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At 3/3/11 08:52 PM, Mendou wrote:

At 3/3/11 08:50 PM, KermitTheMuppet wrote:



Perhaps you need some re-adjusting, boy.

Perhaps. After lunch at least.

HEY BRO, HEY SIS, LET ME IN ON THAT!

After all, a growing boy needs his strength!

At 3/3/11 08:57 PM, KermitTheMuppet wrote:

After all, a growing boy needs his strength!

No can do, Sai. Lunch is over.

At 3/3/11 09:04 PM, Mendou wrote:

At 3/3/11 08:57 PM, KermitTheMuppet wrote:

After all, a growing boy needs his strength!

No can do, Sai. Lunch is over.

No.... NO FAIR BRO!

I NEEDED ENERGY TO WIN.

HOW WILL I BRING HONOR BACK TO THE SHAOLIN TEMPLE NOW?

You bastard.

At 3/3/11 12:57 PM, towelie101 wrote: Jesus fuck my internet is irritating. It's going to take a decade just to watch G Gundam (well, it's not like I have anything better to do). The dub was alright from what I saw of the first seven minutes.

I would suggest that you watch G Gundam in the sub version, partly because of the subtle political correctness that is in the dub. I don't know about you, but the political correctness in the dub kinda turned me off to the series a long time ago, but got over it recently.

Also, Infinite Stratos just had a beach episode today. Isn't that refreshing and original? Can't wait for the festival episode!!!

Huzzah!

Anyways, I started watching Genshiken last week, and in all honesty, I thought I was going to hate this show, but the series sort of grew on me, what with the rather lighthearted take on otaku and otaku culture in Japan. The english dub was decent, but nothing to write to home about, which I expected from a series that barely anyone has heard of outside of Japan.

At 3/3/11 06:28 PM, UCanCallMeJesus wrote: Texhnolyze Spoilers Time. Don't read if you ever plan on watching this.

like I said, ultimate downer ending. Also, isn't the score fantastic?

At 3/3/11 06:24 PM, Rahmemhotep wrote: I have the first two DVDs, yeah it's fucking epic. I need to get the rest though. Wait, did ADV distribute that before they went under?

They were all released, but the DVDs are discontinued and are a bit overpriced. I think you can get it for a better price on rightstuf.com. It's a "hybrid" dvd, though, whatever that is. I plan on just downloading it though, if I can.

At 3/3/11 08:20 PM, KermitTheMuppet wrote: Also, this video leads me to believe K-ON! is the spiritual successor to Cowboy Bebop.

ZIP ZOP ZOOBIDEEBOP

At 3/3/11 11:01 PM, orangebomb wrote:

I would suggest that you watch G Gundam in the sub version, partly because of the subtle political correctness that is in the dub. I don't know about you, but the political correctness in the dub kinda turned me off to the series a long time ago, but got over it recently.

I'd figure an ignorant american like yourself would suggest political correctness is "too much", only problem is:

HOLY DICKS SPOILERS AHEAD BRO:

It's not politically correct. Infact it's the exact opposite and is less politically correct when it tries to sound like it can justify all the absurd gundam suits, stereotypes and situations.

The whole DUB vs SUB argument is tired as hell, and it wouldn't even make a huge difference in the end anyhow considering how G-Gundam plays out anyway. Could you look at G-Gundam, glance through a bunch of episodes and tell me it's attempting to come of with the same impression as the UC timeline based series?

When you give the series the chance it severely deserves, even if you're relatively unacquainted with the gundam franchise, you might as well enjoy the fact that it is so crazy and surreal. It probably shouldn't be the first series to start off with to become introduced with the franchise, but it's a fantastic entry.

That's the whole enjoyment of this one, especially when it does have those moments where you can glance past the silliness and enjoy the cast, the music and even the conversations at times are charming.

It's one big fantasy and I didn't think the intention was for it to be completely correct or serious. In contrast to some of the other entries series that were shitty because they were trying to be so poignant and serious, atleast G-Gundam was unique as a MSG spinoff at how it gave us another way to use the gundam mythology effectively.

My god, even Noble Gundam was modeled after Sailor (V)enus. That, plus all of the other ridiculous gundam suits,should have been enough of a clue to indicate it's a series meant for utter fun.

Watched a few more episodes of G Gundam and they were alright.

Chibodee, Saici and George all had great introduction episodes. George/Rose was definitely my favorite episode so far.

At 3/4/11 10:52 PM, towelie101 wrote: Watched a few more episodes of G Gundam and they were alright.

