Anime & Manga Thread Vol. 2: Za Warudo!!!

DNukem170 said:
The anime was neverfully released in America, though. If you want to watch it legally you'll have to subscribe to Neon Alley or have a region-free DVD player.
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That was the single greatest crime Viz has ever perpetrated. I'm upset about it to this day. If there's *one* anime out there that I really want to own that I don't (aside from the first 15 episodes), it's Monster.

Did they pull it from Netflix? I still have the English rips from the Sy-Fy broadcast downloaded, thankfully.

 
Finally, I finished Angel Beats, and Kids on the Slope.  Angel Beats was kind of meh, it had some decent, funny parts, but the ending was very overplayed.  Kids on the Slope was pretty fun to watch, but, really?  Did we really have to have that happen in the second to last episode (or last episode, whatever).  
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I just started Penguindrum, and WHAT THE CRAP?!  And, for reference, yes, I've seen Utena, though it's been years.

 
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So I subbed earlier this week to Netflix to jump on the Attack on Titan bandwagon. I really dislike that post play screen that pops up at the end of each episode because I enjoy the credits and preview to the next episode. I know you can disable the next episode from playing but it appears you can't disable the screen that shrinks what you're currently watching and shows the text describing the next episode. Any way to deal with that or am I just going to have to click on the episode I'm currently watching to continue the credits/next episode preview?

As for Attack on Titan, I'm enjoying it so far.  I am kind of thrown off by the early twists (up to ep 9 at the moment) but I'm intrigued on how it all works out.

 
The whole show is a spoonful of twists. I enjoyed it. Maybe not as much as some others but I understand what there is to like about it.

I also am just about done with Street Fighter 2 V. It started off great and was a lot of fun. But these last 5 episodes have just felt like a lot of stalling. Three episodes of Ken chained to a table was pretty shitty watching.

 
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Just saw the designs for the Sailor Moon reboot. They definitely are going for more manga-accurate designs this time. Sailor Moon has her barettes, Venus has her chain belt, and everyone is way taller than in the previous anime. It also looks way more shoujo than before.
 
I never read the manga so I'm not used to these new designs.

The Sailor Senshi look a bit too tall to me. I'm sure I'll get used to it though.

I loved Sailor Moon back in the day it was one of my first Anime.

 
PimpLimp said:
Berserk is finally back. About damn time Miura!
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Oh my gosh I know! I was shocked to see an update for it this month.

I've been waiting for the entire hiatus. Been reading it for probably 3 or 4 years now.

Anyone who comes in to read Berserk after it's completed will have it easy.

I've never experienced a manga with such long pauses before, it's torture but it's worth it.

 
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dragoon99 said:
I never read the manga so I'm not used to these new designs.
The Sailor Senshi look a bit too tall to me. I'm sure I'll get used to it though.
I loved Sailor Moon back in the day it was one of my first Anime.
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The manga is quite good. A bit more violent and there are way more attacks than in the original anime.

The plot moves at breakneck speed (Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask find out each other's identities in the beginning of Volume 2), though, so I am curious what the series' pacing will be.
 
Saw the first episode of Attack on Titan earlier. I'm impressed by what I've seen so far. I don't know how they managed to have a wall that big but it certainly didn't matter based on what happened.

 
Cage017 said:
Saw the first episode of Attack on Titan earlier. I'm impressed by what I've seen so far. I don't know how they managed to have a wall that big but it certainly didn't matter based on what happened.
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Just wait. More questions pop up without answers as the series goes on :p AoT was entertaining, but as far as plot holes/explaining goes, it could have been fleshed out more.

 
AoT just might scratch that dark fantasy itch of mine.  The violence seems over the top so far, but it hasn't phased me yet.

 
The swearing on last night's Black Lagoon sure was over the top. Adult Swim beeped the episode 25 times. The episode itself was so bad, it was good (unlike Blue Exorcist which was so bad it was bad). I never thought I'd tune in to an anime on Toonami and hear someone ask "Is she taking it in the ass?" 

