Could someone please ram a broomstick all the way up Shu's rectum? Preferably off camera, but that failure really needs something to replace his obviously missing spine.
I really wonder how that one dimensional waste of oxygen can even walk upright. He's such a loser that I can't even feel sorry for him, and it stopped being funny about nine episodes ago. All I want to do is punch him in the face. Repeatedly. With a sledgehammer.
Heh... just tracked down that picture, and it's funny to see we've actually gotten five of the things that were listed (though not all by their dream studios, and not all in their dream forms):
Persona 4, Nisemonogatari, new Berserk, Deadman Wonderland, and now MGX. What could possibly be next?
Heh... just tracked down that picture, and it's funny to see we've actually gotten five of the things that were listed (though not all in their dream forms):
Persona 4, Nisemonogatari, new Berserk, Deadman Wonderland, and now MGX. What could possibly be next?
Anyway, excluding the obvious joke entries on that chart, it only took a year or so after it was made to be 5-for-24, so we should have everything there adapted by, oh, 2015 or so. Looking forward to it!
Watch the live action drama. Only 11 episodes, plus some movies for the Paris and later arcs if you enjoy it. It's fantastic. Plus you get the awesome that is the casting for Stresseman.
Nichijou was my go-to series for making me happy in the summer; I'm so glad I've had Chihayafuru to take me through the fall and will continue to have it for the upcoming winter. I love this show so much.
We do need more anime involving teenage girls, that might or might not play a guitar, and might or might not revolve around one snarky little guy with little to no say.
I finally got around to rewatching this last week, before taking a break to watch Tutu. I had started it a long time ago, but stopped around half-way through. I guess it was too dreary for me the first time round. But I feel less judgmental over it now. What really is winning me over is the BACKGROUND SCENERY, just GORGEOUS.
I finally got around to rewatching this last week, before taking a break to watch Tutu. I had started it a long time ago, but stopped around half-way through. I guess it was too dreary for me the first time round. But I feel less judgmental over it now. What really is winning me over is the BACKGROUND SCENERY, just GORGEOUS.
I finally got around to rewatching this last week, before taking a break to watch Tutu. I had started it a long time ago, but stopped around half-way through. I guess it was too dreary for me the first time round. But I feel less judgmental over it now. What really is winning me over is the BACKGROUND SCENERY, just GORGEOUS.
Right now due to the shortage of dispatchers and resultant long hours and extra days, yes it has been rather depressing. However, even when it's not I surround myself with cute things. It makes life easier for me.
Yeah, they even had a little cameo in the animated series (as mobile phone figure straps, no less).
For those interested, PUCHIMASU! -PETIT IDOLM@STER- (ぷちます! -PETIT IDOLM@STER-) is being serialized on the magazine DENGEKI MAOH (電撃マオウ. Take a look here:
Some highlights from the total Japan Blu-ray sales for 2011, tracking Dec. 13, 2010, to Dec. 10, 2011:
- best-selling anime (and #5 overall): Mobile Suit Gundam UC #3 (113,202), released April 7
- just behind it (#7 overall): The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Limited Edition (101,704), released December 18, 2010
- the Madoka BDs charted from #15-21, in order, with volume 1 selling the most (68,547) and vol. 6 the "least" (57,045)
- the #20 spot was The Borrower Arrietty (57,301), released June 17.
A bittersweet ending and a pretty good one at that.
On one hand I feel like they did a great job to flesh out all the characters and make you feel for them, but on the other I feel like I was left wanting more-- too much more --but not enough that it detracts from the overall structure and flow. It was good.
Is there a clear identifier for the pacing of a show like Moribito? It feels very familiar. Individual episodes that can stand alone, but ultimately contribute greatly to character development and, ultimately, to the main plot? It's something I definitely detect from Kamiyama and maybe someone like Watanabe. If there was a sub-genre of anime that lent itself to this pacing, I would definitely pursue it.
Some highlights from the total Japan Blu-ray sales for 2011, tracking Dec. 13, 2010, to Dec. 10, 2011:
- best-selling anime (and #5 overall): Mobile Suit Gundam UC #3 (113,202), released April 7
- just behind it (#7 overall): The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Limited Edition (101,704), released December 18, 2010
- the Madoka BDs charted from #15-21, in order, with volume 1 selling the most (68,547) and vol. 6 the "least" (57,045)
- the #20 spot was The Borrower Arrietty (57,301), released June 17.
A bittersweet ending and a pretty good one at that.
On one hand I feel like they did a great job to flesh out all the characters and make you feel for them, but on the other I feel like I was left wanting more-- too much more --but not enough that it detracts from the overall structure and flow. It was good.
