DBZ: Battle of Gods is online! I know what I'm watching. :D

Funimation is streaming it online?

A site has it up already. Though someone basically recorded the audio of the English dub and played over the already released video. Minus that, it was really good and it basically negates all of GT. :lol

Yeah, the eye thing in particular always bothered me, colorful phrases and the like are one thing, but keeping one eye shut all the time is a terrible idea.

Do you guys know Rurouni Kenshin?

WATCH THIS:
https://33.media.tumblr.com/28b74fab...jvmho1_250.gif

Yea it does if you have time or want to rewatch z in order. Like I am planning to once I get the rest of season box set. It be 288 yo son goku and his friends return special that feature Tarble who is vegeta brother and then battle of gods.

Well I enjoyed the cinema recorded audio but still was really enjoyable. I be watching this again on bluu ray once it out.

What does this have to with anime?

Kenshin was an anime, I assume that's from it's live-action adaptation.

Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary
There are few franchises I love as much as Saint Seiya, it's the kind of thing that is huge over here, this post will be long and somewhat biased, you've been warned.
I watched this on the theater btw, and seeing the Toei logo in the big screen, with the triangle and the waves, boy was it amazing.

Legend of Sacntuary is a 93 minute film that adapts the story of Saint Seiya up to the 12 houses arc, 73 episodes, 93 minutes, this will be lovely.

The movie focuses on the godess Athena, reborn into a mortal baby in the mysterious Sanctuary where warriors are trained to portect her, known as Saints, they make their inner universe explode, the power of Cosmo, these warriors perform superhuman feats to defend love and peace across the earth.

However, the patriarch of the sanctuary puts his own machination at work, he attempts to murder the baby and sets up his own fake Athena to control the crowds, Sagittarius Aiolos one of the legendary Gold Saints risks his own life to save the young Athena, fatally wounded he entrusts his armor (known as Cloths) and the baby to a millionaire, who raises her as Saori Kido.

In her 16th birthday Saori finally learns her origins, the patriarch sends his Saints to murder her, but a group of Bronze Saints shows up to protect her, being raised and trained for this reason alone and knowing she is the true godess.

That's just the first 15min, and roughly the equivalent of 30 episodes, the mvoie is hyper compressed and that's probably it's main obstacle.

The show has a huge fanbase and the movie doesn't know what to change and what to keep to please the viewers, you have 18 fanfavorite characters, and everyone wants to see em.

As a whole I think the changes they made to shorten it work, skipping the Silver Saints and Galaxian Wars arc makes for a more streamlined origin and a more believable devotion to Athena from part of the Bronze Saints.

The characters all fare differently, Seiya is surprsingly good, he's more adorkable this timea round, and it works, Shyryu is the comically serious, Hyoga is the distant partner, and Shun is... I'm not really sure, guy doesn't do much, Ikki does even less, and he feels utterly pointless.

Saori is surprisngly good, she feels like the most compelte character, her role is increased from the original 12 Houses Arc and makes her a far more active and likeable character, she's the viewer surrogate, a girl who's got her life turned upside down and she comes across as likeable, fun and believably young.

The Gold Saints are dealt with in an interestign way, they got short roles, but the movie uses their houses to reflect their personality, the serene House of Aquarius, the simple House of Aries and the exuberant House of Taurus, they all help to showcase the personalities of their owners.
But whoever decided to turn Cancer DeathMask into a Disney musical needs to rethink his life.

To continue on the visual front, this iteraton of Saint Seiya has an unique visual identity, it's really detailed, the armors are icnredibly ornate, the Sanctuary is a floating citadel, amking it more otherwordly, and the Greek motif is combined with pre-columbian designs, it's simply stunning.
And there's a ton of attention put in it, the cloths break in essentially the same order they do in the anime and it all unmistakably feels like the Sanctuary yet it's a new place.

The locations are one of the movie high points, they are simply sttuning and incredibly made.

