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DrSunshine
Mar 23, 2009

Did I just say that out loud~~?!!!
Who do you think would make a good cast for the LWA dub?

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paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

FULL COMMUNISM NOW
I was not expecting, of all things, a Dexter's Laboratory reference.

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

paragon1 posted:

I was not expecting, of all things, a Dexter's Laboratory reference.

I liked that quite a bit. It, the Steamboat Akko sequence, and the Sleeping Beauty homage were all highpoints both in terms of animation and how funny they were.

Phobophilia
Apr 26, 2008

by Hand Knit
what that stuff really animated in threes? because it didnt look like it

Raenir Salazar
Nov 5, 2010

College Slice

paragon1 posted:

I was not expecting, of all things, a Dexter's Laboratory reference.

Where?!

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011




Tell me this whole bit doesn't look and sound like a Dexter's Lab cold open.

Edit: SHE'S EVEN WEARING THE BELT

Tarezax
Sep 12, 2009

MORT cancels dance: interrupted by MORT

The cold open.

DrSunshine
Mar 23, 2009

Did I just say that out loud~~?!!!

At the very beginning! When Sucy was making her potion!!

EDIT: Beaten like Akko when she got baseball batted.

sincx
Jul 13, 2012

furiously masturbating to anime titties

Phobophilia posted:

what that stuff really animated in threes? because it didnt look like it

Some of the old-timey sequences were done in 1s and 2s.

Nitrousoxide
May 30, 2011

do not buy a oneplus phone



It's not Dexter's Lab unless someone says la-bore-itory.:colbert:

Raenir Salazar
Nov 5, 2010

College Slice

Spiritus Nox posted:



Tell me this whole bit doesn't look and sound like a Dexter's Lab cold open.

Edit: SHE'S EVEN WEARING THE BELT

Hahaha can't believe I missed this.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

FULL COMMUNISM NOW

Nitrousoxide posted:

It's not Dexter's Lab unless someone says la-bore-itory.:colbert:

C'est ne pas un Dexter's Laboratory.

Have I mentioned how much I love how assertive Akko is as a protagonist?

I also love how they're just the Bad Girl crew of the school now.

Double Edit: I knew it was a Dexter's Lab reference for sure when the animators drew Sucy's fingers curled literally exactly like Dexter's would be when he goes on a rant.

paragon1 fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Feb 28, 2017

Music Theory
Aug 7, 2013

Avatar by Garden Walker
If she's Dexter, who's Mandark?

GhostofJohnMuir
Aug 14, 2014

anime is not good
I kept thinking "This can't actually be a Dexter's Lab reference," right up until they focused on the shadow cast on the wall while Sucy was cackling. Was dope.

Also I love how quickly and easily Akko begins laughing at her dopey personification in Sucy's memories.

I Am Fowl
Mar 8, 2008

nononononono

paragon1 posted:

I was not expecting, of all things, a Dexter's Laboratory reference.

People at Trigger love Tartakovsky.

After all, most of the people behind Panty & Stocking are now at Trigger...Imaishi, for example.

Hace
Feb 13, 2012

<<Mobius 1, Engage.>>
New episode owned

Imaishi was always good

Rody One Half
Feb 18, 2011

let it not be said that I can't admit I was wrong, good job Imaishi

Command Ant
Aug 9, 2010

I can make you
worth your weight
in gold!
That Akira reference with Lotte really caught me off guard. :eek:

Ailumao
Nov 4, 2004

C-SPAN Caller posted:

Netflix is streaming it in Japan on a weekly release. I think Netflix is a terrible anime streamer though considering crunchyroll can do simulcasts but netflix waits.

Westerners can only absorb TV shows in season long chunks, Netflix knows this well.

Grouchio
Aug 31, 2014

Is there actually a good reason why magic is believed to be in decline? It can't just be modern science...

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

Magic traditionalists like the faculty of Luna nova shunning flashy public magic demonstrations like Chariot's probably doesn't help.

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

I don't think there's been anything explicit, but I've gotten the impression that normies generally view magic as impractical and increasingly unnecessary.

hoobajoo
Jun 2, 2004

Spiritus Nox posted:

I don't think there's been anything explicit, but I've gotten the impression that normies generally view magic as impractical and increasingly unnecessary.

The impression I've been getting is technology is improving at an increasing rate, just like our world, while magic is relatively static so between that and magic requiring batteries outside the Sorcerer's Stone's range means people view it as antiquated and impractical.

skasion
Feb 13, 2012

Why don't you perform zazen, facing a wall?

Spiritus Nox posted:

I don't think there's been anything explicit, but I've gotten the impression that normies generally view magic as impractical and increasingly unnecessary.

The Fafnir episode basically makes the point that magic is useless and you should do something like investment banking instead, which isn't quite "science is replacing magic" but is definitely related theme. But the way Andrew's dad talks about magic, complaining of its irrelevance but also speaking of witches as his "enemy" makes it seem like he is conspiring to drive the practice of magic into irrelevance. I think the important piece of info we're missing here is whether magic is becoming useless because nobody cares about it (in which case Akko can fix everything just by being awesome like Shiny Chariot) or whether nobody cares about magic because it's becoming useless for some other reason (such as Andrew's dad is a secret dark wizard trying to kill off the training of wizardry so he will have no rival in his plans for world domination).

Fangz
Jul 5, 2007

Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!
I think the 'magic is in decline' bit is certainly a relatively weak part of the worldbuilding, but maybe we aren't meant to believe it yet.

DrSunshine
Mar 23, 2009

Did I just say that out loud~~?!!!
What about the part where Voldemort comes back?

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012
Remind me, did Akko and company use magic in town during the night fall episode? Because Ursula/Chariot did when she was a young screwup. That may be an indicator of magic fading, as well as part of an explanation of why Ursula's such a shadow of her former self.

Fangz
Jul 5, 2007

Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!

Darth Walrus posted:

Remind me, did Akko and company use magic in town during the night fall episode? Because Ursula/Chariot did when she was a young screwup. That may be an indicator of magic fading, as well as part of an explanation of why Ursula's such a shadow of her former self.

She did, for talking to the spirit of the pen.

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Well I liked that the license plate of the car was LWA 008, amongst everything else.

Meat Beat Agent
Aug 5, 2007

felonious assault with a sproinging boner
Chumlee is back, everyone

Aurora
Jan 7, 2008

I'm not crying, you're crying

Comrade Kirov
Sep 12, 2012

https://my.mixtape.moe/cwzqmf.webm

Oh Akko...

Comrade Kirov fucked around with this message at 08:18 on Mar 6, 2017

sincx
Jul 13, 2012

furiously masturbating to anime titties
Impressively good English.

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Josuke Higashikata
Mar 7, 2013


Professor Finneran needs to gently caress off already

Phobophilia
Apr 26, 2008

by Hand Knit
so thats who keeps breaking those jewish graveyards

Tenebrais
Sep 2, 2011

Josuke Higashikata posted:

Professor Finneran needs to gently caress off already

Judging by her scenes I think most of her colleagues agree, honestly.

There Bias Two
Jan 13, 2009
I'm not a good person

The latest episode was so heartwarming. I don't understand how some can't overlook their characterization when everything is so fun and entertaining.

Rangpur
Dec 31, 2008

My friends forced me to watch episode 8, and I thought it was great even without the preceding seven. I guess Imaishi really can restrain himself if he tries.

Dire Lemming
Jan 19, 2016
If you don't coddle Nazis flat Earthers then you're literally as bad as them.

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Josuke Higashikata
Mar 7, 2013



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