Anime-Booru Desu~ |OT|

[Beezy]

Just recently got into the Berserk Manga and I'm already pissed that we don't know when the next chapter will be.

I'm glad I jumped in as they got off the island, years of that must have killed you guys who have been in it for far longer.

Oh shit, I guess it's time for me to catch up on Berserk. I can't even remember the last chapter that I read.

[kick51]

Impulse bought Abandoned Sacred Beasts on the description alone

During a protacted civil war that pitted the North against the South, the outnumbered Northerners used dark magic to create monsterous super-soldiers called Incarnates. Now that the war has ended, those Sacred Beasts must learn to make their way in a peaceful society, or face death at the hands of a Beast Hunter.

Nancy Schaal Bancroft, the daughter of an Incarnate, turns to hunting the hunter herself. But once she catches up with her quarry, she discovers hard truths about the lives of these Sacred Beasts.

And i didnt read close enough b/c i just saw north, south, civil war and thought it was a weird alternate reality of the american civil war  :'(

[Great Rumbler]

It's Japan, bruh, you should've known better.

[kick51]

After reading vol1, i think it is actually loosely based on the american civil war in terms of its aesthetics and some superficial references.  Seems fun but i feel like ialready know how it ends.

[Great Rumbler]

Yeah, that'd be fine with me.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

I was gonna ask for Anime Church Sunday but I figured if I asked it probably wouldn't happen like last time. Wrath clearly has the magic touch.

[Great Rumbler]

Probably start in a few hours.

https://cytu.be/r/The_Bore_Does_Horror

[kick51]

i just learned this existed, ordered so hard: https://www.amazon.com/Yoshitoshi-Abe-Lain-Illustrations/dp/1569708991/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467504090&sr=8-1&keywords=lain+artbook

[Rufus]

New Berserk looks off 

More than off, positively 'eh'. They hit the tone, but the music is bleh and the animation quality doesn't bode well for any upcoming action. Looks like it's gonna have the typical uneven quality of a TV productionm where they save their budget for some pivotal scenes and shoestring it for everything else.
It's highlighted particularly well when he gives the tree monster a sagittal cut. Freeze-framing the moment and blasting dramatic music over it is the exact opposite of impactful, but it's probably much, much cheaper than to actually animate a much shorter scene of its body reacting to getting hit by an absurd weapon. Disappointing nonetheless. They even go out of their way to fetishize his sword, but then they cheap out like this. I wanna see bits limbs off and pirouette through the air as he smoothly transitions to the next cut, not a bunch of glorified stills. :<

[Great Rumbler]

The doors to anime church are now open, brethren.

[Great Rumbler]

Wrath is now a born-again anime fan. Praise Hideki Anno-sama.

[Tasty]

One Punch Man coming to Toonami in two weeks, I'm excited

[Bebpo]

Watched Berserk, enjoyed it a bunch.  Other than rushed storytelling and some poor action direction, I thought it was fine and a solid start. 

Then again I play fucking rpgs, I'm fine with CG storytelling and some ugly art.  I was actually impressed how close to 2d it looked in some shots.

Also was way more violent than I expected.  Nailed the tone.  Might be a lot closer adaptation than I expected.  And Puck and Isidro!  Oh man, so happy to finally get post eclipse berserk animated.  I hope Shirke in the opening means the anime will at least go past where she's introduced.  Her and Serpico are my faves.

Hope this gets a season two.  24 eps is probably enough to do about half the story post-eclipse.  They could probably get to the boat with a 2nd season.

[Tasty]

I already waste too much time marathoning shit. Right now I'm doing Arrested Development for the xth time, along with OITNB and the bevy of movies I'm burning through.

And I always watch Toonami if I'm free, so it seems like a great way to watch it without going out of my way. Since it's apparently short, spacing it out to an ep a week will probably be better anyways.

Parasyte on Toonami was some hype shit. Cliffhangers have so much more of an impact with a week wait between episodes.

[Rufus]

Hope this gets a season two.  24 eps is probably enough to do about half the story post-eclipse.  They could probably get to the boat with a 2nd season.

Yeah, it seems that they're going to contract it a bunch, cut out some fluff, move up later introductions. What they did in the first episode was smart. Even Farnese and Serpico already showed up. I wonder which apostles they're going to leave in until he's assembled his RPG party.

[Joe Molotov]

lawl, I forgot how bonkers Excel Saga is. It's been a long time since I've seen it.

[Great Rumbler]

I gotta do some family stuff later this evening, so I don't know if I'll be there or not either.

