jediyoshi
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Choi hooks up with prince, mochi hooks up with tamako, shiori gets more air time. It's like they practically, deliberately
left Dera behind at the end
Or they could turn it into a kanna/choi buddy cop spin off.
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Choi hooks up with prince, mochi hooks up with tamako, shiori gets more air time. It's like they practically, deliberately
Or they could turn it into a kanna/choi buddy cop spin off.
That's better, because maybe now we can get a look into the happenings of the market residents in a slice-of-life manner. That cast and their interactions seemed, in my opinion, to be one of the things most interesting of the series and something I found disappointing we didn't get a better focus on!
I knew it would happen but I didn't want to believe. Kuroneko was just too awesome for me to give up hope.
What? But... why was Sachiko... what
/edit man, I don't get any of this really. Like, life sucks and bad things happen, sure, I get that. And it... makes a kind of dramatic story sense. But at the same time, it kind of just comes out of nowhere at the last minute to punch out a bunch of emotions.
Ah, I don't know. Well, on to the finale I guess.
/edit man, I don't get any of this really. Like, life sucks and bad things happen, sure, I get that. And it... makes a kind of dramatic story sense. But at the same time, it kind of just comes out of nowhere at the last minute to punch out a bunch of emotions.
Ah, I don't know. Well, on to the finale I guess.
Stuff happens without warning. It's only in books/on stage/on screen that Chekhov's Gun really comes into play.
With that said, KotS is so massively compressed to fit into its short run that it can feel like you're being blindsided by unexpected drama.
Turin Turambar
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One of the most forgettable animes I have seen.
Kids on the Slope 12 - END-
Kaoru's relentless self-destructive behaviour is grating, but at least he recognises it's going on. Even if he's... somewhat powerless to stop it.
The scene in Ritsu's room was incredibly powerful and well-directed. Expert use of sound (or lack thereof) and camerawork.
So, basically: how we got here is needlessly and shittily contrived, but what's actually occurring is delievered in a really quite powerful and poignant fashion.
Also apparently all the preview images were from the first half of the episode, which bodes well.
//edit WOAH
Jesus. Wasn't expecting this at all.
Well, that's Kids on the Slope I guess. Every time it flags they just toss in the jazz and everything gets better again. I mean, seriously. All this rotoscoped instrument playing. It's like animation fanservice for us music-makers out there.
PS fuck you Crunchyroll. Even on 720p it can't keep a decent connection to watch this without mysteriously and pointlessly stopping and buffering every minute after about halfway. Seriously among the worst video players I've ever had to use. The android app is shit, too. You can't skip ahead before the buffer without the damn thing hanging and crashing, and the buffer doesn't even display where it's actually up to - you need to scrub manually to get to that point. No error message, nothing. You try and go legit and you get a worse experience than if you'd just taken the thing off the net! What the fuck. Novid redeemed.
Kaoru's relentless self-destructive behaviour is grating, but at least he recognises it's going on. Even if he's... somewhat powerless to stop it.
The scene in Ritsu's room was incredibly powerful and well-directed. Expert use of sound (or lack thereof) and camerawork.
So, basically: how we got here is needlessly and shittily contrived, but what's actually occurring is delievered in a really quite powerful and poignant fashion.
Also apparently all the preview images were from the first half of the episode, which bodes well.
//edit WOAH
TIMESKIP
WOAH MAJOR TIMESKIP
Jesus. Wasn't expecting this at all.
Well, that's Kids on the Slope I guess. Every time it flags they just toss in the jazz and everything gets better again. I mean, seriously. All this rotoscoped instrument playing. It's like animation fanservice for us music-makers out there.
PS fuck you Crunchyroll. Even on 720p it can't keep a decent connection to watch this without mysteriously and pointlessly stopping and buffering every minute after about halfway. Seriously among the worst video players I've ever had to use. The android app is shit, too. You can't skip ahead before the buffer without the damn thing hanging and crashing, and the buffer doesn't even display where it's actually up to - you need to scrub manually to get to that point. No error message, nothing. You try and go legit and you get a worse experience than if you'd just taken the thing off the net! What the fuck. Novid redeemed.
