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Best Chat Thread
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anime chat thread 13 8.02%
anime chat thread 2.22 - A SODOM BORN OF THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR 11 6.79%
SHIN ANIME CHAT THREAD 3: THE LAST DAY OF THE EARTH 7 4.32%
ANIME CHAT THREAD 4: NEW AGE OF HEROES 1 0.62%
ANIME CHAT THREAD V: BEEF TENDENCY END 7 4.32%
ANIME CHAT THREAD VI: animemonogatari 16 9.88%
anime chat thread vii: 600 pages in like a week 3 1.85%
anime chat thread viii: a bowl of visible aids 7 4.32%
Anime Chat Thread IX: the desert of battle 1 0.62%
anime chat thread x: gifs of takane shijou eating 14 8.64%
anime chat thread xi: the beast that cried 'gas' at the heart of the world 16 9.88%
anime chat thread xii: the one where fire emblem comes out 8 4.94%
anime chat thread the 13th: no art dumps 5 3.09%
anime chat thread 14: this one probably won't get to 2000+ pages 3 1.85%
Chat Thead 15: Post your favorite robot and/or touhou itt 22 13.58%
Anime Chat Thread The Sixteenth: Frequently Anime Questions 3 1.85%
Anime Chat Thread Dimension XV-II: No More Eroes 2: Dawn of the New World 8 4.94%
Anime Chat Thread Part 18: (M)AIDS 17 10.49%
Total: 162 votes
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Folt The Bolt
Feb 21, 2012

Nothing exciting to see here. Move along.
Oh my: Crunchyroll now has the two seasons of Haruhi Suzumiya on there, awailable in my country, and I've been craving to watch one of the series that pulled me into the wonderful (and not so wonderful) world of anime and manga (of which Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is). This is gonna be a fun trip down memory lane.

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homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

I sincerely hope you've seen shoushitsu, also

Folt The Bolt
Feb 21, 2012

Nothing exciting to see here. Move along.

homeless snail posted:

I sincerely hope you've seen shoushitsu, also

I didnt get to see that one, I'm afraid. I guess I have to find a way.

Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild


a kitten posted:

Wait, is that a regular actual ZUN Touhou game on steam? Is that a thing that happens now? Because that's cool as hell, even if i can't read any of it.

Yeah it is. Akso lol at the "Great Soundtrack" tag.

lunar detritus
May 6, 2009


Relatedly, if I have never watched Haruhi (but know most of the spoilers about the characters' real nature) is it worth it to watch it in the year of our lord 2017?

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!

gmq posted:

Relatedly, if I have never watched Haruhi (but know most of the spoilers about the characters' real nature) is it worth it to watch it in the year of our lord 2017?

yes

i'm not the hottest person on haruhi but it's a really well-made show with some great eps and the movie just totally loving rocks

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

its

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

the disappearance of haruhi suzumiya is among my favorite movies of all time, animated or otherwise

Folt The Bolt
Feb 21, 2012

Nothing exciting to see here. Move along.
Speaking of, Bouken Desho Desho is blaring into my ears and it's like I'm 17 years old and trying to sneak peeks on (subbed) anime videos put up on YouTube on the school computer again. :allears: :dance:

The years may have been unkind to the franchise, but I will never hold it up as anything less than good-to-great!

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

Yeah, the movie single-handedly justifies Haruhi’s existence even on top of being a drat good show

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


And then there's Endless Eight

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

The Blade of the Immortal movie....

Is good.

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.

Julias posted:

Yeah it is. Akso lol at the "Great Soundtrack" tag.

"Controller recommended"

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtsUCA1YpBM

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

iospace posted:

And then there's Endless Eight

You have to admire the guts it took, at the very least.

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qouFhFz72oM

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
Endless Eight is Art and I don't regret watching every episode one bit.

It might feel a little different if you're marathoning them though.

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
kimi ni todoke is good

Alpha Kenny Juan
Apr 11, 2007

SmokaDustbowl posted:

kimi ni todoke is good

:hai:

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
pun pun is good too

everything else is boring as hell

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
I forgot about dorohedoro. dorohedoro is the best poo poo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5I_cFmte6Y

lunar detritus
May 6, 2009


SmokaDustbowl posted:

kimi ni todoke is good

The first season is amazing. The second season is good.

The manga should have ended ages ago and I regret buying the first couple of volumes.

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

gmq posted:

The first season is amazing. The second season is good.

