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[MikeHattsu]

Gintama 049

Uh, ok...

Lots of gambling, people losing everything they have and a game of strip Mahjong, eh?


Well, seems like this is the last episode of 'season 1' on CR, so:
It's a pretty funny show and there's some good sad bits as well. There are a few boring episodes though, mostly the ones that focus on the Shinsengumi.

The main characters are all good, Gintoki is maybe a bit too much of an ass in a couple of episodes, but in the rest he's great. Of the supporting characters Shinpachi's older sister, Madao and Otose are the best. Sa-chan, Okita and that prince is some of the less good characters. Although, I guess with at least the prince he's supposed to be annoying.

Favorite funny episode so far is probably the hot pot episode and the favorite sad one is the old guy in the hospital one.

So far, I'll give it 3/4 Odd Jobs characters:

 

[Admiral Woofington]

That joke ought to be against ToS.

ahahahaha

the day they add "no shit puns" to the TOS is the day I go out in a blaze of glory.

 

[CheapJuice]

Highschool of the Dead - 08

This fucking show man, I was laughing for a good minute at this [NSFW?]

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Highschool of the Dead - 08

This fucking show man, I was laughing for a good minute at this [NSFW?]

The greatest scene of all time, I don't know why anyone even makes anime anymore because topping that is just impossible.

 

[Puruzi]

Highschool of the Dead - 08

This fucking show man, I was laughing for a good minute at this [NSFW?]

Godlike on every level

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Highschool of the Dead - 08

This fucking show man, I was laughing for a good minute at this [NSFW?]

I think I'm done with watching anime. If the zoom in camel toe shot didn't get me, the vibrating boob made out of the world's most perfect jell-o did it.

edit: forgot to mention the Matrix bullet time bewbage that dodges bullets.

 

[Jarmel]

Highschool of the Dead - 08

This fucking show man, I was laughing for a good minute at this [NSFW?]

Someone was asking earlier what sakuga was. That is sakuga.

 

[Crocodile]

Highschool of the Dead - 08

This fucking show man, I was laughing for a good minute at this [NSFW?]

I've seen clips & gifs of the scene so many times but to this day I still don't understand why that guy was sniping on top of her. Like why was she in the position? How does that make any sense in context of the show (i.e. for a reason other than fanservice)

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I've seen clips & gifs of the scene so many times but to this day I still don't understand why that guy was sniping on top of her. Like why was she in the position? How does that make any sense in context of the show (i.e. for a reason other than fanservice)

Well in American Sniper, Bradley Cooper needs a platform to lay on. It makes complete sense that in Otaku Sniper that it would be BEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWBS

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

I've seen clips & gifs of the scene so many times but to this day I still don't understand why that guy was sniping on top of her. Like why was she in the position? How does that make any sense in context of the show (i.e. for a reason other than fanservice)

I think he was like, using them as a bipod to steady his shot.
And you may be saying "that doesn't make any sense" and while that is true you gotta realize that ecchi physics are not understandable with our current model of the universe.

 

[Quasar]

People not believing in the glory of Soma smh

Cant wait for Prison School.

 

[Jarmel]

Cant wait for Prison School.

Wait first for the studio and director before getting excited. Watch it be Production IMS.

 

[Haly]

I've seen clips & gifs of the scene so many times but to this day I still don't understand why that guy was sniping on top of her. Like why was she in the position? How does that make any sense in context of the show (i.e. for a reason other than fanservice)

He needed an ad-hoc shock absorber for continuous firing.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Cant wait for Prison School.

Nailing Prison School's art and humor will be nearly impossible, but I very much want to see someone try!

Plus the later and most recent chapters are better then the opening ones so we'd need a S2 to get to the real core of why it's so amazing.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Prison School would have to be SHAFT, but give them a huge budget.

 

[Mr.Jeff]

Looking for a solid anime with good drama along the lines of:

Attack on Titan
Ga Rei Zero
Blue Gender

I don't know how these equate to those but most of these are worth watching.
Baccano
Darker than Black
Dennou Coil
Great Teacher Onizuka
Haibane Renmei
Twelve Kingdoms
Kino's Journey
Noein
Oh Edo Rocket
PlanetES

 

[Pooya]

Plus the later and most recent chapters are better then the opening ones so we'd need a S2 to get to the real core of why it's so amazing.

the porn is better... story not really.

 

[Rainy]

Koufuku Graffiti 2

Praise the SHAFT head tilts.

