That's like every anime that you can mention though.
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Summer 2013 Anime Thread Zero: grown men playing with dolls/who but WB Masochism
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That's like every anime that you can mention though.
Bad ones, perhaps.
They can evoke them, sure, but they usually rise above that.
Similarly to Chuunibyo, aspects of its presentation come off feeling extremely calculated.
Razgriz-Specter
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Has there been any info about the new Higurashi yet?
We're more flabbergasted that one man can continuously be so wrong.
I can't understand either, same chara designer, look, and all.
Help me identify the problem.
Maybe Tamako's one have more bang to cover the massive forehead?
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
But Corvo says they're the same!
Oh no... you're no God of Cute...you're the Queen of the Moe Borg...
we're doomed
It's fun to feign indignation. Heaven help the ANN reviews posted in here.
They're finally doing the card-unlock event for Kanna's last card in YomeColle, a year and a half after the anime.
I'd make a joke about the card art turning out to be her crying face, but the card name is "Revolution...?" so it doesn't sound much like it'll involve tears.
This still leaves Remon with her locked card, but I'd guess if they're doing Kanna now, Remon will probably follow. (Ichika and Mio got theirs already,)
I'd make a joke about the card art turning out to be her crying face, but the card name is "Revolution...?" so it doesn't sound much like it'll involve tears.
This still leaves Remon with her locked card, but I'd guess if they're doing Kanna now, Remon will probably follow. (Ichika and Mio got theirs already,)
Twin Drive System
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Can't see shit.
dakkumauji
Member
Good shows from last season continues to sell, so woo.
gashikunFLCL
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Mo~tto! Ojamajo Doremi - 02
They can't do this, it's in Da Rules!
Better engrish than Kiniro Mosaic!
The new Mahodou is ready for business.
They can't do this, it's in Da Rules!
Doremi keeps her streak of being the world's unluckiest pretty girl, being separated from Hazuki-chan, Ai-chan and Onpu-chan as if this isn't enough she's in the same class as Tamaki Reika.
But in the end Asuka will learn japanese faster than the girls will learn english, but les't see for how long Asuka will keep using that english.
chickdigger802
Banned
kotaku's fine. Scheier is adorable defending his site at every moment, but he does good work (he did catch reggie offguard and get FE:A localization announcement out of him) and likes suikoden.
Not a fan of that lady writer who tries to find issue out of everything though.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
That makes sense, but why would the guy need to be a prick about it and not just tell the poor girl whose life he fucked up?
And if being alive nets you the nickname "immortal", shouldn't there be a ton of people worthy of that title including Yuri?
cosmicblizzard
Banned
I've learned its best to avoid Devolution if you have ever liked an anime and you aren't the most extroverted person ever.
(We're talking about that wife cutting up anime thread, right?)
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Makes sense, but I think they could have been clearer about it.
Lol
Was just watching Symphogear G eps 1 & 2, and Chris blushing at Hibiki set off an oinking ovation.
(With a side of "kimashi" (ｷﾏｼ
aka ":SDburton")
Jex
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[UCHOTEN KAZOKU/This Eccentric Family] - 1
I can see why certain people are calling this the show of the season. Pleasant visuals, good direction and an excellent script. It's a rare tread to come across an anime that's actually well written, unfortunately, and it's usually the case that it's because the anime is adapting a novel, as is the case here.
I was genuinely shocked to see that this is a PA Works production considering that it contains none of there rather tired visual trademarks, which is certainly a good thing. The one thing that does bother me about is the 'background art', some of which is very clearly nothing more than a photograph with a photoshop filter over it. Ugh.
I will certainly watch the second episode.
I can see why certain people are calling this the show of the season. Pleasant visuals, good direction and an excellent script. It's a rare tread to come across an anime that's actually well written, unfortunately, and it's usually the case that it's because the anime is adapting a novel, as is the case here.
I was genuinely shocked to see that this is a PA Works production considering that it contains none of there rather tired visual trademarks, which is certainly a good thing. The one thing that does bother me about is the 'background art', some of which is very clearly nothing more than a photograph with a photoshop filter over it. Ugh.
