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Everyone should watch Fairy Tail.
Just got cracking on Attack on Titan. Four episodes in and it's already one of my favourite series EVARRRR. :love:
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure anime? Soundtrack includes tons of tracks by Yes?
WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
And this April they're releasing Stardust Crusaders, the first appearance of the Stands. You have no idea how awesome this is.
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is amazing. I didn't know what to expect from it, but it was completely brilliant.
This year the only thing I'm looking forward to is...
Space Dandy!
...ok maybe Sailor Moon too.
But SPACE DANDY!!!
Goddamn stupid Cowboy Bebop getting me all messy and emotional and trout!
Messy?
Ew. :erm:
Excuse me? :colbert:
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Originally Posted by Quinternational Man of Mystery
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It's been years since I've watched Hellsing, but I am going to pick it up again this weekend! I don't even remember much of the story, just that I loved it.
The new season of anime has just started! Matt and I are going to watch too much of crappy high school antics!
I finally finished NANA. It got a lot better during the second half. A lot of anime I watch are like that, I wonder why.
It's definitely worth checking out. It's unlike any other series I've seen yet. It has its habit of putting incredibly over the top facial expressions which also makes the art style stand out in a really weird way.
It had this moment where I suddenly went "when did this show suddenly get so good?" Really, all of a sudden all character relationships and interactions are really intricate and interesting. It's hard to predict where the plot will go. Quite captivating.
Next up on my list, Angel Beats!
...
Space Dandy.
Space Dandy is waiting to be watched here.
Angel Beats!, done. Went by pretty quickly. Overall, it was pretty good, Key (or rather Jun Maeda) products always seem to be quite amazing.
Sadly, I feel the series made the wrong decision. Episode 9, it seems like the perfect setup to have the show go on for quite a while - we have a clear goal and great setting - but no, it doesn't take long for them to introduce the reason that makes it end at Episode 13 already. This makes a lot of characters go without much-desired character development.
Otonashi was a really good protagonist and by far my favorite character of the bunch. Kanede fulfilled the role of someone you never really know what to think of very nicely. Overall, a show well worth watching. Not Maeda's best work (gee I wonder what is) but I'm looking forward to the Key VN. I just wish they'd gone with what they had after Ep 9.
Next up, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. Decided to watch this now since it's short as well and it seems to be a bit of a must-watch. Little Busters comes afterwards. Anything to fill the Clannad Void would be wonderful.
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica was the best anime I've seen in quite a while. It starts off as if it were a clichéd magical girls show... takes three episodes to show that that's not quite true... takes another three episodes to prove the exact opposite. It basically takes your preconceptions of series of the genre and throws them right back at you.
The story is pretty dark. I won't go much further into it to prevent spoiling anything, but the plot has a lot of twists that (may) go directly against your expectations of what the show would turn out to be. It had great pacing, always keeping on pressure to make you continue watching. By the end it very much reminded me of two other anime I like a lot, and that would be (SPOILER)Steins;Gate and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
It's one of rather few shows with an episode count in the ~12 range that didn't feel cramped. Air and Angel Beats felt like they should've been longer. Not the case with Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, it took just as much time as it needed, no more, no less.
I can only recommend it further, particularly to people who like shows such as Elfen Lied. Definitely among my Top 5.
Next up, finally Little Busters! I've been itching to watch it ever since someone who's seen Clannad told me it was the saddest anime they'd ever seen. And that's quite a statement. Might take a while till I finish it though since I have a couple of deadlines coming up this week.
Homura. :(
Little Busters... certainly is something. It flip-flops between serious and silly like nobody's business. I thoroughly enjoyed it, though.
So basically just like all Key adaptations, gotcha^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Shauna
I trust you've seen Refrain?
For a long time I actually felt really bad for (SPOILER)Sayaka. She becomes a Mahou Shoujo with no regrets and a positive outlook and then over the course of the next episodes that positivity is completely destroyed and regrets just pile up. But well, when you get further into it, Homura's backstory is really insane. And it also further established just what a certain other anime character had to go through.
I have indeed seen Refrain. So much "What is going on!?". xD
It is less wtf than Air though, which really was the creme de la creme of wtf.
