Maybe she's a shitty accountant.
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Maybe she's a shitty accountant.
But it's not zero percent. In my case that's as good as 100 percent!
But they
try to kill everyone one the Pluto base
lose some of their own
That was my impression. She was brought on but not in a serious capacity.
It could have but I think how it ended fits well with the tone of the series. Its not a happy show and everything doesnt have a nice outcome. The show even hinted at such an outcome.
Shes right..
its a different direction it could go. I like that they had the guts to do it.
Watch the movie and make your own conclusions.
firehawk12
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The Wave Motion Gun is pretty much the equivalent of a nuke anyway. And well, Japan and nukes.
Jex
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Most of the best staff died in episode 1, so this is entirely possible.
Don't you understand that NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE BAD?
In all seriousness, that's literally the whole point of the Wave Motion Gun. Nuclear Energy + Nuclear Bombs = Wave Motion Energy + Wave Motion Gun. It's just a metaphor!
It's not meant, necessarily, to be a realistic portrayal of a military operation in the future because it's Space Battleship Yamato 2199 and the literal Yamato is now a SPACESHIP that fights BLUE ALIENS.
Frankly if I had the hilariously agile Death Star that Yamato is, I wouldn't be wasting my time on this frilly trip to magical blonde space woman paradise. I'd be finding the Gamilan homeworld, paying it a visit, and razing it to the ground without a second's thought. Because that's how you win a war. You become the bigger, scarier monster, slaughter the lesser monster, and tell your children they're lucky to be alive to hate you for doing it.
Fuck this handwringing nonsense about sparing a planet or the moral high ground. The moral high ground won't feed humanity, won't save it from living in squallor and filth underground. You know what would, though?
Burning the Gamilan homeworld to the ground. Blowing it to smithereens. Capturing the dust, milling it into toilet paper, using that to wipe my ass and then launching it into the sun.
This is war, and Lynn Minmay is not going to win this shit for us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5LElJe7E0U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVbUttIfzzk
The contrast between the first Cutie Honey OP and the newer one is pretty crazy. NSFW is a fair bet, no actual nudity but kind of lewd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVbUttIfzzk
The contrast between the first Cutie Honey OP and the newer one is pretty crazy. NSFW is a fair bet, no actual nudity but kind of lewd.
That's literally sacrificing humanity to get revenge and continue the cycle of war. The Wave Motion Gun can make many things explode, but it can't restore Earth back to what it was.
firehawk12
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I mean, you have alien space babes
basically saying it was a test, in all but name
It isn't sacrificing humanity at all. It's winning a goddamn war. Rebuild afterward. Find a new planet. But don't ever think you're safe as long as the Gamilans live. Those bastards destroyed the entire Earth. You think they're going to stop if Iscandar or whoever else come to your aid? You think magic rejuvenation of the Earth through alien tech is gonna save your ass when the Gamilans come back?
The only safety comes when every last Gamilan is dead and dust. There are no good guys and bad guys. There are dead guys and winners. There is no continuation of the cycle of war because the Gamilans will be extinct.
Regulus Tera
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"newer one"
I thought there had been a stealth Cutie Honey announcement that I had not noticed or something.
Jex
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Well, they have no idea where their homeworld is and even they did, it wouldn't help. The Yamato is designed to save the Earth, not commit genocide on a galactic scale.
You and me both, son. It's over the top lewd fun.
Regulus Tera
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The first episode of Re: Cutie Honey aired almost ten years ago is what I'm getting at.
You sure could've fooled me, what with it having a gun designed to commit genocide on a galactic scale. And that tech for quick travel anywhere in the galaxy. And its first mission being to run right out and attack an enemy base.
It's also extremely disappointing that the Wave Motion Gun can blow up a fucking planet but the Wave Motion Shield can't repel shit.
Hey, I said newer. Not new.
Jex
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It's explicitly stated that the gun is for self-defence (like Japan after World War II OH MY GOD THE PARALLELS). They say that numerous times, you're startling to sound a bit like Stalin over there!
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They're on a tight time schedule to save the millions of people who still live on Earth. I don't even understand what you're saying here.
Sailor Moon Crystal character art:
seiyuu:
Mercury: Kanemoto Hisako
Mars: Satou Rina
Jupiter: Koshimizu Ami
Venus: Itou Shizuka
Moon: Mitsuishi Kotono
Mitsuishi's the only one reprising her original role, but the others that I'm familiar with sound like great fits.
seiyuu:
Mercury: Kanemoto Hisako
Mars: Satou Rina
Jupiter: Koshimizu Ami
Venus: Itou Shizuka
Moon: Mitsuishi Kotono
Mitsuishi's the only one reprising her original role, but the others that I'm familiar with sound like great fits.
Regulus Tera
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Makoto gained weight. Ami became the new panderbait.
I refuse to get hyped until I see actual animation.
I refuse to get hyped until I see actual animation.
