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  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Bring on the anime singularity. Tired of multiple subscriptions. There isn't any competition anyway, they just settle on exclusives and that's the draw.

    All the major players have basically been stagnant and the buy in is so high that up and coming services seem pretty outlandish.

    May as well only have to pay one person.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Eh Hi-Dive has a decent selection, is only 5 bucks and seems ok. The app sucks tho. I'd rather have competition than companies eating one another just to make them both somehow worse

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  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Eh Hi-Dive has a decent selection, is only 5 bucks and seems ok. The app sucks tho. I'd rather have competition than companies eating one another just to make them both somehow worse

    Hidive isn't competition tho. It's simply a distribution licenser who pulled all their licensed content from every other service.

    Nothing improved from it existing. It's just an island where specific series are ferreted away. That's why they can get away with having basically the same garbage player since 2017. Why change when you're just the defacto carrier of certain series.

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 13


    Man I hope this is as good as it looks, and also that Mappa didn't kill all their animators to make it

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    also was not expecting such a soft/youthful voice for Makima, but after thinking about it yeah, that tracks

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    ph blake wrote: »
    also was not expecting such a soft/youthful voice for Makima, but after thinking about it yeah, that tracks

    She should be very soft-spoken yeah. Not sure about the other voices but I guess I'll wait to actually hear them.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Looks like October release? I'm getting excited.

    E: Looks like the main four cast (Denji/Makima/Aki/Power) are all relatively new seiyu? I thought for sure they'd use popular actors with recognizable characters behind them. The "leak" articles I saw must have been wrong/speculation.

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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Eh Hi-Dive has a decent selection, is only 5 bucks and seems ok. The app sucks tho. I'd rather have competition than companies eating one another just to make them both somehow worse

    Hidive isn't competition tho. It's simply a distribution licenser who pulled all their licensed content from every other service.

    Nothing improved from it existing. It's just an island where specific series are ferreted away. That's why they can get away with having basically the same garbage player since 2017. Why change when you're just the defacto carrier of certain series.
    I mean, you just described what happens when they all inevitably merge into a single entity. Why compete on quality or prices when you're the only game in town.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Counterpoint: Hidive has votoms

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Looking ahead to the Fall, there's a veritable hit parade of great stuff coming out, compared to the current season, where I don't think I'm excited for anything I'm watching.

    For reference: https://www.livechart.me/fall-2022/tv

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Counterpoint: Hidive has votoms

    And LOGH

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Glal wrote: »
    Eh Hi-Dive has a decent selection, is only 5 bucks and seems ok. The app sucks tho. I'd rather have competition than companies eating one another just to make them both somehow worse

    Hidive isn't competition tho. It's simply a distribution licenser who pulled all their licensed content from every other service.

    Nothing improved from it existing. It's just an island where specific series are ferreted away. That's why they can get away with having basically the same garbage player since 2017. Why change when you're just the defacto carrier of certain series.
    I mean, you just described what happens when they all inevitably merge into a single entity. Why compete on quality or prices when you're the only game in town.

    Also it gets a lot easier to screw the people producing the content too,

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  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    High hopes that Chainsawman isn't going to Netflix.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    High hopes that Chainsawman isn't going to Netflix.

    Crunchyroll has it I'm 99% certain.

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  • FlamuFlamu 49 Gilded Disc Perceives the Sun Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    This is me learning that Golden Kamuy is coming back in October as well. I'm currently watching it with a friend, so I'm glad I'll have new episodes even when I've caught up.

    I've been obsessed with this scene from mid season 2. I don't know if I've seen something match this absolutely chaotic energy:

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I appreciate that every fan and official trailer for chainsaw man have figured out the appropriate soundtrack

    and that soundtrack is NOISE

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I think this will be a disappointing adaptation depending on what you like about the manga

    Mappa are Fights: The Studio

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I think this will be a disappointing adaptation depending on what you like about the manga

    Mappa are Fights: The Studio

    Fight animation is definitely one of their biggest strengths, but I don't think they're necessarily lacking in other departments. They still captured the fever dream aspects of Dorohedoro for instance. And I know AoT isn't for everyone, but they still handled the high drama parts there well in S4. (Counterpoint would be something like God of Highschool, which I watched but haven't read, and just from that could see how stuff was botched).

    Stuff still could fall flat, but I'll let myself get hopeful. Mappa also took over for Vinland Saga S2, so either they have their character drama on point or I end up very sad.

