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General Discussion / Re: Cinemassacre's Monster Mad...

Last post by Daikun - October 22, 2024, 07:13:34 PM

[Hunter x Hunter]

#72

Anime / Re: What Are You Watching?

Last post by Mustang - October 22, 2024, 04:15:31 PM

Good ol Roku TV coming through again.

Hunter x Hunter
Like One Piece, I've been off and on with this, but this Chimera Arc has been fascinating. First, let me say that I have to remind myself that this is Madhouse and it's 2011 (or somewhere in that time frame), and my god, while I like Madhouse's art, I cannot stand their animation when it come to the fighting. Seeing these characters abilities have been far more interesting/entertaining than the fights themselves. It's not bad by any means, but Madhouse back then like to do these weird effects that kills some of my excitement (hard to explain, but slowdowns is apart of it, or the way they slow it down I just don't like it) Alright, that's off my chest. The development with a lot of these characters are on that top tier level. Gungrave, is one I'd usually say that has some of the best character development, and this arc has been on that level for me. And then I love when people think and then I love seeing people think when using their abilities to outdo one another. I do owe this series a full binge watch because I still haven't seen the 2 arcs before this one.

#73

Cartoon Network / Re: Toonami

Last post by Avaitor - October 22, 2024, 11:06:06 AM

I still haven't seen Carole & Tuesday, but I really should get around to it. Kids in the Slope is probably my favorite Watanabe after Bebop, so him returning to a smaller, more humanist scale should be right up my alley.

#74

Anime / Re: What Are You Watching?

Last post by Foggle - October 21, 2024, 07:02:14 PM

I'm still not a fan of the modern day references the early dub used (look me in the eye and tell me that you think this era's Fujiko should know what The Simpsons is), but the cast is genuinely quite good. I'm glad that they've mostly stuck around over the years and been in more faithful translation.

I'd love to get the DVDs of at least the second series, but they seem pretty pricey...

I think the CR store prices of Discotek's releases are pretty reasonable considering the quality/quantity (155 episodes which look and sound WAY better than the streaming versions, Geneon DVDs, and poorly upscaled JP BDs), but it's still a hefty chunk of change I can understand not wanting to drop, especially since only the first half was dubbed. The pop culture references are definitely weird, but they calm down after the first dozen episodes or so. The cast's performances and localization's comedic writing are exceptional otherwise imo.

#75

Cartoon Network / Re: Toonami

Last post by Foggle - October 21, 2024, 06:46:00 PM

I adored Carole & Tuesday! Which is apparently a controversial opinion, but I thought it was really good and didn't understand most of the criticisms. Not quite on the level of Cowboy Bebop or Space Dandy, but those are mythical-level for me. Is it no longer a hot take to call Space Dandy a masterpiece? Because it genuinely might be my favorite anime of all time. Love Champloo too, but gotta revisit/finish it. Watanabe has never missed from my experience with his work, though I wasn't keen on the last third of Terror in Resonance.

#76

Cartoon Network / Re: Toonami

Last post by Dr. Insomniac - October 21, 2024, 06:33:11 PM

Did anybody here watch Carole & Tuesday? Because that was the last Watanabe and Nobumoto collab, and from what I remember, it was fine. I had a decent enough time watching it, but it didn't impress me the way Bebop or Champloo did.

#77

Moving Pictures / Re: What Movie Did You Just Wa...

Last post by Dr. Insomniac - October 21, 2024, 02:11:49 PM

The whole movie reeks of "What if?" to me. Like how Coppola's been working on and redrafting the script since he wrapped up Apocalypse Now over 4 decades ago, only to let the actors wing it in scenes? Reminds me of Duke Nukem Forever's development hell status. There's only so many times you can rewrite a project before later drafts end up making it worse instead of better.

There's a timeline where he would've made this back in the 80s instead of One from the Heart. And it probably would've bombed in the box office too, but at least it could've been the "top of his game" Coppola directing instead of the Coppola who lost his game a long time ago and wound up making movies nobody can make heads or tails of. Seriously, how many actually watched Twixt or Tetro and came out of them thinking they were good?

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Anime / Re: What Are You Watching?

Last post by Avaitor - October 21, 2024, 10:57:03 AM

I'm still not a fan of the modern day references the early dub used (look me in the eye and tell me that you think this era's Fujiko should know what The Simpsons is), but the cast is genuinely quite good. I'm glad that they've mostly stuck around over the years and been in more faithful translation.

I'd love to get the DVDs of at least the second series, but they seem pretty pricey...

#79

Cartoon Network / Re: Toonami

Last post by Avaitor - October 21, 2024, 10:54:42 AM

Space Dandy is the only genuinely great Toonami original, so maybe Lazarus will do the trick, but even the "best" stuff from this era hasn't been much to write home about. I don't think the back half of Ninja Kamui is as bad as others said, but it did itself no favors with its CG and it's a credit to Ito's writing above all else that Uzumaki remained watchable even with its animation dip (to be fair, I haven't seen the last episode yet which supposedly brings the original director back). If I had to pick a third series, Shenmue is probably as good as an adaptation of such a notoriously tedious series that we can get.

Personally, I believe the theory that the originals we get are projects no one in Japan wants to fund.

#80

General Discussion / Re: Twitter Bad

Last post by Dr. Insomniac - October 20, 2024, 06:07:35 PM

It sure is. I don't know how anyone with a tinge of sanity can keep up with some of the drama on Twitter. You can do something as innocuous as post a clip of an anime, and you'll end up starting a culture war with thousands upon thousands of quote-tweets, so I can't figure out why anyone can look at that and think the average Twitter user is mentally stable.