Sketchbook - 7
My heart...
But, wow, Kate is awesome - http://youtu.be/Vhs62k1NQ3s
And the english segment wasn't bad too - http://youtu.be/avXk78-lKcA(pretty xenophobic)
Is this licensed? I kind of want it.
Winter 2012 Anime Thread of Roundcats Up in This
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Is this licensed? I kind of want it.
Watch for the slice of life and comedy sections and kanji's second part, skip all the action and adventure.
PdotMichael
Banned
sadly, not in america
Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below
Beautiful scenery and hnnngclouds couldn't save an otherwise average movie. Go back to crushing the viewer's heart, Shinkai.
Now to watch Summer Wars. Maybe that'll be better?
Beautiful scenery and hnnngclouds couldn't save an otherwise average movie. Go back to crushing the viewer's heart, Shinkai.
Actually, don't. But please do find a way to broaden your portfolio without dropping quality.
Now to watch Summer Wars. Maybe that'll be better?
Summer Wars is totally awesome.
Femmeworth
Banned
Fixed for accuracy.
what?
Lo que tuvimos era especial! Espero que este "Dresden" lo valga, porque has destruido todo!
Femmeworth
Banned
How about signatures that contain fanfic links?
KO Traveling Hobo
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Loved it. I could nitpick the fuck out of the show, but there wouldn't be much point. The characters, story, visuals, and music were all great.
I thought it was kind of weird that it's a prequel yet they kept having flashbacks to a pre-series event. Are they planning to make a prequel to the prequel, or is it covered in the original Ga-Rei? Speaking of which, I hope they animate that as well, because I'm not too big on manga.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I too absolutely loved Ga-Rei Zero. Probably my favorite first episode ever and all in all a blast to watch. It's amazing how much they did with an adaptation related to a pretty subpar manga.
A Huge Battleship
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Thirding the Ga-Rei Zero love. I've read the Ga-Rei manga and although it's not terrible by any stretch of the imagination, the anime prequel shits all over it.
Unknown Soldier
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Only if it's fanfic you wrote yourself.
KO Traveling Hobo
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Jex
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It's my least favourite Hosoda movie, but it's not actually bad.
What is this monster you're creating?
PdotMichael
Banned
Sketchbook - 8
I feel like I'm the only one who still watches animes but that's okay. I'm too happy with Sketchbook, so I have no time for all the self-hate.
I feel like I'm the only one who still watches animes but that's okay. I'm too happy with Sketchbook, so I have no time for all the self-hate.
I'm stunned. The word awesome doesnt do it justice.
Dedication Through Light
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I think so. Its pretty good. If you can overlook unexplained transitions from location to location, then its good. I wish for more videogame to anime adaptations.
Oh well, it will be fun to reexperience it if Person 4 Golden ever makes its way west and one couldnt be totally spoiled if its like other personae with more than one ending?
Jex
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[Thermae Rome 5-6]
I'm not particularly cut-up over the fact that this is the end of the anime. The formula works fine but I really don't need to see any more of it. Of course, given how amazingly cheap this must be to produce (making SHAFT look like KyoAni) they could probably knock out some more episodes if they wanted too.
I'm not particularly cut-up over the fact that this is the end of the anime. The formula works fine but I really don't need to see any more of it. Of course, given how amazingly cheap this must be to produce (making SHAFT look like KyoAni) they could probably knock out some more episodes if they wanted too.
Dedication Through Light
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Symphogear 5
I havent recalled hearing english like that since C- The Possibility of Money and Control. Why cant they ever get native english speakers in anime? Oh well, but
. Anyway great plot and excellent plot development. Hibiki's training montage really helped out and now Ive started to like her, not as much as the Zwei Wing duo but still not as bad as she was before when she was all useless.
