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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Mill wrote: »
    Both apps suck, but I've had more issues with the Funimation one on Roku. Also Funimation does the fuck awful thing of making you use close captioning for stuff that isn't dubbed and while that might be cheaper, it's pretty jarring, given how close captioning displays. I really don't enjoy having black bars full of text over the show I'm watching. Also god help you if they fuck up the timing on close captioning because one episode of Log Horizon for season three had that happen and it took them fucking months to respond to my e-mail and I have no fucking idea if they ever did fix it.

    Here's hoping that Sony dumps some money into an app redesign so that it's less sluggish and better organized. I really dislike having to scroll through dubs and subs in languages that I don't speak or write. I mean, it's assume those options are there for people that want them, but give me an option to filer those out.

    At least Funi had captioning? I have yet to find how to turn on captions for the Funi dubs imported into CR.

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  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Why "skip intro" isn't a standard feature on every single streaming app I'll never know.

    Netflix is like, the only one that has it.

    Anime has too much intros. I've had to work out that it takes between 8 and 10 clicks of the skip forward 10 seconds button to get through the average anime intro. I will watch it exactly once to ascertain whether it is a banger or not and then I do not care to watch it again.

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  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Good. I do not like to see anime fans happy.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Netflix auto skips EDs and it is a crime. I do not oppose the skip button ideologically, but get out of here with automatically skipping it. Especially on console where my remote has turned off and now I'm RACING my app for some reason.

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I refuse to skip OPs or EDs. They're part of the watching ritual

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
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    rhylith wrote: »
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Why "skip intro" isn't a standard feature on every single streaming app I'll never know.

    Netflix is like, the only one that has it.

    Anime has too much intros. I've had to work out that it takes between 8 and 10 clicks of the skip forward 10 seconds button to get through the average anime intro. I will watch it exactly once to ascertain whether it is a banger or not and then I do not care to watch it again.

    Every single anime OP is 1 min 30 seconds.

    And if you add skip intro to it anime fans will riot.

    I actually really love the rare OPs that bleed into the episode themselves, though it's pretty rare, and much more common to see that with EDs. Ga-Rei is one of the few shows I can think of that did that consistently. It flat out doesn't have the first 8 or so seconds because it always started playing in the episode itself before the beat dropped. (E: Pretty certain Evol did it a lot too since its full version had a really extended intro chorus, but the animation only started where the vocals do).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRh1AMtDMS4

    Inuyasha's Angelus opening also did its recap over the opening licks, which is my only real memory of 'watching' Inuyasha at 3am on Adult Swim in my college years because I was in a sleep-deprived haze every night.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MI6oDpZ_qM

    I think Asura Cryin' may have done that a few times in its second season, but that could also just be my memory playing tricks on me because half that opening is flat out waiting for the beat to drop.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rc2NYs4M6g

    E:
    Oh, but on a technical level, I don't think that works for a lot of older shows because they also have their epilepsy warning placed in there. I honestly miss those. They were usually silly and cute.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    If an OP is a banger I listen each time. The Komi OP was one of those. Beautiful animation too.

    JJK was the rare both first OP and ED are bangers, top tier

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  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I do most of my anime watching at work on weekends and night shift between actually doing my job so spending extra time watching OPs is time I don't have.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I listened to the op of RahXephon every single time and also frequently throughout the years and you know what I'm going to listen to it right now.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t1_35xiub4

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Mill wrote: »
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Why "skip intro" isn't a standard feature on every single streaming app I'll never know.

    Netflix is like, the only one that has it.

    Anime has too much intros. I've had to work out that it takes between 8 and 10 clicks of the skip forward 10 seconds button to get through the average anime intro. I will watch it exactly once to ascertain whether it is a banger or not and then I do not care to watch it again.

    Also IIRC Netflix seems to make sure that the intro and outro skips are placed so that they are only cutting those because not every show is consistent with where they place things. Plus, it's optional, so you can watch those if you want.

    Only thing I'd like to see done in addition to that for all streaming services. Is to go back and at least mute all the for lack of better terms, commercial break scenes. I think newer animes don't bother, but there are a fair number of older animes that have them and my god did some of those get obnoxious when you marathon a series. Point in case the original mobile suite gundam and worse that shit is on the dvds. So for at least the few couple of disks, you get treated to an obnoxious high pitched "zaaa!" (or is it "chaaa!"), twice back to back in the middle of every episode. I'm sure when there was an actual commercial break there, it wasn't nearly as bad, but christ was that shit detriment to my marathon rewatch of the series, like 20 years after I first saw it.