[Bebpo]

I need some recs for some shows that you can't put down.  They don't have to be good necessarily, but a lot of the good/great shows I've been watching over the last couple of years haven't been "need next episode" continuing cliffhanger exciting narrative adventure.  A lot of good/great shows also tend to be more character pieces so they're slower and less engaging than plot-based stuff.  I've got enough shows that I'm watching one episode or two a week, I posted earlier that I'd just finished Yamato 2199, and I'm watching Garo, Shirobako.

Here's stuff in my backlog.  Are any of them the kind of stuff that you finish in a couple of sittings and can't put down?  I blew through Mr. Robot last weekend and it was a blast.  I miss anime like that.  Anyhow this is what I have in my backlog to watch:  Concrete Revolutio, Ping Pong, Aldnoah Zero, Ano Hana, Erased, Captain Earth, Durarara X2, God Eater, Kill La Kill, Knights of Sidonia, Majestic Prince, Noragami, Space Dandy, Steins;Gate, Uchoten Kazoku, Valvrave. 

Also have some OAVs in my backlog like Code Geass Akito the Exiled & Towa no Kuon and a ton of movies like like 4 Ghibli Films (Poppy Hill, Marine, Wind Rises, Kaguyahime), Ibaro no Ou, Hoshi wo omou kodomo, Memoirs of a Huntress, Eden of East movies.

Yeah, I've got quite a bit of a backlog ^^;  That's what happens when you stop watching anime around 2013 but still backlog the good stuff to watch someday.  I've seen like 1 anime/year since 2013 (Gundam Build Fighters S1, Fate/Zero, Iron-Blood Orphans S1, Yamato 2199).

[Junpei the Tracer!]

Out of all the shows you've listed, Erased is the one with most "need next episode" cliffhanger factor you're looking for. Steins;Gate has a bit of that too.

[bork]

Arslan is back!

But it's only eight more episodes.  :'(

Bebpo, add The Heroic Legend Of Arslan to your list.  And JoJo's.  Also Haven't You Heard?  I'm Sakamoto.

[Bebpo]

I'm down to watch JoJo someday, Arslan remake of classic show to look like FMA?    

[Great Rumbler]

I'm down to watch JoJo someday, Arslan remake of classic show to look like FMA?    

The FMA manga artist did/is doing an Arslan manga series, which the new anime is based on.

[Bebpo]

I'm down to watch JoJo someday, Arslan remake of classic show to look like FMA?    

The FMA manga artist did/is doing an Arslan manga series, which the new anime is based on.

I know, I'm just not a fan of the designs.  If I wanted to experience the Arslan story I'd read the original manga or watch the old anime instead.

I guess I'll get some hate here, but I really don't like Fullmetal Alchemist.

I liked the original series even if there's some dumb anime original stuff in it.  The direction by Mizushima was excellent and the anime was crazy stylish.  Had fantastic music too.  Was just an all around great production and even the movie true ending was cool.

Brotherhood is literally the manga, in speed through form, it's kind of visually boring and standard to watch imo and I didn't really like the manga that much so I don't prefer brotherhood's story direction over the anime original ending of the first series.

[bork]

I'm down to watch JoJo someday, Arslan remake of classic show to look like FMA?   

 

There is no "original manga" for this series, btw.  It's a novel series that is still on-going AFAIK and has had more than one adaptation.

[Bebpo]

I was watching some ep1s and I realized I don't really care about animation quality/art in anime anymore.  Like I watched Nightow's Blood Brigade Blockade ep1 the other day and yeah the animation was all nice and fluid but it was just another shounen call out your moves and slash a dozen guys at once thing and put me to sleep.  I liked Erased ep1, but that was for the story, not the animation, can't recall a thing about the animation/art.  And like I said on the last page I enjoyed Berserk despite it looking ugly, the only part that actually took me out of it was the giant tree monster which was like PS1 CG but it's a fucking giant tree monster who gives a shit.  *shrug*  I like Garo a lot, but that's mainly because the character designs are retro styled and I dig the retro anime look.  The CG action is ugly but whatever I enjoy it.

Guess I gotta turn in my anime card.

Although I'll admit I do have one last elitism hold on that I'll probably never give up in anime, which is I still don't care for CG mecha.  2d robots for life.

[helios]

CG anime 

[dkdk]

Blood Blockade Battlefront is sweet. Although there's barely a plot.

