I still think Berserk is totally worth a read, even if it's probably never going to reach an ending.
Berserk's one of the few manga series (or just comics in general) that really feels rewarding when I occasionally go back and reread it
Like I think the two-parter of Serpico's backstory might be one of the best short comics stories ever written?
The first arc feels very much like something grimdark getting written by a college guy, though with little tidbits that show his promise.
But like when Miura was going through the Golden Age, Inquisition, and Lost Children stories, holy shit, what a run.
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Thanks to whoever recommended Jitsu Wa Watashi Wa a while ago; I just got around to reading it and binged the whole thing in a few days because it was so good.
That ending was one heck of a ride, boy howdy. And I really appreciate that everything got finished off, there weren't dangling loose ends, and it seems like that was the way it'd been planned for an awfully long time.
And it was very nice that there wasn't plot driven by misunderstandings (well, except for a bit early on and a few gag chapters here and there), and I liked that for a harem manga (sort of) it was always obvious who'd he'd end up with, and I liked that for a romance the main couple get together about halfway through and we get to see them proceeding through being in a relationship and what that means.
My favorite panel doesn't have a lot of art, but it does an awful lot of work even so, because of how many things all suddenly came together:
The panel structure in general was fantastic, he is very good at repeating things in ingenious ways; chapters 80 and 81, for example, covering a similar sequence of events but with very different people doing them, but still with some common layout:
(that said, I could have done without most of the plotlines involving Shimada, there were Some Problems with them, yikes)
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So, I like synthwave quite a bit, especially when I'm reading action/adventure stuff in a modern setting and/or certain kinds of sci-fi. I stumbled across this cool song set to clips from Madhouse's Redline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J635mqk769k
Is this a movie I should see? I watched a clip of the opening sequence and the animation was pretty nuts. Apparently the project nearly bankrupted them?
Also, speaking of AMVs with crazy animation, the same dj made this (film: The Garden of Words): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5DRgELHPo8
This movie's description didn't sound like something I'd be interested in, but holy crap that is gorgeous.
Redline is incredible, but then I'm biased because I'm one of the literal couple thousand people who ever got to see it on the only day it was ever in Japanese theaters
So, I like synthwave quite a bit, especially when I'm reading action/adventure stuff in a modern setting and/or certain kinds of sci-fi. I stumbled across this cool song set to clips from Madhouse's Redline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J635mqk769k
Is this a movie I should see? I watched a clip of the opening sequence and the animation was pretty nuts. Apparently the project nearly bankrupted them?
Also, speaking of AMVs with crazy animation, the same dj made this (film: The Garden of Words): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5DRgELHPo8
This movie's description didn't sound like something I'd be interested in (may/december romance for foot fetishists), but holy crap that is gorgeous.
That is a terrible description of Garden of Words. It's about two people who haven't decided what they want to do with their lives, and their paths intersect in a quiet garden.
It's a gorgeous film, and my favorite Makoto Shinkai work. Blows Your Name and Weathering With You out of the water.
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H3KnucklesBut we decide which is rightand which is an illusion.Registered Userregular
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Sorry, I was just goofing around. Didn't think being a little flippant would bother anyone.
They skipped...a lot of context in the opening chapters and embellished inconsequential filler. For example, Headon. He is supposed to be highly mysterious and playful, not at all loyal to Jahad but rather the Tower itself, but here he's very direct and not at all subtle in any way. In fact of lot of his most important scenes, especially since he doesn't show up for long, were omitted entirely. Princess Yuri as well. Rather than showing her and the Guide traversing the path down, during which they explain they're going down to see the Irregular while giving context to how important being Irregular is, it just comes across as her showing up out of absolutely nowhere and handing Baam OP stuff.
Hopefully they improve as episodes go on, because yeah this wouldn't really hook many people.
Headon stuff
For showing up so briefly, Headon has some critical lines that help frame the story and foreshadow events. When Baam arrives in the Tower Headon essentially manipulates him into taking a super unfair test by making it seem as though Baam is too weak and if he's afraid of the "first" test" then how can Baam possibly proceed through the tower, showcasing his deceptive nature, especially when Yuri shows up and calls Headon out on not providing Baam with the same tool given to everyone else, the Pocket, further enforcing that Headon is playing tricky buggers. And when Yuri tries to prevent Baam from taking the test because she knows the danger, Headon nonchalantly suggests that if she truly wants to help him, maybe she could let Baam borrow the Black March and he'd just--ah--"look away" for a bit wink wink nudge nudge. Keep in mind he's not loyal to Jahad at all, only the Tower itself, so there's meaning to this action. Then, when Baam goes to the next floor and Yuri questions the test, Headon reveals that as the Tower Administrator he prepares a test equivalent to the value of the wish. So in other words, Baam's wish to find Rachel is of such immense value that it resulted in a suicidal test. Lastly, when Yuri plus the Guide leave, he drops probably the most important line of them all: "Did you see? The boy has gone up. What will you do now?"
I'm hoping it gets better as it goes on. Animation is decent but sometimes context is really important, especially for the opening hook!
Gleipnir is a manga I didn't expect to see get an anime.
It's a good series, though. It has a style that some people will definitely not enjoy, but Claire is fantastic as a character.
I was kind of curious about some of the changes they made in the anime. Nothing big so far but they shifted around some reveals and I don't even think they mentioned the person who gave Claire the coin. Though it would have already come up.
I looked up a scene intending to say something about the dub with a more recent impression. But all it really did was make me want to watch the whole movie again real soon, haha.
