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Fall 2010 Anime Thread: Reboots, Retreads, and Rediscovery
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firehawk12
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Eden of the East:
Anyway, I might wait for the movies to see if they end up packaging them together eventually.
Oh man.
Anyway, I might wait for the movies to see if they end up packaging them together eventually.
Oshii only did the first two Urusei Yatsura movies. The first was more in keeping with what the producers and Takahashi wanted, but the second was when he said, "You know what? Fuck this shit. I'm doing it my way from now on." He then left his job directing the Urusei Yatsura TV series 107 episodes in and didn't do anything else UY related from then on.icarus-daedelus said:
His replacement, Kazuo Yamazaki, went on to do Maison Ikkoku after UY wrapped up.
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InfiniteNine said:
Awesome! That's definitely a good one to have in the collection.
KuwabaraTheMan
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InfiniteNine said:
With English dub and subs already on, it would seem like FUNi wouldn't even have to do that much work to bring it over. Hopefully they don't take too long on that front.
Whoa whoa!!!
Im watching Yosuga no Sora currently and dayyyyyyymnn!!!
I thought it was another romance anime but whoooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaa...
I never expected explicit nudity, female masturbation and incestual relations in the 1st episode.
wtf.
Still gonna watch it though. Wish me luck Anime-GAF.
Now since the ep. 2 is fully loaded, I iz gonna watch.
Im watching Yosuga no Sora currently and dayyyyyyymnn!!!
I thought it was another romance anime but whoooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaa...
I never expected explicit nudity, female masturbation and incestual relations in the 1st episode.
wtf.
Still gonna watch it though. Wish me luck Anime-GAF.
Now since the ep. 2 is fully loaded, I iz gonna watch.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
It's probably because of the small theatrical release that's going to go on this year.Lain said:
A Black Falcon
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Saki, episodes 21-25 -- Yeah, I finished the series. Liked it a lot the whole way through, I'm definitely hoping for a series two eventually, as the manga gets farther. It's such a fun series... and yeah, Saki's ridiculous powers really show in the later episodes. The way she wins is so absurd, and I don't even know much about Mahjong... :lol
It was interesting that Mihoko was the only non-main-group member to go to the nationals. With how much they built up Ryuumonbuchi, Touka and Koromo particularly, I'd have thought that at least one of the two of them would be going on. It's a little odd to have them as such major characters if that wasn't going to happen, they definitely got more focus than Mihoko and her school. Also, Koromo deserved to go to the family restaurant again.
I mean, sure, of the people in the individual tournament it makes sense for Mihoko to win as she clearly is really good, one of the best apart from Koromo and Saki. If Koromo isn't going to compete it makes sense for her to win, though why Koromo didn't I have no idea really apart from keeping Ryuumonbuchi out of the finals... , but still, focuswise it was odd. But this series does keep introducing characters, such as that random other girl who shows up for a few episodes in the individual tournament with the wind powers, they act like she's relevant but she ends up having a fairly small role. Oh well, with only 25 episodes I'm sure deciding what to focus on where was difficult. And it does give it a different feel as has been said already, putting a lot more time on the major losing teams and their own perspectives than most similar shows would do. I just think that that had both positive and negative results. They made some somewhat strange decisions about what to focus on at times. It's not a major problem, but it did annoy me sometimes...
Overall though, good series. I definitely liked it.
It was interesting that Mihoko was the only non-main-group member to go to the nationals. With how much they built up Ryuumonbuchi, Touka and Koromo particularly, I'd have thought that at least one of the two of them would be going on. It's a little odd to have them as such major characters if that wasn't going to happen, they definitely got more focus than Mihoko and her school. Also, Koromo deserved to go to the family restaurant again.
I mean, sure, of the people in the individual tournament it makes sense for Mihoko to win as she clearly is really good, one of the best apart from Koromo and Saki. If Koromo isn't going to compete it makes sense for her to win, though why Koromo didn't I have no idea really apart from keeping Ryuumonbuchi out of the finals... , but still, focuswise it was odd. But this series does keep introducing characters, such as that random other girl who shows up for a few episodes in the individual tournament with the wind powers, they act like she's relevant but she ends up having a fairly small role. Oh well, with only 25 episodes I'm sure deciding what to focus on where was difficult. And it does give it a different feel as has been said already, putting a lot more time on the major losing teams and their own perspectives than most similar shows would do. I just think that that had both positive and negative results. They made some somewhat strange decisions about what to focus on at times. It's not a major problem, but it did annoy me sometimes...
