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Amazon Japan's cover of this month's Gangan reveals the first Zetsuen no Tempest anime key visual!
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Debates! Debates everywhere!
Jex
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The original Mobile Suit Gundam didn't have the benefit of decades of successful predecessors!
I laugh at Apple Fanboys sometimes. Yes it bigger than God. But Apple dont got a movie studio, 3 animated studios, owners of vevo (which i dislike) all of the master tape tech, a soccer team, 15 video game studios (18 but they close down three) there own bank, insurance, all of the Gracenote lists...do i need to go on.
It's based on a novel. This series was actually announced a while back: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...w-world-novel-gets-tv-anime-from-a-1-pictures
Novel adaption I believe.
Jex
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They must have even more studio's than we know about because that shit is bananas, as the UK dub of Angel Cop would say.
Unknown Soldier
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Sony has been trying to launch Animax in North America for awhile now. I'm not sure what the holdup is.
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 6:
The Another episode, I guess. Sometimes it's a bad idea to spread ghost stories when your name is the same as the ghost's. This is probably a useful thing to remember for future reference.
They've been sort of hinting at a real story arc with these post-ED sequences. I kinda hope with only 12 episodes they'll actually get into it and resolve it so I don't have to resort to reading the manga.
chickdigger802
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I'd like that.
They want to appese all the american unions first im guessing.
dakkumauji
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Not every future is as awesome as futurama.
You know that RFID chip Japan uses to pay via cell phone?
SONY owns all of it.
They own parts of CBS Films on the international side of things, and would have bought CBS back in 1996 if the FCC (rightly) stop them.
Maybe it's an alternate dimension.
Unknown Soldier
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Apple is also not near bankruptcy after a decade of gross mismanagement. Sony has all these assets but also have lost nearly $12 billion in just the last 4 years and don't exactly show any signs of turning a profit anytime soon. A business cannot keep losing money perpetually and survive no matter what assets they may or may not have.
That's pretty cool.
True. but in before dat WAR CHEST. In before Sony Copied Ninty so Apple Copied from Sony... Apple is Overvauled as hell. Nothing Wrong (MUCH) with the product. But call me when they start making some films, master tape players, (good job on the Itunes money hatting btw, Sony does that everyday and never has to break a sweat) working on that animu...
Thank goodness.
Here's the previous trailer for From the New World:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCercp1jDfE
Maybe it's just me but the animation in the new trailer looks a bit improved.
Jex
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It's okay man, there's been a lot of Gundam stuff in the last few decades.
Chet Rippo
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A Sony versus Apple debate? Is this the gaming side?
Jex
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But ducrkoll said it was bad, like every other episode of Hyouka. Who am I supposed to trust?
Hellsing321
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I like that the Anime thread has become Novid's place to post his rantings about anything thats tangentially related to anime. Really its the only thing I feel these threads have been missing.
Cajin isnt here. He didnt mark the OS-Tan nakedness with that NSFW sign.
Jex
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Your expertise is always welcome in this thread. Most people don't possess your ability to discriminate on that level.
Hellsing321
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That penguin always did like to fly too close to the sun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_SF_Taisho_Award
- 17th (1996) Gamera 2 directed by Shūsuke Kaneko.
- 24th (2003) Marduk Scramble by Tō Ubukata
- 25th (2004) Innocence by Mamoru Oshii
- 29th (2008) Shinsekai yori by Yusuke Kishi, Denno Coil by Mitsuo Iso
Hmmmm....
Jex
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Even though it took me two attempts, separated by a few years, I eventually got around to finishing Haibane Renmei without falling asleep. Once I'd survived the opening few episodes I actually found the material rather engaging but I wont deny that it starts as a rather "zzzzz" series.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Depends if you see Hyouka as a character piece or just another slice of life show I suppose. I think KyoAni has a greater plan for Hyouka, in the same way that they turned K-On!! into something much more than the manga ever aimed for.
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Smile Precure 22
I forgot that we were in serious arc mode. While I liked the mental power-up montage/whatever you want to call it scenes (the second half of the episode looked really good at times, the shot above included), it's still a bit hard to take what happens seriously given the character designs and some of the background designs.
When your serious moment involves a book flapping its pages like wings, I can't take that seriously even if you play dramatic music. Although, maybe if you're a little girl, it's all good.
One week to the epic showdown I suppose.
Horizon 2-1
Did they just conflate Ben Jonson the poet with Ben Johnson the steroid using Canadian track athlete? Japan, you so crazy.
And yes, this was just nonsense as cosmic said it would be. I forgot how ugly a lot of the characters looked though... the giant breasts are really more off-putting than attractive in any way. Leave it to anime to desexualize even something as simple as that.
Speaking of which, I finally got a chance to see Kobayashi's character.:
Yay, I guess? That reminds me I should watch the latest Ginga e Kickoff, actually...
Jex
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Oh, so it's a worthless award then.
Ultimadrago
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Your heart of course! Is this not what anime has taught us?
