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[JulianImp]

The Tequila Gundam loses so fast we have no idea what its capabilities are.

Does its pilot at least go "ay ay ay!", "caramba!" or some other sort of generic Mexican one-liner upon his defeat? That would probably redeem him a tiny bit in my eyes.

The way culture and media represented cultural, racial and sexual differences a couple generations ago is one of the main reasons I can't really agree with people who think things were better in the past. I mean, there's lots of new things that are wrong with society nowaays, but I believe the way minorities (or just foreigners) got caricaturized and demonized back then was quite ruthless.

 

[Kayhan]

Any word on a Western release of Your Name?

I want to watch this real bad!

 

[Valdfellgar]

Any word on a Western release of Your Name?

I want to watch this real bad!

Hits theaters next week. It took like three months for Project Itoh Harmony to go from the limited release to bluray so maybe three months till Your Name?

 

[Celcius]

Is G Gundam worth a watch or should it be skipped?
(currently marathoning Gundam Wing)

 

[nintendoman58]

Is G Gundam worth a watch or should it be skipped?

It's definitely worth watching if you want to see a creative and fun spin on the Gundam franchise that has an actual well-written story and characters.

 

[Valdfellgar]

Is G Gundam worth a watch or should it be skipped?
(currently marathoning Gundam Wing)

It's a welcome break from the typical Gundam formula/themes. But do be warned it's basically a super robot anime rather than real robot.

 

[GoldCrusader]

Is G Gundam worth a watch or should it be skipped?

Worst gundam. It's a bad dbz rip-off.

Spoiler

Yes it's good. Watch it dubbed.

 

[Quasar]

Any word on a Western release of Your Name?

I want to watch this real bad!

Came out months ago in some regions. Seems its coming out soon in straggler regions.

Now I'm waiting on Silent Voice, which hits here next week.

 

[Celcius]

It's definitely worth watching if you want to see a creative and fun spin on the Gundam franchise that has an actual well-written story and characters.

It's a welcome break from the typical Gundam formula/themes. But do be warned it's basically a super robot anime rather than real robot.

Worst gundam. It's a bad dbz rip-off.

Spoiler

Yes it's good. Watch it dubbed.

hmm, another 49 episode series... who needs free time right?
@_@

Spoiler

I'll have to take a break after Wing and come back to it some time

 

[Kayhan]

Hits theaters next week. It took like three months for Project Itoh Harmony to go from the limited release to bluray so maybe three months till Your Name?

Came out months ago in some regions. Seems its coming out soon in straggler regions.

Now I'm waiting on Silent Voice, which hits here next week.

Thanks.

 

[Thoraxes]

I will never ever pay for Strike on top of Prime.

Same.

 

[KraytarJ]

K-ON!! 18
Ritsu and Mio playing Romeo and Juliet, but not they way you expect. Honestly it was great to see not only their relationship flipped on it's head but seeing both of them have to leave their comfort zones was pretty neat. Then there was a maid cafe. Really, it was a great episode.

 

[ThatChairMan]

Akibas Trip 13 (End)

The amount of references shoved into the finale episode was ridiculous. Just off the top of my head I saw Kill la Kill, G Gundam, and Gurren Lagann, but there were probably more I missed. That fucking Ode to Joy idol powered spirit bomb too, goddamn. The animation couldn't really keep up with what it wanted to do, but I enjoyed it all the same.

And that goddamn kiss scene that got cockblocked by a Back to the Future ending. This show had a lot of misses, but this finale was certainly a fun way to end it.

 

[Quasar]

Same.

Not even when Amazon picks up all the anime from the bankrupt corpse of Crunchyroll?

 

[Cornbread78]

Attack on Titan ep.19

Yes, yes you did...


Ahhhhh. Fuck off female psycho titan. Looks like they know and are

Spoiler

going to pull the human inside out of her. Who and why the fuck would they do this?

pretty messed up stuff.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Does its pilot at least go "ay ay ay!", "caramba!" or some other sort of generic Mexican one-liner upon his defeat? That would probably redeem him a tiny bit in my eyes.

The way culture and media represented cultural, racial and sexual differences a couple generations ago is one of the main reasons I can't really agree with people who think things were better in the past. I mean, there's lots of new things that are wrong with society nowaays, but I believe the way minorities (or just foreigners) got caricaturized and demonized back then was quite ruthless.

The thing about G Gundam's weird racial stereotypes is that it's mostly just window dressing. The characters may look like caricatures but they don't really act like them. I don't think it makes it ok but so far, every character in the show is fleshed out independent of where they're supposed to be from.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Amazon is cleaning house right now, damn.

?

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Is G Gundam worth a watch or should it be skipped?
(currently marathoning Gundam Wing)

Its a must watch, one of the best written gundams.

 

[Quasar]

?

