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Summer 2013 Anime |10th Dimensional OT| the first ignoble truth: all of life is anime
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Tell me more. I am always willing to open my mind...
Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan Episode 19: Okay, this can be boiled down pretty simply, when the focus was on the
chase things were good. When they decided to take a ten minute detour with a flashback that revealed a few interesting tidbits, but mostly retread the
dynamic that we already covered things got almost unbearably tedious. Next week looks rather keen though.
Female Titan
Eren vs. Regular Human
Joe Molotov
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Ah, okay. I thought that was Christa. Too many blondes on that show.
Well this definitely won't be abused.
I just had to tag Robotech.
I'm more interested in knowing what you didn't like about the animation. We can work out our differences from there!
Joe Molotov
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BRB, adding Steamboat Willie.
I do wonder where you draw the line. Just shows people confuse with actual anime? That line has already crossed with teen titans in the database.
I guess we are lucky is not a open db.
I'm more interested in knowing what you didn't like about the animation. We can work out our differences from there!
I mostly didnt like how radical the last fight of the movie was compared to the other parts. I felt like I was watching the naruto vs pain fight, except the FMA fight was awesome.
It's fine if the Titan is in human form. It's when you insist on marrying the Titan form itself that problems ensue ~.~
Though cosmic's solution also works.
Though cosmic's solution also works.
Kin'iro Mosaic 7
I was legitimately shocked that Shino
actually managed to get excellent marks on an English test.
make up for it with comically abysmal marks in Maths.
Most of the rest of the episode can be summed up as follows: Being Aya is
It doesn't have to be. RWBY has been legitimized as the future of anime.
A Black Falcon
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What is the point then? I don't know.
FelixOrion
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Time to add Megas.
Just Blonde Mikasa the Titan and Armin.
Just tellin' it like it is.
Megas transcends East and West boundaries.
Chet Rippo
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You should know by now what kinds of characters cajunator likes, even beyond just by cuteness. He likes his characters energetic and enthusiastic, something Mayaka is definitely not.
bu, bu, anime is not, and will never be, any other culture but Japan's by definition of the word. That mod on MAL said so.
Anytime Shinobu's on the screen is Shinobu timeu son.
dakkumauji
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Neptunia 06
Silly fun episode with them doing something in somewhere.
I guess we're getting Victory characters now too?
Silly fun episode with them doing something in somewhere.
I guess we're getting Victory characters now too?
I'm more interested in knowing what you didn't like about the animation. We can work out our differences from there!
I was okay with everything up until the final battle. There, I felt there to be a rather rough shift in style. I suppose the exaggerated approach could have been on purpose, but it is abrupt and out of place.
I am still more upset about the story though. Ugh.
I think the story at the end goes into shit too. Too many unnecessary twists, convoluted outcome, too convenient. The animation was really awesome though. I don't really think there's anything out of place about the animation style though. It's consistent with how the rest of the movie looks. The animation style of the film is very much a trademark of the animation director, where instead of having clear precise linework, everything is kinda loose and wobbly to allow animators to express maximum freedom in how characters move.
Haibane Renmei 1
Things were getting a little stagnant with my viewing, so I decided to start this on a bit of a whim because some people said it was good.
I liked it enough. The scene with her wings sprouting was pretty weird. I wager they aren't very functional.
I wonder how this show's going to balance Rakka becoming a part of this new world and society and her trying to investigate who she was in her past life and why she, along with everyone else, became a Haibane. The way Reki described it, the town where the Haibane live exists in the same universe as the rest of the world.
Things were getting a little stagnant with my viewing, so I decided to start this on a bit of a whim because some people said it was good.
I liked it enough. The scene with her wings sprouting was pretty weird. I wager they aren't very functional.
I wonder how this show's going to balance Rakka becoming a part of this new world and society and her trying to investigate who she was in her past life and why she, along with everyone else, became a Haibane. The way Reki described it, the town where the Haibane live exists in the same universe as the rest of the world.
Crash Station
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It's not for you.
There's more novelty in watching the show and examining its production issues than the show itself. Kinda like that Magi gif that was completely lacking the in-between animation.
I don't think you'd enjoy it.
Indeed, Kenichi Konishi actually doesn't correct linework at all. It's his schtick as an AD, and what makes him one of the best in the industry; he is able to both instil his own personality in a work and leave the animator's essentially intact.
Here's an interesting tidbit on the production of Nobita's Dinosaur, for which he was AD:
Anipages said:
The takeaway from this is that Kaguyahime will be grand.
I will take your word for it.
I am too new to this to catch any nuances. Maybe if I can be arsed, I may re-watch it.
Perhaps it's more satisfying to look at the animation in terms of the movement itself, rather than adherence to the models. Even then it's still very variable depending on the animator, but being uneven is not necessarily a bad thing if every bit is as good as any other.
Some of the stuff in Milos might be surprising at first though, but that's its charm.
Some of the stuff in Milos might be surprising at first though, but that's its charm.
If he's the animation director on Kaguyahime, that'd explain the linework in the trailer that ran before Kazetachinu.
