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What is your favourite anime of 2007?
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MadraptorMan
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Seirei no Moribito, by a mile.
1. Gurren Lagann (*Points at avatar*)
2. Baccano!
3. Seirei no Moribito
4. Dennou Coil
5. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
6. Toward the Terra
7. Darker than Black
8. Heroic Age
9. Bokurano
Watched some more, but that's enough. This year I watched about 3 times the Anime I had watched before...
2. Baccano!
3. Seirei no Moribito
4. Dennou Coil
5. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
6. Toward the Terra
7. Darker than Black
8. Heroic Age
9. Bokurano
Watched some more, but that's enough. This year I watched about 3 times the Anime I had watched before...
I’m honestly surprised to see Moribito being so popular in a board that claims to honestly dislike “by-the-numbers” directors who are only as strong as their scripts. The overall production is unsurprisingly solid, nearly flawless and very polished yet at the same time completely forgettable. Kamiyama proved himself in equal measure technically accomplished and artistically bland; an expert at creating products for intellectual mass-consumption. Not to mention Gatou's original character illustrations being swallowed down under an almost plastic, completely unexpressive visual design.
Adam Blade
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Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto, followed by Seirei, Heroic Age, Oh Edo, Tokyo Majin, and
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Lucky Star
Agent Zero
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Death Note for me. I'll have to check out some of the ones in this thread. Haven't watched too much anime lately.
Dali said:
I can understand that complaint. Normally I prefer to read manga for pacing reasons such as these, but Noboyuki Fukumoto's manga drawings are just too horribly ugly.
The pacing of Kaiji doesn't really bother me though. Unlike basketball, gambling is all about the mental analysis process, which the narration system does a good job of representing without actually telling you what the character is thinking. It's not that dissimilar from watching something like World Series of Poker on television. The players often take a while with their plays while the commentators provide detailed analysis.
Hitokage said:
Miyazaki's same-faced feature is only a conceptual part of his movies' overall visual design, similar to how Gatou's original illustrations are nothing more than a skeleton for Moribito's.
tokkun said:
Fukumoto's ugliness is expressively charismatic, with an amazing technical care for scene composition and shadow correctness despite his complete disregard for human anatomy. Nevertheless, I wouldn’t call Kaiji a show about “gambling"; that’s just the glorified medium for the melodramatic yet quirky social commentary.
Unidentified
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Including any anime in 2007, my favorite would be Kaiji so far. Nodame Cantibile and Dennou Coil were also among the better anime I've seen in a while.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
After all the Seirei no Moribito mentions I looked it up and have seen 4 episodes so far.
Question: does it get any better... cause I don't see what the fuss is about?
I hate it when animes take 10 episodes to actually get interesting, ugh.
Question: does it get any better... cause I don't see what the fuss is about?
I hate it when animes take 10 episodes to actually get interesting, ugh.
Forceatowulf said:
If by better you mean more action... no. There's a bit of action every seven or eight episodes (this is just an off the top of my head average). It's really slow and the focus seems to be more about Chagum than the bad ass things Balsa can do with a halberd. I went in expecting the latter and was slightly disappointed, but after I realized that's not what the show was about I judged it differently. But yeah if you are looking for some production I.G. well-animated action goodness, you should probably watch something else. Not much action here boss.
2007 seems like a pretty awesome year, to me (better than '05 and, for the most part, '06). Granted, Fall was terrible, but then Winter 2008 is starting our poorly, too. A great year seems to depend largely on Spring.
These are tops:
1) Baccanno!
2) Darker than Black
3) Nadome Cantible
4) Gurren Lagann
I also found Seto no Hanayome and Lovely Complex to be decent comedies.
I've also yet to see/finish Claymore, Seiri no Moribito, Code Geass, Dennou Coil, Towards the Terra, Tales of Agriculture and maybe a few others that interest me.
Disappointed to hear about SnM. I was hoping for another really great action anime period piece.
These are tops:
1) Baccanno!
2) Darker than Black
3) Nadome Cantible
4) Gurren Lagann
I also found Seto no Hanayome and Lovely Complex to be decent comedies.
I've also yet to see/finish Claymore, Seiri no Moribito, Code Geass, Dennou Coil, Towards the Terra, Tales of Agriculture and maybe a few others that interest me.
Disappointed to hear about SnM. I was hoping for another really great action anime period piece.
SpeedingUptoStop
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Paprika, since it's the only one I saw.
7Th said:
Let's play "deconstructing 7th's bullshit with abusive language and straw men!"
So, the show's strength erroneously relies on its script, written in part by the director and implemented by him? Aspects stemming from the script, like character interaction and plot development should be discarded in favor of your preference: one dimensional moe characters with sky blue hair that, incapable of doing anything but praying for the success of their male protagonists, gaze to the stars and pray?
"So polished that I won't be able to remember anything about it," eh. I'm not surprised; Seirei no Moribito lacks the bright flashing lights that are necessary for searing images into your brain. Considering that few series exist that both avoid debilitating production constraints and lack the otaku pandering trash like gainax bounce or setting everything in a high school or moe loli harems, I'd echo Hitokage by saying Seirei's "near flawless" production is something that should be cherished for a maturely characterized series.
