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The [Anime] Strikes Back

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    -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    why do you think his dialogue is a reference to that famous line from pippa passes, other than that the old translation made it to be

    So your suggestion is that this is the one time they weren't referencing Paradise Lost or other famous Judea Christian stuff, they just strung words together at random that one time? And used that random string as a logo? That strikes me as unlikely. In the extreme.

    Is the seele chairmain's line a japanese translation of the browning line?

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    Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
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    TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
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    Also can I just say that I feel that as someone who's understanding of Eva for years was based on its extensive merchandising, now that I've watched it, I find the whole concept of wanting any Eva merchandise utterly bewildering.

    Not because it's bad, mind you, but because it almost feels antithetical to the nature of the show as I perceive it.

    would you mind explaining that a little? I never thought of Eva as particularly anti-consumer.

    It's less of an anti-consumer thing, and more of the series beating the viewer over the head over and over again that despite giant mecha being cool in theory, holy shit is it kind of a fucked up terrible thing to have literal teenagers piloting these nightmare machines in practice.

    Like, I could not look at a lunchbox of Rei without feeling sad. Which, maybe I'm weird, but I don't want my lunchbox to depress me.

    I mean,

    This is every Gundam show ever made not named G or Build *something*.

    In the original Gundam, Amuro is a barely responsive mess who isn't eating, stays awake for days, and never really recovers, even into other shows.

    Hell, early in Victory gundam
    An enemy soldier sees the gundam is piloted by a like, 13 year old, has a mental breakdown and blows himself up with a grenade while sobbing.

    Even a more lighthearted shows like ZZ ends with
    Judea being so disgusted with his commanding officers and the Federation that he punched Bright Noah in the face and fucks off to Jupiter for the rest of his life.

    But they sure make a lot o gundam models.

    Hell one of Mobile Suit Gundams most famous lines is Amuro reacting to Bright slapping him for refusing to go out and fight to the death.

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    DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    Studio Ghibli animated Episode 11 of Evangelion.

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    JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    Toonami is getting Gundam: Origin and Food Wars starting next week.

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    SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    I wonder how censored that first episode of Food Wars is going to be.

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    I had heard so many good things about Food Wars so I watched the first episode and ah hmm

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    StragintStragint Do Not Gift Always DeclinesRegistered User regular
    Janson wrote: »
    I had heard so many good things about Food Wars so I watched the first episode and ah hmm

    How good is it compared to Fighting Foodons?

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    AnzekayAnzekay Registered User regular
    Janson wrote: »
    I had heard so many good things about Food Wars so I watched the first episode and ah hmm

    yeah the first handful of episodes are very

    ah

    hmmm

    uh

    okay

    uhhhhhhhhhhhh

    and then when they stop doing that stuff constantly and dig into the meat of the show it gets really cool

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    JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    And then the food consultant retired and the story kinda spiraled into oblivion, sadly.

    First epilogue chapter was actually pretty good, though.

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    TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    This probably isn't going to surprise anyone but the artist for Food Wars was doing H-books before Food Wars. It takes a couple chapters for him to tone it down a bit. Just a bit though that series likes it fan service.

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    PeasPeas Registered User regular
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    JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    So I've been continuing to read the new Jump comics aside from Nationalist Ninjas. Some thoughts.

    Hachimaru is okay, but has its needle pointed WAY too hard towards "world building" compared to plot. Every chapter seems to throw more "this is how everything works!" While giving next to no reason to care about any of the characters. It looks like we're getting our first real villains, so hopefully that will address that lacking, but my interest is getting thin.

    Taisei is...weird. The characters care about shogi, but I'm not convinced the author actually does? He seems to just be using shogi as the medium with which to tell a different story, and that story seems to not have a direction at the moment, so it feels a bit...listless? I don't see this one laying long at all, to be honest.

    Beast Children is a by the numbers sports manga this far, but in this case seems to come from a genuine passion for the sport. I have no idea how long it'll last, but it seems to be from a place of interest, so I hope it does well.

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    silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2019
    Peas wrote: »
    The new SPY x FAMILY chapter is très élégant as usual
    https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1002420

    Contains image from latest chapter

    Manga Plus finally figured out how to do double pages on their vertical scroller. The images are tiny on the horizontal scroll.

    E: It's just for Spy X Family? All the Jump series split the double pages in half.

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Yeah the first episode of Food Wars was very horny in a way I did not expect

    then I read some of the comic and yeah, still horny

    It doesn't seem bad, it was just a bit of a surprise.

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    ThegreatcowThegreatcow Lord of All Bacons Washington State - It's Wet up here innit? Registered User regular
    Well hell so Totalbiscuit wasn't exaggerating about Food Wars then...

    https://youtu.be/vRbjkc95lZ4

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    DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    I really don't need to hear what TotalBiscuit thought about anime.

