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That's not Mako.
UltraGunner
Banned
Zankyou no Terror 01
So I finished all my work and finally got around to watching this. I'm always down for a Watanabe joint and this looks like it would be at least as good as previous works. An interesting premise about domestic terrorism and from the perspective of the terrorists too, which is really not a thing now that I think about it. Animation is good as always with his works. Artstyle is going for a more muted color scheme that gives of a sense of foreboding. Characters are great, I await the next episode to find out why they are resorting to terrorism. All is all a great show.
Can I just say that Thursday has a monopoly on quality works this season. God Damn!
So I finished all my work and finally got around to watching this. I'm always down for a Watanabe joint and this looks like it would be at least as good as previous works. An interesting premise about domestic terrorism and from the perspective of the terrorists too, which is really not a thing now that I think about it. Animation is good as always with his works. Artstyle is going for a more muted color scheme that gives of a sense of foreboding. Characters are great, I await the next episode to find out why they are resorting to terrorism. All is all a great show.
Can I just say that Thursday has a monopoly on quality works this season. God Damn!
UltraGunner
Banned
Well keep in mind that most people who watched SAO probably don't remember that .Hack is a thing, so to them the idea of "trapped in an MMO" is brand new idea, and started watching it because it was doing something "new".
yo dude careful
PhillipCostigan
Member
I mean if you guys can't recognise true best girl greatness I'm sorry for you.
sure, she's crazy, but that's why she's awesome. She's funny and crazy and hot and Yui Horie does a wonderful job with her VO.
However, I will also accept 2D-kun as best girl/best bro. Especially for what he did for Banri.
Fucking RESPECT.
sure, she's crazy, but that's why she's awesome. She's funny and crazy and hot and Yui Horie does a wonderful job with her VO.
However, I will also accept 2D-kun as best girl/best bro. Especially for what he did for Banri.
Fucking RESPECT.
I found her adorably so. And that she admitted her flaws and was trying to be a better person added to that.
Ice Lightning
Member
I will certainly do so once FUNimation finally makes the streams available. I need more Ono Daisuke after marathoning my Minami-ke BDs last week,
PhillipCostigan
Member
Also Chinami was a terrible character.
She was the Onodera of Golden Time. A useless character with no reason to exist.
At least Onodera got a KanaHana VO I guess. Although that's wasted talent.
If you use Hola unblocker and set Crunchyroll to Spain or something you can watch it. Just make sure to choose the English subtitles.
She was the Onodera of Golden Time. A useless character with no reason to exist.
At least Onodera got a KanaHana VO I guess. Although that's wasted talent.
If you use Hola unblocker and set Crunchyroll to Spain or something you can watch it. Just make sure to choose the English subtitles.
SliceSabre
Banned
I also did not like Koko, too possessive for my taste and MC was too desperate and stupid.
Ha. Seems to be a moment where my opinion is radically different from the Anime GAF consens. Maybe it hits me more because I had a kind of girlfriend that was like this. But I think I would've been creeped out by Koko even before I had that unfortunate relationship.
She just seems so fake and needy, without actual hobbys in her life. Just taking on her current victims hobbys.
She just seems so fake and needy, without actual hobbys in her life. Just taking on her current victims hobbys.
PhillipCostigan
Member
There is like only one guy that arguing with you bro.
I was under the impression that quite a few people stated that they liked Koko and Golden Time. Don't have to argue to see that this is different from my opinion.
PhillipCostigan
Member
relax the kacks man
we ain't arguing. just having some fun.
we ain't arguing. just having some fun.
SliceSabre
Banned
But Holo is awesome.
Ice Lightning
Member
I can try to be patient seeing as I do wait an extra week anyway for other simulcasts as a non-premium member. I save my money for the physical releases.
PhillipCostigan
Member
whoah
whoahwhoahwhoahwhoahwhoahwhoahwhoahwhoahwhoahwhoahwhoah
first
it's Holo.
I will also accept Korbo
second
she is the best girl that there ever was.
I will have no bad things said about Holo
I could use some advice here.
I really loved Eureka Seven (though the alternate reality film is fucking terrible) and I've been considering watching Eureka Seven AO. I'm hesitant because I've heard it's pretty bad by comparison and a disappointment to E7 fans.
So, should I bother or just not watch it and save myself time and disappointment?
I really loved Eureka Seven (though the alternate reality film is fucking terrible) and I've been considering watching Eureka Seven AO. I'm hesitant because I've heard it's pretty bad by comparison and a disappointment to E7 fans.
So, should I bother or just not watch it and save myself time and disappointment?
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
You don't even joke about that, man.
Here I thought we were parallel in taste, whatta' shame ;_;
Everyone I've talked to who has seen it told me it's pretty awful, not even duckroll likes it.
I could use some advice here.
I really loved Eureka Seven (though the alternate reality film is fucking terrible) and I've been considering watching Eureka Seven AO. I'm hesitant because I've heard it's pretty bad by comparison and a disappointment to E7 fans.