Is Death Note as good as a lot of people said years back?
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is, I believe, the longest running manga to still be in production, nearing its thousandth issue and recently having celebrated its... 25th anniversary? The ending theme of the show, Roundabout by Yes, is full on eight and a half minutes of badassery. Also, because people might not get how badass the show is:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shauna
Fun fact: every time you hear "Yare Yare Daze" or "ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!" in an anime, it's referencing this upcoming series.
It is definitely long running, but not as 1 continuous series, there are currently 8 separate series, the longest continuous series would be Hajime no Ippo.Quote:
Originally Posted by BotchmunJojo's Bizarre Adventure is, I believe, the longest running manga to still be in production, nearing its thousandth issue and recently having celebrated its... 25th anniversary? The ending theme of the show, Roundabout by Yes, is full on eight and a half minutes of badassery. Also, because people might not get how badass the show is:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shauna
Fun fact: every time you hear "Yare Yare Daze" or "ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!" in an anime, it's referencing this upcoming series.
"Little Busters!" does seem to have pretty crazy leaps in tone. You go from Episode 15 to 16 and it's literally going from light-hearted harem to psychoterror. Loving it.
This image is certainly intriguing:
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I'm certainly looking forward to Refrain. If it's anything like After Story was to Clannad, that would be amazing. No spoilers, mmkay?
Edit: Btw, Kyousuke is the most awesome character in the history of anything. "RIN LEARNED THE RISING MEOWSTBALL!"
Editra: Well, I've been watching pretty much nonstop since I made this post, which was 5 hours ago. First season done and now I'm gonna go sleep and look forward to watching the half-as-long Refrain^^ I'll surely be done by Monday.
Refrain does feel a little more like the last 16 episodes of Clannad AS, and it goes through and establishes some of the rules, unlike Air or Clannad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Karifean
Major Little Busters, Air, and Clannad spoilers, do not open until after episode 10 of Refrain
Don't believe the hype. People who are trying to compare Clannad to Busters are just looking for the next emotional-dramatic fix, and they won't get it. The ending of the anime for Refrain was heavily mismanaged, and the explanation for how the world was maintained was not correct.
You could pretty much go to Wikipedia after you watched Air and Clannad to figure out what was going on. For Clannad, Nagisa is saved because Tomoya goes through all of the routes and collects their good wishes. Clannad the anime plays this off as a traditional harem, except for the part where the visual novel has routes for male characters. If you've ever wondered why there's no Ryou route, it's because that's actually the Kappei or Kyou routes.
In Air, they sort of brush over the Misuzu-Kanna connection. The most important part that they leave out is that Uraha's puppet/magical ability is inherited by all of her descendants. This is especially important in that Yukito may have been the only male inheritor after 1000 years. In a one-frame flashback, we see that Yukito's mother looks exactly like Uraha, but with different hair.
Kurugaya pls
And there we go. Refrain done. It was amazing.
I'd say of the ones I've seen, Little Busters is Key's second-best work. I'll still have to wait before I can honestly judge how I feel about it, but I like it very much. I will try to refrain (heh) from comparing it to Clannad too much although I don't know how well I'm gonna manage.
There are a lot of things Little Busters did right. Kyousuke was a wonderful character from beginning all the way until the end, and the fact that he had Yoshino Yuusuke's voice made him all the more awesome. While it sometimes ended up being downright cheesy, the show also had some very good humor thrown in.
The FinaleI thought it was good. It seemed a bit of a daring move to have them survive after the ENTIRE show has been about making the Ri's strong enough to cope with the loss, but in the end, it worked out fine. You can just as easily say that their gained strength ended up giving them the resolve they needed to be able to also save their lives. Although they might've changed something from the Visual Novel so hell if I know.
All in all, typical Key^^
Seriously, I would've easily and quickly guessed it was a Key adaptation even if I had had no idea. From structure to storytelling to plot points to character synergy to comedy to soundtrack style, it all oozes Key. And that's great since I like Key a lot.
I'm considering checking out the Visual Novel. So far, I've only read Clannad, but it seems LB was not as good an adaptation as Clannad was (not entirely surprising since Clannad was a superb adaptation IMO and in some points even exceeded the original) so I should probably check it out to get the full storyline experience.
