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Winter Anime 2015 |OT| ZA WARUDO is not square!
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R_thanatos
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Seven deadly sins - 20
That Twist was expected ...
but it was good ..
DAT superb animation
Seven deadly sins - 21
Dat twist was also expected ...
But goddamn if this show doesn't make me at the edge of my seat.
That Twist was expected ...
but it was good ..
DAT superb animation
Seven deadly sins - 21
Dat twist was also expected ...
But goddamn if this show doesn't make me at the edge of my seat.
UltraGunner
Banned
Cross Ange 21-22
Raise your hand if you knew
Raise your hand if you knew
Tusk and Momoka weren't really gone for good?
Giolon
Member
Cross Ange 22
Supposed translated comments from Fukuda on Twitter about this week's...revelations:
http://i.imgur.com/EKlNczM.png
Hard to verify now b/c he's gone and made his Twitter private.
Basically, Fukuda doesn't give a fuck.
Supposed translated comments from Fukuda on Twitter about this week's...revelations:
http://i.imgur.com/EKlNczM.png
Hard to verify now b/c he's gone and made his Twitter private.
Basically, Fukuda doesn't give a fuck.
AquaWateria
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The best Ending of the season is definitely the one by Amazarashi for Tokyo Ghoul Root A, no competition. Each ending has it's own set of art by the Mangaka himself and they all tell a little story. Like this one for Hinami tells her story throughout the manga. Plus it has a older version of her, referencing the sequel Re. The band Amazarashi are really amazing especially their lyrics which sets the tone for what they are singing. People should really check them out because they are brilliant.
As for the Opening that goes to Death Parade because it has that funky vibe, which I love.
OP: Death Parade. It's incredibly catchy!
ED: Shirobako. Also a really catchy one, and it's neat seeing characters get added to it.
OST: Yuri Kuma Arashi. Koufuku Graffiti is in a very close second.
My choices are pretty close to yours, really.
Jex
Member
See what I mean? If this is all true then Cross Ange is truly a work of art.
Save 'N Quit
Banned
All of those Speed Racer references
All of Galina's development from the previous episodes flourishing as he gets closer to the original Yatterman
Was simply amazing to watch.
All of Galina's development from the previous episodes flourishing as he gets closer to the original Yatterman
Was simply amazing to watch.
SliceSabre
Banned
"Ange growing is too important for us to worry about how Tusk survived the explosion."
Fucking WOW.
Jex
Member
This is probably the most thorough and thoughtful beat-down of poor visual storytelling in anime that I've read in quite some time http://deadlightanime.blogspot.com....atography-vs-amagis.html?utm_source=BP_recent
nintendoman58
Member
You people and your Cross Ange.
I for one, am not going to watch that Sunrise trainwreck any time soon.
I'll be sticking with their good Gundam shows in all their 2D mecha goodness.
I for one, am not going to watch that Sunrise trainwreck any time soon.
I'll be sticking with their good Gundam shows in all their 2D mecha goodness.
I really like this. elegant and understated. Feels melancholy and beautiful.
Aw man
I love Noir.It isnt without its flaws, and Bee Train pulled a gonzo with making the show twice as long as it really needed to be, but I like the story and where it went. It felt like a very classy and mysterious show with great atmosphere thanks to Yuki Kajiura's excellent soundtrack and the film noir style approach. There were several shows of its kind made in that time period but I appreciated Noir the most.
Not as much as Miku Maekawa's character song though!
Hers is so jazzy and smooth.
*BOUNCES
*SQUEALS
Non, non. This is a new single! Though I'm sure Miku will be getting a new song (either solo or as part of a unit) during the course of the show herself. Columbia's got $$$ to make.
If I had to choose a few...
OP:
Yurikuma Arashi (so fucking smooth, just perfect really)
Koufuku Graffiti (motherfucking Rasmus Faber x Maaya Sakamoto gloriousness)
Death Parade (fuck yeah)
Isuca (dat Afilia Saga, dat catchy guitar riff in the intro and between sections)
Cross Ange (dat powerful female singing voice, you can hear how she sings from the diaphragm, and it's pretty impressive during the chorus)
ED:
Shirobako (lelulelula lelulelulaa~)
Koufuku Graffiti (so cute, so catchy)
Yurikuma Arashi (the song coupled with the cute bear animation and changing BG art is great. Feel like dancing every time).
Jojo: Stardust Crusaders (really fucking good choice of music as always))
OST:
Yurikuma Arashi (a brilliant work by a great composer directed by someone who takes charge of it's use entirely in order to maximize the music's potential. Incredible usage of a lot of Bach's works very well-integrated into the series, too)
World Break (yo, Go Sakabe is the shit, the music was so good I had to look up who did it and started buying the older stuff he did)
Koufuku Graffiti (so soothing, and just perfect)
Shirobako (seriously, check out the full OST)
Jojo: Stardust Crusaders (while not as good as Battle Tendency's OST, still really good. Accentuates the right moments with the perfect music)
UltraGunner
Banned
This is incredible. Just fucking going for it and not giving a shit. It's probably why Cross Ange is so awesome.
