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Fall of Anime 2012 |OT2| O cursed spite, that ever I was born to UUURRRRYYY!!
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I just picked up Fox Deity bundle for $40.
I hope Right Stuf delivers for the next 2 weeks.
dakkumauji
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At least they matched RightStuf's sale price in Arakawa so I can stall even longer in buying it.
After searching for a good deal I tried to purchase it from Fry's for $~17 but their online system wouldn't let me check out. I intended to wait for the last TRSI T-1 countdown sale page to go up before ordering but forgot and ordered it from a seller on amazon for $10. It ended up sale for $6 during that TRSI sale and I raged and raged.
IRC tried to console me but I told them I wouldn't be able to get a price adjustment due to it being an amazon seller. Today, a box arrived in the mail. Inside was The Skull Man. The sender? TRSI. In my haste at making the purchase, I never once looked at the seller's name on the amazon marketplace. It was TRSI all along. Truly a harrowing tale.
Train of Midnight
Banned
Guys...
I can't get the JoJo OP out of my head.
I can't get the JoJo OP out of my head.
That's strange. Usually one can't get either the OP or the ED out. You must not be enjoying the show right.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Eh, they try to get special features at least. Hell, Infinite Stratos even came with a random CD full of singles for some reason.
That's more than can be said for Funimation, where it wasn't even clear if the OVAs for FMA:B would ever get released.
I'd trade every crappy dub for more special features found on the JP discs.
Nope.
There's nothing wrong with episode one of Fate Zero
It was a lot of exposition sure, but there was a lot of ground that had to be covered.
Its a very long episode and it had to set up the history, the situation, the Holy Grail War, and the participants, as well as how each master got their servant. I think it did as good a job as could be done. How else could they have done it?
It's incredibly boring, slow paced and expository. Having just watched it, it's a terrible intro. It also looks pretty bad with the exception a few key scenes. It looks worse than the other episodes in the series by a significant margin.
Did not know that. May have to grab that in preparation for the inevitable disappointment that will be the anime adaptation.
Have you seen both? If so, why do you prefer Poppy Hill to Kids on the Slope?
I don't think they're very similar stories, personally, but I think Kids on the Slope is better and don't know many other people who've seen both, so I'm curious as to your reasoning.
The tale keeps growing worse as the OP is different.
Instead of this godly piece of work that's a throwback to the original manga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9O3ECHAMfY
I get a series of clips to the show set to various bits of music from the show.
fml
Instead of this godly piece of work that's a throwback to the original manga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9O3ECHAMfY
I get a series of clips to the show set to various bits of music from the show.
fml
Dedication Through Light
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In the us? I was sure bleach sells more than one piece here, Naruto still a top seller, and sailor moon topping charts, I think you are making it worst than it is, especially with companies still licensing Manga niche and popular...they just do smaller runs or use digital outlets. Sja is getting aggressive with simultaneous release with Japan next year, more new series, and at least being weekly and digital unlike kodansha.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yes, I posted about it... I can't remember when. It must have been around Hyouka, because I remember commenting on how Hyouka used the same song as Poppy Hill.
But yeah, they're only comparable inasmuch as they take place in the same time period.
As an adaptation though, Kids on the Slope is a massive failure. Time jumps ahoy creating inconsistent characterization to the point where the shitty side story romance with the
girl running away with college boy
Heck, even though Poppy Hill relies on the
fake incest angst
dakkumauji
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Sket Dance Manga to Bundle New Anime DVD
I wonder if it is the
I wonder if it is the
chapters where they switch bodies and have to deal with the bathroom stuff.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Ah, good old
bodyswap porn
Ah, so that's what they announced a couple months ago. If it
really isn't anything new that's kind of disappointing
Did anybody license the show for US release?
Jex
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dakkumauji
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Nope. But, it is all up on Crunchyroll.
I'm sorry to hear that
Seriously. It was essential to the viewing experience, I say. I was more excited about easy access to that OP as much as anything else!
I'm curious, what would you define as a good intro?
Fate/Zero 06
This episode had no Rider and only like 5 minutes of Gilgamesh. It was starting at a severe disadvantage. Despite that, I'm starting to enjoy this show a bit more. It still has major narrative issues that bug the heck out of me. Sure the back stabbing and strategy elements are interesting, but it's hard to care when the characters really aren't there. No one has a personality aside from "you don't know what I actually want". The show goes to extreme lengths to obfuscate character motives and that really hurts the narrative. I think it's part of why I like Rider and Gilgamesh so much. Their motives are clear and it allows their characters to be more interesting.
I also have a distinct feeling I'd like this show a ton better if it wasn't following Saber. She's the most inane, boring Servant the show has to offer. It's like someone's only idea of a strong female character was Lightning from FFXIII. She's just so boring.
Also, what's this the CG
didn't look like utter garbage? What a surprise Fate/Zero, You can do OK CG when you put your mind to it.
I like intros that throw you right into the meat of the story. Tiger and Bunny had a great first episode. It threw you into the action and let you learn about the characters organically. Zeta Gundam did it in a similar way. Fate/Zero was pure exposition, with a bunch of unexplained technobabble, and a series of time jumps that made it confusing as hell to keep up with.
This episode had no Rider and only like 5 minutes of Gilgamesh. It was starting at a severe disadvantage. Despite that, I'm starting to enjoy this show a bit more. It still has major narrative issues that bug the heck out of me. Sure the back stabbing and strategy elements are interesting, but it's hard to care when the characters really aren't there. No one has a personality aside from "you don't know what I actually want". The show goes to extreme lengths to obfuscate character motives and that really hurts the narrative. I think it's part of why I like Rider and Gilgamesh so much. Their motives are clear and it allows their characters to be more interesting.