Overall though, good series. I definitely liked it.
A Black Falcon said:Saki, episodes 21-25 -- Yeah, I finished the series. Liked it a lot the whole way through, I'm definitely hoping for a series two eventually, as the manga gets farther. It's such a fun series... and yeah, Saki's ridiculous powers really show in the later episodes. The way she wins is so absurd, and I don't even know much about Mahjong... :lol
It was interesting that Mihoko was the only non-main-group member to go to the nationals. With how much they built up Ryuumonbuchi, Touka and Koromo particularly, I'd have thought that at least one of the two of them would be going on. It's a little odd to have them as such major characters if that wasn't going to happen, they definitely got more focus than Mihoko and her school. Also, Koromo deserved to go to the family restaurant again.
I mean, sure, of the people in the individual tournament it makes sense for Mihoko to win, if Koromo isn't going to compete (though why she didn't I have no idea), but still, focuswise it was odd. But this series does keep introducing characters, such as that random other girl who shows up for a few episodes in the individual tournament with the wind powers, they act like she's relevant but she ends up having a fairly small role. Oh well, with only 25 episodes I'm sure deciding what to focus on where was difficult. And it does give it a different feel as has been said already, putting a lot more time on the major losing teams and their own perspectives than most similar shows would do. I just think that that had both positive and negative results.
Overall though, good series. I definitely liked it.
I enjoyed Saki a lot as well, despite what I feel are big pacing issues that Gonzo put in the show. Some segments felt really dragged out to me just to try and hit the end without going farther than they went.
Thinking back, I started watching it because of someone's comment about Saki's powers, otherwise I wouldn't have watched it and I would have missed the chance to start reading the manga and miss Yuuki's ass-shots.
Haha, I wish it was just the language barrier that made importing the Spice and Wolf Blurays problematic, but for me the language barrier means nothing, I don't necessarily care if I can understand something, the main problem with Spice and Wolf on Bluray is the ridiculous price, I think it's around 600 US dollars now. I'm crossing my fingers that Funi brings it over in a worthwhile fashion as well, God knows there's a lot I can do with 600 bucks.icarus-daedelus said:
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And what's with everyone being in the thread hours early today?
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So anyways, seems like I went through one of my self loathing spats so I decided to watch Motto To Love Ru and Sora no Otoshimono or whatever the hell it's called, is it me or are both seasons so far worse than their previous seasons? Don't get me wrong, they were always terrible shows they just seem worse this time around if that's possible.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Both the manga and anime of ToLoveる would be greatly improved with more Kotegawa.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
UMINEKO DIRECTOR! Only a miracle can save this one.Lafiel said:I'm enjoying this season more then summer. And it could be better then spring if P&S & star driver hold up. Oh yeah and if kuragahime ends up being really good.
Zakuro: ep.2
A lot of the humor is gone thanks to Agemaki getting used to most of the demons now... and I long for a day when a sword is just a sword, and not some stupid mascot animal, and a bedraggled one at that.
The twin-swap thing with Hozuki and Bonbori was just silly, since their VAs are distinctive enough that you just have to recognize which one is Yui Horie (Hozuki) to figure it out. Wasn't exactly a difficult task for the young lad.
And when the lieutenant showed up, oh my, love triangle. Much of the enthusiasm I had for the show is gone now. Just wasn't as fun as the first.
A lot of the humor is gone thanks to Agemaki getting used to most of the demons now... and I long for a day when a sword is just a sword, and not some stupid mascot animal, and a bedraggled one at that.
The twin-swap thing with Hozuki and Bonbori was just silly, since their VAs are distinctive enough that you just have to recognize which one is Yui Horie (Hozuki) to figure it out. Wasn't exactly a difficult task for the young lad.
And when the lieutenant showed up, oh my, love triangle. Much of the enthusiasm I had for the show is gone now. Just wasn't as fun as the first.
