Jex
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Yeah, you four, and Haly as well (I know where you are!) should probably watch the original Evangelion series because it's pretty good. 7/10 internet arguments can't be wrong about this!
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Spring Anime 2013 |OT -7| My Giant CG Pony Can't Possibly Read This Much Baudelaire
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Jex
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That could take at least three years though.
Joe Molotov
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I hope it's text on a black screen.
We're only really active on Saturday nights, we get big news on new shows or when the weekly ratings come in, other than that the thread stays buried for most of the week.
Twin Drive System
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Evangelion was the best mindfuck I ever had.
On that note, how have ratings been?
Jex
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This makes sense.
Up 100% from a year ago (over the entire time of new Toonami's run). Usually between 2 and 4 shows can break 1 million viewers, depending on if there's a game or fight that night. Other than that nothing drops below 600k at the lowest.
hosannainexcelsis
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It's a thematic, figurative style of storytelling where the boundary being "reality" and "metaphor" becomes blurred to the point where it is hardly distinguishable. This also seems to be Ikuhara's preferred method of storytelling, to judge from Penguin Drum.
I've only seen Rebuild and two TV episodes I caught randomly on Adult Swim years ago.
Great Rumbler
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Nothing's changed. People get paid millions of dollars every year to figure out what the next big thing is. And you know what? Most of the time it's something that nobody thought about until it actually became the next big thing.
chickdigger802
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I blame Evangaleon for all the shitty male protags in anime.
Jex
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Well that's a pretty good sign.
Great Rumbler
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Modern male protagonists are just a natural regression from Keiichi Morisato and Tenchi Masaki.
Canis lupus
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DBGT original DB edition
Bulma was such a cutie back then, searching for her prince <3
Bulma was such a cutie back then, searching for her prince <3
I've not watched 3.0 - or even seen Evangelion TV - and the trailer is absolutely meaningless to me. Maybe I should have paid more attention when watching 2.0? It's just a CG Eva 1 beating some stuff up.
A lot of the time, spoilers are only spoilers if you know they are, if you know what I mean
Jexhius said:
I think the last thing I'd do to anyone is cute them. Does that involve Puchi Eva somehow?
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Freudian slip?
Jex
Member
Always.
One day, there will be people who only know of the Rebuild series and the TV series will be a forgotten note in some random book.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
The influence the original show had on anime is far too great for that to happen.
R_thanatos
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I needed a cigarette after watching that this week.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes - 64: The End of the Holiday
~ My father used to say that the strong flame burns out quicker. ~
~ My father used to say that the strong flame burns out quicker. ~
Reinhard looks ridiculously fabulous with his long hair and a nightrobe. It's not good he got sick again though, it hasn't been that long since the last time. I guess being the Kaiser of the entire universe is a pretty taxing job.
Julian is gonna go visit Odin. I'm interested to see what he thinks about the state of the Empire. I mean, the Imperial citizens don't really look all that oppressed.
The first signs of political rifts seem to appear in the High Admiralty, especially between von Reuental and von Oberstein. I don't understand why a Minister of Internal Affairs is considered lower than a Fleet Admiral though. Isn't he a political heavyweight in the Imperial cabinet?
Julian is gonna go visit Odin. I'm interested to see what he thinks about the state of the Empire. I mean, the Imperial citizens don't really look all that oppressed.
The first signs of political rifts seem to appear in the High Admiralty, especially between von Reuental and von Oberstein. I don't understand why a Minister of Internal Affairs is considered lower than a Fleet Admiral though. Isn't he a political heavyweight in the Imperial cabinet?
chickdigger802
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you know... people rarely smoke in anime these days. even people that smoked before don't anymore like the guys in initial d.
Jex
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If you've seen Rebuild there's a pretty clear spoiler in the trailer.
Who should we blame for this?
Eva was a really, really good experience for me. The weirdest part is that it's been gnawing at me ever since I completed it (what? last month?). I keep thinking about it and wanting to go back and watch it and analyze it. I especially loved all the characters which is why
End of Evangelion was such a tough watch.
Theonik
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Obama.
ZachDeKoromaru
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That loli teacher from Index smokes so I can't see why not.
Theonik
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Yes.
chickdigger802
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Also, why can't the hot homeroom teacher in anime (age: NOT TELLING) never get a husbando?
It's like only in hentai does that trope get flipped.
It's like only in hentai does that trope get flipped.
420 blaze it, Onii-chan!
So the students can fantasize over her and think they have a shot with her.
Heartcatch Precure 36
AAAAAHHHHHHHH OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD BEST EPISODE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(okay maybe not the best episode ever, but probably the best in the series so far).
Initially I didn't like that the Heart Flowers in this episode focused on members of the Light Music Club, seeing as how it was the big day for the Fashion Club with their Fashion Show and everything, but it led to a fantastic conclusion with the Light Music Club playing their song during the Fashion Show, and it was FUCKING GLORIOUS!!!!!!!
Those girls were afraid they couldn't sing? I guess stage fright can affect anybody (I sure as hell wouldn't want to be up there), and there was a fuckton of people there (seriously, how can a middle school auditorium (or wherever they were) hold that many people?), but they were great singers. Much better than any singer from a certain other Light Music Club I can think of.
As for the Fashion Show itself, all I will say (aside from the aforementioned AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!) is that the title of the episode was perfect. Everybody was the star, and everybody shined. Everybody. Tsubomi's dress, Erika's hat, EVERYTHING! Especially
. She's come such a long way, and it's good to see her smile.
