Typographenia
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Winter 2012 Anime Thread 2.22: You Can (Not) Outpost Cajunator
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Nise 10
You know, while watching Bake, I actually came to like the character of Koyomi since it didn't delve too deep into the pit of harem leads (even when I was still of the opinion that it was more about the mysteries and banter than the actual harem he managed to acquire), but the way he's been going/portrayed in Nise with the excessive sibling groping and "questionable by any other means" things he's been going on with along with after realizing that this is a harem style anime is kinda making me dock some points from him now.
Meanwhile, Shinobu's "Is such a thing really possible" while browsing through the donut selection blindsided me and got a good chuckle from me. Then how about just re-introducing Kaiki in such a marvelously underwhelming manner? :lol
Gotta say though, I knew from this thread that the two new girls were to be antagonists, but I totally wasn't expecting as direct an approach as what they used. I thought with how muted everything was in this season/sequel series we'd get a lot more subversion and subtlety like with Kaiki.
You know, while watching Bake, I actually came to like the character of Koyomi since it didn't delve too deep into the pit of harem leads (even when I was still of the opinion that it was more about the mysteries and banter than the actual harem he managed to acquire), but the way he's been going/portrayed in Nise with the excessive sibling groping and "questionable by any other means" things he's been going on with along with after realizing that this is a harem style anime is kinda making me dock some points from him now.
Meanwhile, Shinobu's "Is such a thing really possible" while browsing through the donut selection blindsided me and got a good chuckle from me. Then how about just re-introducing Kaiki in such a marvelously underwhelming manner? :lol
Gotta say though, I knew from this thread that the two new girls were to be antagonists, but I totally wasn't expecting as direct an approach as what they used. I thought with how muted everything was in this season/sequel series we'd get a lot more subversion and subtlety like with Kaiki.
Catnapped! (More than just a Studio Ghibli knockoff)
Dat western audience appeal!
I think if I had seen this movie as a child it would have blown my mind. But now it works more as another step to furthering my appreciation/knowledge of the medium.
The plot is interesting, if a bit silly: Two siblings are taken by some very cat-like creatures to their alternate dimension to help stop their dog since it has been turned into a giant monster by an evil sorceress witch cat-lady. Also, take note Hosoda, the kids get transformed into cats whenever they get to the cativerse and only look slightly creepy. The movie actually gets a whole lot more interesting whenever the villainess is introduced and her backstory is explained.
The whole thing is beautifully animated and the visuals more than enough to keep you interested. There are some sequences once the movie reaches the cat universe that look great. The magician sequence in particular made my jaw drop down to the ground. The whole place has a kaleidoscopic/carnival intermingling look to it. To avoid the Ghibli comparisons seems impossible, Geneons (Then Pioneer) push into the childrens market that Ghibli was dominating seems pretty clear. The movie its self seems best compared to Spirited Away, thought it precedes it by 6 years.
My biggest issue with the movie is a scene where we see how the relationship is strained between Toryasu and Papadoll. This should be a big emotional scene where we get some context... but instead they play some completely inappropriate bubbly music over it. Worse yet, is that they do it twice!
Did I love it? Not really, but in the end it was pretty enjoyable.
Dat western audience appeal!
I think if I had seen this movie as a child it would have blown my mind. But now it works more as another step to furthering my appreciation/knowledge of the medium.
The plot is interesting, if a bit silly: Two siblings are taken by some very cat-like creatures to their alternate dimension to help stop their dog since it has been turned into a giant monster by an evil sorceress witch cat-lady. Also, take note Hosoda, the kids get transformed into cats whenever they get to the cativerse and only look slightly creepy. The movie actually gets a whole lot more interesting whenever the villainess is introduced and her backstory is explained.
She is an insane and cold hearted brat
The whole thing is beautifully animated and the visuals more than enough to keep you interested. There are some sequences once the movie reaches the cat universe that look great. The magician sequence in particular made my jaw drop down to the ground. The whole place has a kaleidoscopic/carnival intermingling look to it. To avoid the Ghibli comparisons seems impossible, Geneons (Then Pioneer) push into the childrens market that Ghibli was dominating seems pretty clear. The movie its self seems best compared to Spirited Away, thought it precedes it by 6 years.
My biggest issue with the movie is a scene where we see how the relationship is strained between Toryasu and Papadoll. This should be a big emotional scene where we get some context... but instead they play some completely inappropriate bubbly music over it. Worse yet, is that they do it twice!
Did I love it? Not really, but in the end it was pretty enjoyable.
