Razgriz-Specter
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Has anyone bought the K-On avatars off the Japanese PSN?
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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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The big guy looks like someone from Umineko.
Woah, that's pretty interesting! I never made all those connections before. I got some such as the first line. I thought it was neat when first watching the show how Sailor Moon's family name had Tsuki in it which is Japanese for Moon and Luna is Latin for Moon. Later with Venus being about love and Minako saying she's an expert, with Ai being the Japanese word for love and Aino Minako.
I didn't think to look at the days of the week, the planets and how the first Kanji is the first Kanji in each of the girls names sans Minako. I really should have paid more attention to the outer senshi's family names too, as a fan of astronomy I feel really dumb I never made the connection.
I think seeing the connection with the weekdays is easier in Japanese because of the Kanji. I'm used to Tuesday being 火曜日or Wednesday being 水曜日and on calendars or schedules they are often shorthanded to just (火
or (水. Taking those and putting them with a different reading into the girls names in really neat.Gah! All those times seeing 火川神社 or "Hikawa Shrine" as a play on words for Rei being related to fire too instead of using the real world spelling 氷川神社 where 氷(ice) is pronounced "Hi".
Thanks for taking the time to write this all up
I missed talking to each other for awhile there.
I think I'm going to have to save this for future reference.
Also this haha, and people say Sailor Moon isn't a deep show!
All this talk is making me wonder what other connections might exist in the show!
I haven't seen the show but that's pretty cool too! A lot of people here in the thread have mentioned how they don't like many different Japanese language jokes or connections, such as maybe those done in Joshiraku but personally I love that stuff. It's true that sometimes the jokes might be kind of groaners or connections might take something simple and make it seem kind of complicated but I still think it's neat.
I'm not sure anyone would have solved it but seeing the answer to the epitaph in Umineko no naku koro ni, I thought it was really interesting how
the author mixed English words and pronunciations and how they relate to Japanese and the different readings of Kanji and such.
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amishpriest99
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As much as I like Asuka, you two can go ahead and fight over her.
Since Misato is my waifu
.As much as I like Asuka, you two can go ahead and fight over her.Since Misato is my waifu
Sorry, I claimed Misato already. you can have Rei though.
Chet Rippo
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Long Hair > > > > > > > Short hair.
I hope Crunchy pick this, gonna be a pain if it streamless and no one subbing like Danball Senki ;_;
amishpriest99
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Aw dammit...I'll defer to you, cajun-senpai
. With all due respect to Rei, I guess it's Mari instead (Glasses, twintails, kinda crazy, and Maaya Sakamoto <3).Canis lupus
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Are avatars account tied? A Japanese friend of mine has Yui. Mio>Yui btw
Razgriz-Specter
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sadly yeah, made a new account for them. I was getting ready to buy the Rinne no lagrange avatars when I noticed them and some Gundam avatars.
Canis lupus
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Anime avatars should come to EU store. :/
Jex
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Well, people can't be fooled twice!
Chet Rippo
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I've been thinking about it. Don't like the idea of buying avatars, but this here is tempting.
Jex
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It's funny because it's true.
In this case I think you're right.
Regulus Tera
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What's the point of such comparisons when we already know Mugi is the supreme moéblob?
RurouniZel
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Looks like we're gonna have to duel this one out.
Whilst part of it was a result of going in with low expectations (and an impression that the film was a lot drier than it actually was, for some reason), I thought the first act of Poppy Hill was pretty great, in a "Goro might actually be a decent director if he sticks to comedy" kind of fashion. Fabulous set design, too.
Saying that, a bit wack-a-doodle is probably the right way to describe it. The problem is that the movies A-plot is so very, very light - it's a very trifling, lightweight and kind of uneventful and predictable affair. The romantic B-plot is... well, I guess that's the part which people claimed you'd have to be Japanese to understand. It takes some really contrived-feeling twists which smack of both forced drama and an attempt to actually add something of a degree of complexity to the affair, and that somewhat ends up feeling rather distractingly unnecessary.
I have to say, though, it's actually my favourite Ghibli movie for a while. I've still not got around to watching Ponyo, but I enjoyed it a smidgen more than Arrietty and a heck of a lot more than Howls Moving Castle at least.
Dedication Through Light
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I guess I didn't post about this on the thread yet, so I shall. Yasuomi Umetsu released his 12th doujin key animation book recently, and it mostly contains his key animation work on Blood-C The Last Dark. But that's not the interesting part. What I want to share is the message he wrote on the final page:
- He is currently directing two brand new original projects
- One of them is a TV series, the other is not specified
- He is responsible for the original concept for both anime, not adaptations
- He is only doing character designs for one of these projects
- For the other project, this will be the first time he is directing a work with another character designer handling the designs
- He doesn't know when they will be announced, since it would be up to the companies
Sounds like he's getting pretty busy these days.
