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[KuwabaraTheMan]

Inconsistencies regarding its production aside, the sweep and ambition of the story is enough to put it over the top for me. It's the sort of sf that doesn't get written anymore, let alone produced.

Exactly. For a story as ambitious as that, I'll overlook production issues. You don't see stories with that sort of maturity, ambition and depth anywhere on television these days, never mind in anime. I'm still kind of shocked the show even got made at all. Subversive and heavily political sf with that sort of reach is a nearly dead art form on television, and is not the sort of material which gets much money invested into it.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Hyouka is totally interesting throughout its entire run!


Legend of Mana's Dick

The biggest downside is that Mana will not go after random people to show just how dominate she is.

 

[Branduil]

Inconsistencies regarding its production aside, the sweep and ambition of the story is enough to put it over the top for me. It's the sort of sf that doesn't get written anymore, let alone produced.

And probably never will again.

 

[Taruranto]

Squealer was right.

If only...

Exactly. For a story as ambitious as that, I'll overlook production issues. You don't see stories with that sort of maturity, ambition and depth anywhere on television these days, never mind in anime. I'm still kind of shocked the show even got made at all. Subversive and heavily political sf with that sort of reach is a nearly dead art form on television, and is not the sort of material which gets much money invested into it.

Agree.

 

[firehawk12]

Hyouka is totally interesting throughout its entire run!

Substance > style. Writing > direction.

Exactly. For a story as ambitious as that, I'll overlook production issues. You don't see stories with that sort of maturity, ambition and depth anywhere on television these days, never mind in anime. I'm still kind of shocked the show even got made at all. Subversive and heavily political sf with that sort of reach is a nearly dead art form on television, and is not the sort of material which gets much money invested into it.

What? Anime, maybe, but television?

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

And probably never will again.

Space Battleship Yamato 2199.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

What? Anime, maybe, but television?

I haven't seen much of any thought provoking sci-fi being produced on television in the last five years or so, especially compared to the old days. I'm not saying nothing exists, but it definitely feels like truly ambitious and motivated sf has been marginalized in favor of glitz and glamor and meaningless crap. Although maybe I'm just bitter from having seen Doctor Who go from the former to the latter, but it feels to me like the genre in general has almost completely stagnated on television. There aren't really many compelling series being made now.

 

[Gazoinks]

So what you're saying is I should watch From The New World.

 

[Dresden]

What? Anime, maybe, but television?

From the New World is the kind of anthropological science fiction that doesn't exist anymore, though. Attempts at it are made in the west (at least in deadpapermedium), but they're just not that good, and it's the first work of its sort to succeed that I've seen in the last ten years. I doubt there's anything like it on western tv - not just sf, but this particular sort of sf.

 

[Theonik]

Substance > style. Writing > direction.

Style = substance.

 

[Branduil]

From the New World is the kind of anthropological science fiction that doesn't exist anymore, though. Attempts at it are made in the west (at least in deadpapermedium), but they're just not that good, and it's the first work of its sort to succeed that I've seen in the last ten years. I doubt there's anything like it on western tv - not just sf, but this particular sort of sf.

Yeah I can't think of a whole lot of hard anthropological sci-fi on TV period.

 

[firehawk12]

Style = substance.

Substylstance.

I haven't seen much of any thought provoking sci-fi being produced on television in the last five years or so, especially compared to the old days. I'm not saying nothing exists, but it definitely feels like truly ambitious and motivated sf has been marginalized in favor of glitz and glamor and meaningless crap. Although maybe I'm just bitter from having seen Doctor Who go from the former to the latter, but it feels to me like the genre in general has almost completely stagnated on television. There aren't really many compelling series being made now.

I suppose this comes down to personal preference, but I vastly preferred the ruminations on Black Mirror to what I saw of SSY.

 

[Theonik]

Substylstance.

Get Kojima on the phone.

 

[jbug617]

I'm probably more confused by S2 Tabane.

Same here. Why was she helping the bad guys and also they still don't explain how that one girl is related to Ichika and Chifuyu.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Get Kojima on the phone.

