OniBarubary
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But I thought people didn't like Amagi Brilliant Park.
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Winter Anime 2017 |OT| John Wick cleaning up KyoAni's mess
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I certainly dropped it quick. That's a rarity for me with Kyoani.
One where physical media does not exist
I imagine there's a whole class of anime consumers where if it's not on streaming it doesn't exist. Not unlike games and steam.
Strong imagination you have.
Not really...I know people who fit into it, who are too lazy to even download stuff. If it's not on streaming they are not interested at all.
Certainly as someone who only got into anime because of streaming and who mostly never buys anime on disc I'm the same way to a degree.
Basileus777
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Why are people surprised that some consume anime through streaming services and aren't interested in collecting discs? This is a pretty universal trend for media consumption.
I couldn't possibly comment
Asia <3
Not best girl.
Fuck it. All of them are best girls.
I think there's an art aspect of it, especially with specific anime. I myself own very few discs but the stuff that comes with them are fantastic.
Admiral Woofington
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yeah. I only buy the shows that I really like and could rewatch. One Punch Man is my next purchase.
Dedication Through Light
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The lack of streaming makes it hard to recommend stuff for people to see and no one would pay a cost to buy a disc just to check out something on recommendation.
I cant recommend gAGE even though I always want to, theres just no way for people to watch it. Still regret not buying the jpn discs
I cant recommend gAGE even though I always want to, theres just no way for people to watch it. Still regret not buying the jpn discs
I cant recommend gAGE even though I always want to, theres just no way for people to watch it. Still regret not buying the jpn discs
I imagine that'll make its way over via TRSI too even if it'll be a bit.
Paltheos
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IBO 45
Did this fucking show just use the "barely missed" plot twice? Come on.
Naturally, after being hit by an illegal weapon, Beardface has a squad of his own guys with their own banned weapons ready to go instantly. That won't look odd on the report. I mean, I understand that no one really has any interest in this revolution outside of McGillis and his followers, but Rustal has a reputation to maintain as a cool-headed, competent, respectable leader in Gjallahorn. I might be giving too much credit though - This is a series that allows characters like Iok to succeed despite casually committing war crimes and throwing his men's lives away.
... Rustal's always been fine with playing a long game though, keeping his own hands clean even if it's at the expense of lives. Why risk besmirching his reputation now when he has an overwhelming numerical advantage? Just get me to the ending already.
Did this fucking show just use the "barely missed" plot twice? Come on.
Naturally, after being hit by an illegal weapon, Beardface has a squad of his own guys with their own banned weapons ready to go instantly. That won't look odd on the report. I mean, I understand that no one really has any interest in this revolution outside of McGillis and his followers, but Rustal has a reputation to maintain as a cool-headed, competent, respectable leader in Gjallahorn. I might be giving too much credit though - This is a series that allows characters like Iok to succeed despite casually committing war crimes and throwing his men's lives away.
... Rustal's always been fine with playing a long game though, keeping his own hands clean even if it's at the expense of lives. Why risk besmirching his reputation now when he has an overwhelming numerical advantage? Just get me to the ending already.
Scum's Wish 01-07
My initial interest in the series wore through pretty quickly. The nihilistic viewpoint of sex and love is not inherently a dealbreaker, but here it feels like a narrow lens that everything in the story is viewed through. In its efforts to weave some kind of complex web of relationships the story crawls, regularly letting characters shift in and out of the picture as convenience dictates. Divorced from reality, consequence, and emotion, it's difficult to muster much interest in the internal ramblings of these characters as they string each other along to little effect. Direct character interaction feels so limited and scattershot that none of the characters really wind up coming across as all that deplorable. Stories like Oniisama e border on being classified as tragedy, but Scum's Wish finds itself in a fairly limp and uninteresting middle ground. These characters never seem to stop crying, but their suffering and internal strife feel fairly surface level and inconsequential. The show's underdeveloped understanding of the male psyche casts an ugly spotlight on the childish simplicity of this interpretation of love, and the meekly naive and repetitive depiction of sexuality deeply undercuts anything the show has to say about the physical manifestation of love. The only bodily fluid you'll regularly find in Scum's Wish are the characters' crocodile tears.
