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« Reply #6540 on: October 13, 2015, 06:38:16 PM »
Macross Delta will probably be just as bad as Frontier.

I still watched Frontier, so I'll probably watch this too.
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« Reply #6541 on: October 15, 2015, 12:43:56 PM »
Macross Delta will probably be just as bad as Frontier.

Since Frontier was awesome, it will be awesome too.

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« Reply #6542 on: October 15, 2015, 12:53:44 PM »
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« Reply #6543 on: October 15, 2015, 12:53:52 PM »

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« Reply #6544 on: October 15, 2015, 01:54:48 PM »
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« Reply #6545 on: October 15, 2015, 01:55:56 PM »
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« Reply #6546 on: October 15, 2015, 03:07:46 PM »
Thanks guys, I've only ever been familiar with the PS1 videogame.

Honestly just watch everything Yoshiaki Kawajiri has directed. Plots are always fairly simple/easy to digest but he's has a great style and always fun. One of my favorites. Even the Highlander ova/film he did was solid.

Side Note: Apparently an american production company is trying to get a vampire hunter d cgi tv series off the ground with Kawajiri's involvement:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-30/exclusive-vampire-hunter-d-has-new-animated-series-in-the-works/.89840#uZsHCfW7icTLv51K.01



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« Reply #6548 on: October 15, 2015, 03:25:23 PM »
Your waifus are shit.
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« Reply #6549 on: October 15, 2015, 03:29:43 PM »
Minmay > Misa

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« Reply #6550 on: October 15, 2015, 04:15:24 PM »
Your waifus are shit.

I have no waifus. I just thought Ranka was annoying so I sided with Sheryl.
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« Reply #6551 on: October 15, 2015, 05:24:57 PM »
Thanks guys, I've only ever been familiar with the PS1 videogame.

Honestly just watch everything Yoshiaki Kawajiri has directed. Plots are always fairly simple/easy to digest but he's has a great style and always fun. One of my favorites. Even the Highlander ova/film he did was solid.

Side Note: Apparently an american production company is trying to get a vampire hunter d cgi tv series off the ground with Kawajiri's involvement:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-30/exclusive-vampire-hunter-d-has-new-animated-series-in-the-works/.89840#uZsHCfW7icTLv51K.01



Yoshiaki Kawajiri is one of the hardest working dudes in the industry [though not as much anymore], he's basically Hayao Miyazaki if Hayao Miyazaki had decided to make trashy 80's scifi-action instead of kid's movies.
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« Reply #6552 on: October 15, 2015, 05:35:46 PM »
Thanks guys, I've only ever been familiar with the PS1 videogame.

Honestly just watch everything Yoshiaki Kawajiri has directed. Plots are always fairly simple/easy to digest but he's has a great style and always fun. One of my favorites. Even the Highlander ova/film he did was solid.

Side Note: Apparently an american production company is trying to get a vampire hunter d cgi tv series off the ground with Kawajiri's involvement:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-30/exclusive-vampire-hunter-d-has-new-animated-series-in-the-works/.89840#uZsHCfW7icTLv51K.01



Yoshiaki Kawajiri is one of the hardest working dudes in the industry [though not as much anymore], he's basically Hayao Miyazaki if Hayao Miyazaki had decided to make trashy 80's scifi-action instead of kid's movies.

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« Reply #6553 on: October 15, 2015, 05:47:29 PM »
Interesting detail about Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, the English dub is actually the original version. A Japanese dub was produced later, but it was shown in Japanese theaters with subtitles.
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« Reply #6554 on: October 15, 2015, 05:56:52 PM »
Interesting detail about Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, the English dub is actually the original version. A Japanese dub was produced later, but it was shown in Japanese theaters with subtitles.

Other interesting note, Leila is voiced by Pamela Adlon aka Bobby Hill (now known for Louie and Californication):

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« Reply #6555 on: October 20, 2015, 08:59:01 AM »
Interesting detail about Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, the English dub is actually the original version. A Japanese dub was produced later, but it was shown in Japanese theaters with subtitles.

