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Winter of Anime 2013 |OT -5| This is stupid, kayos90 sucks!
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Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
It's pretty blegh.
Well, how familiar are you with Tow Ubukata? Because...uhh...
The novel version of Mardock Scramble and the bits of Fafner he actually wrote were fine, though.
I liked Chevalier!
R_thanatos
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Ok then i might watch it in some way before the summer
WHAT ?
ok then
I didn't say I had much faith in the new GitS, but I want to believe. I love the original film and SAC. I hope they can recapture that feeling, but I suspect they won't.
Good riddance - because the let's recommend someone school days for the lulz shlock was getting old fast.
Turn-A does share some of the same issues that Phantom Menance has - mainly off the top of my head, it's handling of politics and character motivations oh and let's not forget "editing" but amusingly enough those "issues" in Turn-A tend to serve as quirks of the series, rather than outright flaws that are enough to ruin it.
It's just as shit dubbed as it is subbed though.
Some time in the ancient past, around nine months ago, I made a comment that once I moved into my new apartment I was planning on putting up those K-ON!! cloth posters that come with the BDs, and firehawk told me to post pics. I can't even find those posts now; for all I know maybe it was on IRC.
Anyway, for the sake of the AOTY voting in January I finally watched the rest of season 2 (which upgraded my opinion of the series from "great" to "it's raining") and then the movie (also fantastic - AOTY 2012), so I was in a mood to get this done. It was a bit time-consuming because they come folded in small boxes the same size as the BD cases, so you need to steam the wrinkles out of them.
Anyway, for the sake of the AOTY voting in January I finally watched the rest of season 2 (which upgraded my opinion of the series from "great" to "it's raining") and then the movie (also fantastic - AOTY 2012), so I was in a mood to get this done. It was a bit time-consuming because they come folded in small boxes the same size as the BD cases, so you need to steam the wrinkles out of them.
Jex
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Assuming you mean the television series Infinite Ryvius then yes, yes you should. I will warn you that the first few episodes can be a little confusing and the character designs aren't to everyone's taste.
I can't comment on the Mardock novels, but I loathed every last thing about Fafner, so I suppose that we're just apart on this point.
You're also the only person who's ever actually seen it!
I'll probably bump it up in the backlog when Arise gets closer to release
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Goddamn despair eyes Kotoura.
Right through the heart, every time.
;_;
Right through the heart, every time.
;_;
Chet Rippo
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Some time in the ancient past, around nine months ago, I made a comment that once I moved into my new apartment I was planning on putting up those K-ON!! cloth posters that come with the BDs, and firehawk told me to post pics. I can't even find those posts now; for all I know maybe it was on IRC.
Anyway, for the sake of the AOTY voting in January I finally watched the rest of season 2 (which upgraded my opinion of the series from "great" to "it's raining") and then the movie (also fantastic - AOTY 2012), so I was in a mood to get this done. It was a bit time-consuming because they come folded in small boxes the same size as the BD cases, so you need to steam the wrinkles out of them.
Man, I wish the Sentai release had something as cool as that. Instead I get a AMAZING Anime Network ad...
Dedication Through Light
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Isnt the movie coming with EXTENSIVE (Hopefulyl physical) extras?
Some time in the ancient past, around nine months ago, I made a comment that once I moved into my new apartment I was planning on putting up those K-ON!! cloth posters that come with the BDs, and firehawk told me to post pics. I can't even find those posts now; for all I know maybe it was on IRC.
Anyway, for the sake of the AOTY voting in January I finally watched the rest of season 2 (which upgraded my opinion of the series from "great" to "it's raining") and then the movie (also fantastic - AOTY 2012), so I was in a mood to get this done. It was a bit time-consuming because they come folded in small boxes the same size as the BD cases, so you need to steam the wrinkles out of them.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
But School Days is a good show.
Some time in the ancient past, around nine months ago, I made a comment that once I moved into my new apartment I was planning on putting up those K-ON!! cloth posters that come with the BDs, and firehawk told me to post pics. I can't even find those posts now; for all I know maybe it was on IRC.
Anyway, for the sake of the AOTY voting in January I finally watched the rest of season 2 (which upgraded my opinion of the series from "great" to "it's raining") and then the movie (also fantastic - AOTY 2012), so I was in a mood to get this done. It was a bit time-consuming because they come folded in small boxes the same size as the BD cases, so you need to steam the wrinkles out of them.
dakkumauji
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Naruto SD 45
Love is over.
I am liking that this show can basically be topical on current holidays.
Love is over.
I am liking that this show can basically be topical on current holidays.
Chet Rippo
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I think they're just on-disc extras. I don't think there is any swag that comes with it.
I was looking for this gif, thanks.
Some time in the ancient past, around nine months ago, I made a comment that once I moved into my new apartment I was planning on putting up those K-ON!! cloth posters that come with the BDs, and firehawk told me to post pics. I can't even find those posts now; for all I know maybe it was on IRC.
