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Winter Anime 2016 |OT| Celebrating the New Year and PSO2's release in the west!
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Sibersk Esto
Banned
Was SAO ever considered poorly directed?
Basileus777
Member
Does it have pictures of anime girls in it?
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Galko-chan 03
P-pasties...
Vaporwave anime 03
True art.
P-pasties...
Vaporwave anime 03
True art.
Dedication Through Light
Member
I dont think length is the determining factor, some Mahouka volumes are longer than that.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Also, I'll say that the superior anime adaptation of a Kumeta manga is Joshiraku. Tsutomu Mizushima does a great job with the direction, and the show is very attractive thanks to Masayoshi Tanaka's beautiful character designs.
From what I've seen, the direction is competent at best. I'd also say that about much of Silver Spoon S1, barring episode 10. Certainly none of Ito's prior work made me think he could pull off what he's done on Erased so far.
From what I've seen, the direction is competent at best. I'd also say that about much of Silver Spoon S1, barring episode 10. Certainly none of Ito's prior work made me think he could pull off what he's done on Erased so far.
PdotMichael
Banned
It's hard to call Joshiraku the superior adaptation if the second parts (aka the anime original ones) sucked pretty hard.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
Publication.
Publishers like Dengeki Bunko and MF Bunko have the Light Novel Label so their works are Light Novels.
Despite what people initially thought, it has nothing to do with the size of the volumes. Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere has massive volumes each about 3 regular LN volumes in thickness.
Good to hear that, since it's been one of the things that has stood out like a sore thumb for me out of the measly five episodes I've watched so far.
As for Zetsubou-sensei, I'm also in the same park with how it was fun at first, but the whole cast being so one-note and the show being episodic in nature makes it way less enjoyable in the long run. At times it kind of reminds me of Monogatari minus harem-ish fanservice (okay) and actual character development (not good).
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
True, but isn't Monogatari also considered an LN despite not having anything like art in the chapters? That's how Vertical's Kizu is at least.
nintendoman58
Member
The Vision of Escaflowne - 4
Man, four episodes in and there hasn't been a dull one yet! Every time it looks like things are going to settle down Hitomi gets another vision and things get crazy shortly after!
THE MECHA TRANSFORMS INTO A DRAGON CONTROLLED BY REINS YES YES THIS IS SO GOOD.
Man, four episodes in and there hasn't been a dull one yet! Every time it looks like things are going to settle down Hitomi gets another vision and things get crazy shortly after!
Basileus777
Member
So it's like the western publishing business where categorization or genre labels are largely a matter of marketing and demographic targets.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Well, manga is the same.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
Heavy Object Episode 15
There has to be a limit to bad luck:
- Having all your porn confiscated and humiliated in front of 20 years old office ladies.
- Being forced to kick your sexy female superior officer.
- Nearly blown up once, twice, three times.
- Having your G-cup illusions destroyed in front of you.
That said, whoever is that unknown lucky Engineer that both Elites are fighting over must be one hell of an individual. Whoever that person might be. We may never know.
There has to be a limit to bad luck:
- Having all your porn confiscated and humiliated in front of 20 years old office ladies.
- Being forced to kick your sexy female superior officer.
- Nearly blown up once, twice, three times.
- Having your G-cup illusions destroyed in front of you.
That said, whoever is that unknown lucky Engineer that both Elites are fighting over must be one hell of an individual. Whoever that person might be. We may never know.
How based is Dilandu?
Now see everybody, this is a perfect case of commenting before finishing a show.
Chaos2Frozen
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Pretty much I guess because,
1) It has nothing to do with size as I've mentioned the example with Horizon.
2) It has nothing to do with genre, as most LN publishers take a variety of genres.
3) It has nothing to do with illustrations, as some Novels also have visual art in them.
PdotMichael
Banned
I would imagine that LN also operates with a smaller and easier set of kanji.
nintendoman58
Member
I'm not exactly enjoying his dub voice (he almost sounds like a girl) that much, but he's pretty good as a ruthless villain.
Sasuga NaDannMaGoGo.
Oh no. Im usually for dubs but the escaflowne one is terrible especially for the changes to the music.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I think that's true? But isn't Nisio notorious for all his kanji wordplay? There was that one fight in Medaka Box with the girl who messed with Kanji and the translators said it was a nightmare.
CheapJuice
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Garo: The Crimson Moon - 15
I like the new OP and ED more than the previous ones. Can't have Garo without JAM. Judging by the OP and ED it looks like it's going to turn more darker.
Episode started uninteresting to me but I think it quickly gained momentum with the introduction of the strong and cheerfull 'Tragic Princess'. Hopefully she'll play a bigger part. She's no Seimei, but she'll do. Which by the way was totally absent!