I will certainly watch the second episode.
Is this lady implying she wouldn't live in a house full of Reggies?
amishpriest99
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This is now my all time favorite description of ANN. Couldn't have said it better.
Maou at the McDonald #10
Finally decided to pick this up again, the second half has been rather blea(c)h so far. Asliel became useless, Lucifer is a non-character to crawl in some references and the girls are more and more just fanservice fuel (this episode was the worst offender),
Also, James from the Team Rocket is the antagonist and an
, but i say meh.
Finally decided to pick this up again, the second half has been rather blea(c)h so far. Asliel became useless, Lucifer is a non-character to crawl in some references and the girls are more and more just fanservice fuel (this episode was the worst offender),
Also, James from the Team Rocket is the antagonist and an
angel
FelixOrion
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Hey, that's Gahiggidy's basement! Love that picture.
PorcellainThrill
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That thread gave us Femmeworth defending K-On, just one more step until all her gif replys feature only Mugi.
So fellas, how's watching your girl cartoons been? I, as a respectable man have started watching Milky Holmes, because it's truly in the top echelon of Highbrow entertainment.
I actually finished [C] and found that it could have been really good with more episodes and less cg, the cg revolution is a horrible, horrible thing.
Kiniro Mosaic - 02
OTP potential so good they even hint it in the credits! Absolutely in love with this show.
Youko x Aya for #1 OTP! My goodness!
OTP potential so good they even hint it in the credits! Absolutely in love with this show.
Hahahaha at Alice trying to knock down the teacher a peg or two with her English only to have it backfire.
chickdigger802
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you aren't a pussy magnet.
Awful Falafel
Banned
We can't all be blessed wit dat lips!
Guess that makes sense. I really feel like I've fallen out of my understanding of the prod roles as of late.
FelixOrion
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Man, some of these Free! comics are hilarious.
they could've gone for a han solo gag, smh.
Tamayura ~hitotose~ 7
So I take it, Shouko's message was to Fuu's dad? Explains why she was crying and the "write a message to people in heaven" thing. Although I'm still not sure what's her connection. It will be explained right?
When will Fuu ever learn to take a good picture?
Awful Falafel
Banned
Watamote 2
So apparently I'm the only one coming out of this episode in a good mood. The anxiety of meeting old friends followed by having a good time with them by just being yourself was all kinds of heartwarming to me. That and fat Sugita's portrait of her making her day was just fantastic. They tried to play off how trivial the picture was to make as something tragic but it just makes me appreciate how simple gestures can make a huge difference. Also doubles as a nice commentary on how bland the generic pretty girl look is especially in contrast to Tomoko's unique character design. Sucks that Tomoko's cynicism and jealousy prevents her from feeling good about cheering up her friend. Just goes to show that the pressure on a girl to be in a relationship, look pretty, and be popular does twisted things to their outlook on things. Still in spite of it all she has a surprising amount of shounen burning spirit, she retreats to the scolding of yandere boys for now but I'm sure she'll work up the courage to give it another pathetic shot.
In short, Watamote is shaping up to be the feel good show of the season for me.
So apparently I'm the only one coming out of this episode in a good mood. The anxiety of meeting old friends followed by having a good time with them by just being yourself was all kinds of heartwarming to me. That and fat Sugita's portrait of her making her day was just fantastic. They tried to play off how trivial the picture was to make as something tragic but it just makes me appreciate how simple gestures can make a huge difference. Also doubles as a nice commentary on how bland the generic pretty girl look is especially in contrast to Tomoko's unique character design. Sucks that Tomoko's cynicism and jealousy prevents her from feeling good about cheering up her friend. Just goes to show that the pressure on a girl to be in a relationship, look pretty, and be popular does twisted things to their outlook on things. Still in spite of it all she has a surprising amount of shounen burning spirit, she retreats to the scolding of yandere boys for now but I'm sure she'll work up the courage to give it another pathetic shot.
In short, Watamote is shaping up to be the feel good show of the season for me.
