Endorph posted:

why isn't the sea slug a pokemon yet

Starsnostars posted:

Radio Spiricom posted:

i am deeply considering going to the times square dave & busters to play pokken

Endorph posted:

good trolling: making games posters mad about ridley

bad trolling: that

homeless snail posted:

I hope all the anime gamers itt have seen the latest monster hunter cross trailer... cause its sick

lesbian baphomet posted:

The Felynes are playable ! ! ! !

Mintergalactic posted:

dogsicle posted:

Dunno if Dressrosa is the longest but it's literally twice as long as it needs to be, has too many characters, and the fights sucked. I'm not sure why Franky and Brook exist, and the crewmembers who don't have haki (Nami, Chopper, ???) get shafted 24/7. Sanji is the worst character now and Oda's art is definitely going in places I dislike wrt spreads, fights, and women.
It sucks to see this happen! I thought OP would stay good while Naruto and Bleach crashed and burned.

littleorv posted:

I would like everyone here to read my 10 page essay, with references, about fan service in anime.

In short: it's incredibly good.

Bad Seafood posted:

Formula is probably the wrong word also, I'm just struggling with how to phrase it. It ties in with an idea I've discussed before though, regarding the willingness of any given series to reinvent itself and surprise you.

My two favorite long-running shounen titles would probably have to be Jojo and Hunter x Hunter. One of the reasons I gave for this, several chat threads ago, was that they felt like the only two shounen serials I kept up with where "Anything could happen." Both series boast a certain flexibility that allows them to contain a vast array of different things without sacrificing their core principles or premise. In Jojo's case, this is due to Araki's style of generational storytelling. Each arc features a new protagonist who finds themselves situated in a brand new context, linked by a shared lineage. As long as the lineage is there, then, there's really no end to what Jojo can become. Jojo can go into space or back in time, uncover bizarre phenomenon, or generally just be whatever it wants to. Part 3 was a globe-trotting tournament travelogue. Part 4 was a small town murder mystery. Part 7 was an alternate history horse race across the continental United States. All three of these things are very different, but they fall fit beneath the umbrella of "Jojo." They all fall well within the boundaries of what Jojo can be, which is one of the ways the series has managed to remain fresh even after almost 30 years of publication (IMO).

One Piece's strength, I'd say, would be the idea of "Pockets" of adventure, represented in-series by islands. One Piece is portrayed as a fanciful, imaginative world in which there is seemingly no practical limit to what's allowed in - something bolstered by Oda's cartoony art direction which allows him a wide variety of shapes and sizes and features to choose from without undermining the integrity of his world. Beyond this, however, One Piece is in many ways a world of isolation. Each island is virtually a world unto itself, and since everything's so far apart there's really no reason anything can't be right next to anything else. What this means, practically, is that whenever the crew leaves one island for the next, there's this anticipation for what or who they'll run into next because it could quite literally be anyone or anything. Once they do make landfall, Oda gets a chance to treat us to whatever local delicacies he's invented; lather, rinse, repeat. It's very formulaic, but it's a formula that allows for hypothetically anything. Obviously you can still botch the execution, but the potential is there.

I haven't read anything of One Piece past the timeskip, but from the complaints I've heard I wonder if it isn't straying from this path.

I'm probably rambling by this point. I'm hungry and need food.

Endorph posted:

there's nothing to get. it's just a gag. even if you want to super analyze it, the only thing you can really get is 'people don't see what's right in front of them unless it's pointed out to them' or something.

dogsicle posted:

It's 7 volumes behind the scans

Bad Seafood posted:

It's real. I did it just a few minutes ago.

ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:

I watched the incredibly emotional and moving Episode: Nozomi of Love Live S2.

boom boom boom posted:

What?

Bad Seafood posted:

Anybody who wants to be on the team can be, but it may take some time before you pop up in rotation.

GorfZaplen posted:

Just going to take a nice relaxing sub ride...*volcano explodes, dozens of suicide depth charge soldiers come ominously closer*

Davincie posted:

im not going to spoil myself on the rest on the offchance a second season happens but lol was all this really just book 1 of 6 or so

Wark Say posted:

Talking at length about music only requires for you to try and elaborate as to why you liked it. If you want to start from scratch, just think back on the essays you did for English studies class (or the equivalent in other countries) and try to apply it to music. Just remember to use that comparison as a stepping stone and not, you know, make it permanent. I can probably think something up you can use for example with a manga or anime.

For now, I have to go back and do the whole family man thing. Laters!

Endorph posted:

sorry, someone said it was poo poo before you said it was decent, so goon opinion has been decided.

Stairmaster posted:

its okay to have anime music on your ipod

its video game soundtracks that are the shameful poo poo

Davincie posted:

seriously, watch that kpop video i posted. it got people into normal kpop so mad

boom boom boom posted:

lol I actually thought of Loran crossdressing in doujinshis before I remembered he does it in the show

Endorph posted:

one of the clips slowly fades out to reveal im kissing myself. it's a deep metaphor for, uh, we can figure that out in post.

ArfJason posted:

I wish it were only the noise. The act, the culture, the peripheral substance of all it has engendered. It disgusts me, it sickens me to a level not witnessed before by even the most misanthropic. Holden Caulfield screams at an empty anime convention space, a teenaged mindset, yes, but the target was well chosen.

I Will Kill Hatsune Miku.

Endorph posted:

meiko

Srice posted:

I've learned my lesson though, I'm going to stop watching all LN anime as they air except for -monogatari, and only check out the buzz about them when they're over

Budget Prefuse posted:

the ending to rokka sounds hilarious but i dont like the concept of a character being brainwashed into loving another character

chumbler posted:

I wish I had an appetite in the morning because breakfast foods are the best.