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Winter of Anime 2013 |OT -6| How much lower can we go?!
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Hey man, don't forget Azazel-san. Or Azazel-san Z coming this Spring. Mizushima returns.
Jex
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I want to believe.
I can think of a number of mystery anime:
- Dragon Age
- Mass Effect
- Eureka Seven AO
- Blood-C The Last Dark
Unfortunately the mystery in all of those cases is why they were ever made in the first place.
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2 tbh
Theonik
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WhyAnime.gifI can think of a number of mystery anime:
- Dragon Age
- Mass Effect
- Eureka Seven AO
- Blood-C The Last Dark
Unfortunately the mystery in all of those cases is why they were ever made in the first place.
Oh, completely missed that bit.
But, unlike most of those other things (well, Eureka AO is probably an edge-case, in that I know a bunch of people who like it), Milky Holmes 2 was actually pretty entertaining, admittedly in an incredibly stupid way.
Jex
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I can think of a number of mystery anime:
- Dragon Age
- Mass Effect
- Eureka Seven AO
- Blood-C The Last Dark
Unfortunately the mystery in all of those cases is why they were ever made in the first place.
I think I can solve all these mysteries, even though I am sure you already have.
The Dragon Age and Mass Effect anime were both created for the same reason - as part of EA's general multi-media approach to pushing their IP's out into a ton of other mediums e.g. graphic novels, books and so forth with the idea that this will create a long-lasting property that can generate revenue via a variety of sources. Anime fans and video game fans have to cross over at some point, so why not exploit that demographic?
Eureka Seven AO was clearly created to give Eureka Seven fans the follow-up they deserved after that poorly received movie.
Blood-C The Last Dark was created to steal money from the Japanese government and to troll the extremely small number of people who actually enjoyed the TV series.
From the New World 22
Caught some negative commentary about this ep the other day, but I can't say I understand why. It was certainly a slower paced episode, setting up further developments as they search for this new weapon, but I didn't have any issues with what was happening. Although the sense of smell thing was over the top. The direction and visuals remained consistent with previous episodes, so there was no drop in quality there.
I feel like
Caught some negative commentary about this ep the other day, but I can't say I understand why. It was certainly a slower paced episode, setting up further developments as they search for this new weapon, but I didn't have any issues with what was happening. Although the sense of smell thing was over the top. The direction and visuals remained consistent with previous episodes, so there was no drop in quality there.
I feel like
that they are being lead into a trap, like Yakomaru wants them to find this weapon so he can use it against them. He must be aware of what it is at least. I'm not entirely convinced that Kiroumaru is on their side either. Also, how the hell did Inui escape from the rats during his mission if their sense of smell is that good. Finally, I'm quite convinced that this tunnel system is a pretty similar environment to the one seen in Saki's dream from episode 16. If what we saw this week was only the tip of the iceberg, then it wouldn't surprise me if it begins to mirror that dreamworld even more next week.
Dedication Through Light
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Hunter x Hunter 69
Well that was a fun episode. Really impressed with the power of the opponent and then making the actual premise behind Greed Island and its secret known to the people involved. Im surprised the characters didnt have lasting reactions towards that. Addition, flying? will we soon finally get nen beam blasts? Please?
Favorite moment:
Also playing the One on One Match Electron Avalanche Remix I think in this episode is easily one of the best songs in the whole anime, it always pumps me up for this anime, so ready for the next episode.
Well that was a fun episode. Really impressed with the power of the opponent and then making the actual premise behind Greed Island and its secret known to the people involved. Im surprised the characters didnt have lasting reactions towards that. Addition, flying? will we soon finally get nen beam blasts? Please?
Favorite moment:
Gon being completely blasted out of his shoes when he took the hit and right back up begging for more, I bet he'll be able to catch and throw it back by end game I hope, and ultimately, Killua too. Wonder if Hisoka and Bisky can do likewise, no way they can lose, hopefully
Also playing the One on One Match Electron Avalanche Remix I think in this episode is easily one of the best songs in the whole anime, it always pumps me up for this anime, so ready for the next episode.
A troll of a troll.
If you like bizarre mysterious stuff you might like Shin Sekai Yori/From the New world
Jex
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Well, watching Blood-C left me with the distinct impression that the writers hated you, and me, and Fred, and babies born five seconds ago and well, in general, everyone. It should come as no surprise that they seek to disappoint us at every turn.
RurouniZel
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R_thanatos, instead of being super productive this week I've spent this weekend watching various Slayers stuff and listening to Slayers songs.
I'm holding you responsible. ;P (I'm exaggerating, as I run "Give a Reason" in the background).
I'm holding you responsible. ;P (I'm exaggerating, as I run "Give a Reason" in the background).