AAAAAHHHHHHHH OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD BEST EPISODE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(okay maybe not the best episode ever, but probably the best in the series so far).
Initially I didn't like that the Heart Flowers in this episode focused on members of the Light Music Club, seeing as how it was the big day for the Fashion Club with their Fashion Show and everything, but it led to a fantastic conclusion with the Light Music Club playing their song during the Fashion Show, and it was FUCKING GLORIOUS!!!!!!!
Those girls were afraid they couldn't sing? I guess stage fright can affect anybody (I sure as hell wouldn't want to be up there), and there was a fuckton of people there (seriously, how can a middle school auditorium (or wherever they were) hold that many people?), but they were great singers. Much better than any singer from a certain other Light Music Club I can think of.
As for the Fashion Show itself, all I will say (aside from the aforementioned AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!) is that the title of the episode was perfect. Everybody was the star, and everybody shined. Everybody. Tsubomi's dress, Erika's hat, EVERYTHING! Especially
Yuri
Jex
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Everything can be moe.
Surgery?
Regulus Tera
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Heartcatch 36 is a better light music anime than all of K-ON.
Do you mean in the original show? It's pretty grounded for the most part. Just look at the End of Evangelion gifs posted last page.
cuuuuute!
*hugs picture
Are you referring to this?
A shitload of artwork came out of FES.
Ugh. Now the argument becomes a lot more complicated as it now becomes, who did what inside TM. Koyama apparently did stuff in Tsukihime and FS/N as well.
This really isnt that bad. Kind of elegant and beautiful art.
Damned right my Nakama!
So far the most expensive figure I have bought was saber and so worth it!
This is all pretty fascinating really.
Ah I see what you mean.
He does vary the hairstyles a bit though.
The thing I dontl ike about the designs is many of the male characters look the same and it gets confusing in the show who is who and thusly why they are doing what they do.
I always hear about this show. whats it about? What is the appeal of it? can someone explain a bit?
I felt that Steins;gate explained itself and concluded its story very well and that any movie or omake from this point would be in the middle of everything as some kind of silly side adventure. I would never expect it to live up to the brilliance of the show. Such is the fate of so many movie spinoffs of successful series.
I wont say that animegaf warned you but... Animegaf warned you!
Noel and Makoto are names fitting for amazing characters. You dont name just any girl Makoto. Or any guy for that matter. Noel is much less common.
My favorite 90s waifu is still Misato Katsuragi.
Sucy's hair is perfection.
The only problem Novid is that humanity has committed atrocities long before anime and will continue to do so long after it is gone. Anime is just a medium. It is a form of artistic expression, so it can be expected to contain all the good and bad elements of human existence and to the limits of its depravity. Crunchyroll just found a way to get a share of the pie from it.
Nyarlathotep is so moe
Thats fair enough. I want Viz to burn.
Netflix is too hamstrung by licensing issues to be very good for anime. Stuff just doesnt last long on it and the current choices are depressing.
Crunchyroll used to be illegitimate - when they started, they made money off streaming bootlegs of official DVDs and fansubs. For whatever reason, I think Novid feels that Crunchyroll's success has destabilised Saturday morning children's programming - although given that the vast majority of Crunchyroll's output would never make it onto US television (and many of the more popular kids shows are streamed by Funimation or Viz) I'm not sure how much water that argument holds.
I think it's a case of trying to monetise anime however possible. The majority of anime sells piddling amounts on disc, and although an anime may help to drive manga/novel sales or associated merchandise for some shows even that's not going to make a huge difference. If even Japanese consumers aren't particularly interested in buying From The New World on discthen selling something as intangible and cost-effective as streaming rights is a great way to earn a little bit of investment back.
Saturday Morning kids show programming was in decline long before. I lament its loss as well but I think some of it can be blamed on Saban and some of it for poor choices by ABC and nickelodeon. Some of it is probably just falling out of touch with kids and cartoons.
Seriously considering enforcing the "All Conspiracy Bullshit Goes into that one Off-Topic Thread" rule in here soon.
I disagree. It has led to some interesting discussion, even if it is conspiracy related. Its still anime related. sorta. Adds color to the thread.
You and me both brother!
Anime is killing America.
But moe is killing anime.
So support moe for the good of America.
This is so awesome. I dont know why exactly, but a moe eagle is so fucking awesome.
Humans were always designed to breed and die. I have to say though, animation being one of the pinnacles of human achievment is certainly an interesting view of things.
There will always be horrible things going on as long as mankind has the free will to make it happen. But similarly, there will always be wonderful things too.
Amen. Alleluia!
Arjuna is on its way to my house as we speak. Soon I shall witness, and I will be able to bask in its wisdom like the rest of you, and join the enlightened on the mountain.
Give it two episodes. Hopefully its a steampunk bathhouse. Oh man that would be awesome. Inevitably they will compare breast size while Ledo blushes.
I liked Madoka's dub actually. Both versions sounded true to the characters and did not feel strangely cast. Maybe Im just too used to dubs.
I would love to see a LWA series, but DONT expect the high level of animation in that if it happens. The costs of that wouldnt allow it probably. Id love to be proven wrong though.
Oreimo is generally a weak series, but it has some fun characters in it to prop it up.
That said, the lack of Kuroneko is hurting it more than anything.
No, he means RIDER.
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