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[KirbYuuYuu]

I jumped out of that pretty fast.
Those kind of threads tend to get messy.
Today has been a really dodgy day on the gaming side all together.

Sounds like the usual.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Sounds like the usual.

You're not wrong.

 

[Basileus777]

And speaking of similar things, cdig's thread over in Gaming is not going well either.

Or going exactly as one would expect, I guess. *sigh*

It actually went better than I expected.

 

[Articalys]

I jumped out of that pretty fast.
Those kind of threads tend to get messy.
Today has been a really dodgy day on the gaming side all together.

The total overall kill count in Tomodachi-related threads must be in the double digits by now.

 

[cajunator]

Hooray for smut

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Hooray for smut

So who in here's buying Eiyuu Senki? :lol

 

[Mokoi]

I jumped out of that pretty fast.
Those kind of threads tend to get messy.
Today has been a really dodgy day on the gaming side all together.

I knew it was going to become nothing, but talk about pedophilia sooner or later. Still want more mecha games from japan though.

 

[cajunator]

So who in here's buying Eiyuu Senki? :lol

Nah. I dont buy those games its just fun to yell smut!

 

[fertygo]

And speaking of similar things, cdig's thread over in Gaming is not going well either.

Or going exactly as one would expect, I guess. *sigh*

Clicking last page, and its pretty much goes as I expected lol

 

[Ice Lightning]

Watching the Aria series again since I finally got around to purchasing the DVDs. Has the manga author of the series, Kozue Amano, ever explained why practically all of the entire cast of characters' names start with "A" sans a few characters such as the cats Hime and Maa?

 

[Hattori]

Spoiler

last time I'm bringing this up

watching:
nothing

dropped:
anime

why can't I drop you:
animegaf

I think this was a telltale sign and a cry for help...

 

[Clov]

I understand the video authoring issues and this is why I do not usually pre-order most Blu-rays anymore, but I can deal with barebones packaging so long as the discs arrive unscratched. Wish Sentai would do more releases like Dusk Maiden of Amnesia which included the OVA, all 13 audio commentaries, and two CD soundtracks. Waiting to see what Sentai has planned for the Chuu2 Premium Edition.

I'm really looking forward to their limited edition too, I hope it will be nice. I won't be expecting Aniplex quality from them or anything, but hopefully it comes with some neat bonuses.

Actually, if I have one more complaint about Sentai, it's their subtitles. They're somewhat too big, and in that ugly yellow color. Practically everyone else uses nice, white subtitles, but they stick to yellow. Bleh.

 

[cajunator]

Spoiler

last time I'm bringing this up

I think this was a telltale sign and a cry for help...

You might be right

I'm really looking forward to their limited edition too, I hope it will be nice. I won't be expecting Aniplex quality from them or anything, but hopefully it comes with some neat bonuses.

Actually, if I have one more complaint about Sentai, it's their subtitles. They're somewhat too big, and in that ugly yellow color. Practically everyone else uses nice, white subtitles, but they stick to yellow. Bleh.

Sentai was formerly ADV and thats how they used to roll. In lower quality vhs and dvd the yellow subs stood out better. Its probably old habit.

 

[Ice Lightning]

I'm really looking forward to their limited edition too, I hope it will be nice. I won't be expecting Aniplex quality from them or anything, but hopefully it comes with some neat bonuses.

Actually, if I have one more complaint about Sentai, it's their subtitles. They're somewhat too big, and in that ugly yellow color. Practically everyone else uses nice, white subtitles, but they stick to yellow. Bleh.

I have yet to own an Aniplex title. From what I remember Aniplex's quality can vary as with the Monogatari series, Bake and Nise both came in nice chipboard boxes but it appears that Neko Black got a flimsy case similar to the Madoka LEs.

I may be in the minority, but I actually prefer yellow subtitles over white. White subtitles seems to disappear into the background often even with the slight black borders around the letters. To each his own I suppose.

 

[Clov]

Sentai was formerly ADV and thats how they used to roll. In lower quality vhs and dvd the yellow subs stood out better. Its probably old habit.

That's true, but I wish they'd move on. Even Funimation uses white subtitles, and they were around since the mid to late 90s, weren't they?

Speaking of ADV, I got to watch some of the trailers on an old VHS of Devil Hunter Yohko a month back or so. They really were hyping up NGE, back then.