I also have a distinct feeling I'd like this show a ton better if it wasn't following Saber. She's the most inane, boring Servant the show has to offer. It's like someone's only idea of a strong female character was Lightning from FFXIII. She's just so boring.
Also, what's this the CG
building explosion
I like intros that throw you right into the meat of the story. Tiger and Bunny had a great first episode. It threw you into the action and let you learn about the characters organically. Zeta Gundam did it in a similar way. Fate/Zero was pure exposition, with a bunch of unexplained technobabble, and a series of time jumps that made it confusing as hell to keep up with.
There's a reason for that too. Rider and Gilgamesh definitely steal scenes and kept me onboard until the point other cast members came into their own. Starting off with such a large ensemble results in folk not being developed properly at first. Initially I kept confusing Kirei and Kiritsugu and never realized whose story the show actually was until episode 18 or so.
You hate Saber. This is pleasing to me.
Otherwise, the show does suffer from usual Nasu-inspired nonsense drivel that's sort of hamfistedly integrated into the narrative but I can definitely say the show just gets stronger as it moves along.
Excellent choice. Fox Deity is a great little series.
True, the IS bluray was better packaged than usual and it makes me wonder what went right about that particular license to where they couldnt replicate that with other ones.
As the #1 Saber fan even I can admit that she was woefully boring in Fate Zero.
She's still lovely looking though.
Also half the fun of Fate Zero is watching Rider/Waver and Gilgamesh taking turns being a BOSS.
It gets better. You'll like what happens with Saber later on.
Ufotable is really good at CG particle effects such as explosions, clouds, etc. It's their CG vehicle and character animation that looks really bad.
Every other Servant has something interesting that makes their character. Rider and Gilgamesh are just awesome, Caster is insane, Berserker is a mystery, Assassin's powers and motives are different and interesting, and Lancer has charm. Saber's only characteristic is she's a woman. It's just so bland.
Your tale is tragic, but I've got to say, that piece of cover art is damned beautiful. Anyone have any idea as to the artist so I can look up more of their stuff?
I have never ever heard someone state that the Fate/Zero intro was complicated, they went way out of their way to explain everything. I guess we have a fundamental viewpoint on this as episodes that just throw you into the middle of some action is an absolutely horrible way to start a series as it really doesn't give you context on the characters.
To be fair, I have yet to see any studio do CG vehicles or character animation properly.
It is so damn hilarious that you point this out given what happens in works that are not Fate/Zero.
If you do it correctly, it's a great way to start a series. You can organically develop the context from there. You don't need to know everything right away. And Fate/Zero's into is super complicated. It jumps around between character to character, time skips with no real explanation as to why, and throws out an insane amount of jargon. Keeping everything straight was a chore.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
IS was apparently their most popular streaming title that year, so I wouldn't be surprised if they put in the extra effort.
It could be that the rights were cheap too... who knows.
Either way, it's one of the few shows with JP cast commentaries that are fully subbed!
I appreciated the IS packaging a lot.
Thats how it should be done, bare minimum.
Also, Fractale of all things has a really sturdy beautiful artbox, so it clearly cannot be just based on streaming numbers.
I actually avoided picking it up that art initially. it made sense in context of the show as it's one of the later JP dvd covers iirc. It was extremed up for the NA market because anger and blood sells, yo.
I want to share two things with everyone here:
1) 009 Re:Cyborg is apparently showing here this weekend. I might go see it, if the tickets don't sell out by the time I get there. There's no booking yet.
2) Apparently there's a full English official site which has this gem: http://009.re-cyb.org/re-animation/
The rest of the article there is actually fairly interesting in terms of technical details, but the introduction I quoted there was really hilarious. I don't think those questions were the ones being asked by people who saw the first promotional video. Instead, I recall the main question was "Why the fuck is it so ugly?", lol.
1) 009 Re:Cyborg is apparently showing here this weekend. I might go see it, if the tickets don't sell out by the time I get there. There's no booking yet.
2) Apparently there's a full English official site which has this gem: http://009.re-cyb.org/re-animation/
The rest of the article there is actually fairly interesting in terms of technical details, but the introduction I quoted there was really hilarious. I don't think those questions were the ones being asked by people who saw the first promotional video. Instead, I recall the main question was "Why the fuck is it so ugly?", lol.
Not really. I mean, maybe at that point, but there's more to her character. Certainly more than Assassin. She's hardly the typical anime portrayal of a woman in this series, at least.
I can only speak to her as she is right now, and as she is right now is super boring. I just personally find her blander than even Assassin, who has at least some intrigue.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Saber is still a pretty boring character, though. Okay, she's probably more interesting than Assassin, but she's still not all that interesting.
But it's fine, because Fate/Zero has Kirei, who is one of the greatest anime characters of all time.
Sounds like the same problem Madoka (Madoka Magica) and Akane (Psycho-Pass) have. Urobuchi is truly the king of writing bad female leads!
Fixed.
He seems to make the supporting characters more interesting than the mains. but a lot of anime writers seem to have this issue. Observe SAO for example >_>
Sanzigen has done some good work in those areas, although not consistently.
PdotMichael
Banned
well, I don't see the problem with Madoka though
Crash Station
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Yeah, new Hunter x Hunter has some absolutely stellar fights.
EVERYONE that likes animation should watch episode 47, whether they know anything about the series or not.
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