Re: Poe's Anime Thread

by **amaterasu** Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:46 pm

Yeah, I kind of felt bad for hijacking the DRRRRRRRRRR thread.

Would you say SAO is your favourite anime?

by **Poe** Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:21 pm

It's actually tied with Kill la Kill, at the moment.

I like SAO because it goes over a theme of questioning reality, in a way, and suggesting that perhaps even if it is not "real," being perceived as such is enough. (Via acceptance of a virtual / online world as being real, despite being more intangible.) It also has this fascinating bit about the ripples of cause and effect (butterfly effect).

Kill la Kill implies similar themes of being connected, but also plays up a beautiful expression of maturity.

by **amaterasu** Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:40 pm

huh, you make it sound super deep and life-lesson learning

by **Poe** Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:08 pm

I do that with a lot of anime. Video games on occasion too, if I can actually get myself to go through them.

I'm not the only one, either.

I'm not saying it's always implied, mind you, but I still think there's something there.

The fun part is seeing someone's reaction after seeing KLK and finding that I read that much into it, because an awful lot of people saw it as this giant hyper mess with no real meaning behind it.

Also, just for more fun, there is this cached archive of a Chrono Trigger (the prequel to the game from my avatar and signature) existentialist reading and here is part three of a four-part series on Morrowind talking about Lord Vivec and how he's just awesome (contains spoilers).

I try to at least get something out of every anime I watch.

Edit: Games too, but I don't really get into them as much.

For example, from what I have seen with Skyrim, I think it'd be way more fun if you actually had to breathe in their soul (forcing you to be so close to them when they have been slain), as opposed to just "absorbing it" into your body.

Would have given the game this really nice bit of, "Before you can shout, you must first draw breath."

by **neon kun** Sat Jan 24, 2015 4:47 am

Poe wrote:If you mean the animation itself, I think the idea was to fit more closely to Naoko's artwork in the original manga. I think part of what irks me about it is that it's so very... make-up-y? The lips bother me a bit.

If you mean the mistakes, they're already working on correcting those for the disc releases. :3

i am okies with them trying to make it fit closely to Naoko's artwork in the original manga.. I just think... the way they draw it is very rushed looking? lots of.. mistakes, and stuff? like more than usual you see in anime.. especially since it is a biweekly release even :OO

by **Poe** Sat Jan 24, 2015 7:03 am

neon kun wrote:
Poe wrote:If you mean the animation itself, I think the idea was to fit more closely to Naoko's artwork in the original manga. I think part of what irks me about it is that it's so very... make-up-y? The lips bother me a bit.

If you mean the mistakes, they're already working on correcting those for the disc releases. :3

i am okies with them trying to make it fit closely to Naoko's artwork in the original manga.. I just think... the way they draw it is very rushed looking? lots of.. mistakes, and stuff? like more than usual you see in anime.. especially since it is a biweekly release even :OO

At least they're fixing it. Honestly, I'm not all that bothered by it. My problem with the series at large is just how cheesy it is from time to time. xD

by **sammythebootlegger** Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:37 pm

How far into Fairy Tail are you??

by **neon kun** Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:40 pm

Poe wrote:
neon kun wrote:
Poe wrote:If you mean the animation itself, I think the idea was to fit more closely to Naoko's artwork in the original manga. I think part of what irks me about it is that it's so very... make-up-y? The lips bother me a bit.

If you mean the mistakes, they're already working on correcting those for the disc releases. :3

i am okies with them trying to make it fit closely to Naoko's artwork in the original manga.. I just think... the way they draw it is very rushed looking? lots of.. mistakes, and stuff? like more than usual you see in anime.. especially since it is a biweekly release even :OO

At least they're fixing it. Honestly, I'm not all that bothered by it. My problem with the series at large is just how cheesy it is from time to time. xD

Ohh they are? I haven't watched the next episodes because it was just.. :< for me. Maybe the manga is cheesy too? Have you read it?

by **Poe** Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:44 pm

sammythebootlegger wrote:How far into Fairy Tail are you??

Crunchyroll has me listed at episode 88.

by **Poe** Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:26 am

neon kun wrote:
Poe wrote:
neon kun wrote:
Poe wrote:If you mean the animation itself, I think the idea was to fit more closely to Naoko's artwork in the original manga. I think part of what irks me about it is that it's so very... make-up-y? The lips bother me a bit.

If you mean the mistakes, they're already working on correcting those for the disc releases. :3

i am okies with them trying to make it fit closely to Naoko's artwork in the original manga.. I just think... the way they draw it is very rushed looking? lots of.. mistakes, and stuff? like more than usual you see in anime.. especially since it is a biweekly release even :OO

At least they're fixing it. Honestly, I'm not all that bothered by it. My problem with the series at large is just how cheesy it is from time to time. xD

Ohh they are? I haven't watched the next episodes because it was just.. :< for me. Maybe the manga is cheesy too? Have you read it?

