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07-06-2017, 04:21 PM | #7601 |
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Anyone watch Aoyama-kun? The anime about some clean freak? Let me know if it is funny.
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07-06-2017, 04:27 PM | #7602 |
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Remembered LWA's dub is available so I checked out a few episodes. Other than Lotte being pronounced Low Tay, I really enjoy it!
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07-06-2017, 04:42 PM | #7603 |
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Watching a dubbed episode of Gundam Age: This is fine
Watching a dubbed episode of Gundam Build Fighters Try: *ear bleeds* |
07-06-2017, 10:17 PM | #7604 |
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In other news, I've been watching Shirobako. It's really interesting and enlightening. It doesn't do a lot for me on its own merits (not big on the art style in particular) but simply on the basis of how educational it is on the industry it's very worth watching.
Started a few seasonals too, which so far are so good. Really liked Kakegurui's first episode. It's no Kaiji or anything, but it was and looks to be great fun. Aho Girl was also a lot funnier than I expected it to be. I was just watching the first episode to try it out, not expecting much, but the comedy really worked for me. Had me in stitches constantly. Found myself rewatching that first episode last night for no real reason, and it was still just as funny on the rewatch. If it can keep up the humor it'll probably be one of my favorites of the season. Also watching Tsurezure Children. It wasn't anything groundreaking, but it was funny enough to keep me watching, so I guess that's what I'm doing. Still have five or so shows I'm thinking of watching that have yet to start. Since I liked the first three that have started, law of averages say the rest probably won't do as much for me. But I guess I'll see. |
07-06-2017, 10:21 PM | #7605 |
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07-06-2017, 11:37 PM | #7606 |
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07-09-2017, 08:50 PM | #7607 |
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So we watched the first 9 episodes to Outlaw Star. The first three were kind of slow, but things have really gotten enjoyable since. I only saw this show once when it aired on Toonami, but I gotta say that I barely remember any of what I watched. I remember characters and voices, but that is about it. Thus, I feel like I'm watching this show for the first time. The remastering job is outstanding and the animation looks wicked good in a lot of places. Although it does still have that 90s cheapness to backgrounds (like characters who will just stand still unblinking for a 15 second sequence). Nevertheless, I'm enjoying this show a lot. The ship's computer is hilarious too. "I'm beginning to wonder about my future outlook." The dub is pretty stellar too, which I was kind of worried about (which I guess i shouldn't have been since it is done by the same people who did Cowboy Bebop). Lastly, I did not realize that Kou Otani did the score to the show, which is pretty awesome too. Looking forward to watching the next disc tomorrow (unless we do more tonight).
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07-10-2017, 05:13 AM | #7608 |
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Ok, so, I started Diamond is Unbreakable a bit ago. Only five episodes in but it's good stuff. It seems that the pattern of me enjoying every subsequent JoJo part more than the last continues to prove true. Change in approach to the art style is also a nice touch, helps to differentiate from the earlier parts, my one complaint being that Jotaro doesn't much look like himself anymore.
That aside, watched the first episode of Made in Abyss. Didn't blow my brains from episode 1, but it has potential. Anyway, in more important news. The anime adaptation of Centaur no Nayami finally aired, so I watched it. I approached this show with some hesitation; Centaur no Nayami is essentially my favorite manga, and I was doubtful of how it'd come out of the transition to anime, especially since I was largely unfamiliar with the staff and the studio appeared to have a spotty track record. Taking all that into consideration, I'm pleasantly surprised. Actual quality isn't objectively speaking particularly notable: animation is minimal and not always well-synced to the voice acting (which, employing mostly novices, is nothing outstanding either). Speaking on the whole, it comes across as kind of bland. I don't think anime-only viewers will find much to grab them, at least from the first episode alone. As a fan of the manga though, I really enjoyed it. It was an accurate adaption, and they made the appropriate choice to skip the vagina woes pilot chapter. I was concerned they would gloss over or ignore the seedier elements of the world-building, but my worries were evidently misplaced. They moved up the exposition on the evolution of the human race by about a volume's worth, which shows that establishing these things was a priority. Although I think better music choices could have been made for that particular scene, I think the way they highlighted the propaganda speech was well done. They didn't skimp out on the hate crime discussion during the marathon either, so it looks like they're going full force with that theme, and that's good. That's what makes Centaur no Nayami Centaur no Nayami. Voice acting was fine as well, while the inexperience comes across pretty clearly, I thought the voices fit the character well. Tama in particularity was a pleasant