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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    My another hot take about the end of Enies Lobby:
    I did not care about Merry and the fact that it gained a will of its own to sail by itself is somehow a step too far for me on the cartoon / fantasy scale of OP.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Well, having directed Kamen Rider ZO is a lifetime pass as far as I'm concerned.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH6Hq0hXw3I

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  • Shenl742Shenl742 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Asthariel wrote: »
    My another hot take about the end of Enies Lobby:
    I did not care about Merry and the fact that it gained a will of its own to sail by itself is somehow a step too far for me on the cartoon / fantasy scale of OP.

    Though at least what's going on with Merry is a direct reference to real world nautical folklore
    the Klabautermann. Which Franky even talks about

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Asthariel wrote: »
    My another hot take about the end of Enies Lobby:
    I did not care about Merry and the fact that it gained a will of its own to sail by itself is somehow a step too far for me on the cartoon / fantasy scale of OP.

    How does it feel to be dead inside

    Neat, it allows me to see my favorite currently being written manga go downhill storywise and be like "yeah, that figures" instead of being more sad or angry about it.

    Manga in question is
    Jujutsu Kaisen

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Shenl742 wrote: »
    Asthariel wrote: »
    My another hot take about the end of Enies Lobby:
    I did not care about Merry and the fact that it gained a will of its own to sail by itself is somehow a step too far for me on the cartoon / fantasy scale of OP.

    Though at least what's going on with Merry is a direct reference to real world nautical folklore
    the Klabautermann. Which Franky even talks about

    And it's foreshadowed
    The spirit of the Merry fixes the ship in Skypeia.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Last night on Animenagerie...REVENGE!

    On Lupin III Part 5, Lupin was recovering from being outplayed and shot by an old rival. Also they did that thing where they imply "Lupin III" is a title and Lupin isn't actually Arsene Lupin's grandson and I never like it when they do that. Even though I know that based on when Arsene Lupin lived, Lupin III would actually be Lupin IV or Lupin V by now.

    On Zombie Land Saga, we got part 2 of Yugiri's backstory in the Meiji era, and then we got a big old plot dump and foreboding storm leading to much anticipation for the finale next week.

    On Princess Tutu, Fakir ran around trying to stab people and we got his backstory. Also the cat learned the dangers of threatening people with marriage.

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    The same YouTube channel that unearthed the Sailor Moon American pilot did it again, this time finding a Saint Seiya one from 1993

    https://youtu.be/b966QeD_lZM

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  • Shenl742Shenl742 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Oh my god that's just...wild. And looks kind of...not terrible, at least in the vein of shitting looking late 80s cartoons? Like what if Filmation did an accurate rendition of it?

    Just another in the many attempts to try and make Saint Seiya happen in the states. It's fascinating to me

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Brainleech wrote: »
    My Life as Inukai-san's Dog I have seen a few episodes and well I don't know as it does verve into the nope category a few times as I am up to episode 5

    My dude, this is soft-core porn.

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  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    After a brief hiatus I started watching Romantic Killer again and there was a moment that almost made me choke on my dinner:
    *Boy goes to leave girl's apartment, sees the rain outside has become a violent windstorm*
    Boy: "I guess I could run for it..."
    *A tree limb violently impales the door right in front of his face; he slowly closes the door without making a sound*

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  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Zonugal wrote: »
    Maddoc wrote: »
    I just cannot possibly even give the tiniest little fuck about live action One Piece, I don't think anything could misunderstand the source material more thoroughly than trying to do a live action version.

    One Piece is essentially a Tex Avery cartoon.

    We've tried it before...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twQeObqu8SU

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    One Piece episode 1049 also going hard with the sakuga.

    Hey! KAIDO!
    I DIDN'T HEAR NO BELL!
    https://youtu.be/8AUBIaLsmDQ

    For whatever reason I find Yamato's story extremely compelling and I am enjoying it in animated form even more than the first pass through reading it.

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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

    They finally announced the g-witch dub.

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Today's episode of Tomo-chan (also some manga spoilers)
    They cut everything dealing with how old Carol's mom is. They didn't even have Tomo and Misuzu mistake her for being Carol's older sister.