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I havent recalled hearing english like that since C- The Possibility of Money and Control. Why cant they ever get native english speakers in anime? Oh well, but
was that supposed to be Ryoko? Im shocked that, if it is her, that she is an antagonist, had to take a gasp at that scene, the scene with blood on the briefcase, and then the scene with Durandal and her having powers
Durandal attack was mindblowing, those graphics
So the only shows I'm still keeping up with from this season are:
Rinne no Lagrange
Aquarion Evol
Nichibros
Another
And two of those I'm only watching ironically. Add to that a waning Chihayafuru and freakin' Guilty Crown and this season just keeps looking more and more miserable.
Rinne no Lagrange
Aquarion Evol
Nichibros
Another
And two of those I'm only watching ironically. Add to that a waning Chihayafuru and freakin' Guilty Crown and this season just keeps looking more and more miserable.
Trojita
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You know, there wasn't one anime show that I ever watched where I turned it off in the middle of the episode. I'd always at least watch the whole episode through. Then I saw Kill Me Baby. I tried to watch the second episode a week later and turned that one off midway through too.
hosannainexcelsis
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Chie the Brat (Movie)
When you have parents like Chie's, you are forced to grow up fast. Her father is irresponsibility personified, abandoning her to gamble and forcing her to run their family restaurant by herself. Her mother is living apart, and as Chie secretly visits her she longs for the day when her parents can get back together. Along the way towards making this happen, she deals with feisty neighborhood cats, teasing male classmates, and a host of other colorful characters that make up her neighborhood. Takahata executes this classic Japanese family comedy with all the skill you would expect from him. You can see where his interest in animal testicles that shows up later in Pom Poko may have come from.
Even in the midst of the silly, cartoony antics, Takahata manages to sneak in some tender meditations about the value of family togetherness. The scene with the family returning from the amusement park was very well-done. Their reflections in the train windows mediate between the parents themselves, reflecting the distance that still lies between them even though they have tentatively reestablished contact. The wash-out of color that happens afterwards when Chie narrates her dream is quite evocative and hopeful. Her father may be hopelessly immature, but as long as she is around, she can keep her family together.
The film climaxes with two badass cats staring each other down in a graveyard. What more could you ask for?
When you have parents like Chie's, you are forced to grow up fast. Her father is irresponsibility personified, abandoning her to gamble and forcing her to run their family restaurant by herself. Her mother is living apart, and as Chie secretly visits her she longs for the day when her parents can get back together. Along the way towards making this happen, she deals with feisty neighborhood cats, teasing male classmates, and a host of other colorful characters that make up her neighborhood. Takahata executes this classic Japanese family comedy with all the skill you would expect from him. You can see where his interest in animal testicles that shows up later in Pom Poko may have come from.
Even in the midst of the silly, cartoony antics, Takahata manages to sneak in some tender meditations about the value of family togetherness. The scene with the family returning from the amusement park was very well-done. Their reflections in the train windows mediate between the parents themselves, reflecting the distance that still lies between them even though they have tentatively reestablished contact. The wash-out of color that happens afterwards when Chie narrates her dream is quite evocative and hopeful. Her father may be hopelessly immature, but as long as she is around, she can keep her family together.
The film climaxes with two badass cats staring each other down in a graveyard. What more could you ask for?
Hellsing321
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Both statements are accurate. No need to fix either one.
Season's been OK to me.
There's not any show I'm ultra-hyped about but I'm still enjoying a bunch.
Watching, roughly in order of interest
Bodacious Space Pirates favorite of the season so far
Ano Natsu de Matteru
Rinne no Lagrange
High School DxD
PapaKiki/Listen to Your Father
Inu x Boku SS
Another
Maybe dropping soon
Symphogear
Watching if I happen to remember
Recorder & Randsell
Poyopoyo
Dropped
BRAVE10
Daily Life of High School Boys
Gokujo
Can't watch 'cause no internet stream
Kill Me Baby
Amagami SS+
Not interested (mostly sequels to stuff I'm not a fan of)
Familiar of Zero F I liked the first season just barely enough to watch the whole thing, but never bothered with the sequels
Nisemonogatari
Aquarion EVOL
[misc kids' shows and anything else I forgot also go here]
Haven't seen BRS yet; I'll give it a go but it doesn't really look appealing to me.
