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So, are the Gravion series (there're 2, right?) worth a watch?
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Zwei is basically the second half of the show, not really a sequel. Also no, not really. I mean there are worse shows, and I've even watched some worse shows, but I definitely don't feel better for having seen it, and would not feel worse if I hadn't.
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May 3, 2011 05:56
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Gravion is an ok show. I mean it's not awful but it's full of the things Obari seems to have trouble with, namely pacing problems and lack of character development. Also that Voltron looks terrible. Even though I was too young to see the original Voltron when it aired and i've only seen Golion uncut...this really seems to be the last nail in Nickelodeon's coffin. It's like hipster Voltron like all the shows Nickelodeon makes now.
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May 3, 2011 06:29
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AzraelNewtype posted:Zwei is basically the second half of the show, not really a sequel. Also no, not really. I mean there are worse shows, and I've even watched some worse shows, but I definitely don't feel better for having seen it, and would not feel worse if I hadn't. I think its awesome. Jun Fukuyama as a super robot pilot 
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May 3, 2011 06:41
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That new "more hip" Voltron is terrible beyond words. The CG Voltron TV series done in the late 90s was leaps and bounds better.
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May 4, 2011 19:14
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AzraelNewtype posted:Also we'd now have Titan on the list. I have to say though, it feels mighty disingenuous to have a Shoji Kawamori designed robot in an American robot thing. I know you're talking about Symbionic Titan but I'd also want to see Titan Maximum, too. It won an Emmy! for costume designfrom DeVry
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May 5, 2011 06:26
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Revolver Bunker posted:That new "more hip" Voltron is terrible beyond words. The CG Voltron TV series done in the late 90s was leaps and bounds better. We haven't actually seen the show yet, though. This may be a marketing flub (or not even a flub); there are reams of data showing that Voltron was and remains crazily popular with African Americans and other urban kids of the 80s. This is, without question, an attempt to reach out to that demographic and their children. How well it succeeds is a question I leave to the viewer.  I'm actually really eager to see Voltron Force; I've had a fair amount of respect for World Events for a while now, because unlike Harmony Gold they're really trying to grow and nurture the franchises they acquired way back when. I thought for a while that they might actually get back into the importing business, but I guess Ted Koplar is a little more savvy than that and knows how rough the anime market is right now. All their comments suggest they're at least trying to produce something that older fans can enjoy while not alienating new, young viewers.
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May 5, 2011 10:37
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There are space cadet kids. The show is raped  (I assume)
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May 5, 2011 11:29
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Regardless of how good/bad the show is, hopefully we'll at least see a few good toys. It'd be great to by a combining robot without having to pay import fees. Edit: this particular trailer seems slightly more favorable than the others: http://www.nicktoons.com/videos/clip/voltron-force-series-trailer.html Schwarzwald fucked around with this message at 19:30 on May 5, 2011 |
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May 5, 2011 12:12
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Shaezerus posted:"VOLTRON FORCE, LET'S BREAK SOME STUFF! :iamafag:" This is not a high bar. At all.
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May 6, 2011 07:16
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I was looking through what Moon Phase has up and I just realized that only three mecha TV anime are slated to come out for the rest of the year. Sacred Seven, Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere and Appleseed XIII. Also the fact that since we're almost to the middle of the year no more will probably be announced for 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHIfg14Jfm4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbZ-pWuAdc0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPnph7XPIPI
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May 9, 2011 22:34
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Ummm I think you're forgetting a little something called GOTHIC MADE?
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May 9, 2011 23:20
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Zorak posted:Ummm I think you're forgetting a little something called GOTHIC MADE? No one knows what Gothicmade is yet but I some how doubt it'll be a TV series.
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May 9, 2011 23:27
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It's a movie but it's gonna be so good that it won't matter!! live the dream
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May 9, 2011 23:31
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Just so you all know, I do update the OP whenever one of the shows in the OP gets a new episode subbed. It's just been really slow as of late, sans Panzer World Galient which is going at a pretty steady pace. And also episode 4 of Koutetsu Jeeg is up, with Mach Drill action! Also, I added something to the list of shows to watch on the OP, which was made easier thanks to Shaezerus making new SRW Z2 avatars. Now if only we can get a Great chapter...
