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[Jex]

France apparently respects anime more than anyone else: Mamoru Hosoda's 'Wolf Children, Ame and Yuki' anime film gets nationwide distribution in France

 

[madp]

Nah; Brown has the

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dog/wolf girl

as love interst and Black has the shota wolf. Only the main character has feelings for Cheza.

I was just trying to counter an illogical statement with another illogical statement!

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I would watch Wolf's Rain reimagined as a reverse harem

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

France apparently respects anime more than anyone else: Mamoru Hosoda's 'Wolf Children, Ame and Yuki' anime film gets nationwide distribution in France

France is the cultural high-standard of Europe, apparently. I'm not surprised: they have a lot of class.

 

[duckroll]

My most anticipated/feared news by far.

It's funny how the only good reason to look forward to Gundam AGE this week is for possible news on Magi! Lol!

 

[Dedication Through Light]

It's funny how the only good reason to look forward to Gundam AGE this week is for possible news on Magi! Lol!

Poor Kio Asano

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Sunrise better be feeling good about Horizon, because AGE wasn't ready for Anime-Age.

 

[Jex]

The only problem with finishing Gintama is having no idea what to watch next. It filled up a timeslot in my schedule for so many months!

 

[duckroll]

Fujiko #12:
Script - Mari Okada
Episode Directors - Nana Harada, Akitoshi Yokoyama
Storyboard - Akitoshi Yokoyama, Sayo Yamamoto
Animation Directors - Hong Shen, Yukiyo Komito, Shinichiro Minami, Haruo Sotozaki

A bunch of people worked on the key animation for this episode, including Masaaki Yuasa and Hiroyuki Imaishi!

 

[firehawk12]

The only problem with finishing Gintama is having no idea what to watch next. It filled up a timeslot in my schedule for so many months!

One Piece, obviously.

 

[Jex]

Fujiko #12:
Script - Mari Okada
Episode Directors - Nana Harada, Akitoshi Yokoyama
Storyboard - Akitoshi Yokoyama, Sayo Yamamoto
Animation Directors - Hong Shen, Yukiyo Komito, Shinichiro Minami, Haruo Sotozaki

A bunch of people worked on the key animation for this episode, including Masaaki Yuasa and Hiroyuki Imaishi!

And yet I still wont be watching it for some reason.

So how long would you tell someone to give before dropping it if they aren't enjoying it?

I dunno, 4 or 5 episodes perhaps? The budget improves as things go along but the Gintama's style of humour is present from the beginning.

 

[duckroll]

And yet I still wont be watching it for some reason.

I've come too far to stop. But I'm going in with the lowest expectations of all time, staff be damned.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Nice avatar, Jex. And, since I'm the only regular Anime-GAF member who seems to like the show, I'll watch this.

That staff. Yummy.

 

[Narag]

I've come too far to stop. But I'm going in with the lowest expectations of all time, staff be damned.

Maybe all the budget was saved for the last two eps! Maybe this should have been a stylized tv special too if so.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

If it was a TV special, then there wouldn't been so much of a ruckus getting the thing made. I'm willing to believe that TMS has been working on the next TV special this whole time, which makes sense.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Jigen Jexhius is the best Jexhius.

Though "that one red-head guy" will be partially missed, I guess.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Plenty of Lupin talk up in this bitch. He's just getting into the right mood and stuff.

 

[Jex]

Sounds good.

The hype for Magi has reached a fever-pitch.

 

[/XX/]

France apparently respects anime more than anyone else: Mamoru Hosoda's 'Wolf Children, Ame and Yuki' anime film gets nationwide distribution in France

Yeah, they do. By the way, the distributors are Eurozoom and Kazé (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=37304279&postcount=4209), so this later one probably will be ready very quickly after that for the digital disc release as well.

 

[Jex]

Well it's at least more memorable than the ending to Summer Wars.

It's more memorable than all of Summer Wars.

 

[Narag]

Jigen Jexhius is the best Jexhius.

Though "that one red-head guy" will be partially missed, I guess.