Also watching Mirai Nikki continued from last season.
Oh I guess I forgot to add Nise to my list. How'd that happen?
I dunno. What kind of stuff do you like?
I dunno. What kind of stuff do you like?
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
It's average for a typical Winter season. I could see how people don't like it though. My favorite four right now are Natsume S4, Ano Natsu, Another and Bodacious Space Pirates. There have been a couple major disappointments (Nise is garbage) but all in all it matches up with the expectations I had going into the season, albeit those were pretty low.
Generally anything. Was just asking if this season is quite good. the only one I am watching right now Chihayafuru and haven't checked anything else.
hosannainexcelsis
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It's been the weakest season since I started following current anime last year, but there are still shows I've having fun with. Natsume has been really good and is absolutely my current favorite, Gintama and Chihayafuru are still good, and Ano Natsu, Daily Lives, Poyopoyo, and Rinne have been providing various levels of decent entertainment.
Well, in general, this season has been quite mediocre. There's only about a couple of real standouts and the rest varies wildly depending what you're into, I guess.
No. It's been heavily targeted toward the gamers to the detriment of direction and pacing.
Chihayafuru is awesome and I wish we had more Animes like that. I have yet to watch teh first season of Natsume and maybe I should start with shows like Ano Natsu and poypoyo.
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hosannainexcelsis
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I too wish there was more josei anime. Good thing we get Sakamichi no Apollon next season.
Those two shows are OK and go down easy, but if you haven't watched the first season of Natsume I would recommend spending your time with that first. It's magical.
Jex
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Nothing at all.
You just mentioned that you only just started watching currently airing shows last year. Have you seen some of the recent-not-really-available-on-DVD-at-least-not-any-more josei shows like Kuragehime, Nodame Cantabile, Paradise Kiss, Gokusen etc.? Just thinking of how to tide you over.
Jex
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I don't even know if it's even just a perception, it seems to endemic to be human culture throughout history. I'm not defending any particular work in particular, just pointing to a pattern. Of course these days we don't have the Colosseum and other delightful events to entertain us with the real-life stuff, then again I'm sure you can find whatever you want on the internet. Which is why I find it even more bizarre that one would be worried about the kind of people, which is what pizzaroll explicitly said, who happen to watch graphic anime, or enjoy graphic horror movies.
More over, labelling any work that features such depictions as 'immature' seems like the kind of statement that would actually require an argument to back it up otherwise you're coming dangerously close to "I don't like X, so it's immature". Of course, that's not what you're saying, and many of the works that feature this kind of thing as undoubtedly 'power fantasies' designed for teenage boys, but I'd rather seem them attacked on a case-by-case basis than all at once.
Huh... I just got through about half way through Sketchbook 1. Pdot is right, it's very relaxing, though I'm pretty sure Sora is autistic. I think I'll wait though. I'll watch it at the end of the season when my self-loathing is at its highest. Should make things better...
hosannainexcelsis
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Not yet, but after I finish my current Takahata watch I plan to do a noitamina through 2010 watch, which should get me through a lot of those. I'm also considering picking up Princess Jellyfish from Funimation when it releases at the end of this month.
Wow. For 38 episodes how could I not buy this?
Jex
Member
I imagine that Marco might take you awhile!
Jex
Member
It's an oft-used term which refers to a particular sub-genre of movies. It's an admittedly loaded term, but I find myself using it from time to time purely because most people know what it means, and I'm a bit lazy. You're quite correct to call me out on it.
Right, and I never addressed the Ninja Scroll movie which, like Kawajiri's other film Wicked City seems to offer up depictions of graphic violence and rape simply as part of a spectacle that's supposed to entertain and shock the audience. These scenes don't really offer any insight, show any consequence of affect characters in the slightest.
Berserk, of course, I've already talked about at length. The depictions of violence within the Berserk anime adaptation are usually fairly muted when compared with the original manga, and many (many) sequences or gratuitous rape are removed, which is certainly an improvement.
How many?
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