If that was aimed at me, then this will be the third time I've watched the series all the way through. The first time I watched it was back when it was first shown in the UK on Cartoon Network's Toonami. A few years ago, I was going through a phase of looking up old TV shows that I didn't exactly understand when I was watching them, and Gundam Wing was one since I wasn't really into politics at the age it was on TV. So I watched it on youtube, but there were a few parts of episodes missing. So now I've got it all on DVD, and I'm watching it through again. Next to Doctor Who and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, it's one of my most favourite television series ever.
The glass ninja wrote:I'm watching gunslinger girl. Pretty good so far. I'll probably try claymore or berserk after that.
Anyone else think Gunslinger Girl was a bit... odd? I mean, maybe it's the fact I've hung around with real Italians, but the characters all REALLY seem like Japanese people transplanted to Italy.
Maybe it just sticks out to me more than usual.
The first season of Gunslinger Girl was amazing, I personally loved it. I love shows where things go horribly wrong and everybody gets fethed over or dies ( ideon, V Gundam, Legend of the Galactic Hero's, Elfen Lied, Genocyber) as I keep saying poor poor Claes and Angelica =o\
I haven't watched Claymore, but if everyone gets horrible killed or fethed over I might have to check it out.
Just finished watching Space Fantasia 2001 Nights, wow, I can not recommend this enough to people. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Now I want to try and find the manga's somewhere.
A more adolescent me was intrigued at the DVD case and description looking like a cute family-oriented show, then looking at the rating and seeing "TEEN+ for Excessive Nudity." I watched a bit, but it never really clicked with me, and was really a bit creepy for all that.
Sadly, this is the 4th(?) animated series of this, but I can't find anyplace that has anything other than the current, and the first 3-4 eps of the 3rd.
Aduro wrote:I want to watch Korra, but it's not on YouTube...
Because I'm a good person:
[Please don't promote pirate video sites on DakkaDakka. Thanks. Kilkrazy]
Rejoice, and be merry
*Edit* My apologies, looks like the linky is a no-go. But as a recommendation, a google search for "watch legend of korra episode 1" will likely yield results.
n0t_u wrote:It sort of fits into it a little. One of the people on that poster is this.
Guess which one it is.
Ironically, this is brought up in the first ep of hte new series.
Went back and re-watched the original two series. (Which I'm betting will be rehashed in this one, since it's a retelling) You may notice the main character pick up a fork and have The Crawling Chaos jump away like he's brandishing an Elder Sign. This is due to him frequently stabbing her in the hand with on as punishment in the original web cartoons and is something of a call back (or possibly brick joke).
I've watched a good bit of anime because my wife wanted to see it, some of it was good, some was exactly my taste.
Anime she wanted to watch: Angel Beats, Ouran High School Host Club, Ponyo
Anime I've watched: Code Geass, Elfen Lied, NGE, Full Metal Panic, Fullmetal Alchemist, Bleach, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Chobits, Martian Successor Nadiesco, Excell Saga, and a handful of others I can't recall at the moment.
Watched thirteen episodes of Fate/Zero on Hulu over the last few nights at work and liked it. Not sure when they put out more episodes but I'll be keeping my eye out for em.
Just bought and started watching the X-men Anime that came out 6 days ago. It's actually pretty good. Will start watching Iron Man after I finish the last few episodes of X-men. Hoping they release the Blade volume eventually.
Aduro wrote:Watched thirteen episodes of Fate/Zero on Hulu over the last few nights at work and liked it. Not sure when they put out more episodes but I'll be keeping my eye out for em.
Well poopy. After a week of waiting for the next episode of Fate/Zero and it not showing up on Hulu I looked the show up online and apparently it was a 13 episode first series run, which a second season coming for more episodes later. Super annoying because of the Massive cliff hanger at the end of episode thirteen.
Just finished watching Outlaw Star, havn't seen it since grade school and was never able to finish it till now. Not half bad, story was pretty cool. The only problem I would say is there was never any real drama, like any situation where it looked like Gene wouldn't win. Like towards the end each episode almost became a copy of the previous, were an enemy would appear and gene and the crew would just take em, on to the next episode. Very predictable if you ask me. But still not to bad.
Also watched the 00 movie, Trail blazers or something like that? Anyways I thought it was pretty terrible, very disappointed with the way that movie went. So bad in fact that I don't even acknowledge its existence, the series ends with the 2nd season in my opinion.
An finally I watched Grave of Fireflys :( No idea why I decided to do that, so so so sad. Was good, definitely good. But also probably the saddest animated movie I have ever seen. There are few others that I have seen that were able to really reach out to the viewer like that one
I just finished watching Black Rock Shooter (the TV series) and that was awful. Quite possibly the worst anime I've ever seen. In fact I'd say its worse than MD Geist. At least MD Geist you can laugh at because its so low budget and its only 45 minutes. Black Rock Shooter was about a bunch of whiny crazy girls who are on the verge of going insane. Then nothing happens at the end. Seriously I didn't get the ending at all. There was nothing to get in fact besides the fact that if you are a rainbow colored bird you will die and that pink is the color of sneezes.
I'm going to make fun of this anime for months to come.
Red Comet wrote:I just finished watching Black Rock Shooter (the TV series) and that was awful. Quite possibly the worst anime I've ever seen. In fact I'd say its worse than MD Geist. At least MD Geist you can laugh at because its so low budget and its only 45 minutes. Black Rock Shooter was about a bunch of whiny crazy girls who are on the verge of going insane. Then nothing happens at the end. Seriously I didn't get the ending at all. There was nothing to get in fact besides the fact that if you are a rainbow colored bird you will die and that pink is the color of sneezes.
I'm going to make fun of this anime for months to come.
The OVA in my opinion was a bit better only because it had less running time than the TV show and wasn't as unnecessarily convoluted as the TV show was. That being said the OVA wasn't a great piece of anime either. It was really boring and to be honest I found myself only caring when they showed BRS. I cared nothing for Mato's part of it at all.
OH and I forgot who mentioned it, but someone mentioned claymore before. So I thought id check it out, ended up watching it all in like a week and a half lol I thought it was super cool, and it has my favorite soundtrack for an anime since I watched .hack roots
LunaHound wrote:Anime that caught my interest the most
Fallout Anime? :'D
Best anime with interesting plot I have seen in 2 years.
Sankarea: Pet Cemetary meets Dawn of the Dead meets Twilight ( not really :'P)
Looked at the first one myself, apparently its the first part of a movie, just to get people hungry for it. Dont want to watch the whole episode of the second yet! But it looks good.
Aduro wrote:Watched thirteen episodes of Fate/Zero on Hulu over the last few nights at work and liked it. Not sure when they put out more episodes but I'll be keeping my eye out for em.
Well poopy. After a week of waiting for the next episode of Fate/Zero and it not showing up on Hulu I looked the show up online and apparently it was a 13 episode first series run, which a second season coming for more episodes later. Super annoying because of the Massive cliff hanger at the end of episode thirteen.
It is out... subbed.
If you look up "watch fate/zero season 2 episode 1 eng subbed" you should get results, though you may have to try a few different links.
I've watched the first five episodes of season 2: very, very good.
Sadly I've no home Internet right now, and very very few watch online sites ever work on my iPhone (damn you apple and your anti-flash policy!!!) so I tend to be restricted to just watching what's on Hulu and YouTube.
Oh, I'm currently working my way thru Star Driver on Hulu at the moment. Rather formulamatic but decent fights and story with good quality animation.
n0t_u wrote:I think more or less both were made for those that were pretty much already fans of BRS.
Even fans of BRS say it sucks, because BRS really had no storyline until the anime and manga. In fact from what I've been told the manga has a different storyline from the anime.
I watched the Ghost In The Shell remake, and it's tantamount to blasphemy. I can get over the decision to change the dominant colours from cold green/blue to warm orange, but the scene where they render the Major in full CGI - despite every other character being hand drawn - was a baffling misjudgement.
The remixed sound is a triumph however, and just about saves this work of indulgence.
RossDas wrote:I watched the Ghost In The Shell remake, and it's tantamount to blasphemy. I can get over the decision to change the dominant colours from cold green/blue to warm orange, but the scene where they render the Major in full CGI - despite every other character being hand drawn - was a baffling misjudgement.
The remixed sound is a triumph however, and just about saves this work of indulgence.
RossDas wrote:I watched the Ghost In The Shell remake, and it's tantamount to blasphemy. I can get over the decision to change the dominant colours from cold green/blue to warm orange, but the scene where they render the Major in full CGI - despite every other character being hand drawn - was a baffling misjudgement.
