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[Instro]

Saint Seiya Omega 2-3

2 was a bit dull, and its setup of "I'm going to take a random journey and randomly bump into people just because" laughable, but 3 was enjoyable. The more developed setting for characters to play off each other helped. Yuna is an interesting character, and I liked how the show handled the issue of her mask.

Besides all the Umakoshi, this show has some really nice detailed art:



Not quite Kenji Matsumoto level though. I hope that guy does something again in the near future.

Yeah they've been throwing in some impressive background pieces here and there during the show. That 2nd shot is one I especially liked.

 

[wonzo]

I saw nothing of the sort in my scrub through.

No, but the girls get magically stuck together because of a wish to a rock. There's some yuri goggle material in episode 2.

what a missed opportunity

 

[duckroll]

Yeah they've been throwing in some impressive background pieces here and there during the show. That 2nd shot is one I especially liked.

It's also the same scene I posted in the official thread!

 

[wonzo]

Just look at him work that bread peel:

he truly is the makoto of our generation

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

It's also the same scene I posted in the official thread!

With an ugly clock! Who wants that?

 

[Regulus Tera]

It's also the same scene I posted in the official thread!

I've stopped going to the anime threads in OT. That place feels cold and damp.

 

[duckroll]

With an ugly clock! Who wants that?

It's true. That thing is truly hideous.

 

[wonzo]

I've stopped going to the anime threads in OT. That place feels cold and damp.

it's this kinda reasoning that the tsuritama thread's pretty much dead ;_;

 

[Instro]

With an ugly clock! Who wants that?

I'm pretty sure that was a cleverly disguised visual metaphor.

 

[flawfuls]

it's this kinda reasoning that the tsuritama thread's pretty much dead ;_;

There was a Tsuritama thread!?

 

[Basileus777]

it's this kinda reasoning that the tsuritama thread's pretty much dead ;_;

Why go there when half the content is cross posts?

There was a Tsuritama thread!?

Here.

 

[wonzo]

It's true. That thing is truly hideous.

it can't be any worse than this clock in mirai nikki!

There was a Tsuritama thread!?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=470109

Why go there when half the content is cross posts?

to let people know that an excellent series like tsuritama exists?

 

[wonzo]

sorry for the dp.

 

[cajunator]

Is that corn soup? I FUCKING LOVE CORN SOUP. Especially with LOTS of pepper. OMG.

Corn and crab bisque with two whole sticks of butter in it. BEST.

 

[Femmeworth]

it can't be any worse than this clock in mirai nikki!

Derpy clock.

 

[Jarmel]

Sankarea 3-

DEEN you need to permanently hire this man and have him direct all your shows.

It's probably better to keep expectations tempered with how people have said the manga plays out.

This is much better than the manga so it might turn out good.

It's not really "super bad" so much as just extremely disappointing coming from the director of Sword of the Stranger.

Canaan did have good action sequences. The problem was the absolute shit dialogue and narrative.

 

[wonzo]

Derpy clock.

It sums up the overall attention given to consistency in the production of Mirai Niikki, a trainwreck of a story combined with terrible production values apart from the second last episode. It was an incredibly enjoyable series for connoisseurs of off model animation such as myself!

 

[Regulus Tera]

it's this kinda reasoning that the tsuritama thread's pretty much dead ;_;

But I don't like Tsuritama.

 

[dimb]

Sankarea 3-

DEEN you need to permanently hire this man and have him direct all your shows.

But imagine what he could do surrounded by a competent staff.

 

[Jarmel]

But imagine what he could do surrounded by a competent staff.

He's apparently doing just fine where he is. Also it seems most of the staff is competent anyway as they're not part of DEEN normally. I do have a feeling if he keeps this quality up throughout the show then he might get some offers from other studios anyway.

 

[Jex]

Good thing they're using protection. You don't want to get that bread into something dirty.

There's a disgusting amount of bread talk going on in this thread. Y'all sick.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

He's apparently doing just fine where he is. Also it seems most of the staff is competent anyway as they're not part of DEEN normally. I do have a feeling if he keeps this quality up throughout the show then he might get some offers from other studios anyway.

Well, the episode directors of 2 and 3, several of the animation directors, and a couple other staff are DEEN people. Omata could definitely do better.

 

[Jex]

Saint Seiya Omega 2-3

Besides all the Umakoshi, this show has some really nice detailed art:

Not quite Kenji Matsumoto level though. I hope that guy does something again in the near future.

Fans of background art are certainly being spoiled this season! Then again, so are fans of good anime in general.

 

[Branduil]

There's a disgusting amount of bread talk going on in this thread. Y'all sick.

There's nothing disgusting about a necessary and natural part of life.

 

[Crash Station]

Hayate no Gotoku 49

No! Don't awaken to the world of 3D pigs, Nagi!

Oh, and another TTGL reference.

 

[Hitokage]

There's nothing disgusting about a necessary and natural part of life.

When they were in need, Jesus fed his people loaves and fishes.

 

[Steroyd]

So what happened?! I really don't want to watch this thing.

Spoiler

Kakeru hit his head and went into Suguru mode, then after dribbling through the whole team he snaps out of it and doesn't remember anything, the team comes back from 2-0 down with Kakeru doing some mythical faint that made the ball disappear and scores the winner, insert a heartfelt speech on how losing a match isn't the end of world etc etc.

And the next episode looks to be jumping more into the heart business of how he's retained the previous owners memories and crap, how deep does this rabbit hole go!!

 

[Regulus Tera]

Spoiler

Kakeru hit his head and went into Suguru mode, then after dribbling through the whole team he snaps out of it and doesn't remember anything, the team comes back from 2-0 down with Kakeru doing some mythical faint that made the ball disappear and scores the winner, insert a heartfelt speech on how losing a match isn't the end of world etc etc.