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  • JayKaosJayKaos Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lars wrote: »
    Today's episode of Tomo-chan (also some manga spoilers)
    They cut everything dealing with how old Carol's mom is. They didn't even have Tomo and Misuzu mistake her for being Carol's older sister.

    This is very much for the best.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I dunno, teen pregnancy unfortunately happens, as long as it's not glorifying it it doesn't seem like something that should be pretended doesn't exist. I am assuming that's what this is about based on context, I have not read or wached Tomo-chan. Was it just a tasteless gag about pedophiles in the manga or something?

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I don't know the context either but it sounds like it's better off avoiding. I already don't like that this chick wants to marry her cousin, no matter how distant.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I dunno, teen pregnancy unfortunately happens, as long as it's not glorifying it it doesn't seem like something that should be pretended doesn't exist. I am assuming that's what this is about based on context, I have not read or wached Tomo-chan. Was it just a tasteless gag about pedophiles in the manga or something?

    Manga version
    When they first meet the mom, they mistake her for being Carol's older sister and she goes along with it until they meet up with Carol who calls her mom.

    Shortly after, Tomo remarks to Carol about her mom looking great for her age and Carol responds with something like "Huh? My mom is only 28." (I can't remember the exact age but it's something like that). Then Tomo-chan is trying to do the math in her head based on Carol's age and Misuzu tells her to stop thinking about it.

    Much later, an extra chapter is a flashback to Carol's mom and Carol's dad (I also think it's the only time Carol's dad is in the manga). He's the son of a very rich family, and is finding out that he got Carol's mom pregnant, so he proposes to her. Then Carol's mom replies that she's too young to get married and he's like "...what?"

    If I remember right, he was a high school or college student and I think she had been working as a waitress at a relative's restaurant and he thought she was his age.

    Since he's away on business or something during the rest of the manga, we don't really get much more on him other than that he obviously provided very well for his family.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    This was pages ago but the benefit of dubs to me is that I can be cleaning my apartment or building a gunpla or whatever and I don't have to have my eyes on screen at all times to follow what's happening

    BUT

    the benefit of subs is that anime often involves characters saying a lot of, frankly, really dumb or weird shit, and somehow a language barrier in front of it makes it a lot more palatable to me

    I'm the opposite, as soon as I realize a show is going to involve characters saying a bunch of dumb shit completely seriously, I look for the dub. Keijo is probably the best example. Kill la Kill somewhat as well.

    Now if those cowards would just dub Birdie Wing...

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  • JayKaosJayKaos Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I agree it doesn't glorify it but it's just a weird and unnecessary thing to add. And the actual ages brought up in the side-story backstory just make it worse.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Over on Cardcaptors, we just had an episode all about how happy Sakura's mom was because she got married at 16. To her teacher.

    In that same episode one of Sakura's fourth grade friends gets engaged to her teacher as well.

    This is on top of two main characters having a crush on the same older guy. Clamp definitely have a type.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    see clamp is a great contrast for what I mean, I think the tomo-chan thing as described sounds more or less fine, vs. clamp going "gee isn't it romantic when 12 year olds marry their teachers"

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  • KupiKupi Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I watched Episode 0 of G-Witch today. And... that felt like a whole story arc in that one episode. Like, I mostly only understand Gundam from a distance having heard of the overarching themes, and what Episode 0 covers left me feeling like, "Yep, that's what everyone says Gundam is, in one episode".

    Looking forward to the rest, but if it stopped there I'd still feel satisfied with what I saw.

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  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    see clamp is a great contrast for what I mean, I think the tomo-chan thing as described sounds more or less fine, vs. clamp going "gee isn't it romantic when 12 year olds marry their teachers"

    CLAMP is a land of contrasts.

    But yeah, Card Captor Sakura is from a time where people were so desperate to get any LGBTQ representation (or, for that matter, any anime with a Western release) that they were willing to overlook the gross bits.

    The textbook cases for that are Kannazuki no Miko and Gravitation, but Card Captor Sakura is also up there.

    That's no longer the case, thankfully.

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  • Shenl742Shenl742 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I love and adore CLAMP but yeah they can be very messy at times.

