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Posted: 10/8/2024 11:07:06 PM EST
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Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian was better than I expected. At least the first 6 episodes were. After that it went from “I should go to bed, but I really want to watch one more episode” to “well, I guess this is watchable.”
Very solid dub too. Good VAs and the writers really had fun with it. Case in point: the pervert sister. An example is her setting up a scenario so her MC brother will walk in on her coming out of the shower… Sub: “I saw you checking me out!” Dub: “I saw the way you were eyeballing the gifts our mama gave me!” |
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Posted: 10/10/2024 7:53:53 AM EST
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Any opinions on Too Many Losing Heroines? I’m ready to call it quits after E1 as it appears to be an anime about a loser who listens to girls (who he barely even knows) whine about the crushes they have on OTHER GUYS.
Watching E1 I kept thinking about the “Underage Drinking: A National Concern” episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia when Mac yells at Charlie “YOU’RE THE ONLY IDIOT DUMB ENOUGH TO LISTEN TO HER BITCH ABOUT HER EX-BOYFRIEND ALL NIGHT!” |
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Posted: 10/10/2024 6:03:23 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Any opinions on Too Many Losing Heroines? I'm ready to call it quits after E1 as it appears to be an anime about a loser who listens to girls (who he barely even knows) whine about the crushes they have on OTHER GUYS. Watching E1 I kept thinking about the "Underage Drinking: A National Concern" episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia when Mac yells at Charlie "YOU'RE THE ONLY IDIOT DUMB ENOUGH TO LISTEN TO HER BITCH ABOUT HER EX-BOYFRIEND ALL NIGHT!" |
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Posted: 10/11/2024 10:32:54 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheOTHERmaninblack: I watched 3 or 4 episodes, and watched a review from Glass Reflection. MC appears to remain solidly in the friend zone throughout. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheOTHERmaninblack: Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Any opinions on Too Many Losing Heroines? I'm ready to call it quits after E1 as it appears to be an anime about a loser who listens to girls (who he barely even knows) whine about the crushes they have on OTHER GUYS. Watching E1 I kept thinking about the "Underage Drinking: A National Concern" episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia when Mac yells at Charlie "YOU'RE THE ONLY IDIOT DUMB ENOUGH TO LISTEN TO HER BITCH ABOUT HER EX-BOYFRIEND ALL NIGHT!" I enjoyed the show. |
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Posted: 10/11/2024 10:50:41 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheOTHERmaninblack: I watched 3 or 4 episodes, and watched a review from Glass Reflection. MC appears to remain solidly in the friend zone throughout. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheOTHERmaninblack: Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Any opinions on Too Many Losing Heroines? I'm ready to call it quits after E1 as it appears to be an anime about a loser who listens to girls (who he barely even knows) whine about the crushes they have on OTHER GUYS. Watching E1 I kept thinking about the "Underage Drinking: A National Concern" episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia when Mac yells at Charlie "YOU'RE THE ONLY IDIOT DUMB ENOUGH TO LISTEN TO HER BITCH ABOUT HER EX-BOYFRIEND ALL NIGHT!" That sucks, but that shitty beta premise is what I expected based on E1. Thanks for the confirmation so I didn’t waste anymore time on it. One and done it is. Oh well, onto the next anime. |
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Posted: 10/11/2024 8:26:05 PM EST
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Posted: 10/12/2024 6:15:35 AM EST
[Last Edit: PepePewPew]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian was better than I expected. At least the first 6 episodes were. After that it went from “I should go to bed, but I really want to watch one more episode” to “well, I guess this is watchable.” Very solid dub too. Good VAs and the writers really had fun with it. Case in point: the pervert sister. An example is her setting up a scenario so her MC brother will walk in on her coming out of the shower… Sub: “I saw you checking me out!” Dub: “I saw the way you were eyeballing the gifts our mama gave me!” Yeah, that's definitely one where Americans wrote a new script, and instead of captioning it they re-used the translated subtitles from the Japanese version. What struck me as odd was the parts that are English with the Japanese VAs and Japanese with the English VAs. Maybe they did it to keep the flavor of the siblings throwing foreign language phrases into the conversation? (Masachika was reasonably fluent in English as a child, Yuki has taken over as the future diplomat of the family and is now very fluent in English) Quite often a Japanese "my brother" will turn into an English "Onii-chan". Like the time Yuki woke him up to go shopping by jumping on him. Japanese voice actress: "Good morning, my brother" American voice actress: "Ohio, my onii-chan" (which seems fucked up with an English "my" stuck in between ohio and onii-chan) And while I don't speak Russian, I get the idea that the Japanese Alya VA does and the American VA does not. The Russian parts of the dub sound wrong like the VA can't pronounce Russian fluently. |
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Posted: 10/12/2024 11:13:29 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hunter-Killer: When some of you guys talk about visiting Japan….  https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/258158/IMG_2620_jpeg-3347180.JPG 
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Posted: 10/12/2024 1:43:03 PM EST
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SAO Gun Gale is back and just as entertaining as season 1 was.
