darkcloud92 wrote: ^^^^
Nawp shes worse than any of those people, they don't bother me at all
So the infamous rape horse in Berserk doesn't bother you.
Whatever you do don't look it up on Google (do it pansy!!!)
And there was the 7ft albino female main character in Blame!
Or Alucard constantly smiling while being blown apart in Hellsing.
Do you know the shows I'm referring to & honestly think she's worse than that?
haha I have no need to google that reference : P The only thing I havn't seen is that 7ft albino girl. The scientist from AOT doesn't disturb me as much as she just weirds me out. Shes weird, liking Titans is heresy. I don't think there have been any anime that I have seen that's been to disturbing for me to watch. I like creepy stuff...I'll try and think of some
hotsauceman1 wrote: So, Attack on titan makes me want to buy the manga............
Also, Right now im watching the Blue exorcist movie.
Next is Sword Art Online i think
A tip for SAO, don't watch the second arc, it's pretty bad. First one is awesome though.
SAO is a really good watch. Currently I am watching One Piece, AOT, CF-Vanguard, and Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi. With the pause between the 2 seasons of valvrave, I currently have an itch for watching some mecha anime that needs to be scratched.
Check out Gatchaman Crowds. I did a description earlier, and I'm finding it an interesting one. It's not mecha, more like power rangers, but the main character is cool so far. Still not sure what direction the show is taking though...
Crowds is freak'n awesome so far! Heck, the female lead has a great outgoing personality that I really enjoy. Well I am watching a week behind thanks to free crunchyroll, but ep 1 and 2 have been good.
So I just watched Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, I found it amusing and enjoyable enough to get through the whole thing, and they had an Oreimo cameo in there during an explanation of Comiket that amused me greatly.
Well if you like cute girls, slice of life and a side order of ridiculous you'll do fine with that'un.
Edit:
This season is just so AWESOME! So many good shows to watch! C3, Chronicles of the Going Home Club, Servant X Service and Dog & Scissors are all fantastic with ease.
The latter certainly has it's odd moments though. I can't tell if it's screwing with Kazuhito or US more.
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Natsuno's referencing to Madoka as "Sister in law" for example. I honestly can't tell if she's serious or not. I do think she's absolutely crazy enough though.
Otherwise they've built quite the little mad cap world of insanity for us to enjoy.
For C3.
I know a beach scene is mandatory and all... but airsoft in bikinis? I was in a competition milsim airsoft team back in HS. Even in utilities those 6mm STING.
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The recent revelation that Yura apparently is part of the Suzumiya clan by one relation or another with her reality warping powers is fun, but I wonder if it might not be dangerous. Sona clearly is worried about Yura's behavior and victory lust any way, but imagine is Yura warps her reality in a weird way with a pull in like she did with Rento at the shrine, but it's an opposed landing the Pacific like today. Doesn't seem like it can get people hurt, but then your inner delusions and fantasies shouldn't be able to drag others in to come play... not to mention she changed HISTORY at the Shrine. Remember the young kami she helped died a young man. When Yura slew his enemy the art of him changed to an older man. He apparently died of old age, surviving the battle he originally fell in. That's serious powah.
I don't blame ya, I was considering doing the same thing. But there isn't much else I am watching at the moment besides D. Gray Man, so I figured I might as well tune in each week
LordofHats wrote: Same here. But I don't think the anime can catch up to the manga so I don't know how they plan to end it.
Well right now I don't get the feeling of an ending cropping up anytime soon, but that could change. It would be cool if they let it go on for awhile. I don't have any insight from the manga; so I don't a good point where they will wrap up the anime.
It's popular enough I could see it getting a really extended run alla Naruto/Bleach or whatever where it keeps going as long as the Manga does. Woe betide the filler arcs though.
I dropped AOT, just no point in my opinion. Next isn't AOT pretty far in it's manga arc? So it can't get a stupid extended run like Naruto or Bleach... Most of that is waiting for the manga's next volume to drop.
MEANWHILE I bring you all the hottest industry info straight from a panel I attended at Otakon!
Woooooooo! All hail the heroes! Funimation to the RESCUE! Funimation announced during their industry panel and the Sunrise panel at Otakon this weekend that they have acquired the rights to the following anime!
Tales of the Abyss
Witch Hunter Robin
Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion
Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Code Geass Lelouch Akito the Exiled
Angel Links
Banner of the Stars
Banner of the Stars II
Passage of the Stars "Birth"
Crest of the Stars
Outlaw Star
Escaflowne movie
The Visions of Escaflowne
My-Hime
My-ZHime
My-ZHime O~S.ifr~
My ZHime Zwei
Cowboy Bepop
FUNimation expects to release Cowboy Bebop in 2014. This will be the first time that the series will be available digitally and on Blu-ray in the U.S. No word on the rest of the stuff, buuuuuuut Wolf Children will be out in November.
Fanboy comment: Holy gak gimme Outlaw Star~ <3
Also here's me in my yukata being killed by Riddick. Just cause.
But they havn't gotten the rights to season 2 of D.Gray Man yet! I want my dub :(
An haha I mean how are you gonna meet riddick and not ask to get a picture taken with him killing you?
darkcloud92 wrote: But they havn't gotten the rights to season 2 of D.Gray Man yet! I want my dub :(
An haha I mean how are you gonna meet riddick and not ask to get a picture taken with him killing you?
darkcloud92 wrote: But they havn't gotten the rights to season 2 of D.Gray Man yet! I want my dub :(
An haha I mean how are you gonna meet riddick and not ask to get a picture taken with him killing you?
Especially when he had his tea cup with him!
No word of a lie, that is exactly what I was thinking when I watched that show. It made me want to have allied guard only with even more tanks, converted with high school girls of course. My friends would find it hysterical.
Suspension of Disbelief. I just want to sneak my anime into my gaming (and annoy a certain person and his slaaneshi marines in our group). To me I see pask commanding a LR battle tank. Just wait for my gundam riptides to show up.
And Boku wa tomodachi is pretty funny and entertaining to watch.
Blood lad seems to be just good old shonen antics. Entertaining to watch. but hasn't yet reached the slow tipping point that so many shows seem to have fallen off. It is close to Fairy tale and maybe An no exorcist in its own ways.
Dog X Scissors remains one of my favorite anime in this season. Holy hell it's out there and some of the tone shifts are gut wrenching, but damn if I don't want to see more.
Ironwill13791 wrote: Suspension of Disbelief. I just want to sneak my anime into my gaming (and annoy a certain person and his slaaneshi marines in our group). To me I see pask commanding a LR battle tank. Just wait for my gundam riptides to show up.
It might annoy me, but Slaanesh loves anime! Who do you think's on the other end of all those tentacles?
Ironwill13791 wrote: Suspension of Disbelief. I just want to sneak my anime into my gaming (and annoy a certain person and his slaaneshi marines in our group). To me I see pask commanding a LR battle tank. Just wait for my gundam riptides to show up.
It might annoy me, but Slaanesh loves anime! Who do you think's on the other end of all those tentacles?
Tyranids. And additionally I would take no joy in your annoyance from me injecting anime into my gaming. (had to laugh at that one)
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ThePrimordial wrote: A titan showdown this Saturday in Attack on Titan.
It really should be Sunday. I don't know why.
I am looking forward to it. Here's to hopefully a good fight.
Ok so I've started watching 'girls BRAVO!', all I can think so far is :O_o whaaaaaat?
Still have to watch the final 2 episodes of black lagoon: second barrage. But does anyone else have the problem of not wanting to watch the final episode of a series that you really really enjoyed, because they get a little grumpy at the thought that once it's over it's over, and there isn't going to be another series so that's it, finito, game over man...
I digress, a little tip for UK Netflix-using anime-fan Dakkanauts, as soon as you can get onto the US version, oh-so-much-more anime than the UK one (they have a deal with funimation)
Leigen_Zero wrote: Ok so I've started watching 'girls BRAVO!', all I can think so far is :O_o whaaaaaat?
Still have to watch the final 2 episodes of black lagoon: second barrage. But does anyone else have the problem of not wanting to watch the final episode of a series that you really really enjoyed, because they get a little grumpy at the thought that once it's over it's over, and there isn't going to be another series so that's it, finito, game over man...
I digress, a little tip for UK Netflix-using anime-fan Dakkanauts, as soon as you can get onto the US version, oh-so-much-more anime than the UK one (they have a deal with funimation)
I do the opposite. I will charge headlong into that final episode because I am really into that show. Really enjoy the episode. Then feel apathetic afterwards when it is over. (with the accompanied "Huh, it's over." or some version of it) Compared to a show that I have gotten INTO where it ends and I am just like "ok, what do I watch next?".
Bad ass. Not busty. I have owned hamsters more combat effective then Yoko. I need a stupidly lethal fictional character who performs feats that shouldn't be possible in real life.
I'm working on a panel with a buddy for a con next year!
You know, there aren't that many snipers in anime, as odd as it may sound.
The only one that comes to mind is that guy in Trigun, with the crazy ass long (and I mean looooooooong) barreled rifle.