[Great Rumbler]

Like I watched Nightow's Blood Brigade Blockade ep1 the other day and yeah the animation was all nice and fluid but it was just another shounen call out your moves and slash a dozen guys at once thing and put me to sleep.

Uh...it's really not, though. Like, at all.

[kick51]

had a $10 amazon credit, used it on Prison School vol.1

been reading Akira.  I've had all 6 vols forever and not sure why I've put off reading it. 

[Tasty]

what's a good anime ranking site

it's hard to take animenewsnetwork seriously when a harem anime is in the top 10

There used to be a very well designed one a few years ago, forget the name though.

[curly]

hummingbird?

[Tasty]

hummingbird?

Ah yeah that one.

[kick51]

more adventures in blind buying manga

PRISON SCHOOL vol.1

What I thought I was getting:




What I got:





I'm not mad! 

[Great Rumbler]

Prison School really is the greatest. You should definitely check out the anime, too.

[kick51]

Prison School really is the greatest. You should definitely check out the anime, too.

yeah I burned through book 1 yesterday, got 2 coming today, 3 on monday, then 4 is out in 2 weeks 

then 5 in november  :'(  waiting for manga to come out is the worst.  I usually just assume it's gonna be delayed a year. 

but yeah, shit was funny on every page.  The vice president is so R.Crumb it hurts. 

[Junpei the Tracer!]

Anime night tonight, brehs?

I'd be down for tonight or Sunday. Everyone in this thread needs to check out Thunderbolt Fantasy, AOTY potential brehs.

[Great Rumbler]

Gotta take a quick shower, then we'll do some anime church.

[Phoenix Dark]

dj plug is back up btw

[helios]

Anime night tonight, brehs?

I'd be down for tonight or Sunday. Everyone in this thread needs to check out Thunderbolt Fantasy, AOTY potential brehs.

Fucking puppets putting CG trash to shame.



Puppets!

[Great Rumbler]

https://plug.dj/the-bore

omg

[Bebpo]

Blew through most of Erased tonight.  Will finish it next session.  I like it but the show would be a lot better if they didn't make it really obvious who the killer was early on in the show from the character design & later through the voice actor.  Unless it turns out to be a red herring I guess.

[Bebpo]

Nm, couldn't stop watching it.  Finished the show.  Yeah good show but they shouldn't have let the audience know who the killer was right away + the final ep was kind of dumb, but was still somewhat satisfying so enjoyable show.

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Forget his master plan in the end of knowing the guy would take him to the roof and he'd fall at an exact spot, moreover how do you end up in a coma from drowning.  Unless the implication was the teacher went back and saved him, but if that's it, it wasn't very clear. 

Moreover since the audience knew the teacher was the killer it was frustrating seeing the guy miss all the obvious clues.  Like he has this power of the future but he still does a pretty shite job using that to catch the bad guy.  But anime, so whatever.

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[bork]

Watched ReLife on Crunchyroll (all 13 episodes are up) over the last few days.  The show is about a "half-NEET" 27 year-old who quit his job after three months, couldn't find anything else, and now just works part-time while otherwise being a shut-in.  He gets approached by a dude offering him a job -to take part in a year-long experiment- which involves him taking a pill that will make him look 10 years younger and going back to the high school.

The idea here is that "losers" get to go back to school and grow more socially, but there's kind of a flaw here in that the main character really is already a good guy and not socially-awkward.  But that's OK, because it ends up being about him helping high school students to grow and start relationships.  He's also, predictably, not the only ReLife guy around.

What sets this apart from a lot of your other typical crap is that the show has some really good characters and decent humor.  It's not harem crap and just a solid story about relationships and improving oneself.  If I have any real complaint, it's that the show ends too abruptly, but it's based on a web-comic and I guess they just ran out of material.

Anyway, it's worth a watch.  My wife absolutely loved it and also loved how they use different older songs as the end credits.  I didn't know any of them but she was singing along, lol.

[Great Rumbler]

Gonna skip tonight, might do next Sunday though.

[Rufus]

The 2nd episode of Berserk was OK, but it made obvious just how much fluff they dropped. They'll make it to the 2nd eclipse for sure.

