Author Topic: The All-New, All-Different Bore Anime & Manga Thread! (Read 257804 times)

MCD · « **Reply #3600 on:** August 12, 2011, 10:11:24 PM »

I don't mind reboots if they are well done. I am mostly interested in the visual makeover.

Berserk look yuck with that 3D.

And btw, Break Blade 5 is so far the best.

MCD · « **Reply #3601 on:** August 13, 2011, 05:20:46 AM »

Break Blade 6

Another good one even though the story isn't over, very far from over in fact.

Basically, the story is about a good loving honest to god farmer boy who got dragged because some king and his queen (if you can even call her that) are too dumb to just, you know, surrender peacefully.

So what if they killed the royal family? DEAL WITH IT.

Now the famer boy is nothing but a deranged, war scarred boy.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3602 on:** August 13, 2011, 09:52:36 PM »

[youtube=560,345]YiOYVepzy4M[/youtube]

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3603 on:** August 16, 2011, 11:36:10 PM »

Mawaru Penguindrum is awesome. It's like somebody found an unreleased mid-90's shoujo anime. It's so weird and hilarious. And weird.

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EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #3604 on:** August 17, 2011, 12:07:11 AM »

Extreeeeeemely late to the party, but I just finished Samurai Champloo. Animation is consistently enjoyable, and although I don't care much for the mains the new personalties introduced every episode was fun to watch. Weird compliment, but I liked how they successfully offered the full breadth of asian facial structures/body types without having to resort to making folks look european as so many other anime do. Except for the women that is, the protagonists for any given episode still look a little too in line with tropes.

Maybe its the EhDeeDee but towards the end I was confused about why it was important for certain authorities to stop the trio from reaching you know who. I felt it was never properly explained why the government was involved. In fact I felt a lot of plot points were hastily explained (or merely hinted at) and swept under a rug.

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Dude sinking in the ocean was sooo Ballad of Fallen Angels without Green Bird playing

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iconoclast · « **Reply #3605 on:** August 17, 2011, 06:59:07 PM »

The only thing I didn't like about Samurai Champloo was the ending.

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You think everyone's dead, but oh wait, everyone's actually alive and they all live happily ever after. That just felt like a complete cop out

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And coming from the guy who directed Cowboy Bebop, you'd think he would know how to handle endings properly. Oh well.

Anyway, gonna watch Redline in a minute. Excite.

iconoclast · « **Reply #3606 on:** August 17, 2011, 09:44:43 PM »

Redline was fucking awesome, holy shit. Easily some of the best (if not THE best) art and animation I've ever seen. Every frame of the show is just amazing. God damn.

The movie itself was great too. Lots of good action and the entire cast is full of likable and interesting characters. Just awesome all around.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3607 on:** August 17, 2011, 11:24:29 PM »

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT

Himu · « **Reply #3608 on:** August 18, 2011, 07:08:33 PM »

is there any new info on the new rurouni kenshin

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3609 on:** August 18, 2011, 07:39:29 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on August 18, 2011, 07:08:33 PM

is there any new info on the new rurouni kenshin

Tons.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3610 on:** August 19, 2011, 12:35:08 PM »

http://www.wagnaria.com/special/trailer10.html

cool breeze · « **Reply #3611 on:** August 20, 2011, 12:18:38 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on August 12, 2011, 09:17:05 PM

the anime industry makes no sense

There are new Berserk and Hunter x Hunter anime. Both are long running manga with unfinished anime adaptations. You'd think they would continue where each series left off, but no. Both are retelling the first arc. At least with FMA Brotherhood the story was different since it was based on the manga. It will before the chimera arc of HxH gets animated, and since Berserk isn't even a series.

that said, I wouldn't mind a Rurouni Kenshin reboot series to tell the entire revenge/Enishi arc and remove all the bad filler.

uh, so they're actually doing this...kind of. It's a two part OVA of the Kyoto arc (the shishio business). Enishi/jinchu arc still shafted.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-20/new-rurouni-kenshin-to-be-2-part-shin-kyoto-video-anime

Himu · « **Reply #3612 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:10:38 PM »

I WANT TO DIE

cool breeze · « **Reply #3613 on:** August 20, 2011, 11:48:08 PM »

It's told from Misao's point of view lol

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3614 on:** August 22, 2011, 01:01:55 AM »

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Bebpo · « **Reply #3615 on:** August 22, 2011, 02:38:02 AM »

zzzz, no new footage.

MCD · « **Reply #3616 on:** August 22, 2011, 05:16:16 AM »

You want new footage of that shit?

Bebpo · « **Reply #3617 on:** August 22, 2011, 12:40:20 PM »

yes?

It's gundam. Therefore I'm watching it regardless of how bad it is. Can't be worse than Destiny.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3618 on:** August 22, 2011, 01:12:29 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on August 22, 2011, 12:40:20 PM

It's gundam. Therefore I'm watching it regardless of how bad it is.

