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[Jex]

[Gunslinger Girl] - 7

This show is so weird. At times it doesn't even feel like an anime. Perhaps that's just all the Europe-porn talking though. This episode was particular good if you enjoy slow panning shots of Italian cities (and who doesn't). There was also some nice gun-recoil sakuga for all the firehawks in the world.

What really strikes me is how serious this show is. Not only is there no overt winking at the audience there's not even a single attempt at levity or comedy to soften the tone. You can tell a serious story and still have people make the odd joke or two but that's not something that I've ever seen in this show. It's rather unrelenting.

This episode - Jean and Rico go to a museum to discuss sculpture and painting. Along the way they happen to get into a few shootouts.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

I don't think that's entirely the reason. It's more like "most Japanese are pretty awful at English, so they don't know that it's wrong."

Those Japanese who actually know English, probably wouldn't make a mistake like that. I don't think anyone can "interpret English phonetically" and actually know the language...

Of course most Japanese are terrible at English. To elaborate on what I meant, they've kind of incorporated their aural impressions of English into the framework of their native language, so when they try writing it they use either "l" or "r" as the fancy takes them, since it all sounds the same to them. A bastardized version of English has pretty much become part of Japanese these days.

 

[Jex]

Aniplex proudly presents the "Annoy Hikaru Kondo and Ei Aoki with Your Dumbass TYPE-MOON Questions Happy Hour"

I have no idea how Kondo could keep answering tactfully after getting three different requests for TM adaptations.

One of the questions was even about whether or not F/Z had a large budget, since the Rider/Archer battle was not exactly the same as it was in the novel. Jesus fucking Christ.

Someone needs to get up an ask if he's been trained in handling stupid, inconsequential questions. (Then they need to actually ask a real question, of course, or they'd just be a hypocrite.)

 

[firehawk12]

Of course most Japanese are terrible at English. To elaborate on what I meant, they've kind of incorporated their aural impressions of English into the framework of their native language, so when they try writing it they use either "l" or "r" as the fancy takes them, since it all sounds the same to them. A bastardized version of English has pretty much become part of Japanese these days.

It's just weird when they misspell words... then again, is loli an English word? lol

Not quite. You need this as well:
http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz278/Jexhius/E7AO114.jpg

Amazing!

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Sankarea End - I'm just wondering, I'm assuming that the manga is on-going so they ended it the way they did?

It's funny, Sankarea and Dusk Maiden ended up being very similar in terms of set up and theme, but both approached their arcs fairly differently. They even ended on a similar future-looking note, but handled their (manga is still going!) endings fairly differently.

In my head, I'm going back and forth on what feels more complete... the

Spoiler

non-ending

of Sankarea or the

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sappy-happy ending

of Dusk Maiden. I almost like the

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indeterminacy

of the Sankerea ending because it just happens and doesn't try to

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close everything up neatly

.

Although, I suppose the cynical way to look at it is that they're leaving room for a season 2 if the sales are good.

 

[Lain]

Accel World 6-12

The catching up was mostly enjoyable, though those self pity moments always rub me the wrong way. At least Haru was able to get his harem to grow, plus the possible direction of

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Haru getting taken over by the armor and devouring Snow Black.

 

[SDBurton]

Mind break and yuri? Man, what has happened to E7?

If only.

I really hope

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they avoid pairing Fleur with Gazelle. She's much better off with Ao, leaving Gazelle to get with Rebekah.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

It's just weird when they misspell words... then again, is loli an English word? lol

Lolicon is short for 'Lolita Complex' so loli is an abbreviation of an abbreviation of an English phrase. Loanwording gone completely insane, in essence.

 

[jman2050]

'Loanwording gone completely insane" is an apt description for every language ever.

I don't even know if people can even figure out where current English came from.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

It's just weird when they misspell words... then again, is loli an English word? lol

Considering how much Japanese media you've consumed, I'd have assumed you'd be used to their mangling of English by now.

Sankarea End - I'm just wondering, I'm assuming that the manga is on-going so they ended it the way they did?

Yes.

 

[Envelope]

Sailor Moon R 83

Finally, some exposition!

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So I guess the big sleep is the reason everyone is still alive in the 30th century? Or is there more to be explained at that end? I guess the sailors crystalising Usagi is the reason Chibiusa said that the Sailors had attacked her mother in the future. It's nice to finally have some explanations!

 

[BGBW]

Was at the niconico exhibit until about half an hour ago. It was great fun, drawing on the box Gundam and pushing people in demand.

Now waiting on the Aoki and Kondo panel. Can't wait.

Did you go onto the stream? I was buy looking after a dog/welcoming my parents home so I could watch the stream as much as I wanted to. Good thing I reserved my timeslot so I can watch it tomorrow.