Aaronrules380
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It didn't barely miss so much as it was intentionally knocked off course
Crimson_Echidna
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You see, I actually liked the use of it here because it finally subverted
Tekkadan scraping by with their "All or Nothing" tactics. Up til now, they've made it through battles by pulling off these ballsy moves that opponents wouldn't expect. It really highlighted the severity of this war.
I'm most likely the biggest residential SAO hater around these parts...
...yet I'm still most likely going to watch the movie at some point, mostly since I've seen all of the SAO episodes, even though I hated all of them.
What's wrong with me.
I've been following this through impressions to see if I wanted to watch it later and this makes it sound like the misery x titillation is really superficial and everyon watching just wanted a wild ride. I'm a little less inclined to check it out now.
As far as I'm aware some people didn't like it for the sexual elements. The character writing was pretty solid and seemed to be the thing that people liked the most from the show.
Crimson_Echidna
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Dragon Ball Super 80:
Nice showing from Son Goku's sort of mediocre son. The animation this season has definitely taken a bump up. Kind of wish Super had this type of animation from the start.
Nice showing from Son Goku's sort of mediocre son. The animation this season has definitely taken a bump up. Kind of wish Super had this type of animation from the start.
Turin Turambar
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Oh, no, I wouldn't call it superficial, in fact that's why it has been so talked about, because it seemed at first the typical superficial trashy show but it isn't.
That said it's reaching a point where the multiple interlinked relationships, and all dripping in misery, stretch belief.
petran79
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Most of the complete series I enjoyed I discovered them myself or by accident. I dont watch as often as in the past though. Still I prefer combining new and old series. I can watch Little Witch Academia but also watch an old series from the 70s to the 90s.
For newer or long series I'd never bother to rewatch, streaming is a much better option. But for the classics pre-digital series fansubs, TV rips and DVDs are the only option.
Also if you use MadVR renderer (Windows) or mpv player (Linux), you can improve picture quality a lot with disc based media. Streaming does not have that kind of output customisation.
Sometimes if you are not in the right mood, quality doesnt matter. I remember I was turned off by watching one episode of Dear Brother. Returned to it few years later and found it as one of the best series ever. Over the course of 4 years, except Dear Brother, I discovered or tried to catch up with these series I'd never have expected to like previously. I thought I had finished with anime too and had watched everything:
Planet Survival, Yawara, Vifam, Spaceship Sagittarius, Attack No 1, Lady Georgie, La Seine no Hoshi, Twins at St Claire, Reporter Blues, Hikari no Densetsu, Ashita no Joe, Ace wo Nerae, Cutey Honey, Gallery Fake, Alpenrose, Magic Users Club OVA, Sci-Fi Harry, Kurogane Communication, Princess Yucie, Eto Ranger
Basileus777
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It was a mediocre comedy that you liked more than most of this community. Sexual elements are not why it's not remembered especially fondly.
MikeHattsu
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Nooooo
This sucks.
Part of it for me is I got so burnt in the DVD era with non anime. I have several hundred that I bought that only got watched 0-2 times. So now I rarely buy BluRays. Only the few select titles I know I will re-watch multiple times. Or if it really has extras I really want access to (even that may change if we see more digital versions with audio commentaries and the like).
I'm aware I liked it more than anyone else here. That wasn't my point though, it was mainly that the character writing was the strongest element of it and it seems that this was the aspect that others liked as well when it was airing. The two primary criticisms of the show were oriented around the sexual stuff and the fact that it wasn't geared towards the actual management of the park. I saw nearly nil talk directed towards general issues with the characters.
Dropped getflix an email, 15 minutes later they had fixed it. Or so it seems. Here's hoping they don't get as hardcore as netflix.
hosannainexcelsis
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Hmm, let's actually flashback to impressions posted here about the first episode.
duckroll said:
Haly said:
Jexhius said:
Cornbread78
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Fairy Tail ep.82
Damm Carla, way to go. They are in a super shitty spot now due to her "information." Gotta feel bad for her here...
Paltheos
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Oh, they definitely have their comeuppance coming. I have two problems with how the show does it:
1) Using the same plot device twice is unimaginative.
2) They're not losing as a consequence of the tactics they usually employ, nor is the show demonstrating that they're ineffective.
This plan would have worked if Mikazuki had stopped Julietta from interfering.
