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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #870 on: September 12, 2010, 05:51:18 AM »
Okay, moving the topic a bit:

Not Anime, but for those of you who've seen it, what do you think of Densha Otoko? (The movie. I'm going for the movie first, and then the drama if I like it.)

Also, 5 Centimeters per Second is totally sexy eye candy for you special effects lovers, but it was severely lacking in the plot department. And yes, I feel the conclusion killed this one as well. Everything (plot-wise) was rushed in the end, and frankly, first story is the best story.

Kind of a disappointment because you get the idea that the next ones are going to be even better. Cosmonaut features
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a girl who spends each day trying to get closer to one guy but can't because of cowardice. Because she's thinking on him all the time, she lags her studies, and she doesn't know what she's going to do in life. Finally she snaps out of it and forgets the guy. "Pathetic," is a bit cruel to say, but I really enjoyed it nonetheless. The way it was all carried out, the story and everything. The narrator, the style, just the overall taste of it actually made this simple plot quite enjoyable. The third is
just a follow-up of the first, though.

8/10
It had so much more potential, but my time was certainly not lost. 1080p on this is absolutely gorgeous. If you haven't seen it, go see it right away.

And it begins
Just sayin'

Also goddammit my HoTD manga won't fucking arrive I ordered it like last week fuck
For a moment, I thought
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Hime-cut was peeing into the glass.
Eck.
Something tells me that fan art is going to be very similar in style to the show.

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #871 on: September 12, 2010, 05:53:12 AM »
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Wiith how Adult Swim is about anime nowadays, I doubt it. They'll probably say some shit about it not being as appealing as Family Guy.

I swear they had some new animu on today. Some kid jumped in a whirlpool. 

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #872 on: September 12, 2010, 05:54:45 AM »
I thought 5cm was really intriguing, simply because it didn't have a happy ending. It doesn't seem common for stories like that to end on a bittersweet note of realism, after all.

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #873 on: September 12, 2010, 07:54:00 AM »
HOTD = Orgy in a Bus, the Episode

This is sadly the quantum level leap I was expecting but didn't quite... expect it to be this short.
Or rather, I am amused by the upcoming blu ray promise of all this in FULL soft porn exhibition. Which makes HOTD officially blu-ray soft porn of students escaping a zombie plague.
Is Crunchyroll the best place to watch subbed Durarara?   ???

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #874 on: September 12, 2010, 08:07:12 AM »
HOTD = Orgy in a Bus, the Episode

This is sadly the quantum level leap I was expecting but didn't quite... expect it to be this short.
Or rather, I am amused by the upcoming blu ray promise of all this in FULL soft porn exhibition. Which makes HOTD officially blu-ray soft porn of students escaping a zombie plague.
Crunchyroll is never good for anything.

For everything else, there was always Fansub.tv and Animefreak.tv
I've never heard of those. I always knew Matroska Video format

But Crunchyroll had "Time of Eve" in pretty good quality, and Spanish subs as well. That reminds me, I must finish that. It's also Eye candy, much like 5cps

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #875 on: September 12, 2010, 08:24:25 AM »
I thought 5cm was really intriguing, simply because it didn't have a happy ending. It doesn't seem common for stories like that to end on a bittersweet note of realism, after all.

For what it's worth, Byousoku 5cm won the award for "Best Animated Feature Film" in the 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. I think one of the very nice things about 5cm is mainly the fact that the landmarks depicted there are actually very realistic and the places they were based on are somehow quite... quaint, in a way. It really adds to the atmosphere. I think the way Shinkai directed this is really something. Of note is that this actually doesn't have any sort of fantasy or sci-fi elements in it (unlike Hoshi no Koe). Well, anyway. I really found 5cm quite beautiful despite my aversion to the thing in general, though I was admittedly quite young when I first watched it... Think I was 13, methinks? I wasn't quite as shattered against it but I did find it really touching.

Here is an example of what I meant by the realistic places, by the way. It's a photo of the train station towards the end of the first episode of 5cm.

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #876 on: September 12, 2010, 12:17:09 PM »
I can't believe I'm linking to this site:
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/09/07/im-getting-wet/
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At some point...I'm expecting a Yuka version of that screenshot.

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« Reply #877 on: September 12, 2010, 12:30:18 PM »
When I watched 5cm in our local cinemas, one can say it was a one man feature.

