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Spring 2011 Anime Thread of ZAWA ZAWA, Money, emo Cyclops, and fun^10xint^40=Ir2
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Dog Days 7
Another reason Dog-girls are better than cat-girls; they got no problem being touched. They also like frisbee.
Another reason Dog-girls are better than cat-girls; they got no problem being touched. They also like frisbee.
Nichijou 5-6 - This show went from "what the hell is this it makes no sense ugh?" to "Oh my god this is so insanely absurd that I LOVE IT!" in the space of two episodes.The deer scene, the camping scene, jankenpo, soccer, all of it! Even the Nano/professor stuff were cute intermissions!
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 33-46 - Aw shit, it's on now. I'm surprised that this hasn't started to drag on. I was worried when I got to the late twenties and it seemed like the series was coming to end with more than 30 episodes left, figured it would get real slow and drawn out. Glad to see that isn't the case at all.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Najda... mother fuck, that Rosemary ending. So much rage with how they just ended that thread. To be unreasonably hyperbolic, it's as if Hitler showed up at the end of a movie and talked about how bad racism/anti-Semitism was and then waltzed off to hang out in the Austrian hills to restart his life.
A good message ruined by being delivered by a character who deserves so much to be punished. Bleh.
A good message ruined by being delivered by a character who deserves so much to be punished. Bleh.
So I ran some price comparisons and it turns out that even not knowing about the other anime DVD sites I didn't really miss out on any deals for stuff I've bought recently. Phew. However it's good to know all my options for purchasing decisions in the near future.
Still, the 16-episode Baccano is $24 at the lowest SD but jumps to $55 for the BD... did anyone already have the DVD but bite on the HD upgrade? At least the Spice and Wolf Blu-ray is the same price as the standard def, and as noted season II comes with both at once. Why is high definition so expensive...
Yeah yeah, I know, I should be willing to pay more for my hobby in high quality and all that... but gotta get that BD player first anyway.
How often do you guys rewatch the series you buy? I guess I should eventually get around to going back through some of my stuff and watch in the opposite language from originally.
Still, the 16-episode Baccano is $24 at the lowest SD but jumps to $55 for the BD... did anyone already have the DVD but bite on the HD upgrade? At least the Spice and Wolf Blu-ray is the same price as the standard def, and as noted season II comes with both at once. Why is high definition so expensive...
Yeah yeah, I know, I should be willing to pay more for my hobby in high quality and all that... but gotta get that BD player first anyway.
How often do you guys rewatch the series you buy? I guess I should eventually get around to going back through some of my stuff and watch in the opposite language from originally.
I bit on Baccano, haven't got the Bluray yet, probably arriving tomorrow and I'm biting on Spice and Wolf season one and two as well, well really just season one since I don't own season two, yet.Articalys said:
But the amount of stuff I own is actually pretty small, like there's a few shows I enjoy this season but I wouldn't buy any of them, so anime's not THAT expensive a habit for me as I just buy what I'll rewatch as opposed to everything I've ever enjoyed. Well ok, outside Project A-ko which I have coming as well, it may suck but the nostalgia compels me to buy it.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Godwin's Law is also Occam's Razor - easiest example is the best example!Jexhius said:
Honesty, they tricked me into buying it due to the weird collector mentality in me. The fact that they're raising the price after June 1st and and the set will only get one single printing means that if you don't buy the BD set now, you may never get it.Articalys said:
Well, until the 4k Bluray 2.0 version comes out 5 years from now and we're all watching anime on 100" TVs.
Miyu TV 7
After last episode's surprisingly happy ending, the show goes back to it's usual shenanigans.
Miyu TV 8
Miyu's friends have all seen their fair share of weird shit so far but magical shoes that give you confidence? Now that's just silly and unscientific.
Miyu TV 9
NTR cat is stealing your women.
Miyu TV 10
Chisato is really kinda clueless to her surroundings most of the time, isn't she?
So far so good but once I'm done with this I feel I'm gonna need to offset it with the most saccharine sweet shit I can think of. Something like Chi's sweet home or the like because otherwise I fear this show will leave me clinically depressed.
After last episode's surprisingly happy ending, the show goes back to it's usual shenanigans.
Miyu TV 8
Miyu's friends have all seen their fair share of weird shit so far but magical shoes that give you confidence? Now that's just silly and unscientific.
