Admiral Woofington
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I thought the reason mononoke wasn't out yet was because they're leaving their big guns for the final release. Such as Spirited Away and this.
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Oh of course, I didn't make myself clear. Something just came up a couple years back where people seemed concerned the license would languish since it was apparently OOP. Think at one time it was only available through Disney directly but seems to be released everywhere again.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/06/27/disney-lists-princess-mononoke-dvd
Just assumed they'll get to the bluray eventually is all, just not immediately after it came out in Japan last year.
MikeHattsu
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Haha.
Hulu and Crunchyroll is much better for anime than Netflix. There's still a few good shows on Netflix, but it used to have more.
Black Bullet 6
Show continues to be really rather good. Tina is still amazing, though I seem to have inadvertently spoiled myself on where the show is going with her while using Wikipedia (JP) to remind myself of character names.
Show continues to be really rather good. Tina is still amazing, though I seem to have inadvertently spoiled myself on where the show is going with her while using Wikipedia (JP) to remind myself of character names.
She seemed to be listed as Kisara's Initiator, which makes me happy since it suggests she'll be sticking around. Still, I hate it when Wikipedia manages to spoil things through the very layout of the character section >.> Character descriptions I can avoid reading, but that's just cheating!
KuwabaraTheMan
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I definitely agree on all of this. Eureka Seven does a much better job than most series I can think of in terms of really fleshing out its whole cast, and it definitely needed to make use of all of that time to do so. It's frustrating to see so many series which either ignore their characters or just have most of the cast standing around and just ticking off a box rather than actually doing anything with them, so Eureka Seven definitely stands above most of its peers in that department.
And I've always felt that the pacing is pretty good. It's slower at times, certainly, and I can see how some people might be put off by that, but something being slow doesn't equate to having bad pacing. And one of the things that helps is how quickly everything changes. The show never lingers in one spot for too long, and the focus of the show and the characters are always moving forward.
This is probably true, but it's never really bugged me even though I've seen the show twice (although not all of the episodes a second time). I can't quite put my finger on it, but somehow I think that it just works for the series and that it wouldn't really be Eureka Seven if I completely understood things. But this is probably an unsatisfying explanation for some people, so I can get how others might be frustrated by the lack of explanations. But I just kind of took it as me being in the same boat as a lot of the characters were, and that the events which wound up transpiring and the imagery associated with them was more meaningful than any sort of explanation as to why that all happened. I think that's a type of story that's very difficult to pull off in a satisfying way, but Eureka Seven managed it for me, and I'd be worried that additional explanations might cause the magic to be lost.
Jex
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So, Eureka Seven questions:
- So humanity left Earth thousands of years ago because of the Scrub Coral. How did they manage to travel for thousands more years and come back to Earth without knowing that it was Earth? Or did some people know and was the truth hidden from the rest, because Dewy knew.
- If everyone came from the spaceship, why did technology regress so much? Or perhaps a better question would be, why is technologo so inconsistent? We seem to have eveyrthing from 19 century technology through to crazy future weaponary.
- What's the deal with Archtypes, why are there so many of them anyway?
- What's the deal with the book that Holland and Dewy have? Does is tell them to wear makeup and dress like a Roman?
- The level of technology that's displayed in the series is all over the place, but when Dewy makes his big speech in the stadium it's broadcast on Satellite TV. However, if people can report the news via Satellite how the hell hasn't news gotten out to all the Towers all over the world that the Coralians are killing everything? Surely they'd just broadcast it on satellite, but apparently not?
- What's the deal with that William guy at the World's End? He can use magic to move the Pile Bunkers or something. I'm gonna assume trapar power?
- What IS a compac drive? People us them to interface/power stuff, but what's it made of? Who invented it? Why/How does it interact with people, and machinery, and the scub, and trapar. I know we're told about souls and bodies but as an everyday device it's just like a magic box which surely humans must have invented for some purpose. What is it?
- At the same time there were compac drives inside Sakura, which then ended up inside Norb. So they're organic?
