in on that one.
did not care for it the american vesion felt syrup sweet coated no suspense no drama just felt more like an action flick than war of to detectives or reapers game
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as much as i am not into chibi stuff i am bit hooked now on shorts aggressive retsuko
for some reason george carlin comes to mind when i watch it...
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/feature/2017-08-30/the-history-of-american-superhero-comics-in-anime/.119913
A fascinating look at the superhero comic and crossovers in anime.
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Past weekend at anime club meeting, we watched live-action version of Kiki's delivery service. It has some face-palm moments, but then again, I expect the anime to have that too. Haven't seen the anime, and maybe because of that I could enjoy (or at least tolerate) the live-action.
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Past weekend at anime club meeting, we watched live-action version of Kiki's delivery service. It has some face-palm moments, but then again, I expect the anime to have that too. Haven't seen the anime, and maybe because of that I could enjoy (or at least tolerate) the live-action.
tombo and hippo are the most cringe worthy parts...
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did not care for it the american vesion felt syrup sweet coated no suspense no drama just felt more like an action flick than war of to detectives or reapers game
The movie was an 1 hour 40 minutes long. The anime was 37 episodes long. That's 100 minutes versus 800+ minutes so you are not going to get all of that detail. BTW, I loved Willem Defos as the voice of Ryuk. As to the syrup sweet comment, this was a movie about death and murder. There's nothing syrupy sweet about that crap.
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Is that a Riflehammer I see?? :P
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The movie was an 1 hour 40 minutes long. The anime was 37 episodes long. That's 100 minutes versus 800+ minutes so you are not going to get all of that detail. BTW, I loved Willem Defos as the voice of Ryuk. As to the syrup sweet comment, this was a movie about death and murder. There's nothing syrupy sweet about that crap.
not comparing it to anime or manga but comparing it to japaniese live action 4 movies
with manga and anime you can do alot more but what japaniese did with the movies ...well it was pretty good
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Didn't know about the other films, only seen the anime and the live action drama
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Past weekend at anime club meeting, we watched live-action version of Kiki's delivery service. It has some face-palm moments, but then again, I expect the anime to have that too. Haven't seen the anime, and maybe because of that I could enjoy (or at least tolerate) the live-action.
The actual anime film is rather adorable, and is a personal favorite of mine, but then again I'm definitely a Miyazaki/Ghibli fanboy so YMMV.
A live action version seems to be a bit cringey as a concept, and sounds that it was in execution as well.
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Why do they try to do these live-action ones? I think it's been very hard to make sure that your nailing it right as way convey the story. I sometimes think it's way franchise as money maker vs something that would be cool and alots people would like.
Sorry, there been too many live-actions and not alot good results in them. I know there are some, but i don't think alot.
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IIRC, the live-action Kiki's film is based on the original novels, much like the Miyazaki film was. So its just a different take on the source material.
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Why do they try to do these live-action ones? I think it's been very hard to make sure that your nailing it right as way convey the story. I sometimes think it's way franchise as money maker vs something that would be cool and alots people would like.
Sorry, there been too many live-actions and not alot good results in them. I know there are some, but i don't think alot.
speaking of live action ones had any one even seen the live version of video girl ai?
or cutey honey early ones from the 90s?
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speaking of live action ones had any one even seen the live version of video girl ai?
or cutey honey early ones from the 90s?
I think the later. I thought i saw something or a promotion for it somewhere perhaps earlier this year.
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speaking of live action ones had any one even seen the live version of video girl ai?
or cutey honey early ones from the 90s?
I think the later. I thought i saw something or a promotion for it somewhere perhaps earlier this year.
I think I have a ripped copy of that version of Cutey Honey floating around too.
There also was another live action film done a year to two ago, I think.
And now out of the "Well this is cool" department...
Gundam.Info's Youtube channel is starting to put up the remastered Gundam Wing series (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJV1h9xQ7Hx8id2TZBKVSeEM7lnOHCPQB) (Sub, make sure you turn on CC option). As of this post, the first three eps are up for view. Has it aged well? Sort of... I'll admit, even back in the day, Wing's overall plot was fair at best. But I think it'll be more for nostalgia than anything else.
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Is that a Riflehammer I see?? :P
Where....
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Why do they try to do these live-action ones?
(https://www.xchangeofamerica.com/userfiles/images/Japanese%20Yen%2010000.jpg)
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The actual anime film is rather adorable, and is a personal favorite of mine, but then again I'm definitely a Miyazaki/Ghibli fanboy so YMMV.
+1. Kiki on VHS was my introduction to Studio Ghibli, and I've been hooked since.
Why do they try to do these live-action ones? I think it's been very hard to make sure that your nailing it right as way convey the story. I sometimes think it's way franchise as money maker vs something that would be cool and alots people would like.
Sorry, there been too many live-actions and not alot good results in them. I know there are some, but i don't think alot.
As Lazarus Jaguar said, money. Studio Execs think that just because it was popular as an animated production that it will rake in the cash if they make a live-action version. Worked for Transformers, even if it stripped out pretty much everything the fans who kept the franchise going loved about it, so they keep trying. Marvel's success is probably giving them ideas as well.
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Honestly, live action adaptations like Bayformers aren't aimed at the franchise fans. They're aimed at the masses of people who simply recognize the name.
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speaking of live action ones had any one even seen the live version of video girl ai?
or cutey honey early ones from the 90s?
I think I saw the Cutey Honey one once...would love to see the Video Girl Ai (also the anime)...loved the manga back when it was being released in Shonen Jump...
Ruger
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I wouldn't mind seeing Battle Angel Alita, which I just looked up actually has a live action film already... as well as an OVA. Guess I know what I will be hunting down this weekend...
*edit* might help to follow the rabbit hole first.. the film is set for 2018 and is being done by 20th Century Fox, so more like GitS.
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New Heaven's Feel trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_sf0-o9tS0
Can't wait.
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I wouldn't mind seeing Battle Angel Alita, which I just looked up actually has a live action film already... as well as an OVA. Guess I know what I will be hunting down this weekend...
*edit* might help to follow the rabbit hole first.. the film is set for 2018 and is being done by 20th Century Fox, so more like GitS.
Isn't that James Cameron's pet project?
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I don't remember.. I think I remember his name in there somewhere.
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Isn't that James Cameron's pet project?
Yep. That and Avatar.
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Wish I still had my Battle Angel stuff.. all I have left from my old collection is my Dirty Pair anime, at least two of them...
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In news relevant to Girls Und Panzer fans, ANN has announced Bandai has acquired Studio Actas...
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-04/bandai-visual-acquires-girls-and-panzer-anime-studio-actas/.120909 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-04/bandai-visual-acquires-girls-and-panzer-anime-studio-actas/.120909)
While acquisitions usually leave fans feeling nervous, I honestly can't see a downside to this purchase. Actas essentially becoming Sunrise's 14th studio will provide a steady cash-flow to the struggling studio & Bandai will more than likely impose the budget & schedule discipline that has been sorely lacking at Actas. Bandai has specifically stated they are buying Actas for the Girls Und Panzer property, & will move heaven & earth to get the series' future entries out on time with the quality we all expect. If anything, this might mean a future for the Garupan franchise after the upcoming 6 films, as Bandai may want to try to convert their new property into the next Gundam.
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In news relevant to Girls Und Panzer fans, ANN has announced Bandai has acquired Studio Actas...
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-04/bandai-visual-acquires-girls-and-panzer-anime-studio-actas/.120909 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-04/bandai-visual-acquires-girls-and-panzer-anime-studio-actas/.120909)
While acquisitions usually leave fans feeling nervous, I honestly can't see a downside to this purchase. Actas essentially becoming Sunrise's 14th studio will provide a steady cash-flow to the struggling studio & Bandai will more than likely impose the budget & schedule discipline that has been sorely lacking at Actas. Bandai has specifically stated they are buying Actas for the Girls Und Panzer property, & will move heaven & earth to get the series' future entries out on time with the quality we all expect. If anything, this might mean a future for the Garupan franchise after the upcoming 6 films, as Bandai may want to try to convert their new property into the next Gundam.
Thank You for the Good news!
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I wonder what this means for future US imports, since Bandai usually goes through Funimation these days. Will imports continue through Sentai or switch over?
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I was hoping the group could help me track down an anime I started to watch and then lost track of? ;D
Unfortunately, my memory of it is kind of limited and I have no idea what the title was. As I remember, it was a high school combat tournament style show (I know, not much help there!). In this show, everyone in the school has a special weapon they could summon to fight with, and the more advanced students were able to summon powerful armor, too. I saw this show somewhat recently (last year or two) but it might be a bit older)
In the first or second episode the new student somehow got challenged to a dual with the school champion, a beautiful girl (again, not much help!). Because he was a new student with only a weapon, she vowed she would beat him without resorting to use of her armor. During their fight, to everyone's surprise (including the new student) he was able to summon a particularly powerful set of armour with an almost invincible force field at which point he started kicking the champion's butt. In the end, she summoned her armor and beat him, but she refused to accept the win as she had broken her vow to fight without her armor. That was about as far as I got in the show.
I know its not Asterix Wars, An Irregular in Magic School, or Infinite Stratos. Any other suggestions?
Thanks!
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Was the armor more mecha-like, or more fantasy themed? I have a feeling the title you're talking about is Hundred
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I was hoping the group could help me track down an anime I started to watch and then lost track of? ;D
Unfortunately, my memory of it is kind of limited and I have no idea what the title was. As I remember, it was a high school combat tournament style show (I know, not much help there!). In this show, everyone in the school has a special weapon they could summon to fight with, and the more advanced students were able to summon powerful armor, too. I saw this show somewhat recently (last year or two) but it might be a bit older)
In the first or second episode the new student somehow got challenged to a dual with the school champion, a beautiful girl (again, not much help!). Because he was a new student with only a weapon, she vowed she would beat him without resorting to use of her armor. During their fight, to everyone's surprise (including the new student) he was able to summon a particularly powerful set of armour with an almost invincible force field at which point he started kicking the champion's butt. In the end, she summoned her armor and beat him, but she refused to accept the win as she had broken her vow to fight without her armor. That was about as far as I got in the show.
I know its not Asterix Wars, An Irregular in Magic School, or Infinite Stratos. Any other suggestions?
Thanks!
did it involve clothing? there was one but name eludes me at the moment...kill la kill maybe?
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Magic & Knights - Episodes 8-10 - The series is moving into the home stretch. Episode 8 was building one, where they Ernie learns how to make Knight's engine, The next couple of episodes deals with the neighboring kingdoms being invaded by the Empire that is using stolen technology that Ernie had came up with. Order of the Silver Phoenix goes undercover and secretly supports resistance against the invaders.
So the series is moving along and things are getting exciting. As long Ernie stays out of combat, its pretty cool. That kid is dangerous since he's nearly unstoppable in this machine, but fortunately he used sparingly in action.
My hopes that there will be a 2nd season.
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@mdauben Are you talking about Chivalry of a Failed Knight?
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@mdauben Are you talking about Chivalry of a Failed Knight?
It's definitely not Chivalry, the main character wins every fight he gets into in that show.
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did it involve clothing? there was one but name eludes me at the moment...kill la kill maybe?
Neg. In Kill la Kill lead character is a girl and she doesn't fight against the champion in early episodes.
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Knights and Magic is too rushed. ep8 should have been 12 or 13 and the end of the first season. The Grand war could easily make up an entire 2nd season on its own. I will like the closer the end of the season is the more they are leaving out just to try and finish it off... It is turning into a disappointment storywise, but the show is still excellent provided you haven't read the source material. There is so much that was ejected from the LN (which can be found online and are well translated).
The manga is taking far too long though...
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Was the armor more mecha-like, or more fantasy themed? I have a feeling the title you're talking about is Hundred
THAT'S IT! ;D
Thanks MC, that was driving me crazy trying to remember. ::)
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From looking over the blurbs for the Fall shows I think I'm just going to have to watch a few eps of several as I'm not getting many good vibes.
Ancient Magus' Bride, however, should be amazing, likely a contender for best of the year. I sure hope so, anyway.
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Something coming up, Anime News Network reports (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-06/space-battleship-tiramisu-manga-gets-tv-anime-from-gonzo/.121026) of new anime in the works called Space Battleship Tiramisu.
Only thing with it, it's food related in some way. It is a comedy/scifi, though i get impression of Martian Successor Nadesico from it for some reason. Properly just the battleship name i guess! Since the series alternately known as Mobile Battleship Nadesico. This is suppose to come out in 2018 and it's being done by Gonzo.
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looks a bit... off. Might be worth watching ??? :o
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Another series coming in the pipeline, is DARLING in the FRANXX. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-06/darling-in-the-franxx-anime-reveals-woman-shaped-robot-in-new-teaser/.121011) This one bit stranger as well, it's a Giant Robot style show but main machine is female designed. Someone on ANN realized the design aspects of it resembled Mecha designs from the old Star Driver series. There not much about it so far.
EDIT: Link Fixed
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Your link doesn't go anywhere.
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Your link doesn't go anywhere.
Fixed it, that was dumb move on my part. :-[
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Those shoulders look like they're about the same size as the entire rest of the robot.
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This one bit stranger as well, it's a Giant Robot style show but main machine is female designed.
I wouldn't call that strange - rare perhaps. Female giant robots have been a staple since Aphrodite Ace / Aphrodite Ace-Neo / Venus Ace in the Mazinger series' of the 70s though.
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....and here I was just thinking that whomever it was doing the designs just really likes Mamoru Nagano......
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I wouldn't call that strange - rare perhaps. Female giant robots have been a staple since Aphrodite Ace / Aphrodite Ace-Neo / Venus Ace in the Mazinger series' of the 70s though.
No, it appears there love affair between the pilot and mecha. Thus why it bit strange.
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*ahem* Xenoglossia?
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*ahem* Xenoglossia?
Sorry I've never heard of that one. I had look it up when you mentioned it.
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Knight’s & Magic - Episode 11
Since spoiler tags don't work i'm going try not mentioned what happens.
The episode interesting, but what heck is with the rush of the series?! I guess their not going be able fund a full 2nd season. They could have easily filled in season worth of fighting the war to repulse the invaders that is using Ernie's technology.
Still like the series, but I wish to heck they'd hadn't been forced rush to setup the last episode.
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Way too rushed and the never mentioned anything about the [REDACTED] that Ernie captured.... In fact, they weren't even supoosed to be there the first time [REDACTED] happens. Did look cool though. As rushed as it has been, especially at the end K&M is turning into my biggest disappointment of the season :-[
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I lost interest in K&M a while ago. The pace was too rushed and the kid was played as too perfect it was annoying. Dropped it weeks ago.
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I'm still enjoying Knights & Magic, & it's gotten a lot better towards the finale, but I can't deny that they were whizzing through events at a very silly pace between episodes 6-9 or so.
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From what I have read from the LN the kid is the same in the anime and LN. He is just really OCD about mecha and rather OP. Still a fun show, and the LN are soo much better.
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Definately issue with K&M is the main character and the pacing. I was introduced to this through the manga, though our mech otaku friend is genius, he didn't zoom and get everything as rapidly. In the anime, I think he needs to get defeated and have challenger who can beat him down so he can become less of invincible and more human. I think this sort character how it's being presented, Ernie better in a manga, than screen.
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For pacings, i really like the pseudo-sub-episodic 4-koma adaptions this seasons. Tsurezure Children and Aho Girl, that is. It's a pretty good style for 4-koma, not adding useless filler - and for Tsurezure Children the original "collection" concept is also well-implemented that way.
Knights' and Magic is a mess in that regard. With half the stuff so far you're really wondering what it's doing in there because plot-wise it has pretty much zero connection to the rest - it's not just rushing, they're pretty much dropping only story hooks again and again and then go straight to the next one skipping over the rest of that volume. I mean, realistically, about everything that has gone down so far could have been compressed into a 45-minute OVA by leaving aside those in-the-anime-not-explored plot hooks.
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K&M has a lot of cool action, but the pacing is just terrible. Also the main character needs to interact more with his family.
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There isn't a lot of family interaction in the LN. Granted more so than the anime, but still not a lot. Also, even in the LN he is never really defeated, not at the point I have made it to in the LN. Haven't been able to read up on the manga as much as CR doesn't have a lot out yet but it does seem to follow the LN more closely.
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ANN reports the MuLuv franchise rights have been purchased and apparently more Anime, games and adaptions of the series will continue. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/2017-09-14/muv-luv-developer-age-pursues-more-anime-game-adaptations/.121338) I don't know how the kickstart will effect new anime series, since it's expensive. A kickstart was done, it got 1.2 million within 8 hours. So we may see another anime series, maybe. I say there was enough for game unless they were hunting for interest that would allow them to proceed to something more.
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Eureka 7 Hi-Evolution (Anime Trilogy film) is moving along with ANN showing us update. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/2017-09-15/eureka-7-hi-evolution-anime-film-previews-hardfloor-insert-song-in-video/.121411)
From the jest of description, this is a retelling of the original story but it will have an original ending. I HIGHLY suspect that they maybe retroconning Eureka 7 Ao out of existence.. To my shame, I've never seen the original series (partially had a knee reaction to some flying vehicles in the shape a dragsters..and mechs surfacing on air boards..i digress here). I did see Ao and like it until they went bit nutty (arguably unhappy ending for humanity maybe) at the end. The link above is for sneak peak at Hardfloor's Insert of a song for the film.
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Maybe they can make Renton not such a whiner.
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Saw that Your Name pre-order was available and ordered the DVD/Blu Ray combo for 26 bucks. :)
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Saw that Your Name pre-order was available and ordered the DVD/Blu Ray combo for 26 bucks. :)
Where? Every time I go looking for any info on it I'm directed to an article on or a store selling the Japanese release.
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Where?
At least on Amazon.com. In English too.
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Thank you! O0
Even better, a review on amazon pointed me toward funimation for the fancy edition. [rockon]
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Well, it counts as animation. This gif post convinced me to check out the series. https://imgur.com/gallery/NEC5m
They are SUPER GOOD BOYS, Bob!
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For a little Kemono Friends fix to tide fans over - even if they're technically sponsored stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUMnembozUw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_Fgi7vd5I
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I went super retro-anime watching, watched the original Macross: Do You Remember Love? film....it reminded me why i loved pure non-HG so much.
EDIT: During the film, i was little taken back about one scene. This movie was done in 1984, so it means nothing. Its just that SDF-1 and Zendradi forces had neograted a truce when they meet up at the alien resident ship that was uncovered on now devastated earth. They announced it, September 11th... :o
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GUNDAM BUILD FIGHTERS : BATTLOGUE -Episode 2 (Review)
The new episode for the series was released last week on youtube. This episode is bit different from the last one, where you have another pairing of Try characters fighting in a team up match against more powerful AI (we don't see who). It was nice to see actual players using the Gunpla vs random Gundam characters. However, i have to say, this wasn't as good episode. Action was bit one-side (I'm not saying it wasn't fun to watch), it wasn't as exciting or epic feeling than the first.
Given this a 10 minute video vs full episode, i can see why the episode was solely focus on action. I do prefer full episode. I guess this saves them money just do fights.
I wonder if they'll be doing actual full series in the future vs these series of shorts.
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Sorry keep rambling on, There looks like there a new interesting action series named blah, reported on ANN. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anime-spotlight/2017/fall/inuyashiki-last-hero/.121145)
Called INUYASHIKI LAST HERO, the series about three people who were converted into mechanical/cyborg bodies resembling their old Human selves. Two of them become criminals, one a old man becomes a hero. All of them are doing these things to make them feel alive after aliens reconstructed them.
Sadly, this on a very exclusive network, Amazon Prime Video (I'm not subscribed to it...). Looks very good from what I've seen of it.
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Remember earlier when we were discussing Sony's purchase of Funimation & I suggested Sony was looking to establish Playstation as the global one-stop platform for anime & anime-related content?
Well this looks like one more step in that plan:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-19/ps4-animax-app-gets-exclusive-streaming-programs-soon/.121549
(http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-19/ps4-animax-app-gets-exclusive-streaming-programs-soon/.121549)
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Remember earlier when we were discussing Sony's purchase of Funimation & I suggested Sony was looking to establish Playstation as the global one-stop platform for anime & anime-related content?
Well this looks like one more step in that plan:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-19/ps4-animax-app-gets-exclusive-streaming-programs-soon/.121549
(http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-19/ps4-animax-app-gets-exclusive-streaming-programs-soon/.121549)
Should we be worried about it?
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Not if you own a Playstation. I, for one, welcome our new Sony overlords! :))
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I just hope the PS Crunchyroll app keeps working.
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I don't expect any big changes in the near-term. I suspect it'll be a year or two before Sony's master plan all comes together.
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Have a Funimation account, but only have a PS2. I don't wanna be left oooooooouuuuuuuuttttttt!
Oh, and Pocky sticks are yummy.
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Speaking of Playstation, it's that time again! (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1N8OJtgAuxk) Between this & Gundam VS, I am so glad I own a PS4!
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Remember earlier when we were discussing Sony's purchase of Funimation & I suggested Sony was looking to establish Playstation as the global one-stop platform for anime & anime-related content?
Well this looks like one more step in that plan:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-19/ps4-animax-app-gets-exclusive-streaming-programs-soon/.121549
(http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-19/ps4-animax-app-gets-exclusive-streaming-programs-soon/.121549)
Thank you so much for that link!
Never got around to reading the article, but the giant add announcing the release of the Ranma 1/2 OVAs and movies on blu ray was very exciting to see!
[rockon]
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Speaking of Playstation, it's that time again! (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1N8OJtgAuxk) Between this & Gundam VS, I am so glad I own a PS4!
Awesome. I know it will never get a NA release, and that makes me sad. :'( Sure, could import it, but not being able to understand any of the text would get annoying. Now, if they had an option to change the text to English, well...
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Awesome. I know it will never get a NA release, and that makes me sad. :'( Sure, could import it, but not being able to understand any of the text would get annoying. Now, if they had an option to change the text to English, well...
Some games have that. And because of that, certain publishers offer those games for import and refuse to make full localization for foreign ( = North American) markets. Their reasoning is official localization would require censorship of which they refuse. I wonder why they make such claims... Wait, is there actually some truth in that? But what I have seen of certain Japanese games, it is Japanese versions that are censored, and official English translated versions are uncensored!
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I think i worry more is about access. Not everyone going give up their says XBox or Switch so they can trade off for PS4 or PS(next) so to watch anime exclusively on Animplex app. The I more worry that certain shows will be inaccessible to anyone but PS or Sony subscribers.
That's not good if you (the anime makers) wants to get your product out to make money when it's limited to certain viewership pool.
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I think i worry more is about access. Not everyone going give up their says XBox or Switch so they can trade off for PS4 or PS(next) so to watch anime exclusively on Animplex app. The I more worry that certain shows will be inaccessible to anyone but PS or Sony subscribers.
That's not good if you (the anime makers) wants to get your product out to make money when it's limited to certain viewership pool.
And how is that any different than what Amazon or Netflix is doing?
That just means that if people really want their anime, but not the hassle, they'll go the pirate route.
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I did a 3 month anime binge to mine some plots for my novels. 8)
So far my two favorites are Code Gease and Knights of Sidonia. Excellent robot animes.
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And how is that any different than what Amazon or Netflix is doing?
That just means that if people really want their anime, but not the hassle, they'll go the pirate route.
The big difference is that Amazon and Netflix aren't device specific.
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The big difference is that Amazon and Netflix aren't device specific.
True, but they offer an exclusivity that either through a lot of money (Prime + Anime Strike) or time (usually a full season after the show airs in Japan). Which amounts to the same thing.
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Where? Every time I go looking for any info on it I'm directed to an article on or a store selling the Japanese release.
I got mine through Right Stuf
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Oh goodie...
Time to clear stuff off of the DVR again...
Iron-Blooded Orphans S2 Dub is gonna start airing on Toonami 10/07/17 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-09-24/gundam-iron-blooded-orphans-season-2-anime-premieres-on-toonami-on-october-7/.121785).
Maybe I should actually get around to watch the S2 Subbed eps (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJV1h9xQ7Hx9DTLCR2uW7m-YKGslMJUcC) on GundamInfo's Youtube channel.
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Maybe I should actually get around to watch the S2 Subbed eps (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJV1h9xQ7Hx9DTLCR2uW7m-YKGslMJUcC) on GundamInfo's Youtube channel.
Not available in my country. Doesn't matter: I've already seen it on Crunchyroll. Just heads up to those who get the same message on YouTube as I did.
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Not available in my country. Doesn't matter: I've already seen it on Crunchyroll. Just heads up to those who get the same message on YouTube as I did.
Odd...
Then they must region-locking it for NA only then.
weird...
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Something new coming up, but not crazy it's become a Hollywood adaption according to ANN (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-21/kow-yokoyama-maschinen-krieger-sci-fi-franchise-gets-hollywood-film-adaptation/.121641).
It's interesting scifi background. I've never heard of the series.
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Sooooo, Princess Principal wrapped up in a great way that brought the team together without closing off the opportunity for new stories! Best anime of 2017, in my reckoning! What a blast of a ride! The characters were great, but it's been a while since I've watched an anime with such knock-out writing & on-point art direction! Love it! Love it! Love it! {>{>
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Sooooo, Princess Principal wrapped up in a great way that brought the team together without closing off the opportunity for new stories! Best anime of 2017, in my reckoning! What a blast of a ride! The characters were great, but it's been a while since I've watched an anime with such knock-out writing & on-point art direction! Love it! Love it! Love it! {>{>
So right now I'm in a place where the internet costs me about $10/gb, and part of the carefully rationed allowance is for Princess Principal....
and now I'm going to go get the final episode. Along with Made in Abyss.
I was kind of hoping that it would be a two-cour series, because of the numbering (the final episodes are Case 22+ after all!) and that the episode which was about their, ah, old classmate would be a cliffhanger for the rest of the season. Alas, was not to be.
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I didn't get to finish Princess Principal :( stupid anime strike...
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And in 'WTH happened there?' news...
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-25/kemono-friends-director-tatsuki-no-longer-working-on-the-anime/.121827
Twitter and various other sites are on fire.
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Rumor is Tatsuki asked for more money & Kadokawa told him to kick rocks. Considering his pedigree is far less established than a lot of the directors Kadokawa works with, & how Japanese corporations in general are highly resistant to bowing to pressure from employees, I'm really not surprised.
Kemono Friends didn't impress me at all, so I may be a poor judge, but I have to wonder how much Tatsuki even had to do with its success. Most of the praise for Kemono Friends seems built on the scenario and memes about the characters, neither of which Tatsuki created. If his directing were red-hot I have to imagine the presentation would have been better from the start, even with the exceedingly low budget they had.
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He wasnt just the director, he was head writer.
Remember that the entire animation team consisted of about 10-12 people total, not counting voice actors. Those memes are built around stuff he put into the show.
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One-Punchman 2nd season is happening, but there something going on. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-25/chikara-sakura-directs-one-punch-man-anime-2nd-season-at-j.c-staff/.121831)
Chikara Sakurai has taken over to direction duties for the 2nd season at new animation house J.C. Staff.
Madhouse made first season, with Shingo Natsume as it's director. I'm bit concerned...if the magic of the first season may have been lost.
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Well, if Princess Principal is first anime this season, then Made in Abyss HAS to be a very close second. I mean, they are REALLY treating this as a gruesome thing, which conflicts brutally with the cuteness of the primary characters; when Riko started bleeding from everywhere it was... visceral. And yet, the story and mystery of it is very compelling.
As far as Princess Principal, it really feels like this isn't the end. Are we sure they're not setting up for a full 26? This was, after all, Case 24 and left the ending fairly wide open.
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Well here's some news on the Kemono Friends front.
In this ANN Article (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-26/kemono-friends-site-anime-studio-yaoyorozu-pulled-out-due-to-communication-issues/.121883), the next 'Screen Project' is gonna be delayed.
Apparently the animation studio pulled out due to 'Communication Issues'.
At least from how I read the statement from the Kemono Friends website quoted in the ANN article:
"We didn't like some of the tie-in stuff the Animation Studio did that we have to deal with, so we told then to GTFO!"
Yea, that's not gonna fly too well, I think.
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My understanding was they were playing fast & loose with the IP copyright. There's not a lot of companies that won't pull the plug on you after that.....
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re: Kemono Friends.
Seems like everyone is trying to grab as much of it as possible while sharing as little as possible with anyone else.
Its unexpected success seems to be inspiring more greed and "how do I get me some of this action before it crashes and burns?" rather than trying to figure out WHAT made it succeed, do more of THAT, and watch the money roll in.
I don't think the kurfluffles surrounding it bode well for its future.
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Just watched Harlock: Space Pirate yesterday. Wow...did Weirdo see it? It's just so amazing as a Space opera.
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Well, asking him will likely elicit an answer... :)
Which one?
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Well, asking him will likely elicit an answer... :)
Which one?
You mean there is more than one movie with "Harlock: Space Pirate" in its title?
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Space Pirate Harlock has been around a long time, in a lot of series and movies. Moreover, the titles often blend together, so that won't help. Got some package art or screenshots?
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Space Pirate Harlock has been around a long time, in a lot of series and movies. Moreover, the titles often blend together, so that won't help. Got some package art or screenshots?
2013 Movie, CGI, 'Harlock: Space Pirate'
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Was that the one with the weird ship that didn't actually look anything like the Arcadia, and a plot that revolved around dark energy? Yeah, that was a fun one. :)
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Was that the one with the weird ship that didn't actually look anything like the Arcadia, and a plot that revolved around dark energy? Yeah, that was a fun one. :)
Dark Matter. And was that because the older version looked like Yamato didn't it?
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It had a WWII ship in space vibe too, but you'd have to get hired by Harmony Gold to call them similar.
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My understanding was they were playing fast & loose with the IP copyright. There's not a lot of companies that won't pull the plug on you after that.....
Bare in mind there is a LOT of money riding on the franchise at this point. If you haven't been following it, and a lot of Western anime fans haven't, Kemono Friends is BIG. Like REALLY big! Entering main stream popularity big. And Tatsuki is responsible for most of that. People are making allusions to 'killing the golden goose' for a reason.
The official response was posted here.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/2017-09-26/kemono-friends-site-anime-studio-yaoyorozu-pulled-out-due-to-communication-issues/.121883
But also see this, which came out roughly half a day before the official response.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/2017-09-26/kadokawa-dwango-head-worried-about-kemono-friends-director-removal/.121862
Past shenanigans involving Kadokawa, and the fact it came on the heels of the President of their parent company wondering WTH is going on, lead many to believe (Including yours truly) that someone over in Kadokawa are in full CYA mode.
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One-Punchman 2nd season is happening, but there something going on. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-25/chikara-sakura-directs-one-punch-man-anime-2nd-season-at-j.c-staff/.121831)
This is one of those shows I just don't understand the popularity of. Its funny at first, but I only watched 2-3 episodes before I got bored. ???
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Though it confused me to no end, I'm more than well aware that Kemono Friends has been an explosive hit that's paid huge dividends on the paltry money invested in it, but the head of Kadokawa's statement appears to have been misleadingly framed in the ANN article, with his polite concern for the question regarding Kemono Friends striking me more like him being bewildered why this was even an issue & not having a prepared statement.
When Kemono Friends was first announced, I had figured Kemonomimi+Sugoi & Tanoshii = Free Money, and I am only cynically disappointed that many fellow moe fans didn't even care if the producers upheld the most basic production quality standards in delivering on that premise. I'm of the opinion that Kemono Friends probably would have become a smash-hit regardless of the staff involved and fans are simply reacting in defense of Tatsuki due to his positive social-media presence. There's simply nothing to the series narrative or production I consider praiseworthy.
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This is one of those shows I just don't understand the popularity of. Its funny at first, but I only watched 2-3 episodes before I got bored. ???
Agreed. I loved the first few episodes of One Punch Man, but it's not a gag that endears itself to regular reuse.
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One of my favorite Harlock adventures was Arcadia of My Youth. As for a link between Harlock and Yamato... It is probably because the same guy created both. It has been written that Kodai and Harlock are nearly identical as well. Love both stories though, wish Harlock would get the same treatment Yamato has been getting with its new seasons (2199 & 2202).
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When Kemono Friends was first announced, I had figured Kemonomimi+Sugoi & Tanoshii = Free Money, and I am only cynically disappointed that many fellow moe fans didn't even care if the producers upheld the most basic production quality standards in delivering on that premise. I'm of the opinion that Kemono Friends probably would have become a smash-hit regardless of the staff involved and fans are simply reacting in defense of Tatsuki due to his positive social-media presence. There's simply nothing to the series narrative or production I consider praiseworthy.
Kemono Friends already had 2 other franchise attempts that crashed. So no...I dont think it would have been a hit, regardless.
Also, I'd point out Nissin and JRA both have put out public statements that their collaborations were approved by Kadokawa. That only leaves the various zoo collaborations. And I have a hard time thinking they'd be the issue. (And wont be surprised if they toss their hat into the ring, considering how well the franchise has increased their attendance numbers)
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Yea, that's not gonna fly too well, I think.
The two-line tweet in which the director announced Kadokawa sacked him by now has over 310,000 retweets (100k within only 30 minutes!), almost 200,000 likes and almost 6,000 comments on Twitter, and on the day he posted it his name trended at top position globally. There's a petition on change.org with about 50,000 signatories since monday.
P.S. Looking through a variety of sources, one can piece together that it may have been the sponsored ad using the Kemono Friends IP done for the JRA in August that raised Kadokawa's ire - possibly they were doing that without clear ahead permission from Kadokawa (it's somewhat notable that these ads don't credit Kadokawa in any way), and there may have been Yaoyorozu staff members tweeting from project meetings on that too...
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It had a WWII ship in space vibe too, but you'd have to get hired by Harmony Gold to call them similar.
I think I like the looks of Harlock: Space Pirate the most. It's sooo SPace Opera. XD
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Kemono Friends already had 2 other franchise attempts that crashed. So no...I dont think it would have been a hit, regardless.
Neither of which had:
1 - seiyu
2 - free broadcast exposure
3 - memes (a product of 1 & 2)
All of those are pretty essential to success with modern otaku. In an AV format, I think its success was assured at its onset. If anything, it's probably Yoshizaki-sensei who deserves praise for the charming yet malleable character concepts.
Regardless, Kadokawa should have had a PR plan ready to go firing someone with such a popular twitter presence, & have created a bit of a fiasco for themselves.
Unfortunately, as seen with Konami, many Japanese companies value their pride & authority over even profit. I'd be less surprised if Kadokawa buries the whole KemoFure franchise than I would if they rehire Tatsuki.
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I'd be less surprised if Kadokawa buries the whole KemoFure franchise than I would if they rehire Tatsuki.
They could also sell it off to one of the other partners from the production of the TV anime to save face. Bushiroad in particular comes to mind; the seiyuu of the show work for them.
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This is one of those shows I just don't understand the popularity of. Its funny at first, but I only watched 2-3 episodes before I got bored. ???
Yeah... I don't get it either. My Hero Academia is a much better sendup of superhero stereotypes, with characters you can actually LIKE instead of being annoyed by. I may have posted about this in a previous anime thread on this forum at great length. :D
So, speaking of Studio Trigger stuff...
Gurren Lagann.
I remember watching some of it a LONG time ago, but I never finished watching the series, and now I'm wondering... why? I may have just watched the first couple of episodes, noted it as "Good, must get back to," and I guess it took me a decade to do just that.
Worth the wait.
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Well, Your Name is getting a live action adaptation.
On one hand, this should be easy to not screw up. There's really nothing about the movie that wouldn't be easy to translate into live action.
On the other hand, what's the point? Taking a fantasy or sci fi anime and making it live action at least has the potential of taking something impossible and making it look real. I can see the draw of that. Your Name gains nothing by going live action.
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For older sci-fi anime don't forget Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (Crunchyroll and Netflix). I found the setting and the backstory to be very interesting. Gurren Lagann was good, though it did go a bit "out there" toward the end it is still worth the ride even if by the end the story gets a bit corny.
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Well, Your Name is getting a live action adaptation.
On one hand, this should be easy to not screw up. There's really nothing about the movie that wouldn't be easy to translate into live action.
On the other hand, what's the point? Taking a fantasy or sci fi anime and making it live action at least has the potential of taking something impossible and making it look real. I can see the draw of that. Your Name gains nothing by going live action.
A large segment of the population (of Western audiences especially) does not view any animation as "dramatic entertainment". Animation is considered to be for kids. So Hollywood is looking at it and going "this is a great story, and it would require very little adaptation to localize it to a Western location and to make it as live action with a little bit of special effects". They see dollar signs, and they may be correct.
Yeah... I don't get it either. My Hero Academia is a much better sendup of superhero stereotypes, with characters you can actually LIKE instead of being annoyed by. I may have posted about this in a previous anime thread on this forum at great length. :D
One Punch Man is not just a sendup of superhero stereotypes, it's satire of the entire shonen genre. It's taking a lot of the shonen tropes and turning them on their head.
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Fully expecting a train wreck, JUST. LIKE. EVERY. TIME. Hollywood decides to adapt an anime. They need to stop until they can get a director who actually gets the medium & a producer who will let them work with it. Or, y'know, start making films from original IPs again.......crazy idea, I know.........
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Fully expecting a train wreck, JUST. LIKE. EVERY. TIME. Hollywood decides to adapt an anime. They need to stop until they can get a director who actually gets the medium & a producer who will let them work with it. Or, y'know, start making films from original IPs again.......crazy idea, I know.........
I think it's like making comic book/graphic novel movies. You're trying to do an adaptation from one medium to another and you're going to have things that are train wrecks either because they are trying too hard to exactly replicate the source material (Watchmen, anyone), trying to cram too much into a short adaptation, or depart too much from the source material.
There have been successful adaptations of comic books or graphic novels to film, and those that have worked well are ones similar to "Your Name" where you aren't depending on the whiz-bang to sell them or trying to duplicate in live action the imagery that is really only possible in a comic book/graphic novel art style. A good adaptation of a graphic novel source to a film that gives me a little hope here was "Road to Perdition". My hope maybe misplaced, but I think there is at least hope.
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One of my favorite Harlock adventures was Arcadia of My Youth. As for a link between Harlock and Yamato... It is probably because the same guy created both. It has been written that Kodai and Harlock are nearly identical as well. Love both stories though, wish Harlock would get the same treatment Yamato has been getting with its new seasons (2199 & 2202).
They were suppose to be meet at one point, supposedly part of the same universe. However with all the law suits, i believe it was broken up. There image of the Yamato being stored in Tochirō Ōyama's private hangar with other space pirate battleships.
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A large segment of the population (of Western audiences especially) does not view any animation as "dramatic entertainment". Animation is considered to be for kids. So Hollywood is looking at it and going "this is a great story, and it would require very little adaptation to localize it to a Western location and to make it as live action with a little bit of special effects". They see dollar signs, and they may be correct.
YEAH! Amen, bruddah!
One Punch Man is not just a sendup of superhero stereotypes, it's satire of the entire shonen genre. It's taking a lot of the shonen tropes and turning them on their head.
There's a difference between being a satire and just being what you claim to be satirizing. OPM is the latter, and any amount of winking at the audience of "Isn't it silly that this cyborg guy is spending an entire page talking about his history?" doesn't change that.
Like that Deadpool Xbox 360 game a few years ago. It was HILARIOUS, but it claimed to be a satire of games like Devil May Cry and God of War when it was exactly like those games. A satire has to expose the faults of something, not just BE those faults with a few fourth-wall jokes about how silly it all is.
I'm not an intense fan of MHA - I can't remember any of the character's names aside from All Might, Deku, and Froppy 'cause she's adorable - but it is a straight satire, if such a thing exists. Yes, it is a superhero comic with all the things that that implies, but it also takes a look at the tropes and deconstructs them, thinking carefully about how they actually work WITHOUT forcing down your throat dozens of pages of exposition or grimdark bullshit or "winkwink, isn't this silly?"
Don't get me wrong. I don't HATE OPM, but I don't like it either, aside from that glorious 16 double pages of a single punch! I'm neutral on it.
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http://screenrant.com/your-name-live-action-movie-anime-jj-abrams/
Dear god no please
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For older sci-fi anime don't forget Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (Crunchyroll and Netflix). I found the setting and the backstory to be very interesting. Gurren Lagann was good, though it did go a bit "out there" toward the end it is still worth the ride even if by the end the story gets a bit corny.
Gargantia was a good show, but it really felt like they copped out on the ending. They had a great potential build-up, but squandered it with an entirely too obvious plot-twist.
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Calling Gargantia "old" makes me feel even older.
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well crap I thought it was older than it actually is.
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http://screenrant.com/your-name-live-action-movie-anime-jj-abrams/
Dear god no please
I've come to the conclusion that JJ Abrams is a self-loathing nerd on a personal mission to destroy everything nerds love in a vain attempt to return to normie-dom.
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I just started re-watching Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple on Hulu recently. It holds up well to repeat viewing, and I'm enjoying it the second time through.
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A large segment of the population (of Western audiences especially) does not view any animation as "dramatic entertainment". Animation is considered to be for kids. So Hollywood is looking at it and going "this is a great story, and it would require very little adaptation to localize it to a Western location and to make it as live action with a little bit of special effects". They see dollar signs, and they may be correct.
That does make some sense. I can't see the story working as well in a western location though.
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Made in Abyss sure hits hard in the feels, here is to hoping for a second season.
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Made in Abyss sure hits hard in the feels
I could have done without that really...
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Knight’s & Magic Episodes 12th - 13th
So the final arc comes to it's climax, the Ernie finally runs into the final boss if you were to put this in gaming terms.
The genius Duke of Zaloudek, Oratio, perfect's his final weapon to Erne's demon of a Sil Knight, the flying dragon shape of air battleship Vyver. A giant magic robot ship, which is powered by Oratio's combination of engines. The Drake shaped ship gives Ernie and his Knights run for his money in episode 12.
I won't go into it further since spoiler function here doesn't work anymore. I can say, though Ernie is bit of bit over powered man and his magic mech, the show was entertaining to the end. I honestly didn't think there was 13th episode, which was gave the story little more leg room tell a good ending to war of magic mech knights and a boy wonder leading the way. The series doesn't look like there going be anything i can see beyond the 13th episode. It does hint there story for a other time, but i think the animators wrapped up things well and gave us good action pack ending.
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Made in Abyss sure hits hard in the feels, here is to hoping for a second season.
I think it's the character design - horrible things happening to young, cute characters is quite a lot worse than it happening to a character that is adult.
And the story. Damn, that hurt. According to my wife, "Old Yeller, if the dog were once a child brutalized by mad science. THIS IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR."
Which is better, Princess Principal or Made in Abyss?
I... Made in Abyss. It made me laugh, it made me excited, it made me cry, it made me WANT MORE. Princess Principal is good. Made in Abyss is classic.
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Finally got to see the second half of Gurren Lagann.
FRAK. I don't fricking want the punch at the ending....
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It is a very Bitter sweet ending....
But still the number 1 anime ever created :P
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Knight’s & Magic Episodes 12th - 13th
*snip*
The series doesn't look like there going be anything i can see beyond the 13th episode. It does hint there story for a other time, but i think the animators wrapped up things well and gave us good action pack ending.
Not sure how much has been written after that point... From a translated copy I am reading I am still waiting for the other half of the showdown to finish, but as they changed how the fight actually happens I don't have to worry about the anime spoiling it. They really could have split this into two seasons and I wish they would have. Still enjoyed the anime and hope they can get another seasons worth of material to make it.. But that might mean pushing the author to write like crazy to tell a new story.
The K&M manga on CR is taking too long though... They need to hurry up and put more new chapters up.
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It is a very Bitter sweet ending....
But still the number 1 anime ever created :P
Here's a thought for you;
Replace Spin with Life and Anti-Spin with Anti-Life. Then look at Life as the agent of Entropy of Universe. And you start to understand the motivation for the ultimate antagonist of that series much better.
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I... Made in Abyss. It made me laugh, it made me excited, it made me cry, it made me WANT MORE.
Eh, i'm kinda glad they ended it where they did. On a bitter positive note of sorts. Because based on the manga the Heart of Darkness journey from here on out hits full home with their Kurtz-meets-Mengele imitation.
(on a side note, didn't this forum have a spoiler function for text?)
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manga on CR is taking too long though... They need to hurry up and put more new chapters up.
No kidding. I hope the anime stimulates sales.
Alot of times thats what makes or breaks manga. Waiting to see if there pick up tge sales.
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Eh, i'm kinda glad they ended it where they did. On a bitter positive note of sorts. Because based on the manga the Heart of Darkness journey from here on out hits full home with their Kurtz-meets-Mengele imitation.
(on a side note, didn't this forum have a spoiler function for text?)
It used to, and now it's broken.
Isn't the reason Made in Abyss also ended where it did because this is where the manga is, just about - it may be slightly ahead, I'm not sure?
Has anyone else noticed that trend lately that an anime adaptation ends when there isn't any more source material instead of fillering the filler until you just fill to filling up? That could well be because of the new 13-episode 'standard' (no reason to cram and fill if you're not contractually desperate!), and could well be because anime is also seen as an advert for the manga/LN, but I'd like to think that it's also because of some respect for the source material as well, considering how filler has mangled things in the past.
On the other hand, my favorite episodes of the Naruto anime WERE the filler because we got to see more of the non-Kakashi squad characters, who are FAR more interesting. Never really got into Shippouden though.
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Isn't the reason Made in Abyss also ended where it did because this is where the manga is, just about - it may be slightly ahead, I'm not sure?
The manga went on a hiatus this summer as the mangaka was involved with the anime production apparently.
The anime ended around chapter 26 (at 2 chapters per episode), while the manga is at chapter 42. So, basically not enough for a second season yet, but with ongoing manga publishing could have continued for a second season at which end it would have caught up. Storyline-wise, the chapters of the manga not adapted so far tell the rest of the 5th layer plus the story on the 6th layer.
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Someone claimed M&K was suppose to be full 2nd season coming. He was greatly mistaken given how episode 13 went down.
I also saw Mobile Suit Gundam Origins - Episode IV
Just wow, if you wanted clear picture how and why Zabi family controlled Principality of Zeon was evil. Through and through worse thing decision to do. No care for any spacenoids or Feds alike. It was pretty bad.
Action was good, but it was not easy to watch.
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Girls Last Tour is launching this month.
Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb_AKZfO7BE)
It literally is a post-apocalyptic/slice-of-life story two girls puttering around the ruins of post-war civilization on a kettenkrad scrounging for supplies to keep themselves alive and their track-bike fueled. I'm a fan of the manga myself, I'm sort of waiting to see if they manage to nail the surreal melancholy of the series premise with the isolation and all that ruined architecture that made the series so ephemeral and unique.
(http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/max500x600/encyc/A19827-3020512651.1499183071.jpg)
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Live action SAO inbound... Ugh.
http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/live-action-sword-art-online-showrunners/
Can we not do these live actions? Every time I see another franchise get one I die a little inside because I know that this is the start of a wave of them. It's hard to put into words how I feel about it... My hope is that they release enough flops (See Ghost in the Shell) that they look elsewhere other than anime to find material to harvest.
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Well, Rage of Bahamut Virgin Soul finally ended.
First half was good, but the show really got bogged down by Nina's love life and the fact that she really didn't have much connection to the actual plot. Or the fact that the Chariose's plan for killing Bahamut made no sense.
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Girls Last Tour is launching this month.
Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb_AKZfO7BE)
It literally is a post-apocalyptic/slice-of-life story two girls puttering around the ruins of post-war civilization on a kettenkrad scrounging for supplies to keep themselves alive and their track-bike fueled. I'm a fan of the manga myself, I'm sort of waiting to see if they manage to nail the surreal melancholy of the series premise with the isolation and all that ruined architecture that made the series so ephemeral and unique.
I normally wait for shows to get released on blu ray so I can binge watch in English, but I may be making an exception for this one. Do we know what service may have it yet?
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Live action SAO inbound... Ugh.
http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/live-action-sword-art-online-showrunners/ (http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/live-action-sword-art-online-showrunners/)
Can we not do these live actions? Every time I see another franchise get one I die a little inside because I know that this is the start of a wave of them. It's hard to put into words how I feel about it... My hope is that they release enough flops (See Ghost in the Shell) that they look elsewhere other than anime to find material to harvest.
The only actual hope I have for a live-action SAO is if it follows more the SAO:Progressive route.
Otherwise, yea, I don't really think we need a live-action version. Considering the Alicization arc is gonna be animated, we're gonna get the closing out of the SAO material, for the most part.
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I normally wait for shows to get released on blu ray so I can binge watch in English, but I may be making an exception for this one. Do we know what service may have it yet?
Supposedly Sentai picked this up, so it might be on Anime Strike.
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Supposedly Sentai picked this up, so it might be on Anime Strike.
Only used crunchyroll and funimation so far. Anime Strike have a free option?
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Anime Strike is an Amazon Prime premium channel, so no, you've got to subscribe.
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Anime Strike is an Amazon Prime premium channel, so no, you've got to subscribe.
Basically, you have to be a Amazon Prime Member first, and then subscribe to Anime Strike on top of that.
Also, I believe, Anime Strike is a US only kind of service.
And speaking of that, ANN has Anime Strike's Fall line-up (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-10-03/amazon-anime-strike-announces-fall-simulcast-lineup/.122213). And yes, Girls' Last Tour is on Anime Strike.
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Finally got around to watching the last ep of Made in Abyss. MAN that was rough. Not as cringey as the bit with Riko's arm, but I was certainly misty eyed.
Also saw the last ep of Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul. What the hell happened with that ending arc? What a mess that turned into.
In Kemono Friends news...
http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/2017-10-03/kadokawa-ceo-comments-on-kemono-friends-controversy/.122202
Not an apology. Not even a promise. But it's more then I was expecting, too.
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So, is Knights and Magic any good?
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Anime Strike is an Amazon Prime premium channel, so no, you've got to subscribe.
Blu ray it is then.
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So, is Knights and Magic any good?
