SliceSabre
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Never played Person 3, did watch a friend play through the whole thing, and I didn't enjoy the movies at all. I want those hours of my life back.
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Spring Anime 2016 |OT| Get a Season So Complicated
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Concrete Revolution 21
Best characters looked so good.
Im glad the lady with Imperial Ads got some focus.
Looking forward to next week because Jiro backstory is what Ive been needing. It ought to help him find out and sort out his feelings in his heart.
Best characters looked so good.
Im glad the lady with Imperial Ads got some focus.
Looking forward to next week because Jiro backstory is what Ive been needing. It ought to help him find out and sort out his feelings in his heart.
The animation for the P3 movies is fine (though comparing them to SMT anime is an extremely low bar) but that doesn't help with them being incredibly boring. They aren't visual marvels that can carry a lackluster story with artistic animation and direction. The visual style is summed up as a clean 2D representation of moments in the game and little more.
Here are my problems with the Persona 3 movies:
- They're boring and poorly directed. There is no sense of the narrative really focusing or emphasizing themes it wants to express, It feels like a workman-like assembly of scenes which only exist because they were adapted from another medium. It has nothing to say.
- They're boring and visually unappealing. The adapted designs are flat, the visual tone of the films are flat, and nothing pops out or feels attractive, Soejima's style in the games is the very definition of "pop" both in the style sense and in the visual sense. Bright colors, sharp contrasts, and exciting bold layout.
- They're boring and boring. The pacing is atrocious, there's little reason to split it into four films considering how little they care about the material. Everything just feels designed to fit into packages which are easy to market. Four films for four seasons, etc. Regardless of the content.
- They're boring and poorly directed. There is no sense of the narrative really focusing or emphasizing themes it wants to express, It feels like a workman-like assembly of scenes which only exist because they were adapted from another medium. It has nothing to say.
- They're boring and visually unappealing. The adapted designs are flat, the visual tone of the films are flat, and nothing pops out or feels attractive, Soejima's style in the games is the very definition of "pop" both in the style sense and in the visual sense. Bright colors, sharp contrasts, and exciting bold layout.
- They're boring and boring. The pacing is atrocious, there's little reason to split it into four films considering how little they care about the material. Everything just feels designed to fit into packages which are easy to market. Four films for four seasons, etc. Regardless of the content.
hosannainexcelsis
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Has Atlus ever been involved with a good anime?
No, but I can't think of many video game companies that have.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Only good thing to come out of the P3 movies is the OST.
Dedication Through Light
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P3M and DeSu2 are good animes.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
So GooP was GooP-ey. I like how there's no real explanation for why the land is all barren in this universe, but I guess it gives you the excuse to have tank battles in the middle of town.
Perhaps GooP is a Haifuri prequel and the land will be underwater in a few hundred years.
Perhaps GooP is a Haifuri prequel and the land will be underwater in a few hundred years.
Last week's JoJo was fun. I definitely like the wackier situations that come from not having every enemy stand user try to kill the protagonists for the sake of some evil overlord, and having overall "weaker" characters such as Koichi or Okuyasu means they can get into quirkier situations that require more creative solutions than "just punch it". Jousuke's the only character that still works like a Star Platinum 2.0, but even then having less focus on his stand being physically powerful and more on its ability to repair things also leads to more interesting stand fights.
AquaWateria
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Lollipop Dave
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Not liking any of Anime Limited's announcements thus far.
Please rescue some old classics and announce some much needed localization's please
Dimension W isn't a bad get. But who want's fleet girls? :/
I'm hoping they announce some older stuff too.
DeadRockstar
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Not liking any of Anime Limited's announcements thus far.
Please rescue some old classics and announce some much needed localization's please
Jesus. Was Ping Pong the last good thing they licensed? (and they announced it so late I already had the JP BD box)
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Seconded. I'm really nervous about this.
Concrete Revolutio - Episode 21
So this is how it all ends. Yutaka Nakamura returns to animated a pretty sweet action sequence, there are a bunch of robot characters and actual robots, big and small, fighting for different reasons. And then. Every gets together and talks things through. Because misunderstandings are boring and make for poor drama. Instead we find out what characters are thinking, what they're hiding from each other, and even if they don't agree, they can agree to disagree. And then. Because he asked really nicely. Jiro finally learns the truth behind his origin. Cue cliffhanger.
Good episode. Why couldn't Aikawa write E7AO like this?
