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Winter 2012 Anime Thread of Roundcats Up in This
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Rinne no Lagrange - best visuals
Moretsu Pirates - pirates
Symphogear - best unity of music and drama
Aquarion Evol - best voice acting
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Daily Lives of Highschool Boys is funny. Another seems to be moving toward something cool (but hasn't quite gotten there yet). Rinne no Lagrange has potential as does Symphogear for some hot-blooded action staring magical girls/female mech pilots. That's about it.
Not really a very notable season.
This isn't a standard harem series, though, so that's not relevant. There's nothing inherently wrong with a high school setting, and the 1960s Jazz aspect sets it somewhat apart from a typical high school story.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
I'm saying subject matter should come before direction and staff. If that doesn't interest you, it won't matter who is working on it.
I'm not saying it will be bad, but people should keep their expectations in check if they think it will be anything like Watanbe's most popular work. In here, people are a bit more knowledgeable, but I can easily see many people in the thread 7th made being disappointed.
Urban Scholar
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Ok I dropped new prince of tennis. I'm going to try area no kishi, the premise sounds good. Someone told me it has emotion and a good focus on the sport.
Anyone watching?
Anyone watching?
Can reccomend in good conscience
Natsume
Daily Lives of Highschool Boys
Chihayafuru
Rinne no Lagrange
Nisemonogatari
Still don't know
Knight of the Area
Ano Natsu de Matteru
Haha upon close inspection of the OP, I didn't know the director of Blood C is directing Another, now episode 3 makes more sense.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
To be fair, Another is an adaptation rather than an original series like Blood C.
Don't know how faithful it is to the novel and/or manga though. Might start reading the latter. Curious to know if things went down the same way, but I don't really want to spoil myself.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Those two shows make up for the rest of the crap, as far as I'm concerned. Hopefully, we'll have more than two great shows from the block this year, though.
I'm enjoying it. I really love the original manga, and I think it's been a solid adaptation so far. That description fits the series pretty well. It's a more grounded take on sports, and focuses a lot on the characters. I hope you enjoy it.
Rinne no Langrage
Nisemonogatari
Another
Moretsu Pirates
Highschool Boys
Ano Natsu de Matteru
are the ones generating the most interest, and I think are worth checking out at least.
Of course the show of the season is the 2nd half of Chihayafuru which is continuing from last season.
Dropped it five minutes into the first episode for the shitty representation of Brazilians.
Ano Hana had very much suffered similar problems like [C] did actually, even if it was a lack of a clearer focus in different respects.
Urban Scholar
Member
Nice, Giant Killing was like and I liked it alot.
This is unfortunate but I'll have to see it in context. Thanks for the input
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Is it better than BLACK MUSCLE?
Urban Scholar
Member
Let me help.
....mmm still going to give the show a shot
I've been a hajime no ippo fan for awhile now and boy do they throw around bs like this around often. If I looked past that I think I be alright.
ColossalLazy
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Let me help.
Looks fairly accurate.
Id like to see an anime depiction of Cajuns.
Arjuna 6
I want to fucking punch Tokio.
Glass Fleet 5
Cleo's plan at the beginning was some looney tunes stuff. The fat captain that populated his bridge with his daughters is the best too.
Melody of Oblivion 5
Bocca must have a Kenshiroesque shirt budget. Should probably opt for the wifebeater and save himself the trouble. I'm stunned though at how little happened in the course of three episodes.
Yami 3
Forehead jokes? Thank goodness Lilith said what I was thinking. Also the second half of this ep was wtf.
I want to fucking punch Tokio.
Glass Fleet 5
Cleo's plan at the beginning was some looney tunes stuff. The fat captain that populated his bridge with his daughters is the best too.
Melody of Oblivion 5
Bocca must have a Kenshiroesque shirt budget. Should probably opt for the wifebeater and save himself the trouble. I'm stunned though at how little happened in the course of three episodes.
Yami 3
Forehead jokes? Thank goodness Lilith said what I was thinking. Also the second half of this ep was wtf.