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Posted: 10/12/2024 2:00:41 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gunslinger808: SAO Gun Gale is back and just as entertaining as season 1 was. I'm gonna be honest. Season 1 I watched on my phone in the hotel the night before the Richmond Rally. My partner and myself both armored up. I told her she could stay at the hotel. She refused to do so. So I insisted she have the keys. Because "if the shooting starts, I'll get shot before you will". No one got shot. It was (very cold) nice day. Just the amount of self-imposed chemicals I had running through me at the time I watched the 1st season. It'll be hard to enjoy the 2nd. And that's not me shitting on it. |
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Posted: 10/12/2024 5:01:14 PM EST
[#11]
Understandable, at least you were there, even if it did give you some less than stellar memories.
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Posted: 10/12/2024 5:34:39 PM EST
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Posted: 10/12/2024 7:45:45 PM EST
[#13]
All Might is everything Ironman could hope to be. That is all.
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Posted: 10/12/2024 10:25:32 PM EST
[#14]
Trailer for Gushing over Magical Girls season 2 dropped. Stoked.
Also, the new rehash of Ranma has so far been hilarious. |
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Posted: 10/13/2024 7:05:52 AM EST
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Question - what kind of interest do you all think people would have in a NIB airsoft version of the Black Lagoon "Sword Cutlass"? I bought one of these and got it into the US for somebody who had no idea how much they cost here in Japan. (They didn't even bother reading the message where I quoted the cost to me) So it's just been sitting and I don't really care for airsoft - especially in the US.
Is this a common enough item there or is this pretty much hen's teeth in the US? And how much interest do American's have in that Anime series? Is it pretty much past its prime or are there still a lot of fans? |
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Posted: 10/13/2024 7:13:45 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ronin76: Question - what kind of interest do you all think people would have in a NIB airsoft version of the Black Lagoon "Sword Cutlass"? I bought one of these and got it into the US for somebody who had no idea how much they cost here in Japan. (They didn't even bother reading the message where I quoted the cost to me) So it's just been sitting and I don't really care for airsoft - especially in the US. Is this a common enough item there or is this pretty much hen's teeth in the US? And how much interest do American's have in that Anime series? Is it pretty much past its prime or are there still a lot of fans? And I have a lot of interest in that series, it's one of my all time favorites. |
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Posted: 10/13/2024 7:30:47 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Liaztraht: You can get them here from decent brands for under 200 bucks with gas blowback. I only know because I used to play lol. And I have a lot of interest in that series, it's one of my all time favorites. Bleah.. Yeah, I guess there are importers bringing in everything and anything these days. I had thought to build a brace of actual working guns - take a pair of Taurus 9mm models in blue, chop and re-weld the slides (4 slides cut at different points to make 2 extended slides), get a couple threaded barrels and add extensions, have the Thai inscriptipons laser engraved, then have the whole thing electroless nickel plated and given a brushed finish to look like stainless steel. I took rubber molds from the grip insignia so I could cast those - since that's the only part that is unique to the gun. I wonder what an actual, working brace of "Sword Cutlasses" would go for? I estimated this project would cost about $3,500 for the brace. |
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Posted: 10/13/2024 9:00:10 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Liaztraht: You can get them here from decent brands for under 200 bucks with gas blowback. I only know because I used to play lol. And I have a lot of interest in that series, it's one of my all time favorites. Like this from WE Tech? Seems to sell for $150 everywhere online. Weight pretty well matches a M9. https://everydayairsoft.com/we-tech-sword-cutlass-m9-review/ Ronin, are you saying that some weeb wanted you to buy Otaku merch, you got him a price quote, he said yeah I want it, and then refused to pay for it? |
