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Fall 2012 Anime |OT| Meet the new world, same as the old world

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firehawk12

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Oh, I saw Carrier a long time ago. It's pretty good, and I appreciated the multitude of perspectives given. Actually, though it is pretty officer-heavy, the early parts of BSG are not inaccurate representations of what a carrier is actually like. (The fact that Ron Moore spent a summer in Navy ROTC on a ship and almost entered the Navy undoubtedly helped this.) nu-BSG always felt very much a Navy show to me, even moreso than the other spacey shows.
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Too bad about the other parts of BSG. :(

I dunno...Utena is thematically like Penguindrum, and there's boundless visual symbolism integrated into the fabric of the show's presentation, as a matter of course, but there are none of the plot twists that were present in pengu. When it feels like revealing something, it is definitely something that has been a long time coming - and I can only think of about two episodes like this, anyway.

SKU is similar to MPD in the way that both are similar to Night on the Galactic Railroad, which is to say, they all focus on self-sacrifice and what constitutes true love & dedication in life, but each goes about this in very different ways.

I feel like I've explained this all to you before, though, and I'm tired of doing so.
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It's not really the themes that I have a problem with, it's the actual execution. In the same way that I'll never watch a Lindelof or Moore show ever again, I don't know if I want to watch an Ikuhara show after Pendrum. That's how burned I feel by the show anyway.

But, I mean, I own Utena so maybe I'll get to finishing it eventually.

Um... Shiroi Heya no Futari, or Our White Classroom in English. (There are no classrooms to speak of, of course.) I had to look this one up, because neither the English nor the Japanese really rolls off the tongue.
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The white classroom is a metaphor for lilies, right?!

You don't have to tell me, really; I'm in the military which, unsurprisingly, is still one of the most homophobic bastions left in America. One of my best friends is gay and, although one cannot get kicked out for it anymore (progress!), she is essentially in the closet to everyone except for close friends and family for fear of negative reaction. (I was a little shocked when I found out, but that's because I have no gaydar. :p) Not to mention that some of my friends down the hall speak languages like Pashto and Farsi, and I can absolutely guarantee you that Afghanistan and Iran are undoubtedly way the hell behind SE Asia on the subject of gay rights.
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Well, I do find it discouraging that basically being caught making out with another dude is enough to drive a college kid to commit suicide. "It gets better" and all that, but does it really? I don't know.

I think romance is generally a pretty boring and self-involved topic, so I guess it isn't really prudent to complain that gay romance isn't very interesting, since it slots so neatly into the "forbidden romance" cliche. I mean, given that the world still isn't really comfortable with the idea of homosexuality, it's not really very reasonable to expect it to be presented as "just existing" in fiction much of the time, is it?
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Well, as much as I find Modern Family to be really bland now, the show does have a normative gay couple just being there. Of course, their relationship is the most sterile one on the show (since gays kissing is icky) but what can ya do? Baby steps and all that.

(Come to think of it, The Kids Are Alright did the same thing, where all the gay sex was censored but all the Mark Rufulo sex was out in the open. No Fastbender-style on screen cock though, sadly).

That reminds me of another comic I read recently that you might be interested in: it was called Moonlight Flowers, and it basically dealt with what it would be like to be an honest-to-god lesbian in Japan when women are expected to grow out of that phase once they leave secondary school. (You know, the phenom you see in all-girls-school yuri.) Thought the concept was interesting and, though the execution was a bit underwhelming and short, at least a little more unusual and soberingly realistic than you typically get in the genre.
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I'll check that one out too!
 
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madp

The Light of El Cantare
Ultimadrago said:
88.8
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Man, what would it take to get us to 90%? I want to know what the compatibility bar looks like when your power level is OVER 90.00.

edit: nevermind, I'm at 90.4% with Watanabe Kazuma. It just says AMAZINGLY HIGH. Then again he only has 30 or so completed anime so those results might be a little skewed, lol.
 
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kayos90

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I come back from dinner and this is what GAF has turned into? Less than 1000 posts and I see the degeneration has started....
 