 

[javac]

Some upcoming Funimation releases:

 

[Crocodile]

Fuck Spandam >_<

Well in American Sniper, Bradley Cooper needs a platform to lay on. It makes complete sense that in Otaku Sniper that it would be BEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWBS

I think he was like, using them as a bipod to steady his shot.
And you may be saying "that doesn't make any sense" and while that is true you gotta realize that ecchi physics are not understandable with our current model of the universe.

He needed an ad-hoc shock absorber for continuous firing.

Unless she was built like Wonder Woman (in which case she'd just starting busting zombie heads herself with her bare hands) her body wouldn't absorb shit - as least not without near/actually killing her.

Blah blah anime blah blah boobies blah blah fuck physics I guess

Makes for a memorable scene though so I guess I can't say the director was wrong to do that for that type of show

 

[Quasar]

Wait first for the studio and director before getting excited. Watch it be Production IMS.

Well I meant more in terms of the Animegaf reaction than the show.

As for IMS, I really liked Inari KonKon.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

the porn is better... story not really.

I disagree, a lot of the best and funniest moments have been in the past 50-60 chapters. I think there's a certain point where the series goes from "good' to "amazing" and that's the True Ass Man part.


Junketsu no Maria 01

Yeah this show seems alright. Setting is neat and the battle was cool.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Some upcoming Funimation releases:

Will get D-Frag

 

[Theonik]

I've seen clips & gifs of the scene so many times but to this day I still don't understand why that guy was sniping on top of her. Like why was she in the position? How does that make any sense in context of the show (i.e. for a reason other than fanservice)

I think he was like, using them as a bipod to steady his shot.
And you may be saying "that doesn't make any sense" and while that is true you gotta realize that ecchi physics are not understandable with our current model of the universe.

The actually reason was really dumb iirc.
What it was that they were being chased by zombies and she had the gun strapped in her back. In his rush to save his ass from the zombies he fired the gun still strapped on her using her as a tripod.

God I watched this when it aired. So odd.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Wow the Yona of the Dawn OP 2 is amazing. Definitely one of the best Op of this weak wintry season. My subwoofer even

The yellow haired dude needs to hurry and show up in the anime.

 

[Save 'N Quit]

I love how I have that plugin that makes Webm's automatically play on the page when I'm on here.

Treated to a slowmo shot of a bullet going under goddess Saeko's thong?

I am content.

 

[/XX/]

Are we even sure it will be a new transfer?

It was kind of assumed there would be proper 'Telecine'/scanning of film negatives based on how in all the previous Ghibli Ga Ippai Collection volumes there were, including the case of another recent pre-Studio Ghibli production like Lupin the Third: Castle of Cagliostro even though it already had a previous high-definition digital disc release. However, as in the case of Castle of Cagliostro release there were apparent compromises on the picture quality presentation (softness, heavy-handed digital noise reduction and cropping) due to the state the production material was in (or at least it has been argued by some that was the reason), some suspicions have been raised about what could they have done this time with really old material/prints like those of Prince of the Sun (based as well on what TOEI VIDEO could achieve).

Unlike on the habitual PR releases in the Ghibli Ga Ippai Collection standalone movie releases that sometimes tout "HD remasters" and similar indicatives (like for the aforementioned Castle of Cagliostro), a rather sparse PR release for The Collected Works of Director Isao Takahata BD-BOX didn't make reference to anything like that, being the most remarkable blurb on this case the mention of Panasonic Corporation's proprietary encoding methods like MASTER GRADE VIDEO CODING for bit expansion data (that I referred to before on these threads) which most probably required the creation of a new transfer into a 36-bit colour capable digital master tape for that... so this could be a positive hint at least.

The boxes were already released stuff repackaged with new special features no?
(I still kinda resent them for that since I already bought them all separately)

About that... some special features were definitely removed instead!

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

So after completing the Berserk anime a while ago I now finished the manga (or up to chapter 37 anyways) upon Woofingtons recommendation.

The art is incredible and I was continuously impressed at how varied and detailed/complex it is. At the same time though, I realized that even with as high quality art as this, I still can't find myself enjoying combat sequences nearly as much as their (well) animated counterparts. I would like to say my mind fills in perfectly in between the panels but alas even in Berserk there's several times where I seem to lose track of the movement and have to reorient myself.

That's also partially due to the lack of color which would help tremendously identifying everything quicker.