    Full Metal Alchemist would be worse without the dramatic "FULL METAL ALCHEMIST" bumpers rammed into each episode, imo. They're just amusing.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    rhylith wrote: »
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Why "skip intro" isn't a standard feature on every single streaming app I'll never know.

    Netflix is like, the only one that has it.

    Anime has too much intros. I've had to work out that it takes between 8 and 10 clicks of the skip forward 10 seconds button to get through the average anime intro. I will watch it exactly once to ascertain whether it is a banger or not and then I do not care to watch it again.

    Every single anime OP is 1 min 30 seconds.

    And if you add skip intro to it anime fans will riot.

    except One Piece
    (One Piece moves the end credits time into the opening)

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  • Virgil_Leads_YouVirgil_Leads_You Proud Father House GardenerRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    It is interesting. Probably wouldn't enjoy the Mob Psycho songs without at some level being exposed to it a bunch.

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  • OptyOpty Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    It's pretty clear to me that Netflix manually places their skip prompts, at least in the shows I've seen, because they don't show up for cold opens or when the show goes right up to the end of the runtime with the credits on top of the show instead of switching to the ED. Also if the OP does happen after a cold open, the skip button often shows up as well.

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  • notyanotya Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Netflix needs to stop auto skipping out of my credits! Baller songs play in the credits and I need a break to surf the net between episodes.

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  • SkeithSkeith Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    ArcTangent wrote: »
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    rhylith wrote: »
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Why "skip intro" isn't a standard feature on every single streaming app I'll never know.

    Netflix is like, the only one that has it.

    Anime has too much intros. I've had to work out that it takes between 8 and 10 clicks of the skip forward 10 seconds button to get through the average anime intro. I will watch it exactly once to ascertain whether it is a banger or not and then I do not care to watch it again.

    Every single anime OP is 1 min 30 seconds.

    And if you add skip intro to it anime fans will riot.

    I actually really love the rare OPs that bleed into the episode themselves, though it's pretty rare, and much more common to see that with EDs. Ga-Rei is one of the few shows I can think of that did that consistently. It flat out doesn't have the first 8 or so seconds because it always started playing in the episode itself before the beat dropped. (E: Pretty certain Evol did it a lot too since its full version had a really extended intro chorus, but the animation only started where the vocals do).

    Inuyasha's Angelus opening also did its recap over the opening licks, which is my only real memory of 'watching' Inuyasha at 3am on Adult Swim in my college years because I was in a sleep-deprived haze every night.


    I think Asura Cryin' may have done that a few times in its second season, but that could also just be my memory playing tricks on me because half that opening is flat out waiting for the beat to drop.

    E:
    Oh, but on a technical level, I don't think that works for a lot of older shows because they also have their epilepsy warning placed in there. I honestly miss those. They were usually silly and cute.

    Durarara!! did the recap during the opening thing too, across all their seasons.

    Is anyone else reading Shiori Experience here? I love the big spread in volume 13 so much.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    notya wrote: »
    Netflix needs to stop auto skipping out of my credits! Baller songs play in the credits and I need a break to surf the net between episodes.

    You can disable it, but you'll have to do it from a computer, you can't access the settings from a streaming app.

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Watamote 201.2

    I saw this was another Tomoko and Yuri hangin' out chapter and assumed nothing was gonna happen, but actually I really liked this one. Tomoko's tryin' to think of what to write for their movie class project, which she's been putting off for a while with a combination of anxiety and writer's block. Yuri and Yoshida help her realize that even though this is the class project most folks in class aren't gonna care anyway, so why not just write something that Tomoko and her friends will like? Tomoko ends up agreeing with that argument and sitting down to write something that she'll like first and foremost, instead of something that fits in with the rest of the class.

    Which is kind of a subtle but major bit of development for Tomoko. Tomoko's deciding to actually put herself out there, to take a risk on making something more true to herself and put it out there in public, even though she doesn't know if the public will like it or appreciate it. That's a big deal! Especially for a teenager, who bases so much of their own self esteem on what their peers think.

    Feels like the best possible thing that could happen to Tomoko (besides asking Asuka out anyway) would be for her to be able to make something that she's proud of. Like way more important than if she gets positive feedback from folks who watch it, if she can actually write and film a script that she's happy with it would be a huge deal for her.

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  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Man I'm really enjoying Ranking of Kings. I can't get over how fun and whimsical the art style is. It's neat to see something different like this and the whole thing has some real Legend of Zelda vibes to it that I'm loving.

