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Spring 2014 Tokyo MX, er, Anime |OT1.5| ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA
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Admiral Woofington
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Why now?
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Well that's pretty cool. Something I never expected to happen. Doraemon x Micky Mouse when?
Gintoki313
Banned
Yeah, I don't have much to say about this. Especially with it being picked up by Disney XD. It seems Disney XD is slowly turning into a childrens channel. First Pac-Man, and now this.
The only anime I know of that was on XD before, was Shippuden. It was HEAVILY censored, borderline 4kids bad.
Ah, almost forgot since they were so boring, but here's last week's sales, for April 28 - May 4.
http://www.someanithing.com/?p=1342
I guess the only things of interest are that Nourin v2 cratered hard compared to v1, and there were apparently a few stores that shipped Kill la Kill v5 early even though it wasn't supposed to go on sale until this week, causing it to chart a handful of copies on Oricon last week.
http://www.someanithing.com/?p=1342
I guess the only things of interest are that Nourin v2 cratered hard compared to v1, and there were apparently a few stores that shipped Kill la Kill v5 early even though it wasn't supposed to go on sale until this week, causing it to chart a handful of copies on Oricon last week.
dakkumauji
Member
Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!! 02
A body swap episode between the crush and a cat? Silly shoujos.
I also didn't expect nosebleed fountains either.
Ginga e Kickoff!! 13
Nothing more satistifying than a biased referee get wrecked.
Puchimas!! 35
Harukasan causes nightmares.
Hitsugi no Chaika 05
Oh joy. More. Eyebrow Moe Blobs.
A body swap episode between the crush and a cat? Silly shoujos.
I also didn't expect nosebleed fountains either.
Ginga e Kickoff!! 13
Nothing more satistifying than a biased referee get wrecked.
Puchimas!! 35
Harukasan causes nightmares.
Hitsugi no Chaika 05
Oh joy. More. Eyebrow Moe Blobs.
chickdigger802
Banned
nanananana 5
eyepatch and loli. This really is turning into a waifu show.
eyepatch and loli. This really is turning into a waifu show.
SparksterMeta0
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No Game No Life 5
Steph looks pretty cute(r) after her losing streak...
Admiral Woofington
Member
Man even the Hannibal TV series is saving anime.
Who needs Japan anymore.
Who needs Japan anymore.
GJ Club OVA - Didn't realised I missed this much till I got to come back to these characters. Not exactly what I expected. But hey I got a Mori twirl and a fair amount of Shion and Kirara so alls good. Certainly made me wish for a second season that was at least in part about the characters keeping ties despite their separation.
But anime stands for animation! But then it's not as if America's been faltering there, they even got moe covered.
... Getting through JoJo Part 2 after a bit of a hiatus and finished Episode 20, damn
Caesar went out way better than his grandfather did.
Meh. There's basically nothing on US TV of interest for me. About all I watch is GoT, Arrow and Black Sails (and that's on the chopping block). Though the Penny Dreadful pilot was kind of interesting.
Hidamari Sketch 11
I shall call her "Coolnocchi".
Hidamari Girls + Zoo Animals = Dangerous Levels of Cute
Watching ice cream is not always boring.
Miyako is amazing.
I shall call her "Coolnocchi".
Hidamari Girls + Zoo Animals = Dangerous Levels of Cute
Watching ice cream is not always boring.
Miyako is amazing.
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
Ping Pong - 5
Man! What a well written show. I love the animation style (which really reminds me I have to re-watch Kemonozume someday) and those two things together have this firing on all cylinders for me.
Man! What a well written show. I love the animation style (which really reminds me I have to re-watch Kemonozume someday) and those two things together have this firing on all cylinders for me.
Well I'd certainly consider Working, Servant x Service and Minami-ke sitcoms. Hell lots of what people call slice of life (how I hate that meaningless genre) probably fit into the sitcom genre.
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
Is there any anime with laugh track?
The first N64 Goemon had them, so SOMETHING has to have them. Or they're just poking fun at live action television, whichever.
Though there's Sitcoms without a laugh track and UY was sitcom-ish at least, and if that was then a lot of later shows must've been. Or at least Rumiko Takahashi works.
They're called light novels.
Admiral Woofington
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Honestly I've been such a huge anime binge recently that coming back into hometown TV is amazing. What have you recently given a try to in Western TV?
Have you tried dramas? Such as Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Fargo?