As far as the story is concerned, The Golden Age arc in the anime series is a pretty damn close adaptation, perhaps lacking in some battles towards the end and, admittedly, lacks an important encounter (iirc that is). Either way, that arc is certainly still my favorite, partially because it has really good pacing, which is becoming more and more of an issue later down the line of the manga.

I wasn't actually aware that the manga isn't finished yet and coming to that realization was a bit upsetting. Overall the story stays pretty strong and the side stories at least tend to have interesting characters, though the plot is varying and more often than not leading towards some boss monster fight. That 'monster of the week' aspect actually does get really tiring and I seriously couldn't care less about the monsters in the last arc, which are usually just some demonic forms of animals, even if realized in a great art style. Eventually you just want to go on with the main story but it drags on so, so slowly which is a fricking shame. Reminds me off the Chimera Arc in HxH which had some pretty great moments but the snail's pace made it hard to enjoy any of it.

The crew that Guts eventually ensembles is a double edged sword. On the one hand it actually carried the manga for me during the latter chapters as following Guts repetitive battles just wasn't interesting enough anymore, on the other hand, some of the characters just don't seem to fit in the serious atmosphere that the Golden Age arc uphold. I mean fuck me if Puck ain't the best comedic relief I've seen in a long time and I was enjoying his faces and ridiculous remarks to no end, but yeh, that obviously does do away with the oppressiveness. I also wouldn't have expected the two child characters...and kinda rightfully so. As at least the likes of Isidro died all the time beforehand because there ain't no plotarmor for anyone but Guts, and him defying death in that world is much more believable. His crew just feels rather generic shonen-y, even if the characters are plenty well developed and likable.

Again though, the biggest flaw is the glacially slow pacing. I wanted to see this story come to an end but even after the additional content of like 3-4 times of the Golden Age arc there's no end in sight, yet. With the very few and inconsistent releases of new chapters I probably shouldn't hold out either. Who knows if I'm ever going to see this story end or if I'll actually still care then.

And at last: obligatory "give me Madhouse Berserk anime!"

 

[Rebel Leader]

Fuck Spandam >_<

It's gonna be rare to see an unpunched case

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

As far as the story is concerned, The Golden Age arc in the anime series is a pretty damn close adaptation, perhaps lacking in some battles towards the end and, admittedly, lacks an important encounter (iirc that is). Either way, that arc is certainly still my favorite, partially because it has really good pacing, which is becoming more and more of an issue later down the line of the manga.

I wasn't actually aware that the manga isn't finished yet and coming to that realization was a bit upsetting. Overall the story stays pretty strong and the side stories at least tend to have interesting characters, though the plot is varying and more often than not leading towards some boss monster fight. That 'monster of the week' aspect actually does get really tiring and I seriously couldn't care less about the monsters in the last arc, which are usually just some demonic forms of animals, even if realized in a great art style. Eventually you just want to go on with the main story but it drags on so, so slowly which is a fricking shame. Reminds me off the Chimera Arc in HxH which had some pretty great moments but the snail's pace made it hard to enjoy any of it.

The crew that Guts eventually ensembles is a double edged sword. On the one hand it actually carried the manga for me during the latter chapters as following Guts repetitive battles just wasn't interesting enough anymore, on the other hand, some of the characters just don't seem to fit in the serious atmosphere that the Golden Age arc uphold. I mean fuck me if Puck ain't the best comedic relief I've seen in a long time and I was enjoying his faces and ridiculous remarks to no end, but yeh, that obviously does do away with the oppressiveness. I also wouldn't have expected the two child characters...and kinda rightfully so. As at least the likes of Isidro died all the time beforehand because there ain't no plotarmor for anyone but Guts, and him defying death in that world is much more believable. His crew just feels rather generic shonen-y, even if the characters are plenty well developed and likable.

Again though, the biggest flaw is the glacially slow pacing. I wanted to see this story come to an end but even after the additional content of like 3-4 times of the Golden Age arc there's no end in sight, yet. With the very few and inconsistent releases of new chapters I probably shouldn't hold out either. Who knows if I'm ever going to see this story end or if I'll actually still care then.

Oof, you started on a tough road. Last year was a rather good one and we managed four chapters. It's been a few years since we even last saw Guts, I believe.
Your criticisms most people would find valid, as the Sea God Arc was kind of weak (absolutely stunning artwise though) and the previous arcs were more engaging, although some of that probably comes from the shoddy release schedule, and the JRPG party has it's flaws and advantages.

