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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #140 on: September 30, 2008, 07:50:21 AM »
I started watching irresponsible captain tylor and couldnt agree more with crash about old anime being better...  ::D:
Then again i finished vandread and it couldnt be more.  :wuv:
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #141 on: September 30, 2008, 08:25:09 AM »
...that's almost exactly what I didn't say, though.   :wat:

(Bullet point: Contemporary anime is fine, but it caters increasingly to a niche market.)
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #142 on: September 30, 2008, 02:53:15 PM »
So, I finished Gurren Lagann.


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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #143 on: September 30, 2008, 03:15:35 PM »
Yeah, I'm not sure why that happened either.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #144 on: September 30, 2008, 03:16:07 PM »
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #145 on: September 30, 2008, 07:24:08 PM »
Quote from: Envy on September 30, 2008, 07:50:21 AM
I started watching irresponsible captain tylor and couldnt agree more with crash about old anime being better...  ::D:
Then again i finished vandread and it couldnt be more.  :wuv:

Vandread's somewhat old now... it has to be, because I remember it.  :derp:

And the problem with the niche markets is that they're TERRIBLE niches. Harem anime et al are about as close to fanfiction written for pure self-consumption as you can get.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #146 on: September 30, 2008, 08:00:29 PM »
Japan really, really likes tragic unavoidable last minute deaths no matter how avoidable they were, especially with selfless sacrifice involved.  The only thing Japan likes better is faking out the same.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #147 on: September 30, 2008, 08:03:09 PM »
Gainax needs to cut the LOL FEMALE LEAD DIES/LEAVES/IS PUT ON A BUS LAST EPISODE shit out.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #148 on: September 30, 2008, 08:09:31 PM »
Japan does.  Thanks for reiterating my point in a narrower fashion!
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #149 on: September 30, 2008, 08:14:13 PM »
i consider it more of a gainax thing.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #150 on: September 30, 2008, 08:36:26 PM »
They both need to cut that shit out.

Re: Gurren Lagann
[spoiler]Wasn't the whole point of the series that bullheaded tenacity can change even the most dire of situations? If I just saved existence, you better believe I'd get out my Drill Dozer and bring my damn girlfriend back.[/spoiler]

Summation: In the end, they did not, in fact, row row fight da powa.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #151 on: September 30, 2008, 08:53:43 PM »
The whole point of Gurren was to be a gigantic throwback to the robot shows that the creators and their fanbase grew up with.

Any point beyond that was not considered.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #152 on: September 30, 2008, 08:59:57 PM »
Quote from: Kayma on September 30, 2008, 08:36:26 PM
They both need to cut that shit out.

Re: Gurren Lagann
[spoiler]Wasn't the whole point of the series that bullheaded tenacity can change even the most dire of situations? If I just saved existence, you better believe I'd get out my Drill Dozer and bring my damn girlfriend back.[/spoiler]

Summation: In the end, they did not, in fact, row row fight da powa.

I think the point was also that sometimes you just have to accept some things and not be so obsessed about changing them. But mostly that it's up to the next generation to keep going forward.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #153 on: September 30, 2008, 09:04:34 PM »
But mostly what lyrai said, yeah.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #154 on: September 30, 2008, 09:24:49 PM »
Quote from: patito on September 30, 2008, 08:59:57 PM
Quote from: Kayma on September 30, 2008, 08:36:26 PM
They both need to cut that shit out.

Re: Gurren Lagann
[spoiler]Wasn't the whole point of the series that bullheaded tenacity can change even the most dire of situations? If I just saved existence, you better believe I'd get out my Drill Dozer and bring my damn girlfriend back.[/spoiler]

Summation: In the end, they did not, in fact, row row fight da powa.

I think the point was also that sometimes you just have to accept some things and not be so obsessed about changing them. But mostly that it's up to the next generation to keep going forward.

This is also why Simon didn't use his powers to bring EVERYONE BACK TO LIFE and became a hobo.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #155 on: October 01, 2008, 12:41:45 AM »
Quote from: Mr_Saturn on September 30, 2008, 09:24:49 PM
Quote from: patito on September 30, 2008, 08:59:57 PM
Quote from: Kayma on September 30, 2008, 08:36:26 PM
They both need to cut that shit out.

Re: Gurren Lagann
[spoiler]Wasn't the whole point of the series that bullheaded tenacity can change even the most dire of situations? If I just saved existence, you better believe I'd get out my Drill Dozer and bring my damn girlfriend back.[/spoiler]

Summation: In the end, they did not, in fact, row row fight da powa.

I think the point was also that sometimes you just have to accept some things and not be so obsessed about changing them. But mostly that it's up to the next generation to keep going forward.

This is also why Simon used spoiler tags.

[spoiler]But yeah, basically it happened because Simon was like, "O-hey! You're disappearing in the middle of this awesome giant robot battle!"
And Nia was all, "No, it's cool. I know it's just been your goal to rescue me this whole time, but fuck this guy up even though it means I'm going to be lost to the ether, OK?"

Kamiya also handles being dead pretty well![/spoiler]
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #156 on: October 01, 2008, 06:56:45 PM »
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #157 on: October 01, 2008, 07:22:10 PM »
There is no part of that trailer I didn't like.
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #158 on: October 01, 2008, 07:24:55 PM »
So, besides the one guy in the orange gi, what the hell was the difference between that and <insert anything filmed in Hong Kong in the last two decades>?

Oh, and being billed as the "1st Ever Live-Action Movie".  Mm-hmm.  You may try to erase that last one from your memory, China, but you'll never erase the Moonwalk Magic from my heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbmi3YUBH7E
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Re: Jap Cartoons
« Reply #159 on: October 01, 2008, 08:08:38 PM »
On the end of Gurren Lagan:  While it conflicts with one theme of the show.  It does go with on of the other, not nearly as awesome themes.  Namely the "The next generation rising to take on the world" one.   [spoiler]As for Nia, yeah, that was fucking inexcusable[/spoiler]  I take [spoiler]Kamina's death, and acceptance of death[/spoiler] as part of this theme too. 
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