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I remember having some problem with Kino's Journey, but it's been so long since I watched it that I can't recall what it was. I didn't dislike it or anything, I just remember something about it really bugging me.
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Bad Seafood posted:I remember having some problem with Kino's Journey, but it's been so long since I watched it that I can't recall what it was.
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May 11, 2015 05:53
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Nah, though it was probably the first time my expectations for a show's art direction (informed by Kuroboshi's illustrations) had to be lowered when faced with the finished product. Them's the breaks, of course. I know that now. At the time though, it was pretty disappointing. I feel like it was something more central to how the show operated. Good thing I've got the DVDs right here so I can watch 'em again.
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May 11, 2015 06:20
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Endorph posted:I don't know how you can say 'constantly on guard against strangers' when she's friendly and cordial to everyone she meets. There are at least two more stories in which she engages in some pretty brutal violence. Particularly notable in The Country of Illness since that's the only time she actively breaks her own moral code. Endorph posted:was it the way everything looks kinda washed out and there's weird horizontal lines They're a really weird choice. I read one account that suggested that they're artefacts present because of loss of material in transferring the episodes into a digital format, but I think thy're probably deliberate. Kino means camera, after all, and her journeys are all about attempting to observe the world she's travelling through -- the series is really a contemporary take on Gulliver's Travel's in that sense. Kino constantly attempts to position herself as the objective, non-interfering eye of the camera, but it's a consistent struggle. I like the scan lines, since they suggest that this kind of vision is an inherently imperfect and limited one, and it adds to the way the show attempts to trouble the idea of Kino's documentary-like gaze. However, at the same time I don't like them that much, since the show ends up looking a little ugly at times. I don't think it's a coincidence that most of the images of the show that exist are from the few scenes and production materials that don't have the lines on them. The one time the show drops the scan lines is in The Country Of Illness, but the idea of the camera reasserts itself during the episode's final sequence, when she's ducking in and out of the maze of projector screens, and having various different images projected onto her. It's also, as I said before, the one story in which Kino completely drops her non-interference protocols, and actively decides to intervene, so the loss of the camera eye effects makes a lot of sense. It's her enemies, who are trying to contain and neutralise her, who are the ones who are constantly looking at her through monitors and cameras and such. I really like Kino's Journey, basically. I've only really been watching anime for about five months (though I've watched a lot, don't get me wrong), but it's certainly one of the best things I've seen out there. It's also one of the most cinematic television shows I've watched -- from anywhere, not just in anime -- in the sense that it's really about how cinema exists and is produced, and about how the documentary camera functions. This is in addition to it being a show that interrogates various different kinds of philosophical or governmental tracts, and having a really beautiful Ghibli pastiche episode.
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May 11, 2015 07:16
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are there any good vampire animes or anything else that leans into gothic horror elements? i am in NG+ of bloodborne and may replay castlevania: sotn soon and am in the mood for the aesthetic. i've seen hellsing ultimate and loved every bit of the illustration and hammy over-the-top presentation. i was also a big fan of the vampire hunter d movies. in contrast, i thought blood+ was utter garbage.
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May 12, 2015 04:44
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I've heard people like Dance in the Vampire Bund but I've never seen it myself.
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May 12, 2015 04:49
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Mors Rattus posted:I've heard people like Dance in the Vampire Bund but I've never seen it myself.
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May 12, 2015 05:01
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But enough about monogatari yeah, vampire bund sucks. Shiki is cool, though. Jealous of their hair.
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May 12, 2015 05:02
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Oh. Oops, sorry. Goes to show I should probably check out more before mentioning a show.
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May 12, 2015 05:04
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Cake Attack posted:But enough about monogatari 
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May 12, 2015 05:04
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Mors Rattus posted:I've heard people like Dance in the Vampire Bund but I've never seen it myself. thanks rear end in a top hat. i think i'm on some sort of FBI watchlist. GIS confirms that this is some purestrain pedo fuel. Cake Attack posted:But enough about monogatari i've always been meaning to watch shiki, thanks!
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May 12, 2015 05:11
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Yeah, my bad. Glad I didn't click the link I saw to find what the show was about, though!
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May 12, 2015 05:16
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There's Trinity Blood which a bit like Hellsing meets Trigun only not as good as that sounds, I can't really remember much about it other than that. Oh there was an android dude who did gunkata from Equilibrium in it.
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May 12, 2015 05:17
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Sakurazuka posted:There's Trinity Blood which a bit like Hellsing meets Trigun only not as good as that sounds, I can't really remember much about it other than that. Oh there was an android dude who did gunkata from Equilibrium in it. He even rips off the Dark Room fight from the start of the movie wholesale  .
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May 12, 2015 05:26
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Definitely watch Shiki, it's a vampire story about the failings of modern liberal society with lots of BL subtext. Valvrave is a vampire story set in space and which also happens to be Nazi apologia, with some BL subtext. The currently running Seraph of the End is a vampires vs shinto demonologists story with even more BL subtext.
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May 12, 2015 05:58
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BL? Boy Love?
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May 12, 2015 06:19
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Phobophilia posted:Definitely watch Shiki, it's a vampire story about the failings of modern liberal society with lots of BL subtext. Valvrave is a vampire story set in space and which also happens to be Nazi apologia, with some BL subtext. The currently running Seraph of the End is a vampires vs shinto demonologists story with even more BL subtext. i'm a-okay with BL, subtext OR text. my deal breaker is really just women with impractically huge titties dressed in distracting outfits recommended by kotaku writers, like blade & soul. that and moe; moe is awful and the fact that it's so prevalent that I have to resort to taking kotaku recommendations and watch blade & soul. actually guys, I don't think I'm cut out for this whole anime thing.
