I seriously don't know where people keep getting Harem from in SAO- unless something's changed massively in Season 2, the only 'harem'-like things are the main character having people crush on him. He's freaking
Its in there, Anvildude, it really is. It isn't a major theme, it's barely apparent enough to be a minor theme. But I think that's kind of the core concept to a Harem isn't it, multiple cast members crushing on the main character? It's there, but fairly subtle and pretty easy to dismiss. If you want flaws, I'd cite the plot slip in the second half of the first season, even though there were some cool parts.
And he's
Spoiler:
married in a video game.
And while they probably take that seriously, the other characters (and viewers) likely will not. You can even see it one of the last season1 episodes, 2 of the girls that liked him were giving him and Asuna time, then they were going to go after him. It didn't happen, haven't watched season 2 to know if it does, but the ghost of such a thing exists in the show.
Totally like the show though, wish I had time to see some more of what people have been talking about so I could better contribute to discussion but what is, is.
Has anyone seen any of the remade Berserk? I've only caught glimpses but from what I've read they're sticking to the manga. If that's true, I'd be a very happy man.
Frankenberry wrote: Has anyone seen any of the remade Berserk? I've only caught glimpses but from what I've read they're sticking to the manga. If that's true, I'd be a very happy man.
Seen them all, it's all faithfull to the manga, not a fan of the 3d style though.
So I figured Locodol was gonna be the only comedy anime for me this season, but then I watched the first episode of INVADERS of the ROKUJYOMA!?, which is ready to tackle life's Ultimate Question:
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Is a 50 dollar a month apartment worth dealing with every anime cliche fighting for control of that apartment?
These are the serious questions we must face, people.
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And the landlady made them sign a freakin' treaty on the Conduct of their war! The apartment has a Hague Convention!
Frankenberry wrote: Has anyone seen any of the remade Berserk? I've only caught glimpses but from what I've read they're sticking to the manga. If that's true, I'd be a very happy man.
Give them a try.
Its flaws are that the CGI is bad and too prevalent than it should be (But the scenes that are hand-drawn are still gorgeous). The movies generally feel rushed, and IIRC this is mostly evident in the second film, which also had the most subplots and the like cut out. A lot of stuff that isn't shown is implied, such as Griffith's liaison with that fat old man for some extra cash, so if you've read the manga you should be able to fill in the blanks.
Overall though, the feel and tone of the films as well as the characters are textbook Berserk, so they're still quite enjoyable. Give them a try.
Soladrin wrote: Everyone should watch Hamatora, just finished the first season, damn it's good.
YASSS : D The finale was sick
Gonna start RE: Hamatora now. DAT INTRO.
Ya I really like all their music, the outro for season 1 was my favorite though
Can anyone explain like - how he travels along sound waves? (not that the anime needs to justify anything considering... you know *looks at feet*.. that intro.
You know, it's not quite schadenfreude, but there needs to be a word for enjoying inflicting emotional pain on others that you yourself have had to endure.
In personal news, still watching Those Who Hunt Elves, and I'm about to start Read Or Die.
You know, it's not quite schadenfreude, but there needs to be a word for enjoying inflicting emotional pain on others that you yourself have had to endure.
In personal news, still watching Those Who Hunt Elves, and I'm about to start Read Or Die.
Yeah, KM's going old school.
I mean, they haven't gotten too deep into anything, other than
Spoiler:
If you use the powers given to the person you locked in the mech, you start using up their soul until they cease to exist, and oh hey, Demons are the same way, and oh hey, two of the main characters are locked in a mech and a Demon. Oh and by the way, both of them are fully developed characters :/
I have started and seen most of Paranoia Agent and let me tell ya, this is some good ol' "WTF" material. 2 episodes in special so far just kept making me go "WTF is going on?!". Don't get me wrong, I totally understand now why everyone says good about this, because it IS awesome, but yeah, I missed going "WTF?!".
P.S: Went to my first 2nd hand store yesterday and I'm talking about a somewhat small city. Found around 11 or more Reis figurines under 10€ I didn't have. Or in some cases, 5€.
Frankenberry wrote: Has anyone seen any of the remade Berserk? I've only caught glimpses but from what I've read they're sticking to the manga. If that's true, I'd be a very happy man.
Give them a try.
Its flaws are that the CGI is bad and too prevalent than it should be (But the scenes that are hand-drawn are still gorgeous). The movies generally feel rushed, and IIRC this is mostly evident in the second film, which also had the most subplots and the like cut out. A lot of stuff that isn't shown is implied, such as Griffith's liaison with that fat old man for some extra cash, so if you've read the manga you should be able to fill in the blanks.
Overall though, the feel and tone of the films as well as the characters are textbook Berserk, so they're still quite enjoyable. Give them a try.
Yeah, I read up to like book 27 or 28 so I'm only clueless about anything post-Golden age.
But I'm excited that they're out, anywhere specific you recommend viewing them or are they non-streamable?
I've been wanting to check out Kara no Kyoukai, I don't understand what it is about from the description though. Is it like a mystery?
It's a sort of supernatural mystery yeah. Although i'm 6 films in and i'm still pretty sure i only get about 2/3 of whats going on Although that could just be me. And even if you don't get what's going on it's very pretty to look at/listen to
Hah, talk about using that bending stuff to greater effect! I always thought the blood-bending was kind of stupid, all she had to do was make an aneurism or something, not make them into puppets.
The Dragon King's Temple has a little about the potential of Bone-bending for Earthbenders. (amazing fic, by the way- crossover between SG1 (stargate) and Avatar- all such fics are, strangely, fantastic).
Anvildude wrote: I know, right? Wonder what the ratings for that thing are.
You watching on Nick.com? Honestly, I'm happy that they're doing it this way now. Kinda hope that's how they release Season 4 from the get go.
I watch on another website. I don't like Nick's video player
Seriously? I've never had any issues with it at all, and it tends to be higher quality and faster streaming than pirate sites.
Anywhoo- on anime- I'm actually really enjoying Fate:Zero right now. Though for the life of me I can't understand why they made Aleksander the Great, arguably one of the most historically bishounen conquerers ever- into a 7 foot tall red-haired, boistrous bearded giant. And then go an make Gilgamesh all bishounen instead.
And why is Arthur female? There's literally no plot-based reason for that, except for making Gilles mistake her for Joan. There's nothing that demands her to be, well, a her. It's bizarre.
Anvildude wrote: I know, right? Wonder what the ratings for that thing are.
You watching on Nick.com? Honestly, I'm happy that they're doing it this way now. Kinda hope that's how they release Season 4 from the get go.
I watch on another website. I don't like Nick's video player
Seriously? I've never had any issues with it at all, and it tends to be higher quality and faster streaming than pirate sites.
Maybe they changed it. But I really used to hate having to use it. The website I watch Korra and my Anime on had great players without slow buffer and good quality
I used to use Narutowire because it was the only site I knew of, and then someone (Don't remember who) told me about Crunchyroll as a Legit stream site, so I swapped over.
With how much of a fuss they were making over people dying if they used their powers, one of the characters becoming human and the other being taken out of the mech was rather disappointing. I figured Misao would use up all her soul or Kanade would Vanish. Also, main villains who kill TONS OF PEOPLE get off scott free, the Daughters were basically consigned to death, and after professing his love to Kanade, Tomoharu can't decide between Misao or Kanade? FETH THAT ENDING.
And I started watching another about mechs in space. Knights of something or other.
Must be Knights of Sidonia. The animation at the begining is very rough, but whoever was working on it got the hang of it and by the end it's stunning.
The universe and plot are damn good. Keep watching, you won't regret it! I know people who gave up after ep1 because they couldn't stand the animation.
Well people, today I finally reached Tokyo and because I'm the nerd ya know, I was burning with curiosity and my first stop was Akihabara. I am going to give my impression as calm and collected as I can:
"Holy gak! Holy gak!! I've died and gone to heaven! And if this isn't heaven I now know I must keep taking care of myself so I can live longer and visit it more often!! Holy gak!!"
Seriously, anyone who's an anime fan has to make a visit at least once... Collectible stores with 8 floors, hobby stores, 6F arcades, computer stuff everywhere, hell! Got myself some sweet eva 00 headphones and funny enough, first store I enter I find 2 of my favorite ero-doujins. YOINK, mine!
I've been wanting to check out Kara no Kyoukai, I don't understand what it is about from the description though. Is it like a mystery?
It's a sort of supernatural mystery yeah. Although i'm 6 films in and i'm still pretty sure i only get about 2/3 of whats going on Although that could just be me. And even if you don't get what's going on it's very pretty to look at/listen to
Haha thank you I'll have to check it out! I don't mind not fully understanding what's going on. Spoiling something for youself by figuring it out to early is something I try to avoid. Scooby doo was good practice
On a side note I sat down and watched tales of the earth sea. Pretty awesome film, really good generic fantasy film that reminds me why I love the genre
Almost finished Deathnote, and am waiting for the next episode of Tokyo Ghoul and finished Elfen Lied and Attack on Titan. They are all exceptional animes and some of the best plots and characters I have ever seen. And some of the animation is exceptional and beautiful to say the least.
I would recommend this to anyone who loves a more hard hitting show.
With how much of a fuss they were making over people dying if they used their powers, one of the characters becoming human and the other being taken out of the mech was rather disappointing. I figured Misao would use up all her soul or Kanade would Vanish. Also, main villains who kill TONS OF PEOPLE get off scott free, the Daughters were basically consigned to death, and after professing his love to Kanade, Tomoharu can't decide between Misao or Kanade? FETH THAT ENDING.
Spoiler:
Well when they fixed everything, it means they fixed EVERYTHING. So in short a do over, or perhaps a New Game + where you know just how to get a perfect play though. Also, yes the romance gak right at the end, complete with a "What about my star" moment from Kanade and Misao REALLY got on my plums
baxter123 wrote: Almost finished Deathnote, and am waiting for the next episode of Tokyo Ghoul and finished Elfen Lied and Attack on Titan. They are all exceptional animes and some of the best plots and characters I have ever seen. And some of the animation is exceptional and beautiful to say the least.
I would recommend this to anyone who loves a more hard hitting show.
I don't get Tokyo Ghoul - I watched 3 eps and enjoyed the animation but not the story line.
