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Summer 2013 Anime |10th Dimensional OT| the first ignoble truth: all of life is anime
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firehawk12
Subete no aware
Not the manga, the light novels.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Dude's a Joker, that's why.
Save 'N Quit
Banned
Aww, I missed the One Piece discussion
Well, it looks like Xenovia is now competing with Rias for 2nd place.
Well, it looks like Xenovia is now competing with Rias for 2nd place.
Theonik
Member
Yeah... No thanks!
We should all blame Moejita for this I think.
Incest isn't new in anime. Oreimo is just an enjoyable series that happens to prominently include it.
Then people start hating on it because of that, which results in people defending it, which results in the haters becoming more vocal in their hating, which results in the defenders becoming more impassioned in their defending, and so on ad infinitum until we reach an internet debate singularity and/or Godwin's Law.
(Actually most of the discussion has been pretty civil by the standards of such things.)
Hellsing321
Member
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Kiniro Mosaic 7
I hope this spawns some super interesting fan art.
I hope this spawns some super interesting fan art.
Theonik
Member
Surprised you didn't mention Fuwafuwa
Oreimo is the worst thing to happen to humanity since the toothbrush moustache.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
I'm honored that my love of something is apparently more prominent than others, I won't disappoint next time!
It's not the presence of the theme, it's the lightweighted and moreover desireable presentation of it that bothers many I think. By comparison, Koi Kaze deals with its repercussions; Angel Sanctuary has the double whammy of
their incestuous feelings arising because of who they are reincarnations of, and then Sara dying fairly horribly early on in the story
I'm not the target audience of shows like OreImo or their fujoshi equivalent; the lazy writing and stock characters are what bother me more than their treatment of controversial themes. But I do think it's the wish fulfillment element that's what makes them more irritating to a Western audience, because it's not a wish many people understand or share - or even want to.
Crash Station
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I hear Charlie Chaplin had a thing for his sister.
Everything
hosannainexcelsis
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One Piece Film Z
This is for series fans only. Unlike One Piece Movie 6 or the Blue Exorcist movie, it doesn't try to set up meaning and emotional resonance understandable within the confines of the film itself, but clearly is relying on prior attachment to the franchise, its characters, and its themes. Z's backstory is just some narration over a few stills, and so fails to be anywhere near as impactful as Nami's story in Episode of Nami. Consequently Z ends up an unlikable and inscrutable character, taking the wind out of the film's sails.
The animation and art is incredible, and I certainly appreciated the level of craftsmanship on display. Though even here I had some issues, namely that the style of the action scenes (or even non-action scenes at times) was overly dynamic to the point of spastic. The camera spins and darts like an acrobat, and as impressive as the resulting product is, it makes me dizzy. I prefer action that's shot in a more deliberate and methodical fashion.
It's a well-produced spectacle, but not something I care for.
This is for series fans only. Unlike One Piece Movie 6 or the Blue Exorcist movie, it doesn't try to set up meaning and emotional resonance understandable within the confines of the film itself, but clearly is relying on prior attachment to the franchise, its characters, and its themes. Z's backstory is just some narration over a few stills, and so fails to be anywhere near as impactful as Nami's story in Episode of Nami. Consequently Z ends up an unlikable and inscrutable character, taking the wind out of the film's sails.
The animation and art is incredible, and I certainly appreciated the level of craftsmanship on display. Though even here I had some issues, namely that the style of the action scenes (or even non-action scenes at times) was overly dynamic to the point of spastic. The camera spins and darts like an acrobat, and as impressive as the resulting product is, it makes me dizzy. I prefer action that's shot in a more deliberate and methodical fashion.
It's a well-produced spectacle, but not something I care for.
First it was announced for Italy, then Canada, and now Kaze Tachinu gets its U.S. premiere date with the New York Film Festival.
hosannainexcelsis
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I will watch this.
Deputy Dangle
Member
I can't wait to own Wolf Children on Blu-ray. Hopefully, there are some nice extras in that release.
