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Blackchamber posted:Good. my Frog came with those big rear end hammers and I was like 'when do I get to see that?' I read the books more recently than I watched the first season, and the hammer is in the books that season would cover. Are they not in the anime?
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Yeah I shelled out for both the Arbalest and the Savage Al-Mecha 1/60 scale figures, and I have a couple of the damashii Arbalests. I also have the technical manual "Full Metal Panic! The Anime mission" in english, which I can only find in japanese on amazon, which has a ton of info on the mechs. There was a ton of thought put into each of the armslaves that I really dig when it comes to my giant robbit shows. Thats probably my only complaint about the armslaves/arbalest, everything started grounded in 'how would a giant robot really carry a huge heavy gun like that? type technical grounding and then the lambda driver comes into play and its all magic/a wizard did it dressed up as super science. So when it comes to the comedy vs the robots vs the romance stuff I personally prefer it robot heavy. Droyer posted:I read the books more recently than I watched the first season, and the hammer is in the books that season would cover. Are they not in the anime? Blackchamber fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Apr 16, 2018 |
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Coxswain Balls posted:Second Raid had the plot arc of Ending Day by Day stretched into a full season, while it seems like this is gonna be more like the first season where they go through each book in a couple episodes. It already looks like they're gonna wrap up Continuing On My Own in the next episode, so they might be able to rush through the rest of the plot at this pace, although I think that would be to the series' detriment. From what I read online and people guessing, it seems like it could be 4 episodes per novel and if they were going to cover the rest of the story, then it has to be a split cour. They did delay the release of this for about 6 months. But who knows. We will find out soon.
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Me, I’m looking forward to seeing the Alastors in action. They certainly did an impressive job of hyping them this episode.
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MJP posted:FMP is good and a return to modern Cold War But With Mecha is SO GOOD Having just rewatched the first series, it holds up really well. The only things that really date it and in a very bad way is the incessant panty shots of Kaname at the beginning of the series. She’ll just be standing there and “oh no! A breeze! Whoops” The series gets better about it later on, and the KyoAni series pretty much stops it unless the scene really calls for it (Kaname’s rooftop fight in TSR). Other than that, I thought the first series did a good job trying to balance the humour and action. It’s still one of my favourite series to this day.
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psyer posted:From what I read online and people guessing, it seems like it could be 4 episodes per novel and if they were going to cover the rest of the story, then it has to be a split cour. They did delay the release of this for about 6 months. But who knows. We will find out soon. There's a video game coming out soon (Japan only, naturally) that seems to cover books 7, 8, and 9. So, it would line up with IV if this is right.
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here's a spoiler for the next arc: MAXIMUM FROG
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HitTheTargets posted:There's a video game coming out soon (Japan only, naturally) that seems to cover books 7, 8, and 9. So, it would line up with IV if this is right.
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:here's a spoiler for the next arc: MAXIMUM FROG awww yeah can't wait
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Raxivace posted:Actually its getting an English release in Southeast Asia. You can play it on a western PS4, though this does mean you have to import the game. You can also make a Singapore account and get it through PSN. I've done that with Super Robot Wars and some Gundam games. You just need to buy some Singapore PSN cards from Play-Asia
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I can't believe we finally have more Full Metal Panic! Like someone said earlier, years ago I tried to read the translated novels but eventually gave up because of how terrible the translation was. I will have to try out the manga. I remember first watching Full Metal Panic from a DVD I got with a Newtype USA magazine and have been a fan since then.
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I’m working my way through the original series which I haven’t seen in like a decade. Does IV still use the A Team theme?
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Watching the episode now, and I am thinking to myself, Christ it's been so long since I've watched a FMP episode...why is Chidori special again...what is the Arbalest's special ability? Shouldn't they have done a rebroadcast of TSR, or a recap episode at least? Looked it up, 13 years since TSR aired lol
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Webcormac McCarthy posted:Looked it up, 13 years since TSR aired lol In series time: 9 months lol Also I somehow remember they fit in two distinct Christmas events somehow? The first in chapter 35 of the manga, which definitely happens before TSR. And Book 6, which definitely happens right before IV. AtheistMantis fucked around with this message at 20:38 on Apr 18, 2018 |
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Apr 18, 2018 20:27
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AtheistMantis posted:In series time: 9 months lol whenever there is a time gap, that's when fumoffu events happened. no matter how silly things got in fumoffu, it's still not as silly as lambda drivers.
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:whenever there is a time gap, that's when fumoffu events happened. no matter how silly things got in fumoffu, it's still not as silly as lambda drivers. Idea: fit the combat Bonta-kun with a Lambda Driver.
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Coxswain Balls posted:Idea: fit the combat Bonta-kun with a Lambda Driver. Which is literally a lamb backpack.
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Coxswain Balls posted:Idea: fit the combat Bonta-kun with a Lambda Driver. Coxswain Balls: genius Daedalus1134 posted:Which is literally a lamb backpack. Daedalus1134: confirmed Whispered.
