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Starting this today. I've heard enough about it and I know the recommendation thread is all abuzz so I thought I'd post a question. I just finished the first episode, and I was wondering if all the people we're introduced to (names appearing on the screen) become focuses of episodes at some point or does the show have a tendancy to highlight names of people we never really see that much of?
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I wouldn't say they get episodes, but anybody with a name is pointed out for many reasons. You'll get familiar with the major players after a while, but even the ones with bit roles are usually involved in something big and get referenced later on.
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Jun 13, 2010 05:10
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Kingtheninja posted:Starting this today. I've heard enough about it and I know the recommendation thread is all abuzz so I thought I'd post a question. I just finished the first episode, and I was wondering if all the people we're introduced to (names appearing on the screen) become focuses of episodes at some point or does the show have a tendancy to highlight names of people we never really see that much of? The show isn't really structured to be like Lost or something where there is a character centric episode, but everyone from the pilot gets thoroughly fleshed out, with the exception of some no name officers on both sides command staff.
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Jun 13, 2010 05:17
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Don't forget to watch the pilot movie (this is why I think we need a new thread, to serve at least as a primer for this).
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Jun 13, 2010 05:17
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Nate RFB posted:Don't forget to watch the pilot movie (this is why I think we need a new thread, to serve at least as a primer for this). Oh poo poo, which of the movies is that? I've gotten ahold of (I think) everything LoGH, but assumed I should just start with the series. And yeah, I would really like a new thread-- I tried reading from the start of this one, but since it was began when 40 or so episodes were subbed, I quickly bailed. Normally I don't mind spoilers, but for something so big and with such a great reputation, I'd like to go in unsullied.
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Jun 13, 2010 19:19
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The pilot movie (the actual very first LOGH story to ever be animated; that is, it predates the main series) is called "My Conquest is the Sea of Stars." Most people here watched it after the main series because that's when it was fansubbed, but it probably should be watched first. Zorak and I are at work putting together a new OP for this thread, at least. Hopefully people will be able to read that and get started a bit more easily.
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Jun 13, 2010 19:27
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Thank you very much. I heard it Sea of Stars described as a prequal on the site I got it from, which made me think I should watch it after the series. If you're putting together a new op, a link to a post on this page or some later point with "from this point on the thread is spoiler-proofed for newbs" would be great for those who'd like to get in on some discussion but would like to skip the earlier, spoiler-fraught talk. I'm capable of keeping my mouse away from the black boxes, but I'm under the impression that there's stuff earlier in this thread that isn't blacked out that really I don't want to see. It's funny, I'm normally totally indifferent to whether I'm spoiled or not, even on long series, but LoGH sounds so perfectly up my alley and I so rarely have a chance to go into a show completely virgin that I'm finding myself being really paranoid. Sailor fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Jun 13, 2010 |
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Jun 13, 2010 19:35
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New OP put up, big thanks to Nate RFB for his work on it.
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Jun 13, 2010 19:42
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Ugh redownloading the main series, then I gotta figure out what the last ep I saw was It's not like I don't have the spare time now
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Jun 13, 2010 21:04
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Ooh, the new OP is nice, good job Nate and Zorak. Incidentally, does anyone know if the original LoGH novels have a decent translation? I've heard the anime is a pretty close adaptation, but still I'd enjoy reading through the original. e: Somewhat unrelated, but apparently LoGH has a wiki now. I guess it was started by some 4chan people or something, but it probably be a good idea to contribute all the same. 
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Jun 15, 2010 04:58
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Miles Vorkosigan posted:Incidentally, does anyone know if the original LoGH novels have a decent translation? I've heard the anime is a pretty close adaptation, but still I'd enjoy reading through the original. Here's the only incomplete web-translation available. Incidentally, the Haikasoru publishing, who specialize in English translations of Japanese sci-fi for a youth market have already worked with Yoshiki Tanaka, the author of LoGH and apparently blogged about all the requests they were recieving by email. Here's the thread. And next 4 episodes of the Gaiden, entitled Retriever, are scheduled for a Thursday release!
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Jun 15, 2010 05:57
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Hey Zorak I uploaded every single LOGH episode to megaupload a while back for people who couldn't get LOGH because they were at Uni or couldn't use torrents for whatever reason. Should I post them here?
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Jun 15, 2010 06:11
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Gary Mitchell posted:And next 4 episodes of the Gaiden, entitled Retriever, are scheduled for a Thursday release! Well, the only proper response is 
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Jun 16, 2010 06:21
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jonjonaug posted:Hey Zorak I uploaded every single LOGH episode to megaupload a while back for people who couldn't get LOGH because they were at Uni or couldn't use torrents for whatever reason. Should I post them here? Please do, I'd love to start watching this. Should I start with the prequels or just go for the two movies and right into the series and do the prequels later?
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Jun 16, 2010 12:32
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Mandrill posted:Please do, I'd love to start watching this. And I would do first two movies, main series starting with episode 3, and then the prequels. Nate RFB fucked around with this message at 13:32 on Jun 16, 2010 |
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Jun 16, 2010 13:28
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Just got to episode 82 in my second watchthrough. It still hurts. 
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Jun 18, 2010 06:04
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 Retriever is out!
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Jun 18, 2010 06:05
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Gary Mitchell posted:
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Jun 19, 2010 01:18
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Sweet, only two eps of content left before we have everything LoGH. Also for the new OP, the first four prequels are titled, unless you were really trying to match CA's naming. 1 Valley of White Silver #1-4 (1-4) 2 Morning's Dream, Night's Song #1-4 (5-8) 3 Disgrace #1-4 (9-12) 4 A Hundred Billion Stars, A Hundred Billion Lights #1-12 (13-24) And you aren't listing the episodes of the 9th prequel, The Third Tiamat Battle, unless you're only listing things that are available from CA right now. And yes all my video files must be named just so or else 
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Jun 19, 2010 08:06
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Takes No Damage posted:Also for the new OP, the first four prequels are titled, unless you were really trying to match CA's naming.