So, should I bother or just not watch it and save myself time and disappointment?
Unless you loooooove Chiaki Omigawa enough to watch a terrible show then I would advise staying away.
SliceSabre
Banned
But I was kidding!
Guys?
Guys!?
;_;
Guys?
Guys!?
;_;
Dude...no.
It was really great getting to know you, I wish you the best of luck in whatever you choose to do in the other communities
I'm glad, I almost felt a sense of betrayal for a moment there.
Watching the last two Golden episodes of Golden Time, except now I'm watching it at 1.77x speed 'cause I mean, why prolong the suffering? This is amplifying the already unintentionally comedic melodrama scenes to whole new heights.
Why? People actually not too busy adoring Lawrence's beard when watching the show like me?
chickdigger802
Banned
SABEGBU 2
show is great.
protag of the season..
show is great.
protag of the season..
PhillipCostigan
Member
I think I'll just pass on it. At least for now. There's plenty of stuff to watch. I might read a synopsis if I don't end watching it just to get an idea what it's about.
Dedication Through Light
Member
The assassination classroom anime visual is great, my Karma-kun.
SliceSabre
Banned
I'm liking this visual. Just reminds to get back caught up with the manga.
wedidnothingproductiveallday.webm
yeah some fanbases are popular enough that there is a consistent stream of new viewers and fans to give new perspectives and fandom. It is self perpetuating after a while.
This show is reallllllly enjoyable. Very beautiful visually and musically. Almost magical.
SliceSabre
Banned
I apologize for my tasteless joke.
the fuck is this
I trust that he'll capture the hilarity of the manga at the very least, just not banking on anything else.
SliceSabre
Banned
Someone awful, just awful.
chickdigger802
Banned
akame ga kill 2
standard anime standard stuff.
I like how they keep the fights stylish even with the limited budget.
standard anime standard stuff.
I like how they keep the fights stylish even with the limited budget.
Making of Little Witch Academia Documentary-
http://a.pomf.se/obmoyf.webm
So I really liked about the documentary was when they set up the cameras to film both Yuji Kaneko and Yoh Yoshinari when they were working. For Kaneko(the background art director for LWA and KLK), the thing that struck me was how fast he was. I saw him paint live at Animazement 2014 in a similar fashion and man does he pump out these gorgeous background pieces. One thing I'm not overly familiar about is whether he's an exception in how he does the background art (by using paints,watercolors, on paper) as everything looks so heavily digitized. So much background art nowadays really looks subpar or that it was an afterthought but Kaneko has a really distinctive style that carries through to the final product. Both LWA and KLK stand out much more due to his phenomenal background work. Also something that struck me while I was going through the animator list was that Studio Pablo was involved with the background work for LWA and KLK. I remember Kaneko saying at Animazement that he hand-picked the background artists so I'm wondering if the same guys that worked on KLK at Pablo, worked on LWA. Anyway it was nice that the documentary showed Kaneko in action as it worked for a good contrast compared to how slow the animators were going.
http://a.pomf.se/zjazzy.webm
So apparently Yoshinari Animation is an actual term. Dude is stern as fuck. It was actually sort of weird seeing him interact with Imaishi at the beginning. Imaishi was a lot more normal than I expected considering the shows he puts out. He's also seemingly more relaxed compared to Yoshinari who just reminds me of Japanese businessmen, in that he doesn't joke around. Yoshinari at Animazement had stated that his personality was similar to Diana's and after watching the documentary, I believe him. I mean even at Animazement, I got the sense that he was a very serious person but I thought he might be more relaxed at the studio. Nope. I gotta imagine that he was a huge fan of Satsuki. No mercy whatsoever in his criticism seemingly. I did find the stuff he pointed out such as the movement in Akko's back and camerawork position to be good although some of the later criticisms, such as the magic show opening, were a bit beyond me.
http://a.pomf.se/zjavve.webm
So how can I talk about the documentary without talking about the animators. I didn't know the animators had to go through so many hoops for the Mirai process but I'm not surprised either as government money usually have these stupid stipulations involved. I do think some of the stuff that the Mirai program made them do such as taking cameras and go photograph stuff, is beneficial; so I think the extracurricular stuff probably did make them better animators. Having the animators watch the other components of the animation process such as editing and voice acting work also allows them to appreciate their own roles and work more. So all the fresh meat seem to be coming over from Gainax and none of them were complete newbies to the process although it seems like the animation process for LWA was especially hard, possibly due to Yoshinari's high standards. So much of the documentary was them struggling to complete stuff and Yoshinari sending it back to them for further corrections. I honestly don't know how people work in this industry as the work itself is patience-trying but then after all of that, you get shit on and have to do it again. All of this for entertainment purposes too. I mean one guy was saying he came in early because he left early the previous day. What time did he leave early yesterday you ask? 2 AM. Holy shit. The scary thing is that LWA's production wasn't that far behind and then you hear about Kill La Kill and how that was a literal hell. I can't begin to imagine how soul crushing, and tired, everybody must have been after KLK's final episode had aired. I mean look at this:
So I've been meaning to watch this for the longest time but never got around to it. The video was much longer than I expected. Sort of funny that the documentary is over twice as long as the actual film. Anyway this was a really good look not only at the animation process but also things such as the Anime Mirai program and also Trigger as a studio. The narrator for the video was Noriko Hidaka which made me realize that Shiny Chariot and the teacher had the same VA. I pretty much figured they were the same person but I didn't realize till I was watching the documentary that they also had the same VA. I'm not a huge seiyuu person so I didn't pick up on that.