I was lucky enough to watch it and I was even luckier to be there, ALONE in one entire cineplex, while I.. cried a bit, just enough to show the guy as I was walking out the room.

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« Reply #878 on: September 12, 2010, 02:50:37 PM »
For what it's worth, Byousoku 5cm won the award for "Best Animated Feature Film" in the 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. I think one of the very nice things about 5cm is mainly the fact that the landmarks depicted there are actually very realistic and the places they were based on are somehow quite... quaint, in a way. It really adds to the atmosphere. I think the way Shinkai directed this is really something. Of note is that this actually doesn't have any sort of fantasy or sci-fi elements in it (unlike Hoshi no Koe). Well, anyway. I really found 5cm quite beautiful despite my aversion to the thing in general, though I was admittedly quite young when I first watched it... Think I was 13, methinks? I wasn't quite as shattered against it but I did find it really touching.

Here is an example of what I meant by the realistic places, by the way. It's a photo of the train station towards the end of the first episode of 5cm.

The DVD comes with behind-the-scenes stuff as a special feature, and it turns out that there are a ton of scenes that are basically photographs that were re-illustrated and such. It was actually pretty fascinating.

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #879 on: September 12, 2010, 03:06:14 PM »
Alright, my daughter and I are big fans of anything Studio Ghibli. Especially her, so I watch a lot of it, too. Lately her favorite has been Kiki's Delivery Service. She prefers the English dub. Now, I don't believe localization is the devil, and I understand that in order to make dubbing work effectively, synching up the mouth movements with at least the number of syllables is necessary, so often the text is altered to where the same character at the same moment says two entirely different things. I get that about dubs, and don't mind them - in fact, I actually prefer the English dub of The Cat Returns (voiced perfectly by Anne Hathaway, an actress I otherwise have no opinion of) to the grating screech of Haru's voice in the Japanese original.

However, the English dub of Kiki's Delivery Service absolutely baffles me, and not just because Kirsten Dunst's Kiki is forced and wooden. It's Jiji.

Why does this cat talk so damn much? In the Japanese original he's the comic foil, offering the occasional snide remark. In the English dub - voiced fairly well by the late Phil Hartman - the cat is just yammering on, all the time. Was this necessary to the story? No, and the lame jokes feel shoehorned in with a crowbar. In fact, at the very last scene, the entire meaning of the story is defied by Jiji speaking.

Kiki's Delivery Service is a fable about a girl passing through puberty to young womanhood. As her self-confidence is shaken by a series of events, her doubts about herself bring her to the point when she can no longer fly, and Jiji's talking turns into meows. Kiki can no longer understand the cat when he speaks. In the final scene of the Japanese original, we see Kiki talking to television reporters. Jiji wanders in through the crowd, hops up on her shoulder, and meows. This is significant to the story, for two possible reasons.

First, it indicates that Kiki's journey to womanhood has just begun and that she still has some difficulties before her (as referenced in her letter home), but secondly, it possibly hints that being able to hold a conversation with a cat was a childish thing -  much like children hold conversations with their stuffed animals, or an imaginary friend. Kiki, no longer the child but the young lady, doesn't talk to cats anymore. She's grown up a little in her short time in the city.

In the English dub, during the exact same scene, Jiji comes wandering in, calling out for Kiki. He's talking again. Was it in Phil Hartman's contract that he must say X number of words for the salary he got? Fine, his constant blather is annoying, but the change the English language producers decided to make to this final moment in the movie flies in the face of what Miyazaki was trying to convey here.

I wouldn't go so far to say that this change ruins the movie - Dunst's amateur performance and Jiji's yapyapyap do that just fine. But it does bug me that the producers would make a change that, in addition to being unnecessary, is also out of sync with the movie's message.

And don't even get me started on the opening and closing themes. We go from the sassy 50s style rock of this, to the flavorless 80s-style pop country of this? Putting aside how utterly incongruous to the setting a pop-country tune is, why would Kiki listen to this? Yumi Arai's "Message in Rouge" is a fun, catchy, smirky little tune about a girl who's going to make her lover pay for cheating on her - the kind of song a young girl would find fun to listen to on the radio. Instead, we get "Soaring", which was the theme song written for Kiki. Why would she be listening to her own theme song? 

Ugh.

