cj_iwakura
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It doesn't really have a clear lead, not once it gets rolling anyway. I have mixed feelings about the show. Some of ABe's best work, but the story meanders way too much. It should have been the usual 13.
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It doesn't really have a clear lead, not once it gets rolling anyway. I have mixed feelings about the show. Some of ABe's best work, but the story meanders way too much. It should have been the usual 13.
Saw her celebration and it was the first thing that came to mind.
Admiral Woofington
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to be fair though, postponing shitty shows to watch an amazing show isn't a bad thing.
Now I need to know what I need to do to get people here to watch Polar Bear Cafe. Y'all WILL watch it I swear it.
Better prepare your liquor in advance:
And speaking of good Texh soundtrack, there's this too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgoMU8WQguU
I raise you:
Unnamed track from ep 5. (spoilers for that ep obv)
Only One Warmth
A Far Away Lightning
Purity of Blade And Sentimentality
And a certain other song you've yet to hear.
Iconic Field
Less of a short, more of an assembly of scenes that walk you through some basic ideas of the story. Tittilation and the helicopter cockpit slapped on the mech aside, I quite liked it, neat designs, lovely animation. Would like to see more if it managed to keep to that level of execution through most of its run. Anybody know the name of the song from the last part. ? Really liked it.
Lady Siara
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Yeah, it's pretty similar to Lain.
I enjoy that it doesn't love to hear itself talk like Ergo Proxy did.
cj_iwakura
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Same writer, too. Different director, though. I wonder how it would've been if Nakamura had done it.
hosannainexcelsis
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Cool. With Yokoyama, Pablo, and Mori on the job, this should be an amazing looking short. Not sure about the 70s comment, since I'm not a huge fan of the cheesy style of that time period, but we'll see how it goes. Best case scenario is that it'll be another Animator Expo short begging for a fuller treatment.
Polar Bear Cafe is just average though. It's one of those harmless but dull shows. The comedic timing is sluggish and the jokes bland.
As far as animal shows go, I'm much more interested in Musicians of the Forest:
Dedication Through Light
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In a my world Funi would use this cover, sadly, theyll probably go with some group shot instead of Isogai Maehara 
Joe Molotov
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Working!!! 05
Okay, seriously, who did Souta think this mysterious guy that Inami was in love with was? He'd already ruled out Yamada 2 as the mystery suitor, so besides her dad, that leaves one guy that she's ever talked to in her entire life, apparently.
Okay, seriously, who did Souta think this mysterious guy that Inami was in love with was? He'd already ruled out Yamada 2 as the mystery suitor, so besides her dad, that leaves one guy that she's ever talked to in her entire life, apparently.
I mean, Texhnolyze was number 3 on my top soundtrack list, so yeah its good!
John Blade
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Better prepare your liquor in advance:
And speaking of good Texh soundtrack, there's this too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgoMU8WQguU
Yup, so true. I did saw this show few months ago to try to go through my anime dvd backlog and man....that chart basically is how I feel when I finish the show. Man...that ending is just depressing for me. Good soundtrack I will give them.
Better prepare your liquor in advance:
And speaking of good Texh soundtrack, there's this too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgoMU8WQguU
I'd heard things about how slow Texhnolyze is, but I'm sure it isn't that bad, right? Even if it is slow it's by the guy who did Lain, so it should be interesting at least.
Also, Ryushika Ryushika anime when?
cj_iwakura
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It's that bad. It's only the artist and writer, different director. There are moments of brilliance, but lots and LOTS of slog.
The outtakes are wonderful, though. So good.
Is it really a slog though? Isn't that the beauty of such a show? The tranquility amidst the chaos. It's a phenomenal show. It wouldn't be Texhnolyze if it was any other way. Not a dull moment in my eyes, which sounds contradictory to the content and pacing, but it kept me engaged with each and every step from the word go.
It's beautifully slow. First ep feels like weed out material. :lol
John Blade
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I guess it's expectation. For me, the slow pace of the show isn't going to hurt me at all but you notice quite a few things when you're watching this show. For other, the slow pace make the show boring to watch and not surprise if quite a few of them stop watching way before it get to the interesting part.
There is also the point she can control swords and to turn on a barrier in a room no one could get into requires moving a sword. So its pretty much her.
I can see that. I was watching a Mega64 video recently and they were talking about how the first video they ever did started off with one of the cast (Derrick) silently eating porridge for a few minutes. At the premier of the episode a majority of the people booed and walked out, but they basically said that the people who stuck through it went through an initiation of sorts. If you could last through that, you'll be good for the rest of their content lol. All the people with small attention spans can leave at the exit sign, everyone else who stays is rewarded. I loved the first episode (of Texh)
WhiskerFrisker
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Shimoneta Episode 1-3
This is awesome. I've gotten some great laughs and I can help but enjoy the silly innuendos. I hear episode 4 is quite...lewd. I'm ready.
This is awesome. I've gotten some great laughs and I can help but enjoy the silly innuendos. I hear episode 4 is quite...lewd. I'm ready.
Most recent update on Isao Takahata's next project status:
Tomatolise on Twitter: "My friend and I had a chance to talk a bit with Takahata last month. We asked him about his next film ...
https://twitter.com/tomatolise/status/627866328959811584
Tomatolise on Twitter: "He said, "Perhaps I won't be able to make it, but yes, I'm currently preparing for it." Let's keep our ...
https://twitter.com/tomatolise/status/627866740496601096
Still at it, apparently. On a related note, feels good to see that after the exodus Yoshiaki Nishimura has been a busy man; helping Mr. Anno fund 'ateliers' salvaged from the remnants of Studio Ghibli (he sure is putting the NGE money to good use lately), with the creation of his own studio too, most probably preparing for production tasks on Hiromasa Yonebayashi next film (at STUDIO PONOC?), and remember how he was also going to be the producer of this next Mr. Takahata project too... one has to wonder when all the lined works will really come to fruition.