Cool action, but not a lot of character development. The plot feels really rushed.
I would recommend a watch, just for having seen it.
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Not an apology. Not even a promise. But it's more then I was expecting, too.
Actually if you read Inoue's twitter posts themselves, they're quite apologetic in a business kind of way. With a pointed criticism on top about other members of the production committee who did not coordinate their communications either.
Yaoyorozu's executive and producer for Kemofure has also chimed in from his side:
https://twitter.com/fukuhara_ystd/status/915074525783453696
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So Netflix has a new show called Neo Yokio. It's like Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Lifestyles of the Rich and Vapid.
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So Netflix has a new show called Neo Yokio. It's like Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Lifestyles of the Rich and Vapid.
Apparently this is a Jaden Smith project.
I'll just let the ANN review cover it (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/neo-yokio/.121543).
Otherwise...
The first of the shows this season I have a interest in streamed: Infini-T Force (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=19401)
This is Tatsunoko Productions' 55th Anniversary project involving character crossovers between Gatchaman, Casshan, Tekkaman, and Hurricane Polymar.
While I'm not 100% sure how the story's gonna hold, there's just enough going on to make this a interesting ride.
The one non-spoiler thing I've liked so far is how Ken (Gatchman) is reacting to the 'modern' world. It is just priceless.
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That reviewer was entirely too kind.
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That reviewer was entirely too kind.
Yes, but saying something to the point like, "I've felt less intestinal distress from drinking Tijuana water, and the product I made afterwards is indistinguishable from what was on the screen" would be accurate but too brief. Do they get paid by the word there?
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That reviewer was entirely too kind.
It's pretty horrible and I only made it through about 25 minutes. The voice casting is absolutely horrible as is the story.
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Wait, there was a story?
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What a wonderful review! Makes me want to watch every second of it! #P
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I'm a fan of the manga myself, I'm sort of waiting to see if they manage to nail the surreal melancholy of the series premise with the isolation and all that ruined architecture that made the series so ephemeral and unique.
First episode looked good on those points so far.
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First episode looked good on those points so far.
I'd have to agree. Also, I now want both a Kettenkrad and to know if tank tastes good.
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"the show opens with Kaz miserably destroying his ex-girlfriend's gift of a Cartier watch"
And i've lost all respect for him from the start.
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Don't worry, by the end of the first episode, you'll want to strangle him for plenty of other reasons.
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I haven't seen it yet, but what in the world did she do to him to make him so irate?
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Nothing, he wasn't irate at all, he was just wangsty. All he does is whine about this or that and babble on about designer clothing. After a minute you start to expect him to smear eyeshadow on about three layers too thick and start writing Twilight fanfics or something.
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Nothing, he wasn't irate at all, he was just wangsty. All he does is whine about this or that and babble on about designer clothing. After a minute you start to expect him to smear eyeshadow on about three layers too thick and start writing Twilight fanfics or something.
This. I watched the first episode. Once I finished, I left the series alone. That character...yeah.....
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This season just gleams with self-insight and 4th wall play.
"Hello everybody! The second season starts today!"
"Second season?"
"She means the second term."
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The Ancient Magus' Bride - 1
Oh that was well done.
A near 1:1 adaptation of the Manga's first chapter.
And I do hope Wit Studio keeps near this pace. it would be cool to see this 2 cour run end somewhere around chapters 25-27 of the Manga.
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So I have been watching Dragon Ball Super, and I have a theory of what might happen:
The Tournament wish: Restoring the erased worlds & people (from losing universes) into universe 7.
Final bad guy of Super: The Great Priest
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I'm confused by Two Car (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcmtj921NzY).
On one hand, I'm enthusiastic because superside races are cool and for the most part, from what I can tell as a casual fan, the technical positioning of the passengers was generally spot on. The fact that it's a cute-girls-doing-cute-things show however also leads to this sinking suspicion that I can't shake that the only reason they went with sidecar racing was to have girls in tight suits contorting in strange positions on fast moving vehicles which sort of makes me feel like a perv and question my reasons for watching.
I just hope it passes my 3 episode test.
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On one hand, I'm enthusiastic because superside races are cool and for the most part, from what I can tell as a casual fan, the technical positioning of the passengers was generally spot on. The fact that it's a cute-girls-doing-cute-things show however also leads to this sinking suspicion that I can't shake that the only reason they went with sidecar racing was to have girls in tight suits contorting in strange positions on fast moving vehicles which sort of makes me feel like a perv and question my reasons for watching.
Two options. One, go full ****** and accept "Japan desu." Two, rock out with your MST out and remind the audience that Rita is dead.
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Two Car confuses me more with its sudden seamless jumps between ongoing episode and flashbacks.
I also didn't quite get that slice of life cute-girls-doing-cute-things vibe from this.
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On one hand, I'm enthusiastic because superside races are cool and for the most part, from what I can tell as a casual fan, the technical positioning of the passengers was generally spot on. The fact that it's a cute-girls-doing-cute-things show however also leads to this sinking suspicion that I can't shake that the only reason they went with sidecar racing was to have girls in tight suits contorting in strange positions on fast moving vehicles which sort of makes me feel like a perv and question my reasons for watching.
The studio is Silver Link, my friend - they don't need bike racing as an excuse to draw the female form! It's their anniversary work, chances are they're sharing their passion for both. It's what Fujishima-sensei always did in Ah My Goddess! & You're Under Arrest!
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The studio is Silver Link, my friend - they don't need bike racing as an excuse to draw the female form! It's their anniversary work, chances are they're sharing their passion for both. It's what Fujishima-sensei always did in Ah My Goddess! & You're Under Arrest!
I have read Fujishima-sensai's previous work. I enjoy both of them. I think there fatigue with cute girls doing stuff genre. With so many similar shows out there.
Ive not see much lately that was similar to old style comedy Your Under Arrest! To me.
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The studio is Silver Link, my friend - they don't need bike racing as an excuse to draw the female form! It's their anniversary work, chances are they're sharing their passion for both. It's what Fujishima-sensei always did in Ah My Goddess! & You're Under Arrest!
So basically superside AND cute girls. (And a one-scene-wonder coach who was basically the Stig in black.) While not a bad combination, it does cause me to agree with Wrangler that the cute-girls genre is close to being oversaturated at this point. I mean, I like the eye candy element as much as anyone, but I just hope the series gains traction. The first episode was sort of all over the place.
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On the a different front (or genre), I got to see first episode of Blood Battlefront Blockade - Beyond (or B4 since i don't want keep typing all that.)
The crew is back for a 2nd go around. This first episode was a warm up (in baseball terms) to reintroduce the cast to old and new fans alike.
The cast is just as funny and action packed as they were last time! Animation remains top notch as well. The first episode plot isn't strong, because it essentially the intro episode.
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Random observation:
Every time i watch an episode of Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Gekijou i'm astonished that they manage to actually give each girl a "real" wardrobe. As in different clothing in each scene. If you get a school uniform in here it's solely to serve some trope...
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Not sure if you've played any of the IM@S game properties, but all the girls have pretty extensive casual wardrobes in them from all sorts of non-performance office interactions & non-performance promotions. The idols in iM@S are always sharply dressed, on stage or off!
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Yeah, i'm just surprised that they're keeping this - not cheap as for animation - detail even with the smallest, probably least money-making Idolmaster series that is pretty much just a series of one-minute 4-koma adaptions and always feels only like an omake. Then again, i guess for an IP that altogether probably crosses 200 million USD per year these days and has been doing that for four or five years now (just the - F2P - mobage runs 10 million per month...) that kind of thing is a bit immaterial.
Thankfully never had anyone force me to play any of the games. Or listen to any of the over 100 released albums ;)
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Thankfully never had anyone force me to play any of the games. Or listen to any of the over 100 released albums ;)
*glances at complete iM@S discography*
Uuuuuuuhhhhhhh, do you need to be forced? Because I can share.......
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Uuuuuuuhhhhhhh, do you need to be forced? Because I can share.......
When context detracts from comedy... ;D
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Sorry, i prefer my japanese-singing artists to be around my own age - and to have toured with former Megadeth and X Japan guitarists :P
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Sorry, i prefer my japanese-singing artists to be around my own age - and to have toured with former Megadeth and X Japan guitarists :P
We talkin' characters or seiyuu, because most of 765Pro are actually in their 30s :))
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I finally decided to sit down and try ID-O on Netflix.
Looks good, but I sure hope the main character stops whining at some point.
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I finally decided to sit down and try ID-O on Netflix.
Looks good, but I sure hope the main character stops whining at some point.
How is he wining? He doesn't even know who he is. I found the characters in the series mature for the most part except for the racer. That's just the personality thing.
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I just started watching My Hero Academia on Hulu. I had watched part of the first episode a while ago and it didn't grab me. Now that I'm into the series I'm actually liking it a lot, other than Midoriya's habit of breaking into tears at the drop of a hat! ::)
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How is he wining? He doesn't even know who he is. I found the characters in the series mature for the most part except for the racer. That's just the personality thing.
I think we're talking about two different series. ID-0 is a new anime on Netflix about space miners who use mecha. The main character is a girl who spends the first two episodes crying about how she needs to get back to school after she was framed for criminal activity and picked up by some outlaw wildcat miners.
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I think we're talking about two different series. ID-0 is a new anime on Netflix about space miners who use mecha. The main character is a girl who spends the first two episodes crying about how she needs to get back to school after she was framed for criminal activity and picked up by some outlaw wildcat miners.
I thought you were talking about Mr. ID-0. ;D
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Well, i just watched the first episode of Infini-T Force.
This is certainly action pack show, I'm not say I'm fan of total CGI, but its' done well.
Beware though, this isn't your old old Gatchman show. This is different animal, but has at least 1 character that maybe related to the original. Sort of..
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A friend of mine pointed this out to me, since it came out in 20th last month. Trailer for the 2018 Reimaged series! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xRnpwG9VfI)
First Trailer for Legends of the Galactic Heroes. This is a old fashion space opera, where two group of worlds. A friend mine who pointed that the original novels were showed signs that they were inspired by Naploenic Wars and the Franco-Prussian War in spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace. based on those historical wars. Given formations of fleets of space going warships clashing, way they held formation...it kinda reminded me of historical war.
What i've heard there going be 12-episode series and then 3 films later which would be 2nd season. Given the original series was 110 episodes...i'm thinking some parts are going be skipped.
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I started watching the original on youtube, haven't finished yet. Any word on a release date?
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I started watching the original on youtube, haven't finished yet. Any word on a release date?
All I know it’s coming out sometime maybe mid-next year. Someone said it could be 2019, with all the detail and cgi their dumping into it.
I still think the original version will stand out more. More tale in that sort of story, is good for the anime.
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I think we're talking about two different series. ID-0 is a new anime on Netflix about space miners who use mecha. The main character is a girl who spends the first two episodes crying about how she needs to get back to school after she was framed for criminal activity and picked up by some outlaw wildcat miners.
Enjoying the series.
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Does anyone else have Boku no Kanojo ga Majimesugiru Sho-bitch na Ken remind them of Nazo no Kanojo X ?
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This is certainly action pack show, I'm not say I'm fan of total CGI, but its' done well.
Beware though, this isn't your old old Gatchman show. This is different animal, but has at least 1 character that maybe related to the original. Sort of..
Infini-T Force is Tatsunoko's crossover project. All the characters are taken from their popular hits. It's not really meant to be a Gatchaman show by itself. And yes, that particular character is meant to be the original Ken, although a bit updated for the times.
On a sidenote, I'm amused that it's the Science ninja that has the most trouble with modern tech.
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Infini-T Force is Tatsunoko's crossover project. All the characters are taken from their popular hits. It's not really meant to be a Gatchaman show by itself. And yes, that particular character is meant to be the original Ken, although a bit updated for the times.
On a sidenote, I'm amused that it's the Science ninja that has the most trouble with modern tech.
As I mentioned up thread...
This is Tatsunoko Productions' 55th Anniversary project involving character crossovers between Gatchaman, Casshan, Tekkaman, and Hurricane Polymar.
I like that Ken's being written straight out of the era Gatchaman was first created: The 1970's!
It plays well on the tech and culture changes since the show's creation. I'm sure Takeshi/Polymar had similar issues when he first crossed into the current world as well.
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Watching the show, I've just watched the second episode...is like watching later Final Fantasy Playstation Games.
It certainly action/mystery show, though since I've never seen the off-shoots of the original ones except Crowds, i'm having trouble getting into it. I'm surprised someone from Crowds didn't show up unless the maker had nothing to do with it.
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I think we're talking about two different series. ID-0 is a new anime on Netflix about space miners who use mecha. The main character is a girl who spends the first two episodes crying about how she needs to get back to school after she was framed for criminal activity and picked up by some outlaw wildcat miners.
Yeah not exactly a new show.. I think it was on amazon or another service last year? Its nice that Netflix picked up doing the dub though. I don't know if I finished watching the sub version but the story was interesting. There was more backstory that needed to be told... Maybe we will see a second season, even if its only on Netflix. Too many good series never get a seond season :(
I wonder if Record of Lodoss War will get a revamp since Heroic Legend of Arslan and Legends of the Galactic Heroes were rebooted/reimagined.
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Considering that it was only released in Japan earlier this year, it'd be a pretty impressive if Amazon had managed to have it last year.
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Actually, ID-0 has been a Netflix exclusive (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-20/id-0-anime-debuts-on-netflix-on-october-6/.121629).
Just like nearly any currently run Anime, outside of Japan/Asia, Netflix holds it back until the first Cour has been aired/streamed in Japan.
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Actually, ID-0 has been a Netflix exclusive (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-20/id-0-anime-debuts-on-netflix-on-october-6/.121629).
Just like nearly any currently run Anime, outside of Japan/Asia, Netflix holds it back until the first Cour has been aired/streamed in Japan.
Just finished ID-0 this AMand it wasn't nor was it great. It ended too quickly for my tastes, but at least it had an ending.
The little girl, Alice, was annoying until she actually spoke.
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Hit up the RWBY Volume 5 theater premiere last night.
They've stepped up their game in their animation again. Some of the scenes looked positively amazing.
As for the story? Oh boy. Jaune is about to get salty AF. And Vic Mignogna as Uncle Qrow hit it out of the park again...
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I was just introduced to that show a few weeks back, hanging out at a friend's who happened to be marathoning season 2.
I'm hooked, definitely need to see the rest.
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Just finished ID-0 this AMand it wasn't nor was it great. It ended too quickly for my tastes, but at least it had an ending.
The little girl, Alice, was annoying until she actually spoke.
That's what i felt when i watched it, they could have done so much more with it.
It seems like these potential shows just don't have enough backing to do a couple seasons anymore to be able tell some good stories.
Hurry in and hurry out nowadays. Least most of them it seems to me.
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I was just introduced to that show a few weeks back, hanging out at a friend's who happened to be marathoning season 2.
I'm hooked, definitely need to see the rest.
Just be warned that Season 3 is much darker than the first two seasons.
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I was just introduced to that show a few weeks back, hanging out at a friend's who happened to be marathoning season 2.
I'm hooked, definitely need to see the rest.
Season 1 is a rough work, both in Animation and Plot. But it is a nice set up though.
Season 2, which you've seen, is a step-up all around.
I still need to finish Season 3 and then watch Season 4.
At least Monty left enough notes and what not for up to Season 7, IIRC...
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Grape-kun apparently died.
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Grape-kun apparently died.
https://imgur.com/gallery/r6UOw
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guess what just popped on crunchyroll?
http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/review/the-ancient-magus-bride/.122649
and i cant watch it since i have no time! and my laptop died too boot!
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guess what just popped on crunchyroll?
http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/review/the-ancient-magus-bride/.122649
and i cant watch it since i have no time! and my laptop died too boot!
I've enjoyed the first two eps so far.
I just hope the pace set so far is kept.
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It is not fast paced which is good. The story is progressing at a nice leisurely pace with lots of beautiful scenery and plenty of story building.
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Wait, it's coming... (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-10-17/mazinger-z-infinity-film-gets-screenings-in-u.s-latin-america/.122830)
(http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/hotlink-max1000x1500/cms/news/121333/mazinger.jpg)
Mazinger Z: Infinity
The film is being released very soon in Italy, Japan, and France. There IS a pending North American release as well as elsewhere.
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Aside from Mazinger, There also announcement of a new scifi anime in the works by Shoji Kawamori, the creator of Macross, Escaflowne, and Aquarion.
Named Heavy Divine Unit Pandora (or just Pandora), which is a sort of post-apocalyptic world, where experimental generator goes awry, causing everything to evolve into intelligence and not necessary friendly to humans. A scientist who was involved with the generator that trigger the event livings in a essentially a dead city trying to make mends to the situation. The human race is on the verge of extinction. The scientist has ally as he tries fend off the mutate biological and mechanical, he got car. I'm joking he has variable transformable car/mecha.
The trailer looks darn good. I hope it lives up to the hype. :D
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Mazinger Z: Infinity
The film is being released very soon in Italy, Japan, and France.
It's planned to screen in a grand total of 12 theaters in France. Oddly centered around Toulon on the Cote d'Azur and the Belgian border up north - so, uh, anywhere but around here i guess. :-\
World premiere is on the 12th Rome Film Festival btw. On Oct 28th. No announcement yet which Italian theaters it will be shown in afterwards...
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I did not expect to get dabbed by an anime intro.
Why you do this, Girls' Last Tour (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw-37J4Lxxc)?
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Ain't no one gonna stop their dabbing 'cause.....no one else is around!
:'(
Cutest post-apocalypse ever!
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Cutest post-apocalypse ever!
If you want post-apocalyptic slice-of-life, you may want to check out the Chikyuu no Houkago / Afterschool of the Earth manga.
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My vote's on Humanity has Declined for cutest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaDy0KBCauU
Of course, it helps that the remnants of humanity seem to be taking it in stride.
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If you want post-apocalyptic slice-of-life, you may want to check out the Chikyuu no Houkago / Afterschool of the Earth manga.
Oh gawd was that a trip.
Now that is a manga I would love to see adapted.
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Oh gawd was that a trip.
Now that is a manga I would love to see adapted.
Crunchyroll has (or had?) the manga 2.5 motion-comic-with-voice-over version.
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Inuyashiki Last Hero - 1 & 2
This is the "Old Man turned into a Combat Cyborg" title.
Besides the decent OP by Man With A Mission, the first two episodes are quite interesting in showcasing the two leads.
Only a word of caution going into episode two, there's a sequence about half way into the episode that isn't for faint of heart. Considering the actual Manga was done by the same creator as Gantz, I'm surprised it didn't really happen in the first episode instead.
Episode three is really going to be interesting.
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Hmm...damn tempted to go see Heaven's Feel in theaters - it's playing next month for a week at one Harkins theater in Phoenix. It's just...Heaven's Feel. Icky Badness Happens.
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Well, looks like the creators of Record of Lodoss War are getting another anmie based on a more recent novel series
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-10-19/record-of-grancrest-war-anime-english-subtitled-trailer-streamed/.122945
I thought when I saw the title it was someone copying it. But, then I saw who the creators are....
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Inuyashiki Last Hero - 1 & 2
This is the "Old Man turned into a Combat Cyborg" title.
Besides the decent OP by Man With A Mission, the first two episodes are quite interesting in showcasing the two leads.
Only a word of caution going into episode two, there's a sequence about half way into the episode that isn't for faint of heart. Considering the actual Manga was done by the same creator as Gantz, I'm surprised it didn't really happen in the first episode instead.
Episode three is really going to be interesting.
That's one of the animes i was waiting to watch when more episodes to come out. Thankfully I've not read the manga, so it's be completely new to me.
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Think Gantz meets Parasyte. With more blood. :/
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IIIITTT'SSSS HAPPPPEENNNIIIIINNGGGG!!!!
https://youtu.be/KiT4YE7FR0E (https://youtu.be/KiT4YE7FR0E)
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Watching Robotech on Netflix. I had a realization this morning that the peacekeepers of Farscape resemble the Zentradis a lot.
Related to the humans in the past somehow? Check
Uplifted by a greater power? Check
Bred for war? Check
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Watching Robotech on Netflix. I had a realization this morning that the peacekeepers of Farscape resemble the Zentradis a lot.
Related to the humans in the past somehow? Check
Uplifted by a greater power? Check
Bred for war? Check
It depends on which Zentraedi interpretation you shoot for.
In their original incarnation, to keep the parallel running, the Peacekeepers would have been responsible for wiping out the Eidelon.
So. Sort of 'close, but not quite'.
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Well, is resemble too strong of a word there?
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Well, is resemble too strong of a word there?
Actually, given the propensity of both to occasionally attempt to wipe out their predecessor (forgot about the Peacekeeper War) and/or go native (https://gubabablog.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/f-ep-5.png), actually... no.
You have a point. :)
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IIIITTT'SSSS HAPPPPEENNNIIIIINNGGGG!!!!
https://youtu.be/KiT4YE7FR0E (https://youtu.be/KiT4YE7FR0E)
Sweet, but when will it be happppeennniiiiinngggg in english?
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Sweet, but when will it be happppeennniiiiinngggg in english?
Sometime in 2018, unfortunately!
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Well, since it won't be happppppennnning in Japan before April 2018 either according to the moonspeak text under that trailer...
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IIIITTT'SSSS HAPPPPEENNNIIIIINNGGGG!!!!
https://youtu.be/KiT4YE7FR0E (https://youtu.be/KiT4YE7FR0E)
My question is this:
Because the LN series is over (the core one that is) will this be a 26-episode series that gets TO the ending, or will it be a lousy 13-episode cour that has to end on a rather grimdark note (considering where the LNs are, and that you realistically can't do more than 4 LNs in a 13-episode series)?
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So for those who avoid YouTube, is anyone planning to mention what on/off earth you're all jabbering about?
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FMP4.
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FMP4.
Huh? Was there a 3 already? I thought IV stands for Invisible Victory; not 4
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Huh? Was there a 3 already? I thought IV stands for Invisible Victory; not 4
You forgot about FMP: Fumoffu, the more comedic of the three series we have seen to date
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Happy Day! One of my oldest and most favorite series is getting a continuation!
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Huh? Was there a 3 already? I thought IV stands for Invisible Victory; not 4
As Sharpnel said, it's IV, Fumoffu was the 3rd. Sure it's Invisible Victory, but that's a play on IV to begin with.
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Still gonna watch it regardless :)
Has anyone heard anything about Familiar of Zero? Heard a rumor a long while back that it might be getting a reboot but could never find any information one way or the other.
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Still gonna watch it regardless :)
Has anyone heard anything about Familiar of Zero? Heard a rumor a long while back that it might be getting a reboot but could never find any information one way or the other.
I'd love that if done well, considering Zero no Tsukaima is one of my favorite anime of all time, but I think that's unlikely since the author passed away a few years ago & the market has moved on. Alas, the era of Kugimiya tsundere dominance is over! Probably the most fun I've ever had with anime. I'll follow her until the end!
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Didn't stop them from publishing the two remaining volumes of the light novels with a new author.
Or by tsundere-magic genre competing light novel series Seikoku no Dragonar from pushing out an anime series with adapted setting that virtually cloned the Louise-Saito dynamics only a year later. The manga adaption of that is still ongoing btw.
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Didn't stop them from publishing the two remaining volumes of the light novels with a new author.
That author was working from outlines Yamaguchi wrote before he died and encouraged them to make because he didn't want his story left unfinished. Honoring a dying colleague's last request to make your product not a dead end is a little different from pushing a reboot.
Or by tsundere-magic genre competing light novel series Seikoku no Dragonar from pushing out an anime series with adapted setting that virtually cloned the Louise-Saito dynamics only a year later. The manga adaption of that is still ongoing btw.
Eh, I thought Dragonar was pretty awful and tasteless. You could tell the author really loved Zero no Tsukaima, & I respect that, but it had all the aesthetics & none of the character development or story. Mariya Ise sure did a great Rie Kugimiya impression, though!
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FMP4.
SQUEEEEE!! {>{>
I was just rewatching FMP! (the first season of the anime) but I remember giving up on seeing another season years ago. I can't wait for this.
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Didn't stop them from publishing the two remaining volumes of the light novels with a new author.
That sounds like how the Wheel of Time series finished out. The author left more than enough notes for another writer to finish the last novel or two. Turned out rather well I think.
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That sounds like how the Wheel of Time series finished out. The author left more than enough notes for another writer to finish the last novel or two. Turned out rather well I think.
The weird thing about the last couple of books is you could tell which scenes were written by the original author, and which by the new author - because the new author can actually write dialogue. Funny dialogue. But yes, it turned out rather well.
*sigh* Right now I'm severely restricting my bandwidth, so I can't watch any new anime series. My wife and I got... bored of Gurren Lagann at episode 20 because it started to go all Gainax serious - the eldest Black sibling is just not funny enough to liven the mood. Yes, I know it gets livelier, and we'll probably rip through a couple of episodes tonight when she wakes up, but right now I need about a 20% drama/80% comedy mix in my shows - too much IRL crap going on.
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I'm having trouble watching much of any new anime lately. It's either boring, too short or dumb. It's just me. I maybe burnt out.
See too much Anime maybe. #P I maybe watching maybe 3 series per season or less. My genres are dying i guess.
Anime New Network essentially spelled out through one of the articles that most of the anime we end up watching are "late night" animes which aren't that popular and their more advertising for manga than actual original content. With couple exceptions, like ID-0 was original or Space Dandy. However, on average it's advertising. :( Example: UQ Holder is advertising manga, with maybe 1st episode actually dead on to the manga (mostly) with rest telling self-contained story not quite matching up with it. Which in way is good thing i think.
I like some of the things don't get me wrong, it's been lacking to me for some reason.
Full Metal Panic Invisible Victory maybe different story when it comes out.
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If we were watching what's popular in Japan we might as well transfer over to the MLP thread. Youkai Watch, Precure, Pokemon... okay, with some Detective Conan and One Piece in the mix there'd be at least something.
Then again, for those with a mood for older stuff, i'd probably throw quite a sum for a translated BD set of the anime of KochiKame, pretty much the Japanese version of The Simpsons.
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Anime New Network essentially spelled out through one of the articles that most of the anime we end up watching are "late night" animes which aren't that popular and their more advertising for manga than actual original content.
Late night anime is for otaku. Otaku are practically by definition not mainstream. Except in a few instances like Gundam, we aren't talking about Star Wars/Marvel Cinema level cultural awareness here, it's D&D/Pathfinder equivalency. Like Kato said, In terms of actual eyeballs watching a show, popularity for anime is kids anime like Pretty Cure & Pokemon, and a handful of big name Jump titles.
Anime original properties have been the minority since at least the late 80's. Most anime has always been based on a manga, a video game, or a light novel and was made for advertising purposes. That shouldn't disqualify it as art or entertainment any more than Gone With The Wind or Jurassic Park should be disqualified from consideration as classic film because they're based on books.
Getting burnt out on anime is pretty understandable. Like American comic books, the storytelling tends to follow certain formulas which get well-worn after a while, and a fair number of genres like mecha that tend to be popular here in the West are kind of on the outs in Japan outside a handful of evergreen IP with dedicated fanbases. Don't feel like you need to watch anime every season, there's usually only a few great shows surrounded by a swarm of fun but forgettable works and a good chunk of stinkers. The truly great shows people will still talk about next year. If no one can recall the title it wasn't all that important.
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I'm having trouble watching much of any new anime lately. It's either boring, too short or dumb. It's just mean. I maybe burned out.
See too much. #P I maybe watching maybe 3 series per season or less. My genres are dying i guess.
Anime New Network essentially spelled out through one of the articles that most of the anime we end up watching are "late night" animes which aren't that popular and their more advertising for manga than actual original content. With couple exceptions, like ID-0 was original or Space Dandy. However, on average it's advertising. :( Example: UQ Holder is advertising manga, with maybe 1st episode actually dead on to the manga (mostly) with rest telling self-contained story not quite matching up with it. Which in way is good thing i think.
Or, ya know, you could fall for what the anime makers are trying to do and buy into the manga. Advertising isn't BAD, unless it's lying to you somehow - and the advertising that anime gives isn't a lie, usually. "Here's the first part of the story... and the rest of it is elsewhere."
I recently finished off the Excel Saga manga, and it was worth it - even though the anime BARELY covered the first six volumes of the manga! I know I'm eagerly awaiting the Made in Abyss manga thanks to the anime that just wrapped up. Bought all the Danmachi LNs that are currently in English, and I'm fighting the urge to buy Vol 10-12 in nihongo because I want to support the ENGLISH production.
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best example of late night anime would be ebichu the house sitting hamster....
nuffsaid
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Or, ya know, you could fall for what the anime makers are trying to do and buy into the manga. Advertising isn't BAD, unless it's lying to you somehow - and the advertising that anime gives isn't a lie, usually. "Here's the first part of the story... and the rest of it is elsewhere."
They could at least not end so many series on no-resolution cliffhangers.
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They could at least not end so many series on no-resolution cliffhangers.
But how else would they get you to buy the books? :)
*Stares at Spice & Wolf*
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If it's a good enough series that shouldn't be an issue. The problem is that there's a lot of shows that seem defiantly against resolving anything. It gets old quickly.
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But how else would they get you to buy the books? :)
*Stares at Spice & Wolf*
Exactly what happened to me.
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But how else would they get you to buy the books? :)
*Stares at Spice & Wolf*
Except, in the case of the Light Novel adaptations, we never get the books on this side of the Pacific
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Except, in the case of the Light Novel adaptations, we never get the books on this side of the Pacific
I was under the impression Yen Press had picked up the licence and was releasing... everything.
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I was under the impression Yen Press had picked up the licence and was releasing... everything.
Not everything, but a lot of the A-list Kadokawa titles, at least!
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I couldn't get into Spice & Wolf. It seems like my kind of thing - bossy loli-esque girl, historical settings with a bit of magic, slice of life - but it just never gripped me.
On the other hand, the Haruhi LNs just kept... getting... better. Disappearance, where the anime adaptation ends, is only volume 4, and it's (technically) 10 volumes long. I mean, there are some parts of the anime from volume 5 and 6, but frankly they don't have the best short stories chosen as anime episodes.
Except that would mean cutting those brilliant Endless Eight episodes. It turned the kind of ho-hum, "Okay, well, that's what's going on, huh?" story into something that you viscerally feel what it would be like to be trapped in an endless loop with just tiny variations each time.
I think I'm going to rewatch them.
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I couldn't get into Spice & Wolf. It seems like my kind of thing - bossy loli-esque girl, historical settings with a bit of magic, slice of life - but it just never gripped me.
It's not for everyone but it's *so* lush and *so* beautiful. And Holo is best girl...
On the other hand, the Haruhi LNs just kept... getting... better. Disappearance, where the anime adaptation ends, is only volume 4, and it's (technically) 10 volumes long. I mean, there are some parts of the anime from volume 5 and 6, but frankly they don't have the best short stories chosen as anime episodes.
Except that would mean cutting those brilliant Endless Eight episodes. It turned the kind of ho-hum, "Okay, well, that's what's going on, huh?" story into something that you viscerally feel what it would be like to be trapped in an endless loop with just tiny variations each time.
I think I'm going to rewatch them.
that's a different take than I've ever heard on Endless Eight.
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Except, in the case of the Light Novel adaptations, we never get the books on this side of the Pacific
Which side of the Pacific is Illinois, cause we get them here. O:-)
It's not for everyone but it's *so* lush and *so* beautiful. And Holo is best girl...
If you can stay awake through the economics lessons, there's some damn good story in there too. I remember one part in season two that really had me thinking, "holy crap, this is not going to be a happy ending story". Granted, that was before I discovered the two season anime wasn't the entire story. I was really looking forward to reading the manga's take on that bit of the story, but the whole thing was only briefly alluded to in a a one panel flash back. #P
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that's a different take than I've ever heard on Endless Eight.
I've always viewed Endless Eight as Kyoani's "....and our fans will still love us!" stunt, and I've never really seen them as positively since.
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I've always viewed Endless Eight as Kyoani's "....and our fans will still love us!" stunt, and I've never really seen them as positively since.
Perhaps. You know far more about it than I do but I'd like to chalk it up to "we tried something and it just didn't work"
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It's not for everyone but it's *so* lush and *so* beautiful. And Holo is best girl...
Holo is wise wolf. ;D
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I found myself watching the anime adaptation of Amaama to Inazuma (http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/95fd18dae8348ba036ab25f1ad270d10.jpg) (Sweetness and Lightning) recently, and as an avid reader of the manga, I thought they did an admirable job of adopting the heartwarming if bittersweet slice of life/food porn series. I think it might be available on Crunchyroll (http://www.crunchyroll.com/sweetness-lightning), though not being American, I can't tell.
The strength of Sweetness and Lightning lies in its exploration of the mundane: The three characters the anime adaptation revolves around are Kouhei Inuzuka, a high school teacher and recent widower who is still coming to terms with the sudden death of his wife, his daughter Tsumugi, a five year old blob of energy, cuteness and positivity and Kotori Iida, a student from one of his classes who is struggling through the changes that come with her parent's divorce.
And the fact that neither Kouhei nor Kotori can cook well...
It's also an oddball for a food porn show in that it focuses on the simple dishes that you're more likely to come across in home-cooked meals than extravagance.
There's a bit of subtext that Kotori is crushing hard on her teacher which irked an educator friend of mine, but the source material is smart enough for her to openly acknowledge it wouldn't work, and Kouhei has no room for anyone besides taking care of Tsumugi at the moment.
It's cute beyond belief.
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that's a different take than I've ever heard on Endless Eight.
I've always viewed Endless Eight as Kyoani's "....and our fans will still love us!" stunt, and I've never really seen them as positively since.
It's wildly experimental, and definitely not for everyone, but I enjoyed every moment of every episode - no joke. Each costume change, each new chosen angle, each bit of dialogue omitted or changed slightly entertained me greatly.
Part of the problem with any media is, "How do we make the viewer experience what the character is experiencing?" Kyon feeling trapped by the realization that he's looping the same actions over and over, only wanting to escape them. Yuki bored to tears by nearly six hundred years of a summer vacation. And Haruhi, never quite satisfied because something's missing. How would YOU feel if you suddenly realized you'd done this exact same thing fifteen thousand times?
As it turns out, you'd be bored, pissed, frustrated, and feeling like you've seen it all before. Just like being stuck in an endless loop is, and just like the characters were. What's the point, when you've done it fifteen thousand times before? Or six times before. And yet, you still do it, because that's what you can do.
It also was interesting in terms of mixed media, because the LN left them in the loop. Never stated why and how they got out. And it was plainly planned in advance - why call it the Endless Eight in a very short story published in 2003-4 when the actual episodes didn't air until 2009... which were very purposefully 8 episodes?
Yes, it would have been great to see Melancholy of Mikuru Asahina or Editor-in-Chief, Full Speed Ahead but the Endless Eight is a work of art, done for art's sake. It's far more on the masturbatory part of the slider (if art is on a sliding scale between doin' it for others and doin' it only for yourself) but it's so beautifully absurd that I can't help but admire it.
So what series this season are good? I've got some internet I'm stress-testing and looking to try the good stuff.
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It's wildly experimental, and definitely not for everyone, but I enjoyed every moment of every episode - no joke. Each costume change, each new chosen angle, each bit of dialogue omitted or changed slightly entertained me greatly.
Part of the problem with any media is, "How do we make the viewer experience what the character is experiencing?" Kyon feeling trapped by the realization that he's looping the same actions over and over, only wanting to escape them. Yuki bored to tears by nearly six hundred years of a summer vacation. And Haruhi, never quite satisfied because something's missing. How would YOU feel if you suddenly realized you'd done this exact same thing fifteen thousand times?
As it turns out, you'd be bored, pissed, frustrated, and feeling like you've seen it all before. Just like being stuck in an endless loop is, and just like the characters were. What's the point, when you've done it fifteen thousand times before? Or six times before. And yet, you still do it, because that's what you can do.
It also was interesting in terms of mixed media, because the LN left them in the loop. Never stated why and how they got out. And it was plainly planned in advance - why call it the Endless Eight in a very short story published in 2003-4 when the actual episodes didn't air until 2009... which were very purposefully 8 episodes?
Yes, it would have been great to see Melancholy of Mikuru Asahina or Editor-in-Chief, Full Speed Ahead but the Endless Eight is a work of art, done for art's sake. It's far more on the masturbatory part of the slider (if art is on a sliding scale between doin' it for others and doin' it only for yourself) but it's so beautifully absurd that I can't help but admire it.
I had an appreciation for some of those aspects (different masks, different yukata, angles, etc.) and I understand the need storywise to set up the events in Disappearance but it's like the kid in class who won't get off of a joke or a catchphrase. It eventually becomes unfunny to the point of annoying. I appreciate the art but they crossed the line by about two or three episodes, in my opinion.
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Part of the problem with any media is, "How do we make the viewer experience what the character is experiencing?"
Remind me to never watch a Kyoani anime where someone gets shot, they clearly take that way too seriously.
It also was interesting in terms of mixed media, because the LN left them in the loop. Never stated why and how they got out. And it was plainly planned in advance - why call it the Endless Eight in a very short story published in 2003-4 when the actual episodes didn't air until 2009... which were very purposefully 8 episodes?
I kinda doubt the author was really dictating that they eat up 3 hours of viewers lives this way, but if he was, someone at the production committee should have told him no.
Yes, it would have been great to see Melancholy of Mikuru Asahina or Editor-in-Chief, Full Speed Ahead but the Endless Eight is a work of art, done for art's sake.
I'd have an easier time accepting it as art if reusing 90+% of the same animation in each episode shot for shot wasn't just a great way for the studio to cut costs. The Gainax still-pan was cheap as dirt & kind of annoying, but nothing like Endless Eight.
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So what series this season are good? I've got some internet I'm stress-testing and looking to try the good stuff.
This season, I'm watching -
Altair a Record of Battles - Continuing from last season. A stylish pseudo-historical war story.
Ancient Magus Bride - A supernatural drama with a beautiul atmosphere. Feels a bit like a Western Mushishi.
Anime-Gataris - An anime club anime that's proven a lot better than I expected. The visuals are modern & slick but the writing reflects a much more studious old school otaku outlook. References run the gamut from the 70s through last year.
Blend S - The Mangatime Kirara moe slice of life comedy du jour! Setting is a café whete the wait staff perform different otaku personality archetypes, with a fair amount.of the humor deriving from.the disparity between the staff's actual & affected personalities! One of the funniest shows this year in my approximation.
Classicaloid S2 -my latest favorite bizarre spectacle art piece anime, now in its second half.
Food Wars S3 - More outrageous fan servicey food battles
Girls Last Tour - Cute Girls Doing Cute Things in their halftrack after the apocalypse.
IdolM@ster SideM - Let's here it for the boys! (Except Jupiter. ****** Jupiter. You hurt Haruka, you're dead to me)
Mahojin Guru Guru - Second half of the best reboot of a 90s kid anime ever! Cute, funny, colorful & creative!
Land of the Lustrous - A beautiful CG series about androgynous rock people fighting off an invasion from the moon. Perhaps this season's most aesthetically impressive work.
UQ Holder - Ken Akamatsu's Negima 2 Electric Bugaloo - now with the shonen battle anime elements front & center! Stern onee-san Yui Ogura?!
Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru: Sumi Washio chapter - big damn hero magical girls are back, & I have never been more excited to get emotionally destroyed!
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About Spice and Wolf:
If you can stay awake through the economics lessons, there's some damn good story in there too. I remember one part in season two that really had me thinking, "holy crap, this is not going to be a happy ending story". Granted, that was before I discovered the two season anime wasn't the entire story. I was really looking forward to reading the manga's take on that bit of the story, but the whole thing was only briefly alluded to in a a one panel flash back. #P
Major spoiler about ending (you have been warned):
Lawrence & Holo (somewhere written as Horo) get to their destination. Sequel novel series is about their daughter.
I found myself watching the anime adaptation of Amaama to Inazuma (http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/95fd18dae8348ba036ab25f1ad270d10.jpg) (Sweetness and Lightning) recently, and as an avid reader of the manga, I thought they did an admirable job of adopting the heartwarming if bittersweet slice of life/food porn series. I think it might be available on Crunchyroll (http://www.crunchyroll.com/sweetness-lightning), though not being American, I can't tell.
I'm not American either, and CR has it available for me (Finland).
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I had an appreciation for some of those aspects (different masks, different yukata, angles, etc.) and I understand the need storywise to set up the events in Disappearance but it's like the kid in class who won't get off of a joke or a catchphrase. It eventually becomes unfunny to the point of annoying. I appreciate the art but they crossed the line by about two or three episodes, in my opinion.
You're not wrong. It's art that's DESIGNED to make you uncomfortable, bored, and annoyed, and you're feeling the appropriate emotion that the Endless Eight is meant to invoke. Yes, it's trolling, but it's trolling with a purpose: to really make the viewer connect with the character.
I kinda doubt the author was really dictating that they eat up 3 hours of viewers lives this way, but if he was, someone at the production committee should have told him no.
I'd have an easier time accepting it as art if reusing 90+% of the same animation in each episode shot for shot wasn't just a great way for the studio to cut costs. The Gainax still-pan was cheap as dirt & kind of annoying, but nothing like Endless Eight.
Unfortunately, and I have to say it MadCap - you're wrong. Until the last 3 episodes where they reloop events in the episode for specific reasons, nothing is reused. Everything is from new angles, with different inflections and slightly different dialogue indicating they didn't even reuse voice work - there's nothing lazy about the Endless Eight's production.
And someone on the production committee DID say no - Yamakan, the director of the first season, said that Endless Eight was brought up in meetings during the first season, and he was VERY against doing eight episodes in a row. He thought they should do two at most. But plainly he lost.
It's heavily experimental. It's art with no regard for anything BUT the art and the idea - which I usually hate and trust me, I know EXACTLY why that sort of thing is NOT what should be done in a heavily commercial project like Haruhi. But it's so ballsy that I can't help but come full circle and admire it.
And... UQ HOLDER ANIME?? HOW DID I MISS THIS??
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For me, there's three I'm ripping...
Ancient Magus' Bride - Gawd! I've been enjoying this adaptation. The pacing is near perfect, so far. If this 2-cour run ends where I think it will, I'll be happy. That way there's enough time to allow the Manga to get further along.
Infini-T Force - Tatsunoko Productions' Character crossover project. While there's barely a plot, the action is decent enough. Now if someone will just Gibbs-slap Emi...
Inuyasiki Last Hero - What happens when Aliens give a older man with nothing left in his life and a sociopath/psychopathic teen Combat Cyborg bodies? Considering this is based on a Manga by the creator of Gantz, lots of carnage and head games.
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And... UQ HOLDER ANIME?? HOW DID I MISS THIS??
Be aware they're speeding along, and cutting a bunch of stuff short. We're on ep 4 and Touta is already fighting Kaito. I think we're at around the Chapter 20 mark? They seem to be pushing the Negima sequel angle hard and I think they're trying to rush to that arc. As is, I'm afraid poor Santa and his entire arc is going to be cut out.
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And someone on the production committee DID say no - Yamakan, the director of the first season, said that Endless Eight was brought up in meetings during the first season, and he was VERY against doing eight episodes in a row. He thought they should do two at most. But plainly he lost.
In all fairness to Kyoani, Yamakan is a self-absorbed petty jerk, & I could almost forgive them if they did Endless Eight just to spite him! ;D
Seriously, though. I love artistic, experimental anime. But not deliberately boring anime. Certainly not use 8 out of 12 episodes for a beloved LN property to tell a 1/3rd volume short story that's boring.
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In all fairness to Kyoani, Yamakan is a self-absorbed petty jerk, & I could almost forgive them if they did Endless Eight just to spite him! ;D
Seriously, though. I love artistic, experimental anime. But not deliberately boring anime. Certainly not use 8 out of 12 episodes for a beloved LN property to tell a 1/3rd volume short story that's boring.
...Which brings us full circle back to the idea that anime are advertisements for LN/Manga sales... But in this case it'd be a bad advertisement.
I mean, I'm not going to say, "You guys are wrong about Endless Eight! It's the best part of the Haruhi anime!" because it really isn't. I admire it in the same way I like the composition of Guernica, and think highly of the ideas behind it, but it is boring.
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About Spice and Wolf:Major spoiler about ending (you have been warned):
*snip*
Yeah, saw that awhile back in one of these threads. I think back before I started reading the manga but after watching the show.
I really think the English voice actress for Holo nailed the part. She especially did a great job on the arc I was talking about. The way she played Holo when she more or less cracked went a long way toward thinking the anime was going to have a unhappy ending. Even if I had read the manga already I'd have been convinced the anime was going to go another direction. Which now that think about may have been preferable than just going no where like it did.
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I really think the English voice actress for Holo nailed the part. She especially did a great job on the arc I was talking about. The way she played Holo when she more or less cracked went a long way toward thinking the anime was going to have a unhappy ending.
Brina Palencia. She always does a fabulous job in everything I've heard her do voice work.
I am hoping that she will join the rest of the Funimation All-Star Team in voicing secondary characters in RWBY; I had thought she might be voicing one of the characters in the most recent episode, but instead we got Monica Rial (*definitely* no complaints there either)
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Well, Gundam Build Fighters BATTLOGUE short videos series continue..I actually missed episode 3. This one is parody that warps minds. ;) The Adventures of Super Fumina and Hyper Gyanko. Don't take it seriously, I think they made this one for kicks. I'm sure the real Fumina would be melding Super down due to the embarrasing situation she getting into.
It's on youtube via gundam.info free for all to see.
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It's on youtube via gundam.info free for all to see.
As well as the Gundam Wing Remaster (Sub) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJV1h9xQ7Hx8id2TZBKVSeEM7lnOHCPQB). Eps 25-27 just got uploaded. Wing Zero and the Virgo Mobile Dolls have shown up and OZ is about to tear it self apart too. As much as the first ten eps or so are sometimes painful to get through, its only now at the midpoint that things really start getting interesting.
Its not to say the plot actually gets any better. Just that things are a bit more consistent. Epyon is still a number of eps away yet. At least the whole run should be nearly up by Christmas.
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Let me recommend:
Net-juu no Susume
A Woman goes NEET from workstress. She gets addicted to an MMO, playing as a male having a romance with a female character.
But unknown to her, the people in the MMO are a lot closer to her in RL then she might have thought. In short a charming MMO romance.
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Not sure how interested anyone else is, but China has made boat girls safe for liberty again!
(https://i.imgur.com/p7IuBEF.jpg)
Chinese developers Manjuu and Yongshi have created Azur Lane, a Kancolle inspired ship girls game but with battles that play-out in a quasi-side-scrolling shooter style & a heavier focus on Allied vessels! It's begun to pick up steam in Japan, becoming the No.2 mobage on the iOS store behind FGO this week!
(https://i.imgur.com/5qUL3Bh.jpg)
I'm running a Royal Navy themed fleet currently centered on HMS Warspite, HMS Repulse, HMS Unicorn, HMS London, HMS Norfolk, & HMS Suffolk The game is currently only available in Chinese & Japanese, but for anyone who might not be intimidated by such things, I highly recommend it!
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Net-juu no Susume
A Woman goes NEET from workstress. She gets addicted to an MMO, playing as a male having a romance with a female character.
But unknown to her, the people in the MMO are a lot closer to her in RL then she might have thought. In short a charming MMO romance.
Sounds much like Recovery of an MMO Junkie
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Sounds much like Recovery of an MMO Junkie
That is the translation of the title.
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For this week: Watch Blend S ep 04 and Two Car ep 04 back-to-back. They really... blend together.
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That is the translation of the title.
...that is the American title.
The Japanese title is ネト充のススメ, and translated means about "Encouragement for growing up on the net" (somewhat oddly rendering susume in katakana). Subtitle is "Recommendation of the Wonderful Virtual Life" - in romanji-rendered Engrish in the original.
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Susume is one of those weird Japanese terms that tends to get rendered in katakana, like ダメ. I'd guess it's probably done because of how many strokes the kanji characters have (Osusume - お勧め; dame - 駄目).
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bit of a retro binge over the weekend watched the whole .hack// series followed by visions of escaflowne and golden boy...
damn i forgot how much i missed the music from hack and esacflowne
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bit of a retro binge over the weekend watched the whole .hack// series followed by visions of escaflowne and golden boy...
damn i forgot how much i missed the music from hack and esacflowne
You know...I think I may need to do that myself some time...maybe take my VoE and .Hack soundtracks to work...
Ruger
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I saw VoE way back (the good version, not the horrible 4Kids abomination) but I don't get what was so great about it. Nothing really seemed all that impressive. What was it that people liked so much?
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I saw VoE way back (the good version, not the horrible 4Kids abomination) but I don't get what was so great about it. Nothing really seemed all that impressive. What was it that people liked so much?
Epic music, great storyline, fantasy mecha...
Ruger
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A protagonist who's main talent appears to be to actively make the situation worse for her allies while selfishly screwing up other peoples' relationships because she's crushing on someone...
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A protagonist who's main talent appears to be to actively make the situation worse for her allies while selfishly screwing up other peoples' relationships because she's crushing on someone...
So you're saying it's a 90s anime?
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Possibly the 90s anime. ;D
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Possibly the 90s anime. ;D
You... may have a point. Aside from Slayers and Cowboy Bebop, most of the anime I can think of from the 90s have protagonists who actively make things worse for themselves. Ranma, Evangelion, Inuyasha, El-Hazard, Sailor Moon, Rorouni Kenshin...
It made me realize how much of my anime actually dates from the early 2000s, as well. I don't really HAVE a lot of older stuff!
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A protagonist who's main talent appears to be to actively make the situation worse for her allies while selfishly screwing up other peoples' relationships because she's crushing on someone...
In fairness, she's not entirely trying to, and well...there's certain Rules in that world that we're pretty sure don't exist on earth that she's unintentionally screwing with...
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You... may have a point. Aside from Slayers and Cowboy Bebop, most of the anime I can think of from the 90s have protagonists who actively make things worse for themselves. Ranma, Evangelion, Inuyasha, El-Hazard, Sailor Moon, Rorouni Kenshin...
