Anime opening/closing music that works as a song in its own right
Post anime opening/closing themes that you'd listen to normally as if you heard them on the radio. I'll start
"Sky Hurricane" by Casey Rankin was the opening Orguss. "Sky Hurricane" was regularly played as the show moved on. Casey Rankin is pretty interesting in the sense he was an American musician trying to make it in Japan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW_SSGnbk7Q [Play]
"Pegasus Fantasy" by Make-Up was the opening for Saint Seiya. What makes it so great is that it matches how cool Saint Seiya the show is.
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Kind of unrelated, but when I'm listening to music I'm feeling luke warm on, I tend to imagine it in the context of an anime op or ed and it usually helps to make me appreciate it more...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPDWuip1k5o [Play]
This is probably my favorite op. It works for me since I mostly listen to instrumentals.
I like the full versions of these songs but I will keep them to their Anime OP / ED cuts for the sake of staying in-line with the thread.
>F-Zero: Falcon Densetsu OP - The Meaning of Truth
https://youtu.be/rKXIzkHARjo [Play]
>Rose of Versailles OP - Roses Fall in Beauty
https://youtu.be/eJIeJIqw-J0?t=7 [Play]
https://youtu.be/_yrC46t4Kc0 [Play]
>Rose of Versailles ED - You are the Light, I am the Shadow
https://youtu.be/LFHK2a0t6Gg [Play]
>Hunter x Hunter - Hunting for your Dream
https://youtu.be/tK-d2LJlaaQ [Play]
>Samurai Champloo ED - Shiki no Uta
https://youtu.be/mQAfG3DgG7M [Play]
Another anon posted about Pegasus Fantasy so I'll leave that be. Instead I will add...
>Hokuto no Ken OP - You wa Shock!
https://youtu.be/JKk6hHU0iUs [Play]
In the West, there are a lot of other series that were popularized during their runs on Cartoon Network / Adult Swim. Champloo is such an example, though others also include Full Metal Alchemist, Inuyasha, and others.
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Got reintroduced to anime earlier this year by a good friend of mine. I'm unbelievably late to the game, but I can't stop playing this song on repeat.
Let Me Be With You - ROUND TABLE ft. Nino
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Have you watched this anime, and if so, what are your thoughts? How do you feel about the story and the characters? Have you ever heard of shiki before?
After it was mentioned on /b/ i started watching shiki and it's a pretty quality animu.
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Explanation of the visualizations reminds me of Bakemonogatari, where long stretches of dialogue are given flavor with visuals that complement the thoughts and intentions of the characters. Like, if it's two characters in constructive conversation, they'll start building an increasingly intricate playing card house. When someone says a non-sequitur or loses composure, the cards fall. Or else, one of the characters starts climbing a rock wall. That sort of thing, gives weight to what's being said and better conveys the feelings of the characters.
the visual flair is a nice touch. what i mean is the "camera effects" like fishbowl lens and so on that are used in soap operas for dramatic scenes, it was kinda funny when toshio kicked a wood plank in anger and the screen did the bollywood flash
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ai7iw0IFefQ [Play]
Taking a life is not justice. No matter what kind of noble cause you're fighting for, it's still murder. I have no taste for killing, whether the victim is human or something else.
i understand where Seishin is coming from and all and its his opinion but he's a bitch and i wouldn't be shocked if his blood will be sucked and when that happens he'd end up being a vampire and even more of a bitch since so many innocent people will end up suffering by the hand of actually evil people. speaking of bitches, Tohru is also a bitch for making a fake grave for his friend he converted to a shiki, all of the shit he did could have been avoided and he chose the easy path so fuck that guy lol.
You know i was not expecting a chocolate juggling funeral home running willy wonka looking motherfucker in a god damn serious vampire anime, i approve.
If anyone plans on watching shiki, i wouldn' t miss out on the shiki special episodes, after episode 20, watch special 20.5, and so on.
the manga is actually pretty interesting although i spot no diffrences so far besides the artistic usage of realism on backgrounds, clothes, gloves and such.
Once you humanise a thing, and even if you showcase them more (thus losing the "mystery" behind them) It takes away from the "horror" aspect from the story. I'm not saying it's bad but it was a feeling that washed over me, i started off actually locking all my windows in my house after getting through a good chunk of the series, then the story pivoted and it stopped becoming a horror story and more of a melodrama. The shift was fine, infact i googled shiki and i realised that it was based after a novel it explained the writing, i personally tend to enjoy media adapted from books. This shift so to speak was roughly a little after halfway through the story so it was good timing. I still find myself thinking about this anime alot, i think the smart thing is for me to do a re-watch around halloween lol.
