The General Anime Thread...

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I noticed it on ANN. I instantly thought, "No one who ever saw or read the anime/manga will know who that character is." That would be just about everyone whose not into anime.

Oh yeah, there's apparently been an announcement of a new Black Rock Shooter anime, titled BRS: Arcana.
 
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Oh. No wonder Randy loves that show so much.

But regardless of what he likes, bergauk choosing a nendo dressed up as a pirate is cooler than same character in a uniform.

Also bergauk, "well-received" doesn't necessarily relate to quality. Mass popularity is one thing, a masterpiece is another...
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That's your opinion though. You have a right to it. As do I to mine. I'm just trying to point out that regardless of whether or not you like it, there were enough people to want it to turn into an anime in the first place(It was originally an LN), and enough people that watched the anime to make it receive the treatment it has. Getting such treatment in the first place would seem to indicate that the fan following is large enough to warrant spending more money on it. If you wish to continue sneering at the show for what it is. You're welcome to continue doing so, though it wont stop me and and many other fans from loving and supporting the show.
 
Dude what he said isn't up to opinion. Take Naruto for example. It is one of the anime shows out there with HUGE followings. Is it a good show? Yeah, it's good at what it's meant to do. Is it a 10/10 masterpiece? No, just no :lol: I rate it around a 5.5.

Quality =/= Amount of money thrown at it.
 
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Dude what he said isn't up to opinion. Take Naruto for example. It is one of the anime shows out there with HUGE followings. Is it a good show? Yeah, it's good at what it's meant to do. Is it a 10/10 masterpiece? No, just no :lol: I rate it around a 5.5.

Quality =/= Amount of money thrown at it.
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That's YOUR opinion though. Naruto is garbage to me too, because I flat out don't like the story nor do I like the amount of filler it has. Same goes for shows like Bleach and etc. That's MY opinion. A following indicates that there is a large enough group to warrant what it gets. If you don't like it, fine; Don't call it a masterpiece. If you've never seen it, you can't be a judge of quality. Don't try and throw your thinly veiled opinion into the matter as a "fact", if you don't like it. You don't like it. Quit trying to knock on the show for those of us who do like it. It sends out a bad vibe and leaves a sour taste in the mouths of those you come into contact with.
 
Get your popcorn guys!

Oh and Ro-Kyu-Bu is getting a second season. That doesn't mean it's popular or even a masterpiece.
 
Ummm, when then it become my opinion? I never hated on a show you like, unless you liked Naruto, which you clearly don't? Andy is telling the truth. He and I aren't trying to argue, yet you are.
 
Boy oh boy, this thread is quite interesting. We have debates going on, reviews of your favorite shows... It's a very lively thread.

Anywho, what are your thoughts on a older show called Lost Universe? Honestly, I tried watching the first episode in English, I got annoyed very quickly, but my other friends say its good. What do you think?
 
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It means it was well received. Which in turn says something of the quality of it.
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No, it means these things below actually.

1. If it was an adaption, and it did its job of advertising the source material (Which is the point of adaptions, very rarely is it actually about truly retelling the story in another form, which is why most shows are unfaithful to the source material), leading to more sales of the source material.
2. The show got great TV ratings (Ridiculously rare for an anime to do, since most shows have nearly completely nonexistant TV ratings), so it made its money off of that.
3. The studio is insane.
4. It got good enough home video sales to justify another season. However usually that second season will sell less than the previous. There's almost always a drop-off from season to season.
5. The show did much better overseas, and they'll try to market towards that audience (A few examples of this: The Big O season 2, Trigun: Badlands Rumble, Redline). This very rarely happens now as Japan could give less of a crap about what anime fans overseas think for a variety of reasons.
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Boy oh boy, this thread is quite interesting. We have debates going on, reviews of your favorite shows... It's a very lively thread.

Anywho, what are your thoughts on a older show called Lost Universe? Honestly, I tried watching the first episode in English, I got annoyed very quickly, but my other friends say its good. What do you think?
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I've heard of it, it's apparently a spin-off of The Slayers which was a very good series (Unfortunately it went downhill with seasons 4 and 5). Don't know what Lost Universe is actually like however.
 
bergauk
That's your opinion though. You have a right to it.
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I'm just saying that when it comes down to it, you can always decide between shows which one is better. I might sound like I'm judging your opinion, but really, all I'm saying is that if you watched other show which in my opinion are probably better than Moretsu Pirates, that will change your opinion of Moretsu and effectively your tastes and standards on TV shows.

