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Fall 2010 Anime Thread: Reboots, Retreads, and Rediscovery
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Red Garden series and OVA for under $13 new. No one here should pass this up!
Infinite Justice
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luka said:
You better get used to it cuz that's what the battles are played out in
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
It has that ugly S.A.V.E. logo on it though! Pass till I find one without it.Cloudy said:
Amagami SS - 14
Ranking of character arcs so far:
Kaoru > Morishima > Nanasaki (haven't watched Sae's yet).
Not much else to say besides a question: why no teacher arc? They did a full body pan of her for a few seconds. Clearly, there's a demand they're aware of. Might as well go all out if that DVD bonus/special is true of the 7th girl.
And they're really giving Miya some screen time.
Durarara
Ranking of character arcs so far:
Kaoru > Morishima > Nanasaki (haven't watched Sae's yet).
Not much else to say besides a question: why no teacher arc? They did a full body pan of her for a few seconds. Clearly, there's a demand they're aware of. Might as well go all out if that DVD bonus/special is true of the 7th girl.
And they're really giving Miya some screen time.
You're giving Amagami SS a chance? Promise you'll drop it once you're bored of it. Unless you only want to watch for Kaoru, then episodes 5-8. A reset happens after each character arc is finished and each character arc is 4 episodes long, so you can avoid the trouble and wasted time and watch whomever you want. But even so, I wouldn't recommend watching it.Halycon said:
Giant KillingEzalc said:
Durarara
Macross Zero 1: ORE NO UTA O KIKE! MY BODY IS READY! LET'S...hey, it's a bunch of island hippies talking about birdmen and communicating with earth. Neat. At least Focker's keepin' it real.
Despite being CG-filled techno wankery, the battles seem quite well done and the protracted transformation and targeting system was cool to see. Interesting soundtrack as well. It seems solid, but I'm dreading the heavy environmentalist/spiritual bent it's obviously going to persue. huolgblughfl
Despite being CG-filled techno wankery, the battles seem quite well done and the protracted transformation and targeting system was cool to see. Interesting soundtrack as well. It seems solid, but I'm dreading the heavy environmentalist/spiritual bent it's obviously going to persue. huolgblughfl
DY_nasty said:
I had those same feelings when i first watched macross zero. I honestly find the old man and his monologues about the BIRD MAN to be incredibly grating in the worst way possible. And funny thing is - i absolutely hated the singing when i watched it. (zero was my first macross) so i wonder if i'll appreciate it more on a re-watch, considering I <3 the singing in SDF macross and the like.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Sex hair is the best hair!
Jex
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So, as I mentioned earlier Heat Guy J has a messed up office. But that wasn't the main problem with episode 18.
No, the real problem comes from this action sequence near the end of the episode. This being a Statelight production you might well hope that at least this scene would be handled well.
Oh dear. So, we see our heroes pinned down here :
Kyoko learns about this on the magical exposition TV device :
And decides to get help. After she does this we return to the action here :
But how long did it take Kyoko to get help? The answer is about 1.5 minutes. This removes any sense of fast-paced action or suspense that this sequence was supposed to have. Where did it all go wrong?
Here's how. After seeing the TV news, this series of event's happen :
MCU on Kyoko's reaction - 2 seconds
Tilting Crane LS of Aurora for - 9 seconds
CU Aruora's head - 1 second
MCU Kyoko - 2.5 seconds
CU Aurora - 9 seconds
CU Kyoko - 1 second
CU Spinning car wheel - 1 second
MS Kyoko inside the car - 1 second
LS to ELS shot of car speeding down highway - 1 second
Alright, so, at least that's done and we can crosscut to the action right? Nope.
Establishing LS of Lab - 1.5 seconds
CU Antonia - 2.5 seconds
Slow tilt up J's body - 5 seconds
MS Anotina - 4 seconds with lots of calm fill lighting everywhere
EL of Kyoko running in - 3.5 seconds
MS of Kyoko and Anotonia - 11 seconds
CU Antonia - 1 second
CU J's face - 1 second
CU Antonia - 2 seconds
CU reaction shot of Kyoko - 1 second
CU "turn-on-device" - 1 second
CU J - second
Match action cut to CU J which holds for - 1 second
MS J - 4 seconds
CU Kyoko - 4 seconds
And now, back to the action!
Who paces there scenes like this when it's supposed to be exciting? I really don't know how this kind of mess would get past the storyboarding stage. It's so slow and lifeless.
And oh yes, SHAFT and Shibo make conversations about a thousand times more exiting then this shit. Because they're actually good at making anime.
No, the real problem comes from this action sequence near the end of the episode. This being a Statelight production you might well hope that at least this scene would be handled well.
