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Summer Anime 2016 |OT| Makes Me Happy When Skies Are Grey
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MikeHattsu
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Used one. Thanks!
Cornbread78
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Mazinger Z ep.25
I just had to post about this episode because as much crap as Nintendoman gives SAO for the tentacle $hit in SAO, there is a scene in Mazinger-Z as well! Poor Sayaka's robot boobs were defiled by the pervy monster robot's tentacles! lol
This episode was awesome btw..
I just had to post about this episode because as much crap as Nintendoman gives SAO for the tentacle $hit in SAO, there is a scene in Mazinger-Z as well! Poor Sayaka's robot boobs were defiled by the pervy monster robot's tentacles! lol
This episode was awesome btw..
I used the remaining one.
My Hero Academia 3-7 (dub)
This is a fun little romp. It's nothing spectacular, mind, but it does everythung it sets out to do very well. Likeable cast, good animation etc. Just a very solid show. Any pacing issues are lessened as I don't have to wait weekly, but I can see why it might hsve caused frustration.
I actually really like how the Designated Prick in Bakugo is actually noticed and reacted upon by the other class members. Breath of fresh air in that regard after something like Sasuke in Naruto.
Voice acting is really good too, at least in the dub. I always have time for Chris Sabat and Luci Christian, but the newbies do a good job too, even if Bakugo's VA runs a little too close to Yuri Lowenthall, but it's fine.
Looking forward to watching the rest.
Baka and Test 1 (dub)
Figured I'd give this a shot. It's alright, I think the dub script is actually pretty good when it comes to humour. Seems to run off a lot of clichés, but if they're done okay then I don't mind. The battle system seems interesting, though I've heard that it isn't really the focus, which is a shame.
Will probably serve best as a harmless bit of fluff with which to kill time.
This is a fun little romp. It's nothing spectacular, mind, but it does everythung it sets out to do very well. Likeable cast, good animation etc. Just a very solid show. Any pacing issues are lessened as I don't have to wait weekly, but I can see why it might hsve caused frustration.
I actually really like how the Designated Prick in Bakugo is actually noticed and reacted upon by the other class members. Breath of fresh air in that regard after something like Sasuke in Naruto.
Voice acting is really good too, at least in the dub. I always have time for Chris Sabat and Luci Christian, but the newbies do a good job too, even if Bakugo's VA runs a little too close to Yuri Lowenthall, but it's fine.
Looking forward to watching the rest.
Baka and Test 1 (dub)
Figured I'd give this a shot. It's alright, I think the dub script is actually pretty good when it comes to humour. Seems to run off a lot of clichés, but if they're done okay then I don't mind. The battle system seems interesting, though I've heard that it isn't really the focus, which is a shame.
Will probably serve best as a harmless bit of fluff with which to kill time.
zswordsman
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Oh shit, I forget we even get these. I'll post mine later.
Cornbread78
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I didn't watch the dub, only subbed, but Baka to Test was a ton of fun to watch with it's stupid-fun kinda comedy.
GoldCrusader
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Sabat did such an amazing job as All Might. Every time I heard him yell SMAAAAAASH I had shivers. Justin Breiner? did an amazing job as Deku and had those SMASH perfectly too.
Glad you are enjoying it! It's one of my favourite series
The only character who's a straight up asshole is the glasses dude, he's described as a stereotypical bully and doesn't have any dept.
Harada is different from your usual protagonist, he's good at baseball, he knows it, people around him know it and recognize it, this alone nurtured his ego (As opposed to someone like Mihashi from Oofuri, who is good, but he was made think he wasn't good which gave him massive insecurities).
He genuinely cares for his brother, you can see from the scenes in which they interact at home, but he knows Seiha is frail, which causes him to reject him when he wants to follow his footsteps, because he's not equipped with the emotional maturity to deal with that. His "I don't care about stuffffff" attitude is typical of people trying to hide their insecurities, you can see it because at the end of episode 2 Gou and Seiha confronting him make him cry.