Do they have dubs vs subs arguments for it?

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« Reply #6556 on: October 21, 2015, 05:12:31 AM »


I couldn't make it past the half way mark of the 2nd Arise OVA but this kinda got me hyped  :-\

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« Reply #6557 on: October 21, 2015, 09:05:02 AM »
I thought the Arise OVAs were okay, pretty forgettable, though, especially compares to SAC and the Oshii movies. But I'm willing to give it another shot.
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« Reply #6558 on: October 21, 2015, 10:27:17 AM »
Her hair style bothers me.  I don't know why.  :doge

Which episodes of the Arise TV series were original and not chopped up OVAs?
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« Reply #6559 on: October 21, 2015, 10:48:09 AM »
The last two.
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Re: Anime-Bore |OT| - Like a nameless tree alone in the desert
« Reply #6560 on: October 21, 2015, 02:06:19 PM »
Worth watching?
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« Reply #6561 on: October 21, 2015, 02:21:36 PM »
I mean, they're okay, about the same level of quality as the rest of Arise.
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« Reply #6562 on: October 21, 2015, 03:00:38 PM »
Nadia is way different from NGE, it's not even close.

And make sure to skip over episodes 23-34. They were broadcaster mandated filler handled by an entirely different crew at Gainax, they're also absolutely terrible. Maybe watch episode 31, since it actually has some plot/character development, but completely avoid the others.
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« Reply #6563 on: October 22, 2015, 03:54:40 AM »
Her hair style bothers me.  I don't know why.  :doge

Which episodes of the Arise TV series were original and not chopped up OVAs?

Those damned too-high bangs. They don't look good on ANYONE. Ever.

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« Reply #6564 on: October 24, 2015, 12:56:07 PM »
JOJO PART IV ANIME ANNOUNCED  :hyper :hyper :hyper



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« Reply #6565 on: October 24, 2015, 02:07:59 PM »
Can someone explain all the Jojo series, when they were made and how they relate to the manga? Does each no one continue the old? Are there reboots?

Shit's confusing.

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« Reply #6566 on: October 24, 2015, 02:17:10 PM »
Can someone explain all the Jojo series, when they were made and how they relate to the manga? Does each no one continue the old? Are there reboots?

Shit's confusing.

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« Reply #6567 on: October 24, 2015, 02:21:03 PM »
Parts 1 - 6 are all one continuous story relating to different generations of the Joestar family. The run for all those parts lasted from 1987 to 2003.

Part 7 and 8 are in a separate continuity entirely, tho the whole Stand thing is still in place. Same family names and similar themes, but entirely different story. Part 7 started in 2204 and Part 8 is still ongoing.

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« Reply #6568 on: October 24, 2015, 02:26:21 PM »
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure follows a family bloodline and what happens to people within that bloodline.

The manga started in the mid 80's. The manga as a series is separated by acts or arcs, with each act or arc having a new protagonist that's part of the Joestar family tree. Each arc has its own protagonist with characters returning as side characters often. Time flows forward, time will jump ahead.

So far there have been eight arcs.

In the 90's, there were OVA's for the third act, Stardust Crusaders. This wasn't a 1:1 adaptation though, there were differences in story and characterization versus the manga.

A few years ago, the adaptation for the first act was made. The first act is called Phantom Blood. From there, two other acts have been adapted, and now we're on the fourth act for the anime. The anime is a 1:1 adaptation of the manga. 

So, JoJo in animated form adapted straight from the first act of the manga, started a couple years ago. The fourth act is getting adapted now as well.
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« Reply #6569 on: October 24, 2015, 02:31:06 PM »
So the new anime is a remake that more closely follows the manga? Since Parts 1-6 were made already.

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« Reply #6570 on: October 24, 2015, 02:36:32 PM »
The anime that started a few years ago is the anime. Think of it as Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood except the thing that existed before it wasn't an anime, it would be OVA's of Fullmetal Alchemist in the middle of its story.

Its not a remake, its the full deal adaptation that started right from the beginning.