Without spoiling any details - does the narrative objectively get better later on / build up?
baxter123 wrote: Almost finished Deathnote, and am waiting for the next episode of Tokyo Ghoul and finished Elfen Lied and Attack on Titan. They are all exceptional animes and some of the best plots and characters I have ever seen. And some of the animation is exceptional and beautiful to say the least.
I would recommend this to anyone who loves a more hard hitting show.
I don't get Tokyo Ghoul - I watched 3 eps and enjoyed the animation but not the story line.
Without spoiling any details - does the narrative objectively get better later on / build up?
I would say so, but it's really not far enough to tell.
Re: hamatora has quickly become my favourite for the season though.
I know its not an anime but I have just finished reading the manga Shitsurakuen...loved everything but the ending...that was pretty toilet in my opinion, there was potential but I feel they wasted it, but oh well.
On that note can anyone recommend a good Shoujo-Ai anime?
baxter123 wrote: Almost finished Deathnote, and am waiting for the next episode of Tokyo Ghoul and finished Elfen Lied and Attack on Titan. They are all exceptional animes and some of the best plots and characters I have ever seen. And some of the animation is exceptional and beautiful to say the least.
I would recommend this to anyone who loves a more hard hitting show.
I don't get Tokyo Ghoul - I watched 3 eps and enjoyed the animation but not the story line.
Without spoiling any details - does the narrative objectively get better later on / build up?
From what I saw, yes.
Spoiler:
But so far it was mostly how he is starting to get the hang of his new ghoul-life while facing the many dangers associated with it. Some ghouls are way crazier than others.
The universe is pleasantly detailed. But truth be honest, this is pretty much "vampires with a twist".
baxter123 wrote: Almost finished Deathnote, and am waiting for the next episode of Tokyo Ghoul and finished Elfen Lied and Attack on Titan. They are all exceptional animes and some of the best plots and characters I have ever seen. And some of the animation is exceptional and beautiful to say the least.
I would recommend this to anyone who loves a more hard hitting show.
I don't get Tokyo Ghoul - I watched 3 eps and enjoyed the animation but not the story line.
Without spoiling any details - does the narrative objectively get better later on / build up?
From what I saw, yes.
Spoiler:
But so far it was mostly how he is starting to get the hang of his new ghoul-life while facing the many dangers associated with it. Some ghouls are way crazier than others.
The universe is pleasantly detailed. But truth be honest, this is pretty much "vampires with a twist".
Yeah, I'll echo this. Though to be honest, the guys I find most interesting so far aren't the ghouls. It's the doves.
I hate it when shows have more interesting side characters... look at Bleach, Ichigo is boring, almost everyone else is neater. Say what you will about Naruto, at least he learned how to do more than 'change clothes and move fast(er)'.
GrimDork wrote: I hate it when shows have more interesting side characters... look at Bleach, Ichigo is boring, almost everyone else is neater. Say what you will about Naruto, at least he learned how to do more than 'change clothes and move fast(er)'.
Ya I agree with you on this, I prefer more of a cast of main characters that are all interesting. Not to be confused with the common theme where the main character is a bland blank slate like some Visual Novel dating sim
Kind of goes back to RPGs where the main character was mute. I mean, I like chronotrigger and chrono... but all he ever does is stare blankly at people or nod... waddafux?
haha ya exactly, I always hated that in the pokemon games to. But if it's a video game and the character is literally that blank of a slate, like where you are supposed to be that character, I don't mind it. That makes sense since it allows you to fill in the blanks and say whatever you want, since it's supposed to be you. In an anime it's annoying because I'm not role playing as the main character
darkcloud92 wrote: haha ya exactly, I always hated that in the pokemon games to. But if it's a video game and the character is literally that blank of a slate, like where you are supposed to be that character, I don't mind it. That makes sense since it allows you to fill in the blanks and say whatever you want, since it's supposed to be you. In an anime it's annoying because I'm not role playing as the main character
Yeah why is this? IS IT
1) TMC is meant to be fantasy projection fodder?
2) They don''t want you to risk not liking TMC (and make him norm-core) - but if you have like a whole other caste then you will probs like at least one of them??
3) Other reasons a silly gaijin will not understand?
With how much of a fuss they were making over people dying if they used their powers, one of the characters becoming human and the other being taken out of the mech was rather disappointing. I figured Misao would use up all her soul or Kanade would Vanish. Also, main villains who kill TONS OF PEOPLE get off scott free, the Daughters were basically consigned to death, and after professing his love to Kanade, Tomoharu can't decide between Misao or Kanade? FETH THAT ENDING.
Spoiler:
Well when they fixed everything, it means they fixed EVERYTHING. So in short a do over, or perhaps a New Game + where you know just how to get a perfect play though. Also, yes the romance gak right at the end, complete with a "What about my star" moment from Kanade and Misao REALLY got on my plums
I mean, it was like being on a 5 star Roller Coaster, complete with emotional ups and downs..... and right before you get back into the station, you realize the track is out two feet in front of the end of the ride :/
With how much of a fuss they were making over people dying if they used their powers, one of the characters becoming human and the other being taken out of the mech was rather disappointing. I figured Misao would use up all her soul or Kanade would Vanish. Also, main villains who kill TONS OF PEOPLE get off scott free, the Daughters were basically consigned to death, and after professing his love to Kanade, Tomoharu can't decide between Misao or Kanade? FETH THAT ENDING.
Spoiler:
Well when they fixed everything, it means they fixed EVERYTHING. So in short a do over, or perhaps a New Game + where you know just how to get a perfect play though. Also, yes the romance gak right at the end, complete with a "What about my star" moment from Kanade and Misao REALLY got on my plums
I mean, it was like being on a 5 star Roller Coaster, complete with emotional ups and downs..... and right before you get back into the station, you realize the track is out two feet in front of the end of the ride :/
At least your not vomiting blood?
I tried watching that series when it came out but just couldn't get into it.
Anyway, gonna marathon Gundam unicorn tonight, totally forgot about that one.
With how much of a fuss they were making over people dying if they used their powers, one of the characters becoming human and the other being taken out of the mech was rather disappointing. I figured Misao would use up all her soul or Kanade would Vanish. Also, main villains who kill TONS OF PEOPLE get off scott free, the Daughters were basically consigned to death, and after professing his love to Kanade, Tomoharu can't decide between Misao or Kanade? FETH THAT ENDING.
Spoiler:
Well when they fixed everything, it means they fixed EVERYTHING. So in short a do over, or perhaps a New Game + where you know just how to get a perfect play though. Also, yes the romance gak right at the end, complete with a "What about my star" moment from Kanade and Misao REALLY got on my plums
I mean, it was like being on a 5 star Roller Coaster, complete with emotional ups and downs..... and right before you get back into the station, you realize the track is out two feet in front of the end of the ride :/
At least your not vomiting blood?
I tried watching that series when it came out but just couldn't get into it.
Actually, I just ate a bunch of peanuts (Which I'm allergic to) and started coughing up blood (Which is my reaction. It's not as serious as it sounds, don't worry) so
It did take a while to get into it, but it was relatively rewarding for doing so (Of the non-Trigun/Fullmetal animes I've seen, this one definitely had some of the best characterization I've ever seen.) I especially love/hate the Shur/Tomoharu scene right off the bat; "Give me your hand" *Places his hand on her breast* "This world was destroyed once". Because those two things totally have anything in common with eachother
With how much of a fuss they were making over people dying if they used their powers, one of the characters becoming human and the other being taken out of the mech was rather disappointing. I figured Misao would use up all her soul or Kanade would Vanish. Also, main villains who kill TONS OF PEOPLE get off scott free, the Daughters were basically consigned to death, and after professing his love to Kanade, Tomoharu can't decide between Misao or Kanade? FETH THAT ENDING.
Spoiler:
Well when they fixed everything, it means they fixed EVERYTHING. So in short a do over, or perhaps a New Game + where you know just how to get a perfect play though. Also, yes the romance gak right at the end, complete with a "What about my star" moment from Kanade and Misao REALLY got on my plums
I mean, it was like being on a 5 star Roller Coaster, complete with emotional ups and downs..... and right before you get back into the station, you realize the track is out two feet in front of the end of the ride :/
At least your not vomiting blood?
I tried watching that series when it came out but just couldn't get into it.
Actually, I just ate a bunch of peanuts (Which I'm allergic to) and started coughing up blood (Which is my reaction. It's not as serious as it sounds, don't worry) so
It did take a while to get into it, but it was relatively rewarding for doing so (Of the non-Trigun/Fullmetal animes I've seen, this one definitely had some of the best characterization I've ever seen.) I especially love/hate the Shur/Tomoharu scene right off the bat; "Give me your hand" *Places his hand on her breast* "This world was destroyed once". Because those two things totally have anything in common with eachother
With how much of a fuss they were making over people dying if they used their powers, one of the characters becoming human and the other being taken out of the mech was rather disappointing. I figured Misao would use up all her soul or Kanade would Vanish. Also, main villains who kill TONS OF PEOPLE get off scott free, the Daughters were basically consigned to death, and after professing his love to Kanade, Tomoharu can't decide between Misao or Kanade? FETH THAT ENDING.
Spoiler:
Well when they fixed everything, it means they fixed EVERYTHING. So in short a do over, or perhaps a New Game + where you know just how to get a perfect play though. Also, yes the romance gak right at the end, complete with a "What about my star" moment from Kanade and Misao REALLY got on my plums
I mean, it was like being on a 5 star Roller Coaster, complete with emotional ups and downs..... and right before you get back into the station, you realize the track is out two feet in front of the end of the ride :/
At least your not vomiting blood?
I tried watching that series when it came out but just couldn't get into it.
Actually, I just ate a bunch of peanuts (Which I'm allergic to) and started coughing up blood (Which is my reaction. It's not as serious as it sounds, don't worry) so
It did take a while to get into it, but it was relatively rewarding for doing so (Of the non-Trigun/Fullmetal animes I've seen, this one definitely had some of the best characterization I've ever seen.) I especially love/hate the Shur/Tomoharu scene right off the bat; "Give me your hand" *Places his hand on her breast* "This world was destroyed once". Because those two things totally have anything in common with eachother
I should remind you that you are an idiot.
I should remind you that no one needs to remind me of that fact
darkcloud92 wrote: haha ya exactly, I always hated that in the pokemon games to. But if it's a video game and the character is literally that blank of a slate, like where you are supposed to be that character, I don't mind it. That makes sense since it allows you to fill in the blanks and say whatever you want, since it's supposed to be you. In an anime it's annoying because I'm not role playing as the main character
Yeah why is this? IS IT
1) TMC is meant to be fantasy projection fodder?