For Gou, Harada is the first dude he genuinely developed a deep friendship, he thought himself with this new pincher they could make to Koshien, and Harada supported the idea and let him fantasize about it. His mum has been pestering him to quit baseball, but then Harada came and basically told him "fuck it, let' play.". This was fine and dandy, until Harada basically told him "I don't care if I play". This not only jeopardized Gou's future (since they are a battery), but also told him that all his efforts to defy his mum were useless, which causes him to snap.
... you can probably tell this was an actual novel and not a LN/Manga/Anime.
The series also just started, it's fine to have characters extremely flawed, relationships that doesn't work, instead of a protagonist that goes around solving everyone problems or the typical shounen underdog who seems terrible but he's actually very good at this sport!
Dedication Through Light
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Baka & Test is great
Bakugou and Kaminari were my fav voices for the dub of HeroAca. I preferred engdub Midoriya over jpn Midoriya, though his VA's voices in JPN arent really on my list of favs.
hosannainexcelsis
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Sorry, but Battery actually is a light novel series, albeit an older one (published 1996-2005).
Cornbread78
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I completely understand what your saying about each characters dispositions, however, the presentation of said characters has been horrible. It just makes everyone come off as miserable and just being a$$holes to one another.
I'm hoping their can be some decent development soon where the characters actually get to playing baseball without the focus being on how pissed off they are at each other. And yeah, the glasses dude is the #1 jerk so far, just trying to pile on the kid.... At this point, you can tell this isn't the typical shounen "underdog" story like you mentioned, but the heavy handed mood is tough to bear at times.
Oh well, I'll keep watching and hopefully they start acting more civil to one another.
Yes, yes.. It's an old school baseball term:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(baseball)
names2hard4you
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I just couldn't deal with the MC's shit in Battery. As a matter of fact, every character annoyed me. That, and me not really caring about Baseball lead me to just dropping it.
Cornbread78
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i'm waiting for hockey ):
Danganronpa 3 Despair 04
The whole set of events that led to Komaeda's plan being successful was ridiculous enough(but in a danganronpa way) it didn't really help that this was paired by drab and down right lack luster direction to make it feel even cheaper. This isn't unique to this episode but I felt that the whole sequence of events really needed to be better considering the consequences and the whole point of it was to deliver a more serious/dark tone while also acting as an exposition for the characters of DR3 than a simple gag. Hey, I'm still watching because this is Danganronpa after all.
That aside, Nagito got what he deserved. Yukizome's feelings towards the class is admirable but there's little sense of redemption in those tears.
I wonder what will happen with reserve class now.
true, I say this even as an Indian; I've actually found Baseball a lot more fun
The whole set of events that led to Komaeda's plan being successful was ridiculous enough(but in a danganronpa way) it didn't really help that this was paired by drab and down right lack luster direction to make it feel even cheaper. This isn't unique to this episode but I felt that the whole sequence of events really needed to be better considering the consequences and the whole point of it was to deliver a more serious/dark tone while also acting as an exposition for the characters of DR3 than a simple gag. Hey, I'm still watching because this is Danganronpa after all.
That aside, Nagito got what he deserved. Yukizome's feelings towards the class is admirable but there's little sense of redemption in those tears.
I wonder what will happen with reserve class now.
true, I say this even as an Indian; I've actually found Baseball a lot more fun
Dedication Through Light
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ice skating anime ought to give you hope
PshycoNinja
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Baka and Test is great. Choosing the dub was a good choice. One of the very few shows where I prefer the dub. I think the dub cast is much funnier. The sub is okay but dub brings a level of fun to everything.