It made me realize how much of my anime actually dates from the early 2000s, as well. I don't really HAVE a lot of older stuff!
Yeah, a lot of shows from that era really haven't aged well. Like Ranma 1/2: it was innovative when it first came out, but now everything about it has long since become a harem comedy cliche.
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Yeah, a lot of shows from that era really haven't aged well. Like Ranma 1/2: it was innovative when it first came out, but now everything about it has long since become a harem comedy cliche.
But there are some that still hold up: Slayers is surprisingly good, Trigun I keep meaning to finish (no, seriously, somehow I always stop around episode 10 and never pick it back up!), Cowboy Bebop of course, Utena if you get past the "Heterosexual relationships are EEEVIL" vibe (or find it hilarious), I'm somehow a serious sucker for Marmalade Boy STILL (excepting that awful third season), Cardcaptor Sakura is always sweet, El-Hazard (first OAV series) will always hold a place in my heart for that dub...
But the 90s were also the most rife with filler and harem anime, with Ranma squarely in the middle of that Venn diagram. SO MUCH FILLER. Even the first season had filler. There are a few episodes that I will swear are hilarious to this day, but I'd say about 70% of them are mediocre to terrible.
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If I wanted to rewatch some Ranma, I'd probably just stick with the OVAs.
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But there are some that still hold up: Slayers is surprisingly good,
Later episodes? Fine, but those first four or five of Lina simply info-dumping the entire universe lore on Gourry while calling him an idiot was some of the most boring anime I've watched. I'm still surprised I became as big a Slayers fan as I did, and I have always held the whole franchise in pretty high regard.....
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I'm feeling old now realizing all the ones that are now over 20 years old :(
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I'm feeling old now realizing all the ones that are now over 20 years old :(
There alot of good animes that have been made over the decades. Given how some animes are short-lived (some very good, some not so), it's not bad to view some of those older gems see what standards we should be holding them up to.
Plus...we get waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more episodes to watch too.
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I'm feeling old now realizing all the ones that are now over 20 years old :(
And what about titles like Akira, Bubblegum Crisis, and Gunbuster that are around 30?
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And what about titles like Akira, Bubblegum Crisis, and Gunbuster that are around 30?
Maison Ikkoku, SDF-1 Macross, Space Battleship Yamamoto, Dirty Pair, Galaxy Express 999, Grave of the Fireflies, Urusei Yatsura (I still like chanting "Bentura Bentura, Space People'). Some of those are closer to forty. Never really got into Gundam or Legend of the Galactic Heroes, but I know some people really like those.
One of the truths of anime is that there's a dozen if not more anime from every year. 90% of them are not worth anything, years later, and only maybe 1% are real gems, but oh that 1%...
Later episodes? Fine, but those first four or five of Lina simply info-dumping the entire universe lore on Gourry while calling him an idiot was some of the most boring anime I've watched. I'm still surprised I became as big a Slayers fan as I did, and I have always held the whole franchise in pretty high regard.....
Admit it: violent flatchested amoral girls will always hold your attention, no matter WHAT else is going on. Even if Lina's just an "anime A-cup" and not real washboard. :p
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Nah, Lina Inverse isn't even my favorite Slayers character - it's half-pint, pure-hearted, furious-fisted, punched the demon lord square in jaw, ally of JUSTICE Princess Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun! ;D
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happy happy joy joy 1 i thought i lost the dvds but i found them!
and on tonights menu un interupted the one and only bubblegum crisis and crash
damn i really need to go through my stuff...argh i just found vhs orange road...damn there goes my weekend ....
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I really should rewatch Saber Marionette J... and maybe El-Hazard... and some Magic Knight Rayearth...
on a side note, are people aware that even Macross 7 is 32 years old now?
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I really should rewatch Saber Marionette J... and maybe El-Hazard... and some Magic Knight Rayearth...
on a side note, are people aware that even Macross 7 is 32 years old now?
el hazard i had the series now in my possession for almost 20 years...and i still had not watched it...dont know why
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el hazard i had the series now in my possession for almost 20 years...and i still had not watched it...dont know why
Gods, why? That's one if the best OVA series of the 90s!
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on a side note, are people aware that even Macross 7 is 32 years old now?
I still listen to his song. O0
el hazard i had the series now in my possession for almost 20 years...and i still had not watched it...dont know why
DO EET NAOW!!!
"He looks even more like the Princess with the cat on him..."
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I really should rewatch Saber Marionette J... and maybe El-Hazard... and some Magic Knight Rayearth...
on a side note, are people aware that even Macross 7 is 32 years old now?
And I have the collected DVD releases of the first and third mentioned...
I had actually started going through MKR again sometime last year. I got well into the second season, I think right around when Nova showed up proper. I should finish getting through that again at some point.
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But the 90s were also the most rife with filler and harem anime, with Ranma squarely in the middle of that Venn diagram. SO MUCH FILLER. Even the first season had filler. There are a few episodes that I will swear are hilarious to this day, but I'd say about 70% of them are mediocre to terrible.
I wouldn't really call any Ranma episodes filler. It didn't have an ongoing story to fill. It was more like an animated sitcom.
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And what about titles like Akira, Bubblegum Crisis, and Gunbuster that are around 30?
Mobile Police Patlabor?
I still listen to his song. O0
BOMBA!
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I wouldn't really call any Ranma episodes filler. It didn't have an ongoing story to fill. It was more like an animated sitcom.
It was trying to follow the manga but kept outpacing it, resulting in filler episodes that tended to be highly repetitious.
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DO EET NAOW!!!
"He looks even more like the Princess with the cat on him..."
"I thought you had the hots for that Shayla-Shayla!" "Yup, but if you can't be with the one you love..." "Hmmm... Love the one you're with."
I wouldn't really call any Ranma episodes filler. It didn't have an ongoing story to fill. It was more like an animated sitcom.
What the ogre said - even early on, fully half the episodes aired were non-Rumiko Takahashi stories. Hell, they add a completely irrelevant and useless ninja character who thiefs a lot of Gosunkugi's stuff, and don't introduce Gosunkugi (a character that shows up very early on in the manga) until episode 114... out of 160. There was a clipshow in season one. SEASON ONE.
One thing I DIDN'T know until recently is that they apparently broadcast all the episodes in one unbroken string over the course of three years, rather than breaking them up. That's interesting, and does explain why they'd use every trick in the book to fill space, but it doesn't forgive the poor quality of over half the episodes.
I... don't hate filler automatically. My favorite Naruto stuff IS the filler - mostly because the mangaka is so in love with Sasuke that he neglects all the other, far more interesting characters he has in the background, which the filler brought to the fore. But Ranma... ugh. I would pit "Am I pretty?" from season 3 in a battle of hilarious anime episodes from whatever show you pick and imagine it'd go top 5 at least. But in the same season, where the ninja breaks up with Kuno and then reunites with him at the end... crickets the whole way through.
Nah, Lina Inverse isn't even my favorite Slayers character - it's half-pint, pure-hearted, furious-fisted, punched the demon lord square in jaw, ally of JUSTICE Princess Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun! ;D
Xellos for me, the self-proclaimed 'mysterious priest'. I'm explicitly forbidden from the ojousama laugh in our household, because of my second favorite character, Naga. OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!
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Tiger & Bunny popped up on Netflix a couple weeks ago. finally getting around to watching it.
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Toss away your modern anime and watch some Dirty Pair today!
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Starting to feel the urge to go even more old school and watcg MOSPEADA again.
But dont have time for such a binge till next month at the earliest :(
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Starting to feel the urge to go even more old school and watcg MOSPEADA again.
But dont have time for such a binge till next month at the earliest :(
When you watch it, please try figure out why the SDF-1 makes cameo in the opening credits. The Robotech version shows little bit of it, like Daedalus arm and some of the ship fighting the invid.
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Starting to feel the urge to go even more old school and watcg MOSPEADA again.
But dont have time for such a binge till next month at the earliest :(
i still have original southern cross cavilary...
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k looks like i will have to do a big clean up in my boxes and dvds as well as as old cds and pc back ups...
just found complete sets of both lum manga and anime...and ranma video girl ai anime manga and live movie, maison ikkoku both manga anime and live action 3 movies...
save my earth manga .... gads i just found a copy of vhs of battle angel alita ...
after i am done ill have to make some sort of catalog database of what i have 30 years worth of manga anime movies does not keep itself
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Nah, Lina Inverse isn't even my favorite Slayers character - it's half-pint, pure-hearted, furious-fisted, punched the demon lord square in jaw, ally of JUSTICE Princess Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun! ;D
I believe I own & have watched all the Slayers anime at least up to Slayers Premium (don't know has more come since then). What I remember about Amelia in the anime: "Ow, it hurts!" I know there is more to her than that, but it is such a downer... MadCappie, heed my advice and look up the translated light novels by TokyoPop (8 of them). There Amelia is even more awesome. I recall this scene from top of my head: mazoku grabs Amelia's arm and breaks it "with sickening snap"; Amelia counters with her other arm and elmekia lance at mazoku's gut. Without any complaining about getting hurt.
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I believe I own & have watched all the Slayers anime at least up to Slayers Premium (don't know has more come since then). What I remember about Amelia in the anime: "Ow, it hurts!" I know there is more to her than that, but it is such a downer... MadCappie, heed my advice and look up the translated light novels by TokyoPop (8 of them). There Amelia is even more awesome. I recall this scene from top of my head: mazoku grabs Amelia's arm and breaks it "with sickening snap"; Amelia counters with her other arm and elmekia lance at mazoku's gut. Without any complaining about getting hurt.
And Baka-Tsuki and Chaos Worlds did fan translations of 9-15...
There are some pretty good storylines there too. I'm so stealing the basic plot for Vazendi's Shadow at some point.
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You missed Slayers Revolution/Evolution-R, then, which is a shame, because she punched Ruby-Eyed Shabrinigdo in the finale!
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Those who follow old space opera style scifi series, Legends of Galactic Heroes is also on top of a 12-episode 1st season (2018-19) and 3 movie "second season", 2020 their going to a Live-Action version of it in 2020.
ANN Announced original author of the series just signed a deal with Chinese studio to the film. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-01/the-legend-of-the-galactic-heroes-gets-live-action-screen-adaptation/.123466)
I'm baffled if this going be a good prospect of people noticing the series or something forgettable. It's a ambitious move to licence it out like that.
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So Crunchyroll is picking up the excellent romance drama Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-02/crunchyroll-adds-rumbling-hearts-okami-san-and-her-seven-companions-armitage-iii/.123505).
I expect broken hearts, tears and rage. So much rage.
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You missed Slayers Revolution/Evolution-R, then
I didn't. I have those too.
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Premium predates those....
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Watched the first episode of Two Car on Cruchyroll last night. Very nice, dynamic animation of the racing and looks like it could be a fun series to watch.
Also finished my re-watch of Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple. One of my favorite shounen series (possibly because I spend a couple decades studying martial arts) and the big climactic fight at the end was lots of fun to watch. I ran across some videos of scenes from the OVA episodes over on YouTube, but I was wondering if the complete OVA series is available legitimately in the US in either dubbed or subbed format?
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OMFG!!!
FUNi is gonna dub Yamato 2199 (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-03/funimation-to-offer-english-dub-of-star-blazers-space-battleship-yamato-2199/.123583)!
Now lets hope for a actual physical release as well...
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omg...i hope they do it right. I don't like way they dub their stuff sometimes.
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Word is that Crunchyroll is dealing with a malware problem at the moment. Best avoid the site until you see news that it's fixed.
https://kotaku.com/crunchyroll-website-currently-undergoing-problems-with-1820141343
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Crunchyroll just gave the all clear on twitter moments ago. They're back up.
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As someone that loves the Spice & Wolf Anime; Since I do not see any more of the anime coming anytime soon, I want to get more of the story. To those who are knowledgable which is the better source/continuation of the story, the Manga, or the Novel Series?
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They're both very close to each other, though I would prefer the manga because the artwork is downright gorgeous. I've read the LNs, the direct translation...I wasn't the biggest fan, but you could plunk me down with a poofy chair, pot of tea, and the S&W manga and I'm good to go for a weekend.
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As someone that loves the Spice & Wolf Anime; Since I do not see any more of the anime coming anytime soon, I want to get more of the story. To those who are knowledgable which is the better source/continuation of the story, the Manga, or the Novel Series?
They're both fine, really and pretty interchangeable plot wise as far as adaptations go. I even ended up ditching the manga for the light novel in my impatience to get to the ending, but now that the planned end of the manga is actually in sight (with a planned wrap up in Vol. 16), I've gone back and started filling in the gaps in the collection, so I'd give you the wishy-washy answer of... both.
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As I understand, the novels are all out while the manga is still releasing at about one every 3 years.* They're up to 14 now so there's enough to keep you going for a bit. As I've mentioned recently, the manga glosses over my favorite part of the anime so I've been tempted to pick up the light novels too. So maybe both is the right answer.
*This may not be the real time period, but it sure as hell feels like it.
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About Spice & Wolf. Light novels have all been put together into one massive hardcover book, which would make as good Christmas gift as The Complete Chronicles of Conan.
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Crunchy is going to be stream the Yamato 2199 sub! Various prayers have been answered!
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Crunchy is going to be stream the Yamato 2199 sub! Various prayers have been answered!
(https://i.imgur.com/nO3lFt9.gif)
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Official trailer for Overlord Season 2 is out, will air in January:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2ksX48PBQY
There's hints in here of both volume 4 (lizardmen) and the volume 5/6 double-arc (all those humans) as well as volume 7 (platinum dragon lord; already appeard in second anime movie). The basilisk is from bonus material (volume 6 cd drama), not mainline LN. Not a single hint at volume 8 though, which comes chronologically before volume 5.
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Anime New Network has release more details about the upcoming Darling in the Franxx series (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-15/darling-in-the-franxx-anime-reveals-new-visual-story/.124056) So, this is interesting. Essentially kids saving the world using Mecha. One the differences is the Mech have personality of it's own. I thought what was unusual was the Mecha....looks like female version of the Star Driver Mech from couple years ago.
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Anime New Network has release more details about the upcoming Darling in the Franxx series (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-15/darling-in-the-franxx-anime-reveals-new-visual-story/.124056) So, this is interesting. Essentially kids saving the world using Mecha. One the differences is the Mech have personality of it's own. I thought what was unusual was the Mecha....looks like female version of the Star Driver Mech from couple years ago.
...wow that is very femalized...
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...wow that is very femalized...
Apparently it has the same Mechanical Artist as Star Driver.
(http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire1/ed96fa10044e8f9b72888f1fb8267f771510798764_full.jpg)
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Anime needs more mecha designers who want to be Mamoru Nagano.................
.....Especially since Nagano only turns something out once every three years or so!
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Apparently it has the same Mechanical Artist as Star Driver.
(http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire1/ed96fa10044e8f9b72888f1fb8267f771510798764_full.jpg)
To me, both of these Mecha look ridiculous, especially the one on the right.
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To me, both of these Mecha look ridiculous, especially the one on the right.
deravitve from five star stories? i seem to recall the manga had such skinny out of proportion mechs...
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To me, both of these Mecha look ridiculous, especially the one on the right.
That's......kinda the point. This is mecha as art or cultural totem, not merely an industrial mechanism. If Darling in the Franxx takes after Five Star Stories & Star Driver, & I have every confidence it will, it will be a super-robot show where the mecha serve as spiritual totems of the character's virtues, not simply as an armored gun-carriage. In projecting into the narrative a sort of larger-than-life knighthood, I think both shows have excellent designs that share an elegant sense of aesthetics!
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Their designed with French resonance flare.
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Giant Mecha is ridiculous in general to begin with, no matter how much they try to candy coat or rationalise it. I'm just glad that they're taking design cues from something other then Knight or Samurai armor for once.
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And now for a different topic...
I just got around to viewing the second ep of the Yamato 2199 dub.
I've been comparing the sequence of the Gamilas base on Pluto in the dub to the original Japanese. While the 'language' spoken isn't the same, can anyone else give me a clue as to what the base language is being used in the English dub?
Otherwise on the 2199 dub, I'm having mixed reactions overall. The VAs for the Captain, Kodai, and the Doc are solid. Yuki and Sanada I'm not sure about. But I think the VA for Yuki is getting a bit better. The rest of the mainstays I should have a read on by ep five.
I will say I'm generally pleased with the English dub so far. At least this will help make the winter a little more bearable.
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This is why i like Subs.
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In this case it's the actual Gamilas 'language', which was sub-titled in the original Japanese.
While it doesn't really affect the story, it is more a bit of curiosity. It is the little things that makes 2199 better, IMO. Especially since there is a number of sequences through out the series spoken in that 'language'
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Watching (and loving) Mahō Tsukai no Yome right now. Also, Blend S opening is generating a lot of memes.
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I'll agree about The Ancient Magus' Bride.
The pacing is near perfect.
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Voice actress Tsuru Hiromi passed away today, possibly from an aortic rupture. Looks like I'll be listening to tracks from Kimagure Orange Road, Gall Force, Ranma 1/2 and Ghost Sweeper Mikami to hear her singing voice.
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One of my favorite songs of hers, Whispering Misty Night
https://youtu.be/TdwV1ocxqf0
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Anyone still watching Urahara - and last episode's moment reminiscent of a certain well known series starting with M.M. ?
(now where's that spoiler function again...)
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Unfortunately, as much as I loved the visual style of Urahara, the script really bored me & I wound up dropping it after episode 3. It wasn't so much a bad show as the characters weren't really resonating with me. If you're implying what I think you're implying, I'm not sure how I'd feel, since I don't have any real attachment to the cast.
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If you're implying what I think you're implying, I'm not sure how I'd feel, since I don't have any real attachment to the cast.
Ebifry and someone else are playing Kyubey is what i'm implying. Sorta. It's still in line with its particular style so far though.
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In the "Well this is interesting" Department...
Viz has the US rights to Mazinger Z: Infinity film (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-17/viz-media-licenses-mazinger-z-infinity-anime-film/.124154). There are plans for US theatrical showings, just no secure dates yet.
This could be a interesting one to see on the big screen.
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Rooster Teeth has begun to release more information about their new mecha show Gen:Lock...
https://www.fastcompany.com/40495685/rooster-teeth-reveals-the-global-culture-war-at-the-heart-of-genlock
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...Words cant fully describe the mix of shock, anger, and disappointment I have over this.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/11/21-1/rurouni-kenshin-manga-author-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography
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I'm just shocked that he was too dumb to dispose of that shit two years ago when they finally made possession illegal......
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I'm shocked that it was only made illegal in Japan in 2015.
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I'm shocked that it was only made illegal in Japan in 2015.
Japan's judicial system leans heavily in favor of prosecutors, which leads to a wariness regarding legislation that might be over-broadly interpreted. There was extreme concern in many quarters that a ban on child pornography would result in the criminalisation of family photos, a notion which most here would find fairly absurd, but which makes greater sense in the context of the very black & white way Japanese judges rule in legal cases.
The government stomped out most of the skeevy junior gravure industry back in the 90s, but a lot of that material was still floating around in private hands but is now illegal to possess. I highly suspect that's what Watsuki got busted for having.
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Well...
From the way it was described in the ANN article, it sounds like he was nailed in possession of material purchased after the new law went into effect.
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It said it was discovered in conjuction with another investigation, but he was charged with possession, not purchasing or selling. When the article described underage nudity rather than abuse, I got the impression it had to be old junior gravure crap.
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I'm shocked that it was only made illegal in Japan in 2015.
And keep in mind that production and trafficking has been illegal for much longer.
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...There was extreme concern in many quarters that a ban on child pornography would result in the criminalisation of family photos, a notion which most here would find fairly absurd...
Actually not really absurd. Awhile back there was a push in these parts to make the child porn laws a lot tougher which left open parents etc risking imprisonment for having nude baby photos. Ideas along those lines do happen but usually the more level headed folks prevail.
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As someone that loves the Spice & Wolf Anime; Since I do not see any more of the anime coming anytime soon, I want to get more of the story. To those who are knowledgable which is the better source/continuation of the story, the Manga, or the Novel Series?
I prefer the Light Novel as the art in the manga makes them seem too young to me.
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Out of the "WTF are they thinking?" Department...
There's gonna be a Live Action film adaptation of School-Live! is being planned (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-21/school-live-manga-gets-live-action-film/.124338).
Of all the Mangas out there to do live action, why this? Especially when a second series of the Anime would be preferable.
At least the Manga is starting back up soon. So that's a good thing.
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I think someone already mentioned it but funimation has Space Battleship Yamato 2199 dub/sub (as Star Blazers) as well as the SBY live action also sub/dub
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:::Looks to my post up thread:::
Yep. And Yamato 2199's dub is decent enough. I think the next two weeks (eps 3 & 4) are gonna be the make it/break it for the dub.
And to be clear, FUNi has the Dub, Crunchy has the Sub.
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The dub for Ancient Magus' Bride is also quite good. My wife fell in love with the mage smith right away. I do hope she comes back in the anime, but the pacing isn't right for a 13-episode series for her to do so.
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UQ Holders is now up to episode 8. Episode is 2nd part of 7, where they introduce Kirie. The two episodes are pretty action packed, but there couple holes in the plot that didn't fit well. With no spoiler tags here, i won't mention them.
Now were getting closer to where series going branch off to do it's own thing since it's nearly caught up with manga.
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The Ancient Magus' Bride is a straight 2-cour run.
I hope the pacing will take it to about Ch 27 or so of the Manga.
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The Ancient Magus' Bride is a straight 2-cour run.
I hope the pacing will take it to about Ch 27 or so of the Manga.
Best news I've had since finding out... well, I don't know that I've had any real good news lately. Just okay news.
Has anyone seen any Konohana Kitan? It looks cute, but my bandwidth is depressingly limited and I'd like to see if anyone here enjoyed it.
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From what I've read Darling in the Franxx actually is a Five Star Stories event, namely following the Majestic Stand - a big event that sadly lies outside the released manga in the US.
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From what I've read Darling in the Franxx actually is a Five Star Stories event, namely following the Majestic Stand - a big event that sadly lies outside the released manga in the US.
The thing actually RELATED to Five Star Story??
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There was an announcement on a Japanese site a while back, I can't find it now but I threw it at MadCap at the time about what sure as hell LOOKED like it was supposed to be a new FSS story. Since Nagano's back to doing the manga I guess it's not impossible.
I suppose there's not a chance in hell of getting a rando geeber tank regiment mentioned somewhere as flying a stylized scarlet Lorraine Cross called the First Expeditionary Mechanized Corps is there? If not I'm totes stealing it.
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That would be a radical departure from 5StarStories's theme. I was under the impression from the untranslated videos i saw, it was like Dune like settings, with giant monolithic robotic war machines dueling it out leading armies to conquer opponents worlds. Fraxx gave vibe of a hybrid comedy/less serious setting (not so distant future) with a girl that transforms from mecha to girl and wants the lead to be her pilot.
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From what I've read Darling in the Franxx actually is a Five Star Stories event, namely following the Majestic Stand - a big event that sadly lies outside the released manga in the US.
Sadly, you read wrong, my friend. Nagano has continued FSS, but it's "new" anime link is Gothicmade, not Darling in the Franxx - Nagano is such a neurotic perfectionist, I can't imagine he'd ever allow A-1 & Trigger to touch FSS! As it is, he has refused to authorize a Blu-Ray release of Gothicmade because he claims its terrible despite spending several years animating most of it himself.
Darling in the Franxx (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-15/darling-in-the-franxx-anime-reveals-new-visual-story/.124056) is about a war with alien creatures. The creators seem somewhat inspired by Nagano, in that the pilots are paired and the mecha have something of a feminine gothic appearance, but there's no Headliner or Fatima equivalents nor is it set in the Joker Galaxy.
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And that's why you never trust machine translation, kids!
(or my memory)
[drool]
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Okay. So, as usual, I'm playing catch-up, this time via Netflix.
I'm really enjoying One Punch Man
Little Witch Academia is engaging, and very much reminds me of My Otome.
After a lot of different giant robot shows, Kuromokuro was predictable, but enjoyable because of the different way they handled the characters.
And, Naruto is actually entertaining, even though they only have 156 of the over 250odd episodes.
Not an anime, but I found an Australian cartoon that reminds me of Archer, but a little bit more intelligence behind the characters and in Space! Prisoner Zero.
And, we can't forget some of the classics. A lot of 80s cartoons were animated in Japan. I always liked The 'Real' Ghostbusters.
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been playing catch up with alot of anime in my que
bloodivores
book of friends
and i could not resist ad police
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and i could not resist ad police
If you can get your hands on it try AD Police Files, the aborted OVA series that originally did the story concept - with a somewhat more mature script.
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have both i still despise the remakes...
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have both i still despise the remakes...
you me both. They were so...off from way the ova series went. Lordy, they were too bright. It didn't even feel like it was dink, dark future cyberpunk setting. AD Police version reminded me of a weird version of Lethal Weapon (film) or something like that.
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What? No Dirty Pair??
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Dirty Pair remake wasn't as bad as Bubblegum Crisis 2040.
It's very long time since I watched it, but i remember it was "ok" or "meh".
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When did they do a remake?? Only ones I've seen were what I picked up early 90s I believe.
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Pretty sure he means Dirty Pair Flash....
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Ordered the Gate Blu-Ray today. Wonder how the dub is gonna be?
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A theater reasonably close to me had a special showing of Howl's Moving Castle tonight, so I went to see it.
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A theater reasonably close to me had a special showing of Howl's Moving Castle tonight, so I went to see it.
A good film. Not my favourite Ghibli work, but still very well made.
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I hadn't seen it before. Apparently the theater had been doing a series of one-off screenings of different Ghibli works for the past couple of months, but this was the only one I had a chance to see.
I'd actually read the book when I was a kid, though it'd been so long that I could remember the characters but not the plot. I remember picturing Calcifer as looking a lot more sinister than the anime portrayed him.
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Pretty sure he means Dirty Pair Flash....
Sorry, i forgot the name of it, but yes i was talking about Dirty Pair Flash.
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Has anyone seen any Konohana Kitan? It looks cute, but my bandwidth is depressingly limited and I'd like to see if anyone here enjoyed it.
I've been watching it. It's a very cute, light yuri series. There's a couple deeper moments, but it's mostly been light fluff with cute kitsune.
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Ordered the Gate Blu-Ray today. Wonder how the dub is gonna be?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa5uFVuFBfE Just a little taste.
Also found... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5mwwxli8zg
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Nagano has continued FSS, but it's "new" anime link is Gothicmade, not Darling in the Franxx - Nagano is such a neurotic perfectionist, I can't imagine he'd ever allow A-1 & Trigger to touch FSS! As it is, he has refused to authorize a Blu-Ray release of Gothicmade because he claims its terrible despite spending several years animating most of it himself.
That's really too bad. I did enjoy the short Five Star Stories OVA that they did release in the US, oh so long ago, and would love to see more.
And, for my curiosity, any word on if there'll be a future installment of Knights of Sidonia? I liked the series, but there's still a lot left unanswered. However, for the anime, that last ep definitely seemed like an homage to the end of Star Ship Troopers - "And they will continue to fight!"
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There is supposed to be a season 3 iirc and that will be the last of it.
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And found a site that has the Gate Dub.
https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/gate/videos
Enjoy.
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Batman Ninja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=123&v=QF031DwMffQ
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Batman Ninja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=123&v=QF031DwMffQ
I have a bad feeling about this...
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Watched the second KONOSUBA OVA the other night and nearly choked on air I was laughing so hard. For those who like the show you need to check it out. The beginning when Darkness is fighting the...
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Sentai just released a full compilation of Squidgirl. It's interesting that they've used the same dub from the previous company but have new and noticeably different subtitles.
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Any one been looking up what coming up next season.
Looks like it will be slim pickins for me this coming season. I've cut back sadly what I've been watching lately.
There been good shows coming out up to now, but not alot concentrated like i used see.
I've sometimes take screen shots of my favorite moments in shows, I've noticed most my recent favorites are concentrated in 2010-2014.
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Slim pickings?
Next season for me has: Nanatsu no Taizai II, Overlord II, Dagashi Kashi II, Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Fate/Extra: Last Encore and Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line. And that's just the continuations.
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And the second cour of The Ancient Magus' Bride.
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Slim pickings?
Next season for me has: Nanatsu no Taizai II, Overlord II, Dagashi Kashi II, Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Fate/Extra: Last Encore and Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line. And that's just the continuations.
Sorry, not all the shows aren't ones i was into. Overlord is one of my favorites.
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I haven't been posting very much due to my schedule, but I've definitely been enjoying this anime season! The best shows are probably Blend S, the 2nd season of Yuki Yuna Is A Hero, & Land of the Lustrous!
Next season, my eyes are on:
- Citrus- a kinda saucy yuri series
- Card Captor Sakura: Clear Card Arc
- Darling in the Franxx - Nagano-ish Trigger property as discussed earlier
- Pop Team Epic- for the memes
- Karakai Jyozu no Takagi-san - looks cute
- Slow Start -because Manga Time Kirara rarely fails to make me smile!
- Record of Gancrest War - Because I like Lodoss & Mizuno, so I'm going to try his new work
- Märchen Mädchen - still a sucker for those Kantoku designs!
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CN Toonami has a new show, Black Clover. Seems like something weird. Should be fun to watch!
TT
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As old as Lodoss is I wouldn't mind a remake like the treatment Space Battleship Yamato got. I had the entire Lodoss series on VHS but sadly I have no idea when it disappeared or where :'(
One of my favorites, but was also heavily into D&D/AD&D at the time too.
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Dont the authors of that have a new series sdt to air winter or spring?
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Dont the authors of that have a new series sdt to air winter or spring?
Yes, that's Record of Gancrest War Mad Capellan mentioned upthread.
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As old as Lodoss is I wouldn't mind a remake like the treatment Space Battleship Yamato got.
Already been done. It is called Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
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That's still about 20 years old
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Already been done. It is called Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
From what I read about that before, that series was more of a continuation of the story rather than a remake of the original anime.
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It wasnt really that either. The OVA was a mashup of different books in the Lodoss series, but changed the events of the ending to keep using the same characters. The series stayed closer to the books, but skipped over the beginning.
Personaly, while the series was more expansive than the original, and less cliche D&D, the original had a better told story
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Looked it up and wikipedia has it listed as following the manga by the same name. Now to hunt it down and see it...
At any rate, the new Star Blazers dub is turning out to be decent. But... calling it Star Blazers they should have kept the name Argo instead of Yamato. Plus they kept the Japanese intro as well which I found annoying considering the name used... Should have just stuck with Space Battleship Yamato instead of titling it Star Blazers. Oh well... at least funi is doing a dub.
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Looked it up and wikipedia has it listed as following the manga by the same name. Now to hunt it down and see it...
At any rate, the new Star Blazers dub is turning out to be decent. But... calling it Star Blazers they should have kept the name Argo instead of Yamato. Plus they kept the Japanese intro as well which I found annoying considering the name used... Should have just stuck with Space Battleship Yamato instead of titling it Star Blazers. Oh well... at least funi is doing a dub.
Then you're gonna tear your hair out w/2202. The Star Blazers name is prominent in the actual Japanese title...
And as to going back Argo nonsense, it wouldn't of worked. There's too much of the Yamato's name on areas of the ship. Also there would of been uproars from fans as well.
As to the actual dub, I've stated my views a page or two back.
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It wasnt really that either. The OVA was a mashup of different books in the Lodoss series, but changed the events of the ending to keep using the same characters. The series stayed closer to the books, but skipped over the beginning.
Personaly, while the series was more expansive than the original, and less cliche D&D, the original had a better told story
Very much this...the voice acting in the dubs were better in the OVA than in the tv series as well, even though they used most of the same cast...
Music tended to be a bit epic in both though...
Legend of Crystania was also a continuation of the story (from the Marmo perspective), but the art in the anime was atrocious...
Ruger
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Does the existence of the Yamato dub mean it might be released in DVD format?
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I'd hope so.
Considering Voyager Ent. didn't even finish releasing 2199 originally.
If there is one, I wouldn't expect to see it released until summer '18 at the earliest. Considering the dub won't finish streaming until late Spring.
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Maybe Hong Kong area using the Yamato in their subs in english....
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Maybe Hong Kong area using the Yamato in their subs in english....
IIRC, the actual Yamato 2199 BDs had an actual English subtitle track included. It doesn't seen 2202 does though.
And as to the actual use of the Star Blazers name in 2202, it's been there from the start (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-31/space-battleship-yamato-2202-anime-series-confirmed/.100498).
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for a while almost nothing on battle angel alita / gunnm ad now a clip!
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-08/live-action-alita-battle-angel-film-reveals-1st-11-second-clip/.125034
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IIRC, the actual Yamato 2199 BDs had an actual English subtitle track included. It doesn't seen 2202 does though.
And as to the actual use of the Star Blazers name in 2202, it's been there from the start (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-31/space-battleship-yamato-2202-anime-series-confirmed/.100498).
I know 2202 has Star Blazers on it, i just want the subs without the dialog not changed is all care about. I don't want my Yamato altered for the sake of marketing. I like options. For those folks who like it it with Argo, that's fine. People who can handle the ship being the Yamato. Let us have the option.
for a while almost nothing on battle angel alita / gunnm ad now a clip!
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-08/live-action-alita-battle-angel-film-reveals-1st-11-second-clip/.125034
I just saw it, Why heck did they do live action? It looks not great with Alta with those oversized eyes.
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Time to do some christmas shopping for the nieces. What's everyone's go to shop for anime merch?
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Time to do some christmas shopping for the nieces. What's everyone's go to shop for anime merch?
Amazon Web store
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I just saw it, Why heck did they do live action? It looks not great with Alta with those oversized eyes.
Just watched the two minute clip. Her being a real life anime girl looks fine, good even, until you see her standing next to regular humans left looking like really humans. Then it looks silly.
Still, compared to the anime, they've really got no where to go but up.
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Just watched the two minute clip. Her being a real life anime girl looks fine, good even, until you see her standing next to regular humans left looking like really humans. Then it looks silly.
Still, compared to the anime, they've really got no where to go but up.
The eyes are uncanny valley material, but it does really drive the point of her being a full body cyborg, so I will give it a chance.
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Just rewatched it. I think I'm getting hyped up about it. Gotta be careful as that can only lead to disappointment.
The eyes are uncanny valley material, but it does really drive the point of her being a full body cyborg, so I will give it a chance.
I was just thinking. It's been around 20 years since I read the manga, but if I remember right, her eyes were generally bigger than most of the other characters and she also often gave out a doll like vibe. Maybe it's a good choice after all.
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I was just thinking. It's been around 20 years since I read the manga, but if I remember right, her eyes were generally bigger than most of the other characters and she also often gave out a doll like vibe. Maybe it's a good choice after all.
Agreed, she looks a lot like manga Alita, and I think it's great!
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Another month, another GUNDAM BUILD FIGHTERS : BATTLOGUE episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0nfNkDcKFo)
This is the fifth free episode of the 12-minute long series of random Gundam Build Fighter episodes.
This comes in 2 place as being best of the bunch. First episode was bit more epic in way it was done felt like there was more to it.
Episode 5 picks up just after the tournaments of the original series, where Tatsuya Yuuki (aka Meijin Kawaguchi) comes to Sei Iori's gundpu shop for a friendly (brutal) match with his new Gunpla he made for a European tournament. The action was pretty good. Story felt like missing episode segment of the original series.
It's curious if Bandai will ever make full on series again.
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Time to do some christmas shopping for the nieces. What's everyone's go to shop for anime merch?
Merchandise? HobbylinkJapan, CDJapan, JBox, 1999......this year I've found plain 'ol Japanese Amazon is great if you don't mind sifting through auto-translated entries that are only so much gibberish....
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I'd rather shop secondhand... Just throw enough viable cash @ MadCapellan for his collection.
That is if he's selling this year! (Wink)
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Hell no! My figures are precious to me! ;D
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Just powered through Gargantia. Interesting. I liked it. Watching a lot of anime, lately, gets the creative juices going.
Next up: Tiger and Bunny.
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Gargantia was a good anime. If they hadn't chickened out on the ending it could have been a much better anime.
Tiger and Bunny was good though Netflix inexplicably removed all the corporate logos that the heroes had on their suits, which was a weird choice since it was part of the plot.
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That's a strange new form of censorship lol
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Just caught up with this week's Houseki no Kuni.
The camerawork to create the suspenseful stealth sequence was masterful.
And that fight sequence... I mean I knew it was coming thanks to the manga... but man... Diamond is broken.
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The camerawork to create the suspenseful stealth sequence was masterful.
I was sweating bullets!
And that fight sequence... I mean I knew it was coming thanks to the manga... but man... Diamond is broken.
Poor Dia! They're my favorite rock person! :'(
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Gargantia was a good anime. If they hadn't chickened out on the ending it could have been a much better anime.
Bait accepted and nibbled. How did they chicken out at the end?
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Since there's no spoiler option anymore:
Spoiler Alert!
They set it up so it could have been a showdown between the main character (who'd adapted to living in a world where he didn't have to fight all the time) and his commander (who wasn't able to accept that).
Instead, it turned out that the commander was dead the whole time and the real villain was his mecha's AI that was going to enslave humanity to save them from the evils of free will. Made the ending much more generic and less in tune with the overall course of the series.
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Ah. That. Strange thing for me was that as soon as I heard 'I have a disease that keeps me in the cockpit', I immediately thought 'He's dead, Jim.' That's a disease, all-right.
Was not surprised by the follow-up revelation. And, it was plausible, too, considering the level of logical and manipulative thought on the part of Chamber with Leto.
While I can agree with you on the salient point of two live guys and ideologies fighting against each other, I can't help but wonder if there wasn't some symbolism involved. The Galactic Alliance, for all intents and purposes, was dead, running on autopilot with a specific set of mission parameters that it must fulfill. All other considerations were not in the equation. The half-empty Striker unit fit that bill quite well. (And, also evoked a little of that tale of the dead pilot flying all the way back to deliver a message.) The ultimate symbol of a death culture versus a life culture.
I've had troubles with symbolism and endings before. Aldous Huxley's Brave New World was one of those, as an example. I didn't agree with the ending chosen, but I understood the point he was trying to make. (Society killed the free man.)
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Gargantia came out at peak Uro-butcher backlash, and I think Urobuchi was trying to write a scenario that broke out of the sad-sack grim-dark pigeonhole he'd gotten himself into. In that light, I rather liked the way Gargantia went down.
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Gargantia did open itself for expansion into another season (real one, not 12 episodes) because of the mention of the land based countries. (hey there actual land left not total water world!)
Then you have possibility of the space borne cousins re-discovering the planet and becoming a threat.
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Brining in the space cousins would be a bad idea with the severe difference in tech unless you also bring in the squid people to protect the humans of Earth (I don't rememeber the name of them). I did find the series enjoyable and really wish the story could have developed further into the issues the land countries were having.
Don't remember if I've watched the sub version. I know I have watched the series twice now. Usually I try and watch the sub and dub in those cases to see the dialog differences.
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I just do subs, i find urge to hurl when i see Dubs having already seen the subs. Some Dubbing are dubious in their translation.
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And some are excellent. Dubbing has come a long way since the 80s.
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I like subs... particularly when you can learn new ways of saying a meaning, good or bad.
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Dubs are good for when you don't want to read the anime and would rather watch it. Subs are good for when you want to know what they are REALLY sayingThough if you watch a series enough to memorize the subs it gets even better :P
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I just listen to the Japanese audio track and occasionally glance at the subs for the more difficult words...
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Subs are good for when you want to know what they are REALLY saying
I've never seen a sub that was a 100% direct translation. I doubt there's really that much of a difference between the dialog in a dub, and the dialog in the subtitles of one that isn't dubbed.
As for horrible voice acting in dubs, I've always figured there's just as much in bad voice acting in the subs, but since I don't know the language, I just don't notice it.
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I've never seen a sub that was a 100% direct translation. I doubt there's really that much of a difference between the dialog in a dub, and the dialog in the subtitles of one that isn't dubbed.
As for horrible voice acting in dubs, I've always figured there's just as much in bad voice acting in the subs, but since I don't know the language, I just don't notice it.
I think the only time I've bumped into bad seiyuu performances was in porn stuff - especially the La Blue Girl older sister actor. Just one more thing which made that anime pricelessly hilarious.
Wrangler, I haven't seen a bad dub since the mid-00's. American voice actors have REALLY come into their own, and it's genuinely a treat to listen to dubs - I actually prefer the dubbed Interviews with Monster Girls, and my only gripe with the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid dub was the complete removal of "choragon" when "moragon" was perfectly available. Don't let grognardism hide talent from you.
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I've never seen a sub that was a 100% direct translation.
Yeah, I've seen A LOT of really creative subtitling in my day. It can be really obvious if you know a little Japanese. The only advantage of subtitles is it's much more clear what they changed it from.
As for horrible voice acting in dubs, I've always figured there's just as much in bad voice acting in the subs, but since I don't know the language, I just don't notice it.
People are overly critical of English dubs. There's a lot talented people working in dubbing that deliver some really great performances, & one of the things I've always liked about dubs is that English VAs will create some really distinctive voices for their characters in a way you really don't see in Japan. Voice acting is a big enough industry that the bulk of seiyu working in anime went through voice-acting school where they were all taught to perform the same basic character voices. While that produces a reliable level of quality, it makes most seiyu below the top-tier into uninteresting, interchangeable widgets.
The biggest problem with today's dubs is that the talent pool is so small that the same 25-30 people get cast in every show, and shoestring budgets limit time in the studio so you end up with a lot of rushed, bad takes in the final product & directors making terrible split-second changes as problems arise.
As for bad acting in Japan, there is a fair amount of that as well, but the overall larger market attracts a bigger pool of potential applicants, that produces a larger number of highly talented seiyu. I like a good dub, but there's no one in English dubbing that's close to the talent of folks in the top tier of Japanese voice acting. On the other hand, just because it's a dub doesn't mean it's not good. Dub directing gets my ire more than dub acting.
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Wrangler, I haven't seen a bad dub since the mid-00's. American voice actors have REALLY come into their own, and it's genuinely a treat to listen to dubs - I actually prefer the dubbed Interviews with Monster Girls, and my only gripe with the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid dub was the complete removal of "choragon" when "moragon" was perfectly available. Don't let grognardism hide talent from you.
Don't get me wrong. I've watched dubs in the past, modern ones. Its not so much their bad voice actors. Its just some studios i found don't have a lot voice actors (or the budget) to go with the image their translating. Thus like when you have young boys whom sound mature in Japanese anime and then sound like badly done 10 year old or worse younger. An example of this is Gundam Build Fighters. I simply couldn't STAND the English voice they were using for main character. It sounded so wrong for the character.
Only good dubbing i saw recently was Space Dandy. Older ones was like Cowboy Bebop and Outlaw Star. EVEN OLDER anime, such as Star Blazers (aka the original Space Battleship Yamato animation), Voltron, and Force Five stuff. They had really good voice actors in those shows.
However, my chief problem was translation itself. Period. I'm sure there good ones out there, but it's not same thing for me. Once i realize off course the dub was, suddenly anime subbing made more sense since it seemed to match what they were doing and the Americanization of script removed. Don't get me wrong, i know they had pull certain things off for tv friendly viewing. Its just some things i just don't agree with, specially what Funimation did in the past with Dragonball Z.
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Dragonball Z is one show that the dub doesn't really matter on. It's basically professional wrestling where the characters can fly and shoot lasers.
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Brining in the space cousins would be a bad idea with the severe difference in tech unless you also bring in the squid people to protect the humans of Earth (I don't rememeber the name of them). I did find the series enjoyable and really wish the story could have developed further into the issues the land countries were having.
Don't remember if I've watched the sub version. I know I have watched the series twice now. Usually I try and watch the sub and dub in those cases to see the dialog differences.
I was hoping to see that, too - The Whale-Squid stepping in and protecting the humans of Earth, I mean. I found Chamber's assertion that the Evolved (Can't remember Leto's name for them, either) were a 'perfect' species and no longer capable of society to be reaching a little bit. It seemed Chamber was still trying to reconcile the perpetual war with the Evolvers to Leto with his discovery, which felt still propagandized, to me.
Something in me thinks the Evolved, especially the Whale-Squid, can be communicated with. Nobody has really tried in so long, and there's loads of superstition surrounding them since the Ice Age.
I was satisfied with the ending, honestly, and a new season would just be more world-building, which is always a plus.
I really got a kick out of the culture shock and communications issues.
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I have to occasionally remind myself that there are valid reasons to prefer subbed. Back when I first got into anime, the preference of subbed was far more of an elitist/hipster thing.
I still remember a friend using ghost in the shell as an example of why subbed was so much better. He pointed out that during the conversation between the major and Batou alone on a boat there's a spot where someone starts talking and no one on the boat is moving their mouth. What he called crappy dubbing was a part of the plot. The person talking wasn't on the boat and was talking to the Major remotely.
My hype for Alita is rising. Apparently Cameron is a huge fan and has wanted to make this move for 20 years. Let's hope that results in a quality movie and not a crappy fan fic.
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Dragonball Z is one show that the dub doesn't really matter on. It's basically professional wrestling where the characters can fly and shoot lasers.
Now Dragonball Z ABRIDGED, on the other hand, is an AMAZING re-dub. And re-edit. Every characterization and voice, especially later on, is spot on. They managed to make Cell both creepy AND hilarious, Freeza a bit fey, intimidating, AND hilarious, and so on. My favorite exchange:
BULMA: (to TRUNKS) Y'know, you're really cute.
TRUNKS: Well, my mom always said I was a cute kid.
BULMA: A momma's boy, huh? (wink) I'll be your mommy.
TRUNKS: (Internal screaming)
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I think I saw some of that. Did they do a bunch of "I need an adult" gags?
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I think I saw some of that. Did they do a bunch of "I need an adult" gags?
They do repeating gags, occasionally - that is one of them that showed up maybe four or five times, especially in the Namek arc.
I think what draws me about Abridged is simple: It restores the humor that was surgically removed from Dragonball to make Dragonball Z.
The original Dragonball was just as funny as it was action-oriented - yes, there were rare serious arcs, but it had as many gags as it did action sequences. DBZ, on the other hand, was almost gag-free - it was 90% action, maybe 5% comedy, no different from any other shonen martial arts manga.
DBZ:A, on the other hand...
VEGETA: Did... you just talk out your ass?
IMPERFECT CELL: Well, yes, but to be fair, I am at least 10% you.
And it does that comedy restoration while still telling the story of Dragonball Z. It's amazing how much filler you realize the story has - even the MANGA - after watching DBZ:A turn what was an overblown uninteresting tensionless 8 page fight into a quick conversation where you find out Dedoria was the most beautiful - and fertile - woman on her planet, just before Vegeta vaporizes her to erase that image from his memory.
Their other projects... ehhh, they're funny, but they don't have quite the same impact in my mind because that was always how I felt about Dragonball versus Dragonball Z: there's a definite line somewhere the jokes STOP and the punching doesn't. DBZ:A fixes that.
Although I almost did walk away because the first joke in the first episode is a pot joke, and I was afraid the whole thing would be lowbrow drug humor - which is rarely funny to me. I think there's about one drug joke every two or three hours, though, which works out okay.
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Dragonball Z was the only series I've ever seen where a character had a flashback to a previous flashback.
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An example of this is Gundam Build Fighters. I simply couldn't STAND the English voice they were using for main character. It sounded so wrong for the character.
You do realize thats a south-east asian english dub, right? Not a NA one. The SEA english dubs are notoriously bad IIRC.
At least if I remember it was. Or was that another Gundam one recently released?
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You do realize thats a south-east asian english dub, right? Not a NA one. The SEA english dubs are notoriously bad IIRC.
At least if I remember it was. Or was that another Gundam one recently released?
Right now their doing a series of OVA 10minute releases on Youtube called Gundam Build Fighters Battlelog.
Which are random / independent stories, from any time (including future) of the Build series.
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DBZA is amazing. Probably one of the better done gag dubs. It treads that fine line between parody and loving affection that most of the various copycats miss.
If you dislike DBZ because of the lack of humor, check out Dragonball Super. It does a lot to bring that stuff back into things.
Right now their doing a series of OVA 10minute releases on Youtube called Gundam Build Fighters Battlelog.
Which are random / independent stories, from any time (including future) of the Build series.
They're kinda over now, though. We're getting something in February though, if that least teaser was any indication.
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I can't stand DBZ. I will happily watch DBZA when my friends turn it on. I especially love the side thing they did with the green guy(Cell?) getting challenged by different characters from other anime.
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Right now their doing a series of OVA 10minute releases on Youtube called Gundam Build Fighters Battlelog.
Which are random / independent stories, from any time (including future) of the Build series.
Still not my point. The point is, after I looked it up. The dub included in the build fighters DVD release in north america is a (Philippines/Singapore? I think?) dub, not a north america one. Dubs from those tend to be crap. They had it on hand and just threw it into the NA DVD release.
Not exactly a good example to bring up... especially without knowing what their dubbing scene looks like, the typical voices they use for - type of character and the like.
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The dub / sub preference thing for me is entirely based on the product. Most of the time its pretty much the same. Sometimes the dub improves the anime (Oda Nobuna no Yabu) and sometimes it changes the tone and even the actual plot of the show (Knights of Sidonia). So I can never say one is always better than the other.
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I felt adventurous other night, watched first episode of Birdy the Mighty Decode. It was good, sometimes i have issues with the 90s cgi, but it a fun show. I plan to watch it for couple weeks, watch episode a day so i something watch till new seasons begins.
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I noticed that while I can sit down and watch Tiger & Bunny back to back for long stretches, something about ID0 keeps me from doing the same. I think it has something to do with how cheezy they've made the introduction of the mining team.
[shrug] I can stick with it, but there's a style about this that I've found in a few other Anime that kinda has the same effect on me.
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Now that you mention it, i had the same reaction when watching it.
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I was sweating bullets!
Poor Dia! They're my favorite rock person! :'(
And then we went from watching Diamond get smashed to... Moon Puppers.