The manga should have ended ages ago and I regret buying the first couple of volumes.

give it up and embrace dorohedoro

Mentat Radnor
Apr 24, 2008

~Water flowers every day~

gmq posted:

Relatedly, if I have never watched Haruhi (but know most of the spoilers about the characters' real nature) is it worth it to watch it in the year of our lord 2017?

Yes, but don't make the mistake of watching it in the order that Crunchyroll and physical releases have it in (chronological).

The whole thing feels a lot better in the original broadcast order. If you're watching on crunchy, that's this order:

Season 1

25
01
02
07
03
10
09
11
28
04
27
26
05
06

Season 2

08
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
haruhi sucks I'm not even gonna apologise for saying it

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

Clarste posted:

"Controller recommended"

thats heresy

lunar detritus
May 6, 2009



I just checked and it's not in crunchyroll around here but I'll take your post into account when I manage to track it down, thanks.

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

SmokaDustbowl posted:

haruhi sucks I'm not even gonna apologise for saying it

Hello, Haruhi.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

I Failed At Anime 2022

Waffleman_ posted:

The Blade of the Immortal movie....

Is good.

I'm glad

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.

Mentat Radnor posted:

Yes, but don't make the mistake of watching it in the order that Crunchyroll and physical releases have it in (chronological).

The whole thing feels a lot better in the original broadcast order. If you're watching on crunchy, that's this order:

Season 1

25
01
02
07
03
10
09
11
28
04
27
26
05
06

Season 2

08
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

Okay I've always wanted to ask - why the hell was it broadcast in that order, then changed?
Keep in mind, I'm likely never going to watch it.

Folt The Bolt
Feb 21, 2012

Nothing exciting to see here. Move along.

homeless snail posted:

the disappearance of haruhi suzumiya is among my favorite movies of all time, animated or otherwise

Speaking of, I found a dub version of the movie on the 'net and am now watching it. Holy poo poo, the Asakura scene... :aaaaa:

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

I Failed At Anime 2022

Rodenthar Drothman posted:

Okay I've always wanted to ask - why the hell was it broadcast in that order, then changed?
Keep in mind, I'm likely never going to watch it.

It was originally broadcast in this order for season 1, and then when they aired season 2, they reaired season 1 in chronological order with season 2's eps stuffed in at the appropriate points in time.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!


Even having not read the manga, you can tell it's a significantly truncated version of the story, but it still delivers.

I also didn't even realize that Kamen Rider Fourze was playing Anotsu.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

I Failed At Anime 2022

Waffleman_ posted:

Even having not read the manga, you can tell it's a significantly truncated version of the story, but it still delivers.

I wondered how much it was covering. Does it try to get all the way from beginning to end or just take part of it

Mill Village
Jul 27, 2007

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

Watching Haruhi season 1 in chronological order is an anime sin. Not even the anime pope can forgive you.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

Everything Burrito posted:

I wondered how much it was covering. Does it try to get all the way from beginning to end or just take part of it

Reading up on the series, it seems like it was an abridged version of the entire thing. The aspect of Manji having to kill 1000 evil men is gone, with the movie simply focusing on the Itto-Ryu, which is probably a wise choice, as that plot beat seems more appropriate for a longer-form work rather than a single movie.

Also, I made a tweet about how I liked the movie and it turns out a bunch of Japanese Takuya Kimura fans are namesearching "Blade of the Immortal."

Waffleman_ fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Nov 4, 2017

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
I used to use this song as my ringtone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i9Nt8pyxX0

Yes_Cantaloupe
Feb 28, 2005

Sindai posted:

Endless Eight is Art and I don't regret watching every episode one bit.

It might feel a little different if you're marathoning them though.

watching e8 as it aired was torture, marathoning it while drinking and liveposting was great

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Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

I Failed At Anime 2022

Waffleman_ posted:

Reading up on the series, it seems like it was an abridged version of the entire thing. The aspect of Manji having to kill 1000 evil men is gone, with the movie simply focusing on the Itto-Ryu, which is probably a wise choice, as that plot beat seems more appropriate for a longer-form work rather than a single movie.

Also, I made a tweet about how I liked the movie and it turns out a bunch of Japanese Takuya Kimura fans are namesearching "Blade of the Immortal."

Good to know; I'll probably want to get around to finishing the manga before I watch it then.

I've been collecting it for years and still don't have the whole thing :negative:

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