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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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Jex
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It's now been a decade of live action Resident Evil movies.
Hellsing321
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Jex
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Thanks for brining this to the attention of the thread because I wouldn't discover it otherwise. I don't visit ANN that regularly.
I was blocking cosmic's opinion on the show and its art from my brain on purpose.
Jex
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Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Jex
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Well, there's also the direction and tone - when you completely change studio and team you're unlikely to retain many elements of the original series.
Crash Station
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PdotMichael
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wtf? Is this a spoiler or what?
My opinion is worthless around here
DTL liked it more than I did.
Not true!
Jex
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On the plus side, if you ever rewatch 08th MS Team you can just pretend that episode doesn't exist!
Dunno, is the first six or so pages in the first chapter a spoiler?
Jex
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You've reminded me of this shot in Akito.... lol. It really stood out because it was kinda weird, and also sorta lazy, and seemed to have been put it in just for the sake of variety because it was a long talky scene, instead of any deeper purpose in terms of visual direction.
I take it neither of the two characters in this sequence has just said something really powerful that 'warps' the perception of other?
PdotMichael
Banned
There is no reason to post randomly manga pages of upcoming animes. I would like to watch the shows without any spoilers.
My opinion is worthless around here
DTL liked it more than I did.
Well only when you say ridiculous things like [c] is the best-looking show Nakamura has ever made.
Crash Station
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Tsuritama is slightly better in the looks department.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
K-ON!! 23
Ritsu: "Let me see... a waste of time."
You can't say KyoAni doesn't know how to poke fun at itself. And you know... I'm okay with that. It really is a fun waste of time. K-ON never tried to present itself as hardcore melodrama or as an epic storytelling exercise spanning hundreds of minutes. It was just a little cartoon about what it's like to have friends in high school and do silly stuff with them. Sure, it's very "ordinary", but at least it's honest.
I don't wanna finish K-ON.
Yui: "What is After School for you?"
Ritsu: "Let me see... a waste of time."
You can't say KyoAni doesn't know how to poke fun at itself. And you know... I'm okay with that. It really is a fun waste of time. K-ON never tried to present itself as hardcore melodrama or as an epic storytelling exercise spanning hundreds of minutes. It was just a little cartoon about what it's like to have friends in high school and do silly stuff with them. Sure, it's very "ordinary", but at least it's honest.
I don't wanna finish K-ON..hack//Quantum 2-3 (WIRED PRISONER, The World-end Pallbearer) [End]
Well, that's a mouthful.
Like I mentioned in my impressions for the first part, I believe .hack's story to be in it's best form when dealing with that extend it's reach into the real world (That is, the anime's "real world"). Quantum, showing it's brand's decade of experience in this particular sub-genre, pulls it off perfectly.
It's hard, as a viewer, to care about places and events when they're taking place in a virtual setting-- consequences are less meaningful when it's ultimately just a game. .hack//Quantum spends a healthy amount of time in the quaint, subtly futuristic real-world to get more acquainted with it's protagonists, but all the action and drama still happens in the game world. But the frenetic pace isn't stilted by the fact that they're just avatars in a game world. I think It's here that Quantum succeeds and turns into something worthwhile. The game is actually a proper conduit for the characters to be sleuthing around for answers. It's not about the immediate danger of monster A, it's the implications of not finding something. It doesn't come off as contrived, it's entertaining. What's more, it doesn't quickly jump to the "If we die here, we die in the real world" card. which does come off rather contrived.
This successful dynamic aside, Quantum is simply a well-paced, fun adventure with characters that I'm sad I won't see more of. Which is odd to think of, since going in it was hard not to expect a one-dimensional, Legend of the Twilight-like situation given the character model rehashes of the original dothackers.
Maybe I'm laying the praise on a bit too thick though; the show wasn't without it's faults. There were some ugly moments of large CG monsters that brought the momentum of a key scene to a complete stop. Some of the plot devices felt like ham-fisted parallels to past .hack media. Which seems like such an odd move, too. The fanservice you're granting is for a very niche base. Why are you doing it at the risk of making that very base annoyed? If they were purely creative decisions, they were odd ones to be sure.
Negatives aside, excluding .hack//Sign, this is the first .hack animation I've watched that feels like a well directed, cohesive piece of entertainment. It creates a very confined, but compelling story that I imagine would feel inviting to someone new to the franchise, while also leaving them wanting more from the world. And that's just about the best thing you could ask for in a 3-part OVA from an overwhemingly huge universe.
Edit: Oh, man, the Blu-Ray/DVD Combo is $16 on Amazon? Yeah... Gotta grab that.
Well, that's a mouthful.
Like I mentioned in my impressions for the first part, I believe .hack's story to be in it's best form when dealing with that extend it's reach into the real world (That is, the anime's "real world"). Quantum, showing it's brand's decade of experience in this particular sub-genre, pulls it off perfectly.
