Theonik
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Winter-Spring 2014 Anime |OT3| People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time
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astrogamer
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Space Dandy 12
A very funny episodes though a pretty trope filled episode though they were clone tropes. Now which one of you is a Chameleoleon
A very funny episodes though a pretty trope filled episode though they were clone tropes. Now which one of you is a Chameleoleon
It's actually 140 characters, and you can cheat by simply doing multiple tweets in a row. I personally don't find the limit that constraining since I prefer to keep it concise to begin with.
Honestly I wouldn't really post. I'm not someone who wants to talk just for the sake of talking. Twitters 40 character limit would just be a pain as well.
Do you remember Hitokage saying that him and I had talked through PM's where I was recommending Hyouka to him? I don't remember how the conversation initially started but we switched over to talking about video games and different titles we liked or some experiences we had.
The threads are more like a bunch of different conversations at once so I hadn't really talked to anyone here more one on one about games or anime other than with Chet and Uraizen briefly. Before we finished, our PM's had gotten to be a few paragraphs long.
It was kind of fun and with twitters 40 character limit or so, having those kinds of conversations would be impossible. Plus I already have a NeoGaf account anyway.
It's kind of fun to needlessly make a big deal about it, though. Oh no, memory!
Maybe a pallette swap will work here.All those talented fan artists out there in the world and I didn't find any pictures of Spoor dressed like Sailor Venus or Minako dressed in Spoor's Abh outfit.
Binbougami Ga is so funny. I love that show so much.
chickdigger802
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i dont remember this anime at all lol
Ask MadP about it.
Sakura is a girl with extraordinary luck. To balance out the world a fortune god is sent down to take away some of her luck but its not so easy.
Mockingbird
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Saikin, Imouto no Yousa ga Okashiinda ga 12 END
Hahahaha. What a troll ending. This was a fun series. Looking forward to the ova. Hoping for a season 2 as well. It's pretty raunchy but it's also pretty funny and the characters are pretty likable.
Hahahaha. What a troll ending. This was a fun series. Looking forward to the ova. Hoping for a season 2 as well. It's pretty raunchy but it's also pretty funny and the characters are pretty likable.
Kemonozume 8
Toshihiko is master of chair-fu
Anyway, solid episode.
The best of all the character designs
Toshihiko is master of chair-fu
and being tossed around by Yuka while unable to move. Poor guy.
Anyway, solid episode.
It's nice that that Gakuto showed a nicer side of him. I mean, he's still an asshole, but at the end he sacrificed himself to protect Toshihiko and Yuka. And he even had a little banter with Toshihiko! Probably could do with a "sorry I psychologically tortured you" greeting card if he's not dead though.
So it looks like Ooba is somehow behind this, although I don't know what he's really up to. He does seem to have the Kemonozume though! I knew that dude was too creepy to trust.
So it looks like Ooba is somehow behind this, although I don't know what he's really up to. He does seem to have the Kemonozume though! I knew that dude was too creepy to trust.
Silly halydog
That'd be room 237.
Well okay.
Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san Z - ep. 1 - 8
Man, this season has been extremely disappointing so far. I feel like the show is either trying too hard to be funny or not trying hard enough. Not even Sakuma can save most of these episodes...
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WTF IS THIS SHIT
THIS IS NOT FUNNY
Man, this season has been extremely disappointing so far. I feel like the show is either trying too hard to be funny or not trying hard enough. Not even Sakuma can save most of these episodes...
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WTF IS THIS SHIT
THIS IS NOT FUNNY
AND STOP VIOLATING MY WAIFU'S SPACE YOU PERVERTED BASTARD
I didn't think it was either of those. Which reminds me I have to get back to that. I stopped after 3.
FelixOrion
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chickdigger802
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ace of diamond 24
taiwan glasses. You don't really see many taiwan folks in anime.
taiwan glasses. You don't really see many taiwan folks in anime.
Anyone a fan of Magi: Kingdom of Magic?
I freaking love this show. Just about halfway through the second season and its so entertaining. Its funny, good action, lovable characters and an intriguing story. Also an interesting setting.
Didn't expect to like it so much.
EDIT: Judging by that blurb in the OP, do people typically not like the show? I love it so far.
I freaking love this show. Just about halfway through the second season and its so entertaining. Its funny, good action, lovable characters and an intriguing story. Also an interesting setting.
Didn't expect to like it so much.
EDIT: Judging by that blurb in the OP, do people typically not like the show? I love it so far.
Word on the street is that duckroll loves it.
Think consensus was it was inferior to the manga. Quite a few were hyped going into it until the production choices & snafus started to diminish the experience.
Ah, never read the manga so don't have anything to compare it to.
The fan service is a bit much at times, but overall its highly entertaining.
