Decided to give this a look after firehawk12 made the claim that it was a show that both of us could support. If you know firehawk12 and myself, that's a bold statement to make! First episode was really enjoyable. The main leads seem interesting enough, the purity is present, and the visuals are godly.
So, before I lay this series the rest of the way to bed, I wanted to take a minute to talk about one of my favorite parts of it. Early on, Yurika Misumaru, the titular Nadesico's captain, wonders what her role as captain is on a largely autonomous battleship. Ruri Hoshino, the resident brainiac, responds that originally captains were older men who could inspire their crews, but with advances in battleship technology, they had become more and more simply young, sexy people for whom crews could pine, rather than fear and be inspired by.
It should be no surprise that Martian Successor Nadesico is commenting on the state of affairs in anime at this moment, since the show dedicates a fair amount of time to doing precisely that. (From Akito's speech about last minute resurrections being a sham to Akatsuki's quip about anime in which both sides have just reasons for fighting
Both being subverted when the Admiral comes back from the dead anyway and when Akatsuki's reasons for his own actions are shown to be selfish and ambitious
), but I hadn't ever really considered this particular line as relative to the progression of Captains in anime.
I confess I'm not much of an expert on this subject, but I kind of see the point Nadesico's making here. In older anime I've watched, the captain usually looks like this:
And in newer anime the captain tends to look like this:
And of course, Yurika Misumaru herself introduces herself to her crew like this:
Now, obviously the law isn't ironclad, and the examples I've provided are more indicators of a progression of visual trends than of actual competence of the captains, since I think that Tessa does a splendid job as Captain of her sub (note: FMP came out after MSN so it doesn't figure in much anyway, I guess.). And of course, their are exceptions to even the time of all this. I mean look at this guy:
But the point of Bright is to be young and incompetent at first, and to grow into the role. All the same, what I really like is that Nadesico points this out and then decides to give Yurika hell for it for the rest of the series. At first brush she's everything wrong with an anime captain: A spacey, flighty young woman who is annoyingly talented, allegedly intelligent, and more often than not too busy trying to fuck her best pilot to notice that things are going batty onboard her own ship. What I love about Yurika, though, is that at the moments when nobody expects anything more than this of her, she often proves to be every bit as worthy a captain as her bearded predecessors. When her own father is attempting to commandeer her vessel, Yurika promptly makes an enemy of the entire Earth Forces to defend her crew. When Akatsuki thinks to manipulate her into surrendering the ruins to him, Yurika begins to fire upon them in an effort to end the war herself. At frequent points she manages to outwit enemies who underestimate her specifically because she's a flighty young woman.
In a very real sense, Yurika is the main attraction of Nadesico. It's her ship, and she owns it. When her crew dies, she feels it, and when they're in danger she steps up to the plate to save them. Though young and occasionally rash, Yurika is also remarkably level-headed at times (like when she opted to be left behind by Akito until he could reach the ship and bring back a rescue for her.) I don't really know or think that the show is out to make a huge statement, but I do appreciate how much effort goes into proving that despite her appearance, Yurika is a capable captain and not just eye-candy on the bridge for the sake of an added curve.
I'm trying not to be too negative about the Prison School anime, but the more I think about it the more disappointed I know I'll be when the art won't get anywhere near the manga's quality and the lewd will almost certainly be toned down massively. It's such an important part of Prison School.
Oh well. Prison School's a great manga so I should try to be optimistic.
I'm trying not to be too negative about the Prison School anime, but the more I think about it the more disappointed I know I'll be when the art won't get anywhere near the manga's quality and the lewd will almost certainly be toned down massively. It's such an important part of Prison School.
Oh well. Prison School's a great manga so I should try to be optimistic.
Just do the sensible thing and tone your expectations down so that you even forget it's coming till you see impressions in here.
It's the pro way of doing it.
Just do the sensible thing and tone your expectations down so that you even forget it's coming till you see impressions in here.
It's the pro way of doing it.
As Dimb said, the studio will make or break it. It needs a studio that's either incredibly technically good or a studio with such a strong style that they can adapt it in a way that works for anime.
Like, who is ever going to do a scene like this justice in terms of art?
As Dimb said, the studio will make or break it. It needs a studio that's either incredibly technically good or a studio with such a strong style that they can adapt it in a way that works for anime.
Like, who is ever going to do a scene like this justice in terms of art?
As Dimb said, the studio will make or break it. It needs a studio that's either incredibly technically good or a studio with such a strong style that they can adapt it in a way that works for anime.
