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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Just keep watching.

    Or don't!

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    "if you are enjoying it" was probably implied

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    "if you are enjoying it" was probably implied

    I think it's more because Denji, unlike most, does evolve as a character.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lars wrote: »
    Apothecary Diaries episode 11 had some twists and turns, but I also have some questions:
    How does the servant girl who apparently committed suicide in the water a few episodes ago fit into all of this?

    Also I'm a little unclear on who all is aware of the switcheroo plot. Did Mao's dad know? Did the other mother? Did the emperor? Did Jinshi? Ah-Duo's head handmaiden obviously did not know, which then makes me wonder who even carried it out in the first place?

    So my read on it
    Is that I’m fairly certain Jinshi knows, Mao’s dad knows, though I’m not sure about the Emperor. I have a sneaking suspicion that Mao is somehow directly related to this somehow.

    Also w/re to Mao and Fengming, am I mistaken or did they imply that the late handmaiden was Mao’s grandmother or mother at the end?
    My take on the ending was they were looking into the handmaiden's connections, and it somehow brought up the people who originally sold Mao to the palace. So the implication being she may have been specifically targeted for some reason?

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    "If you just keep watching you'll understand and your problem will be naturally resolved, but I'm not your dad and can't order you to do anything."

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Meanwhile, in Dandadan

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Asthariel wrote: »
    Look

    who among us did not mistake lust with desperate need for human connection of any kind in our lives?

    Me

    Aro ace

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  • neverreallyneverreally Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Meanwhile, in Dandadan

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    Isekai arc!!

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Meanwhile, in Dandadan

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    Isekai arc!!

    I trust Dandadan to pull it off with style.

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  • DanHibikiDanHibiki Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Meanwhile, in Dandadan

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    Isekai arc!!

    is this a Jumanji situation?

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  • LasbrookLasbrook It takes a lot to make a stew When it comes to me and youRegistered User regular
    edited April 13


    What’s in the box??
    It’s open to interpretation

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  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I see Chuchu was standing too close to the christmas tree.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    DanHibiki wrote: »
    Meanwhile, in Dandadan

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    Isekai arc!!

    is this a Jumanji situation?

    the guy they're looking for is named Unji Zuma

    which switched around is Zuma Unji

    Zumaunji

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Anzekay wrote: »
    A mere 500 episodes
    Lanz wrote: »
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    Finished Witch from Mercury tonight. What is this, a happy ending in a Gundam series?

    Also really love looking back at the "controversy" that bandai made for themselves. The marriage wasn't subtext, they had rings on their fingers and everything. Just wild shit.

    Anyway, that was pretty alright!

    Gundam by and large does tend to have them!

    The ones I know that are Categorically Happy:
    MSG: Amuro and the White Base Crew survive and are Reunited
    ZZ: The Neo Zeon war ends and Judea fucks off to Jupiter
    G: FCD covered that one
    Wing: Peace is restored and Preventers works in the background to keep conflict from consuming the Earth Sphere again
    X: The Freeden Crew survives and the war between the Colonies and Earth is stopped before it can resume in earnest
    Turn A: Bittersweet but the conflict between the earth and moon are stopped, and the bitterness mainly being Loran saying goodbye to Sochie to serve as Diana’s knight for the rest of her time left in a peaceful cabin by a lake
    Seed and Seed Destiny: [LOUD DISCORDANT BUZZING AND SCREAMS]
    00: Humanity sets aside war, makes contact with what should be an unknowable alien race seeking refuge from the destruction of their world by natural intrastellar cataclysm, forges a bond that promises to take both species out into the unknown to explore together; Setsuna returns years later to visit Marina as a fusion of Human and ELS, a living embodiment of that bond
    Build Divers: They don’t murder the AI lady
    Build Divers Re:Rise: They save the alien animal people and also learn that the AI lady is the result of an ancient human-like race who saved themselves from extinction by basically uploading themselves as digital consciousnesses and beaming themselves across the cosmos, with an untold number manifesting within the Earth’s computer networks and, amusingly enough, literally in the servers of a Gundam MMO.

    Yeah I think a lot of Gundam endings are either happy or bittersweet-happy.
    Even the epilogue for Iron-Blooded Orphans is pretty positive about the future in a very bittersweet way.
    08th MS Team had a pretty happy ending too
    Anzekay wrote: »
    This is maybe a hot take but considering what the vast majority of Gundam series are about, what constitutes a "happy" or "bittersweet" ending is always going to be different to what that might mean in other genres of anime; it's all relative. If some of the cast make it out alive and the bad guys didn't completely win, I consider that at the very least bittersweet.

