Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne 02 08
I love this show. <3
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Summer 2012 Anime |OT3| Where All the Waifus Are Made Up and the Points Don't Matter
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cosmicblizzard
Banned
It would probably need more than 100 episodes to cover up to part 7. Ah well.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Decided to watch a random episode of Seikon no Qwaser in memory of the fallen one.
Not even one minute in and I am already welcome with the unsightly view of deflating breasts. And then floating giant talking boobs.
Not even one minute in and I am already welcome with the unsightly view of deflating breasts. And then floating giant talking boobs.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Binbougami ga 12
They somehow made the Death Note joke even better. Amazing.
Next week is the finale, and what a finale it will be.
They somehow made the Death Note joke even better. Amazing.
Next week is the finale, and what a finale it will be.
oh god it sounds even worse than Manyuu
Jex
Member
[Cross Game] - 2
This show is still looks really cheap and ugly, the level of detail on just about everything is extremely low.
I guess it really speaks volumes that, despite this, I still really enjoyed this episode and I want to watch the next one. This has nothing to do with the strength of the visual storytelling or the direction or the animation or the art, I'm solely engaged in the story as a result of the characters. That's surprisingly rare, I guess the only other example I can think of where I kept watching a ugly show was Towards the Terra.
Good stuff.
This show is still looks really cheap and ugly, the level of detail on just about everything is extremely low.
I guess it really speaks volumes that, despite this, I still really enjoyed this episode and I want to watch the next one. This has nothing to do with the strength of the visual storytelling or the direction or the animation or the art, I'm solely engaged in the story as a result of the characters. That's surprisingly rare, I guess the only other example I can think of where I kept watching a ugly show was Towards the Terra.
Good stuff.
Dedication Through Light
Member
I just hope the dude with Nadeshiko gets some presence in the final episode, surely he cant only be her partner in post episode stuff
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Seriously, it's like you're setting me up or something.
Writing < animation
Although, Adachi lost me for a while in the middle. I had to walk away from the series for a few weeks when it happened. lol
Canis lupus
Member
Nodame Paris chapter 9
Good.
Good.
Jex
Member
Well it's either this or Touch! and one of them is considerably shorter than the other.
At least in Touch! they don't randomly forget they're making an anime and having sequences moving at like, 48fps, for no real reason.
It's always great to hear someone enjoying this.
I'm actually happy about this as I can just finish the show off now instead of waiting till next year.
Jex
Member
Wow, it really is slow in here. I guess the news about the latest Eureka Seven Ao episode has sapped the life out of everyone
Anyhow, I went and looked at the staff list for Cross Game. I'm quite interested by the director, Osamu Sekita. Here's a guy whose worked in anime since 1976 and has never really been the director of anything special. It doesn't seem like he was ever 'destined for greatness' as they say but his wealth of experience directing anime over the decades shows in the way that he seems to to be handling Cross Game. There's no attempt at flashy directing or exciting cinematography, there's no creative manipulation of the story or weird editing - he doesn't take any risks. Instead, he just serves up heaps of solid pacing.
Pacing is kind of tricky topic to explain sometimes. Unlike say, cinematography or animation I can't show it to you in a picture so that you'll instantly recognise what I am talking about. Pacing is a little more ethereal than that - you know it when a show has it and when a show doesn't. I feel like it's quite easy to spot bad pacing because that tends to involve either the artificial stretching or lengthening of a material (padding a story vs rushing it) but simply explaining "good pacing" is rarely so simple. For me, a well paced episode of an anime is one where I don't need to check my watch at any point, where events are happening with enough regularity that I never grow bored or distracted. This isn't always as easy as it seems, even within a 22 minute timeslot.
Decades of experience in the business have apparently taught Osamu Sekita how to use this limited run-time effectively because I feel like we've covered quite a lot of material in these first two episodes but none of it felt rushed.
Anyhow, I went and looked at the staff list for Cross Game. I'm quite interested by the director, Osamu Sekita. Here's a guy whose worked in anime since 1976 and has never really been the director of anything special. It doesn't seem like he was ever 'destined for greatness' as they say but his wealth of experience directing anime over the decades shows in the way that he seems to to be handling Cross Game. There's no attempt at flashy directing or exciting cinematography, there's no creative manipulation of the story or weird editing - he doesn't take any risks. Instead, he just serves up heaps of solid pacing.