If background info is allowed, Balalaika certainly counts. "Balalakai" is a nickname; it's the slang term for sniper rifle, and she got such a moniker for her prowess with a rifle.
You know, there aren't that many snipers in anime, as odd as it may sound.
The only one that comes to mind is that guy in Trigun, with the crazy ass long (and I mean looooooooong) barreled rifle.
If background info is allowed, Balalaika certainly counts. "Balalakai" is a nickname; it's the slang term for sniper rifle, and she got such a moniker for her prowess with a rifle.
Nah I need crazy long distance shots with stupid high kill counts, the real world competition for the anime sniper scored over 700 confirmed kills in under 100 days and the Soviet Army leveled entire grid squares with artillery barrages trying to find him. I might do a compilation of snipers from anime, then do a "combo hero" of Simo Häyhä and Carlos Hathcock (the 700 confirmed kills guy above and the man who invented modern sniping/held the world long distance confirmed shot record for the better part of 40 years)
Balalaika could be a fun comparison for a ridiculously bad ass gangster. She's one of my favorites.
I'll see your Saito, and Cthulhu's Rip Van Winkle and Seras Victoria (though points for being both Vampires AND snipers) and raise you a Duke Togo.
He's who Agent 47 wants to be when he grows up. Some reviews have attempted to describe him in action as a 'cross between Dirty Harry and Solid Snake'.
Just finished watching Danganronpa episode 7. So far it's following pretty closely to the game, which I like. I wish they would expand more on the free time events and investigations but I suppose there's only so much content you can jam into a 12 episode anime.
darkcloud92 wrote: My vote for best sniper goes to
Lockon Stratos from Gundam 00
+1, I like it. He separated gravity compartments in orbit around the Earth while secured on the ground. Plus, he had a sniper gun-like scope in the cockpit of the gundam to use the sniper rifle.
AduroT wrote: I'm sure they'll find a way to delay the Titan throw down till the following week.
Haha! I called it! FLASHBACK!
Watched the episode and went "Damn, that guy on Dakka was right.". Besides the obligatory vicious killings, it was a slightly disappointing episode especially with the build up it got.
AduroT wrote: I'm sure they'll find a way to delay the Titan throw down till the following week.
Haha! I called it! FLASHBACK!
Fething boschitt. I had a feeling you were right but I had too much respect.
Hopefully next week.
Oh and the best sniper is Rosarita "Roberta" Cisernos from Black Lagoon.
AduroT wrote: I'm sure they'll find a way to delay the Titan throw down till the following week.
Haha! I called it! FLASHBACK!
Watched the episode and went "Damn, that guy on Dakka was right.". Besides the obligatory vicious killings, it was a slightly disappointing episode especially with the build up it got.
It's mostly how the entire series has gone. A whole lot of "Hey Guys, This Is Gonna Be Awesome!" followed by "Psych!" Periodically, something awesome Does briefly happen, after several episodes of build up. The show has a great concept that keeps me watching it, but a horrible pacing and a means of trying to mess with your hopes and emotions that has gotten quite predictable at this point. I mean how many great inspiring "We Can Do This!" moments are Immediately followed by soul crushing defeats? It's gotten quite cliche.
darkcloud92 wrote: My vote for best sniper goes to
Lockon Stratos from Gundam 00
I see your Lockon Startos and raise you one Heero Yuy. 99.99% accuracy, while using the basic aimming device of a incredabily damaged gundam, no sniper module required.
+ he can rock a Green tanktop and Black skin tight leather shorts.
AduroT wrote: I'm sure they'll find a way to delay the Titan throw down till the following week.
Haha! I called it! FLASHBACK!
Watched the episode and went "Damn, that guy on Dakka was right.". Besides the obligatory vicious killings, it was a slightly disappointing episode especially with the build up it got.
It's mostly how the entire series has gone. A whole lot of "Hey Guys, This Is Gonna Be Awesome!" followed by "Psych!" Periodically, something awesome Does briefly happen, after several episodes of build up. The show has a great concept that keeps me watching it, but a horrible pacing and a means of trying to mess with your hopes and emotions that has gotten quite predictable at this point. I mean how many great inspiring "We Can Do This!" moments are Immediately followed by soul crushing defeats? It's gotten quite cliche.
Yeah, I am going to have to agree with you in this. They should give us something at this point. All we've had is a 3 episode lead-up to Erin carrying the giant rock for 5 minutes and Erin "coming back to life" to rampage on some titans.
So. Watching the finale of Oreimo 2 finally. Ever know something is going to happen, or a plot is going somewhere and it's going to basically spit on something you previously enjoyed, even if that was the original intent of the Author/Creative team all a long? Yeah. That's how I feel about the ending.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: So. Watching the finale of Oreimo 2 finally. Ever know something is going to happen, or a plot is going somewhere and it's going to basically spit on something you previously enjoyed, even if that was the original intent of the Author/Creative team all a long? Yeah. That's how I feel about the ending.
Spoiler:
It was the bro/sis relationship wasn't it.
I really enjoyed the show (can't wait to see those last episodes) and that aspect of the story didn't bother me really. What annoyed me was the story "going there" and then getting cold feet in the end. If you are going to go there then see it through to the end because the way the ending goes down is a and for Kyousuke.
But yeah it's more or less pulling out at the end that really pissed me off. The siscon stuff's kinda icky, but if you're gonna go. GO ALL THE WAY LIKE A GODDAMN MAN/WOMAN/UNSPECIFIED GENDER
But yeah it's more or less pulling out at the end that really pissed me off. The siscon stuff's kinda icky, but if you're gonna go. GO ALL THE WAY LIKE A GODDAMN MAN/WOMAN/UNSPECIFIED GENDER
Fixed it to hide potential spoilers. I didn't even notice the spoiler option.
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I read the LN so this will be the 2nd time going through this. It's still not cool. Great, entertaining series, but it leaves you face-palming. I mean why did Kyousuke turn down all those chicks, confess and get engaged, just to end it anyway.
I know right!? Fethhead. Break a ton of hearts, make a complete ass of yourself, do irreparable damage to your relationship with your childhood friend and wind up with... nothing? Maybe Kuroneko or Ayase will let his useless ass crawl back but ultimately everyone loses here. gak. Now that I think about it, that entire fight with Manami? It totally loses it's impact and even it's MEANING now. The hell is the point to coming to blows with someone you've known since childhood and making all those tough sounding statements when you're ending it later in the day? That's ludicrous! I am disappointed on just about every conceivable level with this ending. I was hoping to avoid the sister ending but considering the title figured "well at least the show's good enough they can pull it off with some style" but this? A complete cop out with all the story's fangs pulled and any and all growth and progress for the characters nullified? That's just terrible. In every sense of the term as it applies to the construction of fiction.
Sigh... curse you anime for giving me unreasonable expectations for actual females. I'll never find a real girl who's that lethal. T_T
Now now, I'm sure you'll find a psychologically and emotionally unstable lady with a liking for firearms some day. There are still over 6 billion people in the world anyway.
I've been watching Corpse Party: Tortured Souls, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya and Rozen Maiden (2013).
Pretty happy with these series coming out. The origional Rozen Maiden was awesome.
It's got some good action, but most of the humor is pretty forced and you can figure out what's going to happen about 5-10 minutes before it actually goes down.
Sigh... curse you anime for giving me unreasonable expectations for actual females. I'll never find a real girl who's that lethal. T_T
Now now, I'm sure you'll find a psychologically and emotionally unstable lady with a liking for firearms some day. There are still over 6 billion people in the world anyway.
Heh. I can only dream. I'll take knives too, she doesn't have to be a firearms nutcase. I'd prefer to skip explosives though.
I know right!? Fethhead. Break a ton of hearts, make a complete ass of yourself, do irreparable damage to your relationship with your childhood friend and wind up with... nothing? Maybe Kuroneko or Ayase will let his useless ass crawl back but ultimately everyone loses here. gak. Now that I think about it, that entire fight with Manami? It totally loses it's impact and even it's MEANING now. The hell is the point to coming to blows with someone you've known since childhood and making all those tough sounding statements when you're ending it later in the day? That's ludicrous! I am disappointed on just about every conceivable level with this ending. I was hoping to avoid the sister ending but considering the title figured "well at least the show's good enough they can pull it off with some style" but this? A complete cop out with all the story's fangs pulled and any and all growth and progress for the characters nullified? That's just terrible. In every sense of the term as it applies to the construction of fiction.
Like I said I read the LN, so I have been waiting over a month to vent to someone about this.
Spoiler:
The best irony is when Kyousuke mentions all the women who are attracting around him and how it will probably never happen again. Then he ends up with.......no one. I get what your saying. Everything Kyousuke says to Manami loses impact when you consider they end the relationship shortly after. I really liked Oreimo, but I end up needing to ignore that cop out ending just so that it isn't soured.