That song is fantastic. There is absolutely nothing wrong with doing this. I dare call that music inspirational.
RurouniZel
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It is quite an uplifting song, that's for sure.
I'm also rather fond of Slayers: Revolution's OP, Plenty of Grit.
Dinner ep.1
Yaaaaay, another drama revolving around food. Don't know if this will be better than Hungry! but we'll see.
Not much to say about this first episode, we just get to learn about the restaurant's issues and all that stuff. The new chef seems badass even though he will start working in the next episode. His personality clashes with the restaurant's own standards so it will be interesting to see how this evolves.
The whole crew has their own personnal issues that were introduced in this first episode, I'm really curious to see how this can influences the restaurant's life.
I have just one problem, I can't stand when they speak Italian... And that's coming from a guy whose mother is from Italian descent. I just don't like the language, same goes for Spanish, Portuguese... Welp.
It was good, will watch the entire series.
Oh and the main girl is beautiful. She has super interesting pictures on Google (Kurashina Kana).
Yaaaaay, another drama revolving around food. Don't know if this will be better than Hungry! but we'll see.
Not much to say about this first episode, we just get to learn about the restaurant's issues and all that stuff. The new chef seems badass even though he will start working in the next episode. His personality clashes with the restaurant's own standards so it will be interesting to see how this evolves.
The whole crew has their own personnal issues that were introduced in this first episode, I'm really curious to see how this can influences the restaurant's life.
I have just one problem, I can't stand when they speak Italian... And that's coming from a guy whose mother is from Italian descent. I just don't like the language, same goes for Spanish, Portuguese... Welp.
It was good, will watch the entire series.
Oh and the main girl is beautiful. She has super interesting pictures on Google (Kurashina Kana).
Dedication Through Light
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Fate/Stay Night 1 - 12
I guess it was alright. Some episode or rather some moments were just plain baffling or odd. Dont think I really found any significance or enjoyment to them trying to make it some type of harem or sort affair with everyone living and eating his food, or walking in on Saber in the shower, or her wanting him to lay his head on her lap etc. Outside of that some decent action at times. Really like the Emiya Shirou Shinji stuff going on for this first half. Really liked both alot. Additionally, Issei is good as well.
Coming to this after Fate/Zero most of the action feels a bit underwhelming or even the noble phantasms just a bit on the underimpressive side, poor Excalibur. Decent dub, no special features on the blu ray
I guess it was alright. Some episode or rather some moments were just plain baffling or odd. Dont think I really found any significance or enjoyment to them trying to make it some type of harem or sort affair with everyone living and eating his food, or walking in on Saber in the shower, or her wanting him to lay his head on her lap etc. Outside of that some decent action at times. Really like the Emiya Shirou Shinji stuff going on for this first half. Really liked both alot. Additionally, Issei is good as well.
Coming to this after Fate/Zero most of the action feels a bit underwhelming or even the noble phantasms just a bit on the underimpressive side, poor Excalibur. Decent dub, no special features on the blu ray
Always with the smirking. At the same time, he's been like that from the beginning.
Fate/Stay Night 1 - 12
I guess it was alright. Some episode or rather some moments were just plain baffling or odd. Dont think I really found any significance or enjoyment to them trying to make it some type of harem or sort affair with everyone living and eating his food, or walking in on Saber in the shower, or her wanting him to lay his head on her lab etc. Outside of that some decent action at times. Really like the Emiya Shirou Shinji stuff going on for this first half. Really liked both alot Additionally, Issei is good as well.
Coming to this after Fate/Zero most of the action feels a bit underwhelming or even the noble phantasms just a bit on the underimpressive side, poor Excalibur. Decent dub, no special features on the blu ray
well thats a better reaction to the show than people normally have.
ZachDeKoromaru
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Um, did you watch the TV show?
Vowels was never my favorite, but he takes some hits to his ego and develops into a more likeable character eventually.
Well, sure, but I'm fairly certain that he didn't make an appearance unless
the fox familiar was him. I've only seen two or three episodes of xxxHOLiC and that was several years ago so I really know nothing about his abilities or overall role in the CLAMP-verse
dakkumauji
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Puchimas! 45
Lazy Sundays.
Lazy Sundays.
Did you forget the role he played in the TV series?
See above. I didn't forget about
the dog
xxxHOLiC
Fate/Stay Night 1 - 12
I guess it was alright. Some episode or rather some moments were just plain baffling or odd. Dont think I really found any significance or enjoyment to them trying to make it some type of harem or sort affair with everyone living and eating his food, or walking in on Saber in the shower, or her wanting him to lay his head on her lap etc. Outside of that some decent action at times. Really like the Emiya Shirou Shinji stuff going on for this first half. Really liked both alot. Additionally, Issei is good as well.
