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Old 01-11-2014, 11:38 PM   #6101
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Watched Nisekoi episode 1 too. The way the anime is being done is interesting and I guess it fits with how the manga is usually structured...but I would rather just read the manga.

The music, pacing, and overall art direction kinda annoy me.
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Old 01-12-2014, 09:46 AM   #6102
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Akame ga Kill now has a registered domain name, so an anime is probable, probably for summer or maybe fall of this year.

For those who don't know anything about it, it's an action series (with nice art) that is...quite infamous for its womenslaying. If Gen Urobuchi is Hannibal Lecter, a refined but picky killer, Takahiro is probably closer to Ted Bundy's brand of brutal sadism.

It'll certainly be an interesting watch, that's for sure. I hope it has decent production values (at least Nisekoi-tier) to pull it off, and isn't censored much.
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I've watched more shit! Nothing excites me more than endlessly staring at a brown lump of waste!

Noragami
Episode 2 continues with another fun episode. The humor got a bit annoying in one spot, but otherwise, I enjoyed episode 2 as much as I did 1. I'm really looking forward to seeing what they do with this. Actually I think this show deserves a thread. If any of the more faithful manga readers don't make one, then I might.

Wizard Barristers - Benmashi Cecil
A show about magical lawyers? Well the premise is interesting atleast. I do like how these people do everything in their power to defend their own kind, but I dunno. They are often defending people who go on murderous rampages. Other than that, it's a nice show. It has potential to be a really good show. Let's see if it meets that potential, or just turns into an idiotic moe show without any real attempt to make sense.

Space Dandy
Episode two has been watched. It seems the show's "charm" has already worn off, and I'm already sick of it. I could tolerate the bad humor in the first episode, but now it's really starting to get on my nerves. I doubt I'll watch this for much longer.

Pink-haired Tits the Animation
Why did I watch episode 2? I don't know myself, to be honest. I should have dropped this at episode 1, but I watched episode 2 despite knowing that this show is nothing more than eyecandy. Seriously, why should I watch this when I can just pop in a doujin of her? It's the same kind of experience, but more fulfilling!

Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta
Episode 2 of this was interesting. We learn some things about the main guy, and his meeting from episode 1 progresses. I did enjoy this more than I thought I would, so that's a plus. The thing is though.....why the hell do planes need two pilots? That second seat seems like nothing more than a cheap plot device to expand relationships. They really should have some kind of explanation for that. This week's episode did give me a little more hope for the show.
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Old 01-14-2014, 02:58 PM   #6104
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Watched the first episode of this out of curiosity, since it was one of the few blurbs/preview pics that sorta interested me, and I saw some positive reviews in this thread. It was pretty fun.

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I like that they went the "crude route" with the old rich guy and didn't shy away from scandalous subjects.

(...Kinda wonder what happened to the other girls though. From the way their friends reacted at first I thought they arranged the kidnappings because they were jealous/hated those girls or something.)


Might check out Noragami since everyone's saying good stuff about it too.
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Old 01-15-2014, 08:28 PM   #6105
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Blah blah blah new shows! Blah blah blah!

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Watched episode 2. Not too different from episode 1 as far as my impressions go, which is a good thing. I'm hoping the two stories from episode 1 and 2 somehow piece up in the grand scale of things. Though I doubt that'll happen. There was one scene at the end of the episode I fucking loved though. I was like the damn Herbal Essences woman as it was going on. I couldn't help but go "YES! YES! OH GOD YES!".

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I picked up yet another show. For the most part, I enjoyed the first episode of this. It was a bit dumb in places, but it was a very very charming episode. This is similar to Gingitsune, but it's alot sillier, and seems to focus more on romance. I look forward to seeing what this show turns into. It also replaced Mikakunin for number three. Though..for a huge negative...THIS SHOW IS ONLY 10 EPISODES LONG! Only the crappy shows nowadays get more than 12 episodes.

I've been trying to finish Ojamajo Doremi Dokkaan, but I keep lagging on it. I know the last few episodes are going to be super thick in drama, and it's difficult to start watching. I will preservere though, since Doremi is among the best of the kid's shows I've watched!
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Old 01-15-2014, 08:47 PM   #6106
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Noragami

Watched the first two episodes. It's entertaining. Definitely feel some Monogatari/Natsume/Bleach vibes.