I know right!? Fethhead. Break a ton of hearts, make a complete ass of yourself, do irreparable damage to your relationship with your childhood friend and wind up with... nothing? Maybe Kuroneko or Ayase will let his useless ass crawl back but ultimately everyone loses here. gak. Now that I think about it, that entire fight with Manami? It totally loses it's impact and even it's MEANING now. The hell is the point to coming to blows with someone you've known since childhood and making all those tough sounding statements when you're ending it later in the day? That's ludicrous! I am disappointed on just about every conceivable level with this ending. I was hoping to avoid the sister ending but considering the title figured "well at least the show's good enough they can pull it off with some style" but this? A complete cop out with all the story's fangs pulled and any and all growth and progress for the characters nullified? That's just terrible. In every sense of the term as it applies to the construction of fiction.
Like I said I read the LN, so I have been waiting over a month to vent to someone about this.
Spoiler:
The best irony is when Kyousuke mentions all the women who are attracting around him and how it will probably never happen again. Then he ends up with.......no one. I get what your saying. Everything Kyousuke says to Manami loses impact when you consider they end the relationship shortly after. I really liked Oreimo, but I end up needing to ignore that cop out ending just so that it isn't soured.
Yep, just go with your own ending, ignore the final three episodes.
I know right!? Fethhead. Break a ton of hearts, make a complete ass of yourself, do irreparable damage to your relationship with your childhood friend and wind up with... nothing? Maybe Kuroneko or Ayase will let his useless ass crawl back but ultimately everyone loses here. gak. Now that I think about it, that entire fight with Manami? It totally loses it's impact and even it's MEANING now. The hell is the point to coming to blows with someone you've known since childhood and making all those tough sounding statements when you're ending it later in the day? That's ludicrous! I am disappointed on just about every conceivable level with this ending. I was hoping to avoid the sister ending but considering the title figured "well at least the show's good enough they can pull it off with some style" but this? A complete cop out with all the story's fangs pulled and any and all growth and progress for the characters nullified? That's just terrible. In every sense of the term as it applies to the construction of fiction.
Like I said I read the LN, so I have been waiting over a month to vent to someone about this.
Spoiler:
The best irony is when Kyousuke mentions all the women who are attracting around him and how it will probably never happen again. Then he ends up with.......no one. I get what your saying. Everything Kyousuke says to Manami loses impact when you consider they end the relationship shortly after. I really liked Oreimo, but I end up needing to ignore that cop out ending just so that it isn't soured.
Yep, just go with your own ending, ignore the final three episodes.
Or ignore those last 5 minutes.
Spoiler:
If you want to see the end of the Kirino route.
This was a good conversation. I feel better now that I vented my thoughts.
Sigh... curse you anime for giving me unreasonable expectations for actual females. I'll never find a real girl who's that lethal. T_T
Now now, I'm sure you'll find a psychologically and emotionally unstable lady with a liking for firearms some day. There are still over 6 billion people in the world anyway.
Heh. I can only dream. I'll take knives too, she doesn't have to be a firearms nutcase. I'd prefer to skip explosives though.
Spoken like someone who's never handled high explosives. The normal stuff's dangerous enough. Home made? Yeah no thanks. When a nutcase pulls out the chemistry set I'm checking out for the nearest point out of the blast zone and all points beyond stat.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: Spoken like someone who's never handled high explosives. The normal stuff's dangerous enough. Home made? Yeah no thanks. When a nutcase pulls out the chemistry set I'm checking out for the nearest point out of the blast zone and all points beyond stat.
Actually I've handled quite a bit of explosives over the years. Yes, an idiot trying to make plastique with a chemistry set is probably going to end up blowing himself up. Which is pretty true of anything involving idiots and unstable chemicals. However, it can be perfectly safe as long as you understand the chemicals involved and take common sense safety precautions. (Don't shake the Nitro, store your explosives someplace cold and dry, avoid sweating dynamite, make preparations to drown the reaction if needed, don't just wander off while brewing explosives, and don't store sodium anyplace it can get wet)
For real stability in chemicals, 1 part RDX and 3 parts flour is stable enough to actually bake with, as long as no one hits the bread with a hammer while it's still hot or tries to eat it. It won't kill you, but you'll feel pretty sick afterwards.
Also, I seem to recall someone, and I think it was on this very forum, using an anti-tank mine as a painting bench for (IIRC) space marines. Not sure if it was you though or someone else.
Not like I know anything about the subject, but that would be really frigging awesome. Provided the mine is disarmed. If not, at least I'd go in a unique way, and be free to say "feth you" to all stupidity present. Including mine, at the time.
Oh and I've finally got back to AoT after a four week holiday, so I'm at episode 16 now.
A discussion of Superman Returns lead me to TV Tropes, which lead me to One Punch Man. It's a webcomic and then a published manga about a man who trained for three years, trying to become the most powerful superhero in the world.
He succeeded.
The webcomic has awful art, but the manga is wonderful. It's fun to read despite the premise (a man so ridiculously powerful that he can defeat any foe with a single punch) seeming like a recipe for boredom. There's one minor character that I hate the writer for creating, but I have no complaints about anything else.
If you got a guardsman rampaging like that, then a destroyed predator is the least of your opponents worries. That was a slaughter-fest.
Also, it looks like the upcoming fall lineup is going to be a good one.
Why?
Why to which one? If it is the guardsman thing, then that was just a play off the video. It was a slaughter-fest, and that guardsman would be causing fear in them SM. If it was about the upcoming fall lineup (which I think it was), then I said that because IMO there is going to be a lot of shows that I will be watching simple as that.
darkcloud92 wrote: Bleh I am of the exact opposite opinion. Judging by what I have seen as upcoming on anime news network none of the fall line up looks good.
Except Log Horizon. I never read the manga, the show just looks cool at a glance
darkcloud92 wrote: Bleh I am of the exact opposite opinion. Judging by what I have seen as upcoming on anime news network none of the fall line up looks good.
Except Log Horizon. I never read the manga, the show just looks cool at a glance
Gundam Wing - Good general gundam, also nostalgia bait for the average anime fan in his/her mid20s
8th MS team - Hardcore Gundam, srs business at it's finest
G Gundam - How Gundam does hot blooded. Still pretty kick ass.
Soladrin wrote: I never liked wing that much.. The whole story just feels.. off.
You and I agree on this one. Wing isn't ranked in my top gundam series at all, more like mid to lower tier.
TY! It is one of the worst for me to! I like the Gundam designs and some of the characters, but the story was just... Like Soladrin put it. Bad. A lot of it was weird and didn't make that much sense. Also the action scenes were not even that good. A lot of the early Gundam series, even with older animation, had much better fighting scenes. Endless Waltz was much better.
Has anyone seen the new upcoming Gundam series they have? It's another stupid Gunpla Builders series :/ One of my most favorite anime collective (Gundam) keeps letting me down
Soladrin wrote: I never liked wing that much.. The whole story just feels.. off.
You and I agree on this one. Wing isn't ranked in my top gundam series at all, more like mid to lower tier.
TY! It is one of the worst for me to! I like the Gundam designs and some of the characters, but the story was just... Like Soladrin put it. Bad. A lot of it was weird and didn't make that much sense. Also the action scenes were not even that good. A lot of the early Gundam series, even with older animation, had much better fighting scenes. Endless Waltz was much better.
Has anyone seen the new upcoming Gundam series they have? It's another stupid Gunpla Builders series :/ One of my most favorite anime collective (Gundam) keeps letting me down
I will probably give the gunpla builders series a shot, but I don't expect it to hold my interest. I feel Gundam is in need of a really good series because right now it feels like it is marketing to the kiddies (besides Unicorn).
It sucks that I can't talk Gundam with my friends because both find G Gundam to be their favorite. One just kind of goes with the flow of the conversation (he at least enjoys watching other Gundam series) and the other has such a hard-on for G Gundam that he goes as far as to say that all other Gundam series suck, King of Hearts Domon is the best character (all others suck), Burning Gundam is the best Gundam (all others would be beatdown), Dark Gundam is the best bad guy MS (all others can't compare), etc.. This leads to me doing this every time we talk Gundam.
Soladrin wrote: I never liked wing that much.. The whole story just feels.. off.
You and I agree on this one. Wing isn't ranked in my top gundam series at all, more like mid to lower tier.
TY! It is one of the worst for me to! I like the Gundam designs and some of the characters, but the story was just... Like Soladrin put it. Bad. A lot of it was weird and didn't make that much sense. Also the action scenes were not even that good. A lot of the early Gundam series, even with older animation, had much better fighting scenes. Endless Waltz was much better.
Has anyone seen the new upcoming Gundam series they have? It's another stupid Gunpla Builders series :/ One of my most favorite anime collective (Gundam) keeps letting me down
I will probably give the gunpla builders series a shot, but I don't expect it to hold my interest. I feel Gundam is in need of a really good series because right now it feels like it is marketing to the kiddies (besides Unicorn).
It sucks that I can't talk Gundam with my friends because both find G Gundam to be their favorite. One just kind of goes with the flow of the conversation (he at least enjoys watching other Gundam series) and the other has such a hard-on for G Gundam that he goes as far as to say that all other Gundam series suck, King of Hearts Domon is the best character (all others suck), Burning Gundam is the best Gundam (all others would be beatdown), Dark Gundam is the best bad guy MS (all others can't compare), etc.. This leads to me doing this every time we talk Gundam.