Sometimes I'd see his posts with the jigen av even when he wasn't using it. That's how ingrained it is for me

 

[Jex]

The results of the latest SaiMecha poll is in and shockingly we have a tie. In fact, we have two ties:


Turn A Gundam vs Black Getter (66.67% vs 33.33%)

TIE: Gouf Custom vs GP-03 Dendrobium (50% vs 50%) Sudden death results below.

Gunbuster vs Gao Gai Gar (58.59% vs 41.41%)

Escaflowne vs Kshatriya (43.93% vs 56.07%)


The tie between the Gouf and the GP-03 was resolved in a neutral fashion leaving the Gouf as the winner. A good result for good mecha!

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BONUS ROUND: Would’ve been better with mecha…

THREE WAY TIE! FUND THEM ALL!

K-ON: K-00n Gitah Memories (25.51%) Kimi ni Todoke: Kisama ni Todoke (6.12%) vs Prince of Tennis: Aim for the Ball! PuriTeni! (25.51%) vs Hidamari Sketch: Super Dimensional Fortress Hidamarisou (17.35%) vs Maria-sama ga Miteru: Mecha-sama Watches Over Us (25.51%)

 

[Crash Station]

Since we're talking shounen, who's the best shounen MC ever?

Oh man, that's a tough one. My first instinct is to say Joseph Joestar, but I'd have to think about it. Then there are classics like Yusuke who started a trend of non-idealist delinquents being the protags. I also like Oga, who was basically Yusuke taken to the extreme.

Other choices include:

Staz
Adam
Kucabara
Mio
Recca
Ginji
Narumi
Akira Kongou
Kurohime

 

[Dresden]

K-ON: K-00n Gitah Memories

K-00n?

Really?

/calls ACLU

 

[Crash Station]

The only problem with finishing Gintama is having no idea what to watch next. It filled up a timeslot in my schedule for so many months!

How about another long running show like Yu Yu Hakusho.

 

[Jex]

K-ON: K-00n Gitah Memories

K-00n?

Really?

Hey man, go and take it up with ExecutiveOtaku and ghostlightning!

 

[Dresden]

Hey man, go and take it up with ExecutiveOtaku and ghostlightning!

They'll be hearing from my lawyers.

 

[Ultimadrago]

K-ON: K-00n Gitah Memories

K-00n?

Really?

/calls ACLU

Nothing but trouble comes from dealing with Nazareth (K-On!).

 

[Reknoc]

JoJo.

Which one?

Of course the correct answer is

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all of them

 

[Jex]

Just look at how awesome this poster is:

All you need to do is post some of the music as well and you're set.

 

[trejo]

Kirino Jexhius is the best Jexhius.

Though "that one red-head guy" will be partially missed, I guess.

FTFY.

 

[madp]

One Piece, obviously.

I don't think that I could handle Jex savaging One Piece. Just let it remain forever a mystery to him, we all benefit in the long run.

Oh man, that's a tough one. My first instinct is to say Joseph Joestar, but I'd have to think about it. Then there are classics like Yusuke who started a trend of non-idealist delinquents being the protags. I also like Oga, who was basically Yusuke taken to the extreme.

Other choices include:

Staz
Adam
Kucabara
Mio
Recca
Ginji
Narumi
Akira Kongou
Kurohime

A meaner person would quote that entire list of characters and say "yeah, that one's the best shounen protagonist for sure!", but I am not that person.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Jijex is the best
Better than the rest
Put him to the test
Lest he go and jest

Poem writing sucks.

 

[Ultimadrago]

FTFY.

Hold your tongue!
All discussion of the hideous beast is forbidden to those residing under the eighth dimension.

 

[Jex]

Your "endorsement" of Iron Man broke my sarcasm detector.

Wolf's Rain can really be either. If some was inclined to see it as European literature it does feel like a fairy tale. If they're inclined to see it as animu, there are a bunch of furries and a chick with purple/pink hair.

Which raises the question: what is anime, I mean, really?

Is Wolf's Rain that bad? I've had friends recommend it to me so it's been on my to-watch list forever.

Who has said it's bad? Point them out to me!