The remixed sound is a triumph however, and just about saves this work of indulgence.
Didn't know that was out yet.
Ghost In the Shell 2.0 (I missed it's release thinking that it was to be titled GitS 1.5, and confused it with the actual sequel), more of an augment than a remake really, plus you get the original film packaged on disc two so it was worth the few quid the charity shop was asking.
I remember when I saw 2.0 I didn't like it all that much. There was no need for that update and for all of the blue/green colors to all become orange. I understand they were trying to make it more in line with Innocence, but it doesn't do it for me. In fact Innocence isn't a sequel at all and should just be viewed as a movie that takes place in the same universe after Ghost in the Shell. Its just that different.
I've been watching to aru majutsu no index and its second season resently. It has a very good story. I find it funny just how much the main charactors power is ignored by the higher ups though.
Did you know they're doing a sequel to Eureka Seven? Eureka Seven Ao. Stars Eureka's son, Ao, as the new pilot of the Nirvash. Currently six episodes in and unsure if it's a direct story sequel or how/if the story will tie to the first series, but it's shaping up to be a good anime of its own none the less.
Aduro wrote:Did you know they're doing a sequel to Eureka Seven? Eureka Seven Ao. Stars Eureka's son, Ao, as the new pilot of the Nirvash. Currently six episodes in and unsure if it's a direct story sequel or how/if the story will tie to the first series, but it's shaping up to be a good anime of its own none the less.
Yup. Been watching it as it comes out. It appers to be a dirrect sequal to the main eureka seven series, not the movie.
Eldarain wrote:We just watched the entire FMA: brotherhood series. It was fantastic, much prefer it to the standard series.
Just about everyone I know thats watched both thinks that. I remember watching it in bed when I was sick. It was no only a great story but it was great at making me feel better.
Aduro wrote:Bebop is indeed pretty awesome. Are they still working on the live action movie for that? Last rumors I heard about it scared me.
I loved it! I thought it was almost like a much better version Outlaw Star. The two were different, but bebop was much better. Cool ending to.
An last I heard about the live action movie Keanu Reeves is supposed to be playing Spike. Does anyone know what kind of fighting style Spike does? Idk if Keanu will be able to nail it
Just found out the guy who wrote the storyline for Code Geass also wrote one for an anime called Guilty Crown. Anyone seen it? It's on Hulu and I'm loading up ep 1 right now.
Ive heard of it, but never seen it. I liked Geass, and it's on Hulu? Gonna have to check it out. Time to take a break from stalking forums and DeviantArt and Tumblr and eat something anyway.
LordofHats wrote:Just found out the guy who wrote the storyline for Code Geass also wrote one for an anime called Guilty Crown. Anyone seen it? It's on Hulu and I'm loading up ep 1 right now.
Seen the whole thing. Some people complained that it was to simmiler. Just remember,
Yeah, just finished the first episode and I can really tell its by the same person. The initial set up is incredibly similar to Geass. Then again the art style and music alone had me hooked a whole two minutes into it. Totally spending the rest of shift at work watching this.
On Ep5 now, and I can tell its written by the same guy cause he's reusing a lot of his plot devices and themes, but damn I love the animation in this one. Its quality is really up there.
I'm almost finished with Gurren Lagann now, just three more episodes to go.
I honestly didn't expect I'd like it as much, as I am not a big fan of the "mecha" genre outside individual exceptions like NGE, and because I usually avoid the "uncanny valley" kid shows that fall somewhere between hilarious comedy and serious action (both of which I like). However, with Gurren Lagann, what convinced me to stick with the show was their character designs, and their plots. I did not expect a show whose often colourful and somewhat crazy style and the clearly exaggerated FX make it look a little like Yu-Gi-Oh would actually turn out to be this enjoyable for me.
What further affected my decision to continue watching was, I guess, the unexpected twists. I won't go into spoilers here, but an example of the things that surprised me was that the series actually continues after the protagonists beat the big bad boss, making a time-jump of several years into the future so the characters you knew as youngsters were suddenly adults, with some unexpected but reasonable conflicts between each other as their personalities evolved and the characters are confronted with new problems.
Apart from offering more episodes to watch, I like this concept for providing answers to the usual question of "what happens next" - you rarely have a show that continues after the threat exposed in its pilot was eliminated and everything seemed to be at peace.
As for the plot itself, the show begins with a desolate Earth covered by a giant desert, and where the few humans live in underground colonies, continuously threatened by the mechanical "gunmen" that roam the surface world in search for humans who have come out of their hiding places. Some day, two brothers happen to find a buried gunman in their settlement and manage to actually start it up. From there begins a small rebellion against the "beastmen" on the surface that eventually erupts into full-scale warfare.
Also, this show has some badass music.
Spoiler:
Intro to the first part of the show.
The opening changes slightly based on the state of the conflict:
Squigsquasher wrote:Only problem is it has giant walking faces. And AnUnearthlyChilde has put me off it forever.
Yep, that's exactly why I thought I wouldn't like it. Usually, I can only stand kids in anime that are clearly focused on comedy (like Azumanga Daioh - greatly recommended!), preferring an adult cast for anything serious.
Fortunately, for me, the good outweighs the bad in this one. Or they pulled the bad off in a manner that is bearable. It's probably a bit of both. Either way, somehow I've almost watched the entire show by now.
Next on the list will probably be the Dragon Age anime. Just ordered it from amazon!
Gurren Lagaan is one of my favorite animes of all time, easily top five. Quite possibly number one, but I'm hesitant to actually name a number one, so I'll just stick with top five.
Brotherhood and Geass are probably in the top five as well.
I'm 50% confident that Gurren Lagann is my number 1. Just finished my third time through it recently and I loved it just as much as the first time, and got to share it with friends. It's great.
The second movie's fun, and expands on the final fight a bit, but isn't really too different.
Finished Guilty Crown. Interesting premise, beautiful animations, and fantastic music, but the story turned to suck pretty fast. Worth a watch though. One of the few animes with half-decent ending, opposed to an utterly craptacular one.
FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:Edit; Was I watching a different Gurren Lagann? I thought it was tripe, and full of bad anime cliche's.
Gurren Lagaan is Every tripe anime cliche melted down and refined to remove all the bad and leave you with 120% pure coolness, awesomeness and radicalness.
FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:Edit; Was I watching a different Gurren Lagann? I thought it was tripe, and full of bad anime cliche's.
Gurren Lagaan is Every tripe anime cliche melted down and refined to remove all the bad and leave you with 120% pure coolness, awesomeness and radicalness.
I personally think they forgot to 'remove the bad' and well almost every anime that came before it did something better then it. =shrugs= Kirby is cool though.
Been watching STP lazyner lately damn fine show, wish I found it sooner. Highly recomended plus the opening song is just great.
First opening, and second one after the time skip.
Finished Guilty Crown. Was cool. Not as good as Geass, but that might have to do with it being significantly shorter so you don't get as much story build and character development despite it following a lot of the same angles and premise.
Yeah, I hear the new subs are better than the "Fox Boxed" dubs that I saw on CN. The website I found recently that has streams that work on my iPhone has One Piece on it, so I may have to watch that series again.
Ahhhhh I finally got to see Gundam unicorn episode 5, after waiting 4 months for it to come out and its not even the end of the ova! They have episode 6 and 7 coming out, but not until next spring, a whole year away! Who does that for an OVA?
Is this something common for OVA's that arn't many episodes long?
I now know I watch too much anime. I was perusing Skyrim mods and initially read 'Samurai Blades' as 'Samurai Babes' and actually clicked on it to see what in the name of the Jarl had been done THIS TIME to Skyrim....
I watched puella magi madoka magica. Seriously the most shocking anime I've watched since Evangelion. Don't get put off by the cover or the trailer because it deliberately hides the crazy shocking stuff and awesome.
Ledabot wrote:I watched puella magi madoka magica. Seriously the most shocking anime I've watched since Evangelion. Don't get put off by the cover or the trailer because it deliberately hides the crazy shocking stuff and awesome.
That's how I felt, except Evangelion was a let down for me. Seriously that show has major problems that everyone seems to overlook...
But anyways, Madoka fools you for the first 3 episodes and then suddenly becomes super dark. Its very well executed.
I watched Spirited Away. It's the Citizen Kane of anime, man. And I hate most anime, but even I gotta admit that Spirited Away is ballz to the wallz awezum.
Ledabot wrote:I watched puella magi madoka magica. Seriously the most shocking anime I've watched since Evangelion. Don't get put off by the cover or the trailer because it deliberately hides the crazy shocking stuff and awesome.
