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Summer Anime 2016 |OT| Makes Me Happy When Skies Are Grey
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names2hard4you
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There it is, you figured it all out rather quickly. Would it have been cool if you didn't watch the anime? I think so. It was cool for me and everyone else. But that's because it was just so out of left field that you didn't really think too much. We were given pieces to a puzzle. You had basically most of the pieces from the edges already attached and all that was left was what goes on the middle.
Pupupupupu.
hosannainexcelsis
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There's some promising character animation in here. I might give this a shot; looks like it could be pleasant.
DeadRockstar
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Animating Overwatch well can't be easy, but I'd love to see it.
This seems like a charitable view of the output of one studio and the opposite of another. Additionally, "expecting shit" isn't something I said; that sentence is practically putting words in my mouth and then going on to call them dumb. WIT have been around long enough that it's reasonable to have formed expectations, as have MAPPA, who have made a better impression with only an extra year. Even if we disagree that WIT have never made anything overtly bad, hosanna mentioned their scheduling above, as well as the talent that Deen has been working with recently.
I'd completely forgotten that was Deen. Three good shows in half a year then!
This seems like a charitable view of the output of one studio and the opposite of another. Additionally, "expecting shit" isn't something I said; that sentence is practically putting words in my mouth and then going on to call them dumb. WIT have been around long enough that it's reasonable to have formed expectations, as have MAPPA, who have made a better impression with only an extra year. Even if we disagree that WIT have never made anything overtly bad, hosanna mentioned their scheduling above, as well as the talent that Deen has been working with recently.
I'd completely forgotten that was Deen. Three good shows in half a year then!
rrvv
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Maximilian Kolbe
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Overwatch anime by SHAFT when.
MikeHattsu
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Yuri fans stole it.
whoa dude, how are they compensating you for the loss?
;_;
hosannainexcelsis
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I pray they find it. I know how frustrating it is to have valuable luggage held hostage by an airline.
PdotMichael
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DEEN has at least access to ex-Shaft staff so not all shows are damned to be bad.
WIT is just bad.
But talking about Shaft:
WIT is just bad.
But talking about Shaft:
PdotMichael
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For what purpose?
John Blade
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Hey, someone anime fans have foot fetish. Why not try to get them to come watch this new show.
Joe Molotov
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Stealth sequel to Garden of Feet?
MikeHattsu
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A show for TUSR then
Trojita
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names2hard4you
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This nearly made me spit my coffee everywhere.
But now we're back to that discussion we had previously about whether we valued the journey more than the destination. Of course I know many things ahead of the game because of the anime, but the amnesia plot I was complaining about got resolved by Monokuma as soon as the first game chapter started, with it complaining about not wanting to do a rethread of the first game's plot... even though I'd probably be doubting the bear's statements had I played through the game first, I guess.
Even with all those spoilers, I think it might still be similar to you guys who are watching the anime to see more things explained, because to me DR2's basically about understanding
why and how the VR experiment failed (for example, did Junko actually infiltrate it with a Monokuma program or was that deliberate?)
unlike the first game, this class was actually full of eeeevil people who Naegi's organization was trying to reform
Still, I don't quite get just how the kimono girl still hadn't hit her growth spurt in the second game since by the time the teacher was assigned back to their class she still hadn't gone despair mode, and the fatty
was still impersonating the artist instead of Byakuya
names2hard4you
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Yeah it's exactly like I said, you have a puzzle in front of you with the edges already completed. You still haven't filled what is in the middle, and that's really what will form the image. It will make things easier, but you still have lots to learn about the characters and whatnot. You also don't know who lives and who dies, since the anime only touches on what happened BEFORE the incident. There is a lot to love about DR2, and I think you can still enjoy it quite a bit.
John Blade
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Depend if he/she like to lick the anime characters leg on the screen or doing something more nasty to it.
PdotMichael
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hosannainexcelsis
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This Occultic;Nine PV has a way different tone than I expected.
It's an adaptation of light novels by Chiyomaru Shikura (MAGES), directed by Kyouhei Ishiguro (Your Lie in April) at A-1 Pictures for this fall.
It's an adaptation of light novels by Chiyomaru Shikura (MAGES), directed by Kyouhei Ishiguro (Your Lie in April) at A-1 Pictures for this fall.
names2hard4you
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2 things:
1) I also expected it to be something else. The tone seems to be the complete opposite of what I thought it was.
2) Is it just me, or is the animation on this... Kind if really good? Have to see the whole thing in motion, but what they showed seemed incredibly meticulous in terms of movement. A lot of bouncing (lol) in there, but other details really caught my eye.
I am probably gonna have to check this out.
hosannainexcelsis
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Yeah, the production quality looks pretty good. I'm interested enough to check it out, at least.
Turin Turambar
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The back problems have to be painful.
PdotMichael
Banned
What not to love here?
Though not a fan what they are doing with the outlines there.
Right, want to make sure the balloons don't float away.
