Milky Holmes if alcoholic drinks are in play. Best drunkwatch I've ever experienced.
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Fall Anime 2014 |OT2| Idly waiting for the Dog Days of Sabre
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ShinRPGamer
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Yeah. Vertical sometimes bring a few over but for the most part, Yen Press is the only option.
CheapJuice
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Amagi - 11
Good to see them going out of their way and trying different ideas. At first I though Kanye was going to use Geass on the businessmen, but then I remember he got that mind reading thing in the beginning of the show.
The showcase of everyone working hard to prepare and during crunch was a nice touch.
Good to see them going out of their way and trying different ideas. At first I though Kanye was going to use Geass on the businessmen, but then I remember he got that mind reading thing in the beginning of the show.
The showcase of everyone working hard to prepare and during crunch was a nice touch.
Jex
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Now, there's nothing wrong with you reaction to the movie and I won't try and change your mind on it, but there's still a couple of things I need to point out.
Firstly, I don't it's ever a good idea to score any anime adapted from a manga (or any adaptation in any medium) against the criteria of how successfully it replicates the source material. I understand this stance doesn't sit well with fans of the source material (especially 'purists'), but it really shouldn't have any bearing on how you view the work. It should be judged purely on successful it is on it's own merits. Now, I know that saying this doesn't have much bearing on reality because when I'm watching an adaptation from source material that I have experience with I can't help but notice all the changes. Still, I believe it's a critical dead-end and barely worth mentioning, unless those changes make the story worse in some quantifiable manner.
Secondly, it's not like Nausicaa is an adaptation of the 7 volume manga. The movie Nausicaa was actually created while Miyazaki was still working on the manga. To be precise, two volumes had been completed, so the movie basically gets to where the manga was at that time. Remember, the manga didn't end till 1994, while the movie was released in 1984. It's not like Miyazaki decided to make an adaptation of the first part of his manga and release it as a movie, instead he just made a movie based on all the manga that existed at the time. You seem to suggest that he made decisions to job and change and cut out elements of the story when that's not quite the case here.
Finally, while I would agree that the manga is far richer and more complex than the movie, I also feel it's far sloppier and weaker as an overall story. I don't think Miyazaki excels at telling long-form narratives.
Admiral Woofington
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Confession time: I've never watched Castle of Cagliostoro. I probably should, but the fact it's based off characters from a long-running series that I've maybe collectively seen a total of 10 episodes all together has always made me delay it. I understand it's stand-alone and enjoyable even without the knowledge of the show, just need to get my lazy ass to watch it
Jex
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I basically paid about £30 per movie (plus import fees, ugh). I ordered through Amazon Japan, which you can easily view in English and order from with relatively little hassle.
You should, it's a really fun movie. Very well made, one of Miyazaki's best. I'm sure there's some people who would argue that it is his best, actually. Personally it's my third favorite by him.
It's pretty great. Might be my favorite Takahata movie.
ShinRPGamer
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Looking at Castle in the Sky as a reference it should cost you around $60. Probably more, maybe less.
On a side note you really read Nausicaa before watching the flim? And here I thought I was the only one who read the manga first before watching the movie.
Jex
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Better than getting that Miyazaki boxset that just came out?
Jex
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For most people definitely not. You can get 11 movies in that collection for the same price as 5 of the original JP BD's. However, it's a widely discussed fact that the UK transfers of the movies on BD are the worst of any region, substantially worse than the Japanese originals and even worse than the US versions.
This wont mater to most consumers, of course, and I imagine many people won't even notice. I'm purely buying these for collection purposes so I'm going to go for the best versions. In general, there's no reason not to get the substantially cheaper UK releases.
MikeHattsu
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Ef - A Tale of Melodies 03
That's not nice.
So Yuko (or Yuuko) gets bullied, the not so surprising truth about Kuze gets revealed, and Chihiro is back for a bit.
That's not nice.
So Yuko (or Yuuko) gets bullied, the not so surprising truth about Kuze gets revealed, and Chihiro is back for a bit.
CheapJuice
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Terra Formars - 12
Eh, perhaps one of the weaker episodes of the season. I wasn't feeling this one at all.
No good fights, exploring of the pyramids was a disappointment and hellfire digletts out of nowhere. Though I guess it's a setup for a grand finale next week.
Eh, perhaps one of the weaker episodes of the season. I wasn't feeling this one at all.
No good fights, exploring of the pyramids was a disappointment and hellfire digletts out of nowhere. Though I guess it's a setup for a grand finale next week.
Turin Turambar
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Oh, I agree. I think judging on its own merits, it's a lesser work from Miyazaki(*), as he still hadn't matured as director and writer.
(*) "lesser work from Miyazaki" can still be a fine work from a normal director.
I think it's my favorite Miyazaki work over his films (though barely).
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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This question might come across as random but are there any anime other than Mobile Suit Gundam 00 that have a middle eastern main character? I thought it was interesting at the time so I'm just wondering if there are any others.