Miyu TV 9
NTR cat is stealing your women.
Miyu TV 10
Chisato is really kinda clueless to her surroundings most of the time, isn't she?
So far so good but once I'm done with this I feel I'm gonna need to offset it with the most saccharine sweet shit I can think of. Something like Chi's sweet home or the like because otherwise I fear this show will leave me clinically depressed.
firehawk12
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Yup. Ultimate bitch troll.7Th said:
Jex
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Once again, the results are in for SaiMecha, the only anime voting contest of note.
Earth Side
Evangelion UNIT 01 vs Tachikoma (53.28% vs 46.72%)
VF-1 Valkyrie vs Sinanju (63.18% vs 36.82%)
Colonies Side
YF-19 Excalibur vs Gurren Lagann (53.26% vs 46.74%)
Zaku II vs Escaflowne (58.24% vs 41.76%)
Bonus Round
Any given Innovator vs Full Frontal vs Mister Bushido vs South Burning (36.8% vs 31.2% vs 23.6% vs 8.4%)
This largely went as I imagined, apart from the untimely defeat of Gurren Lagann. Damn Macross fans.
It was right that the Innovators won the "terrible name" competition. In a franchise packed with awful, stupid names they manage to come out on top. And people say there's nothing great about 00 S2!
Is this going to end with a VF-1 vs. Zaku show down? Such an event is pretty likely, given the way mecha fans have been voting. I'm tired of seeing the VF-1 win, even if it is an awesome design.
Earth Side
Evangelion UNIT 01 vs Tachikoma (53.28% vs 46.72%)
VF-1 Valkyrie vs Sinanju (63.18% vs 36.82%)
Colonies Side
YF-19 Excalibur vs Gurren Lagann (53.26% vs 46.74%)
Zaku II vs Escaflowne (58.24% vs 41.76%)
Bonus Round
Any given Innovator vs Full Frontal vs Mister Bushido vs South Burning (36.8% vs 31.2% vs 23.6% vs 8.4%)
This largely went as I imagined, apart from the untimely defeat of Gurren Lagann. Damn Macross fans.
It was right that the Innovators won the "terrible name" competition. In a franchise packed with awful, stupid names they manage to come out on top. And people say there's nothing great about 00 S2!
Is this going to end with a VF-1 vs. Zaku show down? Such an event is pretty likely, given the way mecha fans have been voting. I'm tired of seeing the VF-1 win, even if it is an awesome design.
lazybones18
Banned
Finally finished watching Rin-Daughters of Mnemosyne last night.
It was....interesting to say the least. Been a while since I read its review on Blu-Ray.com (really only cared about the review score) so I totally forgot the series was really short (but I guess six 45min episodes was enough in the grand scheme of things)
Anyway, this shit was ridiculous (probably the only real way I could describe the show as a whole). The violence/torture scenes were a little too much IMO and I kinda felt the same way when it came to the sex & nudity. I actually liked the show's time jumps since it made for an interesting future that may or may not happen (but damn, it really sucks they had to kill off some characters I actually liked). And I actually liked Apos, even if he was a cruel asshole.
Overall, I'll give the series a solid B.
And for the rant: I bought this on BR from a retailer for $60. Who's fucking idea was it to have a six-episode anime series be priced at sixty fucking dollars? And I made sure to go to Amazon last night to check its pricing. Original price was $60 as well, but it's down to $35 which is beside the point IMO. The original $60 price tag is a such a goddamn joke. I also bought Ouran: High School Club on BR from the same retailer for $80 (Amazon has an original price of $70, but down to basically $45). I can actually find the original pricing for the Ouran set somewhat justifiable since it's more episodes on more discs. I'll order any anime shows that interest me from Amazon from now on, but holy shit the prices are goddamn rip-offs. I don't know how you guys put up with the sometimes ridiculous prices for some of these sets.
It was....interesting to say the least. Been a while since I read its review on Blu-Ray.com (really only cared about the review score) so I totally forgot the series was really short (but I guess six 45min episodes was enough in the grand scheme of things)
Anyway, this shit was ridiculous (probably the only real way I could describe the show as a whole). The violence/torture scenes were a little too much IMO and I kinda felt the same way when it came to the sex & nudity. I actually liked the show's time jumps since it made for an interesting future that may or may not happen (but damn, it really sucks they had to kill off some characters I actually liked). And I actually liked Apos, even if he was a cruel asshole.