    Also, someone might say “Lanz, what about F91 you didn’t include F91”

    But you see, I couldn’t mention F91 because…

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    "PRAY DON'T BREAK A PEACE FOREVER" SONO MABUSHISA WO MITSUMETE IRU
    "PRAY DON'T BREAK A PEACE FOREVER" ATSUI HITOMI NI YAKITSUKETE

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    f91 has a happy ending they go off and become space pirates

    who doesn't love that

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    see, now i hear "space pirates" and "gundam" and it just makes me think of g-reco
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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    see, now i hear "space pirates" and "gundam" and it just makes me think of g-reco
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    THE WORLD IS NOT SQUARE

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    see, now i hear "space pirates" and "gundam" and it just makes me think of g-reco
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    the disease is inside of you

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    My favorite parts of Spy X Family is when Yor panics and pulls off some ridiculous superhero shit.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    With so few chapters left of Call of the Night, I was looking forward to tonight's chapter since it's usually a Tuesday release.

    I apparently missed that they're taking a month off and it won't be back until the second week of January.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    I saw the internet's flipping out about Sailor Moon Cosmos... and wow, it's already out on BR in Japan, and never even got a theatrical release here.


    From what I've seen of it, I don't think we're missing anything of value.




    It's an improvement, but OG Stars still looks better.

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I presume it'll be coming to Netflix eventually, since the Sailor Moon Eternal movies were released there.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    I saw the internet's flipping out about Sailor Moon Cosmos... and wow, it's already out on BR in Japan, and never even got a theatrical release here.


    From what I've seen of it, I don't think we're missing anything of value.




    It's an improvement, but OG Stars still looks better.

    Toei's one of the studios most paranoid about international releases cannibalizing the domestic market.

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    I saw the internet's flipping out about Sailor Moon Cosmos... and wow, it's already out on BR in Japan, and never even got a theatrical release here.


    From what I've seen of it, I don't think we're missing anything of value.




    It's an improvement, but OG Stars still looks better.

    Toei's one of the studios most paranoid about international releases cannibalizing the domestic market.

    Genuinely curious how that would work? Surely the international market would bring enough in? But not even sure how it'd cannablize domestic sales, unless there's some sort of extreme price difference

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  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    I saw the internet's flipping out about Sailor Moon Cosmos... and wow, it's already out on BR in Japan, and never even got a theatrical release here.


    From what I've seen of it, I don't think we're missing anything of value.




    It's an improvement, but OG Stars still looks better.

    Toei's one of the studios most paranoid about international releases cannibalizing the domestic market.

    Genuinely curious how that would work? Surely the international market would bring enough in? But not even sure how it'd cannablize domestic sales, unless there's some sort of extreme price difference

    Bingo.

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I had heard that Bluray/DvD over there was exorbitant and the anime market basically rests on extremely over priced Bluray sales to otaku, but had no idea how accurate that is.

    Seems immensely self defeating in the long run

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Looking at that multi-ball energy homing attack the gold Gilgamesh-looking villain used on Sailor Moon, it occurs to me that it's rare to see someone with multiple type of attacks in their repertoire actually use ones like that more than a single time. She had Sailor Moon running around and expending energy to dodge or blow up the attacks before they could reach her, so what if instead of charging up the big blast looking attack while that's happening she just...kept spamming homing energy balls.

    But no villain does that in anime. They all have to show off their full skillset like it's the 90's toy market rather than finding effective attacks and spamming the shit out of them.

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I returned to watching JJK S2, despite my bitterness about were the story is going.

    Despite all of my criticisms, I will say this:
    Mahito is a great villain, not onlh because he is so hateable, but also because his powers allow for so much interesting imagery in the animation

    And what is more, his Villanous Breakdown is probably the best scene of this type that I have ever seen anywhere

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  • SomeWarlockSomeWarlock Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Anime Blu-Rays and DVDs(and VHS/Beta before them) in Japan have always been overly expensive and aimed largely to hardcore (mostly male) otaku. A single BR costs roughly 7,000 to 12,000 yen, or about ~50 to ~85 USD for around 3 or 4 episodes of an anime; meaning a 13 episode season will cost $240-340 USD over 4 BR.

    Since you can buy entire box sets of anime in the US(and elsewhere) for the cost of a single BR/DVD in Japan, hyper conservative production studios(which is pretty much all the big ones) worry about the Japanese market importing international releases back into Japan(especially if it has the original Japanese voice work) and undercutting domestic sales.