The fight was well above average in terms of this show. It was longer, more detailed and had interesting horror design and abilities. I also liked how it looked most of the time. However by the end it still ended with the usual unsatisfying slash.
All in all I think it was a good episode, that had a nice message to convey. By the looks of it, it seems like the reason for the show title has been revealed. I leave casually optimistic for the future.
I like the new OP and ED more than the previous ones. Can't have Garo without JAM. Judging by the OP and ED it looks like it's going to turn more darker.
Episode started uninteresting to me but I think it quickly gained momentum with the introduction of the strong and cheerfull 'Tragic Princess'. Hopefully she'll play a bigger part. She's no Seimei, but she'll do. Which by the way was totally absent!
The fight was well above average in terms of this show. It was longer, more detailed and had interesting horror design and abilities. I also liked how it looked most of the time. However by the end it still ended with the usual unsatisfying slash.
All in all I think it was a good episode, that had a nice message to convey. By the looks of it, it seems like the reason for the show title has been revealed. I leave casually optimistic for the future.
OniBarubary
Banned
Yo Heavy Object is great
My understanding is that it is generally true besides a few notable exceptions. The reading level is supposed to be lower.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Yeah, and i think LN use furigana too.
Dagashi Kashi 3
I get my fix of crazy faces for today. Lovely.
Need Hotaru doing more fabulous pose.
Oh hey, we finally get the proper OP and ED animation.
I'm going to go out on a limb and crticise the dub I've heard not a thing of but the glory of Dilandau simply must be savoured in the og audio.
Also,
all dubs suck.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Gate Episode 15
Dumb boring plot focusing on worst girl. Dull.
Dumb boring plot focusing on worst girl. Dull.
Basileus777
Member
It's probably a loose suggestion like the supposed differences between Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction that are hardly followed strictly either. And successful authors can do whatever they want.
Same guy also didn't seem to like Sword Art either.
veloxStrix
Banned
Duckroll's answer is the closest, followed by the publisher answer on this page.
Can I get a source on that?
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Dimension w 2
Enjoyable. The action piece is great to look at, and the robot is cute.
Loser looks like Izanagi from P4 for some reason...
Enjoyable. The action piece is great to look at, and the robot is cute.
Loser looks like Izanagi from P4 for some reason...
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
Yeh, I can count the shows that had a few terrible, and yes, I mean genuinely terrible, first episodes and then turned around on zero hands.
Toradora will not be the exception. You do not redeem the non-existence of good character writing early on by piling it on after the fact, as I've pointed out with the mother's example.
Awesome, thanks. I love a good sci-fi series, and the specific things you mention make that sound really appealing. I was already sold merely on the premise of the vague "good space opera", but this solidifies it as something I expect to really enjoy when I do watch it.
Your unrecommendation for Zetsubou kind of makes me want to watch it first, though, haha. I'm committed to watching it if only because of my friend, and if I don't end up liking it, at least it'll be out of the way. And if I do, then hey, that's a win, too.
Who is best girl in GATE?
Rory.
OniBarubary
Banned
Dude knows what he's talking about.
Hellwarden
Member
Garo Crimson Moon Episode 14
An enjoyable fight scene at the end can't save this episode from its dull writing.
Another reason why CM is such a step down from the previous season is that it fails to make the horrors interesting. This episode's horror was a guy who fed on beautiful people, because he was obsessed with beauty. That's kind of it. The previous season had people who turned into horrors for sympathetic reasons, or at least pitiable ones. The guy in this episode just seemed like if you raised a frat guy suffering from an extreme fear of becoming elderly in medieval Japan. (He turned into a horror because of a grey hair? Really?) The villains in the previous season were evil, no doubt, but you could understand where they were coming from a lot of the time. We're 14 episodes into this series, and I have no idea why the main villains in Crimson Moon do what they do.
They seem to hate everyone in the show, so I can relate to that I guess?
"Insert whatever lame Bloodborne joke you want here."
An enjoyable fight scene at the end can't save this episode from its dull writing.
Another reason why CM is such a step down from the previous season is that it fails to make the horrors interesting. This episode's horror was a guy who fed on beautiful people, because he was obsessed with beauty. That's kind of it. The previous season had people who turned into horrors for sympathetic reasons, or at least pitiable ones. The guy in this episode just seemed like if you raised a frat guy suffering from an extreme fear of becoming elderly in medieval Japan. (He turned into a horror because of a grey hair? Really?) The villains in the previous season were evil, no doubt, but you could understand where they were coming from a lot of the time. We're 14 episodes into this series, and I have no idea why the main villains in Crimson Moon do what they do.