I am just glad they didn't turn here into the billionth Rei Ayanami clone.
That's just Makoto's talent.
Also, Mercury having no shoulder pads is manga design, but man do they look exposed here.
Oh yeah the Soviet arsenal was tooooooooooootally for self defense. Uh huh. I mean, never mind that it was so powerful they had to test it in the air for fear of permanently damaging the Earth's crust. Totally self defense.
Are you even listening to yourself? It's a gun. It blows up planets. What about that is self-defense?
And moving beyond that incredibly and unexpectedly stupid argument, if you have a weapon this powerful you use the threat of it, except they didn't. They made the stupid decision to risk all their men and leave their boat completely undefended, nearly lost this boat that was so important and did so on a mission for which there were numerous better solutions.
It's stupid, insipid, and I cannot believe how quickly Captain McCooldude's angry resolve peters out in this episode. One minute he's all "Yeah let's go punish the Gamilan!" the next minute he's like "Noooo let's lightly pepper them." And if they're in such a fucking hurry why are we stopping at Pluto to do this at all?
None of what you've said really holds up.
Eh. I see what you're trying to get at, but I'd like to point out Gunbuster as my counterpoint. Those people were willing to win at the cost of planets. They took Jupiter, turned it into a bomb, and blew up the galaxy to save the human race. You can't half ass this stuff, and that's exactly what's wrong with this episode of Yamato. Every decision made in this episode was outstandingly stupid.
I realize I'm doing that thing I do where I dare point out stupid things about shows you all love, but this entire episode was a tactical blunder of massive proportions.
firehawk12
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That doesn't look very good.
A shame that only one VA of the original cast is part of the new cast.
A shame that only one VA of the original cast is part of the new cast.
cringing
firehawk12
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It's got Koko, and I'm in since I'm Loco.
Regulus Tera
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So we've gone from twenty minute anime to three minute anime to ten minute anime to anime every two weeks. YAY
firehawk12
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Shaft > Toei.
Mekakucity Actors 03
extra stuff I don't feel like elaborating on:
"Have you ever felt different than everyone else in a crowd" sets up the teenage masturbatory fantasy pretty hard here.
Terrible layouts. Ugly and lazy backgrounds behind bad character art. People randomly pop from one pose to another for whatever the storyboarder thinks might look cool. The complete ignorance to basic details is atrocious.
It took three episodes for the show to reveal its premise, but it still hasn't really laid out the direction it wants to go in. What are the characters motives? What is the goal of all of this? These essential pieces can't be missing for this long. As for the content itself I'm not sure if Shaft's ambition with this show makes up for the poor execution. Mekakucity Actors only really plays up what Shaft isn't very good at. Too many characters get crammed on stage and you wind up with none of them really shining as they all try to get a word in to remind you they exist. Overreaching on scope is one of the biggest hang ups the series faces, and the hostage situation in a mall scene just comes across as something Shaft can't handle. Seeing the events play out a second time delivers even less tension, and this new perspective doesn't reveal an interesting plan being executed on from behind the scenes. Instead we get this embarrassing scramble to pick up all of the pieces this show has laid out so far.
extra stuff I don't feel like elaborating on:
"Have you ever felt different than everyone else in a crowd" sets up the teenage masturbatory fantasy pretty hard here.
Terrible layouts. Ugly and lazy backgrounds behind bad character art. People randomly pop from one pose to another for whatever the storyboarder thinks might look cool. The complete ignorance to basic details is atrocious.
She's finally just fulfilling her obligation as a blue magical girl.
70s.
Regulus Tera
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JoJosona 3
So I'm confused. I thought that Ripple powers were retconned out and Stands were the new hotness? So how come Old Man JoJo used a Ripple Overdrive to kill the flesh bud?
I dunno why you guys still point this stuff out to me, I always push anime ages back by a full decade. Everything from last season clearly aired in 2003.
So I'm confused. I thought that Ripple powers were retconned out and Stands were the new hotness? So how come Old Man JoJo used a Ripple Overdrive to kill the flesh bud?
I dunno why you guys still point this stuff out to me, I always push anime ages back by a full decade. Everything from last season clearly aired in 2003.
victreeb3l
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Started watching AnoHana cause I couldnt sleep and got up to ep 4 so far and --
Episode 4
HAHAH WHAT THE FUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKKKKKK
Holy shit lol What the hell
Episode 4
HAHAH WHAT THE FUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKKKKKK
Holy shit lol What the hell
Wacky cartoony faces pl--
*no satojun*
maybe they'll let rie matsumoto direct some episofpppfffpfffffhahahfhahahahfhaahakfhakh
firehawk12
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Having seen like 6 episodes of KLK, this casting makes perfect sense.
(Should have been Kobayashi. Or Sawashiro.)
RIP Sailor Moon.
I forgot and couldn't be bothered to check what happened but I assume it was the power of Mari Okada.
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