Basileus777
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Railgun 22
This filler arc is so boring. Of all the people in this crazy setting they could have chosen to base a bunch of episodes around, why did they have to choose
?
This filler arc is so boring. Of all the people in this crazy setting they could have chosen to base a bunch of episodes around, why did they have to choose
dull disgruntled scientists
Aoi Bungaku - In the Woods Beneath the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom 1
This was really interesting. It could hardly be more different from the story that came before it, both in tone and in style.
The introduction narrator places this story in context. Written immediately after the war, Ango Sakaguchi called for the Japanese people to make a break with their suffocating traditions of respect and humility that had led them obediently down the path to conquest. This story, "In the Woods Beneath the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom," is a way of explicating those ideas, partially by subverting the placid, beautiful image of the sakura that had flourished in Japan for generations. Our animated adaptation wastes no time in foreshadowing how that subversion will take place.
Our director for this tale is everyone's favorite anime maestro, Attack on Titan's Tetsuro Araki. While the director of "No Longer Human", Morio Asaka, tends towards naturalism, Araki loves melodrama. No flourish is too big, no zoom-in too intense, no cry of anguish too loud. With character design duties taken by Bleach mangaka Kubo Tite, Araki turns this dark fairy tale on its head, into a brazen farce. I haven't seen Michael Bay's "Pain and Gain", but I imagine it might be something like this.
The camera swoops and soars as it follows chases. The main character, grizzled mountain bandit Shigemaru, runs screaming in fright from a blooming cherry tree. Kubo goes all out in designing a varied harem for our protagonist, including a ditsy kid in glasses and a blond American speaking English. The boar he catches can talk. It seems anime as hell... until Shigemaru encounters a beautiful maiden traveling from the city. And as the blood begins to flow and the mood turns grim, Araki follows his most theatrical instincts.
As an allegorical story so far, it feels like Sakaguchi applied Nietzsche's "Geneaology of Morals" to traditional Japan. The noble, primitive man, doing as he likes to fulfill his own desires, is subsumed by the will of modern civilization, living for the whim of another's weakness, denying himself for a taste of the divine. I'm not sure how it'll end. Probably badly for him.
As a work of animation, this is Araki at his most inventive, and it's pretty fascinating to watch. His brand of melodrama can be fun in an environment that seems to accommodate it, but he's so much more interesting to watch working in a story that forces him to get creative in order to hit the emotional notes he wants. Death Note felt like that to me, and this kind of subverted traditional folktale is even farther from what you'd traditionally expect. It's great.
It's hard to compare to "No Longer Human", but this is far more fun to watch.
This was really interesting. It could hardly be more different from the story that came before it, both in tone and in style.
The introduction narrator places this story in context. Written immediately after the war, Ango Sakaguchi called for the Japanese people to make a break with their suffocating traditions of respect and humility that had led them obediently down the path to conquest. This story, "In the Woods Beneath the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom," is a way of explicating those ideas, partially by subverting the placid, beautiful image of the sakura that had flourished in Japan for generations. Our animated adaptation wastes no time in foreshadowing how that subversion will take place.
I'm not sure what it's trying to tell us, though.
Our director for this tale is everyone's favorite anime maestro, Attack on Titan's Tetsuro Araki. While the director of "No Longer Human", Morio Asaka, tends towards naturalism, Araki loves melodrama. No flourish is too big, no zoom-in too intense, no cry of anguish too loud. With character design duties taken by Bleach mangaka Kubo Tite, Araki turns this dark fairy tale on its head, into a brazen farce. I haven't seen Michael Bay's "Pain and Gain", but I imagine it might be something like this.
Our protagonist is so frightened, the camera doesn't just tilt; it turns upside down as he runs away. As we'd expect from the master, Araki.
