Megidolaon
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Thanks guys! Looks like I'll have to get the DVDs. Well, I've heard good things, and I haven't seen the original Eva in years, so I'm excited. :>
Gunbuster has one of my favorite endings in anything ever, so if there's a chance that Diebuster is better, I guess I'd better watch and find out ASAP.
I really liked Gunbuster. The first half is a little slow, but there's this nuanced sort of optimism and admiration for both space and mankind's ability to overcome the odds. I felt a similar kind of emotion in Honneamise. That film is a more complex achievement, but Gunbuster's genre sincerity is heartwarming in a different way.
Looking forward to the future.
That gif is terrible looking. And that file size! I hate you for this.
A-Are you asking me out?!
My PC kept crashing so I said "fuck it". Out of curiosity is there a way to shed off mb's in a gif without making it microscoptic? That's been pissing me off for a while.
He's gonna brush your teeth.
Yeah, you have to cut frames if you want to maintain a certain resolution at a respectable size. And what do you mean by microscopic? 320 x 180?My PC kept crashing so I said "fuck it". Out of curiosity is there a way to shed off mb's in a gif without making it microscoptic? That's been pissing me off for a while.
That gif is terrible looking. And that file size! I hate you for this.
I can't say that Diebuster is definitively better, but I can say it's my favorite sequel of all time. Oddly enough I loathed it the first time I finished it, but going back and watching Gunbuster, then immediately following it with Diebuster really opened my eyes. Out of curiousity, have you seen the other Gainax classic, Nadia (2/3 of a classic, anyway)? I'd really like to see that redrawn and without the filler eps...but keep dat OP!
Better animation, character design, music, and overall directionAnd what was better? I liked Diebuster but it was clearly inferiorer for me. Weaker storytelling, characters, arts and without any deeper background elements.
And what was better? I liked Diebuster but it was clearly inferiorer for me. Weaker storytelling, characters, arts and without any deeper background elements.
Better animation, character design, music, and overall direction
I find the first three episodes of Diebuster to be far superior (if still not great but good) to the first three episodes of Gunbuster, which are kinda horrible.Diebuster's soundtrack is pretty great.
My main problem with both works is that they take about three episodes to get to the interesting part. That's too long for six-episode OVAs.
No.This is ridiculous and you know it.
Diebuster's soundtrack is pretty great.
My main problem with both works is that they take about three episodes to get to the interesting part. That's too long for six-episode OVAs.
And for Diebuster I was just floored by the visuals and trying to figure things out/find connections to Gunbuster, and there was enough action early on IMO.
Yeah, you have to cut frames if you want to maintain a certain resolution at a respectable size. And what do you mean by microscopic? 320 x 180?
That gif is terrible looking. And that file size! I hate you for this.
No way! The first two episodes of Gunbuster allow you to absorb the absurdity of robot calisthenics, Rocky references, the Gainax bounce, etc.
And for Diebuster I was just floored by the visuals and trying to figure things out/find connections to Gunbuster, and there was enough action early on IMO.
I can't say that Diebuster is definitively better, but I can say it's my favorite sequel of all time. Oddly enough I loathed it the first time I finished it, but going back and watching Gunbuster, then immediately following it with Diebuster really opened my eyes. Out of curiousity, have you seen the other Gainax classic, Nadia (2/3 of a classic, anyway)? I'd really like to see that redrawn and without the filler eps...but keep dat OP!
I honestly can't imagine that Diebuster was actually conceived as a sequel to Gunbuster. I imagine GAINAX just realised that was a good way to cash-in on a successful product name.
You don't brush on a first date, do you?
Amazon isn't making me feel good about purchasing Birdy The Mighty Decode. More items to consider includes: Highschool of the Dead, Strike Witches, Sacred Blacksmith and Samurai Girls. It's enough to make me reconsider my order!
Amazon isn't making me feel good about purchasing Birdy The Mighty Decode. More items to consider includes: Highschool of the Dead, Strike Witches, Sacred Blacksmith and Samurai Girls. It's enough to make me reconsider my order!
Amazon isn't making me feel good about purchasing Birdy The Mighty Decode. More items to consider includes: Highschool of the Dead, Strike Witches, Sacred Blacksmith and Samurai Girls. It's enough to make me reconsider my order!
Redline
Good lord, what the hell did I just watch? It was so ridiculous. I...I think there was a plot in there. Is this the definition of "not giving a fuck"? Like, I enjoyed the film but if the sound direction and art were not what they were, the movie would have been awful.