A reminder that today... July, 16 (well, yesterday already in Japan), marks the day Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand was first released a decade ago.
Kind of related to this thread because that means a decade ago the following CM, a work supervised by Nobuyoshi Nishimura, was airing on Japanese TV stations:
GBA 続ボクらの太陽 太陽少年ジャンゴ CM - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uxU8T1fFxY
Time goes too fast for my liking...
Kind of related to this thread because that means a decade ago the following CM, a work supervised by Nobuyoshi Nishimura, was airing on Japanese TV stations:
GBA 続ボクらの太陽 太陽少年ジャンゴ CM - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uxU8T1fFxY
Time goes too fast for my liking...
Awful Falafel
Banned
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
"Did you realize that Cowboy Bebop came out 15 years ago?"
"Yep, that's when I stopped watching anime. It also happened to just be the only anime I've ever watched. They don't make them like they used to. Etc."
If only.
Patlabor Early Days 03 - The 450 Million Year Old Trap
aka Patlabor Rim
So after a long gap, I've jumped back into this series. I still think the Patlabors themselves are very neat looking mecha. I love how mechanical they look as in, they're not really over-designed (the design seems functional rather than purely cosmetic). You can see how almost every part has a purpose and how it would move, interact, etc.
The overall feeling I got from this episode was a tongue-in-cheek dig at Japanese monster movies. You had the scientist who walked a fine line between lunacy and genius and I found it difficult to take him seriously or not
A truly refined palate.
Funnier still are the reactions by the various characters. You have Shige who seems to be
, Ohta finally got an excuse to
. I think my favorite reaction was Asuma who clearly
.
I think the final hint that this was definitely at least partly satire was how the episode itself ended. I mean, I myself was doubting whether
I mean, it fits within the context of the series. You're teased with the question and they finally answer it. In the end, it was purposely anticlimactic/uneventful
. Okay, maybe calling it uneventful is unfair seeing as how
.
In terms of the art, it's still a fairly pretty episode although maybe my starved desire for non-CG / handdrawn animation is skewing my views a bit here. The animation itself is very fluid .There are obviously some visual inconsistencies:
Awkward angle leads to Matsui being a victim of what I like to call "Zordon-head"
The music for the most part is still unmemorable for me but it's not bad either. I guess it fits. The juxtaposition of dramatic music
and the hilarious monologue by Asuma ("A little time passed and then...a lot") was funny though.
An interesting episode to say the least.
aka Patlabor Rim
So after a long gap, I've jumped back into this series. I still think the Patlabors themselves are very neat looking mecha. I love how mechanical they look as in, they're not really over-designed (the design seems functional rather than purely cosmetic). You can see how almost every part has a purpose and how it would move, interact, etc.
The overall feeling I got from this episode was a tongue-in-cheek dig at Japanese monster movies. You had the scientist who walked a fine line between lunacy and genius and I found it difficult to take him seriously or not
until the very end when his Kaiju actually showed up.
A truly refined palate.
Funnier still are the reactions by the various characters. You have Shige who seems to be
out for some sort of bizarre revenge/mission to save humanity after his encounter with the monster
use his shiny new shotgun....except he can't bring himself to shoot the damn thing by the end. Being a gun nut with a conscious is suffering.
wanted to act out a Japanese monster movie. His reaction when the professor walks into the Restaurant is priceless.
I think the final hint that this was definitely at least partly satire was how the episode itself ended. I mean, I myself was doubting whether
there was actually a monster or if it was just some robot.
despite it actually being a monster
the monster did have that noted resemblance to Yamazaki (talk about a random twist, haha). Still, monster shows up, stares and leaves and disappears forever!
In terms of the art, it's still a fairly pretty episode although maybe my starved desire for non-CG / handdrawn animation is skewing my views a bit here. The animation itself is very fluid .There are obviously some visual inconsistencies:
Awkward angle leads to Matsui being a victim of what I like to call "Zordon-head"
The music for the most part is still unmemorable for me but it's not bad either. I guess it fits. The juxtaposition of dramatic music
during Yamazaki's face to face with the Kaiju
An interesting episode to say the least.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
In an interview, the writer of this episode, Kazunori Ito, said that he ran out of time to conclude the episode properly and so had to rush the final scenes more than he would have liked. So I don't think the anticlimactic ending is evidence of a satirical intent.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Casshern Sins 2
Everything is fine until Casshern appears. Then it's an inevitable descent from there for everyone.