Anyway, for the sake of the AOTY voting in January I finally watched the rest of season 2 (which upgraded my opinion of the series from "great" to "it's raining") and then the movie (also fantastic - AOTY 2012), so I was in a mood to get this done. It was a bit time-consuming because they come folded in small boxes the same size as the BD cases, so you need to steam the wrinkles out of them.
Should've hung them up higher, near the ceiling imo.
google search + tumblr is always waiting with open arms.
That would make it harder to believe in the illusion that they're really there with you.
His bedding is near the ground, so if he hangs them up higher he can look at them without tilting his head as he falls asleep. Also it'd just look better.
dakkumauji
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I'm sure that Kobato will help him sleep instead of the K-On girls.
Heh, personally I really needed the character context and interaction episode 5 gave, rather than just the pretty transformations and supermoves from the previous episodes, so I wound up enjoying this more than epsiodes 2 through 4, but I see where you're coming from.
"Crowhorn" seems to have caught on as a name for the crow due to her being voiced by Sonozaki Mie (Barkhorn in Strike Witches).
Maybe but not necessarily.
The way the crow said it, Rei's world may have just had its own Engine that went berserk.
amishpriest99
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Joe Molotov
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Sailor Moon 39
Bout to wrap up Season 1, and it's getting pretty good. Lots of feels are happening, but it's still pretty goofy for the most part. I like how in one episode the bad guys are like "Sailor Moon is really clumsy, so let's have a princess training seminar, and the dumbest, clumsiest one will be Sailor Moon!" and then in the next two episodes they're like "We'll have a princess contest, and the most athletic, graceful one has to be Sailor Moon!" The Dark Kingdom is just throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks at this point. And Tuxedo Mask-sama is just trolling both sides, but his swag is so off the charts, he can get away with it.
Bout to wrap up Season 1, and it's getting pretty good. Lots of feels are happening, but it's still pretty goofy for the most part. I like how in one episode the bad guys are like "Sailor Moon is really clumsy, so let's have a princess training seminar, and the dumbest, clumsiest one will be Sailor Moon!" and then in the next two episodes they're like "We'll have a princess contest, and the most athletic, graceful one has to be Sailor Moon!" The Dark Kingdom is just throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks at this point. And Tuxedo Mask-sama is just trolling both sides, but his swag is so off the charts, he can get away with it.
Haganai NEXT 5
This show is so great, characters are great, Fukuen Misato is great.
By far my favorite of the season, after Vividred didn't live up to expectations.
If you spell it out straight, it's less amusing.
Haganai's had 2ch memes and manga memes since ep 1 of the first series, including this episode 5 of season 2; a lot of it doesn't really get through in English so it's actually worse than you're thinking haha.
E.g. when Rika says
This show is so great, characters are great, Fukuen Misato is great.
By far my favorite of the season, after Vividred didn't live up to expectations.
I think it's more that getting the reference is part of the fun.
If you spell it out straight, it's less amusing.
What Mandoric said.
Haha, yeah it's shameless but I still enjoy the nerd humor in stuff like Haganai and Steins;Gate.
Haganai's had 2ch memes and manga memes since ep 1 of the first series, including this episode 5 of season 2; a lot of it doesn't really get through in English so it's actually worse than you're thinking haha.
E.g. when Rika says
she's going to go "enjoy the afterglow" (Funi subs), the Japanese phrase she uses is "sage time" (賢者タイム, net slang for the period of time after masturbation/sex when sexual desire isn't clouding your mind/decisions so you have the wisdom of a sage.
, net slang for the period of time after masturbation/sex when sexual desire isn't clouding your mind/decisions so you have the wisdom of a sage.How are people who enjoyed Boku no Pico different from people who enjoyed K-on, GnP or lolibasket?
Jex
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So, with regards to the Ghost in the Shell: Arise videos:
My first reaction: is that it?
Now, it's early days still and I'm only judging the property based on the limited amount of information they've provided but I can't say that I am excited. What I can see from the trailer:
- A number of visual call backs to shots in the original movie.
- Makoto fanservice
- Explosions
- Action sequences which looks pretty in terms of animation and choreography
- No interesting animation to speak of for the rest of the trailer
- Questionable character designs
- Questionable colouring and lighting
- Questionable background art
Where's the wow factor? I would assume that Production I.G must realise that Ghost in the Shells is one of those few properties they have which is really popular outside Japan and has the potential to do well in those markets. As such they should really be brining out their big guns to totally floor us with something unexpected but powerful. By resting on established and familiar visual elements it feels like they haven't bothered to create something new and interesting - they just want to capitalise on a successful property and this is one way to do that. Nothing in the trailer grabbed my attention at all and if you imagine it unconnected to the Ghost in the Shell franchise than it's not the kind of thing that you'd even bother making a thread. A new Ghost in the Shell work should be far more ambitious and impressive than that. This trailer had no style of grace.