You said that in your last couple of posts, go into more detail.

Chibodee, Saici and George all had great introduction episodes. George/Rose was definitely my favorite episode so far.

One day, he's gonna MARRY-a- LOUISE LOL.

At 3/4/11 11:18 PM, KermitTheMuppet wrote:

At 3/4/11 10:52 PM, towelie101 wrote: Watched a few more episodes of G Gundam and they were alright.

You said that in your last couple of posts, go into more detail.

The fights were fun to watch; however, I think they went way too fast. Chibodee/Maxter's fight seemed to the quickest to me -- Domon and him parried for two or three seconds, then HERE I GO--- SHINING FINGER. Though I guess the matches are so quick to show how different in skill the characters are/how much PLOT ARMOR Domon has.

Chibodee, Saici and George all had great introduction episodes. George/Rose was definitely my favorite episode so far.

One day, he's gonna MARRY-a- LOUISE LOL.

>Maria Louise
>Marie
>Marie Antoinette
>Louise
>Louis XVI

MIND = BLOWN

At 3/4/11 12:36 AM, KermitTheMuppet wrote:

At 3/3/11 11:01 PM, orangebomb wrote:

The whole DUB vs SUB argument is tired as hell, and it wouldn't even make a huge difference in the end anyhow considering how G-Gundam plays out anyway. Could you look at G-Gundam, glance through a bunch of episodes and tell me it's attempting to come of with the same impression as the UC timeline based series?

I never really said that G-Gundam was based off the UC timeline. Although I can agree with you that the Dub vs. Sub arguments in any anime is tired as hell.

When you give the series the chance it severely deserves,

Timeout here, I have watched this series before, when I was a kid, which of course the English dub was cheesy and stuff like that, but I never really cared for that at the time. Now that I have decided to rewatch the series about a year ago or so, I realized that on how much different the original audio is compared to the dub, other than the obvious lanaguage difference.

even if you're relatively unacquainted with the gundam franchise, you might as well enjoy the fact that it is so crazy and surreal. It probably shouldn't be the first series to start off with to become introduced with the franchise, but it's a fantastic entry.

I'm agreeing with you on that premise 100%. In all honesty, I view most of the Gundam franchise as basically "Star Wars", but with mechs and the politics that take place on Earth instead of a far away galaxy. Of course, that doesn't mean that there are some shows within the franchise that stood out and I have enjoyed over the years, but more or less, It's almost like "Star Wars", with the obvious exception of G-Gundam.

It's one big fantasy and I didn't think the intention was for it to be completely correct or serious. In contrast to some of the other entries series that were shitty because they were trying to be so poignant and serious, atleast G-Gundam was unique as a MSG spinoff at how it gave us another way to use the gundam mythology effectively.

Once again, I agree. Much of the Gundam series tend to be ultra-serious political riff-raff that is often followed by the occasional battle in space or on the ground. That's not to say that is all a bad thing per se, but it does get rather tiring to the point where I simply don't care anymore what they say or do.

My god, even Noble Gundam was modeled after Sailor (V)enus. That, plus all of the other ridiculous gundam suits,should have been enough of a clue to indicate it's a series meant for utter fun.

Perhaps I have looked at it the wrong way, considering I have generally viewed the Gundam franchise as a bunch of serious storylines about war, politics, and so on.

At 3/4/11 11:32 PM, towelie101 wrote:

The fights were fun to watch; however, I think they went way too fast. Chibodee/Maxter's fight seemed to the quickest to me -- Domon and him parried for two or three seconds, then HERE I GO--- SHINING FINGER. Though I guess the matches are so quick to show how different in skill the characters are/how much PLOT ARMOR Domon has.

Yeah, the first 13 episodes were more or less like that actually. It does improve however, you'll notice that Domon's PLOT armor won't be brought into as much question everytime, still often, but not always.

When most of the central characters are established, it will be more to your liking I'd imagine, and good points btw.

>Maria Louise
>Marie
>Marie Antoinette
>Louise
>Louis XVI

MIND = BLOWN

MB= MASTER BATES I.E NORMAN BATES

all this talk about me is me a massive erection.

At 3/5/11 12:06 AM, KermitTheMuppet wrote:

At 3/4/11 11:32 PM, towelie101 wrote:

The fights were fun to watch; however, I think they went way too fast. Chibodee/Maxter's fight seemed to the quickest to me -- Domon and him parried for two or three seconds, then HERE I GO--- SHINING FINGER. Though I guess the matches are so quick to show how different in skill the characters are/how much PLOT ARMOR Domon has.

