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  • italianranmaitalianranma Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Mortal Sky wrote: »
    a shame that Kobayashi has basically gone full neo-Imperialist MJGA in the last five years
    Mortal Sky wrote: »
    Ugh

    oh yeah, fortunately he's a pretty easy artist to divorce from his creative output from ~25-35 years ago, but it's still a bummer

    neo-imperialism in anime is probably one of the medium's (and Japanese nerd culture in general's) worst trends from the last couple decades

    Do you have a source? Not that I don't believe that it's possible, but I do think that we (the PA community) tend to get carried away some times with our reads into these concepts.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Watched more Tower of God because of course I'm gonna keep watching. Still a bit disjointed at times but it's getting better as it finishes with having to introduce an entirely new world from standard isekai and fantasy. The fight scene with Anaak at the beginning of the Crown Game was great, really gives a much better flow of motion compared to the webtoon. The next one is where things start to really kick off so looking forward to that!

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    Madican wrote: »
    Watched more Tower of God because of course I'm gonna keep watching. Still a bit disjointed at times but it's getting better as it finishes with having to introduce an entirely new world from standard isekai and fantasy. The fight scene with Anaak at the beginning of the Crown Game was great, really gives a much better flow of motion compared to the webtoon. The next one is where things start to really kick off so looking forward to that!

    I've been digging it so far. My take is the tests up til now have been vehicles for us to learn about the characters. Their competence and success have kind of been a given, since it's early in the story and things are being set up.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Madican wrote: »
    Watched more Tower of God because of course I'm gonna keep watching. Still a bit disjointed at times but it's getting better as it finishes with having to introduce an entirely new world from standard isekai and fantasy. The fight scene with Anaak at the beginning of the Crown Game was great, really gives a much better flow of motion compared to the webtoon. The next one is where things start to really kick off so looking forward to that!

    I've been digging it so far. My take is the tests up til now have been vehicles for us to learn about the characters. Their competence and success have kind of been a given, since it's early in the story and things are being set up.

    Aside from the second test (the battle royale deal) these have mostly been "do you have even the bare minimum of potential". Like, failing means you're not even qualified to be a mook.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 22
    Shorty wrote: »
    "here are the protagonists. they get captured every fifteen minutes until they get to the final boss, who's defeated by someone else, who you've never met."

    listen I love The Hobbit but there are some choices therein that are extremely frustrating
    The dwarves being useless in the original is kind of core to the story IMO, they're entitled noble twats who think they should get Lonely Mountain and its treasures by birthright merely for showing up, while all the sacrifice involved in slaying the dragon is born by the men of laketown who got dragged unwillingly into the affair. And then the war happens because everyone knows the tiny party of noble brats can't hold the mountain full of treasure and everyone wants a piece of it now that Smaug is dead.

    I mean, there's a lot to read into the development of the hobbit, but what's core to the story is that Bilbo is a child-sized everyman going on a magnificent adventure. It was written for children, so giving them a character they could identify with and emulate is what drives those decisions. Bumbling adults are there for them to save and other more capable adults are there to save them and both provide ethical lessons. Any read that doesn't start with that core premise is approaching the novel unfairly imo.

    They are both correct reasons the dwarves are bumbling oafs! The narrative reason is because they're dumb noble adventurers in over their heads, and the metanarrative reason is to have some hapless adults to drag Bilbo out on an adventure and give him protagonist things to do. I agree it's a novel aimed at young readers but it definitely makes the point a few times that the dwarves' greed is their great weakness and moral failing, contrasted to Bilbo who only values material wealth in so far as it allows him live a modest, comfortable life.

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited April 22
    We’ve been watching the dub of JJBA

    It’s not great, but Dio is good

    Speedwagon is fucking ridiculous sounding, but not as bad as Young Joseph

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 24
    I fucking love the dub I can't believe you two don't

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    edited April 22
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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Part 5 dub has been pretty great.

    I mean, they all have been, but also part 5 is too.

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    The dub is good at adding flavour to its dialogue to compensate for losing out on the fun Engrish stuff.

    Also, specific to part five,
    Narancia's freaking out when he's trying to decide whether to go with the others was fantastic acting

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    I think the bad English accents only improve Part 1. The bad Italian accents in Part 2, less so.

    The dub for Part 3 and onward is done by a different studio and it shows. The quality becomes more traditionally good and it gets really good at adding entertaining turns of phrase.

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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    Having finished the series, BoFuri needed way less montages.

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited April 22
    I feel like the montages might be a little more tolerable if they didn’t all have the exact same song as well

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Moth 13 wrote: »
    I think the bad English accents only improve Part 1. The bad Italian accents in Part 2, less so.

    The dub for Part 3 and onward is done by a different studio and it shows. The quality becomes more traditionally good and it gets really good at adding entertaining turns of phrase.

    I was going to post a video that I think illustrates the sometimes amazingly ridiculous turns of phrase very well, but it seems like the YouTube channel I would have gone to is gone.

