Im confused though, is the show involved with forensics?
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Spring Anime 2015 |OT| The Disappearance of YEAARRT!
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Im confused though, is the show involved with forensics?
You get stuff so early lol.
Im kind of jelly. I didnt order DTB blurays though. Im happy with dvd for the time being because its not a high priority show for me.
I'm just wondering how limited the release will truly be. I know there are 5000 units being made, but I wonder how much of that has been sold/pre-ordered so far.
If I didn't get that cheap price locked in for the release, I would've had my sister pick it up for me at ACEN this weekend.
names2hard4you
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SNAFU2 07
Fuck, things are getting out of hand 8-man, get a grip dude! You know it yourself yet you are doing nothing about it and letting things slip by...
Also,
Fuck, things are getting out of hand 8-man, get a grip dude! You know it yourself yet you are doing nothing about it and letting things slip by...
Also,
his middle school friend constantly saying "Preach that!" killed me lol. What a useless girl lmfao.
Basileus777
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Punchline 6
This reminds me more of Never 7 every week.
This reminds me more of Never 7 every week.
I wasn't expecting the transgendered (if that's what he is) twist, but the time travel and man under the mask reveal was pretty obvious.
fuck is it that limited? I really hate how limited these things are. Its pricing casual buyers out of the market and this aint even that special of a release.
edit: screw it I just bought it. Im a fool.
1) Hachiman didn't look very amused in the sith episode...
2) I feel you are right, but I thought the reaction was too overblown and a bit out of character.
Just watched the 7th..... man, this is getting so sad.
SAY SOMETHING YOU DUMBASS
Time to see I can't Understand what My Husband is Saying. I need to cheer up :_(
Cornbread78
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I realize I skipped episode 3 impressions, but there really wasn't a whole lot to talk about in that episode.
Kanon 4
"When was it that dreams started to have no end?" Very ominous, given the theme of memory loss lately.
Cute childhood scene.
Makotrolled.
This can't be good.
Hmm, Miss Akiko seems to know of Ayu. The mystery deepens.
And auu meets uguu. This can only lead to the best of conversations!
"Uguu!"
"auu..."
"uguu..."
And once more with knight girl. Who, according to the preview, is a demon hunter. What genre is this, again?
So far, a really cutesy show, but with an unsettling undertone. Kind of reminds me of Higurashi When The Cry, although I doubt it will get to those levels.
Oh, you have no idea dude, no idea. You're still in set-up mode with a lighthearted Cute vs. Cute battle, lol. It all makes sense later, well, for the most part, lol.
aww there used to be an uguu button on a webpage. MikeHattsu set it up.
Oh well heres an Au~ page http://auaurikka.web.fc2.com/
and for good measure here is the almighty Nyanpasu~ http://nyanpass.com
Cornbread78
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Passive Assassin
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Cross Ange Fin
anime of the thousand years.
anime of the thousand years.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Damn, BGBW got perma'ed? RIP, your major contribution of wit will be sorely missed 
R_thanatos
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I shouldn't have opened this addicting link
strangedopamine
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With the amount of anime you've watched, it'll make keeping track of things much easier.
In your case that site might be extremely helpful. It will even recommend similar shows to the ones you are watching.
Cornbread78
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I'll have to try from my work comp. later, it doesn't work on my phone, lol.
I think someone mentioned I should a few weeks ago as well. The site isn't blocked at work, so I'll give it a whirl later.
names2hard4you
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I think you just convinced me to make myself an account too. It would help a ton
Cornbread78
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It's just the standard login for www.MyAnimelist.com, correct?
Would've been perfect if it was animated by BONES.
Hmm weird. What kind of phone you got? It works perfectly on mine.
Heres my MAL by the way. I havent updated in forever though.
http://myanimelist.net/profile/Cajunator
http://myanimelist.net/profile/Cajunator
Man I always feel out of touch with things like these.
Cornbread78
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"This product is limited to 5000 units total."
That's they get ya! I think this is the first time blurays have been made available in USA for the first season, which is why I was more than ready to throw down my money for the occasion.
At least you should get 10% off with GotAnime. I've gotten like at least 4 times the value of what i've put into that over the past year with my anime buying habits.
Nice robot combat. It looks like they will in fact release at least two chapters this year. Possibly three, but I would rather not get my hopes up about that fifth one.
thats odd. I have a Galaxy S4 it works really well. I am using dolphin browser though.
Those sons of bitches get me more often than not
Also, who composes Nagi no Asakura because HOLY SHIT
yeah its uhhhhhhhhh
is it Me! Me! Me! 2?
thats odd. I have a Galaxy S4 it works really well. I am using dolphin browser though.
Those sons of bitches get me more often than not
Also, who composes Nagi no Asakura because HOLY SHIT
Looks like this guy; Yoshiaki Dewa.
so many talented composers. Every time I think Ive heard them all another one surprises me.
Each round, one team attacks (the one which have to hit the ball) and the other deffend (the one which throws the ball (pitching)).
If the batter hits the ball, he must run through the field bases.
The other players who are on bases already may run too. The team scores if a player completes the 4 bases.
After a hit, the ball must return to the pitcher. If when the picher gets it, a player is still running reaching for the next base, that player gets eliminated.
The fourth batter is considered the most important because in the fourth hit is when it's suposed to be more players on bases, so there's the possibility to score more points.