The last two episodes of Bleach have also been very good. I love when the series takes place in the living world where stories have a beginning, middle, and end. The Soul Society sucks.

 
FUNimation is having limited screenings for GitS Arise Episodes 1 and 2 on May 29th, and they are actually showing it at a theater I can get to!
 
i am watching Mekakucity Actors right now, i like the animation, but i have no idea what is going on. LOL

 
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YBX87 said:
i am watching Mekakucity Actors right now, i like the animation, but i have no idea what is going on. LOL
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Mekakucity Actors might be my favorite show this season. The art direction is fantastic, and the inherent oddness of it all has already gotten me hooked (I've rarely wanted so much for the week to get moving so I can have a new episode).

For the uninitiated it's actually based off a trilogy of vocaloid albums, the tracks from which have been recreated in the show with new singers. Highly recommend checking out the originals though, I've been listening to the first, Mekakucity Days, pretty much nonstop since I noticed it was available on Spotify.
 
MrNinjaSquirrel said:
I feel like I'm the only one who really disliked AoT. Cook-cutter characters just don't do it for me...
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You're not the only, but your reason for not liking it is very different from mine. I don't like stupidly large amounts of violence and gore in my shows. (btw, I watched Berserk, Black Lagoon, and Hellsing just fine)

 
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Cage017 said:
The swearing on last night's Black Lagoon sure was over the top. Adult Swim beeped the episode 25 times. The episode itself was so bad, it was good (unlike Blue Exorcist which was so bad it was bad). I never thought I'd tune in to an anime on Toonami and hear someone ask "Is she taking it in the ass?"

The last two episodes of Bleach have also been very good. I love when the series takes place in the living world where stories have a beginning, middle, and end. The Soul Society sucks.
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What's wrong with Blue Exorcist?

 
MrNinjaSquirrel said:
Mekakucity Actors might be my favorite show this season. The art direction is fantastic, and the inherent oddness of it all has already gotten me hooked (I've rarely wanted so much for the week to get moving so I can have a new episode).

For the uninitiated it's actually based off a trilogy of vocaloid albums, the tracks from which have been recreated in the show with new singers. Highly recommend checking out the originals though, I've been listening to the first, Mekakucity Days, pretty much nonstop since I noticed it was available on Spotify.
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i read up on it, isn't it also based on the light novel, and manga as well? i was watching black bullet, but the anime adapting has been horrible with the pacing. it is all over the place. i am probably just going to stick to the manga. i also watching captain earth, even though it is a pretty generic mecha anime. I enjoyed it.

 
Went to J-World in Sunshine 60 (Ikebukuru) yesterday. It's a small Shonen Jump amusment park. It was cool but pricey. 3 main sections of DBZ, One Piece and Naruto. I took my daughter and we had fun. The food court had anime themed dishes. I'm going back to the states today so I'll try to post some picks later.

Just by walking around the city it obviuos to see Kuroko, AoT and One Piece are to 3 big animes right now.

 
Finished Attack on Titan earlier this week and wanted to dwell on my thoughts until now.

It may have been because of the praise I've seen it get on the internet, but I felt it was merely good. The pacing was too slow for me in a show where giants were eating humans. The twists came hard and early (and unexpected). I was bewildered when Eren bit the dust only a few episodes in. I was wondering how the show was going to continue only to find out later, oh of course, he turned into a Titan himself and started beating up other Titans. So much time was spent not directly dealing with Titans so I felt I was supposed to connect with the humans but it was difficult when you knew so little about everyone outside the main trio and even then, you know they'll end up Titan food sooner than later. The other twist about a female Titan showing up and then later revealed to be Annie also threw me off since her existence as a Titan came out of left field. 