[Rahxephon91]

I watched the Macross Plus Movie Version a few days ago. See, I was trying out my new set-up. I had to order a 30ft HDMI cord to hook my computer up to my tv for good ole streaming(the PS4 and Xbox just can't do MKV streaming from my cloud) and to test it I played a few high quality HD rips like the Evangelion Blu ray and Macross PLus. Hey, I'll buy these Blu rays if they actually release them here. Anyway, I've only ever seen the OVA version of PLus because thats what I own and was easy to purchase. So when I downloaded the Blu ray torrents I must have only downloaded the movie. I put it on as a simple test and ended up just watching it. I forgot how good Plus is. It's more mature then I think 95% of anime. The characters are really actual adults complete with being kind of shitty and selfish adults. Honestly, the characters kind of behave in real ways(except maybe that episode 4 rule of cool battle). I don't know, Plus is just anime at it's best. A well plotted story which the movie version cuts all the fat out. Plus it's got some awesome mech battles with Guld vs Isamu final battle simply being one of my favorite scenes in anime.

Plus is one of the titles I recommend to people who aren't into anime. One because it seems kind of overlooked now and because it isn't filled with anime bullshit.

Anyway, I'm going to start watching some of the anime people here recommended.

I did watch episode 1 of Blood Blockade. It had some nice animation and a cool style. Story could be cool, but I'm not sure what to make out of it.

Aldoh Zero I've got and that Iron Fortress show. I'm going to watch Akito of the Exiled because it's over now.

Also Gundam stuff! Thunderbolt looks awesome and I've been watching Iron Blooded Orphans on Toonami. Episode 5 was kind of one of the best Space Battles I've seen in Gundam, I don't know it just seemed to actually account for well.................it being space unlike Seed where shit just happens and people spam lasers and whatnot. Show seems to be good. Also Origin looks great, but I've read the manga.

Also man I downloaded the Giant Robo Blu ray rips. GIANT ROBO IS AN ANIME MASTERPIECE PEOPLE!

[Rahxephon91]

Man this why I like anime.

[Great Rumbler]

Macross Plus is so good. Animation, art, characters, story, music...it's just all top-notch, some of the best the industry has ever produced.

[chronovore]

I loved the Giant Robo animated series. It sure was lame how long it took the final episode to come out.

[Joe Molotov]

Macross: DYRL

[Bebpo]

FYI thunderbolt has a movie coming out at the end of this month that's the eps with more footage.  I've been holding off on it for that reason.

[Bebpo]

I loved the Giant Robo animated series. It sure was lame how long it took the final episode to come out.

Yeah it's my favorite OAV of all time.  Took a long while but man that finale ep is such a great payoff.  Series is perfect from start to finish.

[bork]

More new animuu~

91 Days- Mafia drama, taking place during the prohibition era, but in what does not appear to be the States and in some lawless territory.  The main character's family were brutally murdered by gangsters when he was a kid and he runs away, only to come back later to meet up with his buddy, who has become a bootlegger.  Has a few character designs that look a bit too modern, but other than that I liked the first episode.

Shokugeki No Soma- Season 2 is underway, picking up right from where the first season left off.  I never thought I'd like a show about cooking battles...but it's fun.

Mob Psycho 100- Has a bit of a weird/ugly art style (on purpose) and is about a con-artist "psychic" who has fooled a junior high school kid into being his protege.  Only the protege, Mob, is actually psychic and can use his powers to stop/exorcise ghosts.  Good for some laughs.

Masou Gakuen HxH- This season's  anime.  Did I say  ?  Better make that  .  This is sort of like Valkyrie Drive, only dialed up even more and with a dude instead of all girls.  There's weird monsters invading and naturally only high school kids with special powers to summon "armor" (AKA next to nothing) and weapons and shit can save them!  But how do they power up?  Why, by being fondled and made to orgasm, of course!   This show is so lewd that a network or two banned it from airing in Japan. 

[bork]

Oh shit, Mob Psycho 100 is from the same guy who created One Punch Man!

[Rufus]

Yeah, check out the manga. You can see the heritage immediately if you've ever seen the original One-Punch Man drawings, before Yusuke Murata's version started.

[D3RANG3D]

Watched the first half of Kuromukuro on Netflix, Ancient Samurai, Mecha's what's not to like, the production values are pretty good wish the Mecha was not CG though.

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I am disappointed that the American character doesn't have a ridiculous haircut and speak in broken Japanese, and there are training montages but no cheesy 80's music playing. 

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Having a pair of Mulder and Scully look-alikes, as extra-terrestrial investigators no less

[close]

[team filler]

what this shit say?

[toku]

The 2009 Birdy the Mighty tv show is pretty solid.

[team filler]

the bore is failing me once again

[Bebpo]

the bore is failing me once again

Need context.  The etched/faded out font makes it so some of the letters could be one letter or the other.  Could be Kono bokura tachi ("us"), could be something no something.