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Spring 2011 Anime Thread PART TWO return of sex hair, ghosts, and ZAWA
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And that is precisely one of the points for which I appreciate the narrative stance of the film:firehawk12 said:
The whole story revolves around the difficulty Borrowers must endure to stay in the same house where, in the past, other families of them lived together and even were respected by the 'human beans' inhabitants there. At the time you think in their situation as a whole you question yourself, regardless of the conflict that at the end drives them away of Ms. Maki's house, if they could have continued living there. Hopelessly, their situation was inevitable, and that irremediable outcome, resume of a journey and depart from your loved ones gives, for me, such a sensation of melancholy that I can't help but think that certainly, every situation is no more than transients memories that don't reflect where we are going to end. And I like that kind of emotion, because I find our lives aimless too, and what defines ourselves is the encounters with others in that trivial brief moments we share.
I also posted some more first impressions for the movie in the other thread, where I posted (and tried to explain) a similar opinion to the one here exposed (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=28751158#post28751158).
mrklaw said:
Anime On Demand is airing a few things streamed in the UK - http://www.anime-on-demand.com/
Crunchyroll tends to be a bit limited in its output in the UK but still worth a shot. if Cardfight Vanguard is streaming to the UK that'll be undemanding kids' fare; I'd also recommend the brilliant Chi's Sweet Home (five minute long episodes about a cat) which is definitely streaming to the UK and your daughter would probably love it if she likes animals at all.
Infinite Justice
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Izayoi said:
Deadman Wonderland: I guess you dont watch/read much shonen since that method usually happens
.Steins;Gate: its actually not an eroge (to my genuine suprise)
Ouch, that's just harsh, lol.7Th said:
But her thoughts(supposedly) about the manga she's drawing about mirrored my thoughts on the anime I watched.
But if she literally said that, Jesus, I can't imagine saying that about my paycheck lol, she must really be at her limit.
And lol at the response being "don't ride people's coat tails," ahahahaha, as if anyone'd want to in regards to Fractale.
jump_button
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I have a funny feeling it not going to end how we think if at allQuacking said:
HamPster PamPster
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Izayoi said:
Someone needs to tell me what show or manga started this trend. I mean someone had to do it first! We need to find them and hold them accountable
Final character design sheets for the IM@S anime are out:
Staff for the first four episodes has also been revealed:
Episode 1:
Director/Storyboard: Atsushi Nishigori
Animation Director: Kawakami Tetsuya
Episode 2:
Director/Storyboard: Touko Takao
Animation Director: Yusuke Matsuo
Episode 3:
Episode Director/Storyboard: Ryuichi Kimura
Animation Director: Harada Hiroki
Episode 4:
Storyboard: Kazuya Tsurumaki
Episode Director: Daisuke Takashima
Animation Director: Hideyuki Arao
Episode 4 would be by far the less promising episode if it wasn't for the fact that it is storyboarded by FLCL's Tsurumaki.
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/376/376737/
Staff for the first four episodes has also been revealed:
Episode 1:
Director/Storyboard: Atsushi Nishigori
Animation Director: Kawakami Tetsuya
Episode 2:
Director/Storyboard: Touko Takao
Animation Director: Yusuke Matsuo
Episode 3:
Episode Director/Storyboard: Ryuichi Kimura
Animation Director: Harada Hiroki
Episode 4:
Storyboard: Kazuya Tsurumaki
Episode Director: Daisuke Takashima
Animation Director: Hideyuki Arao
Episode 4 would be by far the less promising episode if it wasn't for the fact that it is storyboarded by FLCL's Tsurumaki.
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/376/376737/
Jexhius said:
I have no problem with Roberta. Some of her earlier actions are bit...unrealistic but they were tolerable. The whole blade-biting/
chainsaw-wrecking
DrForester
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Arrietty The Borrower:
I could watch a 90 minutes nature film doen with nothing but Ghibli background art, it's just simply amazing how much detail goes into the backgrounds of every scene.
Story was simple, I liked the movie quite a bit. Reminded me a lot of Totoro in the simplicity of it all. Several foreshadowing hooks never came to pass, which was also a nice change of pace. Characters were all enjoyable, and the music as expected was fantastic.
While not one of Ghiblis exceptional works, it was another in their long line of really enjoyable films.
Shinji is not a clever boy.
I could watch a 90 minutes nature film doen with nothing but Ghibli background art, it's just simply amazing how much detail goes into the backgrounds of every scene.
Story was simple, I liked the movie quite a bit. Reminded me a lot of Totoro in the simplicity of it all. Several foreshadowing hooks never came to pass, which was also a nice change of pace. Characters were all enjoyable, and the music as expected was fantastic.
While not one of Ghiblis exceptional works, it was another in their long line of really enjoyable films.
Articalys said:Neon Genesis Evangelion 25-26
OMEDETOU
Anyway... I've got my theories for these two episodes, but I still need the last piece of the puzzle from EoE before I can be sure. So I'll hold off on commenting until I've seen it.
I will say this though...you construct a closed reality for your fragile mind and the best you can do is a school auditorium? Come on...
Shinji is not a clever boy.
hosannainexcelsis
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It was great to see both Takemitsu and Switch face their weaknesses head on and either overcome them or turn them into strengths. The chemistry among this cast continues to impress me.
I expect Roman to lose the next competition (likely due to sheer obliviousness) so everything can be tied going into the final competition, which looks to be some Angelic Layer-type battle from the preview. Should be fun.
