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Post by Lee on Dec 8, 2010 21:26:11 GMT -5
Anyone seen Redline yet?
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Post by theallseeingmole on Dec 29, 2010 14:15:54 GMT -5
I've just finished watching Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.Gainax,you're a bunch of trolls.And that's exactly why I love you.
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Post by cj iwakura on Jan 9, 2011 11:13:38 GMT -5
I couldn't make it past three episodes. It just got too ridiculous for me, and I loved it at first.
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Post by Feynman on Jan 9, 2011 23:29:39 GMT -5
I saw one episode of Panty & Stocking. It was basically 20 minutes of constant toilet humor. I hate it. I hate it so much that I fear my disdain will result in a catastrophic hate implosion that will sunder the very fabric of reality. From that rift, the rank ichor and sulfurous breath released from the many gaping maws of my manifest loathing as it crawls from it's dimensional prison shall serve as the death knell of existence itself, and the universe shall scream as all that is surrenders to the onslaught of all that is not.
So yeah, I didn't like it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2011 14:00:46 GMT -5
I saw one episode of Panty & Stocking. It was basically 20 minutes of constant toilet humor. I hate it. I hate it so much that I fear my disdain will result in a catastrophic hate implosion that will sunder the very fabric of reality. From that rift, the rank ichor and sulfurous breath released from the many gaping maws of my manifest loathing as it crawls from it's dimensional prison shall serve as the death knell of existence itself, and the universe shall scream as all that is surrenders to the onslaught of all that is not. So yeah, I didn't like it. I will say, watch the Transformers episode if you like Transformers. (BIGU VAIBU!). The characters for that show are pretty loathesome though, especially Panty. I watched "Babel II: Beyond Infinity" on Hulu for no real reason. I really like Mitsuteru Yokoyama-related stuff, especially Giant Robo, so I watched Babel II despite it getting nothing but bad reviews. And yeah, it's total shit. It's kind of sad, because despite the generic (by today's standards) premise it's also a kind of cool idea and could have been fun. Sadly, the animation is cheesy and poorly done, and it's just kind of boring. I will give it props for the ending, though, which features some seriously broken logic and morals, even by my standards. The main character is given the option at the end to brainwash everyone on earth to end war and hatred; I was expecting him to do the typical thing and say some goofy speech about how humans are defined by free will or some shit like you'd expect. Nope, he goes through with it and brainwashes everyone.
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Post by jorpho on Jan 11, 2011 14:25:16 GMT -5
Oh, Redline? Yes, I have indeed seen it. It is everything you expect: a gobsmackingly fantastic action film held together by not a bit more than exactly as much story as it needs. Save it for the big screen, if you can.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2011 11:44:53 GMT -5
Isn't Babel II the anime used at the Scream video? I recall being insane trying to find out which one plays on the screen. Colony Drop said they were certain about it being Babel II. I may want to watch it to get how much is that right. I still heed to your words. I will see it with little care. It is Babel II, but a different version (the OVA from the 90s rather than the TV series). Honestly I liked that one better, although it's pretty bad as well ;p. Babel II features pretty heavily toward the end of Giant Robo as well (although the characters are renamed). I'd just say watch that and skip the rest .
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Post by muteKi on Jan 12, 2011 23:55:17 GMT -5
Watched the first ep. of Madoka Magica. The character designs are very clearly by the same person responsible for Hidamari Sketch (the flat, almost boxy faces are a dead giveaway), which I didn't care for then nor am particularly fond of here on their own. However to say that the show has poor art direction is incorrect.
Seriously, the last 5-7 minutes of the episode entirely justify anything that they placed beforehand. SHAFT always do fun animation, and I hope they keep the pace up on this one because it's really outsanding, regardless of how the plot turns out otherwise.
Though that may sound strange phrased in such a way, perhaps it makes more sense to say that quite frankly I just want to see a show that's 30 minutes of that kind of sequence with no externally developed plot, dialogue, or characters.