The Kingdom of Magic is pretty good. The quality dropped off a lot in the last few weeks because the end of the arc in the manga was pretty drawn out shounen power spamming stuff and the anime's production schedule seems to have caught up with it, but the entire middle chunk of the series was great stuff. It's a way better adaptation than The Labyrinth of Magic was, which is what most people disliked.
A lot of that was said about the first season. Second season has been pretty good though.
KirbYuuYuu
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Lupin III Bye Bye Liberty Crisis
nintendoman58
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After War Gundam X: 22-23
Well so much for the team having the upper hand.
Funny little thing happened with the subs on episode 23. Garrod clearly said "Thank You" in english while the subs said: "Arigato". Thought that was amusing.
Well so much for the team having the upper hand.
So the entire team gets captured on Zonda island and have to make their escape. And guess who screws up the whole thing? Why Ennil El of course! And after the Frieden was nice enough to help you from your damaged mech too you deciving little wretch! Did you really think the people on the island that tried to kill you after you fled the island would let anybody leave? UGGGGH.
Funny little thing happened with the subs on episode 23. Garrod clearly said "Thank You" in english while the subs said: "Arigato". Thought that was amusing.
Man, it's been a while since the Sattelite Cannon was actually fired. It ALMOST got fired in episode 22, but it stopped as soon as Jamil surrendered. I have a hunch it will fire next episode though as that seems to be the episode where Garrod finally gets the Double X that's supposed to be the main feature of this show.
If it's any consolation a higher res would just be an upscale anyway.
hosannainexcelsis
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Just got back from seeing Giovanni's Island, and I really enjoyed it. I might write up a more detailed review later, but suffice it to say that there were quite a few powerfully moving moments in it. It took an interesting "slice-of-life" kind of approach to the material - there are dramatic beats and arcs but they're framed as moments in the life of Junpei/Giovanni as his world goes through the profound change of Soviet occupation as opposed to what would be a more conventional dramatic handling. In fact, if I were to make a criticism of the film, it would be that it felt somewhat disjointed in spots - a lot of fades to black, as in the film Persepolis - as it covers a fairly large time span over a few years. But overall the construction of the film was solid, and I really did appreciate the observational perspective.
The film is quite beautiful - the Galactic Railroad fantasy sequences are attractively designed, and there's quite a bit of expressive animation and layouts. The lead background artist, Santiago Montiel, is an Argentinian living in Paris, and he brought a unique flair to the art. I appreciate it when Japanese productions bring in a direct visual influence from another culture, such as this and Kevin Aymeric's work on Ping Pong; it brings a breath of fresh air.
There was a question-and-answer session after the film with scriptwriter and producer Yoshiki Sakurai, who spoke fluent English. I recorded it, so I'll try to transcribe the whole thing, but he talked about how he tried to make the film as rooted in reality as he could, having extensive interviews with a survivor of the actual occupation of the island. He also talked about the main theme of the film being how fantasy can be used to deal with reality; hence the use of Night on the Galactic Railroad.
The film is quite beautiful - the Galactic Railroad fantasy sequences are attractively designed, and there's quite a bit of expressive animation and layouts. The lead background artist, Santiago Montiel, is an Argentinian living in Paris, and he brought a unique flair to the art. I appreciate it when Japanese productions bring in a direct visual influence from another culture, such as this and Kevin Aymeric's work on Ping Pong; it brings a breath of fresh air.
There was a question-and-answer session after the film with scriptwriter and producer Yoshiki Sakurai, who spoke fluent English. I recorded it, so I'll try to transcribe the whole thing, but he talked about how he tried to make the film as rooted in reality as he could, having extensive interviews with a survivor of the actual occupation of the island. He also talked about the main theme of the film being how fantasy can be used to deal with reality; hence the use of Night on the Galactic Railroad.
Ooooh I'll be sure to pay special attention to the ED! Thanks!
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Over the course of its run the episodes became a lot tamer than what we got in the first 3 and because of that it honestly got boring fairly quick. Aside from the brief moments of yuri pandering (which is few and far between) there was nothing really notable about this show. Would not recommend.
I don't understand the point of hiring Studio Pablo and then covering their work in ugly filters.
Wow. I think you should lay off the drugs. Lol. At first I thought you were going for an angle which I also felt during the film, but then it just got weird and nonsensical!
Wind Rises spoilers:
There's no way to justify that Nahoko isn't a real character in the story, simply because there are too many scenes where other characters actually interact with her. Narratively, there's nothing supporting it.
But I do think there's a running theme in the story that Jiro is an escapist and he does talk to himself and see/hear things which aren't there. Both the mysterious foreigners in the film - one in his dream and one in the hotel, seem like nothing more than self-affirmations of his internal ideology and things he was feeling himself.
