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Summer Anime 2017 |OT| More streaming services than shows to watch
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Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It's basically a series where they do that supremely annoying thing where they actively call out that specific situations "would only happen in an anime!" but then they fucking happen over and over because obviously Loser MC Guy has every hot girl in the entire world slobbering over him.
hosannainexcelsis
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Nope.
i can be annoying about it i guess. i don't really want to because it comes across as nitpicking when i go at pointing out stuff like this but the color design is really bad. obviously it's most noticeable on the garden scene because that is where the demands are the highest....but certain background elements are not colored properly, certain pieces are washed out more than they should be even if that's the visual style, and the tone shifts multiple times during the scene. it's not for some kind of reason it's just bad production work.
also comes out in the morning scene which is ??? bad fog work?? who knows...
distracting light source/background elements....
did not really feel like picking the show apart visually because it is kind of ambitious but it's sort of just an ugly end product to me most of the time.
also the script is terrible but hard to care enough to be mean about that too. she sees the tiny ballet seal but not the carrier pigeon that hangs out in his bag. clues are on screen for like literally a second and out of focus...smh.
veloxStrix
Banned
Hajimete no Gal
I remember thinking that the manga was pretty cute if not particularly good. Unassuming, I guess. Yet somehow the anime studio has really made this stand out! As trash. Standout trash.
I remember thinking that the manga was pretty cute if not particularly good. Unassuming, I guess. Yet somehow the anime studio has really made this stand out! As trash. Standout trash.
after rightstuf discounts I imagine it will only be around $200.
who is going to get it
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SliceSabre
Banned
It gets tempting with each passing post. But I've convinced myself that this is a meme show.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Windy Tales 5
This episode bore its lens on a world rarely seen in anime: that of school teachers. Of course, they lurk around the periphery of many a high school setting, and often there will be the one young female teacher who pals around with the kids, but here we actually saw a glimpse into the private lives of teachers - their relationships with each other, their personalities and desires, how they spend their free time. All in an episode that was mostly set in a single room, the school infirmary, yet felt expansive thanks to Makino-sensei's colorful descriptions of his foreign travels. A low-key yet magical episode.
The colors in Windy Tales are so spectacularly vivid.
This episode bore its lens on a world rarely seen in anime: that of school teachers. Of course, they lurk around the periphery of many a high school setting, and often there will be the one young female teacher who pals around with the kids, but here we actually saw a glimpse into the private lives of teachers - their relationships with each other, their personalities and desires, how they spend their free time. All in an episode that was mostly set in a single room, the school infirmary, yet felt expansive thanks to Makino-sensei's colorful descriptions of his foreign travels. A low-key yet magical episode.
Admiral Woofington
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Even if he didn't mean it in an inflammatory way it really is a fantastic way to do insult by comparison lmao. I'm sure he's going on a much more technical detail, because just mentioning hand shakers makes me want to vomit from motion/color sickness
Master Milk
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Arms must be really popular if it's already inspiring anime characters
Jex
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Hey now I know you don't read the thread very closely, but I've already given my positive impressions of that show. It's good!
okay
Infinite_Respawn
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RightStuf is actually selling it for just under $150.
after rightstuf discounts I imagine it will only be around $200.
who is going to get it
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They've had the page up for about a week or so.
did not realize the page was up. clicking the email it said no page found lulz.
He's become firehawk lite
Ordered an hour after announced for like $135
after rightstuf discounts I imagine it will only be around $200.
who is going to get it
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hosannainexcelsis
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Haly actually watches anime though.
So long as it meets his standard of filth
MikeHattsu
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A connoisseur of filth
Infinite_Respawn
Member
I'll probably get it. I haven't seen Utena but given everything I know about it, I imagine I would like it. And I'm all for seeing classic anime cleaned up and re-released for a new audience who didn't get the chance to see it back in the day, so this seems like a win for me. That, and I like fancy box sets!so at least one person has finally confirmed they are going to order it
Made in Abyss 1
decent story, decent visuals, good music.
visuals would get a better than decent rating but the main characters still need to be burned to death due to their hideous designs.
at least there is a few characters with alright designs. hopefully they take over the story
decent story, decent visuals, good music.
visuals would get a better than decent rating but the main characters still need to be burned to death due to their hideous designs.
at least there is a few characters with alright designs. hopefully they take over the story
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
It is a meme show.
That's not a negative Heybot ascends past such things
Also that's the MC's mom who has been in the background of the show being hyped up forever. Heybot lore rules
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Funimation Released their full list of SimulDubs:
Happy to see New Game Season 2. I'm guessing this means they'll also go back and eventually dub the first season.
- 18if
- A Centuar's Life
- Gamers!
