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Winter Anime 2017 |OT| John Wick cleaning up KyoAni's mess
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GoldCrusader
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Gundam Iron blooded orphans
Paltheos
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It's not too common for the second season to be a dramatic improvement over the 1st, especially if production studios change. A couple examples come to mind of shows getting much better in some ways and worse than others.
Higurashi and SNAFU for instance are both much better looking shows in S2 but they both lose something imo. Some of Higurashi's appeal imo is that the art looked cheap - It looked like a cheap, moe cash-in show. When shit then hit the fan the visuals onscreen clashed with my expectations of a show drawn like this. SNAFU S2 also has much better art and animation, but the show... was more difficult to watch, and this may have been an issue with the source material and not the direction or it could just be me, but I had a tougher time following the events of S2, and I'm pretty sure I have a better grasp on it than most people who watched it do (as a comparison, there are allot of people out there who believe that SNAFU's a romance show, which despite the obvious, typical-anime visual cues, in the context of SNAFU they are not).
Browsing through my MAL... I'm gonna go with Slayers NEXT as most improved between seasons. I don't know how well Slayers holds up now, at all, but for the time NEXT was a dramatic improvement over the original TV series. The first Slayers anime is a stiffer affair that took itself a bit too seriously and sometimes bogged itself down with boring subplots (remember that episode Lina's evading capture from thugs because she got her period and can't use her magical powers effectively because of it!). Slayers NEXT throws that shit out the window. It quickly gathers the main cast together, doesn't waste so much time on exposition, and most importantly spends a bunch of episodes on fun fluff, which is really where Slayers shined brightest.
SliceSabre
Banned
Slayers should honestly be the next old classic I need to watch since I only saw bits of it via Anime Network.
Hmm, 78 episodes and 7 films. Less than I thought.
Hmm, 78 episodes and 7 films. Less than I thought.
ThatChairMan
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Fafner.
Cornbread78
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Chaika ep.7
My goodness, this scene was hilarious. Akari was one thing, but then Frederica jumping into it was hilarious. Nice punches too! The characters are all still really good in the show, but do we still have more hints at a budding love triangle here?
My goodness, this scene was hilarious. Akari was one thing, but then Frederica jumping into it was hilarious. Nice punches too! The characters are all still really good in the show, but do we still have more hints at a budding love triangle here?
PshycoNinja
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Seriously. Fuuka deserves to be dropped off the corner of the planet and go ruin someone else's life.
Easy: Clannad: After Story
hosannainexcelsis
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Future Boy Conan 26 END
And thus the story ends where it began, on Remnant Island - now much bigger after the ecological catastrophe that caused Industria to sink into the sea. That's the final capstone on a story whose major theme has been the passing of a world that lusts after technological power to be used for domination and violence and the emergence of a new healthier world which lives in harmony with nature and each other. It's a good bookend to a strong adventure show. Even though this came before all of Miyazaki's famous films, I'd still say this contains some of his best work. It's a polished production from beginning to end, with Nizo Yamamoto's lush art direction being a constant standout, and the storytelling is straightforward and child-friendly without feeling a need to dumb itself down for the sake of younger audiences. The influence of the adaptations of classic children's literature that Nippon Animation had been working on for World Masterpiece Theater can be clearly felt. Future Boy Conan comes close to being the Platonic ideal of children's entertainment.
And thus the story ends where it began, on Remnant Island - now much bigger after the ecological catastrophe that caused Industria to sink into the sea. That's the final capstone on a story whose major theme has been the passing of a world that lusts after technological power to be used for domination and violence and the emergence of a new healthier world which lives in harmony with nature and each other. It's a good bookend to a strong adventure show. Even though this came before all of Miyazaki's famous films, I'd still say this contains some of his best work. It's a polished production from beginning to end, with Nizo Yamamoto's lush art direction being a constant standout, and the storytelling is straightforward and child-friendly without feeling a need to dumb itself down for the sake of younger audiences. The influence of the adaptations of classic children's literature that Nippon Animation had been working on for World Masterpiece Theater can be clearly felt. Future Boy Conan comes close to being the Platonic ideal of children's entertainment.
nintendoman58
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Don't know if it was posted, but Gundam 00 Seasons 1 and 2 are on Crunchyroll.
Watch Season 1, then the first and last episodes of Season 2.
Then pretend the rest of the show doesn't exist. Thank me later.
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
Watch Season 1, then the first and last episodes of Season 2.
Then pretend the rest of the show doesn't exist. Thank me later.