In the end, "the wind rises" just represents the best years in Jiro's life as he feels his dream coming to life and follows his love and his ambition. The moment he felt the wind change was the moment his Zero was completed and Nahoko died. Thematically they represent the same thing - the end of everything he was truly passionate about in the world, but I don't think that has to mean she wasn't every bit as real as his plane.
But I do think there's a running theme in the story that Jiro is an escapist and he does talk to himself and see/hear things which aren't there. Both the mysterious foreigners in the film - one in his dream and one in the hotel, seem like nothing more than self-affirmations of his internal ideology and things he was feeling himself.
In the end, "the wind rises" just represents the best years in Jiro's life as he feels his dream coming to life and follows his love and his ambition. The moment he felt the wind change was the moment his Zero was completed and Nahoko died. Thematically they represent the same thing - the end of everything he was truly passionate about in the world, but I don't think that has to mean she wasn't every bit as real as his plane.
Lupin III Bye Bye Liberty Crisis
I thought Lupin III was supposed to be good?
hosannainexcelsis
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Lupin III is a franchise with a lot of series, a lot of movies, a lot of TV specials, over a large number of years. Some of them are good, some of them are not.
Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis
Worst film-length anime I've watched since ICE. I'm so, so, so, so sorry to Kirb, Theonik, and Narag.
Wait, why am I associated with this show? :lol
I was pretty opinionated about the humor when it was airing, but that was about it.
Worst film-length anime I've watched since ICE. I'm so, so, so, so sorry to Kirb, Theonik, and Narag.
Wait, why am I associated with this show? :lol
I was pretty opinionated about the humor when it was airing, but that was about it.
Because youre all bout those hair colored eyelashes.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Megane Megane.
I think its like obligatory for every sports anime to have a pair of journalists covering the sport - one female and irregular either physically and/or emotionally and then an older male who pretty much exists to reign in the crazy lady.
Wow. I think you should lay off the drugs. Lol. At first I thought you were going for an angle which I also felt during the film, but then it just got weird and nonsensical!
Wind Rises spoilers:
There's no way to justify that Nahoko isn't a real character in the story, simply because there are too many scenes where other characters actually interact with her. Narratively, there's nothing supporting it.
But I do think there's a running theme in the story that Jiro is an escapist and he does talk to himself and see/hear things which aren't there. Both the mysterious foreigners in the film - one in his dream and one in the hotel, seem like nothing more than self-affirmations of his internal ideology and things he was feeling himself.
In the end, "the wind rises" just represents the best years in Jiro's life as he feels his dream coming to life and follows his love and his ambition. The moment he felt the wind change was the moment his Zero was completed and Nahoko died. Thematically they represent the same thing - the end of everything he was truly passionate about in the world, but I don't think that has to mean she wasn't every bit as real as his plane.
It seems obvious to me that his escapist nature comes from Miyazaki himself, among other things. I wonder what he considers his "Zero plane."
Doesn't Sakura have :madp? Been a while so can't remember lol
Replace Lupin III with Gundam in that question and you'll understand completely.
she's a fucking fantastic character in any case lol
Crash Station
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Space Bros end
I did not find this satisfying at all.
Anyone know where the manga picks up?
I did not find this satisfying at all.
Anyone know where the manga picks up?
It runs the range, yes.
Thanks Crunchyroll. Thanks Aniplex. Etc.
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Thanks for the impressions! I'm definitely looking forward to the film, but I have no idea when I'll be able to watch it here. I think it's been a pretty exciting few years for character driven anime films which are grounded in a realistic setting while using fantasy elements as a form of escapism or expression of the animation medium. Wolf Children, The Wind Rises, Giovanni's Island. Definitely hope this trend continues.
I think that anime productions being more open to having foreigners work with them is great for the medium too, since Europe in particular is filled with talented animators and artists, and there are certainly more animated productions being made in Japan than anywhere else. Another good trend in the anime industry.
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Hmmmm. I'm not sure if Jiro really represents Miyazaki so closely. Maybe we can interpret the message of the movie as Miyazaki's personal opinion instead - we have to live on and continue to find reasons to continue on even if our best might seem to be behind us? After all, we're talking about a guy who keeps "retiring" and then coming back, only to prove that he does in fact have more to contribute. If he does have a "Zero plane" of his own though, I would say it is probably the Nausicaa manga.
Okay, but I'm still not really interested anyway.
Yeah, I don't mind it as much when it's an obvious joke, it's more annoying when people are serious about it.
I forget who it was but doing the birthday thing someone never mentioned what it was in the thread and had people sending them wishes through twitter. Later they mentioned I missed it and that apparently my stalker powers weren't flawless. They weren't flawless because I never had any to begin with. I'm not going to know what your birthday is if it's only mentioned on twitter since I don't read your twitter.
I saw them on peoples MAL accounts or they posted them right here in the thread.
Blonde Spoor and blue haired Minako hmm....
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