Really now?
Whats wrong with it?
Im not complaining about how anime depicts the chinese.
They are much more stereotyped than this, which just looks like a typical group of south american soccer fans.
I dont see the "hate".
Look ill put it another way.
Draw a group of Brazilians.
People have to recognize that they are brazilians as a requirement.
Keep in mind most people dont know about brazilian customs or traditions.
You really want to do this shit Cajun? Seriously.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Does a fifteen second crowd scene that's relatively unimportant to the actual story really need this much attention? Pretty much everyone looks the same in most anime crowd scenes, regardless of what country they're from.
The trailer is immensely promising even if the premise isn't as noteworthy as the staff involved.
Want to have them be recognized as any country? In a sports anime it's easy, make the people cheering wear the jersey of the team. It's effective and it doesn't involve blatant stereotyping like how they handled it in this anime.
To me it does. It's my country and its' people were depicted in a completely incorrect and ignorant way. I'm not saying this anime is the devil it just bothered me since this is the image people tend to have of my country and it would have been nice to be shown something other than the stereotypes people associate with it. To me it was on the same level as Speedy Gonzales' representation of Mexicans.
They have a jersey on, the flag , and vuvuzelas.
Im not seeing the problem here.
Anime stereotypes everything.
It is the most stereotypical targeted media available.
Anyway chill out dude.
Americans are depicted far worse.
And every russian is an assassin.
The problem with is that everybody shown on the audience is black or tanned and I think like all of the team is as well with the exception of 1 guy. I'm not going to say that there are no black/tanned people in Brazil, but they aren't the only ones. Most of the south of the country is of European and SURPRISE Japanese ancestry. I find it an inappropriate portrayal, it's like I said before it'd be the same as me going around and showing a picture of some overweight man with the US flag tied around his neck as a cape holding two guns and telling people that's how Americans are.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Phi Brain 16:
A Gammon centered episode as he's growing increasingly frustrated with his inability to compete with Kaito/Orpheus. His character is weird for me, his flits between being fucking annoying and surprisingly earnest. The puzzle and it's solution were at least semi-interesting.
Next week it looks like they tackle the puzzle that
Saw it coming, just wasn't expecting it so soon.
A Gammon centered episode as he's growing increasingly frustrated with his inability to compete with Kaito/Orpheus. His character is weird for me, his flits between being fucking annoying and surprisingly earnest. The puzzle and it's solution were at least semi-interesting.
Next week it looks like they tackle the puzzle that
killed Kaito's parents.
None of the Brazilians in that image look out of shape, or are wielding weapons, so I'm not sure that's a good comparison.
So you're mainly upset because they aren't diverse enough?
Dude youre talking about a medium that still depicts people with blackfaces.
Let me ask you.
What do you think of when I say Louisiana or Cajun?
What about New Orleans.
Have you seen Dan Eagleman in Guilty Crown?
Dude may as well have an American flag tied around his neck.
C'mon now.
Yes.
Ew man Guilty Crown.
The whole blackface is a thing in Japan though isn't it? Sure it's insensitive, but isn't it a niche in Japanese culture?
As for your questions I'm sure my answers will be ignorant and completely miss the point but if I was asked in public I would respond: The blues, an accent I'm not fond of, of course there's Mardi Gras, French influences in architecture, cuisine and culture. This would change however if I was working on a professional production, I would try and research about it so that I don't offend people with my work.
That's exactly what America is though.
PdotMichael
Banned
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Infinite Justice
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and they are filthy rich
I think of shrimp. Also, I think I'm hungry.
The term second world is no longer used. Second world used to refer to the communist Soviet Union, since it no longer exists the expression's original meaning also should have disappeared but people continue to use it ignorantly. The correct term for Brazil is, IIRC, developing country.
Fake edit: As of 2011 Brazil is known as a Newly Industrialized Country.
Unknown Soldier
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So far until episode 3 it has been reasonably faithful given the anime's abbreviated planned 12 episodes run.
Dedication Through Light
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