2) They don''t want you to risk not liking TMC (and make him norm-core) - but if you have like a whole other caste then you will probs like at least one of them??
3) Other reasons a silly gaijin will not understand?
Well that really depends. It can be for any number of reasons depending on the case, I was just complaining about the situations where it doesn't fit or feels out of place
Soladrin wrote: Latest Argevollen... yep, I'm now officialy done. That massage scene was fething moronic.
Yeah. I've really been trying to defend it in general, but feth that killed it for me hard. I'm not quite sure if I'm gonna drop it, but I'm close... Jamie's just cute enough to keep me interested. I'm waiting to see if she'll kiss the moron before the end of the season.
Huh. I end up watching a lot of gak anime for that reason come to think of it.
(well, and the most famous of the vocaloids but whatever)
Yeah, but it doesn't stop them from being awesome pimped-out cars (oh, those engines, they really roar): I really have to watch "Love Live! School idol Project!" . I like Idol anime and this place is filled to the brim with "Love Live" stuff. Walls, promotions, figurines, hell, as you see, racing cars. Is it that good?
I hope so 'cause I really want to watch it now after being bombarded with so much stuff
Soladrin wrote: Latest Argevollen... yep, I'm now officialy done. That massage scene was fething moronic.
Yeah. I've really been trying to defend it in general, but feth that killed it for me hard. I'm not quite sure if I'm gonna drop it, but I'm close... Jamie's just cute enough to keep me interested. I'm waiting to see if she'll kiss the moron before the end of the season.
Huh. I end up watching a lot of gak anime for that reason come to think of it.
Yeah, that Was a little over the top. I don't really hate the anime on general though and found it to be alright.
Soladrin wrote: Latest Argevollen... yep, I'm now officialy done. That massage scene was fething moronic.
Yeah. I've really been trying to defend it in general, but feth that killed it for me hard. I'm not quite sure if I'm gonna drop it, but I'm close... Jamie's just cute enough to keep me interested. I'm waiting to see if she'll kiss the moron before the end of the season.
Huh. I end up watching a lot of gak anime for that reason come to think of it.
Yeah, that Was a little over the top. I don't really hate the anime on general though and found it to be alright.
Well, with aldnoah.zero being around and me having started Gundam Unicorn yesterday it's just become so obvious how bad of a mecha series it is.
Hell, the only mech design in it that I like are the " good guys " slow piece of junk trail kriegers. The argevollen itself is ugly as sin.
(well, and the most famous of the vocaloids but whatever)
Yeah, but it doesn't stop them from being awesome pimped-out cars (oh, those engines, they really roar): I really have to watch "Love Live! School idol Project!" . I like Idol anime and this place is filled to the brim with "Love Live" stuff. Walls, promotions, figurines, hell, as you see, racing cars. Is it that good?
I hope so 'cause I really want to watch it now after being bombarded with so much stuff
Cheese. Fix yourself. Love Live is fething awesome.
Soladrin wrote: Latest Argevollen... yep, I'm now officialy done. That massage scene was fething moronic.
Yeah. I've really been trying to defend it in general, but feth that killed it for me hard. I'm not quite sure if I'm gonna drop it, but I'm close... Jamie's just cute enough to keep me interested. I'm waiting to see if she'll kiss the moron before the end of the season.
Huh. I end up watching a lot of gak anime for that reason come to think of it.
Yeah, that Was a little over the top. I don't really hate the anime on general though and found it to be alright.
Well, with aldnoah.zero being around and me having started Gundam Unicorn yesterday it's just become so obvious how bad of a mecha series it is.
Hell, the only mech design in it that I like are the " good guys " slow piece of junk trail kriegers. The argevollen itself is ugly as sin.
Ohh I love the animation in Gundam Unicorn! They do a lot of cool innovation to the wacky suit designs from the older series
I think I may have watched a little too much anime today. I was just sitting here watching Ao Haru Ride yelling at the TV "Oh feth off! You know he's getting off that train! Don't you try and increase the dramatic tension with trick shots you !"
That feel when shojo anime raises your blood pressure more then shonen/seinen anime.
Frankenberry wrote: Started watching Kill La Kill...and after the first episode this is my reaction:
Spoiler:
Welcome to the Roller Coaster of AWESOME. Buckle up, you are in for one hell of a ride where the HYPE just keeps rising and rising until it explodes in awesome. True Story.
AduroT wrote: I can never keep all the shojen, seinen, whatever terms separate or really remember what they all mean...
Shojo (girl/girls) = Girl's anime (Blue Spring Ride, Inuyasha, anime targeted towards girls and young women, beware, here there be monsters. and drama, so much drama)
Shonen (boy/boys) = Boy's anime or anime targeted towards the same, Gurren Lagen, Naruto, One Piece, Shaman King, Detective Conan, Coffin Princess Chaika, etc
Seinen (young man/young men) = is anime/manga targeted at the 17-40 year old male market, so obviously it covers more mature themes and meanings, many classic anime are part of this genre such as Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Chobits, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Planetes, Elfen Lied, Hellsing, etc, etc ad nauseum. This is also where you start to see your heavy duty fan service and outright sexual situations, though outright porn is of course it's own category.
Josei (lit: comics for women) = Is the female equivalent to Seinen, it has a similar wide net and includes things like Paradise Kiss, Honey and Clover, Angel Nest and Usagi Drop
Kodomo (Children's comics) = What it says on the tin. see Hello Kitty and Poke'mon for some of the bigger examples.
Now it is worth noting there's a fair amount of drift. Just because X is targeted for Y doesn't mean W won't enjoy it. The all ages popularity of say Buffy or Charmed in the U.S. as an example even though the shows were targeted for teens and adults. Or how some adults like things like Lucky Star, or My Little Pony, or even Hello Kitty despite the difference in target age group. Classification usually depends on how or where an anime/manga is first aired or published. For a field guide for those of us running around, romance dramas are most likely shojo, more serious dramas might be Josei, especially if the focus is still from a traditionally feminine perspective, especially with a focus on relationships. Not sure if your favorite scifi gun battle is shonen or seinen? Easy way to check is to examine the themes, if it's hot blooded badassery all the time, chances are you're watching shonen anime, if it's more serious/realistic in it's approach to it's subject material (ex: Ghost in the Shell's investigation into the little matter of the HUMAN SOUL) or the tone is just darker in general, it's probable seinen. So G Gundam is Shonen, 8th MS Team is Seinen.
Daggy-Chan wrote: Deathnote, Code Geass, thinkin about watching Fairytale and I've had my fair share of KissxSis in the past Yeah Pervert me a few years back
Fairy Tail was.... bleh. The character powers were cool (Even if half of them are a stretch to be considered "Magic") but it's very much a "Unstoppable Bad Guy runs into the Only Good Guy Who Can Stop Him" type anime. At least Bleach/One Piece/Naruto have actual character development when the main character loses a fight, but with Natsu (As much of a badass as he is) it's basically:
"Let's Fight!"
*Natsu Loses, next episode he gets back up*
"ROUND TWO, MOFO!"
*Natsu Wins by landslide*
You know what I find funny; why do people never recommend Dragon Ball Z in top 10/25 lists of anime you should watch? I understand that it's popular enough that most people have already seen it, but then the same lists include Cowboy Beebop and Full Metal Alchemist.....
Ok, guys, I don't want to read anything other than positive replies or I'll find you and slap you : Not only is this car a symbol of a generation of gamers that played Sega Rally Championship either on the arcades or for the Sega Saturn, everyone here seems to be a fan of the girls:
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As I walking down the street carrying a gak-ton of bags, I noticed the car. I almost dropped everything then. When I noticed who the girls were, I dropped them as I was desperate to reach for the camera in time before the owner would leave or something
And you can see the "Grandpa-bunny" from last season's "Is your order a rabbit?" inside on top of the car's tablier.
The girls from Girls Und Panzer. Go watch it if you like WW2 tanks. WITH MOE! No really, the anime is pretty cool, the girls are very likeable and the action scenes are top-notch. I never thought I would like it as much as I did.
Soladrin wrote:I would be ashamed to drive one of those cars. Not even kidding.
Hell, if I had one of those cars I would gladly drive it; The Celica is an awesome car and the Hatsune one I posted before had one hell of a pimped out interior: The passenger's seat had all kinds of goodies, like a big-ass monitor, console, big-ass sound columns. I can't imagine how much it costed.
They are pretty much driving a "Haters gonna hate"
The girls from Girls Und Panzer. Go watch it if you like WW2 tanks. WITH MOE! No really, the anime is pretty cool, the girls are very likeable and the actions scenes are top-notch. I never thought I would like it as much as I did.
Soladrin wrote:I would be ashamed to drive one of those cars. Not even kidding.
Hell, if I had one of those cars I would gladly drive it; The Celica is an awesome car and the Hatsune one I posted before had one hell of a pimped out interior: The passenger's seat had all kinds of goodies, like a big-ass monitor, console, big-ass sound columns. I can't imagine how much it costed.
I would sell it and get a car that I have actual use for. And spend the rest on hookers and blow.
The girls from Girls Und Panzer. Go watch it if you like WW2 tanks. WITH MOE! No really, the anime is pretty cool, the girls are very likeable and the actions scenes are top-notch. I never thought I would like it as much as I did.
Soladrin wrote:I would be ashamed to drive one of those cars. Not even kidding.
Hell, if I had one of those cars I would gladly drive it; The Celica is an awesome car and the Hatsune one I posted before had one hell of a pimped out interior: The passenger's seat had all kinds of goodies, like a big-ass monitor, console, big-ass sound columns. I can't imagine how much it costed.
I would sell it and get a car that I have actual use for. And spend the rest on hookers and blow.
You crazy netherlanders and your drugs Well, when they have such an awesome car, I can guess they have a "normal" one too. Ofc they won't be able to get their blow, tho
Tbh, I wouldn't be able to use a car like that because I would be paranoid. Hell, imagine a scratch. A single scratch would ruin my day, week or month/s since those stickers aren't cheap
The girls from Girls Und Panzer. Go watch it if you like WW2 tanks. WITH MOE! No really, the anime is pretty cool, the girls are very likeable and the actions scenes are top-notch. I never thought I would like it as much as I did.
