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I can't be too harsh on it as we exist in a world where Angel Beats is lauded.
nintendoman58
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I just need to see his reaction to episode 12. I swear, I don't know what to say about it without spoiling it. Saying that the episode is
jaw-dropping
Not taking any chances.
It was kinda funny how she entered the ring against that assassin guy, and the first thing she did was ask him questions about why he came and if he knew about the country's custom of making newcomers compete as gladiators (there are other words you can use to describe it, but just custom for now).
If she does aim to change it, I guess it's just because she sees this country as just straight fucked up. But she didn't really seem to bat an eyelash when that one country was going to blow the crap out of that other one because of something about that "prophecy" or whatever. I dunno, I should watch part 2 first, but not tonight.
Attack on Titan is so popular that its 99% guaranteed there will be a new series.
Eh, the CG in Eva really doesn't bug me. I usually hate it, but Eva and Gundam UC are two pieces of animation where the CG really works for me.
As for the story, as a straight read the Eva films are terrible. As a piece of trolling, I love them, but that certainly doesn't excuse the garbage writing particularly in 3.0.
nintendoman58
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Har har. It could have ended off in a worse way. Yeah it was a
cliff-hanger
But seeing as the last chapter came out like, almost two years ago, I can understand the pain of the others.
Admiral Woofington
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which would have to either be 13 episodes, paced even slower than the first season, pushed back to another year, or have a lot of filler.
aka the manga doesn't have enough for a new season.
I'm lost.
The point the manga's at now isn't the worst stopping point Togashi has had. He had stopped numerous times right in the middle of the Chimera Ant arc. That's the worst of it. Just hope he somehow makes it through the next arc in one go. It's a nice dream, anyway.
This could easily be the case where a Ghibli dub ends up better than the original cast. I guarantee JGL is going to do a hell of a lot better job voicing the main character than Anno does. Just from the trailers you can tell his performance is less than stellar.
The worse half of the studio = Ghibli? hmmmm
The Wind Rises is a great movie but Anno's voice acting is so soooooo bad.
Kaze Tachinu did alot better than Bombauya Hime
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Is he better or worse than Joseph Gordon Levitt?!
...Regarding all this criticism of, well, criticism! I usually point it towards the work itself, but failing that, so long as it's simply a critique of an opinion (and not an attack), I don't see the problem. I think people conflate the idea of being disappointed, together with outright hate.
I honestly think a lot of that stems from people being extremely optimistic about projects, so much so, that they can't hide their anger. It's also extremely easy for people to misconstrue one-line, snarky replies. It's perhaps why I like to express my opinion as much as I do, which in itself, is guilty of veering off into the verbose!
I honestly think a lot of that stems from people being extremely optimistic about projects, so much so, that they can't hide their anger. It's also extremely easy for people to misconstrue one-line, snarky replies. It's perhaps why I like to express my opinion as much as I do, which in itself, is guilty of veering off into the verbose!
JGL is at least an actor. I cannot imagine him doing worse.
JGL is awesome. There's not a chance in hell he does a worse job than Anno.
Curse the GAF gods for the archives!
I actually did like Kaguya Hime quite a bit more
(I think sonicmj1 agrees?) I just couldn't resist poking you with the bomba joke.Kinda interesting contrasting your impressions and Watanabe Kazuma's. I can see the complaints about the arc being too dark but I think it works pretty well establishing Sousuke not only as a character but also his mindset towards Chidori and his stay in Japan.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I heard Don Jon is crap.
Curse the GAF gods for the archives!
I actually did like Kaguya Hime quite a bit more
It's okay. Takahata at least had his time at the top back with the WMT!
I heard Don Jon is crap.
I saw it and liked it. I certainly wouldn't call it crap. It's flawed for sure, but it's really interesting. It's quite clear that it's JGL's directorial debut. He's good in it, but it's a bit too experimental for its own good. Writing is super clever in spots, yet clunky in others. Overall, a very promising debut I'd say. His got a really interesting and fairly unique directorial style and I'm interested to see what he can do as he improves.
I think it also explains why Sousuke is so protective of her from then on out.
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen 1
Hey. Hey. Remember when I said I wasn't in the mood for 90s last night? I lied. This show with the hilariously euphemistic name is one of the first anime I probably ever watched, years and years back. If Record of Lodoss and Slayers are the best Fantasy Anime ever, then this is probably somewhere not to far from them. It's a lot like Slayers, actually, in terms of its setting and tone. Unlike Slayers, though, there's a lot more fan-service going on. Which is a funny thing to say, considering Slayers wasn't exactly avoiding that. What's funnier is I have no recollection of this fan-service. It's not there in my head at all. I really don't remember much about the plot, either, other than that it follows the titular Orphen, who is somewhere between the badass wizard in black that so many Fantasy protags could be and the scummy loser he actually is, Magic who, in spite of his name, doesn't know a single spell, and Cleo, who is their boisterous female friend.
I really like this anime, or at least I remember liking it, so we'll see from here.
I know the Nausicaa short before Eva 3.0 was bad, but not bad enough to destroy Ghibli.
Curse the GAF gods for the archives!