I used to enjoy Rosario+Vampire when I first got into anime... not knowing what else was out there, I thought this show was considered pretty good. But then as I began watching more shows with more substance and less crummy cliche content, I began to realize that Rosario+Vampire is actually a pretty crummy show compared to what's out there.

This is basically the point I'm making with shows that have high popularity. A lot of people may know it, but they may not know about other shows that exist. Have you ever of Aria or Bokurano before? They're excellent shows; the morals have more value to the watcher than something from Naruto. However, here's the thing; Naruto has probably 40 times more exposure to people looking to watch anime than the other two shows I mentioned... that's not to say Naruto is a better show just because that's all watchers know. Let's assume that every Naruto watcher had began to develop the ability to judge something (as they eventually would in life if they don't already). If we did an experiment and made them watch lesser popular shows with better storywriting, would you say that would affect how they would think of Naruto's quality from then on?


Lastly, I believe that opinions don't mix with objective evaluation. Opinions are small personal tastes that deviate our likes and dislikes. While we all may like cheese or pepperoni on pizza, we can probably come to the general consensus that we wouldn't want to have wet cement on our pizza.
 
The experiment would definitely cause people to view Naruto, and anime in general differently.

I used to find Naruto absolutely amazing, today, I find Shippuden barely very good (The series got brought down from dragging, keeping various things going too long-Ex: The whole Naruto, Sasuke situation. Let me be 100% honest, it's retarded. Naruto, he's NEVER going to come back with you, he is insane now...), and the original very good, instead of some-near masterpiece.

Get those that watch Naruto to watch The Tatami Galaxy, Crest of the Stars, The Vision of Escaflowne, Sound of the Sky, and many others, and they will find Naruto not as good as they used to.
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Just ordered:

Amazon: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (DVD LE), Eureka Seven Volume 3 Special Edition
Rightstuf: Sola, Escaflowne movie (BD), Code Geass R2, Akira (BD-last copy Rightstuf had)

Spent: Almost $200...

What I have left to get from Bandai: Haruhi movie BD/DVD, Outlaw Star, Tales of the Abyss, rest of Eureka Seven
 
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Just ordered:

Amazon: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (DVD LE), Eureka Seven Volume 3 Special Edition
Rightstuf: Sola, Escaflowne movie (BD), Code Geass R2, Akira (BD-last copy Rightstuf had)

Spent: Almost $200...

What I have left to get from Bandai: Haruhi movie BD/DVD, Outlaw Star, Tales of the Abyss, rest of Eureka Seven
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The Akira BD wasn't a Bandai BD. I almost bought it and saw it was some other publisher.

Watch out on those Special Editions for Eureka Seven. I bought Volume 6 and was missing the DVD, and my Volume 1 had the DVD and Soundtrack removed from it's shrinkwrap with smudges on the discs. Both were advertised as new. Not to mention they both came in the mail with damage to them and the Amazon box had zero damage. It also looked like it was re-shrinkwrapped. The manga is fine though, which is what I bought it for anyways.

However my Volume 7 came in mint and had the DVD and Soundtrack still in shrinkwrap (and still is).
 
I'm very well aware the Akira BD is not a Bandai BD. It was a BD from the ever so hated Bandai Visual USA-AKA HONNEAMISE-(Went under a few years ago)-to my understanding, people hated Bandai Visual exponentially more than people who hate Aniplex USA. It was one of their imports, like the Gundam Unicorn BD's were.

I got it thanks to the collector's mentality popping up as soon as I saw they had only 1 left. I knew FUNi had recently rescued the film (How many different companies has it been in the hands of now, 4?), but I wanted this set.

Still find it strange how it was OOP for years, going for so much online, and then bam, a few weeks ago Rightstuf gets 150 of them, and now they're all gone.

As for E7, what seller did you go with? Out of the 6 special editions I got (1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12), I've had no problems.

1-PVP Filmworks-Barnes & Noble Marketplace (During this Summer, it was the only way to get a good copy as the cheapest new copy was like $120 on Amazon Marketplace)
6-Warehouse Deals-Amazon
7-PVP Filmworks USA-Amazon
9-Warehouse Deals-Amazon
10-Warehouse Deals-Amazon
12-PVP Filmworks USA-Amazon

I went with Warehouse Deals for volume 3, and will do so again for volume 5 when I get my next paycheck.
 
