The General Anime Thread...

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Well this is a shock, Sentai licensed a sports anime. Sports anime are notorious for pretty much NEVER selling here. You better hope this sells well, otherwise the chances of seeing something like Kuroko's Basketball or Cross Game (For home video) getting licensed will drop even lower than the very low chance they're already at.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/03/25/sentai-filmworks-licenses-haikyuu
 
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They could be introducing a newer path from FSN after: FS/hollow ataraxia or FS/ Heavens Feel.
 
Spektru
ufutable was the studio who made Fate/Zero Anime.
Anyway, why a 8 years old anime needs a remake?
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They're also the ones that animated the Garden of Sinners movies. Also as to why remake it? $$$ Fate/Zero is one of the best-selling anime of all-time, and the Garden of Sinners films did quite well. TYPE-MOON x ufotable stuff will do well. Hell, I won't be surprised if Tsukihime gets a "remake" (There was an anime?!).

ufotable has been around for quite some time though. Like here's an older show (Turns 9 this year) of their's before they essentially became TYPE-MOON's dog.
 
Well, Trigger...Aside from the date proposal, that might have been the most predictable finale I could imagine. And yet... even when they crammed so much into the last 20 minutes and how rushed and overwhelming it seemed at times, it was as far from a disappointment as the previous 23 episodes were. So yeah, I'm pretty content with that.

Still got at least one OVA to come though, so it's not quite over yet!
 
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Not. It was too long already.
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Too long? Eh... I don't think so. If it were trying to tell a serious story, then yeah it could've probably done it's thing in 13 episodes or less and would've been better for it. But it's not serious, it's just plain fun.

But at the same time, I think 24 episodes is a good time to call it quits with a show like this. Any longer and it'd probably start to wear its welcome pretty quickly, becoming too predictable and repetitive.
 
Lain
But at the same time, I think 24 episodes is a good time to call it quits with a show like this. Any longer and it'd probably start to wear its welcome pretty quickly, becoming too predictable and repetitive.
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It already did show repetition a while ago (spoiler below):

The constant replay of kamui transformation, Mako's nonsensical bantering, and the whole "incomprehensible this" "incomprehensible that" "screw logic; it just works because i said so".

I can't say I'm completely satisfied with how Kill la Kill ended.

I know after watching enough season finales that when you keep tacking on more and more conflicts and obstacles in the last episode, the victory is bound to be won in one fell swoop, usually in a silly fashion I personally never find rewarding. The kind of endings I enjoy most are either when you stretch a winning battle to experience a lot of "payback" moments when the antagonist is now struggling, or you conclude it early on in the episode and spend the rest settling down in the rescued world.

In this case, the world is saved and our heroes take on a new life of leisure- something we've never seen them have, ever. With that much time spent developing a character, I've grown attached to them enough to want to see how their new lifestyle plays out, get a taste of it and end it like that on a more pleasant note. It just leaves you with the few clothes shopping, and I'm asking myself "What happens now? What are they going to do with the rest of their life? What about the others? The Elite Four have devoted all their time to the master plan of taking out life fibers. Nudist Beach has no mission left. What are their next goals? Something a little more than just single shot images would be nice.

Don't get me wrong, it's not as bad when you do a movie, because that stuff is brief. In 1.5-3 hours, you tell a story from beginning to end. Everything is quick, the pace is fast, and so making the epilogue brief fits in the flow seamlessly. That ain't the case with a 2-cours series. That's my main issue I found with the ending.

I also found it silly they chose to the end the final fight with Ragyou making a retort about Ryuko's incomprehensible words. That was just so damn anti-climatic for me.

What I do like about the ending is Senketsu's death. That saved the show from an entirely cheesy happy ending. And what Senketsu says is true, you don't wear a sailor uniform all your life. Same concept is shown with Satsuki getting her hair cut. It totally works with her personality.
 
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Hence why I threw a "too" in there.

It definitely has some repetitive and predictable moments, but overall I feel that's a minor quibble for this kind of show. As far as the "incomprehensible" thing goes, that's just a running gag... I find it pretty amusing, and it was introduced pretty late in the show so I don't think it's gotten old by the final episode.

And I personally loved the ending. My only complaint is that it did feel a bit too quick, which made the Omnisilk Koketsu thing feel a bit anticlimactic after they've been hinting at it for episodes. Stretching it out to two or maybe even three episodes might've helped in this regard, but they clearly knew what their budget was and saved a bit on the early episodes so that they could make the final episode look awesome. They probably wouldn't have been able to do that if the show went on for 25 or 26 episodes instead.

So overall, it's a tradeoff that I have mixed feelings about. But the conclusion as a whole, I very much enjoyed.

What, you expected Ragyou to go back to Earth with her daughter, AOS? She lost, and at that point suicide was the only thing that made sense for her character to do. So what if she made a retort about Ryuuko's incomprehensible words? When you're a sore loser and you know you've lost super duper hard, you generally go a little cuckoo for cocoa puffs in a blind fit of rage.
 
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I'll probably start by saying I never watched KlK for a deep or artfully told story, I can get that elsewhere.