I have yet to own an Aniplex title. From what I remember Aniplex's quality can vary as with the Monogatari series, Bake and Nise both came in nice chipboard boxes but it appears that Neko Black got a flimsy case similar to the Madoka LEs.

Right now I own the Madoka LEs, plus the Rebellion import. The cases are flimsy, but they're made of nice material and look very nice. The artwork on the cases are great as well, and the artbooks included are nice. The Rebellion import on the other hand is simply beautiful; it's one of the highest quality LEs that I own.

Tomorrow I'll be starting to order Fate/Zero from them, actually. I'm starting with part two though, since my favorite episodes are in that half. My friend owns part one, and it's a very, very nice limited edition. Definitely worth the money, I think.

 

[cajunator]

I have yet to own an Aniplex title. From what I remember Aniplex's quality can vary as with the Monogatari series, Bake and Nise both came in nice chipboard boxes but it appears that Neko Black got a flimsy case similar to the Madoka LEs.

I may be in the minority, but I actually prefer yellow subtitles over white. White subtitles seems to disappear into the background often even with the slight black borders around the letters. To each his own I suppose.

White subs only work with a very high quality picture. Fate Zero is a great example.

 

[Crash Station]

And speaking of similar things, cdig's thread over in Gaming is not going well either.

Or going exactly as one would expect, I guess. *sigh*

I'm having a great time in there.

 

[Hattori]

Steins;Gate Vol.1 & 2 are just $30.99 each on Amazon

 

[Ice Lightning]

Right now I own the Madoka LEs, plus the Rebellion import. The cases are flimsy, but they're made of nice material and look very nice. The artwork on the cases are great as well, and the artbooks included are nice. The Rebellion import on the other hand is simply beautiful; it's one of the highest quality LEs that I own.

Tomorrow I'll be starting to order Fate/Zero from them, actually. I'm starting with part two though, since my favorite episodes are in that half. My friend owns part one, and it's a very, very nice limited edition. Definitely worth the money, I think.

This is just my assumption, but maybe consumers simply expect chipboard boxes to be standard especially with Aniplex's prices matching the Japanese practices. I myself cannot say one way or the other until I purchase one of their series, but that likely will not occur until VVV or Mushi-shi 2nd season are available on Blu-ray.

Once you start buying imports, it truly is a bit hard to stop wanting that kind of quality.

White subs only work with a very high quality picture. Fate Zero is a great example.

Probably doesn't help that I only have a 20-inch HDTV.

 

[Clov]

This is just my assumption, but maybe consumers simply expect chipboard boxes to be standard especially with Aniplex's prices matching the Japanese practices. I myself cannot say one way or the other until I purchase one of their series, but that likely will not occur until VVV or Mushi-shi 2nd season are available on Blu-ray.

I can agree with that; chipboard boxes are great, and they're definitely more high quality than flimsy cases. I still feel like I got my money's worth with the Madoka Blu-Rays though, they're really great.

I'm actually a bit nervous about Mushishi season two's release over here. Aniplex USA seems to put their less popular series on DVD only. I'm worried that'll happen to Mushishi. I can accept Funimation not releasing the Blu-Rays for season one over here (they were only an upscale, anyway), but for season two HD is definitely a must. I hope they'll do the right thing and give it the kind of Blu-Ray set it deserves.

 

[chickdigger802]

rabbit cafe 5

sports bit was fun, and i still can't get over how adorable this outfit is.

these ears.

dies*

 

[Ice Lightning]

I'm actually a bit nervous about Mushishi season two's release over here. Aniplex USA seems to put their less popular on DVD only. I'm worried that'll happen to Mushishi. I can accept Funimation not releasing the Blu-Rays for season one over here (they were only an upscale, anyway), but for season two HD is definitely a must. I hope they'll do the right thing and give it the kind of Blu-Ray set it deserves.

I definitely would prefer BDs over DVDs with Mushi-shi's second season release now being a native HD-series, but it's hard to say how Aniplex USA will handle the disc release for this split-cour series. I wouldn't exactly state Mushi-shi being unpopular, it simply didn't sell well, as FUNimation did release Mushi-shi originally as single sets followed then by four re-releases so maybe that has something to do with it. I have no idea what determines a series selling well to make it popular, but Mushi-shi truly is highly regarded if you can appreciate one episode stories. Just look at the various titles strewn about as either an Anime Classics or S.A.V.E. title for FUNimation, or Naoki Urasawa's Monster from VIZ.

