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Winter Anime 2016 |OT| Celebrating the New Year and PSO2's release in the west!
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Like all Bamco titles, I'm waiting for it to be $20 about 7 weeks after it's launch.
hosannainexcelsis
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For bad anime, sure.
God Eater - Episode 1
It begins, the regrettable journey...
I remember watching this when it first aired. My thoughts on it have not changed. This is total tryhard edgelord material unfiltered and undiluted, with some of the best production values, art direction, cinematography, and music for TV anime. Hirao and Ufotable really knocks it out of the park with the visuals, and there's such a polished look to everything. The three dimensional look everything has with the stylized shading is really attractive as well. The best thing about the direction though, are how sleek the transitions are and how smooth the execution is. Top-tier stuff.
There is literally not a single good thing I can say about the writing though. The setting is derivative, the character archetypes are generic to the max, and the the entire tone panders so hard to edgelord fans I feel like I'm getting cut every second of the way. It hurts. It hurts... so good.
Will watch episode 2 later. Please pray for me.
It begins, the regrettable journey...
I remember watching this when it first aired. My thoughts on it have not changed. This is total tryhard edgelord material unfiltered and undiluted, with some of the best production values, art direction, cinematography, and music for TV anime. Hirao and Ufotable really knocks it out of the park with the visuals, and there's such a polished look to everything. The three dimensional look everything has with the stylized shading is really attractive as well. The best thing about the direction though, are how sleek the transitions are and how smooth the execution is. Top-tier stuff.
There is literally not a single good thing I can say about the writing though. The setting is derivative, the character archetypes are generic to the max, and the the entire tone panders so hard to edgelord fans I feel like I'm getting cut every second of the way. It hurts. It hurts... so good.
Will watch episode 2 later. Please pray for me.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
the only thing i remember about the god eater anime was the shots they used for that one girls boobs
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I mean, I have very low expectations of dubs so I was expecting complete crap. It sounded like they at least tried with this one anyway. I assume this was a Bang Zoom job, and I guess I rate them higher than Funimation's internal dubs (particularly since they have to "speed dub" simulcasts now) so there's that.
S2 is just better, so there's that.
hosannainexcelsis
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Hirao is admirably ambitious, though he really overuses slow motion here. And yeah, there's nothing of narrative worth about God Eater.
Thinking about it, almost all the dubbed anime I ever watched were all action shows because of Toonami. I don't think I've really sat down and been like "you know, I'm going to watch the dubbed version of this romcom instead of the subbed version".
Huh. Unconscious bias.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
For me it's an easy excuse to revisit a show and watch it in the background. I probably wouldn't have rewatched Love Live otherwise.
(Long Live Sunshine)
hosannainexcelsis
Member
This Luger Code 1951 thing sounds potentially interesting. At any rate, I'm curious to see how Shinya Takahashi will fare at directing; he's a pretty good animator.
I think I counted at least 6 instances of the "close up on feet" -> "go into slow-mo" -> "zoom more" -> "speed up instantly' -> "follow cam" technique in the first episode alone! It just adds to the tryhard feel of the entire show, where it REALLY wants to be "intense", "cool", and "edgy". I give it 11 out of 10 for effort!
Windtalkers for furries?
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Speaking of Shinya Takahashi makes me wish Maido! Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku was subbed so more people could experience this amazingness.
The Hosodapocalypse never ended.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
seconded
So I got a response from the person in charge of the skip beat indiegogo campaign.
Due to responses from myself and others they have decided to go ahead with the campaign launch as originally planned at noon EST on march 1st. (they were thinking about delaying it) Apparently I wasn't the only one that said that the preview sign up numbers didn't represent the number of people willing to back it. (they are hoping for 500 backers, about 30% of the goal reached in the first 3 days, if funimation can do that and more in 24 hours for merely a new dub for an older series hopefully this one can make it)
Despite the fact that indiegogo isn't kickstarter and they will take your money right away I hope that people will pledge right away for it if they can (the pledge levels looked great and for the most part just build upon each other unlike funimation's). If everyone sucks and the campaign fails the project is on flexible which means there is some risk as they keep your money either way (I really wish it was on fixed, but given they have released stuff in the past I doubt they would take your money and just run, projects in the past have either refunded money if they fail, or have attempted to give out rewards even if they don't make it by securing funding elsewhere). I hope that even if people don't personally want Skip Beat that you will spread the word as much as possible, as another player bringing overlooked shows over is a good thing for fans of those series, and while Skip Beat might not be a series you love a different series that you love could be the next one if the project succeeds.
Remember while the project is aiming to get a dub for skip beat, it's all or nothing. TV Tokyo wouldn't let them license the show without producing a dub for it, so if you want a legal north american version of skip beat even if you hate dubs, please still back the project because if it fails there won't be a sub only version, it just won't come out.
Due to responses from myself and others they have decided to go ahead with the campaign launch as originally planned at noon EST on march 1st. (they were thinking about delaying it) Apparently I wasn't the only one that said that the preview sign up numbers didn't represent the number of people willing to back it. (they are hoping for 500 backers, about 30% of the goal reached in the first 3 days, if funimation can do that and more in 24 hours for merely a new dub for an older series hopefully this one can make it)
Despite the fact that indiegogo isn't kickstarter and they will take your money right away I hope that people will pledge right away for it if they can (the pledge levels looked great and for the most part just build upon each other unlike funimation's). If everyone sucks and the campaign fails the project is on flexible which means there is some risk as they keep your money either way (I really wish it was on fixed, but given they have released stuff in the past I doubt they would take your money and just run, projects in the past have either refunded money if they fail, or have attempted to give out rewards even if they don't make it by securing funding elsewhere). I hope that even if people don't personally want Skip Beat that you will spread the word as much as possible, as another player bringing overlooked shows over is a good thing for fans of those series, and while Skip Beat might not be a series you love a different series that you love could be the next one if the project succeeds.
