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Summer Anime 2015 |OT| SharingMana
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I strongly disagree. The character work in Garo was weak.
Your anime of this year is an anime that premièred last year? What?
Glorious Japan is better at killing American special forces than vice versa. America is better at spying and digging up dirt, an underhanded method. All praise Glorious Nippon.
There are groups who are against the JSDF and Japan's having access to the Gate. Therefore, they are trying to thwart Japan's inter-gate relations.
Aaronrules380
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I felt that the characters in Garo were way, way stronger and way better developed then Bahamut's
i get what ya mean but my ability to suspend my disbelief is gonna rely on how entertaining the story is i guess
MikeHattsu
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NeoGAF anime AOTY voting allows shows that started the previous year as long as it had episodes that aired in the current year:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=144914902&postcount=1
The character development throughout entire series is great, multiple character resolved their arc at the end of show
the 2nd cour finished at 2015, its will eligible for AOTY like past 2 cour show.
Better developed? They had more approachable characterizations and personalities, but that's because everything about the show was predictably been-there-done-that. That's not development.
It also stumbled with its narrative and major story arc as it repeated things over and over again.
That's not character development. That's just plot and story.
Cornbread78
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so..... saw this in my FB feed.....
and this was in the replies...
but of course, this may all change now.....
That is, umm, wow... So wrong....
BTW, here is a gif of everyone's "favorite" character in Charlotte doing his thing....
They're trying to kill Itami's group, then?
Rory would probably rek their shit anyway.
I would watch an anime that is a faithful recreation of politics and warfare, though...
It's thinly-veiled JSDF propaganda, but what war media isn't propaganda nowadays. It's entertaining for what it is, a fantasy story about modern military kicking medieval ass and an otaku lieutenant slowing gaining a harem of fantasy women. It's also refreshing to see fully grown protagonists who earned their ranks rather than genius at birth teenage protaganists.
Bahamut Genesis suffer more from this if this is your complaint, all the grand fantasy thing that they showing amount to nothing at the end of Show.. I don't seeing that in Garo, at least not to that extent.. I can understand what those supreme being equivalent is unlike what shown at Genesis.
Yeah I don't feel that way.
names2hard4you
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I'll be honest I see Classroom Crisis this season, and whether it is realistic or not, its heavy emphasis on corporate/political situations puts me off. But again, I'm not into politics in the slightest and I don't know why I'm still watching the show. So that's on me.
Cornbread78
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Don't forget, it's Shirayuki and Zen day!
the color is really washed out in this gif...
(well, there are only a couple of us actually watching it, lol)
the color is really washed out in this gif...
(well, there are only a couple of us actually watching it, lol)
That's because at its heart, Rage of Bahamut: Genesis was a character-driven anime, which Garo was not. The fantasy didn't "amount to nothing." It was never the focus in the first place. It was just the backdrop and setting.
Feel what you want, but this is a truth that predates anime. There aren't different rules. All you just mentioned was story and plot, which are different. Character development, true character development, is when the characters have been written as organic beings whose actions and decisions affect the plot moving forward and how that forces the character to change or choose to remain the same in the face of new challenges and obstacles. There's also a difference between characterization and character development. As I said, Garo had more accessible characters because they were so color by numbers.
They don't know how strong Rory is, though. No one on the Earth side does.
They don't want to kill them, per se, at least not yet. The Americans don't, that's for certain. Other anti-JSDF groups might.
names2hard4you
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At least the politics in this one are super light/almost non-existant lmfao. Wonder if today will be another flashback episode.Don't forget, it's Shirayuki and Zen day!
(well, there is sonly a couple of us actually watching it, lol)
I wish they cut the footage for footage of those myth/grand fantasy crap then, shit became overbearing at eps 5 n up.
Would've nice if those minute allocated for the cast goofing around time
I know its gonna ended up as semantic/wording argument, my english ability not up for this lol
If set of character behave differently during the show within the story scope and not because inconsistencies, its character development for me.
Also I also not seeing why Genesis character is less vanilla for you, they as simple as it get.. and its not a bad thing, Genesis is more popular show is the proof its actually more "accessible": don't you think?
Hellwarden
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So with Production I.G. saying they own FLCL, and they plan for a "new anime remake", I gotta ask.
Does anyone really want a remake for FLCL? FLCL is still awesome. Unless it's gonna flesh out the story more, I don't get why.
Does anyone really want a remake for FLCL? FLCL is still awesome. Unless it's gonna flesh out the story more, I don't get why.
SliceSabre
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Between Garo and Bahamut, it is clear to me that Bahamut has a way more accessible appeal than Garo.
Like its not even a contest. Garo's characters all had character development throughout the series whereas Bahamut's character never acted differently than they did at the beginning or seem any deeper than they were on the surface. How they were at the beginning of the series was exactly how they were to the end.