The camera swoops and soars as it follows chases. The main character, grizzled mountain bandit Shigemaru, runs screaming in fright from a blooming cherry tree. Kubo goes all out in designing a varied harem for our protagonist, including a ditsy kid in glasses and a blond American speaking English. The boar he catches can talk. It seems anime as hell... until Shigemaru encounters a beautiful maiden traveling from the city. And as the blood begins to flow and the mood turns grim, Araki follows his most theatrical instincts.
Yes, Shigemaru wears a fur hoodie and listens to music on iPod earbuds. Kubo's anachronisms make this story's twists feel even more unexpected.
As an allegorical story so far, it feels like Sakaguchi applied Nietzsche's "Geneaology of Morals" to traditional Japan. The noble, primitive man, doing as he likes to fulfill his own desires, is subsumed by the will of modern civilization, living for the whim of another's weakness, denying himself for a taste of the divine. I'm not sure how it'll end. Probably badly for him.
As a work of animation, this is Araki at his most inventive, and it's pretty fascinating to watch. His brand of melodrama can be fun in an environment that seems to accommodate it, but he's so much more interesting to watch working in a story that forces him to get creative in order to hit the emotional notes he wants. Death Note felt like that to me, and this kind of subverted traditional folktale is even farther from what you'd traditionally expect. It's great.
While Anno was content to use the same "classical music over suffering" trick over and over in Rebuild, Araki looked for new ways to fuck with the audience as innocent people died. What better method than the medium of the stage musical?
It's hard to compare to "No Longer Human", but this is far more fun to watch.
R_thanatos
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Because railgun exist only to show everyone how messed-up every scientist in academy city is aside from 2 people ?
Expect every filler to be either that or saten being saten...
Thanks for the fascinating review and your continuing run of Aoi Bungaku posts. I've only watched the Run Melos episodes so far but I am now much more curious about the rest of the series (which for some reason I have in my head as being not very good).
Aoi Bungaku looks so neat.
Is there a reason Run Melos gets constant treatment in anime?
Is there a reason Run Melos gets constant treatment in anime?
Wiki tells me it's a set book in Japanese schools, but I have no way of verifying this claim. I guess it's short and by a famous author which helps.
Worth noting, of course, that Aoi Bungaku's adaptation of Run Melos is incredibly meta; it's not like the earlier anime version at all.
Dedication Through Light
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Majestic Prince Episode 23 Alea Iacta Est
I want a Red5 so much and everyone had such good artillery. First thirteen minutes went by so slow but then things really picked up all over. Good episode and good prelude to the conclusion. Still they have to have something more after this though
I want a Red5 so much and everyone had such good artillery. First thirteen minutes went by so slow but then things really picked up all over. Good episode and good prelude to the conclusion. Still they have to have something more after this though
unless it will end in a total peaceful resolution between everyone, otherwise just ending because the gate is destroyed is a bit too low key and kind of dull, especially with the Wulguru not really changing their viewpoint and scheme of targeting worlds to take their genes, etc not being addressed.
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
Sorry in advance for the random "whys."
Fate Prisma 10
While watching the beginning of this, I thought about how things are translated for English-sub viewers (a.k.a. Me). First let me say that I don't claim to know Japanese nor have I had the opportunity to flunk out of formal education in which case I would have claimed expert-level insight into the language
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So take the sentence "You are my very important friend" but the why it in Japanese with a literal word-for-word translation (as I hear it... mind you... I'm full of shit so take it with an ocean of salt) is, as the translator properly translated, "To me, toy are a very important friend". I guess this was in order to preserve the dramatic tension incase the character speaking at the last second decided to flip the script with something like "To me, you are such a slut" or something to that effect.
Personally, I like this manner of translation but I don't see it too often and you can forget hearing it in dubs; they'd sooner just drop the audio all together than preserve the flow of the dialog. Would Japanese sound too much like Yoda-speak if this was done more often?
Am I alone in this?
Do you think language loses meaning if not artistically reworked during translation?
What should I review next week?
This is Anthony Fantano. Language... forever.