Houseki no Kuni has the art of comedic bait and switch down to an artform.
It's an absolute crime Dia wasn't there when that happened. I kind of want a spess pomeranian now.
EDIT: Now the official website is now overrun by them.
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I just saw the last episode of UQ Holder.
I can't say i have good things to say with it. It's plot was jumbling wreck in my eyes. I could barely watch it. I fear for the manga's future with way it was done. :-[
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Random anime news (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-12-18/anime-inspired-tv-show-will-kick-off-galaga-immersive-universe/.125450) - Apparently anime-adaption based on Galaga is being made. ??? This is the old arcade game were talking about...why i don't know. I hope it's good. Their calling it, Galaga Chronicles | Revolution Age.
Given there no real story to this to begin with, i'd imagine it's hard to at least ruin the original feel for the game. :-X
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Yea, I remember hearing about that earlier in the year.
I'm not sure which is the most headdesking thing I've heard this year: the Galaga animated series or the Live-Action School-Live! film that is in the works...
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I'm trying to figure out what could possibly so unique to Galaga that it would be worth licensing an anime over.
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Yea, I remember hearing about that earlier in the year.
I'm not sure which is the most headdesking thing I've heard this year: the Galaga animated series or the Live-Action School-Live! film that is in the works...
Don't forget live-action Gunnm Battle Angel Alita
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I hadn't forgotten about that.
Thing is, I'm willing to give that a fair shot.
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I'm trying to figure out what could possibly so unique to Galaga that it would be worth licensing an anime over.
I think it's just showing that retreading an old license that has no business being a full-length story isn't a purely Hollywood thing. Anyone can market nostalgia!
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I guess. Must be planning to use some of the sound effects from it.
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I've played Galaga maybe twice in my life, and I'd still be genuinely angry if they didn't.
The reuse of 70s-style sound effects and musical cues was something I loved about Yamato 2199.
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I've played Galaga maybe twice in my life, and I'd still be genuinely angry if they didn't.
If they didn't, there wouldn't be any reasons whatsoever to license it. The alien critters and space ship are so generic that they could easily have made their own knockoffs and it's not like the game has a plot. Sound effects are it.
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There was a halfway decent Salamander/Life Force ova back in the day.
It'll all depend on what aspects they chose to adapt.
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Kadokawa has published another promo video for Overlord II, with more footage for the Lizardmen War arc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Jt_EXwGBc
Nanatsu no Taizai (Seven Deadly Sins) also has a pair of promo videos out. They're geoblocked on Youtube, but available on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/7_taizai/status/916616954131079168
https://twitter.com/7_taizai/status/939676409022226432
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Can't waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait! Two series I've been waiting for. Wonder if CR will get the sub for Deadly Sins or if I will have to wait till its released on netflix again... :(
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Well, ANN just reported that New Cutie Honey series coming out in 2018 named Cutie Honey Universe. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-21/new-cutie-honey-universe-anime-announced-for-2018/.125609) This is based on a old 1973 manga, that had some strong following over the years. I was reading the comments on the news article, i'm little concern. Animation company putting this out seems to maybe a not a good one to do it. Their already licensing body pillows for the show. :-\
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Considering Cutey Honey's history, body pillows should be entirely expected. I mean, this IS the series that was known for naked transformations.
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I would wonder how many people will be... and I think its time for bed before I say something... funny yet inappropriate for the forums. :-X
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I mean, this IS the series that was known for naked transformations.
The more memorable thing about the transformations (only about half of which involved nudity) was that - at least in the '73 series - they pretty much never reused the same transformation animation sequence - unlike about every henshin anime afterwards.
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Well, ANN just reported that New Cutie Honey series coming out in 2018 named Cutie Honey Universe. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-21/new-cutie-honey-universe-anime-announced-for-2018/.125609)
Woohoo!!!
Animation company putting this out seems to maybe a not a good one to do it.
Studio Reed is the successor to AshiPro, that made the Cutie Honey Flash movie, so they've a history with the property. They seem to mostly do subcontract work, but some of that work was in some very high quality shows. Without knowing exactly what 2nd Key cuts were theirs, I can't really cast judgement.
Their already licensing body pillows for the show. :-\
It IS a Go Nagai property, so...... *shrugs*
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Are there any anime series that don't have body pillows?
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Are there any anime series that don't have body pillows?
I haven't seen any for Classicaloid.......yet!
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I haven't seen any for Classicaloid.......yet!
Have you seen those for Moomin?
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Are there any anime series that don't have body pillows?
Haven't seen a Tetsuo Shima body pillow myself...
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Tetsuo Shima isn't an anime.
Akira is though, and it does have body pillows. ;D
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Haven't seen a Tetsuo Shima body pillow myself...
Monster Musume had one for the hybrid lizard lady, it was like 10 feet long given her tail.
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I half-suspect Monster Musume was created solely because someone had a means to make body pillows of nonstandard sizes, and needed to create a market for them. :)
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I'm frightened by the idea of a centaur-shaped body pillow.
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That wouldn't be a pillow anymore lol
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Man, I just remembered an anime I haven't seen in a long time. Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure. This, of course, reminds me of some of the other shows it was broadcast with on TechTV, like R.O.D The TV and Last Exile.
I never did see all the episodes to most of those, I should look up some of them.
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Last Exile was one of the best shows ever IMO. You should check it out
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Monster Musume had one for the hybrid lizard lady, it was like 10 feet long given her tail.
... 23 feet actually.
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Monster Musume had one for the hybrid lizard lady, it was like 10 feet long given her tail.
Which one? one of the main female characters who's a snake bottom down (reddish/pinkish)? Dragon Newt? (biped with wings and a tail). Lizard folk? (non winged biped with a tail)
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Which one? one of the main female characters who's a snake bottom down (reddish/pinkish)? Dragon Newt? (biped with wings and a tail). Lizard folk? (non winged biped with a tail)
Sorry it's Miia the legless and all tail gal. She was the first girl on the show.
(https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/images/cms/interest/90762/zkvt8wa.gif)
... 23 feet actually.
oops, it's been a while since i read that ANN report on it. It was bit of competition to get it.
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I'm frightened by the idea of a centaur-shaped body pillow.
It exists, and it's huge. I don't believe it was a licensed character though.
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Last Exile was one of the best shows ever IMO. You should check it out
Now isn't that funny.
I've actually been going through my copy of the Pioneer/Genon release of Last Exile this week. I Still have the last 6 eps to go though. Overall, it still holds up.
I know I have the Read or Die OVAs floating around somewhere too. I really should give that a watch again.
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Sorry it's Miia the legless and all tail gal. She was the first girl on the show.
(https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/images/cms/interest/90762/zkvt8wa.gif)oops, it's been a while since i read that ANN report on it. It was bit of competition to get it.
Yeah that's the snake girl, her species is called Lamia.
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Last Exile was one of the best shows ever IMO. You should check it out
nice story but music was the thing that made that show just shine!
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It exists, and it's huge. I don't believe it was a licensed character though.
The supposed "life-size" Centaur body pillows - there's one with the centaur from Monmosu too - are all only standard 120 x 120 cm in an L-Shape.
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Sorry it's Miia the legless and all tail gal. She was the first girl on the show.
(https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/images/cms/interest/90762/zkvt8wa.gif)
Why did you call her lizard? She's snake!
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We have snake-looking things over here that are actually lizards and can throw off their tail...
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We have snake-looking things over here that are actually lizards and can throw off their tail...
"Ssssnakes eat lizardsss" (http://www.eeriecuties.com/comics/ec20090930a.jpg) ;D
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I have been enjoying Girls last Tour this season, but the last episode really felt like a cop-out.
Were those large creatures part of the Manga?
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I have been enjoying Girls last Tour this season, but the last episode really felt like a cop-out.
Were those large creatures part of the Manga?
They haven't gotten that far as the anime has gotten. Least from what I've read of it.
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I'll be honest, "girls being cute in a mysterious, post-apocalyptic wasteland" got old after a few episodes.
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They haven't gotten that far as the anime has gotten. Least from what I've read of it.
So its likely an improvised Anime only ending, no wonder it fit so poorly with the rest of the show.
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nice story but music was the thing that made that show just shine!
That and the late 1800s/early 1900s aesthetic.
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That and the late 1800s/early 1900s aesthetic.
and it's how I imagined the Leviathans game would be.
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Just watched ep12 of Ancient Magus' Bride. That show keeps nailing it every week. I am very much enjoying the development of the relationship with Chise and Elias. I have the manga volumes but being able to see everything brought to life has been wonderful. The Phoenix flight scenes were beautiful. So glad its slated for 24 eps!
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I wouldn't mind if it was 48. Episodes are slow, but not dull. Art is beautiful but not over the top. Story is interesting in all the right places. Though I do wonder who is scarier... Elias or Chise.
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Last Exile was one of the best shows ever IMO. You should check it out
Seconded. I had the whole series, and actually do regret having to sell it when I needed cash.
So, by body pillows, are we talking actual pillows that are themed from anime? Or is this a character type?
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Seconded.
Thirded. Last Exile is a brilliant anime that was gorgeously animated. It easily belongs in the top 20 anime of all time.
So, by body pillows, are we talking actual pillows that are themed from anime? Or is this a character type?
Rather than have a really inappropriate conversation, just google dakimakura for yourself and you'll understand.
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Rather than have a really inappropriate conversation, just google dakimakura for yourself and you'll understand.
I did, and I found themed pillows. I was just making sure it wasn't a trope of sorts.
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I wouldn't mind if it was 48. Episodes are slow, but not dull. Art is beautiful but not over the top. Story is interesting in all the right places. Though I do wonder who is scarier... Elias or Chise.
Add me as another who's enjoying AMB!
About the only thing that really bothered me about ep 12 is the first bit of the teaser for the second cour. In all honesty, I felt that if the second cour got to about ch 29-30, that would be a decent narrative 'break' to allow the Manga to continue. But it looks like we may see things progress into the mid 30s, and I'm not sure that's a good thing. But only time'll tell right now.
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Thirded. Last Exile is a brilliant anime that was gorgeously animated. It easily belongs in the top 20 anime of all time.
It's easily in my top 5. It is a masterpiece.
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Well, Two Car finished. And as good as the rest of it was (B+ in my book), the ending felt a bit too predictable and boring.
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I did, and I found themed pillows. I was just making sure it wasn't a trope of sorts.
Body pillows in general are just body length pillows, meant to hug in your sleep. Lots of people find them comfy. and nothing to bad. Where otaku fandom gets involved, is that they're also a handy length to print 'life size' versions of your favorite character on the pillow case. Most of these are non-official, but more echi series will often have officially licensed versions.
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Watched the last episode of Girl's Last Tour. I enjoyed the series very much, but I won't be buying it. I disliked the ending too much.
On a better note I received the Blu-ray/DVD combo Alderamin On The Sky series for Christmas! I've been watching it as I paint miniatures. 8)
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Watching 7 Deadly Sins, and I have to admit that I like some of the opening and closing themes, especially the Man on a Mission one from the second half of the first season.
Having not kept up on a lot of anime, I'm curious if there are any others that have catchy openings and closings from sometime after Bleach started airing in the US.
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Depends what you like.
Two that comes off the top of my head;
Anime named "The Drifters". which had a rock-in-roll theme, named Gospel of the Throttle by Minutes Til Midnight. "One Punchman" had a good one too, named The Hero.
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OK, being bored, I started watching Assassination Classroom on Hulu and I have just one question, WTF is up with Nagisa's hair? He's a guy and has a ajirstyle more girlish than any of the girls in the show.
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OK, being bored, I started watching Assassination Classroom on Hulu and I have just one question, WTF is up with Nagisa's hair? He's a guy and has a ajirstyle more girlish than any of the girls in the show.
His mother wanted a girl.
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Watching 7 Deadly Sins, and I have to admit that I like some of the opening and closing themes, especially the Man on a Mission one from the second half of the first season.
Having not kept up on a lot of anime, I'm curious if there are any others that have catchy openings and closings from sometime after Bleach started airing in the US.
Have you seen Black Lagoon's openings and closings?
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His mother wanted a girl.
Oh yeah that woman....very interesting character. And that's going by only manga.
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pretty much any MWAM OPs are decent.
Database, Raise Your Flag, My Hero...
But then again, I've enjoyed some of their non-anime stuff as well.
I also like the OPs for Dimension W & Gangsta which were done by Stereo Dive Foundation (Genesis & Renegade respected).
But speaking on just OPs, I'd have to say the actual OP for Princess Principal rocks all the way around.
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Having not kept up on a lot of anime, I'm curious if there are any others that have catchy openings and closings from sometime after Bleach started airing in the US.
I don't know about Bleach in US (I'm from Finland, Prkl!). Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded Orphans has a very good one. "Raise your flag..."
First Da Capo anime also has a good one.
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It would really depend on WHAT you are looking for. I have found several I like or are just rather catchy. The opening for Ancient Magus Bride is pretty good as was the opening for Recovery of a MMO Junkie(?). Some of last seasons were pretty good as well depending on your taste.
The opening for Gate (1st and 2nd season) was also pretty good imo and can be found on youtube as well as another opener by the same group. I think it was Strike the Blood.
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The opening for Gate (1st and 2nd season) was also pretty good imo and can be found on youtube as well as another opener by the same group. I think it was Strike the Blood.
They also did the OP for Highschool of the Dead.
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Haven't seen it and didn't notice it in any of their videos. Know the song?
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I'm a fan of monthly shoujo nozaki kun's opening and closing.
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Haven't seen it and didn't notice it in any of their videos. Know the song?
While I just searched youtube under 'hotd op', here's the band, Kishida Kyoudan & the Akeboshi Rockets, preforming it live (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVNu3nJeit0). I'd include a link to the OP itself, but there's a couple of questionable shots that I don't wish to risk mod action.
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Watching 7 Deadly Sins, and I have to admit that I like some of the opening and closing themes, especially the Man on a Mission one from the second half of the first season.
Having not kept up on a lot of anime, I'm curious if there are any others that have catchy openings and closings from sometime after Bleach started airing in the US.
Are you talking J-pop or J-rock? Because Bleach leans more towards the latter, and while there have been a few good ones, like the first Kill La Kill opener, or Makasete Tonight from Kore wa Zombie, my own taste leans towards the latter from anime so I'm not sure I can speak for what would grab you...
Both of those are excellent anime btw, if you haven't kept on stuff from the past decade or so.
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Watching 7 Deadly Sins, and I have to admit that I like some of the opening and closing themes, especially the Man on a Mission one from the second half of the first season.
Having not kept up on a lot of anime, I'm curious if there are any others that have catchy openings and closings from sometime after Bleach started airing in the US.
Season 1 Attack on Titan
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I personally like both Tokyo Ravens ("X-encounter" by Maon Kurosaki ) and Strike the Blood's openings myself.
Early 2010s was good year for opening (and anime) before things started getting budgeted to death.
We still got good shows in 2017 but not as good they could have been if they had better staff and being better funded.
Next season has some stuff coming up that looks like i will give it a go. I didn't include everything coming out.
Television wise
- Black Clover - Magic Fantasy
- Seven Deadly Sins (returns, not sure if it's series or ova)
- Overlord II
- Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku - A guy sent to fantasy world sort thing. Still looks promising
- Grancrest Senki - Fantasy Action
- Beatless - Scifi / Action - Androids become part everyday life by 2105. Story centers around a boy who suddenly find himself with androids going crazy and he trying save his friend, hiE (female android)
- Dagashi Kashi 2 - Comedy - Candy crazy crew returns for second season.
- Darling in the FranXX - Scifi-Mecha
Alot old favorites are coming back as films, Full Metal Panic's first season is done in 3 movies Director's cut...but i'm not sure what to make of that. Code Geass is getting couple films as well. Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions movie is also coming out in January.
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iirc Seven Deadly Sins is getting an actual season not an OVA. What netflix has listed as a 2nd season was the ova I believe.
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It was an OVA and it was largely filler.
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Are you talking J-pop or J-rock?
Consdering I've encountered both in a lot of different titles, for instance the mixed range for Naruto, or Gundam SEED and Destiny, I like both.
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Key art for Full Metal Panic - Invisible Victory
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/161bbc1b6aaffaacff0b51bf5ddc273b/tumblr_p165teFka41vg877mo1_500.jpg)
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Soooooo preeeetttty
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It was an OVA and it was largely filler.
Having watched Signs of Holy War, while I can see filler elements, there was a lot of important stuff that happened in those four eps that seem to set up the next season.
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Was retro watching, and found old anime i hadn't seen before. Spirit of Wonder: Scientific Boys Club
This is a 2001 exploration / comedy / scifi ova, which was something of boys club who's ambitions was to explore Mars who actually explored Mars before anyone realized.
Pretty well done, and amusing. I recommend it if you want see something completely different.
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Been binge-watching Black Lagoon the last couple of days. Watched both seasons, going to watch Roberta's Blood Trail tomorrow.
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Black lagoon is always a fun experience
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Most assuredly it is.
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I'm still trying to figure out how it made it onto Cartoon Network without being censored down to about ten minutes per episode, though.
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Put it on Adult Swim. Looser standards.
In other news, grave dancing time.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/01/05/amazon-closes-anime-strike-subscription-streaming-service
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In other news, grave dancing time.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/01/05/amazon-closes-anime-strike-subscription-streaming-service
Yay to the death of the double paywall...
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Put it on Adult Swim. Looser standards.
No, I mean that it actually was broadcast back in 2014. And even being shown at 2 in the morning on Toonami, they still had to censor out so much of Revy's dialog that her VA might as well not have been credited until the third episode, there were plenty of hand gestures that couldn't be shown... overall it was pretty amazing they got it on the air.
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Yay to the death of the double paywall...
Yeah, they really didn't have enough content to justify the extra subscription.
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Anime Now has shut down as well, it apparently was the sister site to Anime News Network... (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-01-05/anime-consortium-japan-anime-now-site-shuts-down/.126049)
Lordy, i hope that doesn't turn out to be a sign how well the anime industry is doing...
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Anime Now was nothing more than a re-direct site to sites holding legitimate streaming licenses.
Building a site with no other draw than verificstion of the legality of a stream-source & expecting fans to make regular use of it was the epitome of arthritic Japanese corporate thinking. Nothing of value has been lost in Anime Now or Anime Strike.
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Like a good food anime, but I think Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles may be eliminated from my que fairly quick. It just comes off as a giant ramen education skit. And it makes me hungry for ramen.. which makes it even worse.
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Like a good food anime, but I think Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles may be eliminated from my que fairly quick. It just comes off as a giant ramen education skit. And it makes me hungry for ramen.. which makes it even worse.
Those freeze-dried ramen packs are not same as the ramen soups prepared by the restaurant. We have a ramen restaurant in town though :)
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Anime Now has shut down as well, it apparently was the sister site to Anime News Network... (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-01-05/anime-consortium-japan-anime-now-site-shuts-down/.126049)
Lordy, i hope that doesn't turn out to be a sign how well the anime industry is doing...
DAISUKI also went under some months ago. Anime is doing well enough, there is just too much congestion for both # of anime and the streaming sites. I applaud to Crunchyroll and Funimation for sharing (some of) their anime with each others. And I believe some anime of those 2 sites have also made it to Steam.
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Just got "Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA" today...will be watching it after I finish off season 7 of Game of Thrones...
Ruger
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So Devilman Crybaby just started on Netflix.
I'm only halfway through the first episode, but I'm not impressed. Actually, I remember watching a few episodes of the original and failing to be impressed.
Edit: Okay, finished the first episode. This show is straight up erotic horror, way further than the original.
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Those freeze-dried ramen packs are not same as the ramen soups prepared by the restaurant. We have a ramen restaurant in town though :)
Best I can do is a Sushi joint or steakhouse :'(
I could order some real ramen noodles on Amazon and try to make my own. Blue Appron has a few recipes on their site.
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Best I can do is a Sushi joint or steakhouse :'(
Let's see, i've got the choice between a Chinese hole-in-the-wall place that has something it calls ramen on its menu of exactly 8 items, a place that has ramen for lunch only and used to be a Malaysian restaurant before being bought by a Japanese family from some French-Germans... and a Japanese restaurant that does ramen, some kare don and some udon recipes (... but no karage, they somewhat oddly offer sate instead).
It just comes off as a giant ramen education skit.
Came across more as a 4-koma with a ramen focus to me... well, that's probably what the source material is anyway. One page, once per week. Guess that works with ramen as the only theme.
Now someone explain to me what Pop Team Epic is supposed to be and why anyone would watch that.
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I watched two and half episodes of Devilman Crybaby and had to stop before I Cloroxed my eyes.
It is an extremely disturbing show. Watch at your own risk.
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How does Devilman Crybaby compare with Devilman manga? Or are we allowed to speak about it at all in this forum?
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I was expecting something on the level of the manga. It's a lot worse and I'll leave it at that.
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It's about the same level as Apocalypse of the Devilman in my opinion, with slightly more gore. Except with a very Korean looking animation style which really turns me off it.
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Quick recap on last season:
Shokugeki no Soma - fun as expected, the hyper-dramatic reveal at the season break where the Nakiri's finally find out about Soma's dad was great! Looking forward to next cour!
Blend S - Very cute and funny, although the middle segments with Owner dragged a bit, it was charming and well polished in all the right ways.
Girls Last Tour/Shojo Shumatsu Ryoko - A number of people seemed weirded out or disappointed with the ending, but I thought it was a pretty great way to cap it off! Life's an existential question anyway, and the two of them found the answer together!
Imoto Sae Ireba Ii/A Little Sister is All You Need - Despite an absolutely awful premiere, I feel this show's character writing rose to the levels of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai between the absolutely cringe-inducing gags. It's a real shame Silver Link decided to phone in the animation whenever they weren't playing up the fan-service, since they can definitely do better and this show needed all the hep it could get. At least they spent a lot of time playing and talking about board games and pen & paper RPGs, so all in all, it wasn't a complete waste of my time!
Hoseki no Kuni/Land of the Lustrous - Best anime of the season, in my assessment! Original, dazzling, and always teasing that essentially human existential question, Land of the Lustrous has probably the best CG animation I've seen in an anime, and a setting and narrative like nothing else! I cannot gush enough about the gorgeous visuals, the charm of the characters, or the organic experience of exploring the nature of the world! Bravo!
UQ Holder - Decently entertaining, but mostly a bullet-train straight to buy-the-manga-ville. Basically 12 episodes of Ken Akamatsu standing on the street-corner waving a giant sign that says "UQ Holder IS Negima! Please keep reading!"
Konohana Kitan - I know a lot of people had praise for this series, but the slow pacing just put me off and none of the characters resonated with me the way I hoped. I dropped out about episode 3.
Anime-Gataris - Holy crap did that go full Otaku no Video finale at the end! *laughs* I can't call Animegataris good, but I can't call it awful. I guess I'll just call it something! The last three episodes should be experienced at least once!
Uruhara - Like Konohana Kitan, this failed the three episode rule. The Harajuku-pop visuals & general setting creativity was appealing, but damn if the characters weren't just flat and overly prone to monologue!
Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru: Washi/Yusha no Sho/Yuki Yuna is a Hero Washi/Braves Arc - Everything adult magical girl storytelling should be! I watched the finale with my blood boiling, screaming with my fist held high in the air! If I hadn't known what to expect from Yuki Yuna from the first season, this probably would have topped Land of the Lustrous for me for top show of the season! Absolutely stellar! Hero Club Forever!
IdolM@ster SideM - Boy idols are awesome too! Went in expecting F-LAGS & Beit to be my favorite groups, but I'm happy to report I've been won over to the side of Dramatic Stars & my fellow well-read old men S.E.M.! Jupiter is still trash, but at least they didn't ruin the show!
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New yuri anime available on Crunchyroll: Citrus
SQUEE!
[drool]
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New yuri anime available on Crunchyroll: Citrus
SQUEE!
[drool]
Citrus is great, & Ayana Taketatsu was the perfect cast for Yuzu! I'm really digging the adaptation so far!
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New season, on my not-dropped list out with only about one-third of all new series having aired so far:
Mitsuboshi Colors - meitantei style CGDCT with heavy humour added in. Also, this really feels like a Milky Holmes Gaiden - the scriptwriter did work on Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD, and it shows.
Grancrest Senki - strategy-focused plot from the author of Record of Lodoss war with animation visually heavily reminiscent of Tales of Zestiria (... within limits, some of the CG work could be better). Unless they pick up the game this could get a bit repetitive and boring though.
Yuru Camp - CGDCT SOL involving camping and at least so far literally zero plot. I mean, even the original Yama no Susume (where they clearly got the idea for this) packed more plot into its 3-minute episodes than Yuru Camp...
Sora yori mo Tooi Basho (A Place Further Than the Universe) - Antarctica. And getting there. 'nuff said. Well, other than... Do the writers of this realize that for part-time minimum wage work what's in that envelope are one year of earnings on a half-day job?
Other than that i'm pretty much down with only the Ramen thing and Slow Start so far, though both... well 50/50.
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Well here's my views on what I'm following so far...
The Ancient Magus' Bride, 2nd cour - Ep 13 picked up right off the bat from the 1st cour. I'm still worried the 2nd cour's narrative will end somewhere in the mid to late 30s of the Manga. That is a point that doesn't leave a 'clean' break if a second series isn't locked in. The ep though is rather solid and enjoyable.
Katana Maidens, I get the feeling this girls battle title is gonna have some narrative twists much like High School Fleet did. I'm willing to give it a couple more eps right now.
Record of Grancrest War, I've read scanlations of the Manga recently. What I have read worries me some, but ep 1 of Grancrest covered the first three Manga chapters, so there might be some positive progress in the first couple of eps.
Carcaptor Sakura - Clear Card Well both the Prologue OVA and ep 1 are out. If you aren't familiar with the original CCS Anime or Manga, you'll be a little lost, but not fully clueless. In all honesty, ep 1 feels like just as if you're picking up right where the original material left off. Both the OP and EP are decent.
If you're a fan of the original, I think CCS Clear Card is going to be worth your time.
Anything else will pop-up next weekend.
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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-08/saga-of-tanya-the-evil-sequel-film-reveals-teaser-video-visual/.126172
for some reason i just cannot stop smiling...or more accurately what my face is passing for smiling...
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I love her look at the end of the clip. Such a scary little girl #P
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It's about the same level as Apocalypse of the Devilman in my opinion, with slightly more gore. Except with a very Korean looking animation style which really turns me off it.
Devilman Crybaby was directed by Masaaki Yuasa, and his style is all over this this. For good or ill, it's totally his baby. I was watching it purely because of that (I Loved Kaiba), and it doesn't disappoint. It's very Grand Guignol. Personally, his style and use of color is so abstract, it doesnt feel as 'real' as certain other shows, and comes across like a fever dream.
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Got School Live for Christmas. Binge watched it yesterday, but had to watch the last 3 after work today. If the creator of Lucky Star ever had a bad acid trip I think we'd get something very similar. I really want to find someone I haven't mentioned this one to already and see their reaction to episode one.
I think I'm going to have to pick up the manga as it sounds like season two is going to be awhile(if at all). Here's hoping it comes out at a faster rate than Spice and Wolf.
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Considering the Manga just picked back up after a bit of a hiatus, yea seeing a season two of the Anime might be a while. Don't worry though... There's a Live Action film coming out this year!!! :::Headdesk::: (Groan...)
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If thats the case we should push for a live action Roujin Z!
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Yeeeeeeeeeesssssssss!
New season of Overlord is on CR! }:)
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Yeeeeeeeeeesssssssss!
New season of Overlord is on CR! }:)
Also on hulu for anyone who doesn't have a cr account and doesn't wanna wait a week.
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As much as I have impatiently awaited Overlord I am eagerly awaiting the next season of KONOSUBA. So far I think there may be a fair number of shows for me to watch this season though. Have several qued up to watch and see if the first few episodes are any good.
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Yeah im more excited about this season than last season. Bunch of sequels it feels like iv been waiting forever for.
Speaking of which, any news on if we're getting another for log horizon?
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Lordy, i need beng to catch up few shows i was tracking this season. #P
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Speaking of which, any news on if we're getting another for log horizon?
I doubt we'll ever see any more LH, considering the tax issues the creator got into a year or two ago.
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I doubt we'll ever see any more LH, considering the tax issues the creator got into a year or two ago.
Woah, i didn't know that. That's horrible. So he's in jail now? I'd imagine he needs to generate money to pay them off.
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Woah, i didn't know that. That's horrible. So he's in jail now? I'd imagine he needs to generate money to pay them off.
Not quite.
According to this ANN article (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-27/log-horizon-author-mamare-touno-found-guilty-of-tax-evasion/.101506) from 2016. He was to spend 10 months in jail, but that was suspended for three years. As long as he's on good behavior in that time frame, he won't serve it.
It also seems he has repaid the delinquent taxes as well.
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Amazon strike is dead! long live Amazon Prime!
Ahem.... I finally get to watch Re:Creators and this show does not disappoint! I was supposed to do stuff today, but it looks like i am marathoning this show instead. :D
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Just wait until ep 13 of Re: Creators. While it is a 'recap' episode, it is one of the most imaginative ones I've ever seen. It is well worth watching.
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Just watched it.... that is probably the most impressive recap episode I have ever seen. I like they way they play with the 4th wall in this show
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ANN reported they recently had a 35th Anniversary party for the Macross franchise at the Tokyo SkyTree tower. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-01-10/macross-35th-anniversary-at-the-tokyo-skytree-shows-off-brand-new-animation/.126269)
Apparently the writer went to the event, gave his impressions. Alot models, pictures from previous shows. They showed some game footage. I didn't see any mention of a new show or anything, so i guess nothing come out.
If they ever do, please lord not be like Delta. I didn't think that was balanced story.
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Death Parade kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukou : the default isekai this season*
Märchen Mädchen : the better isekai this season.
Dame x Prince Anime Caravan : the default shoujo reverse-harem show this season
Koi wa Ameagari no You ni : the better shoujo romance this season.
Other than that:
Kokkoku is actually a pretty good time-stop story adaption. Don't have those too often. Runs in the mystery/horror section though, so be warned. PV as a preview to that (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsv2ymwJlvE).
* technically it's one of the older isekai LN series, and one of the better-selling ones.
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Okay, what's a reverse harem show? Do they mean a female protagonist with a lot of guys who want to be her boyfriend or a male protagonist who's competing with a lot of other guys to be a single female's boyfriend. Or a guy who's trying to date a lot of different women who don't like him?
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Okay, what's a reverse harem show? Do they mean a female protagonist with a lot of guys who want to be her boyfriend...
Typically that's what people mean when they say "reverse harem", yeah. I tend to view the term "harem" as a description of anime genre so debased by emotional vitriol as to be meaningless, personally.
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Kokkoku does seem interesting. I'm gonna wait and see how episode two goes before a firm yay or nay on it.
I'm actually watching episode one of Marchen Madchen right now. I don't care for the OP at all. And everything else....
If it wasn't for the 'we gotta throw fan service in', it might be a interesting story. At least worth one more episode.
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Okay, what's a reverse harem show?
A shoujo reverse harem is one in which a single female protagonist is swarmed by a number of male admirers in a polyandrous way. Unlike "regular" harem shows, this is however also typically arranged with some sort of exclusivity for the protagonist, i.e. either without competitors of any kind at all (there's reverse harem isekai to that effect) or with the protagonist in a particularly exclusive position with regard to the males, such as some sort of supervising or managerial position or e.g. "hiding their secret". Such shows tend to center on the protagonist exploring all those male characters (which all tend to follow a standard set of tropes) in an omnibus setup, generally - like "regular" harems - not leading to any sort of romance or conclusion.
The full stereotype reverse harem for such a show in this season is Idolish 7, which from the first appearance of the protagonist 40 seconds in spends exactly another 40 seconds - and about three lines of dialogue - to set up the story outline for the above (i.e. the protagonist as the manager of a male idol group).
On a quick look, Dame x Prince Anime Caravan makes fun of a couple reverse-harem tropes, but still centers on a main pair (pair, not couple) with the female protagonist being further courted by other parties - in that first episode three men, separately and sequentially.
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A fun reverse harem would be Kiss Him Not Me. I think Brothers Conflict (if it is the correct anime) might also qualify.
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Yuri at an international magical girl school for fairytale nerds with Kantoku designs & a fhána OP? Man, does Märchen Mädhen seem like an anime I'd make! ^-^ It's a keeper!
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Which of the myriad of services is that one on? Nevermind found it.
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Seems the name on CR isn't as you typed. I blame Santa for the mistake.
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aaaaaand found a new show for the que. Anyone watch the first episode of How to Keep a Mummy?
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Ancient Magus' Bride: Love the show and looking forward to more.
Death Parade kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukou. Watched the first episode. Once more into a computer MMO world but I will keep watching. First episode was good.
Beatless: Interested in the premise, looking forward to the first episode.
Watch Koi wa Ameagari no You ni: The first episode was absolutely beautiful. This and Magus' Bride will probably be my favorites this season. Wit Studio at its best.
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Death Parade lost me when I looked up the characters and saw how many of them had 'Slave Girl he bought/appropriated' in their backstory. I ESPECIALLY dislike such things when the author writes in justifications so they prefer that status.
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Death Parade kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukou : the default isekai this season*
Märchen Mädchen : the better isekai this season.
One more:
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
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One more:
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
What you quoted is the actual Japanese title...
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Hakumei to Mikochi
Been following the manga, now I'm excited to hear that the anime just aired.
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So far shaping up to be a good season.
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Forgotto mention Gancrest Senki. This seems to be shaping up to be a good show.
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Forgotto mention Gancrest Senki. This seems to be shaping up to be a good show.
I'll agree that Record of Grancrest War is moving at a good pace, at least in comparison to the Manga.
Considering ep two skipped Theo & Siluca's excursion into his newly acquired lands from ep one. A slightly missed opportunity, IMHO. That could of developed Theo a little. I honesty expected what took place in ep two to be the back of two & start of three.
Also the post credit bit... That is in the middle of Ch 13 of the Manga.
I'm a bit thrilled we're getting Theo's 'power level' raised relatively quick. I just don't want to see it at the cost of things between Theo & Siluca.
Otherwise...
Katana Maidens plot is running a bit how I figured. The 'reveal' right at the end I didn't expect this soon though. It'll be interesting to see the friendship between the two leads develop.
Violet Evergarden...
One of the most hyped shows coming into this season. And while it is good with narrative, music, and visuals, I feel it doesn't quite meet the hype. What is gonna hurt it as well, for those in the States, is of course it's behind Netflix's time-wall. Meaning we won't legally see it until Spring at the earliest. What adds onto it is that not only is the Subtitled Stream going weekly pretty much everywhere else, but there'll be a weekly English Dub streaming as well.
I saw most of ep one of Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens earlier as well. I need to go back and finish it, but a tale of Hitpeople and other assorted types in the Japanese Gotham City, minus the Bat. Could be interesting.
I still have Killing Bites, Beatless, and Darling in the FranXX to look forward to.
If I keep up with everything, besides Space Battleship Yamato 2199's dub and Ancient Magus' Bride's second Cour, this is one of the fullest seasons of shows I've cared for in nearly a year
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I ESPECIALLY dislike such things when the author writes in justifications so they prefer that status.
Actually there's no such justifications in this one, which makes it somewhat interesting in this regard. It to a large extent portrays slavery in its full level of abuse. Makes me wonder whether they'll adapt it to the same level in the anime.
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Is it weird that I'm having the hardest time understanding how owning slaves is somehow supposed to be compatible with the mainsteam MMO he's living in? I can't imagine any mainstream all-ages JMMORPG allowing you to own slaves. Maybe I'm missing something?
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I watched the first episodes of Record of Grancrest War and Violet Evergarden. Their both good in their own genres, Evergarden seem to going be a tear jerking good show if the first episode has anything to say about it.
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Is Violet Evergarden the one that isnt streaming in the US till Spring (I know I saw one got good reviews but listed as airing on Netflix later)
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Yes it is.
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Is it weird that I'm having the hardest time understanding how owning slaves is somehow supposed to be compatible with the mainsteam MMO he's living in? I can't imagine any mainstream all-ages JMMORPG allowing you to own slaves. Maybe I'm missing something?
The MC himself explicitly will note at some point that there are elements of old CRPG and others mixed in. The most prominent all-ages mainstream JRPG series with slavery was e.g. Illusion of Gaia (the whole story was set around slave trade) released on Famicom/NES, as well as - a bit better known in the west - the Suikoden series.
Death March portrays a pretty carefree MMORPG top layer with a pretty dark undertone beneath. And that's not limited to slavery, there are some points where it gets quite a bit more grim than that - but the anime will probably gloss over that. For the girls one example for that would be the backstory of Arisa and Lulu, but (since both Mia and Nana have VA for the anime) also the "true version" backstory that Zen tells the MC during their fight.
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Thank you to everybody who pointed me to Violet Evergarden. Not only do I like it as a show, but both as a veteran and professionally for my job. I am really, really hoping that the quality of the story maintains a very high standard. I am definitely watching this series!
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What service is it on?
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Violet Evergarden, as I mentioned upthread, is on Netflix. Which for US viewers, means it won't be available for legal viewing until Spring. While everywhere else has a weekly subtitled stream and, in some regions, a English Dub.
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Thanks, saw that but was thinking it was for another show. Bummer... Oh well I can probably wait, have enough shows to keep me busy.
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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-01-13/attack-on-titan-season-3-new-visual-features-levi-kenny/.126376
hmmm seems that 3rd season is a go for attack on titan...no surprises there at least i see 4 more in the future
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I'm reading the comic. Story totally changes when they find what's in teh basement
I also think it's moving towards wrapping up soon. The author said in 2014 he was looking to finish in 3 years, so it should be over soon
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So, on youtube Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 4th Season/OVA 4 series was posted. All four episodes.
Basically, it's filler series, which basically links previous (cough) canon Tenchi related shows with the ova.
I followed Tenchi Muyo! franchise over the *sigh* decades. Frankly i thought the franchise was entertaining. Though i thought the magic of the original OVA series was bit lost as newer shows/ova series came on.
This OVA4, sadly isn't as funny or action pack as the original. Frankly, i thought it was lacking. It does give a ...link to Tenchi Muyo: War on Geminar series. Which last episode basically show cases.
I am kind sad that franchise isn't as lively as the original ova series was from Pioneer. It's good for those who enjoy the franchise and want of sense of completion.
Is there more coming? There is light novels being still written, but i hope it has action pack or at least have more humor than OVA4 does.
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Killing Bites is schlocky trash, and amused me a lot. If just because I can dictate most of it via Honeybadger memes.
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I've seen Darling in the FrankXX first episode. It was good. It was dramatic, hard scifi setting, good old fashion giant robot action.
I read the robot's designer was in fact same one who worked on Star Driver. Which the title robot is virtually same but female version with couple twists to it.
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I've seen Darling in the FrankXX first episode. It was good.
It was fantastic! Very much a hot-blooded Trigger anime, but with a bit more of a steady-hand on the character development. I suspect that's Aniplex's doing.
hard scifi setting
Well, hard as you're going to get out of Trigger, anyway! ;D What with the fish-chomping demon girl & LED-disco cartoon tyrannosaur bad-guys!
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I'm starting to think everything Studio Trigger touches turns to Gold.... :P
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ANN announced that coming in April, Lupin the Third's 5th series (sequel to the 4th series), Like previous series, it's set in the modern era. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-16/lupin-iii-5th-anime-series-reveals-staff-april-debut-modern-setting/.126478)
I haven't watch Lupin in ages, so i didn't see 4th series. It will be interesting see him in the modern setting where things are very different from the 1970s.
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Somewhat interestingly episode 2 of Overlord 2 was entirely filler drawn from the novel. Whole thing isn't in the manga adaption.
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Some of the reviews for Overlord II by ANN were too glowing on the prospects for the new season. I hope their wrong.
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Well Key on the ANN forums has the weekly review for Overlord II, as well as Beatless & Killing Bites. And while he didn't do a preview review, he's fair minded usually. I'm not surprised with the two that did submit preview reviews though.
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The second half of the season should adapt the Eight Fingers arc, which will be a bit more ... action-laden. And a bit more adult in some themes.
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I just wish they had made a sequel to Fist of the North Star.
That and I can find more of Those who Hunt Elves.
TT
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Funny thing about Fist of the North Star. They did make a PS3 game you could download a free demo if you made profile as someone in Japan. My brother did it years ago and it was darn fun game.
Fist of the North Star is more attuned now with video games than cinema i think.
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So, I notice that Netflix has some Anime shows available.
For instance - "Fullmetal Alchemist" and "Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood". Should I watch both of these, or just stick to the newest one?
Also, they just got a Godzilla show, it any good? :)
Unfortunately they have a lack of Giant Mecha shows, which are my favorites...
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The First FMA series was the 2003 run and follows the Manga to a point. Mainly because the Manga was still ongoing.
FMA: Brotherhood is a full adaptation of the Manga. Both are worth viewing, though I prefer the '03 series because I feel the animation and music itself is generally better.
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The First FMA series was the 2003 run and follows the Manga to a point. Mainly because the Manga was still ongoing.
FMA: Brotherhood is a full adaptation of the Manga. Both are worth viewing, though I prefer the '03 series because I feel the animation and music itself is generally better.
Brotherhood is faithful to the Manga as Tymer pointed out. Also, the first FMA movie is tied to the first series.
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Somewhat interestingly episode 2 of Overlord 2 was entirely filler drawn from the novel. Whole thing isn't in the manga adaption.
Likewise Konosuba anime has stuff that isn't in manga. Also expands on some details compared to the light novels. Cabbage harvest/hunt gets little more screen time in anime than in light novels. Conversely that anime has left off some scenes from the light novels, like first appearances of Wiz and male adventurers Kazuma hangs out with. If season would had have 12 episodes instead 10, those details would have fit with room to spare.
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The Godzilla anime looks like it's going to be a So Bad It's Good show.
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Last year I usually waited for completion of a season before diving into a new series. I make an exception now and check out the newest isekai anime.
Death March starts with programmer working on two games at the same time. He falls asleep under his workdesk and dreams about being inside a fantasy CRPG.
Death Parade kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukou : the default isekai this season*
Crunchyroll calls it simply just Death Parade. Let's see...
Sorry, due to licensing limitations, videos are unavailable in your region.
Oh, who cares... Next!
Märchen Mädchen : the better isekai this season.
It took me some effort to locate this one. Crunchyroll calls it Maerchen Maedchen. This time main character is a girl. She gets hold of a magic book and follows a magician to a fantasy world and magic school. I wonder if that school is in the same world as Hogwarts where Harry Potter goes to.
All 3 are on Crunchyroll.
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The Godzilla anime looks like it's going to be a So Bad It's Good show.
and it's more of a movie as the first part is 90 minutes long and is based on the Planet of Monsters
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Also, they just got a Godzilla show, it any good? :)
I just watched the two hour long "first episode" today. The premise of the story is that Earth was overrun with Kaiju, with Godzilla being the biggest and baldest. As human civilization is being destroyed some people try and escape to other worlds. After twenty years of searching they have not found a new home, so they decide to return and confront Godzilla.
I'm not a huge fan of computer animated humans but it was an interesting story and some really good action. An interesting bit of a twist at the end so I'll be looking forward for the next episode.
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godzilla just finished watchin it,,,enjoyed it a bit as much as i can enjoy things...silly question why does godzilla look like the original fighter from street fighter II e honda with tail?
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Just watched Godzilla, too. Animation was pretty good and it looks there will be a couple of more parts. If Michael Bay would have made this there likely would have been less explosions, though.
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Somewhat interestingly episode 2 of Overlord 2 was entirely filler drawn from the novel. Whole thing isn't in the manga adaption.
...the lizardman arc? That was totally in the manga.
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...the lizardman arc? That was totally in the manga.
Nah, details of it.
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So far the Lizard arc seems to be on track. Personally, i'm glad it's zooming through it. I want get back to the main plot, but i think I'm one episode behind so i think it's 2 episode arc?
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It's not exactly zooming through it - going by the manga we're currently in the middle of chapter 18, the Lizardmen arc started in chapter 17 and goes to chapter... 28 ?
I'm expecting around 5 episodes to finish the Lizardmen arc, i.e. the first half of the season. Since they put some later stuff (from LN volume... 7 ?) inbetween that in every episode i doubt it'll be less. Especially since they do draw out some scenes - Crush Lulu's introduction for example. Unless they seriously speed it up suddenly, which would feel a bit disruptive from how they've been going so far.
As said above, they'll probably spend the second half on and also finish the season with the Eight Fingers arc, which pretty much comes straight after it. There's some setup/recap chapters inbetween in the manga which can probably be done in a single ep.
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was watching old school stuff last night (insomnia is my friend these days) bubble gum crisis and for life of me i have not been able to find what had happened to Kinuko Ômori(Priss) she was good and her vocals were way beyond what was available for the time
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From what little I've been able to find on the Japanese internet, Omori briefly performed as "Silk" from 1991-1994, but only released 1-2 albums before retiring from entertainment. She is supposedly married & has at least one child.
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The lizard village took a bit of the manga. I just reread the thing from the beginning (curious on how much the anime followed the manga mostly) and it seems that the anime is cramming both the lizards and the fingers into the same sequence. If you keep the stories separate then I would think a 5/8 split lizard/finger but as of now I think it may be 7 will follow both before going straight to the fingers.
To me the bar scenes with Shalltear is more of the filler sort. In either case I really hope it continues into a third season in 2019. Really like the show and would love to get copies of the LN and manga.
Also, for those who watched and enjoyed In Another World With My Smartphone the story AFTER the end of the anime is sooo much better.
Though I also hope for another season of it and Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? While Sword Otario was a fun watch, it was NOT a season 2.
Now a question for the Otaku masses. Should I watch Cardcaptor Sakura to help understand Clear Card or does it stand fine on its own?
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From what little I've been able to find on the Japanese internet, Omori briefly performed as "Silk" from 1991-1994, but only released 1-2 albums before retiring from entertainment. She is supposedly married & has at least one child.
thats as far as i got but i cant find the info on any albums she had done
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thats as far as i got but i cant find the info on any albums she had done
This fansite lists her full discography: http://www003.upp.so-net.ne.jp/toshi/kinuko/discog.html (http://www003.upp.so-net.ne.jp/toshi/kinuko/discog.html)
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Now a question for the Otaku masses. Should I watch Cardcaptor Sakura to help understand Clear Card or does it stand fine on its own?
Not sure about the new series standing on its own, but watching the original Card Captor Sakura is well worth anyone's time...in fact, it might be time for me to give the full series and movie a re-watch...
Ruger
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Now a question for the Otaku masses. Should I watch Cardcaptor Sakura to help understand Clear Card or does it stand fine on its own?
As I mentioned a page or two back, if you're not familiar with either the original CCS Anime or Manga, you'll be a little lost. The first two eps of Clear Card lays down the basic narrative and the majority of the main and secondary cast. There's still a few new characters to be introduced yet, but they should be appearing in the next couple of eps.
A viewing of all 70 eps of the original series (Clow & Sakura Card arcs) might be a little daunting. But it would be worth your eventual time.
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So I tried Yamada-Kun and the Seven Witches.
I ended up watching the entire season in one day.
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Yeah 70 episodes should be nothing if I like the series. Might try for this weekend maybe.
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Been digging the new yamato on CR. Love me some ship combat.
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I've been watching the dub first on funimation. Saving the sub for a cold night when I have nothing else to do. Dub isn't too bad though I do miss the original VAs from the 80s
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Interesting news from ANN, maybe it will lead to anime later.
The original author who wrote the Slayers is writing new sequel series of books after 18 years! (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-18/slayers-novels-get-sequel-after-18-years/.126623) :o
I wonder how different it will be given Slayers as funny it was will translate now to current tastes in humor.
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I enjoyed Yamato 2199 when it first came out. I was also thrilled to hear that a Dub was finally being being done.
That said, the Dub is decent enough. Most of the cast has nailed their roles and the localization script is solid as well.
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I've seen Yamato 2199 as well, i look forward to Yamato 2202. Though i have to admit, some of the vehicle designs are....odd. Not as solid as i would hope they would be for Yamato. That weird super fighter that was helping Wildstar on his secretive moon flight being one of them.
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If I recall the 2202 vol 4 preview, that The Last Starfighter-esque Cosmo fighter is gonna show up again.
Now is it just me or is 2202 going a bit off the rails? I don't recall that much of the original Comet Empire series, but the overall tone of 2202 seems off in comparison to 2199. I liked 2202's start, but especially with eps 6-10, the narrative seems to be falling apart. Or is it just me?
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I only caught the first few episodes of 2202 so couldn't answer. From what I read though the story is different from the original material just as 2199 included a fair bit I don't remember (though that could just be age talking and that I haven't seen the original since the 80s).
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That experimental fighter had firepower to take down a Comet Empire Battleship...
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From some reviews I've seen, 2199's narrative did change things up, but also included things that were in the original Manga that didn't get included in the original Anime. All-in-all, I enjoyed 2199 and the non-recap movie.
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I'm not warming to Deathmarch to a Parallel World. Just nothing about it to get interested in.
Gancrest War meanwhile seems to be based on an interesting notion around the Lords' Crests. Once I got over that it was not the second coming of Lodoss War I started enjoying it more. Almost want an RPG of some sort based on it.
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I'm not warming to Deathmarch to a Parallel World. Just nothing about it to get interested in.
Gancrest War meanwhile seems to be based on an interesting notion around the Lords' Crests. Once I got over that it was not the second coming of Lodoss War I started enjoying it more. Almost want an RPG of some sort based on it.
Its quickly turning into my fav show this season
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Gancrest War meanwhile seems to be based on an interesting notion around the Lords' Crests. Once I got over that it was not the second coming of Lodoss War I started enjoying it more. Almost want an RPG of some sort based on it.
When I first saw it, my first thought was "Oh, wow! Someone finally went and wrote an in-universe reason for why 1st ed D&D fighters just miraculously gain followers & a castle!"