MOTHER FUCKING FRIENDER YO! THE BEST BEFRIENDER A MAN COULD EVER HAVE!
Not too big on the cuts being done though. It feels rather jank. JUST LIKE DEM ROBOTS~
Everything is fine until Casshern appears. Then it's an inevitable descent from there for everyone.
MOTHER FUCKING FRIENDER YO! THE BEST BEFRIENDER A MAN COULD EVER HAVE!
Not too big on the cuts being done though. It feels rather jank. JUST LIKE DEM ROBOTS~
Alright Metrotab, as promised. Warning: LoGH discussion!:
I think the episode ended the series perfectly and opens up a lot of discussion on
. I always love discussing that with people. Overall, it was calm and poetic end to a brilliant show.
While I myself would have enjoyed this, that's a lot to cover in one episode and maybe it borders on "too much of a good thing". That or maybe they ran out of budget. Another take I like to have (to lessen the heartbreak) is that the "open-ended" nature of not having the epilogue you suggested added to the message that "life must go on". You have to imagine it yourself and come to your own conclusions on how they play out. It means that things moved on without us seeing it.
You know what question I'm about to ask you:
Oberstein was a necessary character to the series and to Reinhard. Jexhius put it best at one point in that Oberstein did the things no-one wanted to do but had to be done
.
I admit that on my second watch last year, I marathoned the shit out of this series. I think for a first viewing, what you suggested laster on in your post is correct. Take it 1-2 episodes a day. There is a large cast of characters, multiple plot threads and you have to really soak it all in. If you have a great memory, then marathon away. I found that I'd usually through an entire arc (or parts of an arc) at a time. Generally, if there was a cliffhanger, I'd keep going. The series really does suck you in once it gets going. I could never stop during the major battles. I just kept watching into the wee hours of the night.
I have to agree with this. It's a show that truly transcends it's medium. I'd put this up against the great sci-fi novels, movies, live-action TV series and whatever else you can throw in. It stuck the amazing the amazing balance you talked about below and it was, at the end of the day, a character driven show. My definition of a space opera is such that it has to be character driven. This was LoGH in a nutshell.
You get a real sense of history when watching this show. When I talk about events, I feel like I'm reciting something from a history text. I can't relate any other show I've watched to a similar experience. The only other works in any medium that is comparable is the Tolkienverse. The constant chess games, who the key players were, etc. You really invest a lot into the series.
I agree with your point about the humor and the character interactions. It brought a sense of humanity to the whole thing. It's a bit weird to describe but I felt that the characters were still grounded in reality.
There will come a day when I have an encyclopedic knowledge of the characters in this show and I will feel damn proud. Damn proud. A related point to this, which I'd like your opinion, is that one of my main takeaways from this show was not so much how characters lived but how they died. Morbid I know but I walk away from LoGH with almost every named character's death having some sort of impact/meaning. I'm not talking about the obvious main/major characters but I just felt that death in this series always had some meaning. It fed into backstories, prophecies, metaphors, key events, progressions, you name it. Contrast this to a Tomino work where literally 80% of the cast can die and with little meaning at all. LoGH just has a masterful way of handling its characters and their roles in the bigger picture. I mean, yes there were some "throwaway" deaths but I honestly believe they're in the minority.
Wholeheartedly agree. Music is a huge takeaway for me from this series. It was just so elegantly done. I can't imagine LoGH with anything but a cladsical soundtrack. I hope that doesn't make me sound elitist either. I remember Symphony No 1 in C-Minor by Buckner being in the series somewhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp1sG09g3Kc. Can you have starship battles to anything but stuff like this?