Fate Prisma 10
While watching the beginning of this, I thought about how things are translated for English-sub viewers (a.k.a. Me). First let me say that I don't claim to know Japanese nor have I had the opportunity to flunk out of formal education in which case I would have claimed expert-level insight into the language
[sarcasm]
So take the sentence "You are my very important friend" but the why it in Japanese with a literal word-for-word translation (as I hear it... mind you... I'm full of shit so take it with an ocean of salt) is, as the translator properly translated, "To me, toy are a very important friend". I guess this was in order to preserve the dramatic tension incase the character speaking at the last second decided to flip the script with something like "To me, you are such a slut" or something to that effect.
Personally, I like this manner of translation but I don't see it too often and you can forget hearing it in dubs; they'd sooner just drop the audio all together than preserve the flow of the dialog. Would Japanese sound too much like Yoda-speak if this was done more often?
Am I alone in this?
Do you think language loses meaning if not artistically reworked during translation?
What should I review next week?
This is Anthony Fantano. Language... forever.
Sorry 
I don't know what happened there at the end. It felt oddly inappropriate so I did it
I don't know what happened there at the end. It felt oddly inappropriate so I did it hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
These look like Gundam characters so its FOR CERTAIN at least 2 main characters will die.
I know that the eighth-graders I teach read Run Melos for school last year. So there's some anecdotal support, whatever that's worth.
Basileus777
Member
How do you define main character?
I doubt any of the 4 main pilots die, maybe one at most.
obvious conclusion: Mochizu x Midori ^_^ Tamako to remain clueless.
KillerMan91
Member
I thought it was going to be 25 episodes. Guess I was wrong. I've been enjoying it and don't want it to end.When Majestic Prince ends next week, I'm going to marathon ep19-24. It will be glorious! I can't wait!
Nope, I'm French (and not the one who posted that newspaper article either).
That should be "blissfully clueless" I think, because being Tamako is happiness.
I can definitely get behind this idea though. The scenes in the first series of Mochizou and Midori awkwardly bonding over their shared interest in Tamako were adorable to the max.
Nozomi x Coco is love.
(Also, why are you acting surprised considering how they met in the first episode? =p)
Run Melos was my favorite in Aoi Bungaku, the one before it (the one hour special iirc) was pretty good too..
While thats very true, it was written right into the title what fate would befall the side characters Im afraid. No matter what the optimists wanted to think.
Sorry in advance for the random "whys."
Fate Prisma 10
While watching the beginning of this, I thought about how things are translated for English-sub viewers (a.k.a. Me). First let me say that I don't claim to know Japanese nor have I had the opportunity to flunk out of formal education in which case I would have claimed expert-level insight into the language.[sarcasm]
So take the sentence "You are my very important friend" but the why it in Japanese with a literal word-for-word translation (as I hear it... mind you... I'm full of shit so take it with an ocean of salt) is, as the translator properly translated, "To me, toy are a very important friend". I guess this was in order to preserve the dramatic tension incase the character speaking at the last second decided to flip the script with something like "To me, you are such a slut" or something to that effect.
Personally, I like this manner of translation but I don't see it too often and you can forget hearing it in dubs; they'd sooner just drop the audio all together than preserve the flow of the dialog. Would Japanese sound too much like Yoda-speak if this was done more often?
Am I alone in this?
Do you think language loses meaning if not artistically reworked during translation?
What should I review next week?
This is Anthony Fantano. Language... forever.
Sorry
I dont like literal translations, because Im not Japanese. what makes sense in one language must be carefully reworked with english meanings and structure to make sense for english speakers. This misses some of the japanese nuances, and thus some in-jokes and subtleties that only a direct translation could present, but those instances are rare and normally have some sort of english equivalent that can get the message across. It is challenging to do within the context of dialogue, but possible with a skilled translation crew/dubbers. Only lazy translators or stubborn purists will simply translate word for word, and that is against the whole point of a translation in the first place.
Im reminded of hos disney translated a phrase in Princess Mononoke. When the monk says "this soup tastes like water" thats a direct affront to the soup quality. but to an american it doesnt mean anything really. To convey the monks displeasure with the soup it was translated to "this soup tastes like donkey piss" so american audience understood that the soup was awful. small changes like that can often bridge the cultural gaps and help the english audience understand whats meant more than a direct translation does.
