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Alright, I just finished this show. Best anime I've ever seen I think. I hope one day the blu-ray boxset will have English subs and not cost $520.
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Chas McGill posted:Probably (definitely) the most emotional thing I've seen in an anime. I love how he just bleeds out - doesn't die in a blaze of glory or for any real purpose. His friends are only metres away from him when he passes away. It's such a counterpoint to the awesome manly last stands and blazes of glory that so many of the Empire characters get. Yang just isn't that dramatic 
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KNITS MY FEEDS posted:Alright, I just finished this show. Best anime I've ever seen I think. Honestly, 500 bucks for the blu-ray of this series with english subs would be downright WELCOME compared to what it goes for in Japan.
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So I started watching this a few days ago on the recommendation of a friend, and I think it might be one the finest example of space opera I've ever seen - and I'm only on episode 27. I can't wait to see what direction it goes from here. I'm actually kinda surprised they killed Kircheis so early in the story. Well relatively, anyway. Dude had a hell of a grip though 
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Psycho Landlord posted:So I started watching this a few days ago on the recommendation of a friend, and I think it might be one the finest example of space opera I've ever seen - and I'm only on episode 27. I can't wait to see what direction it goes from here. I did the opposite of him - I watched the movies and then recommended it to a friend. This is really an excellent series, and I'm surprised more people haven't watched it. Finally, relatable and interesting characters in an anime! It's also nice to see that strategy, not yelling at your robot more to make it more powerful, results in victory.
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Psycho Landlord posted:So I started watching this a few days ago on the recommendation of a friend, and I think it might be one the finest example of space opera I've ever seen - and I'm only on episode 27. I can't wait to see what direction it goes from here. Wait, he died *that* early? I had no recollection as it's a few years since I watched the show but geez, you're right about the grip there considering I thought it was much later.
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Dessel posted:Wait, he died *that* early? I had no recollection as it's a few years since I watched the show but geez, you're right about the grip there considering I thought it was much later. Yep, his death is the ending of the first season of the series. I also think he was referring to the Kircheis' literal grip.  Anyway, I started rewatching the series with my roommate, and goddamn I had forgotten just how good it was. We're nearly to the end of the second season and I'm just as excited as I was the first time, even though I know what's going to happen.
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Just started watching this, I think I've gotten my wife into it too. I kinda don't get how interstellar travel works in this, but I suppose it will be explained later.
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AxeBreaker posted:Just started watching this, I think I've gotten my wife into it too. I kinda don't get how interstellar travel works in this, but I suppose it will be explained later. It's very slow, that's about all they mention. It's like 3 weeks of travel from Heinessen to Iserlohn fortress for example.
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AxeBreaker posted:Just started watching this, I think I've gotten my wife into it too. I kinda don't get how interstellar travel works in this, but I suppose it will be explained later. I got through 50 eps with my ex prior to splitting up. It's surprisingly accessible for a late 80s science-fiction bromance anime.
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AxeBreaker posted:Just started watching this, I think I've gotten my wife into it too. I kinda don't get how interstellar travel works in this, but I suppose it will be explained later. Very little of the setting is explained, technology and tactics wise, in the series itself. The main focus is politics and to a minor extent economics (and later, religion), but aside from the specific points that are continuously reiterated, it takes quite a while for the series to actually do a general (not in-depth, never truly in-depth) explanation of the systems at work in that respect, and how they came to be so. It's a "piece things together yourself" sort of affair.
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One part of the setting that's important that they do not explain at all until season 2 is that jamming technology drastically outpaced communications, which is one of the reasons why everything seems so clumsy and stupid sometimes, aside from admirals being clumsy and stupid. Ships need to make visual contact to fight and maneuver in combat, and can't communicate by radio unless they don't care that the enemy hears it. That's why dudes are always flying around in shuttles and poo poo, to transfer orders secretly. They don't seem to have IFF switches either, so when reinforcements arrive they're not even sure for which side until they see the ships.
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Dessel posted:Wait, he died *that* early? I had no recollection as it's a few years since I watched the show but geez, you're right about the grip there considering I thought it was much later. Yeah, I'm noticing he's got quite a bit of pull with pretty much everything that happens in the Empire, even this far in - which makes sense. But in this case, I was referring to the fact that he snapped his killer's arm despite being effectively dead. You never really see Kircheis go all out on anybody before that, and it's kinda awesome  So that this isn't just a black bar post, Schenkopp is best character and I will fight anyone that says otherwise 
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Psycho Landlord posted:So that this isn't just a black bar post, Schenkopp is best character and I will fight anyone that says otherwise  In an anime filled to the brim with righteous badasses, Schenkopp is the baddest.