SliceSabre
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Wow they sure make sure you know her boobs are big. Otherwise it looks interesting I'll say.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Thunderbolt Fantasy 06
this show is so fucking good that i get hyped by dumb cliffhangers at the end of the episode with sawano playing. amazing
this show is so fucking good that i get hyped by dumb cliffhangers at the end of the episode with sawano playing. amazing
Turin Turambar
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Stranger Things-(appropriate Japanese particle)
An acceptable series which starts nicely with the 80s charm and sense of adventure. But eventually the same 80s cinema vibe and the style tries to ape is part of its downfall, as this nostalgia trip would have been ok in film but in the longer format of a tv series the novelty wears off and you are left with several problems, precisely because that format: the plot is simple and it could have been told in a 2 hour movie, most characters are stereotyped and don't really change, there are secondary scenes that could be directly eliminated as they don't really advance anything, it's just wheels spinning in the air to reach the estipulated length.
In other words, I think the real problem is the pace and duration. The series isn't that bad, but extended to eight episodes it spreads out too thin. It isn't that long of a tv series, just 8 episodes! you will say, but even then I feel it could have been told in 5 episodes, even only four, without dropping out anything of relevance.
Similarly, this longer duration means more opportunities to notice the crass commercialization of the idea involved, there are parts of this series that feel as if they are as they are not because the writers had a really good story of a group of kids in their bikes running away from government agents to tell, but because the idea was to commercialize the nostalgia of these type of stories.
In addition the plotting isn't air-tight, there are some contrived moments (
), a few convenient leaps of logic with great suppositions done by the characters, moments with the idiot ball passing to a pair of characters (
, etc. The
ending feels forced, too.
The music feels uneven too. Sometimes the synths work perfectly for a scene of tension or suspense, but in others it totally clashes with the tone of the scene.
Final score: Not really that much better than anime/10
An acceptable series which starts nicely with the 80s charm and sense of adventure. But eventually the same 80s cinema vibe and the style tries to ape is part of its downfall, as this nostalgia trip would have been ok in film but in the longer format of a tv series the novelty wears off and you are left with several problems, precisely because that format: the plot is simple and it could have been told in a 2 hour movie, most characters are stereotyped and don't really change, there are secondary scenes that could be directly eliminated as they don't really advance anything, it's just wheels spinning in the air to reach the estipulated length.
In other words, I think the real problem is the pace and duration. The series isn't that bad, but extended to eight episodes it spreads out too thin. It isn't that long of a tv series, just 8 episodes! you will say, but even then I feel it could have been told in 5 episodes, even only four, without dropping out anything of relevance.
Similarly, this longer duration means more opportunities to notice the crass commercialization of the idea involved, there are parts of this series that feel as if they are as they are not because the writers had a really good story of a group of kids in their bikes running away from government agents to tell, but because the idea was to commercialize the nostalgia of these type of stories.
In addition the plotting isn't air-tight, there are some contrived moments (
of course the ghost-kid isn't going to communicate when there are other people present!
yeah, don't take the fake plastic child body as evidence, no sir!)
bittersweet
Somehow she couldn't kill the monster normally, like tearing it apart or whatever, she dissolved it, and she magically disappears then, because... reasons. Abuse of her powers made her jump to another dimensions? So random.
The music feels uneven too. Sometimes the synths work perfectly for a scene of tension or suspense, but in others it totally clashes with the tone of the scene.
Final score: Not really that much better than anime/10
Danganronpa 3 Despair 05
It has begun.
Saiyonji had a growth spurt - that explains something that had been bothering me.
It's really interesting to see Junko and Mukuro's interactions, something we didn't get to see in the games. Also, it was invigorating seeing Naegi followed by Junko entering the school - brings back memories of the first game's finale, the weight of Naegi's victory is felt better in this series more than the second or the first game. That's something I really like.
It has begun.
Saiyonji had a growth spurt - that explains something that had been bothering me.
It's really interesting to see Junko and Mukuro's interactions, something we didn't get to see in the games. Also, it was invigorating seeing Naegi followed by Junko entering the school - brings back memories of the first game's finale, the weight of Naegi's victory is felt better in this series more than the second or the first game. That's something I really like.
hosannainexcelsis
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Red Garden 5
Of course Mari Okada would write the episode in which everyone has nervous breakdowns.
Of course Mari Okada would write the episode in which everyone has nervous breakdowns.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Like with Rohan being a mangaka, the storyboarding here was more reminiscent of a Fairy Tale. Most would say this is one of the weaker arcs in DiU, but DP naturally enhances it as they have been doing. Swapping Cinderella and Yoshikage Kira Wants a Quiet Life made sense, they had a very subtle tease for the future.
Like with Rohan being a mangaka, the storyboarding here was more reminiscent of a Fairy Tale. Most would say this is one of the weaker arcs in DiU, but DP naturally enhances it as they have been doing. Swapping Cinderella and Yoshikage Kira Wants a Quiet Life made sense, they had a very subtle tease for the future.
Wasted opportunity to nuke Hazuki and Sapphire, the latter in particular off the face of earth.
Also wtf is up with that whole trailer.
I have indeed sinned but this still seems like too steep a punishment.
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