The Bore Anime & Manga Thread

[MCD]

Not reading if it spoils the new animu.

i like my animu raw...

[MCD]

A second manga, illustrated by Yuji Iwahara, the original character designer for the anime, is currently being serialized in Square Enix's Young Gangan seinen magazine under the title Darker than Black: Shikkoku no Hana. This is a separate one from the first and it is a new story taking place one year after the events of the anime.

Guess I should read it then.

JUNPEI WOULD YOU SUCK HEI'S COLLARBONE?

[Bebpo]

Tomino + ROBOT (Stuido that did the Onimusha CG openings) + Yoko Kanno = wut?

This is amazing.  I normally don't like CG anime, but ROBOT is incredible.  Their CG people look good and their animation and attention to detail rocks.  Plus Tomino is the best person ever when it comes to Gundam.

Is that all there is?  Is it like a teaser for an upcoming book/manga/???

[Mr. Gundam]

Tomino + ROBOT (Stuido that did the Onimusha CG openings) + Yoko Kanno = wut?

This is amazing.  I normally don't like CG anime, but ROBOT is incredible.  Their CG people look good and their animation and attention to detail rocks.  Plus Tomino is the best person ever when it comes to Gundam.

Is that all there is?  Is it like a teaser for an upcoming book/manga/???

No one is really sure if that's all there is. It sure does seem like a teaser with all the fast cuts from one scene to another.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

A second manga, illustrated by Yuji Iwahara, the original character designer for the anime, is currently being serialized in Square Enix's Young Gangan seinen magazine under the title Darker than Black: Shikkoku no Hana. This is a separate one from the first and it is a new story taking place one year after the events of the anime.

Guess I should read it then.

JUNPEI WOULD YOU SUCK HEI'S COLLARBONE?

  It's so strange that was the final episode and not 25. That easily could have been any episode before 22.

[MCD]

It's just a special episode included in the final DVD.


THOSE COLLAR BONES! 

[bork]

So when is the fall line-up getting revealed?

[Great Rumbler]

So when is the fall line-up getting revealed?

You mean this?

[bork]

That was posted a while back, wasn't it?  I forgot.   

Fairy Tail!

[Great Rumbler]

I'll probably check out Trapeze, Letter Bee, and Sasameki Koto [for the yuri], but that's about it. Maybe Shin Koihime Musou as well.

[Mr. Gundam]

It's been said before, but I'll say it again: FALL 2009 SEASON SUCKS.

[MCD]

Darker than Black 2 is enough to make it not suck.

so moe.

[Himu]

Not watching any of that. Don't really watch anime anymore. Aside from One Piece, I'm a manga reader exclusively.

[bork]

It's been said before, but I'll say it again: FALL 2009 SEASON SUCKS.

Like every other season.   

[Himu]

It's been said before, but I'll say it again: FALL 2009 SEASON SUCKS.

Like every other season.   

Yep

[MCD]

distant just wants more Gundam 00.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

FUCK YEAH ARMORED LIBRARIANS!! INUYASHA!!!

[Joe Molotov]

distant just wants more Gundam 00.

He'll just have to wait for the movie. WITH ALIENS. FROM JUPITER.

[Diunx]

But jupiter is a ball of gas!

Anime

[Great Rumbler]

But jupiter is a ball of gas!

Anime

Jupiter has plenty of moons though!

[Bebpo]

Fall 2009 makes me hate anime

[Great Rumbler]

Fall 2009 makes me hate anime

Just wait three months and they'll be a whole new set of shows for you to look down your nose at!

[Great Rumbler]

Wise from your gwave!

Code Gease - I've had the first two parts for a few months now, back when Best Buy had a bunch of anime at 50% off. First 9 episodes are totally awesome, can't believe I didn't start this sooner. Some of the fanservice and highschool hijinks come off as totally out of place, but that seems to be pretty intermittent so far. Everything else is just really cool, I'd say this is easily one of my favorite shows from the past few years.

The Wallflower - A parody of bishounen shows from the director of Excel Saga. It's totally off-the-wall and crazy, but so hilarious. It tends to be a bit repetitive though.

R.O.D. The TV - A friend of mine has been going on for a long time about how this is one of his favorite animes, but for whatever reason I kept passing on it until yesterday when I got the first volume from Netflix. As with Code Geass, I can't believe I waited so long to watch it. The show's got slick action, comedy, and plenty of style. I can't wait to watch more of it now.

