Yes you should. Its hard to find good ones though.
I have one but it is more of an encyclopedia of anime shows, which is kind of cool in itself.
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Summer 2012 Anime |OT3| Where All the Waifus Are Made Up and the Points Don't Matter
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Yes you should. Its hard to find good ones though.
I have one but it is more of an encyclopedia of anime shows, which is kind of cool in itself.
chickdigger802
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girls don't look cute. Think they are missing the point.
I'm more interested in the show in the bottom left corner there...
Seinfeld the animu?
Jex
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They even got faux-K-On! faces. Impressive.
PdotMichael
Banned
In fact, apparently it runs in the same magazine as Nichijou.
Every time I keep saying "not another one of these" and every time I end up watching some of it. Its a sickness.
Fate Prisma Ilya. Magical girl show starring Ilya with bad artwork.
Hm, I have that in my library so I must have listened to it at some point. I guess it just never grabbed me, will have to give it another shot.
Ha! Post parodying. I'll take tahat as a good sign.
I can agree with the fact that there are unlikeable characters, but all of them? Nope. If you don't like Schwarz there is something wrong man.
I'm good man, I'm more of a Sturm und Drang kind of guy.
Chet Rippo
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Trying to out-K-ON K-ON! I see.
PdotMichael
Banned
Is such a thing possible?
Chet Rippo
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Jex
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So I've recently picked up the Roujin Z movie from 1991 on Blu-Ray. For those of you who haven't heard of the title, you may be forgiven for thinking that it was directed by big-name director. The marketing the for the Blu-Ray name drops Satoshi Kon (Millenium Actress) and Katshiro Otomo (Akira) but the movie was actually directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo. His directorial works include Golden Boy, Pop Chaser and Blood: The Last Vampire. Not quite the same calibre of creator.
So what is Roujin Z about? Essentially it's a story about the problem of how a modern, industrialised nation with a robust welfare state deals with the problem of an ageing population that requires more medical treatment and attention as they grow older. This is a real problem for just about every developed nation that promises to provide some level of healthcare for the elderly population - everyone is living longer, the longer you live the more medical conditions you acquire the more expensive you become to keep alive. It's the kind of thing that threatens to bankrupt a country as the ratio elderly to younger people shifts over time. This is only starting to become a problem in European countries but in Japan, due to it's rapidly ageing population, they had to start worrying about it before us.
Roujin Z tells the tale of how a Japanese government might attempt to deal with what looks to be a rather intractable problem. In their case, a company has invented a robotic bed, the titular Roujin-Z, that can take care of a patients every need, doing away with the need for expensive hospital visits and 24/7 nursing. However, something goes awry with the machine and chaos ensues.
Now, that all sounds rather serious, and it is, but the film itself is not a hugely sombre affair. It treats it's subject matter: ageing, death, the loss of dignity associated with growing older etc with great respect. However, that doesn't stop it from being a surprisingly cheerful and light-hearted affair, with silly robots beds doing battles with bulldozers and improbably chase sequences involving helicopters. Which I think, honestly, is a healthy way to approach the material because otherwise this is the kind of piece that could have been fairly depressing.
The film itself has an extremely basic plotline featuring only a few major characters. However they do a pretty good of fleshing out the important characters to the point where you actually care about what's going in the various elaborate action sequences that make up the second half of the film. I guess the important thing for most people is that the main heroine is plucky and resourceful.
The animation for this film is at it's most spectacular when dealing with mechanical animation, it even has what I like to think of as Akira wires, which can magically move on their own and snake all over the place to create cool effects. Some of the final action sequences are particularly spectacular in this regard. Which isn't to say that the character animation is bad, because it's not. In fact I really like how exaggerated and comical they go with some of the character expressions:
I can't really think of any reason not to recommend this movie. It's suitable for all ages, it deals with an important social theme and it's got lots of 2D mechanical animation in it!
A brief note on the disc itself: the quality of the picture is, as you'd hope, good but there are practically no extras, which is a little disappointing. My only real quibble is the fact that there's no Japanese 2.0 track, it's 5.1 or go home. As a result there are some scenes which sound a little weird on a traditional stereo set up.
So what is Roujin Z about? Essentially it's a story about the problem of how a modern, industrialised nation with a robust welfare state deals with the problem of an ageing population that requires more medical treatment and attention as they grow older. This is a real problem for just about every developed nation that promises to provide some level of healthcare for the elderly population - everyone is living longer, the longer you live the more medical conditions you acquire the more expensive you become to keep alive. It's the kind of thing that threatens to bankrupt a country as the ratio elderly to younger people shifts over time. This is only starting to become a problem in European countries but in Japan, due to it's rapidly ageing population, they had to start worrying about it before us.
Roujin Z tells the tale of how a Japanese government might attempt to deal with what looks to be a rather intractable problem. In their case, a company has invented a robotic bed, the titular Roujin-Z, that can take care of a patients every need, doing away with the need for expensive hospital visits and 24/7 nursing. However, something goes awry with the machine and chaos ensues.
Now, that all sounds rather serious, and it is, but the film itself is not a hugely sombre affair. It treats it's subject matter: ageing, death, the loss of dignity associated with growing older etc with great respect. However, that doesn't stop it from being a surprisingly cheerful and light-hearted affair, with silly robots beds doing battles with bulldozers and improbably chase sequences involving helicopters. Which I think, honestly, is a healthy way to approach the material because otherwise this is the kind of piece that could have been fairly depressing.