- Classroom of the Elite
- Convenience Store Boy Friends
- Lupin the Third Part 4 (week behind Toonami Broadcast)
- Knights & Magic
- My Girlfriend is a Gal
- New Game!!
- Restaurant to Another World
- Saiyuki Reload Blast
- Tsuredure Children
Happy to see New Game Season 2. I'm guessing this means they'll also go back and eventually dub the first season.
*sigh* I don't think there is a single show on there that I care about watching.
but alas I am also committed to watching at least 3 episodes of all the non sequel shows now.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Tsuredure Children has been pretty enjoyable so far, and the episodes are only like 12 minutes long.
PshycoNinja
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after rightstuf discounts I imagine it will only be around $200.
who is going to get it
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Lol. "Only" $200.
Edit: Wait. Never mind, I'm dumb. Didn't see that it has everything it seems. Interesting...
New Game!! AWESOME. Moniva Rial better be in there somewhere (Hifumi or Nene).
MikeHattsu
Member
Is that a new Skullgirls character?
Classroom of the Elite 1
Took too long for the other shoe to drop so it was just about to lose my interest but I'll be checking out the next few episodes to see where this is going.
TL;DR - "Elite" boarding school, students are isolated from the outside world. Everyone given a cell phone and a monthly allowance of 100,000 JPY (~900 USD), which they useto save Japan for all necessities from clothes and food to entertainment (which are provided on campus). The allowance, however, is allotted based on academic performance, and is calculated for the entire class as a group. Also the main class is traditionally the one where the school puts all its problem kids. Hijinx, cutthroat lasseiz faire economics and game theory ensues, or so I assume. Most of this happens is revealed in the last 3-4 minutes of the show. The first 18 minutes are winking and nudging.
Took too long for the other shoe to drop so it was just about to lose my interest but I'll be checking out the next few episodes to see where this is going.
TL;DR - "Elite" boarding school, students are isolated from the outside world. Everyone given a cell phone and a monthly allowance of 100,000 JPY (~900 USD), which they use
Sakura Quest Episode 15:
I am shocked out how good this show has become after such a rough start, I suppose it helps that there is actual emotional investment now and a clear goal is in mind. Speaking of emotional investment I don't think anybody was expecting the Spanish Yuriqusition and yet here we are.
I am shocked out how good this show has become after such a rough start, I suppose it helps that there is actual emotional investment now and a clear goal is in mind. Speaking of emotional investment I don't think anybody was expecting the Spanish Yuriqusition and yet here we are.
Hellwarden
Member
Holy shit, did Crunchyroll get The Irresponsible Ga-wait, what is this?
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Theonik
Member
Getting it if it hits the UK. Would wear the Black Duelist Ring.
after rightstuf discounts I imagine it will only be around $200.
who is going to get it
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Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Jex
Member
Before I get down to discussing Princess Principal in more detail I want to highlight, for a moment, my own ignorance of the subject I am discussing. I have no formal (or informal) training in the fine arts to any capacity. So I'm probably going to say some things and make some claims that sound dumb. Someone with a background in colour theory could do far better than I. I just happen to have a gut feeling when something appears 'off'.
I brought up Hand Shakers earlier but I don't intend to claim that Princess Principal is as visually repugnant as that series I only drew the comparison because both shows feel like they utterly fail to provide visually cohesive worlds. Where as Hand Shakers takes that in the most garish possible direction, Princess Principal instead opted to aim for a far more washed our variation on the same.
Now most shows tend to have a very safe or 'neutral' colour design. Nothing really stands out as memorable in a bad, or a good way. But there is a cohesion to them. Someone has sat down and worked out what kind of colours will exist within the world of the show, how they will compliment or contrast each other, how strong will they be, and what the maximum 'range' of spectrum will be employed. (I'm sure there are a zillion other factors).
Princess Principal certainly has a distinct range of colours that it generally employs. In the most part, I would describe them as 'sepia toned', a clear attempt by the artists to evoke the style of 19th century photographs. I'd say that's the macro-level colour design for the series. Unfortunately that broad idea for what the shows' colour scheme will be tends to fall apart on the shot-by-shot level. dimb has already highlighted some basic inconsistencies, but there are other problems too.
Due you notice anything that stands out in the below shot:
I don't know about you, but my eye gravitates first to that ruby red sofa, then those green and purple rocks, and finally to that blood-red valve in the top right hand corner. Why? Because they're completely incongruous with the other colours in the shot. There's a strong tonal affinity between the colours of the characters clothes, an affinity which extends to most of the background art such as the brick walls and glass cases. There's no good reason for the sofa, rocks, and valves to be in their own separate colour universe - they aren't plot or character relevant, so what's going on with them? It just reveals that the image is nothing but different layers of visual art, created by different people, slapped together by yet another person and apparently not colour corrected by any kind of colour editor.
