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Winter 2012 Anime Thread of Roundcats Up in This
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Persona 4 - 18
a.k.a the Nanako episode
I don't believe this, drama that wasn't overdone or overstayed it's welcome and delivered in a neatly done package that I can't really formulate a complaint against.
I'm not entirely sure I really did just watch Persona 4 just now, that was too good.
a.k.a the Nanako episode
I don't believe this, drama that wasn't overdone or overstayed it's welcome and delivered in a neatly done package that I can't really formulate a complaint against.
I'm not entirely sure I really did just watch Persona 4 just now, that was too good.
Maekawa isn't insane enough.
PdotMichael
Banned
Space Pirates doing cute things - The Anime
More Chiaki is always good!
Her sanity is what makes her appealing.
She isn't moe or sparkly enough either.
PdotMichael
Banned
That's true, pizza and futons are also required.
AppleSmack
Banned
For those of you who saw Another how does it compare to the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series. I'm a big Higurashi fan and was wondering how this new show stacks up to Higurashi's storytelling, atmosphere and suspense? Would it be like the closest best thing?
Also blue hair and having a hot mom.
Are you not checking on Amazon.co.uk? It says it's £25.99
I'm still waiting for NIS to release it here.
Jex
Member
It's like the scales have fallen from my eyes.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Atmosphere feels alot like Higurashi suspense payoff is alot slower ofcourse because there is only one arc in Another.
this is the the closest to Higurashi you can get other than Umineko but Id argue Another's atmosphere is better than that.
I bought it (and Tatami Galaxy, for that matter), but given it's Beez and they've gone the way of Bandai Entertainment in the US, it doesn't really matter if it's a viable business model at this point.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
It's the closest thing to Higurashi.
Umineko is an abomination of a show. A god awful adaptation and a horrendous show in its own right.
I am thoroughly enjoying Another. It's quite good.
Jex
Member
Oh, I'm aware it's cheaper on Amazon, I just like to look at the shelves in HMV to see how much they over-charge for their selection.
This character is voiced by Chiaki Omigawa.
I can't figure how that's possible, she's :cajun and everything!
Let the Omigawa moe flow through you.
They likely just sublicensed those from Siren Visual in Australia though.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
I didn't enjoy the no ending thing but reading the manga really upd my opinion of it.
really liked alot of the characters, OP,ED were amazing.
also
Jex
Member
Hmm, I'm just flipping through one of my newly acquired anime books when I spotted some old sales-age data for UK anime releases.
>75,000 - Akira
>60,000 - Overfiend, Fist of the North Star, Streetfighter
>40,000 - Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll, Wicked City
>25,000 - Other erotic horror
>12,000 - Guy Gigolo, other erotic
>8,000 - Armitage III, other SF
>4,000 - Average dub
>1,000 - Average sub
<1,000 - Minority interest, import
Of course, I can't expect any anime title to sell that well these days, but some of those titles did really well over here. All those negative press articles for Overfiend (which was released in cinemas by the way) seems to have made it a huge success.
>75,000 - Akira
>60,000 - Overfiend, Fist of the North Star, Streetfighter
>40,000 - Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll, Wicked City
>25,000 - Other erotic horror
>12,000 - Guy Gigolo, other erotic
>8,000 - Armitage III, other SF
>4,000 - Average dub
>1,000 - Average sub
<1,000 - Minority interest, import
Of course, I can't expect any anime title to sell that well these days, but some of those titles did really well over here. All those negative press articles for Overfiend (which was released in cinemas by the way) seems to have made it a huge success.
For comparison sake the first Eva movie sold 9000 in the UK
Man, the UK loved tentacles.
PdotMichael
Banned
Kamichu! - 6
Oh, a cute love-triangle episode and it was so totally not anime like.
Oh, a cute love-triangle episode and it was so totally not anime like.
Anime on the high street has always been a ridiculous thing to try and buy, though. Even the speciality shops like Forbidden Planet are horrifically overpriced (I think House of Five Leaves was £40 in there last time I looked).
You're right, though - there is a complete barrier to people picking up stuff like that and Tatami Galaxy when it's overpriced and in a sea of volume 3s of mediocre ADV licenses from the Sojitz days, as per HMV et al.
Ghibli films always get a stand to themselves, though; I'd forgotten Arietty was out already until I saw it the other day. Of course, I then bought it off Amazon because it was cheaper, but still...
Jex
Member
Perhaps some, er, context is needed here.
Manga UK, the company behind the release of Overfiend, pulled off a move of marketing brilliance by having Overfiend shown in theatres. Once you've done that all you need to do is wait for some tabloid journalist (by which I mean, someone who writes for the largely conservative press that covers celebrity sex scandals and is read by a huge swathe of the population) to see the film, wait for them to write an article about how "this outrageous filth should be BANNED" and then wait for people to flock to the movie. Even better, politicians were calling for it to be banned in the Houses of Parliament. I mean, you can't get much better free press then that.