I still refuse to acknowledge G Gundam as a thing.
Soladrin wrote: I never liked wing that much.. The whole story just feels.. off.
You and I agree on this one. Wing isn't ranked in my top gundam series at all, more like mid to lower tier.
TY! It is one of the worst for me to! I like the Gundam designs and some of the characters, but the story was just... Like Soladrin put it. Bad. A lot of it was weird and didn't make that much sense. Also the action scenes were not even that good. A lot of the early Gundam series, even with older animation, had much better fighting scenes. Endless Waltz was much better.
Has anyone seen the new upcoming Gundam series they have? It's another stupid Gunpla Builders series :/ One of my most favorite anime collective (Gundam) keeps letting me down
I will probably give the gunpla builders series a shot, but I don't expect it to hold my interest. I feel Gundam is in need of a really good series because right now it feels like it is marketing to the kiddies (besides Unicorn).
It sucks that I can't talk Gundam with my friends because both find G Gundam to be their favorite. One just kind of goes with the flow of the conversation (he at least enjoys watching other Gundam series) and the other has such a hard-on for G Gundam that he goes as far as to say that all other Gundam series suck, King of Hearts Domon is the best character (all others suck), Burning Gundam is the best Gundam (all others would be beatdown), Dark Gundam is the best bad guy MS (all others can't compare), etc.. This leads to me doing this every time we talk Gundam.
I still refuse to acknowledge G Gundam as a thing.
I have the nostalgia factor because it was the 1st Gundam I ever watched......when I was 11. Now I have experienced other Gundam series and can look objectively at it; which puts it at the same level as wing for me.
The titan fight finally went down, and all things considered it was pretty cool.
Why Eren didn't opt for pulling the head off the other titan instead of uselessly punching while he was on top I'll never know.
TheSaintofKilllers wrote: The titan fight finally went down, and all things considered it was pretty cool. Why Eren didn't opt for pulling the head off the other titan instead of uselessly punching while he was on top I'll never know.
He was blinded by rage and wanted to make her suffer before he killed her.
Soladrin wrote: I never liked wing that much.. The whole story just feels.. off.
While I agree with that sentiment, it's funny that it's among the more popular Gundam series out there.
And that's why I usually keep my opinion of Wing to myself, I never understood why it was so popular.
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TheSaintofKilllers wrote: The titan fight finally went down, and all things considered it was pretty cool.
Why Eren didn't opt for pulling the head off the other titan instead of uselessly punching while he was on top I'll never know.
He was uber-pissed. He just wanted to smash her. Which eventually led to him losing control (apparently what the female titan was waiting for because Eren was doing well before he went stupid) and losing. Which led to our annual Eren getting eaten scene. It was an awesome fight right up until the point when Eren lost control due to rage at which point it got eye-rollingly predictable.
Soladrin wrote: I never liked wing that much.. The whole story just feels.. off.
While I agree with that sentiment, it's funny that it's among the more popular Gundam series out there.
And that's why I usually keep my opinion of Wing to myself, I never understood why it was so popular.
Low standards perhaps?
Thank God for the Zeta Gundam compilation movies; if not for those, the CE franchise would have probably forced me to give up on the Gundam-verse for good.
Soladrin wrote: I never liked wing that much.. The whole story just feels.. off.
While I agree with that sentiment, it's funny that it's among the more popular Gundam series out there.
And that's why I usually keep my opinion of Wing to myself, I never understood why it was so popular.
Low standards perhaps?
Thank God for the Zeta Gundam compilation movies; if not for those, the CE franchise would have probably forced me to give up on the Gundam-verse for good.
I think one reason for it being so popular is it being one of the few Gundam series(if not the only one?) that saw Air time on Fox Kids.
I have a prediction in mind for who the one controling that female Titan is, but I don't know the characters actual name so I can't list it. Maybe if people are interested enough in making guess as to who it might be I could try to look up who that person I have in mind is.
Soladrin wrote: I never liked wing that much.. The whole story just feels.. off.
While I agree with that sentiment, it's funny that it's among the more popular Gundam series out there.
And that's why I usually keep my opinion of Wing to myself, I never understood why it was so popular.
Low standards perhaps?
Thank God for the Zeta Gundam compilation movies; if not for those, the CE franchise would have probably forced me to give up on the Gundam-verse for good.
I think one reason for it being so popular is it being one of the few Gundam series(if not the only one?) that saw Air time on Fox Kids.
Damn kids...they need to be shown a Gundam series with REAL quality.
AduroT wrote: I have a prediction in mind for who the one controling that female Titan is, but I don't know the characters actual name so I can't list it. Maybe if people are interested enough in making guess as to who it might be I could try to look up who that person I have in mind is.
I don't need to make a guess, I know who it is. Manga and all that... Won't spoil anything.
Yeah, I assumed a few of you know who it is because of comments on reading the manga, and on that note I highly appreciate the lack of any spoilers from you lot. I hate how I can't read any discussions on the Game of Thrones tv series because people who have read the books feel the need to bring that knowledge into the discussions.
The titan fight was pretty cool. But I can't help still being a little frustrated with the episode. It kept killing the tension by jumping to random pointless talking scenes
hotsauceman1 wrote: What is a good gundam for someone to watch, with no prior knowledge, to watch without having to figure out continuity
The original movie trilogy. Note that the animation may be a bit dated (the series was made 1979) but it gives the best view of the background and is my favourite overall.
Some info:
UC Gundam is the original, and largest setting with the most series and movies in it. It's the general 'favourite' and the most 'hard' sci-fi of the lot, and the most classic - generally the show is further away from superheroes and more of science-fiction with a small hint of supernatural (psychic pilots, psychic controlled drones basically). I recommend watching the original trilogy to get the best view. Then you can see:
Zeta - this is the sequel series and follows on straight after the original and has some new events where the winners of the war in the original series now have an oppressive wing and is about the rebel fight against them.
ZZ - sequal to Zeta, carries on where the last finished off, though there's a change of tone.
Char's Counterattack - happens after ZZ and is the end of the 'early' UC timeline if it weren't for...
Unicorn - this happens after Char's Counterattack and covers the events of the last remnants of the losing side, and has background about the setting that talks about history before UC Gundam and hints on how that conflict started.
Throughout the above, there are recurring characters (though the main character changes each one, CCA protagonist is the original series one though); Bright, the ship commander in the original series appears in every single one of the above, all the way to Unicorn (where he has a cameo role).
We then have some side stories that happen during the previous ones:
08th MS team - happens during the events of the original series, and covers a ground unit of cannon fodder guys.
0080 war in a pocket - side story that happens during the original series
0083 stardust memory - side story between original and Z gundam that covers why they got so oppressive in the first place. The main character has a pathological fear of carrots
After these, there are 'late UC' that happen long after the events in Unicorn - they are pretty standalone.
F91 (movie)
Victory Gundam
G-Gundam - alternate universe, and more like an 'arena' or 'sports' super hero version. Very different tone to UC
Gundam Wing - has some memorable characters, and the political plot is quite interesting. Romantic plot is bad, and action re-uses a lot of footage and the Gundams are arguably silly designs for the tone of the show (compared with US or G-Gundam, it's like they took the 'superhero' Gundams from G-Gundam and put them in a UC-like setting where in UC the Gundams are basically treated like normal tanks)
Gundam X - post apocalyptic Gundam, more modern seeming
Turn A Gundam - post-post apocalyptic - people are regressed into an earlier society and dig up the Gundam
Gundam SEED - AU Gundam that sort of wants to be like UC but is weirdly written
Gundam SEED Destiny - apparnelty, it took the worst bits of Gundam SEED and made them bigger and even worse, and dropped the good bits of Gundam SEED.
Gundam 00 - first gundam with aliens; I don't know much about it though
Gundam AGE - kind of kiddy looking, but I don't know much more about it. Has some WTF designs (or was that 00?)
hotsauceman1 wrote: What is a good gundam for someone to watch, with no prior knowledge, to watch without having to figure out continuity
The original movie trilogy. Note that the animation may be a bit dated (the series was made 1979) but it gives the best view of the background and is my favourite overall.
With respect, I would recommend Zeta Gundam (either the TV series or the compilation movies) as IMHO, it is the greatest Gundam series thus far.
Another good suggestion IMO is Turn A Gundam, though it requires a certain maturity to enjoy (as it focuses more on character development as opposed to mecha battles).
hotsauceman1 wrote: What is a good gundam for someone to watch, with no prior knowledge, to watch without having to figure out continuity
The original movie trilogy. Note that the animation may be a bit dated (the series was made 1979) but it gives the best view of the background and is my favourite overall.
With respect, I would recommend Zeta Gundam (either the TV series or the compilation movies) as IMHO, it is the greatest Gundam series thus far.
Another good suggestion IMO is Turn A Gundam, though it requires a certain maturity to watch (as it focuses more on character development as opposed to mecha battles).
