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Blu-Ray Makima to have major tits and ass
If that's not on point, I don't know what is.
I think there's probably plenty of Japanese fans who feel like it's subpar and aren't being shitbirds about it online. Most of my complaints could be labeled nitpicky but only because the source material is that fucking good
I think my previous post covered I think the more reasonable complaints. In that changes in adaptions are nothing new, and often the end result ends up better for it. Sometimes though, those changes feel more sinister (like losing the Union job joke) where the changes weren't made to improve the adaption but smooth out the rough edges that kinda make the comic so appealing, to me anyways. I like that Denji in the comic is so frank about how he feels wrt to that kind of thing. It feels like actually to me, that some of the more overt political stuff has been sanded down to make it more palatable, rather than what dog avatar said about jpn fans hating that side of it, I actually think as a western fans I'm not enjoying it for the opposite reason; I want the unfiltered Fujimoto ness. I want the vomit scene uncensored is what I'm saying.
I'm pretty sure any director would have avoided that topic, given the workforce scene in Japan, and that probably would've been censored regardless(which I'm thankful for).
And given that the manga constantly wears movie references on its sleeve, being cinematic in the adaptation seems like the ideal route to me.
I think these two EDs alone show the director has the tone of the series pretty well in mind.
That said, certain things in the second half are going to have to be off the rails as could be, so... hopefully whoever takes up the mantle can go full crazy town with it.
It wasn't black and white because the artist wanted it that way, it's black and white because of the reality of the magazine it's printed in. Slavishly copying that to a completely different format (and there is PLENTY of color Chainsaw Man art) would be very bad, imo. See also, yeah, they framed the television show in a way that looks better for a moving format, rather than just straight copying static artwork. To me, that is proper adaptation, instead of just "animating the manga", an ethos which has produced some VERY low quality work.
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Clearly they did their homework on the music.
I'm just saying how I feel when looking at the art. Fujimoto's character designs are fucking stellar. There's something really great about how simple but informative they are. I really don't even mind the color, just that I think in adapting it that way the character designs have become more complex, and thus lose some of that visceral feeling to them. Denji and Power I love because of the comic. I'm not sure id feel as strongly about them if I had only seen the anime. Makima is imo way more terrifying in the comic. That is just how I feel. I'm not saying it would have ever been an easy thing to do, but I think something has been lost in translation to that new medium. Like I said the OP feels a lot closer to his style in the expressions you see Denj and Power make
The top drawing is iconic in my mind. His blank expression as the chainsaw bursts out is perfect imo. Is the anime worse? Not like, dramatically so, no. But to me the faces are important and making the characters more "3D" takes away from them. If you disagree I don't really mind. I just really love the comic. I'd feel the same about an Oyasumi Punpun anime... It'd have to be perfect or I'd tear it apart.
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Sure. I'm saying one affected me more than the other. I feel that's valid. I think that maybe, a different studio maybe would have adapted it different. My dream studios for this project would be Studio Wit, Ufotable or Trigger. I don't hate Mappa but they are hit and miss for me. And lately, it's more misses.
Its a really difficult thing to express but its related to how he draws human faces and expressions, which were all sanded over and smoothed out in the anime. When people draw someone talking or expressing normally they often choose a standard kind of keyframe for that emotion. But if you video someone talking/emoting and pause on a random frame you often find a really weird face, because the mid stages of expressions are smoothed out by your brain. Fujimoto drew human faces in a way that captured some of the oddness in these parts we normally sand away, and he slightly exaggerated them in almost every drawing of a face in the entire manga. The effect is an almost sardonic but also almost affectionate look at humanity as a whole. He knew when to make people look good cos he applied it to Makima. She almost never drawn this way which gives her instantly an unconsciously ethereal and different feel. This is all sanded down in the anime, so it instantly and unfixable loses what I consider an irrepraceable tone and tool of emotional and artistic story telling that infected literally every single panel when someone is talking or emoting. Its like a campfire story with a really good story teller turned into a hollywood extravagansa. Its probably very slick, but your grandpa isnt making the personalised voices or emphasising moments that brings out his own personal characteristics that often make people prefer their grandads story.
But Im not really glad about this anyway. Even if they do change it, now itll be a tonal clash, and I was very curious how the later sections would turn out.
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The author was saying something with that joke is all, and taking it out hurts it in my eyes. It doesn't have to be deeper than that.