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 did someone call me  a man of wisdom as well as action  courteous to friend and enemy alike   okay maybe not that courteous I also totally forgot (until I went looking for these) about him having that knife fight with Reuenthal, my runner-up for stone coldest galactic badass Probably time for a rewatch, just gotta rope some friends in this time edit: vv haha yeah I love that whole series of coffee scenes too Epoxy Bulletin fucked around with this message at 02:05 on Mar 20, 2013 |
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It's been a couple of years since I watched Boring Gay Germans In Space but I will always remember Eisenach and his one cup of coffee or two cups of coffee e: Schenkopp's posing reminds me of Black Bart's pirate flag: A pirate standing on two skulls, labeled ABH AMH: A Barbadian's Head, A Martinician's Head
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I can't help but see it as that statue at Frogner Park statue in Oslo.
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i'm actually watching it now and oh my god this thread is a loving historical relic
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TenementFunster posted:i'm actually watching it now and oh my god this thread is a loving historical relic When this thread was first made, I had been registered less than three months. The US economy was still going fairly strong, though on its way to disaster. Saddam Hussein was still alive. Justin Beiber was a mere ten-years-old boy, not yet gracing the music frontier with his presence. Truly, this thread is indeed a historical relic.
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I don't even remember posting on the first page of this thread. Oh yeah, that's because it was over 8 years ago, christ. I should re-watch LOGH to celebrate. I still think half of the battle sequences in the series make no sense at all, but maybe it was because of the shoddy subtitling.
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Epoxy Bulletin posted:
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Schenkopp is undoubtedly a badass but I read a lot of classics and the tragic hero has always appealed to me, so I have to go with Reuenthal for favorite Space German.
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UberJew posted:I cannot turn down my man Schenkopp, fortunately the internet has provided The internet is the best thing.
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UberJew posted:I cannot turn down my man Schenkopp, fortunately the internet has provided Holy poo poo. I have an urge to print that out and colour it in with crayons.
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Officer Sandvich posted:Schenkopp is undoubtedly a badass but I read a lot of classics and the tragic hero has always appealed to me, so I have to go with Reuenthal for favorite Space German. Reuntal and Mittermeyer being best buds until the end was so good and so heartbreaking. Those two are my favorite space germans.
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Just picked this up recently and holy crap, this show is good! I am at episode 31 and am loving how Yang is giving the figurative finger to the absolutely-not-illegal secret inquiry.
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Happy May 5th everyone! On this day, in Universal Century 799, Imperial Year 490, 
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May 5, 2013 17:10
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Requesting anthem for commemoration.
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KNITS MY FEEDS posted:Requesting anthem for commemoration. Sieg Mein Kaiser Reinhard!
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Miles Vorkosigan posted:Happy May 5th everyone! On this day, in Universal Century 799, Imperial Year 490, Can someone make a full Calendar of LOGH-related events so we can make a Holiday calendar? I WANT THAT TO BE A THING e: poo poo let's all do this for all anime
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You could use this to help make it http://gineipaedia.com/wiki/Timeline
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IShallRiseAgain posted:You could use this to help make it http://gineipaedia.com/wiki/Timeline Can't wait for May 14th!
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KNITS MY FEEDS posted:Requesting anthem for commemoration. Late, but I'll assume you are asking for a commemoration of our brave soldiers who fought for freedom and democracy.  Everyone, please rise for the national anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs8BSSpU5fU
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Now why did they create an anthem for the FPA, but not for the Empire? I suspect it was because the Engrish in the FPA anthem was bad enough, so they weren't about to attempt a song in mangled German.
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Kopijeger posted:Now why did they create an anthem for the FPA, but not for the Empire? I suspect it was because the Engrish in the FPA anthem was bad enough, so they weren't about to attempt a song in mangled German. Isn't the Empire's anthem Valkyrie wa Nanji no Yuuki wo Aiseri? I mean it doesn't have lyrics, but it's still an anthem.
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In Yoshiki Tanaka news. Fullmetal Alchemist's Arakawa to Adapt Tanaka's Arslan Fantasy posted:The June issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine is announcing on Thursday that manga artist Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist, Silver Spoon, Hero Tales) is drawing an adaptation of The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Arslan Senki), the acclaimed fantasy novel series by Yoshiki Tanaka (Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Sohryuden - Legend of the Dragon Kings, Tytania). The manga series will launch in the magazine's August issue on July 9. Guyver fucked around with this message at 17:38 on May 7, 2013 |
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Ugh, looks like I got the DVD batch a few months before the 720p batch came out. Is the the quality jump noticeable enough to warrant a download? I've seen and love the show at this point, so just wondering more for archiving and future re-watches.
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moflika posted:Ugh, looks like I got the DVD batch a few months before the 720p batch came out. Is the the quality jump noticeable enough to warrant a download? I've seen and love the show at this point, so just wondering more for archiving and future re-watches. If you already have the DVD version then there's really no reason, the BDs aren't particularly great.
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