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Summer 2014 Anime |OT| this thread has been outsourced to Toei Phils
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I definitely would've wanted to buy them if they translated the commentaries. It's kind of a big part when considering BD extras.
I haven't bought anime in awhile (since Shakugan no Shana BDs I think). Going to pick up the KLK BDs though.
The Aria BDs will have to wait until they get released in Japan first! Probably will have a holdback period for those, too. If RightStuf started doing BDs, I'm sure they'd do those though!
You were right about the commentaries. They are super rad. I was laughing so hard during them because they were so well done.
I still have to get Neko black and Nise though.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I bought the overpriced Bakemono for the commentaries. I did the voting with my wallet thing, and it turns out that it doesn't matter. lol
Nope. I wonder if they're asking too much or if it's some weird Harmony Gold-esque situation with whomever owns Starblazers. They did dub the first episode into English and showed it at some convention ages ago, so maybe someone still thinks this will be on TV eventually.Is there any place to even stream Yamato 2199? I've always been looking for it
Not that I'm aware of.Is there any place to even stream Yamato 2199? I've always been looking for it
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The internet subbing Nise commentaries, 6 months at a time. lol
If Rightstuf could do that weird simul-release thing that they did with Fate Zero or that Read or Die set, then I'd be happy to pay 500 bucks to get the set from them. It'd be easier than importing from Japan at least.
Femmeworth
Banned
He's mostly a PR rep for the CG overlords.You're a false ambassador
I dunno, I still like the tone and presentation of The Calligrapher and the Urchin better!
Not certain about RoD, but the original Fate/Zero sets that came out were just imports from Japan. That's why they came out so close to the Japanese release date. Aniplex does the most import releases of any company, though Funimation is also selling imports of GitS Arise as they come out.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=36248098&postcount=17500
I should get the F/Z release one day, too.
Pricing still seems fair to me. I used to gladly spend 30 for 4 episodes and that was when I was making much less money than now. But aside from that, the whole anime simulcasting on streaming sites is a dream. Yall dont know how amazing this is. appreciate it because we didnt used to see shows for YEARS after japanese release. Had to wait at least several months from a license announcement to the first volume and barely any of a new show to come out. then wait every one to two months afterwards to get the next part. I used to just spend a year buying up shows then binge watching when I finished getting a series. It was the only legal way.
Im not sure what Sentai does but it seems shady.
I cancelled Netflix because they didnt offer what I wanted to watch. A lot of big movies and shows were just left off the list.
Couldnt even watch something old and fun like Twister.
This. Oh god this.
Pisses me off soooooo much.
Im holding off on Tamako, Chuuni, a whole lot of shows this year because theyre DVd only. no fuck you industry Im waiting until blurays are out.
Although I asked on the podcast I do, I almost wanted to check out the dub to see if they did anything with the whole "third gender" character and "her" casting. I know a woman plays the character, but I wonder if they at least tried to do something with the voice in the dub.
That's true. I have a DVD sub-only copy of AnoNatsu sitting here.
Also HidaSketch as well.
ANN had a girl who worked at TAN on their show once, but they've been silent ever since. People keep joking that Sentai is just a money laundering scheme or something.
Im not sure what Sentai does but it seems shady.
I cancelled Netflix because they didnt offer what I wanted to watch. A lot of big movies and shows were just left off the list.
Couldnt even watch something old and fun like Twister.
This. Oh god this.
Pisses me off soooooo much.
Im holding off on Tamako, Chuuni, a whole lot of shows this year because theyre DVd only. no fuck you industry Im waiting until blurays are out.
The re-release was cheaper than the import, thankfully! I have the second set of the re-release, it's very nice. Still saving up for the first though. If you love Fate/Zero, it's a pretty great set to have.
Jex
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That was really good as well, but it wasn't full of cheap hooks designed to make me care about 'the greater mystery' like Hot Terrorists in Summer was, so how could I enjoy it as much? Plus, action sequences!
Wow. You're not wrong too call elements of the story derivative and that the story features coincidences, but the same is true of just about everything ever. Calling the writer a "fucking hack" is going completely overboard, if I applied those some complaints to everything I watched I'd be unable to enjoy anything ever again.
Stories are built on confidences (these ones weren't even that egregious in the grand scheme of things) and we recycle ideas for stories all the time. It's not the recycling of concepts that the problem, but how they are used by the writer in the particular story that's being told.
The rest of your complaints centre around "they haven't explained this yet!" which is quite common in stories that don't want to be tied down by exposition in the middle of action sequences. You can't expect that stuff to be explained immediately, I imagine it will be covered next week.
That was what I was looking at. It's a little much for my affinity in the series, but it still seems good. I still want to get Arawaka too though, and with the extra 10% off I may go for those first.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, I'd be okay if Japanese release just put subs on the BD and then shipped some over to be sold at the same price here.
I mean, it took like 2 years for Toradora BD to get released here? I'd rather not wait that long.
It's better only because the market crashed. They seemed to have found a happy medium, although the lack of extras and the new OVA pricing structure is really annoying.
Who knows if they're even a real company. lol
Ice Lightning
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I know I have stated this before, but I believe the only reason the Bakemonogatari set from Aniplex USA even had the character commentaries was probably because it matched the Japanese BD-box. The rest of the Monogatari series don't have a BD-box in Japan. Probably the same reason why the Oreimo BDs had the character commentaries...it was an import.
Jex
Member
Just for a laugh, this is how terrible the censoring in episode 2 of Tokyo Ghoul got:
That's legitimately amazing. Why can't people learn from Blood-C!