An squeeze play, is a play where a player on third base can start running to score before even the pitcher throws the ball. That means that the batter MUST hit the ball no matter what, else is a suicide of the player.
I think that's all you need to understand that episode.
Someone may correct me if I said something wrong, I'm not an expert of this.
Now, I never said budget wasn't important, just that it can be blown out of proportion. Allocation of budget does obviously occur, Space Dandy's trial episode for instance is an example of that, so that they could blow money on the finale. However, when there is good looking scene, some people tend to sometimes scream budget like some kind of soulless quantifier that automatically makes things look better when it's usually evidenced some notable key animator was responsible or a good storyboarder. Not the best example but most of Fate/Zero or Fate/Stay Night's best looking animation is arguably by Nozomu Abe, who is quite talented and not because he was given a lot of money.
Most production woes and ugliness are due to rushed schedules or perhaps bad management, so while obviously you need money to not have a ton of stills, it's usually not the biggest problem for studios especially when we know staff get paid peanuts for work. If a key animator and animation director list for an episode is relatively small, that's usually a good sign because they didn't hire tons of people to help meet the dead line, this is the case of a lot of KyoAni shows in general which have excellent scheduling while the opposite of that would be the infamous Attack on Titan. A-1 Pictures for instance is a studio that have bad schedules from time to time that catch up to them, see things like Magi S1 (Our in-between frames from China were late!), Nanatsu no Taizai, Kaito Kid etc. Even when they do manage to hold it together like Your Lie in April look at this comparison with Sound! Euphonium in the number of animators for a performance episode.
There is also the consideration of Blu-ray corrections, if they didn't have enough money in the first place, why would they bother correcting things? See Wizard Barristers for a particularly nasty one.
In the case of your examples. SS: Omega, I imagine it is also due to being Toei-d, their workforce and talent are stretched really thin as they have ton of shows on their plate. A recent Toei business report states that revenue went up when they increased the number of shows being produced, so that says something about their production ethic I think.
It's true Denno Coil has the benefit of large budget but it also had gobs of serious talent that Iso recruited for the show probably with the help of personal connections and for being a renown animator. It also took a long time for Iso to create/plan the show for what it's worth.
Gonna use this, stolen from XX chart, to hopefully lend some credence to my argument.
NGE looks like shit and had, predictably, low budget.
I disagree, I think NGE looks great, with interesting scene composition, good layouts, cool imagery and some of the best mechanical animators of the era worked on the show, even everyone's favorite action animator Yutapon has a scene. The first episode is a fine example of efficiency with only 700 animation frames yet it looks better than a lot of other shows. The budget hits affect the last quarter of the show most I believe but I cannot accept the idea NGE looked bad. It looks good despite its limitations with very efficient budget management.
But if you are going to use the chart for your argument, how about we take a look at some of these big budget shows shall we. Gundam SEED DESTINY cost a ton per episode, one of the most expensive anime productions to date. Yet the show is a mess, plagued with an unbelievable amount of reused animation and just a lot of general design uglyness, Hisashi Hirai character designs anyone? Overall it was a rather average production. A lot of it is also attributed poor planning by the director Fukuda who wanted to have spectacular stock footage to reuse so a lot of time and effort went into that to the detriment of everything else. Then there is Morosawa his wife the scriptwriter who had cancer during SEED which caused delays with the scripts and continued to do so in DESTINY. He refused to replace her and there were a ton of complaints. Lots of recap episodes because late scripts don't allow for the animation to finish hence causing shit scheduling.
There is also Samurai 7, pretty big budget, should look good right? Unfortunately the studio was Gonzo and the show has never been noted as a particularly good looking production with lots of seemingly dated CG. There are some exceptions like Hisashi Mori's half of episode 7 and maybe some backgrounds since Hiromasa Ogura was art director.
On the other hand whether you like the show or not Gurren Lagann looks far better than both with a much lower budget and a lot of good animation.
So to sum up, budget's obviously a factor since the resources you have in a project depend on how much money you've got, but the real limiting factor in TV anime is time. Cheap projects have a tendency to be rushed as well but given the skill and time those can also be well produced. Having a good schedule makes a lot of difference.
Maximilian Kolbe
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Well at least Aoki is not main staff lol.
Hisashi Hirai character designs can ruin anything. I have no idea how that guy still has work. Most uninspiring designs in the business.
ultimatemegax
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Funimation's not always had the best of luck with limited amounts of LEs. Some LEs produced for about 3-5k units still haven't sold out a couple years later. The whole 5,000 units may sound like a lot, but barring an exceedingly popular show or one that's really recent, it's not. For every Cowboy Bebop that sells out of the 12k LEs produced, there's a Fujiko Mine that still has LEs to this very day when it was released 2 years ago. My own personal opinion is that the 5k won't move out that quickly.
true but its really not THAT expensive so I went ahead and bought it.
Cornbread78
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Alright, I just created one, but it could take days before I'm done updating it, lol.
Aaronrules380
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I mean, obviously in anime direction is critical above all else. Being able to make the most of a limited budget and schedule is always important. There are series that aren't super well animated from a technical perspective, but because of fantastic direction it's easy to overlook. Having a big budget will never guarantee good quality, but it definitely helps. A better budget helps acquire more and better talent for instance.
Great choices, I really like all three.
Obviously having good direction is important. However I was mostly discussing production quality but of course they aren't mutually exclusive.
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