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Winter 2012 Anime Thread 2.22: You Can (Not) Outpost Cajunator

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Regulus Tera

Romanes Eunt Domus
Guys, I have to write a ten-page essay on Sophocles and I cannot start because I have on my mind that fucking maru song from the roundcat anime.

Anime fuck you. Can I just afford to blow this essay? It's only fifty points out of 330.
 

survivor

Banned
Kuuchuu Buranko 1

Whoa, this was pretty great. The only thing I saw out of this anime beforehand was the picture on MAL. I was really surprised by the visuals. Glad I picked it up.
 

Steroyd

Member
Eureka Semen 5-7

Every single character in this show makes me angry.

Cosmic... is that you!? I'm sure you like Guilty Crown.

The characters in GC grow in ways that appeal to me. In E7, everyone is just a prick.

o_O

He basically gets her preggers in the theater, and then a timeskip happens, and we're shown a pregnant Sae a little under 9 months in the future. Teen pregnancy I guess isn't really on the table for the show though.

Wow, that would have actually made Sae interesting in a capacity of some sort.

Mirai Nikki 18
I must have missed the memo about this show turning into a bad comedy.

HAHAHAHAHA.
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
Dead serious. The anime made me rage, but it was handled nicely in the game, and her's was probably the most unique in that aspect, as far as her age went.

Also dat namechange.

I think I need to look into everything in the game that was cut out of the anime now. It sounds like the show might have left some rather major stuff out.

dat namechange is going to keep me from accidentally being banned again. Had to be!
 

Thoraxes

Member
Guys, I have to write a ten-page essay on Sophocles and I cannot start because I have on my mind that fucking maru song from the roundcat anime.

Anime fuck you. Can I just afford to blow this essay? It's only fifty points out of 330.
I had to analyze the text in an Elliot Carter piece today and all I could think of was the Utena fight music and Penguindrum because it uses apples and roses in the same sentence.

The Rose Family
by Robert Frost

The rose is a rose,
And was always a rose.
But the theory now goes
That the apple's a rose,
And the pear is, and so's
The plum, I suppose.
The dear only knows
What will next prove a rose.
You, of course, are a rose -
But were always a rose.

In my head the whole time: Zettai Unmei Mokushiroku
 

Regulus Tera

Romanes Eunt Domus
I had to analyze the text in an Elliot Carter piece today and all I could think of was the Utena fight music and Penguindrum because it uses apples and roses in the same sentence.

The Rose Family
by Robert Frost

The rose is a rose,
And was always a rose.
But the theory now goes
That the apple's a rose,
And the pear is, and so's
The plum, I suppose.
The dear only knows
What will next prove a rose.
You, of course, are a rose -
But were always a rose.

In my head the whole time: Zettai Unmei Mokushiroku
At least you can talk about a bajillion things regarding Utena. What am I supposed to write about? How round cats are cute?
 

Lain

Member
I want to refute this point by saying that by the end of the series there are reasons explained for their dickery but I think you are right here.

I'm not sure Renton (or Eureka) could be considered pricks.

Another 6

Even if
no one died
it was a good episode. The dream thing was cool, for a moment I wished it really happened.
For some reason, I expected Misaki to tell Sakakibara that
her mom took her eye out to put it into a doll.
Next episode looks to be full
of blood, and drama.
 

Uchip

Banned
I'm not sure Renton (or Eureka) could be considered pricks.

because they cant
all of the characters have moments of being pricks
its what makes them actual characters rather than standard anime paper thin personalities
 

Cwarrior

Member
Fullmetal alchemist milos movie
-it’s nice to see bones acknowledge the existence of the younger Elric brother for once in there spinoffs and not have him server the purpose of background furniture all the time and he even supposedly shows interest in a female in this one, unfortunately it gets almost zero development, oh and edward gets a husband for like 1min then he dies to have Edward be all sad over the lose of his friend.

-lol at how they found a way to shoehorn everyone’s favourite waifu winry in there and also husbando mustang.

Commence bashing
First hour of this movie was sleep inducing, the movie felt like a rehash of story/topics that’s was already been covered in the anime to death both in fma brotherhood and fma 1 but with a less time spent on the actual town and its people but more spent on some boring story about lost sibling story witch just came off as standard cliché anime stuff but later did get interesting with the aizen like twist but only the first twist didn’t care for the later one .

- It would of been nice if milos was more then background art like having the brothers explor the place looking for clues then flat background.

-ugly ass battle on two cg trains on cg railroad bridge with cg ugly mountain background

Not fan of the art style used for the characters in this movie looked bad compared to brotherhood but the animation the later part of the movie in the action scene looked really great but characters like Edward and soldiers looked like ass in the first half imo.

The movie did make up for its really weak first half with some really great looking actions scenes and a funny twist in the later half, ending up decent.