Just a wild guess lol. Nymph was pretty cute though. I must admit that.
Yeah I guess its obvious cause she is very :cajun. Nymph is a funny, adorable brat.
Gifu Dodo!! Kanetsugu & Keiji 11
Nothing but posturing this episode and it was so damn manly. I do think I'm missing out on a tiny bit of intrigue though seeing as I'm not entirely knowledgeable on the status of top knots during this time but I think I'm filling in the blanks well enough.
Best secret bromance of the season.
When writing and art doesn't quite intersect?
And for Sengokubros keeps score at home. One day I'd like to make some huge chart of the different designs of characters in these various shows. Like that one that had all the girl Nobunaga shows with Sengoku Basara but more complete.
Nothing but posturing this episode and it was so damn manly. I do think I'm missing out on a tiny bit of intrigue though seeing as I'm not entirely knowledgeable on the status of top knots during this time but I think I'm filling in the blanks well enough.
I think I get why Keiji becomes a monk now too lol
Theonik
Member
Strike Witches 2 02
Some nice :SDBurton this episode too. Really warming up to Mio x Miyafuji. Though Suomus x Orussia still remains the OTP of sorts. Naturally the episode ends with the team being assembled once more finally!
Still nothing too special but, this will probably change with these introductory episodes out of the way. The battle was cool anyway.
A very respectable albeit partially recycled amount of [REDACTED]
Oh so the events of the start of the first episode were actually in median res, and the events from the second half of that episode lead up to them in this episode. As a result this means that part of the footage this episode is also re-used but it doesn't really hurt it imo.
Some nice :SDBurton this episode too. Really warming up to Mio x Miyafuji. Though Suomus x Orussia still remains the OTP of sorts. Naturally the episode ends with the team being assembled once more finally!
Still nothing too special but, this will probably change with these introductory episodes out of the way. The battle was cool anyway.
Dat Mio.
A very respectable albeit partially recycled amount of [REDACTED]
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
It gets back into the swing of things immediately after episode 2, there's lots of Perinne next episode~
Also Mio's white swimsuit is DA BES.
Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
Episode 10
When hearing younger Rin talk to start with I thought your voice is really, REALLY familiar. After it was, Oh, you're being voiced by your sister Gou! That's why!
A few of the female seiyuu are doing a couple characters. Satsuki Yukino is doing the voice of Ama-chan, the guys teacher and club adviser, (which also had an entertaining bit about her past this episode), as well as doing the voice for younger Makoto. Satomi Satou does the voice for younger Nagisa as well as Gou's friend Hana-something. That's at least three KyoAni shows she's been in now then.
I wasn't sure who the girl was doing the voice for younger Haru though. I don't know if I've watched any of the other shows she's been in or it was a bit part and I can't remember it.
It's kind of funny watching this and Gatchaman Crowds in the same season as Mamoru Miyano is doing the voice for older Rin in Free! and his character is kind of moody and super serious, where in Crowds he's doing the voice for Berg Katze who's this really hyper super spaz of a character. I wonder what the recording sessions are like there,haha.
Along with that reveal about Ama-chan, the next best part was that overdone Engrish next episode preview. That was pretty funny. With it being Mamoru Miyano again, I couldn't help but think of his role as Okabe in Steins;Gate and the line "I am mado scientist. It's so cool." Haha.
Episode 10
When hearing younger Rin talk to start with I thought your voice is really, REALLY familiar. After it was, Oh, you're being voiced by your sister Gou! That's why!
A few of the female seiyuu are doing a couple characters. Satsuki Yukino is doing the voice of Ama-chan, the guys teacher and club adviser, (which also had an entertaining bit about her past this episode), as well as doing the voice for younger Makoto. Satomi Satou does the voice for younger Nagisa as well as Gou's friend Hana-something. That's at least three KyoAni shows she's been in now then.
I wasn't sure who the girl was doing the voice for younger Haru though. I don't know if I've watched any of the other shows she's been in or it was a bit part and I can't remember it.