Jex
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God dammit I didn't see this before I made my post. Fuck. Balls.
So you're saying white > black? thatsracist.jpg
Not nearly enough, one day I'll get on your level!
Femmeworth
Banned
The project that was in reference to is still not out. But it does have a trailer.
That CG mecha action. But those character designs.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I'd be willing to pay the JP prices for the commentaries subbed though, if it came to that. I'm pretty much all or nothing on it, since I don't know if I have a reason to buy them otherwise.
The weird thing is that with Nise they just stripped the commentaries out entirely - perhaps to avoid reverse-importation - but it was the extra middle finger that made that set a no buy for me.
Use the market place to buy the cards!
killer rin
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Locodol 2
Omg... this is soooo adorable. I think I'm going to end up looking forward to this show alot every week.
Omg... this is soooo adorable. I think I'm going to end up looking forward to this show alot every week.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Hrm, I forgot to check out the Rightstuf announcements:
Wandering Son forever dead. Although it looks like they are giving up on "prestige" releases now entirely?
Wandering Son forever dead. Although it looks like they are giving up on "prestige" releases now entirely?
PshycoNinja
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Hyouka 19
I think it's quite a feat for a show to have an entire episode take place in one room and still be enjoyable to watch the entire time.
This mystery was actually really fun. The outcome at the end was hilarious. This episode really showed how this anime really centers around Oreki and Chitanda's relationship and their playfulness. Once again Chitanda was cute with the way she handled herself and it was fun to see Oreki be playful and have fun for once. This episode had a lot of good moments in it. I can tell this is going to leave The Void when I am done with it.
No "I'm curious" this episode. :,(
I think it's quite a feat for a show to have an entire episode take place in one room and still be enjoyable to watch the entire time.
This mystery was actually really fun. The outcome at the end was hilarious. This episode really showed how this anime really centers around Oreki and Chitanda's relationship and their playfulness. Once again Chitanda was cute with the way she handled herself and it was fun to see Oreki be playful and have fun for once. This episode had a lot of good moments in it. I can tell this is going to leave The Void when I am done with it.
No "I'm curious" this episode. :,(
That's what the summer/winter sales have become for me nowadays. feels bad
I wouldn't expect RightStuf to pick that up. Personally I think it would suit NISA well; they did release another great drama anime with Bunny Drop, after all. They also released House of Five Leaves, so they're not afraid to release more "artsy" work.
Who knows really? Isnt Section 23 also a subsidiary of Sentai? I dont see how ADV was broken up only to go back to doing the exact same thing as before.
The project that was in reference to is still not out. But it does have a trailer.
That CG mecha action. But those character designs.
Nice character design. a cutie.
Android Announcer Maico basically takes place in a radio room.
Ice Lightning
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AoA may have released Nise as a complete boxset, but Japan never did. I don't see why Bake only having the commentaries is weird since it's the only one with a Japanese BD-box to mirror. AoA's releases for Neko Black, Neko White, Kabuki, etc don't have the commentaries since there isn't a Japanese BD-box to match.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
My Aoi Hana set feels lonely. lol
If nothing else, I like the chaos it causes for Funimation.
Terror 1
I liked the directing. Very cinematic and atmospheric, with standout lighting of the scenes that felt more in line with live action lighting than animation. The OP looked like a 1.30 Tumblr gif though.
Despite how mysterious they wanted to be about everything, what was presented in the episode was fairly straightforward and direct, there's not much to say about it. I didn't expect it to be so shoujo!
I liked the directing. Very cinematic and atmospheric, with standout lighting of the scenes that felt more in line with live action lighting than animation. The OP looked like a 1.30 Tumblr gif though.
Despite how mysterious they wanted to be about everything, what was presented in the episode was fairly straightforward and direct, there's not much to say about it. I didn't expect it to be so shoujo!
Other way around; Sentai is a subsidiary of Section23. The same company also owns the labels Maiden Japan (they also release anime, but less often than Sentai), Aesir Holdings (they re-released Princess Tutu with this label, I think) and ADV Films (which is barely used anymore. They did an Elfen Lied Blu-Ray using the ADV name, though).
I wouldn't want RightStuf to touch it anyway; Wandering Son is a fantastic series that deserves a Blu-Ray. Knowing RightStuf, it would be stuck on DVD forever. I don't think I could deal with that.
What! Even the characters are CG. They're doing it wrong. Only the mechs/monster are supposed to be that way.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Persona 4 Golden:a.k.a Narukami Desu ga?
Well, he is not Sakamoto, but this'll have to do. This is new game+ material here, Yu being mr perfect and having Izanagi that can do Ziodyne and Megidolaon(?)
Well, he is not Sakamoto, but this'll have to do. This is new game+ material here, Yu being mr perfect and having Izanagi that can do Ziodyne and Megidolaon(?)
So you're a Mamibro as well, I think we'll be getting along really well.
Femmeworth
Banned
I just realized that it is 2014 and no one has brought over the Planetes Blu-ray set. >:|
What makes this worse is that it got skipped over when Funimation and Sentai picked up all those old Bandai/Sunrise licenses.
Nah, its not looked bad after awhile.
Yeah that's why I thought the OP aren't good, despite the metaphor talk and that, its not an good looking OP and rather pretentious.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Better than no release at all though!
They should get Cuaron to record a commentary or something and release it as a "Gravity inspired anime" show. lol
AquaWateria
Member
He is the man after all, no fucking with oniisama.
Ehh... for stuff like that, I have to have a Blu-Ray. BD or nothing! I'll wait!
It's hurts
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