What I thought would happen, and what I believe what would have been a better idea is this plan working entirely - The Arianrod flagship is destroyed, Rustal killed, maybe Iok surviving (knowing this show, I thought he would survive but either way is narratively acceptable I guess), Galileo taking the reins of the fleet as a member of the Seven Stars, and rallying the forces to defeat McGillis and Tekkadan. It's much more satisfying. Galileo still gets to complete his story and, for Tekkadan, they're defeated despite doing their usual thing flawlessly: Sneaky strategies won't always win the day and sometimes you should just settle to avoid worse outcomes.
What I thought would happen, and what I believe what would have been a better idea is this plan working entirely - The Arianrod flagship is destroyed, Rustal killed, maybe Iok surviving (knowing this show, I thought he would survive but either way is narratively acceptable I guess), Galileo taking the reins of the fleet as a member of the Seven Stars, and rallying the forces to defeat McGillis and Tekkadan. It's much more satisfying. Galileo still gets to complete his story and, for Tekkadan, they're defeated despite doing their usual thing flawlessly: Sneaky strategies won't always win the day and sometimes you should just settle to avoid worse outcomes.
names2hard4you
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Sangatsu - 19
Really good episode. Really interested in seeing the outcome of this match.
Really good episode. Really interested in seeing the outcome of this match.
I really don't like digging up people's old posts as stances change on something like this and I'm not even trying to argue whether the show actually is good or not. I was incorrect in stating that there were low amounts of criticism directed towards the characters on this forum (although one of the posts you cite is more premise oriented but whatever). However I don't feel incorrect in stating that people who either finished or watched a good chunk of the show thought the characters were the strongest aspect of it.
Midonin said:
Admiral Woofington said:
cajunator said:
There's also multiple reviews offsite that go into the show and the characters are generally brought up as a highlight.
http://anitay.kinja.com/ani-tay-review-amagi-brilliant-park-1676761418
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/amagi-brilliant-park/episodes-1-12/.88892
http://kotaku.com/few-anime-are-as-fun-as-amagi-brilliant-park-1679826841
http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Anime/News1/Review-Amagi-Brilliant-Park-8349.aspx
Even the shitty MAL reviews go on about the characters. I feel confident in saying that the strongest part of the show was the character writing.
Basileus777
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Why first episode impressions? That's not the period I'd snapshot for impressions.
names2hard4you
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Zestiria - 20
So was Alisha's father surrounded in
Wonder if the show will answer these questions. At any rate, seems Sorey and the gang have trouble coming their way very soon.
So was Alisha's father surrounded in
malevolence because of the medicine he was being given? Or perhaps he too was a bad person?
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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The ultimate proxy war will happen when someone starts to use old DTL posts for their arguments.
Hellwarden
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Dragon Ball Super 80
I wonder if we're gonna learn how exactly they're graded. Part of me wonders if it's just, "Oh, they don't amuse me as much as others." It's not really scientific or thought out at all.
WHOOOOO, NOT DEAD LAST! Also, are you evil short stuff?
I wonder if we're gonna learn how exactly they're graded. Part of me wonders if it's just, "Oh, they don't amuse me as much as others." It's not really scientific or thought out at all.
hosannainexcelsis
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Eh, they were the easiest to find. I don't have a real stance on Amagi Brilliant Park myself since I haven't watched the show itself, except that everything I've seen from it looks ugly. I just raised my eyebrow at Jarmel saying that no one on GAF ever expressed concerns over the character writing in Amagi since that didn't jive with my recollections, and doing some searching confirmed that my memory was not faulty in that regard.
Basileus777
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Fair enough, but I don't think first episode impressions will tell you how characters were received. 20 minutes isn't enough to judge that.
I'd be done down a poster that stans for DTL and endlessly quotes him. A bizzaro Nintendoman.
Basileus777
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Oshii GITS is the only worthwhile GITS.
names2hard4you
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Gundam IBO - 45
This week's episode was wild. It's pretty impressive that we get 2D mech fight episodes of this calibre 45 episodes in.
This week's episode was wild. It's pretty impressive that we get 2D mech fight episodes of this calibre 45 episodes in.
I saw Shino's death from a mile away though. Way too many flags.
I was going to say that the opinion of SAC is not quite as settled as some think. Some at least find it boring as fuck and not worth watching at all.
names2hard4you
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Yeah idk what's gonna happen. There doesn't seem to be any indication of "an end". Also, lot's of folks are saying there is still tons of stuff left. Maybe we will get a S3? Or a movie?
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