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Welcome to the thread for Fall 2017 anime, Houseki no Kuni (English title: Land of the Lustrous)! This is a cg animated show with a premise that may remind some of Steven Universe. It's about a tribe of sentient gem agender people that are in a continuous existential struggle against moon Bodhisattva monsters that want to turn them into jewelry. Their society is hierarchical based on the hardness rating (how difficult it is to shatter) of the gems, and if they get shattered they can be reconstituted so they are effectively immortal as long as they don't get taken by the moon people. While I was initially highly skeptical of this show the first two episodes have won me over on the strength of its characters. This is perhaps the first time the CG actually works. The main cast:  Phos: Hardness level 3.5. Phos is a giant gently caress up and kind of an idiot, and as the most useless gem in battle has largely been lazing around. She's finally given a purpose when the Master asks her to compile an encyclopedia, a task she still seems completely unequipped for.  Cinnabar: Hardness level 2.0. She's the outcast of the group, as she is a dirty birdie and leaves a trail of toxic slime everywhere, so her duty is night patrol (the enemy only ever attacks during the day). She wants nothing more than to kill herself, so Phos has taken it upon herself to find a better purpose and reason to live for Cinnabar.  Diamond: Hardness level 10. One of the most powerful gems, but is insecure about her ability in com bat  Bort: Hardness level 10. I don't know what a Bort is but she is the most powerful of the gems and can kill pretty much anything. Tsundere?  Rutile: Hardness level 6.0. She's the group's medic, who reconstitutes the gems after they get shattered. Phos thinks shes a "quack." Also the manga has some pretty sick art:  PV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwFpAyEuph8 As always, please spoiler discussions of the manga Homura and Sickle fucked around with this message at 09:45 on Dec 16, 2017 |
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Oct 15, 2017 03:54
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Can't wait for a mica girl to show up. She'll have nice ... cleavage. 
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Oct 15, 2017 04:08
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The gems are genderless OP
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Oct 15, 2017 04:09
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I didn't realize this was even getting an anime. Probably one of the few I would say CG would actually be a better fit.
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Oct 15, 2017 04:09
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Original 2d PV for the manga from a few years back for those who are curious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OQX0KkqVSk
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Oct 15, 2017 04:10
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Also Bort is Carbonado (Black Diamond) if anyone is wondering
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Oct 15, 2017 04:58
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carbonado is a much better name
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Oct 15, 2017 05:07
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Homura and Sickle posted:a tribe of sentient gem women They're genderless OP. This kinda, sorta, not really, comes into play when they refer to each other as brothers.(Which was really surprising back when this was only a manga) gimme the GOD drat candy posted:carbonado is a much better name Can you get a Carbonado license plate?  
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Oct 15, 2017 06:23
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Everything Burrito posted:The gems are genderless OP
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Oct 15, 2017 06:56
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Relin posted:doesnt stop the male gaze on their hips and buns ahaha yeah yeah uh what
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Oct 15, 2017 07:06
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My gay male gaze is making their buns into man buns
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Oct 15, 2017 07:07
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The Colonel posted:ahaha yeah it's a lot more predominant in the first ep than the second
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Oct 15, 2017 07:21
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DisDisDis posted:My gay male gaze is making their buns into man buns same, but without the gay male part
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Oct 15, 2017 07:21
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Everything Burrito posted:same, but without the gay male part *angry voice* doesn't stop the female gaze on their hips and buns
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Oct 15, 2017 07:23
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DisDisDis posted:*angry voice* doesn't stop the female gaze on their hips and buns 
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Oct 15, 2017 07:28
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it doesnt bother me, i like anime titty (well, none here), but they are being posed for a male viewer in a fair number of shots. feminized even though they are rock humanoids i liked the use of the gamelan during the first appearance of the lunarians a lot
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Oct 15, 2017 07:32
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Neat! https://twitter.com/starshadowmagic/status/919431591322984448
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Oct 15, 2017 09:45
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Let me tell you about my hardness level op 
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Oct 15, 2017 11:44
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bort Cutting diamonds
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Oct 15, 2017 11:45
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Also the hardness scale they refer to is the Mohs scale.
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Oct 15, 2017 19:52
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How many episodes do we got? Because while the beginning of the manga is good and weird, it slowly develops into being incredibly good and incredibly weird. I would love to see some of the later parts animated.
