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Xelkelvos posted:Question: What do the kanji in "Shinka" mean when they use it in the date cards? Showa (昭和) means radiant peace or harmony from what I can gather from Wikipedia 神化? Apotheosis, to be brief.
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You think they would know that jet fuel can't melt steel clad beasts.
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Xelkelvos posted:It really hard to get all of the political parallels from this series without having actually studied 20th Century Japanese History. Okinawan occupation by the US parallels the real world one and in some instances Kaiju (the Sub uses Beast) mean Nuclear Power, but could also represent personal rights as the beast attacks probably correlate with the various student and labor protests happening at the time (Jiro's first encounter is in 1960 and the episode takes place in 1968). With the wide variety of superhumans and monsters, it feels a bit more like Anime Planetary.
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Nov 2, 2015 21:00
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Caught up with the 5th episode. It's true, this one really does need a four-episode test... Plot is getting interesting, there's deception left and right, and there's the occasional cool action scene. My main problem with the series so far is that it doesn't look that good, honestly, but I think I can overlook that and appreciate the great bits. The timejumps are starting to get interesting too. So, if I got this right... the Bureau wanted the Beast Groupies to experiment, to create an enemy for superhumans & introduce them to society. Hence fox lady being undercover. Newest beast gets used as a symbol for people fed up with society, to the point that some actually WANT it to go on a rampage (which explains the bit with the flashlights). Strange stuff. Definitely gonna need some reading and/or thread assistance with all the historical allusions in the future, though.
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Nov 5, 2015 21:23
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Pretty much a standalone episode this week, but still with some familiar faces. But jeez,  Dee I guess? They were sure awful casual about that. I kinda thought he might turn up in the Bureau after taking that opportunity to fake his death or something.
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Nov 8, 2015 19:51
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I liked this one. Rather whimsical, and it's funny seeing those dudes totally SUCK at being superheroes.  I also really liked the band leader's attitude!But, yeah. Dee. What the hell was up with that? "Oh, and give us that advance payment to cover for his funeral costs!" WHAT THE HELL? That entire thing was played like a joke, where the dude stands up in the end covered in soot and they all have a laugh about it, but nope, he's DEAD. What?Seriously... WHAT? Who knows, maybe all four of those dudes will show up again at some point. I hope they do.
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Nov 8, 2015 22:04
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I'm still getting rather confused by all things. Does anyone have a quick overview of the different factions and their goals?
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Nov 8, 2015 22:13
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Dee... 
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nielsm posted:I'm still getting rather confused by all things. Does anyone have a quick overview of the different factions and their goals? Gonna blatantly steal this from reddit and assume it's correct. Updated Timeline: Note: Shinka Calendar seems to correspond to the Showa Calendar. Year 1 = 1925, final year = 1989, year 19 = 1944, or World War 2.
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Nov 9, 2015 01:03
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After reading the timeline, I went back and re-watched episode 1 of this show. It felt like a completely new experience. There was another show that I enjoyed watching, that had a complex timeline and multiple story lines, and had good music, and fun characters, such that re-watching prior episodes during broadcast added value to the series. That show was Code Geass. Not bad company for a show that came out of nowhere.
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Nov 9, 2015 07:09
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I guess no-one liked that metal guy... But come on Jiro, you're meant to be the superpower-cop. Someone just murdered a guy with superpowers, using superpowers (and a giant robot) right in front of you. Walking away looking all cool shouldn't be that important to you.
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Nov 10, 2015 15:34
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I want to live in a world where listening to The Beatles gives you superpowers and makes you go on a light acid trip
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Nov 10, 2015 16:11
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Cool ep this week. Earth-chan skirts that line between adorable and ticking time bomb. Should be interesting to see what will (inevitably) go wrong. I'm not too confident that this show will deliver on that poo poo load of setup we're getting almost every episode, though... At least this episode was good on its own. Wanna see some crazy graphs for the plot once it's done
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Nov 15, 2015 20:46
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good lord I reallly like this show.
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Nov 15, 2015 22:56
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"NONSENSE" Did I ever say this show is dumb? What I meant is that this show os great.
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Nov 16, 2015 03:59
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If there was an Earth-chan series, I would watch it. Also, I'm sure her origin story is horribly depressing and dark.
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Nov 16, 2015 18:31
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Flipped and cropped she'd probably make a good avatar. ~beep~beep~ bad posting detected a kitten fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Nov 16, 2015 |
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Nov 16, 2015 18:59
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Only just getting around to watching this weekend's episode, but there we go, there's our reason why Kikko gives no shits about the Bureau's actions. 