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #880 on: September 12, 2010, 03:17:01 PM »
The DVD comes with behind-the-scenes stuff as a special feature, and it turns out that there are a ton of scenes that are basically photographs that were re-illustrated and such. It was actually pretty fascinating.

Sadly for me, I never got a hold of the DVD - saw it shortly some time after it came out back in 2007 - which means I was actually like... 14... So there was no such thing at the time for me. Ah, well, it happens.

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Haha, did you think 5cm's plot was rushed? Have you seen Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho? That was like, easily the worst of Shinkai's films hands down. Writing was really iffy, direction was egh and yeah. I think the issue here is people are not really able to appreciate the style of realism Shinkai is bringing to the table with regards to the three episodes laid out. Cosmonaut, I believe, was one of the major factors in making the third episode seem better than it actually is, mostly given the deal with
Spoiler:
Kanae's unrequited love
and how basically the conclusion turns into a bittersweet cacophony of acceptance towards the reality of the moment. I'm not necessarily trying to grill people here, I'm just trying to explain my personal viewpoint on why I think people aren't able to really see the good in the film and dismiss it as something rushed and generally haphazardly written. I honestly don't blame them - the plot's quite simplistic and has to be seen in that light - seeing it any other way presents and depicts it as something lacking and a little light... Which I suppose can get on the antsy side of some people looking for something actually literally with depth. Being overly analytical about the entire thing really spoils it and you can't look at 5cm the same way you would look at, say, Hoshi no Koe (which is freaking awesome by the way, go watch it if you haven't). Also, if you watched the dubbed version, that might also be another factor, though I haven't actually seen the dubbed version myself so I couldn't do a compare and contrast session there, sorry.
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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #881 on: September 12, 2010, 03:29:22 PM »
Quote from: Ammy
Kiki's Delivery Service stuff

Yeah. Part of me is sad that I hadn't had the opportunity to see the movie 10+ years ago when I was a kid-- and I had really wanted to, too-- but another part of me is happy that I only managed to get my hands on the DVD last year. It's easily my favorite Ghibli film, but I doubt it would be, had I seen the dubbed version first. After reading up on it a bit, I was pretty disappointed to see how the ending got screwed up like that in the dub. :<

Though, I do have to admit that I kind of really like the English ending song. Call it a guilty pleasure. :blush:

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #882 on: September 12, 2010, 07:41:03 PM »
Read through all of the Hayate manga. I found it fairly enjoyable it once it got further than the anime(s), though I was surprised to see that most of the limited parts of S1 I actually found interesting weren't in the manga at all. Also slightly sad that the Superintendent and Shion were (essentially) anime-exclusive, since I was fond of them.

Didn't know that Hina won International Saimoe 2009. I can endorse that result.

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #883 on: September 12, 2010, 07:43:23 PM »
Sadly for me, I never got a hold of the DVD - saw it shortly some time after it came out back in 2007 - which means I was actually like... 14... So there was no such thing at the time for me. Ah, well, it happens.

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Haha, did you think 5cm's plot was rushed? Have you seen Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho? That was like, easily the worst of Shinkai's films hands down. Writing was really iffy, direction was egh and yeah. I think the issue here is people are not really able to appreciate the style of realism Shinkai is bringing to the table with regards to the three episodes laid out. Cosmonaut, I believe, was one of the major factors in making the third episode seem better than it actually is, mostly given the deal with
Spoiler:
Kanae's unrequited love
and how basically the conclusion turns into a bittersweet cacophony of acceptance towards the reality of the moment. I'm not necessarily trying to grill people here, I'm just trying to explain my personal viewpoint on why I think people aren't able to really see the good in the film and dismiss it as something rushed and generally haphazardly written. I honestly don't blame them - the plot's quite simplistic and has to be seen in that light - seeing it any other way presents and depicts it as something lacking and a little light... Which I suppose can get on the antsy side of some people looking for something actually literally with depth. Being overly analytical about the entire thing really spoils it and you can't look at 5cm the same way you would look at, say, Hoshi no Koe (which is freaking awesome by the way, go watch it if you haven't). Also, if you watched the dubbed version, that might also be another factor, though I haven't actually seen the dubbed version myself so I couldn't do a compare and contrast session there, sorry.
<<Japanese dub over here>>

I tend to blame most, if not everything, on the conclusion. It's a little crashing into a brick wall, my God.