And a lot of people are also on the same mindset that a full 100+ episode adaptation of Berserk would be a great holdover until more material comes, like it was for HxH. I would love it at least, more then the movies.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

So after completing the Berserk anime a while ago I now finished the manga (or up to chapter 37 anyways) upon Woofingtons recommendation.

The art is incredible and I was continuously impressed at how varied and detailed/complex it is. At the same time though, I realized that even with as high quality art as this, I still can't find myself enjoying combat sequences nearly as much as their (well) animated counterparts. I would like to say my mind fills in perfectly in between the panels but alas even in Berserk there's several times where I seem to lose track of the movement and have to reorient myself.

That's also partially due to the lack of color which would help tremendously identifying everything quicker.

As far as the story is concerned, The Golden Age arc in the anime series is a pretty damn close adaptation, perhaps lacking in some battles towards the end and, admittedly, lacks an important encounter (iirc that is). Either way, that arc is certainly still my favorite, partially because it has really good pacing, which is becoming more and more of an issue later down the line of the manga.

I wasn't actually aware that the manga isn't finished yet and coming to that realization was a bit upsetting. Overall the story stays pretty strong and the side stories at least tend to have interesting characters, though the plot is varying and more often than not leading towards some boss monster fight. That 'monster of the week' aspect actually does get really tiring and I seriously couldn't care less about the monsters in the last arc, which are usually just some demonic forms of animals, even if realized in a great art style. Eventually you just want to go on with the main story but it drags on so, so slowly which is a fricking shame. Reminds me off the Chimera Arc in HxH which had some pretty great moments but the snail's pace made it hard to enjoy any of it.

The crew that Guts eventually ensembles is a double edged sword. On the one hand it actually carried the manga for me during the latter chapters as following Guts repetitive battles just wasn't interesting enough anymore, on the other hand, some of the characters just don't seem to fit in the serious atmosphere that the Golden Age arc uphold. I mean fuck me if Puck ain't the best comedic relief I've seen in a long time and I was enjoying his faces and ridiculous remarks to no end, but yeh, that obviously does do away with the oppressiveness. I also wouldn't have expected the two child characters...and kinda rightfully so. As at least the likes of Isidro died all the time beforehand because there ain't no plotarmor for anyone but Guts, and him defying death in that world is much more believable. His crew just feels rather generic shonen-y, even if the characters are plenty well developed and likable.

Again though, the biggest flaw is the glacially slow pacing. I wanted to see this story come to an end but even after the additional content of like 3-4 times of the Golden Age arc there's no end in sight, yet. With the very few and inconsistent releases of new chapters I probably shouldn't hold out either. Who knows if I'm ever going to see this story end or if I'll actually still care then.

And at last: obligatory "give me Madhouse Berserk anime!"

Best part is getting a friend of mine who never reads manga to read it, then he messages me "hey man is that how it ends?"

Now he knows my pain. The more people that know my pain of Japanese GRRM writing pace, the better.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

I disagree, a lot of the best and funniest moments have been in the past 50-60 chapters. I think there's a certain point where the series goes from "good' to "amazing" and that's the True Ass Man part.

True ass man is the greatest chapter in manga

So after completing the Berserk anime a while ago I now finished the manga (or up to chapter 37 anyways) upon Woofingtons recommendation.

The art is incredible and I was continuously impressed at how varied and detailed/complex it is. At the same time though, I realized that even with as high quality art as this, I still can't find myself enjoying combat sequences nearly as much as their (well) animated counterparts. I would like to say my mind fills in perfectly in between the panels but alas even in Berserk there's several times where I seem to lose track of the movement and have to reorient myself.

That's also partially due to the lack of color which would help tremendously identifying everything quicker.

As far as the story is concerned, The Golden Age arc in the anime series is a pretty damn close adaptation, perhaps lacking in some battles towards the end and, admittedly, lacks an important encounter (iirc that is). Either way, that arc is certainly still my favorite, partially because it has really good pacing, which is becoming more and more of an issue later down the line of the manga.