Remember while the project is aiming to get a dub for skip beat, it's all or nothing. TV Tokyo wouldn't let them license the show without producing a dub for it, so if you want a legal north american version of skip beat even if you hate dubs, please still back the project because if it fails there won't be a sub only version, it just won't come out.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Rose of Versailles 02
ah, yes; this must be what they call "shojo", a true art form
ah, yes; this must be what they call "shojo", a true art form
I actually thought it got better over time. I bailed on S1 but for some reason tried it again with S2 and didnt mind it then. Its also one of the handful where I watched the dub.
Rakugo 8
Great episode. Have to respect Bon for at least being somewhat honest with Miyokichi and breaking up with her. He's a weird contrast that he can portray women so well in his Rakugo but is awful around them or uninterested in real life.
Two big laughs in this one. When the master started talking about Sukeroku the train goes into a dark tunnel. It was on the nose but in a hilarious way like he was saying "ah fuck that guys a trainwreck". And then Bon just coincidentally appearing when Sukeroku and Miyokichi hug.
Great episode. Have to respect Bon for at least being somewhat honest with Miyokichi and breaking up with her. He's a weird contrast that he can portray women so well in his Rakugo but is awful around them or uninterested in real life.
Two big laughs in this one. When the master started talking about Sukeroku the train goes into a dark tunnel. It was on the nose but in a hilarious way like he was saying "ah fuck that guys a trainwreck". And then Bon just coincidentally appearing when Sukeroku and Miyokichi hug.
ThatChairMan
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Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer
I didn't expect a series that started off about Gundam terrorists to end up being a poor man's Fafner.
I didn't expect a series that started off about Gundam terrorists to end up being a poor man's Fafner.
Hellwarden
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this is an A+ combination of words
This serious trailer for this goofy ass figure has me cracking up lol
I've watched the first nine episodes now and I still think it is shit. Will never trust you again, but I shouldn't have with your Monogatari avatar.
Edit: Talking about Concrete Revolutio
I've watched the first nine episodes now and I still think it is shit. Will never trust you again, but I shouldn't have with your Monogatari avatar.
Edit: Talking about Concrete Revolutio
I didn't really like Concrete at first, but in the final ~3 episodes it made a bit more sense and we got something similar to a coherent plotline. As soon as THAT happend, the shows was good. At least it was good enough that I will watch S2 now. If the last 3 episodes wouldn't have been like that I wouldn't have bothered with S2.
Crash Station
Member
Cyber Sleuth is Persona 4 with Danganronpa music. Stop lying to people by saying it's other things.
Read the manga. It has dick beam:
SliceSabre
Banned
Got it, beat it, loved it.
Maybe you're the one who should stop lying.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Sölf;197096080 said:
People's dislike for Concrete Revolutio is more confusing to me than the show itself.
That's not really true. Even Tanaka's soundtrack for Cyber Sleuth is distinctly different from his Danganronpa soundtracks.
schwarzesmarken 7-8
I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a comedy or not, I can't tell sometimes, it can be quite funny.
This is gotta be the worst little sister in anime history, rofl. In the torture scenes she's just ridiculous.
Everyone in the show is so goddamn stupid. They don't know if they can start the revolution or not without some hero, then they debate if their hero is strong enough or not. facepalm
I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a comedy or not, I can't tell sometimes, it can be quite funny.
This is gotta be the worst little sister in anime history, rofl. In the torture scenes she's just ridiculous.
Everyone in the show is so goddamn stupid. They don't know if they can start the revolution or not without some hero, then they debate if their hero is strong enough or not. facepalm
We watched that in our weekly stream when it aired and I know Chariot really loved it. For me, every episode felt the same:
- You have a scene at point X in time with the new important character of the episode.
- You either continue from there on or go back or forth to another point in time which centers around this character. That conflict then gets resolved.
- You have a timeskip over sucky event X which we never see happening, we only know it's bad.
- You see the episode important character, the main character who seems to be evil now because of sucky event X which we never see happening and after ~30-60 seconds the episode ends.
- Rinse and repeat in the next episode.
Only the last 3 episodes somehow tell a coherent plot that doesn't have this exact chain of events which every other episode has. I dare to say you can compare it to the SAW franchise. The very first movie (or here, the first episode) was good. Even great. The second was different enough, but basically had the same formula. And after that, each movie felt the same. You only waited for the big twist that was definitly going to happen in the last 5 minutes of the movie. And here you just waited for the time skip over sucky event X to happen.
names2hard4you
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Thanks guys! This is my first time interviewing for an office job in my field, so fingers crossed. I've got another one for tomorrow too, so I feel like if I do well today, the one for tomorrow or any others that I get until the end of this month, will become easier and easier.
At first I misread what Cornbread said as "kiss ass" and I was going to advice you not to, lol. All the best!
Dedication Through Light
Member
Eguchi in the lead role? Yes please.
Good luck!
MikeHattsu
Member
Good luck
Digimon Savers 01
Well that was probably my least favourite first episode of any Digimon series. Masaru is a pretty annoying protagonist and Agumon was fairly annoying too. Hope it gets better, really in the mood to watch more Digimon.
Well that was probably my least favourite first episode of any Digimon series. Masaru is a pretty annoying protagonist and Agumon was fairly annoying too. Hope it gets better, really in the mood to watch more Digimon.
It's so good! Buy it and support more Digimon! Considering how much it has been selling out it might take a bit longer to drop it price.
names2hard4you
Member
Means a lot, thanks guys now I'm pumped! Off I go!
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