I would recommended it to fan of the series, its hell of lot better then shamballa theres some enjoyment to be found in this one.
 

Dead

well not really...yet
because they cant
all of the characters have moments of being pricks
its what makes them actual characters rather than standard anime paper thin personalities
that kinda sums it up. Show has more humanity in it than anything ever involved with GC, including the people who make it.
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
FMA: Sacred Star of Milos:

Good stuff on the whole, I thought. The film really felt like a fusion of things that I enjoyed from the original Fullmetal Alchemist as well as Brotherhood. I was a fan of the early standalone episodes of the original FMA that focused on Ed and Al's exposure to new cultures and their various usages of alchemy, and Milos felt like a combination of that and the exploration of
foreign methods of human transmutation
that pervaded Brotherhood.

FMA always does interesting things with themes of
cultural and military oppression
, so I was glad that the film addressed a familiar subject already proven to play to the strengths of Ed and Al's characters. It wasn't necessarily a new angle on the old problem, but it was handled competently and did a good job of weaving the exposition of characters and settings into the plot without any of it feeling like infodump or retread. I certainly wish that we could have seen more of the
Milos slum city
, but any detours would have likely negatively affected the pacing so I'm still satisfied in that regard.

Animation was good throughout, though there were a few scenes in particular that bordered on the incredible like
the brief fight between Atlas and Julia after the revelation that Atlas had stolen her brother's identity.
Non-CG backgrounds were generally pleasing and I especially liked the brief glimpses of
Table City
with its somewhat Spanish architecture.

My only real criticism of the film came at the end when
Juila's brother CASUALLY GETS OUT OF BED, LEAVES HIS HOSPITAL ROOM WHICH WAS FOR SOME REASON UNGUARDED EVEN THOUGH HE HAD COMMITTED COUNTLESS ATROCITIES THE NIGHT BEFORE, AND ESCAPES.
WHAT WAS THAT? Did I miss something or did that actually happen? It didn't really ruin the movie for me, but it nevertheless caused me to rage through the ending credits.

Still several thousand times better than Shamballa, which is what really matters.
 

Thoraxes

Member
I think I need to look into everything in the game that was cut out of the anime now. It sounds like the show might have left some rather major stuff out.dat namechange is going to keep me from accidentally being banned again. Had to be!
Oh there's plenty they left out. Hell, not even all the girls got their best end in the show.
 
I've been craving anime lately (I haven't watched any in years), but I'm overwhelmed with choice. Can anyone supply me with recommendations based on this brief list of what I can remember enjoying over the years? Here it is:

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
Fullmetal Alchemist
FLCL

I've recently started watching Gurren Lagann (as I've liked Gainax's work in the past) and I'm not terribly impressed, though I'm only a few episodes in.

edit: Or to put it simply, what are the "seminal" works of the past ten years or so?
 

Branduil

Member
I've been craving anime lately (I haven't watched any in years), but I'm overwhelmed with choice. Can anyone supply me with recommendations based on this brief list of what I can remember enjoying over the years? Here it is:

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
Fullmetal Alchemist
FLCL

I've recently started watching Gurren Lagann (as I've liked Gainax's work in the past) and I'm not terribly impressed, though I'm only a few episodes in.

edit: Or to put it simply, what are the "seminal" works of the past ten years or so?

Here's a good thread:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=414748

I'd try

Sword of the Stranger
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
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Dennou Coil
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Baccano!
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Usagi Drop
Usagi-Drop-anime.jpg


Time of Eve
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The Tatami Galaxy
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Haibane Renmei
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Glass Fleet
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to start with.
 

wonzo

Banned
I've been craving anime lately (I haven't watched any in years), but I'm overwhelmed with choice. Can anyone supply me with recommendations based on this brief list of what I can remember enjoying over the years? Here it is:

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
Fullmetal Alchemist
FLCL

I've recently started watching Gurren Lagann (as I've liked Gainax's work in the past) and I'm not terribly impressed, though I'm only a few episodes in.

edit: Or to put it simply, what are the "seminal" works of the past ten years or so?
off the top of my head:

Dennou Coil
Mushishi
Trapeze
Time of Eve
The Tatami Galaxy
Mononoke
Planetes
Kino's Journey
Haibane Renmei
Colorful
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
You are Umasou
Wandering Son
Mawaru Penguindrum
School Days
Blood-C
 

Lain

Member
Kill Me Baby 4

This started a bit weak, with jokes that were just mildly funny, but the end was truly great.
 

Westlo

Member
Speaking of Time of Eve, was the movie worth watching? Superior/Inferior version? Also did any news of a sequel eventuate? I remember there was a mention of a possible sequel when the OVA run ended... I think...
 

wonzo

Banned
Speaking of Time of Eve, was the movie worth watching? Superior/Inferior version? Also did any news of a sequel eventuate? I remember there was a mention of a possible sequel when the OVA run ended... I think...
the movie was basically the OVA with stuff added and taken out. definitely worth watching again. as for a sequel there's a rumor floating about that they might announce something at that really dumb NicoNico theater thing.
 
