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Fall 2012 Anime |OT| Meet the new world, same as the old world
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Canis lupus
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It needs a bluray release.
It definitely does.
Pretty old show though. Well before the HD era.
IT WILL NEVER LEAVE
>.>
Yeah I think so. Nothing new since then though sadly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqCO9I9-CZE&feature=watch_response
Technically we are getting that, no? At least the same staff for the most part.
Yeah, see, that's not a technicality. We would technically be getting Spice and Wolf 3 if a show called Lawrence and Holo's Continuing Adventure was released and continued the story but for some odd reason couldn't use the name, a slightly similar setup with the same main VAs however is not near technically the same.
Canis lupus
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I knew there was something else I was looking forward to. Joshiraku AND Hidamari sketch? Day redeemed.
Canis lupus
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looks kind of like nick cage
almost makes me want to watch it again
but then I remember how depressing it was
Pretty much sums up the series.
Canis lupus
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fucking pyramid schemes!
I can't say I'm comfortable with that association. Trung is a pretty cool guy.
Zetsuen, despite it's high production values, really feels all over the place. The way they introduced
Black Iron syndrome
Jex
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What, exactly, are the usual BONES standards? Naru from Eureka Seven AO? The cast of Star Driver?
Canis lupus
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Even she fell for it lol.
Jex
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I don't think people really expected to be challenged or confused by a series that they are watching. Most of the time I assume, usually with good cause, that if something's hard to follow then it's the fault of the director, rather than a deliberate move on the part of the director to place the audience in a certain space.
For example, the first episode of Steins;Gate is filled with unnecessarily bad editing and cinematography, which I found off-putting. It felt like they had a feeling they wanted to impart but didn't know the best way to go about pulling that off. On the flip side, the first episode of Infinite Ryvius is extremely confusing because we don't know, exactly, what's going on but that's because there's a lot of things the audience isn't being told - a choice which was clearly designed to make the audience feel as confused as the characters in the show.
Kingdom 18
i could literally feel my brain screaming in agony as it slowly died while watching this. i'll make some gifs if i wake up tomorrow
I remember when we had quality cg tv shows like starship troopers and beast wars
that was more than 13 years ago
what happened?
which is the unnecessarily bad editing in the first episode of steins;gate specifically? I don't remember anything standing out as being offensive
Dedication Through Light
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Gundam Seed HD 23
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I hope Kira and Athrun run into each other next episode.
Watching this makes me want to rewatch Fafner.
Dash across the ocean Gundam! Athrun is pretty silly and funny, and firm in his resolve. Really needs more screentime. Cagalli had potential but then second half, why :/
She had the gun and was so close then gave up. Ultimately, better than Flay and I cant wait to see what part Cagalli has in the larger plot as a whole, in terms of Orb
I hope Kira and Athrun run into each other next episode.
Watching this makes me want to rewatch Fafner.
PdotMichael
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bow to your new overlords!
98,8%... that's like a new record.
bow to your new overlords!
98,8%... that's like a new record.
It's airing early on Nico? Maybe we can get some summaries...
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
bow to your new overlords!
98,8%... that's like a new record.
Explain now.
RIP wonzo. ;__;7
PdotMichael
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1. awesome
2. good
3. okay
4. smhh
And 95% amazing is a fantastic result, even the re-airing of Madoka had just ~88%.
Ultimadrago
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Paranoia Agent 13 - END
Well, that about wraps it up.
I'm not really sure where to start with this episode. I feel like it would have been stronger without the blunt monologue at the end of episode 11. The ideas could have stood on their own more through the show's visual language.
In terms of craft, this episode was great. I love how
was portrayed. The heavy outlines and cardboard figures evoke the post-war advertisement look really well, yet they somehow manage to mesh surprisingly well with the rest of the show's art direction. And as the episode reached its frantic peak, I was glued to the screen. The callbacks to earlier parts of the show were a little obvious, but they didn't drag down the sequence's energy.
Even if I wouldn't say that I found it predictable how
the way it was handled, with the
was a bit too obvious for me. Maybe that's because I was already keyed, from what I had heard before watching, to how the show was critiquing society. Perhaps to someone who was just taking things as they came, a slap on the head like that might have been necessary.
Of the shows I watched with Ultimadrago during this backlog season, Paranoia Agent is the one I struggle the most with. Perhaps it could be described as my "least favorite", but that feels unfair given the ambition on display. After a superb set of opening episodes that compare favorably to just about any other TV anime, Paranoia Agent loses the realism that made it so effectively enthralling and disturbing. It retains its pointed, critical eye, and while Happy Family Planning takes a different tone from the rest of the series, its black humor was excellent. But the plot that was once an effective framing device begins to swallow the whole show like The Blob, and the more incredible and abstract it becomes, the harder it gets to relate to the society it portrays. Dark satire and real-world horror give way to something closer to a farce or a science fiction drama.
I think the show handles the direction it takes admirably, and the final few episodes are extremely well-executed, culminating in a climax that would be at home in any of Kon's films. But I think the show might have left a stronger impression on me if it had taken a more open-ended, episodic approach to the second half of the series, particularly the final quarter. What it was doing at first was really unique, and the only other show I know of that aimed for anything similar was Trapeze, which I don't think was able to reach the same highs.
