A Bones is right twice a something. Maybe Umakoshi will do something about more bellies in Hero Academia!
Since Yamauchi isn't involved, that's gonna be a pretty resounding no.
A Bones is right twice a something. Maybe Umakoshi will do something about more bellies in Hero Academia!
Ooh I need to finish that. Next weekend it is!
As long as we're talking about Mechas, I'm just gonna say it.
Mechas/Gundams should not wear capes. It doesn't make any sense for a robot to have something that could block vision or hinder flexibility.
Also capes don't work in space.
Galko - 1
I'd like this more if it was filthier.
Since Yamauchi isn't involved, that's gonna be a pretty resounding no.
HBO's Westworld might be the western series we deserve.
I know he did other really good things with/without Umakoshi but color me surprised that he directed Yumekui Merry, lol.Since Yamauchi isn't involved, that's gonna be a pretty resounding no.
As long as we're talking about Mechas, I'm just gonna say it.
Mechas/Gundams should not wear capes. It doesn't make any sense for a robot to have something that could block vision or hinder flexibility.
Also capes don't work in space.
It's kinda funny Narag is bagging on Nintendoman and then talks about a genre where there's actually been a number of high quality movies in the past few years.
Django
H8teful
Bone Tomahawk
True Grit
The Revenant
Also 3:10 to Yuma is super good but that's from 2007.
You want to know what really seals it with how dry the mecha well has been as of late?
How many mecha shows released lately have actually had a large focus on the robots themselves?
You're seriously becoming delusional.
It might be easier to swallow if you'd actually watched more shows. Checking your malgraph for a mal account last updated in October, we have:
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Pretty sure you've watched stuff like GBF Try, Diebuster and Shin Getter vs Neo Getter Robo but there's still substantial gaps you could spend time filling rather than doing this awkward "woe is me" thing about shows you probably won't watch anyhow. I mean you took the L on Comet Lucifer but the argument above basically boiled down to being irritated about bad shows being bad. You'd probably actually have fun with the genre again if you'd stop parroting opinions picked up on twitter and watched the damn shows. I know this comes across as a big call out but it isn't. Just at a glance there's stuff like
- The Big O
- Dangaioh
- Escaflowne
- Turn-A Gundam
- Zeta Gundam
- Galactic Cyclone Braiger
- Layzner
- VOTOMS
- Mellowlink
- Mazinger Z
- Zambot-3
- Daitarn-3
- New Getter Robo
- Patlabor
- Macross
just to name a few. That's like 500+ episodes worth of content along with associated movies. I mean it's cool and all to be upset about current production but to claim to be a fan of the genre and latching onto shows on the off-chance they might be good is terribly unproductive when you could check out proven quantities while increasing your genre literacy. You're hyped for a J9 continuation because of some robot key art. Take some time to learn about why J9 was a thing. It just rubs me the wrong way because I think better of you than this and it's irritating to see you take this disingenuous approach to the death of mecha when you haven't even begun to celebrate when it was alive.
It's kinda funny Narag is bagging on Nintendoman and then talks about a genre where there's actually been a number of high quality movies in the past few years.
Django
H8teful
Bone Tomahawk
True Grit
The Revenant
Also 3:10 to Yuma is super good but that's from 2007.
Know what genre is REALLY dead?
Real Time Strategy.
I refuse to acknowledge Legacy of the Void.
Whooosh.
Everything is better with capes. Mechs need capes. Magical girls need capes. Idols need capes. Soldiers need capes. High schoolers need capes. Just give capes to everyone, and anime will be saved.
Maybe it's been awhile but I remember the actual Big O mech to be rather superfluous.
You know what genre is really, really dead? Whatever Dwarf Fortress is.
Do mantles count as capes? I love this sort of look.
You're 100% right on this. I'm fully aware that I do need to take time and watch more of the good stuff. And I definitely will.
It won't stop me from being depressed about the current state of the genre though. If anything, really celebrating when the genre was alive might end up making me more sad about it.
But, in all cases, you're right. Sorry for the rant.
Yeah, I can see that. I thought most of the Megadeus stuff was contrived and didn't really fit much with the show anyway as a Batman-like thing.
Yeah, I can see that. I thought most of the Megadeus stuff was contrived and didn't really fit much with the show anyway as a Batman-like thing.