The way the attacks are reinvented is interesting, it's definitely eyecacthy and it looks spectacular, but it can also come across as generic or confusing, the action is good but painfully short, some battles play the way they do int he anime, other are changed, and once again the changes are interesting, except for frigging Cancer DeathMask.

The music is pretty good, I do find it interesting that despite the prominent use in trailers, Pegasus Fantasy doesn't play a big role in the movie, I didn't notice it's absence till I left the theater so it's not necessarily a big thing.

Is Legend of Sanctuary the best Saint Seiya movie ever?
Honestly, it might be, but that's in big part because all of them have been incredibly weak, this is definitely more of a Tenkai Hen than an Eris, so it's on the good side of the scale.

A lot of things are glossed over, others are never brought up, and the movie had room to drop more stuff for the sake of a more newcomer friendly movie, as it is, new people to the franchise might enjoy it, but see it as a somewhat generic flick.
For the old fans, as long as you aren't blinded by the nostalgia, you'll realize that this movie was made with a lot of love, it's a new tale, things will be changed, and it's not great by any stretch of the imagination.

But the people who made it, with all the details they put in it, it's fairly obvious that they love this franchise as much as the fans do.
It's not perfect, but neither the original was, don't be blinded by nostalgia, and let your cosmo burn once again.

After finishing my rewatch of Durarara, I've started Samurai Flamenco. 14 episodes in and my face at the moment is like: O_o

I know that face very very well :lol

Guillorilla!

So I am catching up on dragon ball Kai buu arc.

So I've finished Samurai Flamenco already and it was pretty good. Ayer that watched Sunday Without God and recently just finished it and that was also good. Next up is D-Frag!.

I'm sorry.

No, really, I am. I stopped watching the Buu arc after four episodes because it was horrible. The cropping. The green tint. The music was subpar. However, the worst was the editing, as it is absolutely atrocious.

There reusing music from battle of God ost. What sub were watch baaro self fixture that problem but I'll a it great saiyaman arc did not go so well in Kai formate but after and it got to buu, it just feels like how they did the others.

Death note episodes 1 and 2

I heard great things about this show from anime fans, even just more casual ones. Plus, I read a preview chapter in Shonen Jump back when it was in print and decided to try it out.

Wow. Shit gets done quick in 2 episodes. Not only did L accidentally narrow down the area where Kira could be but also the main character has come up with a device to protect his Death Note. And Light's fucking insane.

I watched the english dub and it's fantastic. Brad Swaile as Light is awesome. And I totally did think about Amuro and Setsuna being in this situation lol.

When I first heard light I went and thought of high school age gohan from ocean dub of dragon ball z. Also recommended reading the manga as well die too the ending are different

It gets even funnier because Light and Setsuna are voiced by the same guy in Japanese :lol.

Kotonoha No Niwa (The Garden Of Words)
I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!!
A LOT!!!
With that out of of the way...

Takao is an aspiring shoemaker with a strange habit, every rainy morning he skips classes and spends his time in the park, through this he meets an older woman, and their encounters lead to an unique relationship.

Garden of Words is a movie about subtlety, about distances, the silences mean as much as the words do, and sometimes even more, the rainy park tells as much as the characters do, and the core of everything we simply have two strangers talkign in a park, and arguably they don't even talk that much.

The enjoyment of it comes in big part from enjoying the subtely and picking up the hints, it's not a traditional movie, and certain audiences might find it boring.

But for those that are willing to go beyond that, it's an incredibly engaging story about the staleness of life, the nature of love and the unending dsitance between two people.

The animation is gorgeous, it's mostly hand drawn, and it's absolutely stunning and beautiful, the rainy park feels so real and yet so magical, the ambient is perfect, and the movie is deligthful to watch, the music is great, and reinforces all of the scenes perfectly.

Garden of words, might come across as a very simple story, and it might be, but in it I foudn one of the best stories I've ever experienced.