I would actually recommend watching all 3 UC series (plus Unicorn and Char's counterattack) to really get the most out of the background and depth. Zeta does a really good job balancing new and returning characters to give a good feel for an evolving story. I really would like to watch Turn A Gundam, but I want to find a reliable place to watch it/ download it.
hotsauceman1 wrote: What is a good gundam for someone to watch, with no prior knowledge, to watch without having to figure out continuity
The original movie trilogy. Note that the animation may be a bit dated (the series was made 1979) but it gives the best view of the background and is my favourite overall.
With respect, I would recommend Zeta Gundam (either the TV series or the compilation movies) as IMHO, it is the greatest Gundam series thus far.
Another good suggestion IMO is Turn A Gundam, though it requires a certain maturity to watch (as it focuses more on character development as opposed to mecha battles).
I would actually recommend watching all 3 UC series (plus Unicorn and Char's counterattack) to really get the most out of the background and depth. Zeta does a really good job balancing new and returning characters to give a good feel for an evolving story. I really would like to watch Turn A Gundam, but I want to find a reliable place to watch it/ download it.
hotsauceman1 wrote: What is a good gundam for someone to watch, with no prior knowledge, to watch without having to figure out continuity
UC timeline is a really good starting point. Lots of entertainment there. (MS Gundam, Zeta, ZZ, Char's counterattack, Unicorn)
G-Gundam- super saiyan Gundams in tournament fights, a 10 yr olds dream.
Gundam Wing- lots of politicking, but bad action scenes and a romantic plot that falls on it's face. Some characters are pretty good. Tolerable watch.
Gundam X- post-apocalyptic AU to the original Gundam series. I liked it.
Gundam Seed/Seed Destiny- I really liked the series. Downfalls would be characters making stupid, non-sensical decisions (like returning to being a soldier and killing people to answer the question of how they will end the cycle of violence ) and terribly annoying characters (Shinn Asuka, uggh)
Gundam 00- Gundams trying to end war and unite humanity. All to prepare humanity for the Aliens. Humans evolve to beings that think using quantum waves, and can control quantum mechanics.
Gundam AGE- Return of Gundam for kids only without the over-the-top battles.
After having owned the first DVD of Gasaraki for years and years and really liking it, I've finally ordered the rest, so when those arrive I'll be watching it from the beginning again.
I started watching Shigurui but didn't get very far into it yet. Might just be too bleak.
Aria the Scarlet Ammo: Actually a new fav of mine! I'm really enjoying this gunslinger anime. Probably looking at at least an 8 out of 10.
Omamori Himari: Literally "Protective Charm Himari" (Himari being the female lead) this supernatural harem fighter actually was pretty good for what it was, lots of tropes and standard issue stuff, leans heavy on the fan service, but pretty good for what it is.
Current Season Comments:
Dog & Scissors is still probably my favorite of the season in a season with A LOT of good anime in it. I'm just loving the character interplay and want to see where the hell they're going with this. Chronicles of the Going Home is tied up for second with Servant X Service, both doing comedy in their own unique ways and making it awesome. Servant X Service also hasn't run out of steam/ideas like Working did so far.
Those were my thoughts also. Time to get reading I guess.
P.S. Good choice with Gundam 00. I liked it and it is a good starting point where you were worried about continuity problems. Check out the original Gundam trilogy though (eventually); it's really good also.
Good choice to start with. IMO 00 is probably the best way to get into Gundam since its recent and keeps the themes of the original Gundam in tact while still being original.
hmmmm I didn't think 00 was all that similar to the other gundam series. I enjoyed watching both parts, hated the movie though.
An I watched the first episode of blood lad. It seems pretty funny, but I'm not really into comedies that much, or large fake bouncing tits on every female character. I'm not saying every female character in the show is like that, I've only seen the first episode. I'm just saying almost every female character in anime is like that and it bugs me a lot. I don't find it attractive at all
I guess that seems odd just bc I usually hear the reverse from people? (Destiny being better than Seed)
I mean Destiny did receive really good reviews, especially among Gundam series.
Soladrin wrote: I think you are the first person I know of that preferred destiny over seed. Shin is a terrible character.
I agree. I always found him a childish brat who only badmouths Orb. I never found Setsuna or Kamille to be that childish. Well, in Kamille's case, he outgrew it, but he had character development.
Besides, Athrun and Cagalli are the best characters anyway.
Destiny ruined Cagalli; the strong girl from Seed became a crybaby wimp in Destiny.
Soladrin wrote: I think you are the first person I know of that preferred destiny over seed. Shin is a terrible character.
I agree. I always found him a childish brat who only badmouths Orb. I never found Setsuna or Kamille to be that childish. Well, in Kamille's case, he outgrew it, but he had character development.
Besides, Athrun and Cagalli are the best characters anyway.
Destiny ruined Cagalli; the strong girl from Seed became a crybaby wimp in Destiny.
darkcloud92 wrote:hmmmm I didn't think 00 was all that similar to the other gundam series. I enjoyed watching both parts, hated the movie though.
It was similar in that original MSG had a message that people could come to an understanding and eventually either A) accept each other's differences or B) Wipe each other out (as Haman and Kamille showed and again with Kamille and Paptimus). That's how 00 was really similar. Not to mention that Ribbons Almark was voiced by Amuro's VA in 00 and Ribbons was the original pilot of the first Gundam. Reborns Gundam was a Guncannon and Gundam combined and originally the plans called for it to have Guntank in there too.
Admiral Valerian wrote:
I agree the ending was somewhat crappy, but between the combat scenes and the rather creative design of the aliens among others, I can forgive that.
Just curious why did you think it was bad?
Also on the Seed Destiny topic..I have only heard of like 1 or 2 people on the net (not even IRL) who like Destiny. Everyone I know hates it as much as they hate AGE.
I shall weigh in also. I really like Gundam Seed, and I prefer seed over destiny. I watch the set to get the whole story, but Shinn REALLY drags down destiny (and he is a main character). I just finished rewatching it ironically and I had to skip about 15 eps to avoid Shinn as much as possible and get to the parts with the REAL main characters. And they did screw with Cagalli's character, luckily they righted that ship when Orb was attacked and she took control. But even still you can get enjoyment out of it.....if you can avoid Shinn that is.
I also didn't mind the ending to the 00 movie. The combat scenes in the movie were amazing, and the endless swarm of ELS was cool (and cool-looking).
And AGE was like Mobile Suit Gundam for Kids. It felt really toned down from where 00 was to the point that kids would understand and be interested, but it didn't bring in anything to hook the older crowd besides the word Gundam (which will only get you so far, like a couple eps for some people I know).
I agree the ending was somewhat crappy, but between the combat scenes and the rather creative design of the aliens among others, I can forgive that.
Just curious why did you think it was bad?
It's not bad per se just...vague and inconclusive. I mean, we don't get to see much about the state of Humanity and the ESF in AD 2364, apart from the fact that they've managed to integrate Innovators, Innovades, and Humans together, and build colony ships in cooperation with the ELS...I really wanted an OVA to clarify things, but I gave up on that once Age came out.
EDIT: Regarding NGE...mind screw at its finest. If you want anime from that period of anime history, I recommend the Vision of Escaflowne. The characters are likable, and the animation is better IMO.
I rewatched Ef: a tale of memories and got halfway through Ef: a tale of melodies before I hit my data cap... I usually complain about the 1MB/s speed but I miss it so much right now.
Back to animation... I've actually been watching less anime of late and watching more American animation, Adventure time, bravest warriors and gravity falls namely
Man I want to see more Gatchaman Crowds episodes but they ain't out yet. O.D., Pai Pai and Utsu-tsu's suits are pretty rad actually. And Berg-Katze has a superb voice actor, he feels genuinely damn evil.
Best anime so far this summer. Love the art style, but I'm sad the budget wasn't as big on each episode and it's noticeable at some points. Already hoping it'll spawn a second season next year.
AduroT wrote: I have a prediction in mind for who the one controling that female Titan is, but I don't know the characters actual name so I can't list it. Maybe if people are interested enough in making guess as to who it might be I could try to look up who that person I have in mind is.
Maybe the aloof girl with the same hairstyle and eye color?
It's blatantly obvious.
It's "anime logic" that he thought punching would be a better outlet for pain inflicting than slowly twisting the head off.
Watching WATAMOTE: No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular! at the moment. Pretty funny so far, but maybe too close to reality?
Watamote is pretty much unwatchable for me due to the intense amount of secondhand embarrassment I get from watching Tomoko do... pretty much anything.
Coolyo294 wrote: Watamote is pretty much unwatchable for me due to the intense amount of secondhand embarrassment I get from watching Tomoko do... pretty much anything.
True enough, but it is nice to see an anime protagonist about an unlikeable ugly person who is in fact an unlikeable ugly person.
I finished getting caught up on the Attack on Titan manga and holy is it damn good. The gritty art style really adds to the effect; like when titans are consuming humans. I am glad I got impatient.