Well they are up to 4-5 simulcasts next season. Not quite cleaning house but it seems like a good step forward.

 

[ShinRPGamer]

that would be cool

Indeed, it would be nice.

 

[duckroll]

Hypothetically, if Amazon somehow got every single show you planned on watching in a given season (say 8-10 shows), would you subscribe to Anime Strike for that season?

 

[Man God]

Hypothetically, if Amazon somehow got every single show you planned on watching in a given season (say 8-10 shows), would you subscribe to Anime Strike for that season?

Considering I already have Prime...yeah probably.

I hate Amazon's player though.

 

[Quasar]

Considering I already have Prime...yeah probably.

I hate Amazon's player though.

I do hate that its the most platform limited player I use aside from iTunes.

 

[GoldCrusader]

Hypothetically, if Amazon somehow got every single show you planned on watching in a given season (say 8-10 shows), would you subscribe to Anime Strike for that season?

If amazon got MHA I would subscribe to them instantly.

But in a normal season? Yea I would.

 

[zulux21]

Hypothetically, if Amazon somehow got every single show you planned on watching in a given season (say 8-10 shows), would you subscribe to Anime Strike for that season?

considering I don't have proper prime (I am still on an account share that was grandfathered in)

nope.

not paying that much just for a few shows.

 

[Haly]

Hypothetically, if Amazon somehow got every single show you planned on watching in a given season (say 8-10 shows), would you subscribe to Anime Strike for that season?

Yep. I would say my threshold is like, 4-5 shows, and I'd be hard pressed to find 4-5 shows to watch in a season.

I'd cancel Crunchy in the meantime though.

 

[Cornbread78]

Attack on Titan ep.20
Whelp, there it is. Fuck off you piece of shit...

 

[Thoraxes]

Hypothetically, if Amazon somehow got every single show you planned on watching in a given season (say 8-10 shows), would you subscribe to Anime Strike for that season?

No because I don't have or need Amazon Prime.

Now if it didn't need a Prime sub? Maybe.

 

[Crimson_Echidna]

Hypothetically, if Amazon somehow got every single show you planned on watching in a given season (say 8-10 shows), would you subscribe to Anime Strike for that season?

I'd still be on the fence because their back log is still lacking.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Considering I already have Prime...yeah probably.

I hate Amazon's player though.

Really? I love AMZNs player, especially since you can resize it in just a way that the subs can appear below the actual video, additionally having the pop ups of character names and actors makes it phenomenal for gathering information quickly.

AMZN and youtube have the best players imo (youtube for customization up there with Hulu).

--

Been paying for strike since day 1, have to support the anime industry and their efforts.

 

[Clov]

Not exactly anime related, but... it looks like I'll be moving to Japan for a bit in late July. I'll need to remind myself not to waste

Spoiler

too much of

my money on figures and Blu-Rays when I get there! I've never been there before, so I'm pretty excited to head there and start working.

 

[Narag]

I'd just borrow haly's password to watch them.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I'd just borrow haly's password to watch them.

and buy a bunch of stuff off prime.

 

[Crimson_Echidna]

What would get me to commit to Strike is if Amazon can work some voodoo to strike a deal with Aniplex. I'd love to be able to watch the dubs of stuff like Baccano and Kill la Kill legally. Them or Netflix.

 

[Narag]

and buy a bunch of stuff off prime.

I'd fuck up his recommendations so bad.

 

[Man God]

What would get me to commit to Strike is if Amazon can work some voodoo to strike a deal with Aniplex. I'd love to be able to watch the dubs of stuff like Baccano and Kill la Kill legally. Them or Netflix.

Netflix gets most of Aniplex's stuff these days and they're apparently on good terms. No idea why they haven't added in KlK or SAO II's dub yet. It took them over a year to put in Blue Exorcists dub so never say never.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Hypothetically, if Amazon somehow got every single show you planned on watching in a given season (say 8-10 shows), would you subscribe to Anime Strike for that season?

Since I have Prime, I guess I would. It's rare that there's anywhere near that many shows in a season that interest me, but in that scenario I definitely would.

 

[Crimson_Echidna]

Netflix gets most of Aniplex's stuff these days and they're apparently on good terms. No idea why they haven't added in KlK or SAO II's dub yet. It took them over a year to put in Blue Exorcists dub so never say never.

I guess the licensing deals with Toonami delays the streaming deals.

I wonder though, it looks like Madoka Magic is expiring after tonight. As that just normal for Netflix to renew again right after their shows expire?

 

[duckroll]

Since I have Prime, I guess I would. It's rare that there's anywhere near that many shows in a season that interest me, but in that scenario I definitely would.

Oh that's not exactly what I meant. 8-10 was a number I threw out because I think that's a decent number of shows an average dedicated anime fan would be interested in at least checking out in a given season, even if they end up dropping half. But I'm saying that if Amazon had like, pretty much every show you're interested in for that season, even if it's 2, or 3, would you sub?