Hamatora

Also saw the second episode of this. I'm honestly really enjoying it, even more so than Noragami. It's a little over the top, but in a fun way. I like how it's silly but still tackles some serious/realistic subjects.

The fox show is out too? Hm, have to find a place to watch that as well.
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Old 01-16-2014, 10:39 AM   #6107
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Noragami

Watched the first two episodes. It's entertaining. Definitely feel some Monogatari/Natsume/Bleach vibes.
Nah, that's just Hiroshi Kamiya vibes. *shot*

In all seriousness though, Noragami is GOOD. And I mean really good. You should at least have a look! :3
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Old 01-17-2014, 12:44 AM   #6108
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Pokémon: I've caught up, having watched Episodes 11, the 1-11 special, and 12. I might write about them later, but having already discussed them at length with AK2 and me not really being in much of an exhaustive anime-watching and discussing mood lately, I'll probably pass. We'll see.

Super Sonico the Animation: Watched the first episode of this. Honestly, they should've just made Episode 01 be the entire production but poured their entire budget into that one episode to make it look flipping fantastic. I really don't need to see twelve to thirteen episodes of a subpar series. Not sure whether to rate this a "4 - Bad" or a "5 - Average," but one thing's clear: I'll likely not press on to Episode 02.

It's not like Episode 01 offended me or anything. It's just that ... Super Sonico is (as far as I've ever known her) a softcore pornographic 2-D idol who has enjoyed modest popularity in the hardcore pornographic scene. There isn't really much to her other than "large-breasted pink-haired girl who wears large, high-grade headphones all the time" and this episode definitely showed that -- in awkwardly trying to flesh Sonico's character out (they made her an honor roll student, a part-time fashion model, a part-time waitress at her grandmother's bar, a member of a rock-and-roll band ...), they only ended up making it clearer to me just how ill-defined Sonico is as a person and how obvious her fleshing out here was made for TV.

Other 2014 series: Still haven't checked many of them out. Noragami, etc.

Outstanding Fall 2013 series: Still haven't resumed watching any of these. Dunno what it is, but I just haven't been in much of an anime-watching mood lately. I guess it's just that I haven't had a new video game to play in a long while and so I'm really having fun with Pokémon Y. Not to mention how much there is to do in there as a breeder. But I definitely do want to catch up on Gingitsune, Nagi no Asukara, and all the others. Maybe as soon as tomorrow, who knows. *shrug*

Outstanding Summer 2013 series: I seriously need to wrap up Fantasista Doll and Rozen Maiden. The latter I just don't want to end ¬¬; / it already more or less did end for the season with its previous episode. The former I've been stuck on Episode 07 for ages, no idea why either since it's an enjoyable enough episode as far as the series is concerned.
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Old 01-17-2014, 03:26 PM   #6109
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Konoha is apparently going to be voiced by Mamoru Miyano in Mekaku City Actors.

Huh.

Also Shidu confirmed for girl???

Edit- The series will air for one cour.

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Old 01-17-2014, 09:20 PM   #6110
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Prison School: So, there's an erodoujinshi from a popular artist going around right now that is apparently based off of a series called Kangoku Gakuen a.k.a. Prison School. What I'm seeing in the doujin and what I'm reading on the MyAnimeList page don't exactly seem to line up, but I can at least say that the combination of the two has me somewhat interested.

MAL premise (copying and pasting straight off their site):
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Hachimitsu Academy, known for its strict academic standards and even stricter school code, is making a giant change this year. In the first time in school history, they are allowing boys to be admitted. As Fujino Kiyoshi starts his first day at Hachimitsu Academy he is shocked to find out that there are only 4 other guys in the entire school, making the ratio of girls to boys 200:1. And to their dismay, not one of the thousand girls will talk to them or even acknowledge them. But Kiyoshi and the guys are about to find out about the shadow student council that has been threatening the female students about interacting with male students.