They seem to hate everyone in the show, so I can relate to that I guess?
veloxStrix
Banned
This is a rumor I keep seeing float around, but I've never read an interview with Ito where he expressed any dissatisfaction with the show. The closest I have heard is "I really want to work on an anime original." At one point in time, he even said SAO was his favorite anime - of course, I think SAO had just came out so I guess he would say that.
I'm 99% sure that I saw a harpy running around in the OP. I'm not sure how long Rory can hold out.
Also, there is like 2 feet of snow outside my door right now. :l
Well you're wrong about the mother and there is a ton of great character writing especially closer to the back-end but certainly evident earlier on.
It's funny you're pointing out the mother as the climax of the show partially revolves around her issues. The final arc is in some ways about the relationship between her and Ryuuji.
Regarding Zetsubou Sensei, I actually found that the second season was its strongest. While it was using the same formula as the first season, it became even more visually creative. For example, there was an entire segment where everyone was animated as paper dolls. That really elevated the material for me (which was easily on par with the first season), and off-set the repetitiveness. It did get awfully old in season 3 though, so I'm glad they stopped there.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Which season was the really abstract one of zetsubou sensei?
Because fuck that season
Because fuck that season
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Mononoke 10-12 END
Mononoke is an extensively creative and beautiful show, truly one of a kind. It is well crafted in nearly every facet, from visual direction to framing to horror to the use of color, all which serve the show very well. While the individual stories can be confusing and little is ever done explanation wise, neither of these bothered me because of how creative the show was and there is enough there to fill in the blanks for yourself. For me, the Medicine Seller is a Shinigami there to remove the Mononoke, which shouldn't exist in the human world. This is why he goes after the Mononoke that don't even seem evil, and also why he could magically appear in the Showa era in the last arc, 300 years after the setting in the previous arcs.
To classify this as horror wouldn't be incorrect, but it's a type of horror I've never seen before. Horror typically uses drab and dark colors but Mononoke is extensively colorful. It still utilizes all the horror techniques in sound design and framing but in a way I've never seen before. It's not like Kagewani or Yamishibai, it's not like the works of Junji Ito or Kazuo Umezu, it's not like Silent Hill or Fatal Frame. It's inherently unique.
The one problem I have, and this isn't the shows fault, are Crunchyrolls absolutely TERRIBLE subs. I don't know if this is on CR or Toei for providing the subs, but they are hardsubbed, the dialogue runs over other lines (for example if two characters are talking at the same time, instead of showing both lines, the one who talks second will overrun the first line even if the first line is only shown for half a second. That's not even going into typos and grammatical errors. Amateur hour is too kind for these garbage subs and they are by far the worst subs I've ever seen on a professional site.
Mononoke is truly excellent.
Mononoke is an extensively creative and beautiful show, truly one of a kind. It is well crafted in nearly every facet, from visual direction to framing to horror to the use of color, all which serve the show very well. While the individual stories can be confusing and little is ever done explanation wise, neither of these bothered me because of how creative the show was and there is enough there to fill in the blanks for yourself. For me, the Medicine Seller is a Shinigami there to remove the Mononoke, which shouldn't exist in the human world. This is why he goes after the Mononoke that don't even seem evil, and also why he could magically appear in the Showa era in the last arc, 300 years after the setting in the previous arcs.
To classify this as horror wouldn't be incorrect, but it's a type of horror I've never seen before. Horror typically uses drab and dark colors but Mononoke is extensively colorful. It still utilizes all the horror techniques in sound design and framing but in a way I've never seen before. It's not like Kagewani or Yamishibai, it's not like the works of Junji Ito or Kazuo Umezu, it's not like Silent Hill or Fatal Frame. It's inherently unique.
The one problem I have, and this isn't the shows fault, are Crunchyrolls absolutely TERRIBLE subs. I don't know if this is on CR or Toei for providing the subs, but they are hardsubbed, the dialogue runs over other lines (for example if two characters are talking at the same time, instead of showing both lines, the one who talks second will overrun the first line even if the first line is only shown for half a second. That's not even going into typos and grammatical errors. Amateur hour is too kind for these garbage subs and they are by far the worst subs I've ever seen on a professional site.
Mononoke is truly excellent.
PdotMichael
Banned
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I'd probably say Mononoke is by far the best show Cornbread has picked for Let's Watch.
Or I would, if I wasn't so madly in love with Samurai Flamenco.
Or I would, if I wasn't so madly in love with Samurai Flamenco.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Doubt its CR since the same exists on hulu, so probably cinedigm or whoever provided the subs for them.
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