Perhaps I'm just nitpicking. It's always easier to sound critical of a show that aims high and doesn't quite match the incredible expectations it sets than it is to critique a show that tries to achieve something simple and succeeds. I'm glad I watched this series, and it reminds me that I need to try and watch Tokyo Godfathers when I find the time.
Well, that about wraps it up.
I'm not really sure where to start with this episode. I feel like it would have been stronger without the blunt monologue at the end of episode 11. The ideas could have stood on their own more through the show's visual language.
In terms of craft, this episode was great. I love how
the Chief's "ideal world"
What's the matter, Truman? Is something wrong?
Even if I wouldn't say that I found it predictable how
the end of the show essentially loops back to the beginning,
recreation of the opening montage, combined with an even more heavy-handed "episode preview",
Of the shows I watched with Ultimadrago during this backlog season, Paranoia Agent is the one I struggle the most with. Perhaps it could be described as my "least favorite", but that feels unfair given the ambition on display. After a superb set of opening episodes that compare favorably to just about any other TV anime, Paranoia Agent loses the realism that made it so effectively enthralling and disturbing. It retains its pointed, critical eye, and while Happy Family Planning takes a different tone from the rest of the series, its black humor was excellent. But the plot that was once an effective framing device begins to swallow the whole show like The Blob, and the more incredible and abstract it becomes, the harder it gets to relate to the society it portrays. Dark satire and real-world horror give way to something closer to a farce or a science fiction drama.
I think the show handles the direction it takes admirably, and the final few episodes are extremely well-executed, culminating in a climax that would be at home in any of Kon's films. But I think the show might have left a stronger impression on me if it had taken a more open-ended, episodic approach to the second half of the series, particularly the final quarter. What it was doing at first was really unique, and the only other show I know of that aimed for anything similar was Trapeze, which I don't think was able to reach the same highs.
Perhaps I'm just nitpicking. It's always easier to sound critical of a show that aims high and doesn't quite match the incredible expectations it sets than it is to critique a show that tries to achieve something simple and succeeds. I'm glad I watched this series, and it reminds me that I need to try and watch Tokyo Godfathers when I find the time.
It's KEY, do you really need it?
You can probably guess the ending and the plot developments from the story summary on mal.
I always thought the CG in those shows was terrible, even at the time. Ah well.
What "happened" is that people continued to try and blend traditional 2D animation with CG, and this doesn't often work. You can't tar everything with the same brush, though - if you looked at, say, the in-game engine work on Ni no Kuni PS3, few people would complain if that quality of CG art was in an anime.
hosannainexcelsis
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Basileus777
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The VN has been translated, it's probably not a good idea to go looking for story summaries unless you want to get spoiled.
But the first episode is probably about how this group of childhood friends formed this group called the Little Busters, but now they want to form a baseball team but don't have enough members.
amishpriest99
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It doesn't take much to be a better character than Flay. Fortunately, SEED Cagalli is a pretty good character imo. SEED Destiny Cagalli, though...you'll see when you get there.
Also, Fafner just got a BD release so I was thinking of giving it another shot. Didn't do a lot for me the first time around, but that was several years ago.
Moral Panic
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Canis lupus
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Goodbye Yamazaki...
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
The voice work is even worse than the CGI.
yeah.. mmm... sorry?
I was more interested in how much they've covered and how the pacing is and stuff. I've already completed the visual novel so I know what to expect. For those who have also played it, I heard they cover a lot of the minigame stuff too, so I was wondering if it was all pushed into this episode.
PdotMichael
Banned
Don't hate my commie like translations.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Don't feel bad. I haven't either.
It's not random when it's on topic! There's an anime about the fascist utopia you envisioned! You mean you aren't excited or proud of that?
Moral Panic
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Your are probably more accurate in terms of meaning, my Japanese sucks and I was just roughly trying to translate the words, though I'm not sure of he exact use of まあまあ tbh.
BTOOOM - 01
Wow that was uh... hmm...
Such a wierd episode, the premise feels like Bandwagoning on SAO and Accel World to a degree, where guy is all I'm a 22 year old NEET and I'm awesome at this game, then it suddenly cuts to him being parachuted to somewhere and now the game he's so awesome at has now become a real life Call of Duty with the Grenade only settings option on.
And for a good 95% of this show was nothing but monologuing, that's a looot of monologuing.
Wow that was uh... hmm...
Such a wierd episode, the premise feels like Bandwagoning on SAO and Accel World to a degree, where guy is all I'm a 22 year old NEET and I'm awesome at this game, then it suddenly cuts to him being parachuted to somewhere and now the game he's so awesome at has now become a real life Call of Duty with the Grenade only settings option on.
And for a good 95% of this show was nothing but monologuing, that's a looot of monologuing.
Canis lupus
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Who wouldn't with senpai!
Poor Misaki, I feel bad for her.
Who wouldn't with senpai!
Poor Misaki, I feel bad for her.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Sounds like mah kinda show.WttNHK 22
Who wouldn't with senpai!
Poor Misaki, I feel bad for her.
Do you think the first episode of Madoka is particularly confusing or challenging? Because that's the level of "confusion" we're talking about here. The show establishes what is going on pretty quickly, and there's nothing particularly strange about it. There's a specific choice made in presenting a specific order of events at the start of the episode, and there's a reason for that.
Have you even watched it?
Joe Molotov
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BTOOOM! 1
Needed less boring and more btooming.
Needed less boring and more btooming.
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