Soladrin wrote:I would be ashamed to drive one of those cars. Not even kidding.
Hell, if I had one of those cars I would gladly drive it; The Celica is an awesome car and the Hatsune one I posted before had one hell of a pimped out interior: The passenger's seat had all kinds of goodies, like a big-ass monitor, console, big-ass sound columns. I can't imagine how much it costed.
I would sell it and get a car that I have actual use for. And spend the rest on hookers and blow.
You crazy netherlanders and your drugs Well, when they have such an awesome car, I can guess they have a "normal" one too. Ofc they won't be able to get their blow, tho
Tbh, I wouldn't be able to use a car like that because I would be paranoid. Hell, imagine a scratch. A single scratch would ruin my day, week or month/s since those stickers aren't cheap
Haha, I don't go to hookers, nor do I smoke blow.
But yeah, my response to any of those"WIN A CAR" things is always, I'd sell it, get a cheap 2nd hand car and spend the rest on stuff I actually want/need.
So I'll admit this season of hamatora is rather strange, even more so than last season. Idk how ya'll who are watching it feel, but the show is still interesting enough for me to watch
So, Girls und Panzer... that's an interesting show, I'm on episode 10 now - yet another all-powerful student council, and schoolkids going to war - looks like a common trope in anime!
I'm enjoying the tank battles, but I tend to skip the crew bonding inbetween. Also, I really want a StuG !
darkcloud92 wrote: So I'll admit this season of hamatora is rather strange, even more so than last season. Idk how ya'll who are watching it feel, but the show is still interesting enough for me to watch
Mhm, I'd say it's been good so far, last episode was a bit meh but otherwise ok.
darkcloud92 wrote: So I'll admit this season of hamatora is rather strange, even more so than last season. Idk how ya'll who are watching it feel, but the show is still interesting enough for me to watch
Mhm, I'd say it's been good so far, last episode was a bit meh but otherwise ok.
Oh that latest one, the filler episode? Ya it was at least funny, and I wouldn't have minded the episode at all if I were watching the season all at once instead of week by week.
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I have to say I'm not so sure how I feel about the main villain and his motives this season. He's definitely really bad ass, and in the begging of the season his motives were clear and his actions made a lot of sense. Now this actions seem really odd and I don't fully understand what he is planning to do. The role of the villain/antagonist is always important to me.
The goofy thing about the General Quarters scene is the Marines running through the room with the anchor chains, there's not really anything forward, aft or to the sides of that room for them to be going to or towards.
On an American naval ship, a Marine security detail like that's battlestations are guarding the bridge, CIC, the magazine with the ship's nuclear weapons (if any are aboard) or supplementing the look outs and damage control teams. All of that is well aft of that room (and that room would be well forward of their berthings)
So this week's Sailor Moon was awesome~ It's easy to get excited when a new Sailor Scout is showing up, but the Crystal team has proven their chops doing a non "HEY! Look who it is! Episode". Aldnoah Zero was excellent this week, though it left me a bit confused. Lots going on there.
Slarg232 wrote: I'd heard rumors, but good GOD is FLCL messed up....
FLCL - I didnt even realise that the girl was burning things down because she was weirdly trying to envoke the main kids older brother to come back from baseball camp.
I liked its catcher in the rye meets guitar-mecha-phantasm vibe.
GrimDork wrote: Ok so that attack on titan mix was incredible, like the song was made to be used in such a way. Kind of unusual pacing for a song otherwise.
Also, Gurren Lagen looks kind of awesome now, is it as awesome as the video makes it look, cause it looks pretty awesome?
Gurren Lagann is honestly 100x more awesomer than the AMV. It's kind of braindead though. If you've seen Kill La Kill, you know what to expect from Gurren Lagann, though not quite as crazy.
GrimDork wrote: Ok so that attack on titan mix was incredible, like the song was made to be used in such a way. Kind of unusual pacing for a song otherwise.
Also, Gurren Lagen looks kind of awesome now, is it as awesome as the video makes it look, cause it looks pretty awesome?
Gurren Lagann is honestly 100x more awesomer than the AMV. It's kind of braindead though. If you've seen Kill La Kill, you know what to expect from Gurren Lagann, though not quite as crazy.
*So inspiring it made me actually overcome real life problems.
Mhm, those AMV's had good song selection, but that's about all they had.
Here, some of my favorites.
Anime: Genius Party
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Anime: lots
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Anime: Soul Eater
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Anime: Первый отряд: Момент истины, Call of Duty: World at War, Senjou no Valkyria: Valkyria Chronicles, Pumpkin Scissors, Naruto: Shippuuden, Hellsing Ultimate.
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Anime:Evangelion 1.11, Evangelion 2.22, Ghost in the Shell 2.0, Innocence: Ghost in the Shell, The Animatrix, Appleseed Ex Machina, Macross Zero, Ergo Proxy, Vexille, Pale Cocoon, Code Geass, Freedom
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Anime: Kamisama no Memo-chou, Toradora!, Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai, K-On!, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Fortune Arterial, MM!, Durarara!!, 5 Centimeters per Second, Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko, Paranoia Agent
GrimDork wrote: Ok so that attack on titan mix was incredible, like the song was made to be used in such a way. Kind of unusual pacing for a song otherwise.
Also, Gurren Lagen looks kind of awesome now, is it as awesome as the video makes it look, cause it looks pretty awesome?
Gurren Lagann is honestly 100x more awesomer than the AMV. It's kind of braindead though. If you've seen Kill La Kill, you know what to expect from Gurren Lagann, though not quite as crazy.
*So inspiring it made me actually overcome real life problems.
So I've figured out why Kamina is such a favorite character, despite most bombastic characters like him are so hated;
Spoiler:
It all has to do with the first two episodes, in them we see Kamina being Kamina, but we also see him A) Protective of Simon, B) Break down at the sight of a dead guy, C) bawl his eyes out when he finds out that dead guy is his father. It gives him less of a "I have to be tough so people respect me!" type of vibe, but more of a "I have to be tough because I need to be tough." type of vibe. He's only so confident for two people; himself and Simon (And Yoko as the series goes on), not for the audience, and not for anyone else.
Edit: Also, if you still don't know if you should watch Gurren Lagann, let me put it to you this way.
Before I watched Gurren Lagann, I chased girls.
After I watched Gurren Lagann, girls chased me.
It's that good of a show, that even the viewer becomes more manly.
GrimDork wrote: Ok so that attack on titan mix was incredible, like the song was made to be used in such a way. Kind of unusual pacing for a song otherwise.
Also, Gurren Lagen looks kind of awesome now, is it as awesome as the video makes it look, cause it looks pretty awesome?
Gurren Lagann is honestly 100x more awesomer than the AMV. It's kind of braindead though. If you've seen Kill La Kill, you know what to expect from Gurren Lagann, though not quite as crazy.
*So inspiring it made me actually overcome real life problems.
Do yourself a favor and watch it. GL is one of the Anime Gods!
Well, I have finished Paranoia Agent and holy crap, it has been too long since I finished watching an anime and I remained confused with what the heck happened. So much weird stuff happens but the thing is, it's all delicious and intriguing. I really understand where all the praise for this anime comes from. If you are in the mood for some "WTF?!" and an intriguing story, be sure to watch it.
And since the trip was long, I started watching "GOSICK". Right now, I have no idea what the major plot will be, but overall, it's about a duo solving crimes. Not bad, but not excellent so far, but the ED's music is one of the best I have heard in an anime.
Slarg232 wrote: So I've figured out why Kamina is such a favorite character, despite most bombastic characters like him are so hated;
Spoiler:
It all has to do with the first two episodes, in them we see Kamina being Kamina, but we also see him A) Protective of Simon, B) Break down at the sight of a dead guy, C) bawl his eyes out when he finds out that dead guy is his father. It gives him less of a "I have to be tough so people respect me!" type of vibe, but more of a "I have to be tough because I need to be tough." type of vibe. He's only so confident for two people; himself and Simon (And Yoko as the series goes on), not for the audience, and not for anyone else.
Edit: Also, if you still don't know if you should watch Gurren Lagann, let me put it to you this way.
Before I watched Gurren Lagann, I chased girls.
After I watched Gurren Lagann, girls chased me.
It's that good of a show, that even the viewer becomes more manly.
After I watched this series I became a better friend and a better lover (no joke). My improved confidence gave me the strength I needed to go balls deep on my degree and ace dat gak.
Slarg232 wrote: So I've figured out why Kamina is such a favorite character, despite most bombastic characters like him are so hated;
Spoiler:
It all has to do with the first two episodes, in them we see Kamina being Kamina, but we also see him A) Protective of Simon, B) Break down at the sight of a dead guy, C) bawl his eyes out when he finds out that dead guy is his father. It gives him less of a "I have to be tough so people respect me!" type of vibe, but more of a "I have to be tough because I need to be tough." type of vibe. He's only so confident for two people; himself and Simon (And Yoko as the series goes on), not for the audience, and not for anyone else.
Edit: Also, if you still don't know if you should watch Gurren Lagann, let me put it to you this way.
Before I watched Gurren Lagann, I chased girls.
After I watched Gurren Lagann, girls chased me.
It's that good of a show, that even the viewer becomes more manly.
After I watched this series I became a better friend and a better lover (no joke). My improved confidence gave me the strength I needed to go balls deep on my degree and ace dat gak.
Life changing gak man.
Whelp, if this doesn't convince GrimDork to watch Gurren Lagann, I think nothing will.
It didn't have any life changing effects on me, I just consider it one of the best animes ever made. Every single character is fantastic. Kamina, who like Slarg said, should be hated because it's one of those very pain in the ass type of characters that make people *groan*, is nothing but loved and regarded as a true manly hero.
Hell, what other character looks like Kamina? I can't remember any easily. He was so ... unique.
I just find it so funny that a show with the plot literally being "Whats the next thing in the way? LET'S GO BLOW THAT MOFO UP!" and as bare bones as it is....
It has some of the best characterization in anime.You even see the secondary/third rate characters grow a bit by the end.
Slarg232 wrote: I just find it so funny that a show with the plot literally being "Whats the next thing in the way? LET'S GO BLOW THAT MOFO UP!" and as bare bones as it is....
It has some of the best characterization in anime.You even see the secondary/third rate characters grow a bit by the end.
