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Fall 2010 Anime Thread: Reboots, Retreads, and Rediscovery
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Did it now? Are you sure I wasn't just testing everyone?trejo said:
Anyways, you should be resting and taking lots of vitamins and stocking up on coagulation agents in preparation for the big day not posting.
Seriously though, the thread naturally dies around this time of day, although if I did have that kind of awkward power it'd help me beat I9, which isn't looking like a realistic outcome no matter how I look at it.
On topic: My Giant Robo DVD shipped and I ordered Seirei no Moribito with it just to own it since it rocks so much.
Hajime no Ippo can be considered either shounen sports or shounen fighthing. If you consider it sports, then it's one of the best sports anime ever made. If you consider it fighting, then it's one of the best fighting anime ever made. Compare it to any anime, and it's one of the best anime ever made.Branduil said:
What the hell are you waiting for?
icarus-daedelus said:
Oniisama e is amazing. If nothing else, that show has more bitch per second than anything else ever made. I recommend watching up through the fourth episode and then seeing how you feel about the show. If you're not into the insane schoolgirl intrigue by then, the rest of the series may well be a wash for you.
I am totally stoked for more Genshiken. The author recently did a special bonus one-shot manga chapter for a DVD box set that looks to be the basis of Genshiken II, so anyone interested in seeing where the new manga series will be going should track that down.
In other news, Hito is absolutely right about Hajime no Ippo. God, it rules so hard.
FnordChan
Neo-ADV makes me laugh, they usually license stuff three people watched, and about three hundred show up to say they don't approve of sub only releases.
I'm allowed to say that because 90% of the stuff ADV and Neo-ADV picked up were things I had no interest in. Of their subbed only releases I'm only miffed about Gintama. I'm only miffed about that because it was the only (then) current show I could watch durring my perpetual burn out.
I'm allowed to say that because 90% of the stuff ADV and Neo-ADV picked up were things I had no interest in. Of their subbed only releases I'm only miffed about Gintama. I'm only miffed about that because it was the only (then) current show I could watch durring my perpetual burn out.
Occult Academy, Maya's Father
Because it actually would explain a lot. Like what macodin mentioned, and about why all the 'future people' are such bunglers. The few times we actively see Maya's father when he's alive, he's a pretty quirky guy. And it's revealed eventually in the show that the sole purpose of the Occult Academy's creation was
, so it puts the rest of the craziness in perspective.
'Why would that matter'; it's just so the show isn't completely swept under the rug for incoherency. I like when a story has the foresight to allude to things revealed later on--RahXephon was really good at this too.
I can't take screencaps because crunchyroll's video stream is blocked at school. But compare how Maya's father looks in the first episode (or whenever else he shows up) to the
who is always sitting with his hands folded in front of his face like Gendo.
Ayato and Megumi were just being pokey in regards to Kunugi's date (with his dead daughter's mother), they were trying to find him beforehand to give him flowers. Because you take flowers to a girl you're going on a date with. Then standard anime misunderstandings happen.
mAcOdIn said:
firehawk12 said:
Because it actually would explain a lot. Like what macodin mentioned, and about why all the 'future people' are such bunglers. The few times we actively see Maya's father when he's alive, he's a pretty quirky guy. And it's revealed eventually in the show that the sole purpose of the Occult Academy's creation was
for Maya
'Why would that matter'; it's just so the show isn't completely swept under the rug for incoherency. I like when a story has the foresight to allude to things revealed later on--RahXephon was really good at this too.
I can't take screencaps because crunchyroll's video stream is blocked at school. But compare how Maya's father looks in the first episode (or whenever else he shows up) to the
future man
This one was pretty straightforward, you didn't really miss anything important. Kunugi's daughter was killed during the first Mu war--which he was a part of (his involvement in that will come back later in the show). The song Quon played was the song his daughter was writing and left unfinished when she died. Quon was stressed out over the song at the beginning because it was unfinished, but Ayato somehow did something that made her deal with it.Branduil said:
Ayato and Megumi were just being pokey in regards to Kunugi's date (with his dead daughter's mother), they were trying to find him beforehand to give him flowers. Because you take flowers to a girl you're going on a date with. Then standard anime misunderstandings happen.
