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[Zonic]

The fact that Soul Eater NOT! is getting a dub and it has the original cast reprising their roles makes me sad that we'll probably never see Soul Eater: Brotherhood :'(

It disappoints me that when I heard "Soul Eater prequel", THAT is what we got. Sure, we got a BIT of Liz & Patty before becoming Death the Kid's weapons, but Soul, Maka, Death, Black Star, & such? Barely in. Hell, others like Crona aren't even in. Of all the previous characters to get the most screen time, it's SID. Yay?

I get the "NOT" is suppose to sort of indicate it's NOT gonna be like Soul Eater, but man, that was NOT the direction to take.

 

[TheAbsolution]

I just watched a Studio Ghibli film for the first time.
Porco Rosso if you want to know.
Wow, I have missed out on a lot. What should I watch next?

 

[Zonic]

I need to watch Porco Rosso eventually.

Most people are gonna tell you Spirited Away is Ghibli's best film....that, or Nausicca......or Princess Mononoke..........or My Neighbor Totoro.......

 

[TheChits]

I just watched a Studio Ghibli film for the first time.
Porco Rosso if you want to know.
Wow, I have missed out on a lot. What should I watch next?

All of them that you can, except maybe Tales from Earthsea. I would prioritize Spirited Away. Not my favorite Ghibli film, but one I wouldn't hesitate to call a masterpiece

 

[Moaradin]

I just watched a Studio Ghibli film for the first time.
Porco Rosso if you want to know.
Wow, I have missed out on a lot. What should I watch next?

You already watched the best, so there's no point.


No but seriously, watch all of them except for maybe Tales from Earthsea. Even the lesser known stuff like Pom Poko and My Neighbors the Yamadas are pretty good.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Oh HELL Nah!

 

[Zonic]

You already watched the best, so there's no point.

No but seriously, watch all of them except for maybe Tales from Earthsea. Even the lesser known stuff like Pom Poko and My Neighbors the Yamadas are pretty good.

I haven't seen Yamadas, but my understanding is that it's based on a manga series or something. Edit: Yup, it is, & is pretty much the one movie they've done that's based on a manga or anime.

Pom Poko, I'd probably put as one of my least favorites. I watched it with some friends & we were just wondering when it was gonna end.

The Wind Rises, Miyazaki's latest movie, was rather nice. You can tell he put a lot of effort into it, considering his love for older style planes and flying. It's a bit more serious, as it's a romantizied version of the man who designed the planes for World War 2, but it's a nice break from all the fantasy stuff that he usually does.

Some others I should watch are Whispers of the Heart, Grave of the Fireflies, From Up on Poppy Hill, and Princess Kaguya.

...oh yeah, Kiki's Delivery Service is good as well.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

I just watched a Studio Ghibli film for the first time.
Porco Rosso if you want to know.
Wow, I have missed out on a lot. What should I watch next?

Laputa

 

[TheAbsolution]

So pretty much everything. Got it, thanks guys.

I think I'll watch Princess Mononoke next.

 

[Man God]

I just watched a Studio Ghibli film for the first time.
Porco Rosso if you want to know.
Wow, I have missed out on a lot. What should I watch next?

The best Ghibli film is Whisper of the Heart.

The best Miyazaki film is...Porco Rosso.

All of them are worth watching except Pom Poko.

 

[Zonic]

Laputa

Why did you just say "the hooker" in Spanish?

Spoiler

I know, Castle in the Sky's actual name.

 

[Man God]

Why did you just say "the hooker" in Spanish?

Castle in the Sky. It's decent.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

If by decent you mean only rivaled by Princess Mononoke/Howl's Moving Castle, then yes, you're right

 

[Zonic]

Hooker's Castle in the Sky? I thought Ghibli did family films!!

All seriousness, it's been a while since I've seen that one.

Edit: OH WAIT. I completely forgot that they actually did another movie based on an existing anime/manga: LUPIN THE THIRD. That's another I should rewatch.

 

[Man God]

Decent for a Ghibli movie makes you pretty damn good. I can't really rank them but its not what I'd point to as a must see like Porco Rosso, Whisper of the Heart, Princess Mononononoke, Kiki, Totoro, Spirited Away, Only Yesterday.


EDIT: Castle of Caliostro is not a studio Ghibli film. It is directed by Miyazaki and is a definite must watch. I unironically love the most recent dub.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

Castle of Cagliostro? Reminds me of college; great flick.

 

[Zonic]

If I recall, Only Yesterday is the only Ghibli film that never got an actual English dub. Not sure why.

EDIT: Castle of Caliostro is not a studio Ghibli film. It is directed by Miyazaki and is a definite must watch. I unironically love the most recent dub.

