[ANIME] trying to enjoy MHA, after 110 episodes its starting to get interesting

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Gripweed: Nov 8, 2018; Women are wonderful animals, they should be making music and writing novels about having a complex relationship with your mother.

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

I don't remember a lot of the specifics of Gundam Wing. I just remember not liking it much in high school because the Gundams were way too OP even compared to other gundams, and certain mobile suits were way more OP than other mobile suits. It just sucked out all of the dramatic tension from all the fights knowing they're foregone conclusions.

I mean, being OP is the defining characteristic of every Gundam, but most series have enough sense to not make them so OP that they're never in any kind of danger or can't get outplayed by a smarter or more experienced pilot.

The Gundam pilots in Wing get outplayed all the drat time dude. The Wing Gundam gets shot down in the first episode causing Heero to immediately try to kill himself, Oz Tricks Heero into killing a good guy, and the first time the Wing fights the Tallgeese ends in Heero self destructing the Gundam

# ? Sep 6, 2021 13:57

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# ? Jun 7, 2024 11:50

Good soup!: Nov 2, 2010

Still plugging along with the OG Gundam series and still enjoying it, the animation is rough but it still holds up, dont think I ever finished either of the follow up series and I'm sad they didn't use the same english voice cast because the dub is just solid Ocean Studios fare

# ? Sep 6, 2021 14:59

gimme the GOD DAMN candy: Jul 1, 2007

a lot of people seem to remember wing based on clips from the first few episodes featuring the gundams effortlessly blowing up mooks. that's not really representative of the rest of the show. it's actually about every single character being insane.

# ? Sep 6, 2021 16:40

Honest Thief: Jan 11, 2009

i only had access to spanish mag cds with real media clips and amvs so wing looked a pretty cool nu metal show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc5EEUeagBg

# ? Sep 6, 2021 16:52

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Tiler Kiwi posted:

my favorite youtube philosophy guy put out a video about berserk and Nietzsche

https://youtu.be/zxTwYdYzw8c

i was going to make this post word for word in the berserk thread but i decided against it because anime fans. for some reason i forgot about this thread.

anyway here's something nice about Kentaro Miura:

Sydin posted:

https://twitter.com/calebandrew/status/1395434622448594945

Incredibly fitting that the guy who wrote a story about how the struggle to find hope and happiness even after experiencing the worst pain imaginable responded to his industry exploiting him by doing what little he could to break the cycle: hiring his own staff full time and paying them a wage they could actually build a life off of. What a loving guy.

https://www.otaquest.com/kentaro-miura-interview-duranki-berserk/ posted:

But this also means that Studio Gaga assistants don�t have much time for any manga beyond Miura�s, which is often branded quite clearly with Miura�s own name with no mention of the assistants to be found; something which didn�t seem quite fair to Miura, who was once an aspiring creator himself, after all.

Launching Duranki as a new series clearly branded with the Studio Gaga name alongside his own (see below) provides, therefore, a way for Miura�s assistants to get properly credited for their work, and develop themselves as artists and creatives due to the fact that the majority of the work will fall to them.

Dude not only made sure they had their needs met, he actively worked to make sure they would get the chance to be independent. i'm going to pretend the piss loli manga was an idea from one of his edgy assistants that he didn't have the heart to stop.

# ? Sep 6, 2021 17:07

Pener Kropoopkin: Jan 30, 2013; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
(and can't post for 21 days!)

https://twitter.com/DannyVegito/status/1432540466814259200?s=20

# ? Sep 6, 2021 20:44

Knight: Dec 23, 2000; SPACE-A-HOLIC; Taco Defender

https://twitter.com/rajandelman/status/1434722739445649415?s=19

Goku found out what an abortion was and now GT isn't canon

# ? Sep 7, 2021 08:00

Relin: Oct 6, 2002; You have been a most worthy adversary, but in every game, there are winners and there are losers. And as you know, in this game, losers get robotizicized!

Hodgepodge posted:

This time, mankind will use its own power to bring the apocalypse, and there's poo poo all you can do about it.