Was it as fun in the finale as ever? Yes, and my Mako x Ryuko headcanon got one good hug in the ending, so that made me happy. It was also cool seeing Nui completely unhinged, all pretenses of cuteness dead.

Senketsu's death was necessary, especially in his own words about growing out of sailor uniforms. I would've liked a little more time for them to tie up loose ends and set the characters up in their New Equilibrium, but budgets and time schedules were what they were...

Was it perfect? Nah, but it was enjoyable the whole way through. I've seen enough failed endings, in Walking Dead, Mass Effect 3, and many, many movies. This definitely sealed the story off well, hope we see more from Trigger in the future!
 
Lain
Too long? Eh... I don't think so. If it were trying to tell a serious story, then yeah it could've probably done it's thing in 13 episodes or less and would've been better for it. But it's not serious, it's just plain fun.

But at the same time, I think 24 episodes is a good time to call it quits with a show like this. Any longer and it'd probably start to wear its welcome pretty quickly, becoming too predictable and repetitive.
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Ok, I worded it bad. Maybe it wasn't too long, but the time early in the show was very badly used with filler. yeah, it was fun but it was filler, and in the end many of us felt that important stuff that could have been told in two or even three episodes got rushed into one, including the grand finale which could have easily been split in two episodes for more awesome. You're commenting it in your reply to AOS. So yeah, maybe 24 was a good episode count, but they could have used them way better, specially the first 15 episodes or so.
 
Eh, possibly... but there were a lot of moments that felt rushed and like they could've used more episodes, not just the finale. I don't think they could've condensed the first 15 episodes down enough to give enough time to everything that was "important". But they were going with a non-serious show where virtually nothing was actually important, so I must disagree with you in regards to them being able to use the first 15 episodes. The first 15 episodes are what drive home the idea that this show is, for lack of a better word, incomprehensible and not meant to be taken with a shred of seriousness... a fact that, despite the first 15 episodes, is apparently forgotten by some people by the end. So while those episodes didn't fully succeed, I'd hate to think how we'd think of the show if they were chopped down significantly and made it seem as if the show was actually trying to be taken seriously.


...Or, to put it more succinctly: I think they achieved what they were trying to achieve, which just happened to never include any plans for a climax that felt legitimately dramatic.
 
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Eh, possibly... but there were a lot of moments that felt rushed and like they could've used more episodes, not just the finale. I don't think they could've condensed the first 15 episodes down enough to give enough time to everything that was "important". But they were going with a non-serious show where virtually nothing was actually important, so I must disagree with you in regards to them being able to use the first 15 episodes. The first 15 episodes are what drive home the idea that this show is, for lack of a better word, incomprehensible and not meant to be taken with a shred of seriousness... a fact that, despite the first 15 episodes, is apparently forgotten by some people by the end. So while those episodes didn't fully succeed, I'd hate to think how we'd think of the show if they were chopped down significantly and made it seem as if the show was actually trying to be taken seriously.


...Or, to put it more succinctly: I think they achieved what they were trying to achieve, which just happened to never include any plans for a climax that felt legitimately dramatic.
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Ok. But the problem is that, at the end, the show was dead-serious. Humanity-at-risk serious. So while I do get your point about the show taking itself lightly in the first episodes, I think they could have used less episodes to do that, and then give the seriousness of the show at least three more episodes for us to rejoice.
 
Wasn't too happy about that ending either. But did enjoy key moments that have already been mentioned. I never do like endings, that means it's over and that's sad. But Kill la Kill did not fall under that, I'm not that sad that it's over and feel I was probably hyping myself up for the last episode in anticipation only to be let down. Wish it had more story to it though.
 
-> Since its a struggle for me to finish TTGL...I finally finished Kill la Kill, yay to me! lol
 
>pushes off finishing off KLK until the end of Spring Break
>ISP throttles; unable to stream

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(be glad I resisted the temptation to link to TVTropes....)
 
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The kind of endings I enjoy most are either when you stretch a winning battle to experience a lot of "payback" moments when the antagonist is now struggling, or you conclude it early on in the episode and spend the rest settling down in the rescued world.
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I hope you're not including DBZ a bit in there like that. *Glares at how much they dragged out the fight with Majin Buu* Seriously, every time it looked like they were going to finally beat him, bam they did something stupid to drag it out. I mean good lord, the entire arc itself is like 80 episodes.

Though that show did a rather nice job with those final epilogue episodes.
 
I don't watch DBZ to have possibly suggested that extreme of prolonging a battle. what I meant was stringing it for a bit longer than just simply snatching the key off the enemy and leaving the opponent behind.

@jacnob, sick avatar. Someone's going to have a screenshot for every gesture and pose she's ever made in the entire show one day. That's when I'm going to start searching.
 
Cano
Ok. But the problem is that, at the end, the show was dead-serious. Humanity-at-risk serious. So while I do get your point about the show taking itself lightly in the first episodes, I think they could have used less episodes to do that, and then give the seriousness of the show at least three more episodes for us to rejoice.
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Just because the plot seems serious doesn't mean that the show was taking it seriously.

I mean, the plot also seems dark, but the show's thoroughly lighthearted and funny from start to finish.
 

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