Oh dear. So, we see our heroes pinned down here :
Kyoko learns about this on the magical exposition TV device :
And decides to get help. After she does this we return to the action here :
But how long did it take Kyoko to get help? The answer is about 1.5 minutes. This removes any sense of fast-paced action or suspense that this sequence was supposed to have. Where did it all go wrong?
Here's how. After seeing the TV news, this series of event's happen :
MCU on Kyoko's reaction - 2 seconds
Tilting Crane LS of Aurora for - 9 seconds
CU Aruora's head - 1 second
MCU Kyoko - 2.5 seconds
CU Aurora - 9 seconds
CU Kyoko - 1 second
CU Spinning car wheel - 1 second
MS Kyoko inside the car - 1 second
LS to ELS shot of car speeding down highway - 1 second
Alright, so, at least that's done and we can crosscut to the action right? Nope.
Establishing LS of Lab - 1.5 seconds
CU Antonia - 2.5 seconds
Slow tilt up J's body - 5 seconds
MS Anotina - 4 seconds with lots of calm fill lighting everywhere
EL of Kyoko running in - 3.5 seconds
MS of Kyoko and Anotonia - 11 seconds
CU Antonia - 1 second
CU J's face - 1 second
CU Antonia - 2 seconds
CU reaction shot of Kyoko - 1 second
CU "turn-on-device" - 1 second
CU J - second
Match action cut to CU J which holds for - 1 second
MS J - 4 seconds
CU Kyoko - 4 seconds
And now, back to the action!
Who paces there scenes like this when it's supposed to be exciting? I really don't know how this kind of mess would get past the storyboarding stage. It's so slow and lifeless.
And oh yes, SHAFT and Shibo make conversations about a thousand times more exiting then this shit. Because they're actually good at making anime.
I finished Giant Robo, not sure what to say, I still can't decide if it was good or not. Obviously it wasn't bad as I finished it I just can't decide if it's good good or merely good as in acceptable. I don't want to waste my necromancer powers on such a lifeless post.
But I did not watch the Ginrei specials, I tried watching one but it was just too stupid, sometimes those things work other times, not so much.
But I did not watch the Ginrei specials, I tried watching one but it was just too stupid, sometimes those things work other times, not so much.
Towards what exactly?Geneijin said:
[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt]
They tweeted that they were told that episode was problematic in its current state (i.e. that it can't be aired, I assume). They didn't expect that particular feedback and needed to discuss among themselves and decide how to handle that.
I wonder what turned out to be a problem (and hopefully, I won't have to actually watch the show to find out)...
[Glas no Kamen]
If I remember well, the author went and retconned a whole bunch of episodes that had been serialized but not yet compiled in volumes. On several occasions. The publisher would release some kind of band-aid / "not-quite-an-actual-volume-but-it-should-make-the-wait-more-bearable" compilations and readers who had followed the serialization would find out than none of the "recent" episodes of the past few months/years had actually happened. And then, the volume would finally come out (generally accompanied by an earthquake... so I'm not sure releasing two new volumes like that is responsible), and it would be yet another complete rewrite.
I don't know: that's why I'm intrigued! :lolBranduil said:
They tweeted that they were told that episode was problematic in its current state (i.e. that it can't be aired, I assume). They didn't expect that particular feedback and needed to discuss among themselves and decide how to handle that.
I wonder what turned out to be a problem (and hopefully, I won't have to actually watch the show to find out)...
[Glas no Kamen]
Boy, that series...Lafiel said:
If I remember well, the author went and retconned a whole bunch of episodes that had been serialized but not yet compiled in volumes. On several occasions. The publisher would release some kind of band-aid / "not-quite-an-actual-volume-but-it-should-make-the-wait-more-bearable" compilations and readers who had followed the serialization would find out than none of the "recent" episodes of the past few months/years had actually happened. And then, the volume would finally come out (generally accompanied by an earthquake... so I'm not sure releasing two new volumes like that is responsible), and it would be yet another complete rewrite.
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* To be released January 18, 2011
* 3 OVA + 26 TV Episodes on 5 discs!
* Deluxe box simulated Japan's release
* 48-page deluxe booklet with English translation
* OVA & TV trailers
and more!
SRP - $199.98
Pre-order Price - $159.98
After Street Date - $169.98
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Pre-ordering now.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Jesus, 200 bucks. 
Is it really better than a Funimation release? Funimation may not give us aDead said:
And the Durrarra series will cost 120 bucks after buying all three volumes, that's crazy.
These shows aren't even that great.
I'm saying, if he no longer likes sex hair and you reply that that's one obstacle removed, what's that implying? That you want him to choose another character? Yourself? Gaf? Mao from FMP?Geneijin said:Since I don't want to spoil it for Haly because there are some rather entertaining bits even if it's on very, very rare occasions (firehawk12 knows what I could have used), this will have to do:
True and true.Hitokage said:Being provided lube isn't a bargain. Besides, the TV show sucks.
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