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Hmm, Episode 3 though, did anyone else think things moved ahead a little too fast in this one?
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I've been feeling that Record of Grancrest War's narrative has been moving a lot quicker than I expected.
But then again, there's also been some elements, at least in comparison to the Manga, that have been cut and/or changed. There are early bits I would of preferred kept, but I hope the long term payoff is worth it.
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Is the manga ongoing? Or are we going to see this to the end and Theo becomi g Empetor? (Which is the obvious direction of this)
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I've only seen scanlations to Ch 15 or so. Which takes us to the main battle of Ep three.
I'd have to go back through and compare fully, but ep one covered the first three Ch. Ep two covered Ch 5-7 or 8 with the post credits bit coming out of Ch 13. Ep three covered roughly Ch 11-15 at least.
EDIT: Oh well this really makes things interesting...
ANN has posted that Record of Grancrest War is gonna be 24 episodes (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-20/record-of-grancrest-war-anime-listed-with-24-episodes/.126704). WTF? There better be some rather good material coming to warrant the narrative pace these first three eps went!
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How long is each volume of the LN? Wikipedia says there are 9 out as of now.
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200-220 pages per volume, not that that's saying much.
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Gancrest War meanwhile seems to be based on an interesting notion around the Lords' Crests. Once I got over that it was not the second coming of Lodoss War I started enjoying it more. Almost want an RPG of some sort based on it.
There is an RPG for Grancrest. It's just never been officially translated and released into English.
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There is an RPG for Grancrest. It's just never been officially translated and released into English.
I have read that Record of Lodoss War is based on D&D. So Grancrest War got its own game? Is it D&D derivative like Pathfinder?
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I have read that Record of Lodoss War is based on D&D. So Grancrest War got its own game? Is it D&D derivative like Pathfinder?
Nope, it's from Dragon Books, Fujimi Shobo's RPG division. It's probably either using the Sword World system, or a derivative.
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It's probably either using the Sword World system, or a derivative.
It's a derivative, mostly regarding characters. They repurposed some abilities (traits) and constructed some derived character stats differently (movement/mobility in particular). They also cut it down to three preset character classes and gave each class multiple class-specific skills (which in Sword World only few classes have). The combat system and action resolution is apparently pretty much straightforward Sword World.
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From what I've seen, it seems a bit more focused on tactical grid combat, and a focus on running a kingdom. Heard it described as Birthright Lite, once.
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Since Record of Grancrest War is active...
All this rush of the first three eps and Theo's looking for the long play? Talk about anti-climatic.
Oh and there's the nun-type crest-wielder coming along too. Oh that should be fun...
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I still have hope they will update Lodoss... :'(
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For some reason the third ep of Darling in the Franxx reminds me heavily of Birdy the Mighty. Maybe it's the way the action is directed. That and Zero Two's way of delivering her lines...
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Dragon Maid OVA is up on CR :)
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I've been getting some recommendations for My-Hime. Anyone here seen it? Is it worth watching?
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I've been getting some recommendations for My-Hime. Anyone here seen it? Is it worth watching?
It's an absolute blast - somewhere midway between a magical girl anime, a school battle anime, and a super robot anime. I highly recommend it and it's sequel, My-Otome
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Mai-Hime is one of my favorites of all time.
Then go watch My-Otome
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Okay then, I'll make a point of watching it.
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It's an absolute blast - somewhere midway between a magical girl anime, a school battle anime, and a super robot anime. I highly recommend it and it's sequel, My-Otome
I 100% agree, it is rated as an anime classic.
Sunrise should really make another entry, but that is just my-opinion....
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Once upon a time I tried to figure out how to use the characters for another game I enjky (Exalted specifically). Having the characters port to that setting the same way they were reused between the My-Hime and My-Ktome settings would have worked well.
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I forget if this was mentioned earlier this month but Saga of Tanya the Evil is getting an anime film as a sequel to the anime (not a recap)
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-07/saga-of-tanya-the-evil-film-will-be-new-sequel-to-tv-anime/.126150
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It's an absolute blast - somewhere midway between a magical girl anime, a school battle anime, and a super robot anime. I highly recommend it and it's sequel, My-Otome
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Both series are great fun and I'd recommend them. There are also two sequels to My-Otome. My-Otome Swei and My-Otome Sifr. The latter is actually a prequel about the mother of the main character from the other two series.
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Okay, watching My-HiMe.
Please tell me that Mai doesn't end up with the guy she's tsundering in the first episode.
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Okay, watching My-HiMe.
Please tell me that Mai doesn't end up with the guy she's tsundering in the first episode.
Its open ended.
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If I recall correctly, it was something of a "I don't have time for you right now, I'm busy being a magical girl & saving the planet"
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I've been enjoying Violet Evergarden so far. It surprisingly moving and well animated.
Not comedy, but drama of young woman who was crippled during the war (similar to World War I). Emotionally and physically. Normally, i haven't been into dramas like this. However i find it compelling and keeps my attention.
Still don't know much about the backdrop for world, but so far this is the sleeper of the season to me.
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I've been enjoying Violet Evergarden as well. It's just a shame that it's legally behind Netflix's Time Wall for those in the US.
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For some reason the third ep of Darling in the Franxx reminds me heavily of Birdy the Mighty. Maybe it's the way the action is directed. That and Zero Two's way of delivering her lines...
I liked the first episode of the series, but for two and three it seems to be dragging a bit. Maybe I'm just too used to binge watching shows but at the end of each episode I'm like "that's it?". ::)
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Darling is different...
It definitely plays to both A-1 and Trigger's strengths.
Hopefully it won't take a couple of more eps to see if Hiro and Zero Two can actually pair together in her FranXX.
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Trigger almost pushed the over-the-top sexual innuendo (can you even call it that at this point?) over the edge in episode 2, but by episode 3 everything settled into place & the excitement & creativity took the fore again! So far, so good! Overall, I'd say FranXX is looking pretty great!
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I guess Mahoutsukai no Yome is about the first mainstream anime in decades to mention the topic of drug abuse in more than just passing.
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I guess Mahoutsukai no Yome is about the first mainstream anime in decades to mention the topic of drug abuse in more than just passing.
And it wasn't dragged on too much either. At least getting a look at Alice's life, and how it mirrors Chise's to an extent, is a nice touch. If anything, I wish the discussion from Renfred about Alice choosing between becoming a Sorcerer or Bodyguard was kept. While it isn't OMG important towards Chise's narrative, it goes towards the 'choices have consequences' theme that's woven in Ancient Magus' Bride's story.
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Trigger almost pushed the over-the-top sexual innuendo (can you even call it that at this point?) over the edge in episode 2, but by episode 3 everything settled into place & the excitement & creativity took the fore again! So far, so good! Overall, I'd say FranXX is looking pretty great!
Well the internal cockpit arrangement is.... unique..... creative.... ;)
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Well the internal cockpit arrangement is.... unique..... creative.... ;)
Now we know what a battlemasters duel cockpit looks like from the inside.
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Has anyone herd the Dub of Darling in the FranXX yet?
It's decent for a FUNi dub. I'm just not sure I care for Hiro's Dub VA much.
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Didn't know it was on funi yet, or at least haven't seen it pop up as available.
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Pretty Risqué to air that show given all the suggestiveness in it. The show certainly feels like it has more depth to it despite the overwhelming fan service in it.
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Both of the Discussion threads about Darling on the ANN boards have been interesting to read.
I'm just glad that the 'can he or can't he' about Hiro piloting Zero Two's FranXX got settled in ep four.
So at least now we're may see some issues between Zero Two and Ichigo. And Ichigo may get unwanted attention from Ikuno (glasses girl), but I think some are reading a bit too much into it.
Blatant metaphors aside, Darling in the FranXX might turn out decent of enough ride.
Now we know what a battlemasters duel cockpit looks like from the inside.
But is that a standard or a split interface/command type...?
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Been doing some retro anime watching. Just watched the first three episodes of Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventures.
I didn't see it but bits and pieces when it was on TechTV, but i found it again. I think it's amusing and cool.
I won't have guessed the connection with Tenchi Muyo's GXP series until i saw opening of the show with Mech their using. Similar one from end of GXP's series (arguably last serious plot episode. [blank]).
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Darling is different...
It definitely plays to both A-1 and Trigger's strengths.
Hopefully it won't take a couple of more eps to see if Hiro and Zero Two can actually pair together in her FranXX.
Just watched ep 4 and the question is resolved. Some pretty good action and its definitely out of the minor slump I felt it was in. Now, looking forward to the aftermath of Hiro and Zero Two's actions.
I also was watching Kakegurui on Netflix. Sort of a high school battle anime, but the battles are all gambling. Without doubt this show has the biggest collection of OTT facial expressions I've ever seen.
(https://dafunda.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Kakegurui-min.jpg)
(http://www.intoxianime.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Kake1-1-1024x580.png)
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That's the kind of face that says "I'm aroused by skinning live puppies."
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That's the kind of face that says "I'm aroused by skinning live puppies."
That's... actually not that wrong a statement for some characters in Kakegurui.
Other than its somewhat eccentric characters it's pretty much a slightly sanitized mostly-female highschool version of Kaiji.
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So my wife and I finally started watching RWBY, and binged our way through everything that's out thus far over the past week or so. Needless to say, we're hooked. Nonetheless, I must say: **** you, Season 3. **** you.
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Yeah, Season 3 got shockingly dark.
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So my wife and I finally started watching RWBY, and binged our way through everything that's out thus far over the past week or so. Needless to say, we're hooked. Nonetheless, I must say: **** you, Season 3. **** you.
You know the writers live on your tears, right?
Also, did you know Rooster Teeth is doing a mecha anime later this year?
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That could be interesting...
Sooo who here is disappointed the Overlord isn't getting much screen time in Overlord? Seems a few on CR and Funi are whining about it.
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meh i'm fine. Being a overlord, he needs to ya know, lord a bit. Which means delegating. Besides, hes basically God in that universe, so there's not much that can challenge him..
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The stage that the story is at is mostly about the Guardians and how they're more than just scripted NPC. Cocytus and Demiurge for the first arc mostly, next arc will be Sebas.
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Cocytus and Demiurge for the first arc mostly, next arc will be Sebas.
Based on? From what I have read of the Manga Demiurge has very little screen time during the fight with the Lizardmen. He mostly acts as a supporting role to Cocytus. Though I think the best part of the Lizard fight is Shallchair. What a wonderful punishment he devised. Shame it backfired! Crazy pervy vampire... Though loved watching Albedos reaction in the anime.
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Has anyone watch Gundam Build Divers yet? It's a youtube thing so anyone can watch it a the moment. Series hasn't officially started, just the first episode/preview one.
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What I find funny about Divers is they're already playing, in essence, a VR-type game. But now that game is being played inside a MMO-ish VR space. Really?
Well at least it's the Exia or 00 (what the series MC is using) is getting some love...
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I agree to, it seems like Divers it's built on Build fighters universe, with VR. I kept thinking the show more about Gunpla and also Gundam Breakers game series.
It does think it's set in the future. Someone claimed this is actually the world where the Prince / redhead kid lives who came back for the crystal that was stolen.
Without the second episode, can't be certain.
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It seems the Build Fighters universe is skewing more to the younger fans. I felt Try Fighters was a letdown compared to the first season, as they tried to balance retelling the first story with more skewed versions of the main cast and trying out a new mechanic of team fighting.
Divers felt to me as it if was occurring in Reiji's world, as Baker might have done what Yajima did and made the game possible there. Maybe there was even communication opened up between worlds and the little boy at the end was inspired to become a fighter after watching a televised bout?
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Based on? From what I have read of the Manga Demiurge has very little screen time during the fight with the Lizardmen. He mostly acts as a supporting role to Cocytus.
Demiurge is the one that manipulates both sides - the guardians and Ainz - although that is mostly in reducing friction by adapting words to get what he sees is right (which is the world at Ainz' feet of course). Within the first arc see Episode 3 in particular. "two-legged sheep".
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Demiurge is the one that manipulates both sides - the guardians and Ainz - although that is mostly in reducing friction by adapting words to get what he sees is right (which is the world at Ainz' feet of course). Within the first arc see Episode 3 in particular. "two-legged sheep".
Didn't Ainz said the description sound like a chimera back from his game world? I had my suspicion that the two-legged "sheep" could be a certain sentient race.....
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And as expected Arisa's back story was sanitized in Death March...
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And as expected Arisa's back story was sanitized in Death March...
At least guy got a KISS! Don't see that too often in anime
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Also:
Used Skill: Poker Face
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Arisa's back story was sanitized in Death March...
Is it as bad as in Gate? What about pacing and world building? Would you recommend to ditch the anime and go for manga or novels?
For sake of comparison:
In Gate manga war is bloody Hell (even without colour) with all the kill, rape, burn that goes with it, but world building gets screen time as well; in anime not so much and there are severe cuts.
Black Lagoon anime don't make many significant cuts compared to manga, but it add fillers to fill up the episodes.
Konosuba anime is decent adaptation from the light novels (which I'm also following); it makes some cuts but adds details and screen time elsewhere so it is worth it to go through both formats; manga cuts the scenes and don't seem to add anything new.
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ok since i am laid out again for better part of the month...my buddy in his niceness and spite dropped off over 300 eps of one piece for me to watch...either i will curse him or bless him...
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ok since i am laid out again for better part of the month...my buddy in his niceness and spite dropped off over 300 eps of one piece for me to watch...either i will curse him or bless him...
And the manga is now at 894 chapters.
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And the manga is now at 894 chapters.
i know...read it about till 200 after that i just dropped it it was getting to be too much like dbz...which for some reason i despised as much as anime...no idea why...
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It's because DBZ is the ultimate example of a series that got too popular and the author dragged it out with ridiculous quantities of filler while continually upping the power level of characters to ever sillier levels.
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It's because DBZ is the ultimate example of a series that got too popular and the author dragged it out with ridiculous quantities of filler while continually upping the power level of characters to ever sillier levels.
i dont think i was that at all...i had a dislike for dbz after 8 chapters...and that is a record for me i usually give a lot of manga a chance but that series really rubbed me the wrong way for some reason...and anime did not help it either 2 eps and i was trying real hard to see a reason to watch ep 3. to this day i had not bothered to even try to watch dbz and you are talking abit over 25 years give or take...
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The only reason I watched DBZkai at all was because it was on the local WB saturday morning line-up, until they dumped all that, too. Had to watch through it to get to the better Yu-Gi-Oh spinoff (Like Zexal, which was kinda neat).
Otherwise, I have not actively sought out DBZ in any way, after random exposure to a couple episodes here and there. Something about the writing just really deflated any urgency they were trying for in the story. In a manner, Bleach was very similar, and managed to keep the urgency and not devolve into talking battles as bad.
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Unfortunately, Bleach rather quickly succumbed to DBZ's problems with long flashbacks and absurd power escalation.
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Note: slight spoilers in this, nothing really spoiling it though for Death March anime viewers who are up to current.
Is it as bad as in Gate? What about pacing and world building? Would you recommend to ditch the anime and go for manga or novels?
The specific "sanitization" is a third-person verbal description that changes between all adaptions - webnovel, light novel, manga and anime. Since there's (starting today) an Arisa prequel spinoff manga there may even be a fifth version of it. All adaptions aren't happy places in this particular point, the change is primarily why things occured.
In my opinion the exact description isn't important in any way to the story, but to some extent it's part of world building. For details: The anime skips over human sacrifice specifically, but still mentions all other elements. The manga and novels differ quite heavily on for what this human sacrifice - and other elements in the back story - occured for, with in my opinion the manga presenting a more "rounded" version than the novels.
As for pacing, they do skip some things here and there to bring the story forward. It's very noticable in the first dungeon which is already completed in the anime, there's at one point a time-skip sequence which shows scenes in the dungeon that were in other adaptions described in detail. They're not really skipping anything important there, basically just removing filler material. Cutting this filler material gives the main character more screentime, but the side characters are slightly less explored (and made less important; some of the filler e.g. includes him acquiring potions and healing ointments for them, which can just as well be explained by being in his initial loot) and some background world building of lesser importance falls off the table - mostly on social divide in the town and a bit on religious clashes.
Quite more often the changes are in the details, skipping only half a sentence here and there but explaining it differently. One major thing changed that way is the providence of Tama and Pochi - "odd-eared races" in the anime, while they are explicitly the offspring of beastkin and humans in the manga - and them inserting that Liza was sold as a slave by the Weaselmen, which the manga doesn't say as such.
As for world building, the anime highlights slightly different bad points in the world while telling the same story. Racism towards demihumans and beastkin - and towards demihumans from beastkin - is a manga forte for example (but still evident in the anime, see the "they should stay in the stable, not under the same roof" thing in the last episode), while the anime does hint that Lulu and Arisa had to perform sexual acts as slaves ("you don't have to that kind of thing any more") - which the manga doesn't.
What's somewhat notable is that the anime adapts a few scenes slightly differently to actually express notions from skipped scenes - a simple example is that one scene skipped earlier was that the poorer part of town doesn't get any good meat and another scene shortened was the rescue of people in the dungeon; in the manga some of these people later invite them to eat and present them "precious" deer meat that they got from a friend. In the anime this eating out scene instead is a more generic one - in the last episode - and they only get to eat intestines in various forms, no real meat.
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It's because DBZ is the ultimate example of a series that got too popular and the author dragged it out with ridiculous quantities of filler while continually upping the power level of characters to ever sillier levels.
I heard the author was pressured to keep writing it past original DB so that we got DBZ or such.
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I don't know if he was pressured or he voluntarily did it to cash in on Dragonball's unexpected popularity, but either way the end result is the same.
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I just treated Dbz as a soap opera
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For Death March, does the novels give any information on how old Arisa was while she was alive in Japan?
Also, in the anime and manga night service is implied but it still isn't clear since both Arisa and Lulu were held at the castle until they escaped. After that point they were picked up by the slave trader and it seems that he has not been able to sell them yet at the point the MC picks them up. If that is the case they would have had fair warning of what was expected of them though it may not have actually happened as of yet. It is vague enough that the reader/viewer can read what you will of it I guess.
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Unfortunately, Bleach rather quickly succumbed to DBZ's problems with long flashbacks and absurd power escalation.
Those weren't an issue for me. They did a great job using the flashbacks to tell a story about a character. And, power escalation is a thing with anime in general. Fairytale was a show that does the exact same thing, and I still got a kick out of. Same with The Seven Deadly Sins. All of them I prefer over DBZ.
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First of all, I didn't like Fairy Tail, either, but that's beside the point.
I'm quite certain that there haven't been any other anime where the power escalation went from modest superhuman to "accidentally punched a solar system to death." If you'll pardon me for saying, DBZ's power escalation was over 9000.
And I'm pretty sure that I saw one episode that had a flashback to a previous flashback.
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For Death March, does the novels give any information on how old Arisa was while she was alive in Japan?
This (https://cdnx.natalie.mu/media/news/comic/2018/0209/deathma-arisa001_fixw_640_hq.jpg) is what she looks like when she dies in her spin-off manga (... her death scene is the single page generally used for advertising it, which may possibly tell us a bit about how happy-go-lucky it is).
Up to the point where the anime is at the light novel doesn't state an age. However between - in the LN - her not denying the accusation of being a shotacon for going after someone looking 15, and the above picture, you can pin her as somewhere in at least her mid 20s, possibly also older than the MC (who's 29).
After that point they were picked up by the slave trader and it seems that he has not been able to sell them yet at the point the MC picks them up.
Light novel: "There have been a few buyers" that they were presented to by Nidoren, but as the food situation is scarce people apparently don't buy slaves on a whim - especially hideous ones without skills like Lulu. In the LN he's also not happily going around buying up slaves like in the anime and manga btw, he sits through a product presentation by Nidoren out of courtesy and Arisa mindmagics him into buying them after Nidoren states that it's been decided that unsold slaves would be sent to the mines so they no longer have to feed them.
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Yeah really need to find a copy of the LN to read. Always so much detail missing from the anime or manga.
Bringing up the age... So if both of them are older than mid 20s, it is a real mind &@^# if you think about it. Mentally both are adults but physically 11 and 15. Add on the fact they are in a fantasy setting where there is no legal or moral limitation to what they can do, yet she has no issue with it while he think of ending up a lolicon. Perhaps it is because she was reincarnated so has a better grasp of their reality and what that society is like.
Weird to think about.. mental age, physical age both of which are waaaaaay off. Would be difficult to wrap your head around and deal with until you have enough time to adjust.
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Always so much detail missing from the anime or manga.
I prefer the manga. The light novel - as usual for the format - is rather all over the place and occasionally jumps slightly where you feel like "wait, shouldn't there have been..." while in other places losing itself in irrelevant sidetracking.
In comparison you really notice in the manga that they attempted to round out the story, that there was proper editing involved and that they tell it "better".
Mentally both are adults but physically 11 and 15. Add on the fact they are in a fantasy setting where there is no legal or moral limitation to what they can do, yet she has no issue with it while he think of ending up a lolicon.
The problem for him is that he does have a defined strike zone based on his mental age - and no, he's not a lolicon, rather the opposite. They're editing that out in the anime, but the manga has it; and the manga actually defines it better than the light novel. Key scene is where he's invited by Martha to the inn in Seiryuu. It's one place where the anime actually rewrites characters compared to manga and LN.
Actually that makes me wonder if there is any specifically isekai media out there with the opposite way of jumping. Someone becoming older. I know there's some older stuff that goes that way - Nanaka 6/17 comes to mind.
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and no, he's not a lolicon
I know that, it's what I remember being referenced though while he was trying to regain control from Arisa's mind games.
And iirc a scene from the manga I believe where he goes somewhere else for entertainment.
I don't remember any anime that has the opposite, though in Altered Carbon (Netflix, has its own thread) the first episode has a 7yo getting downloaded into some 40/50 ish lady (having been murdered). That in itself (for the parents) was probably another mental nightmare to deal with though she wasn't the MC.
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And iirc a scene from the manga I believe where he goes somewhere else for entertainment.
He apparently does that a couple times in the novel to relieve himself - even after he gets other, older girls just as eager as Arisa.
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He apparently does that a couple times in the novel to relieve himself - even after he gets other, older girls just as eager as Arisa.
He does that, huh? I guess that is modern work ethics in play: no romances between employer and employees allowed.
Otherwise it seems a number of recent Japanese fiction are less concerned about upholding main characters' status as an otaku and have them [main characters] behave more like normal humans; e.g. "relieve themselves". Just other day I read a light novel where MC embrace his harem and ask female lead to spend the night with him... What the Hell!!? Still took 5 volumes though...
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Just other day I read a light novel where MC embrace his harem and ask female lead to spend the night with him... What the Hell!!? Still took 5 volumes though...
Maybe he saw this?
https://youtu.be/6FmtiDbg4xY
(warning, just as NSFW as any harem anime, but not worse so.)
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Maybe he saw this?
Isekai genre, so unlikely. Also entire harem are his fiancees and they have approval of #1 girl. And though some reviews call female characters tropes, I can't discern who is tsundere and who is yandere. How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom in case you care to know. I got it from Amazon.
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Maybe he saw this?
https://youtu.be/6FmtiDbg4xY
(warning, just as NSFW as any harem anime, but not worse so.)
That was funny. Also probably seen all of the shows used in it too.
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Maybe he saw this?
https://youtu.be/6FmtiDbg4xY
(warning, just as NSFW as any harem anime, but not worse so.)
I think where i got serious laughing was when they showed the "You can spot a princess right away" a image of showed Frieza as one of the princesses. ;D
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About to Mazin-GO!
(http://i.imgur.com/SZ3qJfD.jpg)
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https://youtu.be/6FmtiDbg4xY
(warning, just as NSFW as any harem anime, but not worse so.)
While I'm generally not a fan of Mother's Basement, I so love this vid.
Just wonderful presentation and explanation of the genre!
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That public service announcement was great. I especially loved the "DON'T ****** YOUR SISTER" emphasis, because yeah, Harem protagonists are that dumb :P
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I don't know, I thought the funniest part was the number of clips that were taken from non-harem shows.
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I think where i got serious laughing was when they showed the "You can spot a princess right away" a image of showed Frieza as one of the princesses. ;D
Showed the video to a friend and when the princess bit came up, he said, "and you can always spot them by the sound they make," and he then imitated the same laugh 30 seconds before the video made the joke.
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Showed the video to a friend and when the princess bit came up, he said, "and you can always spot them by the sound they make," and he then imitated the same laugh 30 seconds before the video made the joke.
I was hoping/expecting a Naga the Serpent bit, but was left disappointed.
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That public service announcement was great. I especially loved the "DON'T ****** YOUR SISTER" emphasis, because yeah, Harem protagonists are that dumb :P
No no, the SISTERS are that dumb since they are the ones falling for the brother in the first place :P
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No no, the SISTERS are that dumb since they are the ones falling for the brother in the first place :P
And they will get double dumb children. ;)
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Cancelled 1980s American Gundam Movie. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2018-02-09/when-gundam-came-to-hollywood/.127606)
Interesting thing is it was to be made with technology used to make the Last Star Fighter with Syd Mead's drawing the story / plot boards. It was suppose to be total CGI project.
It would have been interesting to have seen it be made, but i won't trust writers to stick with the original story to closely though.
Apparently details are very hard to come by.
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being laid out gives one time to rumage through ones stuff when one is bored
so i found this little gem in my collection mind you on vhs...level e
short one shot stories with a bit of tongue in cheek humor even after not seeing this for awhile i forgot i even had it i found myself chuckling after watching it
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so i found this little gem in my collection mind you on vhs...level e
Also available on Crunchy. Seen it too.
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I started watching A Place Further Than the Universe and I am enjoying it a lot. This scene in Ep 4 made me laugh so hard I was in tears: the girl forged her Mom's signature on a release from school for a foreign trip (not really a spoiler unless you are REALLY picky) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6zsNySn7uU
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I knew there was a reason I added that show to my que at the beginning of the season lol that was great!
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He does that, huh?
And i'm impressed that they actually managed to put it in episode 6 in a roundabout way now, even if its in a different place than in other adaptions. Covered in all of four seconds. And with more than just implying it while not becoming explicit.
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Watched Summer Wars last night, good family values!
TT
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Watched Summer Wars last night, good family values!
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That was years ago lol. had the dvd.
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I'm finally finishing the third season of Food Wars. Had to binge watch the first two seasons as I completely forgot I never had the change to finish watching season two. Still as funny as I remember #P
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I don't remember if I asked this before or not, but how come in most anime, combat mecha pretty much universally rely on external weaponry as if they're oversized infantry and rarely if ever have weapon systems that are hard-mounted to the mecha's body the way Battletech does things?
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I don't remember if I asked this before or not, but how come in most anime, combat mecha pretty much universally rely on external weaponry as if they're oversized infantry and rarely if ever have weapon systems that are hard-mounted to the mecha's body the way Battletech does things?
I would say mainly Rule of Cool.
Oh, and GUNDAM Heavy Arms would like to have a word with you...
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Gundam is not an exception to that rule. There are some models that have shoulder or hip-mounted guns, but even they tend to also carry assault rifles and bazookas.
Speaking of which, that reminds me.
As a kid, I had a Gundam action figure I got from a toy store that specialized in imports in the early 90s. I was wondering if anyone could tell me which one it is: I don't have it any more, but it was white with blue and red trim. There was a star-like projection on its forehead. It had a translucent green shield that pegged into its left forearm and two cannons that clipped to its back and came out at the waist. It also came with a rifle, a translucent green sword, and two translucent green beam-swords (they were less elaborate than the other sword). Anyone recognize it based on the description?
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how come in most anime, combat mecha pretty much universally rely on external weaponry as if they're oversized infantry and rarely if ever have weapon systems that are hard-mounted to the mecha's body the way Battletech does things?
Hard-mounted weaponry was a typical defining feature of the "Super Robot" phase of animation in the 70s; if there was external weaponry they were physical contact weapons (swords, lances etc).
The mecha that arrived in the 80s with Gundam and Macross were physically slimmed down - both in stature and in height - and compared to the super robots really were just oversized infantry. At the time they were considered a more "technological" approach to mecha in comparison to the rather unfeasible Super Robots. The internally armed mecha Battletech are based on and that people recognize as such - Fang of the Sun Dougram anyone? - were a parallel attempt to introduce a similar "technological approach" that largely failed to catch on, or rather failed to prevail past the 80s. Macross itself took a middle of the road pass and originally still embodied a lot of Super Robot aesthetics (such as the platform approach of SDF1) while transforming it into the military setting that only caught on in the 80s.
By the 90s - after Patlabor, thinking mostly Appleseed and such - most new anime redefined this further into a further downsized realistic oversized infantry exoskeleton and a parallel larger internally armed mecha approach (this includes Gundam to a limited extent), but the aesthetics of Gundam and Macross due to market impact managed to prevail in parallel to that kinda thing.
One also has to consider in the overall context that mecha anime - by the mid 70s - had primarily become a device to sell models of mecha, and Bandai with Gundam simply ruled and rules that kind of market.
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While it is true of most Gundam Mechs, I mentioned Heavy Arms (from Gundam Wing) specifically because it is a Gundam that is very BT-like.
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There's a practical benefit too. If an external weapon jams, you go get another. Faster to reload that way too. Just drop of the old gun, grab another, and let a crew reload while you go back to shooting.
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Don't forget Armored Trooper VOTOMS. Armored Troopers are ProtoMech sized mecha that look like something that could be made right now if someone would invest enough effort and money for it. But the million dollar question is: would the end product be better than a tank?
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Thr series Gundam ZZ featured a lot of mobile suits with built-in weaponry, but it was definitely on of the less popular Universal Century Gundam series, & designs after ZZ reverted more to the norm.
I'm sure that like Kato said, Tomino had oversized infantry in mind when he created Gundam - handheld weapons are mission flexible & easily replaceable. Most other mecha anime follow Gundam's lead.
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Anyone recognize that Gundam figure I described?
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Anyone recognize that Gundam figure I described?
Unfortunately, white with red & blue trim is basically every main character Gundam ever animated! I can't think of any Gundam specifically with a star on its head. Unfortunately, China produces a lot of Gundam knock-off figures that are ever so slightly different from any existing Gundam design.
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Anyone recognize that Gundam figure I described?
Silhouette Formula Project RX-99 Neo Gundam.
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Hmm, looking at the Gundam wiki, that's almost but not quite the same, the main difference is that the toy I had had large cannons attached to its back that came out of the waist. Could have been a knock-off design: ten-year-old me certainly wouldn't have known the difference.
Edit: looking at the other Gundam from that series, I think it might have been the F90111-Y Cluster Gundam.
Thank you
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Perhaps a misaligned core fighter?
There's details of the painted model by some guy who owns it here (http://www.silhouetteformula.net/models/mecha/gundam/neo.htm).
Edit: Whoa, that Cluster Gundam looks... phallic. Sorry, no other word for it.
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Sorry, I assumed star-like would be more, well....star-shaped. F91 Gundam has the beam shield and the hip guns.
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Sorry, I assumed star-like would be more, well....star-shaped. F91 Gundam has the beam shield and the hip guns.
THAT'S IT!
That (http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/F91_Gundam_F91) is the toy I had!
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I don't remember if I asked this before or not, but how come in most anime, combat mecha pretty much universally rely on external weaponry as if they're oversized infantry and rarely if ever have weapon systems that are hard-mounted to the mecha's body the way Battletech does things?
I'm wondering if it's driven by some cultural (or pop-cultural) aspect. I've noticed mecha devised by American media tend along a different design trend than Japanese. Japanese tend to have torso-mounted cockpits and hand-held weaponry. American tend to have head-mounted cockpits and built in weaponry. Exceptions exist of course, but from what I've seen that is the general trend.
Probably from deriving from differdnt original sources (American taking after Macross while Japan taking more after Gundam?)
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American taking after Macross
Macross didn't typically have head mounted cockpits either. Veritechs all had their cockpits within the body. Only a handful of the Destroids had cockpits up top of the mecha.
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An odd conundrum.
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I know it's a bit older, but I picked up "The Legend of the Legendary Heroes" today...
Ruger
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I'm slowly watching that a second time on Funimation.
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Decided to watch Expelled From Paradise last night. Been sitting on my Netflix list for a couple years now.
It was okay, but honestly could have stood to have had an extra half-hour or so to expand on Angela's character growth.
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Macross didn't typically have head mounted cockpits either. Veritechs all had their cockpits within the body. Only a handful of the Destroids had cockpits up top of the mecha.
Ok, so tehere's that flaw in my arguement. But still, I see head mounted cockpits much more in American-made stuff than Japan. And the Destroids seem more like what Americans conceptualize. Unless they're doing conversions of Japanese concepts.
Though, that seems to be more and moe typical. America seems less and less interested in it's own mecha stuff, though power armor I've noticed an uptick in the last decade
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But still, I see head mounted cockpits much more in American-made stuff than Japan. And the Destroids seem more like what Americans conceptualize. Unless they're doing conversions of Japanese concepts.
Though, that seems to be more and moe typical. America seems less and less interested in it's own mecha stuff, though power armor I've noticed an uptick in the last decade
Boy, do I have a rant I can probably spare you all! ;D
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Boy, do I have a rant I can probably spare you all! ;D
I want to hear it, actually.
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I want to hear it, actually.
As long as it doesn't violate forum rules, so would I...
Ruger
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Me three.
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I have to hear it now.
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Bring it!
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In a nutshell, it comes down to the self-ghettoizing of Western mecha franchises by their fans & creators.
Head over to the "other Mecha Games" thread. I don't think anyone's mentioned a single game that's doing well in the current environment. It's pretty much the same story for Western video games, where Battletech games are having fits & starts via kickstarter, Titanfall 2 did decently as a hybrid Mecha/infantry shooter, but otherwise it's a dead genre. Meanwhile anime, including mecha anime, is more popular with Western audiences than ever. Why?
While I don't think this applies to anyone in this thread for obvious reasons, there are large swaths of both the fanbase & the creative community that knee-jerk reject anime & anything that doesn't fall into their established sense of aesthetics. This is especially ironic considering both modern anime & Western mecha franchises are both descended from the same 70's & 80's anime franchises, but that seems lost on the purveyors of this outlook.
While it's one thing to say "Yeah, I'm not a fan of Code Geass's mecha, they're too flashy." It's quite another when a community develops a cultural contempt for another part of the genre & its fans. As traditional marketing avenues for the world of table-top games & paperback novels continue to fade from relevance, anime is thriving in the digital age! This contempt from older fans of Western mecha for anime & most importantly, it's fans, combined with a unwillingness on the part of many creators to engage them in the spaces they frequent is pretty much strangling traditional Western mecha properties.
Twenty years ago when I got into Battletech, I walked into a comic book store, saw the shiny 3rd Edition boxed set for Battletech sitting in the shelf, & I bought it, because I'd been infatuated with giant robots since I was much younger watching Transformers & Robotech. If I were that kid today, the local comic book store doesn't stock table-top games not named Warhammer anymore, & there's hardly a FLGS to be found & barring an older relative, there's hardly anyone who could point you to one. Every young person with an interest in giant fighting robots right now is meeting that fix with anime they found online.
The only rational course of action for someone attempting to market a similar product should be to try to engage those customers and win them over to your product - instead, companies producing Western mecha almost completely ignore anime conventions & web communities, and fans often direct derision at anime fans who approach their games at stores or events. Western mecha games & fiction are killing themselves, & there's no reason for it other than the community's own bigotry towards people and properties that have substantial thematic, aesthetic & narrative similarities to those they claim to love.
I love both aesthetics, so I'd hate to see Western mecha disappear. I don't want it to turn into anime either - Western mecha's greater focus on a gritty military aesthetic is fantastic & I'd never want to lose it. But if we refuse to engage with a new generation of mecha fans who naturally gravitated towards anime because it was the most readily available outlet for their interests, then we're just waiting for the inevitable end. I know asking the fan community to change their outlook is shouting at the wind, but I at least would like the industry figures to wake up before it's too late.
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In a nutshell, it comes down to the self-ghettoizing of Western mecha franchises by their fans & creators.
Head over to the "other Mecha Games" thread. I don't think anyone's mentioned a single game that's doing well in the current environment. It's pretty much the same story for Western video games, where Battletech games are having fits & starts via kickstarter, Titanfall 2 did decently as a hybrid Mecha/infantry shooter, but otherwise it's a dead genre. Meanwhile anime, including mecha anime, is more popular with Western audiences than ever. Why?
While I don't think this applies to anyone in this thread for obvious reasons, there are large swaths of both the fanbase & the creative community that knee-jerk reject anime & anything that doesn't fall into their established sense of aesthetics. This is especially ironic considering both modern anime & Western mecha franchises are both descended from the same 70's & 80's anime franchises, but that seems lost on the purveyors of this outlook.
While it's one thing to say "Yeah, I'm not a fan of Code Geass's mecha, they're too flashy." It's quite another when a community develops a cultural contempt for another part of the genre & its fans. As traditional marketing avenues for the world of table-top games & paperback novels continue to fade from relevance, anime is thriving in the digital age! This contempt from older fans of Western mecha for anime & most importantly, it's fans, combined with a unwillingness on the part of many creators to engage them in the spaces they frequent is pretty much strangling traditional Western mecha properties.
Twenty years ago when I got into Battletech, I walked into a comic book store, saw the shiny 3rd Edition boxed set for Battletech sitting in the shelf, & I bought it, because I'd been infatuated with giant robots since I was much younger watching Transformers & Robotech. If I were that kid today, the local comic book store doesn't stock table-top games not named Warhammer anymore, & there's hardly a FLGS to be found & barring an older relative, there's hardly anyone who could point you to one. Every young person with an interest in giant fighting robots right now is meeting that fix with anime they found online.
The only rational course of action for someone attempting to market a similar product should be to try to engage those customers and win them over to your product - instead, companies producing Western mecha almost completely ignore anime conventions & web communities, and fans often direct derision at anime fans who approach their games at stores or events. Western mecha games & fiction are killing themselves, & there's no reason for it other than the community's own bigotry towards people and properties that have substantial thematic, aesthetic & narrative similarities to those they claim to love.
I love both aesthetics, so I'd hate to see Western mecha disappear. I don't want it to turn into anime either - Western mecha's greater focus on a gritty military aesthetic is fantastic & I'd never want to lose it. But if we refuse to engage with a new generation of mecha fans who naturally gravitated towards anime because it was the most readily available outlet for their interests, then we're just waiting for the inevitable end. I know asking the fan community to change their outlook is shouting at the wind, but I at least would like the industry figures to wake up before it's too late.
I agree with this, every word.
Short version: Grognard giant robot wargame players got snotty and hated on newer mecha anime (I still remember snide complaints about Gundam Wing from what, almost 20 years ago!), which alienated a lot of people who grew up liking mecha anime and SHOULD have been natural recruits.
I mean, there are other reasons that giant robot games have declined, but I think you've hit on the key one. It does no good for new potential recruits to hear, "WHAT YOU LIKE IS TERRIBLE AND THIS IS WHY" from the people that they want to play games with.
That's the main game plan behind my infiltration of the FLGS, which is dominated by Warhammer 40k right now. I've made it clear that my beef is with Games Workshop and that I do in fact like the 40k universe... I just happen to like these things a little better. Wanna give it a shot?
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One of the reasons I fly my anime flag so high here is because I want that visibility. If new players come to this forum, I want them to see that there are people who like anime here, and that it's okay. I'm doing my best to be a clear example that the guys who shat on you for your liking "flying ballerina robots" aren't the only guys playing this game. The tent is big! Come on in!
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One of the reasons I fly my anime flag so high here is because I want that visibility. If new players come to this forum, I want them to see that there are people who like anime here, and that it's okay. I'm doing my best to be a clear example that the guys who shat on you for your liking "flying ballerina robots" aren't the only guys playing this game. The tent is big! Come on in!
Completely agree, also with partial wings and improved jumpjets, we can't really complain about "flying ballerina robots" .....
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Completely agree, also with partial wings and improved jumpjets, we can't really complain about "flying ballerina robots" .....
i want them in tutu too...for no other reason so i can see peoples mind blown. or is wrong for me to even enjoy the thought of it?
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One of the reasons I fly my anime flag so high here is because I want that visibility. If new players come to this forum, I want them to see that there are people who like anime here, and that it's okay. I'm doing my best to be a clear example that the guys who shat on you for your liking "flying ballerina robots" aren't the only guys playing this game. The tent is big! Come on in!
"Flying Ballerina Robots"? Darling in the Franxx sends it's regards.
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Honestly, I'd have to agree. There's a pervading sense of dare I say... elitism (I can't think of a better term, really)... that leads to us fans ironically becoming gatekeepers to the 'thing we love'. It's not something exclusive to the 'Mecha gaming fandom of course, but we're a pretty visible example of an industry devouring its young.
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No I see that anime as pole dancing mecha with some back room servicing on the side :o #P
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i want them in tutu too...for no other reason so i can see peoples mind blown. or is wrong for me to even enjoy the thought of it?
I did up a Battlemech mini in a skirt once...
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No I see that anime as pole dancing mecha with some back room servicing on the side :o #P
Well, who knows what future episodes will bring. ;)
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I did up a Battlemech mini in a skirt once...
Do kilt next time ;)
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Do kilt next time ;)
Kilt you say?
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Trailer for a hybrid US / Japanese Anime - Batman Ninja - Batman in Edo Era thing. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=82&v=08dHXfIprYE)
The art looks good and well done. I'm old school and not a fan of cgi but it's necessary evil now a days. I thought Batman (with his whole crew) going into the past in Edo-era Japan being controlled by the Joker is interesting but still something i can't put my finger on.
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Well, the live-action Fullmetal Alchemist movie is on Netflix now.
All I can think of when I see trailers for it is how fake the lead actor's hair looks.
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http://comicbook.com/anime/2018/02/19/goblin-slayer-anime-light-novel-manga/
*watches teaser* Wha? You show the elf archer, where mah dwarf brewmaker?!
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http://comicbook.com/anime/2018/02/19/goblin-slayer-anime-light-novel-manga/
*watches teaser* Wha? You show the elf archer, where mah dwarf brewmaker?!
It's good in it's manga form, but it's rude awakening for people who thought it was light hearted fantasy. Gritty and Dark with sprinkle of light.
I'm not sure how much of it going be translated. The beginning chapters were a Rated R sort thing.
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Finally caught up with Darling in the Fraxx. Is it me, or it felt like the end episode was almost end of the series (or a break).?
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Finally caught up with Darling in the Fraxx. Is it me, or it felt like the end episode was almost end of the series (or a break).?
Well considering this is a two Cour, I'd say a narrative 'break'. Squad 13 has taken their real first step as a team and Hiro is starting to come into his own. And to be honest, the very end of the ep was a nice inverse of ep 1 with Hiro supporting Zero Two.
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Finally caught up with Darling in the Fraxx. Is it me, or it felt like the end episode was almost end of the series (or a break).?
Really felt like "This is only the beginning!" to me. I didn't really feel there was a narrative break at all.....
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I'm wondering what in the world was infecting Hiro in the first place. Kiss with Code 002 did that? How he fight it off? Sheer will power seems to be reason, still i though the other pilots got injured vs infected.
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Western Mecha: So remember when MWDA was in its heyday and everyone started complaining because 'They looked to Gundam'? That's the sort of elitism talked about. Also it showed that many of them were sorta just talking about the first mecha anime that came to mind because none of those designs were close to standard Gundam designs.
That said, beyond the ever popular Gundam, mecha anime in general is on a downturn compared to the 80's and 90s. We still a get 1-2 series a season but nothing like it used to be.
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I'm wondering what in the world was infecting Hiro in the first place. Kiss with Code 002 did that? How he fight it off? Sheer will power seems to be reason, still i though the other pilots got injured vs infected.
I'd guess it's something related to Zero Two's genetic make up. It might be she produces something toxic when she lets her Klaxosaur side loose in combat.
As to how Hiro fought it off? A part of it would seem to be partly his own genetic makeup, part sheer will, and also a change in his perspective. He's seen Zero Two at her best and worse, you could say, and has accepted it fully. And with that he was able to get themselves 'stable' again to finish the fight.
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Only three animation studios regularly produce mecha anime these days: Sunrise, Satelight, & Xebec. The reason is pretty straightforward: fans expect a lot higher quality from a mecha anime than your average card game tie-in or slice of life moe show, which raises production cost & difficulty, yet mecha anime do not generally sell better than other anime or drive greater merchandise sales. Ergo, even if there's a sizeable fandom for mecha anime, because they don't spend as readily as other anime fans, you're much more limited in output.
Most anime studios aspire to doing their own mecha anime, but it's a considerable challenge for most to attempt. Dogakoko collaborated with CGI studio Orange to deliver Majestic Prince, which I thought was a great series, & for their 15th anniversay PA Works celebrated by making Kuromukuro. Studio ACTAS attempted to make a fully hand-drawn mecha anime Regalia a few years back & had their.produxtion schedule completely collapse trying to deliver the quality they intended. It's a tough niche.
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I'm old school and not a fan of cgi but it's necessary evil now a days.
What do you mean? CGI animation can be fantastic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN_CP4SuoTU)
About Goblin Slayer
It's good in it's manga form, but it's rude awakening for people who thought it was light hearted fantasy. Gritty and Dark with sprinkle of light.
Oh Hell yeah, I'm lovin' it! If Berserk and the likes (Vinland Saga) are to your liking, don't miss out Goblin Slayer.
I'm not sure how much of it going be translated. The beginning chapters were a Rated R sort thing.
Amazon has manga chapters up to #20 so far. In Kindle format, so that cuts whole lot of time compared to printing and shipping of DTF. Gonna buy at least first volume of DTF just so I can bring it to anime club meetings. I have introduced the club to Kindle version with my iPhone 4, and "meat shields" got the girls screaming.
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At least it ended up "okay" for the meat shields.
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Finally caught up with Darling in the Fraxx. Is it me, or it felt like the end episode was almost end of the series (or a break).?
I think its the end of a couple plot lines, or at least the end of the first act. Hiro has survived the "three times and you're dead" curse of riding with Zero Two, and has proven himself as a pilot.
I'm sure there are more and bigger challenges to come, though.
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She looked more beat to hell than he did on that third ride. Must have been a bad S&M trip #P
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Konosuba light novel volume #4 has some significant differences compared to anime. Anime practically rewrote end of the volume and hot springs arc. Also cut off some stuff while making some smaller additions, like eatable soap bars. Unless my memory fails me, this got cut off from the anime:
"You trash! Aqua, I'll hold him down - you punch!" Darkness hollered.
"H-hey, stop! Stoppit! You really wanna go? Don't underestimate me...!"
"Erg... Awful... To think the tables could've been turned so thoroughly," Megumin said from where she rode on my back. I had stolen all her MP with my Drain Touch, and she sounded at once exhausted and envious.
"What a good-for-nothing guy..." Darkness sounded equally tired, her face covered in mud courtesy of Create Earth and Create Water.
Aqua, her hair frozen in places, stood in front of us and held out a sheet of paper.
So Adventurer Kazuma, the weakest class, curb-stomped the rest of his party of advanced classes with higher levels. He is badass, no doubt about it.
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Most importantly, Kazuma don't get abused by his female peers. Now if he only would give Darkness what she wants, I'd be happy with this series...
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I wonder if they will do a Konosuba anime's third season or not.
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Thr series Gundam ZZ featured a lot of mobile suits with built-in weaponry, but it was definitely on of the less popular Universal Century Gundam series, & designs after ZZ reverted more to the norm.
I'm sure that like Kato said, Tomino had oversized infantry in mind when he created Gundam - handheld weapons are mission flexible & easily replaceable. Most other mecha anime follow Gundam's lead.
They follow the lead, but only Gundam seems to take full advantage of that fact. I've watched a few of the newer shows, like Knights of Sidonia, and the hand-held swappable weapon isn't upgraded and tacked onto existing older stock that much. There's a lot of emphasis on newer models with better performance characteristics - and new weapons to go with them.
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i want them in tutu too...for no other reason so i can see peoples mind blown. or is wrong for me to even enjoy the thought of it?
Something I whipped up for a friend who likes anime.
Edit: The 'unicorn' doll that it carries is actually a hovercycle for the pilot.
I like anime Mecha, and kinda like the notion of seeing the two mixed. I would hate for one type to be the premier dominant over the other, though.
I always liked Heavy Gear, for example, and wish there was a BT faction that went with smaller, cheeper ultra-light Mechs/Protos as heavy infantry, compared to Battle Armor.
As for Gundam Wing - I cut my Gundam Chops on that series, but I have issues with the writing/dialogue. That's a beef I have with a lot of Gundam Stories, and many anime in general. There are some things that people just don't say, and I joke about it at times. But, that never really ruins the series for me, as G-Wing managed to keep steaming along, keeping me interested all the way to the end, anyway.
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I always liked Heavy Gear, for example, and wish there was a BT faction that went with smaller, cheeper ultra-light Mechs/Protos as heavy infantry, compared to Battle Armor.
Heavy Gear was spiritually influenced by Votoms. Which believe if memory serves me right, does use hand held weapons as well. Their Mechs (They called Scopedogs) are very customization too. When i watched the series i thought it was neat method of making realmecha genres show. Not super tough Gundam, but light cavalry machine.
(http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire2/dc53a2096dd1a5c38f3c294198f0c7f81424519236_full.jpg)
(https://49.media.tumblr.com/e498da1f89ec71041799415fd61cc75e/tumblr_ntqxwhp2KJ1rnlzdzo1_400.gif)
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Some of those older shows sometimes nake me with we had rules better suited for hand held gear in btech
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Seconded.
Votoms. Have a handfull of VHS or DVDs at one point, scattered around the storyline, including the final battle between some major boss. Wish I could find more of it.
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There was US release of Votoms box set for entire series (old one, not the anniversary new OVAs) couple years back.
My wife got me really nice boxed one that came in a tin "ammo case", i've not poked around seeing it's still available since DVDs are on decline these days.