I feel (hope) that my problems with the first season will be resolved in the second season because there are more points to be resolved than I'd like.  I actually thinking calling the first 25 episodes a season is a bit misleading because they were part of a larger story. Like the LotR movies, you can just watch one of them but you're not getting the complete picture.  I get why longer animes are grouped together into seasons but if I knew how AoT S1 ended, I think I would liked to wait till S2 ended before watching it. I did enjoy what I watched though but the wait for S2 is going to be something. 

 
Sway said:
Finished Attack on Titan earlier this week and wanted to dwell on my thoughts until now.

It may have been because of the praise I've seen it get on the internet, but I felt it was merely good. The pacing was too slow for me in a show where giants were eating humans. The twists came hard and early (and unexpected). I was bewildered when Eren bit the dust only a few episodes in. I was wondering how the show was going to continue only to find out later, oh of course, he turned into a Titan himself and started beating up other Titans. So much time was spent not directly dealing with Titans so I felt I was supposed to connect with the humans but it was difficult when you knew so little about everyone outside the main trio and even then, you know they'll end up Titan food sooner than later. The other twist about a female Titan showing up and then later revealed to be Annie also threw me off since her existence as a Titan came out of left field.

I feel (hope) that my problems with the first season will be resolved in the second season because there are more points to be resolved than I'd like. I actually thinking calling the first 25 episodes a season is a bit misleading because they were part of a larger story. Like the LotR movies, you can just watch one of them but you're not getting the complete picture. I get why longer animes are grouped together into seasons but if I knew how AoT S1 ended, I think I would liked to wait till S2 ended before watching it. I did enjoy what I watched though but the wait for S2 is going to be something.
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you would have been out of the loop for a while though as a season 2 of attack on titan isn't happening until 2016 at the earliest :/

 
Sway said:
Finished Attack on Titan earlier this week and wanted to dwell on my thoughts until now.

It may have been because of the praise I've seen it get on the internet, but I felt it was merely good. The pacing was too slow for me in a show where giants were eating humans. The twists came hard and early (and unexpected). I was bewildered when Eren bit the dust only a few episodes in. I was wondering how the show was going to continue only to find out later, oh of course, he turned into a Titan himself and started beating up other Titans. So much time was spent not directly dealing with Titans so I felt I was supposed to connect with the humans but it was difficult when you knew so little about everyone outside the main trio and even then, you know they'll end up Titan food sooner than later. The other twist about a female Titan showing up and then later revealed to be Annie also threw me off since her existence as a Titan came out of left field.

I feel (hope) that my problems with the first season will be resolved in the second season because there are more points to be resolved than I'd like. I actually thinking calling the first 25 episodes a season is a bit misleading because they were part of a larger story. Like the LotR movies, you can just watch one of them but you're not getting the complete picture. I get why longer animes are grouped together into seasons but if I knew how AoT S1 ended, I think I would liked to wait till S2 ended before watching it. I did enjoy what I watched though but the wait for S2 is going to be something.
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The AoT anime covers about 80% of the source material, so I don't see a problem. If they made long animes only after the manga run has ended, then everyone would have lost interest by the time the animes were made. There are a ton more twists in the remaining 20%.
About the other titans, and the wall. And they haven't even seen what's in Eren's basement.

 
zulux21 said:
you would have been out of the loop for a while though as a season 2 of attack on titan isn't happening until 2016 at the earliest :/
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That's plenty of time for me to forget what I liked and disliked about AoT to rewatch S1 after S2 finishes up. My opinion will probably change once I can watch both seasons.

elessar123 said:
The AoT anime covers about 80% of the source material, so I don't see a problem. If they made long animes only after the manga run has ended, then everyone would have lost interest by the time the animes were made. There are a ton more twists in the remaining 20%.
About the other titans, and the wall. And they haven't even seen what's in Eren's basement.
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I almost exclusively watch anime after they're done with their run and on DVD so I'm used to closure and somewhat instant gratification. So watching AoT so close after S1 ended (according to Wiki the last episode aired in Sept) is a new experience. If S1 covers ~80% of the manga, that's probably why we're going to wait so long for S2 so there is enough of the manga to cover.

