Crash Station
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Game mechanics in novel form! Sounds fun.
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Winter 2012 Anime Thread 2.22: You Can (Not) Outpost Cajunator
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Game mechanics in novel form! Sounds fun.
Jex
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It's about as popular as American restaurants.
Nah. Ok well i'll spoil the hook if you guys really don't care so people can know if it'll be entertaining or not. I mean in and of itself it's nothing great, but it can be a fun read if you go in without expectations.
They're playing the release of the first Virtual Reality MMO on the day it comes out, and notice that the log out button has disappeared. They start panicking until the head creator of the game tells them that they can no longer log off and that if they die in the game, they'll die in real life. The only way they can get out of the game is if they kill the boss of every floor (There's 100 floors). The paragraph Dresden posted is from the prologue that takes place 2 years after this happens.
Yeah, I'm not going to be able to do this one at all either.
I hope that there's at least a character that rips off Yamada's design; she was my one regret about never being interested in Working!.
Well that premise is kind of obvious, I already kind of guessed as much. It's still pretty bad writing, although I wouldn't expect much better from an amateur translation of a Japanese light novel for teens.
I mean it's not entirely bad. Perhaps I haven't read enough bad fanfiction, but I do agree that the Prologue's writing is bad. I wouldn't count it out just from that, though.
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Infinite Justice
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omg erryone new SAO anime character art!!!
Kirito
Asuna
SO HYPE.
dat Coat
Well the good thing about visual mediums is that prose doesn't matter, unless you insert it through voiceover. Dialogue could still be a problem, but then, anime dialogue is almost universally bad.
hosannainexcelsis
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Kemonozume 10
The pre-OP sequence was the wildest yet:
The episode itself is the moment when shit goes down.
Kenji Nakamura was an excellent choice for director. The severity of the situation is driven home by his style. There are cuts between a person and a closeup on a physical object important to them for some reason:
Closeups on a small part of anatomy with detailed attention paid to its movements:
Characters in striking and contorted poses:
The way the movements of the above character, Ooba, are treated, in their defiance of physical laws, are reminiscent of the way Nakamura treats the main characters of Mononoke and Trapeze. In the convenience store scene, where he's wearing those teddy ears for no apparent reason, he's particularly similar to Irabu.
Another facet of his style put to impressive use is parallelism linking scenes throughout the episode. The first example is
A more impressive example is
Powerful stuff.
The pre-OP sequence was the wildest yet:
The episode itself is the moment when shit goes down.
Ooba has been an increasingly sinister presence lurking on the sidelines, and here he is finally unmasked as the villain behind everything. His ambitions are not just to take over the Kifuuken, which he succeeds at, but also to hold power over Japanese society at large. The medicine which has been coming into greater and greater focus is revealed to now be sold on the mass market, and we see the deadly consequences.
Kenji Nakamura was an excellent choice for director. The severity of the situation is driven home by his style. There are cuts between a person and a closeup on a physical object important to them for some reason:
Closeups on a small part of anatomy with detailed attention paid to its movements:
Characters in striking and contorted poses:
The way the movements of the above character, Ooba, are treated, in their defiance of physical laws, are reminiscent of the way Nakamura treats the main characters of Mononoke and Trapeze. In the convenience store scene, where he's wearing those teddy ears for no apparent reason, he's particularly similar to Irabu.
In all three shows it gives the characters an otherworldly air, given a darker spin here.
Another facet of his style put to impressive use is parallelism linking scenes throughout the episode. The first example is
between showing a series of ordinary people as they are taking the medicine, then later showing the same locations in the aftermath of the resulting bloodshed.
the Kifuuken's kitchen table at meal-time. The table charts the fall of the Kifuuken: at first they happily sit down to eat, then the background news entered as a discordant element, then the members lose their enthusiasm, then the numbers begin to dwindle, Rie stops bothering to oversee the meal, and finally it becomes totally deserted.
Righto. It'll be a fun anime if the source work is any indication. The writing is awfully generic but the battles should be fun.
If the screenplay just reads from the page, those prose are still a problem.
I'm bored, let's talk about Mass Effect anime's Yoshinari designs:
Let's at least commend Bioware for making an anime that will look good this time.
The disgusting, soul shatteringly awful garbage that is James Vega is going to be designed by Yoshinari?I'm bored, let's talk about Mass Effect anime's Yoshinari designs:
Jex
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I know it's cool to forget all about [C] but it's pretty clear that Masakaki is a character that possesses the same air.
Lets not jump to conclusions. Those are just designs!
No. I think the character designer is Tokuyuki Matsutake. Yoshinari is doing the alien and mecha design. The human character designs are kinda shit:
hosannainexcelsis
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I only saw the first episode, but from what I remember I can see him being that way.
I don't really think that will be assured. Look at how the Krogan design went from the base design to the animation design:
All detail is lost and it looks like generic animu.