Yeah, the first 13 episodes were more or less like that actually. It does improve however, you'll notice that Domon's PLOT armor won't be brought into as much question everytime, still often, but not always.

The battles aren't complete useless, though. They do add to Domon's characters somewhat, like him not finishing G-Rose off with SF because George was holding the tower to save Maria and Rain.

When most of the central characters are established, it will be more to your liking I'd imagine, and good points btw.

'Kay.

At 3/5/11 05:26 AM, Domon-Kasshu wrote: all this talk about me is me a massive erection.

Well, you've earned it, badass.

At 3/5/11 05:26 AM, Domon-Kasshu wrote: all this talk about me is me a massive erection.

MAMA MIA!

Watched Kurozuka it wasn't bad. The animation in it was above average not amazing though. Big things I disliked about it though is the ending was lazy and the characters never really got developed much. Lots of action and blood and what not through out the whole series but you don't learn much about the main characters. IDK I guess thats kinda understandable though since it was only 12 episodes.

At 3/5/11 03:06 PM, UCanCallMeJesus wrote: Watched Kurozuka it wasn't bad. The animation in it was above average not amazing though.

"YEAH I WATCHED THIS AND THIS AND THAT, THE ANIMATION ISN'T TERRIBLY GREAT"

Well stop watching stiff shit, and watch something that's nothing short of a visual treat. This is why today I recommend you a special little title - it's like a 23 minute OVA. And the golden title that I'd like to bring up now, is called "Mars of Destruction". Simply beautiful, this is by far one of the greatest titles I've ever seen.

I mean fuck Gundam, or Rose of Versailles. MoD blows both out of the water with style and grace.

I HAD A DREAM!!!!! Evangelion 3.0 came out and I watched it with some sexy chick that was a Eva fan. She also had a really sexy laptop that had some crazy custom GUI. Now this would normally not hold any significance but I rarely ever dream maybe like 1-2dreams a month. This must be a sign that Evangelions release will be announced soon !!!!!! Also in reply to what mendou said Ill prob check that out today.

After checking the updated spring chart there are now 16 anime on my watch list and 9 on my maybe list. Truly it is going to be a why can't I hold all this anime season.

At 3/6/11 07:01 PM, SomaGuye wrote: After checking the updated spring chart there are now 16 anime on my watch list

16? Jeeze brah, GOING CRAZY OVER THERE.

At 3/6/11 07:01 PM, SomaGuye wrote: After checking the updated spring chart there are now 16 anime on my watch list and 9 on my maybe list. Truly it is going to be a why can't I hold all this anime season.

Wow, that's a lot of anime if I do say so myself, Personally, some of them look pretty interesting, including Season 2 of Kaiji and Gintama, others I might want to wait to see if they are any good or not.

Just finished off Kurenai. Overall it was a good series.

It dipped in quality when dealing with the more comedic elements of the show, but the dramatic parts were quite involving. The fight scenes in particular, especially those towards the end of the series, were very well done.

The ending was alright, but it felt a little rushed I think. Too many plot threads were not fully developed to the extent I would have liked them. And a few of the characters themselves I felt were not used to their full potential. Characters like Tamaki got too much screen time, while some of the more dramatically interesting characters got too little.

Minor spoilers:
Also, I've never seen a show that took a more relaxed approach to the idea of incest and inbreeding. There were a lot of opinions voiced about Murasaki's situation, but they sounded as if they were just complaining about the idea of Murasaki having her partner chosen for her. I'd have thought people would have a little more of a problem with the incestual part of her arrangement.
End spoilers.

I'd like to see a second season of the show, though I'm not sure myself of how that would work. I just feel that there are characters in the show that I'd like to learn more about. The series left it open enough for that, but I haven't seen any information that would indicate that a second season was planned. Kinda disappointing, but whatever.

At 3/6/11 07:01 PM, SomaGuye wrote: After checking the updated spring chart there are now 16 anime on my watch list and 9 on my maybe list. Truly it is going to be a why can't I hold all this anime season.

Ones I'll probably watch:

Kaiji season 2. Though I'll probably wait until it's finished, since I don't think I could stand having to wait a week between episodes. TENSION.

Ones I'm kinda interested in based solely on their pictures and short descrptions:

Appleseed XIII
Deadman Wonderland (sounds like Running Man)
Steins;Gate
Showa Story
X-Men

But I'll wait and see what other people think first of all, if I hear anything more about them (I don't really follow the 'anime news').