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    EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited July 2019
    Not sure how I feel about Food Wars coming (ha) to Toonami. I’ll probably give it a look when it airs, but I’m not too hopeful from what I’ve heard and seen.

    A more eloquent person than me could probably describe why Food Wars is likely to bug me, while I’m totally fine with stuff like Lupin or Space Dandy.

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    JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    Not sure how I feel about Food Wars coming (ha) to Toonami. I’ll probably give it a look when it airs, but I’m not too hopeful from what I’ve heard and seen.

    A more eloquent person than me could probably describe why Food Wars is likely to bug me, while I’m totally fine with stuff like Lupin or Space Dandy.

    Because the characters are in high school.

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
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    silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    OMG that Jojo's image is perfect.

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    THESPOOKYTHESPOOKY papa! Registered User regular
    edited July 2019
    Food Wars will always have a special place in my heart

    One of my culinary school classmates introduced me to it, and I've actually made a few of the recipes from the show at home

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    NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    OMG that Jojo's image is perfect.

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    silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    Naphtali wrote: »
    OMG that Jojo's image is perfect.

    You can't defeat my stand, [DEAD PRESIDENTS]

    Nonono, it's [POLITICAL POWERS].

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    EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited July 2019
    Jragghen wrote: »
    Enlong wrote: »
    Not sure how I feel about Food Wars coming (ha) to Toonami. I’ll probably give it a look when it airs, but I’m not too hopeful from what I’ve heard and seen.

    A more eloquent person than me could probably describe why Food Wars is likely to bug me, while I’m totally fine with stuff like Lupin or Space Dandy.

    Because the characters are in high school.

    Yeah, that pretty much nails it. Also, there’s a difference between stories where the characters have opinions and wants WRT sex, and stories where characters have sexy stuff happen to/around them.

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    Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    Naphtali wrote: »
    OMG that Jojo's image is perfect.

    You can't defeat my stand, [DEAD PRESIDENTS]

    Nonono, it's [POLITICAL POWERS].

    [CULT OF PERSONALITY]

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    NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    has to be a band or a song, this is jojo rules

    I think Living Color would approve

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    rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits HoustonRegistered User regular
    edited July 2019
    Part of me is like food wars is way too horny and I definitely agree with the criticisms listed above, but another part of me remembers the first bite some of the best meals I’ve ever had and frankly the show might be a documentary.

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    PeasPeas Registered User regular
    edited July 2019
    I am sad now because I never had any food before which is so good that it made my clothes explode
    edit: Having sichuan mala hotpot was the closest i guess due to how spicy and oily the whole thing was

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    BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited July 2019
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    Called the fuck out

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    JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    New OPM RAW is out, and the first page is an animated gif.

    Murata is insane.

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    PeasPeas Registered User regular
    I've heard that the man is going to animate Season 3 all by himself

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    TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    Beasteh wrote: »
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    Called the fuck out

    What series is this from?

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    So far in MHA I’m probably most fond of Iida, I empathize with his character more than the others.

    I’m looking forward to seeing more, though! The whole cast is pretty likable. Between this and MP100 and YoI I have three feel-good shows with fantastic casts that have genuinely boosted my mood lately.

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    rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits HoustonRegistered User regular
    It’s so weird how the anime streaming services handle their new season announcements.

    Like, a couple dozen new shows are about to start or are already starting, and we have only a vague idea who has what and when.

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    King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    rhylith wrote: »
    It’s so weird how the anime streaming services handle their new season announcements.

    Like, a couple dozen new shows are about to start or are already starting, and we have only a vague idea who has what and when.

    It's almost all decided last minute in a chum pit full of sharks

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    miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    the thrilling saga of woolie versus supereyepatchwolf begins a new chapter

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqetAtMgMnU

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    rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits HoustonRegistered User regular
    rhylith wrote: »
    It’s so weird how the anime streaming services handle their new season announcements.

    Like, a couple dozen new shows are about to start or are already starting, and we have only a vague idea who has what and when.

    It's almost all decided last minute in a chum pit full of sharks

    And that’s stupid as hell!

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Iida is a good boy

    A stubborn boy at times

    But a good boy

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    TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    rhylith wrote: »
    rhylith wrote: »
    It’s so weird how the anime streaming services handle their new season announcements.

    Like, a couple dozen new shows are about to start or are already starting, and we have only a vague idea who has what and when.

    It's almost all decided last minute in a chum pit full of sharks

    And that’s stupid as hell!

    If you want a complete list of shows regardless of streaming status there is Anichart.

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