EDIT: You know what would be awesome? If SHAFT somehow adapted Faust into a miniseries (and I'm particularly referring to the second part of Goethe's work -- the way-out-there stuff). I know they want to do it, and they could make it into a fun commentary on Japanese culture (i.e., why does Helen of Troy in this anime look so much like Nanoha?).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2011 21:01:04 GMT -5
Babel II features pretty heavily toward the end of Giant Robo as well (although the characters are renamed). I'd just say watch that and skip the rest . I will keep this in mind. I'm not terribly fond of the mecha genre outside the few like RahXephon. I did enjoy Big O very much. I hear this shares people who worked at both, even though my least favorite parts about S2 was the focus with robot fights, over the episodic Batman noir tales. I don't know how much was this Adult Swim's fault. I felt the show may have worked best as a full blown sci-fi noir than a pastiche about Giant Robo and Toho. It is odd my favorite mecha work is better minus those. You're in luck then (possibly); Giant Robo is pretty character focused, and there's not a lot of mecha-related stuff. It actually has more wuxia/martial arts, spy, and superhero-themed material.
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Post by Haz on Jan 14, 2011 0:32:38 GMT -5
I also need to watch Giant Robo really badly. Anything Yasuhiro Imagawa makes gets a pass by me.
Regarding The Show That's Not Anime, But True Events (Gundam ZZ): I am admittedly a fan of it, though I didn't like the comedy antics of the 1st half much (who doesn't? It wasn't actually funny a lot of the time!) and preferred when shit got (relatively, for ZZ) real when the cast got to Earth. Judau is awesome, though, along with the rest of the cast, and he would win the award for "Gundam MC you would tottally down some beers with". The mecha design was cool, at least, too, with mobile suits we hardly see outside that show in the timeline (GM III, Zaku III, Dreissen, Doven-Wolf, etc.). Also, ZZ does have a small plot point, however, that's resolved in Unicorn, so there's a little merit there I guess?
Regarding PSG: Someone put up the entire show on Youtube, so I watched the first 4 episodes last night, and I'd be lying through my teeth if I didn't say that it was the craziest, wildest shit I've ever seen (and I mean that in a good way). Yeah, there's an abundance of crude humor, which makes it totally not for everyone, but it didn't bother me at all, as someone who is a huge fan of Ren & Stimpy and the show Jackass and spinoffs, all which have a good amount of it. I'll be watching the rest soon.
For anime coming this year, I'll sit down with Mazinkaizer SKL when I have the time (and will buy Media Blasters' US release in May if it impresses me enough) and Supernatural the Animation looks very interesting, though I haven't seen the actual show in a long time.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2011 11:27:16 GMT -5
I just noticed that there's going to be (is already?) an anime series about the WB/CW show "Supernatural." And apparently it's not a remake/continuation, it's a retelling of the first couple of seasons. Seems kind of weird...
They should do a House MD animu where he's a cyborg.
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Post by thethird on Jan 22, 2011 12:00:35 GMT -5
A Supernatural anime still baffles me. I'm a big fan of the show but the last thing I ever expected to come out of it was a anime retread of the first couple seasons. It looks like they're being smart with the plotting though cause they're having it just cover the first two seasons, which is about as good an ending point they could have without going the full five. They should do a House MD animu where he's a cyborg. and he's addicted to electro-shocks and his cane contains a vibro-scalpel which he uses for emergency surgeries. man. I'd watch it.
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Post by Catalyst on Mar 21, 2011 12:24:15 GMT -5
Watching Higurashi no Naru Koro ni. Show manages to draw me in for everysingle episode, and absolute me involve me in the mystery. It's so intense at times, I feel like I'm watching a very amazing horror classic for the very first time.
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Post by Revolver Ocelot on Apr 2, 2011 16:18:47 GMT -5
I'm going to petition everyone's help to get anime reviews going again. I've been slacking off and I have a huge backlog. To narrow things down, I'd like recommendations. First, check the list at the beginning of this thread and make sure the show you want to recommend isn't already on there, then post your recommendation, making a case for it (or against it, if you want me to review a bad show).
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Post by Ace Whatever on Apr 3, 2011 10:51:59 GMT -5
Re-review Fafner and give it the F it rightfully deserves!
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