He's washed up if forum users could come up with something like that

 

[BGBW]

Snowman-san OVA

This is one of the most beautiful bits of anime I have ever seen. Like super good! The story is mostly about a boy and his snowman and the adventures they have over the course of the night, but I don't really want to spoil much more than that because that would just ruin the shocking surprise at the end! The animation is really good, like some of the best I've ever seen. Like there's a bit with the house rotating and you know most lesser studios would just use CGI for that. They made some good choices with the voice actors with the likes of Yoshitsugu Matsuoka providing the voice of the Snowman and Wakamoto as the boy. Also need to make a mention of the insert song sung by Aki Toyosaki, it's really catchy. It's one of the best tunes I've heard in an anime in a long time and you know that's saying something. So yeah, highly recommended. Five stars * * * * *

RIP Snowman-san. ;___;7

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[CorvoSol]

Snowman-san OVA

This is one of the most beautiful bits of anime I have ever seen. Like super good! The story is mostly about a boy and his snowman and the adventures they have over the course of the night, but I don't really want to spoil much more than that because that would just ruin the shocking surprise at the end! The animation is really good, like some of the best I've ever seen. Like there's a bit with the house rotating and you know most lesser studios would just use CGI for that. They made some good choices with the voice actors with the likes of Yoshitsugu Matsuoka providing the voice of the Snowman and Wakamoto as the boy. Also need to make a mention of the insert song sung by Aki Toyosaki, it's really catchy. It's one of the best tunes I've heard in an anime in a long time and you know that's saying something. So yeah, highly recommended. Five stars * * * * *

RIP Snowman-san. ;___;7

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

Wait that's an anime? I watched that as a kid. Had no idea.

 

[firehawk12]

Snowman-san OVA

This is one of the most beautiful bits of anime I have ever seen. Like super good! The story is mostly about a boy and his snowman and the adventures they have over the course of the night, but I don't really want to spoil much more than that because that would just ruin the shocking surprise at the end! The animation is really good, like some of the best I've ever seen. Like there's a bit with the house rotating and you know most lesser studios would just use CGI for that. They made some good choices with the voice actors with the likes of Yoshitsugu Matsuoka providing the voice of the Snowman and Wakamoto as the boy. Also need to make a mention of the insert song sung by Aki Toyosaki, it's really catchy. It's one of the best tunes I've heard in an anime in a long time and you know that's saying something. So yeah, highly recommended. Five stars * * * * *

RIP Snowman-san. ;___;7

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

Wait, is that a Japanese version of Frosty?

 

[MikeHattsu]

Snowman-san OVA

Huh? I always thought this was British or something.

 

[LayLa]

lol read the subtitles

 

[firehawk12]

Oh.

 

[Theonik]

Snowman-san OVA

http://i.minus.com/ibmN6kAdBt1Nsl.jpg

This is one of the most beautiful bits of anime I have ever seen. Like super good! The story is mostly about a boy and his snowman and the adventures they have over the course of the night, but I don't really want to spoil much more than that because that would just ruin the shocking surprise at the end! The animation is really good, like some of the best I've ever seen. Like there's a bit with the house rotating and you know most lesser studios would just use CGI for that. They made some good choices with the voice actors with the likes of Yoshitsugu Matsuoka providing the voice of the Snowman and Wakamoto as the boy. Also need to make a mention of the insert song sung by Aki Toyosaki, it's really catchy. It's one of the best tunes I've heard in an anime in a long time and you know that's saying something. So yeah, highly recommended. Five stars * * * * *

http://i.minus.com/i4QLgO4l5Rw6X.jpg

http://i.minus.com/ibOPRxS3DWN2I.jpg

RIP Snowman-san. ;___;7

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

Bravo. The TBS logo makes this. Ahahaahahahahahahahahaaha.

He's washed up if forum users could come up with something like that

And?

 

[Joe Molotov]

Snowman-san OVA
Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47coh3I1XTU

 

[LayLa]

Bravo. The TBS logo makes this. ahahaahahahahahahahahaahah

yeh great touch, "insert song sung by Aki Toyosaki" made me smile too

 

[ZachDeKoromaru]

Is Olive the Other Reindeer anime???

 

[dimb]

What? Anime, maybe, but television?

television sci fi = defiance.

 

[Chariot]

I a confused, but I think BGBW is a pretty cool dude.

 

[cnet128]

Snowman-san OVA

This is one of the most beautiful bits of anime I have ever seen. Like super good! The story is mostly about a boy and his snowman and the adventures they have over the course of the night, but I don't really want to spoil much more than that because that would just ruin the shocking surprise at the end! The animation is really good, like some of the best I've ever seen. Like there's a bit with the house rotating and you know most lesser studios would just use CGI for that. They made some good choices with the voice actors with the likes of Yoshitsugu Matsuoka providing the voice of the Snowman and Wakamoto as the boy. Also need to make a mention of the insert song sung by Aki Toyosaki, it's really catchy. It's one of the best tunes I've heard in an anime in a long time and you know that's saying something. So yeah, highly recommended. Five stars * * * * *

RIP Snowman-san. ;___;7

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

Well done sir.