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Nov 17, 2015 22:11
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I'm excited about the next episode
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Nov 18, 2015 05:56
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Now to check if Japanese wartime propaganda had anything like those guys in it, I guess.
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Nov 18, 2015 13:09
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Darth Walrus posted:Now to check if Japanese wartime propaganda had anything like those guys in it, I guess. Momotaro no Umiwashi and Momotaro Umi no Sanpei would prpbably fit what you're looking for e: though Momotaro just had the three animal companions, dunno if the films deviate from that.
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Nov 18, 2015 14:35
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I wish this last episode had focused more on Earth-chan's morality. It's whole conflict of being a machine modeled after humans without getting the human thought process barely get's any attention and that seems to be the main conflict it has. I've been enjoying the show but this is the second time where the main cast get's more focus than the actual focus of the episode should be getting.
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Nov 19, 2015 00:55
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I'd imagine if this was a two cour series, a lot of these secondary characters would probably get a better focus on the depth they seem to have as well as give the world they live in a proper treatment. As it stands, there's a LOT going on and there's a lot in the series that's just begging to be explored. Or it might be that the main cast is just less developed and less compelling compared to the other characters.
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Nov 19, 2015 05:50
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It is a two-cours show: http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/07/02/bones-plans-concrete-revolutio-superhero-anime Earth-chan not getting much focus feels pretty normal right now since the focus is still on explaining what's happening with the Bureau. I imagine that once the reveal happens and the show shifts to primarily being set after Jiro's split, they'll have more time to focus on the supporting cast.
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Nov 19, 2015 10:30
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Whoa cool, i'd been operating under the assumption that it was only 12 episodes.
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Nov 19, 2015 15:35
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a kitten posted:Whoa cool, i'd been operating under the assumption that it was only 12 episodes. Same here, I was worried that there wasn't going to be enough time left to properly tell the story. Now I can't wait to see how they flesh out the universe in upcoming episodes.
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Nov 20, 2015 02:51
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"Kikko, roll for Stealth check." "I GOT A 4."
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Nov 22, 2015 18:56
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It's conspiracies. Conspiracies all the way down.
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Nov 22, 2015 20:35
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This show is getting better and more convoluted with every episode. Love it. No idea how they're gonna tie it all up in the end, but at this point, the weird-rear end setting is enough to make me come back. Still want to know what's up with time-stopping dude, though.
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Nov 22, 2015 23:39
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Part one of a series of behind the scenes videos from daiskuki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9K2RFft3Uc Turn on cc for subs. and an (unsubbed  ) 3 minute promo thatquote:Bandai Visual continues to do some solid promotion to try and draw in viewers for its original series Concrete Revolutio, particularly since it’s a two-cour series, and they’ve added to all of that today. The latest is a new three-minute promotional piece that goes into the various powers that the characters have in the show while framing it in an amusing way. It certainly shows off the show and some of the things it does in an interesting enough way that I can see it drawing in a few folks with it.
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Actually, does anyone have any info on how well this is doing in Japan? It's ended up being one of the weirdest/most ambitious shows in a while and I hope it's paying off for Bones.
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I hope it's doing well. Updated timeline: Thanks random reddit guy
Note: Shinka Calendar seems to correspond to the Showa Calendar. Year 19 = 1944, or World War 2, etc. Also, it's stupid but just mentally adding 25 to the dates given in Showa format helps me to understand when stuff is happening more easily.
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Nov 23, 2015 04:47
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So. New episode, new revelations. Turns out Mr. Jaguar is an actual loving jaguar. Oh my. That, and a time-traveller. Looks like we'll get a Jaguar-centric episode next time, so I'm looking forward to that one. They sure like heaping mystery after mystery on the main cast. Let's see how it all fits together. It seems like we're inching closer to Jiro's actual departure bit by bit, let's hope they don't drag it out too much. Especially since those events seem to involve the Chief's nature being revealed, or even his death, who knows... In short: ZERO POINTS, KIKKO
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Torquemadras posted:So. New episode, new revelations. I'm expecting there to be two important events regarding Jiro. In this episode he has left the Bureau, but he's still not in open opposition of them like he is later.
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I thought the colours on that truck looked familiar. (Also, Kikko's answer to that.) Lemon-Lime fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Nov 30, 2015 |
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Nov 30, 2015 00:37
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"I don't remember teaching you that." Great episode, really cute. And also incredibly hosed up. The ants bit in particular. Goddamn, America.
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Nov 30, 2015 00:57
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Jesus Christ.  I'm glad the family survived, at least.
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 oh thank god, i thought they were goners.also http://gfycat.com/CooperativeSafeBorer
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