Just think, in five years we'll be saying "Rie Matsumoto sure had a promising career until she joined BONES, directed nothing but shounen adaptations and collaborated with [future disappointing staff]. She should have stayed at Toei."
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Just think, in five years we'll be saying "Rie Matsumoto sure had a promising career until she joined BONES, directed nothing but shounen adaptations and collaborated with [future disappointing staff]. She should have stayed at Toei."
Lol, I guess I need to reword my sentences.
I said that because shows like those IMO have a slow start (not like the first few episodes are awful). I was about to give up Toradora on the 5th episode but went through with it anyway and never regretted it.
Kimura showing how it's done.
Better to track directors/staff than the actual studio.
Yama no Susume 2 - Episode 1-3
Don't really want to rush it too much and marathon what's out of the series, so I've only watched 3 episodes so far. Since they're 10 minute episodes, there's an urge to just power through a ton of it, but that would dilute the healing energy it provides. I really like it so far.
I think firehawk is right in that the first season did more with less, but that's the nature of good 3 minute shows. In terms of "less is more", Pupipo is the king. It managed to cramp a lot of different themes, a pretty epic story, and a series of really varied events into the short runtime. But I don't think that is a negative thing for this second season. It might not do as much with each minute than the first season did, but each episode is three times longer, and that gives it more space to breath too. Pacing is tricky thing especially for shows which are more about the moments than the "story" so to speak.
The first episode of season 2 is a good example of how different the approach is for a series with a longer runtime. There were episodes in the first season which were very similar to this - the episode where Kokona spends the night at Aoi's place for example, or the final two episodes where they chill by the river. With an extended runtime here, they manage to tell a more complete form of that sort of story, while juggling all four characters at the same time. Could the same story have been condensed to the season one format and packed more of a punch in terms of runtime for content? Sure. But would that really make the story more effective? I don't think so. It's not necessarily better or worse, and I think for an expanded and more elaborate continuation of the series, the season is doing a pretty great job.
The next two episodes also made very good use of the expanded runtime to build up the feeling that the mountain they're climbing is more challenging and more exciting than the one from the first season. I like how aware the show is of the change in format, and how it uses it to feel "bigger". Considering the story theme is about climbing mountains and the escalation in difficulty and reward, the expansion of the runtime and the season length plays into that really well. The production values are also way, way better, which makes it even more appealing to watch on a visual level.
Don't really want to rush it too much and marathon what's out of the series, so I've only watched 3 episodes so far. Since they're 10 minute episodes, there's an urge to just power through a ton of it, but that would dilute the healing energy it provides. I really like it so far.
I think firehawk is right in that the first season did more with less, but that's the nature of good 3 minute shows. In terms of "less is more", Pupipo is the king. It managed to cramp a lot of different themes, a pretty epic story, and a series of really varied events into the short runtime. But I don't think that is a negative thing for this second season. It might not do as much with each minute than the first season did, but each episode is three times longer, and that gives it more space to breath too. Pacing is tricky thing especially for shows which are more about the moments than the "story" so to speak.
The first episode of season 2 is a good example of how different the approach is for a series with a longer runtime. There were episodes in the first season which were very similar to this - the episode where Kokona spends the night at Aoi's place for example, or the final two episodes where they chill by the river. With an extended runtime here, they manage to tell a more complete form of that sort of story, while juggling all four characters at the same time. Could the same story have been condensed to the season one format and packed more of a punch in terms of runtime for content? Sure. But would that really make the story more effective? I don't think so. It's not necessarily better or worse, and I think for an expanded and more elaborate continuation of the series, the season is doing a pretty great job.
The next two episodes also made very good use of the expanded runtime to build up the feeling that the mountain they're climbing is more challenging and more exciting than the one from the first season. I like how aware the show is of the change in format, and how it uses it to feel "bigger". Considering the story theme is about climbing mountains and the escalation in difficulty and reward, the expansion of the runtime and the season length plays into that really well. The production values are also way, way better, which makes it even more appealing to watch on a visual level.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Yeah, hard to see how the series goes from here, unless there's another 'bad guy' around the corner, it'll probably about them coming in term with their disability.
I expect good action from this anime!
Probably none. Even the best studio have their bad day once in a while. And yeah, director also affect the quality...
If not BONES at least have faith in Matsumoto.