- Also, Desperation Disease. How does that work? Why do drives cause it? Why is everyone cured at the end e.g. Anemone? Is it because of the destruction of the Central Cluster?
- How did a military killing squad become hippie surfers anyway? How does an underground counter culture sky surfing magazine created by outlaws get published and distributed anyway?
- If Eureka was atoning for the crime of killing the kids parents by becoming their mother, why did she just fuck off for a year and dump them with Axel?
- Whats with all the dancing?
- If everyone came from the spaceship, why did technology regress so much? Or perhaps a better question would be, why is technologo so inconsistent? We seem to have eveyrthing from 19 century technology through to crazy future weaponary.
- What's the deal with Archtypes, why are there so many of them anyway?
- What's the deal with the book that Holland and Dewy have? Does is tell them to wear makeup and dress like a Roman?
- The level of technology that's displayed in the series is all over the place, but when Dewy makes his big speech in the stadium it's broadcast on Satellite TV. However, if people can report the news via Satellite how the hell hasn't news gotten out to all the Towers all over the world that the Coralians are killing everything? Surely they'd just broadcast it on satellite, but apparently not?
- What's the deal with that William guy at the World's End? He can use magic to move the Pile Bunkers or something. I'm gonna assume trapar power?
- What IS a compac drive? People us them to interface/power stuff, but what's it made of? Who invented it? Why/How does it interact with people, and machinery, and the scub, and trapar. I know we're told about souls and bodies but as an everyday device it's just like a magic box which surely humans must have invented for some purpose. What is it?
- At the same time there were compac drives inside Sakura, which then ended up inside Norb. So they're organic?
- Also, Desperation Disease. How does that work? Why do drives cause it? Why is everyone cured at the end e.g. Anemone? Is it because of the destruction of the Central Cluster?
- How did a military killing squad become hippie surfers anyway? How does an underground counter culture sky surfing magazine created by outlaws get published and distributed anyway?
- If Eureka was atoning for the crime of killing the kids parents by becoming their mother, why did she just fuck off for a year and dump them with Axel?
- Whats with all the dancing?
Additional questions:
- Moondoggie went from simply having a pilots licence to being a super insansely competent pilot in like 2 months, wut?
- What's with type theEND? Where did it come from? Who made it? Why is it similar to the Nirvash?
- How does Dewy know that artificially creating another Eureka is the right way to go, and why does he know it? Why does red goop make you into a fake Coralian anyway?
- Scratch that, how does Dewy know so much about everything? I take it that it's from Ardocks notes?
- How does Dewy implant a compac drive in his chest anyway?
- Why does Eureka wear her collar for like, ever, and never try to remove it?
- Why does Norb entrust Hollland with the fate of the planet anyway?
- Why does Eureka getting a little bit sad lead to her trying to merge with the scub, when surely worse things have happened?
- Why do Eureka, Renton and Anemone get psychically linked in the Zone? For what purpose? Why does it last a bit, and then go away? Don't tell me it's about trapars!
- If the scub can alter the laws of physics, why do they even need to make antibody coralians to fight? Surely they could do far more haxor things. If they can't control the appearance of coralians antibodies at the attack sites, why not?
- What's with the Sage council? They appear to do nothing and then get removed.
- Apparently with the infinite power of love Nirvash can turn into a god like people of power and energy. Why?
- Why did they play football anyway?
- What's with type theEND? Where did it come from? Who made it? Why is it similar to the Nirvash?
- How does Dewy know that artificially creating another Eureka is the right way to go, and why does he know it? Why does red goop make you into a fake Coralian anyway?
- Scratch that, how does Dewy know so much about everything? I take it that it's from Ardocks notes?
- How does Dewy implant a compac drive in his chest anyway?
- Why does Eureka wear her collar for like, ever, and never try to remove it?
- Why does Norb entrust Hollland with the fate of the planet anyway?
- Why does Eureka getting a little bit sad lead to her trying to merge with the scub, when surely worse things have happened?