ShinRPGamer
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I don't think so. Most of the Gundam Protag's are either Japanese (Kira Yamato), North American (Garrod Ran) or a combination of the two (Amuro Ray) I think Setsuna's one of the only main protagonists that isn't in one of those 3 catagories, let alone Middle Eastern.
It's true. This is why we should abandon anime and embrace Marvel instead.
Bring back the mangaverse.
MikeHattsu
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Ef - A Tale of Melodies 04
Not sure if it's a threat or a warning
Now all the important characters from the first show has been in this one too and all 4 of the characters in the past has also been shown in the present. But there's people both in Japan and Australia? I guess that explains why certain characters never interacted in the first show... Love triangles seems to be building everywhere as well.
Not sure if it's a threat or a warning
Now all the important characters from the first show has been in this one too and all 4 of the characters in the past has also been shown in the present. But there's people both in Japan and Australia? I guess that explains why certain characters never interacted in the first show... Love triangles seems to be building everywhere as well.
Jex
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Not to my (admitedly limited) knowledge. Most anime is set in:
- Japan
or
- A fictional land
so you don't often see those kinds of leads.
It seems to be relatively rare. Off the top of my head, I can only think of Full Metal Panic! as another series with a middle eastern main character.
I regret saying anything.
Well hearing that has certainly put a dent in wanting to buy the set. Don't really want to spend that much money on a subpar product.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Canaan
can't think of anything else at the moment. I want to say Muhammad Avdol, but he's more of a supporting character.
Dog Days S2 1-3
Nanami is a better hero than Cinque and Squirrel tails are the best kind of tails around. If you disagree with me on either one of those points you clearly haven't been watching the show.
Hnnnnnnnnnng
Oh god why didnt these shows get licensed here?
I know I can import them and such but its a pain in the ass and I get enough shipping issues as it is.
The red velvet artbox that originally came with Rozen Maiden is a thing of beauty. If you can find it I recommend it. It didnt seem too rare either.
2 Bedroom w/ Living, Dining, Kitchen
http://animatorexpo.com/nishiogikubo/ (Warning: NSFW, Contains non-sexual nudity)
Whoa that was really fucking good. Probably the best short yet in terms of pure animation. The story is pretty simple - a woman wakes up to find herself shrunk in her apartment, tries to communicate with her boyfriend who sees her as a cockroach, hilarious chase ensures with amazing loose animation from some of Japan's best animators.
Is this a Gokicha parody? Is it about her insecurities of not being noticed? Do they have a cockroach infestation in the apartment? Who cares, it's funny, energetic, and looks awesome! The Shinya Ohira sequence near the end was soooooooo good. I'm glad Khara is putting more creativity and effort into these shorts than they did in Eva 3.0!
Directors: Mahiro Maeda, Takeshi Honda
Character Design/Plot: Takeshi Honda
Storyboard: Mahiro Maeda
Animators: Masashi Ando, Toshiyuki Inoue, Shinya Ohira, Hiroyuki Okiura, Shinji Hashimoto, Takeshi Honda, Akira Homma, Mahiro Maeda, Maho Takagi, Sayaka Yamai
Gokicha is really the only thing this COULD be parodying. But thats a good thing because its adorable.
sogood.
Hosoda I trust in you.
Shin Sekai Yori 21
So this episode has provided the big reveal I've bee dreading and suffice it to say, I did not see that coming. Completely convinced it was Maria, I needed a few good seconds to comprehend what was transpiring in front of me. It was literally as if someone has turned on a light bulb inside my brain. Mamoru and Maria disappearing together, the length of the time skip or the way Cantus user seemed to totally obey the Queerats - all the pieces of puzzle were there, I just didn't manage to piece them together until it was too late. And call me a monster but I think I prefer this scenario to the one where Maria had to live without a limb, jaw, (judging by the remains that were found.) being controlled in sort of the same way Squealer controls the queens and of course where Saki would have to meet and deal with her. I suppose she could still be alive, given the pregnancy, she needed to be for quite a while after her departure but we will see.
One thing I'm confused about was the way Shissei met his demise. I thought it was Karma Demons who were supposed to leak Cantus subconsciously ? This girl doesn't even seem to be a Fiend but just a brainwashed child without death feedback built in. Otherwise I don't see how Queetats would survive in her vicinity.
The sleazy weasel, also known as Squealer, conducted this war with great skill so far but a 10 year wait for another generation of Slave cantus users to grow up seems like a fatal flaw in his plans. In such time humans would be able to scourge the entirety of Japan islands from top to bottom and wipe Queerats of the face of earth.
The renewed focus on kids reminded me that they don't seem to ever have explained whatever happens to those who don't graduate from Harmony school. Do they get killed off too even if they didn't manifest the Cantus abilities ? There has been a dearth of info on the scientists and the "hunters" mentioned in episode 4 so I imagine I still have some major surprises coming my way.
Show has been firing on all cylinders for 4 episodes now. Great stuff.
In my opinion this realization was even more horrific, butthere are a few more things that will be explained soon. This show does a very good job of throwing a ton of questions at you and then resolving all of them one by one and I think youll be satisfied overall. They really kept it all together and cohesive.
