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Winter Anime 2016 |OT| Celebrating the New Year and PSO2's release in the west!
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Tip of the iceberg.
veloxStrix
Banned
I wasn't too serious.
Is anyone in the Cambridge area? There is a Satoshi Kon marathon going on at the VES Department later tonight. 24 Quincy St.
I went to see the SAO film in cinemas. Well that was the idea, but instead, when I went into the screen, all I found was a bunch of police waiting ready to arrest anyone dodgy enough to buy a ticket for something, and I quote, "worse than child porn". Luckily the charges were dropped as the sting was deemed illegal.
rename firehawk to kate
hosannainexcelsis
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Dimension W 1
The direction is pretty solid overall - I particularly like the transitions which are done with a sort of digital glitch effect, appropriate for the sci-fi setting. But I don't get these sorts of shots:
where there's a character against a solid color background (plus a lighter color "shadow" of the character). It's a stylistic choice that seems to be thrown in at random without any meaning to it. It resembles a typical way of handling comedic reaction shots, but it's used in other types of situations as well. I'd prefer keeping the normal backgrounds of whatever place the characters are in.
There were a couple moments of clumsy exposition, particularly when the professor started reciting his backstory to the folks from New Tesla who had come to get him, but they're kept pretty minimal and the overall pace flows by fast enough that there's no opportunity for things to get bogged down. The show promises to be a solid watch, and of course I'm looking forward to seeing Ebata's touch on more elaborate action sequences. It's still no Bunny Drop, but it's sure better in both content and visuals than anything Kanta Kamei has done since then.
The direction is pretty solid overall - I particularly like the transitions which are done with a sort of digital glitch effect, appropriate for the sci-fi setting. But I don't get these sorts of shots:
where there's a character against a solid color background (plus a lighter color "shadow" of the character). It's a stylistic choice that seems to be thrown in at random without any meaning to it. It resembles a typical way of handling comedic reaction shots, but it's used in other types of situations as well. I'd prefer keeping the normal backgrounds of whatever place the characters are in.
There were a couple moments of clumsy exposition, particularly when the professor started reciting his backstory to the folks from New Tesla who had come to get him, but they're kept pretty minimal and the overall pace flows by fast enough that there's no opportunity for things to get bogged down. The show promises to be a solid watch, and of course I'm looking forward to seeing Ebata's touch on more elaborate action sequences. It's still no Bunny Drop, but it's sure better in both content and visuals than anything Kanta Kamei has done since then.
*facepalm*
hosannainexcelsis
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The disc cover art sure looks better than the actual show.
Rito, Issei, and Basara come to mind pretty quickly.
My lord, a good post, a good anime being talked about. In this thread?
What is this?
That thing looks amazing. Get it at a discount or for retail?
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Love Live 05
This episode is called "Nico Attacks" which is both hilarious and dumb considering Nico is in the OP with everyone else including purple hair lesbian and blonde girl who hates idols.
I hope her joining up doesn't mean she stops her trolling antics because it was the best part of the show.
You don't even know.
same
This episode is called "Nico Attacks" which is both hilarious and dumb considering Nico is in the OP with everyone else including purple hair lesbian and blonde girl who hates idols.
I hope her joining up doesn't mean she stops her trolling antics because it was the best part of the show.
You don't even know.
My lord, a good post, a good anime being talked about. In this thread?
What is this?
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I try. It's a good thing I'm pushing LOGH off for this.
Don't say that, I'm hoping to enjoy it! If I like it enough I'll pick up the 2nd GIG
Thanks, I paid $150 for it
You paid to watch Sword Art Online in a theater.
Your satire is invalid.
Pay no mind. It's a great anime. Check out Ghost in the Shell: Arise afterward.Don't say that, I'm hoping to enjoy it! If I like it enough I'll pick up the 2nd GIG
Thanks, I paid $150 for it
MikeHattsu
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Calling something Nico does the best part of the show doesn't sound like a good post to me ;p
Hellwarden
Member
To be fair, I might do the same provided I had an escape route planned.