Not saying the stories have to have a happy ending. A bittersweet ending is nice, but I just wished I could see what became of those characters in the end instead of watching 10 minutes of a girl trying to confess to a guy who has nothing for her. Cosmonaut was excellent in that is was able to illustrate the idea
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of "moving on," where Kanae decides to actually do something with her life
instead of trying so hard.

So, what became of Kanae's life? Now some of you might believe this has nothing to do with the original plot as well, but Kanae in the future can have a flashback scene, and think back on the things she's done in the past.
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Now the first story probably would have been better if the third one hadn't followed up on it... I really did think it closed well. Not a single minute was spent, and it was the only story that actually brought me to tears.

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #884 on: September 14, 2010, 01:01:40 AM »
This week on SYD.



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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #885 on: September 14, 2010, 02:13:20 AM »
SYD raises the deeply philosophical question of

what is a man to do when he got 3 vibrators?

should he become wolverine?
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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #886 on: September 14, 2010, 02:58:10 AM »
I want my HoTD manga D:

I hate the expectation that comes with buying stuff online.


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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #887 on: September 14, 2010, 09:23:16 PM »
Eve No Jikan is turning out to be interesting, considering the theme/plot, and unique visual style.


Related note:  The constant anti-dorikei propaganda shown seems silly to me - just how are those messages supposed to discourage anything but a lack of pointing and laughing at your TV? That aside, the fact that treating an android politely is discouraged and a sign of being an antisocial weirdo seems incredibly silly, equal in silliness to the act of treating a machine with kindness. Then again, it's a machine that looks and acts (somewhat) like a human, treating an android rudely could break down an apprehensiveness about treating others in the similar fashion, leading to a "oops, I forgot I wasn't talking to my robot" moment of rudeness here and there. What am I even ranting about.

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #888 on: September 14, 2010, 11:01:34 PM »
What am I even ranting about.

This put a smile to my face.
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[20:45:39] Hakurei Reimu: ... because it shoots once and then you throw it out?
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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #889 on: September 15, 2010, 02:20:50 AM »
Go ahead, I dare you to watch Chobits and NHK, then watch Eve no Jikan, in that order and not completely get assballs over your feelings for your waifu.
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« Reply #890 on: September 15, 2010, 03:37:54 AM »
Go ahead, I dare you to watch Chobits and NHK, then watch Eve no Jikan, in that order and not completely get assballs over your feelings for your waifu.

My waifu was on the first death star.

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #891 on: September 15, 2010, 11:01:49 PM »
Just finished Hoshi no Samidare and I must say that I'm extremely satisfied with the ending.

Now it just needs an anime to become even more awesome~

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #892 on: September 15, 2010, 11:59:20 PM »
Searching all over the Internet for a place where I can watch K-ON!! Season 2 besides YouTube.

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« Reply #893 on: September 16, 2010, 12:03:11 AM »
Searching all over the Internet for a place where I can watch K-ON!! Season 2 besides YouTube.
I'd tell you, but MoTK rules =/

Look for 720p MKV's.

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #894 on: September 16, 2010, 02:31:44 AM »
Media Player Classic. Duh. :V

Ending was meh. I was expecting bitch tears since Azusa was going to be all alone, but that didn't happen. I blame the weak set-up and poor BGM choice.


Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #895 on: September 16, 2010, 11:46:23 PM »
:V Apparently my school has an anime club.


Right now, they're watching Occult Academy Episode 1.


(Thank god I went to the piano club instead that day :P)


When does fall season start again? A week? Two weeks? I really don't want to start following 10+ series again but I know that I will, and miss all of the later episodes because of time :ohdear:

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #896 on: September 17, 2010, 12:10:44 AM »
When does fall season start again? A week? Two weeks? I really don't want to start following 10+ series again but I know that I will, and miss all of the later episodes because of time :ohdear:
I'm pretty sure most of the Fall stuff starts in the first week of October.

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #897 on: September 17, 2010, 12:45:08 AM »
Finished Ookami-san.  I think its definitely one of my favourite anime to come out this year.

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #898 on: September 17, 2010, 12:48:54 AM »
Finished Angels Egg.

Twas interesting.

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Re: Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~
« Reply #899 on: September 17, 2010, 01:34:07 PM »
so erm, I replaced mentally the latest anime I watched the MC with Batman

shit was awesome.

I watched Ookami-san btw.
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