The anime adaptation starting point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoJo%27s_Bizarre_Adventure_(season_1)

What was released in the early 90's and 2000:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoJo%27s_Bizarre_Adventure_(OVA)
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« Reply #6571 on: October 24, 2015, 04:58:57 PM »
Ah OK. So it's safe to skip the OVAs then?

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« Reply #6572 on: October 24, 2015, 05:15:11 PM »
Yes, they're completely skippable. If you enjoy the Stardust Crusaders anime act, it's interesting to see the differences between the OVAs compared to the manga/anime. 

The first season of the anime has the Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency acts. The second season is Stardust Crusaders.
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« Reply #6573 on: October 26, 2015, 01:51:02 PM »
And to further clarify, the OVAs released were based on Part 3 (Stardust Crusaders).  The latter half of it.  They then released another set of OVAs that covered the first half.  Just forget they exist.

The anime series has Season 1 with both parts 1 and 2 (1-9 are part 1 IIRC, it starts slow then goes real fast), like mormapope said, and then seasons 2 and 3 are both part 3...it's that much longer.

My favorite story arc is easily part 2.  Best JoJo by far.  Jotaro from part 3 has almost zero personality in comparison to Joseph from part 2.

Parts 1-3 are like one huge story and all tie together nicely.  Parts 4 and 5 are like epilogues and then everything kind of started all over again with part 6.
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« Reply #6574 on: October 26, 2015, 02:05:44 PM »
Part 6 has Jolyne, Jotaro's daughter. Part 7 is where the alt universe starts. :wag
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« Reply #6575 on: October 26, 2015, 08:20:31 PM »
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« Reply #6576 on: October 28, 2015, 08:52:00 PM »
My main beef with Part 3 is the cleverness and intelligence of characters goes down a lot. Instead of characters being clever, they have clever stands or powers to use. Part 3 feels like a experiment compared to the previous parts, as Stands were introduced and were played around with a lot. Way too much emphasis on Polnareff, and there isn't really a feeling of danger until the last episodes.

From what I've read and hear, Part 4 has more unique characters and a lot more characterization. So far, Part Two is the best.

Part 1: 9/10
Part 2: 9.5/10
Part 3: 7.5 or 8/10

Openings:
Part 1
Part 3's second opening
Part 3's first opening
Part 2

Endings:
Part 1&2
Part 3
Part 3 second ending
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« Reply #6577 on: October 28, 2015, 09:14:30 PM »
My main beef with Part 3 is the cleverness and intelligence of characters goes down a lot. Instead of characters being clever, they have clever stands or powers to use. Part 3 feels like a experiment compared to the previous parts, as Stands were introduced and were played around with a lot. Way too much emphasis on Polnareff, and there isn't really a feeling of danger until the last episodes.

From what I've read and hear, Part 4 has more unique characters and a lot more characterization. So far, Part Two is the best.

Part 1: 9/10
Part 2: 9.5/10
Part 3: 7.5 or 8/10

Openings:
Part 1
Part 3's second opening
Part 3's first opening
Part 2

Endings:
Part 1&2
Part 3
Part 3 second ending

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« Reply #6578 on: October 28, 2015, 09:18:12 PM »
It becomes amazing when the story is nearing its end.
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« Reply #6579 on: October 29, 2015, 12:07:52 AM »
MACROSS IS BACK SUCK IT HATERS

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« Reply #6580 on: October 29, 2015, 12:14:03 AM »
That's a funny name for a Macross.

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« Reply #6581 on: October 29, 2015, 02:16:56 PM »
MACROSS IS BACK SUCK IT HATERS

Have fun with your moe blob macross...?

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« Reply #6582 on: October 29, 2015, 02:40:34 PM »
Throw it in the garbage already. It actually looks worse than Frontier lmao

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« Reply #6583 on: October 29, 2015, 02:57:34 PM »
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« Reply #6584 on: October 29, 2015, 03:01:57 PM »
In og Macross pop music saves the world. Seems like a natural evolution.