There really aren't "extras" in that anime. Everyone has a mission and a purporse, everyone grows, everyone is awesome. Damn it, I kinda want to be able to watch it all over again as if it was the first time again. Same with KLK.
Those shows were such a roller-coaster ride of awesome.
It's a good sized city, I love how they've embraced their cute girls/tank warfare related fame though. They should hold the next world tank biathlon (a real sport) there!
Also I know some of you lot were looking for this....
It's a good sized city, I love how they've embraced their cute girls/tank warfare related fame though. They should hold the next world tank biathlon (a real sport) there!
When I read it, I couldn't believe it. I've googled and my jaw hit the floor.
I want more of this sport. Hell, this is the only sport I'd follow with a vast interest.
It's a good sized city, I love how they've embraced their cute girls/tank warfare related fame though. They should hold the next world tank biathlon (a real sport) there!
When I read it, I couldn't believe it. I've googled and my jaw hit the floor.
I want more of this sport. Hell, this is the only sport I'd follow with a vast interest.
I'd be more interested if it wasn't gender exclusive.
Huh, I'll put that show onto the watch list, how could I not after such high regards are thrown mercilessly at it for days
Character development is awesome for sure, it looks like the main character starts out as a child and grows into an adult over the duration, which is excellent.
Stumbled across this song pretty randomly today. Hadn't thought about in years... Which is odd as I used to use it to calm/wind down all the time.. Glad to remember it again though! Thanks Youtube! (Non-sarcastically for once)
I don't think Korra's going to recover from that. I mean, mercury poisoning? That stuff was in there for minutes. Tens of minutes! She may not be fully paralyzed, but if she's not back up and going in 2 weeks (of assumed intense medical treatment from Katara and Kaia, two of the best healers on the planet), I don't think she's ever going to actually recover. The Avatar is a husk, now. How the heck is Season 4 going to go? Or is this the end of Korra's Legend? Is Season 4 actually going to be the first season of a 3rd series? The story of the next Avatar, in a world where people can talk directly to Spirits, and the Airbenders are traveling the world as peacekeepers and moderators, where the Avatar is, quite literally, outdated and obsolete?
I seriously don't understand how Nick doesn't see the potential in this series, and hope the online ratings are reflecting that.
I was thinking they were going to kill off Tenzin. They panned off beating the crap out of him. And they already killed the earth queen. So I was so relieved they didn't kill Tenzin. I was floored when Jinora finally got her tattoos. Very Feel moment. Felt so bad for Korra being a husk of her former self after the mercury poisoning. I loved the season finale. Just wow, Bolin and lava bending.
I don't think Korra's going to recover from that. I mean, mercury poisoning? That stuff was in there for minutes. Tens of minutes! She may not be fully paralyzed, but if she's not back up and going in 2 weeks (of assumed intense medical treatment from Katara and Kaia, two of the best healers on the planet), I don't think she's ever going to actually recover. The Avatar is a husk, now. How the heck is Season 4 going to go? Or is this the end of Korra's Legend? Is Season 4 actually going to be the first season of a 3rd series? The story of the next Avatar, in a world where people can talk directly to Spirits, and the Airbenders are traveling the world as peacekeepers and moderators, where the Avatar is, quite literally, outdated and obsolete?
I seriously don't understand how Nick doesn't see the potential in this series, and hope the online ratings are reflecting that.
Resuming the plot, Humans needed to colonize Mars to solve the overpopulation problem they knew it was bound to happen, so 500 years ago they started their Terraforming plan (the present is around 2550 or something): This means they sent a special moss and cockroaches. (The manga explains how the heck this works, the OVA doesn't ... )
Problem: The cockroaches ... evolved. Now there's freakin' living nightmares.
Seriously, it's GG if something like this happened. Humanoid cockroaches, God-Emperor, if there's anything Space Marines should be thrown at, it's that.
TheDraconicLord wrote: If anyone is up for a brand new series, watch the Terra Formars OVA 1. Besides the OVA, only Manga. It seems to be doing a decent amount of success.
Resuming the plot, Humans needed to colonize Mars to solve the overpopulation problem they knew it was bound to happen, so 500 years ago they started their Terraforming plan (the present is around 2550 or something): This means they sent a special moss and cockroaches. (The manga explains how the heck this works, the OVA doesn't ... )
Problem: The cockroaches ... evolved. Now there's freakin' living nightmares.
Seriously, it's GG if something like this happened. Humanoid cockroaches, God-Emperor, if there's anything Space Marines should be thrown at, it's that.
Very meh to me. Was really turned off by how the "cockroaches" were all just big muscular dudes with antennae who breathed thru their butts. Too much narration and exposition too for my taste.
TheDraconicLord wrote: If anyone is up for a brand new series, watch the Terra Formars OVA 1. Besides the OVA, only Manga. It seems to be doing a decent amount of success.
Resuming the plot, Humans needed to colonize Mars to solve the overpopulation problem they knew it was bound to happen, so 500 years ago they started their Terraforming plan (the present is around 2550 or something): This means they sent a special moss and cockroaches. (The manga explains how the heck this works, the OVA doesn't ... )
Problem: The cockroaches ... evolved. Now there's freakin' living nightmares.
Seriously, it's GG if something like this happened. Humanoid cockroaches, God-Emperor, if there's anything Space Marines should be thrown at, it's that.
Very meh to me. Was really turned off by how the "cockroaches" were all just big muscular dudes with antennae who breathed thru their butts. Too much narration and exposition too for my taste.
From what I understand it's because it's the "prologue" to the main show. They are condensing a lot in 2 eps.
Spoiler:
So far in the manga there has been 3 voyages. The "Zero", the ship they found in this first OVA. The first time they had no idea about the roaches (it was the "prototype" that was first released in the magazine to test the waters). This one, the "First", that's going to be the prologue to the anime.
The "second", that's where the anime will start.
I admit, I haven't read the manga in a while so I'm not sure if there's already a 4th one.
I was thinking they were going to kill off Tenzin. They panned off beating the crap out of him. And they already killed the earth queen. So I was so relieved they didn't kill Tenzin. I was floored when Jinora finally got her tattoos. Very Feel moment. Felt so bad for Korra being a husk of her former self after the mercury poisoning. I loved the season finale. Just wow, Bolin and lava bending.
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After what happened to the Earth Queen, when tenzin said something along the lines of "As long as there is breath in my body I'll keep fighting" I thought oh no Tenzin why did you have to say that. I'm actually surprised at how dark this season was, nick and Avatar have always had a sticky situation with death in a show with war and then they go and kill someone by suffocation on screen. I can't help but feel that was a bit of fan service as air bending is supposedly a non-lethal form of bending but forums talk about its potential to kill by sucking the air out of peoples lungs.
Sorry, if you don't get that you need to listen to The Mike O'Meara Show.
That having been said, I'm not up on anime as much as I should be. Anybody with a Crunchyroll account, what can/should I be watching? I'm kinda limited by that as I can't really risk getting in trouble torrenting other series'.
I'm torn on the subject. I watch all TV with subs if I can, i like to know how things are spelled and sometimes theyre great for quiet scenes, but I like to watch shows and paint which is hard to do with anime in Japanese where there's no choice but to read. In either case, it sucks to switch mid show.
Certain shows I just can't take the characters seriously with their original voice actors (I watch some European shows as well)- but others I prefer the original.
Honestly, it's a tossup based on what I was first introduced to the anime with and the quality of the voice acting.
I can only stand dubs if they are what I saw first. Even then I have a hard time with them. Too bad for the most part
Also Gosick is shaping up into a decent Murder Mystery series. If anyone else is wanting to see it on Crunchy, better get to it! It's going into the "Vaults" on the 30th along with some other shows.
DA's Forever wrote: I can only stand dubs if they are what I saw first. Even then I have a hard time with them. Too bad for the most part
Also Gosick is shaping up into a decent Murder Mystery series. If anyone else is wanting to see it on Crunchy, better get to it! It's going into the "Vaults" on the 30th along with some other shows.
I partially agree with your first statement. I can't watch the dubbed version of an anime if I have already seen the sub. I already associate the characters with the Japanese voices.
I feel like this topic gets brought up every few weeks lol I've already stated my general opinion on the matter several times, although it has changed a bit since I first started watching anime. I used to only be able to watch dubs, but now I really appreciate the sub for a lot of anime. There are some anime better dubbed, and some better subbed. Currently most anime never get translated over to dubbed, so there's way more anime that are better subbed than dubbed, simply by sheer number.
I prefer dubs because then I don't have to watch the screen/text quite so closely and can better watch the actual show or glance down at my food or something, but I usually watch subs simply because those are what come out first.
Ahhhh!!! I hate when shows keep their OP for a second season but then change to a worse (IMO) ED! Gosick's ending changed, while alright its no where near as good. Luckly the shows still going well so there is that at least!
There are some shows I prefer dubbed some subbed entirely depends on how good the localisation is. I watched cb with both but prefer the dubbed version.
Watched an interesting anime on Netflix the other day, it was about a future where everyone has something called a psychopass and can be arrested or forced into rehabilitation if their potential for crime gets to high according to the computer. Only watched the first two episodes but it seemed interesting.
carlos13th wrote: There are some shows I prefer dubbed some subbed entirely depends on how good the localisation is. I watched cb with both but prefer the dubbed version.
Watched an interesting anime on Netflix the other day, it was about a future where everyone has something called a psychopass and can be arrested or forced into rehabilitation if their potential for crime gets to high according to the computer. Only watched the first two episodes but it seemed interesting.
Yeah, Psycho Pass is a popular one here. I hear it's getting a sequel too.
DA's Forever wrote: I can only stand dubs if they are what I saw first. Even then I have a hard time with them. Too bad for the most part
Also Gosick is shaping up into a decent Murder Mystery series. If anyone else is wanting to see it on Crunchy, better get to it! It's going into the "Vaults" on the 30th along with some other shows.
I loved Gosick. I actually recently purchased it. It's been a very long time since I watched it though so i look forward to watching it again. Somewhere after I've finished penguin drum, pet girl, shiki, Tokyo magnitude and half the current season.
Grey Templar wrote: Dub vs Sub entirely depends on the anime in particular, but above all I NEVER swap in the middle of watching.
I prefer dubbed on FMA because I loathed the voice actor for Alfonse in original japanese.
i actually watched some of both when I did my run through of FMA brotherhood. Watching originally in english, Als voice really through me off. I just got attached to Vic's voice too I guess. It remains one of the few shows I've seen in English and prefer that way.
DA's Forever wrote: I can only stand dubs if they are what I saw first. Even then I have a hard time with them. Too bad for the most part
Also Gosick is shaping up into a decent Murder Mystery series. If anyone else is wanting to see it on Crunchy, better get to it! It's going into the "Vaults" on the 30th along with some other shows.
I loved Gosick. I actually recently purchased it. It's been a very long time since I watched it though so i look forward to watching it again. Somewhere after I've finished penguin drum, pet girl, shiki, Tokyo magnitude and half the current season.
Great to hear its out there somewhere. If it keeps going the way it is I'll likely pick it up at some point!
DA's Forever wrote: I can only stand dubs if they are what I saw first. Even then I have a hard time with them. Too bad for the most part
Also Gosick is shaping up into a decent Murder Mystery series. If anyone else is wanting to see it on Crunchy, better get to it! It's going into the "Vaults" on the 30th along with some other shows.
I loved Gosick. I actually recently purchased it. It's been a very long time since I watched it though so i look forward to watching it again. Somewhere after I've finished penguin drum, pet girl, shiki, Tokyo magnitude and half the current season.
Grey Templar wrote: Dub vs Sub entirely depends on the anime in particular, but above all I NEVER swap in the middle of watching.
I prefer dubbed on FMA because I loathed the voice actor for Alfonse in original japanese.
i actually watched some of both when I did my run through of FMA brotherhood. Watching originally in english, Als voice really through me off. I just got attached to Vic's voice too I guess. It remains one of the few shows I've seen in English and prefer that way.
I don't mind the actor himself, its just that it was a poor match for the character. He's ok in other series.
The actor for Ed also didn't fit. He sounded like a prepubescent boy.
DA's Forever wrote: I can only stand dubs if they are what I saw first. Even then I have a hard time with them. Too bad for the most part
Also Gosick is shaping up into a decent Murder Mystery series. If anyone else is wanting to see it on Crunchy, better get to it! It's going into the "Vaults" on the 30th along with some other shows.
I loved Gosick. I actually recently purchased it. It's been a very long time since I watched it though so i look forward to watching it again. Somewhere after I've finished penguin drum, pet girl, shiki, Tokyo magnitude and half the current season.
Grey Templar wrote: Dub vs Sub entirely depends on the anime in particular, but above all I NEVER swap in the middle of watching.
I prefer dubbed on FMA because I loathed the voice actor for Alfonse in original japanese.
i actually watched some of both when I did my run through of FMA brotherhood. Watching originally in english, Als voice really through me off. I just got attached to Vic's voice too I guess. It remains one of the few shows I've seen in English and prefer that way.
I don't mind the actor himself, its just that it was a poor match for the character. He's ok in other series.
The actor for Ed also didn't fit. He sounded like a prepubescent boy.
...What is Ed? certainly a little man, thats for sure. I think it was fine and it fit him well
DA's Forever wrote: Damn those last few episodes of Gosick. Glad I stuck with the show though it turned out to be great. Its definitely getting a buy from me!
It's being a bit too hard to continue with Gosick... I'm a bit over the half and it has been so boring lately with the random cases. The dude deserves his nick-name, everywhere he goes bodies start piling up.
Spoiler:
I know there's still one big plot because of the red-haired magician but gaaah, it never really develops.
And yes, I felt like table-flipping when the ED changed. The first one is really that damn good.
Maybe I'm just easy to please when it comes to shows....
That plot you mentioned starts to pick up halfway-ish through season two, So if your already having a hard time it could still be a bit of a rocky road to the finish. That said,a few things really start to develop in the second seasons ending.
I like it a lot but as with all things, to each their own.
DA's Forever wrote: Maybe I'm just easy to please when it comes to shows....
That plot you mentioned starts to pick up halfway-ish through season two, So if your already having a hard time it could still be a bit of a rocky road to the finish. That said,a few things really start to develop in the second seasons ending.
I like it a lot but as with all things, to each their own.
I'm glad you stuck it out too. I hate it when people miss out on things that I like, because I'm a selfish little goblin.
So I just went to see Patema Inverted, excellent movie, easily on par with some of my favorite anime movies like The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Voices of a Distant Star, fun characters, engaging story and sound track, all wrapped around some excellent plot twists. I even got to see it in a theater! One of the local art houses shows new anime films from time to time.
Hoitash wrote: A Labor Day spent watching Black Lagoon is a day well spent, but...
Spoiler:
Episode 15....
Gonna need some Locodol to recover from that, I think.
I had to search the interwebz to recall what episode was that but I had a suspicion.
Yeah, but on the other side
Spoiler:
You saw Balalaika being badass. And when you are living on a tropical island and you ALWAYS wear a Soviet Army's officer coat on top of your business suit... well, that's just badass.
Damn it, Balalaika is just fantastic: I still smile when I remember her complaining about the whole porn movie thing
Whelp, saw a bit more of Gosick since I had enormous train ride today. Ok, the Leviathan case was good, I really enjoyed that one and it seems the plot thickened thanks to it.
BUT
Nichijou is turning into such a positive masterpiece of positiveness. Just feel the power of this opening.
Never before have I heard an opening with the lyrics "What time is it?!" / "It's time to yodel!"
And this scene. Oh man, this scene I had to contain myself while on the train. (A bit of an explanation: The blue-haired girl has some very good drawing skills. She draws Yaoi. Not only that, I think she draws the boy she likes in it too. She's ashamed of that and doesn't want anyone to see the drawings)
Ah. nichijou is truly a miracle of the universe. I have the whole series on DVD and I watched it with my sisters. I think you can love it, no matter who you are.
I also struggle not to laugh through the opening. The song is so silly.
Whelp, saw a bit more of Gosick since I had enormous train ride today. Ok, the Leviathan case was good, I really enjoyed that one and it seems the plot thickened thanks to it.
You've hit the upturn! From there on it gets better and better. IMO, So good watchin's if you decide to press on!
Might have to also give the other a look. Looks pretty good, Im honestly surprised she didn't Suplex anyone given how much it comes up in Anime!
Of course the first Kill la Kill ova subs would be in Spanish and Anime Season would drop the show and now I have to wait for Aniprice to spit out a volume pack next year and it's late so I'm gonna go sleep and dream of subs I can read.
Hoitash wrote: Of course the first Kill la Kill ova subs would be in Spanish and Anime Season would drop the show and now I have to wait for Aniprice to spit out a volume pack next year and it's late so I'm gonna go sleep and dream of subs I can read.
Well, it ended. It really ended for real. Before I had the OVA, now there's... nothing. DAMN IT, I missed this show, I really did and it was a glorious 27 mns of my life but still, it ended Ah hell, at least I had more GLORIOUS SATSUKI time!!
Spoiler:
I can't believe the theory the academy was a gigantic mech was right. I remember reading about it with a picture showing where it's arms and head were when it was like. the 4th episode or something. It was actually correct
And good Lord, what a glorious final attack of awesome.
Finally planing to finishing the Naruto fillers. I get through them by watching in a minimized window on the left of my monitor, while I play minecraft on the right
About 10 episodes from being done with all 8 'seasons' of Naruto available on amazon prime. I like it. I like Naruto's development over time, even though he still stays a knucklehead through out the first series, he does grow quite a bit for the time frame one assumes is covered. The ridiculous backstory frontloading tapers off after a point and the middle of the series after they get rid of a certain annoying "avenger"(good riddance! what an annoying character!) is my favorite. Most of the random/monster of the week once-off episodes or mini-arcs are rather fun.
Gonna have to find something else to watch soon I guess.
LordofHats wrote: Aw gak. Toonami just announced they're gonna be airing Hellsing Ultimate. Not the crappy 13 episode anime. The OVA series
Oi! Respect for the anime series, it was the one responsible for presenting Alucard and Seras to many people, including me And the Priest is fething awesome.
LordofHats wrote: Aw gak. Toonami just announced they're gonna be airing Hellsing Ultimate. Not the crappy 13 episode anime. The OVA series
Oi! Respect for the anime series, it was the one responsible for presenting Alucard and Seras to many people, including me And the Priest is fething awesome.
Just Watch Hellsing Ultimate Abridged, it's better.
Still love Hellsing Ultimate though. Freaking BA series.
My guess is that they won't be airing Roberta's OVA series for Black Lagoon as last night the last of the main BL episodes aired. So either their cutting up the OVA into 30 minute segments or they might be cutting Samurai Jack from their lineup, as I think that one is also close to the end of its run. EDIT: Hellsing Ultimate will be taking over for Black Lagoon and uncut Naruto for ten weeks while it airs the full OVAs.
LordofHats wrote: Aw gak. Toonami just announced they're gonna be airing Hellsing Ultimate. Not the crappy 13 episode anime. The OVA series
Oi! Respect for the anime series, it was the one responsible for presenting Alucard and Seras to many people, including me And the Priest is fething awesome.
Just Watch Hellsing Ultimate Abridged, it's better.
Yeah, but Helsing Abridged gave me this small clip that's in my favorites ready to be sent any time:
I love the jokes Alucard makes at the Catholic Church's expense in that series. Freaking brutal. There need to be more clips from it on Youtube that are easy to grab. Some of the best bits just aren't available XD Also the only thing on Twitter I've ever enjoyed.
Ah, DBZ:A. I remember watching Dragon Ball Kai as it was airing new episodes and when they showed the Freiza Saga, I just blanked out and remembered this;
When I was a kid watching DBZ, that didn't creep me out at all but now I go back and see this and all I can think how creepy Vegeta was in that moment with that face.
Whelp, with all the train rides managed to finish Gosick. I still think it isn't a "HOLY gak" anime, but some cases were really cool. The Queen Coco's was fantastic.
Spoiler:
But stuff like the "Masquerade" episode were ... urgh. What an horrible episode. Ah well, the scene with Victorique's mother going totally NINJA! on the Marquis' ass was all kinds of good.
Oh and a 1924's nation going all "TOWAR!!!" because of a fictional monster was... lol. Ah yes, the great war of 1924, the horrible WWII. I really wanted them to show WWIII but alas, pity. The "Roaring 20s" was a good war too. */SARCASM*
But ok, the ending was beautiful. They really deserved that end.
Managed to watch all the SOA I was missing, Akame Ga Kill too.
SOA... I love Death Gun. Enough said.
Akame ga kill: I love the "villains". Love them so much
Spoiler:
The entire team is fantastic The cop is a complete nuts FOR JUSTICE (can totally picture her in the mythical "LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWW" scene from Judge Dredd), the masked pyromancer is the nicest guy and married for 6 years, the "angel" kills people with feathers. FEATHERS. The scientist is "LOL", Akame's sister is kinda "meh" and the sea dude is just a poor bastard.
Oh, and Esdeath is just sexy evil. Evil is just so damn sexy.
Just started re-watching the English dub of Shinchan, much to the disgust of most of my friends. For some reason only one other person I know actually likes Shinchan. The rest seem to think of it as slightly less entertaining than having their genitals massaged with a cheese grater. Okay, I know why one of my friends dislike the show: her son loves it and tries to imitate Shin (ass-dance and everything) but why the rest hate it is a mystery.
Anyone else familiar with the show? Anyone else like/loathe it?
The entire team is fantastic The cop is a complete nuts FOR JUSTICE (can totally picture her in the mythical "LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWW" scene from Judge Dredd), the masked pyromancer is the nicest guy and married for 6 years, the "angel" kills people with feathers. FEATHERS. The scientist is "LOL", Akame's sister is kinda "meh" and the sea dude is just a poor bastard.
Oh, and Esdeath is just sexy evil. Evil is just so damn sexy.
Oh yes. It's the weirdest thing with that series. Esdeath and her little team, despite being the villains are way more enjoyable and fun than the heroes. Night Raid has good characters, but the heroes are the most uninteresting part of the series. The child molesting clown (if that villain makes his appearance in the anime) is more interesting, and I feel so dirty saying that I don't watch the anime, but I do read the Manga and it is a breath of fresh air, avoiding most of the really cliche aspects of battle series and constantly keeping me on my toes. I hope the Anime carries to at least the end of the first story arc.
Spoiler:
And don't worry about Kurome. She becomes way more intriguing as the series goes on
GrimDork wrote: About 10 episodes from being done with all 8 'seasons' of Naruto available on amazon prime. I like it. I like Naruto's development over time, even though he still stays a knucklehead through out the first series, he does grow quite a bit for the time frame one assumes is covered. The ridiculous backstory frontloading tapers off after a point and the middle of the series after they get rid of a certain annoying "avenger"(good riddance! what an annoying character!) is my favorite. Most of the random/monster of the week once-off episodes or mini-arcs are rather fun.
Gonna have to find something else to watch soon I guess.
I can give you a link to Naruto Shippuden if you like. I think it's quite superior to the original.
Yeah, especially given that most of the original is made up of very poor filler episodes (though the episode where they try to find out what's under Kakashi's mask is pretty funny).
The other mask part was pretty amusing. Where do you get your shippuden Overlord? If he was inventive in the first series, he's even more so there what with using the frogs to subcontract other element types and whatever else he eventually comes up with. I think I'd be a little sad moving on though, sounds like it kinda goes the same way all of those do what with everyone getting ridiculously powerful and such.
I think I remember her being really happy that she was killing Nazis...or was that Alucard? It's been too long.
To be fair though, Nazis are fair game. They are like, fiction's favorite dead horse...That's also a zombie, so it should be flogged even harder.
I know it sounds nitpicky, but does it slightly bother anyone else that she is not Reby? I mean, I get that its due to transliteration but still it's...inconsistent.
Same thing with Lotten...it should really be Rotten.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Guys, I just had a strange thought...what if Revy met Alucard? Would that be an apocalypse level event?
CthuluIsSpy wrote: I think I remember her being really happy that she was killing Nazis...or was that Alucard? It's been too long.
Both technically
I know it sounds nitpicky, but does it slightly bother anyone else that she is not Reby? I mean, I get that its due to transliteration but still it's...inconsistent.
Same thing with Lotten...it should really be Rotten.
There are many issues to face when trying to translate from Japanese to English, as it's not always a direct one to one translation.
In fact, it rarely is.
Many words and idiomatic expressions don't have an English equivalent, some things need cultural context, and so on. Right now though, I wanted to talk about names. Names that aren't native to Japanese in particular.
I'm sure many of you already know this, but written japanese is made up of Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji.
Kanji are Chinese characters. 忍、念、男、女、刀 星、闇、殺
But of them, Japan has designated roughly 1,945 for general usage. Each one has its own (sometimes multiple) meaning, and multiple pronunciations based on context.
力 means "strength" and is pronounced "chikara" however it can be pronunced "riki" when used in certain combinations.
馬力 bariki "horsepower" or it could also be "ryoku" when combined here 協力 kyouryoku "cooperation".
Hiragana and Katakana are Japanese Alphabets. These characters have no meaning on their own. Each is a phonetic (A, Ka, Sa, Ta, Ha, Ma, etc.)
Hiragana are used for native Japanese words and parts of speech. It looks like this:
あのさぁ、ぼくはかめがすきですけど。
Katakana on the other hand is used for non-native Japanese words or certain kinds of emphasis and looks like:
ナンデロボットガカタカナシカシャベレナイ
So for every name that is not a traditional Japanese name, it ends up spelled out phonetically within the constraints of the Japanese Alphabet. While some are fairly obvious or use common conventions for converting to English, others can be much more obscure. There's not necessarily any fully right way to go about it. There may be some outright wrong ways at times, and some almost certainly correct ways but you can never be certain until the author states how it's spelled in English.
For example, let's look at the character who up till recently was known as "Branchi" in Toriko.
His name was spelled out as BU-RA-N-CHI.
The first thing I do as a translator is look at it and see if it resembles any real life names.
Hrmmm... Nada.
Next, I just go over some possibilities: Branchie, Branchy, Buranty, etc...
Without finding anything I was too excited about, I stuck with something close to the phonetic pronunciation and hopefully safe... "Branchi." (Was never happy with that.)
Recently, "Buranchi" was revealed to be one of a group of three characters.
The other two were "DI-N-NA-A" and "NO-SHU."
So with "Dinner" and "Nosh" as two parts of a three man set and trying to figure out how "Branchi" fit with that, his name suddenly became obvious:
"Brunch"
Until something gets officially printed, it's pretty much up to the translator's discretion to decide what's gonna pass as a character's name.
Once something appears in canonical print always takes precedence.
That's a general golden rule.
For example, Roronoa Zoro.
I had always assumed the Zoro was after Zorro, the masked fictional character.
(I could be wrong on that part.)
However, as for the name "Roronoa"--
"Roronoa" is undoubtedly "L'Olonnais" from Francois L'Olonnais, a french pirate.
Buuuut his name has appeared as "Roronoa" in print by Oda numerous times, so Roronoa it is.
That's just the tip of the iceberg really. Once you get into the names of attacks and techniques or made-up concepts, along with creative and inventive kanji usage, there's a whole other world of interpretation to deal with. But I think I've rambled long enough for now.
If you found any of this interesting, had any questions about any of the translation process, drop a comment and I'll do my best to get back to you!! I find this stuff interesting myself and thought you might.
Thanks as always for reading.
-dzydzydino
Automatically Appended Next Post: Guys, I just had a strange thought...what if Revy met Alucard? Would that be an apocalypse level event?
Technically, Alucard is an unkillable Eldrich Abomination even a hyper powered Anderson couldn't beat, so I think she'd get wreck like everyone he fights
CthuluIsSpy wrote: I was thinking more along the lines of them cooperating. You know, paint the town red...literally.
Oh... Oh my...
They might start painting the town red, but Alucard would end up licking too many things and Revy would get bored waiting for him to stop posing, so she would wander off and abuse Rock again.
Been rereading Until Death Do Us Part from start to finish, and my only thought is wth doesn't this manga have an Anime XD It's basically Black Lagoon with a blind swordsmen and a little girl who sees the future. Damn show would probably be a killer in the US, yet nearly 200 chapters and no Anime.
As long as by that point they're in the 1950's era and SOMEBODY's invented guns, I'll be happy.
Maybe it's the way my life's going right now, but I'm keeping up with Locodol and INVADERS of the ROKUJYOMA!? and finding myself wanting another comedy anime to watch. Although I am watching Aldnoah Zero and Coffin Princess, but not as passionately as I am the other two.
Though later episodes get better about not 'dragging on' as much, One Piece has never really had DBZ syndrome- every episode generally has something interesting happening in it.
Anvildude wrote: One Piece has never really had DBZ syndrome- every episode generally has something interesting happening in it.
While I agree, I personally do find One Piece unwatchable simply because it still manages to move incredibly slow. For DBZ, this was because they were constantly riding the Manga's butt and they just didn't throw in enough filler episodes (choosing instead to drag out the episodes themselves), but even the one Piece manga manages to drag. If I remember right it took them over 100 chapters to finish the Enis Lobby arc, and really not that much happened in that arc (well, lots happened, but most of it was long winded explanations of things).
Granted, I doubt any can really top at this point Naruto. 3 years, about 150 chapters, and they're still doing the same story arc. Bright side, it's only that long because every month there's a new epic showdown battle starting up
Just found out there was a SAO movie after the first season. It introduces that government guy we see in the season season, but is otherwise just a recap of the first season interspersed with gratuitous amounts of fan service as the girls teach Kirito's sister how to swim.
AduroT wrote: Just found out there was a SAO movie after the first season. It introduces that government guy we see in the season season, but is otherwise just a recap of the first season interspersed with gratuitous amounts of fan service as the girls teach Kirito's sister how to swim.
Wasn't there an under water temple bit at the end? That was the only bit with any new stuff.
Yeah I think Korra suffers from 13 episode seasons. There's never really enough time to properly build up the tension of any of the crisis' she faces so it all picks up and then barrels on like a roller coaster and the impact is kind of lost.
However, it also suffers from being, well, the Sequel Series to Avatar:The Last Airbender. It's not the same kind of story as the first, and so a lot of people went in with certain expectations that were disappointed.
It's by no means a bad show, though, and the third season (which is all available on Nick's website) is pretty awesome, imo.
But yeah, the shortness of the seasons means that nobody gets quite as much screentime as they really should, villains or heroes alike- and with few to no 'timeskips' (using the episodic format to cause time to pass without the viewer directly watching it) it almost feels like a 'monster of the week' setting, where AtLA had a single villain for the entire running.