- He is currently directing two brand new original projects
- One of them is a TV series, the other is not specified
- He is responsible for the original concept for both anime, not adaptations
- He is only doing character designs for one of these projects
- For the other project, this will be the first time he is directing a work with another character designer handling the designs
- He doesn't know when they will be announced, since it would be up to the companies
Sounds like he's getting pretty busy these days.
Razgriz-Specter
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I had a can of UCC Milk Coffee a few months ago. Aside from the fact it came with a Mari figure, it tasted kind of foul. Definitely not a plus for Team Coffee.
Hellsing321
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Soryu > Shikinami!
amishpriest99
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Huh, didn't know that...if I ever get around to getting any of the Gundam Extreme VS DLC and have funds left over I'll check this out.
Razgriz-Specter
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Rebuild, they look pretty high quality. 2 themes also.
lol Madoka's(Rinne) avatar set has her different outfits and a bathing suit avatar.
Regulus Tera
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Anno is the George Lucas of the anime industry.
Femmeworth
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
But the only status quo around here is trolling and irony. Oh, carry on then.
Slander and lies.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
He's not wrong in that assertion though.
Look, I'm trying to be supportive here.
Then explain what subjective means and we will see if its what I think it means.
You shouldn't blame Goro for the sins of his father.
Crash Station
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Nah, he understands completely what it means.
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WAAAAGH!
LCL for the LCL god?
hosannainexcelsis
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Hunter X Hunter (1999) 1
A strong introduction episode. A young boy embarking on a journey for adventure is not an atypical setup for a battle shounen, but I liked how this focused on the impact that has on the person who raised the boy. The difficulty Mito had in letting Gon go invested the beginning of his quest with a bit of welcome gravity. I also liked how the motivation for Gon to leave was presented; it's very understandable why an encounter with a charismatic Hunter like Kite would make a strong impression on him, especially when combined with impressive-sounding tales of his absent father. Good character work all around.
The island setting was well fleshed out, with careful attention given to it in all aspects of the production. The art is detailed, the soundtrack has some great tracks with a tribal bent, and I particularly appreciated the atmospheric sound design of the jungle. The windchimes outside Mito's house took on a poignancy by the end, in how they represented her attachment to the men absent from her life.
I did have a couple criticisms. First, light and shadow was sometimes improperly applied. Take this shot, for example:
This clumsy glare does nothing but get in the way of the art behind it. Second, there were two times when the camera tilted while zooming in on a still, in what I can only assume was an unintentionally disorienting manner. Lastly, though I am hardly fluent in Japanese and wouldn't entirely trust my ability to judge voice acting in that language, some of the line delivery did seem a bit too tossed off and abrupt for my ears. These are very minor issues, though.
A strong introduction episode. A young boy embarking on a journey for adventure is not an atypical setup for a battle shounen, but I liked how this focused on the impact that has on the person who raised the boy. The difficulty Mito had in letting Gon go invested the beginning of his quest with a bit of welcome gravity. I also liked how the motivation for Gon to leave was presented; it's very understandable why an encounter with a charismatic Hunter like Kite would make a strong impression on him, especially when combined with impressive-sounding tales of his absent father. Good character work all around.
The island setting was well fleshed out, with careful attention given to it in all aspects of the production. The art is detailed, the soundtrack has some great tracks with a tribal bent, and I particularly appreciated the atmospheric sound design of the jungle. The windchimes outside Mito's house took on a poignancy by the end, in how they represented her attachment to the men absent from her life.
I did have a couple criticisms. First, light and shadow was sometimes improperly applied. Take this shot, for example:
Didn't your mother teach you not to stare into the sun or you'll go blind?
This clumsy glare does nothing but get in the way of the art behind it. Second, there were two times when the camera tilted while zooming in on a still, in what I can only assume was an unintentionally disorienting manner. Lastly, though I am hardly fluent in Japanese and wouldn't entirely trust my ability to judge voice acting in that language, some of the line delivery did seem a bit too tossed off and abrupt for my ears. These are very minor issues, though.
You have to buy avatars for PSN? I will never cease to be amazed at how console makers rip people off for stuff you can always get on a PC for free.
You have to pay for avatars on PSN? How tragic is that? And then to top it off they don't even offer Yui with a sheet of paper over her face as one.
Well I suppose it gives K-On GAF some nice full body avatars for this place.
No where is my message did I convey that this Asuka lass was mai waifu.As much as I like Asuka, you two can go ahead and fight over her.Since Misato is my waifu
amishpriest99
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darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
And yet people buy hats.
Femmeworth
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Canis lupus
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Crash Station
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Why? There's nothing wrong about what he said.
PdotMichael
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well, it's not like that the other merchandising stuff like PVC figurines have a higher real value.
Hellsing321
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It doesn't really deviate from the original series much. Maybe for the awesome Ramiel fight?
*sigh*. Nvm then....
Femmeworth
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You are not completely wrong, but you are using it in a way to shield yourself and/or others from criticism.
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