    It was a bunch of stuff from the Harvest episodes.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Anzekay wrote: »
    I fucking love the dub I can't believe you two don't

    I actually love that Speedwagon is basically a WWE commentator. I think it fits the spirit of the show very well.

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 24
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    Anzekay wrote: »
    I fucking love the dub I can't believe you two don't

    I actually love that Speedwagon is basically a WWE commentator. I think it fits the spirit of the show very well.

    yeah the dub is super ridiculous and I think that's so so perfect for every inch of the show

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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    Watched some Paranoia Agent with my roommates, and it was my first venture into the show

    They had, ah, seasonal herbal supplements in their system but I'm glad I watched that show dead sober, because holy shit is the atmosphere that show creates intense. I'm enjoying it a lot but hoo boy does Kon step on the gas and never let off the throttle until he's made his point clear

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Sorce wrote: »
    Having finished the series, BoFuri needed way less montages.

    Bofuri was praised for being the rare game based show that actually seemed like they were playing a game. Unfortunately, they took that SO far, we actually watched them level grind several times. In lieu of plot or antics. Very bad choice.

    With my week off, I had enough spare time that I wasn't playing 7 Remake to pick up a new show (since Magia Record, Bofuri, and Dendrogram all ended). I decided to pick back up Steins; Gate 0, which I originally stopped because I wasn't in the right headspace to enjoy it as it was coming out. Liking it now but... Steins;Gate takes the law of conservation of characters to an absurd degree. Spoily non-spoilers below.
    Oh, new girl introduced? She's normal and likes cooking. Probably a terrorist because... this show. They pull this over and over to where it's actually notable that their shrine maiden friend is notable for being non-binary and.... that's it. They aren't the child of a world famous revolutionary leader or the secret love child of a dead future or anything. Just a person, who they know and like. So in this show, Suzuha's mom is a DURPA agent secretly it seems like (which will require a hell of an explanation) and the friendly professor is probably the most evil character we've ever met. These are just predictions, i don't know for sure yet, but I feel fairly confident.

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  • LucedesLucedes Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    the montages are the best part!

    i do like montages, though. more than most other parts of film or anime, in fact.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Doodmann wrote: »
    A Sherlock Holmes that's not a narc very quickly becomes Moriarty.

    Sherlock Holmes is the premier opium addict

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  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Pokémon: Twilight Wings | Episode 4 | Early-Evening Waves 6:09
    https://youtu.be/gfsT2uqJPOc
    Reintroducing Nessa: beloved Galar region Gym Leader and model! She strives to be the best in both fields…but Chairman Rose advises her to focus on one path to have the most success. Will she sacrifice one dream in pursuit of the other?

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Doodmann wrote: »
    A Sherlock Holmes that's not a narc very quickly becomes Moriarty.

    Sherlock talk was in the Movie thread.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 22
    Doodmann wrote: »
    A Sherlock Holmes that's not a narc very quickly becomes Moriarty.

    holmes is a violent coked out lunatic who is consistently adversarial with the police to spite his narc brother

    he solves crimes because he's an obsessive compulsive, and almost always a shitty rich murderer, whom he loathes

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 22
    Whippy wrote: »
    I feel like the montages might be a little more tolerable if they didn’t all have the exact same song as well

    after the third or fourth time I started cracking up whenever the montage song started

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  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    edited April 24
  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    ... Not sure how to feel about that one tbh

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Doodmann wrote: »
    A Sherlock Holmes that's not a narc very quickly becomes Moriarty.

    I figure he would turn out to be like Rick from Rick and Morty

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  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Hex, it’s far too early in both the morning and the week for you to ruin it like this for me.

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  • IsornIsorn Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Just finished Madoka. Over the years I kinda ended up getting spoiled on two things which is a shame but I absolutely loved the show.

    One of the spoilers should be about the Rebellion movie which I will watch tomorrow.
    Recently /r/anime on Reddit had a 24 hour best anime girl contest. Halfway through the voting they changed the name of the contest to the worst girl contest. (april fools joke)
    Homura won that contest so I have no idea what the movie does with her character but ought to be fun.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 22
    Isorn wrote: »
    Just finished Madoka. Over the years I kinda ended up getting spoiled on two things which is a shame but I absolutely loved the show.

    One of the spoilers should be about the Rebellion movie which I will watch tomorrow.
    Recently /r/anime on Reddit had a 24 hour best anime girl contest. Halfway through the voting they changed the name of the contest to the worst girl contest. (april fools joke)
    Homura won that contest so I have no idea what the movie does with her character but ought to be fun.

    she is very sad

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 22
    being meguka is suffering

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Madican wrote: »
    ... Not sure how to feel about that one tbh

    Bad.

    Feel bad. Venom was not a good movie. Enjoyable perhaps but thats mostly on the director and actors

    The writing and editing in Venom was horrible but the movie made money, so that's something you can put on a resume. See: the Game of Thrones writers.

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 22


    This is one of those magna that I see people going crazy about on Twitter occasionally, so I'm excited to see the anime version.

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