Doujin premise (from what I can tell): (Warning! Appears to cover events in Chapter 76 of the manga!)
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The main character attempts to sneak into the student council's club room in order to dig up some data on the underground student council's wrongdoings. However, he's discovered and consequently winds up as a prisoner in what I can only assume to be the school's underground prison block. He also notes that Midorikawa Hana, a former member of the underground student council, "was being discharged as an apprentice to the student council." (I'm not exactly sure what that means though.) While it's unclear to me what the protagonist's relationship with her is, the fact that he refers to her as "Hana-san" and expresses concern for her well-being seems to suggest that he cares for her but that he isn't someone she's opened herself up to completely yet.

Anyway, from there the doujin wastes little time being erotic, but it does seem to reference at least two events which happened prior to the start of the story, either of which could be canon or could be made up by the author. First, apparently the protagonist once got a glimpse underneath Hana's skirt. As in the doujin, at least, it's presented as though she had been wearing nothing underneath and he got a good look. Second, apparently the protagonist and Hana kissed recently before the events of the doujin. Hana denies that it was a kiss though, and indeed what the artist displays is rather odd: apparently the two pressed their lips together but had their mouths open, not shut, and yet absolutely nothing else was going on. It ... it kind of looks like when two people have to use only their mouths to move an orange or an apple or something from Location A to Location B except delete the apple. So like ... they're "kissing" ... sort of ... but not really? ^^;

Anyway, we're almost out of non-doujin material to go through here, but from what I can tell early on, it seems like Hana is tsundere for the protagonist while the protagonist is dere for Hana. It also seems like Hana is part of "the establishment" and, especially during her more tsun moments, has sort of a "warden and prisoner" relationship with the protagonist. Vice versa, the protagonist is a prisoner who seems to be against the system, though he's not exactly plotting a revolt or anything from what I can see here.

Anyway, I bring this up so that those of you who might enjoy this sort of story can begin to check out the manga if you like rather than waiting for (what I can only assume to be) the inevitable television adaptation.

Update: Oh whoa. So ... I checked out one of the manga portals for this series and on a pure whim I clicked on Chapter 76 since its title seemed like it might be describing the events I'm witnessing in the erodoujin. Sure enough, that's Hana right there on the first page. And sure enough, turn to Page 2 and this is 100% the opening scene of the doujin.

So yeah. Is it a good anime or is it the next BTOOOM!? I have no idea. But if this accomplished eromangaka is drawing up a fanfic for it, chances are good it's going to be animated some time in the next year or two. Considering his previous doujinshi have focused on much more mainstream series like One Piece, it's hard for me to imagine that this is something even more niche than a Fukumoto manga and therefore unlikely to be adapted for television.

Update 2: and now I find myself reading Chapter 01 of the manga. But I have a Dangan Ronpa thread to reply to before it's too late, so ...
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Went to upload an image on Imgur. Saw that this is currently the #1 top-trending image upload. Baby raged the moment I saw the title ("Must see anime for the slightly older audience"), knowing this was surely written by some arsehat 17-year old who thinks himself "older". Baby raged onward as I saw the list and realized that while I'd seen all seven of these series, few of them would I recommend and quite a number of them -- oh god @ Mirai Nikki and Shingeki no Kyojin -- would I anti-recommend.

But then, with hope for the gallery already lost, I decided to scroll down to see what people were saying. A lot of idiotic teenagers going "OH GEE GOLLY WILLIKERS! THANKS FOR THESE RECS! " ............... and then one lone man in the audience piping up to say:
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamen.

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Slightly older? That's exactly what teenagers watch nowadays. 5 cm per second is "for slightly older audience".
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Old 01-18-2014, 05:04 PM   #6112
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I did not remember Talon's seen Monster and Shinsekai Yori. Searching reveals the truth. This is like discovering BBB saw Asatte no Houkou way back in 2007.
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He didn't watch the whole thing though. Live action Monster has been talked about for years now; it was supposed to be a movie at first, but this HBO series is really going to happen, huh? The story is live action friendly, with the exception of one twist that most definitely would not work. They're going to have to change it somehow.

