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03-12-2021, 01:25 PM | #7941 |
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Just finished Pacific Rim: The Black last night. It was pretty good, better than Uprising and the Godzilla Anime Trilogy.
I'm going to avoid spoilers just in case people have interest in seeing it themselves, so I'll just leave some of my thoughts here: The animation for the Jeagers and Kaiju were some of the best parts of this series, and made even better by the fact that the sense of scale from the first movie is somewhat retained, not as good, but not as off as Uprising, so that was a nice detail, and the designs, I thought, were really good, a nice balance between the two movies, and just good designs overall. The humans, however, is inconsistent, where it's mostly choppy, probably due to the characters moving around a lot more than the Godzilla Trilogy, because they're emulating more of a western style show rather than Anime, but it just doesn't feel right, where there are a handful of scenes where they do move smoothly and naturally. But this may be because most of the budget went into the Jeagers and Kaiju, so I'm not mad about it. The story was alright, with some interesting new ideas thrown in, and if people were wondering, this is indeed connected to the Pacific Rim timeline, again not spoiling. Most of the plot points were kind of what I expected, but with some of the curveballs thrown in, it made for a fun watch. The characters were alright for the most part. The voices weren't bad, but not great either, I'm usually sub person when it comes to Anime, mainly because most dubs I've heard are pretty bad *Looks at Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal* but these voices weren't bad. And might I add, I'm glad they kept a consistent tone throughout the series instead of adding opportunities for dumb jokes at every interval, like Uprising, nor did they try to make this as dark and edgy as possible, so they have my respect. Oh yeah... Ploygon also did that gosh-awful Star Wars Resistance that only took me the trailers and first episode to convince me it was bad... But anyway, Pacific Rim: The Black, was overall, a pretty good show, and definitely makes up, if not a little, for Uprising, and has the potential to bring, not just Kaiju media, but the Pacific Rim franchise back into the spotlight, though I won't get my hopes up. Anyway, I'm currently planning my next show to watch, which will either be Case Files of El-Melloi II, while I'm a bit of a Fate kick, Code Geass, since I've put that one off for a while, and I kind of want to see more Mecha Anime, or Blassreiter, you won't be alone Dreamsword! |
03-29-2021, 01:17 PM | #7942 |
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Finished Death Note over the weekend
It was pretty good but the quality of the show dips at the halfway point, IMO. For some reason I had it in my head this was some kind of top tier show with how popular it is (was?) In any case I still enjoyed it for the most part. With only 37 episodes it doesn't overstay it's welcome. Was pretty surprised there's few changes from the manga, since there was some story decisions and turns I wasn't a fan of. But the character's arc and series as whole wraps up in a satisfying way for me Next up: Fate/Zero |
04-03-2021, 08:25 PM | #7943 |
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Not currently watching Paranoia Agent right now, but I've seen the Dub once (Thanks, Toonami!) and I found an article on it for those interested.
https://www.slashfilm.com/paranoia-agent/ If Satoshi Kon was critical of escapism, what would he have said about tokusatsu? |
04-04-2021, 05:41 PM | #7944 |
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I've been watching the original Mobile Suit Gundam. I remember trying to watch it back in college and getting bored pretty quickly...so then I tried both Gundam: The Origin and the movie trilogy, but not really liking either. I had gotten to the point where I felt like I'd never be able to enjoy the original story, but somebody on reddit convinced me to give the series another shot and I'm enjoying it a lot. Sure, it's old and dated...but when you look at it in the context of a 70s series and set your expectations to 70s standards, it actually holds up pretty well. I'm just getting to the part with Ramba Ral, which I've heard is a really popular arc, so we'll see how this goes.
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05-13-2021, 03:01 AM | #7945 |
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Sorry if it's a bit old to bump this thread, but I have just now decided to finally watch some anime again that I've been meaning to just to break things up a bit because it's been a while so I'm now trying to finish Digimon Frontier (although it's technically the third time! ) It's OK, I think this is the point for me in Digimon I go over from dub to sub, but I admit it does suffer from being a bit boring and Takuya and Izumi/Zoe are the less good characters for me so far, kind of almost a bit similar to Davis and Yolei!
I admit I'm not really knowledgeable about anime, but Digimon is one franchise I've not been too bad at keeping up with, although I did only recently realise that there is now a reboot of Adventure that has begun airing without me knowing! |
05-13-2021, 05:10 AM | #7946 |
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started Black Clover. i bought the first manga volume last month and enjoyed it. the anime seems to be taking its time.
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05-13-2021, 11:10 AM | #7947 |
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The Anime does indeed take it's time, and also expands the source material, with little to no filler. I really enjoyed this series and really glad they're taking their time to let the author finish up before going hail-merry. There's also a movie in the works, which might be an original production like the My Hero Academia films.
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05-15-2021, 12:33 PM | #7948 |
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Getting to the end of Transformers Choujin Masterforce. Overall, it’s been a pretty good run and a great personal introduction to the Japanese G1 series. Currently debating which of the trilogy I should go for next.
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05-16-2021, 08:42 PM | #7949 |
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Ah, Masterforce. That was a total WHAT DID I JUST SEE in a good way. It totally blew my mind when I first caught a glimpse of it with how they just made henshin heroes outta the Transformers.
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05-16-2021, 10:32 PM | #7950 |
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I just started Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam a few days ago and I'm loving it so far. I can easily see why this series is so popular. I do kind of miss the simplicity of the OG series though.
Can I start with these Japanese ones, or do I need to watch the original series first?
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