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« Reply #6585 on: October 29, 2015, 03:35:52 PM »
MACROSS IS BACK SUCK IT HATERS

Have fun with your moe blob macross...?

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« Reply #6586 on: November 02, 2015, 02:08:54 PM »
Netflix Original Series: The Seven Deadly Sins is available on now.

the manga is nice stuff.
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« Reply #6587 on: November 03, 2015, 02:09:21 AM »
Liking the new Gundam a lot.  For the little bit of anime I watch each year, I can pretty much live on nothing but Gundam shows and be happy (as long as they aren't AGE).  Hits all the right notes, nice music, cool mechs, enjoyable characters, strategic battles.  This one is definitely a lot more traditional AU Gundam along the lines of Wing/00.  I like that it's about a bunch of punk kids vs. the world.  Kind of has a bit Infinite Ryvius feel there.

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« Reply #6588 on: November 05, 2015, 02:01:33 AM »
Got back to watching Fate/Zero, show binges really quickly.  Big Boss Rider is too damn good for this show.

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« Reply #6589 on: November 06, 2015, 04:20:54 AM »
Finished Fate/Zero, good show but had serious issues with the last couple of eps.  My thoughts on the ending in IM form:

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bebpotril: finished fate/zero
bebpotril: last 2 eps were complete nonsense and then total non-ending
bebpotril: I guess because it's a prequel and setting up the next series
bebpotril: which I know nothing about
bebpotril: but wasn't really satisfying
bebpotril: at all
bebpotril: psycho priest guy gets resurrected as a zombie wtf, gilgamesh becomes a human wtf, no resolution to saber v gilgamesh battle?  I mean Gilgamesh is a total dick the entire show and then in the end he doesn't even get a fight and the grail just freaks out and explodes blood all over him and now he's a human, and the city explodes
bebpotril: ...
bebpotril: hope some of these plotlines are wrapped up in Fate/Stay Night
bebpotril: cause I guess I'll be watching that next!
bebpotril: best part of Fate/Zero was Akio Otsuka's Rider.  Probably best role he's ever done outside of Snake
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bebpotril: it's not about who wins
bebpotril: it's about no resolution to a number of major plotlines
bebpotril: basically nothing happens in the final 2 eps
bebpotril: the grail is destroyed by saber and then it forms again in the sky and then EVA NONSENSE EXPLOSION
bebpotril: and then people are resurrected or changed
bebpotril: and show is over
bebpotril: hope you get resolution in Stay Night
bebpotril: I mean the main two characters, the assassin and the priest, their conflict is not resolved
bebpotril: saber v gilgamesh is not resolved
bebpotril: the entire what the grail is and does and the whole point of the battles is gibberish
bebpotril: In my mind the show ended when Gilgamesh beats Rider at the end of the 3rd to last ep.  Good fight, good ending for Rider.
bebpotril: then Eva nonsense final 2 eps
bebpotril: basically the grail explanation in the last 2eps is that the grail wants to be wished upon to come into the world, it wants to use the main guys wish to kill off a chunk of the world to save the rest, main guy denies it and destroys the grail, but somehow grail survives and is brought into the world anyhow (wat) it blows up the city, changes gilgamesh to human, brings priest back to life and somehow main assassin guy survives and saves a buried kid, the end.
bebpotril: I feel like zero had some plot hole issues along the way too.  But mostly it was the final eps nonsense that brings the show down.  Even a lot of the battles were pretty lame.  Like Rider loses his chariot by rushing straight into Saber's excalibur and then poof it's gone?  Kind of underwhelming.  And Saber v Berserker finishes off-screen when Saber is losing and cuts to her having won.  Also Berserker dude felt underdeveloped and never really used as anything more than a filler character to stall time.
bebpotril: I'm being critical, but it was a mostly good show that had great art/music/animation/directing, interesting grey area characters, and solid plotting outside of some dumb stuff.  Was pretty good.  I'm guessing most of the plot problems it suffers is from trying to work itself in perfectly in the timeline to be a prequel and set everything up just as it should be for stay/night.
bebpotril: the best scenes in Zero were the interactions between interesting characters.  Like Gilgamesh, for all the arrogant dick he was, he had the right to be because he was just way stronger than everyone else, and he still had a certain amount of respect for people like Rider.  He was an interesting character.  Main Kiritsugu assassin guy was a very interesting character.  Rider was great.  Priest dude was....kind of dumb character, like it was interesting when Gilgamesh was toying with him, but him post going full crazy was just kind of generic crazy character. 
bebpotril: I think my favorite part of the show was Gilgamesh/Rider/Saber drinking together and talking
bebpotril: and the most fucked up well written part of the show was the Saber/Lancer battle for honor that ends in Lancer committing suicide and then his master and girlfriend getting shot by the main character in the most non-honorable way.  That was a damn good way to turn the show on its head and fuck with expectations.
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« Reply #6590 on: November 07, 2015, 10:10:00 PM »