Jex
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Not to mention the ridiculously awesome soundtrack, courtesy of Tsuneo Imahori.Hitokage said:Hajime no Ippo can be considered either shounen sports or shounen fighthing. If you consider it sports, then it's one of the best sports anime ever made. If you consider it fighting, then it's one of the best fighting anime ever made. Compare it to any anime, and it's one of the best anime ever made.
What the hell are you waiting for?
Seriously, if you're worried about pacing and that episode count, Ippo moves along at a steady clip, deftly going in and out of matches. You don't get multiple episodes of people staring at each other. Even better, Ippo not only succeeds during matches, but also in their buildup and resolution. It makes the sport seem better than it actually is.
Speaking of resolutions, the scene where they introduce the song "Stand Proud" is so awesome.Jexhius said:
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Kyonko is my waifu.
Kamen Rider Prism
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So whats the fascination with gender-bent characters? I mean, sure it creates some pretty attractive alternatives but...not that it bothers me I just dont understand it. Furthermore, what are the origins of some of these? Like Kyonko for example. I'm not bashing it, I just dont understand it.
Jex
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No big origin stories or anything like that.Kamen Rider Prism said:
Anime and manga fans have a lot of spare time.
A fair amount of them also seem to be interested in "drawing manga" or just drawing in general.
Humans have a natural interest in sexuality and gender. Especially developing teenagers.
There exist a number of works, some of which are well known, that explore these ideas and concepts.
Combine this all together with the internet pooling peoples strange interests together.
Thus arises "weird shit".
Kamen Rider Prism
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I don't really consider it weird. Just curious. I guess it was kind of a dumb question, seeing how we can look back at some of the more memorable works that use it (Ranma) and then look at some of the not so stellar (Kampfer) and see that the influence has been around for a long time. Still makes me feel funny looking at Kyonko.
Hitokage said:Hajime no Ippo can be considered either shounen sports or shounen fighthing. If you consider it sports, then it's one of the best sports anime ever made. If you consider it fighting, then it's one of the best fighting anime ever made. Compare it to any anime, and it's one of the best anime ever made.
What the hell are you waiting for?
+1002114584962011
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Only genderbender worth a damn.
trejo said:
Plausible if you ask this question for anything else. It might have made Code Geass what it is today.mAcOdIn said:
But that's the beauty of moe. You'll know it when you see it.Branduil said:
I'm feeling deja vu from the Summer thread already.mAcOdIn said:
Romeo X Juliet could have done some interesting things if this happened.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
So that is what that blue haired girl/boy in the doujin I read was from.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Pandaman said:
Fuck Strike Witches. Kampfer is truly the voice of our generation.
icarus-daedelus said:
Yeah, I hear ya. Certainly it's why I thought about checking it out after Jexhius posted his impressions of the first few episodes anyway.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
One of my favourite shows that actually deals with the complexities of gender in a somewhat meaningful way. Even the ending is brilliant in keeping with the theme of the show.Hitokage said:
Watching something influential can be illuminating though. You can see the development of trends rather than assuming authors of works like Rosario + Vampire are products of some evil and nefarious spell summon.Nonoriri said:People should be interested in watching things because they are good, like Rose of Versailles. If you cared about influence you'd go back to Tezuka's Princess Knight lead Sapphire.
Hitokage said:
Well I do it all the time, I'm just being cheeky
Especially working backward in time (Utena > Rose of Versailles > Princess Knight) though I heard Belladonna of Sadness inspired Utena as well and I've yet to get around to that!
Jex
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And you clearly haven't gotten around to Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei yet. Outrageous.Nonoriri said:Well I do it all the time, I'm just being cheeky
Especially working backward in time (Utena > Rose of Versailles > Princess Knight) though I heard Belladonna of Sadness inspired Utena as well and I've yet to get around to that!
I just searched for doujin websites on google, and then searched individual websites.Proelite said:
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