There's no such thing as perfection, but for a while, Kotonoha No Niwa made me believe in it.

I have mixed feelings on the anime version of Death Note. They started off so well and then just completely f'ed up the second arc as instead of actually developing the characters like they did with the first arc, they crammed the whole thing into like 11 episodes. That arc should have been at least five episodes longer. They completely ruined Mello's character.

The dub is absolutely fantastic though.

Which version are you watching? There are two different cuts, a Japanese one and an international one, both of which have completely different soundtracks. Also, the Japanese cut has been cut down so it can be aired in 48 episodes while the international cut is going to be 69.

Unfortunately, both cuts are cropped and have that horrible green tint to it.

As for one of them using the music from Battle of the Gods, it cannot be this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1P_X3mEJsg

Note to self, whenever Algo watches a Anime Movie he'll love it after finishing it.

Lies. :P

I heard the show and manga have two different endings... is that true?

Well some track they are using I'd from battle of gods. Due to one episode had a remix of pilaf gang big from the film. Some of it new some of its remixed

Yes it is true I read manga after seeing the anime and omg was the manga ending so much better

Yep, they completely ****ed up the ending too in the anime.

Even the live action movie done close to the manga as possible.

Considering Mello and Near pretty much don't exist in the live action films (except in the L spinoff) and the ending of the second film is MASSIVELY different to what goes down in the anime, I don't think that's true.

Well considering the films came out before he anime and I was more talking bout the ending to manga is more closer in the movie of how light dies then in the anime. Due to manga and anime have different endings. In manga light does on spot where they are in wears house in the manga no running to flight of stairs or any thing like they did I. The anime. And movie done just that light dieing on the spot

Considering someone in this thread has said they're watching the show at the moment, please spoiler your stuff if you're going to go into detail about what happens in the manga/anime/movies whatever. I've taken the liberty of doing it for you this time.

And regardless, even if the circumstances are SLIGHTLY similar that's still not enough to say that the films are "done as close to the manga as possible". Especially when they're the ones that diverge most of all.

(Not that I care, the films are my favourite thing out of the franchise. I haven't read the manga but they blew the anime out of the water)

Sorry I tried to it I was on my phone if there was a spoiler button like there is a button I would of

Death Note episode 3

Damn this show makes you think. So much intellectual battle and I love it. Plus, the situation always changes every episode.

Holy shit that cop guy was Light's dad. I swear to god this show has so many coincidences just to set this up.

But isn't it a bit hypocritical for L to try to kill Kira since Kira is killing murders? Yeah, I know the police think that killing him is the only way to stop this from happening but it still doesn't justify it. IF anything, Kira's death is only gonna cause more violence and murder.

I was not much of a fan of the Shinigami hanging around Light until this episode when he gave the supernatural deal to Light. I don't want him to take it but I think that he's gonna take it because he thinks he's gonna get killed in less then that lifespan anyways. I think that he shouldn't because this power is only gonna limit his possible chance of escape, with him getting drawn into killing more and more, plus him being able to write down names of people he doesn't know in front of him only cements him as a murderer only leaving behind more evidence.

D-Frag! is done and it was a really funny show. :lol Next up is season 1 and 2 of Space Dandy.

http://www.alltheanime.com/gundam-re...n-g-episode-1/ for all the Gundam fans in the UK

Wait, Gundam Recon started?

Time to head over to Nyaa...

D-Frag is a riot. :lol

Ohh, it is out?
This'll be fun.

Death Note episode 4

I'm glad Light didn't decide to take the deal for the eyes. Would have made the show really really easy then.

More rules. Considering it only makes then rules of the show more fair and the plot has to adhere to those rules, I praise it.

But holy shit that was a very specific plan Light came up with just to get the guy to say his name. If I was Light, I'd use my new found power of description of death to create a series of less frequent yet more intricate murders so I could get away with it easier. They'd think that since the pattern of mass heart attacks stopped, the case would be over, maybe even write in the Death Note about how a criminal gets tried and executed.