 
Finishing up Oreimo and I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would. I started it a few months back but dropped it after a few episodes. Glad I gave it another chance. Unfrtuantly I can't say the same for Azumanga Daioh. Watched the first 5 episodes and I found it quite boring.

I did visit the International Manga Museum in Kyoto a few weeks back. You pay an entrance fee and you can sit an read anything in the museum. They have a foreign language section but of course most of the selection is Japanese. The selection was huge. It looked like they had everything. They had a room where the manga was filed by year. It was interesting to see how old some of these stories are. I could've spent the entire day there.

 
Azumanga is quite hard to get into initially, but once the first summer vacation arrives, the series focuses less on Japanese wordplay and more on other broader forms of comedy.
 
MrNinjaSquirrel said:
I know a lot of people don't read manga and only watch anime, so I highly doubt all interest would be gone just because the manga run had already finished.
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I meant in Japan. They don't make anime based on the West's input, other than Big-O season 2.

Edit: And I mean something that's obviously going to be long, like AoT. FMA lasted 9 years, had it's first series 2 years after the manga's debut, and Brotherhood 6 years after that. AoT is already on year 5.

 
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This is my opinion of Azumanga, when it first came out, it was neat, cute, and something somewhat all it's own.  Now there are hundreds of other animes that have tried copying it's success using the same/similar ideas, so when people watch it now, they just see another show like that.

 
AoT is very popular in Japan and it's commercialized just as much as Naruto and One Piece. When I was over there 7-Eleven was running promotions. I bought a bag a chips and got a Potato Girl trinket for free.

I noticed that they're going the whole "kawaii" direction with the merchandise, involving chibi versions of characters and the titans. I guess they're trying to broaden the audience which I find a little weird considering it's a graphic and violent anime/manga.

I didn't see any Sword Art Online stuff besides the Vita game. It might have been popular at one point, but not so much now.

 
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MrNinjaSquirrel said:
I'm imagine it's popular (which I'm still scratching my head over), but I'm not really sure what that has to do with AoT.
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i know it has nothing to do with AOT, but i just thought they are both overhyped/popular, not just in Japan, but in the West.

also light novels are popular in japan as well, and alot of manga and anime in japan are of from light novels.

 
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Rodimus said:
I noticed that they're going the whole "kawaii" direction with the merchandise, involving chibi versions of characters and the titans. I guess they're trying to broaden the audience which I find a little weird considering it's a graphic and violent anime/manga.
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People keep forgetting that AoT is aimed at boys 10 and up.

 
elessar123 said:
People keep forgetting that AoT is aimed at boys 10 and up.
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Are you limiting yourself? Try 7 year old girls. I saw a shit ton of AoT stationary, AoT clock in the shape of a heart, dinnerware, napkins, charms, etc.

All I'm saying is that it's weird considering the tone of the anime/manga. The kawaii cute shit doesn't match the content. I understand if it was an isolated piece of merchandise, but It was everywhere.

 
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moon_knight said:
What's wrong with Blue Exorcist?
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Where do I begin? You're led to believe it's an action show killing demons and "beating the shit out of Satan" when it's really a wacky themed school comedy. And it's not even funny. Even TOM in between commercial breaks says "Want more demon killing?" and there have only been a few episodes with any.

The episode I was referring to in my previous post had a "killer squid" that doesn't kill at all. You know what its attack was?

Swimming. The same episode had a love story based on eyebrows.

Then there's the animation. They randomly give the main character a tail when they feel like it and in the latest episode made one of the female characters overly fat for a few seconds. At this point, I just watch the show to make fun of it since it's so easy to do.

Black Lagoon is still ridiculous to me. Did I hear right that this woman dressed like a maid was sent from the future?

 
No that was just a Terminator reference that went over your head :) As ridiculous as the action is everything else is grounded to reality.
 
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