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Posted: 10/13/2024 9:07:02 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PepePewPew: Like this from WE Tech? Seems to sell for $150 everywhere online. Weight pretty well matches a M9. https://everydayairsoft.com/we-tech-sword-cutlass-m9-review/ Ronin, are you saying that some weeb wanted you to buy Otaku merch, you got him a price quote, he said yeah I want it, and then refused to pay for it? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PepePewPew: Originally Posted By Liaztraht: You can get them here from decent brands for under 200 bucks with gas blowback. I only know because I used to play lol. And I have a lot of interest in that series, it's one of my all time favorites. Like this from WE Tech? Seems to sell for $150 everywhere online. Weight pretty well matches a M9. https://everydayairsoft.com/we-tech-sword-cutlass-m9-review/ Ronin, are you saying that some weeb wanted you to buy Otaku merch, you got him a price quote, he said yeah I want it, and then refused to pay for it? If it was some Otaku, he needs to get out more. Airsoft is big in the states, and you can get just about everything. |
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Posted: 10/13/2024 9:46:29 AM EST
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Demon Lord 2099 had a strong first episode.
Judging by a synopsis of the LN, it looks like it will be an interesting take on the whole demon lord/reincarnation front. A nice mix of fantasy and cyberpunk. |
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Posted: 10/13/2024 11:36:39 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Liaztraht: If it was some Otaku, he needs to get out more. Airsoft is big in the states, and you can get just about everything. Yeah, I haven't lived in the US since the early 90's. No idea about the airsoft scene there. Don't really care about it here as well. |
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Posted: 10/13/2024 6:56:35 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ronin76: Bleah.. Yeah, I guess there are importers bringing in everything and anything these days. I had thought to build a brace of actual working guns - take a pair of Taurus 9mm models in blue, chop and re-weld the slides (4 slides cut at different points to make 2 extended slides), get a couple threaded barrels and add extensions, have the Thai inscriptipons laser engraved, then have the whole thing electroless nickel plated and given a brushed finish to look like stainless steel. I took rubber molds from the grip insignia so I could cast those - since that's the only part that is unique to the gun. I wonder what an actual, working brace of "Sword Cutlasses" would go for? I estimated this project would cost about $3,500 for the brace. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ronin76: Originally Posted By Liaztraht: You can get them here from decent brands for under 200 bucks with gas blowback. I only know because I used to play lol. And I have a lot of interest in that series, it's one of my all time favorites. Bleah.. Yeah, I guess there are importers bringing in everything and anything these days. I had thought to build a brace of actual working guns - take a pair of Taurus 9mm models in blue, chop and re-weld the slides (4 slides cut at different points to make 2 extended slides), get a couple threaded barrels and add extensions, have the Thai inscriptipons laser engraved, then have the whole thing electroless nickel plated and given a brushed finish to look like stainless steel. I took rubber molds from the grip insignia so I could cast those - since that's the only part that is unique to the gun. I wonder what an actual, working brace of "Sword Cutlasses" would go for? I estimated this project would cost about $3,500 for the brace. |
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Posted: 10/13/2024 8:10:46 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Commander_Keen: All Might is everything Ironman could hope to be. That is all. That was so effing sick! These last 2 seasons were some of the best shonen anime of all time. |
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Posted: 10/13/2024 8:16:22 PM EST
[Last Edit: joe_sun]
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Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 Ep1 did NOT disappoint!
