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Amstrad posted:
Assuming that the show's aesthetic is meant to be "1900's Europe" it's a common style back then. Mister Olympus posted:This feels like a webcomic that came out of tumblr got made into an anime, if that makes any sense--like the anime-ness of it has been digested before being reconsumed, and it has this particular ATMOSPHERE that I associate with... something like this, to click on the most similar hiveworks ad. "Feels like a webcomic" is actually a feeling I can agree with; not in a negative way; just how it feels like its paced and stylized for some strange reason. dogsicle posted:maybe by next week we'll finally be free of exposition...even though this week's was decently integrated. Jumoku's giant produce resulting in a district of giants was super weird for how grounded the show has been so far, but it was also really charming (lol, the ACCA dudes who are stationed there just get fat). i hope later districts have something unique like that in the background of Jean's visit. i suppose it's also kinda interesting how we now know Jean's pov hasn't been 100% truthful, given his involvement in a coup we have yet to see him directly support. Not having read the manga or anything and assuming you haven't either I feel like Jean's perspective has just enough ambiguity that combined with my own hunch probably explains it. I assume just like in Full Metal Alchemist he's exchanging messages through his cigarettes somehow.
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dogsicle posted:i feel like his catalogs are the bigger suspect when it comes to spreading coded info or something, but them revealing he gets free cigarettes also makes them suspicious. I'll laugh if the coup is being instigated by corporate CEO's who want the get rid of "burdensome" taxes.
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Jan 18, 2017 02:13
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I'm at the edge of my seat.
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Jan 25, 2017 23:13
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Jean seems oddly influential. I imagine the point of ACCA and the inspectors is to have a solid bureaucracy and civil servants with independent inspectors who can keep them on the straight and narrow even when a more incompetent King takes over. But I dunno, the Council there seemed oddly keen on "Well I'm no longer getting wet I must not need this umbrella!"
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Feb 1, 2017 00:19
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It's a really nice slow burn of a series.
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Feb 10, 2017 03:53
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I've never been watching a show such that I have so little idea as to what's going on but still looking forward to each episode.
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Feb 15, 2017 19:57
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Helter Skelter posted:Well, that absolutely escalated the plot. Still super chill, though. I love how it absolutely shifted things, and yet is still being taken along at the same chill deliberate pace. And aaaaargh, I love how solidly grounded everything is. The conversations feel real, like they have real weight to them, people talk to each other as really though like for example Otus and the guy have been friends for years and years.
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Feb 22, 2017 02:32
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They called what is clearly an apple pie an apple cake!  They made sure to spell it out that supposedly Jean has no claim to the throne; but realistically that hasn't stopped people before, and is probably what's driving the coup plot? I really hope Crow stays Jean's BFF. 
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Feb 28, 2017 23:08
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I'd wear a ACCA uniform to a convention. I feel like the Civil Service doesn't get enough love in the west.
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Mar 14, 2017 03:51
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I almost feel like this show could be used as educational material to demonstrate the inner workings of large bureaucracies; the way everyone kinda has to report to everyone else and it takes time even for what appears to be a fairly efficient, motivated, well funded bureaucracy to get things done because of even minor hiccups is all kinds of enlightening. The Coup talk was a bit confusing at first because "Okay Prince guy might unqualified and may lead to long term damage to the country but I'm not getting the impetus for why the districts all want a coup" but gradually they reveal the curtain and its like Oh... Some districts apparently are wealthier and more powerful than others and its ACCA giving most districts something remotely resembling a fair shake in the system; and this episode revealed that violence and war is even possible as a worst case that ACCA successfully prevents.
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Mar 15, 2017 06:03
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Legally there is supposed to not be a claim because they were removed from the register but that obviously doesn't matter to motivated factions. 
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Mar 16, 2017 14:43
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I feel like there's a huge, huge, huge niche ready to be filled for a anime version of The West Wing/House of Cards. A long running political drama thriller thing.
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Mar 29, 2017 17:11
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Yes_Cantaloupe posted:you make it long running and you've already lost me So far any half interesting political anime is usually once and done; i.e winning an election, 12 episodes; but nothing about the difficulties of maintaining power, or acquiring more power; or rotating through different characters in a dynamic ever shifting political struggle with each season cycling through the rise and fall in fortunes of different characters. By long running, just like, last at least more than a season; only have it last for longer than that if it gradually shifts focus to new characters and phase out, imprison, or kill off older characters.
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Mar 29, 2017 21:06
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Paracelsus posted:That seems like the sort of show where you need a compelling reason to do it in animation rather than live action. What? Preference alone isn't enough?
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Mar 29, 2017 23:06
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Well like ACCA you can have things that ~make it anime~ like the food porn; have it take place in space like in LotGH, or in an alternate history 19th century fantasy Earth with cat girls. I leave it up to Japan to figure this out. And to be more precise, even if it were just talking heads it'd appeal to people who typically don't really watch live action shows like House of Cards and so on.
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Fellis posted:This show was great, but a little too chill for me, the ~true villian~ was defeated a little too easily. Still good though, and really easy to recommend to people who usually aren't into anime because it has very little nonsense going on. I'm actually gradually making my way through, it's on my "Watch on the bus" list, but hit a snag that it's encoded in a form of 1080p that doesn't like my phone.
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