-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Winter Anime 2015 |OT| ZA WARUDO is not square!
- Thread starter Narag
- Start date
- Status
Regret Upon Approval
Member
So my pre-order is gone, I wonder when it comes out
Apparently Khara took Funi back to start for it or something, they didn't like how it was done.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Lily Hoshino's designs for Penguindrum are really quite good though. She's an excellent designer.
Yeah that was the word on the street, still its not available at all now in the UK to pre-order, I wonder if they'll issue a statement. Maybe the product has changed to such a degree that the prior orders are irrelevant now. Manga in the UK has had a lot of people leave and they've been changing many Blu-ray releases to DVD only so maybe that has a play in it.
UltraGunner
Banned
hmm, my buddy who saw it in theaters vouched for it and he's pretty critical of dubs. I wonder what they didn't like about it.
hipsterpants
Member
The anime did make changes to the interactions between Shinichi and Murano, especially at the moment he "snaps" (they don't even happen in the same place!) It seeks to make their interactions and conflicts much more dramatic than they appear in the manga. The point of the scenes is the same but the way the anime handles them is much worse/more annoying.
And the childhood friend in the manga is a minor character that literally appears for like 1 chapter before disappearing again. I know they couldn't just do that in the show but attaching that level of stupidity to a side character feels that is presumably somewhat important makes the scene seem much worse than if it was some rando you didn't give a shit about.
But I think we just disagree with the quality of story, so there probably isn't a lot of point to this debate here lol
The first three episodes are not a good representation of what that show eventually becomes.
Given that Khara's also redoing the subtitles themselves, it's very likely to be an issue with Funimation's translation in general.
ThatChairMan
Member
KanColle 01
There's nothing I actually dislike about it, and I feel like I should be enjoying it a lot more than I currently am, but I'm just not feeling it. Maybe after a few more episodes where I get to know more of the characters.
There's nothing I actually dislike about it, and I feel like I should be enjoying it a lot more than I currently am, but I'm just not feeling it. Maybe after a few more episodes where I get to know more of the characters.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
I think this is where the term "bitch slap" originated
Right. At least you get something from school days. More real than other harem shits.
Oh I got something real from AO too.
santeesioux
Member
School Days is an amazing experience.
Regret Upon Approval
Member
Anything of note to share about it, lines or anything.
I didn't see it then and now never will.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
I'm going to think "Lewds"
Gundam Build Try-13
Absolutely great. Why can't Try be this good all the time? This episode, and really the whole Training Camp arc so far, has shown how terrible most of the first cour was. The side characters are better, the main characters are showing growth, the battles are better, and hell even the music has some life to it now.
Really hoping that the 2nd half continues with the energy it has now.
Absolutely great. Why can't Try be this good all the time? This episode, and really the whole Training Camp arc so far, has shown how terrible most of the first cour was. The side characters are better, the main characters are showing growth, the battles are better, and hell even the music has some life to it now.
Really hoping that the 2nd half continues with the energy it has now.
"Prison School", then? I mean, it's not even called "Kangoku Gakuen" in Japan...
UltraGunner
Banned
I didn't see it so I wouldn't know. He just told me that he like the dub.
I personally didn't hate it, but it is meh at best. There are some interesting concepts at the beginning, but it doesn't have anything to the spirit of the original show. It feels completely different, and it is not that good either.
Parasyte-13
What's amazing about this show, and I mean terrible, is that the show has so many good potential plot threads to follow but it instead focuses on the love drama aspect. How many times do I need to see Shinichi break up to get the point across that he's not the same? It's lazy and redundant storytelling. Hell, we have a detective following him and yet it keeps going back to that 'girlfriend' in the same circular manner.
What's amazing about this show, and I mean terrible, is that the show has so many good potential plot threads to follow but it instead focuses on the love drama aspect. How many times do I need to see Shinichi break up to get the point across that he's not the same? It's lazy and redundant storytelling. Hell, we have a detective following him and yet it keeps going back to that 'girlfriend' in the same circular manner.
nintendoman58
Member
Strike Witches S2 - 10
It was pretty interesting to see a
in this episode. Those don't happen too often in this show.
Even so, this episode was pretty much just okay though. There were much stronger episodes than this one.
It was pretty interesting to see a
Witch V.S. Witch fight
Even so, this episode was pretty much just okay though. There were much stronger episodes than this one.
The movie and new OVA are really good.
Rage of Bahamut: Genesis 11-12
Good enough closure for a show that I enjoyed thoroughly. It wasn't anything deep but the chemistry between the characters, the character art, the pacing, the dickish main character and inserting Jeanne d'Arc in the whole thing made it something I liked to watch from start to end.
Slightly older
was pretty cool looking.
Good enough closure for a show that I enjoyed thoroughly. It wasn't anything deep but the chemistry between the characters, the character art, the pacing, the dickish main character and inserting Jeanne d'Arc in the whole thing made it something I liked to watch from start to end.
Slightly older
Favaro
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
Yeah, I remember seeing that in a youtube clip. I have no idea why they decided to go for an
alternate universe
I imagine quite a few people were confused going in from the show.
