Winter 2012 Anime Thread of Roundcats Up in This

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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

I've been putting off watching this for years but I finally had the chance to sit down and watch this today. I thought it was a very heartwarming, funny, and bittersweet film. Makoto is a very likable protagonist and I enjoyed her character a lot. She's a goof and the way she treats the whole thing is pretty humorous. The other characters were pretty likable as well, despite her being the main focus of the film. There always seems to be a lesson when screwing around with time travel and I think the film did an awesome job capturing that. I'd already watched Summer Wars before seeing this (I enjoyed that as well) and I honestly don't think I can prefer one over the other. Both just feel like extremely different movies despite both being directed by Hosoda and such.

There's a few nitpicky things I didn't like such as the character animation and a few scenes (
i felt like the last time leap didn't really accomplish that much but it wasn't too bad
) but I'd definitely recommend this film to almost anyone. I probably need to let a few days go by to let it settle into my head but I think it's pretty close to being one of my favorite anime in a long time.
 
moonspeak said:
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

I've been putting off watching this for years but I finally had the chance to sit down and watch this today. I thought it was a very heartwarming, funny, and bittersweet film. Makoto is a very likable protagonist and I enjoyed her character a lot. She's a goof and the way she treats the whole thing is pretty humorous. The other characters were pretty likable as well, despite her being the main focus of the film. There always seems to be a lesson when screwing around with time travel and I think the film did an awesome job capturing that. I'd already watched Summer Wars before seeing this (I enjoyed that as well) and I honestly don't think I can prefer one over the other. Both just feel like extremely different movies despite both being directed by Hosoda and such.

There's a few nitpicky things I didn't like such as the character animation and a few scenes (
i felt like the last time leap didn't really accomplish that much but it wasn't too bad
) but I'd definitely recommend this film to almost anyone. I probably need to let a few days go by to let it settle into my head but I think it's pretty close to being one of my favorite anime in a long time.
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Its a groovy show.
Totally righteous
 
Daily Lives of High School Boys 4
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Tadakuni, President, and Karasawa for my favorites. I hope all three have greater roles in the remaining episodes. Scene with president in haunted house skit had be rolling in laughter, so cool and so funny.
 
CubexCursedxCurious - 01

Fairly average first episode. There was very little animation but everything else was decent I guess. Not sure if I want to watch more.
 
Nichijou 14

1st opening song was better, only this one has is the character animation of flying into each character in that one part. Most skits were flat beyond the hilarious one with Yokko and Mio (great artist) at school and the Go-Soccer club MVP. Should have made it revolve only around her. The less professor the better.
 
Branduil said:
Well I don't know that it's their fault entirely that they have no budget. I'm sure they would make things that were much more consistent if they had the money.
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It's really the fault of consumers for continuously buying SHAFT's poorly animated shows. That means SHAFT have no good argument for demanding more budget, because clearly they don't need one to make money!
 
Jexhius said:
It's really the fault of consumers for continuously buying SHAFT's poorly animated shows. That means SHAFT have no good argument for demanding more budget, because clearly they don't need one to make money!
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It is true.
Shaft shows sell ridiculously well so there is no point in upping production quality.
 
cajunator said:
Regardless I think most studios can do a great job. I even appreciate shows by Deen and Bee Train. Doesnt really matter much what the studio is.
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I can't really accept that 'most studios' do a great job, when the difference in quality between a Deen and a KyoAni is several orders of magnitude. They're on completely different levels.
cajunator said:
It's amazing how worked up this forum gets given that we are all watching a bunch of Japanese cartoons.
I mean seriously, think about it for a second.
Even the best animated stuff outside of maybe Miyazaki's work gets blown the fuck away by Disney cartoons. Anime was never really about the animation itself. Thats the strict definition of it, but its basically manga in color with sound and music and SOME movement.
Anime is about the characters and stories, and the experience of watching it. The ANIMATION part of it is laughable.
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Oh, well, I see.
 
Jexhius said:
I can't really accept that 'most studios' do a great job, when the difference in quality between a Deen and a KyoAni is several orders of magnitude. They're on completely different levels.


Oh, well, I see.
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Theyre on different levels of funding.
Any studio is capable of producing what kyoani does.
 
kisaya said:
I'm meh about the Cowboy Bebop dub. It's not terrible but it sounds like any other dub from an anime lol.
But then again I watched it subbed first so I could be biased ;x
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Whether you think it's superior to the original language track or not (I haven't watched it in Japanese) I can't really agree that it's no different to most other dubs. Most dubs today tend to be accurate, but rather lifeless.
 
Noirulus said:
CubexCursedxCurious - 01

Fairly average first episode. There was very little animation but everything else was decent I guess. Not sure if I want to watch more.
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DO NOT judge it by the first episode. It is incredibly misleading and the last third of the 2nd episode is when you find out what the show is really about.
 
At the very least, the English dialogue in Cowboy Bebop is simply on another level from the vast majority of anime. Now maybe that's true in the original as well, but good dialogue in one language is never guaranteed to be just as good once translated.
 
Branduil said:
At the very least, the English dialogue in Cowboy Bebop is simply on another level from the vast majority of anime. Now maybe that's true in the original as well, but good dialogue in one language is never guaranteed to be just as good once translated.
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Lets not forget the overall bonus of not having to read subtitles, therefore allowing your eyes to interpret the image as the director originally intended!
 
Jexhius said:
Lets not forget the overall bonus of not having to read subtitles, therefore allowing your eyes to interpret the image as the director originally intended!
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That's certainly an advantage for dubs that isn't really mentioned often enough. Of course it only works when the dub is competently produced, as otherwise the benefit of viewing the work as intended is outweighed by the detriment of an audio track that fails to complement the visuals. Subs are the lesser evil in that scenario, unless they're like bright pink or have a stupid font.
 
There's no point in arguing about talent or money and whatnot. We all know that everyone with talent, sense, and sex appeal is over at MAPPA working with god on Apollon.
 
Branduil said:
That's certainly an advantage for dubs that isn't really mentioned often enough. Of course it only works when the dub is competently produced, as otherwise the benefit of viewing the work as intended is outweighed by the detriment of an audio track that fails to complement the visuals. Subs are the lesser evil in that scenario, unless they're like bright pink or have a stupid font.
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Yellow is nature's color!
 
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