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Jun 19, 2010 14:14
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Now to just figure out how to name them so XBMC scrapes them properly 
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Jun 19, 2010 18:09
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They keep talking about "The time when Reinhard took out a Cruiser in his Destroyer!", but it doesn't seem to ever occur onscreen. Or am I retarded and missed it somewhere?
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Jun 20, 2010 04:24
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Seeing as how it's summer and I have plenty of free time, I started LoGH yesterday and finished the second movie a few minutes ago. It's a great show so far and I deeply admire the premise and tone. The music really goes a long way to giving the space battles a feeling of grandeur, and I can appreciate the slow pace of the show (though there were times when I would skip 3 or 4 seconds ahead just to get to the next line of dialogue). If there's any complaint I could have, it's that the space ships seem to explode a little too easily from laser fire and simple hull piercings...But how could I complain about that? Explosions make any battle better! So I have no complaints. I'll be starting with Episode 3 now. I'm excited! Thank you for convincing me to watch this show ADTRW. 
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Jul 2, 2010 02:40
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I figure this is a good place for this post. Last month a group called Bluefixer subbed Nana Toshi Monogatari (Seven Cities Story) an OVA based on Tanaka Yoshiki's novel series of the same name. The set up goes; in the future the earth's axis tilts killing everyone. The colonialists on the moon repopulate the planet and organize a government around seven cities. Everyone on the moon dies from a virus but not before implementing the Olympos-System and set it on auto, a system of laser satellites that will shoot down anything that goes too high in the air. It's apparently good for the next 150 years or so. You follow, and stop me if you've heard this one before, two genus strategists on opposing sides of a war between two of the cities who win by using daring tactics and are not well liked among their superiors. Directed by Mamoru Kanbe(Elfen Lied). If you've got an hour to kill and you like naval warfare and sci-fi go for it it's good. The only problem is there are five novels and the OVA only covers the first. Nana Toshi Monogatari at BakaBT Guyver fucked around with this message at 17:19 on Jul 2, 2010 |
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Jul 2, 2010 15:50
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I don't see the torrent for the first movie in the list linked in the OP  VVVV Thanks Pyruvate fucked around with this message at 20:01 on Jul 2, 2010 |
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Jul 2, 2010 18:18
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Since scarywater announced they were shutting down, CA started to mirror their torrents over on NyaaTorrents. You can find the torrent for Conquest on their user page.
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Jul 2, 2010 18:24
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I guess there is no way to know if or when The Third Tiamat Battle two episodes are subbed or not, then, with scarywater down... I've been searching the internet for a while trying to find them. Either my googlefu is quite weak, or they weren't subbed/no one else has them to download
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Jul 29, 2010 03:39
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You can still search tokyotosho.info I think. Like many other groups, you can find the recent stuff on nyaatorrents now. Some DVD episodes by CA recently got posted there so it looks like they've migrated over officially. Anyway since it doesn't appear there, it likely hasn't been subbed yet.
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Jul 29, 2010 03:54
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What I ended up figuring what was the case... Anyways, thank you
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TheDjinni posted:I guess there is no way to know if or when The Third Tiamat Battle two episodes are subbed or not, then, with scarywater down... I've been searching the internet for a while trying to find them. Either my googlefu is quite weak, or they weren't subbed/no one else has them to download You could check Central Anime's official forums for progress. http://www.centralanime.net/bboard/viewforum.php?f=4&sid=9798d14eb6ffb26bce10b9b1dce7bda1
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Jul 29, 2010 06:45
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I've really gotta start getting out more, I cracked up over the bit about Eisenach's one cup of coffee or two cups of coffee
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Jul 30, 2010 04:47
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Phy posted:I've really gotta start getting out more, I cracked up over the bit about Eisenach's one cup of coffee or two cups of coffee Why would you say you need to get out more? That part's funny.
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Aug 2, 2010 07:11
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I've always wanted to check this out, but I don't want to get halfway through and run out of episodes to watch because I can't understand them anymore. Is it still being translated? And pretty much every link in the OP runs into a 404 error.
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Aug 28, 2010 03:00
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All of the main arc is translated. Unfortunately the old torrent tracker died so you'll have to find the episodes elsewhere.
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Aug 28, 2010 03:11
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BakaBT and that weird direct download site were the first places I could think of that would also have the episodes: BakaBT Direct Downloads
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Aug 28, 2010 03:31
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Thanks guys!
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Aug 28, 2010 04:11
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I've updated the links in the OP.
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Aug 28, 2010 06:00
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Hope it's alright to bump threads like this in here. I followed a link to this thread from (I think) the youtube thread over in GBS, and boy did you guys ever sell me on this poo poo. I've been through the two movies and the first 13 episodes and man am I hooked. You just don't get this combination of intrigue and strategy in any other show, it's pretty much the epitome of Space Opera. poo poo, the characters themselves even watch opera in one episode. I just love the empire/alliance dynamics and all the political bullshit. The space battles themselves are pretty abstract, really, but all the strategizing before and during battles make them work on a level other sci fi shows are sorely lacking, even though the actual numbers get a bit silly sometimes (ep13: 30 million men in one attack what the gently caress. God I love Lohengram's counter though.). So thanks, I guess!
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It's more than welcome to bump the thread, and the thread has survived well longer than one would normally expect thanks to random folks stumbling upon it every now then. Glad you seem to be liking it. It also made me notice that, predictably, the direct download link are down. We could put up a link to the main page but, eh, gently caress that site anyway. I haven't checked in a while but have there been any DVD versions past episode 38?
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