It's kind of funny watching this and Gatchaman Crowds in the same season as Mamoru Miyano is doing the voice for older Rin in Free! and his character is kind of moody and super serious, where in Crowds he's doing the voice for Berg Katze who's this really hyper super spaz of a character. I wonder what the recording sessions are like there,haha.
Along with that reveal about Ama-chan, the next best part was that overdone Engrish next episode preview. That was pretty funny. With it being Mamoru Miyano again, I couldn't help but think of his role as Okabe in Steins;Gate and the line "I am mado scientist. It's so cool." Haha.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Day Break Illusion Episode 11
Cerebrum telling Seira the harsh truth was intense, really memorable scene. Though on Cerebrum
Cerebrum telling Seira the harsh truth was intense, really memorable scene. Though on Cerebrum
did the Leguzario scene imply that the leader is working with Cerebrum as well. Kind of makes it seem like the subordinates are all being deceived. Also was hoping so hard that Akari would say yes to Cerebrum.
Theonik
Member
Mio's white swimsuit is indeed the best!
And I sort of figured considering a certain scene I remember seeing that got me to watch SW in the first place, that is on the next episode iirc.
pants
Member
I see myself starting lots of stuff this season. I also see myself dropping a lot :lol
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Genei wo Kakeru Taiyou/Day Break Illusion Episode 11: Well, certainly a better episode then the last couple of weeks, though this series isn't very good.
Indeed, shock upon shock The Leguzario turned out to be not only evil but maybe, kind of in league with Cerebrum. It is kind of obvious since we know there are other Tarot Users and yet The Leguzario doesn't seem to concerned with the fact that CEREBRM DESTROYED AN ENTIRE BRANCH AND AS RENDERED MOST OF THE HEROES USELESS, SERIOUSLY, WHY ELSE WOULD YOU NOT BE SENDING IN YOUR MYSTICAL ARMY TO PUT DOWN THIS ASSHOLE???? Yea, not shocked to see Cerebrum winning since he is the only one here with more the two brain cells.
BassForever
Member
Day Break Illusion 11
This had to be the most cliche filled episode of the entire season, yeah I said season not series. I dunno which was worse
or
This had to be the most cliche filled episode of the entire season, yeah I said season not series. I dunno which was worse
Seira deciding not to kill Luna only to get attacked by her in the morning
The main character being the child of a tarot users and a daemonia
gashikunFLCL
Member
Theonik said:
This artbook is gorgeous! I love Onpu-chan smug face.
Now back to MH4!
*By fuck I'm mean love.
Night Crawlers
Banned
ohaio gosaimasu. Not sure if I'll post here much but I wanted to give a shout out to Brandy "The Ban Man" Branduil and Hosanna "Jazz Hands" Excelsior for promoting Rozen Maiden since I'm watching that and its turning out good! Much love
Disappointing to see you dropping two series that have a decent reception, but understandable. Hajime is a bit genki for some people. Eccentric family, well that also has its audience.
Otherwise, those shows are nice choices.
pants
Member
Same, no regrets.
Doing yourself a terrible disservice here, I cant stress enough how good this is.
Don't know man. That first Episode was weird, almost too pretentious with its cross dressing, family feud, animal transformation and people who are scared of a woman who is a femdom and being worshipped by that dude, and all of those elements are introduced without any context, explanation or any kind logical story progression.
I know its 1 episode, but again, the whole thing didn't feel coherent.
Those characters really annoyed the hell out of me. Gatchman that is.
BassForever
Member
People who dropped gatchaman crowds are missing out on this seasons best anime
I am still trying to figure out why Etia and Ariel are so god damned useless, did they lose their powers, why are they not on the front lines at this point?
pants
Member
I'm already watching Monogatari and Eccentric Family, but thanks!
With those charcters? yikes, no.
GATCH, GATCH, GATCH, GATCH, GATCH, GATCH, GATCH, GATCH, GATCH, GATCH, GATCH, GATCH,
SHUT UP!!!!
BassForever
Member
Better yet for a series about tarot card users we haven't even seen half of them
Those characters are what make it so great
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