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Jesse B77

Jesse B77

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After the first two SAO books its not uncommon for the books to jump in and out of the game, and to show the story from perspectives other than Kirito's, so its not really much of a spoiler beyond that. I consider the world building aspects of SAO to be its strong points (though, admittedly, the don't shine through in motion as well as they do in print), which is what I meant when I said its' best bits', though I wouldn't say that its any more actiony from here on out so much as that the time frame between each confrontation is shorter.
Anyways, fair bit of anime-related stuff to talk about so I might as well get to it:
Just got home and found a bit box of anime and manga on my doorstep. Dosent really look like $450 worth, all these limited editions that NISA keep putting out are killing me... Bought quite a few things that I haven't actually see this time around though, including the two special editions of the Patlabor movies which have come highly recommended to me because they were on special. Never seen the series but I'm told you don't have to in order to get something out of the movies.
Special edition is right though, these things are the very definition of the word. Big box (3 DVD case size) each, entire translated copy of the storyboard, lots of on-disk extras and an artbook. Why cant all limited editions be like that (looking at you Funi).

Over the weekend I attended Reel Anime 2012, which is something Madman does every year were they buy the theatrical rights to a bunch of recent anime movies and have a small cinema chain set aside two theaters, and they run the movies in a way that you can marathon them all with a 20 minute break between each. Four movies:
- Berserk: Egg of the King (Never seen the TV series)
- From up on Poppy Hill (Ghibli film, Goro Miyazaki)
- Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (Makoto Shinkai)
- Wolf Children (directed by the guy who did Summer Wars, which I like alot)

19-Sep-2012 05:00:00 - Last edited on 19-Sep-2012 05:02:32 by Jesse B77

Jesse B77

Jesse B77

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Berserk was probably the movie I can complain about the least. I'm told the movie is terrible compared to the original, but having not seen it I really couldn't complain. Only real criticism I have was that the CG animation is really blatantly obvious against the regular stuff, which is always a real immersion killer for me. Overall, this film was meh.
From Up on Poppy Hill is my first exposure to works by Studio Ghibli, and was also meh. I felt like the main plot, the romance, was often overshadowed by the secondary plot of the series, which involves the students of a school trying to lobby against a decision to tear down a dilapidated building that gets used for school clubs. Had a bit of a hard time figuring out who alot of the characters were in the end, but it wasn't terrible.
Children Who Chase Lost Voices was most impressive for its theme, a unique spin on Aztec religion (which interests me because its a topic I did in school at one point). The movie itself was pretty meh though, typical fantasy adventure stuff. It was a Shinkai work, so I knew it would look nice and it didn't disappoint there, but I found the ****** questionable because it broke characterization, and left a fair few questions which were kind of significant unanswered (like, what type of organization is Arch Angel exactly and how come the Japanese government is letting them fly gunships around the country).
Finally, Wolf Children, which was low on my radar originally (didn't know who the director was at that point) and can I just say that I LOVE THIS FILM! MADMAN, BLURAY, NOW! It's about a woman who falls in love with a wolfman, they have two kids and then he dies, and the movie is about what the mother goes through trying to raise two children who are part wolf, part human, as well as the children's having to come to terms with the duality of their own nature, and which aspect of their life they want to embrace.

19-Sep-2012 05:00:12 - Last edited on 19-Sep-2012 05:14:13 by Jesse B77

Jesse B77

Jesse B77

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Its not a perfect movie. I saw the ending coming from about half-way through, and even then it still manages to feel tacked on and dosent really resolve every character. The art can also look a little cheap at times, but even with those critisms it was still an excellent film, very cute, very funny at times (had the whole cinema in stitches at some points) and with a lot to say. I highly recommend this film, even if its not the kind of thing you usually like, though I dont think its been released on DVD yet, cant find any fansubs.

19-Sep-2012 05:36:27

Kopta

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Just spent the past 3 hrs reading through some of the discussions; if anyone has a pressing question or interested in actual anime discussions/events you should join the Clan Chat: Anime Lobby

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19-Sep-2012 10:06:28

NeckGrowManC

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@Revive:
Though Evangelion was amazing and is arguably the best anime I've ever seen, I don't quite understand how it all began. I know that a planet of sentient beings, known as the First Ancestral Race, stored the souls of 7 of their people inside Lilith and Adam. They cradled them in the White and Black moons along with 5 other such beings with the intent to create life on other planets because theirs was dying.
Adam crash landed onto a young Earth some 4.6 billion years ago. With him came its Spear of Longinus. It was to populate the earth with his spawn, the Angels. Though, this did not happen because another Seed of Life (the 7 beings with souls stored inside them) also landed on Earth. Lilith lost its Spear of Longinus, which was to be used if such a situation ever arose to prevent the spawn of two Seeds of Life from inhabiting the same world. Because Lilith did not have its spear, Adam was inactivated, and Lilith's spawn inhabited the Earth. I understand all that. What I don't know is why the First Ancestral Race's planet was dying, and how the FAR came to be. Was it created by God?
TL;DR: Where did the First Ancestral Race come from, and why was their planet dying?

20-Sep-2012 00:52:57

i Revive

i Revive

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I've never heard that their planet was dying. They just sent out their seeds of life Adam and Lilith in which their motives were never disclosed.
It seems to me like you might have already watched it, but check out a youtube video called "Evangelion Explanation in 7 MINUTES!!!" It looks like you got everything down but I'd recommend this video if you need clarification on anything.

20-Sep-2012 01:15:43 - Last edited on 20-Sep-2012 01:16:29 by i Revive

Runman292

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I just finished watching Rinne no Lagrange. I actually started watching it when it only had 8 out of it's 12 episodes awhile back, but I forgot to finish it. Back then, I thought that this anime was great. Now that I rewatched most of it and finished the show, It's not as great as I originally thought. There is a season 2, but I'm not really interested in watching it.
Overall rating: 5/10

20-Sep-2012 19:35:51

Wolfgod Holo

Wolfgod Holo

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<<< activated the 14 day trial for the first time, still have no idea what i'm doing
just finished watching episode 12 of Bin*ougami ga! so many parodies in such a short amount of time.
some parodies (episode 1-12)
*Death Note
*Dragonball Z
*Fist of the North Star
*Doraemon
*Battleship Yamato
*Detective Conan "All men are jealous and stupid, and all women are stupid to be happy about it, idiots are everywhere you look…"
-Holo

21-Sep-2012 03:18:17 - Last edited on 21-Sep-2012 03:21:23 by Wolfgod Holo

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