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I just finished watching Phantom: Requiem of the Phantom.
It didn't have enough of the CQC fights that Ein was really great at, but it was altogether a masterpiece.
I freaking love it so much!
It didn't have enough of the CQC fights that Ein was really great at, but it was altogether a masterpiece.
I freaking love it so much!
Although I 100% refuse to except what happens right at the very end. I chose to see it as "They visit that hill and then leave" as opposed to that. I know it may seem petty, but having the last few seconds end like that is unacceptable. The characters have been built up so much to just die like that. "Unidentified killer and poisonous plant..." Nah man.
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Yamada and the Seven Witches. Seven episodes in and it's looking very promising. For an anime which has kissing play a major part in the plot, you'd expect a lot of perverted trash scenes, but there aren't. To me, it feels a lot like watching Toradora, which is great.
Also Owari no Seraph, which is interesting enough I guess but nothing special, especially given that it's by the same studio that did Attack on Titan.
Also Owari no Seraph, which is interesting enough I guess but nothing special, especially given that it's by the same studio that did Attack on Titan.
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Watching it this weekend. I actually remembered download something before I leave. Nothing but the weather channel where I'm going.
I've seen a couple episodes already. It's pretty banal if you ask me. Another guy meets harem anime. There's some kind of kingdom-at-war motivating the characters but they're not even trying to make it interesting. Might be a good lesson on bad presentation. But it's rare for anime to do milieu right, and this is only 13 episodes, besides.
Actually, scifi themes like Ghost-in-the-shell are all milieu I think. But fantasy anime is always character structured for some reason. Like, here's this world with it's politics and unique magic system - now push now push that all to the background 'cause every episode will focus on these girls chasing after the same guy. I guess that's a fantasy.
Watching it this weekend. I actually remembered download something before I leave. Nothing but the weather channel where I'm going.
I've seen a couple episodes already. It's pretty banal if you ask me. Another guy meets harem anime. There's some kind of kingdom-at-war motivating the characters but they're not even trying to make it interesting. Might be a good lesson on bad presentation. But it's rare for anime to do milieu right, and this is only 13 episodes, besides.
Actually, scifi themes like Ghost-in-the-shell are all milieu I think. But fantasy anime is always character structured for some reason. Like, here's this world with it's politics and unique magic system - now push now push that all to the background 'cause every episode will focus on these girls chasing after the same guy. I guess that's a fantasy.
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I think we'll all eventually see an anime and say, "Hey, I had an idea like that in High school"
Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Senyaku is basically that for me. The first episode alone did everything I wanted in my first serious RM project titled Sacrifice.
Pacifist young boy living on an island nation, forced into a pact with a dragon that then possesses him to perform ritual killings with a special sword. Outsider girl with special powers shows up to deal with the boy.
It's crap through. Not just saying that because it was my idea for a role playing game. But because it was literally based on a 6 day RP session between these big name character designers that turned it into a light novel. Man, I could rant about this all day.
Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Senyaku is basically that for me. The first episode alone did everything I wanted in my first serious RM project titled Sacrifice.
Pacifist young boy living on an island nation, forced into a pact with a dragon that then possesses him to perform ritual killings with a special sword. Outsider girl with special powers shows up to deal with the boy.
It's crap through. Not just saying that because it was my idea for a role playing game. But because it was literally based on a 6 day RP session between these big name character designers that turned it into a light novel. Man, I could rant about this all day.
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Leave it to Dragon Ball Super to stretch the ~90min Battle of the Gods movie across 12 episodes. It's practically the same except they moved Bulma's party to a cruise ship and the big battle is ripping the universe apart. It's finally about to enter new territory.
Overlord was ok. The big fight at the end kinda played out like a yu-gi-oh episode explaining the strategy and game mechanics. The show is much more interesting when it's exploring the world and seeding story implications.
I also watched Bikini Warriors. It was only 3 minute episodes. It parodies role-playing games and their misadventures end up getting them naked or violated somehow.
And that's all the anime I watched this season. For Fall 2015, the only thing that caught my interest was Heavy Object, I've seen the characters before on Ryō Nagi's website, the character illustrator of the Ar Tonelico games. It looks like a mecha series with girl protagonist.
Oh, and Digimon Tri which is a 6-part theatrical film series. The first 80min film comes out at the end of November. I'm guessing it'll be a monthly thing.
Overlord was ok. The big fight at the end kinda played out like a yu-gi-oh episode explaining the strategy and game mechanics. The show is much more interesting when it's exploring the world and seeding story implications.
I also watched Bikini Warriors. It was only 3 minute episodes. It parodies role-playing games and their misadventures end up getting them naked or violated somehow.
And that's all the anime I watched this season. For Fall 2015, the only thing that caught my interest was Heavy Object, I've seen the characters before on Ryō Nagi's website, the character illustrator of the Ar Tonelico games. It looks like a mecha series with girl protagonist.
Oh, and Digimon Tri which is a 6-part theatrical film series. The first 80min film comes out at the end of November. I'm guessing it'll be a monthly thing.
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I like this anime. Maybe because I like girls and fantasy though. Harem doesn't bother me at all. Right now, at the request of my guy friend, I'm watching through another harem called Monster Musume. I like that one too.coyotecraft":1cfaxmeu said:
We were watching Sakura Trick, but haven't had a chance to catch more episodes.
Star and I finished Morbito: Guardian of the Spirit. That was great. The animation was amazing.
We also went through the last portion of the Majin Buu Saga on Dragon Ball Z -- that guy friend I mentioned let us borrow Dragon Ball GT. So yup.