Tomatolise on Twitter: "My friend and I had a chance to talk a bit with Takahata last month. We asked him about his next film ...
https://twitter.com/tomatolise/status/627866328959811584
Tomatolise on Twitter: "He said, "Perhaps I won't be able to make it, but yes, I'm currently preparing for it." Let's keep our ...
https://twitter.com/tomatolise/status/627866740496601096
Still at it, apparently. On a related note, feels good to see that after the exodus Yoshiaki Nishimura has been a busy man; helping Mr. Anno fund 'ateliers' salvaged from the remnants of Studio Ghibli (he sure is putting the NGE money to good use lately), with the creation of his own studio too, most probably preparing for production tasks on Hiromasa Yonebayashi next film (at STUDIO PONOC?), and remember how he was also going to be the producer of this next Mr. Takahata project too... one has to wonder when all the lined works will really come to fruition.
KenjiGlove
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It also requires being in the room to place your hand on the altar, I do agree that it's not some coincidence or anything. She or Maura is probably the traitor.
.Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Part 1 - Beginnings
Release Date: 7th September
Run Time: 131 min
Format: BD, DVD
Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Part 2 - Eternal
Release Date: 7th September
Run Time: 110 min
Format: BD, DVD
A Certain Scientific Railgun Complete Season 1 Collection
Release Date: 5th October
Run Time: 600 min
Format: BD, DVD
Turin Turambar
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The liquor image meme isn't only about the slowness of the series...
Turin Turambar
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OVA or the tv series? It's so many years now that I'm not sure from the images. I suppose it's the OVA because it should look better.
After the first ~6 slow episodes, most of the set up, introducing of the characters and the setting is done and I'd say it starts to move at quite decent pace. I loved ep 1 from the beginning and on the rewatch, I managed to appreciate eps 2-6 too. Your mileage will vary I guess. It's not a Monster like atrocity at the very least.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Baby Steps 2 18:
This show just keeps me excited week in and week out. I'm already anxiously awaiting next Sunday.
Man, what a match and what an episode. This was just so exciting all throughout the whole thing. It was great seeing Ei-chan having to push harder as well as learning effective ways to deal with the pressure. Those final couple of games were just crazy.
That between the legs shot was just unreal after following up that drop shot, and seeing that back and forth was a lot of fun. That final point in particular was really tense, with the ball just barely getting in for him at the end.
This show just keeps me excited week in and week out. I'm already anxiously awaiting next Sunday.
Can you elaborate on this? Monster is something else I haven't seen yet, but I've only ever heard positive things about it.
Monster is a weird one. On one side you hear nothing but absolute admiration for it, held up as the golden standard, almost LOTGH-esque in the way in which it's held up. On the other side you hear (I admit, a much smaller amount of) people speak about it with disdain. I don't mean to paint things with broad strokes or in extremes, since some nuance is in order and not everything is black and white, and I also don't mean to insinuate that phaze hates the show (although he very well could, or maybe just aspects of it, since shows are made up of many different parts) but nevertheless it's something that I notice a lot. I guess it might be the marmalade of anime. Stick that on the cover. Eh, maybe its not that weird after all.
Yeah..Ill watch this.
Seeing an I actually found things to enjoy in SAO2 I dont dread a third season. But it better have a character as great as Sinon to counteract the fuckery.
This is the most anime looking thing I've ever seen.
Liars every single one of them.
There is like, a 30-40 episode long stretch of Monster where important developments could be counted on one hand. The show spends an eternity on 1000 thousand different, superfluous side characters most of whom serve little or no purpose to the larger narrative.
I mean, there were quite a few critically and popularly acclaimed shows that fell flat for me but with most of them, I can tell what people see in them. Monster, with its combination of: hefty length, slow pacing, leaps of logic, stringing you along for the answers to the mysteries for 60 episodes only for those answers to be laughable, cop out ending is pretty much the only one I actively despise.
Edit: To not sound so overly negative, it's pretty well executed, it manages to really nail the mood and atmosphere in some scenes and while not being anything spectacular, the character arcs for most of the main cast are competent.
Shouta
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It's tvtropes, I think. It doesn't really show up directly in the series too much, at least the manga). There's a few inklings of it specifically in how he setup the reasons for lack of US involvement and maybe on the depiction of US politicians though. It's a bit more amusing than anything unless the viewer has an axe to grind. There's actually a bit of lampshading of how stupid Japan has been in the manga too though I'm not sure if that was intentional or not, lol I guess it could be seen the other way too, lol
Jex
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Movie.
Lady Siara
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The thing that annoyed me about Monster was the repetition of flashbacks. Flashbacks can be a powerful narrative tool but the frequency of which they were used in Monster is mind numbing. Mind you, they do this to slowly unravel huge revelations that happened in the past and they are extremely important to the plot. After the umpteenth time of watching a flashback in which a character says 'Welcome home.', I was ready to blow my brains out.
It's a great anime but it could have trimmed a bit of fat off in the flashback department. That's my only complaint with it.
Yeap.
Has this been posted here yet?
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - Kars' Leg Guitar - English Dub: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZiBPeQb_lg
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - Kars' Leg Guitar - English Dub: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZiBPeQb_lg
MetroidPrimeRib
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Ok this is great, not feeling young Joseph's voice though
But you can't replace Sugita, so I guess it's alright.
nintendoman58
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KenjiGlove
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Dio's henchmen are the real stars in this.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Ok now I'm not feeling it. These hokey British accents are silly.
Then again a dub that can replace Sugita and Koyasu in my heart will probably never exist, never had a chance ;_;7
It's the best.
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