http://a.pomf.se/obmoyf.webm
So I really liked about the documentary was when they set up the cameras to film both Yuji Kaneko and Yoh Yoshinari when they were working. For Kaneko(the background art director for LWA and KLK), the thing that struck me was how fast he was. I saw him paint live at Animazement 2014 in a similar fashion and man does he pump out these gorgeous background pieces. One thing I'm not overly familiar about is whether he's an exception in how he does the background art (by using paints,watercolors, on paper) as everything looks so heavily digitized. So much background art nowadays really looks subpar or that it was an afterthought but Kaneko has a really distinctive style that carries through to the final product. Both LWA and KLK stand out much more due to his phenomenal background work. Also something that struck me while I was going through the animator list was that Studio Pablo was involved with the background work for LWA and KLK. I remember Kaneko saying at Animazement that he hand-picked the background artists so I'm wondering if the same guys that worked on KLK at Pablo, worked on LWA. Anyway it was nice that the documentary showed Kaneko in action as it worked for a good contrast compared to how slow the animators were going.
http://a.pomf.se/zjazzy.webm
So apparently Yoshinari Animation is an actual term. Dude is stern as fuck. It was actually sort of weird seeing him interact with Imaishi at the beginning. Imaishi was a lot more normal than I expected considering the shows he puts out. He's also seemingly more relaxed compared to Yoshinari who just reminds me of Japanese businessmen, in that he doesn't joke around. Yoshinari at Animazement had stated that his personality was similar to Diana's and after watching the documentary, I believe him. I mean even at Animazement, I got the sense that he was a very serious person but I thought he might be more relaxed at the studio. Nope. I gotta imagine that he was a huge fan of Satsuki. No mercy whatsoever in his criticism seemingly. I did find the stuff he pointed out such as the movement in Akko's back and camerawork position to be good although some of the later criticisms, such as the magic show opening, were a bit beyond me.
Anyway the documentary takes the viewer through most of the making progress from early animation to the finished work. I'm already somewhat well versed in the making process but I hadn't seen how tedious the douga corrections are(17,000+ to go through) and also the post production stuff done at Sanzigen Animation Studio, who is in the same building as Trigger. Speaking of physical space, it was interesting to note that Trigger went from smaller floor space to this much more spacious floor part of the way through the documentary. Looking back, I'm guessing this was when they were starting to ramp up for their KLK production and obviously were bringing more people on board for the show.
GOD DAMN!
http://a.pomf.se/zjavve.webm
So how can I talk about the documentary without talking about the animators. I didn't know the animators had to go through so many hoops for the Mirai process but I'm not surprised either as government money usually have these stupid stipulations involved. I do think some of the stuff that the Mirai program made them do such as taking cameras and go photograph stuff, is beneficial; so I think the extracurricular stuff probably did make them better animators. Having the animators watch the other components of the animation process such as editing and voice acting work also allows them to appreciate their own roles and work more. So all the fresh meat seem to be coming over from Gainax and none of them were complete newbies to the process although it seems like the animation process for LWA was especially hard, possibly due to Yoshinari's high standards. So much of the documentary was them struggling to complete stuff and Yoshinari sending it back to them for further corrections. I honestly don't know how people work in this industry as the work itself is patience-trying but then after all of that, you get shit on and have to do it again. All of this for entertainment purposes too. I mean one guy was saying he came in early because he left early the previous day. What time did he leave early yesterday you ask? 2 AM. Holy shit. The scary thing is that LWA's production wasn't that far behind and then you hear about Kill La Kill and how that was a literal hell. I can't begin to imagine how soul crushing, and tired, everybody must have been after KLK's final episode had aired. I mean look at this:
You have everybody sleeping in the office and this was for an OVA that might have been a bit behind but I doubt it was as down to the wire as KLK's was. What was especially rough for me to watch when the cameraman tried to go through the garbage of one of the animators to see what he had done, and the animator sort of snapped at him and said it was garbage and not to touch it. You could see through the documentary how the young animators were starting to unravel near the end.
I'm really not sure that Yoshinari enjoyed this project. It seems he very much likes the IP itself but the process in of itself seemed to be heavily leaning on him to due corrections after corrections. So when he stated earlier this year that he would be able to use more experienced animators for LWA2, I have a strong hunch that he was very happy about that. I really hope they do future documentaries such as one for LWA2 as I find stuff like this informational and it's always nice seeing the work behind projects that you love.
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