The film itself has an extremely basic plotline featuring only a few major characters. However they do a pretty good of fleshing out the important characters to the point where you actually care about what's going in the various elaborate action sequences that make up the second half of the film. I guess the important thing for most people is that the main heroine is plucky and resourceful.
The animation for this film is at it's most spectacular when dealing with mechanical animation, it even has what I like to think of as Akira wires, which can magically move on their own and snake all over the place to create cool effects. Some of the final action sequences are particularly spectacular in this regard. Which isn't to say that the character animation is bad, because it's not. In fact I really like how exaggerated and comical they go with some of the character expressions:
I can't really think of any reason not to recommend this movie. It's suitable for all ages, it deals with an important social theme and it's got lots of 2D mechanical animation in it!
A brief note on the disc itself: the quality of the picture is, as you'd hope, good but there are practically no extras, which is a little disappointing. My only real quibble is the fact that there's no Japanese 2.0 track, it's 5.1 or go home. As a result there are some scenes which sound a little weird on a traditional stereo set up.
Deep down you know it's a yes.
Isn't that the premise of
Vampire Knight
In the anime, Kaname is revealed to be Yuki's older brother. They are also the result of inbreeding. Seems vampires like to keep it in the family.
So the west just has to remake that.
Please, say nothing bad about Golden Boy.
So.... translations are the following.
EDIT: Spoilered tag the image cuz apparently even after a few days I can't even post stuff about episode 10 even though yall post information about episodes of other shows spoiling details a few days after. W/e....
Kirito: The meals that Asuna cooks are really tasty...
This is bliss...
Asuna: After we eat this I'll have sex with Kirito-Kun.
Sex with Kirito-Kun Sex with Kirito-Kun Sex with Kirito-Kun Sex with Kirito-Kun Sex with Kirito-Kun Sex with Kirito-Kun
I can have sex I want to have sex I want-
This is bliss...
Asuna: After we eat this I'll have sex with Kirito-Kun.
Sex with Kirito-Kun Sex with Kirito-Kun Sex with Kirito-Kun Sex with Kirito-Kun Sex with Kirito-Kun Sex with Kirito-Kun
I can have sex I want to have sex I want-
EDIT: Spoilered tag the image cuz apparently even after a few days I can't even post stuff about episode 10 even though yall post information about episodes of other shows spoiling details a few days after. W/e....
It made me rofl because that's probably what actually happened. BUWHAHAHAHAHA
Ultimadrago
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This made for a nice afternoon watch.
Jex
Member
I didn't say anything bad, I said they weren't of the same calibre.
Okay. That gave me a chuckle. SAO is the gift that keeps on giving. What has it given us so far? It gave us gifs. It gave us a war. It's given us awesome art. Idk...
Hyouka 21
Chitanda is a psychopath! She has gone from being a bumbling idiot in the culture festival, to this.
The earlier character development continues to pay-off in the best ways possible. This episode was oddly reminiscent of an episode of K-ON! that I watched recently, with a great sense of melancholy being drawn out of the most unassuming of events. A lot of the shots were real eye-candy, and did much to contribute to that prevailing mood
Satoshi's mask continues to slip. When you think about it, his personal outlook is actually quite depressing.
And the astronomy clubs looks like it'd be fun.
Yuri Yuri 11
Akari's gonna Akari. A cool episode, and this is the first time that I've noticed her sister never opens her eyes, which is appropriately unsettling.
Chitanda is a psychopath! She has gone from being a bumbling idiot in the culture festival, to this.
The earlier character development continues to pay-off in the best ways possible. This episode was oddly reminiscent of an episode of K-ON! that I watched recently, with a great sense of melancholy being drawn out of the most unassuming of events. A lot of the shots were real eye-candy, and did much to contribute to that prevailing mood
Satoshi's mask continues to slip. When you think about it, his personal outlook is actually quite depressing.
And the astronomy clubs looks like it'd be fun.
Yuri Yuri 11
Akari's gonna Akari. A cool episode, and this is the first time that I've noticed her sister never opens her eyes, which is appropriately unsettling.
Chet Rippo
Member
You gotta have cute girls for that to work.
If OrekixChitanda doesn't happen at the end i swear i will break something.
Well... I wasn't talking about doujins. I don't even read them. However, little bits like the one I just posted is so good.
No story could do SAO justice like the source material so they're just filling in the gaps.
Thankies.
Tokyo Mew Mew is a great mahou shoujo and I was really sad that 4Kids butchered it and didnt even release DVDs. They suck. The suck omega fatty acids.
It's given you two years worth!
if you all are actually still talking about it in 2014, i'm going to hang myself.
Talk abotu what?
amishpriest99
Member
I think you'd like G. It is rather absurd, especially with the mech designs, but that's what I love about it. The downside (or upside, depending on your POV) is that it's 49 episodes. Fun show
.Chet Rippo
Member
I'm not seeing the problem.
Yeah aside from it being Asuna, that is pretty much the standard fare for doujins. all glory, no story.
Wow.... Can't believe you just said that.
LOL. you so clever dresden. <3.
Watched a handful of minutes of it and it looks interesting. Kind of wish there was a transcript so that I could follow the panel at my own pace but whatever, I'll set aside an hour to watch it later.
God damn :lol
Chet Rippo
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Then kayos would have nothing to talk about.
Not true. I can talk about other animes easily. Yall wanna talk about something else? okay.
That description makes it abundantly clear that all of the necessary boxes are already checked.
The only thing keeping me from permanently erasing the show from my memory is the fact that the character designs look ever so slightly Soredemo-ish.
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