I can't speak for Dennou Coil, but Mardock Scramble was wordsmithing brilliance. Fully deserved.
Chet Rippo
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I'm just repeating what Izayoi told me.
Lupin III Pilot
The original animated pilot for Lupin III is pretty neat. It mostly functions as an introduction to the characters (something I thought the first series sorely lacked until that alternative OP where Lupin introduces everyone himself) giving each a bit of spotlight with narration on their strengths and history. It's held up pretty well, I'll say, with some very nicely animated parts like the exploding car, the crashing waves during Goemon's section, and Jigen's fistfight. It's nice to see where the animation from the green jacket series' OP came from. If I had any complaint about the art it's that often it felt like Fujiko''s were drawn too large and the two highlights made her look like she was staring off past whatever she was looking at or talking to at times which kinda creeped me out. At 12 minutes though, it's not much of an time investment and rather fun to watch.
It also comes in two flavors: 4:3 and a version shot in Cinemascope. I'd appreciate clarification as to which came first as I read different stuff while looking it up. Some sources say the Cinemascope version came first while others say it's the 4:3 version that was reshot in 1978 but that doesn't make a lot of sense to me given some of the pans used in the 4:3 version. Then again, the sliding backgrounds in the 4:3 version had this jitter to them that wasn't present in the Cinemascope version so that had me wondering if it was fixed later hence my confusion.
The voices for Zenigata, Lupin, and Goemon differ between the versions although Fujiko and Jigen remain the same. They're mostly the same with some different backgrounds although there's a gogo dancing scene with Fujiko that used a great montage of photographs in the background that served well to mark the time of the era that's reduced to something entirely boring in the Cinemascope version.
I preferred the Cinemascope's visuals in the end though. Stuff like the Goemon scene below is rather striking in a larger aspect ratio.
The original animated pilot for Lupin III is pretty neat. It mostly functions as an introduction to the characters (something I thought the first series sorely lacked until that alternative OP where Lupin introduces everyone himself) giving each a bit of spotlight with narration on their strengths and history. It's held up pretty well, I'll say, with some very nicely animated parts like the exploding car, the crashing waves during Goemon's section, and Jigen's fistfight. It's nice to see where the animation from the green jacket series' OP came from. If I had any complaint about the art it's that often it felt like Fujiko''s were drawn too large and the two highlights made her look like she was staring off past whatever she was looking at or talking to at times which kinda creeped me out. At 12 minutes though, it's not much of an time investment and rather fun to watch.
It also comes in two flavors: 4:3 and a version shot in Cinemascope. I'd appreciate clarification as to which came first as I read different stuff while looking it up. Some sources say the Cinemascope version came first while others say it's the 4:3 version that was reshot in 1978 but that doesn't make a lot of sense to me given some of the pans used in the 4:3 version. Then again, the sliding backgrounds in the 4:3 version had this jitter to them that wasn't present in the Cinemascope version so that had me wondering if it was fixed later hence my confusion.
The voices for Zenigata, Lupin, and Goemon differ between the versions although Fujiko and Jigen remain the same. They're mostly the same with some different backgrounds although there's a gogo dancing scene with Fujiko that used a great montage of photographs in the background that served well to mark the time of the era that's reduced to something entirely boring in the Cinemascope version.
I preferred the Cinemascope's visuals in the end though. Stuff like the Goemon scene below is rather striking in a larger aspect ratio.
And now we know what it's worth!
I am interested in seeing how Masashi Ishihama does in his first series director role. He's done a lot of different work for a lot of interesting anime, and the flat-shaded style From the New World is using for the characters makes sense when you consider he was the animation director for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
The trailers certainly seem to have a lot of interesting shots, but then that doesn't necessarily mean the show itself will be good, or maintain that consistency.
Unknown Soldier
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Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 7:
SHIT
JUST
GOT
REAL
I really can't say enough how much I love the art style of this show.
SHIT
JUST
GOT
REAL
I really can't say enough how much I love the art style of this show.
Jex
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duckroll is so shallow
duckroll is so shallow
Indeed.
Good luck catching up on all those episodes of Hyouka! The road of firehawk is a long and boring one.
Cajin got banned because of his lack of use of the NSFW tag.
Jex
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I enjoyed it more than other episodes of Hyouka, which is to say I wasn't actively bored by it. At the time that was as close as the show had gotten to being enjoyable.
Episode twelve is different because it's actually entertaining to watch.
firehawk12
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Hyouka is deep and deep and also deep.duckroll is so shallow
Wonder if they at least have a negative of the Cinemascope, they could do a HD master off of it.
Jex
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Right, I forgot to point out how everyone else in her club is just dressing up at the latest trendy, vapid character designs where as Mayaka is clearly supposed to be more cultured and refined, at least in the area of classic manga.
Ultimadrago
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What about deep?
Jex
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You mean Saber, right?
dakkumauji
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Not every blond in armor is Saber!
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