I just found out yesterday that they rebooted Kenshin (I thought they just had the OG series on Crunchroll until I clicked on it wanting to hear "Sobakasu." I have a lot of fond memories of that show and the manga, back in college we would have fansub watch parties of Kenshin usually with sushi, pizza and lots of alcohol followed by some DDR on the Dreamcast. Anyway I'm 8 episodes in and the new voice of Kenshin so so radically different than the original it's jarring. I love the translation and how they didn't translate sakabato as reverse blade sword and they don't translate hitokiri as manslayer, among other things, just like the old fansubs did. They did a good job on the show thou and I'm really enjoying watching it again. I absolutely love meandering guitar in this song. |
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Posted: 10/13/2024 8:55:17 PM EST
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Demon Lord Retry! R continues to piss me off with its jank animation.
Even moreso, the translations for the light novels continues to frustrate. Volume 9 released September '23, and 10 released September '24. Meanwhile they haven't even announced when they're releasing the V9 translation. |
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Posted: 10/14/2024 4:41:51 PM EST
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I can't believe that we've either not done this, or that I've missed it:
 OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom | OFFICIAL TRAILER | In Theaters November 8 |
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Posted: 10/14/2024 4:51:37 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Commander_Keen: I can't believe that we've either not done this, or that I've missed it:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg5uZ56VmAoOf all the new anime MCs I’ve seen over the past two years, the one that most reminds me of Ainz is…   And, no, I’m not kidding. |
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Posted: 10/14/2024 4:54:16 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Of all the new anime MCs I’ve seen over the past two years, the one that most reminds me of Ainz is… And, no, I’m not kidding. Somehow this is more terrifying. |
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Posted: 10/14/2024 5:43:12 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Commander_Keen: I can't believe that we've either not done this, or that I've missed it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg5uZ56VmAoFun! Will have to see what theatres pick it up locally |
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Posted: 10/15/2024 11:00:45 PM EST
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Well, I was pretty happy with episode 1 from season 3 of Arifureta.
Bad ass bunny girls, Hajime with his IDGAF attitude, and all the cast of characters back again. |
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Posted: 10/15/2024 11:41:53 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gunslinger808: Well, I was pretty happy with episode 1 from season 3 of Arifureta. Bad ass bunny girls, Hajime with his IDGAF attitude, and all the cast of characters back again. Enough time had passed since I last viewed an episode that I had forgotten much of the backstory and who the various 'harem' members were. That said, it was a decent start to the new season. |
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Posted: 10/19/2024 9:47:18 AM EST
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Did anybody here finish Suicide Squad Isekai?
I thought E1 was okay, but after that it kept getting worse and worse. I threw in the towel about halfway through and now that it’s finished I was curious if the 2nd half of the season was any better than the 1st half. |
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Posted: 10/19/2024 5:17:57 PM EST
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I watched it all the way through.
It was pretty much the same as the first episodes, not great but not terrible. One of those that’s just filler while waiting for the next days anime to drop. |
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Posted: 10/20/2024 9:54:08 PM EST
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Noone told me there’s a new gun gale.