I love E7.
Regarding your spoiler, a couple of years ago I happened to rewatch E7 and reread
Blood Music by Greg Bear
Blood music deals with the production of intelligent bacteria through bio-engineering. Ultimately the bacteria pretty much overruns the world. Eventually, signs appear that reality is becoming unstable. The explanation of this is that reality is influenced to some degree by the way it is perceived by intelligent observers. The extreme concentration of intelligent bacteria then resulted in rapid changes to reality. The bacteria eventually recognize this, and realizing that they are a threat to the stability of this universe, they coordinate to use their collective reality manipulation power to cross over into a different reality. I think there are some parallels between this and the ending of E7, and the fact that the "limit of life" (or limit of questions in the dub) is introduced by a character partly named after Greg Bear reinforces the idea that it's partly based off of his work. Per my interpretation the limit of life is the same problem that appears in blood music, in which too many intelligent observers can detrimentally influence reality.
I feel that noticing the connection with the above mentioned work enhanced my understanding of E7, so hopefully it will help you with the your spoilered stuff there.
Kantai Collection 1
I was right to exclude this from the OP as it's kind of an inept derivative product that mimics shows that came before it in the most formulaic way possible.
....
will continue.
I can't tell if the girls are normal sized or just huuuuuuuuuge because my only frame of reference are the planes.
I was right to exclude this from the OP as it's kind of an inept derivative product that mimics shows that came before it in the most formulaic way possible.
....
will continue.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
imagine all the scuffy the tugboat quotes
sorry you dont like it. Im a huge fan of the designs and overall aesthetic of the show.
Well that made it tolerable but not really good. Thank god Chiaki was there to give it ANY hope.
Yeah its not BAD or anything just really really mediocre. It just does what people expect it to do and then the episode is over. Nothing is fresh or surprising.
watch Saikano
To quote Joss Whedon
“You go to the movies to see people you love suffer-that’s why you go to the movies.”
He's totally right
Ikuharacensored.gif
Yuki Yuna-09
Oh god, the suffering was off the charts. That phone call was the best timing I've ever seen. I feel like Taisha is even more fucked up than Kyubey. Kyubey didn't out and out lie to the girls, he just omitted stuff. Here, Taisha is flat out lying to them to make them more placent.
The worse suffering that can befall people like this, is for the suffering to happen to others. In some ways this is kinda worse than Madoka. Here they have the option not to fight but if they don't, many people will die. God damn, Urobuchi would be proud.
Oh and the music has been on point.
Edit:
HAHAHAHAHAHA
THAT INTRO FOR EPISODE 10
Oh god, this is too much.
The faeries making sure that the meal doesn't spoil. I also like how they don't really address Togo trying to commit suicide over 10 times in the first place. Jesus Christ.
Oh god, the suffering was off the charts. That phone call was the best timing I've ever seen. I feel like Taisha is even more fucked up than Kyubey. Kyubey didn't out and out lie to the girls, he just omitted stuff. Here, Taisha is flat out lying to them to make them more placent.
The worse suffering that can befall people like this, is for the suffering to happen to others. In some ways this is kinda worse than Madoka. Here they have the option not to fight but if they don't, many people will die. God damn, Urobuchi would be proud.
Oh and the music has been on point.
Edit:
HAHAHAHAHAHA
THAT INTRO FOR EPISODE 10
Oh god, this is too much.
the fanservice is unnecessary tho ( ≖‿≖
is it really? they dont even have nipples.
Its not the point. You know that.
the fanservice is unnecessary tho ( ≖‿≖
Truer words have never been spoken.
Yuki Yuna-10
I also didn't expect Togo's little discovery.
They really can't stop fighting either. Oops.
Oh man this suffering train has no brakes. Madoka 10 worthy, easily. One thing I picked up in the previous episodes was how you're never shown the faces of any of the adults, even when they're talking to one of the characters. Wouldn't you know it that
How the fuck did we end up here?
they're in on it too. Also would explain why they're so accommodating of some girls becoming disabled randomly.
I knew something was off about the world, mainly in how it was depicted as sort of dead and limited. Turns out that they're living on a literal ball of fire. Holy fucking shit.
I should mention that when MONACA is working on full cylinders, they really are. Emi Evans (you know her as the vocalist from Nier) really adds a lot to the OST and her vocals elevate it.
This was a great foreshadowing hint. A job well done to the staff.
Sir Blaming
Member
Kantai Collection 1
mm. mmhmm. mmm.
I have no idea what these people are talking about.
Other than that, feels like I have seen this cycle of events before....oh well.
Junketsu no Maria 1
20% Blushing, 120% A virgin.
and lol at that Jeanne d'Arc reference
mm. mmhmm. mmm.
I have no idea what these people are talking about.
Other than that, feels like I have seen this cycle of events before....oh well.
Junketsu no Maria 1
20% Blushing, 120% A virgin.
and lol at that Jeanne d'Arc reference
It's like an awesome mix of Madoka Magica's music along with a blend of Nier.
- Status