Anyhow, a shiki society although interesting due to the converted humans showing emotional range, is bound to fail, what would happen if all humans on earth where converted? drinking animal blood is literally a slow death, there's nothing to gain. You would basically have to have a seperate place to breed humans promised neverland style but there's no way you'll get a satisfacory amount of people to sustain th population besides a few chosen people. I think Toshio was right, i mean it doesn't mean you can't show shikis compassion, but i think shikis are cursed, there's no life in being one and all they'll do really is spread pain and suffering forever. >>442 it builds tension and gives weight to what the characters are saying, its a hell of a lot better then just having two characters talking with nothing going on.
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Im browsing different chans right now (4c being dead and all) and this seems like a nice place, but maybe a little dead? Are you guys watching seasonal anime at all? Or is this site more for meta topics about anime?
Well if its okay, lets have a thread about the current season. What is everyone watching? How do you like it so far? Share some screens!
Im still in the process of watching all the first episodes of stuff that catched my eye. Sticking around for a second/more episodes so far are:
Sword of the Demon Hunter
First episode was okay, i liked the beginning but the last 15 min or so were just dumb and way over the top. Will watch a second one to see where it goes.
Lazarus
First episode was kinda nothing, if the second is the same i might drop it.
WITCH WATCH
Idk, a bit shallow, but had its moments. if it gains track it might be fun.
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
I read the manga to some point, its nice to see it animated, first episode was very faithful.
KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE
Not really sure where this is going, i like the setting and hope we see more of it.
TO BE HERO X
Not really Anime, but first episode was decent, reminds me of arcane style-wise. Second episode will show what the story actually wants.
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
I like Mecha so whatever. First episode was alright, 3D trash as always.
YAIBA: Samurai Legend
I liked it, colorful and nicely animated. I've never seen the old one, might look into that too.
Me and the Alien MuMu
Idk, kinda ok, but not that interesting. If the second episode is as the first i might drop.
>meta topics about anime
Anime in general, meta or otherwise, whatever floats your boat i guess.
>>617
I got burnt pretty bad by gundam requiem for vengance lol (even though its not an anime) so i pretty much abandoned the idea to check out anything new.
I kinda want to check out the anime adaption of all you need is kill although i'm slightly cautious.
>Are you guys watching seasonal anime at all
I don't know some of the people that I've seen here over the years that browse this website could be in their 50s - 70s like for some reason it constantly attracts a bunch of baby boomers who make a post about this website on their facebook page to share with their baby boomer friends... That one quote about this being an old internet retirement home was not a joke I guess. Just a recent example would be that entire SNL thread who attracted the attention of the baby boomers on 8kun >>>/b/4016/#4320
I do not really watch seasonal anime unless my friend presents it to me and we watch together. He is the "friend" I refer to in subsequent sections.
>Gundam GQ
I am new to Gundam and my friend brought me to a viewing of the Episode 0 film for GQ. I was entirely enamoured with what I was watching with the Char section of the show, only to suddenly find myself entirely disinterested when it pivoted to the end of the prologue into your generic modern day yuri-bait anime. I thought the designs looked like Pokemon, and later learned they were in fact exactly that- by the person who does the Pokemon trainer designs in current day.
>Lazarus
Minor interest due to its production, namely direction and fight choreography, but did not watch yet. I prefer my Bebops to be largely unrelated between episodes until the midway point so that I can sink my teeth in after I've decided I'm committed. Trigun had a similar approach to story telling where the main narrative doesn't happen until you're already used to the overall show and setting.
I will give it a chance.
>MHA
The same friend who brought me to Gundam spoke of how much he liked the design of the pink haired girl with skimpy clothes. Truly I loathe his tastes at times. I am unsurprised he liked the other half of the GQ film.
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If you're unfamiliar with it, ADV Dub is the entity behind producing the irreverent English dub for Ghost Stories. The narrative they presented claimed that the anime performed abysmally in Japan, both in terms of sales and reception, which is far from the truth. Regrettably, a significant portion of the English-speaking Western audience accepted this account as gospel, and did not do their own research on this topic. Contrary to popular belief, Ghost Stories is considered as one of the best horror anime made, with a lot of childhood nostalgia tied to it.
I will be sharing a lot of resources you can look into to confirm this for yourself, and maybe then you could watch the anime as it was intended.