Also, Jesus Christ that is a lot of cutesy anime girls in that collection of pictures.

I'll watch c probably. I'm interested in watching x-men but heard not-so-great things about iron man and wolverine so may give it a miss. stein's gate maybe, will have to wait for the first ep reviews to pop out I think.

The rest all look boring. ten year old succubus seeking semen? sexual perversion seminars? power of breast milk fighting off bad guys? school life filled with fancies and ecchi accidents? Good grief, I can see why you have so many to watch this season all of a sudden soma.

Not much interesting things happened so far in G-Gundam (mostly monster/robot of the week) that I can remark on. Chapman/London was definitely my favorite of the batch of episodes I saw.

Which should I watch next: Darker than Black or Angel Beats? I'm leaning toward the former.

At 3/7/11 10:34 AM, towelie101 wrote: Not much interesting things happened so far in G-Gundam (mostly monster/robot of the week) that I can remark on. Chapman/London was definitely my favorite of the batch of episodes I saw.

It's only about 10 episodes in, give it a few more, and then I promise you the plot gets moving.

Which should I watch next: Darker than Black or Angel Beats? I'm leaning toward the former.

Darker Than Black.

At 3/7/11 05:28 AM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: The rest all look boring. ten year old succubus seeking semen?

This is apparently incredibly misleading and has nothing to do with anything after the first episode.

At 3/7/11 10:34 AM, towelie101 wrote: Which should I watch next: Darker than Black or Angel Beats? I'm leaning toward the former.

Seconding darker than black, it's great fun and is just how action animes should be made. I need to go back and rewatch it at some point, just didn't really understand the end that much.
The second series is also very good and well worth a watch.

Not watched angel beats but I haven't heard much about it other than it's pretty good or something.

At 3/7/11 05:28 AM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote:

The rest all look boring. ten year old succubus seeking semen? sexual perversion seminars? power of breast milk fighting off bad guys? school life filled with fancies and ecchi accidents? Good grief, I can see why you have so many to watch this season all of a sudden soma.

This is exactly,EXACTLY mine and Mendou's point. (One of them)

Do you see how exploitative many of these horrible shows are?

Alot of anime has simply been reduced to sexual fetishes and heavy pornographic overtones to appeal to perverted viewers. It's no longer about simply being another animation platform, it's become the biggest and easily most identifiable style to encourage twisted sexuality and perversion. This is how the industry takes advantage of people, and the demographic buys into it; it works.

Most of these characters are KIDS, they might as well be depicting someones daughter or little sister or something, because it's providing people an outlet to feed their sexual problems and their underlying lewdness. Doesn't anyone find that in the slightest appalling or revolting?

If you use the excuse: "It's just a cartoon, it doesn't matter because they're not actual people/cartoons can't experience pain or have feelings", that's not the point. The idea is that now, it's become alot less hard for people to see people of a younger age group, A SIGNIFICANTLY younger age group, as sexually appealing. Now, the barrier of morality and ethical idea concerning pedophilia has become less tabooed simply because it's "a cartoon".

Watched Sword of the Stranger just now. Absolutely stunning, and I'm disappointed that I haven't seen this years ago(It came out in 2007). It's a throwback to how a samurai film should be, but with a very light tint of fantasy elements included.

Great sword fights, some of the best I've seen aside from maybe Samurai Champloo's. Although I think the most pleasant aspect was it's music - it sounded like, you know, a film score. And no hipster j-pop song playing during the ending credits.

Loved it.

At 3/5/11 11:26 PM, Mendou wrote: Well stop watching stiff shit, and watch something that's nothing short of a visual treat. This is why today I recommend you a special little title - it's like a 23 minute OVA. And the golden title that I'd like to bring up now, is called "Mars of Destruction". Simply beautiful, this is by far one of the greatest titles I've ever seen.

I mean fuck Gundam, or Rose of Versailles. MoD blows both out of the water with style and grace.

Complete shit... On another note I got offered editor (cleaner/typesetter) position in a group that is about to start translating XBlade. Is this manga any good?

At 3/7/11 10:34 AM, towelie101 wrote: Not much interesting things happened so far in G-Gundam (mostly monster/robot of the week) that I can remark on. Chapman/London was definitely my favorite of the batch of episodes I saw.

I remember that series.

I didn't like it the first time I saw it, but then the later episodes got better. I'll leave it at that before spoiling something.