Like, who is ever going to do a scene like this justice in terms of art?
I started the manga time ago, but I dropped before what it seems the redeeming factor, the surrealist humour, started. From what I've seen in the manga thread there are some funny and really surreal shit in the later chapters. But the first ones were just ewww.
Depending on what season this will be planned to air in I find it possible... remember this is workaholic Mr. Mizushima who handled simultaneous production time for Rakugo Girls, the Squid Girl OVA and Girls und Panzer (add to this last one planning & pre-production, with an emphasis on military equipment research, that was probably several times larger being a original work) while coming from handling two previous series in consecutive seasons as were Another and the second season of Squid Girl TV series too.
I'm only vaguely aware of KanColle - it's some kind of mobile naval strategy game where the ships aren't ships but cute girls, right? So the draw is the myriad waifus more than anything else, presumably, ergo not my cup of tea unless this adaptation has some particularly entertaining plot line.
I don't have a big issue with the CG here - I actually think it looks kind of good and the action animation isn't bad at all in my opinion (it's not very interesting, but it's dynamic at the very least). It's everything else that doesn't really look up my street.
fml i wish there was a way to disable gifs on webgaf as well as mobilegaf... tethering from my limited phone plan atm and animegaf is going to become a hazard zone until I get my hikari net hooked up
I've personally always been so sure that Prison School would never ever ever be adapted because of how constantly and overwhelmingly lewd and beautifully drawn it is (how the fuck is that weekly???), so even if the anime is watered down and just plain trash, it can't hurt the manga in my mind. It's just so untouchable
I stopped way before the latest chapter though. I don't mind catching up with manga on hiatus/moving slowly. Did it with Berserk so I can suffer with my brethren. Well depends.
I'm only reading one currently running western comic, fables. And that's not too many issues away from finishing. So instead of catching up and having to wait like basically a whole year I'd rather wait till there's like 2 months left and catch up.
Ojamajo Doremi 30
After 30 episodes, Umakoshi finally got off his lazy ass and actually worked, lol.
As expected, it moves more than usual, has stronger drawings in general and it's really a kick to watch. Igarashi delivers again from the director spot and rounds off the antics and comedy with a solid episodic story that hits all the beats it needs to.
The step up in visual fidelity is really noticeable when both the director and the sakkan for an episode are extremely talented. Umakoshi not only directs the animation, he provides KA himself and calls up his buddy Sushio to help out!
Gotta say, ever since the mid-season climax started, the show has kicked into high-hear. The comedy in these later episodes is as good as the show's ever been, and there's always a great deal of characterization sprung around episodes. I don't think they'll be able to ride the momentum until the finale, but there's still a couple of Igarashi and Satou episodes left as well as the two Yamauchi ones which I'm very much looking forward to.
i know you're joking but walking on water is already possible in mahouka - verse.
it ain't hard to do ( many characters can do that : jumonji, miyuki, seagusa, tatsuya, george and the list goes on...)
I understand that Slaine is supposed to be an emotional person which makes him an opposite of Inaho in a sense... But now you messed up Slaine. You messed up big time. He should've gotten evidence of some kind when he had the chance instead of opening his mouth.
I understand that Slaine is supposed to be an emotional person which makes him an opposite of Inaho in a sense... But now you messed up Slaine. You messed up big time. He should've gotten evidence of some kind when he had the chance instead of opening his mouth.
The grandpa showed an inclination to stop the war and search for facts about her granddaughter death, so it seems he would side with Slaine. Problem was, the bad guy got earlier than him.
I understand that Slaine is supposed to be an emotional person which makes him an opposite of Inaho in a sense... But now you messed up Slaine. You messed up big time. He should've gotten evidence of some kind when he had the chance instead of opening his mouth.
You reminded me how dumb this episode was. It's really stupid how Inaho is the only person who knows how to use evasive maneuvers. Sure he supposed to be badass numero uno, but still I find it stupid.
Edit: Also I get the feeling that gramps may be senile.
The grandpa showed an inclination to stop the war and search for facts about her granddaughter death, so it seems he would side with Slaine. Problem was, the bad guy got earlier than him.
You reminded me how dumb this episode was. It's really stupid how Inaho is the only person who knows how to use evasive maneuvers. Sure he supposed to be badass numero uno, but still I find it stupid.
I wouldn't even say evasive maneuvers. He's the only one who knows how to think straight apparently. Besides the king I guess, but now he's listening to the wrong people
