[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 14 May 2025 - 12:58 PM, said:

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX episode 5 & 6:

Are Machu, Nyaan, and Shuji a throuple? I'm not complaining, but the two girls just competitively got into their skivvies to lay on the "cold metal" of the Gundam with Shuji when he said that it felt nice...and then Machu was mad that Nyaan saw the Kira-Kira lights when she connected to the Omega Psychommu as she felt that was just for her and Shuji...feels like it's headed that way. Which is actually more interesting than just a love triangle.

GUNDAM IS ABOUT GIANT ROBOTS SHOOTING THINGS DAMMIT

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 14 May 2025 - 01:45 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 14 May 2025 - 12:58 PM, said:

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX episode 5 & 6:

Are Machu, Nyaan, and Shuji a throuple? I'm not complaining, but the two girls just competitively got into their skivvies to lay on the "cold metal" of the Gundam with Shuji when he said that it felt nice...and then Machu was mad that Nyaan saw the Kira-Kira lights when she connected to the Omega Psychommu as she felt that was just for her and Shuji...feels like it's headed that way. Which is actually more interesting than just a love triangle.

GUNDAM IS ABOUT GIANT ROBOTS SHOOTING THINGS DAMMIT

Oh it's got tonnes of that too. LOL

[D'rek]

After the execs got so mad that they wrote lesbians in G-Witch surely they are monitoring GQuackX with an iron fist to not let anything remotely progressive happen in it, right?

[QuickTidal]

D, on 14 May 2025 - 02:10 PM, said:

After the execs got so mad that they wrote lesbians in G-Witch surely they are monitoring GQuackX with an iron fist to not let anything remotely progressive happen in it, right?

That was Kadokawa though (not Sunrise), and they are not involved with this new show. Plus I would expect that Anno has SIGNIFICANTLY more pull behind his name than Hiroshi Kobayashi had with Kadokawa being prudish.

[D'rek]

QuickTidal, on 14 May 2025 - 02:24 PM, said:

D, on 14 May 2025 - 02:10 PM, said:

After the execs got so mad that they wrote lesbians in G-Witch surely they are monitoring GQuackX with an iron fist to not let anything remotely progressive happen in it, right?

That was Kadokawa though (not Sunrise), and they are not involved with this new show. Plus I would expect that Anno has SIGNIFICANTLY more pull behind his name than Hiroshi Kobayashi had with Kadokawa being prudish.

Hmm I don't know, it's the same Anno who said Studio Khara would be directly involved with ensuring the Evangelion translations were correct went it got re-licensed to streaming companies and then Netflix changed Kaworu saying he loved Shinji into just liking and "being worthy" instead.

Besides, Anno isn't the director or lead writer on GQuackers so his opinion/clout probably doesn't matter much here.

[Maark Abbott]

QuickTidal, on 14 May 2025 - 11:27 AM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 14 May 2025 - 07:39 AM, said:

Yeah, no. Never make that comparison again.

It's mostly a sports / running show.

Yes, there's a bit of the idol stuff here and there but Cinderella Grey especially is all about running, rivalry and that sort of thing. The little bit of idol stuff there is gets played for laughs because Oguri is spectacularly bad at it which becomes a running joke.

Your Forma this season has been interesting. Sort of ID Invaded but focused on AI / Automatons etc. Would recommend.

[QuickTidal]

D, on 14 May 2025 - 09:11 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 14 May 2025 - 02:24 PM, said:

D, on 14 May 2025 - 02:10 PM, said:

After the execs got so mad that they wrote lesbians in G-Witch surely they are monitoring GQuackX with an iron fist to not let anything remotely progressive happen in it, right?

That was Kadokawa though (not Sunrise), and they are not involved with this new show. Plus I would expect that Anno has SIGNIFICANTLY more pull behind his name than Hiroshi Kobayashi had with Kadokawa being prudish.

Hmm I don't know, it's the same Anno who said Studio Khara would be directly involved with ensuring the Evangelion translations were correct went it got re-licensed to streaming companies and then Netflix changed Kaworu saying he loved Shinji into just liking and "being worthy" instead.

Besides, Anno isn't the director or lead writer on GQuackers so his opinion/clout probably doesn't matter much here.

Khara is all old school Gainax people though...people who cut their teeth in the industry under Anno's direct supervision on Eva, FLCL ect..and he's written and storyboarded two of the existing episodes, and the dude writing the rest is Yoji Enokido who is Anno's protege from his Gainax days.


Re: Eva Netflix: It can be translated as "I love you". It's literally in the dictionary definition ("liking (romantically); being in love with; beloved"), and it's still translated as "I love you" in the Netflix version when Kaworu says that he represents the words "I love you". Translating it either way is fine. It's actually the most common way to confess your romantic feelings for someone in Japanese. Anno, in an extensive interview with yaoi magazine, said that Satsukawa was "right on the mark when it came to homoeroticism", and that there was nothing wrong with the earlier drafts (where Shinji and Kaworu kiss, for example), although some of the more racy elements had to be toned down because the producers at the time would not allow it (ex: skinny dipping turned into time at the baths).