Oh wow, made well before Ghibli.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

CoG came out 11 years before I was even born. Crazy.

 

[B-Dubs]

EDIT: Castle of Caliostro is not a studio Ghibli film. It is directed by Miyazaki and is a definite must watch. I unironically love the most recent dub.

I love that movie so much. Also, it's up on youtube for free--the rights holders put it up--so there's literally no excuse not to watch it.

 

[CrazyDiamond]

Reminds me of that time when Toonami had a month devoted entirely to Studio Ghibli movies. Also when I was little and Kiki's Delivery Service played on one Disney's cartoon channels.

 

[UltraGunner]

Green Jacket is still the best Lupin

 

[Jintor]

SE Not didn't even have decent animation for roughly 95% of it


fucking Soul Eater Resonance! GIVE IT TO ME. The fucking manga really escalates pretty well.

 

[Moaradin]

The manga has so much cool shit left that could be animated. It's a damn shame.

 

[Jintor]

Seriously SE is a pretty great manga.

It had a great dub, too, now that I think about it.

 

[BassForever]

So we should be expecting a show announcement soon ya? I mean Final Act is less then 2 months away from ending and we haven't heard a peep out of AS/Toonami about what the plan is. Maybe they really are saving it for Momocon

Edit: I also hope AS and Toonami get baited and air SEN for the melt down it would cause

 

[Zonic]

Unfortunately (or in this case, thankfully), SEN doesn't really have all that much action, so probably won't qualify. Wasn't until the last few episodes where the show remembers "OH RIGHT, we have a rather decent design for a villain, better use it! & give the audience some action"

 

[chicagocubsfan]

So we should be expecting a show announcement soon ya? I mean Final Act is less then 2 months away from ending and we haven't heard a peep out of AS/Toonami about what the plan is. Maybe they really are saving it for Momocon

Edit: I also hope AS and Toonami get baited and air SEN for the melt down it would cause

They are negotiating that Parasyte deal as we speak, hopefully.

 

[Rakkety Tam]

The fact that Soul Eater NOT! is getting a dub and it has the original cast reprising their roles makes me sad that we'll probably never see Soul Eater: Brotherhood :'(

I can't stand what they did to Maka's eyes in Soul Eater Not!. They no longer look dull, flat and intense. Now they just look like Generic Anime Eye #00473.

I've seen three Ghibli films so far: From Up on Poppy Hill, The Cat Returns, and Whisper of the Heart. I was unimpressed by From Up on Poppy Hill. I feel that too many plot threads were running simultaneously and the climax felt weak. I enjoyed the fact that the main character lived in that boarding-house or whatever, though. I really enjoyed The Cat Returns. The Baron was super-smooth, and the movie had a properly executed chase scene. I thought Whisper of the Heart was fairly good, but definitely flawed. Watching the main character run around the city was cool, and background art was cool, but repetitive, if I correctly recall. The actual plot was kind of mediocre, but I like the dynamic of the two main characters. It honestly just made me want to go rewatch The Cat Returns. I mostly enjoyed the musical elements. They did a really good job of showing that the main character really liked cats. I can totally empathize with just following a cat to see where it goes, if I had free time. Additionally, they gave her a cat calendar, which I feel was a nice touch. I feel like Whisper of the Heart didn't have enough opportunities for the animators to go wild, which was unfortunate.

 

[Grexeno]

They are negotiating that Parasyte deal as we speak, hopefully.

If they were going to get a Sentai show Akame ga Kill would be first.

 

[Zonic]

The Cat Returns has Tim Curry as the villain. That alone made the movie fun to watch.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

Reminds me of that time when Toonami had a month devoted entirely to Studio Ghibli movies. Also when I was little and Kiki's Delivery Service played on one Disney's cartoon channels.

Month of Miyazaki is the greatest thing they've ever done. That was the first time I ever saw Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and Laputa, although I fell asleep near the end of Castle in the Sky and woke up pissed off. Finally got around to finishing it in college on a lazy Sunday.

 

[Raxus]

I still haven't seen Porco Rosso and that upsets me.

 

[TheAbsolution]

I still haven't seen Porco Rosso and that upsets me.

You should. It's a great flick.
And very funny too. I really enjoyed it.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

So we should be expecting a show announcement soon ya? I mean Final Act is less then 2 months away from ending and we haven't heard a peep out of AS/Toonami about what the plan is. Maybe they really are saving it for Momocon

Yeah it would be last minute, but Momocon would be a good venue for it. The con is on the 30th and then FA ends the week after that.