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It was Warehouse Deals for Volume 6 and Newbury Comics for Volume 1 and I think 7. My volume 1 box looks like it was dropped...

I'm also assuming that your DVDs and soundtracks were still shrinkwrapped?
 
On a few the DVD was shrinkwrapped, and on a few others it wasn't (I'm wondering if it was a manufacturing thing). Volume 1 didn't have shrinkwrap on the CD, but volumes 7 and 12 did.
 
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I'm just saying that when it comes down to it, you can always decide between shows which one is better. I might sound like I'm judging your opinion, but really, all I'm saying is that if you watched other show which in my opinion are probably better than Moretsu Pirates, that will change your opinion of Moretsu and effectively your tastes and standards on TV shows.

I used to enjoy Rosario+Vampire when I first got into anime... not knowing what else was out there, I thought this show was considered pretty good. But then as I began watching more shows with more substance and less crummy cliche content, I began to realize that Rosario+Vampire is actually a pretty crummy show compared to what's out there.

This is basically the point I'm making with shows that have high popularity. A lot of people may know it, but they may not know about other shows that exist. Have you ever of Aria or Bokurano before? They're excellent shows; the morals have more value to the watcher than something from Naruto. However, here's the thing; Naruto has probably 40 times more exposure to people looking to watch anime than the other two shows I mentioned... that's not to say Naruto is a better show just because that's all watchers know. Let's assume that every Naruto watcher had began to develop the ability to judge something (as they eventually would in life if they don't already). If we did an experiment and made them watch lesser popular shows with better storywriting, would you say that would affect how they would think of Naruto's quality from then on?


Lastly, I believe that opinions don't mix with objective evaluation. Opinions are small personal tastes that deviate our likes and dislikes. While we all may like cheese or pepperoni on pizza, we can probably come to the general consensus that we wouldn't want to have wet cement on our pizza.
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I'd kiss you for this post if it wasn't so gay (the kissing, not the post).
 
New desk pic. Had to buy a new monitor since mine died today. Don't remember if I've posted a pic with these figures here or not. I'm about due to rotate the stuff on my desk.


Replacement monitor. by otakushots, on Flickr

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Sakurasou, which is also licensed.

But I'd rather watch it as it aired so I can discuss it with other people who are doing the same. I find this justified since I would end up buying it anyways.
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On this subject, if you guys are watching Sakurasou fansubbed because of the delay on Crunchyroll, go to CR's facebook page or whatever and say that. I was at dinner with a bunch of CR people last weekend and we were talking about exactly this situation. It's the licenseholder's fault that there's a delay and CR needs people to say straight up what's going on so they can convince the licenseholder to allow a true simulcast. CR's people do good subs and they do them fast, but certain companies insist on using their own subbing houses, which take forever and butcher translations, and that's what the holdup is about.
 
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Convincing them is hard, as licensing can be a mess.

And even if you get the word out as to whats' going on, people will still complain and go elsewhere. When So, I Can't Play H! was simulcasted, CR got a 1 week delay because they were not allowed to the AT-X airing which was a week ahead, and uncensored (The censoring pissed people off the most because you had the black bar censor).
 
Gawdamn, Nana just got even more serious with episodes 21-22, and I'm really liking the new OP.

Madhouse and Shojo really do work like magic. This show is already almost as good as Chihayafuru now.
 
I was in a GameStop today, and I spotted a 2nd-hand copy of NGE: Death And Rebirth for €3.99. I didn't think it was worth buying it, it's just compressed highlights of the TV show and the first half of EoE.
 
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I see that Intuos pen... I should really save up for a Cintiq.
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Just don't get the 12UX, it sucks. The sensitivity around the edges is really horrible and means you can only use the dead center of the tablet. Everybody I know who has one hates it. I'm hoping they release one using the tech they developed for the Galaxy Note, which has a Wacom screen and digitizer that are supposed to be pretty awesome.

The new 24" Cintiq is really awesome though, but the price not so much...
 
The 21UX is more than enough that a 24HD isn't worth the money just yet. The latter is really just a luxury item right now.
 

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