Heh so Dog X Scissor ended the other day... with a message that the story of a dog and the scissor wielding psychotic writer who loves him will never end. (They said it differently but you know, basic message)
I finished getting caught up on the Attack on Titan manga and holy is it damn good. The gritty art style really adds to the effect; like when titans are consuming humans. I am glad I got impatient.
I love the art style in the manga. It actually made me upset when I watched the anime that everyone was so pretty. I really like how the art sets the mood for the entire manga and even the art itself gives you a sense of hopelessness.
The cliff hanger on the latest chapter was kind of jaw dropping too.
I finished getting caught up on the Attack on Titan manga and holy is it damn good. The gritty art style really adds to the effect; like when titans are consuming humans. I am glad I got impatient.
I love the art style in the manga. It actually made me upset when I watched the anime that everyone was so pretty. I really like how the art sets the mood for the entire manga and even the art itself gives you a sense of hopelessness.
The cliff hanger on the latest chapter was kind of jaw dropping too.
I completely agree with you, and I can't wait to read the next chapter.
I finished getting caught up on the Attack on Titan manga and holy is it damn good. The gritty art style really adds to the effect; like when titans are consuming humans. I am glad I got impatient.
I love the art style in the manga. It actually made me upset when I watched the anime that everyone was so pretty. I really like how the art sets the mood for the entire manga and even the art itself gives you a sense of hopelessness.
The cliff hanger on the latest chapter was kind of jaw dropping too.
I completely agree with you, and I can't wait to read the next chapter.
Yeah, I do think the manga is quite a bit superior then the anime.
So I went onto anime news network and saw an anime called blazeblue is coming out soon. It looks pretty cool to me! It's not a sequel of anything is it? I feel like I have heard of blazeblue before. Perhaps manga?
I finished getting caught up on the Attack on Titan manga and holy is it damn good. The gritty art style really adds to the effect; like when titans are consuming humans. I am glad I got impatient.
I love the art style in the manga. It actually made me upset when I watched the anime that everyone was so pretty. I really like how the art sets the mood for the entire manga and even the art itself gives you a sense of hopelessness.
The cliff hanger on the latest chapter was kind of jaw dropping too.
I completely agree with you, and I can't wait to read the next chapter.
Yeah, I do think the manga is quite a bit superior then the anime.
Unfortunately when a manga becomes an anime inner monologues seem to be much longer in the anime than in the manga. There have been a few times in the anime where i wonder how they can talk so much if everything is happening in literally fractions of a second.
darkcloud92 wrote:So I went onto anime news network and saw an anime called blazeblue is coming out soon. It looks pretty cool to me! It's not a sequel of anything is it? I feel like I have heard of blazeblue before. Perhaps manga?
Its based off the video game. Same people who did Guilty Gear.
Red Comet wrote: Unfortunately when a manga becomes an anime inner monologues seem to be much longer in the anime than in the manga. There have been a few times in the anime where i wonder how they can talk so much if everything is happening in literally fractions of a second.
That's because they insist on trying to turn 50 weeks of 20-page comics into 50 weeks of 20 minute cartoons. They could make a superior product with less work just by decoupling the two.
Depends. You've seen Ruroni Kenshin, right? And Inuyasha? Those are both examples of what happens when the Anime makers say "Screw it, we're not waiting" and just go ahead. Plot happens different in each.
What Naruto did was perhaps the best option of all- gave a hear or two of light, fluffy 'filler' in a time period that's story appropriate, or with minor side characters, or as an "Ender's Shadow" or Certain Scientific Railgun parallel story in the same universe. This lets the original, main Manga story build up some story, that can then be adapted.
So the best possible method would be to find an adaptation ratio (say, on average, 1 manga chapter becomes about 3/4 of an episode? clearly some would be more, some less) after you have maybe 50 or so manga chapters. Start adapting them at the same rate the manga is going, such that you 'catch up' once the manga has more chapters- then go for long enough on the 'side plot' that the manga gets as far ahead as it was when you started. Keep that going, and if you manage to have an interesting enough side-plot, you might even be able to separate entirely from the Manga, or do primarily side-plot and use the Manga for Movies or OVAs.
Red Comet wrote: Unfortunately when a manga becomes an anime inner monologues seem to be much longer in the anime than in the manga. There have been a few times in the anime where i wonder how they can talk so much if everything is happening in literally fractions of a second.
That's because they insist on trying to turn 50 weeks of 20-page comics into 50 weeks of 20 minute cartoons. They could make a superior product with less work just by decoupling the two.
Attack on Titan actually has about 40 to 50 pages worth per month! I agree that an anime made to be an anime should be superior, but with how lazy a lot of Japanese creators are getting now a days it doesn't surprise me that they resort to Manga adaptations instead. I'd rather see a smart manga like Shingeki get an Anime adaptation any day than see a moe fanservice show, because there isn't enough fan service already...
Red Comet wrote: Unfortunately when a manga becomes an anime inner monologues seem to be much longer in the anime than in the manga. There have been a few times in the anime where i wonder how they can talk so much if everything is happening in literally fractions of a second.
That's because they insist on trying to turn 50 weeks of 20-page comics into 50 weeks of 20 minute cartoons. They could make a superior product with less work just by decoupling the two.
Attack on Titan actually has about 40 to 50 pages worth per month! I agree that an anime made to be an anime should be superior, but with how lazy a lot of Japanese creators are getting now a days it doesn't surprise me that they resort to Manga adaptations instead. I'd rather see a smart manga like Shingeki get an Anime adaptation any day than see a moe fanservice show, because there isn't enough fan service already...
And/or we can have an anime for the other Arcs in Berserk, instead of always just doing the Golden Age Arc over and over. Or is this only me? :/
The walls from Attack on Titan, recreated in Google Earth and overlaid onto the USA and Europe.
Wall Sina (250km radius): 196,350km2 (75,811mi2)
Senegal, Africa: 196,722km2 (75,955mi2)
Washington, USA: 184,665km2 (77,116mi2)
To fly from one side to the other would take about 0:33.
To take a train from one side to the other would take about 3:56.
To drive from one side to the other would take about 5:00.
To walk from one side to the other would take almost 17 days.
Wall Rose (380km radius): 453,646km2 (175,154mi2)
Sweden, Europe: 450,295km2 (173,860mi2)
Caspian Sea, Asia: 394,299km2 (152,239mi2)
Japan, Asia: 377,930km2 (145,920mi2)
To fly from one side to the other would take about 0:50.
To take a train from one side to the other would take about 5:59.
To drive from one side to the other would take about 7:36.
To walk from one side to the other would take about 25 days.
Wall Maria (480km radius): 723,823km2 (279,470mi2)
Texas, USA: 695,621km2 (268,580mi2)
Burma, Asia: 676,578km2 (261,228mi2)
Alberta, Canada: 661,848km2 (255,541mi2)
To fly from one side to the other would take about 1:04.
To take a train from one side to the other would take about 7:33.
To drive from one side to the other would take about 9:36.
To walk from one side to the other would take 32 days.
Red Comet wrote: Unfortunately when a manga becomes an anime inner monologues seem to be much longer in the anime than in the manga. There have been a few times in the anime where i wonder how they can talk so much if everything is happening in literally fractions of a second.
That's because they insist on trying to turn 50 weeks of 20-page comics into 50 weeks of 20 minute cartoons. They could make a superior product with less work just by decoupling the two.
Attack on Titan actually has about 40 to 50 pages worth per month! I agree that an anime made to be an anime should be superior, but with how lazy a lot of Japanese creators are getting now a days it doesn't surprise me that they resort to Manga adaptations instead. I'd rather see a smart manga like Shingeki get an Anime adaptation any day than see a moe fanservice show, because there isn't enough fan service already...
And/or we can have an anime for the other Arcs in Berserk, instead of always just doing the Golden Age Arc over and over. Or is this only me? :/
I haven't read or watched Berserk so I can't comment unfortunately. That's a shame though that they just keep re releasing the same arc over and over.
darkcloud92 wrote: Well you must be driving pretty damn fast. 9 minutes of driving equaling 32 day?! Seems legit
That would be 9 hours 36 min, the : should of gave that away.
ohhhh that makes a lot more sense. I've never seen or used 9hrs and 36min as anything else other than 9hrs and 36mins though, so that's what I didn't catch it.
If it were 9:36:00 then that would have given it away
So for the two series I'm watching that have ended or are close enough to it that I'm okay with putting out a final word and their score, thus enabling me to savor a final episode (for the better ones).
Servant X Service: My gold medalist of the season with lots of good laughs and a fair amount of cute moments to balance things out. The team didn't run out of ideas part way through like Working and I'd say it's VERY likely that the three main plots will actually get tied up in the final episode. How the hell often does that happen? 9/10
Dog x Scissors: Speaking of wrap ups, while I greatly enjoyed it over all DxS just failed to bring it home, there was a lot of potential with some fantastic characters, but it didn't GO any where with them. The murder arc was excellent, but there was so much faffing about as opposed to getting to the plot, for a show that features a best selling author as the main character DxS certainly is lacking in the plot and story department. A grudging 7/10 because I really liked it personally, but even I can't ignore it's incredible flaws. My disappointment of the season.