 

[Man God]

TCM's week of Ghibli destroyed TOONAMI's month of Miyazaki though it's the same connections that allowed both to happen. Silly Man God, you say, a month is longer and therefore better than a week! Well, sure is. Only thing is TCM did nothing during primetime but play every single Ghibli movie, subbed and dubbed. It was incredible and I found it completely by accident.

 

[Zonic]

TCM DID A WHOLE WEEK OF GHIBLI?! WHEN?!?! & I assume it was every movie available at that time?

 

[TheAbsolution]

TCM DID A WHOLE WEEK OF GHIBLI?! WHEN?!?! & I assume it was every movie available at that time?

From what I can find online, 2005. I may be wrong though.

 

[Man God]

TCM DID A WHOLE WEEK OF GHIBLI?! WHEN?!?! & I assume it was every movie available at that time?

Yep. Winter 2006.

 

[daveo42]

Yep. Winter 2006.

Oh, and here I was thinking it was more recent. There's a ton of Ghibli I have yet to see, let alone the Miyazaki stuff.

 

[Zonic]

Oh wow, waaaaay back. I think I barely had Dish for a year when it premiered.

 

[Grexeno]

Lol there's no way Xenoblade X is out earlier than Holiday 2015. Looks like they've barely begun localization.

 

[bigkrev]

Lol there's no way Xenoblade X is out earlier than Holiday 2015. Looks like they've barely begun localization.

Yeah. If Nintendo had anything for the holiday I'd bet this is a Spring 2016 game, but they need something for the Fall shopping season.

Oh HELL Nah!

Takumi is the best girl, not even up for debate

 

[Doctor Decimate]

Unpopular opinions:

1. Princess Mononoke is the movie Nausicaa wishes it was.

2. Princess Mononoke bites off more than it can chew and ends up being kind of unfocused with a bunch of sideplots dangling around, waiting to be developed to any significant degree. Still a good movie, not Ghibli or Miyazaki's best. I kind of wonder if part of its Internet acclaim is because it's violent and wide in scope, sort of like how Breaking Bad is popular because it's violent and about drugs.

3. Howl's Moving Castle is the complete extreme of that problem of being unfocused and is kind of a total mess, even if it's still a fun movie.

4. Ponyo is to Ghibli and Miyazaki's filmography what Brave and Monsters University are to Pixar. I thought about including Cars 2 in this comparison but that was too mean, and I'd have said Toy Story 3 if I wasn't the only person who thinks that movie is a total rehash.

 

[Man God]

Princess Monononononononoke is Ghibli's Akira, if that makes any sense. Same triumphs and same problems.

 

[Doctor Decimate]

Yeah, Akira is a cool movie but you can really see Otomo struggling with what to cut from his own manga. Nausicaa has that issue a little bit, too, (which is kind of funny considering Princess Mononoke almost feels like a re-do of that movie) though I had bigger problems with how much it's lacking in subtlety regarding its themes. Like, more than usual with some Ghibli movies.

 

[Zonic]

Yeah, Howl's Moving Castle isn't bad, but I haven't really met anyone that was like "Oh yeah, that's my favorite Ghibli film". It's a mess, but it's a pretty mess.

Ponyo probably would've worked better if it wasn't trying to work in Majora's Mask with its plot.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

So Funimation has announced their dub cast for Soul Eater Not!

Bryn Apprill as Tsugumi
Alexis Tipton as Anya
Lindsay Seidel as Meme
Elizabeth Maxwell as Shaula Gorgon
Ian Sinclair as Akane Hoshi
Bryce Papenbrook as Clay Sizemore

#BringTheSuperiorVersionToToonami

 

[Man God]

So Funimation has announced their dub cast for Soul Eater Not!



#BringTheSuperiorVersionToToonami

 

[BassForever]

Unpopular opinions:

1. Princess Mononoke is the movie Nausicaa wishes it was.

2. Princess Mononoke bites off more than it can chew and ends up being kind of unfocused with a bunch of sideplots dangling around, waiting to be developed to any significant degree. Still a good movie, not Ghibli or Miyazaki's best. I kind of wonder if part of its Internet acclaim is because it's violent and wide in scope, sort of like how Breaking Bad is popular because it's violent and about drugs.

3. Howl's Moving Castle is the complete extreme of that problem of being unfocused and is kind of a total mess, even if it's still a fun movie.

4. Ponyo is to Ghibli and Miyazaki's filmography what Brave and Monsters University are to Pixar. I thought about including Cars 2 in this comparison but that was too mean, and I'd have said Toy Story 3 if I wasn't the only person who thinks that movie is a total rehash.

What the fuck am I reading?! The only part I agree with is about Monsters University

 

[Raxus]

#BringTheSuperiorVersionToToonami

Hell yeah!