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It still won't fix the voice changer bug though. That's kernal level muckery.
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I'm definitely thinking it's a 2 cour buildup to the finish, just from where everyone was at in the first episode there was still so, so much that hadn't happened with multiple characters based on where I remember Sigma being while there was still a lot of story still to be told, but also I don't think there's enough left to where you'd need 30+ episodes to cover it or anything.
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Apr 19, 2018 11:46
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Coxswain Balls posted:I need to dig up my sweet ARX-8 Laevateinn Revoltech I got like ten years ago when I was still a huge anime dork. Anyway while I do prefer comedic FMP, the serious story is entertaining in its own way IMO because it basically turns into Metal Gear Solid with how ridiculous it gets.
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Apr 19, 2018 14:11
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Forgot how good the tiny relationship moments in this series were; the reaction of Kaname to his story about resuscitations gone wrong, or when she instinctively tells him to put his gun away in the rugby teams cafe brawl. The entire haircut scene. Fuuuuck I'd forgotten too how much I loved the editing and animation in these Fumoffu action sequences. That episode when he forgets to bring her notebook to school and they execute insane parkour to get it back is so drat good. Really hope they leave all the fan-service behind. The back end of Second Raid with Kaname's awesome arc proved how cool and interesting she is without it.
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Calm Waters posted:Forgot how good the tiny relationship moments in this series were; the reaction of Kaname to his story about resuscitations gone wrong, or when she instinctively tells him to put his gun away in the rugby teams cafe brawl. The entire haircut scene. That's the kind of stuff I hope they don't miss with the faster pacing. As for the fanservice, the really blatant stuff seemed to be a Gonzo thing. In the Kyoto Animation seasons it seemed to be more played for laughs, so we're probably not going to see much of that any more unless they start doing some comedy OVAs in the interim.
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Is there a legal stream to rewatch FMP somewhere, preferably Netflix-style offline streamy? I have the DVDs but a train commute with unlikely sitting room, I'd kill to be able to watch the originals on my phone somehow.
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MJP posted:Is there a legal stream to rewatch FMP somewhere, preferably Netflix-style offline streamy? I have the DVDs but a train commute with unlikely sitting room, I'd kill to be able to watch the originals on my phone somehow. It's all up on Crunchyroll. Not sure about the logistics of watching on one's phone, though.
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Silver2195 posted:It's all up on Crunchyroll. Not sure about the logistics of watching on one's phone, though. Great if you have signal, lousy if you don't ;_; BRB, time to learn how to rip DVDs
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MJP posted:Is there a legal stream to rewatch FMP somewhere, preferably Netflix-style offline streamy? I have the DVDs but a train commute with unlikely sitting room, I'd kill to be able to watch the originals on my phone somehow. It’s all up on Hulu.
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Apr 19, 2018 20:58
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If you get VRV premium, you can download the show to your phone and watch it offline, so you could scoop it up somewhere you had wi-fi and then watch it on the train.
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Rand Brittain posted:If you get VRV premium, you can download the show to your phone and watch it offline, so you could scoop it up somewhere you had wi-fi and then watch it on the train. Holy balls I mean okay I've been doing  but is this legit? I mean is VRV actually approved to do this and I'm not gonna suddenly lose legit offline official streaming? I've already got Prime so yay Anime Strike too if there's anything on that but dang yo. Thank you very much for this. I've been holding off on a Crunchyroll or Funimation sub because of lack of offline streaming. I'm giving this a trial right the heck now.
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I'm also surprised how much of this series I remember without having rewatched TSR in like, ten years. I've seen the original FMP and Fumoffu like, three times each though. Episode 2 was great, though the extended CG sequence was pretty iffy.
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MJP posted:Holy balls It's legit, yeah; VRV is run by the Crunchyroll people and includes a bunch of other services.
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50 people are bad enough at their jobs to die
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Daaaamn Tessa. Went all Heisenberg there for a minute. edit: inspiration struck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZZwKt6U4Uo Daedalus1134 fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Apr 20, 2018 |
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Daedalus1134 posted:Daaaamn Tessa. Went all Heisenberg there for a minute. End of the first series shows that Tessa doesn't take poo poo from much of anyone when the Tuatha de Danaan or its crew are on the line.
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Gonna agree that some of this CG is pretty iffy, though its not a deal breaker. And drat I forgot Tessa could be like that.
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I had a hardcore nostalgia trip when they started playing BGM from season 1.
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I feel like the OP might have been a bit too revealing. Also, what the hell happened to Wraith? He better be off doing something super important during all of this crazyness.
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AtheistMantis posted:I feel like the OP might have been a bit too revealing. *She, pretty sure. And ep 2 was alright. Not really an anime complaint but I dunno why Kaname is back to helpless again. Tessa was awesome though. Animation was good, but just can't help wondering what that car chase would have looked like done by KyoAni. Ah well
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