At least I might do that once my backlog gets a little lighter. My next choices will be Rin - Daughters of Mnemosyne (it's only 6 eps, might just quickly watch it tomorrow), Ef. Tale of Memories and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. I should also be watching FMAB at some point. Oh well, February, February...
... what? If you mean second to Planetarian. Of adapted media, the Little Busters source material is not second to anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Karifean
(SPOILER)This is probably more a result of not having read the novel, so I'll explain, but you missed the point. The overall result is the same, everyone lives; however, the extra stuff in between is gone.
It was mismanaged in that JC Staff decided to gloss over the scene by playing stock music over it and having it take the all of twelve minutes. We've already heard the opening 20some times by now, yes, we get that when this music plays, it's supposed to be dramatic. When you're watching the show, they just walk on through the bus and start rescuing people like there's no issue.
In the original novel, there's two endings. The first time you reach the bus, you either die, or you run away. You don't have the option of rescuing anyone, because if you do, you pass out in the bus, and you die. This leads to a scene in the hospital, in which Riki and Rin both have to resolve to change the situation.
You have to come back to the bus later, after another scene in which Riki has to decide to be born and meet Rin. This is the actual result of the wish, to be reborn in a second timeline without any of the issues that would keep Riki and Rin from saving everyone. In the show, it's implied that the wish is simply to save everyone, which is the lazy way out.
When you get there the second time, there's a set of six choices or so that you have to get correct. Even after being reborn, Riki still has to make correct calls when he's going through and saving everyone. Just because he was reborn as a badass doesn't mean that he can't get everyone killed. A leader Riki may be, but a leader can still lead his people to horrible tragedy. JC Staff leaves all of this out, and makes it look easy, draining the situation of its potential full impact.
The original ending is only three hours long because of the text. From novel to show, you're missing out on quite a bit. You're missing out on Riki really stepping up to his new mantle of leadership, something that is gained through multiple lifetimes. You're missing out on the music that plays during the bus scene, the music of impending and immediate doom. You're missing out on how much smarter Riki and Rin got, in that they could stomp their emotions out, and rescue everyone in a timely order and without getting everyone killed. From what I remember, all they left in was that Kyousuke was stopping the gas leak. They never included how he was stopping it.
You're talking to someone who's currently suffering from a severe case of Clannad Void.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tavrobel... what? If you mean second to Planetarian. Of adapted media, the Little Busters source material is not second to anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Karifean
The rest of your post pretty much assured that I'll be checking out the LB VN sooner than I originally planned. Sounds like I still have a lot to look forward to.
ef melodies and memories are also excellent shows.
Well, considering it's geen a few years since I've seen a new anime, I checked that link from Jeswee and... Two of them greatly intrigue me.
Nobunaga the Foolish, and for the silliness of the name, Nobunagun. XD
Also interested in Z/X Ignition and Noragami.
And as for more recent ones that are praised, what is everyones thoughts on Attack on Titan? Does it live up to the insane hype some people give it? :p
Shingeki no Kyojin was one of the better Shonen series I've seen. It's very enjoyable all the way through. It just suffers from A. it's not finished, and B. for me there are worlds between Shonen series and REALLY good shows.
In short, definitely worth a watch.
I had to google that just to make sure you were talking to me. XD
How long has that series been going on for? I mean Jojo's broken up into the 8 separate series but series 1 through 6 all were interconnected and shared characters for the entirety of its run. Similarly, even though its broken up into 8 series, series, they all share the same name, if that counts for something.Quote:
Originally Posted by TasuraIt is definitely long running, but not as 1 continuous series, there are currently 8 separate series, the longest continuous series would be Hajime no Ippo.Quote:
Originally Posted by BotchmunJojo's Bizarre Adventure is, I believe, the longest running manga to still be in production, nearing its thousandth issue and recently having celebrated its... 25th anniversary? The ending theme of the show, Roundabout by Yes, is full on eight and a half minutes of badassery. Also, because people might not get how badass the show is:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shauna
Fun fact: every time you hear "Yare Yare Daze" or "ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!" in an anime, it's referencing this upcoming series.