Yeah I think Korra suffers from 13 episode seasons. There's never really enough time to properly build up the tension of any of the crisis' she faces so it all picks up and then barrels on like a roller coaster and the impact is kind of lost.
I'd argue that season 3 had some things that were better then the original, especially the not so PG bits, you know what I mean.
I don't know if people remember reading my post immediately post-finale, but it quite literally left me reeling. Like, I was physically off-balance after it.
They have released a Legend of Korra season 4 teaser trailer Spoiler tag for people who haven't watched the series in full and don't want any spoilers.
Well I went into the first show expecting something a lot less than what it turned out to be. I'll have to give Korra a try then sometime.
I think for now I'll try Knights of Sidonia. The art style is... interesting? The first combat scene was jerky at best but it does seem to be some kind of distopian future society or similar with giant robots and tentacle having shape changing aliens. So it can't be all bad. I just hope some of these characters get killed off early or become unimportant. There are three blondes right off the bat that I simply can't be bothered to tell the difference between, maybe they'll be killed off to make death for the protagonist and secondary characters feel more real.
Automatically Appended Next Post: And then supposedly the ships captain throws a giant hug on random sub-human protagonist and asks him to pilot a giant robot. And *then* there's a talking bear with a prosthetic hand. Not sure if this is pushing me away or drawing me in... Ah, super high tech future stuff, androgynous characters, probably cloning involved... gonna have to discern individuals by eye color and minor changes in hair. Hmm well. FUTURE.
Watching SAO2, Seirei Tsukai (don't judge me) and Gekkan Shoujo this season. Haven't had an anime I've laughed as much as Gekkan Shoujo since Yakitate. Watched a couple Watamote eps and I find it peculiar and fairly good, I'll keep watching for the weirdness if nothing else once Gekkan Shoujo ends next ep : (
Really looking forward to LH2 in ~2.5 weeks iirc but whose counting...
Definitely Like if batman had a giant robot and an android girl instead of a butler. Oh wait, he totally has a butler who definitely gives alfred a run for his money.
I thought Knights of Sidonia was merely ok in my book. The story is pretty standard, but the animation is pretty bad IMHO. So many of the characters all look alike with fair skin, same bowlcut dark hair, same face. Had a hard time keeping track of who half of them were. The fight scenes are ok, but no real choreography to them. Still watched all of it, but it was otherwise very forgettable, especially in the wake of Attack on Titan.
I don't generally care for RWBY's animation quality a lot either, but at least they have Easily recognizable character designs and some Amazing fight choreography.
Not sure what a RWBY is. I think I"ll at least give it six episodes in, took that long before I could stomach attack on titan (even though they'd kind of lost me by the end again).
Soladrin wrote: I couldn't watch more then 5 minutes of Knights of Sidonia, it looks absolutely terrible. RWBY has better animation.
It gets better. Whoever was in charge of animation got the hang of it with the more eps they did. For me it was one the last season's best animes with probably the best opening. The music is fantastic and I really liked the lyrics.
By the end the animation was better by leaps and bounds and it showed in the action scene. The final fight was all kinds of fantastic and honestly, it has the line "I want an Exterminatus on that planet." You can't beat that.
Knights of Sidonia's anime I found subpar, both because of the weak animation (Kingdom has set the standard for CGI anime, lets just get up on that level people!). My issue with the series really is that it never got to the part of the manga that's actually good. Until Tsugemori arrives, Knights of Sedonia was blandish, but once she appears the story really starts picking up.
LordofHats wrote: Knights of Sidonia's anime I found subpar, both because of the weak animation (Kingdom has set the standard for CGI anime, lets just get up on that level people!). My issue with the series really is that it never got to the part of the manga that's actually good. Until Tsugemori arrives, Knights of Sedonia was blandish, but once she appears the story really starts picking up.
GrimDork wrote: Not sure what a RWBY is. I think I"ll at least give it six episodes in, took that long before I could stomach attack on titan (even though they'd kind of lost me by the end again).
RWBY is an animated series in the style of Anime by Rooster Teeth, the guys who make Red VS Blue.
And yes, that's the voice of Cortana, those guys have good connections.
If you are interested, here are the 4 main character trailers which are quite lengthy.
LordofHats wrote: The entire point of RWBY essentially is to be an anime that knows its anime and revel in every cliche and staple of the genre. And its AWESOME.
I've decided to start following series again rather than being a lazy ass clown who speedruns through a show long after it is finished. Among shows that are currently airing, I have seen:
Aldnoah.Zero and Zankyou Terror, which probably vie for the top spot in the current anime season for me. Akame Ga Kill!, which at first glance seemed really stupid and tryhard, and after my second, third, fourth, and fifth glance still largely is, but gosh if it isn't fun. It helps that it has a pretty likable cast, if not the most complex one. I'm watching Tokyo ESP, which is pretty fun so far as well and probably has a more compelling rogues gallery than Akame Ga Kill's so far. The Professor is a pretty cool young man. My boyfriend who isn't actually my boyfriend also has me watching .hack Sign.
Oh, and I decided to watch Sakura Trick, hating myself for it, ended up enjoying it, and I hate myself for it.
I think that's about all I've seen since my last update.
LordofHats wrote: The entire point of RWBY essentially is to be an anime that knows its anime and revel in every cliche and staple of the genre. And its AWESOME.
Correction: Nora is AWESOME.
This season has had a disappointing amount of Nora thus far.
LordofHats wrote: The entire point of RWBY essentially is to be an anime that knows its anime and revel in every cliche and staple of the genre. And its AWESOME.
Correction: Nora is AWESOME.
This season has had a disappointing amount of Nora thus far.
This is true.
That said, I still vote Yang for best character, mostly because Barbara voices her and I love the RT podcast.
LordofHats wrote: The entire point of RWBY essentially is to be an anime that knows its anime and revel in every cliche and staple of the genre. And its AWESOME.
Correction: Nora is AWESOME.
This season has had a disappointing amount of Nora thus far.
Indeed. I still consider the JNPR team to be more interesting than the RWBY team.
Speaking of team RWBY, has anyone else noticed that they appear to follow RPG team composition? Yang is the tank / Berserker Weiss is the mage Ruby is the archer / ranged character Blake is the rogue / Assassin
LordofHats wrote: The entire point of RWBY essentially is to be an anime that knows its anime and revel in every cliche and staple of the genre. And its AWESOME.
Correction: Nora is AWESOME.
This season has had a disappointing amount of Nora thus far.
Indeed. I still consider the JNPR team to be more interesting than the RWBY team.
Speaking of team RWBY, has anyone else noticed that they appear to follow RPG team composition?
Yang is the tank / Berserker
Weiss is the mage
Ruby is the archer / ranged character
Blake is the rogue / Assassin
Ruby has gone into melee plenty of times too. Probably closest to a ranger I guess.
Wow crap just got real in Knights of Sidonia. The attrition rate is this high in the first few episodes and there's enough people left alive for season 2?
LordofHats wrote: The entire point of RWBY essentially is to be an anime that knows its anime and revel in every cliche and staple of the genre. And its AWESOME.
Correction: Nora is AWESOME.
Sad thing is, I could totally see Nora in a top hat/mustache combo.
Seriously though, Juane's character development in the last episode made me love the guy even more (no homo).
I was more like "whoa there Jaun. You have this cute red head here, who clearly likes you, and you're chasing the girl who doesn't like you? That's socially awkward guy mistake number 1 bro"
I really can't decide if I like Knights of Sidonia. I like several things. But the show is starting to flat out reek of harem. Guh. The bear is also kind of throwing me off. Just a little.
Also.
What is this I see on my netflix, Ghost in the Shell ARISE? This could be worth watching?
GrimDork wrote: What is this I see on my netflix, Ghost in the Shell ARISE? This could be worth watching?
GSA is a reimagining of Ghost in the Shell, not a sequel or prequel (though the series does start before the formation of Section 8). It is an OVA series and will consist of 4 episodes I believe. I found the first episode kind of 'meh' but the second and third are fantastic. While Stand Alone Complex was good, it was more of a straight thriller with less of the mystery of the film. GSA recaptures the mystery aspects of the films while maintaining the thriller elements of the anime series.
Hmm Psycho-Pass looks interesting too.
Highly recommended. Excellent series.
Hunter X Hunter?
Imagine DBZ, but constantly on hiatus because the author is in poor health and forgetting the entire story by the time he's well enough to start up again.
Oh don't let me dissuade you. Hunter x Hunter is good (if you like DBZ, or YuYu Hakusho you'll like it) but be warned that the anime has suffered as a result of the manga authors poor health. A very old school style action series.
All four episodes of Arise are out. Got three and four watched this past week and I thought they were alright. Major continues her unhealthy obsession with trying to rip reinforced tank hatches off with her bare hands though.
Well, finished what they had of KoS. Didn't realize there were only 12 episodes currently. Intense. Definitely got better as it went. I should like to see more when that comes about, quite a few strings to be cut or tied up.
Well, finished what they had of KoS. Didn't realize there were only 12 episodes currently. Intense. Definitely got better as it went. I should like to see more when that comes about, quite a few strings to be cut or tied up.
Told ya It's the most disguised harem I ever saw, since, ya know, many of them die and a certain member of the harem is very strange
Wakfu is fairly standard in terms of story, but the animation is worth watching the whole thing through.It's all done in Flash and as the series picks up around episode 10 it starts getting really good (the last few episodes of season 1 and 2 are shockingly dark for a children's series). The characters and the animation are what really makes the series stand out, namely Ruel, Amalia, and Percidal*.
*One of my favorite parts of the series is how it constantly mocks the 'knight in shining armor' cliches and then picks up as Percidal goes from wannabe rescuer of damnsels to total bad ass
GrimDork wrote: Huh are we counting the captain and the Bear at this point? 'Cause you almost could...
Oh, the Captain I feel totally is
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But the Bear, not so much, she's more of a mother-figure.
The really strange harem member is the alien placenta thing that had the shape of the girl he liked. Problem is, she was cute as sin. That scene she tried using a pen to write his name and then she breaks it, god damn, she looked so damn cute
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Yeah Pervert me a few years back
Gosick's ending changed, while alright its no where near as good. Luckly the shows still going well so there is that at least!
Ah hell, at least I had more GLORIOUS SATSUKI time!!
Like if batman had a giant robot and an android girl instead of a butler. Oh wait, he totally has a butler who definitely gives alfred a run for his money.