Ultimadrago

Ultimadrago

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trejo said:
53.8%
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Mad Pierrot said:
Come to think of it we'd probably be over 90% if I hadn't left the Happy Science stuff, Garzey, Yami, etc. scoreless. It should be a relatively easy matter to get back regardless.
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Hohooo, great minds score alike.
 
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Come on guys, help a bro out. I'm going through my Netflix and Crunchyroll libraries wondering what to watch next.

Also, how are people watching From The New World 4? Stupid Crunchyroll is telling me I have to wait for shitty Tuesday.
 
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Narag

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Syrinx said:
Come on guys, help a bro out. I'm going through my Netflix and Crunchyroll libraries wondering what to watch next.

Also, how are people watching From The New World 4? Stupid Crunchyroll is telling me I have to wait for shitty Tuesday.
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What sort of shows do you prefer?
 
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kayos90

Tragic victim of fan death
Syrinx said:
Come on guys, help a bro out. I'm going through my Netflix and Crunchyroll libraries wondering what to watch next.

Also, how are people watching From The New World 4? Stupid Crunchyroll is telling me I have to wait for shitty Tuesday.
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What genre are you looking for? I can suggest some if you give me an aidea.
 
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Narag

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SiN: The Movie

Disappointingly mediocre manime with a wonderful overachieving score by Masamichi Amano.
Also, the main villain dressed up like a dominatrix with a cape in the big finale. wat It might have some of the worst digital effects I've ever seen too.

There's also a few bizarre similarities to Giant Robo thanks to the score, some of the staff, and a flashback sequence complete with a particular postcard done in a certain style.
 
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trejo

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Ultimadrago said:
http://www.abload.de/img/deartrebro86z62.gif
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I'm happy to inform you that your choice of gif just bumped you back up to 70+ range.

Syrinx said:
Come on guys, help a bro out. I'm going through my Netflix and Crunchyroll libraries wondering what to watch next.

Also, how are people watching From The New World 4? Stupid Crunchyroll is telling me I have to wait for shitty Tuesday.
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Does Netflix or Crunchyroll have Planetes? If so, watch that.
 
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Syrinx

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Narag said:
What sort of shows do you prefer?
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Eh..I'm not sure. I'm kind of an anime noob at this point. As I mentioned, I'm REALLY enjoying From the New World. I've watched a ton of Sailor Moon over the last year or so. And even though watching through School Days was pretty arduous, I'm not opposed to watching slice-of-life/dramas, even in a school setting. So... I guess it's hard to say. I'm pretty open-minded.

No incest shows, though. That's where I have a line drawn. Also, no shows about bugs that want to bite the bottoms of children.
 
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firehawk12

Subete no aware
Ultimadrago said:
Es-say! Es-say! Es-say!
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I'll leave that to doomed1, assume he still watches anime. lol

Dresden said:
you might have a problem
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I watch anime. I'm already dead. :(

Mandoric said:
Hmmmmmmm.
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Hahaha.

Funny enough, looking up that yuri manga icarus talked about, I found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_24_Group

So that means in 50 years, we may really have a Haremshit Generation of anime directors. I look forward to reading that Wikipedia entry.
 
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Dedication Through Light

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Syrinx said:
Eh..I'm not sure. I'm kind of an anime noob at this point. As I mentioned, I'm REALLY enjoying From the New World. I've watched a ton of Sailor Moon over the last year or so. And even though watching through School Days was pretty arduous, I'm not opposed to watching slice-of-life/dramas, even in a school setting. So... I guess it's hard to say. I'm pretty open-minded.

No incest shows, though. That's where I have a line drawn. Also, no shows about bugs that want to bite the bottoms of children.
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On Crunchyroll, I suggest
Angel Beats
Tsuritama
Star Driver
Sacred Seven
No. 6
You and Me
You and Me 2

Really enjoyed all of those immensely, at least enough to warrant buying when they released their bds, respectively.
 
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