No, Chiaki Kon is doing Zakuro.InfiniteNine said:
If you say so, lol, she's not the worst character on the show and perhaps it'd be an improvement but I don't think it'd be good either way.InfiniteNine said:
Eh, I dunno as far as my tastes go, both seem pretty terrible but I haven't seen kuragahime yet.Lafiel said:I'm enjoying this season more then summer. And it could be better then spring if P&S & star driver hold up. Oh yeah and if kuragahime ends up being really good.
Truthfully I've lost the ability to understand half of ya'll, I don't know if statements like "if P&S & star driver hold up" as to me they were both incredibly weak, it's like we were all going down the same river and all of a sudden it forked and I'm all alone on my side, I used to be able to relate but now, I'm not so sure, lol.
Still? Isn't it over?zoku88 said:
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
I wonder why I keep on getting them both mixed up.Dresden said:
That's... a shame.zoku88 said:
Yeah, that thing is stupid.Dresden said:
One's taller than the other, their voices are totally different and they probably have something different in their hair as well, not paying that much attention, but yeah, pretty easy.Dresden said:
Pretty sure he's a bad guy, so maybe he won't be a rival for long.Dresden said:
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Yup, ToLoveRu -Trouble- Ended, and now ToLoveRu -Darkness- is starting.zoku88 said:
Vicetrailia
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Hajime No Ippo where are you, I miss you.
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I just realized something. Lala from To-love-ru and Nono from Diebuster look alike.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
I do like me some Golden Darkness.zoku88 said:
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Squid Girl is really fun. I mean, it's nothing profound, but it's funny and cute and that's okay. :lol
OoFuri would develop the other team as well, but Saki goes the extra mile by going into the characters' personal lives. I think it's an interesting touch and at least justifies the 20 girl onsen episode at the end.
I'm surprised that Saki was relatively restrained... well, as restrained as a series with girls intertwining fingers can be anyway.
I may steal this one if I get over my anime avatar phobia. :lolProelite said:
A Black Falcon said:Saki, episodes 21-25 -- Yeah, I finished the series. Liked it a lot the whole way through, I'm definitely hoping for a series two eventually, as the manga gets farther. It's such a fun series... and yeah, Saki's ridiculous powers really show in the later episodes. The way she wins is so absurd, and I don't even know much about Mahjong... :lol
It was interesting that Mihoko was the only non-main-group member to go to the nationals. With how much they built up Ryuumonbuchi, Touka and Koromo particularly, I'd have thought that at least one of the two of them would be going on. It's a little odd to have them as such major characters if that wasn't going to happen, they definitely got more focus than Mihoko and her school. Also, Koromo deserved to go to the family restaurant again.
I mean, sure, of the people in the individual tournament it makes sense for Mihoko to win, if Koromo isn't going to compete (though why she didn't I have no idea), but still, focuswise it was odd. But this series does keep introducing characters, such as that random other girl who shows up for a few episodes in the individual tournament with the wind powers, they act like she's relevant but she ends up having a fairly small role. Oh well, with only 25 episodes I'm sure deciding what to focus on where was difficult. And it does give it a different feel as has been said already, putting a lot more time on the major losing teams and their own perspectives than most similar shows would do. I just think that that had both positive and negative results. They made some somewhat strange decisions about what to focus on at times. It's not a major problem, but it did annoy me sometimes...
Overall though, good series. I definitely liked it.
OoFuri would develop the other team as well, but Saki goes the extra mile by going into the characters' personal lives. I think it's an interesting touch and at least justifies the 20 girl onsen episode at the end.
Lain said:
I'm surprised that Saki was relatively restrained... well, as restrained as a series with girls intertwining fingers can be anyway.
firehawk12
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mAcOdIn said:
I'm just too lazy to find another one since I don't have a creative bone in my body. Like I said a while ago, I don't even like ME2 anymore so it's more of vestige of laziness than anything else. :lol
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mAcOdIn said:
Huge difference between being associated with geeks and being associated with "pedophiles". Anti-anime gaf will discount his opinion entirely. Of course those guys aren't worth talking to in the first place.
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