Have you tried detective/Police stories? The Shield, True Detective, Hannibal, The Killing, The Wire, Sherlock?
Have you tried animation (specifically comedy)? Bob's Burgers, Archer, The Boondocks
Have you tried comedy? Arrested Development, Community, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock
I see you like somewhat fantastical stories such as Arrow and GoT. Have you given a try to others non-reality grounded tv shows? Such as Battlestar Galactica, Avatar The Last Airbender, Doctor Who?
Armored Trooper VOTOMS 22
Man Space Vietnam is so fucking awesome. Like, I'm not even sure where to begin. Like, I really like Father Buroughs as a villain because he almost doesn't seem villainous at all. He's not stupid, but he also isn't "omg so sneak such crafty" either. He isn't petty, and while he is completely okay with offing Fyana and sees her as an item rather than a person, he's also pretty damn invested in preventing her death and seems to keep her in comparative luxury. Most interesting of all is his role as a clergyman, however. Like, that's just plain never gone away. Long after I'd assume he would shed the mantle and just come out as some weird villain, he continues to maintain that he is a man of the cloth. He is entirely neutral at times, and that only really fuels the mystery. Who does Buroughs work for? What is their aim with the PS project?
Moving right along, I love the way the show handles the mechs. In Real Robot shows mechs tend to be mass produced and expendable, save for the hero's unit, which is always customized, unique and in the case of oh, Sousuke Sagara, for instance, is more of a Super Robot in a Real Robot's clothes. But in this show mechs are almost entirely expendable. Chirico clearly has a preference for the green scopedog he's been riding in the entire series, but in a pinch he'll pilot whatever and abandon whatever as need be. There's nothing special about his mech, and aside from when it sports a Red Shoulder, there isn't anything visually distinct about it, either. It really sells it on the whole "Military Weapon" feeling in a way that I don't think that the Gundam or the Arbalest do, since both of those have that whole "experimental [magical] prototype" going on. It actually feels closer to the Valkyries of the first Macross, which were, aside from Hikaru's, neither visually special nor mechanically (note that I don't really feel that Hikaru's second Valkyrie, the one he inherits, is mechanically special. Just visually distinct as a wing leader.) Course after that Valkyries sorta go super route themselves, what with Guld's Psychic one and Basara's "I run on rock and roll" one.
What's more is that, because Chirico's mechs aren't custom or special, there's a very real element of danger in the show. Nobody expects a Leo or a Zaku to best a Gundam (minus when Hiro jobbed Wufei in the movie), and the idea of a Savage or a Shadow winning against an ARX is laughable, but Chirico is in what appears to be a fairly out-dated model AT, up against guys who are like, Cyber Newtypes, and all he has is his war experience to get him through it. Granted Chirico was an elite soldier at one point in the war, he's still not a match for these Perfect Soldiers, and he's constantly getting into really, really tight spots as a result.
The show doesn't really shy away from showing that combat in Nam is horrible, either, and at one point Chirico refers to the jungles as his own "green Hell."
This show is an absolute treat, and next episode looks to be some Snake Eater stuff!
Man Space Vietnam is so fucking awesome. Like, I'm not even sure where to begin. Like, I really like Father Buroughs as a villain because he almost doesn't seem villainous at all. He's not stupid, but he also isn't "omg so sneak such crafty" either. He isn't petty, and while he is completely okay with offing Fyana and sees her as an item rather than a person, he's also pretty damn invested in preventing her death and seems to keep her in comparative luxury. Most interesting of all is his role as a clergyman, however. Like, that's just plain never gone away. Long after I'd assume he would shed the mantle and just come out as some weird villain, he continues to maintain that he is a man of the cloth. He is entirely neutral at times, and that only really fuels the mystery. Who does Buroughs work for? What is their aim with the PS project?
Moving right along, I love the way the show handles the mechs. In Real Robot shows mechs tend to be mass produced and expendable, save for the hero's unit, which is always customized, unique and in the case of oh, Sousuke Sagara, for instance, is more of a Super Robot in a Real Robot's clothes. But in this show mechs are almost entirely expendable. Chirico clearly has a preference for the green scopedog he's been riding in the entire series, but in a pinch he'll pilot whatever and abandon whatever as need be. There's nothing special about his mech, and aside from when it sports a Red Shoulder, there isn't anything visually distinct about it, either. It really sells it on the whole "Military Weapon" feeling in a way that I don't think that the Gundam or the Arbalest do, since both of those have that whole "experimental [magical] prototype" going on. It actually feels closer to the Valkyries of the first Macross, which were, aside from Hikaru's, neither visually special nor mechanically (note that I don't really feel that Hikaru's second Valkyrie, the one he inherits, is mechanically special. Just visually distinct as a wing leader.) Course after that Valkyries sorta go super route themselves, what with Guld's Psychic one and Basara's "I run on rock and roll" one.