(This needed quoting for the new page.)

 

[madp]

Snowman-san OVA

Subtitling something that's already in English just to add in honorifics and random weeb words is sadly not that farfetched of an idea, knowing how some of the translators out there are.

 

[zeroshiki]

I'm just happy that we're finally getting

Spoiler

Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann, and possibly Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

I have never played a SRW game before but I really want to. I gotta import the first Z game some time.

Then I'll have to agonizingly look at the guides and memorize what menu option is which.

Man, how do fans of these games who don't know Japanese put up with that?

I started playing SRW in the 5th grade (SRW EX!). I didn't know a lick of Japanese and I actually finished that game not knowing what a seishin was.

Its not that hard to get into the games since the major commands are repetitive so you'll remember them in no time!

 

[Branduil]

Next step is getting Snowman-san up on MAL.

 

[zeroshiki]

I like how the karaoke in Japanese is "Translated sentence." BGBW couldn't be bothered to change that part!

Oh yeah, Merry Christmas AnimeGAF

 

[gashikunFLCL]

Happy X-mas! AnimeGAF!

 

[Branduil]

All I want for Christmas is Yotsuba& animated by KyoAni.

 

[SDBurton]

All I want for Christmas is a pure love anime to arrive this coming winter season.

Spoiler

Oh wait...

 

[darkside31337]

All I want for Christmas is a pure love anime to arrive this coming winter season.

Spoiler

Oh wait...

Wait... is there one?

I don't even know whats airing in the Winter. When does the Winter OT go up?

 

[foxuzamaki]

Merry christmas animegaf

 

[Joe Molotov]

All I want for Christmas is a pure love anime to arrive this coming winter season.

Spoiler

Oh wait...

Dokidoki Precure Season 2?

 

[PdotMichael]

Wait... is there one?

I don't even know whats airing in the Winter. When does the Winter OT go up?

Sakura Trick does have explicit Yuri (handholding, kissing)

And the director is an ex-Shaft director so everything looks like Hidamari just without wide faces.

 

[SDBurton]

Wait... is there one?

I don't even know whats airing in the Winter. When does the Winter OT go up?

Sakura Trick. Pure Love. Airing on Jan 10th I believe.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Steam Users had ONE JOB!

Rather go watch more anime now.

 

[SDBurton]

Steam Users had ONE JOB!

Rather go watch more anime now.

I didn't have much faith in that poll to begin with. :lol

 

[dimb]

Steam Users had ONE JOB!

Rather go watch more anime now.

people see thirty cents and they're going to bite.

 

[Narag]

Snowman-san OVA

This is one of the most beautiful bits of anime I have ever seen. Like super good! The story is mostly about a boy and his snowman and the adventures they have over the course of the night, but I don't really want to spoil much more than that because that would just ruin the shocking surprise at the end! The animation is really good, like some of the best I've ever seen. Like there's a bit with the house rotating and you know most lesser studios would just use CGI for that. They made some good choices with the voice actors with the likes of Yoshitsugu Matsuoka providing the voice of the Snowman and Wakamoto as the boy. Also need to make a mention of the insert song sung by Aki Toyosaki, it's really catchy. It's one of the best tunes I've heard in an anime in a long time and you know that's saying something. So yeah, highly recommended. Five stars * * * * *

RIP Snowman-san. ;___;7

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

This post is the best kind of christmas gift.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

I didn't have much faith in that poll to begin with. :lol

I was expecting KRZ to win, even though I wanted that Princess game to get lowered.

 

[Branduil]

people see thirty cents and they're going to bite.

But it was already 60 cents.

 

[Narag]

But it was already 60 cents.

Cheaper. Go cheaper.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

But it was already 60 cents.

59 cents

 

[Dedication Through Light]

While I'm glad Noragami is getting a simulcast, it's a shame that Funimation are the ones doing so; was hoping it would go to CR -- though WTK pointed out that Funi was the likely pick anyway.

Never understood peoples disappointment in CR getting anime. With the current release schema of anime here, I would rather funi and viz get anime then CR and Sentai. Well unless one has no interesting in physically owning a product.

 

[killer rin]

Miss Monochrome 13
That was a nice ending.

Spoiler

Her dream came true

Merry Christmas Anime-Gaf