 

[Clov]

I definitely would prefer BDs over DVDs with Mushi-shi's second season release now being a native HD-series, but it's hard to say how Aniplex USA will handle the disc release for this split-cour series. I wouldn't exactly state Mushi-shi being unpopular, it simply didn't sell well, as FUNimation did release Mushi-shi originally as single sets followed then by four re-releases so maybe that has something to do with it. Just look at the various titles strewn about as either an Anime Classics or S.A.V.E. title for FUNimation, or Naoki Urasawa's Monster from VIZ.

I hope it's popular enough for a Blu-Ray release, the second season is pretty gorgeous.

It really pains me that Viz will never release the rest of Monster. Loved that anime so much.

 

[cajunator]

Steins;Gate Vol.1 & 2 are just $30.99 each on Amazon

Buy this. Just buy it. No questions.

This is just my assumption, but maybe consumers simply expect chipboard boxes to be standard especially with Aniplex's prices matching the Japanese practices. I myself cannot say one way or the other until I purchase one of their series, but that likely will not occur until VVV or Mushi-shi 2nd season are available on Blu-ray.

Once you start buying imports, it truly is a bit hard to stop wanting that kind of quality.



Probably doesn't help that I only have a 20-inch HDTV.

i know what you mean. Japanese packaging and extras are something else!

I can agree with that; chipboard boxes are great, and they're definitely more high quality than flimsy cases. I still feel like I got my money's worth with the Madoka Blu-Rays though, they're really great.

I'm actually a bit nervous about Mushishi season two's release over here. Aniplex USA seems to put their less popular series on DVD only. I'm worried that'll happen to Mushishi. I can accept Funimation not releasing the Blu-Rays for season one over here (they were only an upscale, anyway), but for season two HD is definitely a must. I hope they'll do the right thing and give it the kind of Blu-Ray set it deserves.

chipboard boxes used to be standard and they were wonderful. Almost always bought the artbox. I miss them although some companies still go the distance with packaging.

rabbit cafe 5

sports bit was fun, and i still can't get over how adorable this outfit is.




these ears.

dies*

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee *breathes Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee *pant pant Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[Articalys]

I still haven't gotten around to ranking all the Spring OPs yet, but Gochiusa easily wins the Catchiest OP Song award because KOKORO PYON PYON

 

[cajunator]

Yesyesyes I loooove Gochiusa op.

 

[firehawk12]

Yep, typical Media Blasters. By what I have read about their recent releases, things don't seem to be doing well. I mean these discs are practically screaming bootleg! http://www.fandompost.com/oldforums/...l=1#post237257

Jesus.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Steins;Gate Vol.1 & 2 are just $30.99 each on Amazon

you have no idea how thankful I am. This is another of those series I was waiting for a cheaper price to buy, done and done. Now all I need is Cowboy Bebop and a cheaper Fate Zero and I'd own/had streaming services to watch the majority of my top anime. And CB is coming in blu-ray sometimes this year, can't wait.

Well FZ is technically on Crunchyroll AND Netflix, but I'd like to own that on blu-ray because it's purty. Gintama I can keep on Crunchyroll and I watched GTO dvd quality, probably wouldn't benefit too much by blu-ray, and FMA:B will like never leave netflix haha.

Now somebody needs to lower the price of the Berserk films blu-ray set, release Monster on Blu-ray, lower the fucking price of Yamato 2199, and release that sexy psycho-pass blu-ray set.


edit: psycho-pass special edition is already out and is 100 for amazon prime members. If price is similar later in the summer I might buy it for myself as a treat.

 

[Conan-san]

Yep, typical Media Blasters. By what I have read about their recent releases, things don't seem to be doing well. I mean these discs are practically screaming bootleg! http://www.fandompost.com/oldforums/showthread.php?9844-Otoboku-Maidens-Are-Falling-For-Me-Complete-Collection-%28AnimeWorks-Classics%29&p=237257&viewfull=1#post237257

"Oh boy! I do love me some GaoGaiGar! I got to import the dvds to get this suprisngly well done dub and such and-"
*FUCK YOU, VOLTRON IS YOUR GOD NOW*
"Like I Said, fuck Media Blasters"

 

[cajunator]

When is the rerelease of Sankarea? I want it ._.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Oh forgot to mention, after we finish episode 6 tomorrow my friends and I will have finished the first of the three baccano blu-ray cds. So far the quality is nice but not mindblowing, it just helps define the art style more. But jesus the english dub is fucking amazing. I love the sub because of the funny engrish and Isaac and Miria, but Jesus all the Brooklyn accents make the dub fucking awesome.