Now, the logical retort to all my points is: people don't like new stuff, they want more of what they've already had. Just throw on a new paint of coat, don't make something totally different because that will put people off. My response to this claim is that I don't care if people would be put off by something new or daring, I want to see that new or daring thing. I don't really care about more of the same.
Based on the director and writer's past works I can't see them topping either Mamoru Oshii's or Kenji Kamiyama's vision of Ghost in the Shell. More over, their comments about CSI and Production I.G.'s approach with many of it's recent properties has led me to doubt that they'll be producing anything that I care about.
Another problem with the whole approach that they're taking is that I honestly don't care where these characters came from. Motoko and Batou are perfectly interesting and engaging characters without a whole series of works dedicating to exploring their origins. There are very few prequels that actually add anything to a franchise overall and so I'm honestly quite sceptical of this whole approach.
My first reaction: is that it?
Now, it's early days still and I'm only judging the property based on the limited amount of information they've provided but I can't say that I am excited. What I can see from the trailer:
- A number of visual call backs to shots in the original movie.
- Makoto fanservice
- Explosions
- Action sequences which looks pretty in terms of animation and choreography
- No interesting animation to speak of for the rest of the trailer
- Questionable character designs
- Questionable colouring and lighting
- Questionable background art
Where's the wow factor? I would assume that Production I.G must realise that Ghost in the Shells is one of those few properties they have which is really popular outside Japan and has the potential to do well in those markets. As such they should really be brining out their big guns to totally floor us with something unexpected but powerful. By resting on established and familiar visual elements it feels like they haven't bothered to create something new and interesting - they just want to capitalise on a successful property and this is one way to do that. Nothing in the trailer grabbed my attention at all and if you imagine it unconnected to the Ghost in the Shell franchise than it's not the kind of thing that you'd even bother making a thread. A new Ghost in the Shell work should be far more ambitious and impressive than that. This trailer had no style of grace.
Now, the logical retort to all my points is: people don't like new stuff, they want more of what they've already had. Just throw on a new paint of coat, don't make something totally different because that will put people off. My response to this claim is that I don't care if people would be put off by something new or daring, I want to see that new or daring thing. I don't really care about more of the same.
Based on the director and writer's past works I can't see them topping either Mamoru Oshii's or Kenji Kamiyama's vision of Ghost in the Shell. More over, their comments about CSI and Production I.G.'s approach with many of it's recent properties has led me to doubt that they'll be producing anything that I care about.
Another problem with the whole approach that they're taking is that I honestly don't care where these characters came from. Motoko and Batou are perfectly interesting and engaging characters without a whole series of works dedicating to exploring their origins. There are very few prequels that actually add anything to a franchise overall and so I'm honestly quite sceptical of this whole approach.
One's hardcore pornography about little boys getting fucked.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
You are better than this, Keiichi.
On the "Talk Operation" internet show that streams on Niconico after the anime, the VAs said that the remaining episodes will share a single ending song.
Holy shit! I woke up to this. Scared the shit out of me at first.
Ohh. NICE SERIES. You might be on to something there
Misaki is adorable.
This ED is the stuff of dreams.
Absolutely not! I would wholeheartedly recommend School Days with the best of intentions. It is a great love story.
I wish they'd at least shown enough of Akane's to see her P.E. outfit disintegrate, since that's a different outfit than she was wearing the first time.
Jex
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Please, can we try and keep it clean in here!
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but there's no harm mentioning it again. The Aku no Hana anime site updated recently with some really minor stuff. First of all, there will be two early screenings for episode 1 at different venues towards the end of March. The interesting thing is that the guests at one of these venues will be the as-yet-unannounced "live action cast", while the guests at the other venue is the voice cast which has already been announced. The other update is that in the Staff section of the site, they have listed a company called Decode under "live action production".
As mentioned before, for this anime they're doing a full scale rotoscope technique. The fact that there will be a live action cast that they're actually acknowledging in the promotional efforts, and a company contracted to actually help produce the live action basis for the show, would mean that this anime is probably going to be really, really different from pretty much anything else out there. They're filming 100% of the show in live action, and then rotoscoping it into animation. As such, I wonder if the show would even require storyboards. It's going to be weiiiiiiiiiird.
As mentioned before, for this anime they're doing a full scale rotoscope technique. The fact that there will be a live action cast that they're actually acknowledging in the promotional efforts, and a company contracted to actually help produce the live action basis for the show, would mean that this anime is probably going to be really, really different from pretty much anything else out there. They're filming 100% of the show in live action, and then rotoscoping it into animation. As such, I wonder if the show would even require storyboards. It's going to be weiiiiiiiiiird.
Jex
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Sailor Moon 39
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Now that's how you do a transformation! Yes, I know it's one of those classic Hollywood movie transitions that you've probably seen hundreds of times but it still looks inherently cool.
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