I mean Favaro is literally your typical by the numbers silly MC character and Kaisar your typical overly serious rival to the silly MC who the MC always gets one over on.
Like its not even a contest. Garo's characters all had character development throughout the series whereas Bahamut's character never acted differently than they did at the beginning or seem any deeper than they were on the surface. How they were at the beginning of the series was exactly how they were to the end.
I mean Favaro is literally your typical by the numbers silly MC character and Kaisar your typical overly serious rival to the silly MC who the MC always gets one over on.
Basileus777
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I would never tell anyone to watch Bahamut for its character work.
Hellwarden
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Well, Garo and Bahamut want very different things from their characters to match their stories.
Bahamut starts out with a big silly roof top chase/fight that leans firmly on the campy side. Garo starts out with a person, a woman no less, literally being burned at the stake.
I feel like if Bahamut ever went completely serious, and I don't feel that it did, despite what some people say, it would lose that charm that it had in the beginning. Meanwhile, Garo certainly had its sillier episodes, it never really abandons that dark medieval theme in favor of a in all honestly, more lucrative silly one. Both have their serious and goofy side, just not to the same degree. I feel no one wanted the characters to change too much from the beginning of Bahamut, and they don't. Garo's characters in comparison do change, Leon in particular due to how the story necessitates it.
Bahamut starts out with a big silly roof top chase/fight that leans firmly on the campy side. Garo starts out with a person, a woman no less, literally being burned at the stake.
I feel like if Bahamut ever went completely serious, and I don't feel that it did, despite what some people say, it would lose that charm that it had in the beginning. Meanwhile, Garo certainly had its sillier episodes, it never really abandons that dark medieval theme in favor of a in all honestly, more lucrative silly one. Both have their serious and goofy side, just not to the same degree. I feel no one wanted the characters to change too much from the beginning of Bahamut, and they don't. Garo's characters in comparison do change, Leon in particular due to how the story necessitates it.
Cornbread78
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True, just big bro stuff, lol. He turned out to be a good guy after all. I wonder if Shirayuki now has his approval? We still don't know yet...
Hmm, I've been waffling back and forth between watching Classroom Crisis. This maybe makes me more interested?
Ahh but the premise sounds kinda eh. I dunnooooooo.
names2hard4you
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I think it's pretty safe to assume so after that episode 2 weeks ago!
Idk. I've said it before but out of everything that I'm watching (11 shows man) this is the weakest and also the one that keeps disappointing me every week. But with only a few episodes to go I'd feel like I really wasted my time if I dropped it now.
Cornbread78
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Hey, can someone help me resize the below image pretty please?
between 600-700 around there.... Whatever looks best, I guess..
Ideal size would be about the same from the Eccentric Family OT
between 600-700 around there.... Whatever looks best, I guess..
Dedication Through Light
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That is, umm, wow... So wrong....
BTW, here is a gif of everyone's "favorite" character in Charlotte doing his thing....
Thats not him being kicked out a window though
That ain't going to get them $ though. They have to recoup their investment.
Oh god. I can't imagine Tsurumaki is remotely interested in this.
nintendoman58
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Let's just hope that it ends up being a remake and not a reboot.
What the what? When did this happen?
Cornbread78
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No, that'll be perfect, TY!!!!
here ya go... This is him being abused properly..
nintendoman58
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I'm just glad nobody has attempted to tamper with Gurren Lagann.
That wonderful piece of work remains sequel-free!
Five episodes done with Gugure Kokkuri-san, this show had a really strong first episode, Ichimatsu and Kokkuri-san's back and forth felt fresh and packed a punch. After that it hasn't been as strong, most of the jokes weren't that great. I won't say I didn't laugh at all, I did have a good laugh or two here and there, it just feels like a let down after that first episode.
nintendoman58
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Not really. Those are remake movies, and honestly I thought those were pretty good. At least the last 30 minutes of both movies, anyway.
Lagann-hen took what was already an awesome final showdown and just made it more awesome.
nintendoman58
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When I said "tampering" I meant changing what made the original good into something else.
The TTGL movies still have the energy, spirit, and fun that the original had. Nothing really happens in them that outright ruins what happened in the TV series.
The TTGL movies still have the energy, spirit, and fun that the original had. Nothing really happens in them that outright ruins what happened in the TV series.
Oh he still does FLCL related stuff like he draw Ninamori in Yoshinari's artbook.
However the story was finished.
I only saw the first movie but the pacing/montage in that one gave me headaches.
Cool, never knew he drew stuff in there. But yeah, the narrative is done.
2nd movie is vastly better. Partly because the 2nd half of the TV series already had pacing problems.
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