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Posted: 10/20/2024 9:57:45 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hunter-Killer: Did anybody here finish Suicide Squad Isekai? I thought E1 was okay, but after that it kept getting worse and worse. I threw in the towel about halfway through and now that it’s finished I was curious if the 2nd half of the season was any better than the 1st half. Everything “suicide squad” sucks. |
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Posted: 10/20/2024 10:20:06 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Keekleberrys: Noone told me there’s a new gun gale. The preview trailer was posted 2 or 3 pages ago. |
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Posted: 10/20/2024 10:25:11 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PepePewPew: Like this from WE Tech? Seems to sell for $150 everywhere online. Weight pretty well matches a M9. https://everydayairsoft.com/we-tech-sword-cutlass-m9-review/ Ronin, are you saying that some weeb wanted you to buy Otaku merch, you got him a price quote, he said yeah I want it, and then refused to pay for it? @PepePewPew Sorry - I missed your reply. Yeah, it was the daughter of an old friend of mine so I forgive her for being young, poor, and not very attentive to messages. I can probably get most of my money back out of it so it's no big deal to me. |
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Posted: 10/20/2024 10:44:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JPN: The preview trailer was posted 2 or 3 pages ago. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JPN: Originally Posted By Keekleberrys: Noone told me there’s a new gun gale. The preview trailer was posted 2 or 3 pages ago. It’s probably also why i was getting all the reona videos in my YouTube feed. |
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Posted: 10/23/2024 7:37:04 PM EST
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Anybody watch that new gundamn cg show yet?
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Posted: 10/23/2024 8:21:48 PM EST
[Last Edit: brasscrossedrifles]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By beitodesstrafe: Anybody watch that new gundamn cg show yet? Its mostly kinda aight but there's a few things about it that are just...dude no. The character designs are a mix of kinda aight and actual poop. Some of the mecha design looks like it was done by Kel Tec. The animation of action and explody things is mostly pretty good. The story is kinda dumb. Overall it was kinda fun but its definitely not canon to me. |
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Posted: 10/23/2024 9:32:23 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Liaztraht: Demon Lord 2099 had a strong first episode. Judging by a synopsis of the LN, it looks like it will be an interesting take on the whole demon lord/reincarnation front. A nice mix of fantasy and cyberpunk. Demon Lord reincarnates in the future, becomes a Vtuber. …I’ll admit, it’s not the premise I was expecting, and I’ll give it another episode just to see wtf this is going. Dandadan is straight up insane, almost in a FLCL sense, and I’m enjoying it. Arifureta S3 is starting out strong. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt season 2 is coming out next year, so that should be good for a cheap giggle or two. Decade late, but maybe they’ll make up for it in insanity. There’s also supposed to be a second season to Trapped in a Dating Sim, probably fall 2025, but hard to say. |
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Posted: 10/23/2024 9:38:20 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brasscrossedrifles: Its mostly kinda aight but there's a few things about it that are just...dude no. The character designs are a mix of kinda aight and actual poop. Some of the mecha design looks like it was done by Kel Tec. The animation of action and explody things is mostly pretty good. The story is kinda dumb. Overall it was kinda fun but its definitely not canon to me. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brasscrossedrifles: Originally Posted By beitodesstrafe: Anybody watch that new gundamn cg show yet? Its mostly kinda aight but there's a few things about it that are just...dude no. The character designs are a mix of kinda aight and actual poop. Some of the mecha design looks like it was done by Kel Tec. The animation of action and explody things is mostly pretty good. The story is kinda dumb. Overall it was kinda fun but its definitely not canon to me. Gotcha, thanks! |
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Posted: 10/23/2024 10:15:03 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rb889: Demon Lord reincarnates in the future, becomes a Vtuber. I'll admit, it's not the premise I was expecting, and I'll give it another episode just to see wtf this is going. Dandadan is straight up insane, almost in a FLCL sense, and I'm enjoying it. Arifureta S3 is starting out strong. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt season 2 is coming out next year, so that should be good for a cheap giggle or two. Decade late, but maybe they'll make up for it in insanity. There's also supposed to be a second season to Trapped in a Dating Sim, probably fall 2025, but hard to say. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rb889: Originally Posted By Liaztraht: Demon Lord 2099 had a strong first episode. Judging by a synopsis of the LN, it looks like it will be an interesting take on the whole demon lord/reincarnation front. A nice mix of fantasy and cyberpunk. Demon Lord reincarnates in the future, becomes a Vtuber. I'll admit, it's not the premise I was expecting, and I'll give it another episode just to see wtf this is going. Dandadan is straight up insane, almost in a FLCL sense, and I'm enjoying it. Arifureta S3 is starting out strong. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt season 2 is coming out next year, so that should be good for a cheap giggle or two. Decade late, but maybe they'll make up for it in insanity. There's also supposed to be a second season to Trapped in a Dating Sim, probably fall 2025, but hard to say. I agree with Dan Da Dan. And I look forward to more Trapped in a Dating Sim. I enjoyed that one. |
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Posted: 10/24/2024 7:14:22 AM EST
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Papa Meat's (aka MeatCanyon) review of Adult Swim's adaption of Uzumaki makes me afraid to watch it.