That's how I felt, except Evangelion was a let down for me. Seriously that show has major problems that everyone seems to overlook...
But anyways, Madoka fools you for the first 3 episodes and then suddenly becomes super dark. It’s very well executed.
Yes it was so very good I've been stuck doing random fan boy stuff for the last few days. Reading the manga series and the spinoffs etc.
Spoiler:
One thing I didn't get was why WFN didn't drop a grief seed. The second time homura went back would ended fine for both girls since they could have lived with the seed that she dropped, but instead, no seed for no good reason
I don't know if I missed something or I have found a horrible plot hole.
I laugh at the amazing amount of grim dark that sifts its way into the series though. This thing makes some 40k stuff look bright.
I found the Remake movies really fixed up some of the iffy things in the evangelion series.
Nothing since the last few eps of Evangelion's original run aired have ever been worthy of the term plot hole (it was a veritable plot singularity, from which not even sanity could escape.)
BaronIveagh wrote:Nothing since the last few eps of Evangelion's original run aired have ever been worthy of the term plot hole (it was a veritable plot singularity, from which not even sanity could escape.)
I would consider it merely a worst case scenario. Ganix endings are indeed horrible but they eased the pain with their movies which showed what they really wanted to happen.
Rebuild of Evangelion is actually really good. It's much better than the anime, which had about 13 gak episodes and 13 good ones, and an ending so indecipherable that Dan Brown himself need not distort anything to make a conspiracy novel.
I have no idea why it didn't drop a Grief Seed. I actually didn't catch that. I'm going to have to go back and rewatch the show to catch it and see if maybe its some plot hole that wasn't covered.
I've only seen the Evangelion series so I cannot comment on the movies, but the show was so awful I haven't bothered with the movies. I was really expecting something out of Eva when I first watched it and man was it disappointing. Also that's what happens when your director has mental issues.
I still don't get why anime fans tend to think that Evangelion is super deep. Its not deep at all.
And I am referring to the TV show before anyone points something to the movies or remakes.
LoneLictor wrote:I watched Spirited Away. It's the Citizen Kane of anime, man. And I hate most anime, but even I gotta admit that Spirited Away is ballz to the wallz awezum.
Everything Miyazaki and Studio Gibli is Amazing. Watch it all.
Also, if you liked Eva, or even if you didn't, watch Razaphan (sp?). It's like Eva, but good.
I have no idea why it didn't drop a Grief Seed. I actually didn't catch that. I'm going to have to go back and re watch the show to catch it and see if maybe it’s some plot hole that wasn't covered.
I've only seen the Evangelion series so I cannot comment on the movies, but the show was so awful I haven't bothered with the movies. I was really expecting something out of Eva when I first watched it and man was it disappointing. Also that's what happens when your director has mental issues.
I still don't get why anime fans tend to think that Evangelion is super deep. It’s not deep at all.
And I am referring to the TV show before anyone points something to the movies or remakes.
I guess some people like the darker stuff more than others. The entire OMG factor that happened quite a bit in evangelion kinda fuelled it. On a sad note, the fan service might have helped Evangelions ratings a bit... It’s not really needed in my opinion. But as I said, where the series failed, the remake movies have really patched it up, both visually and even going a changing the plot quite a bit in the second one.
I dunno, I enjoyed it back in the day, when I still thought angst was cool and giant robot beat em ups were awesome, but I distinctly remember going WTLF? when it suddenly swerved left into a cross between The Prophecy and that video they make Malcolm McDowell watch in Clockwork Orange.
I'm kinda the same with eva, Baron. I've had a hard time going back and trying to watch it again since college or so. I have been watching the Rebuild movies though and they've been pretty great so far. The characters haven't been nearly as annoying as they were the first time around, for the most part. I'm fully expecting those improvements to be dashed in the coming installments, but it's good while it lasts.
I still don't get why anime fans tend to think that Evangelion is super deep. Its not deep at all.
Its reputation comes from how human the series is. The characters, as childish and emo as they are, really hit home for a lot teenagers who were dealing with a lot of the same issues presented in the series (granted the series fantasied the issues to a massive extent). Barring its horrible ending, I think Evangelion is a very good series. The problem is that come the ending, there was no delivery and the series just became a let down.
Animation quality was also very high for the time, and the fight scenes were quite epic.
The real problem is the numerous knock offs of Evangelion that have followed in the last decade, most of them even worse than Evangelion itself.
DjDaMode wrote:I just watched M.D. Geist. He is so badass!
I watched this and boy was it bad, but it entertained me because it made me laugh. The best part is when the woman tries to seduce Geist and he nearly kills her. I was like, "What kind of badass does that?" It just makes no sense and adds to the ridiculousness of that OVA. I still need to watch the sequel from which I've been is actually worse than the first.
LordofHats wrote:
I still don't get why anime fans tend to think that Evangelion is super deep. Its not deep at all.
Its reputation comes from how human the series is. The characters, as childish and emo as they are, really hit home for a lot teenagers who were dealing with a lot of the same issues presented in the series (granted the series fantasied the issues to a massive extent). Barring its horrible ending, I think Evangelion is a very good series. The problem is that come the ending, there was no delivery and the series just became a let down.
Animation quality was also very high for the time, and the fight scenes were quite epic.
The real problem is the numerous knock offs of Evangelion that have followed in the last decade, most of them even worse than Evangelion itself.
I can understand depressed teenagers feeling some kind of common ground with the characters, but I'm referring to fans who have outright said that EVA is amazing because of all of the Judeo-Christian stuff that is thrown in and they claim that makes it deep. It doesn't because its just thrown in to sound cool. I don't see how that makes it deep, but a lot of people seem to think it does. Its really ridiculous how far some fans have gone to justify how "deep" the original show was when it was far from that.
The Evangelion knockoffs were hilarious. The list is probably still growing. xD
Oh. They're idiots. Its not even Judeo-Christian is Kabbalah, which is basically ancient Jewish mysticism with some good old Gnosticism thrown in for flare. Those elements are only as deep as the author took the time to squish all those references in there. That particulay section of the fan base is annoying as gak, cause frankly, they're just plain stupid.
Red Comet wrote:I've only seen the Evangelion series so I cannot comment on the movies, but the show was so awful I haven't bothered with the movies. I was really expecting something out of Eva when I first watched it and man was it disappointing. Also that's what happens when your director has mental issues.
I still don't get why anime fans tend to think that Evangelion is super deep. Its not deep at all.
And I am referring to the TV show before anyone points something to the movies or remakes.
I think the movies need to be taken into consideration - at least End of Evangelion does. It basically shows you what happens in the outside/real world, whereas the end of the series shows you what happens in the characters' heads. You need to watch both to get the full picture. And I think that it's this combination that the fans are referring to.
I wouldn't say it's "super deep" though; I've watched way deeper and less needlessly convoluted anime by now. It was "deep" when I was still a kid having just watched it. So maybe for a lot of people it's largely a matter of fond memories?
If you want to see what happens when your director has mental issues, go check out Legend of Crystania...
Good way to run the Lodoss War franchise straight into a wall. Such a promising idea, such a bad execution. :(
Lynata wrote:
If you want to see what happens when your director has mental issues, go check out Legend of Crystania...
Good way to run the Lodoss War franchise straight into a wall. Such a promising idea, such a bad execution. :(
For some reason I was thinking more that they might want to watch La Blue Girl for 'directors with issues' because that person had them like the Geographic.
DjDaMode wrote:I just watched M.D. Geist. He is so badass!
I watched this and boy was it bad, but it entertained me because it made me laugh. The best part is when the woman tries to seduce Geist and he nearly kills her. I was like, "What kind of badass does that?" It just makes no sense and adds to the ridiculousness of that OVA. I still need to watch the sequel from which I've been is actually worse than the first.
LordofHats wrote:
I still don't get why anime fans tend to think that Evangelion is super deep. Its not deep at all.
Its reputation comes from how human the series is. The characters, as childish and emo as they are, really hit home for a lot teenagers who were dealing with a lot of the same issues presented in the series (granted the series fantasied the issues to a massive extent). Barring its horrible ending, I think Evangelion is a very good series. The problem is that come the ending, there was no delivery and the series just became a let down.
Animation quality was also very high for the time, and the fight scenes were quite epic.
The real problem is the numerous knock offs of Evangelion that have followed in the last decade, most of them even worse than Evangelion itself.