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Heavy Gear was spiritually influenced by Votoms. Which believe if memory serves me right, does use hand held weapons as well. Their Mechs (They called Scopedogs) are very customization too. When i watched the series i thought it was neat method of making realmecha genres show. Not super tough Gundam, but light cavalry machine.
(http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire2/dc53a2096dd1a5c38f3c294198f0c7f81424519236_full.jpg)
(https://49.media.tumblr.com/e498da1f89ec71041799415fd61cc75e/tumblr_ntqxwhp2KJ1rnlzdzo1_400.gif)
Mecha in Armored Trooper VOTOMS are called Armored Trooper (equivalent for BattleMech). Scapedog is a type of Armored Trooper (equivalent for Shadow Hawk). Besides Scapedog, there are other kinds of Armored Troopers. I haven't memorized what those are called.
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Actually, closest equivalent for Armored Troopers would be (Heavy) Gear. In BattleTech case, ProtoMech without Enhanced Imaging thing.
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There was US release of Votoms box set for entire series (old one, not the anniversary new OVAs) couple years back.
My wife got me really nice boxed one that came in a tin "ammo case", i've not poked around seeing it's still available since DVDs are on decline these days.
had been scouring for that one for ages...
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Mecha in Armored Trooper VOTOMS are called Armored Trooper (equivalent for BattleMech). Scapedog is a type of Armored Trooper (equivalent for Shadow Hawk). Besides Scapedog, there are other kinds of Armored Troopers. I haven't memorized what those are called.
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/votoms/votoms.htm
Votoms is one of those series that I need to see at some point.
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http://www.mahq.net/mecha/votoms/votoms.htm
Votoms is one of those series that I need to see at some point.
Having watched all of the original TV series, It's pretty great. Not Gundam great, & the ending is pretty bizarre, but it's at least a fun ride in a rather interesting setting. On the basis of mecha designs alone, it's probably the most realistic mecha anime around.
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The Main Character, on the other hand...
If you ever want to see how a character with a maximum luck stat would look in action, just observe Chirico Cuvie.
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About VOTOMS
Having watched all of the original TV series, It's pretty great. Not Gundam great, & the ending is pretty bizarre
Bizarre? To me it looks like just meshing together endings of 2001: A Space Odyssey (movie) and Flashback (video game). I don't spoil it further than this (maybe too much already)
The Main Character, on the other hand...
If you ever want to see how a character with a maximum luck stat would look in action, just observe Chirico Cuvie.
Many main characters are like that.
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If something can be legitimately compared to 2001's ending, then being bizarre is kind of a given. :)
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The Main Character, on the other hand...
If you ever want to see how a character with a maximum luck stat would look in action, just observe Chirico Cuvie.
"Perfect Soldier" they said!
I really did enjoy the couple of episodes where he was flipping out on an abandoned spaceship being haunted by a marchig band. That was wild.
If something can be legitimately compared to 2001's ending, then being bizarre is kind of a given. :)
Bingo.
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I'm kinda curious now how a mecha anime has a 2001 ending
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Being an old anime... probably on youtube lol
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I'm kinda curious now how a mecha anime has a 2001 ending
There's always Evangelion's TV ending.
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There's always Evangelion's TV ending.
lmao no one i my club got that one but me....had to explain it to them and they were pod as all hell for not seeing it....most got it after 4th or fifth viewing
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Wasn't that one the series writer working out his own issues through the narrative?
Once I learned that the show's creator had a mental breakdown near the end of the show, looking at him as Shinji Ikari, it made a lot of sense in that light.
If there was something else going on, or something I missed, please enlighten me.
There's also Perfect Blue, based on the novel.
The end of the first run of Berserk was also on that level.
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Well, the writer was working on depression issues as he was developing the dtory. But the tv ending was die to the animation budget running out.
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So binge watched Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) as well as the live action movie. Enjoyed both, though the movie changes the plot a bit in some places. Especially the end. Just started Brotherhood, not sure how long it will take to watch another 50ish episodes #P
Wonder if I should do the dubbed version this time rather than subbed...
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Why not do both? I've found that Dubbed can detract from some moments of beautiful animation.
Kinda like that Star Fox Adventures boss where you had to focus on the marker and had to completely ignore the awesome scene going down on the screen. Need to find a Video Walkthrough of that on Youtube so I could watch the final result in all its glory.
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I've done both for a lot of different series between CR and Funi, but watching FMA subbed and dubbed? FMA is 51 episodes and Brotherhood is more than than. In this case its one or the other... watched the 2003 series subbed so Brotherhood is going dubbed. Translation won't be exact, but at least this time I can focus on watching the show instead of reading it lol. Not sure how far along I will get before the kids come back from their mothers though.
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I'm kinda curious now how a mecha anime has a 2001 ending
Computer gets unplugged in both of them.
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Many main characters are like that.
Not to Cuvie's level. It's actually an informed, In Universe character trait. The universe conspires to keep him alive, and while it usually does so through subtle nudges, it can display in rather over the top, ridiculous ways because sometimes subtle just wont work. He's survived re-entry, while unconcious, because his Scopedog happened to be on a slab of armor that was at just the right angle. He's had more mecha shot out from under him than anyone else I can think of, and usually walks away with barely a scratch as the explosion throws him and he lands just the right way. Someone once pointed a gun at him, point blank, to execute him. The gun jammed, then accidentally fired when it was not pointed at Chirico's head with the bullet then ricocheting multiple times to kill that guy who was trying to shoot him.
GODLY luck.
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Scopedog
Scapedog
>:(
Someone once pointed a gun at him, point blank, to execute him. The gun jammed, then accidentally fired when it was not pointed at Chirico's head with the bullet then ricocheting multiple times to kill that guy who was trying to shoot him.
I had forgotten that one.
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Scapedog
>:(
It is, by the Japanese manufacturer's own labeling, Scopedog:
http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/5901/VOTOMS+ATM+09+ST+SCOPEDOG.html (http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/5901/VOTOMS+ATM+09+ST+SCOPEDOG.html)
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:-[
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It is, by the Japanese manufacturer's own labeling, Scopedog:
http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/5901/VOTOMS+ATM+09+ST+SCOPEDOG.html (http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/5901/VOTOMS+ATM+09+ST+SCOPEDOG.html)
Yep, that's what my Sunrise/Xebec Toys Red Shoulder model Scopedog action figure (box) also says... :)
Ruger
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Scapedog
>:(
I had forgotten that one.
The Scopedog is the name of the DirtSide (?) walker miniatures that look a lot like Votoms.
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:-[
Don't feel bad! Japanese romanizations like this are notoriously tricky. I'm sure we've all done this at least once.
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Franxx's seventh episode isn't action pack, but it certainly a character building episode. Yeah, beach episode, but they end up doing more developing the character which is kinda refreshing.
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Don't forget the books on childbirth and kissing [blank]
I would have liked to have had the kids explore more in the old world buildings with perhaps a hint as to the reason for abandoning the cities. In either case the old world ruins don't look too old so whatever happened but have been within 100 years at most, especially considering the shape the books were in.
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I would think the reason is that the show runners took some liberties with the world.
That manga shop the two girls were just outside of look like it was good shape. Like everyone ran for it.
The beach seem out place where world was desert planet. This is long series, so maybe more can be fleshed out.
Zero Two's mentality still alludes me what she wants.
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Yeah its nice it will get 24 episodes. Give a fair bit of time for more of the world building to happen as well as the overall story. I wonder if there is a possibility of a second season if this one does well.
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Speaking of Space Soap Operas......April 3rd......the new Legend of the Galactic Heroes aires (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-02-28/new-legend-of-the-galactic-heroes-tv-anime-premieres-april-3/.128358)
I remain neutral on the art so far from what I've seen. Mentally I've blanked out that it won't look the same (perhaps as awesome to myself).
I want see what they come up with.
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For those who like the Mecha in four legged variety, Zoid's getting another series. Zoids Wild. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-27/zoids-model-toys-inspire-zoids-wild-summer-anime-april-manga-switch-game/.128314)
It will be out this Summer, i still am curious how in universe mech evolved from animals and then tamed into piloted mecha. #P
Still like most of the series the Franchise put out except Fuzors, which i had issues with.
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The new Zoids stuff seems to be another new relaunch of the IP, much like the previous line was.
Here's a link to the relaunch Press Conference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qswO9etdqc). Honestly, I'm not a big fan of the open pilot thing. Though outside of the Liger, the turtle looks rather cool.
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For those who like the Mecha in four legged variety, Zoid's getting another series. Zoids Wild. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-27/zoids-model-toys-inspire-zoids-wild-summer-anime-april-manga-switch-game/.128314)
It will be out this Summer, i still am curious how in universe mech evolved from animals and then tamed into piloted mecha. #P
Still like most of the series the Franchise put out except Fuzors, which i had issues with.
I still need to find a couple volumes of the old Zoids Chaotic Century series to complete it on DVD...
Ruger
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Violet Evergarden - 8
Wow... just Wow...
After Violet's real emotional awakening and unintended discovery of what happened to the Major in ep 7, we get her nearly full backstory with the Major. If you don't get any emotional feels for Violet at this point, I don't know what to say.
Otherwise Violet Evergarden has been one of my favorite shows of the season. I wouldn't call it my top favorite though. That ties between Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko and Darling in the FranXX.
hmm...
Actually here's my favorites so far this season:
Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko and Darling in the FranXX - TnM kinda surprised me a little, and that's a good thing. There's something of a Nanoha/Fate kind of relationship brewing between our two leads and I like that. There's also been some good action and set pieces and we're learning bits of the setting in nearly every ep.
I know Darling in the FranXX has been well discussed here and is coming out better than I really expected. Added to the fact DitF is a two cour run gives me belief we'll get to see a decent tale told of Squad 13.
Violet Evergarden and Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Dub - Violet is a very well done drama so far, everything you'd expect out of a KyoAni production. Of course my usual Netflix time-wall gripes go here as well. I just don't feel it's as good as the hype was trying to make it.
The ongoing run of a actual Dub for Yamato 2199 has been a godsend for me the last four months. I thoroughly enjoyed this series as it was slowly getting released in '12 and '13. The Dub is a solid work and I've gotten used to pretty much the cast as a whole. The localization is nearly spot on and I can forgive the minor tweaks.
Ancient Magus' Bride Cour Two, Cardcaptor Sakura - Clear Card Arc. and Kokkoku - I'll be honest, while I still am enjoying AMB's second cour, I'm getting the same personal aggravations I have with Gate's second cour: The pace of the overall narrative is moving a bit too much for my tastes. While this isn't an overly bad thing, I think it kinda ruins the pace worked up in the first cour. Also include a eh OP, in comparison to the first OP, and my enjoyment of AMB's second cour is just a bit soured.
I've mentioned upthread of my enjoyment of CCS - Clear Card. For me the original CCS series was a comfort food type anime and Clear Card has kept that feeling.
Kokkoku has a unique premise. A unique take on Time-stop SF for sure. Then add in a crazy cultist, a semi-vengeful antagonist, and some slight family dysfunction, and you get a thoroughly enjoyable tale so far.
Beatless, Maerchen Maedchen, and Record of Grancrest War - Beatless is different. I'll admit I did go through the first chapter or two of the Manga before the series aired. I wasn't that impressed. The Anime has changed my views some. It brings some interesting concepts to light, I just think the framing and some of the writing could of been done better.
Maerchen has some interesting concepts, but the execution... It's better than some shows I've seen, but not by much. It feels like it was intended to be a two cour series then compressed to a single cour. But then again, maybe that helped to keep the awkward fanservice bits to a minimum.
I've made more than my share about Grancrest's early eps up thread. Right now, I think it's on a decent pace and well worth seeing the series though its second cour.
I still have two series I've been ripping but have yet to really sit though: Killing Bites and Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens. Both interest me in some ways, but I'm not sure I can really go through them. We'll just have to see.
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No love for Mitsuboshi Colors?
I really like it. Probably one of the few anime that is actually age-appropriate for preteens, with zero fanservice, next to no merchandise pushing (okay, they're advertising Ueno District), a likable simple relatable setting and characters and it's funny to boot.
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Maerchen has some interesting concepts, but the execution... It's better than some shows I've seen, but not by much. It feels like it was intended to be a two cour series then compressed to a single cour....
Kantoku illustrated works' anime adaptations are cursed, I swear! :))
He's my favorite current illustrator, but the only anime adaptations of his designs that didn't either suffer quality collapse or disappear into production hell are Hentai Prince & the Stony Cat, One Room & the movie Garakowa. The man is an incredible artist & deserves to be represented so much better! I'm still enjoying Märchen Mädchen, but Hoods Entertainment is really letting me down on the animation side.
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Reading over a fan translated Overlord and found a scene that should have been in the anime... You know the one.. the creepy dolls and room of Albedos older sister. That would have been a great scene to watch in the anime. Can't wait to buy a copy of the LN to add to my book collection. Really hope it does well enough for a third season!
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Reading over a fan translated Overlord and found a scene that should have been in the anime... You know the one.. the creepy dolls and room of Albedos older sister. That would have been a great scene to watch in the anime. Can't wait to buy a copy of the LN to add to my book collection. Really hope it does well enough for a third season!
Yeah the first 5 volumes of the LN are available in Kindle. Don't know how much of the volumes they have in dead tree format (english version).
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Of the light novels...
13 total with v13 having an April release date
11 fan translated
8 English release (v7 in May, v8 in Sep) v6 is listed as released in Jan of this year
Wikipedia doesn't have a release date listed for v9-13 in english. Best guess 9-11 will be out in 2019 based on past releases
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Darling in the FranXX episode 8, well it has an 'interesting' beginning, but the episode does have some nice character developments.
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Well, season 5 of Voltron: Legendary Defender dropped yesterday. Binge watched it last night but I don't know, this season didn't feel like there was as much forward momentum.
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Considering 6 20-minute eps is like watching a 2 hour movie, I'm not surprised.
It's setting up for some rather interesting stuff, but I think the major arc is over the hump, and the story's working to a conclusion in another season or two.
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I suspect it comes down to what Lotor's real motives are.
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Darling in the FranXX episode 8, well it has an 'interesting' beginning, but the episode does have some nice character developments.
Quite interesting indeed. A tic forced in the set up and the gut-punch reality check at the end, but a enjoyable episode never the less.
Cardcaptor Sakura - Clear Card: 9
Even after seeing the preview last week and groaning a little inside, the ep isn't bad. A revisit of sorts of TOS ep 3, which featured the Watery Card. The basic plot is the same, but there are a few change ups. There's a bit in CC ep 9 that's gonna feel awkward in the dub when it comes in a few weeks, otherwise a decent ep.
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So question:
If I was going to try watching a Gundam series, what series would be a good one to start for someone without connection for the universe?
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So question:
If I was going to try watching a Gundam series, what series would be a good one to start for someone without connection for the universe?
Iron-Blooded Orphans, at least first season.
Beyond that, I'd say then in any order, SEED, Wing, or OO (Double-O).
For getting a understanding of the Universal Century (Original MS Gundam Setting), track down the Gundam:The Origin films. While they focus on the main Antagonist's backstory, these films also lead towards the events at the start of the original series.
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So question:
If I was going to try watching a Gundam series, what series would be a good one to start for someone without connection for the universe?
08th MS Team. It's set in the Universal Century (main) timeline, but it's a well-animated grunt war story that's completely self-contained.
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08th MS Team. It's set in the Universal Century (main) timeline, but it's a well-animated grunt war story that's completely self-contained.
I'm with MadCap...plus the series is relatively short...
The movies of the original series would also be an option...
Ruger
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08th MS Team. It's set in the Universal Century (main) timeline, but it's a well-animated grunt war story that's completely self-contained.
That sounds like something I'd enjoy. Thanks.
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I'll third 08th. If you want something longer and grander after that, Stardust Memory would be my next suggestion. Still got some grunt action, but it also scales things up and while it also has hero units, they're not as over the top as Gundam often gives us.
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Which Gundam series was the one where an orbital facility got dropped on Sydney? That's the only one that I ever saw much of.
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Original, I think?
Stardust Memory opens with a flight over the crater, but that's the only reference to the Sydney Drop I've ever personally seen.
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Which Gundam series was the one where an orbital facility got dropped on Sydney? That's the only one that I ever saw much of.
TOS...that was part of the One Week War at the beginning of the series...
Ruger
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Original, I think?
Stardust Memory opens with a flight over the crater, but that's the only reference to the Sydney Drop I've ever personally seen.
The OVA Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin V - Clash at Loum details actual events in space what happened to Side II that lead to the colony dropping on Australia and parts of Canada.
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Thunderbolt's second season also has a dogfight over the remains of Sydney IIRC.
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I agree with Tymers, Violet Evergarden is outstanding.
My series this season has shaken down to Violet, and Ancient Magus Bride, A Place Farther than the Universe, Gancrest Senki, Darling in the FranXX and Love is like After the Rain. I started watching Citrus but dropped it, I also started watching Beatless but after three episodes I've placed it on hold and don't know if I'll start watching it again.
One tidbit that I think is kinda cool about Magus Bride is that the events in the most recent episode coincide with the end of Volume 8 of the manga. The 9th volume (and I think the last) is to be published in Japan this month, so the anime and manga are both going to wrap up at the same time.
AS for Violet, I'm betting that she will find the Major alive, although badly scarred, Maybe his family was embarrassed by his crippled condition and shuffled him off to a remote cottage on their vast estates, or the Major wanted to remove himself from the world which had cost him so much pain and grief. Either way, I do hope Violet finds him. This last episode was so damn good showing the lengths she would go to in order to find him: going off on her own (not an assigned mission, no orders!), actually facing Gilbert's brother who despises her, wading through a river without a second thought, etc.
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Top Sergeant - I'd at least go through eps 4 & 5 of Beatless.
There's some good action and highlighting of some of the broader themes trying to be discussed.
I'd then skip ep 6, it's just a recap er... Intermission ep. Eps 7 & 8 (series eps 6 & 7) begin a new couple of plotlines involving the companies involved with the hIes.
Like I mentioned upthread, there are some cool ideas being attempted, I just feel the script could be a bit better.
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Yeah, Beatless has very solid modern sci-fi underpinnings. Even if the execution is a tad lacking, these days it's hard to find actual science fiction openly exploring themes like human-AI interaction that aren't just "OH NOES! Killer Robots!" I'm definitely appreciating it!
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these days it's hard to find actual science fiction openly exploring themes like human-AI interaction that aren't just "OH NOES! Killer Robots!"
Try Plastic Memories
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Try Plastic Memories
I did, but given that it aired shortly after my mother died, it was kind of a no-go for the old kokoro.....
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That sounds like something I'd enjoy. Thanks.
Another recommendation for the 08th.
War in the Pocket, I think also captures the irony of war as intended by Tomino.
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Violet Evergarden - 9
Wow...
I thought ep 8 ratcheted the emotionals, but the follow-up in this ep took it to 11.
I know this series has a long way to go, but damn, I'd be happy with it ending right now. This was one of the finest episodes of anime I've ever watched.
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As I watched Violet in this episode, she reminded me so much of veterans dealing with, and finding a way to overcome, their demons.
Every side story and character since the series began added so much more to the impact of this episode.
As for Violet I loved how they showed her touch her Memoir Doll School pin, and then the sunlight poured over her as she stepped from the alley into the street, and she was reminded of all the help she had brought to others since the war, and also Gilbert's belief that she was more than just a weapon. Well done.
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Whennis that comjng Stateside?
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once ****** ****** netflix get thier heads outta their asses....
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Apparently a new adaptation of Gunsmith Cats is in the works!
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-14/gunsmith-cats-reboot-anime-short-to-premiere-at-anime-central/.128982
I just watched the OVA late last year, but I really enjoyed it! The action scenes and attention to detail are really good. Plus, I'm a sucker for Sonoda's character designs so I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of this!
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Wonder if this one will have Bean in it... :)
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Oh HELL YA!!
I've always been a fan of Sonoda's works. And GSC screams for a another take.
Funny story (3rd or 4th hand...):
Apparently Sonoda was invited to one of the local Chicago cons, either Capricon or Duckon, in the early 90's. A couple of years after Riding Bean came across. And he was taken on a bit of a traveling tour of Chicago and was politely shown some of the errors in some of Riding Bean's locations.
I guess he took that to heart and made sure the producers on the GSC OVAs kept it a bit more accurate.
Now I really should go back and watch the OVAs...
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Well, I watched Gundam 08th MS Team and enjoyed it a lot, so thanks again everyone who recommended it.
Looks like the latest anime series on Netflix is something called Children of the Whale. I've watched the first two episodes but it has yet to start making sense.
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New Gunsmith Cats? I wonder if it'll actually follow anything from the Manga, this go around.
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New Gunsmith Cats? I wonder if it'll actually follow anything from the Manga, this go around.
The manga had some very adult fare, which might be difficult to replicate in the current production environment. I mean, even setting aside some of the horrible things that happen to Rally later on, Minnie May is super blatantly underage and volume one has her infiltrating a brothel - with plain indication that this is not her FIRST time working the world's oldest profession.
EDIT: don't get me wrong, I'd love to see it, but if they're going to censor our things like rape in Gate or some of the stuff in Overlord, I don't know how much they'd be willing to touch some of the plot of GSC. It MIGHT survive intact, but I'm not sure...
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Oh with proper framing, and a few slight edits, I think most of the original Manga could be adapted.
I just hope the OVA's OP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMBDFo8Xtco) can be resurrected for this new stuff. Hell, even when the OVAs were first released, I kept thinking the OP needed a "A QM production" type bit in there. Guess I'm showing my age there...
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or some of the stuff in Overlord
Overlord isn't really censored. The other adaptions of the material are just as vague about certain scenes.
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The manga had some very adult fare, which might be difficult to replicate in the current production environment. I mean, even setting aside some of the horrible things that happen to Rally later on, Minnie May is super blatantly underage and volume one has her infiltrating a brothel - with plain indication that this is not her FIRST time working the world's oldest profession.
Have you seen Death March anime? Girl younger than May attempts to seduce the protagonist. And what was said about Devilman Crybaby? It can be done. Question is: will it be done?
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Wonder if this one will have Bean in it... :)
Speaking of...was Riding Bean ever released on DVD? All I have of it is my old VHS tape...
Same for Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01, which I'd also like to get changed over...
Ruger
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Speaking of...was Riding Bean ever released on DVD? All I have of it is my old VHS tape...
Same for Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01, which I'd also like to get changed over...
Ruger
dont think they were released on dvd but i also wish they had been
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little witch academia is getting a game released in april
https://www.pcgamer.com/new-games-2018/2/
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AnimEigo did release Riding Bean on DVD. Copryright shows 2002 on my copy.
It had both Sub and Dub tracks.
Ya know what really bumms me is at one point I had the actual OST for Riding Bean. Lost it when my car got broken into in the late 90s.
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Finished No Game No Life. While I'd prefered less 11 year old fan service (i.e. none), I did really enjoy it. Any word on a season 2 or am I picking up yet another manga?
And as long as I'm using up what little data i have left on my internet, anyone heard anything on a forth Yuru Yuri?
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NGNL had a movie last year in July I believe that tells the tale from the great race war told of in the anime. Haven't seen it myself... want to, but forgot about. Haven't heard anything on a season 2 yet but I hope it happens. Far too often an anime comes out that you get into and then nothing. It ends. Not even the "alternate channels" have the LN or manga so you have no hope of completing the story.
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Seriously. We mods are not idiots, and we know what you're talking about when you're trying to be subtle. Unless you want anime/manga threads in general to go the same way as the anime girls threads...
STOP. IT. NOW AND FOREVER.
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It started as a slow day, so I left my staffer to man the store and watched the 10th episode of Violet Evergarden over lunch.
Then I went to cry in a toilet cubicle and made a call to my mum to tell her I loved her.
This episode genuinely hurt me. I am feeling actual pain.
I saw it coming. I thought I was ready. But, for freaks sake Kyo-Ani. That was unfair.
It's a terrible day for rain.
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Seriously. We mods are not idiots, and we know what you're talking about when you're trying to be subtle. Unless you want anime/manga threads in general to go the same way as the anime girls threads...
STOP. IT. NOW AND FOREVER.
Just for clarification, this is a Rule 12 warning?
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Correct. No mention, overt or subtle, of fansubs, scanlations, or any other form of non-official anime/manga distribution, period. There's an entire world of communication methods you can use that are not on this forum to talk about those. Hell, there's always the PM function on this forum, we don't police those.
Not on the public forum. It's that simple.
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Since we're moving into "last episode" territory next week, here's what next season will bring... and that is a surprising plethora of continuations. And remakes.
Continuing from first cour in current broadcast
- Darling in the FranXX
- Grancrest Senki
- Nanatsu no Taizai
- Hakyuu Houshin Engi
- Toji no Miko
Continuing from previous broadcasts after breaks
- Major 2nd (= Season 7)
- Lupin III (= Season 5)
- High School DxD Hero (= Season 4)
- Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory (= Season 4)
- Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara (= Season 3, Cour 2)
- Tokyo Ghoul: Re (= Season 3)
- Boku no Hero Academia (=Season 3)
- Nobunaga no Shinobi: Anegawa Ishiyama Hen (= Season 3)
- Hoozuki no Reitetsu (= Season 3)
- To be Hero 2 (= Season 2)
- Amanchu! Advance (= Season 2)
- Steins;Gate 0 (= Season 2 - despite the Zero)
Mostly solid well-known "staples". Clap for Amanchu. And FMP, i guess.
New Material within complex universe
- Gundam Build Divers
- Lostorage Conflated WIXOSS
- Inazuma Eleven: Ares no Tenbin
- Persona 5
- Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
- Megalo Box (Ashita no Joe 50th anniversary project)
If you think "yet another parallel Gundam line" consider Inazumi Eleven for quirkiness - which apparently retcons the last 141 episodes out of existance and picks up from episode 127 again.
Megalo Box looks pretty darn good enough from this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7GqbDVMNXQ) and this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j8sX95vkfc) PV. Its relation to Ashita no Joe is mostly being set in the same universe... in the future. Probably the one must-watch for me next season.
Readaptions of previous series
- Gegege no Kitarou (50th anniversary project, second remake)
- Captain Tsubasa (remake of 1983 series)
- Legend of Galactic Heroes (remake of 1988 series)
- Cutie Honey Universe (... yet another remake)
And while people hype Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu... eh, LOGH, of those four it would be about the last on my list.
As for new stuff in the next season, it's ... low:
- Golden Kamuy (seinen wilderness survival set after the Russo-Japanese war on Hokkaido)
- Mahou Shoujo Site (... you may guess it, another mahou shoujo battle royale splatter)
- Devil's Line (slightly dark yet-another-vampire-in-Tokyo story)
- Piano no Mori (see 2007 movie, guess they're starting to adapt the manga now; drama, music)
- Otaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii (the title says it all; workplace romance)
- Hisone no Masotan (cute girls doing cute things onboard robot dragons in the JSDF)
- Last Period (PV (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZuKPYH8PxY) should be enough of a statement there)
- Dorei-ku (pretty random King's Game anime, this one's about enslavement instead of random splatter)
- Butlers (bishounen slapstick; supernatural battles and time travel)
- Ladyspo (professional female athletes competing in sports in a scifi setting; seems like mostly fanservice to me)
- Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori (slice-of-life all-male crew in a teahouse)
- Fumikiri Jikan (slice of life, yoshikousei dialogue thing)
- Wakaokami wa Shougakusei! (ghost-assisted coming-of-age elementary schooler at a hot spring inn...)
- Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru: Dances with the Dragons (random supernatural fight anime; was supposed to air 6 months earlier)
- Hinamatsuri (supernatural/yakuza mixup slice-of-life comedy)
- Comic Girls (4-koma, manga-creating schoolgirl dorm)
- Akkun to Kanojo (tsundere boy, bordering on yandere, and his girlfriend; romcom)
- Tachibana-kan to Lie Angle (rather fanservicey cohabitating love triangle, offhand; manga is borderline)
- 3D Kanojo: Real Girl (otaku romance - and no, it's not a live action fusion as one could hope for from the title)
- Alice or Alice (4-koma; the subtitle of the manga is Siscon Nii-san To Futago No Imouto, and we don't really need to translate that, do we?)
- Uchuu Senkan Tiramisu (what it sounds like - spaceship comedy)
- Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Pony Girls. In a derby.)
- Omae wa Mada Gunma o Shiranai (gag comedy)
- Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi (11 lines above this, just replace the elementary schooler with a college student...)
- Mahou Shoujo Ore (genderbender mahou shoujo story, comedy)
- Gurazeni (Baseball. Guess Major ain't enough.)
- Sword Gai (moderately brutal 3DCG battle anime)
And the straightforward game advertisements:- Caligula (VR escape dungeon-crawler)
- Layton Mystery Tanteisha (Professor Layton franchise)
- Nil Admirari no Tenbin (otome VN smut)
Personally don't really see anything that's a must-watch or of any particular interest in that block.
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To be honest, Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Hula have been doing a good job getting as many of titles to show legally as they can.
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I am very pleased with Yuru Camp. I really like that kind of "slice of life" animes (and mangas), and it makes me reminisce my childhood camps in the boyscouts. Also food "porn", so much food "porn". Not Dungeon Mushi levels, but its increasing.
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Kato
You forgot to add Cardcaptor Sakura - Clear Card in with your first list.
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I am very pleased with Yuru Camp. I really like that kind of "slice of life" animes (and mangas), and it makes me reminisce my childhood camps in the boyscouts.
I recommend you Encouragement of Climb
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The manga had some very adult fare, which might be difficult to replicate in the current production environment. I mean, even setting aside some of the horrible things that happen to Rally later on, Minnie May is super blatantly underage and volume one has her infiltrating a brothel - with plain indication that this is not her FIRST time working the world's oldest profession.
There's a lot of questionable stuff, yes. But they can get around that with proper framing and cutaways. Or just cutting it out all together, which might be best, honestly. I mean, call me a prude, but I really didnt need to learn about May's child prostitute time in the manga, and would be quite fine with them only hinting at it in an anime adaption.
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So, this was enlightening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iflLDNUJte0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iflLDNUJte0)
I knew there were some cultural differences, but wow.
So, I notice that Saban, the same folks which brought us the wonderful Power Rangers, have branched into anime at some point in the not too distant past. I'm watching Glitter Force just out of curiosity. I admit that it is goofy as all get-out, but I think I can keep watching it, but only on an ep-a-day basis. Kinda like Rewatching He-Man, She-Ra, or Ghost Busters.
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I knew there were some cultural differences, but wow.
Huh. They're going for some pretty obscure stuff there - predominantly mid 90s OVA within a narrow selection of splatter stuff brought to the US. I was halfway expecting some Urotsukidouji in there. And oddly they then connect it with TV mainstream from entirely different decades - i mean, the scenes showing behind him as a background are Lupin and Inuyasha of all things.
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You have to admit though, the OVA boom was a rather strange era.
It did allow for the boundaries to be pushed and I doubt we'll see anything to that extent again.
Maybe I should dig out my copy of Baou or maybe Fight! Iczer One at some point...
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So, this was enlightening:
O-kay, I'll put Mad Bull 34 to my anime shopping list.
Otherwise based on what I have seen myself, at least some of the recent anime are improvements compared to the most of the old ones I have seen. Silver Fang and Space Adventure Cobra FTW, but most of the rest... nah.
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O-kay, I'll put Mad Bull 34 to my anime shopping list.
Otherwise based on what I have seen myself, at least some of the recent anime are improvements compared to the most of the old ones I have seen. Silver Fang and Space Adventure Cobra FTW, but most of the rest... nah.
it is over the top with violance and sex but still funny when bull goes on a rampage and still remain likable...as for cobra it has been sitting on my to watch list now for few months...
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So, I notice that Saban, the same folks which brought us the wonderful Power Rangers, have branched into anime at some point in the not too distant past. I'm watching Glitter Force just out of curiosity. I admit that it is goofy as all get-out, but I think I can keep watching it, but only on an ep-a-day basis. Kinda like Rewatching He-Man, She-Ra, or Ghost Busters.
(https://i.imgur.com/XIIVlmj.jpg)
L-leave Smile Pretty Cure ALONE!!
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Kinda like Rewatching He-Man, She-Ra, or Ghost Busters.
Just to clarify, you mean the original 1980's He-Man, not the 2003 series, correct?
And I'm assuming the Real Ghostbusters, or was it the series with the Ape? If the latter, the live-action or animated version?
I never watched but an episode or two of She-ra, so don't know much on that one...but one that may be added to this...the original Thundercats animated series...some (ok, much) of that show can be downright painful at times to watch...
Ruger
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She-Ra is currently on Netflix. It's decent compared to other shows of its time and was one of the few cartoons marketed toward girls that didn't make you want to jam a blowtorch in your eyes.
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Just to clarify, you mean the original 1980's He-Man, not the 2003 series, correct?
And I'm assuming the Real Ghostbusters, or was it the series with the Ape? If the latter, the live-action or animated version?
I never watched but an episode or two of She-ra, so don't know much on that one...but one that may be added to this...the original Thundercats animated series...some (ok, much) of that show can be downright painful at times to watch...
Ruger
You are correct on both counts. Although, Real Ghostbusters is actually a little more watchable than all the others. My problem isn't that they were horrible, but that the plot/story formula puts me to sleep in short order now-days. I can only watch one or two at a time before I'm drowsy.
Another one I'll add to that list: SilverHawks. Picked up the dvd compilation not too long back, and I never finished the series before donating it to the library. I had more fun watching the collection of StarCom on dvd.
L-leave Smile Pretty Cure ALONE!!
I can't comment for Saban. I get the impression they picked it up because it was not going to reach the states otherwise. Not dubbed, anyway. I personally find the show hilarious because it hits all the tropes and the characters are serious about what's happening, and yet not. As I said, it's goofy. I like goofy at times.
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She-Ra is currently on Netflix. It's decent compared to other shows of its time and was one of the few cartoons marketed toward girls that didn't make you want to jam a blowtorch in your eyes.
All the ones I listed are on Netflix. Thunder Cats and Silver Hawks are not.
I will admit I enjoyed the remake of He-Man and Thunder Cats and am disappointed they couldn't go further with them.
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Never saw the new He-Man, but Thundercats is a perfect example of how Cartoon Network is their own worst enemy (its contemporary, Young Justice, being another great example).
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There's another one I enjoyed.
And what's the one where a young Superman gets ported into the future by a group of superheroes in need of help from a legend? Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5 and them?
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There's another one I enjoyed.
And what's the one where a young Superman gets ported into the future by a group of superheroes in need of help from a legend? Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5 and them?
Yea, that's the actual Legion of Superheroes animated series, post Bruce Timm-DCAU.
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Finally finished Blood Battle Blockade - Beyond (aka 2nd season), it was good. If anything it was hidden among many shows this season. I have to admit I've fallen off the bandwagon lately watching latest. I have been Watching Darling is in the Franxx steadily, but I've been saving other shows for another day to watch.
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I recommend you Encouragement of Climb
Gonna give it a try.
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So... with the latest episode, i guess the guys who do Overlord decided to throw any semblance of censoring out of the window?
(well, as expected for the arc)
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I finally got to watch the Direct to DVD/Blu-Ray episodes of Drifters.
The these "specials" are exactly additional two episodes from the original production run of Drifters TV show even calling themselves episode titles as Episodes 13 and 14 respectfully. Same quality, same style of anime and writing. To me it's series was cut off and held off airing these two so they could be released to Home Release only.
The series show more progress of events without losing beat, while episode 14 saying "To be Continued".
Very good show.
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Speaking of "Cool" Shows, Teaser video for FLCL was released, ANN report is here. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-20/flcl-2-and-3-video-reveals-titles-june-2-premiere/.129243)
I'm not so hip on the voice English acting thou.
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This current season may well spoil me for the remainder of the year with Violet Evergarden, Ancient Magus' Bride and A Place Further Than the Universe. These three are incredibly good.
As a veteran, and as I have been working for the last 8 years in Army Casualty, Violet Evergarden has really resonated with me. Its top notch.
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This current season may well spoil me for the remainder of the year with Violet Evergarden, Ancient Magus' Bride and A Place Further Than the Universe. These three are incredibly good.
As a veteran, and as I have been working for the last 8 years in Army Casualty, Violet Evergarden has really resonated with me. Its top notch.
I have been watching both Violet Evergarden and A Place Further Than the Universe, and I can confirm that both shows are high quality in every aspect, and really know how to invoke emotions.
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I have been watching both Violet Evergarden and A Place Further Than the Universe, and I can confirm that both shows are high quality in every aspect, and really know how to invoke emotions.
Yeah. This season is just absolutely nuts in terms of overall strength of shows. I ended up following 'A Place Further Than The Universe', 'Violet Evergarden', 'After The Rain', 'Yuru Camp' and 'Darling in the FranXX' on top of 'The Ancient Magus' Bride' from last season. That's absolutely nuts given I normally stick with two to three shows at most.
I ended up picking up A Place Further Than The Universe because of the loving rendition of my country (Yay, Singapore Episode), and I ended up getting stuck following the entire thing.
Meanwhile, Violet Evergarden is an absolute gem.
I'm not sure if After The Rain (Koi wa Ameagari no You ni) will work for everyone given the subject matter is one that some might find questionable, but the show is incredible just on the strength of it's direction, scene composition and writing. It's about the awkward relationship between an infatuated high school student and the 45-year old manager at her workplace, and while I'm not sure what possessed me to watch it, I'm glad I stuck with it. The show's been amazing in it's use of subtle things; character framing, light, dark, body language mirroring, etc to carry the story, and while I was concerned about the romantic premise, I'm impressed by the maturity and depth with which the writers have handled things.
Yuru Camp, on the other hand is just CGDCT comfy at its finest and a fantastic palate cleanser after Violet Evergarden inevitably attempts to stab me in the feely bits.
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I've been watching Love is Like After the Rain and Darling in the FranXX as well.
Violet Evergarden and Ancient Magus' Bride are already on my "Will Buy" list, and A Place Further Than the Universe will get there as well as long as they don't fumble the last episode. I don't expect that will happen, but you never know. And I cannot remember when (or even ever) three anime from the same season all made my Will Buy list (its never been a long list).
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Because of ONE little scene from Ancient Magus' Bride, I'm definitely watching the series.
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Because of ONE little scene from Ancient Magus' Bride, I'm definitely watching the series.
And what particular scene was that? There are so many of them...
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And what particular scene was that? There are so many of them...
When Titania tell the priest he wasn't welcomed.
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Ah...
Mid 1st cour.
The Ancient Magus' Bride is a pretty good series. Don't forget to view the 3-part OVA as well. But watch them after ep 13 or 14. I can't recall which right now. The OVAs fit into the narrative right at that point.
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I've noticed that in a lot of anime, junior high or high-school age kids are depicted as living on their own while their parents work elsewhere. Is that actually common in Japan?
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It's not that common, but not unusual either. At least for high school age.
It should be noted that it's not really that much of a recent thing either, but has been going on since the early 60s. Of those born during the war, 25% of men had already left their parental household by age 18.
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Yep, not that strange - testing into prestigious middle & high schools is a major priority for students, & property is far too expensive to simply move for a child's education. If the school doesn't provide a dormitory, it's not unusual for the family to rent a small apartment for their kid nearby the school.
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When Titania tell the priest he wasn't welcomed.
The one where she effectively punts him out of the woods for being an agent of a competing deity?
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The one where she effectively punts him out of the woods for being an agent of a competing deity?
For being one of "Those who kneel to the One that condemned the Fruit of Paradise as evil are not welcome."
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For being one of "Those who kneel to the One that condemned the Fruit of Paradise as evil are not welcome."
"Oh... they went with THAT interpretation."
Heh. I'm as religious as they come and that particular line still cracked me up.
It was a really good scene.
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That said, I do have a gripe with Mahoutsukai no Yome even though I like it well enough.
It's a good enough series, but I feel the narrative strength just fizzled in the second cour, as if the writers dawdled somewhere between choosing between focusing on the budding romance element and the magical slice of life, then threw their hands in the air and went "Let's just put Chise in danger again while we think about it!"
Not bad, or even unenjoyable. More a case that I just don't feel the show lived up to it's original promise, at least for me. I'm not running out to the bookstore to plonk down cash for the manga, that's for sure.
Bit of a minority view, I think, since pretty much everyone else who watched it locally seems entirely enchanted by the series.
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I really can't fault that issue though.
The second cour pretty much caught up to what's been done in the Manga so far.
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I really can't fault that issue though.
The second cour pretty much caught up to what's been done in the Manga so far.
I just felt that the second cour felt more line unconnected vignettes rather than a development of a relationship.
Not unpleasant, just a bit of a jarring shift in tone.
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After the credits on the last episode of Ancient Magus' Bride I grabbed a shot glass, filled it with Maker's Mark, and toasted Elias and Chise. :)
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New season beginning soon.
Anything people are going be looking to watch?
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New season beginning soon.
Anything people are going be looking to watch?
My initial list will be:
Boku no Hero Academia 3rd Season
Steins;Gate 0
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These - Kaikou
Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai
Shiyan Pin Jiating
Hisone to Maso-tan
Uchuu Senkan Tiramisù
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New season beginning soon.
Anything people are going be looking to watch?
Boku no Hero Academia 3rd Season
Persona 5 the Animation
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These - Kaikou
Golden Kamuy
Piano no Mori
Hisone to Maso-tan
Uchuu Senkan Tiramisù
Following up on Darling in the FranXX from Winter 2018.
The list is inevitably going to get shredded down to something more managable.
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For me...
Continuations of Darling in the FranXX, Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko, Cardcaptor Sakura - Clear Card, and Beatless. I'll probably be following Record of Grancrest War as well. There's also the last six eps of Space Battleship Yamato 2199's Dub
SAO Alternative: GGO might be interesting, as should My Hero Academia's 3rd season. There's also Cutie Honey Universe I might be interested in.
Of anything that I'm really looking forward to seeing it's Hisone to Masotan. this looks to be a fun one.
Beyond that, I'm not sure. It was enough to follow almost a dozen shows this season. That's a lot more than I usually follow in a season.
Though this summer'll be fun. Three words: Happy Sugar Life!
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I'm very interested in Golden Kamuy. (Kamui)
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New season beginning soon.
Anything people are going be looking to watch?
I plan on starting out with:
Shokugeki no Soma San no Sara
Ginga Eiyu Densetsu
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii "Wotakoi"
Full Metal Panic Invisible Victory
Caligula
3D Kanojo
Hinamatsuri (got a bit of an Alice to Zoroku vibe, which is a big positive!)
Comic Girls
Cutie Honey Universe
In addition to the continuations of Card Captor Sakura, Beatless, Grancrest Senki & Darling in the Franxx. I have no doubt at least a few of those shows will get dropped, but I'm curious enough to at least see how they play out before making my final list.
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Full Metal Panic is the big one for me. I liked the original stuff so yeah.
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I watched Girls und Panzer Finale #1.
Very fun!
And OMG never mess with Yukari.
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Did we not already know that?
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Did we not already know that?
But this ramped it up to a whole new level ;)
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Just when you thought Oarai couldn't possibly find a worse tank to add to their team........
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They found something worse than Duck Team that still counts as an actual tank?
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They found something worse than Duck Team that still counts as an actual tank?
Does it have tracks? If no, it is isn't a tank.
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Does it have tracks? If no, it is isn't a tank.
Sturmgeschütz III and Hetzer aren't tanks either ::)
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They're honorary tanks, promoted to the role by dint of awesomeness.
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They found something worse than Duck Team that still counts as an actual tank?
Yup! Crewed by a team drawn from the school's naval contingent.
http://gup.wikia.com/wiki/Shark_Team
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Regarding GuP: das Finale.... MOAR PLEASE
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How much GuP is there in total? All I've ever seen is the regular series, culminating in the fight between sisters.
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Any new good military scifi animes?
No Gate please, for the love of Blessed Blake...
You are correct on both counts. Although, Real Ghostbusters is actually a little more watchable than all the others.
As someone who only ever watched Extreme Ghostbusters, how objectionable is XGB to fans of RGB?
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How much GuP is there in total
- Girls und Panzer (TV series from 2013)
- plus three hours extra footage in fourteen short OVAs on DVD/BD release (plus 5-minute character introductions in those)
- plus two 25-minute OVAs produced by Crunchyroll (introduction reusing animation from any of the above)
- plus Fan Disk BD of about 5 hours length, both animation and making-ofs
- Girls und Panzer : Kore ga Hontou no Anzio-sen Desu! (OVA from 2014)
- Girls und Panzer Gekijouban (movie from 2015)
- plus one hour extra footage in three OVAs on DVD/BD release
- Girls und Panzer : Dai 63 Kaisen Shadou Zenkoku Koukousei Taikai - Soushuuhen (2-hour recap of the TV series and Anzio OVA, released last November)
- Girls und Panzer : Saishuushou (movie series, first in theaters in Japan last December - the one they're talking about)
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As someone who only ever watched Extreme Ghostbusters, how objectionable is XGB to fans of RGB?
It's better than the final season of RGB: Slimer & The Real Ghostbusters.
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Any new good military scifi animes?
No Gate please, for the love of Blessed Blake...
Well I wouldn't consider Gate sci-fi personally...
But are we talking about modern military or otherwise?
Though there is that reboot of Legend of the Galactic Heroes that's coming in the Spring '18 season...
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I hope LotGH is descent. I don't have alot high hopes there. Yamato2199-2202 only was done to quality due to sheer talent and sheer love for that IP / franchise.
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Well I wouldn't consider Gate sci-fi personally...
But are we talking about modern military or otherwise?
Though there is that reboot of Legend of the Galactic Heroes that's coming in the Spring '18 season...
Modern preferably
LOTGH reboot sounds promising.
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Modern preferably
Golden Kamuy has a recently demobilized veteran of the Russo-Japanese war fighting amongst others the 7th Imperial Army Division, if that is sufficiently modern. Not much military beyond that kinda backdrop in it though.
Hisone to Masotan is basically JSDF ... with mechaified dragons added in. Trailer here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHdeaxvdrFc). Personally don't like the art style - but hey, it's Bones.
Other than that, Legend of Galactic Heroes and of course Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory and to some extent Gundam Build Divers there are no other even remotely military-themed anime this season to my knowledge.
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there are no other even remotely military-themed anime this season to my knowledge.
Darling in the Franxx
Violet Evergarden
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Both just continuing from last season though.
(and i think Violet Evergarden ends sometime soon? not watching it)
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So what were the big winners of this season, anyway?
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Depends in which way. By using the broadcast as advertisement for sales? Idolish 7. Which probably no one here has watched. As a series apparently the best performing in sales this season.
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I meant in terms of what shows did everyone here like the most.
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Thought so,
Personal Top 3 of stuff only running this season for me were Mitsuboshi Colours, Yuru Camp and Koi wa Ameagari no You ni.
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I meant in terms of what shows did everyone here like the most.
If I had to pick a top 3:
Sora yori mo Tooi Basho
Darling in the FranXX
Violet Evergarden
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So what were the big winners of this season, anyway?
Weak season, but probably CardCaptor Sakura Clear Card, Slow Start, & Classicaloid 2. So little this eason managed to connect with me in a big way. Here's hoping next season is better.
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Any new good military scifi animes?
No Gate please, for the love of Blessed Blake...
Gate is good. I think the dub is better, they get the military jargon freakin' perfect.
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I meant in terms of what shows did everyone here like the most.
I found it an incredibly strong season.
Sora yori mo Tooi Basho (A Place Further than the Universe) and Yuru Camp (Laid-Back Camp) are excellent.
I'm giving Koi wa Ameagari no You ni (After the Rain), Darling in the FranXX and Violet Evergarden honorary mentions, because they're all really really good, but not done yet, so I'm holding off evaluating them.
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As someone who only ever watched Extreme Ghostbusters, how objectionable is XGB to fans of RGB?
I found it to be like the new movie, a pretty decent and worthy successor to the name...
Of course, then again, I even enjoyed Filmation's Ghostbusters series on occasion...
Ruger
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I found it to be like the new movie, a pretty decent and worthy successor to the name...
Of course, then again, I even enjoyed Filmation's Ghostbusters series on occasion...
Ruger
EGB was fun and reverential. I felt despite the 90s XTREME shoehorned in, it was a worthy Ghostbusters successor.
Surprisingly, I didn't actually like the modern remake. I felt the movie was terrible and Feig did a poor job with the humor, which is such a waste given the cast had such potential.
I gave a little yelp of joy when I found out the Extreme Ghostbuster team was cameoing in IDW's Ghostbusters series crossover.
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Gate is good. I think the dub is better, they get the military jargon freakin' perfect.
I have a... very rule 4 philosophical objection to Gate.
Huh. Kinda slim pickins it looks. Maybe Space Battleship it is...
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Huh. Kinda slim pickins it looks. Maybe Space Battleship it is...
You won't go wrong with Space Battleship Yamato 2199, but its been....altered as Starblazers 2199. There differences. So you mileage will vary.
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Huh. Kinda slim pickins it looks. Maybe Space Battleship it is...
The Yamato 2199 Dub is decent. Though there's still six eps to go in the weekly run. FUNimation has the Dub, Crunchy has the Sub.
I just hope FUNi also Dubs the Odyssey of the Celestial Ark film. It's a pretty decent side-story type film.
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You won't go wrong with Space Battleship Yamato 2199, but its been....altered as Starblazers 2199. There differences. So you mileage will vary.
I'll approach it with fresh eyes. Heck I even sortof liked the live action mess of a movie they made sometime back :D
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So what were the big winners of this season, anyway?
I have watched only 2 series and 1 is still half-way.
A place further than universe
As others have said, emotional moe show of better variety. High school girls join to Antrarctic expedition. I'm half way through of it, just watched the 6th episode before leaving to work (should leave right now).
Death March to parallel world
Isekai anime about game programmer who falls asleep under his work desk and dreams about being in fantasy world of the game he is working on. He just can't seem to wake up nor leave "the game". Characters are interesting, though not necessarily award winners.