I feel like it would interesting to observe SAO fans in public. An interesting psychological field study.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Don't say that, I'm hoping to enjoy it! If I like it enough I'll pick up the 2nd GIG
Thanks, I paid $150 for it
I'm not talking about the quality of the writing or direction - I haven't watched GitS SAC recently enough to speak confidently about that. But I did happen to see some screenshots of it again recently, and man, that show is butt-ugly. Early digital production was so problematic.
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Will do! It goes without saying that it's not a crazy stance to take when one says that they love the GITS film but S.A.C seems to be a bit different tonally (correct me if I'm wrong!), hopefully I can enjoy it for what it is. I still need to watch Innocence...
Ah, sorry for the misunderstanding
That's a shame, haven't really looked into the show enough to know about how it looks, hopefully that doesn't get in the way of my enjoyment of the show, which to be honest if the show itself is great it shouldn't be too much of a problem! Love Live 05
This episode is called "Nico Attacks" which is both hilarious and dumb considering Nico is in the OP with everyone else including purple hair lesbian and blonde girl who hates idols.
I hope her joining up doesn't mean she stops her trolling antics because it was the best part of the show.
You don't even know.
BUCHOU!
Sink everything.
cj_iwakura
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DurararaX2.5
Hits the ground running, wastes no time in adding to the craziness of the end of X2.
Best character:
Least surprising:
Best breakdown:
Tsundere Celty is always fun.
Hits the ground running, wastes no time in adding to the craziness of the end of X2.
Best character:
Least surprising:
Best breakdown:
Tsundere Celty is always fun.
Theonik
Member
I mean ANN also deals in magazine scans they take from people's twitter accounts without credit. This is not surprising.
Just the tip.
Please spare us talk of "tips" and your fetishes, haha.
veloxStrix
Banned
I really need to watch Durarara and Baccano. :l
I guess my backlog is..
Penguindrum
Initial D
Baccano
Durarara
..now
Yeah I don't read much ANN or know that much about them. But wow.
Baccano! is about as top tier as an anime can get.
Fantastic writing from the character work to the dialogue. It's so fucking great.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Legend of the Galactic Heroes 001
Is this the same battle as Overture but way faster? It kinda seems that way, but I'm not sure. The scene keeps changing every 40 seconds and its kind of annoying.
Is this the same battle as Overture but way faster? It kinda seems that way, but I'm not sure. The scene keeps changing every 40 seconds and its kind of annoying.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Overture to a New War covers the same material as the first two episodes of the OVA series, only much better.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Skip episode 2 then?
hosannainexcelsis
Member
You can do that, yes.
veloxStrix
Banned
I've only heard good things about it. It's in that massive pile of shows that came out before I started watching animated stuff.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I used to get those two confused but now I know better!
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hosannainexcelsis
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Haikyuu S2 15
The character art and animation here was a little looser than usual. That was a good decision to portray the unrefined and rough-tumble nature of Johzenji's team.
Also, best thing Goro Taniguchi's done in ages!
The character art and animation here was a little looser than usual. That was a good decision to portray the unrefined and rough-tumble nature of Johzenji's team.
Also, best thing Goro Taniguchi's done in ages!
I disagree completely. I just rewatched SAC and I thought the overall animation and art direction was excellent aside from the horribly outdated CG (which is really just the OP and cars) and some "quality" character art in some episodes (which was pretty rare).
hosannainexcelsis
Member
OK, I just grabbed the copy of SAC I've been meaning to rewatch and opened up a random episode and
Yep, still ugly.
Now to be fair, 2nd Gig looks better, mostly thanks to Tetsuya Nishio coming on board and refining the character designs. A random selection from it:
It was partially funded by US money, and it was released in Japan as a monthly PPV show on a premium HD channel iirc. That might be why.
Yeah, this was why. Was the company Manga Entertainment? I remember seeing their name in the opening for some reason.
http://anibin.blogspot.com.au/2009/05/stand-alone-complex-solid-state-society.html
its an upscale but its a multiple of 1080p so it scales up perfectly (see also almost every bones production)
Oh, interesting! I had no idea that they did it like this. Would make a lot of sense doing it this way back then if you were going to air on on of the few HD channels available.
The Major's design is poor and the character art in general is a mess at distance (I assume due to the focus on standard def?) but close ups are fine and the environmental, mechanical, and technical shots are great and more than make up for it IMO.
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