Gin no Saji (Silver Spoon): The surprise of the season and the only anime I really jumped in on mid season, Silver Spoon taught me a lot of things. Lots of stuff I didn't know about farming in Japan and just in general and that there is apparently such a thing as Japanese country music. It also had the talent for making me /really/ hungry. With a wonderful cast lead by a main character who really is just a normal guy for once who has intentionally put himself well out of the norms of his city life, watching Hachi learn and grow from his experiences makes for a great anime. We should all be blessed with the chance to have such experiences to truly learn about ourselves. 9/10
Watamote: Ugh. I've made grumpy sounds about this one before. It's refreshing that an anime featuring a social reject/loner protagonist has actually put an ugly individual (inside and out) in the lime light, but they did such a good job making Tomoko ugly that I kinda just want to smack her. I also didn't find there was much of an arc or story to be invested in, and the comedy just wasn't doing it for me. Still well done, but not my cup of tea. 5/10
Chronicles of the Going Home Club: No. I won't believe it's over and you can't make me! I had way too much fun with this anime. Taking up the Azumanga Daioh anime's format and running with it, a tight cast of five girls keeps us a little more anchored as they go about their various adventures together. I enjoyed a lot of this anime and will probably watch it again in the future. I'd also add it to my buy list without hesitation. 8/10.
Time for a brief musical blitzkrieg
Courtesy of the talented Amanda Lee, ever wondered what Guren no Yumiya would sound like in English? Check it.
and since I'm watching Guilty Crown and it's music is incredible have two of the OPs Euterpe and The Everlasting Guilty Crown
Ending tonight's minor offensive, "Pon Pon Pon" is a well known scourge at cons and on forums, but again thanks to Amanda we can now get a listen in English. The lyrics are cheery... even for Jpop.
On a random note, it was announced that Momoiro Clover z is doing the theme music for the new Sailor Moon. It can not be overstated how awesome that is.
For those not in the know, Momoiro Clover Z is a sentai idol group.
Yes, with transformation belts and everything, they also did Bodacious Space Pirate*'s OP with one of the guys from Megadeth.
*Bodacious Space Pirates being the prestigious winner of my "Name That Least Matches Show Content" award and a very kick ass anime if you like bad ass female protagonists, sci fi comedies and of course, space piracy.
OPs and space pirates. That is a good way to wrap up the night. I will say that I agree with what you are saying about this past season, especially Watamote....uggh, and that I am looking forward to the fall season.
So what are the animes That got you into Anime?
Mine has to have Been Inuyasha being my first. Followed by the other classics that aired on adult swims(Yeah I know the view of inuyasha as crap, but it hold sentimental value) Including Big-0 and Cowboy Bebop. Even ghost in the shell
Tenchi Muyo, Outlaw Star, Gundam Wing, Sailor Moon, DB/DBZ and Ruroni Kenshin in that order for the first time I got into anime.
I then just forgot about it for a few years, my second initiation to anime took hard and it's all thanks to three particular anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ghost in the Shell (particularly Stand Alone Complex) and the original Hellsing anime.
hotsauceman1 wrote: So what are the animes That got you into Anime?
Mine has to have Been Inuyasha being my first. Followed by the other classics that aired on adult swims(Yeah I know the view of inuyasha as crap, but it hold sentimental value) Including Big-0 and Cowboy Bebop. Even ghost in the shell
I don't recall having a clear anime that made me get into it. I just looked up series i had heard about online and watched them when I could. Sometimes they were western, sometimes eastern. At some point I recognized that anime was a thing. I guess it was somewhere between Naruto, Yugioh 5ds and Eureka Seven.
http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showthread.php?t=113733 I got lazy and put up a link. There is 5 right off the top of the bat that I will be watching (IS 2, Freezing 2, Hajime no Ippo 3, Little Busters 2, and Kakumeiki Valvrave 2) with 5 more that sounded interesting but I can't remember which.
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hotsauceman1 wrote: So what are the animes That got you into Anime?
Mine has to have Been Inuyasha being my first. Followed by the other classics that aired on adult swims(Yeah I know the view of inuyasha as crap, but it hold sentimental value) Including Big-0 and Cowboy Bebop. Even ghost in the shell
Oh yeah! New Valvrave AND the Infinite Stratos (the latter is the anime equivalent of junk food for me) looks good so far, will have to see what else CR's gonna have.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: Oh yeah! New Valvrave AND the Infinite Stratos (the latter is the anime equivalent of junk food for me) looks good so far, will have to see what else CR's gonna have.
I was pretty pumped about those myself. I am excited that I have something to give me hope, (and entertainment) during these bleak times that I call "fall semester".
KalashnikovMarine wrote: Oh yeah! New Valvrave AND the Infinite Stratos (the latter is the anime equivalent of junk food for me) looks good so far, will have to see what else CR's gonna have.
Valvrave has a slightly meatier and less harem friendly plot then IS. It's not much, but it's more then then IS has XD
Literally everything about IS appeals to the junk food portion of my brain. Lite Sci-fi armor combat with hot blooded elements with a harem and cute girls. Fantastic. It also calls out British cuisine as terrible, which is always a fantastic sign!
Red Comet wrote: Unfortunately when a manga becomes an anime inner monologues seem to be much longer in the anime than in the manga. There have been a few times in the anime where i wonder how they can talk so much if everything is happening in literally fractions of a second.
That's because they insist on trying to turn 50 weeks of 20-page comics into 50 weeks of 20 minute cartoons. They could make a superior product with less work just by decoupling the two.
Attack on Titan actually has about 40 to 50 pages worth per month! I agree that an anime made to be an anime should be superior, but with how lazy a lot of Japanese creators are getting now a days it doesn't surprise me that they resort to Manga adaptations instead. I'd rather see a smart manga like Shingeki get an Anime adaptation any day than see a moe fanservice show, because there isn't enough fan service already...
And/or we can have an anime for the other Arcs in Berserk, instead of always just doing the Golden Age Arc over and over. Or is this only me? :/
I haven't read or watched Berserk so I can't comment unfortunately. That's a shame though that they just keep re releasing the same arc over and over.
You need to read it. It could be argued as the best manga ever throwing in factors like the heavily detailed art. Objecitvely though it's one of the best manga ever and up in the top 10. Monster being it's main competition.
Red Comet wrote: Unfortunately when a manga becomes an anime inner monologues seem to be much longer in the anime than in the manga. There have been a few times in the anime where i wonder how they can talk so much if everything is happening in literally fractions of a second.
That's because they insist on trying to turn 50 weeks of 20-page comics into 50 weeks of 20 minute cartoons. They could make a superior product with less work just by decoupling the two.
Attack on Titan actually has about 40 to 50 pages worth per month! I agree that an anime made to be an anime should be superior, but with how lazy a lot of Japanese creators are getting now a days it doesn't surprise me that they resort to Manga adaptations instead. I'd rather see a smart manga like Shingeki get an Anime adaptation any day than see a moe fanservice show, because there isn't enough fan service already...
And/or we can have an anime for the other Arcs in Berserk, instead of always just doing the Golden Age Arc over and over. Or is this only me? :/
I haven't read or watched Berserk so I can't comment unfortunately. That's a shame though that they just keep re releasing the same arc over and over.
You need to read it. It could be argued as the best manga ever throwing in factors like the heavily detailed art. Objecitvely though it's one of the best manga ever and up in the top 10. Monster being it's main competition.
Berserk has always been one of those mangas I wanted to read, but I never got around to reading. It takes me a while to read or watch anime because of wargaming. Lately any free time I have goes to my g/f or painting. Its hard to find time for anime even when she likes anime too.
Red Comet wrote: Unfortunately when a manga becomes an anime inner monologues seem to be much longer in the anime than in the manga. There have been a few times in the anime where i wonder how they can talk so much if everything is happening in literally fractions of a second.
That's because they insist on trying to turn 50 weeks of 20-page comics into 50 weeks of 20 minute cartoons. They could make a superior product with less work just by decoupling the two.
Attack on Titan actually has about 40 to 50 pages worth per month! I agree that an anime made to be an anime should be superior, but with how lazy a lot of Japanese creators are getting now a days it doesn't surprise me that they resort to Manga adaptations instead. I'd rather see a smart manga like Shingeki get an Anime adaptation any day than see a moe fanservice show, because there isn't enough fan service already...
And/or we can have an anime for the other Arcs in Berserk, instead of always just doing the Golden Age Arc over and over. Or is this only me? :/
I haven't read or watched Berserk so I can't comment unfortunately. That's a shame though that they just keep re releasing the same arc over and over.
You need to read it. It could be argued as the best manga ever throwing in factors like the heavily detailed art. Objecitvely though it's one of the best manga ever and up in the top 10. Monster being it's main competition.
Berserk has always been one of those mangas I wanted to read, but I never got around to reading. It takes me a while to read or watch anime because of wargaming. Lately any free time I have goes to my g/f or painting. Its hard to find time for anime even when she likes anime too.
its an Amazing series.. how ever the Author of berserk can rot in a pit for taking so long. we are currently on chapter 333 and chapter 331 came out close to a year ago... Kentaro miura likes his Idol master...