Overall, I'll give the series a solid B.
And for the rant: I bought this on BR from a retailer for $60. Who's fucking idea was it to have a six-episode anime series be priced at sixty fucking dollars? And I made sure to go to Amazon last night to check its pricing. Original price was $60 as well, but it's down to $35 which is beside the point IMO. The original $60 price tag is a such a goddamn joke. I also bought Ouran: High School Club on BR from the same retailer for $80 (Amazon has an original price of $70, but down to basically $45). I can actually find the original pricing for the Ouran set somewhat justifiable since it's more episodes on more discs. I'll order any anime shows that interest me from Amazon from now on, but holy shit the prices are goddamn rip-offs. I don't know how you guys put up with the sometimes ridiculous prices for some of these sets.
Jex
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I felt like watching a Isao Takahata series and with Lafiel covering Anne of Green Gables and Heidi, Girl of the Alps being largely unavailable the next logical choice seemed to be Marco/3000 Leagues in Search of Mother. As you do.
Marco (because it's quicker to type) Episode The First
Children in anime tend to be like children in any other medium: annoying, loud brats that run around distracting us from the more interesting adult characters. When they aren't aggravating they tend to be, well, difficult to connect with. After all, children aren't like small adults, they're their own thing entirely. As such writing them in a way that makes them seem plausible while also getting the audience to connect with their plight is no small task.
The easiest way to do this, of course, is by forcing the child into a difficult situation. Many stories revolve around kids being forced to change as a result of changes to their lifestyle (Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies and Heidi Girl of the Alps come to mind) because then we can feel sympathetic for their situation because it's not like the poor things have any control over their lives. However, putting someone through a tragic situation as a way to get us to care about a character is a cheap ploy and I appreciate it when a story will put in the effort to do a little bit more.
The first episode of Marco does a good job of putting us in Marco's shoes and letting us see the world through his eyes. We bond with him because of the characteristics he displays before the unfortunate incident is revealed to him. They don't short-cut the character development by throwing in tragedy right at the start. As we've bonded with him over the course of the episode we're in a much better position to relate with and understand his reactions. In other words, this is the good stuff.
Anime with realistic, subdued characters and a focus on drama? I think that I'll be fairly happy with this. Then again, that is Takhata's shtick. And what a glorious shtick it is!
Marco (because it's quicker to type) Episode The First
Children in anime tend to be like children in any other medium: annoying, loud brats that run around distracting us from the more interesting adult characters. When they aren't aggravating they tend to be, well, difficult to connect with. After all, children aren't like small adults, they're their own thing entirely. As such writing them in a way that makes them seem plausible while also getting the audience to connect with their plight is no small task.
The easiest way to do this, of course, is by forcing the child into a difficult situation. Many stories revolve around kids being forced to change as a result of changes to their lifestyle (Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies and Heidi Girl of the Alps come to mind) because then we can feel sympathetic for their situation because it's not like the poor things have any control over their lives. However, putting someone through a tragic situation as a way to get us to care about a character is a cheap ploy and I appreciate it when a story will put in the effort to do a little bit more.
The first episode of Marco does a good job of putting us in Marco's shoes and letting us see the world through his eyes. We bond with him because of the characteristics he displays before the unfortunate incident is revealed to him. They don't short-cut the character development by throwing in tragedy right at the start. As we've bonded with him over the course of the episode we're in a much better position to relate with and understand his reactions. In other words, this is the good stuff.
Anime with realistic, subdued characters and a focus on drama? I think that I'll be fairly happy with this. Then again, that is Takhata's shtick. And what a glorious shtick it is!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, ducky posted about it earlier. Another show to watch in the summer anyway.Dresden said:
firehawk12
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Fans of Bezerk probably think it's the show of the year!Jexhius said:
Infinite Justice
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whoops
MCD said:
Kagari will be pleased.
Infinite Justice said:
Wrong thread? The last few post made me think I was in the manga thread for a second.
Infinite Justice
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flawfuls said:
whoops Wrong thread.
MCD said:
YES.
Now please don't suck... since the manga is far from finished...
Infinite Justice
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Kagari said:
expect fillers lol
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