Does a show really need a justification to include stylish art deco mechanical golems?
And it still doesn't mean people shouldn't watch Big O.
Even Armored Trooper Votoms would work without any robots.
Raido is one of those overrated niche games. The actual audience for the games is small no doubt, but even among that audience I find the praise overstated. The first game was unplayable dogshit. I picked up the second game after tons of people told me it was so much better. It was still shit. Just less shit. The only good thing I got out of it was the Raiho plushie.
Yeah I guess most shows with huge robots can work without huge robots but I wasn't really feeling it in Big O.
Raido is one of those overrated niche games. The actual audience for the games is small no doubt, but even among that audience I find the praise overstated. The first game was unplayable dogshit. I picked up the second game after tons of people told me it was so much better. It was still shit. Just less shit. The only good thing I got out of it was the Raiho plushie.
Do mantles count as capes? I love this sort of look.
And humanoid robots fighting with swords do?
Mods help. Ban this man.
Well you see...ur wrong
Actually no fuck that. Capes on small robots are fine.
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This is fine.
Garo the Animation 12
Now this is how you do a mid-show climax. I don't even know where the series is going to go from here. They've blown the lid off of much of what the narrative was working towards up to now, even more than I was anticipating, so what the back half is going to be is truly a mystery to me.
I mean real Westerns like they used to make. All this new stuff is too modern and lacks the proper Western spirit.
Okay, I think you've convinced me to finish the rest of Garo which I didn't watch. I can't even remember where I stopped before I started watching random select eps. Will have to check tonight. Do you remember which episode was the one where the main guy and the prince joined forces to defeat this mutated count monster in a valley which was like.... I think this huge spinning bunch of spikes or something? It was a daytime fight.
Okay, I think you've convinced me to finish the rest of Garo which I didn't watch. I can't even remember where I stopped before I started watching random select eps. Will have to check tonight. Do you remember which episode was the one where the main guy and the prince joined forces to defeat this mutated count monster in a valley which was like.... I think this huge spinning bunch of spikes or something? It was a daytime fight.
You pretty much stopped when it got super good.
That was episode 9.
Okay, I think you've convinced me to finish the rest of Garo which I didn't watch. I can't even remember where I stopped before I started watching random select eps. Will have to check tonight. Do you remember which episode was the one where the main guy and the prince joined forces to defeat this mutated count monster in a valley which was like.... I think this huge spinning bunch of spikes or something? It was a daytime fight.
Does that look like it?
El Cazador de la Bruja
There is your western + a bit of yuri action is good for the soul.
What if I told you the Maganac Corps did protect against the elements?I'm drawing a hard line stance here boys.
Does that look like it?
El Cazador de la Bruja
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There is your western + a bit of yuri action is good for the soul.
A fateful encounter between Ellis, a fugitive girl with amnesia, a troubled past, and supernatural powers, and Nadie, a feisty bounty hunter, leads to the two of them traveling south together in search of the key to unlocking Ellis's past. The only clues they have are a mysterious stone given to Ellis by a fortune teller she was staying with, and Ellis' notion that she has to go south.
Cool. I think I still remember most of the details of what the show is about so I should be able to pick up from ep10. Basically the prince found out about the poisoning and escaped right? And he's training under some old dude? And the main guy and his dad split up and had hilarious (badly animated) comedy adventures or something. That's what I recall from the point I stopped. It felt like a bit of fun and games and self-evaluation before something BIG was going to happen.
Valkyrie Drive has a cowgirl in it so I choose to believe that counts.Sounds like Early Reins and the first few minutes of the third Ginrei OVA remain anime's only true Westerns.
Yeah, that's the right spot. Episodes 7 and 8 covered the same time frame from Leon's and German's perspective, and it was pretty cool, even if 7 was a bit clunky. Episode 9 into 10 is where things gear up for the midpoint climax.
Sounds like Early Reins and the first few minutes of the third Ginrei OVA remain anime's only true Westerns.
Yeah, that's the right spot. Episodes 7 and 8 covered the same time frame from Leon's and German's perspective, and it was pretty cool, even if 7 was a bit clunky. Episode 9 into 10 is where things gear up for the midpoint climax.