gasbandit was the one who let me know season 4 of inuyasha was basically all filler, was so sad as i was 2 episodes from the end of season. right now im watching absolute duo which is a manifiest soul weapons and partner up in a fight to the death ala battle royal type shows. so weird, and truncated.
[TV] The What Anime Are You Watching Thread!
GasBandit
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I'm still flabbergasted I actually could tell YOU something about anime, given that my repertoire is much more limited.
im not all knowing, there are things i havent learned. I'm never to proud to admit when i didnt know something.
How many of Clamps Manga are connected?
i have the single dvd volumes from Geneon, but this was a good deal and i want to laugh at the Animax english dub.
Only ever watched it in Catalan and Japanese, and they were both pretty great. How bad could it be...
Holy shit that is one fucking BAD Kero
Cardcaptors of the Clow!
Expect the unexpected now!
... the English dub is the only version I've seen. My wife has only seen the Japanese version. I've recited the opening to her before. She was horrified.
Expect the unexpected now!
... the English dub is the only version I've seen. My wife has only seen the Japanese version. I've recited the opening to her before. She was horrified.
... Ew >.>
I'm very fond of the Catalan ones (though there's probably a heavy helping of nostalgia and feels involved in that):
I'm very fond of the Catalan ones (though there's probably a heavy helping of nostalgia and feels involved in that):
One of the funniest shows I've seen in a long time, imo.
And every episode, when something strange would happen, Kero would say in a 90s tough guy tone "ExPECT the UNexpected."
GasBandit
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Well, I mean sure, if you're into masturbation and menstruation jokes. So far at least. heh
Add in short jokes and an overly-sexual teacher and you've got most of the show's repertoire. Still, though, I enjoy it.
figmentPez
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I've been watching Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress and I have mixed feelings. It's got some great art design, and some interesting characters, but it also feels very cliched. How steampunk samurai fighting zombies can still feel so very generic is beyond me, but it does. The world feels very shallow and very young. This very much feels like style over substance to me.
You're being summoned Azazel season 1
A show about a detective and his assistant who summon demons in order to help them solve cases(usually with chaos in their wake, and the client being dissatisfied). Its a pretty funny albeit messed up show...but holy shit can I see why it was only 2 seasons.
Its almost strictly comedy, so absolutely no positive character growth.
Also the fact that all the demons look like mascot characters makes it feel like Yokai Watch...minus marketability.
Plus the detective himself is just so damn perfect, he BARELY ever struggles and while the cases go sour he usually goes up on top, and he's usually always right.
I dunno, I'm still on season 1, maybe there'll be something that'll make me sad that it ended so soon. Its really short, 26 11 minute episodes.
A show about a detective and his assistant who summon demons in order to help them solve cases(usually with chaos in their wake, and the client being dissatisfied). Its a pretty funny albeit messed up show...but holy shit can I see why it was only 2 seasons.
Its almost strictly comedy, so absolutely no positive character growth.
Also the fact that all the demons look like mascot characters makes it feel like Yokai Watch...minus marketability.
Plus the detective himself is just so damn perfect, he BARELY ever struggles and while the cases go sour he usually goes up on top, and he's usually always right.
I dunno, I'm still on season 1, maybe there'll be something that'll make me sad that it ended so soon. Its really short, 26 11 minute episodes.
So would you say the manga's better?
OH-well that goes without saying.
The Funimation One Piece dub remains weird to me. On the one hand the main cast are all perfectly cast, but when it comes to side-characters such as the ones in the "Lovely Land" arc(best filler villain of all TIME) some sound a little weird, especially how one of the twins voices was the same as Arlong's. ALSO-the actress they got to voice Lil...could not pull of a child voice, like AT ALL!
That's odd. I was under the impression it already had a second season in the works, only that it's been delayed.
GasBandit
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Huh. They're gonna do Diamond is Forever and not Stardust Crusaders?
....WHAT?! Hubba-THAT'S THE BEST ONE!
I haven't seen an episode of Jojo. I just knew that some people would be interested in a live action adaption.
GasBandit
Staff member
Stardust Crusaders (Part 3) is probably the most well known, it's the one that got turned into a capcom 2d fighter arcade game in 1998, and went on to other platforms like the Dreamcast, Playstation and Xbox.
Part three is also where most of the memes come from (WRRYYYYYY).
Maybe the live action version doesn't have the budget for a steamroller.
Well, not that it matters, I suppose... Death Note finally convinced me that I can't help but always be disappointed in live action adaptations of anime.
They better at least flash back to Jotaro fighting everyone's favorite time-stopping vampire Dio, or I'ma be even more pissed than I'm now that probably my least favorite section of the Jojo series is coming to film. I mean its not HORRIBLE, but there were a lot of pointless chapters and characters that added nothing to the over-arching plot, the WORST of them being that fucking chef story.
Strictly speaking, Oldboy is a manga adaption and is fantastic. City Hunter (2011) is pretty good too, but avoid the 90's one.
Usagi Drop is great, if you'd be interested in something wholly saccharine.
Usagi Drop is great until the fucking ending.
Oh thanks for raising me like a daughter for 12 years now that I'm legal let's get married!
It's Japanese mores, man. This kind of thing USED to be common in Japan and usually not planned. Besides, the fact they were cousins is weirder (even if that is socially acceptable in Japan).
Okay, they aren't REALLY cousins, but they spend a lot of time thinking they are.