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May 22, 2011 19:34
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Requesting that the thread title be changed to  Bryger if it ever updates again.
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May 23, 2011 18:30
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Mercury Crusader posted:Just so you all know, I do update the OP whenever one of the shows in the OP gets a new episode subbed. It's just been really slow as of late, sans Panzer World Galient which is going at a pretty steady pace. And also episode 4 of Koutetsu Jeeg is up, with Mach Drill action! And Galient is actually complete now. Crinn over at X-Nebula is seriously THE MAN when it comes to translating these old mecha shows. Hopefully with Galient done, Crinn will get back to GINGA SENPUU BURAIGA and the merciless J9.
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May 23, 2011 18:37
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Mecha Gojira posted:And Galient is actually complete now. Crinn over at X-Nebula is seriously THE MAN when it comes to translating these old mecha shows. Yeah, having both Dougram and Galient done in a rather steady time frame was sweet. Also hoping for, at the very least, another episode of Bryger. Anyone know the US legal status for a lot of the mecha shows previously licensed by the likes of ADV and Geneon? I'm guessing Funimation grabbed most of the high profile titles, but I'm talking about stuff like the Mazinkaiser OVAs and the two Getter Robo OVAs.
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May 23, 2011 20:12
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ADV still has Mazinkaiser. They haven't been shown to have Armageddon in any meaningful sense, but technically it's probably more that it's a waste of money to reprint it than that they lost the license. Nobody picked up New Getter Robo from Geneon's steaming corpse though.
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May 23, 2011 20:37
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Mercury Crusader posted:Yeah, having both Dougram and Galient done in a rather steady time frame was sweet. Also hoping for, at the very least, another episode of Bryger. Funimation doesn't have Mazinkaiser or the Getter OVAs that I've seen. They did get the rights to and reprint GunxSword from Geneon though so hopefully they'll do more from Geneon or ADV.
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May 23, 2011 21:56
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Episode one of Groizer X has been subbed. Unfortunately, I've been told the translation is somewhat questionable. http://www.arr-soarin.blogspot.com/2011/05/gloizer-x.html
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May 24, 2011 06:39
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ARR likes to do one episode and never touch a series again. Unless they have full bootlegs that's probably all they'll do. In other rage and/or hatred news. Voltron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwTB0cOh9lk ...Yeah.
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May 25, 2011 13:39
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Guyver posted:ARR likes to do one episode and never touch a series again. Unless they have full bootlegs that's probably all they'll do. You ain't kidding. I just browsed their blog and I'm seeing episode 1s all over the place. Of the lot, I'm seeing stuff like God Sigma, Gowapper 5 Godam, Daiohja, Daltanius, and Trider G7, among many other things. Some of the comments on the site and ratings tell me that the translations are pretty bad, but I'll take what I can at this point. EDIT: I'm surprised that anybody is seeding some of the older stuff.
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May 25, 2011 15:30
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Guyver posted:In other rage and/or hatred news. Voltron. That's some lovely animation right there.
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May 25, 2011 17:15
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Guyver posted:ARR likes to do one episode and never touch a series again. Unless they have full bootlegs that's probably all they'll do. "Let's go kick some abdomen.  "The best thing we can hope for is an insurgence of new, good, Voltron toys. won't happen
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May 25, 2011 18:52
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Dre2Dee2 posted:"Let's go kick some abdomen. I hope I'm not the only one who absolutely loving hates these "puns" in cartoons. They are the worst.
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May 25, 2011 18:54
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I thought it was neat they included the original formation lines, at least. And the "head" thing was cute. v vThat said, the animation was really atrocious, like, I'm pretty sure early 90's stuff was better animated.
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May 26, 2011 03:36
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Captain Invictus posted:I thought it was neat they included the original formation lines, at least. And the "head" thing was cute. v You mean that poo poo the dub team threw in because they refuse to allow there to be 30 seconds with no speech? Yeah, gently caress it.
