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Winter of Anime 2013 |OT -6| How much lower can we go?!
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Theonik
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See? Kawamori delivered! To be next stage!
It's about both.
It looks like the original Mobile Suit Gundam TV series is finally getting a Blu-ray box set release this summer.
Will get caught up on this tomorrow.
Nice. I have hope that there will be more wideface seasons after Sae and Hiro's departure.
That's what people have been saying for weeks, but when I actually watch each episode, well........
I'll just down 'em both tomorrow alongside the last two weeks of the other Monday shows.
I was worried it was going to get caught up in the general election stuff there for a while or even just the day to day idol stuff. Talk about unfounded fears.
43 eps? hd doan's island
At any rate, it's better than the other eps if you want a different sort of comparison.
Theonik
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This is Kawamori. He probably planned all this out to more effectively troll us all.
I disagree with that. Much of the stuff about the children revolves around the mother and her reaction to it. The stuff with Ame isn't that particularly interesting by itself but rather how it pertains to Hana. For example,
the tension when Ame goes into the river is non-existent without the way Hana found Wolf-Man's body
Never forget those gold coins in the first ep. The gif you linked is just evidence the show keeps on improving!
I think it's true that Wolf Children scratches many more themes and narratives than it's healthy for a 2-hour film, but by not going incredibly in-depth with them it is able to perfectly combine everything into a seamless whole. I think it was duckroll who pointed out many things in which the movie reflected "how life is", like the restrained and, at first glance, sudden ending; or the way the montages are placed respective to
Yuki's understanding of the events
If you'll forgive the obtuse analogy, that's like cutting out the first ten minutes of Up. Understanding how they fell in love, experiencing the life they build together adds absolutely necessary emotional context for not only
the scene where he dies, and Hana's immediate despair, but much of her actions and drive throughout the rest of the film. There's a few moments in the film that have her consult the shrine with his driver's license that wouldn't be nearly as meaningful without the context that the opening provides. How the film develops their relationship in those first twenty minutes sets the table for making Hana's love of her children and her sense of loss so convincing.
This captures something I appreciate about the movie as well. It doesn't attempt to beat me over the head with one major theme or message. The characters' lives don't feel constructed or framed in order to create an argument. These things have their place and are great for other purposes, but what I got from Wolf Children was a natural, well-told narrative.
Eh, I can't think of a better way to describe it. Basically, I feel that Wolf Children doesn't attempt to engage too much in themes. I don't know much about literary analysis, so sorry if this sounds silly, lol.
Edit: I guess the way you've put it is the best way to describe it: "WC defly captures that feeling of inconclusiveness in life on how it treats the various subplots."
R_thanatos
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It's in 2 parts
Look for Slayers Revolution & Slayers Evolution-R
( in that order )
It's "ok" at best and vastly inférior to what you'll expect if you've seen Slayers next and Slayers Try
The point is, I think, that if there's a "main character" in Wolf Children, it's the family itself rather than any single individual.
Hidamari Sketch Gets New Anime of Sae & Hiro's Graduation
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...tch-gets-new-anime-of-sae-and-hiro-graduation
Well there's the confirmation. I really hope this doesn't mean the end because Hidamari Sketch is one of few things keeping me alive.
Hidamari Sketch IS LIFE.
maybe its possible.
Here we go, anime character designs for Blood Lad:
Slightly larger pics at the article link: http://moca-news.net/article/20130304/201303041200a/01/
If that's the case then there are problems with the way that
the fight between Yuki and Ame isn't resolved.
dakkumauji
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I believe in you Brain Base!
ZachDeKoromaru
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Those girls look deliciously healthy. Will most definitely watch.
man, Hitsugaya Toshiro bulked up.
Sometimes things aren't wrapped up in a tidy bow.
Dedication Through Light
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Staz and wolf look great, but I hope they have Wolf in my favorite outfit for him, the paw print shoes and shorts.
With brothers and sisters, stuff like that usually is. Especially at that age. Hell,
we don't even see the reaction of Yuki to her brother just up and leaving.
Chet Rippo
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I swear I've seen all these characters before...
I didn't really like that scene. The fact that it was sort of the last thing between the two stings.
One of these things is not like the other. One of these things just doesn't belong.
A big titted curvy schoolgirl. Gotta have these.
more like Lard Lad amirite
It just doesn't feel natural. I mean
unless you absolutely despise your brother or something of that nature, you don't just never talk to him again or pretend he doesn't exist. Even a quiet scene with the two staring at each other and coming to terms with the other's choice would have been adequate. I could understand if both of them were in their twenties or thirties but fights at that age are generally resolved within 24 hours.
Theonik
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Sounds like you've been playing it wrong.
But I only just got it from PS+.
Oh god I didn't ask for this, a new shittyshounen king is born,if you thought omega was bad you ain't seen nothing.
This is the price we pay for jojo.
If you like moe girls or if your a hipster who wants a hip alternative to popular shounen then your going to like it.
Theonik
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Er... In that case you were told wrong but now that you've experienced it realised the error of your ways.
Actually I think its the opposite. With siblings, especially at that young age,
fights are resolved by it just disappearing. The parties never touch on the issue again and they go on as if nothing happened.
The demo was pretty boring.
That is true to a certain extent however,
in terms of the movie, that is really the last scene that we have of the two interacting. If the movie is about the family as a unit then there should be some sort of scene tying them together. What is left is the implication that the two never resolved their differences.
Theonik
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That has to be an in-between right?
Edit: Also what episode is it from?
I suppose it didn't really show you a lot of the cool things the game had to offer.
Do the two really
come to accept the other's choice though? Ame, in the end, abandons his humanity to live in the wild. Yuki might have realized that she doesn't need to hate her wolf side as much as she does, or she might have just been happy at finding another human who accepts her as a human instead of a wolf-human monster.
I understand what you mean that it feels weird for two children to be so serious on an argument like this, but nothing really suggests that they became more understanding or closer by the end. Hana is really the only one in the end who accepts that the human side and the wolf side of the two children are both okay. That's why they live in two different worlds. At least, that's how I interpreted the end of the movie.
Edit: I guess my point is that any sort of resolution between the two would've felt unnatural for me. Although I don't feel too happy that they don't reconcile at the end, they don't really reach a point where they can come to accept their differences because, until the very end of the movie, they're moving farther away from each other. I think that, if they were to reconcile, it would probably happen after they were older.
I understand what you mean that it feels weird for two children to be so serious on an argument like this, but nothing really suggests that they became more understanding or closer by the end. Hana is really the only one in the end who accepts that the human side and the wolf side of the two children are both okay. That's why they live in two different worlds. At least, that's how I interpreted the end of the movie.
Edit: I guess my point is that any sort of resolution between the two would've felt unnatural for me. Although I don't feel too happy that they don't reconcile at the end, they don't really reach a point where they can come to accept their differences because, until the very end of the movie, they're moving farther away from each other. I think that, if they were to reconcile, it would probably happen after they were older.
Inbetween two different layers of hell maybe.
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