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Lanz posted:I need more information about this show now I think There's an island in the sky on which a bunch of giant alien robots (buranki) who want to terraform Earth sleep. Ten years ago, when they were young children living on the island for reasons not yet revealed, the protagonist and his sister woke up a buranki which proceeded to fall to Earth and lay waste to a good chunk of Japan, which is now under the totalitarian rule of a madwoman stuck in the body of a 16 year old and her four enforcers, because up until the start of the show she's the only person capable of controlling her own giant alien robot to defend the world against the buranki, and she beat the one that fell down a decade ago. Some people have sentient weapons called bubuki which let them fly, shield themselves and generally be badass, and under the right circumstances, these can turn into the limbs of a buranki, which allows their wielders to control a buranki of their own. The latest episode introduced a team each of Russian and American bubuki wielders trying to get their own buranki. It has cool characters with cool designs, cool mecha designs, really good voice acting and is good-looking CGI, but I don't know if the comparison to Giant Robo is really warranted.
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It was mostly because the first time they summoned Oubu, all the kids were on the outside of the suit, GR style. but yeah, that comparison's sort of fallen apart. I don't know any more about the show than anyone else, I just think it's pretty great.
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The Muffinlord posted:It was mostly because the first time they summoned Oubu, all the kids were on the outside of the suit, GR style. but yeah, that comparison's sort of fallen apart. I don't know any more about the show than anyone else, I just think it's pretty great. It is GR-esque in that the show is pushing some very charismatic and characterful antagonists with unique powers, at least.
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Kanos posted:It is GR-esque in that the show is pushing some very charismatic and characterful antagonists with unique powers, at least. Reoko's conduct in that last fight honestly has me rooting for her.
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Artum posted:Reoko's conduct in that last fight honestly has me rooting for her. I wouldn't go as far as rooting for her, but the fact that she clearly hates buranki with a murderous passion has done a lot to humanise her and make me interested in her character. This is the first show I've seen where the VAs get to actually make anguished cries of rage and sound like they're trying to murder someone. 
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Lemon Curdistan posted:I wouldn't go as far as rooting for her, but the fact that she clearly hates buranki with a murderous passion has done a lot to humanise her and make me interested in her character. Say what you will of her ruthless persecution of anyone who could theoretically oppose her, anyone who stands alone defending the world against destruction by headbutting the enemy to death is okay by me.
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I got in a Getter mood and started rewatching Getter Robo Armageddon and man i wish i lived in the alternate universe where Imagawa stayed on for the whole series
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Droyer posted:I got in a Getter mood and started rewatching Getter Robo Armageddon and man i wish i lived in the alternate universe where Imagawa stayed on for the whole series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDGRRacZjkg
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Ijust started watching Code Geass Akito The Exiled between it and Thunderbolt, I think it's pretty clear that more mecha shows need jazz soundtracks
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Is the Gunbuster movie good? I'm gonna show it to a friend and I'm not sure if we can finish the OVA's in one sitting, is the movie compete garbage or does it condense the story well enough?
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quote:Instead, they opted to play to a wide age group by giving Voltron an epic Game of Thrones feel with some humor, and upping the danger level. ah
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Demicol posted:Is the Gunbuster movie good? I'm gonna show it to a friend and I'm not sure if we can finish the OVA's in one sitting, is the movie compete garbage or does it condense the story well enough? The movie cuts out a lot - Jung's not in it at all, for example - and loses a lot of the feel of escalation that's a big part of Gunbuster. It's alright I guess, but I don't think it's a good way to see Gunbuster.
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huh maybe i should watch netflix voltron. it's still irascibly weird that this anime that was always meant to be an anime is now pretty much a western property. like they sort of tried in the 90s to make voltron all cool and redesigned (and failed horribly) but now it's just, yeah, that's golion right there
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Gyra_Solune posted:huh I think it's interesting in that it's still remembered in the west People know what Voltron is and you can make a few jokes about it that many will understand Meanwhile, Golion is long forgotten because when it was made, it was yet another of a certain type of show so it didn't have staying power at all
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it's kind of the same situation with speed racer
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That article makes it sound like a total reboot/remake/whatever, which is almost a surprise. All previous Voltron extension seasons/shows seemed to probably be continuations from each other, other than maybe Voltron Force ignored 3D. Here's hoping it's good, anyway.