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（ФωФ） Oh, Ghost Stories? Wait, hold on a second... You actually fell for ADV Dub's story and didn't smell anything fishy? Hahaha!
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Here is what Ste7en Foster, writer and director of Ghost Stories's English dub, said in his biography, The Last Alias: True stories and a tale that might be
(pages 83-84, eBook version)
The show is basically a lame Scooby-Doo ripoff with a cat where the dog
should be. Five plucky youngsters—in this case, elementary school kids—
battle a ghost-of-the-week each episode. Each episode is a totally contained
show. Only the pilot episode really demands to be watched in a certain
position. The others you could shuffle and never be the worse for wear. The
show’s animation isn’t bad, but it’s nothing special. The show just paddles
along on its mediocre legs, not really harming or healing anyone in the
process.
There’s an episode about an artist ghost, a snow ghost, a headless biker
ghost, etc. The violence is fairly intense. Some of the scenes are a little rough
for younger viewers and the ending song that rolls over the credits is called
“Sexy Sexy,” so it seems a little mature to be strictly a kids’ show. But it’s so
juvenile it doesn’t really feel like it’s for an older audience either. Maybe
that’s why it tanked in Japan? Who knows.
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（ФωФ） Oh, so we've got a wannabe "Scooby-Doo" here, channeling your inner ghost detective, Mr. Steven Foster? chuckles
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https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/学校の怪談_(テレビアニメ)
It aired on Fuji TV affiliate stations from October 22, 2000, to March 25, 2001. There was also a special episode broadcast on August 24 of the same year. The average viewership rating was 12.2%, the highest rating was 14.0%, and the lowest rating was 10.6%
As a point of reference:
1) In the 2000s, a successful mainstream anime might have achieved ratings in the range of 10-20%.
2) Late-night anime, which typically cater to a more dedicated fanbase and might be considered more "niche," often have ratings under 5%, sometimes even under 1%.
With the conclusion of this series, the long-running collaboration between Fuji TV and Studio Pierrot temporarily ended. It is also the last new anime to begin airing during Fuji TV's golden time slot. Five years after the original broadcast, in 2006, it was rebroadcast on TOKYO MX, and in 2014 and 2016, it was rebroadcast on Chiba Television (Chiba TV). The special episode "Headless Rider!! Curse of Death" was originally broadcast as a special episode after the final episode (Episode 19), five months after the initial run. However, in reruns on TOKYO MX and Animax, it was broadcast before the actual final episode. In the case of Chiba TV's reruns in 2014 and 2016, it was aired as the actual final episode.
Regarding the background of such an arrangement, North American media reports that since this work was unpopular and a commercial failure in Japan, Animax, which wanted to recoup production costs, provided only minimal conditions and was not involved in other matters. However, this is inaccurate. In Japan, the anime achieved high average viewership ratings of 12.2% with a peak of 14.0%. It even ranked 5th in the 2021 horror anime rankings, indicating a resilient popularity that continues to this day.
https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000*/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/3ffd6133d3c5a996394ccee18f86f278dff1ad08
["When it comes to 'horror' anime? 2021 Edition"]
1st Place: "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni"
2nd Place: "GeGeGe no Kitaro"
3rd Place: "Another"
4th Place: "Jigoku Sensei Nube"
5th Place: "Gakkou no Kaidan (Ghost Stories)"
6th Place: "Jigoku Shoujo"
7th Place: "Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun"
8th Place: "Corpse Party"
9th Place: "Kaidan Restaurant"
10th Place: "Gakkou Gurashi!"
11th Place: "Natsume Yuujinchou"
12th Place: "Yamishibai"
(Survey Period: July 8th, 2021 to July 15th, 2021)
I will probably post a few screenshot of a bunch of comments translated under these videos later but for now you can use Deepl.com to translate the comments and see for your self.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4z7T5YPwVU [Play]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31z-Ov4gyH4 [Play]
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>>285
I wonder why they replaced episode 3? Having the slit-mouth woman in an episode not only makes sense but would've been super fucking cool.
Coming from a country that had a proper dub of the series, despite not being what I'd regard as a "deep" anime, it does have a thoughtful theme behind it, that of things that are abandoned and forgotten due to to progress and development. Even if it didn't, what would be wrong with just being a fun episodic series? It's messed up that a guy with this line of reasoning even had a job as a writer and director.
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Interesting, shame the anime's reputation took this hit. Making a fake narrative like this was unnecessary and shit. Still, I'm glad the joke dub exists. Stupid dub comedies like Ghost Stories, Kung Pao, Sealab 2021, and Punch Punch Forever! make me giggle like a dumb baby.