I'm looking at the other replies and I think it's interesting, because it seems like people who already have Prime are likely to just jump on once the volume meeting their interest is there. But those without Prime find it a much harder sell (duh).

Netflix gets most of Aniplex's stuff these days and they're apparently on good terms. No idea why they haven't added in KlK or SAO II's dub yet. It took them over a year to put in Blue Exorcists dub so never say never.

Do you think this might be a reason why Bandai bought out the Daisuki partnership wholesale? Because Aniplex wanted out?

 

[Man God]

Do you think this might be a reason why Bandai bought out the Daisuki partnership wholesale? Because Aniplex wanted out?

Sounds reasonable to me.

It's not that Aniplex has an exclusive deal with Netflix just yet, but it wouldn't shock me if that eventually did happen with all future streaming rights. If Netflix is shelling out money for an anime it's more likely than not something Aniplex did.

 

[Crimson_Echidna]

It's weird how Hulu has quietly backed out of fighting for exclusives.

 

[Man God]

It's weird how Hulu has quietly backed out of fighting for exclusives.

They still get a lot of Viz stuff from the Neon Alley days, which I believe used Hulu's backend and was absorbed into them when they axed the service.

 

[Quasar]

It's weird how Hulu has quietly backed out of fighting for exclusives.

They had exclusives? I thought all they got was funimation and crunchyroll handmedowns.

 

[zulux21]

They still get a lot of Viz stuff from the Neon Alley days, which I believe used Hulu's backend and was absorbed into them when they axed the service.

when the service was axed they made it sound far more like hulu just made them an offer they couldn't refuse rather than hulu saved them aka they only axed the service because hulu bought them out.

either way yeah hulu has a lot of the viz stuff.

They had exclusives? I thought all they got was funimation and crunchyroll handmedowns.

they had most of the viz media stuff that was on neon alley. I think they still have sailor moon.

I haven't looked at hulu in forever though.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Oh that's not exactly what I meant. 8-10 was a number I threw out because I think that's a decent number of shows an average dedicated anime fan would be interested in at least checking out in a given season, even if they end up dropping half. But I'm saying that if Amazon had like, pretty much every show you're interested in for that season, even if it's 2, or 3, would you sub?

I'm looking at the other replies and I think it's interesting, because it seems like people who already have Prime are likely to just jump on once the volume meeting their interest is there. But those without Prime find it a much harder sell (duh).

Figuring out the exact break even point would be tricky. Three shows I was really interested in would do it for sure. Hell, I might sub for just one show if it was something I felt that strongly about (I subbed to Funi for three months when Yuri Kuma was running because I love Ikuhara that much and wouldn't want to wait until the episodes were posted for free users).

I think three shows would definitely be enough for me to consider three months for the service assuming it was really good stuff. (Like, in any season there will always be shows that I'll check out on Crunchyroll because I'm already on there and they seem potentially interesting, but I wouldn't subscribe to a service for. It'd need to be the From the New World or Shirobako levels of "I need to watch this" for me to be getting Strike)

 

[Crimson_Echidna]

They had exclusives? I thought all they got was funimation and crunchyroll handmedowns.

I think they got Chivalry of a Failed Knight when that first came out but after that they didn't really try to claim any more exclusive Simulcasts.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

It's weird how Hulu has quietly backed out of fighting for exclusives.

I think the phrasing would be better be Hulu is the place where sentai was putting their anime (in addition to their The Anime Network), there was stuff that never made it to CR like Norn9, or stuff that was shared between TAN, Hulu, and CR (UtaPri).

 

[Aki-at]

Hypothetically, if Amazon somehow got every single show you planned on watching in a given season (say 8-10 shows), would you subscribe to Anime Strike for that season?

Depends on the quality of the show but if say, JoJo, Mob Psycho and Thunderbolt from last year was on Strike I wouldn't hesitate to sign up.

But I already have Prime, if I didn't I probably would need 5 really great pieces of entertainment and that's never happened in one year for me.

 

[dimb]

Gabriel Dropout End

I wish I liked this series more. Gabriel's "fallen angel" nature just never really comes out. Her slovenly nature doesn't shine through at all. She doesn't speak or act like she's obsessed with video games. This final episode at least plays up her two faced nature, but the show just continues to feel super mild even with good VA work, high quality funny faces, and animation to actually back up its slap stick. The material itself just feels ponderously slow even for light comedy, and there's little personality, wit, or charm to the jokes or characters. The end note sort of pushes for a theme about friendship, but it doesn't even feel like the people working on this show thought it was worth pretending that was a thing that mattered. Safe. Lame. Not really worth remembering at all.

 

[duckroll]

When's the Spring OT going up?