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Spring Anime 2016 |OT| Get a Season So Complicated
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it's all about the journey
I've watched the show like 3 times and never thought it was but...
This is my stance too.
KirbYuuYuu
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peaceiscloser
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Cabinetmaker of the Iron Fortress 06
They totally lost one of the rear cars! I know they won't go into it, but losing any part of the train would suck. A lot.
Nyaruko S2 03
This show is so legit. I don't even get half the references but it's still good!
They totally lost one of the rear cars! I know they won't go into it, but losing any part of the train would suck. A lot.
Nyaruko S2 03
This show is so legit. I don't even get half the references but it's still good!
The way I see it, this project's involvement of Studio Ghibli seemed more akin to their Ghibli Museum Library ones (including domestic distribution rights and digital disc releases) only this time they were involved since the beginning BEFORE the actual production finished. In that sense I suppose Mr. Miyazaki & Co. were interested in enabling Mr. Dudok De Wit's talent, but at the same time the studio leaves the creator assemble a close technical team while respecting the uniqueness and idiosyncrasies of their work procedures to not directly interfere with 'auteur' vision.
I feel that this philosophy being applied to Samurai Champloo is somewhat disingenuous to just how important its final arc is; where the setting , themes, and purpose of the narrative are all very clearly laid out and justified. The identity of the samurai who smells of sunflowers is extremely important thematically to the finale's focus on self-sacrifice. Even beyond that, his place in the story instills valid purpose to why each of the main characters walked down their own path, and gives a deeper reason to why they intertwine. The entire finale is about the consequences of the journey, and how personal expectations for its end can differ so far from reality.
Lalalandia
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I knew I wasn't getting all the refs in Nyarko-San but apparently I was getting barely any of them!
I partly get where you're coming from but
I have not felt the 'identity of the samurai' to be of thematic significance, at least not as strongly, maybe I didn't give it enough thought. Although I do agree that it has been the purpose of the narrative since the beginning and clearly later on as well. Somewhere along the line I just didn't care enough about the 'identity' or the conclusion and the journey mattered more to me.
Seikon no Qwaser ep. 4
It's been a couple weeks since I last watched an episode of this and my verdict stays the same; this show is terrible... The newest character to the cast is an evil/good goth loli that likes to call her own girl a b!tch and made her into her own personal dog.... like, WTF? I'll watch 1 episode every few weeks, but this is trash to the max...
Season 2 is EVEN BETTER.
Such a good show.
Certainly I never got any of the Kamen Rider ones as I've never seen any Rider or similar shows.
Guys, guys... remember that your discussion came to be in relation to hosannainexcelsis watching the series for the first time. Please, watch out for spoiling anything, even important thematic matters.
Mockingbird
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Yeah this series is pretty bad. Don't get it. But not a bad ending. I read a comment that if you want the series to make sense you have to assume that the main character is the hottest guy in existance.
But definitely watch White Album 2 after. That series is soooooooo good. Probably my favorite romance/drama. Has references to one via the music, which you'll appreciate.
Season 2 was... something alright. Again, I'm blown away that all these high profile seiyus did it, LMAO
hosannainexcelsis
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I don't mind that at all, but then I would have preferred they ditch the idea of a destination altogether instead of continually teasing us with it. It's just excess fluff if you can't follow through.
Absolutely but you should really see through Champloo to the end before saying any further in that regard. While I stopped caring about the destination at some point, I was not exactly 'disappointed' with the way it concluded.
hosannainexcelsis
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The most interest thing about watching Champloo for me is that I can now see a clear progression in Watanabe's works from Bebop to Champloo to Dandy. Space Dandy is the wildest in terms of variety (and thus inconsistency), but you can already see Champloo moving in that direction.
Limitless Phantasy World Counter-attack 02
So Haruhiko gets on a suspiciously marked bus and POOF he is gone in his own world like Reina was in that one episode.
