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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #880 on: April 24, 2010, 06:02:42 AM »

Congratulations, you win a El-Hazard/She-Ra crossover.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISbPlLt5-RA
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #881 on: April 24, 2010, 07:06:04 AM »

Everything I see these days is sprawling shonen epics and "moe".

This is it in a nutshell.

It's possible that there's still good stuff being made, but I can't find any (in fairness, I've gotten tired of trying to find anything in the last 2-3 years, but that's not THAT long). Good plot or character-driven stories, I've had no luck finding, but every now and then I'll still find a balls-out funny series. That Mah Jongg series was good for a laugh. But even those are harder to find.

While good things may still be out there, I think it's a little bit of "they are less frequently made and harder to find" and a little bit of "I'm too lazy to look as hard as I used to".


Not-really-related anecdote: Some of the importers I used to get stuff from were themselves wondering where the rather un-anime stuff like Wings of Honnaemise or Tokyo Godfathers went. Stuff that depended on careful and well-done characterization, rather than most of the usual anime conventions. It was kind of bleakly funny, because those were the only guys I met who ever cared about that kind of anime besides me.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #883 on: April 24, 2010, 09:17:36 AM »

I don't...  are you agreeing, or...? :wat:
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #884 on: April 24, 2010, 09:36:29 AM »

Congratulations, you win a El-Hazard/She-Ra crossover.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISbPlLt5-RA

That is the worst Jinnai voice I've ever heard. It has none of the over-the-top camp of the real deal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsYfOBgDQWo
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #885 on: April 24, 2010, 01:22:33 PM »

Every once in a while you have to step back and admit that yes, you are watching cartoons in your mid-20s.

Your choices at this point are to cut it out or let go of your sense of entitlement.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #886 on: April 24, 2010, 02:11:36 PM »

Tezuka's Buddha is getting anime-ted.  I'm not sure if it's as a film or a series though.
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« Reply #887 on: April 25, 2010, 03:23:02 AM »

Tezuka's Buddha is getting anime-ted.  I'm not sure if it's as a film or a series though.

Having just finished reading this, I am pleased.
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« Reply #888 on: April 25, 2010, 03:23:41 AM »

Meanwhile I've seen every episode and movie twice and honestly don't have a clue what's going on.

Also Dragon Ball for me, but I really blame Sci-Fi Channels "Saturday Anime" feature for making it a thing.  Introduce a 13-year-old boy to Akira and Project A-ko and he's pretty much done.

I saw Robot Carnival when I was like, 9, thanks to that.

Let me tell you, that shit scares a child. It scares them deep.

I used to buy the manga because I liked Sadamoto's art style a lot a few years back. Still have the first 10 volumes, but never got the last ones because Sadamoto flipped out and never finished the manga adaptation.

Then again, from what I hear, it's probably best that way.

He didn't flip out, he just did his work on the manga extremely slowly. It was published one chapter at a time in a monthly magazine. On top of this, assembling the chapters in book form falls on the author of the manga, and from what I've heard, he considers the manga to be something he can shelve when he's asked to design characters for anime or what not.

As of Vol12, the series is on Hiatus while he works on the third rebuild of eva movie

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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #889 on: April 25, 2010, 04:56:30 AM »

I don't...  are you agreeing, or...? :wat:

You are the first person I've wanted to ban.  :rage:
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #890 on: April 25, 2010, 06:21:29 AM »

He didn't flip out, he just did his work on the manga extremely slowly. It was published one chapter at a time in a monthly magazine. On top of this, assembling the chapters in book form falls on the author of the manga, and from what I've heard, he considers the manga to be something he can shelve when he's asked to design characters for anime or what not.

As of Vol12, the series is on Hiatus while he works on the third rebuild of eva movie

:themoreyouknow:

Some percentage of that foot-dragging is no doubt because he wants the manga version to jibe with whatever the last reconstruction of the ending is.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #891 on: April 25, 2010, 07:15:53 AM »

I don't...  are you agreeing, or...? :wat:

You are the first person I've wanted to ban.  :rage:
Because that would prove anything.  I see nothing compelling in that intro.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #892 on: April 25, 2010, 07:21:29 AM »

 :yarr:
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #893 on: April 25, 2010, 08:17:59 AM »

Watched Real Drive recently, watching Baccano now.  The works of Makoto Shinkai and Mamoru Hosoda and Satoshi Kon exist.  There's a pretty constant flow of amazing stuff.

As for if new anime is any good...sorry, but the ratio of good to crap is about the same as it's always been, you just know more anime now. I've been watching stuff from the 70s and you would not believe how dumb is, but the 70s also produced Captain Harlock and Rose of Versailles. You can do the same for the 80s, 90s, or 00s.

This for every medium ever.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #894 on: April 25, 2010, 08:27:00 AM »

Cthulhu-chan is now banned.
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« Reply #895 on: April 25, 2010, 08:27:14 AM »

From good taste!
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #896 on: April 25, 2010, 08:27:36 AM »

Whoa, Hosoda's got a new film out?
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #897 on: April 25, 2010, 08:31:02 AM »

yes and it is FANTASTIC
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #898 on: April 25, 2010, 08:59:06 AM »

Most recently I watched the first ten episodes of Slayers Next on Youtube (Funimation is really awesome about hosting episodes themselves).  I need to pick up the boxset, because it is so good.

I watched the newest two Slayers series (Revolution and Evolution-R) the same way, and they were surprisingly nostalgic. Slayers was the first anime that I actively pursued, thanks to Hades Pro's yearly GenCon showings, and probably the first that got me thinking of myself as an "anime fan."

It was like the show ignored the past ten years or so of anime trends to focus on what drew me to the show in the first place: jokes about Lina's breasts and Gourry being stupid jokes about Lina's breasts and Gourry being stupid. Revolution and Evolution-R don't really add anything new to the Slayers world/overarching plot/character growth, but it's still fun. I like that in my cartoons.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #899 on: April 25, 2010, 09:55:07 AM »

I think Ronin Warriors was my first anime, but Sailor Moon, the Saturday anime on Sci-Fi, and videos of Ranma 1/2 followed so closely after that it's hard to remember what came first.

I'd like to Second robot carnival having a crazy impact on me. The short with the guy who builds a clockwork robot girl still gives me shivers.
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