Coming to this after Fate/Zero most of the action feels a bit underwhelming or even the noble phantasms just a bit on the underimpressive side, poor Excalibur. Decent dub, no special features on the blu ray
I enjoyed the movie more than the series.
Jex
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[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure] - 20 & 21
I know this is going to sound extremely odd but I almost wish that episode 20 wasn't quite as great as it is. The problem is that I have now had a taste of what the show could look like with an average amount of skilled animators working on it. The rest of the series now feels much worse by comparison and the episode that proceeded it looked especially bad even though, in all fairness, it was about average for the show has a whole.
While most viewers of the show, myself included, have praised David Production for making a very enjoyable series despite obvious budget problems. Still, as episode 20 demonstrated, the show is far more enjoyable when it looks less like a crappy motion comic. This, I feel, is fairly obvious because action is a genre that generally avoids skimping on the animation because they know that it will severely hinder the enjoyment that one can get from the work. Therefore most action shows don't look anywhere near as cheap as JoJo's but I had kind of gotten used to it looking crummy. Perhaps it was just Stockholm syndrome but I had resigned myself to this reality, Now, however, I am stuck with this beautiful vision of a very different kind of production. One with exciting cinematography, average character animation, good looking effects animation, actual lighting and consistent character designs:
It's a little sad that the animation only had to rise to the level of being average to actually shock me. I mean, it's not like it ever looked great in the vein of this.
Of course, for whatever reason the show does not resemble this episode at all. What it generally looks like is this:
rather than:
Don't even get me started on the next episode preview. Dear god.
I know this is going to sound extremely odd but I almost wish that episode 20 wasn't quite as great as it is. The problem is that I have now had a taste of what the show could look like with an average amount of skilled animators working on it. The rest of the series now feels much worse by comparison and the episode that proceeded it looked especially bad even though, in all fairness, it was about average for the show has a whole.
While most viewers of the show, myself included, have praised David Production for making a very enjoyable series despite obvious budget problems. Still, as episode 20 demonstrated, the show is far more enjoyable when it looks less like a crappy motion comic. This, I feel, is fairly obvious because action is a genre that generally avoids skimping on the animation because they know that it will severely hinder the enjoyment that one can get from the work. Therefore most action shows don't look anywhere near as cheap as JoJo's but I had kind of gotten used to it looking crummy. Perhaps it was just Stockholm syndrome but I had resigned myself to this reality, Now, however, I am stuck with this beautiful vision of a very different kind of production. One with exciting cinematography, average character animation, good looking effects animation, actual lighting and consistent character designs:
It's a little sad that the animation only had to rise to the level of being average to actually shock me. I mean, it's not like it ever looked great in the vein of this.
Of course, for whatever reason the show does not resemble this episode at all. What it generally looks like is this:
rather than:
Don't even get me started on the next episode preview. Dear god.
Wat? Waaaaaaaaaaaaat? :O
Crash Station
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Remember, people outside of animegaf have a say as well. Anything could take it, especially when the year isn't even a third over yet.
Didn't help SAO.
Now that most people have seen Wolf Children I guess it would be timely to bring up Aya Suzuki's work again. She's the British-Japanese animator who worked on The Illusionist before heading to Japan to work on Satoshi Kon's ill-fated Dream Machine. After that she stayed on to work on Wolf Children and Miyazaki's upcoming movie, before joining Madhouse's segment in the Anime Mirai project.
According to Japanese fans, she is responsible for animating all the action in the second half of Death Billiards, so when we eventually get to watch it, that'll be something to look out for. Meanwhile, we can take a look at her work on Wolf Children in the form of layouts she posted a while back on her blog as part of her portfolio:
Source: http://ayasuzuki.blogspot.com/
According to Japanese fans, she is responsible for animating all the action in the second half of Death Billiards, so when we eventually get to watch it, that'll be something to look out for. Meanwhile, we can take a look at her work on Wolf Children in the form of layouts she posted a while back on her blog as part of her portfolio:
Source: http://ayasuzuki.blogspot.com/
Go_Ly_Dow
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Crash Station
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Of course, for whatever reason the show does not resemble this episode at all. What it generally looks like is this:
rather than:
Don't even get me started on the next episode preview. Dear god.
I don't really see how one is better than the other.
Well, if you know how xxxHOLiC ends then the appearance was obvious in the TV show.
Just (completely false) speculation that I'm doing for fun!
Honestly, I think it's much more obvious for people who actually -watched- xxxHolic rather than just read it. Since it's the same VA and all... lol.
You don't see derp in Psycho-Pass either..
Crash Station
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What's derp about the third shot? Other two I can forgive since it's a far shot.
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