I've been craving anime lately (I haven't watched any in years), but I'm overwhelmed with choice. Can anyone supply me with recommendations based on this brief list of what I can remember enjoying over the years? Here it is:

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
Fullmetal Alchemist
FLCL

I've recently started watching Gurren Lagann (as I've liked Gainax's work in the past) and I'm not terribly impressed, though I'm only a few episodes in.

edit: Or to put it simply, what are the "seminal" works of the past ten years or so?

Give it to episode 11. If you aren't impressed by then, well, I don't know what to tell you.

You could check out gaf's own anime of the year thread to see what you've missed in 2011 at least.
 
To everyone who has responded to my post so far: thank you! Now I am both overwhelmed and excited. This stuff looks like it'd appeal to me.

edit: Seriously, some of the stuff in the Best of 2011 thread sounds fucking fantastic.
 

7Th

Member
A soccer game is probably harder to properly animate than mecha action, I feel. It involves a lot more movement for sure. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a properly animated soccer game in anime...
 

Branduil

Member
Speaking of Time of Eve, was the movie worth watching? Superior/Inferior version? Also did any news of a sequel eventuate? I remember there was a mention of a possible sequel when the OVA run ended... I think...

The movie is the definitive version.
 

Regulus Tera

Romanes Eunt Domus
A soccer game is probably harder to properly animate than mecha action, I feel. It involves a lot more movement for sure. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a properly animated soccer game in anime...
I was gonna say Inazuma Eleven but then I realised those are not really football games.
And Reg, the obvious solution is to write about Utena and Sophocles. I'm sure you can do it.
You're just making it harder for him! Now he has an excuse to watch Utena instead of writing.
No shit, especially now that I got the Black Rose Saga as a birthday present.
 
I didn't realize they had even made a "film" version of Time of Eve. That was a nice watch, but I hated how slow it was released (watched it on crunchy roll).

Need to look into watching that at some point.
 

darkside31337

Tomodachi wa Mahou
A soccer game is probably harder to properly animate than mecha action, I feel. It involves a lot more movement for sure. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a properly animated soccer game in anime...

They can't really even make a proper football video game. An anime would be even more difficult to do properly.
 

Branduil

Member
A soccer game is probably harder to properly animate than mecha action, I feel. It involves a lot more movement for sure. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a properly animated soccer game in anime...

There just aren't enough animators who specialize in animating people flopping to the turf.
 

Coxy

Member
If you end up hating two characters introduced near the midpoint of the series, you may have some problems. (That is, if you make it that far)

well it was fucking emblematic of that asshole gallery of a show what happened to them.
 

Jintor

Member
That reminds me, I need to get me some Usagi Drop. I don't know why but I watched the first episode, knew I would love the entire thing, and never watched any more.
 

Joule

Member
8 months later...

Aria the Natural 7: A quaint little episode that involves that strange mystical world of cats where humans are said to be unable to enter. It begins with rather Aria-ish scene, Akari and Aria just waking to a new summer on Neo Venezia. The triple A trio is once again practicing their gondola skills but Akari notices Aria riding a gondola alone somewhere. While Alice heads off to school, the other two decide to follow Aria into what seems to be the mysterious parts of Neo Venezia where only cats dwell.

I find that I really enjoy these more magical episodes as long as it doesn't feel too out of place for the setting. Particularly, the idea that the cats can access unknown/unreachable places in Neo Venezia is charming. Magic cats! I find the Cait Sith himself to be an interesting character since his introduction in episode 3 iirc with the festival. I do hope he returns again and again. Such a classy cat.

There were some pretty backdrops this episode as is usually the case (a fair amount of reused footage this time though). The transition into the cat realm wasn't quite done as well in the festival episode where it felt like Akari and Ai were really being led into a slightly unnerving dream world. Still I did like this scene with the pinwheels.


The funny face quota was a little bit lower than usual this time but Akari still manages to be ace and Aria is adorable as always even if he was somewhat distant this episode. Truly a worthy predecessor to the wide face.
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On a side note, the choro club ost and the awesome OP/ED sound so much better now that I have some better headphones.
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
Brave 10 06:

You know you're a psychopath when you channel your killing urges into tickling and cuddling ferrets.

http://i.imgur.com/Ocfi2.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CNADe.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/rUWon.jpg

As if the show's plot wasn't flimsy enough, this episode was mostly spent
recruiting a big dumb guy for Yukimura's man harem
with a little bonus
onsen manservice
at the end.

I think I finally understand what it feels like for a woman to watch something like Koihime Musou.
 
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