What's the story there? I liked it when I watched it but I had no familiarity with the source material.
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Winter of Anime 2013 |OT -4| It's not my fault!
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What's the story there? I liked it when I watched it but I had no familiarity with the source material.
Crash Station
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Oh wow, that's the perfect answer. That's a MUCH worse adaptation of a beloved manga than Magi could ever hope to be.
Bee Train, really. Samura's art would be impossible to replicate but at least it could've been someone other than Mashimo directing it.
What didnt you like about it specifically?
The plot is the only thing that comes to mind that was the weakest element
Wow, glad I didn't even start watching that.
Expectations ratcheted up too high by that great first episode? Then it just bogs down after that.
I always enjoy it when it pops up in MADs, at least.
Me too, I loved it and still do.
Jex
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I don't deny that, theoretically, things could improve but I don't see why I should believe they might when they didn't even bother to set up the characters in a believable manner. I mean, when your set up is: "The Demon Queen loves the Hero for unspecified reasons and then persuades him to join forces with her by bouncing around and talking faux-macro economics. The Hero, as yet, has no established personality" then I don't feel like you have much to work with.
All the impressions of the show I've read have been: "Cute demon girl", "Meat etc", "Female Knight" and "Economics". That's because there's very little to say about the characters and story because they don't exist in any tangible form. It's a vehicle for discussion about Macro Economics.
incoming plot device to get naruto to fight sasuke
Jex
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I imagine that's probably the intention, to make it slightly creepy!
Jex
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It's a marathon, not a sprint. People need to go the distance!
Regulus Tera
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I imagine it has to do with the Florida plane crash thread.
This is why you stay the fuck away from religion discussions, both in real life and the internetz.
Jex
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Do the HK releases have English subtitles?
Yep, we're better off talking about non-religious, non-racial, non-sexist stuff in this board if we don't want to get banned.
Now back to our anime discussion...
Yeah!
Unknown Soldier
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You guys will never get to OT4 until you learn to finish the race!
Lets hope it stays that way.
Oh dear, one of the absolutes you mustn't do on Gaf.
Theonik
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you're the funniest wizard I know, Milamber
This is why I stay the fuck away from threads like this. They never turn out well.
Bakemonogatari 1-15[End] and Nisemonogatari 1-6
So, I started wathing this, and I couldn't stop, it got interesting and I love the constant different openings and endings as well asthe facial reactions in different art styles. Koyomi isn't exactly the best protagonist although his interactions with the "harem" are most of the time hilarious, especially since he clearly finds them all attractive in different ways but resists for a better reason than other MCs.
Overall, I think Nisemonogatari hasn't been as good so far, but Shinobu has suddenly become an interesting character, and I'm hoping Koyomi thinks more for himself on how to remove the bee from Karen.
So, I started wathing this, and I couldn't stop, it got interesting and I love the constant different openings and endings as well asthe facial reactions in different art styles. Koyomi isn't exactly the best protagonist although his interactions with the "harem" are most of the time hilarious, especially since he clearly finds them all attractive in different ways but resists for a better reason than other MCs.
Overall, I think Nisemonogatari hasn't been as good so far, but Shinobu has suddenly become an interesting character, and I'm hoping Koyomi thinks more for himself on how to remove the bee from Karen.
Jex
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Well that looks like the kind of thread that was going to cause some people to say something that would get them banned. I really don't think you should necessarily stay away from threads like this but you should think about what you're saying when you post there.
Theonik
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I think yes
Edit: Also not that while the disk art of the HK ones is the same, they come in regular BD cases with slip covers. And will sometimes lack some dub and sub options and the JP ones do. (not the ones that matter though)
Edit2: to illustrate this in Totoro's case
Audio: English, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, French, Italian, German Vs Cantonese, Japanese
Subs: English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian Vs English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese
I'm glad you're watching the show, hopefully you won't got so burned out in th
Considering that he posts in here often, that was always going to be a tall order.
Jex
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Well thanks for confirming that. At least I know that I don't need to bother watching this next week.
Why cant people just stay away from bad anime? It draws us in like moths to flame.
yn-neko hates a cat
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Does your pause button/key still work?
Jex
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Hmm, in that case I might as well buy the HK releases. Thanks.
Does Kaiki not fulfill this purpose?
firehawk12
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To be honest, I'm more concerned about on disc extras than booklets and stuff... but that's just me I suppose.
What in the world...
The girs don't all love him!
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Space Brothers 39 - so, I was a bit thrown off by what felt like a fake out, but for anyone still interested in that live action movie, the cliffhanger of this episode is the climax of the film... so if you're afraid of the film spoiling the anime, we're sort of at the point where they essentially converge.
Of course, this being the anime, I expect it to take 10 episodes to resolve this problem.
Haha, no I'm using m phone abd accidently posted before finishing the sentence.
Theonik
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You can probably get away with it yes. Also note the latest edits on what I mean in totoro's case.
Edit: Read this
*Note that for special features, the ones cut on the HK releases aren't on the US ones either and the JP ones don't have the special features with Eng subs if that matters iirc. For Nausicaa the UK one is the only one that has the 45 minute documentary with Anno subbed.
Jex
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But he's more of an antagonist.
Conveniently enough, apparently there's only about ten episodes left for the show... do you think it'll wind up ending right around where the movie did?Of course, this being the anime, I expect it to take 10 episodes to resolve this problem.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
They're all antagonists!
Oh really? lol
Well... the movie basically wraps up the cliffhanger and then adds a little bit of an addendum/denouement to make it satisfying for the average movie goer. I kind of hope the anime will resist that ending, if only because it would
shut down any possibility of season 2
Oh, pay no attention to that. We've seen and read enough light novels to know that some anime directors change some stuff around to fit anime conventions so there may be some surprises.
Then this thread would be a bit boring. I love reading GAF's reaction to old horrible anime, but yeah, too much can be a bit distressing.
Jex
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The middle of the show really sags quite badly. I basically skipped it.
Even better.
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