Maximilian Kolbe
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Girls und Panzer movie delayed to 2015 Summer
http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-28244.html
Well it's expected, GuP anime always delay lol
http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-28244.html
Well it's expected, GuP anime always delay lol
Turin Turambar
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Basileus777
Member
Paprika has that dubious honor. It's such a poor film that it put me off from watching Kon's films for years.
Log Horizon 2.07 - Liked this, but then tiny ninja is a favourite and I liked this novel more than its sequel.
SAO 2.19 - Liked this, but then I like when we see outside the games even if it's all about how Asunas mum is an awful status chasing control freak. I kind of wish Asuna would tell her she's a mother with that lower class boy, just to see her explode.
SAO 2.19 - Liked this, but then I like when we see outside the games even if it's all about how Asunas mum is an awful status chasing control freak. I kind of wish Asuna would tell her she's a mother with that lower class boy, just to see her explode.
Jex
Member
It is strange to think about but without the recap episodes there might be no Shirobako.
phoenix296
Member
Valkyria Chronicles 11
Who brings a pig to a banquet?
This has to be the worst rewrite so far. Why the hell is Selveria and Jaeger there?
Who brings a pig to a banquet?
This has to be the worst rewrite so far. Why the hell is Selveria and Jaeger there?
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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If you want to know what direction things are going to go in just look at the title of episode 7 shown at the end of 6.
Idyllic Happiness
That tells me that things are going to do downhill after episode 7. What you speculated is accurate I think. After trying to get back to their normal lives they're going to have to fight against a new enemy and will definitely be forced to make some heavy decisions.
Being a courageous hero doesn't always end on happy note.
Being a courageous hero doesn't always end on happy note.
[Cross Ange] - 7
I wasn't disappointed.
Next time:
Sounds dramatic.
This screenshot, lmao..
Is this your favorite show of the season?
FA started on Toonami?
To be fair, the manga actually did get better for a while. Mainly when it stopped focusing on the mysteries.
My issue is if they're gonna pull the rug, they really burned a lot of time doing so. I mean you're over half-way through your broadcasting run and finally shit starts getting realy.
Log Horizon s2 03-05
Wow, this really went nuts. 03 was completely action, 04 was near complete character building and setup, and then 05 took nearly a complete genre shift with the introduction of the new primary antagonist for this mini-arc or whatever.
It's interesting how the dual nation of respawning being both kind of trivial yet still really frightening is dealt with by the populace at large and with characters in general, who I would describe as being "logically" blaze about dying but emotionally still invested. Still, I can't help but feel like the anime at least doesn't get the balance quiiiiiiiiiite right. Well, 06 looks like it's going to deal with that a bit, so I guess I'll comment more later.
Very difficult not to marathon this... well, I guess I have marathoned it, since i watched 4 episodes today and didn't actually intend to. But I got most of my work done, so I guess it doesn't matter.
Mamare might not be a great immediate writer, but I honestly believe he's a pretty good plotter... of course, that's viewing his stuff filtered through both an animated director and a whole bunch of different translators. I would really love to interview him though.
Wow, this really went nuts. 03 was completely action, 04 was near complete character building and setup, and then 05 took nearly a complete genre shift with the introduction of the new primary antagonist for this mini-arc or whatever.
It's interesting how the dual nation of respawning being both kind of trivial yet still really frightening is dealt with by the populace at large and with characters in general, who I would describe as being "logically" blaze about dying but emotionally still invested. Still, I can't help but feel like the anime at least doesn't get the balance quiiiiiiiiiite right. Well, 06 looks like it's going to deal with that a bit, so I guess I'll comment more later.
Very difficult not to marathon this... well, I guess I have marathoned it, since i watched 4 episodes today and didn't actually intend to. But I got most of my work done, so I guess it doesn't matter.
Mamare might not be a great immediate writer, but I honestly believe he's a pretty good plotter... of course, that's viewing his stuff filtered through both an animated director and a whole bunch of different translators. I would really love to interview him though.
Jex
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But, if decades of television (Twin Peaks, X-Files, LOST) have taught me anything, it's that people generally care more about mysteries than anything else. I don't think the second season of AoT will be that well received for this very reason.
Turin Turambar
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Hill Climb Girl
Not bad 3dcg techniques. I could watch a entire series with this.
But hopefully one with better plot, lol.
Not bad 3dcg techniques. I could watch a entire series with this.
But hopefully one with better plot, lol.
It's been interesting seeing the two parallel books smashed together for the show.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Someone on reddit posted this lovely piece from the Parasyte soundtrack. Really appreciated that one last episode.
Inuyasha: The Final Act 01
She'd say "Faster, faster. The lights are turnin' red."
"Surely make you lose your mind ... They went rushin' down that freeway, messed around and got lost."
She'd say "Faster, faster. The lights are turnin' red."
"Surely make you lose your mind ... They went rushin' down that freeway, messed around and got lost."
Came for the dubstep piece. Left disappointed.
Femmeworth
Banned
I can already taste the filler.Rumiko Takahashi's manga Rin-Ne is getting anime Spring 2015
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...rin-ne-manga-gets-tv-anime-next-spring/.81078
R_thanatos
Member
Ok then , your opinion , you can agree that the rest of the episode were good ? You're telling me that the time travelling episode did nothing ?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
So, a change of artist (we're using Jasmin Darnell now, in case people don't remember) delayed things a bit, but we have a sketch!
If anyone has any comments/things that might be changed, feel free to let me know via PM!
If anyone has any comments/things that might be changed, feel free to let me know via PM!
R_thanatos
Member
Shingeki no bahamut : genesis - 02
A good episode.
I wonder how long will favaro keep lying and how this will end.
So far so good , both on the practical and technical level.
T'his is a good anime
A good episode.
I wonder how long will favaro keep lying and how this will end.
So far so good , both on the practical and technical level.
T'his is a good anime
CheapJuice
Member
Cross Ange - 07
It's a step up from last episode, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I have other episodes. The first bath scene where Ersha and Lolipop threw in the brushes were funny.
The virgin looked pretty rad. Now that they're all jolly good friends maybe the plot will progre- oh next episode appears to be obligatory beach episode, go on..
It's a step up from last episode, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I have other episodes. The first bath scene where Ersha and Lolipop threw in the brushes were funny.
The virgin looked pretty rad. Now that they're all jolly good friends maybe the plot will progre- oh next episode appears to be obligatory beach episode, go on..
Girl Und Panzer 8
I dunno what's better/worse, the completely out of nowhere scene of the Russian girls singing, or the laughable dub hack job that replaced it with tetris music. The Russian singing had me
The Tetris version however made me question my faith in humanity... or at least in Sentai, how the fuck could you not come up with a better solution then that?
I dunno man, Sentai get a lot of crap for this, but if you actually play both versions of the scene side-by-side, in addition to the removal of the lip-flaps, there are actually quite a few other alterations to the animation in terms of scene transitions and pan timing and duration to go along with the change in music. I don't think Sentai would have either the money, capability or materials to do such a thing themselves, which makes me think that the whole amended sequence was what they were handed from the licensors in Japan and told they had to use.
Tarou confirmed as GuP staffer.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Episode 6 musis right.....the one where he's chasing the parasyte....omg please give me another link, video got removed.
Joe Molotov
Member
Suite Precure 3 - 10
Hummy is so dumb, but I can't help but like her. She's dumb in a funny way, not an annoying way. She's not constantly begging for food like an infant or getting into trouble. Also, dat Kotono Mitsuishi!
I don't know about all this, though...
Suite Precure in a nutshell, so far.
Hummy is so dumb, but I can't help but like her. She's dumb in a funny way, not an annoying way. She's not constantly begging for food like an infant or getting into trouble. Also, dat Kotono Mitsuishi!
I don't know about all this, though...
I guess....a cat is fine too?
SliceSabre
Banned
Cross Ange - 07
Got some glorious Ange and Captain fanserivce like I desired. Ange finally decided to stop being a bitch to her comrades and a couple of them finally decided to stop being a bitch to her.
Perfection
Got some glorious Ange and Captain fanserivce like I desired. Ange finally decided to stop being a bitch to her comrades and a couple of them finally decided to stop being a bitch to her.
BassForever
Member
I noticed the changes to the animation, but the changes looked really bad. It looked like I was watching GuP abridged and kept expecting someone to make a pop culture reference.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
Fuck, it's really removed. And yeh, was that.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Turin Turambar
Member
FS/N UBW 6
Characters are killing this series. I just don't like anyone. Shirou is dumb, Saber is boring, Rin has been reduced to be tsun, Shinji seems pigeon-holed to his role of bad guy, Sakura still doesn't do anything except cooking...