That first one looks relevant to my interests. the second looks bland and generic, but it does have a yandere character from the looks of it so Ill keep my eye on it.
astrogamer
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Wixoss 11
I'm a little confused as to why Yuki is starting to disappear, especially at that moment. Felt like a bit of a forced for the suffering. the other parts make general sense.
I'm a little confused as to why Yuki is starting to disappear, especially at that moment. Felt like a bit of a forced for the suffering. the other parts make general sense.
It wasn't too much of a surprise that Mayu was already dead. The other parts felt like the standard suffering for the series. Hanayo feeling like she betrayed Yuzuki just kind of felt stupid to bring her back into this suffering
UltraGunner
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What's a better troll gift for my buddy: Mars of Destruction or Garzey's Wing?
I'll look into Vertical as well then to see if there's anything I like.
I didn't know Mars of Destruction was a thing you could buy.
I would say that it might speak to the repressed nature of the medium, but then I remembered that most anime is smut.
Eww...superheroes, and worse live action ones.
Not sure I'm hyped for any media next year specifically. Curious to see how the MTV version of Shanara turns out. Curious about Jupiter Ascending and Ex Machina. For anime I don't really know that far ahead to be aware. Maybe the new project from the Anohana team. The Tamayura movie. Also curious to see what kind of trainwreck the Prison School anime is.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Thinking about what happened to Mamoru and Maria was always very unpleasant for me. The uneasy and oppressive atmosphere combined with the lack of information about their whereabouts, that is other than the bone pieces that were found and identified, meant my mind conjured up some nasty scenarios.
MikeHattsu
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Garzey's Wing if you want him to have a laugh.
Mars of Destruction if you want him to stare at the screen in disbelief.
Dont read spoilers! in fact, log off now and go watch the rest if you can. Dont spoil anything about SSY for yourself. Its such a great story.
This is how Fate Zero was also but it isnt a big deal. This needs to be done to give them time to complete the series and not rush it and destroy everything. Animators are way overworked and quality suffers tremendously if they dont have some break in the schedule to work on the rest. This is a good thing.
YES THIS
Now you are in the thick of it and
with the OVA characters now reintroduced
Allow me to add clarity to your decision.
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Trust me it does resolve, and pretty satisfactory, but the truth is pretty ugly.
Nausicaa was a great movie with some of Miyazaki's long standing themes and idea, and it really gave direction to his future movies, but it was more of a prototype for Princess Mononoke, which was the fully realized vision of his ideas. I still think Mononoke is his best, but Nausicaa definitely laid the groundwork for it.
Nausicaa does have some really nice otherworldly imagery, though. And chocobos.
CheapJuice
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Garo - 11
So Bernando going to the Mendouzas side is basically.. Bernando Skywalker in Revenge of the Garo.
Herman VS Bernando wasn't as good as I hoped it would be, but man those giga drills
So Bernando going to the Mendouzas side is basically.. Bernando Skywalker in Revenge of the Garo.
Herman VS Bernando wasn't as good as I hoped it would be, but man those giga drills
Train of Midnight
Banned
Haha, don't worry. My will is strong.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Reading up some more about Shinsekai Yori I'm once again amazed by just how well thought out and conclusive its world is. If it wasn't for the occasional poor animations due to an obviously low budget, this would deserve to be at the very top of my anime and film/series list overall. It's still up about there, but man, if only this would've gotten the big budget instead of SAO :/ Which happens to have completely garbage world worlding.
hosannainexcelsis
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Hey, if animators want to draw naked ladies, who are we to stop them?
Dedication Through Light
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TERRAFORMARS Episode 12 Shooting Star On Track and Reckless
Great episode, Marcos and Alex moment was the highlight of the episode. That whole scene was intense and hilarious.
And the anime is so much better when its bright out there.
Great episode, Marcos and Alex moment was the highlight of the episode. That whole scene was intense and hilarious.
And the anime is so much better when its bright out there.
MikeHattsu
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Ef - A Tale of Melodies 05
Heh. This is getting strange.
And the characters I mentioned in the episode 4 impressions finally met. The mood from the first show was back when those characters were on screen in this episode as well.
Heh. This is getting strange.
And the characters I mentioned in the episode 4 impressions finally met. The mood from the first show was back when those characters were on screen in this episode as well.
hosannainexcelsis
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Have you watched the BD version? I believe they polished up much of the weaker art/animation in them - again showing that time is more the limiting factor on anime productions than "budget".
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Death Parade
Shokugeki no Soma
Prison School
That lesbian bear thing
More of JoJo
The new Yatterman thing
The new Lupin thing
I think theres some cool mech series coming (not aldnoah)
duckroll
Marvel's Nekomimi slave
NaDannMaGoGo
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No I haven't done that yet, but I'll surely do so in the near future.
As far as time/budget goes, that's of course kinda true. But to some degree you can interchange time and budget as a higher budget can mean adding additional employees to the project, or better talent and so on and so forth. When I watch the BD version I'm gonna be really looking forward to ep06 (I think) which had the ugliest damn bolder physics I've seen yet.
ThreePiMatt
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I thought Memories was pretty decent, but man o man, Melodies was hot garbage.
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