Super-amused that Ahiru no Sora has the boys in the Inter-High Prelims playing a team that would basically be the scrappy protagonists in any other basketball series.
So, I like synthwave quite a bit, especially when I'm reading action/adventure stuff in a modern setting and/or certain kinds of sci-fi. I stumbled across this cool song set to clips from Madhouse's Redline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J635mqk769k
Is this a movie I should see? I watched a clip of the opening sequence and the animation was pretty nuts. Apparently the project nearly bankrupted them?
Also, speaking of AMVs with crazy animation, the same dj made this (film: The Garden of Words): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5DRgELHPo8
This movie's description didn't sound like something I'd be interested in (may/december romance for foot fetishists), but holy crap that is gorgeous.
That is a terrible description of Garden of Words. It's about two people who haven't decided what they want to do with their lives, and their paths intersect in a quiet garden.
It's a gorgeous film, and my favorite Makoto Shinkai work. Blows Your Name and Weathering With You out of the water.
Counter opinion: the short description is factually accurate and both of the two movies you listed are substantially more entertaining to a wide audience (that includes me).
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You know, I kinda want an Isekai with a person who knows Isekai tropes and thinks that they have a special power but is just a dumb-fuck with no powers, dropped into a medieval world with no money or skills, and has to try to survive as a peasant.
I doubt it'd be successful, but I feel like the industry needs that sort of catharsis.
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You know, I kinda want an Isekai with a person who knows Isekai tropes and thinks that they have a special power but is just a dumb-fuck with no powers, dropped into a medieval world with no money or skills, and has to try to survive as a peasant.
I doubt it'd be successful, but I feel like the industry needs that sort of catharsis.
That's basically Re: Zero.
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Going by the manga, very early in the next episode will take that up a notch...
(Spoils a likely reveal for that episode)
oh and
Its just panty shots and creepy sexual shit the show
...Lovely.
Well, thanks for letting me know so now i can avoid the fuck out of it.
Meanwhile, Youtube really, really wants me to watch Tower of God. Given it keeps jamming an ad for it down my throat constantly.
I'll think about it YT! Chill!
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Definitely better than the first one, secondary characters are introduced, and visuals and music are still pretty good.
Although I am still afraid that they will try to cram entire first arc of the story in just 13 episodes...
I think that was on 2005...20 years might have been a bit optimistic.
they got off the boat!
they still need to return by boat
Berserk's one of the few manga series (or just comics in general) that really feels rewarding when I occasionally go back and reread it
Like I think the two-parter of Serpico's backstory might be one of the best short comics stories ever written?
The first arc feels very much like something grimdark getting written by a college guy, though with little tidbits that show his promise.
But like when Miura was going through the Golden Age, Inquisition, and Lost Children stories, holy shit, what a run.
That ending was one heck of a ride, boy howdy. And I really appreciate that everything got finished off, there weren't dangling loose ends, and it seems like that was the way it'd been planned for an awfully long time.
My favorite panel doesn't have a lot of art, but it does an awful lot of work even so, because of how many things all suddenly came together:
The panel structure in general was fantastic, he is very good at repeating things in ingenious ways; chapters 80 and 81, for example, covering a similar sequence of events but with very different people doing them, but still with some common layout:
(that said, I could have done without most of the plotlines involving Shimada, there were Some Problems with them, yikes)
BURNING UP THE SORROW
THERE'S NO END TO SADNESS
WE DIDN'T LEARN:whistle:
Is this a movie I should see? I watched a clip of the opening sequence and the animation was pretty nuts. Apparently the project nearly bankrupted them?
Also, speaking of AMVs with crazy animation, the same dj made this (film: The Garden of Words):
This movie's description didn't sound like something I'd be interested in, but holy crap that is gorgeous.
That is a terrible description of Garden of Words. It's about two people who haven't decided what they want to do with their lives, and their paths intersect in a quiet garden.
It's a gorgeous film, and my favorite Makoto Shinkai work. Blows Your Name and Weathering With You out of the water.
The visuals are pretty dazzling, though.
You should really watch it, it's on Netflix and super short(like, 45 mins).
The dub, seriously.
it's essentially one weird dude's take on Wacky Racers and it has better animation and music than this idea really deserves, and that's why it works
just make sure you watch the sub, if you have the option, because the dub is intolerable
Huh, didn't realize it was that short. I'll give it a shot.
garden of words is also amazing
Hopefully they improve as episodes go on, because yeah this wouldn't really hook many people.
Headon stuff
I'm hoping it gets better as it goes on. Animation is decent but sometimes context is really important, especially for the opening hook!
It's a good series, though. It has a style that some people will definitely not enjoy, but Claire is fantastic as a character.
I was kind of curious about some of the changes they made in the anime. Nothing big so far but they shifted around some reveals and I don't even think they mentioned the person who gave Claire the coin. Though it would have already come up.
Nah, the dub is plenty good, in my experience.
Been a while since I’ve seen it, but I have seen it about 3 times.
The problem is that "May/December romance for foot fetishists" is a plausible premise for an anime!
"I went to another world and my feet are super tiny!" has 60 volumes and 2 OVA
Counter opinion: the short description is factually accurate and both of the two movies you listed are substantially more entertaining to a wide audience (that includes me).
Sounds like maybe having the dog is the cheat ability?
I mean if you can telepathically talk sure
I doubt it'd be successful, but I feel like the industry needs that sort of catharsis.
That's basically Re: Zero.
That is just Kemono Michi.