Good stuff.
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In an ideal world, Mappa would have Demon Slayer and Ufotable would be doing Chainsaw Man(it's funny how the best studio in the business has the most cookie cutter show around), but I'm pleased with the outcome that Mappa pulled off. Ufotable aren't really known for being abstract, just pushing the existing medium to the nines.
Don't remind me, because at their inception, UFOTable was experimental and weird as fuck. I miss those shows. And the signature claymation EDs.
If that's the girl's coping mechanism, Suletta is about to graduate valedictorian. Nothing like everyone in your life, including a fucking mobile suit, telling you they don't need you. I was honestly surprised Prospera even showed up and left her that beacon. I wonder at this point if the Schwarzette is going to become Suletta's late season upgrade. Except y'know, having to fight their old suit.
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Mob Psycho rules though, for similar reasons
1) Christian elements are present elsewhere in the show
2) Confessional booths were a primitive form of psychological therapy, which leads to these beautiful comments:
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It would have probably been a more "parent and eldest are bidding farewell to their younger sibling as they go off to war" type of exchange than leaving them emotionally adrift without even a ground to walk on. (This show's scenic symbolism is on point, yowza.)
To note on the specific difference between Permet use in Gundams versus other mobile suits
The thing is, Permet can also be implanted in people; this, itself, is the cornerstone of GUND Format technologies, particularly in prosthetics. Need a mechanical body part or even (as shown) a nearly full body prosthetic? Implant Permet devices in you and they’ll communicate with the prostheses just fine, better than anything else you could do at that point technology-wise.
Now… what if we put Permet implants in you… then built massive Permet control processors in a giant war robot? Now, now you’re communicating rapidly, far faster than traditional controls, with your giant war mech. And because of the processing power, now you don’t just have drones, you have brain computer interfaced drones that react at the speed of thought, on reflex. And now the form of those drones? Oh it’s not limited to directed mines. No, now were can control a fleet of drone beam rifles that flit about in the blink of an eye. Now we can control a squad of mind-controlled mobile suits from a single piloted command unit.
You can see where the implications of anyone who has this technology, which at the start belongs to the (presumably Earthian) Ochs Earth Corporation.
But the other problem is… the human body isn’t meant to process this much information. Again, you have a giant Permet-based processing system in these units. All those glowing red parts on WFM’s Gundams? Those are the shell units that process and control all that.
So that’s massive amounts of data… the Data Storm, or at least as far as we’ve been left to infer. And turns out that if you push yourself too hard? Those Data Storms basically fry you out.
So you have Spacian Capitalists who don’t want these things around because if you mass produce these things, you can turn single pilots into full squads and horrifyingly capable drone weaponry that responds faster than any of their security forces ever could. And you have Earthians who had their family members piloting these things in the war and burning themselves out as they pushed themselves harder and harder. Thus, two sides with vested interests and motives to start banning Gundams from being used
So for regular suits that aren’t set up to use Permet as a brain machine interface, you’ve just got a much faster, presumably more reliable wireless communication system, limited by how fast you can work the manual controls, or be assisted by an onboard combat AI, instead of the more Newtype-esque feats that Permet-enhanced humans and the GUND Format allow for
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Considering it’s the most well received series in years and is basically lighting up Bandai’s revenue stream like a solar inferno, I’m going to guess yes
It was movie quality this week. When they care, they certainly can deliver.
Murata's garou arc was so pretty though
So good
I should read ones tho
I really like the music in Demon Slayer, fwiw. Meshes with the scenes really well.
I'm very much expecting that we get some annoucement of "Season 2 now in production" or similar at the end.
It's...how to put. The vibe i've always gotten from Bandai is while they're pretty happy doing alt universe after alt universe, they would fucking love to have another UC - something they can build in and build in and have a really long tail for decades to come. But none of their series have been resonant enough to justify that. Which you know, when they're reliant on "Make all the model kits ever" for their revenue, it's a big deal.
And now suddenly WfM doing gangbusters.
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Yeah, i think I’ve heard it suggested this is the best the franchise has caught on since Seed which is… yeah, I could see it. Also, unlike seed, it’s not a frustrating exercise in missed opportunities and thematically stumbling face first into cow shit every arc.
Also, reposting my dumb meme from the GunPla thread, spoilers for new suit this week: