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Secret [Anime] Thread
italianranma
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It doesn't seem that long ago that the Anime thread was in the Prohibition era. The movement started in 2009 with the best intentions of keeping anime discussion away from the under-aged and irresponsible. With ecchi anime becoming the rule rather than the exception, the "Not Even Once" ethos spread like wildfire and soon debate raged across the forums. Created in 2012the Tube act, a.k.a. the Glorious Edict finally outlawed anime and the mods were mobilized. Within days the existing general anime threads were closed down, and one-by-one the singular anime topics rounded up as well.
Though viewed as a great moral victory of its time, the prohibition wasn't without criticism: why was this sinful behavior called out when others like gambling still allowed? This led to greater questions like "what is anime?" An artstyle? A transmission of Japanese culture? The friends we made along the way?
Research shows that Prohibition reduced overall anime consumption by half during the 2010s, and consumption remained below pre-Prohibition levels until the 2020s, suggesting that Prohibition did socialize a significant proportion of the population in temperate habits, at least temporarily. Rates of body pillow purchases "fell by 50% early in Prohibition and recovered promptly after Repeal in 2019." Criticism remains that Prohibition led to unintended consequences such as a century of Prohibition-influenced legislation and the growth of "WTF Japan!?" thought, though some scholars have argued that was properly attributed to increased internet exposure, rather than the criminalization of anime use. Regardless, as an experiment it lost supporters every year, and lost innumerable reactions that forumers needed when the Great Depression began in November 2016.
One type of forum artifact of the prohibition era are all the speakeasy anime threads that still exist. While general anime threads were disallowed, forumers found cleaver (in their minds’) ways to bypass the edict, usually with sympathetic mod help (or at least a blind eye). Threads like the D&D Movies thread allowed anime discussion, so long as the subject itself was feature-length. Anime adaptations like the 2017 Ghost in the Shell provided topical safe havens, even if only temporarily. As sympathy towards the repeal grew single-topic anime threads led by the mods themselves emerged, heralding the end of the prohibition era.
So SE++, what was your favorite Secret Anime Thread that helped tide you over during the long night?
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They're leaving it up to the audience to do the math themselves. Keeps the brain active!
I do not like them adding lyrics to the preview song.
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in Japanese, the Rebuild movies aren't numbered per se - the first three are 序, 破, and Q, and the last one is
I'll just quote Wikipedia on this, because it'll be better at it than I am:
I think 3.0+1.0 is probably going to have some kind of timeloop in it, which is something that people have been theorizing since 1.0 came out and it had some weird post-End of Evangelion imagery going on
so maybe it's
or something
There's also this very good article about the guy who did a lot of early games translation.
https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2019/7/18/20696081/metal-gear-solid-translation-japanese-english-jeremy-blaustein
People who don't speak the language freaking out about it being "unfaithful." It's great for the creators to care about how the localization turns out, less great for them to tell native English speakers to make it sound a certain way ONLY.
Interestingly enough, the English dub of Judgment has its own unique subtitle track. I haven't gone through with the dub on, though, so I'm not sure if they've eliminated the idioms in that track.
Steam ID XBL: JohnnyChopsocky PSN:Stud_Beefpile WiiU:JohnnyChopsocky
That's the movie, which while good, is wildly different from the series.
it was my first experience with "anime movie is a bizarre retelling of the 26-episode series"
instead it's more like a remix of the story with a bunch of new elements added, like alternate character models and lore tweaks
some of it's real cool though
and god I love this music
I binged that show in.. I want to say less than 24 hours back after high school or so.
I don't remember much about it in detail, but my god was I in a state after that.
... I want a transforming model of the Escaflowne in the worst way.
yeah I keep wondering if someone will revive the series at some point
the original was supposed to be 39 episodes instead of 26, which is why the second half of season 2 feels so compressed
it's an interesting story hamstrung by some of the most annoying side characters and a really dull middle bit
like you'll want to murder the child characters for just sucking so badly
if you can get past that it's a lot of fun though, there are surfboarding giant mecha and fun disco-pop music tracks:
Yep, it's very good! The story isn't anything super special within the mecha genre but it's still engaging and pretty well written, with a great cast of characters, some really beautiful animation, and superb music. The soundtrack is easily as good as other famed anime soundtracks like Cowboy Bebop or Samurai Champloo.
but was very much marketed in japan as a show for young women
and so when fox licensed it they had no idea what to do and tried to remix the opening to make it more appealing to boys:
unevenly paced
like it'll go really fast then really slow then really fast, etc, etc.
same goes for overall narrative quality. it's
uneven.
but definitely worth giving a chance
Just finished reading Kase-san. Fluffy yuri goodness.
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The sequel is the same but even more extreme. It's got some extremely good stuff, and also some really rough stuff.
I categorise Captain Earth in the same vein, too (another mecha anime with some similar concepts involved to some degree). I really love it but absolutely acknowledge that it's super flawed in places, while still having some superb moments.
E7's soundtrack is amazing, yeah, it has one of the most unsettling tunes I've ever heard in anime for one of the antagonists:
What's more is that it keeps going introducing new themes, settings, twists, tropes, and significant plot developments all the way to the last few minutes of the last episode
Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
Pfft, practical. The reason I love Code Geass mechs is because their movement is so damn fluid a machine could never actually accomplish it. Things like watching the Guren breakdancing on the battlefield was the best
How does Dual! hold up because it used to be one of my faves
Dunno, haven't seen it in ages, but I think it's still relatively good if someone can get past the harem anime aspect of it. Certainly has the best alt-universe version of a protagonist I've seen
And it has a sweet love story
At least, I remember it being sweet