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21 Muns posted:This seems like an entirely predictable result of watching an anime movie to me. IMO anime is not on-topic for this thread, which is more about animation produced for art or for money as opposed to animation produced to get off. Even though I haven't watched Your Name myself, I'm glad someone here did who can provide an honest report on it to dispel the illusion that it's a Great Movie that's Not Like The Animes You're Thinking Of and Totally Watchable For The Articles and Please Ignore Those Boob Shots. Hell, same
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Can we talk about Ghibli films that mostly don't have awkward japan sex comedy? When Marnie was there is nice
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Apr 18, 2017 17:47
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There are plenty of anime films worth watching. Some of them aren't even "good" films taken altogether, but have some really interesting qualities that make them a rewarding experience, something genuinely different than the average viewer has seen before. Sometimes it's technical prowess, sometimes it's story structure, etc. For example, every Studio Ghibli film is worth watching and most of them are excellent (and the very worst are ok). Additionally, - Ghost in the Shell - Akira - Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust - Redline - Tokyo Godfathers - Paprika - Millennium Actress - Perfect Blue - Jin-Roh - Robot Carnival - Belladonna of Sadness - Angel's Egg - The Ringing Bell - Wolf Children are all going to be an experience worth your time one way or another. But Your Name is the opposite of that.
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Apr 18, 2017 17:51
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you can talk about any animated movies here, per word of god i haven't actually ever seen a makoto shinkai film, because it all sounded so milquetoast. none of this is doing anything to dissuade me from that impression, although lol at "animation that was for MONEY AND ENTERTAINMENT, NOT FOR GETTING OFF" 
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Apr 18, 2017 17:53
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21 Muns posted:
I work a kids school and every student here friggin' loves them.
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Apr 18, 2017 17:54
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To be fair I've still not seen Your Name, because at this point I've basically seen all of Shinkai's movies and been disappointed by them every loving time. I don't fault other people for liking his films but he just doesn't remotely deliver the stuff I want out of a story (thematic coherence, relationships deeper than 'here's a girl and a guy and they are protagonists so they wuv each other', twists that aren't just scifi set dressing, characters that exhibit any sort of growth...), so Pick's critique sounds a lot like my problems with his other stuff. I really do think you'd like A Silent Voice, Pick, assuming you liked what I liked out of When Marnie Was Here. quote:- Ghost in the Shell good taste
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Apr 18, 2017 18:00
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I don't doubt that and I intend to see it when I get a chance, thanks for the recommendation.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:01
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Pick what is this list that has Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust but not the original and doesnt have Cat Soup??? Dead Leaves is also worth watching for being kinetic and motion heavy, but i aint gonna pretend its morally upstanding.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:01
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I think the only thing I'd add to that (there's other stuff I like of course) is Giovanni's Island. EDIT: Also, Metropolis but it's been a while since I saw that. Fangz fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Apr 18, 2017 |
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Apr 18, 2017 18:05
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Cat Soup! Yeah, and there's some 80s cat parade anime that I can't remember the name of offhand that is also wild and I'm blanking on it. Spring & Chaos, where everyone is portrayed as cats, should also be on that list. Vampire Hunter D and VHD Bloodlust are both sort of humdrum in terms of story, but drat if VHD Bloodlust isn't one of the most cinematically striking films of all time. It's the film I own the most cels from. They're just perfect. Pick fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Apr 18, 2017 |
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Apr 18, 2017 18:05
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If End of Evangelion didn't have a 26 episode series that should be watched first, I would put that on there as a good movie. Was Redline good? I know that it was stylish as gently caress, but I'm lazy and never got around to watching it.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:07
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Redline's plot is terrible, but the visuals make it something worth experiencing.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:09
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PenguinKnight posted:Was Redline good? I know that it was stylish as gently caress, but I'm lazy and never got around to watching it. Redline is spectacular, and while you're probably mostly there for the style it's also got a nice little story about cooperation and mutualism. And also about getting off, while we're on the subject. 
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Apr 18, 2017 18:09
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Bloodlust is gorgeous (that castle) but as a film I felt like the original is paced better, or more accurately, doesnt have the japanese narritive trope of a character telling a long rambling that is obviously about themselves and only at the end saying it happened to them as though that makes their shaggy dog story acceptable. Redline is hella stylish but the plot arc of the lady racer is... bad.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:10
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cool i will have to track it down sometime. maybe see if there's a blu-ray since I finally own something that can play them
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Apr 18, 2017 18:11
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For example, this is at the end of the little hallway that leads to my washer/dryer so as to hide my anime shame, but Jeez, that's an awful photograph. Maybe I'll take a better one when I get home. I ought to get it framed properly but I bought these in... late highschool?
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Apr 18, 2017 18:12
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Is it rude to say that I have absolutely no surprise that VHD: Bloodlust is a big hit in your household? I really like the techno horse and carriage.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:13
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Barudak posted:Is it rude to say that I have absolutely no surprise that VHD: Bloodlust is a big hit in your household? It's a super melodramatic goth film about monsters, so yeah some part of me perhaps enjoyed this
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Apr 18, 2017 18:15
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When this is your opening sequence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm2OONWW9v0 You know you're really here to see cool cars race each other, and that's fine.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:15
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I still stand by my initial Your Name review on Facebook:
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Apr 18, 2017 18:18
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Goddamit now I just remembered the spaceship castle in VHD and gently caress it Im going to go rewatch those tonight.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:19
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I do think it's a shame though that the VHD cels get hidden, but I feel no similar pressure to hide the cel of Hexxus or Ratigan. By the way, if you think that means dropping mad money, cels from Great Mouse Detective have routinely been going for like $150 on eBay so keep an eye out because that's loving peanuts for Disney cels. I missed this one for $175 and I'll never forgive myself. 