Mushishi S2 17
An interesting plot looking at the separate elements but I don't think they all formed together a good episode that really made viewers feel something strongly, be sad drama or melancholy or happiness. It starts being kind of a mystery and then Ginko arrives and explain everything in flashbacks. Though it has some nice moments, like when
Cross Ange 7
Better than the previous one, it's enough ridicule in parts to be enjoyed. Hot bath scene, lesbo scene, random magical girl scene, the mortal Japanese cold, some action in the end.
Characters are killing this series. I just don't like anyone. Shirou is dumb, Saber is boring, Rin has been reduced to be tsun, Shinji seems pigeon-holed to his role of bad guy, Sakura still doesn't do anything except cooking...
Mushishi S2 17
An interesting plot looking at the separate elements but I don't think they all formed together a good episode that really made viewers feel something strongly, be sad drama or melancholy or happiness. It starts being kind of a mystery and then Ginko arrives and explain everything in flashbacks. Though it has some nice moments, like when
the unknowing mother pulls the thread of her own baby. Me: "no don't do it!"
Cross Ange 7
Better than the previous one, it's enough ridicule in parts to be enjoyed. Hot bath scene, lesbo scene, random magical girl scene, the mortal Japanese cold, some action in the end.
Is that really true in the case of X-Files? My impression - as a very insular but still quite keen X-Files fan - was that the standalone Monster Of The Week episodes were generally more popular than the mytharc episodes (leaving aside the ones which mixed the two elements more successfully, like Triangle etc.) I mean, by the time they wrapped up "who took Samantha Mulder?" no-one really cared, and this was reflected in the quality of the resolution.
(additionally it was the Mulder/Scully dynamic that really made the show work, otherwise it would have continued long into the ether with Doggett and Reyes).
Turin Turambar
Member
There are still lots of mysteries to theorize, discuss and solve in the second season of AoT, if it covers everything in the manga up to now.
big manga spoilers, don't read if you only watched the anime
-monkey beast titan, nature and abilities
-titan secret village
-Historia backstory
-Ymir nature and relationship with Historia
-shifter ability inner workings
-coordinate ability
-Eren strange memories flashbacks
-king's family secrets and powers
-conspiracy in the government and in the foundation of the city
-Eren's father, his death, his motives, relationship with the king
-Ackerman family "powers"
-etc
-titan secret village
-Historia backstory
-Ymir nature and relationship with Historia
-shifter ability inner workings
-coordinate ability
-Eren strange memories flashbacks
-king's family secrets and powers
-conspiracy in the government and in the foundation of the city
-Eren's father, his death, his motives, relationship with the king
-Ackerman family "powers"
-etc
Well Attack on Titan won't be received well at all if you start comparing it to the greatest show known to humanity, Twin Peaks.
Cross Ange 07
Magical girls are one of the greatest gifts Japan has given the world. Now, when I said I wanted "magical girls and mecha" in the same series this wasn't quite what I meant, but I do think it's interesting that the introduction of cosplay and manga, elements of otaku culture in our world that may not necessarily exist in this fictional one in the same form, are the things that end up bringing everyone closer together. I'm also starting to wonder just how seriously the next episode dialogue should be taken when looking for someone to blame, since Salia blames the writers for "revealing her secret", even though in terms of in-show progression that was undeniably a good thing. It's not quite Lagrange yet, and I don't think it ever will be, but this (and everything past episode 5, really) are notable improvements in terms of good vibes.
Magical girls are one of the greatest gifts Japan has given the world. Now, when I said I wanted "magical girls and mecha" in the same series this wasn't quite what I meant, but I do think it's interesting that the introduction of cosplay and manga, elements of otaku culture in our world that may not necessarily exist in this fictional one in the same form, are the things that end up bringing everyone closer together. I'm also starting to wonder just how seriously the next episode dialogue should be taken when looking for someone to blame, since Salia blames the writers for "revealing her secret", even though in terms of in-show progression that was undeniably a good thing. It's not quite Lagrange yet, and I don't think it ever will be, but this (and everything past episode 5, really) are notable improvements in terms of good vibes.
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