If by intellectual mass-consumption you mean products like Stand Alone Complex and Seirei no Moribito that combine complex themes and multidimensional characters that can resonate with wide audiences while mantaining the accessibility that stems from pleasing art, sound, and structure, and the discarding of many traditional anime trappings, I agree completely. I'll assume you mean that it doesn't have enough loli, however.
Concept art that doesn't perfectly reflect the final product? I'm aghast.
So...unexpressive....must have...larger eyes....
Phew, that's better. *fap* *fap* *fap* right?
Hellsing321
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Is the movie Solid State Society any Good? I've been meaning to pick it up.Fuzzery said:Cmon Ghost in the Shell season 3, cmoooon
VOTOMS
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After watching the original series just recently, it was nice to be ale to jump into a sort of continuation of the story very soon. Especially considering the popularity of this series, which is, from my understanding pretty poor, despite it easily outclassing any Gundam I've ever seen.But whatever, that's subjective, but if you haven't seen it yet, consider that an endorsement.
AILSEN FilesAfter watching the original series just recently, it was nice to be ale to jump into a sort of continuation of the story very soon. Especially considering the popularity of this series, which is, from my understanding pretty poor, despite it easily outclassing any Gundam I've ever seen.But whatever, that's subjective, but if you haven't seen it yet, consider that an endorsement.
DrForester
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on the Gurren Lagann hype train, Kamina just executed an epic victory in round 1 of SaiGAR 2008.
When I saw your argument in favor of Seirei no Moribito being nothing more than negative comparison based on both over-simplification and personal tastes you infer in the opponent rather than a coherent retort, it was certainly disheartening. But I'll take my time to dissect the tricky argumentative structure of your "positive" critique anyway.
And here, gentleman, we have a classic example of taking poorly researched, heavily opinionated, convenient deductions as fact. I never mentioned Moribito being weak in either characterization or plot development, it was rather a case of the show taking no profit at all in the fact of it being animation. Not to mention the utter laziness within the claim of an antagonistic preference for one dimensional "MOE", obviously with the intention of gaining a higher moral stance.
Similarly to your first retort, you show a clear disregard for a desire at knowing anything related to the conflicting side even when the whole foundation behind your reasoning is nothing more than a personal attack. Moribito's visual design was completely inexpressive for completely different reasons that go from its complete plastic post-production design that gives no room to creativity to the bored solemn expression by which it tries to mimic reality.
I meant more on the like of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uN5Hrt_1mc
EviLore said:
And here, gentleman, we have a classic example of taking poorly researched, heavily opinionated, convenient deductions as fact. I never mentioned Moribito being weak in either characterization or plot development, it was rather a case of the show taking no profit at all in the fact of it being animation. Not to mention the utter laziness within the claim of an antagonistic preference for one dimensional "MOE", obviously with the intention of gaining a higher moral stance.
EviLore said:
Similarly to your first retort, you show a clear disregard for a desire at knowing anything related to the conflicting side even when the whole foundation behind your reasoning is nothing more than a personal attack. Moribito's visual design was completely inexpressive for completely different reasons that go from its complete plastic post-production design that gives no room to creativity to the bored solemn expression by which it tries to mimic reality.
EvilLore said:Concept art that doesn't perfectly reflect the final product? I'm aghast.
So...unexpressive....must have...larger eyes....
I meant more on the like of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uN5Hrt_1mc
EvilLore said:
No, I meant his obvious trapping at creating swallowed down projects within pseudo-complex plot-lines that when trying to "break-free" from their medium just become encased by a tighter standard and much heavier chains. He is a director without any particular vision, a mere constructor for an specific audience rather than an artist showcasing a belonging style.
Adam Blade
WWKC
Ha ha.
Adam Blade
WWKC
Pictures? How puerile. 
ProfessorLobo
Banned
I was going to say Paprika, but I guess that's 2006.
I've heard good things about 5cm a second, and Tekkon Kinkreet.
I've heard good things about 5cm a second, and Tekkon Kinkreet.
polyh3dron
Banned
The only correct answer is Gurren Lagann.
And I've seen Darker Than Black, Ergo Proxy and all the other good ones.
And I've seen Darker Than Black, Ergo Proxy and all the other good ones.
polyh3dron
Banned
I can't believe one of the main guys from GAINAX quit in apology for saying that EP4's art was shit on 2chan. He was fucking right.Crushed said:The ONLY anime I've liked in YEARS.
Even with Episode 4's shitty art
rollingstart
Banned
Dead said:
I personally believe that Nia was the worst part of Gurren Lagann.
Linkzg said:
I really liked Nia, denying so would be lying even if I could argue the reasoning to be in the line of a bizarre combination between meta-fictional and psychological over-analysis; but the characters are not the true reason for calling Gurren-Lagann either an accomplishment or a failure.
Rur0ni said:
Not just that, Shigurui is underrated on its own category. I mean, Mononoke at least got its own very loving cult following and actual subtitles.
Shouta
Member
Dead said:
It's like a cat-screeching and running its claws across a chalkboard straight into your ear (referring to Rain of Love). I've had to suffer through it for 13 episodes. Thankfully, Yu Kobayashi , one of her cohorts for the series, does the new ED a fuckton better.
I'm going refer people to Fukui when they ask for a bad JP VA now. I used to point to the VA for Himiko in Himikoden but she only did that show. :lol
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