The art really was impressive. If there was CG in there, it didn't bother me at all. If it was more cell-shading than CG, we need more of it. This was also a seriously LOUD movie. So glad I decided to watch it at my friend's on HIS sound system rather than mine. His subwoofer did the movie justice. The music was really hit and miss for me but nothing to really complain about.
It's crazy just how many plot points were carved in and maybe the director was like "figure it out, it's not hard". I mean, there's a redemption story in there, an actual love story, friendship, pride. Even political strategy? In a movie with probably a whole lot of unnecessary, the wholeseemed really unnecessary but whatever.miner rebellion/super weapon thing
Redline: 30 plot points crammed into 102 minutes, with thumping sound and gorgeous animation on the side.
I give it a B.
Bodacious Space Stowaways 08:
I may have said this before and if so I apologize, but despite not being classified as a comedy when BSP does go for laughs it gives me a very Slayers vibe. Not because the jokes are even remotely similar, but like Slayers the jokes are not about clever punchlines, but the absurdity of a situation. In just this episode we have:The major difference is that the reactions are far less pronounced between shows because BSP isn't trying to be a comedy. At least, I think it isn't. :/ Throw in a few facevaults and Dragon Slaves and this would be the real successor to Slayers that Lost Universe wishes it were.Marika having trouble convincing someone in her crew to escort the Princess to the bridge while she watches this unfold in amusement, said Princess later introducing herself as a transfer student with no hint of shyness or attempt to hide her identity, the reactions of Marika and the Princess to Misa's driving, etc.
That's not to mention how in the early episodes we had just the idea of Marika, an inexperienced commoner who works as a maid in a cafe, being thrown into the Captain's chair of a legal space pirate ship simply by virtue of being the former Captain's daughter, a shootout in a cafe with Chiaki fighting them off and dragging Marika away all while finishing off her Parfait, the bureaucracy scene when Marika chooses to take over the ship, the scenes with her changing into her pirate gear and making her way awkwardly dodging random boxes etc. just to get to the bridge, the soothsayer like character on the bridge who keeps saying "I can see it," but doesn't offer what she's seeing like, ever, etc. Just the very bizarre situations set up for humorous purposes, but no punchline. All it's missing is the facevaults. And the Dragon Slaves. ^^;
This is a really really long sentence lol. It took my brain a second to properly decipher it.
Amazon isn't making me feel good about purchasing Birdy The Mighty Decode. More items to consider includes: Highschool of the Dead, Strike Witches, Sacred Blacksmith and Samurai Girls. It's enough to make me reconsider my order!
7 hand drawn years really does look good, that's not CG you're seeing!
Time to invest in a region A player. And buy the UK Redline.Every time I look at Amazon UK's anime selection it makes me sad. No Blu Rays for anything except Ghibli and stuff I don't watch
At least the DVDs are getting ridiculously cheap now. All of Ouran for £8.50 is a damn good deal, for instance. But for newer series, especially those where I know they're getting Blu Ray releases in English in the States, it's still sad.
Time to invest in a region A player. And buy the UK Redline.
Also don't get the UK Ghibli BDs unless you like DNR!!!!
Digital noise reduction = removing grain & the fine detail that comes with it, turning a beautiful transfer into a pasty messI don't even know what DNR is. :3
The Sacred Blacksmith isn't nearly as bad as the other three in the realm of the service departments.
Digital noise reduction = removing grain & the fine detail that comes with it, turning a beautiful transfer into a pasty mess
Because it was shot on film?Removing detail sounds bad, but why would there be grain in an anime? I can understand it being in an older film transfer, but you could argue it doesn't belong there either. (apart from an intentional effect, which wouldn't make sense to remove)
Removing detail sounds bad, but why would there be grain in an anime? I can understand it being in an older film transfer, but you could argue it doesn't belong there either. (apart from an intentional effect, which wouldn't make sense to remove)
Grain wasn't there on the cells though!Because it was shot on film?
Katana worship is the worst fanservice of all.
Yes, but the cels were photographed with film. Hence, grain.Grain wasn't there on the cells though!
Yes, but the cels were photographed with film. Hence, grain.
Why wouldn't it be there? Old anime was shot on actual film, the grain is part of the picture.
At least the manga art is really good, even if the characters are cardboard cut outs and the author can't stop masturbating about GLORIOUS NIHON KATANA!
That's impossible though. Grain makes up the detail of film.If they could remove that grain without losing detail, would you approve?
If they could remove that grain without losing detail, would you approve?
Just because it's part of the picture doesn't mean it belongs there, just look at SHAFT redoing half their episodes!
Manga's art? Not really. It's distinctly average at best from what I've seen (mainly pages from that infamous rape scene*).
*which was later redacted as being sorta-rape
That's impossible though. Grain makes up the detail of film.