I wasn't actually aware that the manga isn't finished yet and coming to that realization was a bit upsetting. Overall the story stays pretty strong and the side stories at least tend to have interesting characters, though the plot is varying and more often than not leading towards some boss monster fight. That 'monster of the week' aspect actually does get really tiring and I seriously couldn't care less about the monsters in the last arc, which are usually just some demonic forms of animals, even if realized in a great art style. Eventually you just want to go on with the main story but it drags on so, so slowly which is a fricking shame. Reminds me off the Chimera Arc in HxH which had some pretty great moments but the snail's pace made it hard to enjoy any of it.

The crew that Guts eventually ensembles is a double edged sword. On the one hand it actually carried the manga for me during the latter chapters as following Guts repetitive battles just wasn't interesting enough anymore, on the other hand, some of the characters just don't seem to fit in the serious atmosphere that the Golden Age arc uphold. I mean fuck me if Puck ain't the best comedic relief I've seen in a long time and I was enjoying his faces and ridiculous remarks to no end, but yeh, that obviously does do away with the oppressiveness. I also wouldn't have expected the two child characters...and kinda rightfully so. As at least the likes of Isidro died all the time beforehand because there ain't no plotarmor for anyone but Guts, and him defying death in that world is much more believable. His crew just feels rather generic shonen-y, even if the characters are plenty well developed and likable.

Again though, the biggest flaw is the glacially slow pacing. I wanted to see this story come to an end but even after the additional content of like 3-4 times of the Golden Age arc there's no end in sight, yet. With the very few and inconsistent releases of new chapters I probably shouldn't hold out either. Who knows if I'm ever going to see this story end or if I'll actually still care then.

And at last: obligatory "give me Madhouse Berserk anime!"

Feel our pain

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Yona of the Dawn Episode 15 - To A New Land

Lol Guen-tea and Ju-Do are both hilarious generals, they need even more screentime. I love how Guen-tea is loved by all especially the one that was around him the whole time. Really good non Yona episode.

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

Feel our pain

*dons berserk armor*

Pah, no pain for me, alas I'll still suffer the damage.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

imho the only companion of Guts that I really like is the little witch girl. The father-daughter relationship is the best thing to have happened for Guts in ages.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

imho the only companion of Guts that I really like is the little witch girl. The father-daughter relationship is the best thing to have happened for Guts in ages.

I guess I will tag this since this is the anime thread and this stuff was never adapted -

Spoiler

Schierke and Puck are the best, but I like Farnese's character development and Roderick (if he counts as a party member)

I think a lot of people don't like the JRPG party because Guts mellows out once they all gather, especially with Schierke, and his earlier fights he was far more raw and enraged, especially during the fight with Rosine in the Lost Children Arc, which seems weird because now he has a thing that literally makes him go Berserk but I don't think he fights with the same gravitas he did during the Lost Children and Tower of Conviction arcs.

 

[Liferebooted]

Just watched all of Oreimo and I really loved it. The incest stuff didn't really matter but I loved the humor and all of the characters were so loveable. Can anyone recommend something for me to watch?

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Schierke and Puck are the best, but I like Farnese's character development and Roderick (if he counts as a party member)

I think a lot of people don't like the JRPG party because Guts mellows out once they all gather, especially with Schierke, and his earlier fights he was far more raw and enraged, especially during the fight with Rosine in the Lost Children Arc, which seems weird because now he has a thing that literally makes him go Berserk but I don't think he fights with the same gravitas he did during the Lost Children and Tower of Conviction arcs.

Please make good movies
Please make good movies
Please make good movies

 

[ThreePiMatt]

Just watched all of Oreimo and I really loved it. The incest stuff didn't really matter but I loved the humor and all of the characters were so loveable. Can anyone recommend something for me to watch?

I like you.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! - 03

The bathroom scene was the funniest scene in the whole anime.

I also loved Ryuu the whole time though especially the triplets moment, aniki!

Best canon bl of the season.

 

[AquaWateria]

Is Beserk even popular in Japan?

 

[Liferebooted]

I like you.

recommend something =[ i miss kirino...and black girl

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Is Beserk even popular in Japan?

Yeah, but it's pretty popular overseas as well.
Latest stats: Japan 24m volume sales, overseas 7m
Those stats are probably old though

recommend something =[ i miss kirino...and black girl

I have never seen Oreimo but if you're looking for good comedy, try Daily Lives of High School Boys

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

I guess I will tag this since this is the anime thread and this stuff was never adapted -

Spoiler

Schierke and Puck are the best, but I like Farnese's character development and Roderick (if he counts as a party member)

I think a lot of people don't like the JRPG party because Guts mellows out once they all gather, especially with Schierke, and his earlier fights he was far more raw and enraged, especially during the fight with Rosine in the Lost Children Arc, which seems weird because now he has a thing that literally makes him go Berserk but I don't think he fights with the same gravitas he did during the Lost Children and Tower of Conviction arcs.