Of course, all this had the knock-on effect of tarnishing the image of anime in the UK, but it certainly worked well for Manga UK.
SonicX_Zero
Member
Guys are there any other online sites that you can recommend for buying anime dvd or am I good with just amazon and rightstuf?
HMV Japan
A serious answer - you're pretty much good with them. You could also try Robert's Corner Anime Store.
OT3 here we come.
I don't think I can make a new thread yet so I thought I'd post this here. ANY help is appreciated! 
So, I recently watched all of Golgo 13. It was my first anime not counting Akira, which I saw when I was REALLY young in the 80's. I'm looking for recommendations for the following...
1. Mature theme, action
2. An art style that looks more "human" like Golgo, I'm not big on the art style with huge eyes and stuff.
3. Modern action, if possible, with as little fantasy as possible.
Yeah, I'm picky. Sorry, lol. If you feel like recommending something even if it doesn't fit all my categories, just do so!
So, I recently watched all of Golgo 13. It was my first anime not counting Akira, which I saw when I was REALLY young in the 80's. I'm looking for recommendations for the following...
1. Mature theme, action
2. An art style that looks more "human" like Golgo, I'm not big on the art style with huge eyes and stuff.
3. Modern action, if possible, with as little fantasy as possible.
Yeah, I'm picky. Sorry, lol. If you feel like recommending something even if it doesn't fit all my categories, just do so!
Trapeze/Kuuchuu BurankoI don't think I can make a new thread yet so I thought I'd post this here. ANY help is appreciated!
So, I recently watched all of Golgo 13. It was my first anime not counting Akira, which I saw when I was REALLY young in the 80's. I'm looking for recommendations for the following...
1. Mature theme, action
2. An art style that looks more "human" like Golgo, I'm not big on the art style with huge eyes and stuff.
3. Modern action, if possible, with as little fantasy as possible.
Yeah, I'm picky. Sorry, lol. If you feel like recommending something even if it doesn't fit all my categories, just do so!
Mononoke
Redline
Angel's Egg
Ghost in the Shell (1995 movie)
hosannainexcelsis
Member
I don't think I can make a new thread yet so I thought I'd post this here. ANY help is appreciated!
So, I recently watched all of Golgo 13. It was my first anime not counting Akira, which I saw when I was REALLY young in the 80's. I'm looking for recommendations for the following...
1. Mature theme, action
2. An art style that looks more "human" like Golgo, I'm not big on the art style with huge eyes and stuff.
3. Modern action, if possible, with as little fantasy as possible.
Yeah, I'm picky. Sorry, lol. If you feel like recommending something even if it doesn't fit all my categories, just do so!
Master Keaton is mature, features a realistic art style courtesy of Naoki Urasawa, and is set in the post Cold War era. It stars Taichi Keaton, a half-Japanese, half-British archeologist/insurance investigator/former British Special Air Service soldier/Renaissance man, who uses his many talents and keen mind to navigate through the globe-trotting adventures he gets himself into. Well worth a watch.
Cobraja's fabulousness > Kumojacky's manliness. He always carries a pair of opera glasses with him, like a student council member in Utena:
http://i.imgur.com/XKNuE.jpg
Nisemonogatari 6
Damn, first the end of episode 12 and now this. Shaft be trolling like crazy.
Wait, when did Hachikuji go from being annoying to not being annoying?
Senjougahara, once again, is stealing this show.
Also, uhhhhhhh (spoilers) So much trolling the audience here.
Maaya Sakamoto's voice is sex.
Damn, first the end of episode 12 and now this. Shaft be trolling like crazy.
Wait, when did Hachikuji go from being annoying to not being annoying?
Also I knew she was enjoying it!
Senjougahara, once again, is stealing this show.
The look on her face when Araragi was asserting himself. That's what dreams are made of
Also, uhhhhhhh (spoilers) So much trolling the audience here.
Maaya Sakamoto's voice is sex.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
People watching motherfucking Heartcatch! now? FUCK YEAH
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Umineko Sound Novel >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Umineko Anime
Will be very hard with the OT2 being Cajunless.
Speaking of which.
Cardcaptor - 51
HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG
*flatlines*
CLEAR!!
*gets defibulated*
The love triangles, the NTR, the homemade bear giving, MY HEART CAN'T TAKE IT.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
You're a couple >'s short.
I don't think I can make a new thread yet so I thought I'd post this here. ANY help is appreciated!
So, I recently watched all of Golgo 13. It was my first anime not counting Akira, which I saw when I was REALLY young in the 80's. I'm looking for recommendations for the following...
1. Mature theme, action
2. An art style that looks more "human" like Golgo, I'm not big on the art style with huge eyes and stuff.
3. Modern action, if possible, with as little fantasy as possible.
Yeah, I'm picky. Sorry, lol. If you feel like recommending something even if it doesn't fit all my categories, just do so!
Can you clarify this one. Modern action, as in set in modern times? You said you don't want fantasy, does that rule out scifi stuff?
Ah I forgot he's gone for like a month.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Been wanting to get that.
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