Typographenia
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I've never heard of Catnapped before, but the visuals alone look like it's worth checking out. Plus, the story sounds silly. : P
Razgriz-Specter
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Watched 40 episodes of Fairy Tail over the last few days. Have a "why the hell am I watching this!?" flash every few episodes. But im hooked, normally I dislike this type of show but I think it has a good balance of comedy,action,characters,music,etc.
SonicX_Zero
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Mirai Nikki 21
Ohoho I love how things are developing, when Yuno just went in there blushing and making
and not to mention
. Yum. 
Can't wait for next week. ^_^
Ohoho I love how things are developing, when Yuno just went in there blushing and making
11th go WTF was great
Akise's meeting with Deus was a great cliffhanger
Can't wait for next week. ^_^
Ultimadrago
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Looks like someone has been in an animaly movie mood!
Mirai Nikki - 21
Aww isn't she the most adorable thing.
Watching all this in animated form is simply glorious, I think I have a tear in my eye.
Mirai Nikki 21
Ohoho I love how things are developing, when Yuno just went in there blushing and makingand not to mention11th go WTF was great. Yum.Akise's meeting with Deus was a great cliffhanger
Aww isn't she the most adorable thing.
Watching all this in animated form is simply glorious, I think I have a tear in my eye.
I think it's a fun movie. It would be a good blind purchase
If anything, the visuals and silliness are the best reasons to check it out.
Jex
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No no, he wants good movies. Not good movies.
-Minsc-
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Gintama 250
Yes, Gintama references its own Wikipedia article.
Tis sad. It appears we have two more weeks left before Gintama' comes to a close. Starting April 2 Gintama is being replaced with this. A one year hiatus gave us one years worth of anime before it caught back up to the manga. No word, but I fully expect Gintama to return in 2013.
Yes, Gintama references its own Wikipedia article.
Tis sad. It appears we have two more weeks left before Gintama' comes to a close. Starting April 2 Gintama is being replaced with this. A one year hiatus gave us one years worth of anime before it caught back up to the manga. No word, but I fully expect Gintama to return in 2013.
Jex
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If the audience has no stakes in the action than the action is pointless.
These anthropomorphic critters just find me, I don't seek them out!
chickdigger802
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Cc Sakura 04
Uuuu hehe~
One of the more goofy outfits. Gotta love how tomoyo is always after the 'money shot'
Uuuu hehe~
One of the more goofy outfits. Gotta love how tomoyo is always after the 'money shot'
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
TSF Monogatari 2: They fuck over all my favourites. Mizugi Kanojo, Menkui!, and now this.
They fuck over all my favourites. Mizugi Kanojo, Menkui!, and now this. That's a perfectly reasonable stance. My point is along the lines that you shouldn't ignore author intent just because you don't like to look at something in a more thoughtful manner.What if you disagree with the message?
Crash Station
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Gintama 250
Yes, Gintama references its own Wikipedia article.
Tis sad. It appears we have two more weeks left before Gintama' comes to a close. Starting April 2 Gintama is being replaced with this. A one year hiatus gave us one years worth of anime before it caught back up to the manga. No word, but I fully expect Gintama to return in 2013.
Well that sucks. Wonder if I should start reading the manga.
hosannainexcelsis
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The other two shorts aren't as interesting, but are still worth watching.
Tis sad. It appears we have two more weeks left before Gintama' comes to a close. Starting April 2 Gintama is being replaced with this. A one year hiatus gave us one years worth of anime before it caught back up to the manga. No word, but I fully expect Gintama to return in 2013.
I'm glad that Gintama avoids the padding that kills many a long-running shounen by taking these hiatuses. Their willingness to do this is just one of many reasons why I respect the Gintama anime team so much.
I don't think anyone was holding up Sword of the Stranger as a bastion of originality, but simply as a more coherent and effective story. (I say this without wishing to comment on Redline itself, which I haven't yet seen.)
Dedication Through Light
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Gintama 250
Yes, Gintama references its own Wikipedia article.
Tis sad. It appears we have two more weeks left before Gintama' comes to a close. Starting April 2 Gintama is being replaced with this. A one year hiatus gave us one years worth of anime before it caught back up to the manga. No word, but I fully expect Gintama to return in 2013.
Great just great, the second I want to start a series it goes on hiatus, ugh.
Hiatus catches my attention. Might be time to hop in.
Jex
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That would be a bizarre stance, if anyone took it.
Yeah, Sword of the Stranger is about as generic as you can get in those departments.
Thankfully they don't matter!!
Shit, I bet if you looked hard enough you could find a Japanese samurai movie from the late 50s/entire 60s/early 70s with the exact same story/plot/whatever.
Jex
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I couldn't help but laugh at the end though. I didn't know anything about it beforehand so I went in cold.