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May 12, 2015 06:22
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moe isn't really that prevalent
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May 12, 2015 06:24
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Necronomoticon posted:i'm a-okay with BL, subtext OR text. my deal breaker is really just women with impractically huge titties dressed in distracting outfits recommended by kotaku writers, like blade & soul. that and moe; moe is awful and the fact that it's so prevalent that I have to resort to taking kotaku recommendations and watch blade & soul. It is my firm belief that there is an anime for everyone
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May 12, 2015 06:27
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Moe is life
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May 12, 2015 06:30
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littleorv posted:It is my firm belief that there is an anime for everyone yes, and it is called legend of galactic heroes. everything else I watch is just trying to find something that'll provide comparable joy. also, shiki is passing the three episode test. i wish they were able to distinguish the characters in ways other than ridiculous hair, but otherwise I'm liking it.
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May 12, 2015 06:30
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People whine all the time about the pacing of Shiki, but it's entirely worth seeing the slowly unravelling status quo of the village as the tension gradually ramps up. And by god is there a good payoff at the end. It's also a very character-driven show, so it needs alot of time to get used to the huge ensemble cast of characters.
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May 12, 2015 06:36
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Necronomoticon posted:yes, and it is called legend of galactic heroes. everything else I watch is just trying to find something that'll provide comparable joy. Watch the new Arslan series, it's based on books by the LoGH guy.
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May 12, 2015 06:39
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Sakurazuka posted:Watch the new Arslan series, it's based on books by the LoGH guy. this is good, thanks! I was planning to rematch steins;gate to get ready for the English VN release on Vita soon, but this seems like a better use of my time, and steins;gate is one of my favorites!
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May 12, 2015 06:46
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So I'm pretty sure I haven't asked for this rec before, but I could be wrong. I've watched Patlabor and 08 MS Team lately, and I'm looking for more of that sort of 'grunt-level' science fiction. I've watched LOGH and it's got the right tone, but I'm looking for something focused a little more on the salt of the earth, regular rear end people doing crazy robit or fantasy stuff. Any ideas?
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May 12, 2015 10:28
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You could try Gasaraki, it has probably the most realistic depiction of mecha in anime and it's mostly normal people doing stuff in fairly lumbering tank like things. Be warned though that while the main plot is fairly political, it has a secondary plot involving inter dimensional aliens or some poo poo. Also there's Dai-Guard which is about a super robot that's run by a corporation and is very un-super roboty and constantly breaking down, and focuses a lot on the pilot and crew looking after it.
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May 12, 2015 10:39
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Endorph posted:moe isn't really that prevalent Yah it gets way overblown, even at its peak there were a lot of shows that weren't moe shows (To say nothing of how it's becoming more and more of a meaningless word)
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May 12, 2015 10:53
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LOGH is a moeshit show with moeblob characters like Reinhard von Lohengramm and Yang Wen-Li.
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May 12, 2015 11:52
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Ugh I hate it when Schenkopp says uguuu to everything!
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May 12, 2015 12:31
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I want to cuddle with Yang Wenli in the bath with a glass of wine.
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May 12, 2015 13:38
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John McClane posted:So I'm pretty sure I haven't asked for this rec before, but I could be wrong. I've watched Patlabor and 08 MS Team lately, and I'm looking for more of that sort of 'grunt-level' science fiction. I've watched LOGH and it's got the right tone, but I'm looking for something focused a little more on the salt of the earth, regular rear end people doing crazy robit or fantasy stuff. Any ideas?  PLANETES as long as you like extreme garbage retrieval and hard sci-fi
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May 12, 2015 17:49
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I'm rewatching Planetes again and I really enjoy the english dub. it's very well done. I'm only on the first episode, so I don't know if it holds, but I have no reason to imagine it wouldn't.
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May 12, 2015 22:08
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Necronomoticon posted:this is good, thanks! I was planning to rematch steins;gate to get ready for the English VN release on Vita soon, but this seems like a better use of my time, and steins;gate is one of my favorites! I'm pretty sure I can watch Steins;Gate any number of times and still love it.
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May 13, 2015 04:30
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RabidWeasel posted:
I've read the manga and really liked it! Is the anime adaptation any different?
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May 13, 2015 05:10
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The anime emphasises the character of Ai Tanabe, and while she's a nut, she's quite entertaining to watch. It has some excellent direction by Goro Taniguchi. He has an eye for technical design, I love the spacesuits that everyone uses, they have a gorgeously utilitarian ruggedness.
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May 13, 2015 06:01
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Phobophilia posted:The anime emphasises the character of Ai Tanabe, and while she's a nut, she's quite entertaining to watch. DVD-grabbing edit: I was right, they did. There's a bunch of NASA interviews on the first few volumes.
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May 13, 2015 06:18
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ViggyNash posted:I'm pretty sure I can watch Steins;Gate any number of times and still love it. who's to say I can't do both? I was rewatching it with a friend that got kicked out of his parents house, and around episode 13 he just started snoring on my couch like an rear end in a top hat that can't get invested in steins;gate.
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John McClane posted:I've read the manga and really liked it! Is the anime adaptation any different? Different but in a change of perspective on the story. Its good and well done. I liked both very much.
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May 13, 2015 11:12
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The Planetes anime is pretty great! There are a couple of Zany Hijinks episodes early on which I found terrible, but other than that it was a really enjoyable watch. It gets especially good in the second half.
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RabidWeasel posted:
I really wanted to like that show, however about half way through it became a pain to put up with. Like I get what happened but did the MC really need to become an insufferable dickhead, and then he is just gets married after being a total douche? It felt broken after the mindbreak episode
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