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http://home-aki.la.coocan.jp/kaidan3.htm
what the fuck apparantly it got shelved because people complained to Fuji TV thinking that the split mouth woman's face looked like a cleft palette?
Gonna bump this since there's a lot of new people browsing.
A thread about posting and discussing Anime Sound/MADs.
Feel free to share what you like about a particular Anime MAD or the Anime it's about, also, if you have any referenced parts that might seem mysterious to you use the provided tags/comments on a video to find more about it, or feel free to ask here.
Q. How do I search for Anime MADs on Nico Nico Douga?
A. Refer to the video posted in this thread: >>>/b/1833
Also particularly regarding Anime MADs, many studios have the ability to take down any video containing even a small clip of their anime on Nico Nico Douga, but many of them choose not to do so because they recognize that Anime MADs, from an analytical standpoint, have actually helped them achieve many more sales than they could have otherwise which was especially relevant back then. Of course, there are a few instances like the Anime Rurouni Kenshin (KYM) where Fuji TV will seize any opportunity to remove any type of video featuring their anime, even if it's just a small clip. So, the workaround for that was to collaborate and completely re-animate parts of the series that were frequently used in MAD videos, so Fuji TV couldn't claim it as their property.
Please try to refrain from posting anything created by overseas individuals and any YTPMV Cover-styled MADs; you can usually identify those using tags like 「原曲不使用」 (Original Song Not Used: that recreate the entire BGM with a bunch of fake instrumentally sounding samples).
You do not need to translate a MAD in order to post it here, although I bet it would be greatly appreciated by anyone browsing the thread, and often you can find the lyrics online. If you do decide to do it, here are a few tools you could probably use:
Subtitle Software: https://github.com/Ristellise/AegisubDC or https://github.com/arch1t3cht/Aegisub
Translation: Deepl.com, Rikai-kun(Chrome Extension)/Rikai-tan(Firefox Extension) and ChatGPT.
OCR Software: https://github.com/kha-white/manga-ocr (pip install and then run with powershell or cmd using a command like "./manga_ocr" in conjunction with the capture function found in something like ShareX: https://getsharex.com/)
I spent some time picking out these for the thread:
Fashion Foreman [Pocky & Pepero Day] https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16135975 [Play] (Video 1) Kaiji & Akagi x ORANGE RANGE Oshare Banchou
Today I'm going to say it forcefully Ehttps://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm7729693 [Play] (Video 2) Minami-ke Okaeri (first few episodes) x Otome yo Taishi o Idake!! のワの
An Unusually High-Tension 'Lucky☆Star' https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1045437 [Play] (Video 3) Lucky☆Star x Hanasaka Tenshi Tenten-kun OP
【ＭＡＤ】ARCHIVE LOVERS【lain】 https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm4827745 [Play] (Video 4) serial experiment lain x Ayane ARCHIVE LOVERS
[Nichijou × Kaiji] The Foreman Trying to Make the Kaiji Group Laugh https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm15472714 [Play] (Video 5) Kaiji S2 x Nichijou 31 Episode 8 at 3:00
About that Anime that the Lucky Star video is parodying it is completely unknown to foreigners. It's basically about some alien angel that came to earth to help a unlucky boy who then creates more accidents, and I'm unsure if you can even find any subtitles for the episodes anywhere. The opening song as you might have noticed is hinting at something dirty, and believe it or not it was aired at 6 PM slot on Sunday when kids were watching the show: https://w.atwiki.jp/aniwotawiki/pages/16297.html
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the entire song revolves around the chorus.
Clearly singing about a certain body part, right?
The most important issue is that "Hanasaka Tenshi Tenten-kun" aired on Saturday evenings at 6 o'clock.
As Shonen Jump has many child readers, Shueisha probably took that into account and scheduled the broadcast for the evening. However, the lyrics clearly pick a fight with the PTA.
Originally, this dirty joke-filled song...
originated when Tenten-kun, amidst classmates worrying about the other protagonist Hideyuki, suggested, "Let's sing together to cheer ourselves up."
His classmates immediately retorted, "Can we sing lyrics like these?" which left many readers bursting into laughter. It was a scene that no one would have imagined a few months later becoming the theme song of the anime adaptation.
During the broadcast, the Bla Bla Bla Boozes, who were performing the theme song on a variety show that handled Fuji TV anime, appeared in bizarre attire. (Even Shonen Jump's magazine commented, "Who are these guys?")