- Why do Eureka, Renton and Anemone get psychically linked in the Zone? For what purpose? Why does it last a bit, and then go away? Don't tell me it's about trapars!
- If the scub can alter the laws of physics, why do they even need to make antibody coralians to fight? Surely they could do far more haxor things. If they can't control the appearance of coralians antibodies at the attack sites, why not?
- What's with the Sage council? They appear to do nothing and then get removed.
- Apparently with the infinite power of love Nirvash can turn into a god like people of power and energy. Why?
- Why did they play football anyway?
Like I've said, the answer to these questions don't really matter at all to the overall show.
This one is pretty much answered through the videogames that acts as a prequel. I actually wish they had just animated the story in the
videogame than what we got in AO. It fleshes out the military angle and them developing LFOs. The Gekkostate also sorta still are a spec ops team.
I even liked the characters other than Ruri and the main character who is pretty much a simp. Fucker needed a fedora. That said I did like a lot of moments in the game.
MetroidPrimeRib
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I guess this episode was better then the last ones. Which isn't hard.
This Heito guy is pretty hilarious. He's evil and he loves it, you gotta respect that.
I guess this episode was better then the last ones. Which isn't hard.
This Heito guy is pretty hilarious. He's evil and he loves it, you gotta respect that.
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Cool! If you're looking for more recommendations, just say the word. Plenty of people around here are always willing to point you in the right direction. In the mean time, the AOTY threads are a great reference for quality titles in a given year:
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2012
2011
Ahh, alright. I hope this is true few titles deserve the clarity of BD more.
Jex
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Hello!
I was going to link to some lists, but I see someone has already gotten ahead of me.
Soul Eater Not! 06
Liz and Patty, pre-Death the Kid days. Patty wasn't using her usual slightly manic, giraffe-obsessed high pitched tone - couple this with the character design, and she was almost a different person. The resolution was as low-key as everything else in this series (and that's not a bad thing, it's clearly meant to be that way), and in that regard, an enjoyable little half hour. GochiUsa is the better cafe show, but SEN is pretty decent. Good job to the translators for conveying the "delinquent speech" in a way that makes sense in English. Shame about the puns at the end. They could've found suitable bear/fish puns to work with. There's at least two that come to mind right now. A fish that seems fishy and an unbearable bear. That's what I'd do if I was writing the script.
Liz and Patty, pre-Death the Kid days. Patty wasn't using her usual slightly manic, giraffe-obsessed high pitched tone - couple this with the character design, and she was almost a different person. The resolution was as low-key as everything else in this series (and that's not a bad thing, it's clearly meant to be that way), and in that regard, an enjoyable little half hour. GochiUsa is the better cafe show, but SEN is pretty decent. Good job to the translators for conveying the "delinquent speech" in a way that makes sense in English. Shame about the puns at the end. They could've found suitable bear/fish puns to work with. There's at least two that come to mind right now. A fish that seems fishy and an unbearable bear. That's what I'd do if I was writing the script.
On flight so can't answer anything but the football stuff is a reference to older mech shows. There was something similar in Shin Mazinger too. Apparently playing a sport was supposed to help teamwork or some other shit.
Psycho_Mantis
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Jex
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Here's a real head scartcher. Most anime OP's end on a single image that lingers for a couple of additional beats. This image tends to be a pretty cool image of some kind which usually looks to encapsulate the series. It's often a high quality still e.g. the end of Eureka Seven's first OP:
So why in god's name does OP3 end with this:
It's truly an abomination. It looks like some Korean :wonzo filler art, not something you'd use as a header image for your series. If it was just a temporary rush job with terrible faces, why didn't they fix it later. WTF, BONES?
So why in god's name does OP3 end with this:
It's truly an abomination. It looks like some Korean :wonzo filler art, not something you'd use as a header image for your series. If it was just a temporary rush job with terrible faces, why didn't they fix it later. WTF, BONES?
MetroidPrimeRib
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Soon...