A good series with some of the dark overtones of berserk is Vinlandsaga.
Well I took a long break from watching anime and reading manga. I was bored and somebody sent me a review of the RWBY show on Rooster Teeth. Boredom combined with nostalgia to get me to watch reviews and from there... I started watching Darker than Black. I actually really liked it! It was sometimes a bit confusing and once or twice I got lost in a wait what just happened but overall I'm glad I watched it. I didn't care for season 2 as much but still found it caught the general concept of the show well enough (just why so short!) and enjoyed it in the end (then again I think it is essential to watch the OVAs to understand it... granted I thought the OVAs were great). I really hope season 3 is good. Now I'm trying to figure out what to watch next xD
On a side note... Can I rudely ask for any possible recommendations for what to watch next? It's been a long time since I last was into this stuff and I've likely missed out on many things. In terms of anime that are still stuck in my head even now, FMA of both versions, Darker than Black, Cowboy Bebop, Gurren Lagaan, A certain magical index, Eureka Seven, Trigun, and Lupin the Third. I enjoy action packed moments (all of these to a certain extent ahve it), but I'm more a sucker for character interaction usually.
Anvildude wrote: Lucky Star. The go-to Anime opening when you want to melt your non-anime watching friends' brains.
...I never really got that from Lucky Star really. I mean I can see where it would be hard to follow even for the average anime fan. If you don't follow at least a little of Japanese culture past anime, I think you might miss some of the jokes. Or did you mean just the OP?
Re: Kallen in Code Geass, I always hated how much she got damselized. Her hype had her down as an incredible bad ass, but she got set up as the punching bag so freaking much.
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I did like the implication at the very end that she's one of the few who figured out what Lelouch was doing as Emperor, and still loved him. That speaks to strong devotion AND having finally caught on to the weird mental pattern chess master Lelouch sometimes follows to achieve his goals.
StarTrotter wrote: Well I took a long break from watching anime and reading manga. I was bored and somebody sent me a review of the RWBY show on Rooster Teeth. Boredom combined with nostalgia to get me to watch reviews and from there... I started watching Darker than Black. I actually really liked it! It was sometimes a bit confusing and once or twice I got lost in a wait what just happened but overall I'm glad I watched it. I didn't care for season 2 as much but still found it caught the general concept of the show well enough (just why so short!) and enjoyed it in the end (then again I think it is essential to watch the OVAs to understand it... granted I thought the OVAs were great). I really hope season 3 is good. Now I'm trying to figure out what to watch next xD
On a side note... Can I rudely ask for any possible recommendations for what to watch next? It's been a long time since I last was into this stuff and I've likely missed out on many things. In terms of anime that are still stuck in my head even now, FMA of both versions, Darker than Black, Cowboy Bebop, Gurren Lagaan, A certain magical index, Eureka Seven, Trigun, and Lupin the Third. I enjoy action packed moments (all of these to a certain extent ahve it), but I'm more a sucker for character interaction usually.
If you enjoyed A Certain Magical Index, you'd probably love A Certain Scientific Railgun. It follows Makoto instead of what's-his-face, and has all sorts of Esper-based shenanigans and battles, mixed in with a lot off slice-of-life young teenager/preteen drama.
Daba wrote: For Mecha shows, I'm currently watching Heavy Metal L-Gaim. A real classic, and more 'Star Wars' and 'Dune' than most mecha shows you get.
I also recommend Panzer World Galient, if you like mediaeval worlds with mechs, and a bit of old school sci-fi.
Where do you even find these? I'll have to give them a watch! : D
Most of the time when I try to search for mecha I end up getting the Gundam series, which I have already seen all of. Or Code Geass and Full Metal panic, both of which I don't like, and the rest are all non mecha anime that still somehow end up in the mecha category lol
Siegfried used to be part of Valkyries gang. but left and joined Kinichis "Gang" after kinichi defeated him. HE convinces valkyrie to go to his side with a kitten. Something she loves. She lives in an apartment where pets are not allowed.
IT would make more since if you watched the anime. Really good
Kinichi: The mightiest disciple
Kallen's issue is she gets Worfed. They set her up as a super bad arse, so they can have the bad guys beat her down to show how even more super bad arsed They are. End result is she starts to look like a chump.
On a bit of a Mecha kick at the moment- anybody got any non-Gundam, non NGE mecha anime?
One of my all time favorite plain fun mecha show is Martian Successor Nadesico the TV show. They manage to get in almost every anime trope over the course of the series, funny as hell while hidding a dark story.
The strategies and dramatic moments in that show are so damn good objectively. Luring an enemy army into a massive story building so theyre nice and packed and secretly evacuating and collapsing the building? That's actually a good strategy. Sending charges through the mountain to wipe out an enemy army on lower ground by causing massive mud slides? Gold.
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Or when Lelouch is high off of victory at the battle of Kyoto and viciously arrogant and then he realized his girlfriends dad died in that mudslide? That gak's gold.
Kallen wasn't worfed too badly. Sure she got ground pounded pretty often, but she issues her fair share of pounding as well over the course of the series. It's not her fault that Suzaku has the greatest combat power of all; plot armor. She actually earned her bad ass Suzaku just got it handed to him
LordofHats wrote: Kallen wasn't worfed too badly. Sure she got ground pounded pretty often, but she issues her fair share of pounding as well over the course of the series. It's not her fault that Suzaku has the greatest combat power of all; plot armor. She actually earned her bad ass Suzaku just got it handed to him
EDIT: But of course, no one can beat
Oh yes. Oh fething yes!
That guy is probably one of the few things in the second season that I like.
Also, I detect a visit from your friendly neighborhood mod in your future.
The strategies and dramatic moments in that show are so damn good objectively. Luring an enemy army into a massive story building so theyre nice and packed and secretly evacuating and collapsing the building? That's actually a good strategy. Sending charges through the mountain to wipe out an enemy army on lower ground by causing massive mud slides? Gold.
Spoiler:
Or when Lelouch is high off of victory at the battle of Kyoto and viciously arrogant and then he realized his girlfriends dad died in that mudslide? That gak's gold.
I also didn't cry. It felt more dramatically tragic to me than sad, and I didn't last long enough. It was only a few minutes before the epilogue played and we had randoms running around as if the whole world was gona be peaceful forever.
Ledabot wrote: I also didn't cry. It felt more dramatically tragic to me than sad, and I didn't last long enough. It was only a few minutes before the epilogue played and we had randoms running around as if the whole world was gona be peaceful forever.
The Messiah. Right down to miracles, special powers, being rejected by those he came to save, and sacrificing himself to redeem the world from evil/darkness/etc
darkcloud92 wrote:A while back someone suggested starship runway ideon and I am just now giving it a whirl, pretty good so far
Daba wrote:
darkcloud92 wrote: A while back someone suggested starship runway ideon and I am just now giving it a whirl, pretty good so far
Ideon is pretty sweet, though I found the early part of the series kind of slow.
Like a certain other show, you need to see the last movie to get the actual ending though.
IMO watching the show is ok and the movies are better. The 2 movies make a lot of sense if you watch them without the TV show. It actually amazes me when compilation movies are that good and actually improve upon the original even if the show gets cancelled.
Since there is a thread about Robin Williams, I thought this would be relevant here (also, 95% percent of me tells me he is just trying to ruffle the fans feathers): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5FmFaK7pMU
Oh, right in my poor jimmies...they didn't deserve to be rustled like that.
To be fair, Asuka can be quite a female dog at times. Although that is due in part of her seeing her Mother kill herself in front of her, and thought the doll was Asuka.....
Oh, right in my poor jimmies...they didn't deserve to be rustled like that.
To be fair, Asuka can be quite a female dog at times. Although that is due in part of her seeing her Mother kill herself in front of her, and thought the doll was Asuka.....
Poor Asuka
That back story makes me a sad panda. Which I guess is the point, but anyway.
Oh, right in my poor jimmies...they didn't deserve to be rustled like that.
To be fair, Asuka can be quite a female dog at times. Although that is due in part of her seeing her Mother kill herself in front of her, and thought the doll was Asuka.....
Poor Asuka
That back story makes me a sad panda. Which I guess is the point, but anyway.
Well thats the reason that Asuka and shinji are both pilots. A) Both of their Mothers were absorbed into their suits (though only a fraction of Asuka's mother's mind was transferred in which is why she went crazy). And that why she was happy in End of Eva because she finally figured out that her mother was always with her in unit 2... literally.
Oh, right in my poor jimmies...they didn't deserve to be rustled like that.
To be fair, Asuka can be quite a female dog at times. Although that is due in part of her seeing her Mother kill herself in front of her, and thought the doll was Asuka.....
(had to laugh at that one)
Plus, he had a sniper gun-like scope in the cockpit of the gundam to use the sniper rifle. 
and 
for Kyousuke.
is it damn good. The gritty art style really adds to the effect; like when titans are consuming humans. I am glad I got impatient.