I'm not saying that Anno has some master smackdown clout with everyone involved, just that this is not the same situation as Witch of Mercury by a long shot, and Anno and Kara history speaks to more progressive tendencies than not.


Nevermind, See my other reply.

Maark Abbott, on 15 May 2025 - 07:44 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 14 May 2025 - 11:27 AM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 14 May 2025 - 07:39 AM, said:

Yeah, no. Never make that comparison again.

It's mostly a sports / running show.

Yes, there's a bit of the idol stuff here and there but Cinderella Grey especially is all about running, rivalry and that sort of thing. The little bit of idol stuff there is gets played for laughs because Oguri is spectacularly bad at it which becomes a running joke.

Your Forma this season has been interesting. Sort of ID Invaded but focused on AI / Automatons etc. Would recommend.

I'm mostly teasing you.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 15 May 2025 - 05:09 PM

[QuickTidal]

D'rek, I take back what I said..episode 6 has it as a regular ass love triangle with Machu just complaining about Nyaan "stealing Shuji" now, and not a throuple. So you are likely right and they've avoided the progressiveness. Sigh. Oh well.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 15 May 2025 - 05:09 PM

[Maark Abbott]

QuickTidal, on 15 May 2025 - 12:09 PM, said:

D, on 14 May 2025 - 09:11 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 14 May 2025 - 02:24 PM, said:

D, on 14 May 2025 - 02:10 PM, said:

After the execs got so mad that they wrote lesbians in G-Witch surely they are monitoring GQuackX with an iron fist to not let anything remotely progressive happen in it, right?

That was Kadokawa though (not Sunrise), and they are not involved with this new show. Plus I would expect that Anno has SIGNIFICANTLY more pull behind his name than Hiroshi Kobayashi had with Kadokawa being prudish.

Hmm I don't know, it's the same Anno who said Studio Khara would be directly involved with ensuring the Evangelion translations were correct went it got re-licensed to streaming companies and then Netflix changed Kaworu saying he loved Shinji into just liking and "being worthy" instead.

Besides, Anno isn't the director or lead writer on GQuackers so his opinion/clout probably doesn't matter much here.

Khara is all old school Gainax people though...people who cut their teeth in the industry under Anno's direct supervision on Eva, FLCL ect..and he's written and storyboarded two of the existing episodes, and the dude writing the rest is Yoji Enokido who is Anno's protege from his Gainax days.


Re: Eva Netflix: It can be translated as "I love you". It's literally in the dictionary definition ("liking (romantically); being in love with; beloved"), and it's still translated as "I love you" in the Netflix version when Kaworu says that he represents the words "I love you". Translating it either way is fine. It's actually the most common way to confess your romantic feelings for someone in Japanese. Anno, in an extensive interview with yaoi magazine, said that Satsukawa was "right on the mark when it came to homoeroticism", and that there was nothing wrong with the earlier drafts (where Shinji and Kaworu kiss, for example), although some of the more racy elements had to be toned down because the producers at the time would not allow it (ex: skinny dipping turned into time at the baths).

I'm not saying that Anno has some master smackdown clout with everyone involved, just that this is not the same situation as Witch of Mercury by a long shot, and Anno and Kara history speaks to more progressive tendencies than not.


Nevermind, See my other reply.

Maark Abbott, on 15 May 2025 - 07:44 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 14 May 2025 - 11:27 AM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 14 May 2025 - 07:39 AM, said:

Yeah, no. Never make that comparison again.

It's mostly a sports / running show.

Yes, there's a bit of the idol stuff here and there but Cinderella Grey especially is all about running, rivalry and that sort of thing. The little bit of idol stuff there is gets played for laughs because Oguri is spectacularly bad at it which becomes a running joke.

Your Forma this season has been interesting. Sort of ID Invaded but focused on AI / Automatons etc. Would recommend.

I'm mostly teasing you.

There's teasing and then there's levying the B-word against someone. They are... a whole thing, and a fandom to be avoided at all costs!

[QuickTidal]

Hehe, noted.

[Tsundoku]

Watching "I Parry Everything" on Hianime.

Quite fun, if a little simple and extremely farcical at times.

[Tsundoku]

Tsundoku, on 18 May 2025 - 01:12 PM, said:

Watching "I Parry Everything" on Hianime.

Quite fun, if a little simple and extremely farcical at times.

Wow, ep 11 "I Parry Divine Wrath" ...

Spoiler

that shit got dark rather quickly! The punishment for Emperor Deridus - whoa!
Dude even pisses himself twice!

Otherwise it's pretty much a fun little brain-switch-off romp.

Six point five ridiculously OP stats out of ten.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 20 May 2025 - 11:24 AM

[QuickTidal]

Converse has done a collab with NARUTO, and they are fire. The official Converse site was sold out within hours of release, but CDN company Soft Moc had stock (and they refuse to sell to Americans right now so less scalpers to deal with; WOOT) so I nabbed the Kakashi ones in my size. $100 all in including shipping.