So this is how it all ends. Yutaka Nakamura returns to animated a pretty sweet action sequence, there are a bunch of robot characters and actual robots, big and small, fighting for different reasons. And then. Every gets together and talks things through. Because misunderstandings are boring and make for poor drama. Instead we find out what characters are thinking, what they're hiding from each other, and even if they don't agree, they can agree to disagree. And then. Because he asked really nicely. Jiro finally learns the truth behind his origin. Cue cliffhanger.
Good episode. Why couldn't Aikawa write E7AO like this?
Seeing the young Jiro flashback again and his Lovecraftian invisible monster form is so sweet. I just love the way that scene plays out. Scary, but yet somewhat grand and otherworldly. That reveal at the end though. I hope it's just the big bad being insane, and that they don't actually go in the direction of "multiple realities" with ours being the "right" one, because that would be the most boring way for this to end. Plus, parallel worlds is when Aikawa's writing always gets the weakest. Don't do it!
Yeah Ping Pong is the last thing of note that they've licensed, and I too have the Japanese set because who could resist it? Back when Anime Limited was in its infancy I was dreaming of them bringing over things like Memories, Angel's Egg, Robot Carnival, The Big O and Gunbuster on Blu-ray, back when they'd been releasing things like Bebop, Gurren and Perfect Blue but that seems to be a pipe-dream now. Andrew used to lead acquisitions over at BEEZ and focused on some auteur works such as Tatami Galaxy and House of Five Leaves, with Ping Pong looking to be a return to that.
Anime Limited however have partnered with Funimation and seem to be close with Aniplex so they seem to be localizing things that those two are releasing in the west and mimicking them now. It makes sense, it sells and a lot of the stuff they license comes in bundles anyways as part of a package, but its a far cry from the distro that once aimed to be the criterion of anime.
MVM have some great licenses here and there like Aku no Hana and Patlabor but they're too risk averse and stick to DVD and basic packaging although they've been toying with more limited editions as of late.
hosannainexcelsis
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Book of Circus isn't bad.
AquaWateria
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I still can't believe how beautiful the background art looks for The Ancient Magus Bride.
Hoozuki staff seems to be doing a great job judging by the pv. At least we can be confident that the background art will look great.
Hoozuki staff seems to be doing a great job judging by the pv. At least we can be confident that the background art will look great.
...So it's Persona 3?
im kidding. Mostly.
Also Luluco 09
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa etc. etc. You know the drill by this point.
SliceSabre
Banned
There better be more Earth-chan when I watch ConRevo later today.
Cornbread78
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Guilty Crown ep.20-END
I'm so confused at the endig of this one and nothing makes sense still... On one hand, I loved the production of it, especially the way they integrated the music into everything, however, What happened? WHAT HAPPENED? Explain something, not just through an entire episode 21 of backstory, but explain it through the story as it plays out so it makes some kind of sense.... The whole Shu x Inori thing was just a farse as I thought and they never did take the time to fully develop that relationship, until the very end when they had some emotional moments, but it almost felt like too little too late with very little substance to it. They could have written that ship so much better to give it soo much more impact, but instead it stayed convoluted until the end, when all the next set of nonsense happened.... I'm still up in the air on this one since it had so much potential with some really good moments, but, they left the story so convoluted by the end, and still didn't make is comprehensible to watch...
Ayane x Shu should have been the final ship....
Does anyone know if the OVAs are worth a watch?
I'm so confused at the endig of this one and nothing makes sense still... On one hand, I loved the production of it, especially the way they integrated the music into everything, however, What happened? WHAT HAPPENED? Explain something, not just through an entire episode 21 of backstory, but explain it through the story as it plays out so it makes some kind of sense.... The whole Shu x Inori thing was just a farse as I thought and they never did take the time to fully develop that relationship, until the very end when they had some emotional moments, but it almost felt like too little too late with very little substance to it. They could have written that ship so much better to give it soo much more impact, but instead it stayed convoluted until the end, when all the next set of nonsense happened.... I'm still up in the air on this one since it had so much potential with some really good moments, but, they left the story so convoluted by the end, and still didn't make is comprehensible to watch...
Ayane x Shu should have been the final ship....
Does anyone know if the OVAs are worth a watch?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
So is it TOO Intertextual??
Everything about the third season of Luloco runs the gamut of good to bad intertexuality.
AquaWateria
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Steins Gate 12
Screw you
Seriously that ending though.