It's hard, as a viewer, to care about places and events when they're taking place in a virtual setting-- consequences are less meaningful when it's ultimately just a game. .hack//Quantum spends a healthy amount of time in the quaint, subtly futuristic real-world to get more acquainted with it's protagonists, but all the action and drama still happens in the game world. But the frenetic pace isn't stilted by the fact that they're just avatars in a game world. I think It's here that Quantum succeeds and turns into something worthwhile. The game is actually a proper conduit for the characters to be sleuthing around for answers. It's not about the immediate danger of monster A, it's the implications of not finding something. It doesn't come off as contrived, it's entertaining. What's more, it doesn't quickly jump to the "If we die here, we die in the real world" card. which does come off rather contrived.
(Though it does actually use this in the 3rd part!)
/stealth SAO bashing
Maybe I'm laying the praise on a bit too thick though; the show wasn't without it's faults. There were some ugly moments of large CG monsters that brought the momentum of a key scene to a complete stop. Some of the plot devices felt like ham-fisted parallels to past .hack media. Which seems like such an odd move, too. The fanservice you're granting is for a very niche base. Why are you doing it at the risk of making that very base annoyed? If they were purely creative decisions, they were odd ones to be sure.
I can't be the only person who thought Hermit was straight up Sakaki from G.U. 10-year old dying and being trapped in the game? That's the first thing that jumped to my mind.
Negatives aside, excluding .hack//Sign, this is the first .hack animation I've watched that feels like a well directed, cohesive piece of entertainment. It creates a very confined, but compelling story that I imagine would feel inviting to someone new to the franchise, while also leaving them wanting more from the world. And that's just about the best thing you could ask for in a 3-part OVA from an overwhemingly huge universe.
Edit: Oh, man, the Blu-Ray/DVD Combo is $16 on Amazon? Yeah... Gotta grab that.
Why is there a goose....
Jex
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What do you have against geese?
PdotMichael
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I see only a duck.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's rolling.
It's a duck?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Since I'm not quite reading the thread - Happy birthday to whomever has a birthday! lol
And yes, it's a duck.
And yes, it's a duck.
PdotMichael
Banned
Yes, it is. I would say it's a Pekin duck.
Wow. I'm so bad...
Crash Station
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Happy birthday Icasanna.
Saint Seiya Omega 25
Ryuho's darkness thing was the only one that was interesting.
Saint Seiya Omega 25
Ryuho's darkness thing was the only one that was interesting.
chickdigger802
Banned
oh how did I forget to watch Smile Precure 32
The dead eyes O.O
And boo... I wanted another 'final form'~
The dead eyes O.O
And boo... I wanted another 'final form'~
Well, the Daily Lives of High School Boys manga just came to an out-of-nowhere screeching halt. Dunno what that means for any potential plans of a second anime season.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
K-ON!! 24
I watch K-ON because I like watching cute girls doing cute stuff.
K-ON!! FIN (though technically there are still some extra episodes to go)
I watch K-ON because I like watching cute girls doing cute stuff.
K-ON!! FIN (though technically there are still some extra episodes to go)
you're good people, reg
Probably no plans at this point. Right?
My opinion is worthless around here
Even if our tastes are different, you're aware enough of both why you like what you like and what people look for in shows to provide useful opinions. Some posters can't get beyond their own tastes, and just get baffled when people dislike the shows they enjoy, or vice versa.
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Happy birthday, hosanna and icarus!
A brand new Chuunibyo Demo Koi ga Shitai video, "Lite Episode 1":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK_aZiizefg
This seems to be a mini-story that won't be part of the TV series. Look's like they'll be showing a new one via YouTube every week for an unknown length of time, taking down the previous week's each time a new video gets posted.
Also, two new updates on the site's character page: Yuta and Rikka's teacher Nanase Tsukumo (voiced by Kikuko Inoue), and Rikka's sister Toka Takanashi (voiced by Eri Sendai).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK_aZiizefg
This seems to be a mini-story that won't be part of the TV series. Look's like they'll be showing a new one via YouTube every week for an unknown length of time, taking down the previous week's each time a new video gets posted.
Also, two new updates on the site's character page: Yuta and Rikka's teacher Nanase Tsukumo (voiced by Kikuko Inoue), and Rikka's sister Toka Takanashi (voiced by Eri Sendai).
KO Traveling Hobo
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They'll probably look better in motion, but those are...uh...less than stellar. The faces don't match the bodies at all.
Well, it's hard to comment on the content without knowing what they're saying, but this certainly seems like a step down from Nichijou and Hyouka just from an audiovisual standpoint. It's obviously high-budget animation, but the art direction is really quite bland; the backgrounds seem entirely perfunctory. And just listen to that utterly mediocre BGM they trot out.
Really just incredibly hype deflating.
PdotMichael
Banned
The humor was pretty K-On! like. I think it's better not to say more about the new PV.
1.) So much fucking glow it's ridiculous.
2.) The girl's a moron.
3.) Jun Fukuyama is glorious.
4.) Are those two going out?
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