Strong episode one, then it just gets terrible. Like they blew the budget on the first episode, and then tried to stretch it for the other 3. With all the delays, you would hope it was to deliver quality. Freakin' sucks Junji Ito can't get a good adaptation. He knows his horror, and says at the end its still worth a watch compared to the other Junji adaptations, so I probably will watch it eventually. Video does have spoilers of the iconic bits, so don't watch if you haven't read the manga.  The Downward Spiral Of Adult Swims Uzumaki… |
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Posted: 10/24/2024 8:21:52 AM EST
[Last Edit: RustedAce]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brasscrossedrifles: Overall it was kinda fun but its definitely not canon to me. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but is probably my least favorite One Year War thing. It shows Zeon sent all its minorities and ugly side shave pink haired chicks to die in gravity while blue eyed Casval laughs in space. Yet Netflix portrays Zeon as the hero’s. What did they mean by this? How they made Zakus look shitty is beyond me. Zaku looks good in everything except this. ETA: Oh also, my nerdiest pointless complaint is that they didn’t use the classic sounds for mono-eye, zaku machine gun, beam weapons, movements etc etc. Thet really annoyed me. |
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Posted: 10/24/2024 2:06:14 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RustedAce: ETA: Oh also, my nerdiest pointless complaint is that they didn’t use the classic sounds for mono-eye, zaku machine gun, beam weapons, movements etc etc. Thet really annoyed me. This is a valid complaint. They probably thought it would be too fan servicey to use the old sounds. I don't think they understood the assignment. |
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Posted: 10/24/2024 3:23:01 PM EST
[Last Edit: Bacon_Grease]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Liaztraht: Papa Meat's (aka MeatCanyon) review of Adult Swim's adaption of Uzumaki makes me afraid to watch it. Strong episode one, then it just gets terrible. Like they blew the budget on the first episode, and then tried to stretch it for the other 3. With all the delays, you would hope it was to deliver quality. Freakin' sucks Junji Ito can't get a good adaptation. He knows his horror, and says at the end its still worth a watch compared to the other Junji adaptations, so I probably will watch it eventually. Video does have spoilers of the iconic bits, so don't watch if you haven't read the manga. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxKQWATE3ggI watched the whole thing. I both get and don't get the hate. There's thing about junji ito's works that people seem not to get. They are specifically for the medium of Manga. I don't think anything that he's done has been translated to the Anime/live action well. That said. I liked Uzumaki overall. It was sufficiently creepy for me. I never expected it to be genuinely scary. |
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Posted: 10/24/2024 4:04:36 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bacon_Grease: I watched the whole thing. I both get and don't get the hate. There's thing about junji ito's works that people seem not to get. They are specifically for the medium of Manga. I don't anything that he's done has been translated to the Anime/live action well. That said. I liked Uzumaki overall. It was sufficiently creepy for me. I never expected it to be genuinely scary. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bacon_Grease: Originally Posted By Liaztraht: Papa Meat's (aka MeatCanyon) review of Adult Swim's adaption of Uzumaki makes me afraid to watch it. Strong episode one, then it just gets terrible. Like they blew the budget on the first episode, and then tried to stretch it for the other 3. With all the delays, you would hope it was to deliver quality. Freakin' sucks Junji Ito can't get a good adaptation. He knows his horror, and says at the end its still worth a watch compared to the other Junji adaptations, so I probably will watch it eventually. Video does have spoilers of the iconic bits, so don't watch if you haven't read the manga. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxKQWATE3ggI watched the whole thing. I both get and don't get the hate. There's thing about junji ito's works that people seem not to get. They are specifically for the medium of Manga. I don't anything that he's done has been translated to the Anime/live action well. That said. I liked Uzumaki overall. It was sufficiently creepy for me. I never expected it to be genuinely scary. I'm sure it's enjoyable, but I know I'll be nitpicking the whole time because I'm a fan of his manga. It's doable, but it needs a large budget. |