Both are available on Crunchyroll. I don't subscribe Amazon nor Netflix, so I can't watch shows over there. And no, I don't want to throw off subscription money everywhere. But I have put Violet Evergarden to my anime shopping list.
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Well this is interesting news...
Along with a number of simul-dub shows, FUNi is also gonna start the Dub for Yamato 2202 (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-28/funimation-announces-9-titles-for-spring-season-dub-lineup-including-same-day-tokyo-ghoul-re-dub/.129655).
Though I don't expect the 2202 Dub to start right away. There's still six eps of 2199 to finish. I'm just surprised that a 2202 Dub is starting now, since AFAIK, 2202 hasn't even completed it's actual theatrical releases yet.
I'll approach it with fresh eyes. Heck I even sortof liked the live action mess of a movie they made sometime back :D
Well 2199/2202 tells, in essence, the same stories as the original series/manga, but with better space combats, effects, and a more diverse, of sorts crew for the Yamato. More in, it isn't just Yuki being the lone female seen.
This is one of the few reboots/reenvisions I've thoroughly enjoyed.
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*Various Comments on past season shows and other posts*
Yamato: Yuki taking EVERY female crew role was a bit silly in the original, so I'm glad the remakes added more female crew members. Akira especially.
A Place Further Than Universe: The last two episodes made me legitimately tear up. Always a sign that it resonates with me. It has a lot more heart to it then you'd think from the summary.
Killing Bites is utter COMPLETE trash, and I love every second of it. It helps that Hitomi is the essence of 'Honeybadger Doesnt care'.
Death March: Ugh. Combines one of my big dislikes that's creeping into more Isekai series (Slavery and the 'Good' Slave owner) and a boring, overpowered protagonist. I couldnt get more then a couple episodes in.
Mitsuboshi Colour: Amused me a lot. It had just the right mix of kids being cute while being horrible people.
Yuru Camp: Feels good, man. Relaxing indeed.
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Acen's Gunsmith Cats reboot has been re-labeled a Riding Bean reboot:
https://fast.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-29/kenichi-sonoda-project-b.b-anime-previews-character-sketches/.129689 (https://fast.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-29/kenichi-sonoda-project-b.b-anime-previews-character-sketches/.129689)
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Death March: Ugh. Combines one of my big dislikes that's creeping into more Isekai series (Slavery and the 'Good' Slave owner) and a boring, overpowered protagonist. I couldnt get more then a couple episodes in.
So what are the other isekai anime with op protagonist with slaves for a harem (outside of hentai)? Konosuba? Re:Zero? The Familiar of Zero? At least in Death March protagonist don't get abused by the girls all the time and he gets some quality time too (outside of the harem). Points for those.
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Look, Matti, you've got a cringe about male domestic abuse, Istal's got one about slavery, nobody's judging you, so relax. If it makes him uncomfortable, that's all there is to it.
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I've got to give Koi wa Ameagari no You ni (After the Rain) props for it's ending. It's a very bold choice for a romance drama.
I actually think the synopsis and the innate cringe factor it emphasises on the age gap between the protagonists really doesn't do the show justice.
With the benefit of hindsight, I'm even struggling with the idea that it's even a romance drama. It goes through the motions of romance with two individuals who are basically spinning on the spot after having lost their way finding support propped up against each other, but it's an intricate show about learning to love yourself again and finding your own direction again after life kicks you in the face.
The direction was spot on. The use of imagery to convey emotions and give us brief glimpses into the character's minds was masterfully done and a triumph of visual storytelling.
Stiff competition for AotS from Yuru Camp and Sora yori mo Tooi Basho, but Koi wa Ameagari no You ni coming in a strong third in a season this loaded with good shows is still a very good outcome for a something I wasn't even planning to watch, I think. In all seriousness, I only picked it up on a lark because a friend joked the leads looked like a washed out Kiichi Goto and a teenage Kanuka Clancy.
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I meant in terms of what shows did everyone here like the most.
Dont follow too much anime right now. The only one i am following is Yuru camp.
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So what are the other isekai anime with op protagonist with slaves for a harem (outside of hentai)?
You'll note I didnt specify anime only series. There's plenty of isekai series out there that have not yet been animated, and there's a growing trend of a slave harem essentially falling into his lap. I mean, it's a big enough subset of the genre you can find 'slave harem' as a tag, and other series are starting to parody it. And as they keep looking for more and more series to adapt, you're going to seem more of them crop up in anime form.
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You'll note I didnt specify anime only series. There's plenty of isekai series out there that have not yet been animated, and there's a growing trend of a slave harem essentially falling into his lap. I mean, it's a big enough subset of the genre you can find 'slave harem' as a tag, and other series are starting to parody it. And as they keep looking for more and more series to adapt, you're going to seem more of them crop up in anime form.
Well, I'm looking forward to anime version of Tsuki ga michibiku isekai douchu. And I remembered that title without checking it up :thumbsup:
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The new Legend of the Galactic Heroes remake series is starting. The OP has been released on Youtube.
I still prefer the original OVA though.
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I usually watch the Saturday Toonami Lineup, 10pm local time until I fall asleep. But last nights showing of Mind Game was a surprise, especially when it was aired in Japanese... hell the entire lineup was a straight from Japan Toonami with english commercials.
I understand most Japanese cartoons to get the gist of what is being said, the subtitles did help...
Also learning new ways to say foreign colorful words is a plus... no butchering there! :thumbsup:
TT
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So it was an April Fools joke?
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I don't think so... It was 11.30 PM when it was aired.
TT
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Well for those interested...
It seems that Gundam.info & it's associated youtube feed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq7j_l6_lCs) are streaming the first ep of Gundam Build Divers (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-03/gundam.info-site-streams-gundam-build-divers-anime/.129868).
I'm still having issues in the "Let's play a VR game in a VR Space" take for the newest season of the Build Fighters variant. At least the OO is getting some love...
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So I watched the first episode of Uchuu Senkan Tiramisù.
Then I walked away and made myself a grilled cheese sandwich and thought to myself... well... that was a thing. It's like a 5 minute 4koma. I don't know whether I like it, hate it or even comprehend it but it made me laugh more than once in it's sheer absurdity.
The penny tour version features a hikikomori 'Mecha ace lives in his cockpit and generally does not get along with anyone else while poking fun at anime mecha tropes by playing them absolutely straight, including a real sharp barb at fanservice shots in the industry (and calling out the magical disappearing nipples on male torsos).
If they can keep up the absurdity, it might be a gem. I can't tell right now however, given how absolutely flabbergasted I am at the moment.
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Its another genre change. I see it as Gundam .hack
Well for those interested...
It seems that Gundam.info & it's associated youtube feed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq7j_l6_lCs) are streaming the first ep of Gundam Build Divers (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-03/gundam.info-site-streams-gundam-build-divers-anime/.129868).
I'm still having issues in the "Let's play a VR game in a VR Space" take for the newest season of the Build Fighters variant. At least the OO is getting some love...
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If they can keep up the absurdity, it might be a gem. I can't tell right now however, given how absolutely flabbergasted I am at the moment.
:D WTF did I just watch....?!
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Youtube episode of Gundam Build Driver's episode one came up. I just watch it.
Animation is top notch, story is basically same as other build games. Main character learns about Gunpla, you get mini-commerical message putting models are cool.
Gundam Driver online thing weird. World they play is like fantasy game. It's hinting that npcs (like girl with white hair) are more than they appear. It's almost to ME that their playing on isekai-theme genre with Gundam. Except it's virtual world vs being summoned.
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It's almost to ME that their playing on isekai-theme genre with Gundam. Except it's virtual world vs being summoned.
yea, I get that feeling too...
Otherwise today...
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - 1
I'm aware of the franchise, but I've never really seen any LotGH before. The set up seems good enough. And that Oh <bleep> moment right at the end by Reinhard was just priceless.
There was enough to to at least give ep two a watch next week.
Lupin the 3rd - Series V - 1
The ep itself was fun, interesting, and, I hope, the 'Find Lupin' game lasts for a few eps at least. I got to admit though, the EP is interesting. I have a problem with the OP though. I just don't really care for the 'flash-style' look and animation. It just doesn't feel right.
I think Lupin the 3rd - Series V is gonna be a keeper for sure this season.
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Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Yeah, my opinion from the prior trailers stand. A lot of it seems to be change for change's sake. I understand the need to make your own spin on things, but a lot of that seems a bit pointless. The older show had more...gravitas for lack of a better term.
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i never got the chance to watch the original Legend of the Galactic Heroes, but I enjoyed the first episode of Die Neue These well enough.
One aspect I didn't quite understand was why the FPA fleet commander didn't know they were being flanked by the Imperial fleet & assumed they were still engaging the center battlegroup, was that explained?
Was this portrayed differently in the older anime?
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Is original LOGH even translated?
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Is original LOGH even translated?
Sentai Filmworks has the rights for the original stuff.
According to this article (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-20/hidive-anime-streaming-service-launches-with-legend-of-the-galactic-heroes/.117768), the original run is on the HIDIVE platform.
And this article (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-02-07/sentai-filmworks-plans-legend-of-the-galactic-heroes-home-video-for-2018/.127491) mentions Sentai will release it physically sometime this year.
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Well, i began to see Grancrest Senki. Maybe they were summarize chapter from the LN, but the first 3-4 chapters seems to advance too quickly. Now things are getting more interesting, but i hate some of the names of this badly-disguised fantasy Europan continent. Fantasy Alliance? Factory Union?
I also downloaded the translated RPG. Maybe i will try to test it with friends someday.
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About LOTGH
Sentai Filmworks has the rights for the original stuff.
According to this article (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-20/hidive-anime-streaming-service-launches-with-legend-of-the-galactic-heroes/.117768), the original run is on the HIDIVE platform.
Let's see...
For the first time, Legend of the Galactic Heroes will be officially be available to stream in the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.
NOT in Finland >:(
And I was tempted to subscribe for the cost the site has right now... :(
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That is a good price. If they had a Playstation app I'd consider subscribing.
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Hmmm, Netflix has gotten "The heroic Leggend of Arslan" season 1, is it a good show?
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Is that the original one from the 90s or a new show?
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One aspect I didn't quite understand was why the FPA fleet commander didn't know they were being flanked by the Imperial fleet & assumed they were still engaging the center battlegroup, was that explained?
There were a few factors involved. Most of it was incompetency on the part of the command staff, but a hefty dose of it is in background details.
Typical engagement range is at 20-30 light seconds. This, combined with heavy ecm and other countermeasures, makes it hard to pinpoint a target's location via electronic sensors. (This is also one reason why vessels tend to rely on mass of fire.) A clever commander can use the background radiation from a heavy engagement, or from stellar bodies, to conceal their movements. Combine that with a complacent admiral who ignores the warning signs because he 'knows' that the opposing fleet will be busy mopping up, and you get a military disaster.
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About LOTGH (I think)
There were a few factors involved. Most of it was incompetency on the part of the command staff, but a hefty dose of it is in background details.
Typical engagement range is at 20-30 light seconds. This, combined with heavy ecm and other countermeasures, makes it hard to pinpoint a target's location via electronic sensors. (This is also one reason why vessels tend to rely on mass of fire.) A clever commander can use the background radiation from a heavy engagement, or from stellar bodies, to conceal their movements. Combine that with a complacent admiral who ignores the warning signs because he 'knows' that the opposing fleet will be busy mopping up, and you get a military disaster.
Does culture and doctrine play a role? In YouTube is a video that describes differences between Israel Defense Force and its surrounding armies. One of the major differences is IDF officers are trained to think and act independently without orders while in many armies of their enemies such action can be considered disloyal or worse. Also IDF personnel train & drill more heavily while others do not, which in combat situations lead to faster action and more precise shooting. Anything like this in LOTGH?
Hmm... I may have seen something like that in some anime and manga. Mobile Suit Gundam qualifies for some part. In Gate manga equivalents of commissars mess around with military matters and get killed by "friendly" soldiers going rout.
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Is that the original one from the 90s or a new show?
Show from 2014 it seems.
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Hmmm, Netflix has gotten "The heroic Leggend of Arslan" season 1, is it a good show?
It has an Arthurian Tale vibe.
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Kadokawa officially announced Overlord III yesterday (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRT-UGOh1B8). For July '18 already.
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Ohh, new LOGH?
I loved the original series.
Might have to look into that one!
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Hmmm, Netflix has gotten "The heroic Leggend of Arslan" season 1, is it a good show?
Tried to watch the 90's version back when it came out and was bored to tears by it. Your results may vary, but I find Lodoss the clear superior of the two old-school classic fantasy anime....
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It didn't help that the American release abruptly and quite jarringly replaced the entire cast halfway through it. But the story was still really dull.
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Tried to watch the 90's version back when it came out and was bored to tears by it. Your results may vary, but I find Lodoss the clear superior of the two old-school classic fantasy anime....
The manga is no different - it moves the story along a bit faster, but it's still soooo boring.
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i never got the chance to watch the original Legend of the Galactic Heroes, but I enjoyed the first episode of Die Neue These well enough.
One aspect I didn't quite understand was why the FPA fleet commander didn't know they were being flanked by the Imperial fleet & assumed they were still engaging the center battlegroup, was that explained?
Was this portrayed differently in the older anime?
Thank you for your LOGH questions.
I invite you to visit the Wiki at www.gineipaedia.com which is to the best of my knowledge, the largest English language LOGH site. I am an admin there and a primary contributor, and was one of the translators for the LOGH 2nd season back in the 1990's.
I would still recommend you watch the original as I think it does better in certain areas like music and pacing, and I personally prefer the classic character designs. I would recommend watching the 2nd movie (which is a longer treatment of the Battle of Astarte) https://gineipaedia.com/wiki/Overture_to_a_New_War_(film)
As to your question, a bit of background understanding might be necessary. Both the Alliance and the Empire had been in a strategic stalemate ever since the war began almost 150 years ago. The Empire had a government riddled with government and noble nepotism, with senior command posts almost exclusively the realm of the noble born (i.e. Social Generals). The Empire had had no external threat for its entire existence, and the rot of complacency and arrogance had set in. Even the disastrous Imperial defeat of the first battle of the war at Dagon ( https://gineipaedia.com/wiki/Battle_of_Dagon ), where the Crown Prince had had his force enveloped and nearly totally annihilated by a smaller enemy force, did not substantially shake the practice of nepotism. That is why there is also such derision and underestimating of the Imperial main character Reinhard, as he is dismissed as just getting his command due to his sister being a concubine of the reigning Emperor/Kaiser.
Meanwhile the Free Planets Alliance had similarly ossified, with its government corrupt, its military bloated and individual initiative increasingly frowned upon. The Alliance had also become more strident and taken a crusader mentality against the Empire, and those that toed the ideological party line were also more likely to rise in the ranks. There was also complacency in the Battle of Astarte (i.e. the first episode) due to them basically trying to repeat the encirclement of the Battle of Dagon, and thinking that the Imperials would remain as similarly incompetent and immobile as they had been at Dagon.
So both sides are hidebound by the time the series begins, and since the war has been stalemated for so long, both sides have come to expect fairly set-piece battles which have little purpose other than to inflict casualties and score political gain back home. The commanders of the Alliance 4th and 6th Fleet (Pastolle and Moore respectively) were veterans, but they were unimaginative mediocre veterans. They might have done OK in a straight stand up face to face slugging match, with no surprises. That is why Moore could not believe or accept the possibility that Pastolle, a veteran, could have been defeated so swiftly and decisively. Doing so among other things could also have been seen as an insult to their colleague Pastolle. Moore was one of those bull-headed honor bound types that preferred death to surrender.
The paradigm of war is closer to ancients or Napoleonic era combat. For some gear related stuff, I can suggest
https://gineipaedia.com/wiki/Ajax_class_flagship
which explains some of the Alliance's flagship designs.
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I invite you to visit the Wiki at www.gineipaedia.com which is to the best of my knowledge, the largest English language LOGH site. I am an admin there and a primary contributor, and was one of the translators for the LOGH 2nd season back in the 1990's.
I can't find translated versions from Amazon sites. Can you help me out?
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I've entire original LOGH series, this new one not bad. It's definitely a retelling. It's own beast. First episode wasn't too bad. I'll give it chance at the moment, CGI pretty good though i am still a 2D fan more thou.
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I just watched through GAMERS! Fun romcom about gamers. Only half-way through, and male lead confess to female lead! She accepts!!
But. They. Never. Kiss. ::)
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I liked the first three episodes of Gamers, but after that the absurd misunderstandings that could have been solved by simply TALKING TO EACH OTHER drove me to regret having picked up the series in the first place. Le sigh.
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I liked the first three episodes of Gamers, but after that the absurd misunderstandings that could have been solved by simply TALKING TO EACH OTHER drove me to regret having picked up the series in the first place. Le sigh.
Yeah, I found it silly how the pink haired one suspects her BF cheating on her while she herself runs off with Amano (the protagonist). Everything gets solved over the time and characters are more supportive of each others than trying to steal partners of others'. Two of them even think that they don't get dumped by their respective partners despite those partners getting well along with each others. Despite of it, yandere jealousy ensues.
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I watched first 3 episodes of Devilman Crybaby in my brother's house (he's got Netflix, I don't). Visuals remind me of 80's, but it still looks like drawn with a computer. Backgrounds have been modernized with smart phones and flat TVs/monitors. Differences don't necessarily make it worse, but I don't want to spend more of my time watching it.
About HIDIVE:
That is a good price. If they had a Playstation app I'd consider subscribing.
Okay, fine, I subscribed. Watching Sword Oratoria now. Maybe Chivalry of a Failed Knight next. Can you give me recommendations?
* Looks at Maria Holic DVDs on the desk
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High School DxD will also be starting a new season on the 10th for those interested.
Now if only the rumor of Gate having a new season was true...
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You know, I don't think I could name another anime who's protagonist so perfectly encapsulates everything I hate about shonen protagonists better than High School DxD.
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Darling in the Franxx just got even more interesting.... ***light spoiler below?***
Zero Two must have gone through some real shit to get that 'makeover', not like she wasn't getting all kinds of shit anyway.... sheesh i am starting to really question that society even more than I was initially. Viva la revolution Hiro?
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So, MadCap, I've watched both the Glitter Force and Glitter Force: Doki Doki, which are both installments of the Pretty Cure line from Toei. I'm curious, because looking up these two (first to see what eps were left out of the Americanized versions) I found that there are at least ten different series. Are they linked in any way? Did Toei have a universe romp of sorts with the different PreCure teams?
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You know, I don't think I could name another anime who's protagonist so perfectly encapsulates everything I hate about shonen protagonists better than High School DxD.
It is not an anime I want my daughter to find I know that much. Found the story interesting and the rest mildly humorous but it isn't one of my favorites.
I was far more interested in finding out about the new season of Overlord being released in July but someone already beat me to that posting.
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While I don't know if all the PreCure series are interconnected, there have been multi-group films. IIRC, there have been at least two or three that feature two or more of them.
As to Darling in the FranXX 13...
That was a interesting ep for sure. While I figured Hiro had to of been memory tweaked at some point, especially after what was reveled in ep 11, it's nice to get this out in the open now.
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So, MadCap, I've watched both the Glitter Force and Glitter Force: Doki Doki, which are both installments of the Pretty Cure line from Toei. I'm curious, because looking up these two (first to see what eps were left out of the Americanized versions) I found that there are at least ten different series. Are they linked in any way? Did Toei have a universe romp of sorts with the different PreCure teams?
Pretty Cure is only tangentially connected. In much the same way Super Sentai has regular crossover films, Pretty Cure annually has a grand-crossover movie with all the preceeding series. There's no overarcing plotline, though - all the series except Max Heart & Precure 5 GoGo are stand alone.
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The crossovers have been getting a bit less grand too. I'm assuming it was getting unwieldy trying to fit in 15 years of Precure teams.
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Precure continuity:
- The first 96 episodes, Futari wa Pretty Cure and Pretty Cure Max Heart, plus the two Max Heart movies are a direct prequel-sequel thing, same characters and continuing storyline and everything. And in my opinion the only installment that's watchable if you aren't a 4 year old girl. Even if people think it's bland.
- Futari wa Precure: Splash Star with 49 episodes - immediately following Max Heart by broadcast - is a straight-up re-imagination of Futari wa Precure down to the fact that the main characters look like slightly updated clones of the original ones. If they didn't change the character names it'd have worked as a direct continuation. Some people think this version works better than the first one too.
- Yes! Precure 5 and Yes! Precure 5 GoGo (following after Splash Star by broadcast) form another 96-episode arc with two movies, not connected at all to the previous series.
- The next nine Precure series (by order: Fresh! Precure, Heartcatch Precure, Suite Precure, Smile Precure!, DokiDoki! Precure, Happiness Charge Precure!, Go! Princess Precure, Mahou Tsukai Precure!, Kirakira Precure a la Mode) are all standalone series within the same setting, usually each as 48-episode full-year broadcasts with a single movie.
- The current Hugtto! Precure slightly differs from previous series in setup. For some reason they think 13-year-old girls adopting babies are the in thing. It's sorta the mahou shoujo version of the anime Beelzebub. By setup. Not by content.
- There are eight Precure "All Stars" movies that form a direct prequel-sequel continuity within themselves; the series finished in 2016. These invariably involve some sort of public chance meeting of all Precure main characters and that place then thrown into confusion with the characters fighting together to bring down the one who caused that. As a crossover it's a pretty standard setup and usually not done badly - however this got kinda tedious after the 2015 movie gave the by then 40 main characters an average of 100 seconds screen time. They tried a different setup in 2016 and then ended it there, following up afterwards with a 2017 crossover movie sequel that further crunched down the character count to something more managable (and dropped the "All Stars" moniker).
- Most characters of previous series also had cameo appearances in Happiness Charge Precure! - which was the ten-year anniversary series. The setup for that is basically that to combat the Phantom Empire, Pretty Cures are activated all over the world. The series focuses on a main group though, it's not a crossover.
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Smile's my favorite, but it also strikes me as the most deliberately otaku pandering. It was a REAL weird choice for a Westernized kids release.
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"Defeated... by a smile! Uaaaagh!"
Yeah. I liked that one a lot, as goofy as the villains were.
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Gundam Build Divers - 2
Well this is interesting. It appears that Gundam Build Divers is gonna be streamed on Gundam.Info's youtube feed as it airs. Ep two is up for viewing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owa7gPS5Sjg) (multiple sub option).
Overall, the ep wasn't bad. We get some 'world' info of this VR landscape and some of the potential type of encounters the kids could get drawn into. We also get a tease into the OO Diver's Trans-Am mode, with expected early ep results.
I do kinda get the feeling that Divers is gonna be more of a full love letter to the Gundam franchise as a whole than any of the previous Build series have been.
There's just enough here to keep me interested.
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To add to the Precure wierd continuity stuff, starting with Maho Tsukai Precure we've had last episode 'hand off' appearances. The starring main Cure from the next season will help the soon to be previous Precure team defeat the baddy.
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Different tangent: Started watching Children of the Whales.
An interesting world-building series. Did not waste any time getting down and dirty with the attack of the Empire. 4 eps in, and had to pause in the middle of the 5th, but I'm going to finish this short little 12-ep series.
Then on to Violet Evergarden.
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Smile's my favorite, but it also strikes me as the most deliberately otaku pandering. It was a REAL weird choice for a Westernized kids release.
Not that much choice within previous PreCure series though. Suite did a nation-versus-nation backdrop (as opposed to dehumanizing the opponent), Heartcatch had a crossdresser among the main characters and a somewhat dark Sailor Pluto styled mentor Cure. Could have done Fresh i guess.
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Suite did a nation-versus-nation backdrop (as opposed to dehumanizing the opponent),
This may be my 80's upbringing showing, but I wouldn't have thought that all that controversial.
Heartcatch had a crossdresser among the main characters and a somewhat dark Sailor Pluto styled mentor Cure. Could have done Fresh i guess.
Man, I forgot about Cure Sunshine. I was actually thinking Fresh, Yes Precure 5, or the at the time new HappinessCharge would have all been better choices. Doki Doki seemed to have some pretty hefty yuri undertones when I watched it too.
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Gundam Build Divers - 2
Well this is interesting. It appears that Gundam Build Divers is gonna be streamed on Gundam.Info's youtube feed as it airs. Ep two is up for viewing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owa7gPS5Sjg) (multiple sub option).
Overall, the ep wasn't bad. We get some 'world' info of this VR landscape and some of the potential type of encounters the kids could get drawn into. We also get a tease into the OO Diver's Trans-Am mode, with expected early ep results.
I do kinda get the feeling that Divers is gonna be more of a full love letter to the Gundam franchise as a whole than any of the previous Build series have been.
There's just enough here to keep me interested.
I'm not really getting into Driver like i did the previous Build Fighter shows. I guess I'm unique that i actually liked Try perhaps more than the original show. Driver isn't my cup of tea so far. Its just plain odd. Iseka fantasy Gundam like-of show, where girl feels pain of the mode and thinks Trans-Am is bad....
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I'm not really getting into Driver like i did the previous Build Fighter shows. I guess I'm unique that i actually liked Try perhaps more than the original show. Driver isn't my cup of tea so far. Its just plain odd. Iseka fantasy Gundam like-of show, where girl feels pain of the mode and thinks Trans-Am is bad....
Well she didn't react only to both Trans-Am usages, but the power-up the one bazooka using Zaku used as well. So it could be that any kind of transformative state could have a underling effect on her coding, if we consider her a AI of some sort. Maybe after ep 3 airs, that might get a little clarification, since that same kind of power-up seems to be used again from the preview.
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Thanks to Netflix, I finally get to watch Violet Evergarden. I'm up to episode six now
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Well she didn't react only to both Trans-Am usages, but the power-up the one bazooka using Zaku used as well. So it could be that any kind of transformative state could have a underling effect on her coding, if we consider her a AI of some sort. Maybe after ep 3 airs, that might get a little clarification, since that same kind of power-up seems to be used again from the preview.
If I had to guess, Ms Totally Not an AI, we swear, is reacting more to the stress on the frame. The Dom broke apart, and the 00 looked like it was on its way to doing so before he shut it down.
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Thanks to Netflix, I finally get to watch Violet Evergarden. I'm up to episode six now
My brother has got Netflix ordered, so I could check it up on there. But I'd rather buy it on disc and watch it at home in peace. Would you call it worth the wait & cost? Or should I watch an episode or 2 and decide for myself?
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I used bro's Netflix account to check on Devilman Crybaby. Not gonna spend more time on that one. For some reason Netflix has got Once Upon a Time... Space in anime category ???
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Is Halo any good? (also in Netflix's anime category)
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For some reason Netflix has got Once Upon a Time... Space in anime category ???
Like with many other coproductions at the time, it was basically an all-japanese crew animating a foreign script. Albert Barille wrote the original material and was technically the director, with storyboards created by his French team and everything else done by the Japanese company.
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I see, thanks for explaining it.
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Well, it's an American show, so it's not anime, but it's close enough so I'll list it here.
Anyone else seen ReBoot: The Guardian Code on Netflix?
I was a big fan of the original, so I gave it a try. It's terrible.
Looking online, it was apparently originally solicited as a direct sequel to the original but nobody was interested, so it got rebooted (pun intentional) into a live-action/anime hybrid that's more of a mashup of Power Rangers and VR Troopers. Four teenagers who really don't have much attitude get recruited to stop the evil Sourcerer, who wants to destroy the internet because reasons. Megabyte gets found and becomes the supporting villain in the second episode, but he's not enough to make up for the utterly bland heroes.
I heard that Bob, Dot, Hexadecimal, and the rest of the original cast shows up at the end, but honestly I don't see the point in sticking with it that long.
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I've seen various related postings to that on youtube.
Dear gawd!...
:::Headdesk:::
I guess it was a good thing I never bothered to investigate it. It sounds like it basically Tron-ified the Reboot universe. I could never imagine something like that ending well.
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Anyone watching Last Period (on CR) ?
It's basically a MMORPG anime parody upfront, with in reality it being a series of NicoNico memes. Wonder how long they can keep it up.
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I've seen various related postings to that on youtube.
Dear gawd!...
:::Headdesk:::
I guess it was a good thing I never bothered to investigate it. It sounds like it basically Tron-ified the Reboot universe. I could never imagine something like that ending well.
It's missing pretty much everything that made the original a good show: there's no humor, no parodies of other shows, no Games, no witty back and forth between Megabyte and the heroes since he obviously doesn't have the respect for them that he had for Bob (not that they deserve it)...
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I just saw Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory episode 1 - Happy go lucky days are over, crap just hit fan for the crew. I won't spoil anything but this looks like slow burn of building story.
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I just saw Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory episode 1 - Happy go lucky days are over, crap just hit fan for the crew. I won't spoil anything but this looks like slow burn of building story.
Trust me. Shit gets DARK in upcoming chapters of the story. Like, watching friends bleed out while you stand there, helpless to staunch their wounds, dark.
There is NO comedy past this point. No lighthearted shenanigans. The writers made you love the characters in the previous chapters. Now, they're going to make you weep as the characters try, desperately, to hold their lives together.
And fail.
But it's WORTH IT. The ending is pretty awesome, and the origin of the Whispered is a twist that I never would have seen coming.
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Just to keep the "Let's get Dark/violent" theme going...
Gundam.Info's youtube feed has Mobile Suit Gundam F91 up for viewing. I'm not even 15 minutes in and the collateral deaths so far are one step short of overkill. I know from the Tropes page this was condensed version of a unmade 1 cour run, but still...
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Just to keep the "Let's get Dark/violent" theme going...
Gundam.Info's youtube feed has Mobile Suit Gundam F91 up for viewing. I'm not even 15 minutes in and the collateral deaths so far are one step short of overkill. I know from the Tropes page this was condensed version of a unmade 1 cour run, but still...
can anyone who has watched F91 tell me if this is worth watching? I love IBO, like 08 and CC, hate SEED.
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I liked it but everyone has different tastes
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can anyone who has watched F91 tell me if this is worth watching? I love IBO, like 08 and CC, hate SEED.
It's ok, but it's not really a complete story, as it was supposed to be a whole series, but only got about 3 episodes worth made before it was made into a movie...or at least, that's what I've always heard...
Ruger
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Ruger is right. I actually bought the the original film while in Japan. Its art is awesome, same level of detail as Char's Counterattack. However, it was intended as a series, but it didn't go that way.
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I just saw Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory episode 1 - Happy go lucky days are over,...
You mean like that time his whole squad was wiped out, he killed his mentor, his arch enemy got away, and he had to fail the original mission in order to secure a nuke all on one assignment? Good times, good times. :thumbsup:
In all seriousness though, I never felt like the series blended the funny school stuff with the military drama very well. I love both, but they're very oil and water and would have been better off as completely separate shows.
Waiting for the dubbed blu ray, but really looking forward to this one. Glad to hear it's good.
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Gosh. I still have to watch 2nd Raid.
Anyway - Finished Evergarden. Interesting story.
I'm wanting something a little more light-hearted. FMA:Brotherhood and Gurren Lagan are ones I'm looking at on Netflix. Any suggestions, otherwise?
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FMA Brotherhood isn't what I'd call lighthearted.
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True, but it isn't as sad/tear-jerking as many of the Violet Evergarden episodes were.
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I'd call Gurren Lagan the more light hearted of the two. But TTGL has it's own serious gut punches as well.
Just keep in mind TTGL, while it is a Gainax show was mainly done by those who would go on to form Trigger. Take that for what it's worth...
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"Sword Art Online Alternative - Gun Gale Online" is quite nice and it appears that GGO has a character convention bug. ;D
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I'd call Gurren Lagan the more light hearted of the two. But TTGL has it's own serious gut punches as well.
Just keep in mind TTGL, while it is a Gainax show was mainly done by those who would go on to form Trigger. Take that for what it's worth...
Which is why everyone is holding their breath with Darling in the FranXX and waiting for Trigger to drop the shoe.
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You mean like that time his whole squad was wiped out, he killed his mentor, his arch enemy got away, and he had to fail the original mission in order to secure a nuke all on one assignment? Good times, good times. :thumbsup:
In all seriousness though, I never felt like the series blended the funny school stuff with the military drama very well. I love both, but they're very oil and water and would have been better off as completely separate shows.
Waiting for the dubbed blu ray, but really looking forward to this one. Glad to hear it's good.
I think since i was only exposed to the first series and the funny side story one that i'm not sure how i will like this new one since i avoided Second Raid since i was told it wasn't as good as the original series.
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Let's see what the new FMP is like...
Sorry, due to licensing limitations, videos are unavailable in your region.
>:(
I'll buy it on disc
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I think since i was only exposed to the first series and the funny side story one that i'm not sure how i will like this new one since i avoided Second Raid since i was told it wasn't as good as the original series.
I think if the funny parts were your favorite, then you'd be disappointed by second raid. There is still some funny there, but there's also a lot more serious stuff. It just kept getting better as it went.
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Just found about Isekai Shokudou and bing-viewed the 12 chapters. It makes me remember of a old D&D concept, the World Serpent Tavern, a multi-dimensional tavern.
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I think since i was only exposed to the first series and the funny side story one that i'm not sure how i will like this new one since i avoided Second Raid since i was told it wasn't as good as the original series.
Mmm.
The author takes the story in a pretty serious turn in future parts. I mean, if you like the characters and the story, then you'll want to see it just to know where it goes and where it comes from, but...
It's not a comedy any more. That's about the best way I can put it. It has the comedy early on so that you like the characters, and then punches you in the face with that like, as if it had chain wrapped around its knuckles.
Kinda like how Gurren Lagann started out with lots of comedy stuff, but in the last half the only comedy at all were the animal people. I think the only funny part in that whole section was in the prison, when the MC and his once-rival were fighting and that bird got beaten up by both of them?
But that doesn't make TTGL BAD (Row row fight the power!), nor does it make FMP! bad either. It's just a storytelling device, and I think it enhanced the overall impact of both.
So I've been catching up on last season's stuff with my wife (we spent most of our time catching to current with Venture Brothers), and it's strange alternating Violet Evergarden with Yuru Camp. I mean, like absolutely jarring, but highly welcome. However, we had to stop both for a binge of Darling in the FranXX.
So, bets on who dies? I've got fifty C-Bills on the fat one. He's too nice, and reminds me of Ben Dixon/Hayao Kakizaki from Robotech/Macross. Ya know, the one who dies that isn't Roy? The fat one?
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Mmm.
The author takes the story in a pretty serious turn in future parts. I mean, if you like the characters and the story, then you'll want to see it just to know where it goes and where it comes from, but...
It's not a comedy any more. That's about the best way I can put it. It has the comedy early on so that you like the characters, and then punches you in the face with that like, as if it had chain wrapped around its knuckles.
Kinda like how Gurren Lagann started out with lots of comedy stuff, but in the last half the only comedy at all were the animal people. I think the only funny part in that whole section was in the prison, when the MC and his once-rival were fighting and that bird got beaten up by both of them?
But that doesn't make TTGL BAD (Row row fight the power!), nor does it make FMP! bad either. It's just a storytelling device, and I think it enhanced the overall impact of both.
So I've been catching up on last season's stuff with my wife (we spent most of our time catching to current with Venture Brothers), and it's strange alternating Violet Evergarden with Yuru Camp. I mean, like absolutely jarring, but highly welcome. However, we had to stop both for a binge of Darling in the FranXX.
So, bets on who dies? I've got fifty C-Bills on the fat one. He's too nice, and reminds me of Ben Dixon/Hayao Kakizaki from Robotech/Macross. Ya know, the one who dies that isn't Roy? The fat one?
My bet is on Goro. He's too pure for this sinful Earth.
Futoshi only gets permission to die after he gets his character development episode.
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Judging by the tenor of the series melodrama alone, Goro would be the most likely to die because it would make just about everyone else feel guilty & awful.
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Darling in the FranXX has really gotten pretty good.
I am enjoying Golden Kamuy. There is a less admirable part of me that is anticipating PETA getting triggered over it. ;)
I hope Legend of the Galactic Heroes gets better. Its fairly average at the moment. I am enjoying Gancrest Senki more.
Hisone to Masotan looks like it may become a real gem! Very much looking forward to more.
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second godzilla anime out in may?
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-19/godzilla-city-on-the-edge-of-battle-anime-film-trailer-previews-xai-theme-song/.130582
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Well this is interesting, and really about damn time...
My Hero Academia is gonna air on Toonami (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-19/my-hero-academia-to-air-on-toonami/.130595)!
And according to the article, all three seasons will air on Toonami. So by the time S3's 25 eps finish up their 1st run, the Toonami run should be deep into S2. This should be a interesting time for Toonami.
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second godzilla anime out in may?
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-19/godzilla-city-on-the-edge-of-battle-anime-film-trailer-previews-xai-theme-song/.130582
I have see first movie, i missed it. So their going use vehicles to form Mechagodzilla? The eggs sound like their Motha throw back monsters given the two twins.
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I saw the first one. Was kinda unimpressed
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Oh goodie...
More Gundam news.
It looks like there's gonna be a new UC Timeline Gundam series coming in the Fall (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-20/gundam-nt-unveiled-as-new-uc-anime-set-after-unicorn/.130645): MS Gundam Narrative (Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac_yRqcNsnw)). It seems the story will be set post-Unicorn with all three lead characters having been in Australia when Sydney got colony-dropped.
Oh yea, this should be interesting...
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Gundam with giant pigtails??
Speaking of my favorite series, which shows follow which timeline?
For instance, if I understand correctly the newish "Gundam 00" is a whole new setting, nothing to do with the original "00" setting?
Wing is it's own timeline? As is Seed / Seed destiny?
Gundam G is it's own setting?
And Iron Blooded Orphans are it's own setting?
The "original" timeline is Gundam I-III (unless you watch the original series), 0080, 8th MS, 0083, Zeta, ZZ, Char and Unicorn (and a couple others)?
Are Zeta and ZZ available on any streaming serices? I have 0080, 0083, 8thMS and Chars counterattack on DVD (actually just saw I have 50 episodes of Zeta too...).
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It's easier to breakdown what isn't UC Timeline than is.
Each listed below is it's own separate continuity:
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
MS Gundam Wing/Endless Waltz
After War Gundam X
Turn A Gundam
MS Gundam SEED/SEED Destiny/MSV Astray/CE 73 Stargazer
MS Gundam OO/A Wakening of the Trailblazer
MS Gundam AGE
Gundam Reconguista in G (though technically a far-distant future of the UC Timeline...)
MS Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Note I didn't include the SD-style series or the Build Fighter/Divers above. I don't think I would of needed to...
And just for the heck of it...
TV Tropes franchise page for Gundam (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/Gundam).
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Universal Century anime in chronological order:
The Origin
MS IGLOO
The original series/films (a.k.a. First Gundam or 0079)
Thunderbolt
The 08th MS Team
0080: War in the Pocket
0083: Stardust Memory
Zeta
Double Zeta
Char's Counterattack
Silhouette Axis
Unicorn
>Narrative (New Series)
F91
Victory
Reconguista in G & Turn A exist in separate eras that occur ambiguously after UC.
Toss in a slew of manga & video games and there's a HUGE amount of UC material.
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Note that these:
MS IGLOO
The original series/films (a.k.a. First Gundam or 0079)
Thunderbolt
The 08th MS Team
0080: War in the Pocket
All roughly occur at the same time, in differing places. Like 08th MS Team starts around 11 episodes into First Gundam, Igloo starts before and ends at same time roughly, Thunderbolt takes place in the last bunch of episodes of First Gundam, Same as 0080.
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Are Zeta and ZZ available on any streaming serices?
I have seen (part of) Zeta Gundam somewhere. I thought it was on Crunchyroll, but it doesn't seem to be there at the moment.
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You can always try gundam.info . That's Bandai's official Gundam site. You can also try their official YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCejtUitnpnf8Be-v5NuDSLw). It has been rotating, usually sub-titled, the various series. I believe both Zeta and ZZ have been in the most recent rotations.
Edit: I was on my phone when I fist posted. Added a link to the youtube channel. As of this posting, only Build Divers (multi-Sub), Build Fighters, BF Try, BF GM's Counterattack/Battlogue, IBO (Both seasons), OO (Sub), Wing (HD Remaster, Sub) and Endless Waltz (OVA Dub & Sub), Unicorn, Origin V, and 1st Film comp of Thunderbolt are up for viewing.
I know SEED (Remaster), SEED Destiny (Remaster), Zeta, and ZZ have also been available to view. Usually there is a change every couple of months of something rotated in/out.
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So a show called Aggretsuo just popped up on Netflix. It's about a red panda who expresses her rage about her lousy office job, horrible boss, and all around unhappy life by singing death metal karaoke. It's hilarious, though surprisingly on the nose about certain aspects of Japanese corporate society that they generally don't like to talk about openly.
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It has been rotating, usually sub-titled, the various series.
Quite a lot dubbed too. Currently Unicorn, Build Fighters and Build Fighters Try.
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Gave MS IgLoo a chance, but boy did that dated CGI turn me off it :(
Will give it a skip.
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So a show called Aggretsuo just popped up on Netflix. It's about a red panda who expresses her rage about her lousy office job, horrible boss, and all around unhappy life by singing death metal karaoke. It's hilarious, though surprisingly on the nose about certain aspects of Japanese corporate society that they generally don't like to talk about openly.
Ohmygawdit'skyoot! I wanna get it on DVD now! Gotta ask my anime friend from Thailand if she can get it.....
TT
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I just saw Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory episode 1 - Happy go lucky days are over, crap just hit fan for the crew. I won't spoil anything but this looks like slow burn of building story.
Just watched the first two chapters. Damn, this is sure no Fumofu! I'm loving it so far but I foresee tears before it's all over. :'(
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Well, right now, I decided to go with something I haven't seen anything about for the moment:
Project AICO.
It's not bad. But, I'm a forgiving viewer. It's not strictly fun, like Tiger and Bunny or Glitter Force, but it's not necessarily a hard tear-jerker, either.
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Just watched the first two chapters.
Manga or light novel?
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Manga or light novel?
I'm assuming he meant episodes of the new series.
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I'm assuming he meant episodes of the new series.
which can be confusing because an anime Episode can have content of several manga/light novel chapters in it.
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Well, right now, I decided to go with something I haven't seen anything about for the moment:
Project AICO.
It's not bad. But, I'm a forgiving viewer. It's not strictly fun, like Tiger and Bunny or Glitter Force, but it's not necessarily a hard tear-jerker, either.
I agree with the 'not bad' assessment. AICO Incarnation was a decent, if forgettable show, really.
I liked the whole biological horror created by an experiment gone awry angle and AICO Incarnation does try to ask some interesting questions about transhumanism and bioethics, but it really never goes anywhere with them and while it has a likable cast but they never really grow beyond industry stock tropes.
It's like a student coasting into a safe 'pass' score rather than applying themselves.
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So a show called Aggretsuo just popped up on Netflix. It's about a red panda who expresses her rage about her lousy office job, horrible boss, and all around unhappy life by singing death metal karaoke. It's hilarious, though surprisingly on the nose about certain aspects of Japanese corporate society that they generally don't like to talk about openly.
I was looking up this show. Turns out, it's from Sanrio. Yeah, the same maker of Hello Kitty. Apparently, there's two different versions: the original is a series of 100 one minute shorts, while the Netflix version is 15 minutes per episode and has more plot and explanation for events.
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I'm assuming he meant episodes of the new series.
As I was replying to Wranglers post about watching the first episode of Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory, and this is an anime (not a Manga or light novel) thread, I thought it was obvious I was watching the new anime. ;)
I guess saying I watched the first two "chapters" instead of "episodes" may have been confusing, though. :-[
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And yeah, Invisible Victory is pretty good so far.
The most interesting part IMHO mind you... is the OP. Those familiar with events further into manga/novels... are probably going to recognize a few parts of that opening sequence.
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I was looking up this show. Turns out, it's from Sanrio. Yeah, the same maker of Hello Kitty. Apparently, there's two different versions: the original is a series of 100 one minute shorts, while the Netflix version is 15 minutes per episode and has more plot and explanation for events.
Sanrio does kitsa stuff that isnt obviously Sanrio at first glance. My favorite is probably Show by Rock. But then, I'm a sucker for both catgirls and bunnygirls.
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Just saw The Cat Returns (subbed version) at the local movie theater as part of their 2018 Ghibli Festival. That was a lot of fun.
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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-24/live-action-mob-psycho-100-series-premieres-on-u.s-netflix-on-may-22/.130790
i hope its subbed not dubbed
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Is Soul Eater any good?
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Is Soul Eater any good?
Pretty decent for a shonen anime and short enough to be easily digestible.
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Is it kinda fun and goofy in places, like, say, Bleach?
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Is it kinda fun and goofy in places, like, say, Bleach?
I enjoyed it more than Bleach. Your results may vary.
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Is it kinda fun and goofy in places, like, say, Bleach?
Goofier than Bleach, though ti still goes to some pretty dark places. Doesn't have anywhere near the filler or extraneous character load.
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Just saw the first 15 minutes of MSG The Origin episode IV. EPIC BATTLE AHEAD!!!
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I enjoyed it more than Bleach. Your results may vary.
Excellent. Thanks. That's my next one.
Just saw the first 15 minutes of MSG The Origin episode IV. EPIC BATTLE AHEAD!!!
That explains why everyone likes it so much, and why it has so many different chapters/settingsflavors!
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I'm watching Food Wars on Hulu and I find it entertaining and educational, even if the food battles are a little drawn out. Half way through the 2nd season right now.
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My wife and I absolutely love Food Wars, though we do make a point to only watch it *after* lunch... :)
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My wife and I absolutely love Food Wars, though we do make a point to only watch it *after* lunch... :)
We have ended up at a restaurant after watching that show more times than I can count! ;D
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I don't know of any restaurant that could deliver on the promises that show makes... :)
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I don't know of any restaurant that could deliver on the promises that show makes... :)
Trust me, they don't, but usually we're just really hungry for whatever it was that they were cooking that we'll accept anything close!
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I'll settle for any place that actually serves those ubiquitous rice balls or pork buns.
You have no idea how excited I was when a ramen shop opened up nearby and I was finally able to see what takoyaki tastes like. Turns out I rather like the stuff, but my wife can't stand the texture.
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I'll settle for any place that actually serves those ubiquitous rice balls or pork buns.
You have no idea how excited I was when a ramen shop opened up nearby and I was finally able to see what takoyaki tastes like. Turns out I rather like the stuff, but my wife can't stand the texture.
Takoyaki is the bomb! We've got quite a few places scattered around here that serve all manner of Japanese food. I'm a big gyudon fan, myself, but there's a place nearby called Sutadonya that's specialty is a spiced pork donburi that's mindblowingly good.
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You and your "I live in a major cosmopolitan area" nonsense... >:(
As big as it is, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...is still stuck in deepest darkest Texas. There's been some improvement in the past several years(Indian places are agreeing to edge their way up from Uncommon, and any meal that sees you venture into one of the Korean/Vietnamese quarters that for the landscape us always a delight), but the area still has a long way to go.
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You and your "I live in a major cosmopolitan area" nonsense... >:(
Can i complain that our only Malay restaurant in my small town of about 150k people has closed, leaving me with only a choice between Italian, German, Greek, French, Spanish, American, Chinese, Thai, Mexican, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Eritrean, Pakistani, Iranian, Ethiopian, Russian, Laotian and Egyptian places - broadly in that order by number of restaurants?
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I'll settle for any place that actually serves those ubiquitous rice balls or pork buns.
You have no idea how excited I was when a ramen shop opened up nearby and I was finally able to see what takoyaki tastes like. Turns out I rather like the stuff, but my wife can't stand the texture.
i am fortunate when it comes to asian foods where i live the community is mostly from korea and southern china and pinch of india and some japaniese. so if i feel like it i can hit at least 3 restaurants and at least 3 asian markets and small stores within 20 minutes walking distance or 5 if i drive...
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I have no problems, if I want Asian food, I can just make it at home.
But sometimes I do go to Pizzarias as I don't have a proper pizza oven.
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i am fortunate when it comes to asian foods where i live the community is mostly from korea and southern china and pinch of india and some japaniese. so if i feel like it i can hit at least 3 restaurants and at least 3 asian markets and small stores within 20 minutes walking distance or 5 if i drive...
You and your "I live in a place where walking distance is a thing" nonsense... >:(
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I live in a town where the closest thing to an Italian restaurant we've got is Little Caesar's.
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You and your "I live in a place where walking distance is a thing" nonsense... >:(
really?
i can tell you i lived in few places in new york i could get any type of food within 20 minutes more or less..now i live in NJ aka armpit of usa and where i live now has predominantly asian community...only other store near me that is not an asian market is shop rite. closest asian market is about 20 mjnutes the next one about 25 the third one about 35 3 of the markets have hot food eateries 2 include bakeries there is at least 2 korean style bbq i have 4 chinies restaurants 10 minutes of me 1 pizzaria at least 2 subshops at least 1 indian restaurant 30 minutes from me at least 2 all you can eat within 20 minutes of each other in either direction one of which is chiniese...sadly to get any decent japaniese i have to drive to next town...for polish same thing italian same thing
starbucks about 25 minutes dunkin donuts about 10 minutes...there is always harolds but i rather drive than walk there if i walked i would get there in 45 to an hour 25 there is vietnamiese fast food joint...at lest 1 bubble tea joint 25 minutes away...so i would say i am fortunate when it comes to asian style foods and that is in just south part of town. northern part is predominantly indian,,,and am not walking 2 hours to get what i want...sorry if you are jealous
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You and your "I live in a major cosmopolitan area" nonsense... >:(
As big as it is, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...is still stuck in deepest darkest Texas. There's been some improvement in the past several years(Indian places are agreeing to edge their way up from Uncommon, and any meal that sees you venture into one of the Korean/Vietnamese quarters that for the landscape us always a delight), but the area still has a long way to go.
Quit your whining. You don't know culinary delinquency until you've been to rural {anywhere}. Iowa! Towns which are in the 4 to 5 digit population numbers are still surprisingly lacking, unless it's a college town, and even then.