surprise, the performance is a bit uneven, but it has the proper force behind it. It fits her character well. I hope they manage to do Suu justice when her time comes (crossing my fingers for before episode 5). Hopefully she has a good and unusual voice. I'm not sure if I'm fully on board with Inukai's but eh, she barely has lines even in the chapters she's featured most heavily in. Also kinda feel they kinda made her too similar to Akechi, since generally she's the more subdued of the couple even when they're teasing people together. She was a tad forceful in the first act, but when it comes down to it I'm really just being a giant nitpick. But anyway, yeah. I enjoyed it. It convinced me to stick through with the show, so I guess it did its job. That being said, the opening worries me a little, particularly in how much it over-emphasizes the fanfiction scenario and other fanservice parts. My other main worry besides watering down the world-building was that they would over-emphasize what little fanservice there was, and while there wasn't really any of that in episode 1, that they devoted a good chunk of the opening to a silly joke from a single chapter just because it features metal bikinis is somewhat worrying. They're skipping right ahead to the mermaids next episode too, and while I want to think it's in part to compliment the explanation of race from episode 1 and further expand on the world-building, I somehow doubt the swimsuits didn't play a role in that decision. But eh, that's worrying about maybes, and one way or the other they were gonna have to do the mermaids eventually. Hopefully they go back to some of the chapters they're skipping--though at the same time I suppose they kinda have to, if they want to focus on the children at all (and the opening certainly implies that they will). I'm betting either episode 3 or 4 will be fully devoted to introducing Shino and Tama's sisters. Should be fun. But that's enough rambling from me. Point is, I didn't dislike it, and I generally don't much enjoy adaptations of manga I've already read, especially if it's one I really liked. May just be my fanboyism carrying me through, but either way. Hopefully the season can be at least as entertaining as this. I'll be satisfied with that. |
07-10-2017, 11:54 PM | #7609 |
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As stated yesterday, we watched the second disc to Outlaw Star today and there were a lot of damn good episodes there. The space race was enjoyable, but it was the showdown with the assassin and the one with the water planet that I loved the most. Both of those were excellent. My least favorite episode though is easily the one that featured the wrestling match. It was great to see Aisha finally transform into her animal form, but the episode itself was just stupid (I'm going to guess that this episode was skipped when the show aired on Toonami).
The dub continues to be great and the animation for the most part is well done. There have been some off-model moments, but nothing too bad. |
07-11-2017, 11:17 PM | #7610 |
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We watched the final disc to Outlaw Star tonight, completing the show and overall it was fantastic. I do think the first episode on the disc, Law and Lawlessness is hands down the worst episode of the series. It's not a bad episode, but it was kind of boring. Nothing interesting happened in the slightest and the characters in it make no impact on the rest of the series. The infamous hot springs episode was weird. I understand why Toonami had to skip it now, but it is such an important episode from a plot perspective that is kind of sucks they did. Learning about the origin behind the Caster Shells and how Gene got the special ones he used in the finale are vital to the finale. My favorite episode of the disc was probably the prison break one.
Speaking of the finale, ugh, I forgot that they pulled the deus ex bullshit. That final battle was just awful all around as if the writers had no idea how to handle the Galactic Leyline. Thankfully the ending itself is conclusive and well done, but I wish the show had done more with the Anten Seven. Especially given the leader's motivations at in the last few episodes. I did finally have a dub cringing moment though, which dealt with Melfina's attempt at singing. God does her English voice actress not know how to sing. On the other hand, I learned that Aisha's English voice actress is the girl who played Rogue in the 90s X-Men cartoon, so that was awesome, especially since she is my favorite of the main crew. My favorite character overall though is Harry McDougal. That dude is just down right insane, and yet, he was exactly a villain. Plus, the show managed to make you sympathize with him in the end. Impressive. The animation was pretty top notch outside of occassional off-character model moments and the previously mentioned cheap backgrounds and static characters. It featured a lot of the normal troupes anime was fond of in the 90s, but the material handled them quite well to keep them from getting distracting. Otani's score kicked ass and the opening theme rocks. Not so much for the ending theme though. Yuck! Overall, I highly enjoyed this show and finally getting to see it in its entirety and in a few days really made me appreciate it more than I did when I first saw it on Toonami all those years ago (I think it aired in what, 2002?). The convoluted final battle and a few minor nitpicks will keep it out of my top 10 list, but it is definitely a fun and engaging show all the way through. I just need to make sure it doesn't take me like another 15 years to rewatch it. |
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