Oh yeah, instead of Tusk saying (Episode 22 spoliers)
how he survived, we'll just have him and Ange fuck in order to verify he's the real one, but only after she says she would've let him fuck her if she knew he was going to die.
R_thanatos
Member
I can only see this breakdown as nitpicking since many of the aspect of this first episode and the focus on odd aspect of the cinematography are at odds because nothing is normal in the setting of grisaia.
We aren't meant to feel at ease toward the setting or the characters ..it's a calm before the storm situation. Yes describing the piece even when you can see it , is redundant , but it give info on other pieces and characters situations too.
So ..despite all the justifications... i can't shake this nitpicking off this opinion piece.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Dunno about the song but the dance when the kids raise their hands looks utterly moronic.
Same picks for me. Probably Yurikuma for the best ost.
Please, you are watching a Sunrise train wreck right now. You just refuse to acknowledge it!
It works in context and I find it no more dumb then Death Parade.
R_thanatos
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The Dance is an unoffensive opening. not bad , not good.
The ending song , however is Excellent.
tbh a bigger problem than the woeful cinematography is the awful use of colour saturation and bloom and i wouldn't describe the establishing shots (or anything) in amagi as "beautiful".
It's not picking though because as the poster points out, there were other ways to convey certain narrative points visually and the director chose poorly. He actually went pretty light on the show as he could have torn into the lighting and how bland the lighting is in Grisai compared to Amagi or a more recent example, Your Lie in April.
Cinemeatography is a tool wielded by the director to emphasize emotions, plot points, and even relationships. It's not just Grisai that has really shitty framing, there are so many anime that don't even begin to cut mustard. Look at how badly Parasyte frames its shots.
Amagi has very good framing in the first two episodes, mainly because of Takemoto. There are a couple of shots in the 2nd episode where Takemoto uses the closeup to emphasize the emotional importance to Kanye.
Yea, stupid dances are just part of the anime landscape now. Damn you Haruhai.
nintendoman58
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But it has the best-looking 2D Gundams!
If you haven't seen this video detailing why Fincher is such a great director due to his camerawork, I would heavily advise you to watch it.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
I, too, read the article Jexhius linked!
Seriously great video series from that guy though and this one is no exception.
OP: Garo/Fafner/Death Parade. Fairly torn on this one.
ED: Akatsuki no Yona. Easy decision there.
OST: Fafner or Yuri Kuma
ED: Akatsuki no Yona. Easy decision there.
OST: Fafner or Yuri Kuma
His Edgar Wright and Jackie Chan one are real highlights.
Ah, yes, that's definitely the best of the season for next episode previews.
I had actually almost put that in my list too but already had the show for one of the best OST and wanted to spread the recognition around with fewer picks.
The song alone on this one is probably the best of the season, but I don't really care for the dancing bear and still-image endcards (even if they are nice).
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Cross Ange 22
Right when I thought I understood this show. It's not surprising Tusk and Top Meido came back because no body = no death but the explanations are just trolling. This show is trolling us now. They offer no explanation for how Tusk came back except for in the preview which explains he swapped into flame resistant clothing at the last second which sounds like stupid bullshit but since Momoka survived by some Loony Tunes shit of having a frying pan concealed right where she was shot WHO KNOWS ANYMORE
Not to mention the episode opens with Embyro slapping Salia's ass because people might have forgotten what show it was since last week
Oh and then Ange and Tusk banged. No sir I don't like it. Is this what it feels like to be DTL?
Yatterman Night 09
Woah, what was up with the random Speed Racer reference? Are we going to see Casshern from Sins next episode?
How long is this going to be, it seems we're just now hitting the main plot but I could see it being 2cour. And was there anything significance to the OG series with skylarks?
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It's the rolling R. So gud
OP - Death Parade, JoJo (IT'S A GOOD OP) and Yuribears
ED: Maria, JoJo, Yuribears
OST: Yuribears, JoJo
Pfft your loss, suckas!
Right when I thought I understood this show. It's not surprising Tusk and Top Meido came back because no body = no death but the explanations are just trolling. This show is trolling us now. They offer no explanation for how Tusk came back except for in the preview which explains he swapped into flame resistant clothing at the last second which sounds like stupid bullshit but since Momoka survived by some Loony Tunes shit of having a frying pan concealed right where she was shot WHO KNOWS ANYMORE
Not to mention the episode opens with Embyro slapping Salia's ass because people might have forgotten what show it was since last week
Oh and then Ange and Tusk banged. No sir I don't like it. Is this what it feels like to be DTL?
Yatterman Night 09
Woah, what was up with the random Speed Racer reference? Are we going to see Casshern from Sins next episode?