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MikeHattsu
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So why in god's name does OP3 end with this:
It's truly an abomination. It looks like some Korean :wonzo filler art, not something you'd use as a header image for your series. If it was just a temporary rush job with terrible faces, why didn't they fix it later. WTF, BONES?
Haha. Holy crap.
Psycho_Mantis
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Eureka OP1 is godly.
Admiral Woofington
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Does a kawaii bear shit in the moe woods?
Only one way to know for sure!
One of the disadvantages of having a 50 episode run count.
R_thanatos
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She is good no matter what she wearsThe Idolmaster 19
That it does. Oh, and she looks good in a kimono as well.
961 Production is up to no good again and the next episode seem to be the sad one I've waited for.
#TeamTakane
Oh i'm hyped , gonna get out of work Sooner to watch this at home.
Dedication Through Light
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Ao is an example of a sequel that improves upon its predecessor. Its better than Eureka Seven. The writing solves many of the mistakes that plagued Eureka Seven in the area of not having annoying characters polluting the tone of the eureka seven ao ecosystem, no occupy kids around, and much more focused fast paced story. The music is also really great with a hemenway song to open things up and an ost with some memorable musics..
Juvia is super adorable!
I agree with your assessment of SAO. the first half was bearable. not very good but I was watching it. It neglected my favorite characters terribly but I stayed with it until the part everyone knows. Very rarely has a show fucked up so badly that I drop it right in the middle when I was initially interested. This part legit disgusted me completely. Some other animes have done the same thing and I dontl ike it any more there. for SAO it was the last straw and I just dumped the show.
Me too
I can discuss for quite a while how cute Kate is and how much Takane looks like a grown up Kate!
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Joe Molotov
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Just wait for the mid-season twist where Blue is revealed to be a girl.
Seems like I need to watch this show for sure now and post my impressions. Also I really forgot everything about eureka, so there won't be no biased judgement.
Happiness Charge Precure 15
Umm...this was really, really dumb. I was hoping her mother would wake up and just smack the shit out of them for being so stupid and reckless as to risk going into an area where their powers were severely weakened just to give her cakes for Mother's Day. Like, they aren't just risking their own lives, they're risking the whole kingdom as well as everybody in Pikarigaoka, and frankly, Earth by doing this. And Blue actually let them do it. Now I think I get how everything turned to shit under your watch, Blue.
And hopefully Queen Mirage cans these lame-ass villains for all being present and having the Precure cornered in an area where their powers were nearly useless, and still being unable to finish them off. They probably would have done it too had they actually lifted a finger themselves.
Umm...this was really, really dumb. I was hoping her mother would wake up and just smack the shit out of them for being so stupid and reckless as to risk going into an area where their powers were severely weakened just to give her cakes for Mother's Day. Like, they aren't just risking their own lives, they're risking the whole kingdom as well as everybody in Pikarigaoka, and frankly, Earth by doing this. And Blue actually let them do it. Now I think I get how everything turned to shit under your watch, Blue.
And hopefully Queen Mirage cans these lame-ass villains for all being present and having the Precure cornered in an area where their powers were nearly useless, and still being unable to finish them off. They probably would have done it too had they actually lifted a finger themselves.
Joe Molotov
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Blue, being a mother herself, let her emotions cloud her judgement.
firehawk12
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On the off chance that any of you have an animesuki account, they got hacked.
Jex
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rip duckroll
Crash Station
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I thought that was what Charmin commercials were about.
Deputy Dangle
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Perhaps not as many as in Puchimas, but they're still present!
it did. One of the best last season.
like some said I didnt want it to end!
Takane looks great wearing anything or nothing.
A Huge Battleship
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Yep, Takane looks great in everything
and nothing
Edit: cajuuuuun
The Wind Rises isn't biographical.
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I'll assume you didn't post your great "Lesser known Anime from the 2000's" thread because photobucket made it ugly. Upgrade to plus for additional bandwidth Jex.
Better not use the B-word when talking about The Wind Rises around here.
Oh, what? Too dry.
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