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
Razgriz-Specter
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Man why are SAO tickets so expensive?
$3.50 more than Liemax 3D, $4.50 than an actual Imax.
$3.50 more than Liemax 3D, $4.50 than an actual Imax.
Fathom Events want their cash.
Easy:
SNAFU
This scene is by far my favorite scene in SNAFU. Hachiman knows exactly what to say at just the right time.
Cornbread78
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The rest of that conversation was outstanding as well. Sensei truly is amazing and knows what buttons to push. I want the Vita "sensei route" animated, lol.
Watched some Akiba's Trip, and I'd say it's just really generic with what I got to see in the first two episodes. Boring protagonist, cookie-cutter supporting cast, generic action and comedy... meh.
On the other hand, Konosuba was still on-point this week, and Kobayashi was okay as well (even though I didn't really like the Elma or Lucoa skits). In the latter show, I'd say it's nice when characters get to talk and interact with each other in ways that don't bring up their informed character traits over and over (ie: Riko fawning over Kana, Lucoa's breasts being absurdly large).
It ended a bit over five hours ago if that was the case, though.
On the other hand, Konosuba was still on-point this week, and Kobayashi was okay as well (even though I didn't really like the Elma or Lucoa skits). In the latter show, I'd say it's nice when characters get to talk and interact with each other in ways that don't bring up their informed character traits over and over (ie: Riko fawning over Kana, Lucoa's breasts being absurdly large).
It ended a bit over five hours ago if that was the case, though.
Razgriz-Specter
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Kinda surprised me though considering the few of their showings I had seen were the basic $9.50 let alone nearly $17
Just the subtle look on her face as she goes from "this is my punk kid brother type" to "I dunno if I should be attracted to him right now."
petran79
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Rarely have I also seen such a deviation from the source material. In the short novel by Alexander Key, Conan is an adult, same for the girl.
Miyazaki had that stance back then because it was his first attempt to direct a series. In his later work he expressed his opinion in a much better way.
Stein's Gate deservingly gets the best sci-fi anime award of those years. Unfortunately scifi anime were in a steady decline at that time.
Compared to masterpieces like Ergo Proxy, I wouldnt even bother watching if they were released the same year.
Cornbread78
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in case you guys missed this: casual reminder, lol
PdotMichael
Banned
What are you talking?
Madoka Magica was awarded a Seiun Award for "Best Media" at the 2012 Japan Science Fiction Convention
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Pokemon Sun and Moon 17
Akuma confirmed for Pokken Tournament
Akuma confirmed for Pokken Tournament
Intro to new Cartoon Network show called OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
Linking it here cause turns out it's storyboarded by Hiroyuki Imaishi.
Linking it here cause turns out it's storyboarded by Hiroyuki Imaishi.
Yep I can definitely tell.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
You can tell from the very first shot of the light beams shooting out from behind the planet.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
This series has been so disjointed it's pretty funny. Like, Yu spent the first couple of episodes rather obsessive over Fuuka after going on a single (not) date with her. Then Koyuki comes back into the picture and at first Yu comes off as rather oblivious to her having a crush on him and then suddenly, apparently, falls in love with her after her psycho fanboys almost lynch him.
I mean, I guess it's better than going full-Re:Zero and having Yu refer to Koyuki as his "#2."
Admiral Woofington
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Thor 2: Ze Dark warudo
Cornbread78
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Vampire Knight ep.4
Ok, this just might be too Goth Shoujo for me afterall.
Ok, this just might be too Goth Shoujo for me afterall.
Yes.
As much as I enjoyed this series (definitely one of the best from the 70s), I always find myself annoyed at Miyazaki's anti-technology ideas. It's especially prevalent in this series, and it bugged me a bit to be honest. I understand that he believes that everyone will just be all happy and harmonious when living simple lives with nature and all, but it just strikes me as regressive.
Just watched Miss Hokusai thinking it would be pretty interesting. Maybe I did not catch the message it sent.
What are the good anime films out there besides Ghibli? I have seen quite a few anime films:
Wolf Children
Tokyo Godfathers
Tekkon Kinkreet
Steamboy
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Summer Wars
Miss Hokusai
Digimon
Pokémon
Sword of the Stranger
Metropolis
Akira
Redline
And more....
What are the good anime films out there besides Ghibli? I have seen quite a few anime films:
Wolf Children
Tokyo Godfathers
Tekkon Kinkreet
Steamboy
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Summer Wars
Miss Hokusai
Digimon
Pokémon
Sword of the Stranger
Metropolis
Akira
Redline
And more....