What's more is that, because Chirico's mechs aren't custom or special, there's a very real element of danger in the show. Nobody expects a Leo or a Zaku to best a Gundam (minus when Hiro jobbed Wufei in the movie), and the idea of a Savage or a Shadow winning against an ARX is laughable, but Chirico is in what appears to be a fairly out-dated model AT, up against guys who are like, Cyber Newtypes, and all he has is his war experience to get him through it. Granted Chirico was an elite soldier at one point in the war, he's still not a match for these Perfect Soldiers, and he's constantly getting into really, really tight spots as a result.
The show doesn't really shy away from showing that combat in Nam is horrible, either, and at one point Chirico refers to the jungles as his own "green Hell."
This show is an absolute treat, and next episode looks to be some Snake Eater stuff!
No. How would that even work? You can't just decide to make an anime and start releasing it in the same week.
I feel like slice of life mostly fits the 4koma format in terms of the way jokes are paced, etc. But I'm not sure if I'm just... I dunno... shaping the way I watch them instead or something.
Recently (as in this year) I tried: Black Sails, the new Musketeers show, From Dusk till Dawn, Penny Dreadful, Silicon Valley, Salem, Bitten, Almost Human, Dracula, Vikings, The Originals, Last resort, orphan Black, Under the Dome, Sleepy Hollow.
Aside from Black Sails and Silicon Valley I only lasted 1-3 eps on all of those (and Penny Dreadful as its only one episode in - that seems like something I will like though).
I have no interest in crime dramas. And that seems like the main thing when it comes to US shows that get talked about these days.
Sherlock I tried though as I like Holmes but really the modern setting turned me off.
Hannibal without Hopkins just seems terribly wrong.
Tried and didn't like Arrested Development (found it unfunny) and 30 Rock (no interest in sportsball). Community was OK for a season or two but got bored. Ditto Big Bang Theory. Thats pretty much my react to almost all sitcoms. A season or two is OK and then I get bored and drop it. About the last time I got all the way through a US sitcom was Seinfeld.
Already seen nuBSG (was OK). Doctor Who I've watched since a child, though I got bored and stopped midway through the Matt Smith run (more or less after the Ponds left). Will probably try the new guy when it starts up again. haven't seen Avatar, but i did watch and like S1 of Korra.
My issue with SoL is that people throw pretty much every show that has little/no fantastic elements into or whether its a comedy show, a drama show or whatever.
Of course I'll admit western conceptions of genre completely shape how I approach anime genres.
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
selector infected WIXOSS - 06
Is there a specific dere-type for the small-headed blonde model girl with the shit personality?
Is there a specific dere-type for the small-headed blonde model girl with the shit personality?
Nothing1016
Member
If it isn't Archer, Portlandia, or sports, I'm not watching TV...
Sidonia - 01
Don't like the animation. Dropping. Will stick to manga.
Sidonia - 01
Don't like the animation. Dropping. Will stick to manga.
Well, Hidamari was probably announced at least half a year before airing, so that would probably give KyoAni plenty of time to put Lucky Star together.
Of course, not having been in the anime scene at the time, this is all speculation on my part.
Pshaw. Pretty sure that is EXACTLY how Attack on Titan worked.
Macross 7 12
In the middle of an intense search for my underage girlfriend who just got kidnapped. Now is the perfect time to pick a fight with Nekki Basara! Get your shit together, dude. People're beginning to assume it's Basara you got the hots for, not Mylene.
Meanwhile, I confess admiration for just how many different problems Nekki tries to solve with Rock and Roll.
Fisticuffs? Rock 'n Roll.
Alien invasion? Rock 'n Roll.
Kidnapping? Rock 'n Roll.
Freezing to death? Rock 'n Roll.
Suicide and depression? Rock 'n Roll.
I think he meant the leadup to starting a show. Once it gets going, well, this is basically how South Park ran, and Kill la Kill was literally finished the day before the last episode aired.