Pacing is kind of tricky topic to explain sometimes. Unlike say, cinematography or animation I can't show it to you in a picture so that you'll instantly recognise what I am talking about. Pacing is a little more ethereal than that - you know it when a show has it and when a show doesn't. I feel like it's quite easy to spot bad pacing because that tends to involve either the artificial stretching or lengthening of a material (padding a story vs rushing it) but simply explaining "good pacing" is rarely so simple. For me, a well paced episode of an anime is one where I don't need to check my watch at any point, where events are happening with enough regularity that I never grow bored or distracted. This isn't always as easy as it seems, even within a 22 minute timeslot.
Decades of experience in the business have apparently taught Osamu Sekita how to use this limited run-time effectively because I feel like we've covered quite a lot of material in these first two episodes but none of it felt rushed.
Why can't eyepatch moé girls wear pirate eyepatches instead?
Like Jubei-chan? Well hers is the shape of a heart so its even better.
Best-seller of the year right here. Fujoshi power!
No I honestly forgot her name, but now I remember her.
I liked the whole series, but it is infinitely better when Yune is in a scene of course. The only problem with it is that Yune is such a commandingly adorable character that the show looks dull by comparison when shes not there.
What the hell? Ive seen memes about Amirox on youtube but Ive never seen my name there before. wonder who it is?
Reika and Akari. Of course stupid azu-nyan is going to win.
I watched Eva 1.0 and 2.22 yesterday night, having not seen any of the original Eva other than the first episode and the Dance Like You Want To Win one at some ungodly hour of the night on SciFi in my teens.
I can't really comment in much detail - as my anime watching has been so informed by years of Eva-influenced shows, perhaps a lot of what was so interesting about it in the first place just seems old hat now, particularly as I adored RahXephon.
The films clearly suffer from basically being episodes smooshed together, so the pacing is pretty poor, and none of the "humour" works for me at all. The animation is good, and I really enjoy the way the Evas and Angels move (the Angel design in particular is great), but a lot of it isn't actually very interesting to watch - the highlights for me were all in 2.22, particularly the aquarium sequence (beautiful and human, something which the vast majority of the films lack) and the climactic section.
I will fully admit to watching the films rather than making an effort on the TV series because they're shorter and the second one has Maaya Sakamoto in it. I know Mari is supposed to be the "otaku bait" character, but she seems no more pandering than Asuka - but then I guess I'm not seeing the Asuka that most people are familiar with here, am I?
I can't really comment in much detail - as my anime watching has been so informed by years of Eva-influenced shows, perhaps a lot of what was so interesting about it in the first place just seems old hat now, particularly as I adored RahXephon.
The films clearly suffer from basically being episodes smooshed together, so the pacing is pretty poor, and none of the "humour" works for me at all. The animation is good, and I really enjoy the way the Evas and Angels move (the Angel design in particular is great), but a lot of it isn't actually very interesting to watch - the highlights for me were all in 2.22, particularly the aquarium sequence (beautiful and human, something which the vast majority of the films lack) and the climactic section.
I can't believe they used the "incongruous music to evoke pathos" trick twice in about half an hour, though. That was pants, even if the visuals were gorgeous.
I will fully admit to watching the films rather than making an effort on the TV series because they're shorter and the second one has Maaya Sakamoto in it. I know Mari is supposed to be the "otaku bait" character, but she seems no more pandering than Asuka - but then I guess I'm not seeing the Asuka that most people are familiar with here, am I?
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I will never understand the love for that VA. Never.
I really wish that they hadn't undercut that moment for the sake of one more joke.
At least she's better than Kobayashi. Now there's a voice actress who doesn't deserve the love.
It's like you say shit just to rile people up sometimes.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Natsuyuki Rendezvous 11
"At this rate everyone's just going to be miserable..."
