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Summer 2011 Anime Thread II of IKUHARA'S RETURN, Penguins, and Idols

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Hosoda is an amazing director. Little known fact: He is also one of the driving forces behind Utena and Kenshin! Bet you didn't know that!
 
Branduil said:
So why does he use pen names?
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He was working as an in-house animator for Toei at the time, so presumably he was trying to expand his experience in storyboarding instead of just animating, but didn't have as many opportunities at Toei itself.
 
La Fillette Révolutionnaire Utena 26: I don't even know what the fuck I am watching anymore. What the ffuuuuuuck?
Kinda pathetic that Miki gets beaten by Utena twice not because she was better at sparring, but because he got distracted by FABULOUS MAX.

Where the fuck did Touga come from? Last arc he was angsting hardcore.
 
duckroll said:
He was working as an in-house animator for Toei at the time, so presumably he was trying to expand his experience in storyboarding instead of just animating, but didn't have as many opportunities at Toei itself.
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And Toei wouldn't approve of that?
 
Branduil said:
And Toei wouldn't approve of that?
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I'm sure Toei doesn't really care what additional work he does outside, but they wouldn't want an employee credited on a show they have nothing to do with. It's the same reason why various people who are part of unions in the entertainment industry in the US have pen names which they use to work on non-union projects. Everyone knows it's them, but as long as it doesn't SAY it's them, no one cares.
 
Bets are now open as to whether or not cosmicblizzard will enjoy Tokikake:

Enjoy:
Miri
Instro

Middle ground for filthy neutral cowards:

Not Enjoy:
Dresden
Halycon
Geneijin
Hellsing321
Duckroll
 
Halycon said:
Bets are now open as to whether or not cosmicblizzard will enjoy Tokikake:

Enjoy:

Not Enjoy:
Halycon
Dresden

In the even cosmic feels that tokikake is "alright" or "could be better but not terrible", everyone gets a 1 year ban.
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Put me down for not. Not enough haato in it.
 
/XX/ said:
The funny thing is that... what impacted me the most of this film was how Makoto, Kōsuke and Chiaki's relationship wouldn't be the same after that. I liked that innocent and very friendly 'statu quo' between the three, so a step further, even if natural and logical for every human being, felt like a necessary but sad abandonment of those greatly unique and mostly enjoyable times lived (as Chiaki itself states) in change of an uncertain, but exciting, future we embrace as we grow. I know that, as it is set-up, they will probably meet again and keep living their lives as normal, but the melancholy derived from those good moments of youth is something I think everyone can relate to.

As I see it, the movie plays with the audience based on the above noted, because the sudden (but hinted) notion of Chiaki confessing his feelings to Makoto, and her reluctance to acknowledge this represents a destruction of the established comfort zone, the reluctance to change and keep going, wanting everything to stay exactly the same (as Aunt Kazuko thoroughly notes). Even if not developed enough as a couple's relationship, that goodbye scene with the two has (in my opinion) the impact necessary to make it poignant because it means more than love in general; the acceptance of a volatile present (remember, "Time waits for no one"), the realization of the fragile and precious thing that is friendship, and the necessity of leaving behind the past to reach the future.
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You are the best junior that has ever posted in AnimeGAF.
 
Upcoming games:

"Will cosmicblizzard enjoy Summer Wars?"
"Will cosmicblizzard enjoy Sword of the Stranger?"

Stay tuned!
 
Put me in under Enjoy.

E:

Enjoy:
Instro
Miri

Middle Ground: cosmicblizzard

Not Enjoy:
Branduil
Dresden
Halycon
Hellsing321
Geneijin
 
Up-to-date bets:

Enjoy:
Miri
Instro

Middle ground for filthy neutral cowards:

Not Enjoy:
Dresden
Halycon
Geneijin
Hellsing321
Duckroll

Believes in cosmic who believes in himself:
Branduil
 
Why does everyone have to keep posting the entire list over and over? Let Haly maintain it, and everyone else can either be FOR or AGAINST on their own.
 
duckroll said:
Why does everyone have to keep posting the entire list over and over? Let Haly maintain it, and everyone else can either be FOR or AGAINST on their own.
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I just copied what others did.
 
duckroll said:
Why does everyone have to keep posting the entire list over and over? Let Haly maintain it, and everyone else can either be FOR or AGAINST on their own.
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What if I want to add myself into my own little special category, where everyone wins! The choice of making no choice or a Deus Ex! :O
 
duckroll said:
Why does everyone have to keep posting the entire list over and over? Let Haly maintain it, and everyone else can either be FOR or AGAINST on their own.
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This, please. I'll just keep track of your posts.

It's not like I have anything better to do while I wait for classes to start.

Enjoy:
Miri
Instro
Branduil
Xander (Honorary AnimeGAFer)
Uchip
EmmanuelMunoz

Middle ground for filthy neutral cowards:
Catpee

Not Enjoy:
Dresden
Halycon
Geneijin
Hellsing321
Duckroll
Zeroshiki
Darkside31337
DrForester
wheres the option for "will enjoy it but point out significant flaws"
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That goes under enjoy. You can enjoy a movie despite its flaws.
 
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