|
Post by Smithee on May 15, 2009 21:10:12 GMT -5
Is that hentai or magical-girl? //
|
|
|
Post by MRSKELETON on May 18, 2009 9:28:05 GMT -5
So, at the comic shop I saw a VHS with the first two episodes of Tekkaman: The Space Knight for 2.00
|
|
|
Post by susanismyalias on May 20, 2009 14:15:22 GMT -5
I just finished Gasaraki. I loved it till... wtf is this ending?
|
|
|
Post by wyrdwad on May 21, 2009 0:33:22 GMT -5
Finished watching Clannad: After Story today. I think the best way to sum up my feelings about this show - meaning both Clannad AND Clannad: After Story, since they're quite inseparable - is by describing how they manifested themselves. I've seen many sad movies and TV shows in my time, and gotten watery-eyed at a lot of dramatic moments. But never before, in my entire life, has a movie, TV show, anime, game, or any other piece of media actually made me BREAK DOWN AND CRY. For about three episodes straight, I had tears running down my face, and had to constantly wipe my eyes so I could read the subtitles on the screen. I AM NOT EXAGGERATING, EITHER. This show literally had me BAWLING. I haven't cried this hard in a long, long, LONG time. For those who know me, or know sad anime... this show had me crying 10x harder than I cried at Grave of the Fireflies and Dog of Flanders combined. I don't know if I could watch this show again. But I'm glad I watched it. To turn a phrase, "that was a good cry." Clannad, as a whole entity (because it really is two seasons of the same show, not two separate shows by any means), now ranks somewhere in my top ten favorite anime of all time. I can't even really describe WHY it was so touching. Yes, it was incredibly sad and depressing in parts, but a lot of other shows have been just as sad and depressing, and they've not elicited a reaction like this from me. I think the key difference between this and other drama anime is its amazing characterization. Simply put, the characters in this show are among the most well-developed, likable, genuinely-written I have ever encountered, in all of anime. They didn't seem it at first, but all those crazy school episodes during the first 2/3 of the show helped make the characters seem more real, more three-dimensional, during that amazing final 1/3. I was also thinking about it... and Clannad actually does something no other anime I've ever seen has attempted. It starts out as a light-hearted high school romance... then actually continues on, PAST high school, to show its characters moving into their own places, getting jobs, getting married, starting families, enduring the hardships of finding one's place in the world, etc. It's almost like it fools you into thinking it's a cute school comedy... then it slaps you in the face with reality, and makes you actually CARE about what happens. And it does this SEAMLESSLY. One would think from this description that it DOES feel like two different shows... but no, the transition from fun school life to the hardships of the real world happen smoothly, and reference one another just enough that they blend perfectly, creating one of the truest slice-of-life experiences I've ever seen - despite the supernatural events, and despite all the insane, illogical craziness. This is, without a doubt, Key/VA's finest work I've yet seen. I don't see how they can possibly top this, but hey, if Little Busters gets made into an anime, I am SO there. (: An online friend of mine told me earlier today that there's a popular saying on 2chan: Fate/Stay Night is history, and Clannad is life. I haven't seen Fate, but Clannad IS life. It's the truest, most genuine anime I have ever seen, period. If you like sentimental stuff, school romance, or anything else of the sort, I cannot recommend Clannad highly enough. It's simply outstanding. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-zhIImKP5kwww.youtube.com/watch?v=0I6YfDGDOc4www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVnMSB2MKqs-Tom
|
|
|
Post by Revolver Ocelot on May 21, 2009 0:49:14 GMT -5
Ah... you had me intrigued with the show until right about there.
|
|
|
Post by wyrdwad on May 21, 2009 1:00:23 GMT -5
A lot of people dismiss high school romance shows, but some of them are REALLY good. I firmly believe that anyone who equates high school romance anime with badness simply hasn't seen the right shows.
And like I said, Clannad goes beyond high school, as well. It's essentially a chronicle of one couple, from the moment they meet to their marriage and the birth of their first child, and beyond. So yes, the show has a lot of high school hijinks in it... but it's not really ABOUT high school. Like all good high school romance shows, it's about the characters, pure and simple. The setting is incidental, and used solely for development of said characters.
(It is, however, a show that's absolutely packed with soap opera-esque melodrama... and at the beginning, it seems to be packed with cliched, archetypal characters, as well. Fortunately, these characters very quickly break out of their molds, and the show even goes to great lengths to completely subvert stereotypes in a few places, setting you up to expect one thing to happen, then pulling something entirely different and totally unpredictable out of left field.)