This kind of problem is made all the stranger because there are some scenes where all the colours and tones are correctly unified, which seems to speak towards a slightly rough production:
There are plenty of other visual issues worth discussing beside colour. Take, for example, the very first shot of the entire series:
What's with all this Crest of the Stars-esque shit digital noise? I don't understand why the art director thinks 19th century photography = a blurry, vaseline smeared mess? Obviously some of the photographs were not as sharp, and you certainly have imperfections in lenses and other artefacts, but they don't resemble this visual garbage. Why are you trying to hide your art under so many bad layers?
Oh well, at least this shot above is a little better, because it at least attempts to more accurately portray a family potra-
Oh dear, what's going on in here? If this opening sequence is attempting to emulate old time photographic conventions with any kind of verisimilitude then they should not employ jarring modern techniques like zooms and canted angles. Pick one visual style - don't attempt to mix and match in such a sloppy manner.
I brought this particular shot up earlier, but now that I'm being more critical I want to explain what's wrong with it. Clearly the imagery of a women perched atop a ledge that overlooks a sprawling a metropolis is reminiscent of Ghost in the Shell, especially as the women here also jumps off her perch in what appears to be an extremely reckless manner. What this particular re-creation fails to get right, however, is just about every element of what makes Oshii's shot powerful. Lets take a look at the original:
The key points of difference are fairly self explanatory. The original shot emphasise the Major's vulnerability - they're effectively naked and you can't be more vulnerable than that. More relevant for this discussion is how every element of this image emphasise the height the major has to fall. The camera is positioned very tightly against the back of the Major's body - this physical closeness between the camera and the character makes the audience feel subjectively more connected to the character and their peril. We cannot see any solid ground beneath the Major and this lack of visual support for the character makes us uneasy as it feels like they're about to plummet. The camera is positioned above the character with an angle that looks down upon them - making them appears visually threatened. Morevover, the downwards facing angle of the camera clearly reveals how far the Major has to fall. Lastly, the background art itself depicts a very clear and concrete world that Major could collide with violently if she fell. What about Princess Principal?
The camera is set quite far back from Angie, meaning that we don't feel particularly connected with the character therefore lessoning the impact of their plunge from the roof. The camera is also pulled back far enough to reveal an extremely solid looking section of roof for the character to stand on, making them feel supported and safe. While the camera is tilted down, the angle is not nearly as extreme as in Ghost in the Shell, reducing the feeling of vertigo and lessoning the tension of the shot. The background art is blurry and obscured by fog - there's nothing solid or 'real' out there for Angie to collide with when she falls, further lowering any tension out of the image.
I could go on and on and I've barely scratched the surface. I just don't have time right now so let me flag these nasty examples:
Why does the character and the background art look like they're from two different worlds which shall never meet? (this is a huge issue in numerous scenes).
Why is half her face out of focus?
Why is the one moving chair that they had to animate in this scene a completely different visual design to the all the static background chairs?
Why employ all this horrendously busy wallpaper in your background art?
Are they in some 90's 1st person maze game?
The rim lighting here is disgustingly ridiculous. Are they on stage?
Gross, purple lens flares are distracting.
I brought up Hand Shakers earlier but I don't intend to claim that Princess Principal is as visually repugnant as that series I only drew the comparison because both shows feel like they utterly fail to provide visually cohesive worlds. Where as Hand Shakers takes that in the most garish possible direction, Princess Principal instead opted to aim for a far more washed our variation on the same.
Now most shows tend to have a very safe or 'neutral' colour design. Nothing really stands out as memorable in a bad, or a good way. But there is a cohesion to them. Someone has sat down and worked out what kind of colours will exist within the world of the show, how they will compliment or contrast each other, how strong will they be, and what the maximum 'range' of spectrum will be employed. (I'm sure there are a zillion other factors).
Princess Principal certainly has a distinct range of colours that it generally employs. In the most part, I would describe them as 'sepia toned', a clear attempt by the artists to evoke the style of 19th century photographs. I'd say that's the macro-level colour design for the series. Unfortunately that broad idea for what the shows' colour scheme will be tends to fall apart on the shot-by-shot level. dimb has already highlighted some basic inconsistencies, but there are other problems too.
Due you notice anything that stands out in the below shot:
I don't know about you, but my eye gravitates first to that ruby red sofa, then those green and purple rocks, and finally to that blood-red valve in the top right hand corner. Why? Because they're completely incongruous with the other colours in the shot. There's a strong tonal affinity between the colours of the characters clothes, an affinity which extends to most of the background art such as the brick walls and glass cases. There's no good reason for the sofa, rocks, and valves to be in their own separate colour universe - they aren't plot or character relevant, so what's going on with them? It just reveals that the image is nothing but different layers of visual art, created by different people, slapped together by yet another person and apparently not colour corrected by any kind of colour editor.