I can understand depressed teenagers feeling some kind of common ground with the characters, but I'm referring to fans who have outright said that EVA is amazing because of all of the Judeo-Christian stuff that is thrown in and they claim that makes it deep. It doesn't because its just thrown in to sound cool. I don't see how that makes it deep, but a lot of people seem to think it does. Its really ridiculous how far some fans have gone to justify how "deep" the original show was when it was far from that.
The Evangelion knockoffs were hilarious. The list is probably still growing. xD
Death Note Did it better. The symbolism is alot more subtle. And you actually have to pay attention to get it.
BaronIveagh wrote:For some reason I was thinking more that they might want to watch La Blue Girl for 'directors with issues' because that person had them like the Geographic.
Well, I suppose in that case it was intentional (though I barely recall that one episode I watched 10 years ago) - but with Legend of Crystania, the director was actually arrested for doing drugs.
Makarov wrote:That I had to see for film. That movie, and Grave of the Fireflies IMHO its are two of the more overrated Anime out there. But that's just my opinion.
Which one, the first or the second ("Innocence")? Because the second one sucks.
Also, I was more referring to the Stand Alone Complex series, though the 1st movie is also a cult classic.
Spoiler:
Other suggestions I would make are the cyberpunky Bubblegum Crisis (the original series and its Crash & AD Police spin-offs, not the crappy remake) and, if you fancy some fast-paced mercenary gunplay, Black Lagoon.
Makarov wrote:That I had to see for film. That movie, and Grave of the Fireflies IMHO its are two of the more overrated Anime out there. But that's just my opinion.
Which one, the first or the second ("Innocence")? Because the second one sucks.
Also, I was more referring to the Stand Alone Complex series, though the 1st movie is also a cult classic.
Honestly its be a bit so I forgot the name, its the one where the cyborg is being created in the opening. I've heard some good stuff about Outlaw Star. What about that? I already have seen most (if not all) of Miyazaki's work.
Outlaw star is one of several anime's that is very popular in the US but not so much in Japan. It was a decent series imo. Cowboy Bebop is slightly better overall I think (though it to enjoys much more praise here than across the lake).
Makarov wrote:That I had to see for film. That movie, and Grave of the Fireflies IMHO its are two of the more overrated Anime out there. But that's just my opinion.
Which one, the first or the second ("Innocence")? Because the second one sucks.
Also, I was more referring to the Stand Alone Complex series, though the 1st movie is also a cult classic.
Honestly its be a bit so I forgot the name, its the one where the cyborg is being created in the opening. I've heard some good stuff about Outlaw Star. What about that? I already have seen most (if not all) of Miyazaki's work.
I'm pretty sure both of them start with a cyborg being created. If the movie you watched was all about, "dolls" then you saw an awful movie. Innocence was terrible and is in no way a sequel to Ghost in the Shell. Its more of a movie that takes place in the same universe and just so happens to be after the first one. Its not a true sequel.
Just Finished Kenichi:The mightiest disciple.
Near the end it goes Ape. It starts off with normal martial arts. Then in the final episodes they get into mystical stuff where you can knock people out with a stare.
If you name it, there's probably statues of it somewhere, and they were probably made in Japan.
Amusingly, the Japanese government is now making a lot of these statues illegal. Not because they're a bit weird (although I'm sure there are plenty of Japanese who think they are) but because they breach copyright laws.
Zefig wrote:Those people all have very tiny heads and very large everything else. Still, I think I've heard good things about both series.
And amusingly, that's from the much tamer, early parts of the manga, which were filled with merely T&A, violence, and Heavy Metal riffs (of both types). Later is sails off to equal and then surpass DBZ levels of absurdity with the fights, but minus the long training and filler. (Porno Diano still gets my vote for 'Best Villainess Name of All Time')
If you name it, there's probably statues of it somewhere, and they were probably made in Japan.
Amusingly, the Japanese government is now making a lot of these statues illegal. Not because they're a bit weird (although I'm sure there are plenty of Japanese who think they are) but because they breach copyright laws.
Most of them are garage kits, or do not get permission to produce copyrighted designs. Up until fairly recently, it was legal, though questionable. Under pressure from the entertainment industry, however, they're starting to crack down. Asobi ni Iku Yo! takes a not too subtle jab at the whole thing in the scene where Ichika and Eris talk about interstellar copyright laws (the penalty for violations is basically brainwipe).
Alright, since the Dragon Age movie seems to take some more to arrive (guess it'll be here next week), I'm passing the time with a new one: "Birdy the Mighty". This is actually the so-called "Decode"-version, a remake of the '96 OVA. I've not seen much of that one, but from the looks of it the visual character design was slightly more interesting for my taste. Still, I've become used to the new version by now, and have to say the characters and drawing style are quite alright. Most of all, since I'm watching this stuff on netflix, I have to watch the dubbed version - but it's actually quite good! The voices were well chosen and you can tell that the actors, chiefly the one from the main protagonist, are doing their best to get into their roles when talking.
I've only watched three episodes so far, but I guess I'll keep on watching for now. What surprised me is the big leaps this show takes from "funny childrens show" to "serious adult drama", but then again I've seen this in a number of other anime as well.
The basic plot doesn't need much explanation: Officer Birdy Cephon Altera, the protagonist, is a cute space cop pursueing dangerous space criminals, and is doing some covert investigation on an unsuspecting Earth. Having been bred for this job, she's a classic super hero in that she can jump extreme distances, shapeshift, or can punch holes through walls (which looks both awesome as well as hilarious given her petite figure). During a pursuit she accidentally kills a human teenager that was used as a hostage by a space criminal, but conserves his spirit in her own body until space police can provide a clone body as replacement. Cue some funny/awkward interaction between the two who are now sharing a body, with Birdy shapeshifting into his form in order to have him go to school, or him telepathically commenting about her actions as she does space cop work. Added to this comes her old undercover identity as a cute model, a job which she loathes - but is loved by her robotic guardian, who poses as her manager and has a lot of fun having her booked for the most ridiculous ads.
BaronIveagh wrote:interstellar copyright laws (the penalty for violations is basically brainwipe
Anyone else watching the new Toonami? Well you should, so it dosn't get cancelled!!!! They actually have some good stuff, and some not so mainstream stuff, like deaman wonderland and casshern sins. Anybody heard of them? They both look pretty good, but I can't decide what to watch first
Lynata wrote:Alright, since the Dragon Age movie seems to take some more to arrive (guess it'll be here next week), I'm passing the time with a new one: "Birdy the Mighty". This is actually the so-called "Decode"-version, a remake of the '96 OVA. I've not seen much of that one, but from the looks of it the visual character design was slightly more interesting for my taste. Still, I've become used to the new version by now, and have to say the characters and drawing style are quite alright. Most of all, since I'm watching this stuff on netflix, I have to watch the dubbed version - but it's actually quite good! The voices were well chosen and you can tell that the actors, chiefly the one from the main protagonist, are doing their best to get into their roles when talking.
It's not that new. But it was good.
Lynata wrote:SOPA 2.0?
Sadly, no, SOPA 2.0 they flay you alive and then dump dermastid beetles on you if you're still kicking.
BaronIveagh wrote:It's not that new. But it was good.
Well, yeah, "new" as in "I'm not watching Gurren Lagann anymore".
I like anime, but I'm not that deep into the buzz that I could tell you what is currently getting released. Most of the time, I pick something up by pure coincidence, and then it's often quite a few years old. Then again, a lot of the really old ones have a unique charm missing from many of the recent productions, imo. The original BGC remains one of my alltime favs.
Squigsquasher wrote:My favourite Anime must be Nausicaa: (however you spell it) Valley of the Wind. Instant classic. And filled with giant insects.
Yess! That's a beautiful movie, suitable for young and old alike.
I also like how it explores the theme of humanity being a danger to itself, and that it only hints at what happened during the so-called "Days of Fire" in the form of myths passed down from generation to generation only makes it all the more creepy - though it doesn't take much to get the idea.
Squigsquasher wrote:My favourite Anime must be Nausicaa: (however you spell it) Valley of the Wind. Instant classic. And filled with giant insects.
Yess! That's a beautiful movie, suitable for young and old alike.
I also like how it explores the theme of humanity being a danger to itself, and that it only hints at what happened during the so-called "Days of Fire" in the form of myths passed down from generation to generation only makes it all the more creepy - though it doesn't take much to get the idea.
The manga for that was absolutely amazing; easily in my top 5. I've been wanting to check out the film for quite a while now. That and see if I can track down a copy of Warriors of the Wind.
Red Comet wrote:I just finished episode 5 of Gundam Unicorn. Great stuff especially when episode 4 was rather meh with all of the unnecessary whining.