Anno may just be fundamentally too old to really get that part of why his work resonated was that there being giant robots, cool space god magic, and a chance at agency is the fantasy part for many of us because the world ending thing is happening and we can do gently caress all, and it's also boring.

i didnt think about the world ending as a kid though

# ? Sep 7, 2021 12:16

Toph Bei Fong: Feb 29, 2008

Relin posted:

i didnt think about the world ending as a kid though

Anno spent a lot of college living in his rich friend's fallout shelter, because the rich friend didn't care about Anno eating the food that was going to expire.

# ? Sep 7, 2021 19:39

oscarthewilde: May 16, 2012; I would often go there
To the tiny church there

finally finished End of Evangelion (spent the last week or so binging NGE and death and rebirth), and although I have to admit I greatly enjoyed watching it, and loved the aesthetic weirdness and the daring last half hour, I really don't think it's quite as difficult and incomprehensible as people think. at its core it's a scathing critique of alienation in a very broad sense (which it, of course, has in common with many Japanese works. Serial Experiments Lain as a particularly striking example). as striking as its esoteric, kabbalistic elements are, i'd argue the third impact is really just hegelian civil society in practice taken to its logical conclusion.

# ? Sep 8, 2021 21:36

oscarthewilde: May 16, 2012; I would often go there
To the tiny church there

also, the kaworu/shinji relationship makes much more sense as a romantic relationship so screw all the disbelieving wiki nerds

# ? Sep 8, 2021 21:38

TenementFunster: Feb 20, 2003; The Cooler King

Stairmaster posted:

is gundam wing the only gundam series to have a second op that isn't noticeably worse than the first

i think you said this before. you were wrong then and you are wrong now.

From the Aqueous Star with Love is better than Zeta - Transcending Times, and both are great.

Silent Voice is better, but Anime Ja Nai is funnier

Lots of people (not me!) prefer Men of Destiny to The Winner, and certainly it's not noticeable worse. both rule.

Resolution and Dreams are both S-tier

Weebs loved Ash Like Snow (but i don't)

Victory, Turn A, SEED, and G, sure.

e: I KNEW IT! you motherfucker

TenementFunster has issued a correction as of 22:09 on Sep 8, 2021

# ? Sep 8, 2021 21:59

Darth Walrus: Feb 13, 2012

Gundam Build Fighters is another one where OP 2 is superior. Wimp is a great song.

# ? Sep 8, 2021 23:44

Lostconfused: Oct 1, 2008

People are talking about Gundam Wing?! Did I miss my chance to post this yet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XwRfWCwsSs ?

Well I am doing it anyway.

# ? Sep 9, 2021 02:08

TenementFunster: Feb 20, 2003; The Cooler King

Darth Walrus posted:

Gundam Build Fighters is another one where OP 2 is superior. Wimp is a great song.

i think we can all agree that SomethingAwful Forums User "stairmaster" is trolling me and should be exiled to r/gundam

# ? Sep 9, 2021 02:38

TenementFunster: Feb 20, 2003; The Cooler King

also some people say "Century Color" is better than "Turn A, Turn," but only because they have not yet been liquidated by my team of loyal anisong assassins

# ? Sep 9, 2021 02:40

HootTheOwl: May 13, 2012; Hootin and shootin

The final arc of Gundam wing is all about Virgos and their bullshit shields and it sucks.

# ? Sep 9, 2021 02:47

gimme the GOD DAMN candy: Jul 1, 2007

it's really funny that those scientists made that revolutionary and easily reproducible weapons technology as a distraction so they could upgrade two gundams. one of those upgrades consisted of two stretchy arms with flamethrowers. you know, something useful unlike that ridiculous ploy of impenetrable force fields.

# ? Sep 9, 2021 05:12

Knight: Dec 23, 2000; SPACE-A-HOLIC; Taco Defender

Lostconfused posted:

People are talking about Gundam Wing?! Did I miss my chance to post this yet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XwRfWCwsSs ?

Well I am doing it anyway.

"I don't feel that was an appropriate subject for your greeting speech" lol but it is

<Heero self-destructs>

# ? Sep 9, 2021 06:33

galagazombie: Oct 31, 2011; A silly little mouse!

HootTheOwl posted:

The final arc of Gundam wing is all about Virgos and their bullshit shields and it sucks.