I consider 20th Century Boys to be a slightly superior Urasawa manga to Monster, but an unfortunate thing about it is I can't see an anime version being possible. A lot of the twists and mysteries rely on you seeing that a character is speaking, but not being able to see who they are. How would they make that work when they have actual voice actors?

EDIT: Never mind, it looks like they actually DID make live action movies of 20th Century Boys lol. I have no idea how they dealt with all those problems, but they had to have made some significant changes!
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Old 01-18-2014, 06:32 PM   #6114
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Of everything in the Imgur gallery, Monster is the only thing I haven't seen to completion of what was originally aired on television. And even that one I still saw quite a bit of. Just not 50%+.

Not sure why Doppel is so surprised I saw Shinsekai Yori considering I talked about it weekly in the thread AS IT AIRED whereas HE DID NOT. I was on top of that ball from Day One. Sadly, it turns out. ^^; Wasn't the greatest series in the world. But meh, was pretty original and I had fun discussing it with Kaisa and Yuki.
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He didn't watch the whole thing though. Live action Monster has been talked about for years now; it was supposed to be a movie at first, but this HBO series is really going to happen, huh? The story is live action friendly, with the exception of one twist that most definitely would not work. They're going to have to change it somehow.
Pretty sure I know what twist you're talking about...

But seriously, cannot wait for this.
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Not sure why Doppel is so surprised I saw Shinsekai Yori considering I talked about it weekly in the thread AS IT AIRED whereas HE DID NOT. I was on top of that ball from Day One. Sadly, it turns out. ^^; Wasn't the greatest series in the world. But meh, was pretty original and I had fun discussing it with Kaisa and Yuki.
From what I know of the series, it doesn't seem like the type you'd pick up, let alone not drop fairly early on in its running. I remember you talking about it now but it certainly wasn't an easily retrievable short-term memory for me.
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Pretty sure I know what twist you're talking about...

But seriously, cannot wait for this.

I mean, they COULD just say F it and do it, but I don't think people would buy it, you know what I mean?!
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From what I know of the series, it doesn't seem like the type you'd pick up, let alone not drop fairly early on in its running. I remember you talking about it now but it certainly wasn't an easily retrievable short-term memory for me.
Pretty sure I shared it on UPN, but if I didn't then I'll go ahead and share it now -- a few months ago, while hanging out with friends, I happened by pure chance to discover the song that is used in Shinsekai yori as the curfew song. It's a classical piece by Dvorak. Guess what it's called?

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hyperlink (The recognizable bit begins at around 0m45s, so skip to 0m40s and listen from there.)

"From the New World." Which, when translated into Japanese, becomes ... Shinsekai yori.

I know it's a bit late considering the show aired a year ago, but if I haven't shared that little bit of trivia here on UPN yet, now I have. Enjoy.
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I have some more stuff to chew on.

Hozuki no Reitetsu
Watched episode 2. The first half was okay, but I really did not like the second half with Satan. Typical "JAPAN IS BETTER THAN EVERYTHING ELSE!" nonsense. Next week is the last chance I'm giving this show.

Mikakunin de Shinkoukei
Episode 2 was pretty much the same as episode 1 qualitywise. Just less main guy, which was a bit irritating. There's really not much more going for this show than moe, but it's still entertaining.

Nisekoi
Once again, episode 2 has been watched. After watching it, I can pretty confidently say that the writing quality is totally on par with Sword Art Online. It's dumb and cliche as hell, but it's not offensive enough for me to want to drop. I'm still somewhat interested in what's going to happen, even if this show isn't any good.

