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Fall of Anime 2012 |OT2| O cursed spite, that ever I was born to UUURRRRYYY!!
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I like him in general, but it all depends on the kind of involvement he has (if he has any!). I certainly find his layouts and background work really inspiring (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=42065446&postcount=10066).
I hope, because I can't even believe it really is coming...
dakkumauji
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Gintama' 205
SPARKLING!
Anpan, anpan, anpan, anpan, I could go for some anpan now.
SPARKLING!
Anpan, anpan, anpan, anpan, I could go for some anpan now.
Canis lupus
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One of my favourite Yang Wenli quotes.
Dedication Through Light
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Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts 2
This anime is so dumb and funny at mostly all times. Yoshii as the donut to Yuuji's banana was the best part. Also the overly dramatic sword fight too.
But again why are they also so idiotic
Laughed but wanted progress.
This anime is so dumb and funny at mostly all times. Yoshii as the donut to Yuuji's banana was the best part. Also the overly dramatic sword fight too.
But again why are they also so idiotic
The plan was almost so successful and I was even cheering thinking they had toppled class A, only for Yuuji to score wayyyy lower than the Class A 2nd highest scoring student. Just as dumb as Yoshii losing instantaneously with that right hand glued to the table.
dakkumauji
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Gintama' 206
A pretty nice Catherine story. Always nice to have focus on the supporting characters.
A pretty nice Catherine story. Always nice to have focus on the supporting characters.
Ultimadrago
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Fatal Fury - Legend of the Hungry Wolf (OVA 1)
My overdue sacrifice to Emunoz.
This is somehow even inferior to the third OVA. The dialogue is bland to the maximum and it only gets "better" on the villains' side!
Police Commisioner: "Don't let the corruption get too blatant!" (while receiving money from Geese Howard to keep quiet about some things).
That's only the tip of the iceberg!
Too bad it doesn't carry the film like some other OVAs. To make matters even worse, it has Geese Howard, but still can't manage to be entertaining. The man is one of the easiest templates for a "rich jerk that can pack a hell of a punch" character. Here he's a stiff business man and little more. He gets a moment when
, but the execution was underwhelming.
Andy and Terry's interaction as rivals after
is terrible. The " super secret ultimate technique
proposed by Tung Fu Rue is done...in a public place at some Starbucks seats. Unless Master Tung was going senile, this OVA can't even settle location in a sensible manner.
The music is the synth, xylophone, saxaphone and guitar riffs that I expected. The saxaphone segments actually weren't that bad (though strongly muffled to make way for the dialogue)...and then there's everything else. Like OVA 3, the music is absent for stretches at a time, a plus for the film with its standing soundtrack. It would seem Toshihiko Sahashi did the music for OVA 1-3, perhaps I shouldn't be surprised by the display here then.
The King of Fighters tournament itself is also poor. However, there are some neat camera angles used in the middle of one fight. The action is laughable compared to scenes in the third OVA. The climax battle against Geese is unfortunately lazy in terms of animation. The audience is only shown the gust hitting Geese's upper-half in face of the
attack and the whirlwind motion (strangely not shown for any of the corresponding attacks) was again absent after Geese loses his footing.
This was a pathetic depiction of the Geese Howard age in Fatal Fury. The source material isn't masterful by any means (in terms of story), but this...this actively degrades it. The choreography, music, interactions and dialogue all work against a "high-action, entertaining fest" that is potential with Fatal Fury.
At this point, I doubt a decent Fatal Fury animated film even exists. But there's one more left for me to try...
My overdue sacrifice to Emunoz.
This is somehow even inferior to the third OVA. The dialogue is bland to the maximum and it only gets "better" on the villains' side!
Police Commisioner: "Don't let the corruption get too blatant!" (while receiving money from Geese Howard to keep quiet about some things).
That's only the tip of the iceberg!
That's what it felt like while watching this.
Too bad it doesn't carry the film like some other OVAs. To make matters even worse, it has Geese Howard, but still can't manage to be entertaining. The man is one of the easiest templates for a "rich jerk that can pack a hell of a punch" character. Here he's a stiff business man and little more. He gets a moment when
killing Lily
Andy and Terry's interaction as rivals after
seeing each other after ten years
I can only teach one of you"
The music is the synth, xylophone, saxaphone and guitar riffs that I expected. The saxaphone segments actually weren't that bad (though strongly muffled to make way for the dialogue)...and then there's everything else. Like OVA 3, the music is absent for stretches at a time, a plus for the film with its standing soundtrack. It would seem Toshihiko Sahashi did the music for OVA 1-3, perhaps I shouldn't be surprised by the display here then.
Left:Are they censoring something? No.
This spray paint was actually done to portray darkness in the stadium...
Terrible.
Right: No whirlwind motion (or motion at all) when...in spiraling wind. The picture shown only resulted in a perfectly straight levitation.
The King of Fighters tournament itself is also poor. However, there are some neat camera angles used in the middle of one fight. The action is laughable compared to scenes in the third OVA. The climax battle against Geese is unfortunately lazy in terms of animation. The audience is only shown the gust hitting Geese's upper-half in face of the
Secret Chi
This was a pathetic depiction of the Geese Howard age in Fatal Fury. The source material isn't masterful by any means (in terms of story), but this...this actively degrades it. The choreography, music, interactions and dialogue all work against a "high-action, entertaining fest" that is potential with Fatal Fury.
At this point, I doubt a decent Fatal Fury animated film even exists. But there's one more left for me to try...
You are not watching Higurashi, you are watching a show that uses Higurashi character by DEEN.
I would second Gurenn Lagann. One of the most fun and crazy mecha shows to come out in a long time.
I pulled my original discs off the shelf to check since you made me curious.
