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Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

I Failed At Anime 2022
I can't believe they gave Philip green hair.

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Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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psyer posted:

One annoying thing is how the layer the characters faces over fences.



If you've seen enough sports anime to call something average sports anime animation, you should know this is incredibly common.

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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psyer posted:

I know its common in sports anime. For some reason, in this one, it seems more jarring to me.

I've reviewed the evidence and now agree with your conclusions.

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Willo567 posted:

i'm going to be very depressed if zls revenge ends with them passing on.

if that happens, i'm writing an alternate ending fanfic where that doesn't happen and they get to live happily as zombies forever, with the public accepting them as such

what if they didnt die tragically in the first place

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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what if zlsr ends with it being revealed everything was all a dream and the girl was in a coma this whole time

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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these anxiety posts where you keep fixating on potential terrible endings is going to ruin watching this show for you

like even i already feel less chariatable to s2 and im not watching it until sunday

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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CrazySalamander posted:

Haruhi Suzumiya staff many years ago: this is a popular and well liked ip. we should definitely spend our money making the same episode 8 times in a row so as to discourage future investor interest in a new non-spinoff season

you know this is not nearly the same thing because the light novels were on hiatus forever, so there was a very definitive cap on source material to adapt

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Willo567 posted:

So you also think that them passing on would be a bad ending?

personally i think nothing lasts forever and its good when an idol show acknowledges that, like original love live or utapri

i dont think itd happen in season 2 but probably a future season

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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you wont have any memories of almost all of the friends you made in high school or college either

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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CrazySalamander posted:

Just coincidence. That being said I bet that it gets discussed at least a couple times a year in the discussion thread given how contentious it is.

bro this happened over ten years ago

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Willo567 posted:

All right Hideaki Anno

where does anno fold into all of this

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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dogsicle posted:

we're here for the boys

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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MonsterEnvy posted:

The whole anime is 3d.

Dunno about TWEWY in particular, but it's not uncommon for full CGI anime to have some 2D elements, like for non-recurring background characters. Beastars and Bang Dream S2/3 do this, though how well it blends in will vary.

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

I Failed At Anime 2022
Amuro and Char have long been superseded by their incarnations in the Detective Conan universe.

Strange Quark fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Apr 17, 2021

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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I don't see how anyone would understand what goes on in the TWEWY anime if they weren't already familiar with the game.

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Raenir Salazar posted:

What if our only experience with it is from Kingdom Hearts?

as a kingdom hearts fan you should be already familiar with not understanding things

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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i'm watching an anime with over 10 people in its main cast and i can't even remember all of their names 😔

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Brutal Garcon posted:

Please tell me someone else here is still watching the Moriarty show, because that last line... I saw it coming, but couldn't make myself believe that's where they were going.

I've been waiting for it to finish airing before starting it, but if it gets really dumb I'll bump it up on my watch priority list.

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

I Failed At Anime 2022
this is the best op of the season

https://files.catbox.moe/lcluit.webm

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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its time to ask ourselves, what is an idol anime

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

i'm surprisingly digging the wistful moody boy plays shamisen show.

its op is the best one this season

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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The rival shamisen guy is hot

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Neddy Seagoon posted:

Oh sweet! :peanut:


Oh noooo. :smith:.

Because that never ends well.

Everyone liked snafu better when it switched to feel. for s2 didn't they?

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Lemon-Lime posted:

Apparently the top-end ones can easily reach 2+ million JPY, yeah (vs. the mid-range stuff which is what I assume highschoolers are using).

I mean, it's the same pricing scheme you see for violins. I paid like $2000 for my double bass in middle school.

People say shamisens are unusually expensive which I guess might be true in comparison to guitars, but all the evidence points to them being the exact same as any other classical instrument.

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Electric Phantasm posted:

Figured out how to make the dumb black boxes on Funimation's subs go away :toot:



I love this dumb dragon.

God this looks like hot garbage. Why are borders on subs impossible to figure out?

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Splode posted:

Making text a consistent colour but always easy to read against any kind of background is pretty challenging

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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The problem is that a lot of services don't give you a text border option at all (e.g., Netflix, Youtube).