I was watching that for far too long. How mad was Joel when he came on? Stream turned on him fast.

That's because when he came on the first time yesterday he came off as a bit obnoxious, especially after everyone's favourite MC Ryo. Now it's just become a bit of friendly banter.

 

[survivor]

Been listening to the Bakemonogatari OPs for some time today and based only on the music this is how I would rank them

Ambivalent World
Sugar Sweet Nightmare
Staple Stable
Ren'ai Circulation
Kaerimichi

 

[jman2050]

Been listening to the Bakemonogatari OPs for some time today and based only on the music this is how I would rank them

Ambivalent World
Sugar Sweet Nightmare
Staple Stable
Ren'ai Circulation
Kaerimichi

Switch the first two and switch the last two and you have my list.

Although I guess I appreciate RC to an extent for trying to be an actual brass piece.

 

[SDBurton]

Been listening to the Bakemonogatari OPs for some time today and based only on the music this is how I would rank them

Ambivalent World
Sugar Sweet Nightmare
Staple Stable
Ren'ai Circulation
Kaerimichi

Trying to find them on youtube but I'm getting nothing but shitty covers of them. Uggggh.

 

[Chet Rippo]

They cannot be stopped: Sentai licenses Natsuyuki Rendevous.

That's not Hagure Yuusha no Estetica.

 

[firehawk12]

Lolicon is short for 'Lolita Complex' so loli is an abbreviation of an abbreviation of an English phrase. Loanwording gone completely insane, in essence.

Yeah, that's about right. But even the Japanese should have a consistent way to spell their English loan words!

'Loanwording gone completely insane" is an apt description for every language ever.

I don't even know if people can even figure out where current English came from.

English is the true Esperanto.

Considering how much Japanese media you've consumed, I'd have assumed you'd be used to their mangling of English by now.

Well, I'm just constantly surprised at the lack of spell check is all.

Yes.

Advertisement for the manga indeed!

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Accel World 6-12

The catching up was mostly enjoyable, though those self pity moments always rub me the wrong way. At least Haru was able to get his harem to grow, plus the possible direction of

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Haru getting taken over by the armor and devouring Snow Black.

That would be intriguing

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though hes lvl four and shes nine would be impossible for him to do that, I think

That's not Hagure Yuusha no Estetica.

Seems like something funi would get.

 

[Kincaido]

In other news, Sentai also just licensed Idolmaster XENOGLOSSIA.

They got the wrong one! ╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Yeah, that's about right. But even the Japanese should have a consistent way to spell their English loan words!

They do... in Japanese.

Well, I'm just constantly surprised at the lack of spell check is all.

If anyone in Japan really cared about getting it right, they could easily pull some random American expat off the street to tell them that their English is completely nonsensical.

 

[Crash Station]

Sankarea End - I'm just wondering, I'm assuming that the manga is on-going so they ended it the way they did?

The ending was original and not in the manga, which made the openness kind of weird.

 

[firehawk12]

They do... in Japanese.

If anyone in Japan really cared about getting it right, they could easily pull some random American expat off the street to tell them that their English is completely nonsensical.

I still remember how the English captions/subtitles for that English episode of Ika Musume didn't match what the characters were speaking... even though the animators/director must have seen the script at some point. God damn it.

The ending was original and not in the manga, which made the openness kind of weird.

Wait, does the manga actually end? I mean, the way the anime ends allows it to both "end" but also leave room for more if that happens.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Seems like something funi would get.

Funimation gets everything.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I don't even know if people can even figure out where current English came from.

The basic sentence structure and grammatical form of English is Germanic. However English evolved alongside the Romance (Latin-derived) languages of the main European continent and so it contains many words from the Romance languages, despite having a fundamentally different basis. English is basically a mishmash of all the Western European languages but it's fundamentally derived from the same root which gave rise to the modern German language.

 

[Crash Station]

I still remember how the English captions/subtitles for that English episode of Ika Musume didn't match what the characters were speaking... even though the animators/director must have seen the script at some point. God damn it.

At least Cindy spoke it damn well with only a minor accent.

Wait, does the manga actually end? I mean, the way the anime ends allows it to both "end" but also leave room for more if that happens.

The manga is still ongoing. I'm just saying, the anime's ending was original.

 

[dakkumauji]

Funimation gets everything.

That's Sentai. Everything and anything.

 

[firehawk12]

At least Cindy spoke it damn well with only a minor accent.

I'm almost convinced that they got an English voice actor for that part actually!

The manga is still ongoing. I'm just saying, the anime's ending was original.

Yeah, okay. That's what I assumed, but I was confused by your post for a moment.

 

[jman2050]

The basic sentence structure and grammatical form of English is Germanic. However English evolved alongside the Romance (Latin-derived) languages of the main European continent and so it contains many words from the Romance languages, despite having a fundamentally different basis. English is basically a mishmash of all the Western European languages but it's fundamentally derived from the same root which gave rise to the modern German language.