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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Maddoc wrote: »
    The Crunchyroll app on Fire TV stick has been a real piece of shit for me, to add to the cacophony
    And the app on the FireTV Cube has been good for me.
    Oghulk wrote: »
    One really simple thing Funimation had on the Firestick that Crunchyroll doesn't is the ability to quickly play the next episode at the end of a current one.
    It does now, or at least the one I use does.

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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    I wonder how much of this is apps struggling on underpowered Android hardware, in my experience all library media players tend to try to be as flashy as possible and fuck you if that's a problem, we're not going to offer "hey, how about we halve the loaded art size and remove fade animations?" options.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'm gonna say this is on Crunchyroll when I've got no other issues with any other streaming apps

    Hell, even the notorious HBO Max app works basically fine for me on my fire stick

    EDIT: also it's the 4k stick, which is a beefy little boy

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Glal wrote: »
    I wonder how much of this is apps struggling on underpowered Android hardware, in my experience all library media players tend to try to be as flashy as possible and fuck you if that's a problem, we're not going to offer "hey, how about we halve the loaded art size and remove fade animations?" options.

    Perhaps, but I think it's more that their app teams are juggling so many different devices that it's hard to make them all good. Like there's almost not excuse for a gaming console app to have issues, Netflix has been an Xbox app for over 10 years now (*bones creak*) it's not like a mystery how to make a good UI or curate your content.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Kana wrote: »
    Watamote 201.2

    ...

    Which is kind of a subtle but major bit of development for Tomoko. Tomoko's deciding to actually put herself out there, to take a risk on making something more true to herself and put it out there in public, even though she doesn't know if the public will like it or appreciate it. That's a big deal! Especially for a teenager, who bases so much of their own self esteem on what their peers think.

    ...

    ESPECIALLY for Tomoko, the person whose primary character flaw has always been trying to change herself to fit what she thinks will make other people like her and being absolutely wrong or failing catastrophically

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    "Wow Tomoko, so you wrote a story about what if the world was only lesbians huh? Neat."

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  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Got a ticket to see Jujutsu Kaisen 0 on the 20th.

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  • Ark EvensongArk Evensong The NetherlandsRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Kaguya-sama season 3 has an air date: April 8th.
    Also a new PV:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNw-URIr9_0
    That's uh, certainly a song that kicks in at 12 seconds. Unlikely to be either the OP or ED, though.
    Lyrics are from a song featured in a manga chapter.
    (Older, nearly 10 minute PV, in case you missed it last year.)

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I've been reading Delicious in Dungeon as the official volumes release in English, so I'm a bit behind everyone else. Vol. 10 finally came out this week--14 months after Vol. 9--so I've just now gotten to Marcille's Dance of the Rabbits.

    I think someone posted that panel out of context a long time ago, but I don't know if I would have guessed exactly what was going on.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Well you see, this is thriller

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  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    So Ranking of Kings
    Pretty quickly drops the whole ranking thing, huh? It really seemed like one of those set ups for an anime with like, the quirky system or tournament or whatever that comrpises pretty much the central pillar of the plot. Instead its looking more and more like it was just kind of a thing to put Diada into a position to drink the Juice and now it is court intrigue babeeeeee

    I'm sure itll come back up eventually but for right now its surprisingly complex political stuff. At least with each actors individual motivations changing on the fly.

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  • SkeithSkeith Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Since some of you were just watching Fate/Zero, I think this'll be appreciated.
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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I believe the fact that they completely bounced off of Fate/Zero vindicates my argument that it is a worse starting point than UBW

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Maddoc wrote: »
    I believe the fact that they completely bounced off of Fate/Zero vindicates my argument that it is a worse starting point than UBW

    Their problem was all the exposition, which is even worse in UBW.

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  • StragintStragint Do Not Gift Always DeclinesRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    I finished the first season of Demon Slayer back when it was airing and I wanted to start it back up but I never watched the train movie and crunchyroll makes it kind of confusing on what order I need to watch stuff in.

    Am I supposed to watch S27, the movie itself and then S2 the train arc? Is it a continuation or just the train arc in episode form?

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  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The movie is basically season 2 but in movie form if I remember correctly. I actually haven't watched the movie myself but I think it has a few things the season left out? I could be misremembering tho.

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  • FlamuFlamu 49 Gilded Disc Perceives the Sun Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The first episode of the train arc (tv version) is completely original, so watch that, then watch either the rest of the season or switch to the movie instead.

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