KillerMan91
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Yeah. It's fucking shame that they decided to make anime original arc for rest of Railgun. Why they just couldn't adapt more canon material....sigh.
Theonik
Member
I somehow doubt it but keep the dream alive!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's Funimation, so expect a trailer and an English voice cast commentary.
Theonik
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And unfortunately MangaUK is no better at thisIt's Funimation, so expect a trailer and an English voice cast commentary.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
All hail Sentai and their random extras. lolAnd unfortunately MangaUK is no better at this
dakkumauji
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It's Funimation, so expect a trailer and an English voice cast commentary.
Funi has been known to throw in random extras like Japanese commericals and promos.
Hell for one of the Hetalia sets, they even threw in a greet the producer and seiyuu event.
I think Full Metal Panic had an interesting sit at a cafe and interview somebody as well.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's fairly random, but the extras for their older shows are much better than the ones they have now.
So, the FMP set has the KyoAni HK scouting trip, for example. But FMA is full of English voice cast commentaries. Blerp.
That said, I don't think I have bought a Funi release in the last year, so I have no idea what their discs are like at the moment.
Theonik
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It's probably more of a matter of older shows being easier to get the material itself for.
(as in there's already been a couple of Japanese releases to accumulate content to localise)
Wolf Children didn't have many extras included in Japan though so getting anything good in the US/K release is unlikely I think.
dakkumauji
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Well probably depends on the show. For example, Guilty Crown has:
While Haganai has:
Then again, you have movies such like Summer Wars which got:
While the Vesperia movie got:
Completely and utterly random lol
Gintoki313
Banned
Silver Spoon - Episode 2
So I thought I'd give this anime another shot and I was highly impressed. The animation is really good for a slice of life, and the comedy seems to be picking up quite a bit.
I still think this anime needs more background music during jokes though -_-
Nothing worse then listening to pure silence when a comedic scene happens.
So I thought I'd give this anime another shot and I was highly impressed. The animation is really good for a slice of life, and the comedy seems to be picking up quite a bit.
I still think this anime needs more background music during jokes though -_-
Nothing worse then listening to pure silence when a comedic scene happens.
DeadRockstar
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Amazon UK has updated the Wolf Children BD listing since I last checked, with packaging and a vague extras description.
"Includes Blu-ray feature, DVD feature copy and a bonus DVD disc containing over 100 minutes of special features and a set of 4 hand-illustrated Wolf Children character sketches by Mamoru Hosada."
I guess it depends what the 100 minutes is of. Also, December 23 is a whack release date.
"Includes Blu-ray feature, DVD feature copy and a bonus DVD disc containing over 100 minutes of special features and a set of 4 hand-illustrated Wolf Children character sketches by Mamoru Hosada."
I guess it depends what the 100 minutes is of. Also, December 23 is a whack release date.
Theonik
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dakkumauji
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I'll imagine Funi will put all the special features and will probably have the character sketches be a RightStuf exclusive or whatever.
Not my cat! My cat is a sweetie!
Blood Lad 07
Just as adorkable as the chapter was.
Adorkable Liz.
I need to see this adorkable Liz. Because damn she does seem really adorkable indeed.
gashikunFLCL
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*Spend the day writing the last Doremi episode impression laptop give error and lose everything, fuck* ¬¬
go ask the south about first cousins then get back to me.
Wow. Terrible....
Society isn't worth the paper is printed on.
Theonik
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That's why you keep a backup in your plain text editor of choice.
It got hidden away in the news about splitting SAO into 4 releases.
Supposedly it's a limited release type job but I have no idea how limited these types of things are.
It was pretty obvious that it was going to go straight into the abyss lol.
People are going to love who they want to. You cant really prevent that. If people want to have incestuous relations well whatever. I just cant stand THIS character Kirino. If she was cuter/more likeable in the show, then incest ahoy! But I hate her.
Its my drug to deal with the stress of life.
Clean versions of the Space Dandy main character designs: http://moca-news.net/article/20130819/201308191336a/01/
Watanabe and the Space Dandy staff will also be producing a full animated music video for Yasuyuki Okamura's "Viva Namida" (which is also the Space Dandy theme song):
Looks pretty wacky and fun. Definitely looking forward to this!