PshycoNinja
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Ghost in the Shell
Garden of Words
Your Name
Those are ones I think are a good start.
Garden of Words
Your Name
Those are ones I think are a good start.
Dedication Through Light
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Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer
KillerMan91
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Going to watch In this corner of the world next weekend (Asian films festival here in Helsinki). Excited. Only read good things about the movie.
GoldCrusader
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Psychic Wars
5cm per second
Psycho pass the movie
Endless Walz
Evangelion 1.11, 2.22, 3.33
Digimon Tri
Naruto The last
Bleach Hellverse
Gundam thuderbolt December sky
Cardcaptor Sakura movie 1 and 2
Fafner Heaven and Earth
Black Butler book of murder.
You are going to need to watch some series before some of these movies though.
hosannainexcelsis
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I haven't read The Incredible Tide, but I did look at a summary of it so I was aware of some of the changes Miyazaki made to his version. I assume he reduced the age of the protagonists due to the younger audience he was aiming for.
Still, if you want to see a major deviation from the source material, look no farther than Miyazaki's own Howl's Moving Castle, which starts from the same premise as Jones' original novel but pretty much abandons the novel entirely to go in its own direction.
As far as his anti-technology stance goes, you have to remember that in the 1970s the world was still in a Cold War with the threat of nuclear destruction looming. I imagine the specter of nuclear warfare was felt especially strongly in Japan, which is still the only country that has gone through attacks by nuclear weapons on their soil. Hiroshima and Nagasaki give some context for the feeling that scientists are prone to unleashing terrible dangers upon the world that could be used for great evil if not unchecked.
I believe technology is at the end of a day a tool that can be used for good or evil depending on how humans choose to use it, and Future Boy Conan's view of technology is particularly unsubtle and too one-sided in its rejection of industrial and post-industrial technology. Nevertheless, I still have some sympathy for Miyazaki's position. Miyazaki has said that he hated growing up in the Showa era in Japan because "nature was being destroyed in the name of economic progress." That reminds me of my experiences growing up. My grandparents took all their children and grandchildren to the beach on the Outer Banks of North Carolina each summer, from shortly after I was born all through the point where I went off to college. Over the course of those years, I saw the northern Outer Banks develop from a very sparsely populated area, where the nearest grocery store would take an hour to drive to and wild horses would come up and graze on the lawn of the house where we stayed, to a wildly densely developed area with houses, hotels, restaurants, and resorts dotting every square inch of ground, the beaches thick with swarms of people, and the wild horses driven far away. When I think back on the changes that took place there, I can't help but be wistful for what was lost through the progress of commercial development.
That's true, the context of the show's time and place of production need to be accounted for. Looking at it that way, I can understand it a little more now.
Sometimes I miss being around less busy, quieter areas too. The city can wear me out at times. I don't think I'd ever want to go fully rural, though; I'm too attached to my tech.
Cornbread78
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Chaika ep.8
Oh poor naive Chaika. Just admit it, you want Taru..
Oh poor naive Chaika. Just admit it, you want Taru..
Masamune-kun no Revenge #10
The show is getting dumber with each episode, which is kind of sad, because the last two episodes had some nice drama going on with more than enough implications how Masamune's revenge plan can have some really bad consequences. Now it's getting really cartoonish, though.
Still have to catch up on Kuzu no Honkai (currently at Ep.3) and KonoSuba 2 (Ep.6). This will be fun.
So that's what this is all about. Oh, well.
The show is getting dumber with each episode, which is kind of sad, because the last two episodes had some nice drama going on with more than enough implications how Masamune's revenge plan can have some really bad consequences. Now it's getting really cartoonish, though.
Still have to catch up on Kuzu no Honkai (currently at Ep.3) and KonoSuba 2 (Ep.6). This will be fun.
Going from Symphogear S1 to S2 felt like a pretty big jump in quality to me.
Cornbread78
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Nana ep.9
Gotta admit, I loved Nana's musical tie-in with the OP at the end. That was pretty badass; no wonder Hachi sounded star struck.
Gotta admit, I loved Nana's musical tie-in with the OP at the end. That was pretty badass; no wonder Hachi sounded star struck.
SliceSabre
Banned
Akiba's Trip 10
Cute and she knows how to put away a lot of food. In essence, perfect.
Cute and she knows how to put away a lot of food. In essence, perfect.
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