When the program's host, Koji Imada, asked, "You were clearly saying 'that,' right?" regarding the lyrics:
"I'm just talking about being stiff," was the reply.
During the chorus, even the female backup singers seem to take a step back from the microphone.
No matter how ambiguously expressed, it sounds nothing but obscene...
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https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6525754 [Play] - K.A. Kawaii is Justice? Last Brutal British Ana ・ Bone Cave [Ichigo Mashimaro Sound MAD]
If you're wondering what the "no seat for you" line is about, it's a famous line from the final episode of a Japanese drama called "Life" where a former bully in the last episode is facing their own downfall and is told this line in a moment of role reversal. You can read about it here, but I'm unsure if the series is even available in English sub: https://dic.pixiv.net/a/おめーの席ねぇから%21 https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/おめーの席ねぇから%21 https://youtu.be/Q76SCriE-Vs [Play]
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>many of them choose not to do so because they recognize that Anime MADs, from an analytical standpoint, have actually helped them achieve many more sales than they could have otherwise
That reminds me of how many of the MADs I watched on YouTube basically persuaded me to watch anime series I never would have considered otherwise, like the Galaxy Angel videos uploaded by kenw3m.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01IQBDMwN6M [Play]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdPyrk7SPTI [Play]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecJNxZx0TPs [Play]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXAgm8egEHY [Play]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IA5N22v7HM [Play]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nrn4Kb3MHM [Play]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPIa3r6BYuQ [Play]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgDLD8LIc2c [Play]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrqJI7S4iJM [Play]
Also here's one I watched recently of Aho Girl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8NgPgtUzD8 [Play] (Can't forget this legendary one as well: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm31827745 [Play])
I should have probably mentioned this a bit sooner but there are a bunch of English translated MADs on nico nico by a guy who used to upload them to Youtube but his channel was terminated a long time ago. You can find the nico nico reuploads of them here: https://www.nicovideo.jp/user/14610376/video?ref=pc_userpage_menu where you see 「英訳版」in the title. And also here as well: https://www.nicovideo.jp/search/英訳版?ref=nicotop_search I previously uploaded a few to the political history M@D thread.
There's also a translator's comment that was included under those videos:
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm12010039 [Play]
>There are just way too many jokes… Foreign viewers might not understand them unless I provide explanations in addition to the subtitles, so it takes an incredible amount of time to complete this. By the way, 85% of the translation is taken from fansubs.
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm11933421 [Play]
>This was reuploaded on YouTube, and a foreigner was desperately asking for subtitles, so I added them. I've never watched Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, so it was tough to identify the scenes and extract lines from the YouTube subtitles. The key point is that the original anime lines are used as they are. For the parts I couldn't identify, I used my own translation.
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm11628606 [Play]
>I tried converting auxiliary verbs from the Heian period into Old English from the same era. Even native speakers will not understand this, seriously. English and Old English are practically different languages. By the way, the goal here is just to give a rough idea, not to provide an accurate translation or anything. That would be impossible. Parentheses () and brackets [] indicate parts that are incorrect. Also, on YouTube, there is quite a lot of explanatory text included.
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm11613521 [Play]
>I usually do not translate well-known videos, but I made an exception for this one because I wanted people to see the synchronization between the song and the visuals. I think it can probably be sung in English as well. Apparently, the 'Yahoo' at the end is not just a chant but also has a meaning related to beastmen.
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm10413798 [Play]
>I generally do not like translating well-known videos, but I could not resist this time because I wanted to let foreigners know about the 'I feel awfully interested in innards of Happousai' part at the end.
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm10413846 [Play]
if worshipping ur waifu required effort
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jojo 音MADs are always so high quality. Especially watching some of the collaborations its unreal how good some of them are.
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On old 22chan there was a thread for various anime and manga recommendations, and I decided to "revive" it
You may think of it as a book club
Wether old or new does not matter
Simply post what you read/watch or did so in the past
My contribution is a manga I found through the aforementioned previous thread.
If by chance the one who posted this there reads this; thank you very much, it really stuck with me.
I hope you guys will enjoy it as much as I did
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I was reading a manga called "Gannibal" and it's pretty fucking good, i was wondering if they would do a live action and sure enough, there is. Too bad i wasn't able to finish the story because from what i understand the websites i've been using only have up to 22 chapters.
My thought? Downplayed the gore (when it wasn't needed) which is fine and focused on the psychological horror aspect, which is pretty good, also i heavily appreciate the usage of mythology.