It was great to see both Takemitsu and Switch face their weaknesses head on and either overcome them or turn them into strengths. The chemistry among this cast continues to impress me.
I expect Roman to lose the next competition (likely due to sheer obliviousness) so everything can be tied going into the final competition, which looks to be some Angelic Layer-type battle from the preview. Should be fun.
Infinite Justice
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shintoki said:
Their is nothing much outside (except caring for Garcia) anyways.
Jex
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The heck are you talking about Dresden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV_7A4EnXwI&feature=player_detailpage#t=124sDresden said:
Agreed completely. This whole arc is a fun diversion but Roberta/Garcia/etc are the BL characters I am least interested in. Would much rather get a story arc involving Dutch's back story.
Edit: One other thing I'm not a big fan of is how Balalaika seems to have been reduced so some sort of raving lunatic by the end of the last episode. Ok she's not a raving lunatic but I feel her character had something taken away from her.
Edit: One other thing I'm not a big fan of is how Balalaika seems to have been reduced so some sort of raving lunatic by the end of the last episode. Ok she's not a raving lunatic but I feel her character had something taken away from her.
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Also Kujo was dressed as a bunny for at least half the episode which was pretty cool.
Sket Dance 11 - Show continues to be so good. Loved how perfectly each game matched up, then that girl leaves and Bossun screws it all up.
So the upcoming war isn't World War II but some war a bunch of people wearing bunny heads are calling for? Okay? Whatever.
Also Kujo was dressed as a bunny for at least half the episode which was pretty cool.
Sket Dance 11 - Show continues to be so good. Loved how perfectly each game matched up, then that girl leaves and Bossun screws it all up.
Jex
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Certainly, no one would claim that Black Lagoon is a realistic action series, but like any action work there are levels of crazyness. Most of Black Lagoon is set at a particular point on the scale, and everyone works on that scale.
Roberts in her earlier incarnation crosses the line for me, and other fans as well. But in the OVA she blows up that line with an RPG. From space. Riding a whale. That's on fire.
Roberts in her earlier incarnation crosses the line for me, and other fans as well. But in the OVA she blows up that line with an RPG. From space. Riding a whale. That's on fire.
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HamPster PamPster said:
That kind of thing has been going on for decades.
Jexhius said:
Exactly. It's semi to quasi realistic. When people get shot, they die. When people get slashed to shit, they die. If someone survives a gunshot, it's for good reason. There's no dumb shounen tropes that are really inexcusable in this series apart from Roberta's insanity (bleeding buckets but being "ok" in the next episode).
Everything is just Hollywood-esque action which I can accept.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
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I hesitated to use "mono no aware", but it's precisely that kind of ending. :lol (subete no aware indeed
).I didn't mind that part of the film, it just seems strange that
Haru would go out of her way to try to destroy them. Maybe it's a comment on adults losing their ability to feel wonder at new experiences, but that doesn't make sense because Sho's family ALL believed in them and wanted to meet them - to the point where they built that dollhouse for them. You also have a subplot involving Sho's fractured family that really led nowhere (and to a smaller extent, the fact that he had a bad heart).
There are just a lot of things that felt under developed that might have been better if they didn't happen at all. Why did there even need to be a conflict at the end anyway? Maybe I'm too far gone to appreciate the simplicity of a villain who is just evil for the sake of being evil, but I would have been happier if said character was absent from the film completely.
InfiniteNine
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Do it and embrace Kyou.icarus-daedelus said:
Jex
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Continuity and story ties between episodes? Huh? What is this crazyness. Situations can serve to tell jokes and develop characters? *takes notes*
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Continuity and story ties between episodes? Huh? What is this crazyness. Situations can serve to tell jokes and develop characters? *takes notes*
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You probably hated Marlo too!firehawk12 said:
Definitely not.mAcOdIn said:
Love at first sight. ;_;
Yeah, I know it wasn't an eroge. I'm just still in shock over that. How in the fuck? I mean, the characters are perfect, the interactions are perfect. I just don't understand.Infinite Justice said:Deadman Wonderland: I guess you dont watch/read much shonen since that method usually happens
Steins;Gate: its actually not an eroge (to my genuine suprise)
Off with their head(s?)! It's fucking obnoxious.HamPster PamPster said:
Yesss. My body is ready.7Th said:
hosannainexcelsis
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Do it! Clannad's a very enjoyable VN, with fun characters, well-written routes, and lots of neat easter eggs. It does take some time to read (not quite 200 hours, unless you're uber-obsessive), but it's well-worth it.icarus-daedelus said:
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Xbox 360 and 5pb.Izayoi said:
DrForester said:
I think I've got the same opinion only I'd voice it in more of a negative way. Arrietty was pretty monotone. It hit a note and held it throughout. If you turned the average story into a line graph you'd have hills and valley's representing the rising action, climax, resolution etc. Arrietty's line graph is more or less a straight line. I think the biggest annoyance was, as you put it, foreshadowing that was never realized or, as I put it, wasted potential.
Another major problem I had with it was the
way the relationship between Sho and Arrietty was handled. They spent such a small amount of time together and the relationship felt so tentative for so long, that the big good-bye scene - which I assume was meant to be a heart-melting moment, that defined the movie - really just fizzled as it didn't have the strength of a bunch of relationship-building scenes throughout the movie holding it up.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Villains are people too!Jexhius said:
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