Episode 5

So much shit is happening I'll start putting spoiler tags on the summaries.

And this is Light's spiral down into villainy. Killing 12 FBI agents just to spurr L even more is fucking annoying.

Plus, those demands of Light when he was following the guy on the train were fucking ridiculous. But I see we have a new subplot with his fiancee following the case now.

I find it hilarious that the police force is now down to 5 guys and L, making them extremely easy to stop and toy around with.



Episode 6

So.... L's a shut-in?

I've been convinced this entire show that Light has been stupid and brash and revealed himself, but at the same time is so smart about all this shit. This episode proved that.

The FBI Agent's fiancee being the thing Light was missing in taking everything into account is an example of the terribly long road Light is gonna go down to become god. He's probably gonna kill her next episode and even if he lets her live, either way, he's screwed. Even if he kills her, via heart attack or some other means, is gonna raise suspicion.

This is how you do an evil character with a corrupted sense of justice. Not like Micchy where Kickback proclaims his coming around in the last 5 episodes as redempeion for all of the shit he did. No, you can not come out of this shit with blood on your hands and expect no consequences and a magical space fruit god to forgive you.

Episode 7

Damn, that was the most intense conversation I've ever seen between two people. I also thought her voice sounded familar and it turns out her American voice actress also voiced Soma Pieres from Gundam 00. So Setsuna just controlled Marie to kill herself lol. Taking an entire episode to kill this character was an awesome to see. But this episode shows the amount of exponential oversights this plan can have.

There wasn't that much advancement on L's side but giving Aliases to the cops is not gonna help them considering how close Kira is to them.

Light's getting further and further down the well of lies.

Episode 8

That was the most intense doing of homework ever. So now they've wire tapped his house and damn this is getting intense. Although I found the mini TV inside the chips to be a bit ridiculous. L
s plan is sort of working, but he still is narrowing it down to Light.

Episode 9

L revealed himself? I mean it makes sense given the story but L'd better have a backup. I wonder if L is gonna figure out the Shinigami thing.

Episode 10

This is getting into crazy mental battle territory. Like being screwed either way while making a decision is just mindfucking to me.

Although Light is getting ground on L, getting him to trust him more but at the same time raising his suspicion. I hope L wises up and puts up some guards before he lets Light in.

Episode 11

Holy shit there's two Kiras and the second one has the Shinigami eyes? I swear I'm gonna have a hear attack from all the tension of the show lol. But yeah, now this is going to be really really tense as the two Kiras have to kill each other without meeting the other with one at a severe disadvantage.

At the beginning where they didn't show Light, I thought they were going to show his involvement at the end, maybe to change up the formula of the episode. Like maybe show him using a laptop and some fancy dancy facial recognition program to give him the names. But damn, I did not see that coming so early. I knew there was a second arc to the show and I thought the other Shinigami were going to come down then.



Episode 12

Wow. I was mildly interested in the Shinigami aspect of the show before, but now I'm uber interested in how this realm works. The death note's origin for fake Kira was really powerful and completely changes the show dynamic.

And now it makes sense why she took the eyes deal, she had her life span added to by that Shinigami's death. So if that Shinigami had about 1000 years on his life, what's it to her to sacrifice half of that to get the eyes, she's gonna live well past the point of when she's gonna die anyways.

But in the opening, Light is reaching out to her like a certain Kiba Yuji ready to accept her. Is he just trying to kill her or is it going to be a legitimate attempt to team up.


I'm just wondering if we're gonna get some sort of meta Death note killing where one owner has the instructions for someone's death involve the other owner being forced to write down the name of that person in theirs as like a proxy/safety/ messing with each other of who's really killing who.

Yay, Log Horizon is back on! ^_^

Interesting start, but then that ending really threw me for a loop. Definitely seems like a glimpse into the future, but a little confusing glimpse.