    They were very much into the idea of "all love" being valid, and really liked to explore taboo relationships of various kinds but yeah, a few of those definitely don't age well!!!

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Every CLAMP manga I've tried to read outside of Tsubasa and Xxxholic I find out after the fact it was never even close to finished. So I kind of hate their meandering, rudderless writing.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Yeah, like four main characters are gay and it's presented without any further discussion, characters don't question or explain it. Definitely stands out, especially for the 90s.

    The show also continues to look insanely good at all times. There's more care and animation in 10 episodes than all 50 of Macross 7, for example.

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  • Shenl742Shenl742 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Every CLAMP manga I've tried to read outside of Tsubasa and Xxxholic I find out after the fact it was never even close to finished. So I kind of hate their meandering, rudderless writing.

    They have 5 series that can be considered incomplete (though I don't consider Clover to be one of them but whatever).

    And 3 of those are because 1 or 2 their members are suffering chronic pain issues due to drawing so much.

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I'll be honest I hate CLAMP's writing.

    Like, loath it.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Shenl742 wrote: »
    Every CLAMP manga I've tried to read outside of Tsubasa and Xxxholic I find out after the fact it was never even close to finished. So I kind of hate their meandering, rudderless writing.

    They have 5 series that can be considered incomplete (though I don't consider Clover to be one of them but whatever).

    And 3 of those are because 1 or 2 their members are suffering chronic pain issues due to drawing so much.

    I stumbled on to two of them through luck of the draw (yes, including Clover). Clover is double frustrating because it's half a normal plot of one of their style of dramas and half restated backstory that was already fairly clear from the first half.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Kupi wrote: »
    I watched Episode 0 of G-Witch today. And... that felt like a whole story arc in that one episode. Like, I mostly only understand Gundam from a distance having heard of the overarching themes, and what Episode 0 covers left me feeling like, "Yep, that's what everyone says Gundam is, in one episode".

    Looking forward to the rest, but if it stopped there I'd still feel satisfied with what I saw.

    haha, yeah, the prequel episode is a god damn trip

    watch out for the whiplash on episode 1, and enjoy

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  • DrascinDrascin Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I dunno, teen pregnancy unfortunately happens, as long as it's not glorifying it it doesn't seem like something that should be pretended doesn't exist. I am assuming that's what this is about based on context, I have not read or wached Tomo-chan. Was it just a tasteless gag about pedophiles in the manga or something?

    In fact the manga has Carol pointing out that her mom, who is otherwise very happy go lucky and every bit as weird as her daughter, has been *very* clear about making sure Carol does not repeat her mistake.

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  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Shenl742 wrote: »
    I love and adore CLAMP but yeah they can be very messy at times.

    They were very much into the idea of "all love" being valid, and really liked to explore taboo relationships of various kinds but yeah, a few of those definitely don't age well!!!

    It was toned down on the anime and completely written out in the sequel for a reason.

    But then, Mizuki is completely presented without blinking, because "is ok if the older party is not male". Which, ewww.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    And then there's Chobits.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Magical Rev #05

    Really not sure my bingo card had:
    Getting high off of snuffing ground up monsters in homegrown meth is good, actually. So what if it causes you to convulse in physical agony and then start giggling with feelings of megalomania? It shows you're trying your best to follow your dreams! And you've got to follow your dreams! Now, let's grind up this dragon to create some REAL Blue Sky shit.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles was one of the first manga I read. And the character Fye D. Flowright the only cosplay I've ever done at an anime convention.

    For all its various faults it was still something I don't think I could easily forget.

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  • KupiKupi Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Naphtali wrote: »
    Kupi wrote: »
    I watched Episode 0 of G-Witch today. And... that felt like a whole story arc in that one episode. Like, I mostly only understand Gundam from a distance having heard of the overarching themes, and what Episode 0 covers left me feeling like, "Yep, that's what everyone says Gundam is, in one episode".

    Looking forward to the rest, but if it stopped there I'd still feel satisfied with what I saw.

    haha, yeah, the prequel episode is a god damn trip

    watch out for the whiplash on episode 1, and enjoy

    Goddamn, you weren't kidding. What a delight both of those episodes have been.

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