Sekai Seifuku Bouryaku no Zvezda
A friend was going on about how awesome this was, so I decided to check this out. I originally didn't touch it because I thought that "Seifuku" in the title meant uniform, which means this would be an idiotic moe fanservice show. I umm...I got the wrong Seifuku, but it seems my impression was still right. The first episode was about the main girl's flat chest glistening in the moonlight! Actually despite how idiotic this show is, it still has its moments, and has some nice quotes here and there. "Lincon had potential, but he had one flaw. HE COULDN'T WITHSTAND BULLETS!" I also hope the main guy has something going for him other than being the "nice guy with nothing else going for him" harem target.
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Pokémon: Currently watching Episode 013 of XY. Just a quick note: it seems that Pocket Monsters opted to translate 付き合う tsukiau as "to be with [someone]; to stay with [someone]", etc, which is a correct translation but a touch too literal imo for this scene given Serena's freak out. Explanation: this verb is also what is used when the Japanese say "Please go out with me!" (tsukiatte kudasai), "We're going out" (watashi-tachi tsukiatteru yo), and so on. So when the trainer tells Ash "If I win, promise me you'll ______ with me", it is true that she's asking him to stick with her ... but between two young people of the opposite sex such as themselves, it's pretty much a default interpretation (and thus one for which Serena can be forgiven) to take it as "If I win, promise me you'll go out with me / date me / become my boyfriend."

Anyway, resuming watching. You guys enjoy it too! Hopefully it's a good one.

EDIT: Realized I might've been a bit unclear above, so some clarification. Possible spoiler though?

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Their translation is a good one. It works given what the trainer is actually telling Ash, i.e. she wants him to accompany her. It's just that I would've preferred if they'd gone for Serena's (mis)interpretation myself. Unfortunately, this is the nature of double entendres that don't carry over from one language to the next. ^^; You lose them, and you have to make a choice whether you want to go for the truly intended meaning or whether you want to go for the humorous misinterpretation.
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Speaking of which, I guess our new friends decided not to stay after all
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I've seen Adamant and TSS_Killer visit on rare to semi-rare occasion. Haven't seen Sunain or others but that's okay: if they want to post, then they will , and if they don't want to post, then they won't. ^_^; It's possible that they feel like outsiders and don't want to "disturb the ecosystem," as it were. Sort of like Star Trek's Prime Directive. It's possible that they already have communities of their own that they are a part of and they neither want to nor need to invest the time and emotion into starting afresh here. (For starters, we can surmise that they themselves form a community via their IRC channel and their shared labors on weekly episodes.) And it's always possible that they simply didn't like what they saw here. Who knows. All I know is, it was a pretty neat surprise that somehow or another word had gotten back to them that I was saying positive things about the quality of their subs and they decided to come say hi and thanks.

As for the episode ... well ... ^^;

Pokémon: The thirteenth episode of the XY series was my least favorite yet. While opinions on filler episodes are often split, I think it's safe to say that this is probably one which most fans will agree was a stinker. A boring story. A cliche premise (even for Pokémon, which has had God knows how many obligatory preschool episodes). Rather poor showcasing of the Pokémon of the Day. Comic Relief Team Rocket in their most old-fashioned showing yet this season, with nothing in the way of witty humor, hints of menace and competence, or new captures to liven them up at least somewhat as other Comic Relief Team Rocket episodes have this season. A painful return of Idiot Ash who is too stupid and too blind to tell that Team Rocket isn't actually a trio of nice volunteers. (For Christ's sake: Meowth didn't even bother to hide the fact that he can talk. ) It was just bad. But really, I'm saving the best for last. Spoiler tagging just so that you can see it for yourself when you watch the episode if you haven't done so already.

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What. the fuck. is this? O_o Oh my word. I just couldn't believe this. While most of the episode (a good 70-80% or so?) was animated just as nicely as your typical Unova episode, this one scene in particular was the poster child of the bottom 20-30%. Good fucking lord did the animators not give a shit about this episode. Oh my word. This is so bad it's like ShoPro held a Bring Your Kids To Work Day event and the animators allowed their kids to draw the outlines for Ash and Pikachu. Christ. Pikachu looks dead. And what is up with Ash's mannequin mouth? Honestly, the screen capture doesn't do this discussion justice. You've really got to see the animation in action to appreciate just how hilariously obvious and awful this bit was. The stuff immediately before it and immediately after it were fine. "Gorgeous", even, if we want to be loose with our compliments. But sandwiched in the middle was this two-second scene where the animators just said "Fuck it " and went out to lunch, leaving the summer interns behind to handle it instead. Good lord.

So yeah. ^^; XY013? The low point of the XY saga thus far, in my opinion.