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 - Started out with a bang, middle part was dragged on a bit too long, and the ending was a utterly bittersweet. Overall, it ended up being better than I thought it would be, definitely one of the better shows from Summer 2009.

[MCD]

code geass season 1 is awesome, only episodes i didn't like are mao's and like you mentioned, fanservice episodes/school shit.

season 2 though is garbage, entertaining but still garbage.

[MCD]

also, watch darker than black.

fma done right

[Great Rumbler]

code geass season 1 is awesome, only episodes i didn't like are mao's and like you mentioned, fanservice episodes/school shit.

season 2 though is garbage, entertaining but still garbage.

Yeah, that's what I've heard. I'll probably buy the rest of season one and maybe rent season two sometime down the line when I'm bored.

also, watch darker than black.

My brother's got the first half of that and Bacanno, so I'll probably start those after I finish R.O.D. and Code Geass.

[Himu]

The creator of crayon shin-chan is dead. He went hiking on a mountain trail and apparently fell off the mountain.

He was missing for a few days but today they confirmed it.

What a way to go.

[MCD]

bacanno and dtb .

you are in for a treat.

[Purple Filth]

Wise from your gwave!

Code Gease - I've had the first two parts for a few months now, back when Best Buy had a bunch of anime at 50% off. First 9 episodes are totally awesome, can't believe I didn't the gstart this sooner. Some of the fanservice and highschool hijinks come off as totally out of place, but that seems to be pretty intermittent so far. Everything else is just really cool, I'd say this is easily one of my favorite shows from the past few years.

If i remember correctly most of the geass haters actually liked up till ep 9 or so but ignoring them season one was really good.

Season 2 was just......actually i have no fucking idea what season 2 was.

Suzaku sucked donkey balls though in both.

R.O.D. The TV - A friend of mine has been going on for a long time about how this is one of his favorite animes, but for whatever reason I kept passing on it until yesterday when I got the first volume from Netflix. As with Code Geass, I can't believe I waited so long to watch it. The show's got slick action, comedy, and plenty of style. I can't wait to watch more of it now.

yea its pretty fun and if you watched the original R.O.D ovas it gives a decent insight on what happened after even providing an interesting twist.

My brother's got the first half of that and Bacanno, so I'll probably start those after I finish R.O.D. and Code Geass.

Nice.

Looks like you have a nice list to go through

[Purple Filth]

The creator of crayon shin-chan is dead. He went hiking on a mountain trail and apparently fell off the mountain.

He was missing for a few days but today they confirmed it.

What a way to go.

yikes.


RIP

[Great Rumbler]

If i remember correctly most of the geass haters actually liked up till ep 9 or so but ignoring them season one was really good.

If the quality after episode 9 isn't as high, I'm sure I'll still enjoy it.

yea its pretty fun and if you watched the original R.O.D ovas it gives a decent insight on what happened after even providing an interesting twist.

I actually watched the original OVA ages ago when it came on Adult Swim. For whatever reason, I was never that interested in watching the series.

Look like you have a nice list to go through

I've also got about about 250 gigs of downloaded anime sitting on my hard drive that's unwatched and I'm downloading more everyday that I'll also never get around to watching. 

[Vizzys]

shit you people should be watching if you wanna be cool:

full metal alchemist brotherhood

kara no kyoukai

time of eve

and maybe hellsing ultimate if you dont mind long waits

[Great Rumbler]

and maybe hellsing ultimate if you dont mind long waits

I've watched up through the latest episode. Too bad it'll be another six months or so until the next one.  :'(

kara no kyoukai

I've got four of them in my backlog.

time of eve

Got the first episode in my backlog.

[Vizzys]

pretty cool dude right here

[Joe Molotov]

*does a solemn ass dance*

[Vizzys]

mergethreadedit

[Purple Filth]

Look like you have a nice list to go through

I've also got about about 250 gigs of downloaded anime sitting on my hard drive that's unwatched and I'm downloading more everyday that I'll also never get around to watching. 

 

sounds like you need to lay off a bit.

[Great Rumbler]

Look like you have a nice list to go through

I've also got about about 250 gigs of downloaded anime sitting on my hard drive that's unwatched and I'm downloading more everyday that I'll also never get around to watching. 

 

sounds like you need to lay off a bit.

I keep downloading anime, but I don't watch nearly as much as I used to. Oh well.

[bork]

Merged the two threads.

[MCD]

should be "animu".

[Bebpo]

FMA has been fairly good for the last 2 eps.  I love the no-holds-back violence despite being on a mainstream tv time.

[Great Rumbler]

Suzaku sucked donkey balls though in both.