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boom boom boom posted:Guys, Toonami is co-producing new seasons of FLCL. we all have to support it. I don't care what your opinion of the new FLCL is, because if it's successful, Toonami might make more sequels to classic old Toonami animes. Big O season 3. Dare I dream?
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Artum posted:Big O season 3. I never considered that and now I need it.
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gently caress man FMP! got picked up 11 years later, I really don't want to get my hopes up but its definitely there now.
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Artum posted:Big O season 3. this is a terrible idea and shouldn't happen it's okay for shows to end.
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dogsicle posted:this is a terrible idea and shouldn't happen No doubt. Doesn't stop me being curious since it wasn't originally going to end where it did. badpostingedit: like if i recall it wasn't even a shin great mazinger thing where it was never going to happen imagawa just does that, big O season 3 didn't happen because the show wasn't popular.
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dogsicle posted:this is a terrible idea and shouldn't happen Did Big O have a proper ending? I hear mixed things about this.
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Darth Walrus posted:Did Big O have a proper ending? I hear mixed things about this. ... Define 'proper'.
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Darth Walrus posted:Did Big O have a proper ending? I hear mixed things about this. it ends on a universe reset, with a similar voiceover to the very first episode. things are subtly different but mostly the same, so it's one of those "come full circle" deals
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nah, the first play finished so they're holding it again on the second night, but with some revisions to the script
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Pureauthor posted:nah, the first play finished so they're holding it again on the second night, but with some revisions to the script that's valid too. i don't think i can choose which interpretation of the ending i like better, which is cool
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Gyra_Solune posted:huh Harmony Gold tried for a while to do the same thing with Robotech and that also failed spectacularly.
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Sakurazuka posted:Harmony Gold tried for a while to do the same thing with Robotech and that also failed spectacularly. it's amazing how poorly they've handled that IP
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how the gently caress is harmony gold still in business
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Gyra_Solune posted:how the gently caress is harmony gold still in business they're mainly a real estate business or something.
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Demicol posted:Is the Gunbuster movie good? I'm gonna show it to a friend and I'm not sure if we can finish the OVA's in one sitting, is the movie compete garbage or does it condense the story well enough? I think the run time difference is roughly 1 episode of the OVA, and it's only 6x25minutes anyway. Even if you have to split it up in to a 4 ep session and then the last 2 later I'd say it's worth getting the full experience instead of having Jung get deleted from an already short OVA. I mean short in absolute terms, it's just the right length for itself! EthanSteele fucked around with this message at 04:34 on Mar 25, 2016 |
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It's a shame because they could exploit Robotech in all sorts of interesting ways, but they either do the exact opposite or nothing at al. As for Gunbuster, I think the OVA is the right way to go. There are people who dislike the first couple of entries, but they're all wrong.  The movie doesn't ruin the story or anything. It's just a little more compressed. wielder fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Mar 25, 2016 |
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Motto posted:they're mainly a real estate business or something. Yup, and somehow they were tied up with Italian scumbag Silvio Berlusconi.
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Big O's ending owns. It's a cool twist on the nonlinear storytelling noir films typically employ.
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The only thing i heard about robotech wad that awful movie thing a few years ago and rick hunter being hitler?
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EthanSteele posted:I think the run time difference is roughly 1 episode of the OVA, and it's only 6x25minutes anyway. Even if you have to split it up in to a 4 ep session and then the last 2 later I'd say it's worth getting the full experience instead of having Jung get deleted from an already short OVA. I mean short in absolute terms, it's just the right length for itself! Yeah we ended up watching the OVA's instead. I'm kind of curious how the movie works without Jung now.
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