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I can't believe Eureka Seven is 10 years old.
That was a goood anime. So many memorable scenes. That episode in the sea of clouds is one of the most dramatic episodes ever.
The way the song Storywriter fazes in while she's falling is beautiful.
I just don't see animation like this anymore. It's not that that it has a unique style that makes the characters more expressive than other anime series but they also have more range of motion pose to pose.
I'm almost afraid to watch the series again and it not be as good as I remember it.
That was a goood anime. So many memorable scenes. That episode in the sea of clouds is one of the most dramatic episodes ever.
The way the song Storywriter fazes in while she's falling is beautiful.
I just don't see animation like this anymore. It's not that that it has a unique style that makes the characters more expressive than other anime series but they also have more range of motion pose to pose.
I'm almost afraid to watch the series again and it not be as good as I remember it.
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I'm trying to download episodes to my computer so I have something to watch when I go to my grandparents farm.
But I'm kinda in the dark. I'm just picking a couple different titles that have download links and hope their good.
But I'm kinda in the dark. I'm just picking a couple different titles that have download links and hope their good.
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It just now occurred to me that there's a missing character in Dragon Ball super / battle of the gods.
In Dragon Ball GT Vegita and Bulma have a daughter named Bra who is a few years older than Pan. But if Videl is pregnant with Pan at this point. What happened to Bra?
In the dub I think the made Pan older. She's suppose to be 9 but they made her 12 or 14. That might make her older than Bra then. Idk.
In Dragon Ball GT Vegita and Bulma have a daughter named Bra who is a few years older than Pan. But if Videl is pregnant with Pan at this point. What happened to Bra?
In the dub I think the made Pan older. She's suppose to be 9 but they made her 12 or 14. That might make her older than Bra then. Idk.
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GT is still considered non-canon, so none of that happened.
Pan gets a pass because Toriyama likes Pan
Pan gets a pass because Toriyama likes Pan
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I'm going through a Mecha Anime phase.
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Captain Earth
Heavy Object
Demonbane, I've been watching on and off for a few years. Imo, mecha series don't have the kind of story that leaves me dying to watch the next episode to see what happens next. I mean, there's not a lot to the genre. Guy obtains giant robot. Usually plays a passive role up until the end.
Lelouch wasn't a passive character in Code Geass, but he also had mind control powers.
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Demonbane, I've been watching on and off for a few years. Imo, mecha series don't have the kind of story that leaves me dying to watch the next episode to see what happens next. I mean, there's not a lot to the genre. Guy obtains giant robot. Usually plays a passive role up until the end.
Lelouch wasn't a passive character in Code Geass, but he also had mind control powers.
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I just watched the DBZ movie Resurrection 'F'.
I guess I didn't realize Dragon Ball super was covering that movie too, so I've kinda seen the first part already. The animation was pissing me off. I guess Toei likes using 3D fight scenes. I didn't notice it in the Battle of the Gods movie, but I saw it as a LQ stream.
Idk why 3D doesn't look as good as 2D. I spent the who movie trying to put my finger on it. Something about the shadows and highlights not being animated maybe. I expected frieza's globe dome to have a glint move across it as the camera pans by, but it doesn't. Or with any of the super saiyans, the shadows aren't moving or rotating around their face. It's not as stylized when it's computer generated; too consistent.
I think the army fight scene was the best part of the whole movie. It had the most action. Fighting Gold Frieza, they stopped to talk a lot. And there's nothing interesting to look at. That was the other thing that bugged me. I'm used to regular anime scenes using limited animation, where they hold a pose and it's just their mouth moving. But when it was obliviously 3D it feels like there's no reason why they couldn't animation their body language more to punctuate their lines. Push their facial expressions more. Have beads of sweat roll down or even fly off when they move. Something! Show more details!
I guess I didn't realize Dragon Ball super was covering that movie too, so I've kinda seen the first part already. The animation was pissing me off. I guess Toei likes using 3D fight scenes. I didn't notice it in the Battle of the Gods movie, but I saw it as a LQ stream.
Idk why 3D doesn't look as good as 2D. I spent the who movie trying to put my finger on it. Something about the shadows and highlights not being animated maybe. I expected frieza's globe dome to have a glint move across it as the camera pans by, but it doesn't. Or with any of the super saiyans, the shadows aren't moving or rotating around their face. It's not as stylized when it's computer generated; too consistent.
I think the army fight scene was the best part of the whole movie. It had the most action. Fighting Gold Frieza, they stopped to talk a lot. And there's nothing interesting to look at. That was the other thing that bugged me. I'm used to regular anime scenes using limited animation, where they hold a pose and it's just their mouth moving. But when it was obliviously 3D it feels like there's no reason why they couldn't animation their body language more to punctuate their lines. Push their facial expressions more. Have beads of sweat roll down or even fly off when they move. Something! Show more details!
I'm trying to watch One Piece. I really am. Like pretty much every major shonen anime it progresses at the speed of a dead slug and I'm losing my mind trying to sit through it. I can see where it would be enjoyable. Just cut out about 3/4 of the show.
I'm thinking of diverting my anime attention to Soul Eater since it seems to have a more manageable 60(?) episodes. Oh yeah, and Digimon Adventure Tri.1
I'm thinking of diverting my anime attention to Soul Eater since it seems to have a more manageable 60(?) episodes. Oh yeah, and Digimon Adventure Tri.1
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I haven't watched this yet but I love the transformation sequences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayo8X58BfJM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayo8X58BfJM