I like episode 4 wayyyyyyy more, though 5 was still good. 4 had the best animated fight scene. I can't wait for next year when we get the next episode :p. You said you watched ZZ right? I just finished it, and absolutely hated it! Worst out of all the series. I kept hopping everybody but judua would die. An I actually liked the zeon guy with the rose the most
Red Comet wrote:I just finished episode 5 of Gundam Unicorn. Great stuff especially when episode 4 was rather meh with all of the unnecessary whining.
I like episode 4 wayyyyyyy more, though 5 was still good. 4 had the best animated fight scene. I can't wait for next year when we get the next episode :p. You said you watched ZZ right? I just finished it, and absolutely hated it! Worst out of all the series. I kept hopping everybody but judua would die. An I actually liked the zeon guy with the rose the most
Episode 4 was meh because Banagher was spouting all of this crap to the Newtype girl as if she was innocent. She voluntarily massacred civilians on more than one occasion and they changed a huge battle scene and moved it to Torrington for essentially no reason. It was originally in Dakar which IMO is way more pivotal since Dakar is the capital of the Federation government. I can't wait for episodes 6 and 7 now.
That's the only problem with ZZ, it has obnoxious character. I'm not gonna lie I hated Mashimyre at the beginning of the show. By the end of the show he was one of my favorite characters. He got the best serious revamp of all of the annoying Neo Zeon idiots. Haman was still the coolest character in the whole show though.
Did you not like the earth arc for ZZ? I thought the whole colony drop thing was great even if unrealistic.
Red Comet wrote:I just finished episode 5 of Gundam Unicorn. Great stuff especially when episode 4 was rather meh with all of the unnecessary whining.
I like episode 4 wayyyyyyy more, though 5 was still good. 4 had the best animated fight scene. I can't wait for next year when we get the next episode :p. You said you watched ZZ right? I just finished it, and absolutely hated it! Worst out of all the series. I kept hopping everybody but judua would die. An I actually liked the zeon guy with the rose the most
Episode 4 was meh because Banagher was spouting all of this crap to the Newtype girl as if she was innocent. She voluntarily massacred civilians on more than one occasion and they changed a huge battle scene and moved it to Torrington for essentially no reason. It was originally in Dakar which IMO is way more pivotal since Dakar is the capital of the Federation government. I can't wait for episodes 6 and 7 now.
That's the only problem with ZZ, it has obnoxious character. I'm not gonna lie I hated Mashimyre at the beginning of the show. By the end of the show he was one of my favorite characters. He got the best serious revamp of all of the annoying Neo Zeon idiots. Haman was still the coolest character in the whole show though.
Did you not like the earth arc for ZZ? I thought the whole colony drop thing was great even if unrealistic.
eh I liked the colony drop way more in seed and seed destiny b.c it actually killed people. An it was really just b.c I did not like the good guys. I hated mundo and the other junkers. Judua was bad ass, but the others were just whiny jerks who didnt deserve to pilot gundams. I like the fact it took place on earth though. You are right though, Haman was pretty cool and Masyimyre got better at the end. All the other Neo Zeon guys were super annoying and didnt have good character. Like usually I like the characters on both side, Both Fedi and Zeon. But in ZZ I hated both sides haha
An ya I guess it didnt make as much sense to move away from Dakar. But I just liked that whole fight a ton. The whole last charge of the Zeon remnants who had been waiting years for their chance to strike back!
Red Comet wrote:I just finished episode 5 of Gundam Unicorn. Great stuff especially when episode 4 was rather meh with all of the unnecessary whining.
I like episode 4 wayyyyyyy more, though 5 was still good. 4 had the best animated fight scene. I can't wait for next year when we get the next episode :p. You said you watched ZZ right? I just finished it, and absolutely hated it! Worst out of all the series. I kept hopping everybody but judua would die. An I actually liked the zeon guy with the rose the most
Episode 4 was meh because Banagher was spouting all of this crap to the Newtype girl as if she was innocent. She voluntarily massacred civilians on more than one occasion and they changed a huge battle scene and moved it to Torrington for essentially no reason. It was originally in Dakar which IMO is way more pivotal since Dakar is the capital of the Federation government. I can't wait for episodes 6 and 7 now.
That's the only problem with ZZ, it has obnoxious character. I'm not gonna lie I hated Mashimyre at the beginning of the show. By the end of the show he was one of my favorite characters. He got the best serious revamp of all of the annoying Neo Zeon idiots. Haman was still the coolest character in the whole show though.
Did you not like the earth arc for ZZ? I thought the whole colony drop thing was great even if unrealistic.
eh I liked the colony drop way more in seed and seed destiny b.c it actually killed people. An it was really just b.c I did not like the good guys. I hated mundo and the other junkers. Judua was bad ass, but the others were just whiny jerks who didnt deserve to pilot gundams. I like the fact it took place on earth though. You are right though, Haman was pretty cool and Masyimyre got better at the end. All the other Neo Zeon guys were super annoying and didnt have good character. Like usually I like the characters on both side, Both Fedi and Zeon. But in ZZ I hated both sides haha
An ya I guess it didnt make as much sense to move away from Dakar. But I just liked that whole fight a ton. The whole last charge of the Zeon remnants who had been waiting years for their chance to strike back!
But the colony drop in Destiny was never explored ever. It was one of the biggest balls they dropped because it happens and they essentially do nothing with it. You don't see any of the effects in the show. The only show which gives some depth to that event is in Stargazer in the first episode, but that's it. IMO the one in ZZ was far worse because you actually saw MS battling it out in the ruins of the colony. You didn't need to see dead people to understand just how devastating the colony drop was because it was all portrayed in the scenery. In SEED there was no drop. Earth had simply been neutralized by N-Jammers stopping the functionality of electronic power around the globe.
Yeah a lot of the characters were unlikable. I kind of liked Illia Pazom who was with Mashimyre at the end and Chara was whatever. I still don't get how Glemy went from a total noobie pilot to leader of a rebellion. XD
The one thing I don't get is if its UC 0099 (I think?) Its been about 20 years that these guys have been in hiding on earth. I found it a bit ridiculous that there are still Zeon remnants living on earth with working MS. Also did you notice the Grey Phantom from 0080 in the 4th Episode of Unicorn?
^right sorry I meant seed or seed destiny b.c I didn't remember which the colony dropped in lol But ya that is true that it was nicely done in ZZ. They even tell you in the show about how even though the physical damage isn't massive, the implication of it and everything is. I just wish they would have done more with it. Also I really liked Kamille. I wish we could see him or the guy from 0083 fight again. Do we every find out what happens to Illia Pazom? I don't remember her dying, but then again I didn't pay as much attention and tried to fast forward as much as possible through he last episodes.
An I was definitely shocked to see Zeon remnants of that magnitude still on Earth after all that time, but I could see it happening. If anything I liked it and thought it was cool to see their defiance and hatred stand for that long amount of time. I also did see the grey phantom, and was like WTF????? Why is it on Earth and being used by the Zeon? It didn't really stand out im my memory much anyways though. I only remember it from 0080 and nothing special about it, like its crew or anything
Though the "colony" drop near the end of Char's Counterattack was also sort of cool. I know it wasn't actually a colony, but just seeing all of them know it will screw up the world and burn out their suits entirely to try and stop the thing; being burnt up in re-entry. Right after they had just been trying to kill each other as well, even the ones that wanted it dropped.
Was kind of dumb how it actually was stopped though.
Spoiler:
Amuro did stay "dead" though didn't he? Seemed like a decent way to go out finally.
n0t_u wrote:Though the "colony" drop near the end of Char's Counterattack was also sort of cool. I know it wasn't actually a colony, but just seeing all of them know it will screw up the world and burn out their suits entirely to try and stop the thing; being burnt up in re-entry. Right after they had just been trying to kill each other as well, even the ones that wanted it dropped.
Was kind of dumb how it actually was stopped though.
Spoiler:
Amuro did stay "dead" though didn't he? Seemed like a decent way to go out finally.
I was really really dissapointed with the ending for Char's Counterattack, and the whole last part in general. Enemies were killed off quickly and not in deserving ways. But ya after that moment when Amuro and Char disappear they are labeled as MIA and don't reappear in Unicorn, at least not yet. To much time has passed for them to be alive in F91 or Victory gundam. I agree it was dumb how they stopped it lol
darkcloud92 wrote:Do we every find out what happens to Illia Pazom? I don't remember her dying, but then again I didn't pay as much attention and tried to fast forward as much as possible through he last episodes.
