Basileus777
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Eden of the East suffers from Guilty Crown level writing, and that doesn't just apply to the movies. I watched and was dumbfounded at how it is so highly spoken of.
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Spring Anime 2013 |OT -7| My Giant CG Pony Can't Possibly Read This Much Baudelaire
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Basileus777
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Majestic Prince had its own burger thread now. I can't wait until it's outed as a pedo show.
It's... okay. Would work better in a more episodic format since it's really just a "Breather" scene or two and misses Kaoru's point of view so he just comes off as really creepy (well more than usual).
firehawk12
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Googling led me to both the weird concept of the manga and the fact that there are two live action films based on it.
Well, it is anime.
To be fair, he doesn't have girls after him yet. And there are only two so far!
Minus the :Chet though, but it's a worthy trade. Also has sweet music.
Well, that loli was p. stacked.
I don't know if I'd call her loli but I suppose you're right. This show has all the good things.
Well I could tell you that and I haven't even watched it yet. It's a show about a guy who takes pictures of women, based on a game where you take pictures of women.
RurouniZel
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Fate/Stay Night x Monster Hunter Frontier G
Well, Frontier G is never coming to West anyway. Still thought I'd post it.
Well, Frontier G is never coming to West anyway. Still thought I'd post it.
Dedication Through Light
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They were simply the best of friends. No 6 is worth watching one of the best anime in its year.
RurouniZel
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dat sakuga
That is...the creepiest anime gif I have ever seen.
PdotMichael
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How is taking a picture creepy?
Then you haven't seen too many anime gifs.
It's the tone.
Post 'em if you got 'em!
Photo Kano 1
1 minute in: NOPE!
Are those panty shots or.... diapers?
dark_inferno
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Shingeki no Kyojin will be awesome. Right now i watch Welcome to the NHK again until Shingeki comes out.
Frilly panties dude.
But Photo Kano demonstrated this by simply showing it without the expositionIt seems you have not been enlightened on what true art is.
though it did kinda beat you over the head with the introductions of the creeper cam club.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
[Photo Kano] 01
I think I'm gonna go watch some hentai instead. At least that doesn't skirt around the issue and lets me masturbate without any second thoughts.
I think I'm gonna go watch some hentai instead. At least that doesn't skirt around the issue and lets me masturbate without any second thoughts.
I think it's the context that makes it weird for me, like everything to do with Photo Kano. I know you've asked before why so many people find the idea of the show creepy and I've wanted to try and explain from my perspective for a few days, so here goes - warning this post is going to be TL;DR
First off, with the GIF in particular, the girl in the picture is frozen in place, waiting for the snap to happen - she's basically "on hold" for the audience, no longer a character but a prop. As is often the case with CG anime, she also looks a bit weird and fake - she looks like "there's nothing going on behind the eyes", soulless and a bit dead.
The main issue for me, though, is the whole concept of Photo Kano.
Most people like taking photos, obviously. We capture memories of people and places we find interesting. Sometimes it's a bit artificial, but photography gives us memories of things we're close to emotionally.
Of course, people take sexy or private photos of their partners all the time. Sometimes that even happens in films. Where Photo Kano's premise differs is in what the context of that photography implies.
When you have someone taking a photograph in a film or a TV show, it's either revealing something about the photographer themself or their subject. That's what's interesting about it - whether it's something sexual or otherwise. It's part of the "journey" towards understanding a character or a scene. In Photo Kano, it's not the journey - it's the goal. The main character joins a club with a focus on erotic photography so he can take sexy photos of girls. That's it - that's the reason the show exists, for stills of upskirt and cleavage shots of a bunch of different girls.
Of course there are huge numbers of anime that are thinly veiled excuses for fanservice, that's nothing new. But the other issue about photography is the "distance" it puts between the photographer and the thing being photographed. People talk about "the subject" of a photograph - it turns people into abstract objects, not even people at all. The replication of the camera viewfinder effect in the show adds yet another layer of abstraction on to what's happening, as the viewpoint goes:
audience -> TV screen -> viewfinder -> girl
Look, I realise I'm overthinking this, and very few other people are going to feel as creeped out by Photo Kano as I am. If the girls' personalities are appealing and the fanservice shots are sexy then I'm sure there are loads of people who will enjoy it. But I just wanted to try and explain what exactly it was that makes this show a bit more uncomfortable than most other bishoujo adaptations.
I absolutely despised Sacred Seven. That said, did I enjoy it more than AO? I suppose it goes back to what piles of shit I prefer.
Dedication Through Light
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You didnt even like the OP (Stone Cold)?
I will admit I liked the song itself.
Girls und Panzer END
A really wonderful show that I'll definitely revisit someday. The final episode was simply amazing. Hopefully we get another season of this because they can do a lot more with the concept. This will most definitely be in my top 10 (probably 5) for the AOTY 2013 voting.
A really wonderful show that I'll definitely revisit someday. The final episode was simply amazing. Hopefully we get another season of this because they can do a lot more with the concept. This will most definitely be in my top 10 (probably 5) for the AOTY 2013 voting.
FIVE MINUTES
Time to hunting screenshot.
The retoscope chara design make me curious as hell.
Yeah, and those that worked on the project certainly can learn from one of the best animators in the industry, such opportunity could be considered enviable by many other nascent colleagues!
I appreciate your words Nafe... although Ultimadrago is the responsible one for making me do it!
Well, I think I can't point you to a series with all that in proper doses (specially for the 'realism' part), but I still want to say works like Ashita e FREEKICK crave to a little more than only 'shōnen' sports series' audiences on its formula; it has he 'drama' part (however, it focuses on much more than football), not too much fantasy and some very nice animation on it.
Just so you know, my memory is fuzzy as I haven't seen it in a long time so maybe this isn't a good recommendation at all!
Also, I have said this before and not many share this opinion... but Captain Tsubasa J still has some of the best timing and effects in animation from all the sports Japanese animation works I remember having watched! Some scenes are just spectacular...
So guys.. uh I dunno if I should spoiler this or not
http://i.imgur.com/kAiHTkA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/L6krZGF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/LLRqwwH.jpg
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http://i.imgur.com/kAiHTkA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/L6krZGF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/LLRqwwH.jpg
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Good thing I have no idea what that is so I'm not spoiled but you really should label what the hell these screenshots are so people don't have to click them blind.
I mean if I just posted
BGBW said:
People would not know if it's a spoiler for something they have seen or not.
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