You forgot to mention that this was all BEFORE it started borrowing shit from everywhere else just because

At least Cindy spoke it damn well with only a minor accent.

That was easily the most shocking part of the episode, which is saying something considering how bizarre it ended up getting.

 

[Chet Rippo]

That's Sentai. Everything and anything.

Is there anyone else left?

 

[Crash Station]

I'm almost convinced that they got an English voice actor for that part actually!

I could have sworn I heard a slight accent in there, but I could be wrong. Either way, it's not something you see often.

 

[brotkasten]

Requiem from the Darkness EP1

This turned out to be better than expected.

I had my doubts after the first 5 minutes, thinking it had too much comedy for a horror anime, but I'm glad that I was proven wrong. It does look a bit cheap and that turned me off as well, but I think I can look past that, if continues like that.

 

[dakkumauji]

Is there anyone else left?

Well, there's NISA and their nice packaging.

And, RightStuf/Nozomi. Oh and Viz.

Sadly, that's about it.

 

[duckroll]

Requiem from the Darkness is a good show. I really enjoyed it when I watched it way back.

 

[firehawk12]

I could have sworn I heard a slight accent in there, but I could be wrong. Either way, it's not something you see often.

Oh yeah, but it could have been say, a European speaking English or something. I remember thinking that the voice sounded different anyway, but it's been a while.

 

[Articalys]

Welp, Binbogami ga is 100% confirmed to be Funimation now. Someone found this image on their site:

http://www.funimation.com/sites/all/themes/funimation2/shows/binbougami-ga/splash.jpg

 

[survivor]

Welp, Binbogami ga is 100% confirmed to be Funimation now. Someone found this image on their site:

http://www.funimation.com/sites/all/themes/funimation2/shows/binbougami-ga/splash.jpg

Fuck yeah

 

[Envelope]

Welp, Binbogami ga is 100% confirmed to be Funimation now. Someone found this image on their site:

http://www.funimation.com/sites/all/themes/funimation2/shows/binbougami-ga/splash.jpg

Better than nothing!

 

[dakkumauji]

Welp, Binbogami ga is 100% confirmed to be Funimation now. Someone found this image on their site:

http://www.funimation.com/sites/all/themes/funimation2/shows/binbougami-ga/splash.jpg

Well that image makes me hyped for the show now.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Funimation gets everything.

Mhm.

That's Sentai. Everything and anything.

I see.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Requiem from the Darkness EP1

This turned out to be better than expected.

I had my doubts after the first 5 minutes, thinking it had too much comedy for a horror anime, but I'm glad that I was proven wrong. It does look a bit cheap and that turned me off as well, but I think I can look past that, if continues like that.

Yeah, it's not much of a looker in terms of perceived production values, but the show accomplishes its overall tone quite well.

 

[Crash Station]

Well that image makes me hyped for the show now.

It does sum up the totally awesome cast pretty well.

 

[firehawk12]

Basket Army 3

I still don't know what this thing is supposed to be advertising.

 

[wonzo]

Welp, Binbogami ga is 100% confirmed to be Funimation now. Someone found this image on their site:

http://www.funimation.com/sites/all/themes/funimation2/shows/binbougami-ga/splash.jpg

boy, i sure cant wait for a simulcast that'll be 1-2 weeks late that i cant even access in my region

 

[Articalys]

.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Just what Eureka Seven AO needed!

 

[Brazil]

Only four more to go now.

Sentai has licensed Campione!

You can do it, Sentai.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Only four more to go now.

Sentai has licensed Campione!

Tatsuya Katou (Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere, MEDAKA BOX) is scoring the music, possibly never does any bad musics.

Hoping for good action from it.

 

[dakkumauji]

Only four more to go now.

Sentai has licensed Campione!

At this rate, which already announced Crunchyroll show will they choose now!

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Welp, Binbogami ga is 100% confirmed to be Funimation now. Someone found this image on their site:

http://www.funimation.com/sites/all/themes/funimation2/shows/binbougami-ga/splash.jpg

That looks rather compelling. May check out if those other characters consistently show up.

 

[brotkasten]

Requiem from the Darkness is a good show. I really enjoyed it when I watched it way back.

Yeah, it's not much of a looker in terms of perceived production values, but the show accomplishes its overall tone quite well.

Good. I was mainly disappointed by Another, because it was recommended as horror/mystery anime and I really found it lacking in that department.

I still need to find something as good as Mononoke.

 

[Articalys]

Also, this sort of got lost in the news shuffle, but NISA is doing a season 1+2 DVD collection box set for Natsume:

Quite the nice choice for the artbook cover.