This really can't be said enough. Every time something awesome is about to happen he shows up and is all "Zero, I hate you!! Why do you hurt people?!" and messes everything up. And his big plan to the make the world a better place? Be a bleeding-heart pacifist liberal, despite the fact that he's a trained soldier fighting for the country that took over his father's country, and, I guess, killed him as well, and has, on at least two occasions, tried to have him killed, all while piloting the most cutting-edge killing machine ever invented. GUH.

[MCD]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMM LOGH DVD

[Great Rumbler]

NIIIIICE.

[Mr. Gundam]

LOGH is getting a Blu-ray box in Japan.

[Great Rumbler]

LOGH is getting a Blu-ray box in Japan.

 

[Mr. Gundam]

LOGH is getting a Blu-ray box in Japan.

 

First box coming this December 18th. First box 53,025yen, second box 61,950yen, third 69,300yen, and fourth box is 67,725 yen. OVA itself is SD master upconvert and movies are in HD telecine master.

So let's convert that from Weeabo bucks to dollars: ~$530 + ~$619 + ~$690 + ~$677 = ~$2,516.

[Great Rumbler]

LOGH is getting a Blu-ray box in Japan.

 

First box coming this December 18th. First box 53,025yen, second box 61,950yen, third 69,300yen, and fourth box is 67,725 yen. OVA itself is SD master upconvert and movies are in HD telecine master.

So let's convert that from Weeabo bucks to dollars: ~$530 + ~$619 + ~$690 + ~$677 = ~$2,516.

 

[Beezy]

 

[Great Rumbler]

That's more than $18 an episode! And for a show that ended twelve years ago!

[bork]

Hmm, I wonder why pirating and distributing anime for free over the internet is so popular?  IT'S A MYSTERY.

[chronovore]

That's more than $18 an episode! And for a show that ended twelve years ago!

Yeah, the Japanese anime purchasing market is NOTHING like the USA's domestic market for it. Japan gets away with a lot against its own consumers; even regular music CDs are about 30 bucks here, and they've been that price for at least 16 years. Occasionally I can find the import version (US domestic) of American or British bands I like for about 16 bucks, but many Japanese don't buy those because they lack J-translated liner notes and lyrics.

[Himu]

Major is fucking amazing. 

[Van Cruncheon]

started baccano!, pretty good so far although i could really do without isaac/miria

[Himu]

good choice, prole!

[Great Rumbler]

The new anime season is finally here and the first round of new shows has started.

A Certain Scientific Railgun - Kids with psychokinetic powers live in a futuristic city and help keep the peace. The first episode does a good job of setting this up and manages to avoid one of the biggest problems plaguing new anime: info dump. It gives you the information you need in a way that comes across as a lot more natural than in a lot of series. There's nothing about some shadowy conspiracy or shadowy organizations or shadowy figures. There's Judgement [the city's police force], ESP powers, and varying levels of ESP powers. That's pretty much what the first episode gives you, aside from introducing the four main characters. The highlights of the show are the animation during the action sequences, which is fluid and well-done, and the backgrounds, which are vibrant and detailed. The characters themselves probably won't win any awards for originality, but they do seem to have some depth beyond that.

The Good: Animation during action sequences, backgrounds, good basis for some cool stuff later on, and the characters are slightly above the norm for anime.

The Bad: Cheesecake [Shock!] is present from episode one and it sets the basis for more to come [one of the girls is in love with another of the girls, so expected LOTS of jokes stemming from this].

Hard to tell where it's going to go from here, but the first episode was pretty good.

[cool breeze]

Major is fucking amazing. 

are you starting from season 1?

Season 1 and 2 are great, Season 3 begins to drag and Seasons 4 and 5 are pretty much the same things.  There is also a movie that's good and set between Seasons 1 and 2, but since it's a flashback, it spoils events from Season 5.

If you liked the first two seasons and wanted something like that, but a lot better, check out Ookiku Furikabutte (or Big Windup in the states).  It's pretty much the second best sports anime behind Ippo.


I haven't been watching too much anime in the past few months.  I've actually kinda stopped watching anime I was n the middle of, so I should return to those.  Probably Michiko to Hatchin since I stopped at episode 15.

[MCD]

That's the Index spinoff featuring biribiri



and that's the only reason to watch it.

[Great Rumbler]

That's the Index spinoff featuring biribiri

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and that's the only reason to watch it.

I haven't even seen the show it's spinoff from, still liked the first episode though.

[MCD]

don't, it sux.