Kind of like how cats are the cutest things on earth, but nyan koi is a meh show?
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Kind of like how cats are the cutest things on earth, but nyan koi is a meh show?
Femmeworth
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Rotoscoped footage of cats doing stuff would probably be better than most anime.
Actually I liked Nyan Koi. Hell, I even bought the dvds. But yeah cats deserve a better show.
they got chis sweet home *shrugs*
Probably the former, if I'm understanding your question.
I certainly don't object to deliberately deforming character faces for expression, if that's what you mean.
Indeed, also deforming in ways that make sense rather than detracting from movement with random deviations.
Femmeworth
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Very stylized animation tends to go off-model, which isn't a bad thing at all. I'm sure that's what pizzaroll had in mind with that question.
Chet Rippo
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Femmeworth
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Barely pubescent girls are the most important to you?Order of importance
Barely pubescent girls are the most important to you?
was going to say sign language
Chet Rippo
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Barely pubescent girls are the most important to you?
I was told I couldn't post tit jiggling gifs so I had to improvise.
It is interesting though.
Femmeworth
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If it weren't for pizzaroll liking it, I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot poll considering the source material.
Femmeworth
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I assume the show doesn't address how screwed up the whole idol culture thing is, though I think it would be fun to pit anime otaku against idol otaku.
Fortunately we now have AKB0048.
hosannainexcelsis
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Yeah, Idolmaster has some nice production values but most of the narrative and characterization is bland and dull. The Producer is just about as terrible as the average harem lead, and the cast has little chemistry together. Whenever it tries to be serious, it just falls flat.
Episodes 8 and 9 were really good though, since they eschewed idol drama for pure silly comedy. A couple other episodes tried to do that, but their scenarios didn't come off as well as these two.
Chet Rippo
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...I just wanted to talk about boobs...
thisisanimegafdude
pervert.
Nothing stopping you from making a thread about that. Well, other than the fact that it would probably be locked withing twenty posts.
Chet Rippo
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I don't want to talk about Idolmaster anymore is what I'm saying.
The mailwoman delivered some friends today!
This is the limited edition box, which according to writing on it, is called the Super Regrettable Box. ("Pretty Girls x Regrettable (Personalities) x Game = Super Regrettable Box")
It comes with the main game (PSP), the Tokimeki Memorial parody game "Kirameki School Life - the wonder years" (PSP) that they played in episode 2 of the TV series, an artwork/staff commentary book, a DVD (42 min) with (a) audio commentary from the characters as they play through one of the game routes, (b) a video segment of Yozora and her air-friend Tomo giving a class on how to make friends, and (c) a collection of the TV commercials for the game.
Also two alternative "Playing States Portable" game case jackets: "Taynle of Friend" and "THEiDOLLM@STER SP," which should fit PSP UMD cases.
"THEiDOLLM@STER SP" jacket, a card with a download code for a custom PSP theme, and three see-through shitajiki.
This is the limited edition box, which according to writing on it, is called the Super Regrettable Box. ("Pretty Girls x Regrettable (Personalities) x Game = Super Regrettable Box")
It comes with the main game (PSP), the Tokimeki Memorial parody game "Kirameki School Life - the wonder years" (PSP) that they played in episode 2 of the TV series, an artwork/staff commentary book, a DVD (42 min) with (a) audio commentary from the characters as they play through one of the game routes, (b) a video segment of Yozora and her air-friend Tomo giving a class on how to make friends, and (c) a collection of the TV commercials for the game.
Also two alternative "Playing States Portable" game case jackets: "Taynle of Friend" and "THEiDOLLM@STER SP," which should fit PSP UMD cases.
"THEiDOLLM@STER SP" jacket, a card with a download code for a custom PSP theme, and three see-through shitajiki.
Especially cg buses from a future where auto paint no longer exists.
I can't remember if I've asked you this before but could you expand on what exactly it was you found so interesting about it? Chances are I won't see it your way but I'd at least like to know what someone who is interested in more than simple moeshit saw in it.
Jex
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My feelings about Idolmaster are similar to my feelings about Hyouka - both works have impressive production values and they're clearly the works of very talented teams. However, no amount of beautiful cinematography or smooth animation can save a boring story with weak characters.
Chet Rippo
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I'm well acquainted with those characters.
Jex
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Ah, so Apollon featured yet anothermoment. Japanese writers need to figure something else out.haircut as character change
In defence, of er, Japanese writers I suppose, hair cuts are used that way by writers all the time in the West, quite often with female characters. It doesn't make much sense to single out Japan for blame on that front.
You'd need to give me a visually intensive show that I haven't seen though. Otherwise the exercise is pointless!
Jex
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Why do you lie?
You don't happen to have a handy list of the current seasons OPs and EDs, do you?
Agreed on the lack of chemistry/connection between characters. They definitely feel like they come from the fighting-game school of character creation, where each one is created to be fun/attractive in isolation but not really as part of a larger whole.
When the story itself actually is a fighting-game tournament (e.g. Queen's Blade TV) that can be OK (although even Queen's Blade TV tossed in an original character to add more camaraderie), but something like IdolM@ster inevitably winds up compared against other ensemble cast team shows like Strike Witches where the various interactions between the characters are a big part of the fun.
Jex
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While the time compressions aspect of Kids on the Slope is certainly a detriment to the series I don't think it's the soul cause of some of the shows other issues. Wandering Son was a heavily compressed adaptation but I still felt like most of the characters (most of the time) felt like believable people.
Takaneeeeeeeeee <3
Not easily on hand, though there was this incomplete list from mid-March, which I've filled in a few of the holes from.
http://pastebin.com/358dSpea
edit: man, looking at that list again, deciding the OP for the season is going to be damn difficult.
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