Dude this is awesome!I drewed another thing
Jex
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If pay attention you'll notice this particular technique being used all over the place. I guess it's kind of like a shortcut - instead of drawing a million unique pieces of debris you can use cubes to get the motion across.
Jex
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Yup, I'm just about to put together a write up of episode three.
You're what is wrong with the industry today.
Jex
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Eh, I've watched nearly twice that much Sailor Moon in a single sitting before. It's a highly consumable show. It's perfect to marathon.
Aww hell no.
Infinite Justice
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TSF Monogatari 2:
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Didn't dig the cuts they made tbh
Indeed.
Jex
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You say that as if there's no room for debate, when I'm pretty sure there is.
I think it's fair to say that in the first season Araragi was a fairly questionable fellow, but in Nisemonogatari he's collapsed into a raging pervert, and not in the good wholesome sense like Ataru.
Another ep 10
God god, this show is pissing me off.
I really hope everyone in show, except for Mei, dies horribly.
God god, this show is pissing me off.
So need to kill the dead person to stop all this shit? Mei told you many episode ago that she could dead people. Yet, you don't ask her until much later after hearing the tape? Really?
I think Sailor Moon lends it's self well to a marathon but I could never just sit and watch ten episodes of anything in a row. I lack the conviction some of you have for marathons.
Because I'm buying anime?
As long as you leave Mei out of it, this position is fine.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
With all due respect I must disagree. Sailor Moon is made to watch, digest and process one episode at a time and not in some kind of marathon. Each episode deserves a fairly amount of time dedicated to it, including lengthy writeups and multiple viewings of single episodes.
Dedication Through Light
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Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I would like to see all the Another deaths in gif form. That's surely the best way to enjoy the show.
Your anime buying habits are part of the reason why prices don't go down.
It doesn't come across to me as much more complex than CCS for a good while. The first season anyway. I can't comment much beyond that far. I was watching DiC's awful dub on TV but the episodes were easy to understand and passed quickly, even the less edited ones.
Ultimadrago
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Prices have been down in the US for like the past forever. Nobody bought it at down prices so they had to go up because the people who buy anything likely don't care about the price.Your anime buying habits are part of the reason why prices don't go down.
Another - 10
God fucking damn this show and it's fucking delaying tactics, this is much worse than last episodes cassette tape (retro lol).
At least we got some backstory on Mei.
God fucking damn this show and it's fucking delaying tactics, this is much worse than last episodes cassette tape (retro lol).
At least we got some backstory on Mei.
My money is on the head of countermeasures being the "extra", I've been thinking it was her since many episodes ago.
Dedication Through Light
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I reached that hypothesis an episode or so ago too, I think it would certainly be fitting.
I would like to see all the Another deaths in gif form. That's surely the best way to enjoy the show.
Your anime buying habits are part of the reason why prices don't go down.
I fought myself long and hard about this purchase, weighing the positives and negatives of it, then realizing that many others are actually buying this, and my contribution to it isn't really going to change Aniplex's mind about this business model anyway.
Ultimately the collectability of this set, as well as the obvious future difficulty of getting it, should I change my mind later, swayed me to buying it. I haven't really had to think this hard about buying any set before in the past because the possible ramifications of purchasing it did not lead to a business model such as this. I do not agree with this kind of thing, but it really just came down to deciding that, yes, I do want this series enough to pay for it.
I really hope it DOESN'T lead to higher pricing but if that's what I have to pay to pursue a hobby I genuinely love, then so be it. another thing I thought about was that my prior spending habits in this market actually did not affect its path towards CHEAPER anime, after the market crashed. Obviously this market cannot sustain itself on this type of release either.
Ice Lightning
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Another - 1
Finally started watching some of the winter season titles.
Finally started watching some of the winter season titles.
Is the lack of a fourth floor on the hospital elevator some foreshadowing of things to come since the number four in Japanese culture is connected with death?
Thank you for helping finance our hobby.
But this is why we have you!
Gintama 250
Tis sad. It appears we have two more weeks left before Gintama' comes to a close. Starting April 2 Gintama is being replaced with this. A one year hiatus gave us one years worth of anime before it caught back up to the manga. No word, but I fully expect Gintama to return in 2013.
Yeah, this news sucks. I didn't think anything would put a damper on my hype for Spring, but this was it.
Gintama's the one long-running series in which I've avoided the source, largely. Not because it's any weaker than the adaptation by any fault of its own, but because Sugita and crew really are about irreplacable, and I can never continue an adaptation after having read ahead, for some reason. R.I.P Sket Dance, it wasn't your fault.
But Sword of the Stranger had no Love.
It had love between a Man and a Boy and between a Boy and his Dog.
A purer love does not exist in this world.
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