My opinion is that it's a series with a lot of strong points that unfortunately lurches ever further off the deep end as it goes on and

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culminates in one of the most unsatisfying endings in any anime

. I wouldn't outright recommend not watching it, but at least know what you're in for..

I think Wolf's Rain has one of the best endings in any anime. Can you explain your problems with it?

 

[Crash Station]

A meaner person would quote that entire list of characters and say "yeah, that one's the best shounen protagonist for sure!", but I am not that person.

You don't even know who half those people are!

 

[SDBurton]

I've come too far to stop.

Exactly.

 

[survivor]

Oh man, that's a tough one. My first instinct is to say Joseph Joestar, but I'd have to think about it. Then there are classics like Yusuke who started a trend of non-idealist delinquents being the protags. I also like Oga, who was basically Yusuke taken to the extreme.

Other choices include:

Staz
Adam
Kucabara
Mio
Recca
Ginji
Narumi
Akira Kongou
Kurohime

I only know one person from that list. My shounen level is far too low

 

[madp]

I think Wolf's Rain has one of the best endings in any anime. Can you explain your problems with it?

Not a bad ending, simply unsatisfying.

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The characters didn't deserve their fates

.

In honesty, though, I might not actually know what I'm talking about as I haven't watched Wolf's Rain in seven or eight years and, well, the way that I evaluate anime has changed drastically since then. I try not to automatically consider any opinions invalid that I formed before I started taking anime seriously, but I don't discount the strong possibility that I just couldn't look past the fact that

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it was a really downer ending

back then.

A rewatch is probably in order for me at some point over the summer.

You don't even know who half those people are!

I don't know who any of them are!

 

[Ultimadrago]

I only know one person from that list. My shounen level is far too low

Become cosmic's apprentice!

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or DTL's, but your lifespan will surely shed for such power.

 

[Crash Station]

I only know one person from that list. My shounen level is far too low

I don't know who any of them are!

Staz - Blood Lad
Adam - Choujin Gakuen (my avatar)
Kucabara - Defense Devil
Mio - Esprit
Recca - Flame of Recca
Ginja - Getbackers
Narumi - Karakuri Circus
Akira Kongou - Kongou Banchou
Kurohime - Kurohime

 

[Lain]

Yeah, they do. By the way, the distributors are Eurozoom and KAZÉ (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=37304279&postcount=4209), so this later one probably will be ready very quickly after that for the digital disc release as well.

With Kaze having it, I'm guessing they'll probably publish it for Italy too, considering they have done the same for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars, as well as other stuff.

 

[dakkumauji]

Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu 20

It's an athletic festival! And then a cultural festival!
So, coming off from Endless Eight feels weird. It's pretty much back to the cast doing school related things so besides random remarks from Kyon, this episode was pretty uneventful.

 

[3Kaze]

France apparently respects anime more than anyone else: Mamoru Hosoda's 'Wolf Children, Ame and Yuki' anime film gets nationwide distribution in France

I'm going to watch this next monday.

 

[duckroll]

I'm going to watch this next monday.

....



;_;

(post impressions thx)

 

[trejo]

Also post a pic of you in a fursuit, so we know you're legit.

 

[Femmeworth]

Jigen Jexhius is the best Jexhius.

Though "that one red-head guy" will be partially missed, I guess.

Indeed. It's good to see his old avatar back.

 

[1stStrike]

It's more memorable than all of Summer Wars.

B-But I liked Summer Wars. I watched it twice! D:

Then again, my liking of The Cat Returns over Whisper of the Heart seemed to send duckroll into a fit of nerd rage, so maybe there's something wrong with my tastes in anime.

 

[Hitokage]

Also post a pic of you in a fursuit, so we know you're legit.

You didn't think this through.

 

[darkside31337]

Also post a pic of you in a fursuit, so we know you're legit.

I'd imagine they don't allow people into the theater without a fursuit.

 

[Femmeworth]

I think Wolf's Rain has one of the best endings in any anime. Can you explain your problems with it?

It sucks because

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at the end it shows all of the wolves except Blue. >:|

At least that's how I felt when I watched it air way back when on Adult Swim.