I actually did like Kaguya Hime quite a bit more
I agree that Kaguyahime is the better of the two. Maybe Disney will be generous enough to give it a decent release in major markets, like they did with Arietty.
Some of my most hated shows are from wanting and expecting to like them.
Some of my most hated shows are from wanting and expecting to like them.
I want to cry so bad.
Fuck you Kyoda from the bottom of my heart.
I want to cry so bad.
Fuck you Kyoda from the bottom of my heart.
Sometimes the mere mention of AO is enough to send me into PTSD.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Fair enough. At least he isn't Shia Labuef!
Seitokai Yakuindomo Season 2 - 01
I forgot how utterly absurd this show was, now my stomach hurts from laughing so hard. There were quite a few characters I wasn't familiar with (I remember Judo girl) so it looks like I'll need to check out the OVAs real quick for a refresher on who these people are. That aside, great episode for sure.
And Naruko is best girl/woman at the moment, but it looks like Aria's maid
:lol
I forgot how utterly absurd this show was, now my stomach hurts from laughing so hard. There were quite a few characters I wasn't familiar with (I remember Judo girl) so it looks like I'll need to check out the OVAs real quick for a refresher on who these people are. That aside, great episode for sure.
And Naruko is best girl/woman at the moment, but it looks like Aria's maid
who wanted to drink her bathwater might just sneak up and nab that spot if we get more time with her.
To be honest, I was playing it up a little for dramatic effect with the Anno bashing since I kinda forgot about his voice after a half hour. It really was bad the whole way though.
The style is so unorthodox and the story so so very Japanese that I wouldn't be surprised if they just pawn it off to GKids and forget about it.
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 - 11
So, uh,
I sure hope they're going to explain this.
It was a mistake for them to mix in those hand-drawn battleships and explosions. It only made it more apparent how superior traditionally animated space battles are!
So, uh,
is there a reason evil UN guy wanted to attack the aliens?
you'll get a little out of seeing old yamato beforehand, but it's not essential. (I oddly remembered quite a lot of the first two episodes though)
Basileus777
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It's Space Opera executed amazingly well. The ideas in it aren't especially new, which is not surprising given it's a remake, but if you are a fan of space opera you should definitely watch it. I haven't seen anything else Yamato related, and don't feel like I missed out on anything.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's a reboot without the lensflares.
Yeah, I liked that they wanted to add some nuance to things, but I think that
replacing "aliens wanted to blow us up for no reason!" with "stupid Earth guy wanted to blow up aliens for no reason!" wasn't the right way to go about it. Surely there is a way to make an armed standoff between two groups that don't know each other turn ugly without requiring one to be headed by a total fucking idiot.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
But it's basically a
Pearl Harbor
hosannainexcelsis
Member
The show doesn't delve into it more than that, but it's easy to assume that it's fear and mistrust of the unknown that led to his order.
It just felt like an exceptionally contrived way to write a
"humans are evil toooo!" message. Earth attacking aliens for the sake of attacking them makes no logical sense, even if you are evil, and given what we know of Shima's father, it doesn't seem likely he'd just blindly follow such a dishonorable and/or suicidal order either.
It would have been believable if a nervous gunner just shot at the aliens unordered, but a general sitting on Earth wanting to attack them so much that he relieves Okita of his command makes no sense.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Just watch the original. That's what you need to see in order to truly experience the series. The pacing can drag at times, but the show is really rewarding and you'll get what's so enduring about it.
While you're not wrong about Okada's 'talents', what I really took away from this post is that you need to watch Wandering Son and Hanasaku Iroha.
I doubt he can do it in one go unless it's another really short arc (which wouldn't make too much sense given the setup, but it could happen), but maybe in two or three gos if he keeps up at the 20-30 chapters in a row pace he's had lately.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
This is a show where they go out of their way to say that the Wave Motion Gun is
a the syfy equivalent of a nuke
Hell, the exact same thing happens in
Babylon 5
Adaptations don't count and HanaIro really does have its own share of problems.
I don't think it's a very interesting twist, though, because
the Garmilons' response is still massively disproportionate and unjustified. All it tells me is that there's some crazy UN guy who's obsessed with attacking the first aliens who wander into the Solar System.
Aquarion Evol never existed.
I didn't even care that it wasn't a proper E7 sequel. I just wanted a decent show.
TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH.
At least, much like Sonic 06, it had the decency to retcon itself out of existence.
Pearl Harbor was the logical conclusion of Japan's imperial policy in the 30s. And the US oil embargo on Japan that forced it was a logical conclusion of the cozy relationship the US had with the Chinese at that time.
As I said, I appreciate the sentiment they were going for, but boiling down an incident like that into something started by an evil moron ignoring everyone around him for no reason doesn't serve anyone well.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I don't think they 'count' from the perspective of saying Okada is actually good (she isn't), I was just pointing out that there are some really good shows she worked on that more people should see.
Hanasaku Iroha wasn't perfect, but aside from the film episodes I find it hard to find too many large faults with it, and for the most part I found the story and characters quite engrossing.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Robot Girls Z 1-3
Well that was pretty fun way to spend some time.
Well that was pretty fun way to spend some time.
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