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KLK had nice style but the animation was stiff and terrible. Much of the background work had about as much animation as Inferno Cop, which isn't necessarily a bad thing and can add a lot of charm to normally static backgrounds but when the "big" fights near the end were basically the same couple frames being repeated and still images being moved across a frame to simulate a sword fight, it just looks cheap. If you compare that to TTGL's animation and vibrant style it doesn't look great. Of course, that's not really fair. Trigger is a new studio so they're not going to have the budget for a well animated 2-cour show. But after seeing what the could do animation-wise with LWA, it's hard not to be disappointed with what they did with KLK.
I'd love for Trigger to have a David Productions style increase in budget and quality for their next big thing. Though if this whole LN thing works out for them maybe they'll just stick with that like everyone else...
How much is a good amount?
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
*wants to pet all the kemonomimis
I realize they can't have everything look like LWA when LWA was just 26 minutes long and KLK was 9+ hours. However, I never got the feeling it looked cheep. Using fewer frames to animate something doesn't automatically equal poor animation imo if the shots are composed well. Lots of stuff can be poor with more animation like this:
Look at all those frames of terrible motion and off-model characters. The only moment in KLK that looked cheap to me was when Satsuki walked up the building. That was bad. It was pretty much the only time.
TTGL wasn't cheap at all, IIRC someone here said that eps 15 have crazy amount of frame count or something like that, I doubt KLK ever pull something like that.
Sushio's keyframes saved a lot of that show. I agree with people saying there is a distinct lack of animation in KLK, but it works around its limitations better than most studios.
I'm not big on blu rays, but figures and art/production books...... hoo boy.
TTGL had moments of cheap animation but they were generally pretty appropriate comedic moments or whatevver. When they had action scenes they poured money into them. KLK, even the finale of that was just "FLOAT IN SPACE SPARK SPARK SPARK SWING SWORDS"
Akuma no Riddle 9
A giant fuck-off hammer that smashes through anything and everything is not really what I'd call an assassination tool. Isn't assassination supposed to be, you know, subtle? Not to mention precise and deadly (when you're hitting everything except your intended target, I'm pretty sure you're doing something wrong). Despite these blatant flaws, it does make for some pretty cool scenes, though =p
Good episode.
A giant fuck-off hammer that smashes through anything and everything is not really what I'd call an assassination tool. Isn't assassination supposed to be, you know, subtle? Not to mention precise and deadly (when you're hitting everything except your intended target, I'm pretty sure you're doing something wrong). Despite these blatant flaws, it does make for some pretty cool scenes, though =p
Good episode.
MikeHattsu
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Well... Aniplex import prices is the standard I guess.
There's figures everywhere in Akihabara. I went to an electronics shop to buy an USB stick and even they had a small shelf with a couple of figures on it.
Anecdotal and not really on topic but I heard the studio allocated a large percent of its budget (something nearing 30%) to TTGL's finale and by golly, it shows. re-watched the last episode via blu ray on my friend's huge screen television a couple months ago and it was a fuckin experience.
Sounds like heaven to me. Do prices depreciate for figures at all? Thinking about older ones that aren't incredibly rare.
edit: also curious about the second-hand market for figures in Japan as well, if anyone knows.
That fight is far more glorious in the 2nd movie though
Goddamn, Gainax truly going all in for the series.
MikeHattsu
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Better to ask that here:
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=823897
But, yeah. You can get lots of figures for less than RRP. As with anything it depends on how popular it is.
Dang, somehow I forgot this thread existed. Joining!
edit: I have a feeling the figures thread is going to make me spend a lot more money than I otherwise would.
Dedication Through Light
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Future Card Buddyfight Episode 22 (engDub)
Great Spell Saturday Night Devil Fever led to one of the funniest Asmodai and TatsuYO moments. His dancing posing and etc is just amazing.
I dont think the anime is ending anytime soon with the plot introduced here
Great Spell Saturday Night Devil Fever led to one of the funniest Asmodai and TatsuYO moments. His dancing posing and etc is just amazing.
I dont think the anime is ending anytime soon with the plot introduced here
Drum leaving for his training bit and Tatsuku Ryuuenji still barred from buddyfight, as well as the Disaster Force plot
Why am I wasting my time actually reading through the whole thread...
Once they're finished with Nanoha 3rd, I suppose.
Yeah, if she hadn't come back it would have been a really depressing ending, so I can understand why they did it that way, but that entire farewell sequence was definitely executed nearly flawlessly.
MikeHattsu
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NSFWallet
I might read the manga, see if it diverged or not
R_thanatos
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Not sure where the subtle comes from ?
For example , the zoldick familly in hxh , a familly of assasin ranged from all rounders, subtle assasins , crazy manicas , torturers to the big fat guy that killed using explosives.
Subtle was the least of their problem. what matter is that your target is dead, be it with a hammer , a bomb ,a nail , a piece of paper , a heart removed , or even a kamehameha.
It's a matter of style , but you can , you know , just choose to be effective.
It's easy to scrape up dreck from the bottom of the barrel to find a comparison that favors Kill la Kill, but Trigger's TV debut doesn't really stack up well against the more technically accomplished shows that ran in and around the same time period as Kill la Kill.
KLK has some truly awful fight choreography. BONES they ain't. (soul eater not doesnt count!)
I can see people complaining about the pacing and dumbness of the lead up to the finale but the actual last episode itself? smh
R_thanatos
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Gochuumon wa usagi desu ka ? - 08
Second part was quite great too.
The movie dialog doesn't make sense even if it's probably what happenned IRL.
How the heck can they justify this setting ?
Each girl reaction to the movie was excellent .
But how the heck does a rabbit carry an umbrella ?
Excellent Onsen episode . My yuri sense was tingling and it felt good.