Same here.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3619 on:** August 22, 2011, 01:41:58 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on August 22, 2011, 01:01:55 AM

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the human art reminds me of a Megaman cartoon I saw. I'm intrigued

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3620 on:** August 22, 2011, 01:52:18 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on August 22, 2011, 01:41:58 PM

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on August 22, 2011, 01:01:55 AM
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the human art reminds me of a Megaman cartoon I saw. I'm intrigued

It's the character designer from a lot of Level 5 games. Directed by the the lead guy from Level 5 as well.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3621 on:** August 22, 2011, 02:04:10 PM »

I don't mind the art that much, like PD says, it has that retro megaman look which is a perfectly legit style of its own.

Just worried about the story because Hino sucks and having aliens (which completely failed in OO movie).

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3622 on:** August 22, 2011, 02:07:49 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on August 22, 2011, 02:04:10 PM

I don't mind the art that much, like PD says, it has that retro megaman look which is a perfectly legit style of its own.

Just worried about the story because Hino sucks and having aliens (which completely failed in OO movie).

No confirmation that they're aliens yet.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3623 on:** August 25, 2011, 04:37:14 PM »

The guy at Anime Classic Review is working on getting the raws for, and presumably subbing at some point, Chou Kousoku Galvion:

http://www.animeclassicreviews.com/
http://myanimelist.net/anime/6636/Chou_Kousoku_Galvion

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3624 on:** August 26, 2011, 12:01:13 PM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

New Eva 3.0 teaser.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #3625 on:** August 26, 2011, 12:04:08 PM »

When's the 4th Unicorn ova gonna be released?

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3626 on:** August 26, 2011, 12:13:58 PM »

Quote from: MrAngryFace on August 26, 2011, 12:04:08 PM

When's the 4th Unicorn ova gonna be released?

Japanese theaters and streaming in November. Blu-ray on December 2nd.

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They've got Bright up on the official page. I wonder how much he'll be in the show and who will do the voice?

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MrAngryFace · « **Reply #3627 on:** August 26, 2011, 12:17:54 PM »

Sweeeet

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #3628 on:** August 27, 2011, 11:16:40 AM »

out in Dec woo

love this series

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3629 on:** August 27, 2011, 11:25:14 AM »

That's one of the few manga I've seen released recently that I'd like to pick up someday.

Himu · « **Reply #3630 on:** August 27, 2011, 03:58:02 PM »

that manga looks hot

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #3631 on:** August 27, 2011, 04:17:49 PM »

Its my favorite right now- not that I read a lot of manga

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3632 on:** August 28, 2011, 02:09:15 AM »

YES!

http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B005HGZV6U/cayomo-20/

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The distributor Virgin Records will release INTERSTELLA 5555, the anime musical created by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk and anime/manga creator Leiji Matsumoto, on Blu-ray Disc in the United States on October 4. The feature-length work already received a DVD release in the United States.

With INTERSTELLA 5555, Toei Animation adapted the songs from Daft Punk's Discovery album into a space opera story. The two members of Daft Punk made cameos in the anime, just as they did in Tron: Legacy, another film for which they contributed the soundtrack. Matsumoto's numerous credits include Galaxy Express 999, Queen Millennia, Space Battleship Yamato, and Space Pirate Captain Harlock.

Vizzys · « **Reply #3633 on:** August 28, 2011, 02:27:25 AM »

do want

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3634 on:** August 28, 2011, 02:59:07 AM »

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3635 on:** August 28, 2011, 12:35:47 PM »

I really want to like No. 6, but it's hard. The setting is interesting, the characters started out pretty good and not your average cliches, and it's got a pretty cool look to it, but, man oh man, is it moving at a GLACIAL pace. It's a ten episode series and by episode six we still don't know ANYTHING. We don't know why the city of No. 6 is so bad [other than vaguely Orwellian leanings], we don't have a villain, we don't know anything about this mysterious disease that's killing people or where it came from or where it's going, we still barely even know anything about the characters. Sion is kind of the good guy, but he hasn't done anything at all and hardly has any real presence in the series. Nezumi is vaguely antagonistic at times and maybe homo-tastic for Sion at other times, but we don't know why he hates No. 6 or really anything at all of his back story.

There are four episodes left, FOUR, and there's barely been any movement of the plot.

magus · « **Reply #3636 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:23:32 AM »

http://www.gundam.info/topic/6001

i don't know why but this guy just want me to point and laugh at bebpo even though my whole gundam experience is pretty much just some episodes of gundam wing,he just looks so out of place

bork · « **Reply #3637 on:** August 29, 2011, 12:43:07 PM »

Looks somewhat retro. The character design is straight out of the 70s/early 80s.

It's gonna be a little kids' show.

cool breeze · « **Reply #3638 on:** August 29, 2011, 01:03:39 PM »

definitely a show for young kids. look at the hair. it's not just to look stupid, it's so kids can recognize characters based on their hair color. because kids are dumb.

Himu · « **Reply #3639 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:06:11 PM »

Quote from: lyte edge on August 29, 2011, 12:43:07 PM

Looks somewhat retro. The character design is straight out of the 70s/early 80s.