Have not read the manga, but I assume that it is, indeed, still cheesy. The anime is about a bunch of girls who fight for love and justice, in a series from the '90s. Of course it's going to be. :P

by **Poe** Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:29 am

I have just added Haganai and Recently, My Sister Is Unusual to queue.

by **neon kun** Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:49 am

Poe wrote:
neon kun wrote:
Poe wrote:
neon kun wrote:
Poe wrote:If you mean the animation itself, I think the idea was to fit more closely to Naoko's artwork in the original manga. I think part of what irks me about it is that it's so very... make-up-y? The lips bother me a bit.

If you mean the mistakes, they're already working on correcting those for the disc releases. :3

i am okies with them trying to make it fit closely to Naoko's artwork in the original manga.. I just think... the way they draw it is very rushed looking? lots of.. mistakes, and stuff? like more than usual you see in anime.. especially since it is a biweekly release even :OO

At least they're fixing it. Honestly, I'm not all that bothered by it. My problem with the series at large is just how cheesy it is from time to time. xD

Ohh they are? I haven't watched the next episodes because it was just.. :< for me. Maybe the manga is cheesy too? Have you read it?

Have not read the manga, but I assume that it is, indeed, still cheesy. The anime is about a bunch of girls who fight for love and justice, in a series from the '90s. Of course it's going to be. :P

Idk XD I watched the original series... like a year ago from the first season till the end, and I didn't find it :< xDDD

by **Poe** Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:12 am

neon kun wrote:
Poe wrote:
neon kun wrote:
Poe wrote:
neon kun wrote:
Poe wrote:If you mean the animation itself, I think the idea was to fit more closely to Naoko's artwork in the original manga. I think part of what irks me about it is that it's so very... make-up-y? The lips bother me a bit.

If you mean the mistakes, they're already working on correcting those for the disc releases. :3

i am okies with them trying to make it fit closely to Naoko's artwork in the original manga.. I just think... the way they draw it is very rushed looking? lots of.. mistakes, and stuff? like more than usual you see in anime.. especially since it is a biweekly release even :OO

At least they're fixing it. Honestly, I'm not all that bothered by it. My problem with the series at large is just how cheesy it is from time to time. xD

Ohh they are? I haven't watched the next episodes because it was just.. :< for me. Maybe the manga is cheesy too? Have you read it?

Have not read the manga, but I assume that it is, indeed, still cheesy. The anime is about a bunch of girls who fight for love and justice, in a series from the '90s. Of course it's going to be. :P

Idk XD I watched the original series... like a year ago from the first season till the end, and I didn't find it :< xDDD

It's more prevalent in the movies. A scene from Super S comes to mind.

by **Banouin** Sat Jan 31, 2015 1:08 pm

Poe wrote:
sammythebootlegger wrote:How far into Fairy Tail are you??

Crunchyroll has me listed at episode 88.

You need to watch more! MORE!

by **Poe** Sat Jan 31, 2015 1:28 pm

Banouin wrote:
Poe wrote:
sammythebootlegger wrote:How far into Fairy Tail are you??

Crunchyroll has me listed at episode 88.

You need to watch more! MORE!

I'll get around to it. :P

by **amaterasu** Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:10 pm

I hear that the author of Fairy Tail takes inspiration from Tolkien to some degree, I only picked it back up again (in its purest form, manga.... jk)

by **Poe** Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:20 pm

amaterasu wrote:I hear that the author of Fairy Tail takes inspiration from Tolkien to some degree, I only picked it back up again (in its purest form, manga.... jk)

Maybe? I dunno. I'm not big into LotR, so I never looked into it.

On a side note, it appears that the creator of RWBY has died recently.

by **amaterasu** Fri Feb 06, 2015 10:50 am

yeah, I saw that.

by **Poe** Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:24 pm

I know I haven't yet, but perhaps later I'll update the anime list with links, at the least.

On a side note, I'm considering rewatching the first half of Sword Art Online, season two.

by **Banouin** Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:38 am

Poe wrote:I know I haven't yet, but perhaps later I'll update the anime list with links, at the least.

On a side note, I'm considering rewatching the first half of Sword Art Online, season two.

That is a neat idea! Do it.

by **Poe** Mon Feb 16, 2015 5:18 pm

Banouin wrote:
Poe wrote:I know I haven't yet, but perhaps later I'll update the anime list with links, at the least.

On a side note, I'm considering rewatching the first half of Sword Art Online, season two.

That is a neat idea! Do it.

Which part is a neat idea? The links?

by **amaterasu** Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:45 pm

what if Link was to save the day?

by **Poe** Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:35 pm

I'm lost now. xD

by **King_Of_Blades** Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:32 pm

Have you watched the 1984 version of the Sherlock Holmes television series? Pretty spot on with how he is portrayed in the books. There is a novel out by a different author portraying Sherlock Holmes' trip to America. Called the American Years.

by **Poe** Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:46 pm

King_Of_Blades wrote:Have you watched the 1984 version of the Sherlock Holmes television series? Pretty spot on with how he is portrayed in the books. There is a novel out by a different author portraying Sherlock Holmes' trip to America. Called the American Years.

I may have. I've done a lot of Holmes watching over the years. To memory, they kinda bleed together.

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