EDIT: And I see you say you're joking but after finding that out about KLK it's probably not a joke once it gets going.
Admiral Woofington
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Shame you didn't like some of these shows, but it can't be helped. I'm 5 episodes into Hannibal but it's mainly a crime show. The guy who plays Hannibal is amazing though. Pretty sure he's the bad guy in Casino Royale.
I think I recall you asking me how the Fargo TV series was? I can now confirm that everybody has told me it has nothing in common besides the name. I highly recommend it, reviews are amazing and the casting is great. You should also watch Breaking Bad and Sopranos if crime/police shows aren't your thing.
As to Avatar, definitely watch the first series. The first few episodes of the first season are very early morning cartoon-like because the creators didn't anticipate it'd get as popular as it did with an older age group than the intended audience. It gets amazing later on. Better in every way to Korra. Cannot recommend it enough.
MikeHattsu
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Mads Mikkelsen. And yup, he was the bad guy in Casino Royale.
Was going to ask about that. Not having Macey kind of bums me out. But I figured I'd at least try episode one given I liked the film.
I did try the Sopranos. For reasons I don't understand (as I love mafia type movies) it didn't work for me. Don't know if it was simply its length or what.
I've heard that before.It has been on my to-watch list after I finish up Clone Wars. Dunno whether I should finish up Korra first though or go back and watch Avatar.
Admiral Woofington
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Yeah he's damn good. He has the same cold calculating classy delivery of Hopkins. Just wow.
Korra is basically the creators noticing that people were shipping the characters in ATLA and made a whole show about it. Seriously the premise was great but the character of Korra sucks so much compared to Aang. Rebellious teenager who has to live up to the legacy of her predecesor while also thinking about boys BOYS BOYS?
How about the last of your monk kind who was frozen for years and now comes back to a world dominated by a fire empire and has to save the whole world?
Korra's saving grace is that we have Bolin. But he's basically the Sokka of this series. The cast of characters of Avatar was infinitely better. In fact it's been a while, I might rewatch the whole show.
And most importantly: cabbages
I can agree with this rating. I can't decide between TD and Fargo, though one has the advantage of being already over. The Emmys are going to be brutal between these two.
As to Hannibal TV, it stars Will Graham (character of Red Dragon). First season is fairly solid though not mindblowing so far, but we have the added bonus of Hannibal and gross cases. Plus a surprising amount of blood considering it's national tv. Season 2 I hear is amazing though.
Yeah he's damn good. He has the same cold calculating classy delivery of Hopkins. Just wow.
Korra is basically the creators noticing that people were shipping the characters in ATLA and made a whole show about it. Seriously the premise was great but the character of Korra sucks so much compared to Aang. Rebellious teenager who has to live up to the legacy of her predecesor while also thinking about boys BOYS BOYS?
How about the last of your monk kind who was frozen for years and now comes back to a world dominated by a fire empire and has to save the whole world?
Korra's saving grace is that we have Bolin. But he's basically the Sokka of this series. The cast of characters of Avatar was infinitely better. In fact it's been a while, I might rewatch the whole show.
And most importantly: cabbages
ATLA was great, but let's not pretend that it didn't spend a lot of time with the teenage romance aspect.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Everyone should just watch Treme.
Always was the weakest part of it
Which is part of why I watched Korra rather than watching Avatar first. The girl protagonist seemed more interesting to me.
I tried it. I think it was just too depressing for me.
yet to watch Fargo, rest sounds right, though "thronies" is still good.
rip white mans glee. u were 2 good 4 dis world~Everyone should just watch Treme.
Admiral Woofington
Member
It spent a lot of time on it, but comparatively to Korra where practically every minute revolved around it? I can't agree. Season 2 of Korra was particularly largely relationship drama.
I agree to an extent, the sense of adventure here was so great and the whole teenage romance bit in both series brings it down a bit. And this is coming from someone who likes romance.
Girl protagonist as an action star was a leap forward for western media for sure. But when people are saying stuff in season 2 such as "man the season got so much better on episodes where Korra isn't featured" you know there's a clear issue with your protagonist. Avatar still has 2 of the main 4 characters plus a HUGE cast of ladies if that's what attracts you to it, and most of them are some of the strongest people in the series.
Everyone should just watch Treme.
I still intend to, probably at some point this summer when my friends and I finish off the Sopranos' last season.
I think that with the Wire under your belt it's hard to reach that high ever again. You'll always be compared to it.
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