But the good news is that while XY014 looks like it'll be a revisit of another cliche Pokémon episode archetype -- Ash & Co. visiting a haunted house -- it also looks like it bears a lot in common with the Unova episode with the Litwick. And that was one of my favorite early Unova episodes. So combine that with the fact that I like Espurr and ... yeah, I'm hoping that Episode 014 will make up for the completely forgettable Episode 013.
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Haven't watch any anime in a while, but I have read some manga!

Sengoku Youko:

I blitzed through this manga in a couple of days, I found that I didn't want to stop reading it. Initially the manga focuses on Youko Tama and Jinka Sendou, a Youko who loves humans and a human who loves demons respectively, as they adventure around the world. Satoshi Mikazumi, who is the author of Lucifier Biscuit and Spirit Circle (of which I have read neither but have heard good things), does a really good job as fleshing out the characters, both main and side characters. Characters such as Shinsuke the cowardly samurai, Shakugan, the the Mountain God, Senya the Demon King, Teru the 'Bird' man and many more characters. As the characters develop and progress, it feels natural and organic. Now for the big spoiler thing! So don't read the spoiler as it contains huge spoilers for the end of Part 1 and for Part 2 as a whole.
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I really liked how Mikazumi showed how Jinka's journey to become a Demon was flawed, what with him eventually going crazy and being locked within his demon form. And then when Part 2 started, and now the main character was Senya! Honestly I wasn't expecting that to happen, I was thinking that the manga would continue to follow Tama as she tried to get Jinka back to normal. I mean yeah eventually Tama joined up with Senya and Tsukiko but not until there was an eight year time skip, but I wasn't expecting it. And not only Mikazumi turn a minor enemy into a main character, but he managed to make Senya a completely sympathetic and likeable character.
I say that everyone should give this a try.

Unrelated to SY, but recently I found out that Tokyo ESP has been slated for an anime to be released this year! I am actually really excited for this, as I'm a huge fan of Tokyo ESP.
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Old 01-21-2014, 09:27 AM   #6124
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I'm lurking, just haven't really had anything to say worth making a post about :P

The only non-Pokemon anime I've been watching this season has been the first episode of chu2two, so I haven't had much else to contribute to this topic, either.

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Pokémon: Currently watching Episode 013 of XY. Just a quick note: it seems that Pocket Monsters opted to translate 付き合う tsukiau as "to be with [someone]; to stay with [someone]", etc, which is a correct translation but a touch too literal imo for this scene given Serena's freak out. Explanation: this verb is also what is used when the Japanese say "Please go out with me!" (tsukiatte kudasai), "We're going out" (watashi-tachi tsukiatteru yo), and so on. So when the trainer tells Ash "If I win, promise me you'll ______ with me", it is true that she's asking him to stick with her ... but between two young people of the opposite sex such as themselves, it's pretty much a default interpretation (and thus one for which Serena can be forgiven) to take it as "If I win, promise me you'll go out with me / date me / become my boyfriend."
The translation of 付き合う as "to be with" was intended to carry the connotation of "to date" while also being something that could be taken literally in its far more "innocent" meaning. Did it not come across that way to you?

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Old 01-21-2014, 10:39 AM   #6125
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It's just personal preference, I guess. I would have opted to do this:

Spoiler: show
  1. Translate it as what Serena (mis)hears, thus placing the audience with her. So, "I want you to go out with me" or some such.
  2. At the preschool, when Serena realizes the truth, so too does the audience. "Oh! So that's what she meant by 'go out with'!"
  3. Optionally place a header note at the top of that scene stating "Tsukiau means both 'to date' and 'to accompany'."
By translating it the other way around, with Premičre's intended meaning being what the audience is delivered, Serena's freak-out seems a bit more clingy, a bit more crazy or inappropriate. At least, it does for people who only speak English and don't appreciate that Premičre's wording was precisely the same wording one uses to ask another person to become their boyfriend/girlfriend.

It's honestly a minor gripe, one that largely boils down to personal differences in approach to translation. It sure as hell isn't translating どうして!? as "How do I do this!?" or some such.
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