Well...thats definitely true.
It was ! More people should watch Yakitate Japan. Its criminally underappreciated
This idea is solid. Make a kickstarter lol.
As long as the sister isnt an insufferable bitch Im all for it.
KirbYuuYuu
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Sailor Moon Mangoes Act 8-14 END of OG Sailor Moon
So yeah, that really played out differently in comparison to the anime. Some parts of this could've expanded the characters more, but given how different things played out (like NephritexNaru), would it have been possible? Probably since the spoilered aspect didn't really reveal itself until the bitter end.
So we have an expanded background for the villains, who were much like the Senshis of Earth for Endymion, which I don't think happened in the actual animation itself.
On top of that, it actually went all the way to cover the fact that they were based off of gems/minerals, which would've been appreciated in the animation as well. Later on actually expanded the generals to also have been potential lovers for the Senshi, of course that didn't happen since Beryl and Metallica brainwashed almost everyone in the Earth Tribe, sending it into ruin.
So Motoki and Mamoru didn't actually know each other like in the anime, here Mamoru brainwashed him after being revived by Metallica in order to find their hide out base. Apparently Motoki realized who Mercury and Venus were once he came to. Although I find it odd in earlier chapters where he acknowledged that she has sexy friends.
There were fucking dead people in the streets, and they were like yeah okay. There's also a super sword here that is apparently also toxic, and Serenity stabbed herself with it. So much suicidal tendencies. Interestingly, Venus stabs Beryl to kill her off, but is whisked away by Mamoru. Metallica actually has more presense here, although I think the death scenes for the rest of the Inner Senshis were better done in the anime, considering here, they use their maximum power which sacrifices their pens/lives.
A bit before that, Usagi was really upset in how it felt like fate could not be escaped despite being reborn, and she was forced to kill Mamoru, and then killed herself in the process. This led to crystallation and Metallica swallowing them whole.
Due to the interference with the Inner Senshi, on top of the 4 Earth Generals, they were able to wake up, and confirm their love once more, granting power to the Silver Crystal to take out Metallica. She does die from it, but a kiss revives her. So basically, upon getting a new Brooch, she revives the others without their memories being erased.
On top of that, it actually went all the way to cover the fact that they were based off of gems/minerals, which would've been appreciated in the animation as well. Later on actually expanded the generals to also have been potential lovers for the Senshi, of course that didn't happen since Beryl and Metallica brainwashed almost everyone in the Earth Tribe, sending it into ruin.
So Motoki and Mamoru didn't actually know each other like in the anime, here Mamoru brainwashed him after being revived by Metallica in order to find their hide out base. Apparently Motoki realized who Mercury and Venus were once he came to. Although I find it odd in earlier chapters where he acknowledged that she has sexy friends.
There were fucking dead people in the streets, and they were like yeah okay. There's also a super sword here that is apparently also toxic, and Serenity stabbed herself with it. So much suicidal tendencies. Interestingly, Venus stabs Beryl to kill her off, but is whisked away by Mamoru. Metallica actually has more presense here, although I think the death scenes for the rest of the Inner Senshis were better done in the anime, considering here, they use their maximum power which sacrifices their pens/lives.
A bit before that, Usagi was really upset in how it felt like fate could not be escaped despite being reborn, and she was forced to kill Mamoru, and then killed herself in the process. This led to crystallation and Metallica swallowing them whole.
Due to the interference with the Inner Senshi, on top of the 4 Earth Generals, they were able to wake up, and confirm their love once more, granting power to the Silver Crystal to take out Metallica. She does die from it, but a kiss revives her. So basically, upon getting a new Brooch, she revives the others without their memories being erased.
So yeah, that really played out differently in comparison to the anime. Some parts of this could've expanded the characters more, but given how different things played out (like NephritexNaru), would it have been possible? Probably since the spoilered aspect didn't really reveal itself until the bitter end.
What do you do again?
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