Is there a clear identifier for the pacing of a show like Moribito? It feels very familiar. Individual episodes that can stand alone, but ultimately contribute greatly to character development and, ultimately, to the main plot? It's something I definitely detect from Kamiyama and maybe someone like Watanabe. If there was a sub-genre of anime that lent itself to this pacing, I would definitely pursue it.
So glad it was on funimation's elite site (and nice in 720p). I would be disappointed in the ending if I had to see it in a theater as that was unsatisfying. How can it end at such a crucial point. I did love the theme song, kind of starting to like every song School Food Punishment does, Light Prayer sounded nice.
Juiz seemed to have gotten a big personality now, she was cracking me up with the way she responded to each person. Tsuji, the one on the boat the entire time seemed OOC but hilarious, and I love seeing Ohsugi panic over Saki and Takizawa. Confused on the significance of destroying the carriers with the selecao numbers but I guess its explained in the next one
Hey, those aren't skimpy uniforms, they're just 70's women's wrestling attire! You see all the patches that aren't covered by uniform actually have a very fine layer of special see-through material that absorbs damage.
So, I recently found out about a Last Exile spinoff manga, Last Exile: Sunadokei no Tabibito (Last Exile: Travelers from the Hourglass). This manga is written by Gonzo and drawn by one of the series' original designers, Minoru Murao, so it looks just like it should. It started up this year, around the same time as the Last Exile Fam manga I believe, and tells the story in between, of the original series cast and what happened to them after the end of the first series. I've read the first four chapters, which is all that's out so far I believe. Note - I'm posting this here because I imagine that far more interested people would read it here than in the manga thread.
So yeah, anyone who likes the original cast should read this for sure. Claus, Lavie, Alvis, and the rest are the main characters here. So should anyone who likes the franchise, for that matter -- it's pretty good! It also does something amazing... it actually explains the story. Clearly, and with (some pretty cool) pictures and words, it explains how
the original Last Exile took place on an artificial twin planet, with two worlds connected by some structure and surrounded by an hourglass-like enclosure or something. Humanity left Earth after the Earth rejected people after global warming ran rampant. People lived on artificial planets like theirs for 600 years, but now are returning. The manga shows them leaving their artificial planet in their Exile and flying to Earth, too. Not everyone left though -- some people are still back on Prester, while only a small number have gone as the first wave of returnees.
... Why couldn't this have been in the anime... even just enough to actually tell that they did leave would have been nice, or showing the shape of the planet a bit earlier, or something? Oh well.
After the very beginning though the manga takes place
on Earth, after their return,
and is about their lives (and troubles, of course) setting up their new place and facing the new threats present there. As anyone who has seen Fam knows, there certainly are plenty of them. They've apparently found an abandoned (or so they think) place to base themselves (the Anatoray/Disith people, that is), which makes sense of course because in Fam the people who have been on Earth for longer don't know about them yet. Of course, they are only one shipful of people, not everyone from the planet, so they could hide.[/spoiler] Oh, Holly, Duke Mad-Thane's daughter, is a major character now, it seems, as Alvis's friend.
Of course, there are villains. The identity of the threat isn't known for sure yet, but by all appearances it seems to be
the Earth's version of the Guild. They're flying Guild starfish fighters and dress in Guild uniforms, anyway. The one who has been seen "greets" Lavie, Claus, and Alvis, and tells them that now that they're on Earth, the people of Prester need to obey their rules, and hand over the key (Alvis) to them. Naturally, they refuse. They manage to escape from the guy the first time, but ch. 4 ends with quite a bad situation for Alvis and Lavie... unless something amazing happens,. I think Alvis's about to be kidnapped.
She's scared and moe, naturally.
Now, in the Fam anime/manga, one similar character is seen -- the guy who
killed everyone on the older princess's ship and kidnapped her
. That guy looked pretty much like this one, if I remember right,
and also had his same superpowers
. Of course, in Fam,
that guy is working for that Ades guy who summons down their Exile with the princess as the key. So, the obvious question is, does the Guild work for the Ades? Is it the other way around? Why would the Guild be supporting people who are running a campaign of mass murder of returnees, when the Guild would, you'd think, want to keep things in some kind of stasis? Or is that guy a runaway, and the real Earth Guild is out there too... or is this group in this manga not actually the Guild, but something like them? The latter is unlikely, I will admit, but the others seem possible.
Anyway, whatever the case, that probably does answer one question at least --
If that guy is indeed from a version of the Guild, that'd explain why technology here is kept at the same level as on Prester, with the same lack of radios, etc.
That was really, really bugging me in Fam through the early episodes, this would answer it.