And the next episode looks to be jumping more into the heart business of how he's retained the previous owners memories and crap, how deep does this rabbit hole go!!

Inferior football animu is inferior.

 

[billy beane]

So I'm looking at Yu Yu Hakusho on Amazon, and I was just wondering is it worth spending the extra money on the Blu Rays? Unless it is vastly better, I might just go for the DVD sets.

 

[Koroviev]

So I'm looking at Yu Yu Hakusho on Amazon, and I was just wondering is it worth spending the extra money on the Blu Rays? Unless it is vastly better, I might just go for the DVD sets.

It depends on if you want HD-quality or not.

 

[cajunator]

A lot of anime blurays arent worth the extra cost unless they are legitimately enhanced. Many of them are just upscales and dont look appreciably better.

 

[Risette]

So I'm looking at Yu Yu Hakusho on Amazon, and I was just wondering is it worth spending the extra money on the Blu Rays? Unless it is vastly better, I might just go for the DVD sets.

Yes

It's better + lossless audio

 

[Narag]

So I'm looking at Yu Yu Hakusho on Amazon, and I was just wondering is it worth spending the extra money on the Blu Rays? Unless it is vastly better, I might just go for the DVD sets.

BR all the way. Show is gorgeous.

 

[wonzo]

Spoiler

Kakeru hit his head and went into Suguru mode, then after dribbling through the whole team he snaps out of it and doesn't remember anything, the team comes back from 2-0 down with Kakeru doing some mythical faint that made the ball disappear and scores the winner, insert a heartfelt speech on how losing a match isn't the end of world etc etc.

And the next episode looks to be jumping more into the heart business of how he's retained the previous owners memories and crap, how deep does this rabbit hole go!!

I'm glad I dropped this at episode 5.

So I'm looking at Yu Yu Hakusho on Amazon, and I was just wondering is it worth spending the extra money on the Blu Rays? Unless it is vastly better, I might just go for the DVD sets.

The BD's look fantastic from what little I've seen. Definitely worth it for the remastered Dub alone.

 

[Risette]

The BD's look fantastic from what little I've seen. Definitely worth it for the remastered Dub alone.

But you should be listening to the subbed Japanese audio!

 

[PdotMichael]

All thes bread pictures make me "hungry"

So I'm looking at Yu Yu Hakusho on Amazon, and I was just wondering is it worth spending the extra money on the Blu Rays? Unless it is vastly better, I might just go for the DVD sets.

The price of the Blu-ray version looks okay, so I would buy it.

+ better video and audio quality

 

[Koroviev]

A lot of anime blurays arent worth the extra cost unless they are legitimately enhanced. Many of them are just upscales and dont look appreciably better.

This is true, unfortunately.

 

[wonzo]

But you should be listening to the subbed Japanese audio!

but the dub for yyh is great. i'll give it a rewatch with subs in the future though!

 

[Jex]

But you should be listening to the subbed Japanese audio!

But then you have to read words, which is bad because it distracts you from the visuals!

 

[Risette]

A good upscale is still worth buying over the DVDs because MPEG2 is kinda lame, especially when it's capped to 10Mbps.

but the dub for yyh is great. i'll give it a rewatch with subs in the future though!

Dub Kurama sounds like a dork, which is a shame. Japanese Kurama is fabulous.

 

[Jex]

I'm just going to preemptively explain that I'm not the one who reported our latest SOS celebrity.

That's a suspicious thing for an innocent person to say.

 

[billy beane]

Alright cool. I wasn't sure if they actually did a good job with the releases, as I've heard of a lot of butchered releases for anime stuff, but it sounds like they actually made good releases.

Also, is there any chance Cowboy Bebop is going to get a Blu Ray release anytime? I don't want to buy the DVDs, and then a better release come out later.

 

[Risette]

Also, is there any chance Cowboy Bebop is going to get a Blu Ray release anytime? I don't want to buy the DVDs, and then a better release come out later.

Yes, HD masters already exist, they just haven't released them yet. They downscaled them for the recent DVD release in Japan.

 

[Theonik]

Why would butter or spread be put in a cup, with bits of parsley in it?

I've seen that done in a number of restaurants, also with garlic. My first thought was that it was butter tbh. It looks too viscous to be soup.

 

[wonzo]

Fistbump to DTL for bumping the tsuritama thread.

A lot of anime blurays arent worth the extra cost unless they are legitimately enhanced. Many of them are just upscales and dont look appreciably better.

It depends on how old the series is and just how good the upscale is. Compare the R1 DVD's to the BD boxset release of Baccano! which were much better than what the North American audience got before.

 

[Jintor]

Cannot. Wait.

 

[Jex]

Are you calling out duckroll?

duckrwoll would never stoop to such a low act. I am shocked that you'd even consider such a thing.

 

[billy beane]

Yes, HD masters already exist, they just haven't released them yet. They downscaled them for the recent DVD release in Japan.

Alright, I'll hold off then.

It's kinda nice how cheap anime is compared to when I used to watch it. I remember when Dragon Ball Z DVDs were like $25 each, and had like 3 episodes. Now you can get whole series of a lot of the shows I used to watch for a fraction of what it would've cost ten years ago.

 

[duckroll]

I've seen that done in a number of restaurants, also with garlic. My first thought was that it was butter tbh. It looks too viscous to be soup.

But it looks like corn soup goddamnit!

 

[Jex]

It's just weird voyeurism. Even if you're here to laugh at the people who post in here in order to affirm your own sense of superiority... that's still some special kind of sad. If anything, that's almost something to be pitied.

Man, firehawk12 isn't very :firehawk today!