Agreed. It doesn't really seem representative of an initiative to expand the market, and instead looks like they are content to simply gauge the existing niche.
I really do want to support the market, but not under these practices.
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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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Agreed. It doesn't really seem representative of an initiative to expand the market, and instead looks like they are content to simply gauge the existing niche.
I really do want to support the market, but not under these practices.
Canis lupus
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You're starting an amazing journey.
Yeah. 30 bucks is a steal for anything more than 10 episodes.
Canis lupus
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Imagine that One Piece bluray box sets.
It'd be a manageable 19 pages if you weren't a 50ppp holdout.
Jex
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Yeah, but those would be huge pages.
Also, I dislike your usage of "holdout". That implies that there's been some of movement towards 100pp, where as we all know that it's a fairly even split.
Most of the foreign licensors for anime will say as much if you ask them. I'm no supporter of Japan Price(tm), but I bought VHS and DVDs during the 8-volumes-for-26-episodes days; I'm perfectly willing to pay $60 for a ~13-episode set, especially on BD.
Besides, if it costs too much for you, just go stream it for free. Most of the licensors will post this stuff on their own sites, or leave it up on CR/etc. anyway.
Jex
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That looks pretty good. I find it funny that there's about one second of actual mecha footage in the whole trailer.
Speaking of which, that design? It's god damn ridiculous. Even the eyelid to the robot is covered in elaborate decoration:
*brofist*
Jex
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So you read that New York Times article too?
Even so, as consumers, I don't think we should be the ones to bear the brunt of a flawed market.
Jex
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I just noticed something... incredibly sexist about the Psycho-Pass key visual. Holy crap. I'm kinda... offended even. Notice how all the guys are holding their large oversized guns with just one hand, while both female characters need BOTH HANDS to hold them. Wtf?
C'mon now, you're just looking for reasons to complain now. We all know that girls. in Japanese media, cant climb or hold heavy things.
There are some even worse practise like changing over a tenner for three episodes on a DVD. And then you realise this is Bleach so the grand total for everything is about one billion and that doesn't even include the Heart.
But like I said they are competing with the rest of the store where other television shows are priced for less for the complete package. It's no wonder the anime section is stuck at the back of the store next to the porn where no one wants to be seen in public. The BluRay section is even worse and they get a shelf with the martial arts because they don't deserve their own section.
But like I said they are competing with the rest of the store where other television shows are priced for less for the complete package. It's no wonder the anime section is stuck at the back of the store next to the porn where no one wants to be seen in public. The BluRay section is even worse and they get a shelf with the martial arts because they don't deserve their own section.
Its a market held up by the absolute thinnest of margins possible. Its actually fucking scary.
I agree with you, but the market is what it is, and I'm used to spending to enjoy it.
Jex
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So, how much longer is this going to take? I feel like it's already been going on for days. I mean, it's fun and all, but there's a limit to how far you can push it the pacing. The animators don't even care about the 'immortal legion' fight scene, it's all stills!
On a more positive note, that looked like some Nakamura animation in the beginning three-way fight scene, which was pretty neat.
So, how much longer is this going to take? I feel like it's already been going on for days. I mean, it's fun and all, but there's a limit to how far you can push it the pacing. The animators don't even care about the 'immortal legion' fight scene, it's all stills!
On a more positive note, that looked like some Nakamura animation in the beginning three-way fight scene, which was pretty neat.
dakkumauji
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So :3 that actual cats can't match up.
So a no fighting episode, but it still enjoyable due to the new :3 maid and the extremely tsuntsun knight. From writing fanfiction to freaking out over everything, it had good comedy and was enjoyable even though it was harem antics. Maybe it was because the other harem members were too busy being bondage bait to get in the way.
Thank you, Salvatore.
So :3 that actual cats can't match up.
So a no fighting episode, but it still enjoyable due to the new :3 maid and the extremely tsuntsun knight. From writing fanfiction to freaking out over everything, it had good comedy and was enjoyable even though it was harem antics. Maybe it was because the other harem members were too busy being bondage bait to get in the way.
Thank you, Salvatore.
amishpriest99
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Hadn't seen it before, but I just Googled it. That article was comparing the first seven episodes to Evangelion. It wasn't until the last couple of episodes that I felt any similarity, at least from a visual standpoint, to End of Evangelion in particular.
Jex
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All the blu-rays in the HMV here are just dumped in one set of blu-rays, so good luck on finding anything!
Jex
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He seems dangerously close to admitting that the films look awful. Especially with the whole 'aiming to produce' part. You can aim to produce anything, but the reality of what you end up with is the important thing.
I will agree with part of what he says though - it's impossible to replicate the unique visual look of the Berserk movies without CG.
Jex
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Jex
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Eureka Seven AO 18
Hey look, slapping done right! Leave it to BONES to understand the importance of proper physicality and kineticism in their slapping animation.
I have a theory why most people don't actually notice bad/lazy slapping animation. In live action the scene 'cuts' seconds before a hit connects to another person and the next shot will show the reaction from the person who just got his coupled with the audio of hit. Therefore, when an anime does it it's just mimicking live action. In anime, however, you have the freedom to actually show the hit connecting without needing to hide the fact that your actors aren't hitting each other.
Dedication Through Light
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Jex
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It happens more than you think -- Code Geass is the most prominent recent example I can think of. If Major Broadcaster X, who runs your show, doesn't have any unbooked airtime you can use to run the show if it gets pre-empted, or in Geass' case has multiple recap episodes because of production issues, there's not a whole lot you can do.
From RACS, a business letter to retailers from the president of Bandai Entertainment:
So basically, if there's anything from Bandai Ent. that you wanted to buy and haven't gotten around to it yet... now's the time before it's too late.
PdotMichael
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Dedication Through Light
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Darn I guess I need to move Gundam Wing up on my list to get, never found out if it was every released on blu ray or dvd.
Hopefully someone gets Seed HD...dont think I aim to get SEED just yet.
You should, its up there for the studios best anime and so worth it on blu ray, great quality.
Well, to be fair, it's not like it had particularly far to fall
This post makes me very sad. I might cry.
I did that for Geneon and ADV, so might as well go on a Bandai-spree.
It happened to both Madoka and Code Geass...
But there are only two Code Geass recap episodes and no extra ones on the DVDs as far as I can see?
I remember with Wolf's Rain and the SARS epidemic we got the OVA episodes thanks to the four recaps in a row, but that made sense to me because the OVAs were announced after the forced hiatus. But we've known E7 Ao is supposed to be 24 episodes for months now. Madoka (which, I think, ran in the same time slot?) was pre-empted for over a month and a half for its final two episodes due to far more unpredictable circumstances than the Olympics - I'm just surprised that there's no contingency plan in place for two episodes of Ao.
amishpriest99
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Crap...going to have to see what's left that I'd want. At least I've got all available Gundam (well, not the SEED/Destiny movies, but I don't care about those).
Geass' recap episodes are numbered 8.5 and 17.5; they aren't counted among the 25 that compose the first season.
dakkumauji
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Guess I'll have to see what they have left. Maybe Rightstuf will do another Bandai sale so I can grab it all for 'cheap'
Femmeworth
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You'd be better off using that time to read some of that fine British literature.
Jex
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I mean, I understand that character animation is layered on top of backgrounds to produce an image. It's something I understand, from a technical stand point. However I should never be able to see it happening in real-time.
Jank.
Thats why I want to see the video!
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