[LinearPhilosopher]

http://goldensneer.w...e-with-meaning/

interesting article, ima go one step further and say that by exagerating the suit design they are making a comment as to how it is a larger detractor then the violence itself. Or to word it another way, violence is permissble, yet we shy away from fanservice.

[QuickTidal]

BalrogLord, on 03 December 2013 - 03:40 PM, said:

http://goldensneer.w...e-with-meaning/

interesting article, ima go one step further and say that by exagerating the suit design they are making a comment as to how it is a larger detractor then the violence itself. Or to word it another way, violence is permissble, yet we shy away from fanservice.

I still say the best in-story meta mention about FanService is EVANGELION 2.0 was Asuka putting on her NEW plugsuit in disgust and looking down at it to exclaim "What pervert designs these things anyways?" Which is basically Anno still taking hilarious potshots at Otaku culture all these years later, while still giving them what they want.

On Topic: Anyone excited about SPACE DANDY? As a big fan of COWBOY BEEBOP, I think this new Shinchiro Watanabe show might be pretty solidly fun. Here's a new trailer. WARNING: Speaking of FanService...there are some bouncing cleavage shots in this show.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 03 December 2013 - 04:15 PM

[QuickTidal]

Holy shit.

I just discovered that VIZ made ALL current bookified Volumes of ONE PIECE manga available for purchase to read on the Kindle...for LESS than half the cost of the physical books.

The only reason I wasn't barreling through these at a faster pace was because they cost me $12 a go and I can read them in about an hour. So yeah, a $5 price tag/ebook volume is going to make things sting a lot less in the wallet department.

Plus, last time I was devouring a copy I thought (jeez, these could be read so easily on Kindle!). Apparently VIZ came to this realization first.

[yuna_anomander25]

while waiting for new episodes of MAGI: THE KINGDOM OF MAGIC and KUROKO NO BASKET 2,, i just started to watch SUISEI NO GARGANTIA

I like the story so far,, a space battle occured between humans and a plant-like aliens (which gives me a Gundam 00 vibes),, when retreating MC's mecha were lost in the black hole and ended up in Earth,, where the Earth is a place full of waters - ala Water World,, where he and his super-advanced mecha met a low technological people,,

1 of the things i like is that they were all talking japanese,, but when they spoke to Ledo(MC) they speak a foreign language unknown to him!! but when he speaks,, it is the same like-wise,, so they communicate thru Ledo's Artificial Intelligence Chamber,, and translates it for them,, but as the series progresses,, he understands a few words and able to talk with them,,

[Dolmen 2.0]

Suisei No Gargantua starts off well but changes pace quite a bit and I think its a shame. I didn't follow it much further than the 6th episode. would like to know how you like it. I feel it had a ton of potential but then Jormungand happened and I never really tracked back to it.

[LinearPhilosopher]

Also Not Brent Weeks, on 05 December 2013 - 05:45 PM, said:

Suisei No Gargantua starts off well but changes pace quite a bit and I think its a shame. I didn't follow it much further than the 6th episode. would like to know how you like it. I feel it had a ton of potential but then Jormungand happened and I never really tracked back to it.

You should give it another go. Gargantia can be split into 3 arcs.
first arc:ledo discovers and tries to be accepted into the new culture
second: ledo adjusts to a new life
third:ending arc.

I won't say much about third arc as it would spoil a lot but it was really good. THe middle is forgettable i will admit, i skipped a few episodes. However the ending is arc quite good.

[LinearPhilosopher]

http://anilinkz.com/...-ilse-s-journal

new OVA for attack on titan. Centres around Hanji and Levi. Highly reccomend

[Adjutant Stormy~]

Everyone: go watch Kill La Kill. It's by the guys behind Gurren Lagann, and it is five hundred kinds of amazing.

This post has been edited by Adjutant Stormy~: 17 December 2013 - 11:09 AM

[QuickTidal]

Hmmm, I dislike dhte few eps I watched...but folk here seem to enjoy it, perhaps it deserves another chance?

[Silencer]

5 Centimeters Per Second.

Well...that was bloody well done. Awesome art. And...really, really

Spoiler

Fucking depressing.