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Apr 18, 2017 18:20
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if you want a vision of the future of hand drawn feature length films,
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Apr 18, 2017 18:25
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A friend on Twitter described the villain of Yooka-Laylee as the lovechild between Bee Movie's Barry and Despicable Me's Gru, and I'm hard-pressed to disagree. Also, I still think Your Name was a good film, despite the backlash within the past page. Really could've done without the groping, though, but I guess expecting Japan to grow out of this is expecting too much. Acebuckeye13 posted:I still stand by my initial Your Name review on Facebook:
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Apr 18, 2017 18:26
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If we're talking about visually stunning Anime, I'd be remiss not to bring up Tekkonkinkreet. Edit: Tekkonkinkreet is also second only to Kakabakaba Ka Ba? in film titles that are really fun to pronounce. Acebuckeye13 posted:I still stand by my initial Your Name review on Facebook: I like this review because you can substitute Your Name with anything, and it still works. Very efficient. Samuel Clemens fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Apr 18, 2017 |
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Apr 18, 2017 18:33
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Shadow Hog posted:A friend on Twitter described the villain of Yooka-Laylee as the lovechild between Bee Movie's Barry and Despicable Me's Gru, and I'm hard-pressed to disagree. I think it's a bit unfair to blame 'Japan', I can make a pretty long list of anime without the protagonist sexually harassing anyone.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:39
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Fangz posted:I think it's a bit unfair to blame 'Japan', I can make a pretty long list of anime without the protagonist sexually harassing anyone. True, but in this case it was so stereotypical in how it was portrayed, it was legitimately annoying just from an artistic standpoint. Also, almost every angle was a flat angle, characters don't run or walk in a way particular to them. I think every gesture every single person made probably has a TVTropes page.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:49
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Has anyone seen the Boy and the Beast? Is it any good?
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Redline had a plot?
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Speaking of non-Your Name animes, a theatre around me finally got around to screening The Red Turtle. Which I was surprised to find out how little about it I knew going in. Like, I think I maybe watched a trailer over a year ago, but I think the only thing I knew was that there was a dude, and a turtle. So while it took me a moment to remember that, 'Oh yeah, this is a movie about a shipwrecked dude stranded on a Island', I was unexpectedly hit with, 'Oh, it's a fairy tale as well.'. Plus, it was a film that practically demands to be seen on as large of a screen as you can manage. It really makes use of size and scope, really putting the audience at a distance from the characters. It's almost like watching a play or viewing a diorama but with camera angles. I would also say it's better than 'Your Name'  But for real, The Red Turtle makes use of a lot less to create something that was a lot more effective than Your Name. But I won't disparage Your Name and those who like it just because I think The Red Turtle is better. They are both setting out to make very different stories with very different tools.
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Renoistic posted:Has anyone seen the Boy and the Beast? Is it any good? It was kinda disappointing, unfortunately. It's like three movies glued together, two of them are probably pretty good, but it's not the sum of its parts. It's not 'bad', per se, but definitely Hosoda's weakest film.
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Apr 18, 2017 18:58
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Christ, it uses the actual soundtrack of the Gene Wilder film? What the eff?
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Apr 18, 2017 19:02
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Fangz posted:It was kinda disappointing, unfortunately. It's like three movies glued together, two of them are probably pretty good, but it's not the sum of its parts. It's not 'bad', per se, but definitely Hosoda's weakest film. I should probably see Boy and the Beast sometime, though, it... looked kinda interesting. Also, while I'm thinking of vaguely-furry anime films that I've heard were good but never watched, Wolf Children as well. The_Doctor posted:Christ, it uses the actual soundtrack of the Gene Wilder film? What the eff?
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Renoistic posted:Has anyone seen the Boy and the Beast? Is it any good? Yes, it's pretty nice. I wouldn't call it amazing or anything, but it's worth a watch if you watch anime things. If it's between that and Ernest & Celestine, then holy poo poo go watch E&C instead, though. Everyone should watch Ernest & Celestine.  The dub is ~really~ good, too. One of the few times in my life I prefer it to the subtitles.
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Apr 18, 2017 19:08
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Shadow Hog posted:I haven't watched the trailer, but I really hope they include the boat tunnel scene. There's a few shots of Tom and Jerry in a smaller boat in the tunnel, it looks trippy but who knows how freaky/creepy it'll be.
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Drifter posted:Yes, it's pretty nice. I wouldn't call it amazing or anything, but it's worth a watch if you watch anime things. If it's between that and Ernest & Celestine, then holy poo poo go watch E&C instead, though. I've been meaning to watch E&C but it's hard to get ahold off where I live unfortunately. Some day---
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Apr 18, 2017 19:22
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The_Doctor posted:Christ, it uses the actual soundtrack of the Gene Wilder film? What the eff? All-new! Original!
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Apr 18, 2017 19:26
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You know what two franchises I'd pay to see mashed together? Tom & Jerry and Willy Wonka! - No one, ever.
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Apr 18, 2017 19:35
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Martytoof posted:You know what two franchises I'd pay to see mashed together? Well, the people who actually WOULD want that can likely already get it at paheal.net.
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Little late to the party but I just wish to confirm Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust is the prettiest goddamn film with the most blase story I've ever seen. Watch it on mute and it's probably loving magical, holy poo poo.
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