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« Reply #6591 on: November 08, 2015, 09:56:18 AM »
First I've seen of the live-action movie. It's got a lot of bankable celebrities in it, but the CG on the cockroach looks iffy.

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« Reply #6592 on: November 09, 2015, 08:05:18 PM »
Beps, I definitely agree with you about the lack of resolution and some of the battles feeling cheap.

The huge gap in the middle of the Saber vs Berserker fight irritated the hell out of my roommate and I. Both of us were also hoping for a much more satisfying Saber vs Rider fight than what we got.

Berserker fighting Gilgamesh while Saber and others battle Caster & his monster was the best battle in the series, IMO.

I also liked the mage vs mage fight with an overmatched Kiritsugu using tech and trickery to fight that super powerful douchey mage from the university (can't remember his name).

Definitely watch Fate/Stay Night, but be warned that it's basically a shonen-type show. Very different from Zero. But some of the characters return, and there are some equally cool battles. The new Caster in FSN is fantastic. FSN's Berserker is also really cool, though I might have liked Zero's Berserker a little more.

Also be sure you're watching the newer Unlimited Blade Works version and not the original FSN.

I tried watching the first 2 eps of UBW and it was the most plodding, boring show ever.  Literally instead of cool people doing cool things and stuff happening like Fate/Zero, it's kids sitting around talking with kids about rice and food and silly comedy gags and slice of school life where nothing happens for 75% of the episodes.  So I just read the wiki for the Stay Night story and the 3 routes (Fate, UBW, Heaven's Feel) and wow, that is some crappy story.  Like, this was the visual novel that took off to sell millions and become a huge franchise?  The plot is really dumb and mostly filled with kids doing stupid shit and antagonists doing stupid stuff and characters out of nowhere.  It also totally does not seem to capitalize on any of Fate/Zero's continuing plotlines (yeah, I know Zero was a prequel made afterwards to fit into it, but because Zero was good and gave weight to a lot of characters and plotlines it's disappointing that they're not resolved in Zero and they amount to so little in Stay/Night). 

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They all seem minor (Kirei basically being last minute villian out of nowhere for the ending who doesn't even do much in Stay/Night, Gilgamesh getting killed by stupid stuff which makes no sense considering how insanely powerful and untouchable he was in Fate/Zero).  Basically it seems like there's no real satisfying resolve for anything left open at the end of Fate/Zero and instead just a dumb story of dumb kids doing dumb stuff.
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Gonna just watch the fights for the animation and enjoy Fate/Zero as a complete standalone show.  Now that the ending ep of Fate/Zero makes sense, I like the show pretty well.  I think the last ep is still dumb because of all the non-endings to match-ups built up for the entire show, but the show is really well directed, excellently paced, has good characters, good fights and some good turn on expectations writing.  Definitely would recommend it to people.

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Re: Anime-Bore |OT| - Like a nameless tree alone in the desert
« Reply #6593 on: November 09, 2015, 08:30:51 PM »
Watched the Ghost In The Shell ARISE movie last night.  Glad we also watched the last two episodes of the ARISE TV series first.  What a mess this is...if you watched the OVAs and didn't watch those two episodes, the movie won't make any sense.