There are certainly some pretty looking backdrops and scenes in the show but I would never champion the series' cause by how it looks. It will always be about overall direction, music, story, characterization, etc. I mean, the series wasn't ugly and we can be thankful for that.
The dialog made the series. Obsertein's cold and calculated nature, Kircheis' somehwat stoic yet warm one. The interactions between Kircheis and Reinhard, Yang and Dusty/Minci. I mean, it goes on and on. The voice acting itself I thought was spot on too. People may dismiss LoGH as 80% discussion, 20% action and they may be right. It's just that the talking is good.
I think the episode ended the series perfectly and opens up a lot of discussion on
the contrasting natures of Yang and Reinhard's respective deaths
While I myself would have enjoyed this, that's a lot to cover in one episode and maybe it borders on "too much of a good thing". That or maybe they ran out of budget.
Another take I like to have (to lessen the heartbreak) is that the "open-ended" nature of not having the epilogue you suggested added to the message that "life must go on". You have to imagine it yourself and come to your own conclusions on how they play out. It means that things moved on without us seeing it. You know what question I'm about to ask you:
Do you think he purposely took that explosion for the Kaiser?
(allowing for an entire civilization to get nuked clearly cements his dark determination)
I admit that on my second watch last year, I marathoned the shit out of this series. I think for a first viewing, what you suggested laster on in your post is correct. Take it 1-2 episodes a day. There is a large cast of characters, multiple plot threads and you have to really soak it all in. If you have a great memory, then marathon away. I found that I'd usually through an entire arc (or parts of an arc) at a time. Generally, if there was a cliffhanger, I'd keep going. The series really does suck you in once it gets going. I could never stop during the major battles. I just kept watching into the wee hours of the night.
I have to agree with this. It's a show that truly transcends it's medium. I'd put this up against the great sci-fi novels, movies, live-action TV series and whatever else you can throw in. It stuck the amazing the amazing balance you talked about below and it was, at the end of the day, a character driven show. My definition of a space opera is such that it has to be character driven. This was LoGH in a nutshell.
You get a real sense of history when watching this show. When I talk about events, I feel like I'm reciting something from a history text. I can't relate any other show I've watched to a similar experience. The only other works in any medium that is comparable is the Tolkienverse. The constant chess games, who the key players were, etc. You really invest a lot into the series.
I agree with your point about the humor and the character interactions. It brought a sense of humanity to the whole thing. It's a bit weird to describe but I felt that the characters were still grounded in reality.
There will come a day when I have an encyclopedic knowledge of the characters in this show and I will feel damn proud. Damn proud. A related point to this, which I'd like your opinion, is that one of my main takeaways from this show was not so much how characters lived but how they died. Morbid I know but I walk away from LoGH with almost every named character's death having some sort of impact/meaning. I'm not talking about the obvious main/major characters but I just felt that death in this series always had some meaning. It fed into backstories, prophecies, metaphors, key events, progressions, you name it. Contrast this to a Tomino work where literally 80% of the cast can die and with little meaning at all. LoGH just has a masterful way of handling its characters and their roles in the bigger picture. I mean, yes there were some "throwaway" deaths but I honestly believe they're in the minority.
Wholeheartedly agree. Music is a huge takeaway for me from this series. It was just so elegantly done. I can't imagine LoGH with anything but a cladsical soundtrack. I hope that doesn't make me sound elitist either. I remember Symphony No 1 in C-Minor by Buckner being in the series somewhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp1sG09g3Kc. Can you have starship battles to anything but stuff like this?
There are certainly some pretty looking backdrops and scenes in the show but I would never champion the series' cause by how it looks. It will always be about overall direction, music, story, characterization, etc. I mean, the series wasn't ugly and we can be thankful for that.
The dialog made the series. Obsertein's cold and calculated nature, Kircheis' somehwat stoic yet warm one. The interactions between Kircheis and Reinhard, Yang and Dusty/Minci. I mean, it goes on and on. The voice acting itself I thought was spot on too. People may dismiss LoGH as 80% discussion, 20% action and they may be right. It's just that the talking is good.
Okay. Then it was at the least a tribute.
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