It's like if somebody made a whole show with Joey from Yu Gi Oh.

On a less anime related note finished season 1 of Hannibal today. Really recommended, and season 2 is even more highly recommended by critics and fans. Tomorrow we should be finishing, alongside disc 1 of Baccano, the true detective season. I've been eagerly waiting for the last two episodes the whole week, can't wait.

 

[Eusis]

Yep, typical Media Blasters. By what I have read about their recent releases, things don't seem to be doing well. I mean these discs are practically screaming bootleg! http://www.fandompost.com/oldforums/showthread.php?9844-Otoboku-Maidens-Are-Falling-For-Me-Complete-Collection-%28AnimeWorks-Classics%29&p=237257&viewfull=1#post237257

. . . I think bootlegs probably have a higher average quality level than those. Or at least the CDs did.

 

[Jintor]

Blade and soul - 06
Is everyone is this show STUPID ?
And Sdburton , can you stop invading Blade and soul too ? Even yuri can't help this show from being crap.

Envisioning SDBurton as a Red Phantom invading anime and dropping yuri everywhere is pretty amusing

Anyway what happened to hox?

 

[Otakumegane]

Madp making WiXOSS look better than it is.

Episode 6 was kind of a bummer.

 

[cajunator]

. . . I think bootlegs probably have a higher average quality level than those. Or at least the CDs did.

That is a bootleg.

 

[Eusis]

That is a bootleg.

Oh, well, guess I'm thick then.

 

[wonzo]

Yep, typical Media Blasters. By what I have read about their recent releases, things don't seem to be doing well. I mean these discs are practically screaming bootleg! http://www.fandompost.com/oldforums/...l=1#post237257

It's even more sad because that text that's there is just default font. That's Calibri, Microsoft's default font in Word ever since the 2007 Office suite was released.

 

[cajunator]

Oh, well, guess I'm thick then.

Wait it might not be...hmm

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Envisioning SDBurton as a Red Phantom invading anime and dropping yuri everywhere is pretty amusing

Anyway what happened to hox?

I don't know the guy but with my great detective skills I can take a wild guess that he got bored of anime and probably didn't like some of the people in the AnimeGAF community. Maybe one of them pissed him off. Instead of sneaking away from the medium and the community and moving on to something else he decided to take out his frustration on anime and the community in a very childish way, which got him banned?

I don't necessarily think anime has been amazing recently, but each season seems to have at least one or two quality (either critically good or enjoyable to most) shows so I can't complain.

 

[Eusis]

Wait it might not be...hmm

Figures.

Though honestly I'm surprised Media Blasters is still around. They were one of the smaller ones and it was a blood bath over the last few years, though I guess it doesn't help I didn't pay as much attention to anime for most of the years after Gurren Lagann. Of new releases anyway.

 

[Jintor]

No, i literally mean, what are you guys talking about. Was there a thread in OT or something? I've been hiking all day.

 

[Eusis]

No, i literally mean, what are you guys talking about. Was there a thread in OT or something? I've been hiking all day.

Just look at this post.

As for the build up TO that... I dunno.

 

[Crash Station]

No, i literally mean, what are you guys talking about. Was there a thread in OT or something? I've been hiking all day.

Yes.

 

[Eusis]

Yes.

Oh, I missed that. Though it's natural to assume posts like the one I linked are enough for banning.

 

[astrogamer]

Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru 2
Even funny than the first episode.

 

[Thoraxes]

I see Takane but the lack of Makoto is troubling.

Tomboys just don't do it for me. Not girlish enough for my tastes.

 

[fertygo]

Damn, its really bum me someone from us out like that.

 

[cajunator]

Envisioning SDBurton as a Red Phantom invading anime and dropping yuri everywhere is pretty amusing

Anyway what happened to hox?

im ok with the SDBurton revolution.

No, i literally mean, what are you guys talking about. Was there a thread in OT or something? I've been hiking all day.

yeah. It was pretty bad.

Tomboys just don't do it for me. Not girlish enough for my tastes.

Its okay AWESOMEBEAR.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Tomboys just don't do it for me. Not girlish enough for my tastes.

 

[Articalys]

Wow, KyoAni just posted a three-and-a-half minute PV for the recently released Tamako Love Story movie... but like everything else they put on YouTube it's still capped at 360p. Oh well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtOmHQHhVk

It's gonna be an agonizing wait until this is on BD.