An I was definitely shocked to see Zeon remnants of that magnitude still on Earth after all that time, but I could see it happening. If anything I liked it and thought it was cool to see their defiance and hatred stand for that long amount of time. I also did see the grey phantom, and was like WTF????? Why is it on Earth and being used by the Zeon? It didn't really stand out im my memory much anyways though. I only remember it from 0080 and nothing special about it, like its crew or anything
The only other mention of Illia from that point on is in some random Manga or novel where is part of Char's Neo Zeon. IIRC she's a commander for some special ops type unit. Don't quote me on that since I barely remember this fact.
Yeah there is no explanation why the Gray Phantom crashed on earth and the Federation just left it there to rot. It makes no logical sense since its a Warship with plenty of military secrets and what not. Unfortunately that ship did nothing except for what it did in 0080. I don't think it re appears even in 0083, but I could be wrong.
n0t_u wrote:Though the "colony" drop near the end of Char's Counterattack was also sort of cool. I know it wasn't actually a colony, but just seeing all of them know it will screw up the world and burn out their suits entirely to try and stop the thing; being burnt up in re-entry. Right after they had just been trying to kill each other as well, even the ones that wanted it dropped.
Was kind of dumb how it actually was stopped though.
Spoiler:
Amuro did stay "dead" though didn't he? Seemed like a decent way to go out finally.
Spoiler:
I'm pretty sure Amuro is dead. Its never been confirmed or denied and IMO it should be left a mystery. Bright in Unicorn has a picture of Amuro in his office and he "talks" to him a couple of times briefly when he looks at the photo. Its safe to assume he's dead.
Makarov wrote:I'm thinking of watching Mobile Fighter G Gundam, is it recommendable?
I'd say HELL YES! But a lot of people dislike it because it doesn't seem like Gundam at first since it isn't a war, but it has so many of the inlaid Gundam themes that to deny that it is Gundam is silly IMO. Its definitely Gundam at its core.
A lot of people hate it because the Gundams are mostly hideous (except for the main Gundams IMO) and the show lends itself to be a Kung Fu type movie, but in a TV show format. The thing is that if you love super robots or just have a passing interest its good and it has a great plot. I don't see why so many people dislike the show when its one of the best AU shows from Gundam. I'd tell you to go out and watch it, but don't feel bad if you feel like the first 5 episodes drag on too much. They are sort of repetitive, because its introducing the other 4 Gundam pilots from the Gundam team. Once you get to the Shinjuku arc the show goes wild and outright awesome.
^ I dont like to think amuro is dead :( he is the original pilot! That's also why I never ever follow the manga and its story.
But i would also recommend G fighter! It is not my favorite but is really good. It is like SD gundam in that it is unique from all the other gundams. An it is different from SD in that it does not suck :p
Just got through watching Cyber City Oedo 808 and Doomed Megalopolis again after many years. Just awesome, they really dont make em like that any more.
Cyber City is just as cheesy as I remember, with swearing taking the place of every second word in a sentence. And mono whips! makes we want to play Shadowrun.
And what can you say about Doomed Megalopolis. I have always maintained it is the finest piece of Anime Japan has ever produced, and on watching it again I agree with my self Great story playing on Japans fears of colossal disasters, demonic Chinese blokes who control black goo and women vomiting phallic worm beasts
cpt_fishcakes wrote:
Cyber City is just as cheesy as I remember, with swearing taking the place of every second word in a sentence. And mono whips! makes we want to play Shadowrun.
Angel Cop. I used to have the VHS dub. Too bad about it never really getting subbed. (spoiler-ed for obvious reasons)
Alright, the mail finally delivered Dawn of the Seeker and I got around to watch it.
As expected, there were some crazy stunts in there, but fortunately they aren't as numerous, nigh-universally limited to the protagonist, and lastly both Dragon Age computer games had similar stuff already. I enjoyed the story well enough, even though it once again made the templars look bad. The swordplay was pretty well done. I maintain that I'd rather have a drawn anime, but the CGI was not as bad as I had initially feared from the first previews, and I got used to it fairly quickly.
In terms of background information, I learned a few new things! Apparently, the Chantry clergy of Thedas has regional colour codes - Ferelden is orange, Kirkwall is red, Orlais is purple, ... Also, I now understand a little better why the templars were cracking down on the mages at the start of "Asunder".
What I liked in particular was the little snippet of lore at the beginning of the movie. Not only was this told and shown in the style of the computer games, it also explained better the relationship between mages and templars, clearly indicating that it has gradually transformed and degraded over the course of decades, if not centuries.
The final scene with Cassandra receiving that book from the Divine was also a very nice connection to her scenes in Dragon Age 2, furthermore hinting at new challenges and new tasks for her as well as the entirety of Thedas to overcome. Overall I was pleased with my purchase and would support a sequel - and/or Cassandra showing up in DA3, because she's awesome.
So, after having found a way to watch Netflix US, I discovered there actually is a 2nd Season of "Birdy the Mighty - Decode".
Highly recommendable. It is way darker than the 1st season, but with the same great character interaction and good plots. I've only started watching it and have maybe seen half of it so far, but it's good stuff. Part of the season plays in Birdy's memories as a child - a little sad when you see how she grew up ... and even more sad when you realize that these memories are sugarcoated by her own conscience and the reality was way worse. Discovering this character's troubled past really gave her a lot more depth, and gave an interesting glimpse on how things work on her own homeworld. Good combination of action, drama and humour.
Lynata wrote:So, after having found a way to watch Netflix US, I discovered there actually is a 2nd Season of "Birdy the Mighty - Decode".
Highly recommendable. It is way darker than the 1st season, but with the same great character interaction and good plots. I've only started watching it and have maybe seen half of it so far, but it's good stuff. Part of the season plays in Birdy's memories as a child - a little sad when you see how she grew up ... and even more sad when you realize that these memories are sugarcoated by her own conscience and the reality was way worse. Discovering this character's troubled past really gave her a lot more depth, and gave an interesting glimpse on how things work on her own homeworld. Good combination of action, drama and humour.
The word is the second season had a drastically cut the budget in places. You can see the quality of the animation skip around considerably in some eps, so there may be truth to it. It was decent, but not as good as the original by Madhouse or the First Season.
Watched an anime I hadn't seen in a while to other day. Still lots of fun.
Found out there's a new Eureka Seven series, so I basically gaked my pants causes its basically Neon Genesis Evangelion except it doesn't suck. The new series AO, isn't the same kind of show, but its still pretty good. The episodes really make you wonder what the hell is going on and by episode 10, things really started getting intense. Waiting for 13 right now.
Yeah,it's getting good. I was starting to get bored with it, having decided it had nothing to do with the original and the episodes were going nowhere, then the ending of episode 12. Hot damn. I really wanna see episode 13 now!
Yeah,it's getting good. I was starting to get bored with it, having decided it had nothing to do with the original and the episodes were going nowhere, then the ending of episode 12. Hot damn. I really wanna see episode 13 now!
So we've got episodes 13 and 14 out of the pipe now, and I'm liking it much better. The series started out really cool, but then I was starting to get bored of it as it seemed to be devolving into a monster of the week type format. Freaky Secret shows up, good guys fly in, blow it up, and a different one with different abilities shows up next week. 13 and 14 really start to make the cool and weird happen again, you learn some things, find out some answers, though of course get more questions.
Seems the Scub Coral is from the future, and is somehow coming back in time. Truth appears to be a super Secret of some form and really hates Eureka. Pink Haired Girl (i'm really bad with names) might be Ao's older sister? Really looking forward to more of this now.
Agreed Aduro. The series has really picked up and if we're to believe the ssecond opening sequence:
Spoiler:
We just might meet an older Renton down the road!
EDIT: One thing that's really bugging me at the moment since episodes 12 and 13 though: is Eureka dead? Did she get sent back to the future after the Tokyo burst or was she killed?
It was ok. If it wasn't for Harima, and the constant misunderstandings he got stuck in, I don't think I would have watched all 54 episodes. Definitely wouldn't have watched them all in one sitting had it not been for Harima.
Finished Haiyore! Nyaruko-san a while ago. Been watching Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse, pretty grimdark at the beginning, Dakka will probably like it.
n0t_u wrote:Finished Haiyore! Nyaruko-san a while ago. Been watching Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse, pretty grimdark at the beginning, Dakka will probably like it.
Yep, the only part I remember about their lecture is "8 minutes is the average life span of a soldier, if you last longer you can really call yourself one". Which that one that got cut in half was celebrating.