Poor
Screw you
Moeka. I should of known it was her from the very start. She was shady from the very beginning.
Poor
Mayuri got shot in the head. Man I really fucking dislike Moeka so much right now.
DeadRockstar
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Luluco 9
How did something this insane nearly put me to sleep. Even people who like the direction this show has taken have to admit the first few episodes suggested something much more substantial and self contained was possible.
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Like you say, they started out quite differently and to some degree they're a victim of expectations because of that. I have no qualms with them pulling in whatever they feel will make a profit, but the ratio of fluff to quality seems to keep slipping. Admittedly a few of their acquisitions seemed like more exciting propositions than they turned out to be (Terror in Resonance, Blood Blockade Battlefront, ERASED).
I didn't know MVM were burying good shows in the DVD ghetto but that's a shame. I've avoided them due to their packaging being so bad that I'm sure I could have done better with the printer in my office if I had high res assets. If they've raised their game for the LE experiments I guess I hope they do well.
I may look into the show then, though I don't think they even put out of the first two seasons.
How did something this insane nearly put me to sleep. Even people who like the direction this show has taken have to admit the first few episodes suggested something much more substantial and self contained was possible.
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Like you say, they started out quite differently and to some degree they're a victim of expectations because of that. I have no qualms with them pulling in whatever they feel will make a profit, but the ratio of fluff to quality seems to keep slipping. Admittedly a few of their acquisitions seemed like more exciting propositions than they turned out to be (Terror in Resonance, Blood Blockade Battlefront, ERASED).
I didn't know MVM were burying good shows in the DVD ghetto but that's a shame. I've avoided them due to their packaging being so bad that I'm sure I could have done better with the printer in my office if I had high res assets. If they've raised their game for the LE experiments I guess I hope they do well.
I may look into the show then, though I don't think they even put out of the first two seasons.
『宇宙パトロールルル子』公式 ‏@s_p_luluco 58m58 minutes ago
第9話「本当の罠」で使用された『SEX and VIOLENCE with MACHSPEED』劇中曲「Music for the MASSIVE (SEX Ver)」が、『宇宙パトロールルル子』ブルーレイ【初回生産限定盤】特典ＣＤに収録決定☆彡 #ルル子
I can't turn up the volume at the moment, so I didn't hear the song during the episode. Their tweet on the Bonus CD with this track though, LMAO
第9話「本当の罠」で使用された『SEX and VIOLENCE with MACHSPEED』劇中曲「Music for the MASSIVE (SEX Ver)」が、『宇宙パトロールルル子』ブルーレイ【初回生産限定盤】特典ＣＤに収録決定☆彡 #ルル子
I can't turn up the volume at the moment, so I didn't hear the song during the episode. Their tweet on the Bonus CD with this track though, LMAO
Massive Concrete Revolutio endgame spoiler: Satomi's movie is going to fucking suck! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071923/
I think it was this episode's storyboard that kind of deflated Luluco a little.
What is this clickbait?
What is this clickbait?
What is this clickbait?
Did you watch the latest episode yet? You won't get it unless you've watched it!
MCM Announcements (so far):
Anime Limited
MVM
Universal
Manga Entertainment
Animatsu Entertainment
Anime Limited
Fullmetal Alchemist Ultimate Edition Pre-orders: http://fullmetal.alltheanime.com/
MVM
Universal
Manga Entertainment
Animatsu Entertainment
*Format to be decided.
DeadRockstar
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Yeah the episodes have gotten progressively slighter in concept and animation. Maybe they're being bled dry by Kiznaiver and are playing for time.
AquaWateria
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Steins Gate 13
Life is truly unfair. Every time
The multiple time loops that are occurring will not end well for Okabe.
Life is truly unfair. Every time
Okabe goes back in time Mayuri still dies. Her last death was unexpected though.
The multiple time loops that are occurring will not end well for Okabe.
Ah, my apologies. I'm a few episodes behind. I think the last thing I remember was the ski jump and Emi greatness as always.
This sounds like it could be very interesting. I'll stay optimistic about it!
No blu-ray for Lain
. (US has one if im not mistaken?)Not a whole lot too enticing for me there tbh.Luluco 9
Man i love Street Sharks.
Apparently they might be releasing it on Blu-ray too.No blu-ray for Lain
Also:
Universal are going to release both the 2016 Berserk TV series and Drifters as Collector's Edition in the UK.
MikeHattsu
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Hmm... Might buy Chobits on BD.
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