I wanted the Sasuke ones as that purple demnon rope binding laces are amazing...also the curse is on the back and gets revealed in the sun...but my wife didn't like the look, and Kakashi is my fave character anyways, so this works out.


Took my daughter to Anime North this past weekend and got nothing for myself (I spent $50 on what she wanted instead), so this is my treat for myself. YOLO.


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[Abyss]

Abyss, on 05 May 2025 - 04:38 PM, said:

Chance, on 05 May 2025 - 02:09 PM, said:

Abyss, on 05 May 2025 - 01:54 PM, said:

DEMON SLAYER...
...this is far more entertaining than it has any right to be.

Think the art style is what gets me, much of the newer anime feels a bit sloppy in that regard but Demon Slayer delivers with style. Most other animators seem to lean a bit to heavily on 3d animation really.

It IS very nicely done animation. I could live without the 'character is screaming and crying and waving their arms a lot and looks like an old Flintstones cartoon' bits but even Zenitsu is growing on me.

QuickTidal, on 05 May 2025 - 03:46 PM, said:

Oh man, if you just started you haven't seen anything yet. SUCH a great show!

it IS!

My experience w 'modern' anime is pretty scattered, I watched a bunch of classics - Akira, Ninja Scroll, GitM, etc - in the 90s, Full Metal Alchemist and various Gundam - Mobile Suit, Wing, Seed - through the 00s, and other than the odd ep here or there not much til recently when some small people i spend time with were bingeing Demon Slayer and i ended up watching ten eps or so cherry-picked across the entire run, including the (insane) finale. Now i'm watching from the beginning, about 3/4 through S1, with intent to finish before the movie drops in Sept because i am absolutely going to see it and if Nezuko does the soccer kick thing and takes someone's head off on the big screen i'm going to lose my mind.

Abyss, on 07 May 2025 - 01:54 PM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 07 May 2025 - 07:54 AM, said:

Abyss, on 06 May 2025 - 04:31 PM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 06 May 2025 - 06:46 AM, said:

Demon Slayer is all spectacle and little substance.

Not that this detracts from it - switch brain off, enjoy flashy animation, come away happy.

Accurate to a point. There's a running subplot about Tanjiro's empathy towards others, that manifests for the viewer as he slaughters demons and we get a sympathetic origin story before they dust out. It runs just a wee bit deeper than the basic 'travel around, kill demons, train, kill more demons' premise. It's not Full Metal Alchemist's deep ruminations on brotherhood and fascism and science, but it's not DBZ level fight fight yell yell fight more either.

True. I'd still argue don't go into it looking for any particular depth because it is a surface level spectacle show - but not in a detrimental way. The bits of backstory flesh things out just enough to not drag it away from what makes it good. It's like seasoning.

Fair to say both perspectives are fair, the depth is there to an extent but it works perfectly fine as a superficial fight show that's nice to look at. I'm enjoying the sheer diversity of demons and Hashira characters, some of it is standard trope done well but some are genuinely original and the design work is exceptional.

Just Finished S2...

Spoiler

k the end of season one against the spider-family demons was fun and well done but felt over-extended at times, and i disliked how the Hashira just show up and save the day at the end, but overall good fun, very watchable, and it advanced the characters. I was a little sceptical about S2 being a movie, split into episodes, all set on a train, but the pacing and tangents are nicely done and it works. Lower One was a convincing villain and the end of the fight where Tanjiro and Inosuke have to sever the spine in the engine is intense and mildly insane... Tanjiro repeatedly killing himself in his dreams to fight off the sleep attack was nuts, Inosuke being immune because he's either wearing a god's head, masked, or just so hyperactive scattered that One couldn't make eye contact was a fun touch, and i laugh myself stupid every time Zenitsu breaks out his one move. Then they win, tentacles everywhere, train rolling, crashing, yay, we survived HOLY SWORDFUCK ANOTHER DEMON for no other reason than to give us a wild as fuck three episode Rengoku fight. It's contrived, borderline ridiculous, and absolutely glorious.

Great fun. On to S3.

[Maark Abbott]

Tsundoku, on 20 May 2025 - 11:22 AM, said:

Tsundoku, on 18 May 2025 - 01:12 PM, said:

Watching "I Parry Everything" on Hianime.

Quite fun, if a little simple and extremely farcical at times.

Wow, ep 11 "I Parry Divine Wrath" ...

Spoiler

that shit got dark rather quickly! The punishment for Emperor Deridus - whoa!
Dude even pisses himself twice!

Otherwise it's pretty much a fun little brain-switch-off romp.

Six point five ridiculously OP stats out of ten.

I PARRY A DRAGON
I PARRY GOD
I PARRY THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE

Kowloon Generic Romance continues to throw me for loops. Existential semi-slice of life involving cloning and individuality.