Don't worry the Japanese ones seem to try to do that by being agile, while the American ones are more or less bricks. In that meaning they focus on brute force instead.
Not sure about the Russian ones, but they are called Terminators so must be good.
n0t_u wrote:Don't worry the Japanese ones seem to try to do that by being agile, while the American ones are more or less bricks. In that meaning they focus on brute force instead.
Not sure about the Russian ones, but they are called Terminators so must be good.
Wait, are the girls called Terminators or the mecha? xD
and for $38, you get a fully painted and poseable...
That looks a dam lot better than I thought it would be. The trailer for the second season I looked at looked a bit....to interesting for me, but if that's less common, I might give it a go.
Though for Vampire Intros, nobody beats Myer Link's intro in Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. as all the crosses in the town start bending and breaking on his arrival.
Please don't mock me, but I got dragged into watching some of the Yu-Ghi-Oh TV show the other day. It was awful. It resembled a horribly overstylized Magic: The Gathering batrep.
DOOMBREAD wrote:Please don't mock me, but I got dragged into watching some of the Yu-Ghi-Oh TV show the other day. It was awful. It resembled a horribly overstylized Magic: The Gathering batrep.
Thats why i think people like yu-gi-oh, A less complicated version of Magic.
But if i remember it looses its sanity hal way through, when marik shows up.
ALso those anime like beyblade, Yu-gi-oh, Bakugan make no sense to me. The entire world is obsessed with a toy that they use it to say the world.
And they have the weirdest of message. Like i remember waking up to beyblade, They are fighting a guy who can make a blackhole. HE says "None can escape its grvitational pull"
The kids then say "We dont believe in stuff like that" You dont believe in the laws of physics? Sorry kid the laws of physics dont go away if you dont believe in them, Trust me i know"
Yugioh was great as far as the first show went. 5D's was awesome and I've seen most of GX. GX is terrible. Mind you I've only seen these shows in Japanese so I have no clue how the American counterparts stand up to what I've seen.
I just started watching Tiger and Bunny the other day. Its been ok so far, but that's probably only because I'm 7 episodes in.
There's the Hellsing Anime which has a unique and separate storyline from the manga, and imo isn't very good.
Then there's the OVA, Hellsing:Ultimate, which is being released in 10 45min segments (its not complete yet), follows the manga and imo is much much better.
There's the Hellsing Anime which has a unique and separate storyline from the manga, and imo isn't very good.
Then there's the OVA, Hellsing:Ultimate, which is being released in 10 45min segments (its not complete yet), follows the manga and imo is much much better.
I just recently finished High School of the Dead and Tiger and Bunny.
High School of the Dead was so much fan service. Its not that I have an issue with it, its just that the show is nothing but fanservice. It has no plot essentially. The most amusing character was the Otaku since he was obsessed with guns. Other than that there was nothing worth watching there.
Tiger and Bunny was great. It at least tried to make a story. The story was a bit obvious at certain points, but it kept things interesting all throughout. I loved the characters, they are just so energetic to watch in action. Great Show! I'd recommend this to anyone to watch. It does start off a bit slow though. I've seen this as a general trend in anime: episode 1 through 5 or 6 are ok, then it suddenly gets better in the span of an episode.
I'm at a weird point with anime at the moment. I'm in the middle of Gungrave and GunXSword and a bunch of others but I have 0 motivation to finish them at all. I might just end up rewatching Angel Beats. I could use some more recommendations though! Maybe something a little more upbeat.
still blows my mind that I've watched about a month's worth of anime.
On a side note the anime Shuffle is a decent/pedestrian harem comedy anime notable for the protagonist not being an utter loser for once. Till the Nightmare Fuel injection towards the end that really comes out of left field.
Yeah, was not impressed with High School of the Dead at all, and it tends to get a lot of praise. That kind of overly done fan service just tends to annoy me though. I despised the nurse.
Gun x Sword was a good one. Very Trigun-esque in my opinion without simply being a clone of it.
Hellsing is one of those animes that I hear so much about but for some reason have never gotten around to watching.
Currently up to episode 348 in One Piece. Blazing thru that series, and yet there's still So Much More to go.
Being an avid fan of the Black Rock Shooter OVA, I shat myself when I found out that there was a 8 episode anime. Unfortunately it was pretty bad, (namely yomi's redesign wtf). Cool fight scenes though
AduroT wrote:Yeah, was not impressed with High School of the Dead at all, and it tends to get a lot of praise. That kind of overly done fan service just tends to annoy me though. I despised the nurse.
Gun x Sword was a good one. Very Trigun-esque in my opinion without simply being a clone of it.
Hellsing is one of those animes that I hear so much about but for some reason have never gotten around to watching.
Currently up to episode 348 in One Piece. Blazing thru that series, and yet there's still So Much More to go.
Damn my job, I'm only 40 episodes ahead of you now!
AduroT wrote:Yeah, was not impressed with High School of the Dead at all, and it tends to get a lot of praise. That kind of overly done fan service just tends to annoy me though. I despised the nurse.
The fan service is honestly why I loved the series. Ignoring that it is, in general, a solid zombie piece, it takes the exploitive aspects of the genre (and of anime in general) to the level of comedy. It's hilarious
Red Comet wrote:
High School of the Dead was so much fan service. Its not that I have an issue with it, its just that the show is nothing but fanservice. It has no plot essentially. The most amusing character was the Otaku since he was obsessed with guns. Other than that there was nothing worth watching there.
Not a fan of zombie horror, huh? The whole thing crawls with shambling hoards of zombie film in jokes. Even it's acronym is an in joke (HOTD).
AduroT wrote:Yeah, was not impressed with High School of the Dead at all, and it tends to get a lot of praise. That kind of overly done fan service just tends to annoy me though. I despised the nurse.
I still think she had the best line 'The author didn't write me as that sort of character!'
HOTD is really meant as a black comedy, sort of in the Shaun of the Dead/Zombieland mold. Stop and think how many times the main female characters are all good looking, and in their late teens or early twenties, in zombie cinema.
Red Comet wrote:
High School of the Dead was so much fan service. Its not that I have an issue with it, its just that the show is nothing but fanservice. It has no plot essentially. The most amusing character was the Otaku since he was obsessed with guns. Other than that there was nothing worth watching there.
Not a fan of zombie horror, huh? The whole thing crawls with shambling hoards of zombie film in jokes. Even it's acronym is an in joke (HOTD).
AduroT wrote:Yeah, was not impressed with High School of the Dead at all, and it tends to get a lot of praise. That kind of overly done fan service just tends to annoy me though. I despised the nurse.
I still think she had the best line 'The author didn't write me as that sort of character!'
HOTD is really meant as a black comedy, sort of in the Shaun of the Dead/Zombieland mold. Stop and think how many times the main female characters are all good looking, and in their late teens or early twenties, in zombie cinema.
I like Zombie movies. I never said I had a problem with them, but what I do have a problem with is all of the unnecessary fan service they included into the anime.
I have friends who actually keep up with the manga and they've told me the anime is incredibly muddled down with all of the fan service and that they change around a bunch of things that happen. I don't mind that there are a bunch of scantily clad women in a zombie movie/show/book, but they overemphasized their parts. After a while the show just became a really bad comedy that I just wanted to see how it ended for the sake of it.
Also I agree about the nurse. She's so annoying. I always hate that type of character, because they really do have no personality or character to them at all.
^ I agree with that. It pains me so much bc the show has some really good moments and little things here and there. But then i completely ruins it with fan service that pops outa nowhere. Its not a super typical or predictable zombie series either, which is nice
Red Comet wrote:
I like Zombie movies. I never said I had a problem with them, but what I do have a problem with is all of the unnecessary fan service they included into the anime.
I have friends who actually keep up with the anime and they've told me the anime is incredibly muddled down with all of the fan service and that they change around a bunch of things that happen. I don't mind that there are a bunch of scantily clad women in a zombie movie/show/book, but they overemphasized their parts. After a while the show just became a really bad comedy that I just wanted to see how it ended for the sake of it.
Also I agree about the nurse. She's so annoying. I always hate that type of character, because they really do have no personality or character to them at all.
... Actually, in my opinion the fan service was a bit watered down compared to the manga (read Chapter 23). The things I noticed different were as follows:
The weird bullet between the boobs shot.
The order of events around the EMP explosion, including the point at which they lose the Humvee.
The silly 'beach ep' OAV they added to the BR release.
A lot of the events leading up to the zombie apoc at the school.
The kiss between Saeoko and Takashi.