I've read every series except for Steel Ball Run, which I have been mentally preparing to take on now that I'm caught up on Jojolion.
Hajime no Ippo started publishing in 1989 and has been ever since, so even though the first Jojo started in 1987, there were a few years with nothing coming out Ippo is still the longest continuous series.
I'm still slowly but surely creeping through Ef Melodies. Memories was pretty good but I'm a little burnt out right now and it's taking me a very long time to get through Melodies.
Similarly to Clannad, my appreciation for Little Busters! has grown exponentially since I finished the visual novel last week. It's now in my Top 3 along with Clannad itself and Steins;Gate. And I've yet to read the Steins;Gate visual novel.
Let me quickly go into the matter of the Little Busters anime adaptation. IMO it's not a bad adaptation, they did what they could, but they unavoidably had to take out the interactive aspect as well as the repeating storyline and that is a big part of LB's charm. The end of Refrain is so good in the visual novel because of the choices it gives you. A lot of that is just lost in the anime and there's nothing you can do about that.
So in the end, it's a good anime, no question, but LB just isn't that adaptable and quite a bunch was lost. I'd recommend reading the visual novel over watching the anime.
Edit: Following my making of this post I've been watching Melodies since and I had a little episode of going insane at Episode 6+. I may still be a little out of it, so I'll just come back tomorrow with hopefully a more clear mind.
Been slowly working my way through Great Teacher Onizuka. Gotta say, it is quite a fun little watch. Enjoyable characters, enjoyable writing and some pretty touching moments. It's far and away not the best anime I've seen but I'm liking my time with it.
I recently finished re-watching Geass. I also am trying to watch Fairy Tail online, although it's difficult because I'm not used to watching things in Japanese with subtitles. I feel I miss a lot when I have to focus on the top or bottom portion of the screen to know WTF the characters are saying. Translation: I hate subbed anime. I also hate people who insist subbed is better than dubbed. I don't care how bad the dub sounds, subbed is not better.
I had a Higurashi no Naku Koro ni marathon a few days ago and reminded myself just why this series is so damn good.
Still trying to find the time to rewatch Death Note while my brother insists that I finally watch Game of Thrones. Although at the moment most of my time is taken up by reading the Higurashi visual novel and playing Lightning Returns. Oh well, eventually, eventually.
On the Dub vs Sub debate I find myself on the Sub end. For one, English is not my native language so hearing it isn't that big an improvement over reading it. Secondly, I find myself having no problem reading the subtitles while also paying attention to what happens on set. It's just something I got used to. Third, once I hear a character's voice in Japanese, I usually cannot stand hearing them with another voice. This goes both ways and there are exceptions, but that's mostly how it is. A lot seems to get lost in a dub, since there is so much more to spoken language than just its literal meaning.
Still, clifnotes are not a good way to go about this, which is why they're an exclusively fansub thing. A good translation, be it sub or dub, doesn't require it, as the context is either made clear through the dialog or a culturally relevant equivalent is imported. Trust me, I'm doing my MA on translation :D
I think dub and sub can both be good. It's not that all dubs are objectively worse, a different voice on a character you like will always sound jarring.
If the English Dub is good, I will always take it over subtitles. I don't watch shows to read. :p
Very few shows can I not stand the english VA's though, so I do have a pretty high tolerance fur sub-par voice acting.
Have I already mentioned how Nisemonogatari ruined anime for me? I believe I have. But it totally did.
Attack on Titan. Holy crap what an amazing anime.
IDK if this was mentioned, because I don't feel like going through 17 pages right now, but Baccano! was pretty great.
Both of the above are incredible, Attack On Titan had me O_O from start to finish and Baccano! had me o_O but I enjoyed every minute of it.
I can't even remember if I've posted in this topic yet, but I'm currently 125 episodes into Fairy Tail and thoroughly enjoying that too. Gonna start on Fate/Stay Night when I've caught up as that's recently appeared on Netflix.
Attack on Titan is a great anime during the parts where it's actually animated (so many still frames) though I guess it's a lot more entertaining if you hadnt read the manga before hand