As someone who has watched the sub and dub...multiple times...the dub is pretty fantastic. Their jokes get better and land better than the sub and gets even better as time goes on. It's dumb fun and it's why I like it so much. Plus all its anime references every once in a while is well appreciated.
hosannainexcelsis
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I've heard it mentioned that there was an Indian version of Star of the Giants, the original sports anime, that changed the sport from baseball to cricket.
names2hard4you
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I'm Portuguese, I grew up with soccer. Even in Canada, I don't pay attention to hockey or anything like that. Baseball takes too goddamn long.
PdotMichael
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Baseball was only invented to have a sport specific for the limited animation format in anime.
I can believe that.
Cornbread78
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Ah, makes sense then, I'll retract the statement then, lol. I've coached soccer for a long tine know, so I get it, lol
Dedication Through Light
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Yes its almost time for more Bubuki Buranki.
Rounders anime would be so hype.
Lol anyone from Ireland? Rember this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6idO7oFkatg. Closest we'll ever get to having an anime for our national sport lol.
Lol anyone from Ireland? Rember this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6idO7oFkatg. Closest we'll ever get to having an anime for our national sport lol.
Psh, you and your continuous 90 minutes.
What's an extra 30 minutes of airtime with 30 minutes less game time to ya?
hosannainexcelsis
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Are you still coaching, Kiritobread?
Lalalandia
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Wait what was this on? TG4? Never saw this but then again I'm of the early Zig & Zag RTÉ 2 era!
Wow, thanks for sharing. This is really unusual, I generally see a lot of Indian works inspired (if you could say that) from Hollywood/West, probably the first time I'm seeing one based off an anime. I have to share this with my friends
On this note, I was reminscing about the Indian equivalent of a "Shounen Jump" called "Tinkle" the other day. I devoted a good amount of my childhood reading and collecting them. It was only recently that I realized how much the magazine resembles a Jump. Although it is not restricted to the "Shounen" demographic it was targeted at kids. There were a lot of short stories with the usual good vs evil, mystery, fantasy and comedy themes. This brought back a lot of memories and my only association with comics during my childhood.
Cornbread78
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Yuppers... It's still off-season for another couple weeks. I only coach a HS rec team, so it's more "managing" at this point. Just let them play and have fun.
As someone who has watched the sub and dub...multiple times...the dub is pretty fantastic. Their jokes get better and land better than the sub and gets even better as time goes on. It's dumb fun and it's why I like it so much. Plus all its anime references every once in a while is well appreciated.
I'll have to give the dub a try them at some point to see how the translations are then.
http://www.hulu.com/moribito-guardian-of-the-spirit
PshycoNinja
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Neon Genesis Evangelion 26 [Watchbet] [END?]
I. Don't. Understand.
What did I just watch? Did they just run out of time and go "ah fuck it, let's just screw around"? These last few episodes just feel like a collage of just...ugh. I can't even think straight right now.
I. Don't. Understand.
What did I just watch? Did they just run out of time and go "ah fuck it, let's just screw around"? These last few episodes just feel like a collage of just...ugh. I can't even think straight right now.
PshycoNinja
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Did they run out of budget by the last episode or was that a completely intentional style choice from the beginning?
It's like staring into the abyss from the mind of a crazy person...
It's like staring into the abyss from the mind of a crazy person...
hosannainexcelsis
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Part of it was a budget issue, but part of it was also Anno, the director, working through the depression he was experiencing at the time.
Cornbread78
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Sibersk Esto
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Neon Genesis Evangelion 26 [Watchbet] [END?]
I. Don't. Understand.
What did I just watch? Did they just run out of time and go "ah fuck it, let's just screw around"? These last few episodes just feel like a collage of just...ugh. I can't even think straight right now.
Congratulations!
Now check out End of Evangelion for the flashier version.
PshycoNinja
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Okay. Well thanks for that explaination as it certainly helps.
You're all the worst.
Five minutes into EoE and its already pretty messed up. Will probably go into notes version of thoughts on the movie since it's clear just from the opening that I will be...opinionated about this movie.
MikeHattsu
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