Unfortunately, the anime cuts off before the fanservice in the manga reaches it's peak (the bra bin in the mall. Just.. the bra bin.) at which point things get serious again with HIrano having to kill someone so they wouldn't turn and havign a serious BSOD.
Just finished "Haruhi Suzumiya" Jeez did endless 8 make me crazy. 8 episodes with the same plot. The movie was good, kinda reminded me of "Its a wonderful life" in a way. Im just trying to figure out who Kyon loves, Haruhi, Yuki or Mikuru.
Red Comet wrote:
I like Zombie movies. I never said I had a problem with them, but what I do have a problem with is all of the unnecessary fan service they included into the anime.
I have friends who actually keep up with the anime and they've told me the anime is incredibly muddled down with all of the fan service and that they change around a bunch of things that happen. I don't mind that there are a bunch of scantily clad women in a zombie movie/show/book, but they overemphasized their parts. After a while the show just became a really bad comedy that I just wanted to see how it ended for the sake of it.
Also I agree about the nurse. She's so annoying. I always hate that type of character, because they really do have no personality or character to them at all.
... Actually, in my opinion the fan service was a bit watered down compared to the manga (read Chapter 23). The things I noticed different were as follows:
The weird bullet between the boobs shot.
The order of events around the EMP explosion, including the point at which they lose the Humvee.
The silly 'beach ep' OAV they added to the BR release.
A lot of the events leading up to the zombie apoc at the school.
The kiss between Saeoko and Takashi.
Unfortunately, the anime cuts off before the fanservice in the manga reaches it's peak (the bra bin in the mall. Just.. the bra bin.) at which point things get serious again with HIrano having to kill someone so they wouldn't turn and havign a serious BSOD.
Also the episode where Saeko and the main character go off is completely different in the anime.
Also just because the manga has fan service, doesn't make it the same. The anime relied on it heavily like a crutch. I haven't actually read it though, but from what I've been told the anime and manga are different enough to actually warrant reading the manga.
KalashnikovMarine wrote:Is that an actual anime Skycrawler?
I think I'm gonna try to find Fist of the Northstar, I just got the game so I may as well check out the anime.
Yeah, based off the game. I mainly watched it to get ideas for IG regiments.
Hey I just finished valkyria chronicles recently to, i thought it was pretty good. There were one or two annoying characters, but besides that it was pretty good. It felt more like a series of in game cut scenes rather than an anime at times, I just hope they make more with a bigger budget at some point. Though I doubt thatll ever happen
KalashnikovMarine wrote:Is that an actual anime Skycrawler?
I think I'm gonna try to find Fist of the Northstar, I just got the game so I may as well check out the anime.
Yeah, based off the game. I mainly watched it to get ideas for IG regiments.
Hey I just finished valkyria chronicles recently to, i thought it was pretty good. There were one or two annoying characters, but besides that it was pretty good. It felt more like a series of in game cut scenes rather than an anime at times, I just hope they make more with a bigger budget at some point. Though I doubt thatll ever happen
Yep, sounds about right. Another anime thaat I just started watching was Tytania...ship combat in spaaaaace, political intrigue, rebels.
Tried to watch Rosario+vampire. Didn't even make it through the first 13 episodes.
The Vampire girl was too much of an I win button for my tastes, and most of the fights seemed just shoehorned into the episodes just so the Curbstomp Queen's Voice Actor could get paid that week.
Iur_tae_mont wrote: Tried to watch Rosario+vampire. Didn't even make it through the first 13 episodes.
The Vampire girl was too much of an I win button for my tastes, and most of the fights seemed just shoehorned into the episodes just so the Curbstomp Queen's Voice Actor could get paid that week.
Yeah basically, if you're not there for the shipping and cute monster girls you're really not the target audience.
Anyone watching Sword Art Online? It's from the same guy who wrote Accel Saga, and I have to say I like it so far.
I hunted down a English translations of the light novels to read through and was like "Damn, it's like .Hack but it doesn't suck!" I'm curious to see if the anime follows the novels. The animation quality is pretty good and they've managed to capture the sort of corny romance plot so far without it being insulting to my senses.
To clarify though, its not that I outright hate .Hack, I just always felt like the (anime's that is) story was kind of half baked. They have a cool setting, well done artwork, and an interesting premise, and then they go no where with it. I'm glaring at you Sign! Go somewhere damn it!
LordofHats wrote: Anyone watching Sword Art Online? It's from the same guy who wrote Accel Saga, and I have to say I like it so far.
I hunted down a English translations of the light novels to read through and was like "Damn, it's like .Hack but it doesn't suck!" I'm curious to see if the anime follows the novels. The animation quality is pretty good and they've managed to capture the sort of corny romance plot so far without it being insulting to my senses.
Oh hell yes.
Really loving SAO; simply gorgeous. On a darker note, Mirai Nikki was really good. Black Butler (don't remember the japanese...) is really excellent as well. I've watched quite a bit of anime lately, some really good stuff.
AduroT wrote: I liked .Hack! Well, with the exception of the cliff hanger endings that are supposed to make you play the game to find out what happens...
i only ever watched sign and roots. I thought sign ended alright, but roots was a total cliffhanger that ended up having some kinda OVA thing made after? I tried to watch it but the visual graphics were different, an it didnt have the same awesome music
Anime: bleach, one piece, Naruto, fairy tail, air master.
Manga: bleach, one piece, Naruto, fairy tail, orange marmalade, cynical orange, rave master, kaichou wa maid-sama, and numerous yuri or yaoi one shots or anthologies.
Wolves Rain is one of those shows with a really cool premise, but that wastes most of your time with random bull. Watch the first six episodes. Skip to the last 4. Then watch the OVA's. Enjoy
Wolfs Rain is moments of sheer awesome scattered thru a sea of decentness. I think it's worth it to watch the whole series, but there Are several stretches of meh. Never seen the OVAs. May have to look those up.
just got through Durarara and I have to say it was really good ^^
tried to get back into rave master, found it too childish :/ also tried to get back into guyver but the videos lagged too much and I gave up XD
currently watching Cardfight Vanguard due to nothing to watch/it's a good card game XD waiting on hellsing ultimate 5 to come out in dubs :3
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Iur_tae_mont wrote: Tried to watch Rosario+vampire. Didn't even make it through the first 13 episodes.
The Vampire girl was too much of an I win button for my tastes, and most of the fights seemed just shoehorned into the episodes just so the Curbstomp Queen's Voice Actor could get paid that week.
yeah I had a go at that one too but it just seemed so meh :/ nothing but bad story and upskirt shots XD
Iur_tae_mont wrote: Tried to watch Rosario+vampire. Didn't even make it through the first 13 episodes.
The Vampire girl was too much of an I win button for my tastes, and most of the fights seemed just shoehorned into the episodes just so the Curbstomp Queen's Voice Actor could get paid that week.
yeah I had a go at that one too but it just seemed so meh :/ nothing but bad story and upskirt shots XD
I've read both one and two and if the anime follows the manga i gets better later on
AduroT wrote: I cried at the end of Geass. Then I watched the ending again later and cried again.
I know those feels all too well. I actually found out the big spoiler from the last episode way before getting there and as I got closer to the end of the show I realized it was the only way the show could end. I think its worse knowing how it ends than being shocked with it when you see it. I almost cried.
LordofHats wrote: Wolves Rain is one of those shows with a really cool premise, but that wastes most of your time with random bull. Watch the first six episodes. Skip to the last 4. Then watch the OVA's. Enjoy
Surtur wrote: I'm on 430ish! Bwahahaha I maintain my lead!
My recent pony drawing activities is eating up a lot of anime watching time at work here as of late. My average episodes a night is down to three from the half dozen plus it had been... That said I'm up to 392.
I'll be honest here. The ninja wars part of the Naruto anime has me actually interested. The wide variety of fights and fighting styles is, well... fun.
The writing is still horribly terribad, but it's fun to watch. Like popcorn, substanceless, but a good snack.
For anyone who thinks that a given anime has too much fan service, go watch Manyuu Hikenchou or Eiken and then watch whatever it was again, and you'll see that it's not that bad.
The only thing I know about is that their is a female in a bikini top, knee high socks, short jean shorts, that carries a big gun and kicks ass. Apparently she is also 12.
She's supposed to be twelve? Nooooo.... I can't believe that. She's Much too well developed. And while her outfit is fanservice, they dont really flaunt it or abuse it in any "annoying" way other than simply having her on screen, though the little pet does periodically hide in her cleavage.
Will start watching Iron Man after I finish the last few episodes of X-men. Hoping they release the Blade volume eventually.