    (I've got no idea how big Mappa is as a studio and how personnel get bounced between projects. Still seems bonkers to me how mercenary they can be with taking loads of big jobs while still maintaining a level of quality).

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    The director has been a go to "we need a kickass fight scene" guy for individual episodes (Black Clover 151 and Jujutsu Kaisen episode 19 in particular, as well as key animation on OPM season 1), but this is his first time directing a full series so I'm interested in seeing how he does.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Glal wrote: »
    Eh Hi-Dive has a decent selection, is only 5 bucks and seems ok. The app sucks tho. I'd rather have competition than companies eating one another just to make them both somehow worse

    Hidive isn't competition tho. It's simply a distribution licenser who pulled all their licensed content from every other service.

    Nothing improved from it existing. It's just an island where specific series are ferreted away. That's why they can get away with having basically the same garbage player since 2017. Why change when you're just the defacto carrier of certain series.
    I mean, you just described what happens when they all inevitably merge into a single entity. Why compete on quality or prices when you're the only game in town.

    Also it gets a lot easier to screw the people producing the content too,

    Oh Netflix already figured it out, to negotiate a "Season" that's 30 episodes long and to release it as multiple "season" but on paper nobody gets to negotiate for better terms until like season 3 which guess what? That's when Netflix cancels.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I think this will be a disappointing adaptation depending on what you like about the manga

    Mappa are Fights: The Studio

    Fight animation is definitely one of their biggest strengths, but I don't think they're necessarily lacking in other departments. They still captured the fever dream aspects of Dorohedoro for instance. And I know AoT isn't for everyone, but they still handled the high drama parts there well in S4. (Counterpoint would be something like God of Highschool, which I watched but haven't read, and just from that could see how stuff was botched).

    Stuff still could fall flat, but I'll let myself get hopeful. Mappa also took over for Vinland Saga S2, so either they have their character drama on point or I end up very sad.

    (I've got no idea how big Mappa is as a studio and how personnel get bounced between projects. Still seems bonkers to me how mercenary they can be with taking loads of big jobs while still maintaining a level of quality).

    Sure but Chainsawman for some people is just a story about the two dumbest roommates of all time and Mappa might spend more time on the fights instead of that

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    they really are beautifully dumb

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  • J-bobJ-bob J-bob in games Death MountainRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Power has done nothing wrong.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    To me, CSM is all about the expressions

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    The faces make every panel

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    For all the cool fights in Chainsaw Man, the strongest part for me is the relationships between the four main characters and how they take form and end up.

    Scenes I hope they nail:
    Darkness Devil appearance
    "Don't answer the door, Denji." Aki version
    "Don't answer the door, Denji." Power version

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  • DanHibikiDanHibiki Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    This is me learning that Golden Kamuy is coming back in October as well. I'm currently watching it with a friend, so I'm glad I'll have new episodes even when I've caught up.

    I've been obsessed with this scene from mid season 2. I don't know if I've seen something match this absolutely chaotic energy:

    that's awesome! I love this series. The last season was so damn good, can't wait to see where it goes from here.

    freaking loved the Stenka fight, not only did he Ora Ora but he straight up did a Zangief spinning lariat
    https://youtu.be/VALnN8crtWA

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    GR_Zombie wrote: »
    darunia106 wrote: »
    Power has done nothing wrong.

    Disagree, she’s the type who seldom flushes turds

    If Power did something like that, surely she would remember doing it?

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  • DaypigeonDaypigeon Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    for me, i think it'd be more important for a good chainsawman adaptation to really nail the "slower" stuff and the horror elements rather than the fights

    like i definitely like a bunch of the action sequences, but i think a studio that's weaker at that kind of stuff could lean into how frantic and scramble-y they are instead of giving it a more lavish treatment

    god i wanna know how they present the curse nail though

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  • LeumasWhiteLeumasWhite New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    The action in Chainsaw Man can be very abrupt, like done in a page or two, so the big focus on sick animation is a bit worrying? That said, the manga's strengths don't really make for great trailers. The tone of the first trailer before it leapt into combat bits was pretty close, so there's hope.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I will take lots of cool chainsaw fights please thankyou very much Mappa. *bows deeply*

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    the real animation test will be how they animate the car

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  • DanHibikiDanHibiki Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Started reading Chainsaw man and i think i got it figured out. Denji and Power are just Beavis and Butthead.

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  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I'm watching Macross Frontier and mostly digging it so far!

    But my gosh some of the episodes are kinda all over the place for animation quality on anything that's not a fight

    I don't usually get bugged by this, but it's really jarring here for some reason

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