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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marumaru posted:

the quality-oriented pirate, yes. the distinguished illegal japanese animation enthusiast won't settle for any currently released virtual videogame marketplace leaks that may or may not be floating around.

What

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Maybe

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:

Really?

Did we need that poo poo in anime, too?

Bro have you heard about this little known show Gatchaman Crowds

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

I Failed At Anime 2022

Julias posted:

I've enjoyed what's been put out of the anime so far, but it's not anything mindblowing.

Also the decision to light beam censor the Manjis, you know, the thing the gang is named after, in some airings was really stupid.

Not some airings, it's only on Crunchyroll

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Willo567 posted:

This week's ZLS Revenge wasn't really plot heavy, and kind of felt like filler, but I thought it was pretty fun

just post your thoughts in the show thread man, isnt that why you made it?

sad to hear theyre ignoring the plot considering the big cliffhanger last week's ep ended on!

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

I Failed At Anime 2022
the show thread is where you'd look for discussion on a show. it's easy to miss stuff in the general season thread

also makes it easier to avoid spoilers if you dont want to see the discussion

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Neddy Seagoon posted:

There's always reverse-isekai manga to turn to next, with characters from another world coming here! :pseudo:

devil is a part timer already got their s2 announced man

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Brutal Garcon posted:

It's plants you can stand on. That's pretty good when the alternative is concrete.

Then why is the lawn separated by the sidewalk made of concrete

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

I Failed At Anime 2022
I've watched 8 eps of uma musume s2 and it's... okay, speaking as someone who did not watch s1 or play the mobage. The eps flip between side characters so often it's hard to remember their names sometimes, let alone get invested in any of their stories, and nothing in it really stands out from any other typical sports show. The CGI races look quite bad sometimes but that's not really something I fault a show for.

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Lemon-Lime posted:

Mashiro no Oto is even better now that every plot thread has come crashing together into one big family succession drama.

The whole tournament though just feels like a good chunk of filler. We never characterized any of the competing teams beyond paying lip service to a few individuals, so there's no reason to care or be invested in the group results. I also think it's really tired by now how they keep doing the mystical shamisen worship and still haven't said anything concrete about technique or how the shamisen is played. Does the author know how to play the shamisen? The writing sure doesn't sound like it.

Strange Quark fucked around with this message at 15:52 on Jun 8, 2021

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Darth Walrus posted:

The tournament isn't really about who wins or loses, though. It's about Setsu learning about other styles and philosophies of music in his quest to discover an identity for himself. Like, yeah, his parents care about how he places, but they're pretty clearly in the wrong for it.

Does he learn about others? He's out hanging out in the hall not listening to most of the performances. If anything, the tournament is there to develop the other characters in the club, where the arcs feel like they're put on turbo speed. They basically get one ep each to set up their big issues and then resolve it in the very same ep, so the emotional climaxes don't feel very organic either.

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Your other complaint is a little odd too, given that the show has been laser-focused on style and technique, and has taken pains to show how its cast of performers look and sound completely different even when playing the same piece of music. It's just that most of the precise mechanics and terminology behind it are treated as assumed knowledge, without lengthy exposition for the audience - someone will just use a particular technique, and the show will expect us to put two and two together about why their music sounds different.

Laser focused how? What does the show say about things like fingerings? Strumming? Tempo? It's all in vague metaphorical terms. There's one scene early on where the club tries learning how to play with sheet music, and Setsu tells them he can't read. And then they skip it. So did anyone learn how to read? How do you learn how to play the shamisen? Ah, we'll just throw in some scenes of them sucking and then skip ahead to somehow having them get good enough to get third in a tournament in like a month.

There's no justification why some play style is valued or unique. "Don't overuse the twang"? Okay, but why? There's no explanation for why the judges value what they judge. The idol group messes up and places fourth because they're cute for Pete's sake.

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Willo567 posted:

Do they even still have those warnings not to sit too close to the TV in a dark area anymore?

They do, they just don't show that message for online streams. Guess what simulcasts are.

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Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

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Sindai posted:

Yeah if I could pick one series this season to get another cour it would definitely be the winner. I don't care if it doesn't have the most gripping narrative inject that shamisen straight into my veins.

Also wow the mom really sucks.

If you want more shamisen anime just watch the Nitaboh movie

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