This kind of problem is made all the stranger because there are some scenes where all the colours and tones are correctly unified, which seems to speak towards a slightly rough production:
There are plenty of other visual issues worth discussing beside colour. Take, for example, the very first shot of the entire series:
What's with all this Crest of the Stars-esque shit digital noise? I don't understand why the art director thinks 19th century photography = a blurry, vaseline smeared mess? Obviously some of the photographs were not as sharp, and you certainly have imperfections in lenses and other artefacts, but they don't resemble this visual garbage. Why are you trying to hide your art under so many bad layers?
Oh well, at least this shot above is a little better, because it at least attempts to more accurately portray a family potra-
Oh dear, what's going on in here? If this opening sequence is attempting to emulate old time photographic conventions with any kind of verisimilitude then they should not employ jarring modern techniques like zooms and canted angles. Pick one visual style - don't attempt to mix and match in such a sloppy manner.
I brought this particular shot up earlier, but now that I'm being more critical I want to explain what's wrong with it. Clearly the imagery of a women perched atop a ledge that overlooks a sprawling a metropolis is reminiscent of Ghost in the Shell, especially as the women here also jumps off her perch in what appears to be an extremely reckless manner. What this particular re-creation fails to get right, however, is just about every element of what makes Oshii's shot powerful. Lets take a look at the original:
The key points of difference are fairly self explanatory. The original shot emphasise the Major's vulnerability - they're effectively naked and you can't be more vulnerable than that. More relevant for this discussion is how every element of this image emphasise the height the major has to fall. The camera is positioned very tightly against the back of the Major's body - this physical closeness between the camera and the character makes the audience feel subjectively more connected to the character and their peril. We cannot see any solid ground beneath the Major and this lack of visual support for the character makes us uneasy as it feels like they're about to plummet. The camera is positioned above the character with an angle that looks down upon them - making them appears visually threatened. Morevover, the downwards facing angle of the camera clearly reveals how far the Major has to fall. Lastly, the background art itself depicts a very clear and concrete world that Major could collide with violently if she fell. What about Princess Principal?
The camera is set quite far back from Angie, meaning that we don't feel particularly connected with the character therefore lessoning the impact of their plunge from the roof. The camera is also pulled back far enough to reveal an extremely solid looking section of roof for the character to stand on, making them feel supported and safe. While the camera is tilted down, the angle is not nearly as extreme as in Ghost in the Shell, reducing the feeling of vertigo and lessoning the tension of the shot. The background art is blurry and obscured by fog - there's nothing solid or 'real' out there for Angie to collide with when she falls, further lowering any tension out of the image.
I could go on and on and I've barely scratched the surface. I just don't have time right now so let me flag these nasty examples:
Why does the character and the background art look like they're from two different worlds which shall never meet? (this is a huge issue in numerous scenes).
Why is half her face out of focus?
Why is the one moving chair that they had to animate in this scene a completely different visual design to the all the static background chairs?
Why employ all this horrendously busy wallpaper in your background art?
Are they in some 90's 1st person maze game?
The rim lighting here is disgustingly ridiculous. Are they on stage?
Gross, purple lens flares are distracting.
Cornbread78
Member
Aho Girl ep.1-2
OMFG, this stupid show can't possibly be any stupider. But you know what? Lolololololol. My love for childish/sophmoric humor was glowing, just like the disciplinary pres for A-kun, lol
hosannainexcelsis
Member
You know I normally respect your analytical sense, Jexhius, but here I think you're off-base in just about every respect.
RedHoodedOwl
Member
Not sure if watching 2017 anime or Eiken reboot.
Anyway, dropped instantly.
Anime's fixation with abnormal and unappealing breast sizes.
Hellwarden
Member
The Irresponsible Galaxy Tylor Episode 1
So this is terrible, genuinely bottom of the barrel nothing entertainment.
But I wanna make note of the voice coming out of the banjo playing lead there. It's just not the correct voice. Everything about the voice coming out of that character is wrong. I don't even wanna say it's miscast so much as it feels like they mixed up the audio files and didn't have time to correct it. Granted, he says around three lines, but that's three lines too many.
So this is terrible, genuinely bottom of the barrel nothing entertainment.
But I wanna make note of the voice coming out of the banjo playing lead there. It's just not the correct voice. Everything about the voice coming out of that character is wrong. I don't even wanna say it's miscast so much as it feels like they mixed up the audio files and didn't have time to correct it. Granted, he says around three lines, but that's three lines too many.
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