Anyway, it was fun enough.  ARISE is really one big, long story and everything ties together nicely enough.  I also liked that the Major finally gets longer bangs at the end.   :P

The weirdest thing happened halfway through, too.  I paused the movie and my dog started growling and barking...at the screen.  It paused on this sinister looking picture of the Major and she really didn't like it.  :doge
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Re: Anime-Bore |OT| - Like a nameless tree alone in the desert
« Reply #6594 on: November 14, 2015, 12:09:55 PM »
A friend convinced me to watch One Punch Man.

The fact an anime this pure and unviolated by moé garbage exists in this day and age is a miracle. What have we done to deserve such joyful respite? Bless you MadHouse :rejoice

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When Satiyama smacks the Mosquito Girl in episode 2 I had to stop the video, I was laughing so hard my nose started bleeding again
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Re: Anime-Bore |OT| - Like a nameless tree alone in the desert
« Reply #6595 on: November 14, 2015, 08:51:19 PM »
I tried watching the original Evangelion series a month or two ago, wasn't feeling it at all. Watched clips of it recently, still not feeling that show at all.  :-\

I thought the humor was bizarre in a not funny type of way, a lot of stuff feels nonchalant when it comes to narrative and the narrative moving forward, the characters have personalities but it feels corny in a not awesome type of way.

The art and animation is top notch though, the show is beautiful. Love the style, don't dig the substance at all.
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Re: Anime-Bore |OT| - Like a nameless tree alone in the desert
« Reply #6596 on: November 14, 2015, 09:05:26 PM »
A friend convinced me to watch One Punch Man.

The fact an anime this pure and unviolated by moé garbage exists in this day and age is a miracle. What have we done to deserve such joyful respite? Bless you MadHouse :rejoice

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When Satiyama smacks the Mosquito Girl in episode 2 I had to stop the video, I was laughing so hard my nose started bleeding again
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Spoiler for episode 6.  I fucking LOVE how
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the entire area where One-Punch Man and his sidekick live is this abandoned wreck of a place...from all the fights he's been in.  And all the heroes and the monsters think it's because of some legendary insanely powerful monster roaming around there.
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  :lol
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Re: Anime-Bore |OT| - Like a nameless tree alone in the desert
« Reply #6597 on: November 14, 2015, 09:09:23 PM »
I tried watching the original Evangelion series a month or two ago, wasn't feeling it at all. Watched clips of it recently, still not feeling that show at all.  :-\

I thought the humor was bizarre in a not funny type of way, a lot of stuff feels nonchalant when it comes to narrative and the narrative moving forward, the characters have personalities but it feels corny in a not awesome type of way.

The art and animation is top notch though, the show is beautiful. Love the style, don't dig the substance at all.

get on the couch shinji

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Re: Anime-Bore |OT| - Like a nameless tree alone in the desert
« Reply #6598 on: November 14, 2015, 09:09:48 PM »
I tried watching the original Evangelion series a month or two ago, wasn't feeling it at all. Watched clips of it recently, still not feeling that show at all.  :-\

I thought the humor was bizarre in a not funny type of way, a lot of stuff feels nonchalant when it comes to narrative and the narrative moving forward, the characters have personalities but it feels corny in a not awesome type of way.

The art and animation is top notch though, the show is beautiful. Love the style, don't dig the substance at all.

Was never able to get into Evangelion.
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Re: Anime-Bore |OT| - Like a nameless tree alone in the desert
« Reply #6599 on: November 14, 2015, 09:31:16 PM »
Just watched the first episode of One Punch Man after reading about it in this thread and online.

The premise made it sound like it wouldn't that interesting when it comes to characterization, but the writing is fantastic. If the writing was bad, the fast and loose nature of the show wouldn't work at all, but the show is surprisingly heartfelt and really funny.

Was kinda ehh about the main character's design visually, but his personality makes up for it completely. Monster design has been fucking rad and hilarious.
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