Even the writers realized they hosed up with the Virgos. They walked back hard on how effective their shields were. They just kinda decide during the last few battles that even even the Heavyarm�s conventional arsenal of old fashioned bullets can penetrate them. To say nothing about the Leos.

# ? Sep 9, 2021 11:07

Mirello: Jan 29, 2006; by Fluffdaddy

man the last chapter of berserk is so emotional and sad. the good really do die young. gently caress

# ? Sep 9, 2021 12:34

HootTheOwl: May 13, 2012; Hootin and shootin

Knight posted:

"I don't feel that was an appropriate subject for your greeting speech" lol but it is

<Heero self-destructs>

Did you hear about the new kid? Duo Maxwell killed himself!

# ? Sep 9, 2021 12:50

TheMightyBoops: Nov 1, 2016

Honest Thief posted:

i only had access to spanish mag cds with real media clips and amvs so wing looked a pretty cool nu metal show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc5EEUeagBg

This was the first YouTube video I ever saw. Beginning of an era really.

edit: possibly pre YouTube now that I think about it. It may have been a QuickTime player video.

# ? Sep 9, 2021 14:42

tokin opposition: Apr 8, 2021; I don't jailbreak the androids, I set them free.

WATCH MARS EXPRESS (2023)

# ? Sep 13, 2021 09:51

Honest Thief: Jan 11, 2009

TheMightyBoops posted:

This was the first YouTube video I ever saw. Beginning of an era really.

edit: possibly pre YouTube now that I think about it. It may have been a QuickTime player video.

it was around the time when people shared realmedia player files

# ? Sep 13, 2021 10:47

Pener Kropoopkin: Jan 30, 2013; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
(and can't post for 21 days!)

tokin opposition posted:

sentence: GUILLOTINE

# ? Sep 13, 2021 15:22

christmas boots: Oct 15, 2012; To these sing-alongs 🎤of siren 🧜🏻‍♀️songs
To oohs😮 to ahhs😱 to 👏big👏applause👏
With all of my 😡anger I scream🤬 and shout📢
🇺🇸America🦅, I love you 🥰but you're freaking 💦me 😳out; Biscuit Hider

tokin opposition posted:

That Time I Died And Got Reincarnated As A French Beheading Apparatus

# ? Sep 13, 2021 18:38

Gripweed: Nov 8, 2018; Women are wonderful animals, they should be making music and writing novels about having a complex relationship with your mother.

Anybody know any translation groups looking for a new project?

https://twitter.com/TomoMachi/status/1437275953554604035?s=20

# ? Sep 14, 2021 15:42

Populon: Mar 1, 2008; What's the matter,scared?

Q shaman in the background lol

# ? Sep 14, 2021 17:01

net work error: Feb 26, 2011

Austerity but anime
https://twitter.com/myanimelist/status/1437833592806252544?s=19

# ? Sep 14, 2021 18:41

Gripweed: Nov 8, 2018; Women are wonderful animals, they should be making music and writing novels about having a complex relationship with your mother.

I vaguely remember hearing an explanation that Japan's relation to their national debt is somewhat unusual, so a Japanese person complaining about it doesn't mean what it does when an American complains about the American national debt

# ? Sep 14, 2021 18:59

Reik: Mar 8, 2004

There is an Isekai currently airing with almost that exact same premise, realist hero rebuilds kingdom. It's not great, but not bad.

# ? Sep 14, 2021 19:21

Pener Kropoopkin: Jan 30, 2013; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
(and can't post for 21 days!)

Gripweed posted:

I vaguely remember hearing an explanation that Japan's relation to their national debt is somewhat unusual, so a Japanese person complaining about it doesn't mean what it does when an American complains about the American national debt

Japan's economy has been stagnating since the mid-90s, and in the long run looks like a slight recession. So their national debt keeps getting bigger while their ability to service the debt keeps getting weaker. Deficit spending should facilitate economic expansion, but in Japan it just ain't happening. That doesn't mean austerity will improve anything, but they've got problems.

Also, a national debt in a pre-modern mercantilistic context has a very negative connotation. Modern states developed in large part because the crowned heads of Europe were constantly having to come up with new ways to service their debts. Everything was essentially operating on an elaborate system of IOUs.

# ? Sep 14, 2021 19:39