-Tom
|
|
|
Post by Haz on May 21, 2009 10:11:51 GMT -5
I already have the original on my computer, so I guess I'll check it out after I watch the 2 aforementioned shows I said I would watch.
|
|
|
Post by Vendaval Este on May 21, 2009 10:25:48 GMT -5
I saw Dog Soldier recently.
It's probably the closest there will ever be for a worst anime ever, as it's apparently nothing like the super-violent manga (there's barely any blood in this).
Clannad sounds promising to watch, but at the risk of sounding ignorant, I simply cannot bring myself to watch any anime that looks like that... I hate that token art style that is familiar with many other Japanese works, disturbingly huge eyes and Us for mouths repel me.
|
|
|
Post by Revolver Ocelot on May 21, 2009 10:27:17 GMT -5
A lot of people dismiss high school romance shows, but some of them are REALLY good. I firmly believe that anyone who equates high school romance anime with badness simply hasn't seen the right shows. And like I said, Clannad goes beyond high school, as well. It's essentially a chronicle of one couple, from the moment they meet to their marriage and the birth of their first child, and beyond. So yes, the show has a lot of high school hijinks in it... but it's not really ABOUT high school. Like all good high school romance shows, it's about the characters, pure and simple. The setting is incidental, and used solely for development of said characters. (It is, however, a show that's absolutely packed with soap opera-esque melodrama... and at the beginning, it seems to be packed with cliched, archetypal characters, as well. Fortunately, these characters very quickly break out of their molds, and the show even goes to great lengths to completely subvert stereotypes in a few places, setting you up to expect one thing to happen, then pulling something entirely different and totally unpredictable out of left field.) -Tom There's just so much anime out there, I have to filter it somehow. One way I filter it is by avoiding pretty much anything that takes place in a high school, mainly because I simply can't relate to the experiences at all. For one, Japanese high school is nothing like American high school. Secondly, I never went to high school, so I have enough trouble even relating to stories centered around American high schools. There's exceptions of course, like Cromartie High School and Tenjho Tenge, but those are very, very special high schools. Thirdly, and most importantly, is the fact that I've never in all my years seen an engaging Japanese love story. Mainly because Japanese people don't have a very good grasp on love or what it's really like, so it usually ends up like this weird, ultra-melodramatic fantasy with these insane, illogical caricatures who all apparently have sociological disorders acting like a bunch of retards. On top of all that, the idea of "love" existing in a high school setting in the first place is downright preposterous. People don't fall in "love" in high school. Their hormones go crazy, they bump uglies, then they grow up and move on with their lives and probably forget about each other aside from occasional moments of nostalgia, and dammit, that's how it should be because teenagers don't know dick about anything, let alone love. And most importantly, needs moar giant robots.
|
|
|
Post by Vendaval Este on May 21, 2009 10:46:58 GMT -5
Hey, is anyone here watching Basquash too? I'm currently loving it.
|
|
|
Post by Haz on May 21, 2009 11:37:41 GMT -5
^ Wow, the concept is outlandish, but seeing it in action looks pretty awesome.
Also, black people in anime aren't blatant stereotypes, maybe.
|
|
|
Post by Vendaval Este on May 21, 2009 11:42:09 GMT -5
Only things I don't like are the idol singer nonsense and some of the truly blatant, in-your-face fanservice, such as how the character Sela would positively cum to death if she took a beating from a man.
Original at least.
|
|
|
Post by thx1138 on May 21, 2009 13:01:59 GMT -5
I watched the first 3 episodes of Basquash and dug the hell out of them, but I haven't been able to keep up with the show because of school. Now that finals are done, I'll get back up to speed on it. And as far as the fanservice is concerned, yeah its way too...boobular.
|
|
|
Post by Vendaval Este on May 21, 2009 14:42:14 GMT -5
I'm not so much bothered by Gracia's giant rack, she has a foot fetish, which doesn't disgust me, it's just new, so I like it.
|
|
|
Post by Smithee on May 21, 2009 15:27:01 GMT -5
Clannad is awesome. I need to watch them both together, so that is the first thing I'm doing once I get a big screen computer/some time. Actually, maybe I'll watch it all with my bro, in one giant ass sitting.
|
|