How long is this going to be, it seems we're just now hitting the main plot but I could see it being 2cour. And was there anything significance to the OG series with skylarks?
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It's the rolling R. So gud
OP - Death Parade, JoJo (IT'S A GOOD OP) and Yuribears
ED: Maria, JoJo, Yuribears
OST: Yuribears, JoJo
Pfft your loss, suckas!
Admiral Woofington
Member
Oh he did the Edgar Wright comedy directing one? Yeah I loved that. will watch.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
Yup. I always felt like the vast majority of action movies or sequences just don't manage to excite me as much as the ones from Jackie back then and he pretty much explained why.
Similarly to the the video above concerning Fincher, a clean view on what's being portrayed is a god damn blessing. When Jackie Chan manhandles a bunch of thugs in a comedic, yet equally impressive choreography, that's just great. Meanwhile, when I saw Transformers 2 and I couldn't even tell what the fuck was supposed to be going on apart from some metal hitting other metal, I just noped right the fuck out.
When people defend these movies as "just dumb action movies" I can't take that seriously. Sure, they are dumb, but the action is so terrible that I get nothing out of it, meaning there's little left to enjoy.
edit:
Btw. that cleanliness aspect can be applied to games' visuals as well. Usually I don't want lens flare, film grain, bloom etc.
KillerMan91
Member
Cross Ange 22:
There sure has been a lot of banging lately in animu. Amazing episode as usual.
There sure has been a lot of banging lately in animu. Amazing episode as usual.
i kind of hate everything about this. not a grisaia fan either so...yeah, but still, this kind of blog post is garbage.
first of all, grisaia is 1280 x 525, but these screenshots are from like....fucking i don't even know. someone must have done some fan thing where they just blew everything up and placed the subs on top of the shot. he's armchair analyzing the show while everything might as well be in hix-vision and the aspect ratio is balled up.
there's also just a general unawareness there. shots are misidentified by type, and there are a lot of skipped cuts that actually establish some amount of reasoning for why grisaia does what it does. certain elements, like the close up of the camera on the school's wall, are given context by establishing that it's something the main character is noticing and directly looking at.
also, this asshole turns off subs or something when he wants to whine about specific things to remove context. why does the show zoom in on the couch? because they literally just said that the facility includes all the furniture students need. this information isn't interesting at all, but it comes as a vestigial limb from the visual novel roots of grisaia. it's less a failing of the cinematography than it is of the storyboarding/script/etc.
there is a one-dimensional understanding of cinematography in this blog post that boxes in a single use for many shots. and for real "rule of thirds" dweebs that just read some article on wikipedia make me want to barf.
Lostconfused
Member
Well it was certainly right about one thing.
It's incredibly nitpicky.
Edit: Wait, I am wrong. Two things. Good prose is important for properly communicating the things you want to say. Very cleverly demonstrated by lack of it in the blog post.
R_thanatos
Member
2 things :
-The blog writter itself tries to shake off the nitpick comment by agreeing that it might appear as a nitpick.
I feel this way despite the warning.
-I would argue that grisaia and your other exemple have vastly different goals and thus the comparaisons between 2 scenes don't hold much in my eyes.
-As for the light used in grisaia in many scenes across episode 1( and 2 ) it's nothing but a faithfull adaptation of the game in term of présentation.
what ? it's 3 things , now ?
I see what you mean for both points.
This season has been really good for anime music in general. I'm quite pleased.
R_thanatos
Member
Seiken tsukai no world break - 09
Oh no the MC just took that attack at point blank range while protecting somone , what will happen of him ? is he ....
Oh never mind the preview spoiled everything !
Oh no the MC just took that attack at point blank range while protecting somone , what will happen of him ? is he ....
Oh never mind the preview spoiled everything !
astrogamer
Member
Dog Days S1
A pretty solid series. It avoids many of the shounen pitfalls and it makes an enjoyable series. It doesn't go too heavy on fanservice and the world has reasonable depth without being bleak. The protagonist isn't bad either, despite being overpowered, he is neither the pervert trope nor the useless with women trope. The story was pretty fun even though it was lacking in stakes for the most part.
A pretty solid series. It avoids many of the shounen pitfalls and it makes an enjoyable series. It doesn't go too heavy on fanservice and the world has reasonable depth without being bleak. The protagonist isn't bad either, despite being overpowered, he is neither the pervert trope nor the useless with women trope. The story was pretty fun even though it was lacking in stakes for the most part.
Over the last few seasons I've started to pay more attention to music in general, and especially started looking up who the composer is if I find myself really starting to enjoy a show's OST (if I wasn't aware of who it was already). I might not be able to reach the same levels of encyclopedic knowledge of directors and animators as some of the people here, but I can at least try to be more well versed in musicians!
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
OP: Sengoku Musou (i don't even watch the show!) or Koufuku Graffiti
ED: The Rolling Girls or Junketsu no Maria
OST: Yurikuma Arashi
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