Coffee power !!!
Second part was quite great too.
The movie dialog doesn't make sense even if it's probably what happenned IRL.
How the heck can they justify this setting ?
Each girl reaction to the movie was excellent .
The whole package was pretty good.
Breaking the boundaries of what is possible and what isn't.
But how the heck does a rabbit carry an umbrella ?
Date A Live II 8
There's no turning back now, Miku. No matter how you try to pretend otherwise, anyone can see
The scene with
was super sweet. Now, it's time to rescue that captive spirit!
There's no turning back now, Miku. No matter how you try to pretend otherwise, anyone can see
your dere switch has been flipped. It's no longer a question of if you'll decide to go to Shidou's aid, but of when.
The scene with
Shidou's friends affirming their faith in him even while brainwashed into loyalty to Miku
http://www.fandompost.com/oldforums/showthread.php?26295#post246995
Hopefully this bodes well for the R1 release.Facebook said:
Stardust Crusaders and Mushishi answer the call and say yes.
Hellsing321
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Nanana 8
Leave it to Sugita to come in and become best guy in the span of an episode. Now I just want to see him wreck all these fools.
Leave it to Sugita to come in and become best guy in the span of an episode. Now I just want to see him wreck all these fools.
R_thanatos
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DATE A KURUMI S2 - 08
As if there was a need for a confirmation , we get it anyway !
Kurumi BEST ALLY , BEST GIRL , BEST GODESS
Ahem.
Kurumi Da Best.
Mana , you need some serious character develloppement to have if you want to rise in my rankings , JUST LOOK AT Origami she is doing exactly that , a superb rise in my ranking by dooing crazy things that make me cheer for her. The switch of loyalty from AST to Shido at the end of S1 is now more obvious than ever !
Rest of the episode was cool , with more kurumi than needed. But i sure aren't complaining about this..
As if there was a need for a confirmation , we get it anyway !
Kurumi BEST ALLY , BEST GIRL , BEST GODESS
^^^ALLLL OF MY YES^^^^
Yes!!! Yes !!!!
YYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS
Ahem.
Kurumi Da Best.
Mana , you need some serious character develloppement to have if you want to rise in my rankings , JUST LOOK AT Origami she is doing exactly that , a superb rise in my ranking by dooing crazy things that make me cheer for her. The switch of loyalty from AST to Shido at the end of S1 is now more obvious than ever !
Rest of the episode was cool , with more kurumi than needed. But i sure aren't complaining about this..
Haven't really watched anything in two weeks and this is the only one I miss. :lol
Those are the three shows I'm 'watching from this season, so I can't say I disagree that heavily. But even in that field, I feel like Ping Pong stands out.
Stardust Crusaders is a fine and worthy adaptation of a fun action-adventure, but (and I don't mean this to sound dismissive) that's all it is. Ping Pong's take on sports tropes is really different from anything else I've seen in the genre, and it's done incredibly well. I value shows that deliver something unusual, and Ping Pong is delivering that in a way that Jojo can't.
Mushishi is also excellent, but I'm bitter that they've delayed things twice in three weeks.
It's hard to say what I'm enjoying the most out of JoJo, Ping Pong and Mushishi this season. Not Mushishi because those delays are so painful. As a fan of JoJo I love how faithful it is and seeing it finally getting the adaptation it deserves is wonderful. And Ping Pong is just so fresh and amazing, even with the production problems it has it is still so captivating. Might be a tie for me between the two, can't really compare them anyway. Hopefully Mushishi can deal with these delays so I can enjoy it again.
firehawk12
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Atelier by Shaft:
Amazing!
Amazing!
No, it's not a remake of Gundam. It's a 4 episode theatrical project (like Unicorn and Akito, so basically OVAs) covering a specific segment of the Gundam Origin manga - the origin of Char and Sayla from the point they were children until they grow up and the One Year War begins.
It's a pretty significant project for Sunrise, but it's only the first step. How they plan on eventually animating the rest of Gundam Origin (which is a remake and expansion of the original series in manga form) is not known. They might do it in more parts like this, maybe they could make a TV series, or they could do actual films, no one knows. If this is not successful maybe they won't even do the rest at all.
hosannainexcelsis
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Better to delay than to put out a subpar product.
I am, but haven't played online yet.
Actually lost track of time playing, and ran out of battery on my GamePad for the first time ever.
Captain Earth and Haikyuu are at the top of the list right now, with Gochiusa just below them and everything else kind of milling around together below that.
Except Mushishi, which is also great but I took it out of the rankings due to its purely episodic nature, and Mekaku, which is still too goddamn confusing to properly give it a place.
Except Mushishi, which is also great but I took it out of the rankings due to its purely episodic nature, and Mekaku, which is still too goddamn confusing to properly give it a place.
Fairy Tail 184
Right to the end, Sabertooth is playing dirty. And this universe already has parallel dimensions and a time freeze, but now
The battle with Kagura never really got started - another one of those in-between episodes - but it certainly set up things. I'm glad that the action is taking place majorly above ground now.
Right to the end, Sabertooth is playing dirty. And this universe already has parallel dimensions and a time freeze, but now
a time traveling Lucy from a bad future is entering into things?
Crash Station
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Atelier by Shaft:
Amazing!
I don't know why, but that smile reminds me of this from Gintama. Like she got stuck in that position or something and that smile masks the pain she's in.
KirbYuuYuu
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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders 9
Do you understaaannnnd?
A somewhat bizarre episode, that will be made tame in comparison as we dig deeper into Jojo.
Do you understaaannnnd?
A somewhat bizarre episode, that will be made tame in comparison as we dig deeper into Jojo.
MetroidPrimeRib
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We need to go bizarrer
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