I've determined that Naoko can be my bro. Milfs!? I couldn't care less about that! ...Now, let's find out where you hide your dirty books.
Jex
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I don't really think that will be assured. Look at how the Krogan design went from the base design to the animation design:
All detail is lost and it looks like generic animu.
That's exactly what I meant, Branduil. It's just what happens in pretty much every case.
I don't really think that will be assured. Look at how the Krogan design went from the base design to the animation design:
All detail is lost and it looks like generic animu.
But it does still look better than Dragon Age lol
She's the Major's mom. I guess I should've traced all the lineage.
Why did they think everyone wanted Mass Effect and Dragon Age animu? We're just going to get more list watchers who think Angel Beats is the greatest anime to ever existI don't really think that will be assured. Look at how the Krogan design went from the base design to the animation design:
All detail is lost and it looks like generic animu.
Should be fun then! I'll get around to it.
That's.... not really saying anything at all.
Bakumatsu 5
This show is better when it's just about killers killing people, and relatives of said people getting revenge, and the bad people then getting rid of loose ends. This supernatural stuff isn't cutting it. That whole first segment was incredibly smh worthy. Luckily, the shindig in the brothel after that was alright, so the ep wasn't all bad. I'm still waiting for Akidzuki to snap and start muttering at a mile a minute.
This show is better when it's just about killers killing people, and relatives of said people getting revenge, and the bad people then getting rid of loose ends. This supernatural stuff isn't cutting it. That whole first segment was incredibly smh worthy. Luckily, the shindig in the brothel after that was alright, so the ep wasn't all bad. I'm still waiting for Akidzuki to snap and start muttering at a mile a minute.
Looks more like something you'd find in a Ninja Turtles episode.
Crash Station
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Figure 17 4
That clicking noise the maguars make is starting to creep me out. If I heard that in a survival-horror game, I would get the fuck out of the area.
That clicking noise the maguars make is starting to creep me out. If I heard that in a survival-horror game, I would get the fuck out of the area.
too bad they did not just make a animooted version of this.
but seriously why isn't the animu about anyone other then vega. Honestly I would rather have a Kawaii uguu~ Liara or Tali animu.
Hnnnnnnng
I would be ok with animu of this.
it would be ok as a short
Sure it is. Generic is always a stop up from abominable.
But you said: "Let's at least commend Bioware for making an anime that will look good this time."
Here is the rest http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-ne...r-mordin-introduces-mass-effect-in-manga-form
and quite frankly the designs in this short are more appealing to me then the Jersey Shore animu designs to me so far.
Princess Jellyfish 3-11 (end)
Somehow everything about this clicked with me--I bought the drama, I enjoyed the comedy, and for some reason I found the prime minister hilarious any time he went into giggling fangirls mode and either called someone -pyon or asked to be called -pyon.
The inevitable romantic angle came up, but never really dominated the parts of the storyline the anime covered.
All in all, a nice straightforward comedy about a group of (female) otaku with various interests, the cross-dressing son of a political family who hangs out with them, and how they all fit into the world. Really glad it got licensed, really hope it sells decently.
Somehow everything about this clicked with me--I bought the drama, I enjoyed the comedy, and for some reason I found the prime minister hilarious any time he went into giggling fangirls mode and either called someone -pyon or asked to be called -pyon.
The inevitable romantic angle came up, but never really dominated the parts of the storyline the anime covered.
All in all, a nice straightforward comedy about a group of (female) otaku with various interests, the cross-dressing son of a political family who hangs out with them, and how they all fit into the world. Really glad it got licensed, really hope it sells decently.
Nice choice to watch. Princess jellyfish is adorable. I plan to get the series soon.
The supernatural stuff is the weak link of the series. But even so, I found it very enjoyable. Solid characters and good historical setting.
too bad the animu did not get to the crazy doll maker that thinks her dolls as people and real people as worthless worms
It's always nice to see people check this show out. I've heard the manga's pretty good so you might wanna check that out too.
Yeah, up to that ritual segment in 5, I had few complaints, and was really enjoying myself with the series. Still am, really. The characters aren't all that solid yet, but I'm only on ep 7 atm, and the bases are definitely in place for them to get there. It's not really giving any one character that much screen-time.
Awesome. I just finished this show last week. The lady and I both enjoyed it, though I found the ending to be a little weak. No serious complaints though. Very cute show. I'm gonna check out Ano Hana next.
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Gotta warn you. Ano Hana had a lotof potential but it fell short in a lot of ways. Its a sad story but thete is a lot of additional drama not related to the main character that cheapened the whole thing.
Its not a long series, so give it a watch and decide for yourself.
Gotta warn you. Ano Hana had a lotof potential but it fell short in a lot of ways. Its a sad story but thete is a lot of additional drama not related to the main character that cheapened the whole thing.
Its not a long series, so give it a watch and decide for yourself.
It's been released worldwide now, so there's really no excuse.
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