Great movie, but probably hits a bit too close to home, I guess.

[QuickTidal]

Silencer, on 22 December 2013 - 11:55 AM, said:

5 Centimeters Per Second.

Well...that was bloody well done. Awesome art. And...really, really

Spoiler

Fucking depressing.

Great movie, but probably hits a bit too close to home, I guess.

Yeah, it's phenomenal...but yeah emotionally draining.

For me, I've actually seen that WOLF CHILDREN is out on BluRay and new Mamoru Hosoda (SUMMER WARS, THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME) is always a great thing.

That said, I can't buy it yet cause I've promised I would not buy myself stuff till after xmas.

[LinearPhilosopher]

QuickTidal, on 22 December 2013 - 01:17 PM, said:

Silencer, on 22 December 2013 - 11:55 AM, said:

5 Centimeters Per Second.

Well...that was bloody well done. Awesome art. And...really, really

Spoiler

Fucking depressing.

Great movie, but probably hits a bit too close to home, I guess.

Yeah, it's phenomenal...but yeah emotionally draining.

For me, I've actually seen that WOLF CHILDREN is out on BluRay and new Mamoru Hosoda (SUMMER WARS, THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME) is always a great thing.

That said, I can't buy it yet cause I've promised I would not buy myself stuff till after xmas.

5cm per second is a great movie. To quote my friend who reccomended it to me "there isn't a single character, a single situation in that movie that i haven't been in." It's one of those truly authentic movies that is beautifully directed.

[Gothos]

So it seems 5cm/s is something I should watch.

So when's the new batch of Attack on Titan coming?

[yuna_anomander25]

just started watching:

SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN - i like the premise of this,, and love Mikasa,, hehe,, and Eren kinda looks like Van Fanel of Escaflowne,, and i love the ending song,, it's so soothing,,

and

ORE NO IMOUTO GA KONNA NI KAWAII WAKE GA NAI - it's sort of incestous,, it's implied but never shown,, so far it's kind of just showing the relationship between older brother and younger sister,,

both episode 4 watched so far,, also started reading their manga origins,, don't like much the art in SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN VOL OO ONE SHOT,,

will be watching episode 7 of SUISEI NO GARGANTIA,, which have sort of lulled in the middle part,, but i like it so far not to continue,,

can't wait for the Magnostadt War Arc in MAGI and the Seirin Vs Touou Gakuen in KUROKO NO BASKET,,

[Silencer]

Eh, the entire point of OreImo is subtext and "will they or won't they"/"do they or don't they"? Up through season two, that is still not resolved. XD

[yuna_anomander25]

from what i could gather,, the author left it with an open ending,, it remains to be seen or confirmed if they both went with it all or they went their separate ways after they "dated" and then broke up,, but one thing is for sure they both had feelings for each other and the author didn't made a cop out ending like they aren't really blood relatives,,
also as i read somewhere that the Japanese passed some kind of law,, so that makes it a little more harder and restricted the story/manga without going full adult,,

[LinearPhilosopher]

Gothos, on 23 December 2013 - 11:39 AM, said:

So it seems 5cm/s is something I should watch.

So when's the new batch of Attack on Titan coming?

nothing concrete yet. My prediction is 2 years THere's a 20min ova that came out a little while ago i think i linked it on the previous page

[blanketman2.0]

Silencer, on 22 December 2013 - 11:55 AM, said:

5 Centimeters Per Second.

Well...that was bloody well done. Awesome art. And...really, really

Spoiler

Fucking depressing.

Great movie, but probably hits a bit too close to home, I guess.

Makoto Shinkai the director and all his works are absolutely gorgeous his newest Garden of Words is just beautiful
but my fav is Voices of a Distant Star.

[D'rek]

I watched the first two episodes of The Devil Works Part Time! and I am highly enjoying its deadpan silliness so far!

[LinearPhilosopher]

In hindsight, 2013 was a great year for anime
Shin Sekai Yori
Psychopass
Blast of Tempest
Attack on titan
gargantia

also added mao mao yuusha to the list

This post has been edited by BalrogLord: 03 January 2014 - 07:21 AM