Gunslinger Girl says: "Anime's answer to "the Professional" and just as compelling" Rob Bricken, Anime Insider
The original set has a really sturdy, beautiful artbox. Man I miss packaging like that.
There is also no specific mention of "God" on the back of the Haibane discs.
"In a long-forgotten walled town, humans coexist with the Haibane, angelic-like beings of unknown origin. Rakka becomes the newest Haibane after she awakens from a strange dream and finds herself hatching from a massive cocoon. With no memories of her previous life, Rakka struggles to adjust to her new surroundings, however, burning questions remain in the back of her mind. What are Haibane and what is their purpose? What lies beyond the huge, forbidden town walls? Thus Rakka begins her wistful journey of self-discovery and wonderment."
That's all it says. No review snippets or other shit. Pioneer was too classy for that.
Canis lupus
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Is that good or bad?
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
It's a poor adaptation of the VN. It's a really fun and enjoyable, light hearted, slice-of-life anime. Well worth a watch.
How do you feel about QUALITY, poor direction, plot holes and character rape?
Hellsing321
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Oh you.
How's the VN?
Canis lupus
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I'll watch it despite the hate.
Hellsing321
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Canis lupus
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Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike
Gotta go watch Skyfall so I'll keep this short.
Pros:
- Great character designs
- Really nice and expressive character animation
- Nice action animation
- Loved the atmosphere and what little of the world I experienced through the movie
- Characters show some depth, probably even more if you played the game (I haven't)
- Great music
Cons:
- Slow pacing, movie could have been about 30 minutes shorter, I couldn't finish it in one sitting
- Story could have been a bit more interesting, probably would have been if I had played the game, but there's still some typical Tales crap in it
- Definitely intended for the fans of the game
- Some terrible CG later on
I enjoyed it, it definitely could have been a lot better, but overall I'm pleased that I watched it, I should play the game someday. But this is probably the best Tales game anime adaptation, right next to Symphonia. If you like the game and haven't seen this, watch it.
Gotta go watch Skyfall so I'll keep this short.
Pros:
- Great character designs
- Really nice and expressive character animation
- Nice action animation
- Loved the atmosphere and what little of the world I experienced through the movie
- Characters show some depth, probably even more if you played the game (I haven't)
- Great music
Cons:
- Slow pacing, movie could have been about 30 minutes shorter, I couldn't finish it in one sitting
- Story could have been a bit more interesting, probably would have been if I had played the game, but there's still some typical Tales crap in it
- Definitely intended for the fans of the game
- Some terrible CG later on
I enjoyed it, it definitely could have been a lot better, but overall I'm pleased that I watched it, I should play the game someday. But this is probably the best Tales game anime adaptation, right next to Symphonia. If you like the game and haven't seen this, watch it.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Disgusting looking. Honestly stick with the anime because its horrendous visually.
For Umineko go with the VN though. Because the anime is a complete joke that isn't even remotely watchable based on its own merits.
If it was just the eyes, I'd be fine. But the hands and arms are absolute filth.
Fine if you're blind.
Yeah Deens character designs are actually an IMPROVEMENT over that.
Chet Rippo
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Fix that.
Hellsing321
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Yeah you can go patch in non-vomit inducing sprites but the fact is the game as it ships looks like shit. Even the backgrounds are poor.
Dedication Through Light
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I need to watch more of the Tales anime, only saw Eternia was it...Though First Strike would be the closest Id get to experience the Tales of Vesperia on my ps3.
Is that some kind of Fate reference?
I plan to, I played and enjoyed most of the Tales games.
I think you'd like The First Strike.
Mad Pierrot said:
Yes, R07 is a Type-Moon fan. (Hell, Chie sensei is basically a straight rip-off of Ciel Sensei)
Who cares honestly, the most important things in a story surely isn't how pretty the characters look. Once you get past the initial disgust and become immersed in the story you barely notice it. (I read Rei without the patch and barelly cared)
Visual novel
Ultimadrago
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Yeah, that is one of the two other quotes I have on mine.
The reference doesn't make too much sense, but it's better than the IGN excerpt, in any case.
It seems I got the short end of the packaging.
Oh dear.
Good on them with the blonde Andy though. Silver-bluish-haired Andy was weird to look at.
To be fair, having read all of Umineko, I'm not convinced it's even possible to translate that work into film. There's way too many layers of meta-narrative going on by the time you get to the end.
R_thanatos
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The backgrounds are intended to be that way ...
Abyss is the only thing that retain a tales plot experience properly .. "the first strike" is just behind as a good movie .. eternia anime is garbage incarnate ..it invented the shining hearts quality years before .... some people here experienced it..
hell yeah..it's not the only one
Right it's impossible ...especially ep 8...
I killed you .. it's a bother to think how .. but you're dead ... i'll think how i did it afterwards !
Hellsing321
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Well to be fair, 07th Expansion used their noggin and marketed it as a "sound novel" lol
Canis lupus
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Spirited Away - Name of life, beautiful
Funny, since both Higurashi and Umineko are marketed as Sound Novel.
Marketing semantics! Do call me when we finally progress to taste novels and smell novels, though.
R_thanatos
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except that umineko good points is clearly the music and the ambiant sounds it uses
Leave it to youtube to fuck up a perfectly gorgeous song with comments about bestiality between a girl and a dragon.
I'm not knocking the work itself (although the anime sucked hard), I was just disappointed when I found out what type of work it really was. Maybe I would enjoy the VN but it seems like a giant time sink.
Canis lupus
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I hate those dumb discussions. I wouldn't give a damn about them but they always pop up as best rated comments.
Master Milk
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Can't you say the same for the characters?
Well that got me to click.
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