It's gonna be a little kids' show.

I was going to say that. I like that design a lot, looks like something Leiji Matsumoto would have designed, the girl too. In fact, I like all of the designs except for the main character.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3640 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:48:02 PM »

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There, now you don't have to search around.

Himu · « **Reply #3641 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:00:20 PM »

Surprised they're starting the story with the destruction of a colony after 00 made colonies kind of an afterthought.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3642 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:04:42 PM »

Colony drops/destructions are the foundation of Gundam. It's pretty much necessary.

Himu · « **Reply #3643 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:08:52 PM »

Agreed. Just surprised they're doing it so early this time.

cool breeze · « **Reply #3644 on:** August 30, 2011, 02:13:43 AM »

The second series/half/cast of Genshiken's manga is freaking weird. The entire original cast is now just supporting the new one and it's this absolutely crazy story.

This guy cross dresses as a girl. But when he's a guy, he has fantasies of his girl self watching his real boy body, who then fantasizes about boy love scenarios involving himself as a boy and another man. But he is totally straight. But his girl self wants his boy self to be gay because the girl self gets off on boy love.

in this new chapter, he doesn't want one character to get with this girl because he's a perfect bottom and should be with men. or something. I'm so confused.

this is all set at a convention where they're buying smut manga too

Bebpo · « **Reply #3645 on:** August 30, 2011, 02:19:32 AM »

It's weird how the character art is totally different in AGE but the clothing outfits look just like SEED/OO. They must have a separate clothing designer who does all the Gundams now.

Also that PV was really really boring, which makes me a bit scared about the show's pacing (since L5 stories have terribly slow pacing).

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #3646 on:** August 30, 2011, 02:24:36 AM »

00 IS ALL BOUT DEM COLLARS- POP EM

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #3647 on:** August 30, 2011, 07:29:40 PM »

TOP 5 GO!

The Slayers

Hale Nochi Guu

Paranoia Agent

Irresponsible Captain Tylor

Eureka Seven (toss up with Evangelion..I think in some ways both touch on similar themes but Eureka Seven is just less of a downer to watch)

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3648 on:** August 30, 2011, 07:54:28 PM »

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Cromartie High School

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Kino's Journey

The Big O

Cowboy Bebop

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Azumanga Daioh

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Bebpo · « **Reply #3649 on:** August 30, 2011, 07:55:03 PM »

Good list. Cromartie is awesome.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #3650 on:** August 30, 2011, 08:16:26 PM »

It's hard not to like Azumanga but it's not one I recommend often because well you know :/

Himu · « **Reply #3651 on:** August 30, 2011, 08:38:59 PM »

Top 5 Favorite Anime

Rurouni Kenshin Trust and Betrayal

Cowboy Bebop

Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

Now and Then, Here and There

The Vision of Escaflowne

Top 5 Favorite Manga

One Piece

Rurouni Kenshin

Adolf

Akira

Ayoko

More of a manga person than an anime person these days, though.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3652 on:** August 30, 2011, 08:44:06 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on August 30, 2011, 08:38:59 PM

Top 5 Favorite Anime

Rurouni Kenshin Trust and Betrayal

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I saw this, it was very good

Vizzys · « **Reply #3653 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:11:00 PM »

no order:

the big o (cheesy awesome to the max)
revolutionary girl utena (bizarre yet sweet)
cowboy bebop (cause its in every list)
neon genesis evangelion ( the reveal that evas were alive was amazing the first time i saw it)
(some nostalgic anime here)

I dunno, lots of good choices...

manga is easier but full of things unfinished/untranslated (such is my curse):

goodnight punpun (just amazing in every possible way)
crime and punishment: a falsified romance (im hooked but the translator just abandoned it ;_; )
liar game (hiatuses, also cute art)
zetman (best art)
world god only knows (funny)

iconoclast · « **Reply #3654 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:14:47 PM »

All but one of my favorite series are manga/novel adaptations. $:-\$

1. Neon Genesis Evangelion
2. Monster
3. Kaiji
4. Welcome to the NHK
5. Aoi Bungaku
6. Akagi

I didn't include any movies because then my list would be too hard to put together. No room for Nausicaa, Spirited Away, Mind Game, End of Evangelion, etc...

Himu · « **Reply #3655 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:18:31 PM »

RahXephon > Evangelion

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Himu · « **Reply #3656 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:23:34 PM »

[youtube=560,345]XzmHXG0U2bs[/youtube]

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3657 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:47:49 PM »

[youtube=560,345]9v6iXIo88ns[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]u3SzOzm8lmo[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]oAXrRWLKzko[/youtube]

Not exactly the best shows ever, but those OPs are awesome.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #3658 on:** September 01, 2011, 07:59:20 PM »

So, Hellsing Ultimate 8 is the best episode of anything ever. Discuss.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #3659 on:** September 04, 2011, 11:41:53 PM »

Guuuu-samaaa!!!!

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