    Now, the "why" is bit complicated, but lot of it comes down to "this is how it always been" and the fact production studios typically lose money actually airing/broadcasting anime on TV in Japan.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Anime Blu-Rays and DVDs(and VHS/Beta before them) in Japan have always been overly expensive and aimed largely to hardcore (mostly male) otaku. A single BR costs roughly 7,000 to 12,000 yen, or about ~50 to ~85 USD for around 3 or 4 episodes of an anime; meaning a 13 episode season will cost $240-340 USD over 4 BR.

    Since you can buy entire box sets of anime in the US(and elsewhere) for the cost of a single BR/DVD in Japan, hyper conservative production studios(which is pretty much all the big ones) worry about the Japanese market importing international releases back into Japan(especially if it has the original Japanese voice work) and undercutting domestic sales.

    Now, the "why" is bit complicated, but lot of it comes down to "this is how it always been" and the fact production studios typically lose money actually airing/broadcasting anime on TV in Japan.

    I'm honestly surprised Japanese consumers still tolerate it. The only plus is that they get cooler limited edition things, but it's rarely worth it. The closest equivalent we have is when Aniplex gouges the US for their absurd sets, like the Fate ones or anything from the Bakemonogatari series.


    Still, holding back Sailor Moon, possibly the most popular anime series in the west shy of DBZ, is nothing short of pants-on-head stupid.


    I'm no fan of Crystal, but a theatrical release of Cosmos would probably do gangbusters here.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    You might also recommend Apothecary Diaries to her, assuming she's 13 or over

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I'm super excited for the Chainsaw Man movie. If it covers the Reze arc, the anime when it returns can do the International Assassins arc until the end of part 1, possibly in 1 cour.
    I was wondering how they'd break it up. What's left of part one is like more than one season but less than two. Or to put it another way it's enough material for two or three 12-episode cours. Hope Mappa has learned something from JJK's extra hellish production.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Anime Blu-Rays and DVDs(and VHS/Beta before them) in Japan have always been overly expensive and aimed largely to hardcore (mostly male) otaku. A single BR costs roughly 7,000 to 12,000 yen, or about ~50 to ~85 USD for around 3 or 4 episodes of an anime; meaning a 13 episode season will cost $240-340 USD over 4 BR.

    Since you can buy entire box sets of anime in the US(and elsewhere) for the cost of a single BR/DVD in Japan, hyper conservative production studios(which is pretty much all the big ones) worry about the Japanese market importing international releases back into Japan(especially if it has the original Japanese voice work) and undercutting domestic sales.

    Now, the "why" is bit complicated, but lot of it comes down to "this is how it always been" and the fact production studios typically lose money actually airing/broadcasting anime on TV in Japan.

    Yeah; to remind, in Japan the network doens’t buy your show from the studio, the production committee has to pay for the time slot they’re going to be airing in. Initial cash influx is going to come from sponsors, then the bulk of your revenue is going to come from merchandising and home video sales

    Thus: prices out the ass.

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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Anime is just commercials for the LN/Manga/Sexy waifu figure.

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    And that's Monster finished. What a great show.

    Now the question is this: what next? Continue the Urasawa train and watch Pluto, or watch Blue Eye Samurai?

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  • The Cow KingThe Cow King a island Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Pluto is unreal I'd watch unless you've read it then it can wait

    It's my fave anime that I've watched this year by far

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lanz wrote: »
    Anime Blu-Rays and DVDs(and VHS/Beta before them) in Japan have always been overly expensive and aimed largely to hardcore (mostly male) otaku. A single BR costs roughly 7,000 to 12,000 yen, or about ~50 to ~85 USD for around 3 or 4 episodes of an anime; meaning a 13 episode season will cost $240-340 USD over 4 BR.

    Since you can buy entire box sets of anime in the US(and elsewhere) for the cost of a single BR/DVD in Japan, hyper conservative production studios(which is pretty much all the big ones) worry about the Japanese market importing international releases back into Japan(especially if it has the original Japanese voice work) and undercutting domestic sales.

    Now, the "why" is bit complicated, but lot of it comes down to "this is how it always been" and the fact production studios typically lose money actually airing/broadcasting anime on TV in Japan.

    Yeah; to remind, in Japan the network doens’t buy your show from the studio, the production committee has to pay for the time slot they’re going to be airing in. Initial cash influx is going to come from sponsors, then the bulk of your revenue is going to come from merchandising and home video sales

    Thus: prices out the ass.

    It's also why they get significant animation updates to some Blu-Rays.

    In many respects anime is basically just an infomercial for the actual product(s).

    Speaking of Anime series getting significant animation updates on BD, the final Witch from Mercury volume is out now and…
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    Take that, suits

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