That footage was pretty stunning, so I'm really looking forward to it.
It's only a matter of time until novid adds Thundercats.
lmao
Never underestimate anime fans and their collectively bad taste.
You'd be much better off reading the manga tbqh.
I'd say it's fundamentally good, but it has various issues that turn people off it to a greater or lesser extent. Most notably:
- The pacing (it gets pretty slow for a while in the middle of the series, though personally I don't think it's nearly as bad as some make it out to be, and certainly nowhere near as bad as almost any of the long-running shonen series)
- The production values (it's clear that the show's production has had nasty scheduling issues, resulting in many scenes being short on animation. ...And, as the post above demonstrates, occasional shots being reused if you look for them. Personally I think the presentation works nicely for the most part regardless, but some people are bothered by it)
- The direction (some take issue with the melodramatic way the show is presented and find it makes it hard to take things seriously. This also ties in to the pacing issues, since the show has a tendency to spend a fair amount of time showing people dramatically shouting about things before getting to the actual action.)
- The plot (there are certain plot points in the series that are divisive and people think it should have gone in a different direction)
Overall, though, I'd say it's worth watching. I think for all its issues, it's still fundamentally a good series and most people will be able to derive plenty of enjoyment from it. Even in the worst case scenario that you end up hating it, there's plenty of entertainment to be had from joining the discussions about its failings =p
...Then again, if all you're looking to do is pick up a show that lots of people are watching/discussing, I think most would agree that there are numerous better series airing that you could try out. Shingeki just happens to be the most high-profile for whatever reason.
gashikunFLCL
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I'm never going to South Korea!
Ojamajo Doremi Dokka~n! - 40
That was an episode 40, alright!
It had a different atmosphere from the rest of the show until now, it was real nice.
Even if I don't give much thought to music and can't really comment about it well(
not like I can comment about the rest well too.
This was the first shot of the episode:
Choices! Symbolism everywhere!
It all starts when Doremi who has no clue about her future, and while ditching work she meets a retired witch named Mirai, who doesn't use magic anymore
and brings question that I thought the ojamajos wouldn't have to worry about, the same problem as the former Queen, how the time passes and they have to leave their loved ones behind because of their life span.
of them living for 300~X00 years, but like the magic frog curse it's pretty ambiguos what will happen to them when they turn into witches
meaning she made the right choices to meet her
The episode focused on the passage of time, making an analogy with the movement of glass( There was a lot of "glass" shots, there were ones who worked and some that didn't, I think it's because the year this was made.),
showing the difference from how the time passes for witches and humans...and some stealth advice for Doremi? To be more like the glass that shifts slowly, at his own pace, little by little and that witches can see her movement even if it takes thousand of years.
And watching Mirai-san, is like seeing through the looking glass for Doremi, and she doesn't bring any answers for Doremi, just more questions to "bother" her and make her think, what turning into a witch means and the decisions she may have to take some day...and the good thing about this, is that Doremi herself wants to understand what Mirai said to her someday. =D
Symbolism.
After I finished I went to look at the people responsible by this episode, and look who I find as the Episode Director, no other than Mamoru Hosoda, and he brought with him Tomoyo Harada, as the VA of Mirai who gives some guidance to Doremi, like she did in TokiKake as Makoto's aunt. Everything makes sense now.
Looking foward to episode 49.
There was a lot of that in this episode.
Save 'N Quit
Banned
Blessed Akeno
Highschool DxD New 6
Blue hair joined the club. Will be stoked if/when she joins the harem.
Kiba and Issei had some pretty good moments during the battle. Though, both were pretty much upstaged when the other guy and his dragon appeared wearing his badass suit. Issei is going to need some power ups before even trying to fight him.
Golden poop reminds me of this video posted on IRC earlier that also mentioned it.
Kinda figured out the shop-keeper part. A shame they don't use her more though
What the shit?
Yeah Ive been burned too many times :/
hosannainexcelsis
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If you want a currently airing show, watch Uchouten Kazoku instead. Not as popular as Titan, but it's got its fair share of viewers around here.
He is. The style is sort of similar to what Konishi and Takahata used on My Neighbors the Yamadas, only even more striking due to the traditional Japanese art flair. It's going to be amazing.
Amen to that.
These are just stills and the brush-stroke is already mind boggling.
Excite.
Haha, that's okay. I think I'm more just happy that you read the post in general. I wonder if this will inspire any others to take a look at it now?
There were some others such as Jan vankmajer's 1988 stop motion film of Alice, which I also watched and commented on. While maybe still obscure it seems that at least a few people have seen that film here.
Through your efforts(and others such as Jexhius) at least Angel's Egg is fairly well known and received around here. I think Night on the Galactic Railroad might be as well?
Crash Station
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Daybreak Illusion 7
Cooldown episode. Needs more despair.
Cooldown episode. Needs more despair.
Gorgeous. All this hype right now makes me worried they won't pull it off, but even if the story doesn't work out the animation alone will be worth the price of admission.
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