I'm lucky to have a McCottos (Not really Italian), Bamboo Garden (Chinese), and two different Mexican Restaurants. But, that's because I live in a county seat. It's still only 5000 people, and I think 2k of that is prison population for the State Pen. Heck, I'm surprised we even have a couple subways and a McDonalds.
It's pretty much 'you make it yourself' around here.
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You and your "I live in a place where walking distance is a thing" nonsense... >:(
I live on a postage stamp sized island stacked to the brim with people. This sort of means it's easy to find "good enough" cuisine from both the East and West, especially with the country's food culture (seriously, there's a halfway decent Japanese place maybe a 5 minute walk over). On the other hand, when the population density is this high, misanthropy seems the only logical outcome.
Sure, it's easy to find food, but trust me when I say that the grass is always greener.
(https://mothership.sg/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-07-at-11.11.57-AM-e1517979666312.png)
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I want so bad....
(https://cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/fit600x600/cms/interest/130829/gerwalk1.jpg)
22inch VF-1 Valkyrie from the Super Fortress Macross: Do you Remember Love animated film.
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Gundam.info has released the 1st 15 Minutes of next entry into the The Origins films, Episode VI (6).
Anime News Network posted this, but there issue is that region lock you can only watch it on Anime News Network.
Here the link unless your saving yourself until you can see whole thing when it completely comes out. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-25/gundam-the-origin-vi-anime-1st-15-minutes-streamed/.130808)
All i can says, is we get our big fleet battles and Red Comet in all his glory shows why he's the ace.
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No argument there. That would be a wonderful bookshelf item for sure.
And heaven forbid HG would do everything in their (non-existent, we hope) power to get a piece of any proper import distribution...
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I want so bad....
(https://cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/fit600x600/cms/interest/130829/gerwalk1.jpg)
22inch VF-1 Valkyrie from the Super Fortress Macross: Do you Remember Love animated film.
ahhh the thing of beauty
my buddy has a vf-0 from macross zero still in box and limited edition...on hell bay those go for about 600 usd and up...
had to talk him out of selling it when he was broke...and gave him few hundred so he could keep it. today he is very happy that he never parted with it.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-04-26/22-inch-vf-1-valkyrie-becomes-macross-biggest-plastic-model-ever/.130829 this is the one?
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22inch VF-1 Valkyrie from the Super Fortress Macross: Do you Remember Love animated film.
Is that roughly 3.5" GI Joe size?
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I want so bad....
(https://cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/fit600x600/cms/interest/130829/gerwalk1.jpg)
22inch VF-1 Valkyrie from the Super Fortress Macross: Do you Remember Love animated film.
That thing's essentially a statue. I'll pass, personally.
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I'm liking the new LOGH. The pacing is good I think, the first two episodes set the setting and protagonists, and now we get a couple of background stories.
The original was also like that. It's not a fast paced show, but a great space opera.
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ahhh the thing of beauty
my buddy has a vf-0 from macross zero still in box and limited edition...on hell bay those go for about 600 usd and up...
had to talk him out of selling it when he was broke...and gave him few hundred so he could keep it. today he is very happy that he never parted with it.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-04-26/22-inch-vf-1-valkyrie-becomes-macross-biggest-plastic-model-ever/.130829 this is the one?
That's the one
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Got a small Space Battleship Yamato model kit today for $8 plus sales tax from the FLGS...
Ruger
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looks like attack on titan season 3 is a go july 22?
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I've been so busy, i've fallen track all shows i was wanting watch. Maybe this weekend. :-X
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I'm so far behind I gave up on the new season.
the fact I found time to binge Violet Evergarden is enough.
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the fact I found time to binge Violet Evergarden is enough.
I have it on my shopping list. But should I check it at my brother's place (he has Netflix account) before I buy it?
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Violet Evergarden is one of those shows where the first three episodes seem really bland and oddly paced.
There's a payoff for that though since Kyo-Ani is setting up the scene for the rest of the emotional beats later down the road.
So that's a caveat worth considering if you only preview a bit.
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Well I'm happy as a clam this morning!
It seems 2017's best anime, Princess Principal is getting SIX sequel films starting in 2019!
https://fast.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-29/princess-principal-anime-gets-6-sequel-films-starting-in-2019/.130989 (https://fast.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-29/princess-principal-anime-gets-6-sequel-films-starting-in-2019/.130989)
I can't wait to get back to my steampunk spy thriller!
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Violet Evergarden is one of those shows where the first three episodes seem really bland and oddly paced.
There's a payoff for that though since Kyo-Ani is setting up the scene for the rest of the emotional beats later down the road.
So that's a caveat worth considering if you only preview a bit.
Got it. Can someone tell me about the light novels and how anime compares to them?
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Got it. Can someone tell me about the light novels and how anime compares to them?
From the ANN reviews, the anime has a lot of original material. Also the ANN reviewer seemed to carry a bit of a dislike because of that.
Personally, I rather enjoyed Violet Evergarden. But then again, I have no knowledge of the LNs. It's a solid drama with wonderful visuals.
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Violet Evergarden's light novel is published by Kyoto Animation themselves with the specific intent of creating the anime. Kyoani does this silly thing where they solicit potential scripts as light novels, grants them "awards", and then animates them. I think it's supposed to encourage people to see them as an artistic studio dedicated to cultivating grass-roots creators, but I can't help but feel like it's just circular self-promotion....
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About Violet Evergarden:
From the ANN reviews, the anime has a lot of original material. Also the ANN reviewer seemed to carry a bit of a dislike because of that.
So reviewer's opinion is: "They changed it, now it suck" ? Also LN don't seem to be available in English yet.
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Violet Evergarden's light novel is published by Kyoto Animation themselves with the specific intent of creating the anime. Kyoani does this silly thing where they solicit potential scripts as light novels, grants them "awards", and then animates them. I think it's supposed to encourage people to see them as an artistic studio dedicated to cultivating grass-roots creators, but I can't help but feel like it's just circular self-promotion....
So it's AstroTurf?
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So it's AstroTurf?
That's my feeling, yes. When you are an animation studio who suddenly starts contracting & printing light novels, host an annual light novel awards competition which you only award to your own publications, & then make anime of said awarded properties, the entire process seems extremely manufactured. While Kyoto Animation unquestionably has some extremely talented animators, particularly in the area of life-like applications of light & shadow in motion, I find find their company as whole comports itself in a very haughty, self-congratulatory fashion that does not endear them to me.
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Well I'm happy as a clam this morning!
It seems 2017's best anime, Princess Principal is getting SIX sequel films starting in 2019!
I mean, I liked Princess Principal as much as the next man, and I'm dead excited for the movies (and my wife will giggle in glee when I wake her up with the news), but Made in Abyss was better. Maybe not MUCH better, I'll give you that, but it had the margin in drama - nothing even compares with Nanachi and Mitty's dynamic alone, let alone the moment where Reg stands over Riko, a sharp rock in his hand and tears in his eyes. Yes, there were some good moments in PP, like when you find out the Princess's secret and you feel that visceral terror that must have been her companion for years, but Made in Abyss was just...
Better. It still hurts a little, six months later.
Violet Evergarden's light novel is published by Kyoto Animation themselves with the specific intent of creating the anime. Kyoani does this silly thing where they solicit potential scripts as light novels, grants them "awards", and then animates them. I think it's supposed to encourage people to see them as an artistic studio dedicated to cultivating grass-roots creators, but I can't help but feel like it's just circular self-promotion....
I see it more as a business decision: by keeping it in-house as much as possible, they're streamlining production. By measuring the popularity of their LN sales, they know what they can animate safely without losing money. By treating their own authors with at least some outward measure of respect (Here's a reward for you!) they're encouraging loyalty from their creatives.
If everything they made was bad, and I mean soul-crushingly awful and vapid (as I consider K-On! to be) then you'd have a fair point. But they have produced some fairly good stuff - Violet Evergarden is a decent anime, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid last year was one of the funnier things I've seen in a while, and I've heard good things about Amagi Brilliant Park.
Wow, I am just disagreeing with you today, MadCap! :p
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I liked Miss Kobiyashi's Dragon Maid, but the self-award trophy behavior is pretty skeevy.
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Made in Abyss was better.
I have no interest in criticizing Made In Abyss, I agree it was an amazing work in nearly every aspect, but I highly value a sense of fun in my entertainment, and for all it's creative beauty, I found Made In Abyss a little too heavy emotionally to still be fun.
If everything they made was bad, and I mean soul-crushingly awful and vapid (as I consider K-On! to be) then you'd have a fair point. But they have produced some fairly good stuff - Violet Evergarden is a decent anime, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid last year was one of the funnier things I've seen in a while, and I've heard good things about Amagi Brilliant Park.
Of the three titles you praise, however, only Violet Evergarden was published in-house. Maid Dragon was a manga from Monthly Action, & Amagi Brilliant Park was written by FMP's Shoji Gatoh, who's published by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko.
I admit I may be unduly hard on Kyoani. I have a tendancy to develop an irrational dislike of things I find to be overrated. Most everyone holds them up as one of the best studios in the business, and on their technical merits working within the areas of their expertise, I'd generally agree. In terms of action cuts & choreography, however, I find their work to be rather average, & their penchant for melodrama & dull, empty female characters devoid of personal motivation is something I find really undesirable. That they now largely no longer work with most of the major book & VN publishers that put them on the map in the first place only leads me to believe that they either feel they are too good for those company's properties, or they have done something business-wise to alienate the industry's other major players, neither of which strikes me as complimentary. I have been enjoying more of their works of late, but in general, you can pretty much count on me having the lowest regard for any Kyoani property of anyone in the room.
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Got it. Can someone tell me about the light novels and how anime compares to them?
From my perspective, Kyo-Ani actually did a really good job grounding the show, carving out the supernatural elements and focusing on Violet's own emotional state, especially on aspects which were glossed over in the novel.
The light novels actually aren't all that good in my opinion. There's a degree of supernatural fixation with Violet being either the offspring/reincarnation (I don't recall which) of an ancient War Goddess and Violet actually has LESS personality than in the series. Where Violet Evergarden (Anime) is focusing heavily on the cost of war and learning to love oneself again through the lens of an emotionally distraught child soldier, Violet Evergarden (Novel) is more of a fantasy romp in that things just seem to flow around Violet as if she's sort of this overly calm eye of the storm. Though the general plot beats are at least superficially similar; in the anime, Violet grows, matures and changes with each catalytic event whereas in the light novel, she's sort of good at writing, stoic and hits stuff with an axe, and that generally seems to be the depth of her character.
I actually preferred the anime, especially since the followup sequel novel from the same author was in my opinion terrible.
Caveat: My Japanese is bad.
If everything they made was bad, and I mean soul-crushingly awful and vapid (as I consider K-On! to be) then you'd have a fair point.
But... but... I like K-On! :'(
(I might also be soul-crushingly awful and vapid. ;D)
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Made in Abyss was better. Maybe not MUCH better, I'll give you that, but it had the margin in drama - nothing even compares with Nanachi and Mitty's dynamic alone, let alone the moment where Reg stands over Riko, a sharp rock in his hand and tears in his eyes. Yes, there were some good moments in PP, like when you find out the Princess's secret and you feel that visceral terror that must have been her companion for years, but Made in Abyss was just...
Better. It still hurts a little, six months later.
I want to see it now! Where is it... Ah-Ha! In HIDIVE!
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Well, frak! >:(
And I like K-On! also. I have all the manga (at least 5 of them) and really liked the first season of anime (seen it in anime club).
But: "It is popular, now it suck".
^I don't care!
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for all it's creative beauty, I found Made In Abyss a little too heavy emotionally to still be fun.
Eh, you really don't want to read the manga then. Think Elevator Scene. It continues like that. And goes deeper.
Anime sequel was announced in December btw, with no word on which format. Next arc could probably be done well in a movie.
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I want to see it now! Where is it... Ah-Ha! In HIDIVE!Well, frak! >:(
And I like K-On! also. I have all the manga (at least 5 of them) and really liked the first season of anime (seen it in anime club).
But: "It is popular, now it suck".
^I don't care!
did you go to place i sent you to? in case you had not noticed they do have manga section >:D
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About Made in Abyss:
Eh, you really don't want to read the manga then. Think Elevator Scene. It continues like that. And goes deeper.
Between manga and anime, which one do you call better? Or are they both good but different?
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About Made in Abyss:Between manga and anime, which one do you call better? Or are they both good but different?
They're equally good - and really continuous enough that you could just switch over to chapter 27 of the manga after the anime and not have any plot surprises lurking in previous chapters. The manga provides more detail in ways that often can not really be shown that way in anime: through maps and such. The anime also has original stuff though, mostly in how early battles play out, but also making some scene transitions smoother.
In my opinion the manga seems "visually darker" since the anime uses a lot of vibrant colour (in particular a whole lot of green) whereas the - monochrome - manga does tend to use a lot of shadows. While this sets a different mood, it also works pretty well in estranging people more with the plot than the manga does.
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That was my feeling with the manga too: Good and different, with little enough missing that you could easily switch between the two. I think I actually preferred the anime a little bit because of the Miyazakian visuals. At this point in my life, however, I need relaxation and good cheer so I've been doing more lighthearted stuff and I've set aside Made in Abyss for now.
As far as K-On! goes...
I just have an aversion to character design that comes from moe, rather than letting moe come from character design. It's like... Rei Ayanami was original and interesting the first time you see her, but then EVERY anime HAD to have an Ayanami style character "Because she's great" - without regard to what made her great, the fact that she was unique at the time. It's as though that big tank of clones had a dimensional rupture right in the middle, spilling her all across anime-dom.
That's my main problem with K-On!, Girls Und Panzer, Love Hina, and a bunch of other anime that I've deleted over the years and frankly forgotten the names of. It seems like they started writing with, "Well, we need a genki girl, we need a sheep, we need an Ayanami, we need a nadeshiko, we need a geeky one who's a bit genre savvy..." instead of starting with a story and allowing the characters to grow from there.
Hell, I didn't try Haruhi for close to ten years because of that obvious moe-factor in the designs of the main three females, and really only gave the anime a chance because of the novels.
But hey, that's MY personal feelings on the matter, and I can't help what I dislike, just as MadCap has every right to dislike KyoAni.
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But hey, that's MY personal feelings on the matter, and I can't help what I dislike, just as MadCap has every right to dislike KyoAni.
It's the internet. :D
Someone's going to hate the things you love and love the things you hate. You're under no obligation to like what others like or dislike what others dislike - they're your tastes.
And seriously. We're watching Japanese animation. Nobody's going to die or lose any sleep over the fact that you don't like K-On, MadCap dislikes KyoAni or the fact that I couldn't finish Made in Abyss because it made me sick to the core.
Different strokes for different folks.
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Some one-liner observations on this season:
3D Kanojo Real Girl : This would work way better with gals... wait, we've had that.
Akkun to Kanojo : I wonder whether B-kun is an abusive stalker too.
Comic Girls : Admit it, you're humming the OP of Haiyore Nyaruko! too everytime she's on screen.
Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory : Is there gonna be any plot to tell once the initial continuous battle finishes by like... what feels like the end of the season?
Golden Kamuy : Oh wait, it takes until episode 3 until someone explains that you do not need to skin people to get their tattoos?
High School DxD Hero : Seems to finally have given up any sort of pretense that this is not simply H.
Hinamatsuri : Not-quite-original idea living mostly off its plot has started losing its momentum.
Isekai Izakaya: Koto Aitheria no Izakaya Nobu : Way too long title for what's really a full-fledged advertisement for... the japanese bar industry i guess.
Last Period: Owarinaki Raisen no Monogatari : Now managing to bring the NicoNico memes not just visually but to the plot too.
Otaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii : Bringing us the prejudice that fujoshi like crossdressing guys and not much beyond that.
Megalo Box : Guess when we really want to bash home the this-is-Ashita-Joe-in-the-future feeling we just drop any aliases and from now on shall call the MC... Joe.
Sword Art Online: Gun Gale Online : Three-episode-long flashback finished by ... episode four.
Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai : A bit too slice-of-life-comedy-ish for what should be a standard high-school-bu romance story.
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby : Muri.
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Man, savage!
I'm enjoying a good number of those shows - 3D Kanojo, Hinamatsuri, Comic Girls, FMP & Wotakoi specifically!
3D Kanojo & Wotakoi share a similar thematic space separated by about 10 years of demographics, but I'm generally in favor of any story that encourages otaku to date each other, & I feel both strike a good balance between making the characters attractive & making them socially awkward. Of the two, I'd say Wotakoi's the clear superior - not only does it tackle adult relationships in an adult setting, it's very character driven & its cast are well-fleshed out & reasonably mature, whereas 3D Kanojo is running with a lot of stock romance drama tropes.
Comic Girls is adorable, & I love the way the characters mesh with their manga - the way Ruki's lewd mind clashes with her prim exterior is great.
I didn't really expect any different from the climax of FMP than a cataclysmic showdown of incredibly destructive proportions. After waiting 12 years for a resolution, I can handle 12 episodes of rapid-fire events!
Hinamatsuri may be mining the same vein as Alive to Zoroku, but
- Alice to Zoroku was gold
- More gold is good
- Gag manga about Yakuza are good
- they're mixing two great things
- Anzu is adorable, please give her a good home!
- Having good girl Hitomi embrace the seedy underbelly of society will never not be funny.
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I don't understand enough of Japanese to watch the anime at the source without subtitles. Can you tell what English language sites (like Crunchyroll and HIDIVE) call those anime?
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Offhand:
Otaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii : Wotakoi - Love is Hard for Otaku
Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai : Tada never falls in Love
Last Period - Owarinaki Raisen no Monogatari : Last Period - The Story of an Endless Spiral (not sure, that's the english title of the mobage)
Isekai Izakaya - Koto Aitheria no Izakaya Nobu : Isekai Izakaya - Japanese Food From Another World (and no, that's not the translation)
I think the other stuff is under Japanese names on the usual services.
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I think the other stuff is under Japanese names on the usual services.
No they aren't: Crunchy has translated Akkun to Kanojo as My Sweet Tyrant.
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Given Crunchy's penant for not translating title cards within the anime and advertising similarly with original japanese promo cards i tend to ignore their titles.
As for their subtitles, you haven't seen cringeworthy until you've seen Crunchy's German subs. I mean, at least their English, Spanish or French ones are somewhat close to being dialogue translations...
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As for their subtitles, you haven't seen cringeworthy until you've seen Crunchy's German subs.
I have seen plenty of Finnish subtitles and those are cringeworthy all on their own. And it isn't translations just from Japanese alone either.
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I ran into this......i'm not very excited about it since it looks like its dumb-downed little bit, Zoid Wild (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=51&v=lZqBNZCN5sQ). Plus the Ziods seem to be smaller, with characters (barely teens) riding on the Ziod's collar vs in a cockpit.
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I ran into this......i'm not very excited about it since it looks like its dumb-downed little bit, Zoid Wild (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=51&v=lZqBNZCN5sQ). Plus the Ziods seem to be smaller, with characters (barely teens) riding on the Ziod's collar vs in a cockpit.
Yea...
I replied to your original posting about this back at the end of February (https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=58103.msg1389364#msg1389364) in this thread.
I'm not a big fan of this no cockpit idea either.
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Does fit the early fluff on Zoids. Before they properly militarized em.
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Picked up "Mary and the Witch's Flower", the first feature film by Studio Ponoc, today...really like it, as it reminds me a lot of Studio Ghibli films...of course, consider many former Studio Ghibli workers are now working for Ponoc and it was founder by a former lead film producer from there as well, I suppose the resemblance stands to reason...
Ruger
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Following Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Darling in the FranXX, Golden Kamuy, Gancrest Senki, GGO. The show I'd really love to be watching is Hisone to Maso-tan but I'm limited in access these days. I will say that this season pales in comparison to last season.
I'm going to see if I can find and catch up on Wotakoi.
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I'm going to see if I can find and catch up on Wotakoi.
Please do, it's a fun & easy watch!
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Picked up "Mary and the Witch's Flower", the first feature film by Studio Ponoc, today...really like it, as it reminds me a lot of Studio Ghibli films...of course, consider many former Studio Ghibli workers are now working for Ponoc and it was founder by a former lead film producer from there as well, I suppose the resemblance stands to reason...
After reading that, I had to look up on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli):
On 3 August 2014, Studio Ghibli announced it was temporarily halting production following the retirement of director Hayao Miyazaki
So that is the reason why new studio was founded. By the way, Miyazaki-san came out of the retirement and is making anime again.
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By the way, Miyazaki-san came out of the retirement and is making anime again.
Like writing, I don't think a person ever retires from making anime, or producing in general.
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Just watched the latest episode of My Hero Academia. Another good episode although not up the epic level of the last one. I think I watched last week's episode five or six times, just to watch that big fight scene again!
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I don't think a person ever retires from making anime
Most do stop around age 65-70, at least among chief directors and such that were born before or around the same time as Miyazaki (i'm not aware of anyone in the industry who was born more than ten years before Miyazaki).
Some exceptions apply, e.g. Takahata Isao, Miyazaki's co-head at Studio Ghibli, or Katsumata Tomoharu of Toei who has been doing storyboarding and episode direction since he turned 70.
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Sunrise reversed course & stated that Ep 6 is the last episode of Gundam The Origin, & I suspect it has everything to do with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko wanting to retire at 71.
On the other hand, Tomino is working hard at a G-Reco movie adaptation! ;D Some creators retire, others just get crankier!
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Sunrise reversed course & stated that Ep 6 is the last episode of Gundam The Origin, & I suspect it has everything to do with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko wanting to retire at 71.
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko retiring? That's too bad Sunrise is waaaaay to dependent on these skilled veterans and not wanting to trust people who they've been mentoring if they have. Their just shooting their own foot for not having program of some kind. That was their tradition in the business.
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Given Crunchy's penant for not translating title cards within the anime and advertising similarly with original japanese promo cards i tend to ignore their titles.
As a note, the English titles of a show are usually set by the Japanese owners, not Crunchy. Crunchy (And the other streamers) dont usually have a choice in what they call it.
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As a note, the English titles of a show are usually set by the Japanese owners, not Crunchy.
That gripe was more about CR not "subtitling" titles within an anime quite often, i.e. when during the opening the title splash screen pops up it's in the original japanese without any hint at the English title. Wouldn't even be anything hard or complicated to do, they just blatantly omit it.
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I've started watching a classic from the 80's recently. I'll give you a hint as to what it is.
Omae wa mou...shindeiru.
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So are you going through the TOS, the follow-up films or 2199/2202?
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Almost done with my second viewing of the 2199 series. Haven't seen the 2202 version yet.
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Almost done with my second viewing of the 2199 series. Haven't seen the 2202 version yet.
Well if this article (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-12/funimation-announces-spring-simuldub-premiere-dates/.130300) is accurate, the Dub of Yamato 2202 starts streaming through FUNi tomorrow.
Of what I've seen of 2202 so far is interesting. I think the Dub should be worth it.
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On the list i notice Space Battleship Tiramisù, i think i remembered this being on list of new anime.
I didn't remember it was only seven minutes long per episode, its "funny" but weird. Almost Nadesco like but it reminds me slightly of Space Dandy...
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I was just thinking about supernatural martial arts animes and realized one of the things that really annoys me about them: the way characters stand around talking about their special techniques (something I presume originated in manga where the characters typically couldn't actually show the abilities nearly as well as in a fully-animated sequence).
Are there any supernatural martial arts animes where the protagoinist specializes in just hitting his opponents while they're busy yapping, the way Revy does in this scene (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTQSBm5A_FI) from Black Lagoon (warning, NSFW language).
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One Punch Man.
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One Punch Man.
He even parodied shouting out special moves.
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One Punch Man.
In retrospect, that should have been obvious.
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Are there any supernatural martial arts animes where the protagoinist specializes in just hitting his opponents while they're busy yapping
Berserk
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And in all fairness, it's a thing in some comics too. I have seen it in X-Men.
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Yeah, it's called Talk To The Fist (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TalkToTheFist) and shows up in a lot of media. I was just wondering if there were any Supernatural Martial Arts animes where it was common, since it's practically required for combatants in that genre to stand around talking about how their powers work in the middle of the fight instead of, you know, actually fighting.
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Yeah, it's called Talk To The Fist (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TalkToTheFist) and shows up in a lot of media. I was just wondering if there were any Supernatural Martial Arts animes where it was common, since it's practically required for combatants in that genre to stand around talking about how their powers work in the middle of the fight instead of, you know, actually fighting.
you mean...the classic villain monologue?
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Almost done with my second viewing of the 2199 series. Haven't seen the 2202 version yet.
Found 2202!
Its on Crunchyroll filed under "Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199".
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Hmm, 6 episodes into LOGH and it looks very much like the original in plot.
Not a bad thing, mind you.
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Hmm, 6 episodes into LOGH and it looks very much like the original in plot.
Not a bad thing, mind you.
So what's the catch?
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Just watched the latest (ep. 4.5) FMP!IV episode. What a total waste of time. We didn't need a recap after only four episodes of a weekly series. :ticked:
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SAO Alternative GGO just dropped one (5.5). Beatless has had two
recaps err... intermissions during it's run. At least with Beatless, I wouldn't expect them in the physical release. The intermissions haven't counted in the actual episode numbers.
Also Darling in the FranXX and Toji no Miko have had .5 eps (FranXX after 15 and TnM after 12).
That's a good number of the shows I've been following.
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Is there something that's been causing delays in the studios?
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Is there something that's been causing delays in the studios?
SAO Alternative is Studio 3Hz, which is a very small studio. I'm not surprised they decided they needed a breather. Not sure why Xebec needed a break on FMP, though, but it's been over a decade, I think I can wait another week for quality.
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Week before last was Golden Week in Japan, hence the "needed breather".
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Week before last was Golden Week in Japan, hence the "needed breather".
Oh, geez. I can't believe I forgot that.
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SAO Alternative GGO just dropped one (5.5). Beatless has had two recaps err... intermissions during it's run. At least with Beatless, I wouldn't expect them in the physical release. The intermissions haven't counted in the actual episode numbers.
Also Darling in the FranXX and Toji no Miko have had .5 eps (FranXX after 15 and TnM after 12).
That's a good number of the shows I've been following.
I know recap episodes are nothing new in anime, I'm just balking at the idea of doing one after only four episodes of a weekly anime. Honestly, I'd rather they just skip a week than waste my time like that. YMMV.
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Week before last was Golden Week in Japan, hence the "needed breather".
What's Golden Week?
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What's Golden Week?
It's similar to Spring Break. Just less bawdy.
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It's similar to Spring Break. Just less bawdy.
And it's basically the entire country if I understand correctly. Supposed to be the worst possible time of the year to travel to japan since almost everything is closed.
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It's three public holidays in a row, most people therefore take the entire week off and some companies also close for the workdays during that week. Schools only close for the three national holidays, overall it's more a vacation thing for working adults.
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Given how driven the work life is, working insane hours by western standards go, Golden Week is well needed rest. Good for them! Families can actually get to together and have little fun in their stressed work life.
It gives me chance catch up with my anime watchlist, i'm very far behind now.
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I appear to be one of the few fools out there who actually unironically enjoys Symphogear, but even I will openly admit that the sheer ludicrously over-the-top nature of the Symphogear GX Opening (https://streamable.com/u622v) lends itself to becoming something of a rite of initiation among the denizens who hang around my store.
I consider it absolutely hilarious how it's become a tradition of sorts for the store regulars to goad a new and unsuspecting victim into watching, and then for said victim to go out and find another target to coax into watching it like a physically viral meme.
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That opening is so far beyond the paltry descriptor of "ludicrous".... ;D
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Anyone know if the One Punch Man OVAs are on any of the streaming services?
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Hey you Americans! And Europeans too...
IF you happen to have a local HOT TOPIC clothing store...
(https://hottopic.scene7.com/is/image/HotTopic/20180510_ANIMAY_MYHERO_450x550?wid=450&qlt=85)
TT
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That opening is so far beyond the paltry descriptor of "ludicrous".... ;D
And I love Symphogear because of it. Wanton destruction on that scale is always entertaining.
Hey you Americans! And Europeans too...
IF you happen to have a local HOT TOPIC clothing store...
TT
Insert sad Asian face here.
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If only there was $25 worth of stuff at Hot Topic I'd actually spend money on.
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If only there was $25 worth of stuff at Hot Topic I'd actually spend money on.
T-Shirts...
That's what I'd buy... if I didn't already have Crunchyroll.
TT
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If only there was $25 worth of stuff at Hot Topic I'd actually spend money on.
Well, they do sell decent video game wallets... I actually need to replace my Zelda one. If only the closest mall wasn't an hour drive away...
Hmm. It's been a while since I've been to Modesto. I miss Arby's. My wife mentioned In and Out. We may make the drive this week.
Overlord is... pretty good. I decided to try the manga, liked it, and went for the first season of it as a tester - and the anime is, I think, better than the manga. It dwells a little more on the servants, which is something that I find oddly enjoyable. The dub is also acceptable as well, with the nerdy voice doing the inner monologue and the threatening outer voice.
I see some LNs are also available translated. Wonder if I should read them...
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Well, they do sell decent video game wallets... I actually need to replace my Zelda one. If only the closest mall wasn't an hour drive away...
Hmm. It's been a while since I've been to Modesto. I miss Arby's. My wife mentioned In and Out. We may make the drive this week.
Overlord is... pretty good. I decided to try the manga, liked it, and went for the first season of it as a tester - and the anime is, I think, better than the manga. It dwells a little more on the servants, which is something that I find oddly enjoyable. The dub is also acceptable as well, with the nerdy voice doing the inner monologue and the threatening outer voice.
I see some LNs are also available translated. Wonder if I should read them...
RE: Overlord:
I actually felt that the anime was more faithful to the original light novel than the Manga. The general consensus regarding the Yen Press translations are that it's a bit rocky at the start but get better. I had no problems personally (since I apparently have terribly low standards), but I know there are a lot of detractors of the YP books.
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T-Shirts...
That's what I'd buy... if I didn't already have Crunchyroll.
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Their size selection, at least at the closest Hot Topic, is underwhelming.
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Overlord is... pretty good. I decided to try the manga, liked it, and went for the first season of it as a tester - and the anime is, I think, better than the manga. It dwells a little more on the servants, which is something that I find oddly enjoyable. The dub is also acceptable as well, with the nerdy voice doing the inner monologue and the threatening outer voice.
I see some LNs are also available translated. Wonder if I should read them...
S3 of the anime starts in July. The light novels are pretty good, though there are a lot of them 12 released I think with 9 or 10 in english I believe.
The anime covers up to book 6 so far. S1 1-3, S2 4-6, and S3 should cover 7-9
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I appear to be one of the few fools out there who actually unironically enjoys Symphogear, but even I will openly admit that the sheer ludicrously over-the-top nature of the Symphogear GX Opening (https://streamable.com/u622v) lends itself to becoming something of a rite of initiation among the denizens who hang around my store.
Hammer space in practical use.
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For anyone familiar with ATOW implants and such: Can the predictive AI Gear Mikio uses in the latest ep of Megalo Box reasonably be replicated in BT/STOW? (other Gear shouldn't be much of a problem with creative application of myomers...)
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I think it's just duplicate thinking. If there was a actual cop and borrow, it be more pressed CGL / Imprint sue anime company about it.
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I'm pretty sure Kato was just asking if he could replicate it in game, Wrangler, not implying any IP infringement. It's pretty hard to copyright an idea like that.
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Indeed, as the concept of cybernetic/bionic muscle support gear isn't particular to any IP anyway. I think. If it is it predates CGL by at least half a century, because that's when they were first built in reality ;)
But yeah, the question was whether ATOW would have some kinda builtin mechanism to account for the AI component that the cybernetics are augmented with in this particular episode of Megalo Box if one wanted to build a character with such "Gear".
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So, been browsing some of the shows on Crunchyroll to see if I find anything else to watch there while I subscribe, and am wondering about how some like these shows?
Schwarzes Marken
Total Eclipse (are these two shows related? Description makes it sound like it)
Black Clover
Space Brothers
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So, been browsing some of the shows on Crunchyroll to see if I find anything else to watch there while I subscribe, and am wondering about how some like these shows?
Schwarzes Marken
Total Eclipse (are these two shows related? Description makes it sound like it)
They are. First one is side story set in Europe the other the main story.
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So, been browsing some of the shows on Crunchyroll to see if I find anything else to watch there while I subscribe, and am wondering about how some like these shows?
Schwarzes Marken
Total Eclipse (are these two shows related? Description makes it sound like it)
Black Clover
Space Brothers
Schwarzesmarken and Total Eclipse are both spinoffs from the Muv Luv visual novel. Neither is especially great, though Schwarzesmarken is probably the better entry of the two. Long story short, both are terrible at their job of presenting Muv Luv's core military conceit that despite every nasty trick that mankind can pull out, humanity is being rolled back by an invasion from an alien species known as the BETA by dint of sheer numbers. Making things generally worse, the BETA also possess advanced organic laser technology precise enough to intercept incoming artillery, which has effectively culled human air superiority. As a result, the Tactical Surface Fighter represents something of a human wunderwaffe, being combat mecha resilient and maneuverable enough to provide some resistance to the BETA advance.
Schwarzesmarken starts with an interesting enough premise - it focuses on a Warsaw Pact TSF Squadron in an 80's Europe still mired in Cold War politics facing down a massive alien invasion. It sort of holds together shakily until the end and was overall a decent 'Mecha outing and an okay-ish prequel to Muv Luv as a whole.
Total Eclipse, on the other hand just couldn't find a consistent tone, fluctuating wildly between gore completely at home in a slasher film and ha-ha-harem antics. It basically happens as a side story to the visual novel, occurring at about roughly the same time though an entire continent away and two decades or so after Schwarzesmarken.
Also, with the Muv Luv franchise (which is itself a stealth sequel to the romance drama Rumbling Hearts/Kimi ga Nozomu Eien) originating from an eroge visual novel, expect skin tight flight suits and bouncy assets.
Space Brothers, on the other hand was excellent in my opinion, being a hard detailed look at the profession of being an astronaut, cloaked in the veneer of a sibling rivalry comedy about chasing your dreams. In my opinion, the best show on the list.
I didn't enjoy Black Clover very much since it felt like default Shōnen 101. Not great, not an absolute trainwreck like Total Eclipse (which was so bad I ended up watching just to see how low it could sink), just so middle of the road and by the numbers that I got bored and went to watch something else.
Overall, I rank Space Brothers as good and Schwarzesmarken as watchable. These are my personal 2 cents on the series mentioned: I expect some degree of disagreement.
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Just started watching Iron Blooded Orphans... Boy Mikazuki is a psychopath.
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Does crunchy roll have anything dubbed? I know Funimation has some.
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Just started watching Iron Blooded Orphans...
One of the better Gundam series. Good number of fans of the franchise don't like it. But because I'm not a fan, I enjoyed of it. Strong BattleTech vibes.
Boy Mikazuki is a psychopath.
In my opinion Mikazuki is [TV Tropes warning!] the stoic character (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/thestoic). He doubles as trope buster and does (and doesn't) do many things other Guindam protagonists (or anime protagonists in general) don't (or do):
He doesn't angst
He tells others to stop angsting
He kiss a girl!
He enters in relationship with TWO GIRLS AT THE SAME TIME!!
He don't take part to grandstanding; instead he strikes down the enemies occupied in doing it
And side character, space cowboy Naze Turbine, has large harem, and he makes good use of it! ("Work work" ;))
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Spoilers, my friend.
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Spoilers, my friend.
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Also most (if not all) of it has already been mentioned before on this forum.
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Funny thing about Muv Luv is the mangas of it are far better than the anime to me.
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He enters in relationship with TWO GIRLS AT THE SAME TIME!!
And boy does he.... to bad about the ending....
Surprise surprise...
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Funny thing about Muv Luv is the mangas of it are far better than the anime to me.
The manga (Extra/Unlimited/Alternative) were for the most part at least, based on the original visual novels which were highly acclaimed both for their unique storytelling and raw shock value.
Yoshimune Kouki basically took advantage of the fact that since Muv Luv was getting a R rating by dint of being an eroge, he might as well grab the ball and keep running and he really went all out to push the limits of what he could show the reader. I still feel slightly sick when I recall "Chomp".
The subsequent spinoffs of which Schwarzesmarken and Total Eclipse are based either lack the creator's guiding hand and ballsy approach to things (Total Eclipse) or are just guilty of playing the setting straight as an alien invasion (when the focus of Muv Luv was primarily the 'stranger in a strange land' reaction of an anime Harem protagonist to being dumped into a post-apocalyptic 'Mecha series).
In my opinion at least, finding the original better than the anime, is for the most part expected.
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Been watching Wakfu. Is this a french animation? I'm currently at start of Season 3. That's a damned rollercoaster ride.
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I am now also watching Hinamatsuri.
I thought I had it figured out by the end of ep 2 but ep 3 went in an unexpected direction. Now I'm hooked.
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I am now also watching Hinamatsuri.
I thought I had it figured out by the end of ep 2 but ep 3 went in an unexpected direction. Now I'm hooked.
Kind of an Alice to Zoroku with a younger & less respectable lead! It's been one of my favorites this season for sure! Why the hell didn't he adopt Anzu instead? ;D
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Kind of an Alice to Zoroku with a younger & less respectable lead!
The comparison with Alice to Zoroku occurred to me as well! 8)
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OK, geeking out a bit here...
As you may know, the folks at Rooster Teeth are working on a new anime-inspired/"western anime"/however you want to phrase it mecha series called gen:LOCK.
Well they just dropped a big announcement... the lead will be voiced by Michael B. Jordan.
http://deadline.com/2018/05/black-panther-michael-b-jordan-star-rooster-teeth-animated-series-genlock-1202394317/ (http://deadline.com/2018/05/black-panther-michael-b-jordan-star-rooster-teeth-animated-series-genlock-1202394317/)
For those of you who are Marvel series fans, Jordan played Killmonger in Black Panther.
Apparently it turns out he's a big fan of anime and when the folks at RT approached him, he said an enthusiastic yes, to the point that his production company is now co-producing it...
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VERY nice! I never really could muster any interest in RWBY, but I'll have to at least give gen:LOCK a try!
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Okay I have to recommend Wakfu. I finished the season 3. The whole series is really good and entertaining.
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Okay I have to recommend Wakfu. I finished the season 3. The whole series is really good and entertaining.
More details please. What genre is it?
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Been watching Wakfu. Is this a french animation? I'm currently at start of Season 3. That's a damned rollercoaster ride.
Yup. Wakfu's a French product. They certainly have an appreciation for curves. (Like with this cheerleader bit (http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/691/427/931.gif)
More details please. What genre is it?
Wakfu's a Comic Fantasy, and not a parody comedy like most of them are.
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More details please. What genre is it?
sort of Wuxia fantasy, more fantasy side. It is extremely entertaining and I was surprise by how deep it was. I originally had it on my Tablet in background (as you would with music in background, because Im deaf) and I got absorbed in it. I love the characters, the world, the people, the stories.
Netflix put in these categories: TV Shows, Kids' TV, Kids' TV for ages 11 to 12, Kids' TV for ages 8 to 10, TV Cartoons.
And I can tell you, don't be fooled by these tags.
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It appears that that Space Battleship Yamato 2202 going get fall Television show. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-17/space-battleship-yamato-2202-anime-film-series-gets-tv-version-this-fall/.131675) So their breaking up the film series in to episodes.
I love Yamato, but it seems to be kinda weird way to flesh the series out. Did they need ova/film series generate enough money for the television?
If people seen the ovas, why would they want 20 minute episode break up? I didn't see any indication additional footage is being added.
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Think about it this way, next to no cost for animation since that's already done vs getting advertising for people to buy the series on BD.
So far sales have mostly been made through the theatrical release. The BDs only sold about 6-7k each - until they got somewhat macabre publicity when the assistant director died, volume 4 sold 14k when it was released on BD two weeks later.
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Oh I forget to add, apparently when watching Wakfu you need to look for Wakfu: The Quest for the Six Eliatrope Dofus because that happens between Season 2 and 3. Didn't realize that was there until after I finished Season 3.
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SBY 2202 is following the same pattern that was done with 2199: Release the eps in film format with a ep set-up BD following each and then near the end of the films, start airing them on TV.
At least right now FUNi is starting to stream the Dub for 2202. I believe it's two eps in right now.
Now if we could hear any word on the two 2199 specific films, that would be nice...
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Been watching Wakfu. Is this a french animation? I'm currently at start of Season 3. That's a damned rollercoaster ride.
It is. I'm not sure if Ankara is a Japanese animation firm or not, though. But, it's a french cartoon. I'm watching it, too. Really like it, but I'm still in season 1.
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Masako Sakano of Studio Ghibli worked on character layout for both Dofus and Wakfu for them, other than him about everyone on the animation team was French or Italian. Ankama Animation is a French company.
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Crunchyroll should have ep 3 of 2202 up today (I'm pretty sure it posts on Wednesdays).
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It is. I'm not sure if Ankara is a Japanese animation firm or not, though. But, it's a french cartoon. I'm watching it, too. Really like it, but I'm still in season 1.
After you finish Season 2, find Wakfu: The Quest for the Six Eliatrope Dofus because as I pointed out it happen BETWEEN Season 2 and 3. And it explain a lot of things in Season 3.
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2199 and 2202 isn't available for me on crunchyroll because of lisensing issues :(
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There was a show I found on Netflix: Nura. Boy turns out to be the grandson of the leader of the yokai yakuza and has to make a name for himself. I liked it, mostly because the main character was pretty smart, but Netflix only has the first season and the final episode is nothing but a recap of the season. The heck?
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After you finish Season 2, find Wakfu: The Quest for the Six Eliatrope Dofus because as I pointed out it happen BETWEEN Season 2 and 3. And it explain a lot of things in Season 3.
Thanks for the heads-up. I had to inquire about the pony movies, too, because that's kinda important, as well. Not surprised that other cartoons have season-break movies to fill gaps.
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Based on recommendations here, I started watching Wakfu. Enjoying it so far (about 2/3rds of the way through the first season), but two things bugged me so far: having three episodes devoted to the sports game really made it drag on too long, and that Amalia seemed to have gotten her personality abruptly changed into a more stereotypical girly-girl who's obsessed with fashion at the same time. Thankfully it seems that that aspect of her character was largely dropped by the time they get to the island.
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Amalia's 13 in season 1 (yes, really). She's allowed to be flighty :D
I enjoy the Boufball eps myself, so they were never much of an issue to me.
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I noticed that it started to get really epic after the Gobbowl tournament, and it didn't really let up. I like what they did for Percival. Just finished first season, so we'll so how things pick up tomorrow.
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Amalia's 13 in season 1 (yes, really). She's allowed to be flighty :D
I don't mind her being flighty, it's just weird that a barefoot jungle princess who wears leaves suddenly starts going gaga over dresses and shoes.
I noticed that it started to get really epic after the Gobbowl tournament, and it didn't really let up. I like what they did for Percival. Just finished first season, so we'll so how things pick up tomorrow.
I just started on Season 2 last night. Percival is really well done: it's not often you have a show with an idiot hero who actually balances being the stupid comic relief with actually being a credible fighter that well. I half expected his battle cry to be "Let's get dangerous!"
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You have lost me: what anime are you talking about? Who is Amalia and what is her 13?
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I don't mind her being flighty, it's just weird that a barefoot jungle princess who wears leaves suddenly starts going gaga over dresses and shoes.
If you looked at who were her hand"maidens", you wouldn't be surprised at her inflated sense of fashion. Then there's that the cartoon is apparently tagged by Netflix for audience of around 10-12 yrs old, so falling on stereotypes a bit firmly is what they thought was the best. At least she mature as a character.
Matti: Wakfu.
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You have lost me: what anime are you talking about? Who is Amalia and what is her 13?
We're talking about Wakfu. Amalia is one of the main characters and she's 13 years old.
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You have lost me: what anime are you talking about? Who is Amalia and what is her 13?
Wakfu. It's not really an anime but there's a heavy anime influence.
One of the characters is named Amalia, and her age is 13.
Then there's that the cartoon is apparently tagged by Netflix for audience of around 10-12 yrs old, so falling on stereotypes a bit firmly is what they thought was the best. At least she mature as a character.
Heh. I gotta admit that rating kinda throws me a bit. I'd have figured they'd tag it 14-16+, due to the family situation a couple characters get into later.
That said, the background is explicitly written so characters tend to silo into certain archetypes involving personality and behavior. This did start out as a MMORPG, after all. it actually part of the world's religion/mythology.
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Kinda spoiler but here is the Timeline
Season 2 is a year after Season 1 (events of Season 1 took that much time to transpire)
Wakfu: The Quest for the Six Eliatrope Dofus is 6 years after Season 2
Presumably Season 3 is some time after that.
That said, the background is explicitly written so characters tend to silo into certain archetypes involving personality and behavior. This did start out as a MMORPG, after all. it actually part of the world's religion/mythology.
MMORPG started development in 2006, was released in 2012. The 1st season was aired on 2008.
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Wakfu came out in 2012 true, but Dofus came out in 2004. Same universe. They've had this stuff on their minds for quite a while.
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I am so lost what you guys are tlaking about. ??? ???
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I am so lost what you guys are tlaking about. ??? ???
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakfu_(TV_series) That is what we're talking about. As mentioned above, it's a french animation show. It's a Lore supplementary to the MMORPG Wakfu which is the successor to the MMORPG Dofus as Istal explained.
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Lucky number 49. So what's the next thread title going to be? Anime Thre@dmaster or something?
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The Anime M@sterthread makes me tingly!
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Lucky number 49. So what's the next thread title going to be? Anime Thre@dmaster or something?
Do we need another topic? (https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=58102.0)
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Seeing as how that one is a) a year old and b) only for one show, and c) we're at page 49 of 50? I'd say yes, yes we do.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-01/koji-natsumi-girly-air-force-light-novel-series-gets-tv-anime/.132325
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-01/dragon-pilot-hisone-and-masotan-anime-gets-new-opening-song/.132275
...why can't we have a JSDF show set in anything remotely like the real world? Or is the military that despised over there? I mean, Rescue Wings was fantastic; I'd love more like that. Oh well, at least it's not another friggin "video game isekai" series.
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...why can't we have a JSDF show set in anything remotely like the real world? Or is the military that despised over there?
Technically, leaving aside the dragons, Hisone to Masotan this season is a pretty relaxed "standard" military thing. I mean, there isn't even any drama (by itself) about it being set in the military, or about why the girls are there.
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Seeing as how that one is a) a year old and b) only for one show
It don't need to be limited to 1 anymore than this topic.
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...why can't we have a JSDF show set in anything remotely like the real world? Or is the military that despised over there? I mean, Rescue Wings was fantastic; I'd love more like that. Oh well, at least it's not another friggin "video game isekai" series.
They want to show the JSDF in action, but need to get around real-world considerations, many of which shall not be discussed here. Easiest way to do that seems to be pitting them against a foe not of this world.
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dragon vore just isn't my thing....
You get used to it. Jet fighter vore too, for that matter.
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They want to show the JSDF in action, but need to get around real-world considerations, many of which shall not be discussed here. Easiest way to do that seems to be pitting them against a foe not of this world.
It don't need to be combat action and JSDF does more than "hurry up and wait"
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You get used to it. Jet fighter vore too, for that matter.
Now there's a sentence I wasn't expecting even in this thread.
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Technically, leaving aside the dragons, Hisone to Masotan this season is a pretty relaxed "standard" military thing. I mean, there isn't even any drama (by itself) about it being set in the military, or about why the girls are there.
Oh it's getting there, I believe.
Hisone to Masotan is interesting. I think where the plot is going seems a little off, but the rationale why that direction is being taken is worth exploring. I also feel the softer and more old-school character designs help in that regard.
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It don't need to be combat action and JSDF does more than "hurry up and wait"
I thought that was common to militaries the world over.
I'm loving the overall exceedingly chill atmosphere of Hisone to Masotan. It's mildly military, sure, but at the same time, the direction they're taking it did basically lead a friend to joke that with the metaphors they were making about self-worth, in any other year, this would have been a 'Mecha show. It's overall great and one of the highlights for the season for me at least.
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They want to show the JSDF in action, but need to get around real-world considerations, many of which shall not be discussed here. Easiest way to do that seems to be pitting them against a foe not of this world.
Which I'm fine with, or even something like Rescue Wings (Yomigaeru Sora, good stuff) mixed with Tokyo 8.0 - though, I suppose post-Touhoku, that's not coming back on TV for a long damn time. I'd be fine with space aliens, or anything else, or even just on-post shenanigans between bored soldiers. Or something like Airbats, extended out. Plenty of options that sidestep Rule 4 plenty.
Now, sticking my face into Rule 4 territory and blowing bubbles in it like bobbing for apples, Zipang's a fantastic story but good grief it's political as hell. So that's all I'll say about that.
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I've been watching alot (catching up actually) on my subs of Yamato 2202. Man is Empire bit stranger than they were in the original series. I'm not sure if i like it.
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That said, the background is explicitly written so characters tend to silo into certain archetypes involving personality and behavior. This did start out as a MMORPG, after all. it actually part of the world's religion/mythology.
I noticed - when Percival (Percidal?) starts talking about the dungeon when they encounter the pig dragon. Straight-up MMORPG references.
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A wasted week for Darling in the Franxx. A recap episode supplemented with some behind the scenes footage. :P
On the positive side, I just started watching Yamato 2199. Really good sci-fi anime I missed when it first came out. At least I can binge watch it now! :D
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I noticed - when Percival (Percidal?) starts talking about the dungeon when they encounter the pig dragon. Straight-up MMORPG references.
Sir Percedal of Sadlygrove (Tristepin de Percedal in the original French)
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Just started season three.
Well, that escalated quickly.
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Lucky number 49. So what's the next thread title going to be? Anime Thre@dmaster or something?
I made our reservation at the club, let's head on over before they lock the doors on us here!
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=61792.0 (https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=61792.0)
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In case you were wondering, bumping a dead thread on the same topic the moderation staff just locked is not acceptable, folks.