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Oct 15, 2017 20:53
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Phos being one of the last living things in the universe and also 100% completely useless, with no potential to even become useful at some point in the future, is an amazing cosmic joke.
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Oct 15, 2017 20:55
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Lt. Lizard posted:How many episodes do we got? Only a single cour (12-13 episodes.) The show is probably mostly being used to advertise the manga.
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Oct 15, 2017 21:01
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an actual dog posted:Phos being one of the last living things in the universe and also 100% completely useless, with no potential to even become useful at some point in the future, is an amazing cosmic joke. Hey, Phos is cute, what more do you want?  @Mokinokaro: Thanks. I still cant believe there is Houseki no Kuni anime, so I'll take what I can get. And If they keep the pace, it will get to some of the really good arcs anyway.
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Oct 15, 2017 21:12
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an actual dog posted:Phos being one of the last living things in the universe and also 100% completely useless, with no potential to even become useful at some point in the future, is an amazing cosmic joke. Ep 2: With being dissolved in that slug, what's the chance Phos actually changes composition to something different? (I assume the viewpoint protagonist doesn't get killed off 2 episodes in.)
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Oct 15, 2017 21:23
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Cinnabar's poison is mercury, for the record. The next episode being called Metamorphosis is probably some kind of indication that Phos will be coming back as a metamorphic variant of phosophyllite - if such a thing exists? I can't actually really find it on any phase diagrams  whereas the good Doctor Rutile could come back as Anatase or something if she got melted and cooled off a bit
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Oct 15, 2017 23:02
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Relin posted:they are being posed for a male viewer in a fair number of shots. feminized even though they are rock humanoids
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Oct 16, 2017 03:10
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men are so obsessed with being the assumed viewer that even when they realize being the assumed viewer is the bad thing they have to post on the internet about how literally everything assumes a male viewer and bend over backwards to try and 'call out' 'male gaze' its crazy anyway, good show about they rocks agemder
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Oct 16, 2017 03:13
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i hope the show inspires men and women everywhere to wear really long socks
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Oct 16, 2017 03:25
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The Colonel posted:i hope the show inspires men and women everywhere to wear really long socks
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Oct 16, 2017 03:26
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Not a fan of long socks until they're long enough to turn into thigh highs, personally. I really like that they're animating a lot of small motions that add character, and Rutile messing with everyone is good. chumbler fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Oct 16, 2017 |
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Oct 16, 2017 03:31
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Jade busting their hands up on the master's head was a lot funnier of an event than I was expecting.
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Oct 16, 2017 04:15
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Their reaction is really good
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Oct 16, 2017 04:19
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chumbler posted:Not a fan of long socks until they're long enough to turn into thigh highs, personally. those are genderless rock thighs those socks are reaching, bxtch
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Oct 16, 2017 05:23
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a kitten posted:Jade busting their hands up on the master's head was a lot funnier of an event than I was expecting. The comedic body horror is really well done. Seeing someone holding a casual conversation while gesturing with someone else's limb is both subtly unnerving but also really hilarious.
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Oct 16, 2017 07:34
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The GIG posted:The comedic body horror is really well done. Seeing someone holding a casual conversation while gesturing with someone else's limb is both subtly unnerving but also really hilarious. Or Bort just tearing Dia's arm off. Perhaps not the healthiest relationship.
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Oct 16, 2017 07:37
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the moment Phos tried to 'save' Cinnabar from falling in the first ep and her arms just pop right off made me laugh too
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Oct 16, 2017 08:58
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chumbler posted:Or Bort just tearing Dia's arm off. Perhaps not the healthiest relationship. I thought it was that Dia's arm had broken during combat from the strain of deflecting the arrows, and Bort was revealing this as a brusque way of calling out her out on trying to fight solo.
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Oct 16, 2017 09:01
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Endorph posted:agemder  I love the fact that they seem to have deliberately mismatched the hair and seiyuu so that there're plenty of gems with more feminine hairstyles and more masculine voices. I think the only exception I noticed was Dia.
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Oct 16, 2017 09:16
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Knorth posted:the moment Phos tried to 'save' Cinnabar from falling in the first ep and her arms just pop right off made me laugh too It's funny but it's also extremely depressing
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Oct 16, 2017 14:12
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