Spoiler

I feel like Guts mellowing out does seem out of character, even given his emergent problems in regards to Casca. He becomes way too friendly too quickly and doesn't really seem to lose his cool in the group anymore either (rather he gets angry in battle if anything). Should've been a more gradual development.

And apart from taking care of Casca it made zero sense to me that Guts allowed Farnese to join him. In fact beforehand there were several times where I was wondering why he'd let her alive at all as well as how she could possibly survive some of the events taking place, considering her being pretty much completely incompetent. Then she joins him and my mind just went "so that's why, because her role requires her to stay alive so this happens".

Puck and Schierke make some sense, giving that they actually provide benefits. The others, eh. Isidro may make some sense due to his stubbornness but even joining the crew he should've died in no time.

Btw. are colored manga, especially for longer running series, a thing or do they simply not exist for the majority? For instance I can understand that the author wants to draw all the art himself, as is the case in Berserk, but couldn't the publisher take care of coloring/outsource that? It would seem to me that it wouldn't take too much extra effort for the author to provide detailed enough instructions for colorization and for a successful manga the cost shouldn't be much of a dent in the profits.

If it simply isn't done in most cases, then why? Are people simply happy enough with black and white (or grayscale)? Printing + higher price doesn't increase enough new and/or higher paying customers to be worth it?

 

[R_thanatos]

Is Beserk even popular in Japan?

Not as popular as

Spoiler

idolmaster

Sorry i had to make this joke...

Oh god it hurts.., it hurts so much ...

 

[Theonik]

It was kind of assumed there would be proper 'Telecine'/scanning of film negatives based on how in all the previous Ghibli Ga Ippai Collection volumes there were, including the case of another recent pre-Studio Ghibli production like Lupin the Third: Castle of Cagliostro even though it already had a previous high-definition digital disc release. However, as in the case of Castle of Cagliostro release there were apparent compromises on the picture quality presentation (softness, heavy-handed digital noise reduction and cropping) due to the state the production material was in (or at least it has been argued by some that was the reason), some suspicions have been raised about what could they have done this time with really old material/prints like those of Prince of the Sun (based as well on what TOEI VIDEO could achieve).

Unlike on the habitual PR releases in the Ghibli Ga Ippai Collection standalone movie releases that sometimes tout "HD remasters" and similar indicatives (like for the aforementioned Castle of Cagliostro), a rather sparse PR release for The Collected Works of Director Isao Takahata BD-BOX didn't make reference to anything like that, being the most remarkable blurb on this case the mention of Panasonic Corporation's proprietary encoding methods like MASTER GRADE VIDEO CODING for bit expansion data (that I referred to before on these threads) which most probably required the creation of a new transfer into a 36-bit colour capable digital master tape for that... so this could be a positive hint at least.

About that... some special features were definitely removed instead!

I mean, I know about Cagliostro being an exception, having a really bad transfer complete with being presented in 1080i prior to the new remaster made before the miyazaki boxset last summer. (the standalone version which I own)
I guess we'll know if they bothered to re-do Hors. That would be even more annoying though to me because I have no intention on buying the boxset when I own most of its contents already. I have a hunch they may not have been able to get better masters but we'll see.
As for the special features, I was just looking at the extra documentaries and shorts which I found interesting, losing some of the other stuff would be a bummer but not a 'buy the film twice' bummer.

 

[Narag]

How did you escape your cage?

cajun plz ~chu

Must cooking be so unwholesome?

It's not always, ~chu.

 

[ThreePiMatt]

recommend something =[ i miss kirino...and black girl

I don't know what you've already watched, but "Monthly Girl's Nozaki-kun" was the best show of last year and a must-watch.

 

[John Blade]

Some upcoming Funimation releases:

Man....Noir will look nice in blu ray. Will wait till I found out more of the blu ray version and if it's the typical Funimation method (stretch) or actually spend the time on it. Also, will most likely wait for few years till the price drop down quite a bit.

 

[Grexeno]

Finished my AOTY vote. Hope Space Dandy wins, but since Ping Pong is probably going to run away with it I just hope it finishes ahead of Kill la Kill and NGNL