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May 26, 2011 03:39
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I never knew how much I disliked the gattai monologue until I saw Golion. Or maybe Gaogaigar. Can you imagine how loving obnoxious Gaogaigar's combination would be with "FORM WING, FORM UPPER ARM, FORM FOREARM, FORM CHEST ORNAMENT, FORM HANDS, etc" instead of the awesome-rear end Final Fusion track?
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May 26, 2011 03:47
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Well it might be dope cause it would be like "Form shoulders made of train! Now, drill tank shoes! Lion chest! Stealth bomber backpack... and I'll form the Shogun head! "
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May 26, 2011 03:59
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Alrighty, someone with more time on their hands than me needs to go and dub that abomination, please.
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May 26, 2011 04:39
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Goofy filler lines by the dub crew are absolutely unacceptable. ugh. UGH. A throwback to those goofy lines 25 years later in a new version of the show? How. Dare. They. Seriously though, is it really that horrible to include a reference to the original Voltron in it? Not Golion, Voltron. I didn't even know about Golion until this thread. edit: and I'm not defending the show, it looks really really bad.
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May 27, 2011 09:08
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Captain Invictus posted:Goofy filler lines by the dub crew are absolutely unacceptable. ugh. UGH. A throwback to those goofy lines 25 years later in a new version of the show? How. Dare. They. Throwback or not, it's really obnoxious. 20 seconds of the 45-second combination sequence is narmy dialogue that's not even hot-blooded. Besides, isn't a throwback something done as a reference or background thingy? Like Lockon's Haro, Betterman in GGG Final, Inazuma Kick, or whatnot. That show is highly representative of America today, which is a big pile of remakes and sequels that subsist entirely on copy-pasted moments from their original iterations (even if those original iterations were copied, themselves).
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May 27, 2011 10:24
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I guess that's why I love that quote though, BECAUSE it's so narmy.
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May 27, 2011 14:49
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Captain Invictus posted:Goofy filler lines by the dub crew are absolutely unacceptable. ugh. UGH. A throwback to those goofy lines 25 years later in a new version of the show? How. Dare. They. There are all manner of ways to reference Voltron (and they are) without bringing back the thing that was added by the dub crew because the adaptation staff thought you were an idiot and would get bored if people stopped talking long enough for the combining to happen. This isn't goofy filler, it's a straight up insult that should have died in the 80s.
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May 27, 2011 18:48
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Stop acting like the reference shot your dog. I said it was "neat", having my only exposure to Voltron being pretty much Voltron when it aired on TV as a kid and that line being fairly memorable when recalling the show, and you jump down my throat like a rabid Transfan. Chill out.
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May 28, 2011 10:09
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At some point, writers have to realize it's much more memorable than to have no one talk. It's more epic and saves money, too!
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May 28, 2011 12:04
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What you can't deny about the Voltron "Activate interlock! Dynatherms connected!" etc. speech is that it's one of the most iconic non-visual elements from Voltron. People just remember that speech either in part or in whole (usually they remember the "form feet and legs..." part). Of course they'd keep that in the new Voltron cartoon (and I predict any other Voltron remake that will ever exist). It's like if Transformers didn't use the line "Autobots! Transform and roll out!"
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May 28, 2011 15:12
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SDShamshel posted:Activate interlock! I read this and really can't stop thinking now about how loving great it would be if there was a giant robot show where the main character was an alcoholic and had to blow into one of these things to get his mech started.
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May 28, 2011 15:21
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"...and I'll form the head!" is the line from Voltron. Anyone who has heard of Voltron knows that line. If they didn't have it people would be having complaints along the lines that it didn't include the iconic line and that it was made by people that didn't know anything about Voltron because everyone knows that when they combine a guy says "...and I'll form the head!" geez why didn't they get someone who cares about Voltron to make this. Just because the original purpose was because they thought everyone had ADHD and would switch off doesn't mean that it hasn't become something more than that.
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