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Posted: 10/24/2024 4:24:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Liaztraht: He brought up great point about horror. Even when condensed down, you still need time in the story. Lengthen certain actions like opening a lid to find the horrors inside. I'm sure it's enjoyable, but I know I'll be nitpicking the whole time because I'm a fan of his manga. It's doable, but it needs a large budget. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Liaztraht: Originally Posted By Bacon_Grease: Originally Posted By Liaztraht: Papa Meat's (aka MeatCanyon) review of Adult Swim's adaption of Uzumaki makes me afraid to watch it. Strong episode one, then it just gets terrible. Like they blew the budget on the first episode, and then tried to stretch it for the other 3. With all the delays, you would hope it was to deliver quality. Freakin' sucks Junji Ito can't get a good adaptation. He knows his horror, and says at the end its still worth a watch compared to the other Junji adaptations, so I probably will watch it eventually. Video does have spoilers of the iconic bits, so don't watch if you haven't read the manga. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxKQWATE3ggI watched the whole thing. I both get and don't get the hate. There's thing about junji ito's works that people seem not to get. They are specifically for the medium of Manga. I don't anything that he's done has been translated to the Anime/live action well. That said. I liked Uzumaki overall. It was sufficiently creepy for me. I never expected it to be genuinely scary. I'm sure it's enjoyable, but I know I'll be nitpicking the whole time because I'm a fan of his manga. It's doable, but it needs a large budget. For me some of the situations are a little to weird to be scary when brought to life. Like the hole one. 
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Posted: 10/24/2024 10:05:43 PM EST
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bacon_Grease: For me some of the situations are a little to weird to be scary when brought to life. Like the hole one. https://thunderdungeon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/King-of-the-hill-memes-01-09-02-2022.jpg Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bacon_Grease: Originally Posted By Liaztraht: Originally Posted By Bacon_Grease: Originally Posted By Liaztraht: Papa Meat's (aka MeatCanyon) review of Adult Swim's adaption of Uzumaki makes me afraid to watch it. Strong episode one, then it just gets terrible. Like they blew the budget on the first episode, and then tried to stretch it for the other 3. With all the delays, you would hope it was to deliver quality. Freakin' sucks Junji Ito can't get a good adaptation. He knows his horror, and says at the end its still worth a watch compared to the other Junji adaptations, so I probably will watch it eventually. Video does have spoilers of the iconic bits, so don't watch if you haven't read the manga. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxKQWATE3ggI watched the whole thing. I both get and don't get the hate. There's thing about junji ito's works that people seem not to get. They are specifically for the medium of Manga. I don't anything that he's done has been translated to the Anime/live action well. That said. I liked Uzumaki overall. It was sufficiently creepy for me. I never expected it to be genuinely scary. I'm sure it's enjoyable, but I know I'll be nitpicking the whole time because I'm a fan of his manga. It's doable, but it needs a large budget. For me some of the situations are a little to weird to be scary when brought to life. Like the hole one. https://thunderdungeon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/King-of-the-hill-memes-01-09-02-2022.jpg 🤣🤣🤣 |
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