And of course, this bus phantom shows Haruhiko's deep desires
and somehow gets him to talk in a weird manner. That's not Texan dialogue, ya hear? I mean, who fucking says "Aww shucks, it totes unbearable?" SMH
Koito as usual follows Mai and Reina just because and is like don't worry, it's all just an illusion until Koito's illusion shows up going woof.
And all three of the real ones blew up the house. Kaboom.
So Haruhiko gets on a suspiciously marked bus and POOF he is gone in his own world like Reina was in that one episode.
And of course, this bus phantom shows Haruhiko's deep desires
AKA, perfect harem life ROFL
Koito as usual follows Mai and Reina just because and is like don't worry, it's all just an illusion until Koito's illusion shows up going woof.
And all three of the real ones blew up the house. Kaboom.
Theonik
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This doesn't have much to do with your post, but I find posts like that on Imgur etc kinda annoying. They took a series of posts from elsewhere and collated them on a different site and although they briefly mention the source they don't bother linking the original posts of the artists. Imgur has turned into a quasi-9gag in that sense though at least they don't watermark the images on top of that (yet)
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He's also uploaded it on YouTube if people prefer that!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86PUB4u2s2A (I should start watching this)
The eye of the AT is a point where the armour is weak and the pilot resides right behind it, I suppose a bullet that penetrates the AT could also ricochet inside the AT cockpit and do additional damage. But really the reason they explode is just because 'it looks cooler' and probably 'we don't have to draw the destroyed ATs' (less continuity to worry about)
Cornbread78
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Lol. Yeah, we'l see about that one... very slowly.
Yeah, I guess that might work since the ladies all throw themselves on him, but even his actions make no sense half the time. I mean, mostly, the tone is just horrible because everyone in the show is miserable all the time.
Luckily, I watched WA2 a long time ago and it was much better overall, but that ending... Also, I almost want to go back and watch what they said about the history of the "Song of Destiny" now, since that's the sing they remade in WA2, which Rina and Yuki both sang in WA.
They do follow through. It's not a waste of time. Just not super epic.
SliceSabre
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Anne Happy 07
I feel like this episode confirms Anne as the actual unluckiest girl of the bunch. How she ever makes it to school alive I do not know when it seems the world is actively trying to kill her even moreso than Botan.
I feel like this episode confirms Anne as the actual unluckiest girl of the bunch. How she ever makes it to school alive I do not know when it seems the world is actively trying to kill her even moreso than Botan.
Kabaneri #6
Great episode. I was a bit annoyed last weak because of how dumb they acted, but since they actually acknowledged it was dumb and they made a mistake this episode, I'm content, as long as they don't fuck up in the same way again.
Ikoma really is a great lead.
And the fight at the end was awesome.
They can't though.
Great episode. I was a bit annoyed last weak because of how dumb they acted, but since they actually acknowledged it was dumb and they made a mistake this episode, I'm content, as long as they don't fuck up in the same way again.
Ikoma really is a great lead.
And the fight at the end was awesome.
Samurai guy with the Katana and Ikoma with his piledriver and the cannon and Mumei and everything... just great.
They can't though.
The core was a Kabaneri.
Amazing.
It's the Blu-ray specials. The Phantasy word was me inserting it like I did with the regular Phantom World episodes, lol. The other special wasn't anything much, just Reina turning into a giant and useless trivia from Haruhiko, lol
hosannainexcelsis
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That's fine then. I don't need super epic.
nintendoman58
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Was it a perm this time?
nintendoman58
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Dang. RIP.
wtf happened?
hosannainexcelsis
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Looking through his post history, looks like he got involved in some touchy discussion subjects. Took a risk and there you go.
MikeHattsu
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MikeHattsu
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Avatar removal is a bug that got nothing to do with whether it's perm or not.
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SliceSabre
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Not a properly animated OVA, it's a picture drama. The first one is pure Reina fanservice, the second is about everyone.
Unless you're referring to the extra episode, which is coming on October's BD release, I believe. Full of fanservice too.
striferser
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Beach episode.
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