OH BOY YOU HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA
Natsuyuki Rendezvous FIN
About three episodes too long. The fairy tale portions were badly paced and were obviously there to fill up the timeslot. Great music and art, though. I guess what I loved the most was the subject matter, which also lent itself to characterisation rarely seen in the medium. I give it four Thumbelinas out of five.
Now if you'll excuse me I have a Rie Kugimiya blog to update.
"At this rate everyone's just going to be miserable..."
OH BOY YOU HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA
Natsuyuki Rendezvous FIN
About three episodes too long. The fairy tale portions were badly paced and were obviously there to fill up the timeslot. Great music and art, though. I guess what I loved the most was the subject matter, which also lent itself to characterisation rarely seen in the medium. I give it four Thumbelinas out of five.
I actually like her songs. I think Mameshiba is beautiful. I just find her actual character voice acting to be unremarkable.
Now if you'll excuse me I have a Rie Kugimiya blog to update.
So apparenty this is the rationalization for a lack of new scenes in the Fate/Zero BD:
http://imageshack.us/a/img440/2452/1348167136685.jpg
^Spoilers yo
I don't necessarily agree with him but it does somewhat make sense.
http://imageshack.us/a/img440/2452/1348167136685.jpg
^Spoilers yo
I don't necessarily agree with him but it does somewhat make sense.
Jex
Member
I don't actually think that the specific things that Evangelion succeeded in doing has been directly replicated by any of the those works that were influenced by it, even if various parts of the work have been recycled into the rest of the industry. I think you might agree if you sat down with the whole series.
I don't want to say that you're doing it wrong, but you are doing it wrong. Not that I can blame you, movies are far easier to digest than full-blown TV shows. That still doesn't make what you did excusable, just understandable.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Maybe Anno should have made films that appealed to new audiences instead of trying to ride up on the nostalgia of the original show.
How did you like that KareKano music recycling?
2.22 is kind of a weird movie -
it's not really all the much like being episodes of the TV smooshed together because, whilst there's some high-level similarities to the events, it's simultaneously not really like the TV version at all. Yet, for some reason, Anno clearly decided to pace the movie as it if was a series of TV episodes rather than as a movie. I think it has it's merits in terms of the number of things that happen within it's run-time - particularly after a slightly stale first movie that adheres to the source a little too closely - but it does make it a really weird movie to watch at times...
You should really watch the TV show some time.
dakkumauji
Member
So I have about 38 episodes of anime to catch up on.
This doesn't sound fun anymore.
This doesn't sound fun anymore.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
You could always get another hobby.
Jex
Member
So I guess they didn't go back and expand that segment? Huh. Weird.
The explanation in that text makes sense, however there are other ways to inject the material into the story rather than a straight flashback.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Make sure you watch the Arcana Duello!!!!
Only 38? You should try living in my world.
Jex
Member
Maybe you can only watch the good ones?
That sounds like it'd require effort, though.
Good thing I like the Rebuild movies and am a total nostalgia whore.
That's a pretty poor justification considering there's nothing stopping them from putting those scenes somewhere else.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
It could be worse. At least he waited a decade before trying to plagiarise his own work, unlike Imaishi.
Jex
Member
I think he tried to do both, which was something that worked far better in 2.0 than 1.0 and obviously the films have been critically and commercially successful. I'm just part of the small minority that isn't impressed by them, but everyone is already aware of my position on this.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I guess the Star Wars prequels were originally well received by the populace too!
Time will prove me right.
It'll be fun by the time those 38 episodes turn into 38 shows. Trust me.
Jex
Member
What's ironic about his reasoning is that he feels that if you insert a flashback into a fight then the audience would loose all the tension and intensity of the scene, which is true to an extent, but it's equally true that if you don't fully understand the relationship between the characters then the audience has lost something equally important.
I have....well the number is not important. It numbers in the hundreds of episodes and makes me sad.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
You need to make yourself a MAL. I need to see this.
And the other thing is that the editing in that episode just feels pretty off. You can actually feel that something is missing. Which makes me wonder if they really were planning on adding it, but changed their mind.
Well if they didn't put it into the fight directly then they would have had to put it in Saber's monologue at the end, however I think they wanted that to be more retrospective and the focus to be on Saber.
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