Negatives? Well, if you disliked Last Exile for the haremesque elements (you know, Claus, the guy surrounded by girls, some of whom may have an interest in him
-- for instance, the series is clearly going for a "Alister tries to get Claus and Tatiana together, while Lavie wants him with her instead of Tatiana" thing
)... well, they're back. That's one reason why I like Fam, that stuff's entirely gone there... But anyway, then action starts, etc. Read the manga for that. But anyway, I know it's a manga and not an anime, but I thought this was worth mentioning for anyone who doesn't know about it, or who wants to know more about the plot of this franchise... but overall, I'm really liking this.
Of course, Fam is good too, for sure. Maybe better. But anyone who likes the franchise should read this too.
Hey, those aren't skimpy uniforms, they're just 70's women's wrestling attire! You see all the patches that aren't covered by uniform actually have a very fine layer of special see-through material that absorbs damage.
One arc ends and we're jumping right into the next one.
Life seems like an awesome country. Cool structures all over the place, yet it still maintains a laid back atmosphere. Been a while since I REALLY wished an anime locale actually existed.
Gintoki and Lelouch advance to face each other in the final four (Hideyoshi vs. Keima is the other match), while Ed and Roy manage to retain some measure of dignity. Also, isn't Inazuma Eleven a DS game about soccer or something?
Gintoki and Lelouch advance to face each other in the final four (Hideyoshi vs. Keima is the other match), while Ed and Roy manage to retain some measure of dignity. Also, isn't Inazuma Eleven a DS game about soccer or something?
Heh... just tracked down that picture, and it's funny to see we've actually gotten five of the things that were listed (though not all by their dream studios, and not all in their dream forms):
Persona 4, Nisemonogatari, new Berserk, Deadman Wonderland, and now MGX. What could possibly be next?
Some highlights from the total Japan Blu-ray sales for 2011, tracking Dec. 13, 2010, to Dec. 10, 2011:
- best-selling anime (and #5 overall): Mobile Suit Gundam UC #3 (113,202), released April 7
- just behind it (#7 overall): The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Limited Edition (101,704), released December 18, 2010
- the Madoka BDs charted from #15-21, in order, with volume 1 selling the most (68,547) and vol. 6 the "least" (57,045)
- the #20 spot was The Borrower Arrietty (57,301), released June 17.
I keep forgetting, somehow, that Gundam Unicorn is a ridiculously successful OVA series. They really made all the right choices when it came to that show.
Is there a clear identifier for the pacing of a show like Moribito? It feels very familiar. Individual episodes that can stand alone, but ultimately contribute greatly to character development and, ultimately, to the main plot? It's something I definitely detect from Kamiyama and maybe someone like Watanabe. If there was a sub-genre of anime that lent itself to this pacing, I would definitely pursue it.
There really is something masterful about a show whose episodes can be consumed in that fashion. As you may be aware, long ruining shows with an complete focus on a main storyline can get a bit bogged down in the story which leads to two problems. Firstly, episodes that only really serve to advance the wider-narrative and aren't that enjoyable on their own and secondly, that people who are just dipping a toe into a series don't feel totally lost and feel they need to start from the beginning again.
Now, don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoy the 'focus on the big story' shows, some of my favourite works (The Wire, Legend of the Galactic Heroes) are thoroughly impenetrable to those who aren't already steeped in the show itself. This can lead to a work being isolated from most casual (and even some regular) viewers because it seems to caught-up in itself. This is why those really story-heavy shows tend to have their champions from the critical side, telling everyone to go and give them a chance.
I think there's something very natural about shows like, say, Moribito (and to an extent Cowboy Bebop, even though that's far less plot-driven than Moribito) where every episode is thoroughly enjoyable in it's own right as a well crafted story that has a beginning, middle and end, but it can also tie into other areas (character development and the 'over-arching plot' ). Achieving that balance and delivering all those things in a single episode is really an achievement in terms of using a small amount of time to do a lot of work and, as such, it's always worth praising when a show pulls it off.
More School Food Punishment for both opening and endings? Nice. I wish the movie was more conclusive, left me feeling like we need a movie 3.
Nice to see Juiz and all the drivers, lol. Hated the mindwipe ending though, so cheap as well as Takizawa never getting to be the king. I also disliked the forced kissing scene. The two movies worked better as one, but both could have used more action. Involvement of the dude on the boat (Tsuji) could have been greater, instantly became a favorite character in these, and Osugi was funny and cool.
Dark and gritty story hits dark and gritty climax and conclusion. I had the feeling Luna came along too late in the plot. And I was left somewhat unsatisfied by the ending, although it was rather good. I suppose I became tired of certain themes by the end. I loved the development of Lyzue though, and the
Dream sequence episode and the one after it
were my favorites out of the series. I liked the early single-story episodes the most though, they conveyed their message more effectively, giving a whimsical sense to this decaying world.
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