>>589
>I wonder if the artist is also a photographer
That would make sense theres much care in the landscapes. I finished the manga this week. There's also a couple OVAs so I'm going to watch those.
Manga suggestion
Back when you called us devils
Psychological soap opera, Had plenty of twists and turns i personally wasn't expecting, was a hell of a ride for me lol.
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I'm in the same boat. I wanted to try some more mature manga and it seemed to fit. The exaggerated outbursts and super detailed close ups (especially the ones on punpun's uncle) have been highlights for me. I'll continue reading it for sure. The characterization of God is really bizarre and a little creepy, honestly.
Crime and punishment: a falsified romance is a pretty good adaption of crime and punishment, it's a good take on the story and just as dramatic. If i have to be honest i was hoping for maybe a bit of the storyline behind the sisters "husband" and maybe more shit about the "legal concubine" stuff that was in the original book but i think they just decided to say that the "husband" was just some well meaning narcissist, unlike the book. Maybe the author ran out of time or decided to ignore that plot thread.
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I am currently only 10 episodes in and I think I am falling in love with this show the more episodes I watch of it. The show aired back in 1986 and as far as I know it's still going strong. It's about a little girl who lives with her parents named Maruko-chan who shares a room with her sister in rural Japan going about her daily life.
The show is meant for children and each episode tries to teach you some kind of lesson but I am quite sure that even now older folks in Japan to this day watch it from time to time. What really got me hooked initially was how fluid the animation was despite being drawn in a very simple format.
I will try to describe a single episode in the hopes of getting some people interested in it.
Episode 3 "Today is Sensei's Home Visit"
Maru-chan walks home with her friend who complains to her about home visits that teachers tend to do and upon arriving back at her house she noticed that her mother came very prepared for this day making sure to straighten out the house before the teachers visits and asks Maru-chan to go back to her room and clean it up because he will be also inspecting her room.
Instead of cleaning her room Maru-chan decides to bag up all of the mess in her room and asks for her grandpa to look after the stuff until the teacher is gone but when the teacher arrives he doesn't go past the entrance of the house saying that this is enough for him and quickly leaves after a short talk with Maru-chan and her mother.
After leaving Maruko-chan goes to the kitchen and sees sweets that her mother prepared for the teacher that was coming but since he already left she couldn't let them really go to waste, could she, and instead gobbles all of them up with some tea. Then she goes back to grandpa to grab all of her stuff that she took out of her room and returns it back into place making a mess of the room again.
Then it turns out that there is another visitor at the door which was the teacher of Maru-chan's sister which goes past the entrance way into her room and sees the mess that her room is and everyone looks completely shocked with a complete freakout from Maru-chan's sister, her mother quickly takes the teacher to the kitchen for the snacks that she had prepared but as Maru-chan ate it there was none left for her.
The episode ends with Maru-chan thinking she can escape this situation by repeating "I don't know" to her mother.
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https://www.tumblr.com/maruchansubs/166207003409/i-found-a-webm-of-a-maruko-chan-pilot-film-on
>what the Chibi Maruko-chan TV show could have been in another universe.
>the good news is that raws of that pilot film DO exist on one of the DVD compilations that are out there. The bad news is that the film is entirely unvoiced, and it’s unclear whether or not there’s music attached. Instead, it was subtitled. (This is not unexpected for a pilot film.)
> I’m pretty sure that that webm runs the length of the entire pilot film.
>As for why this animation style was abandoned, a cursory glance at the Japanese Wikipedia page reveals that Momoko Sakura herself vetoed the proposed look of the series and wanted something that was closer to her own personal style.
>In the original manga, especially at the beginning, all of the asides, inner thoughts, and explanations were done in Maruko’s own voice -- understandable as it began as a semi-autobiographical manga. We all know that the anime we got solved the problem of bringing that to the TV screen by introducing an external narrator which piled on the snark. Clearly that concept was not part of the planned adaptation from the beginning -- we see here in that frame that the original plan was for the action to freeze and to have a “spirit” Maruko address the audience directly.
Good evening or die.
https://www.nicovideo.jp/user/5125955/video The contrast between the show and music choices.
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Watched this Christmas special again where Hanawa exchanges roles with Maruko-chan. I honestly wonder how I could watch more of this series after the first season even though the art style looks like crap but I guess you do get used to it eventually. I tried checking Netflix with a Japanese VPN but it wont display any episodes older than 800 so...
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Not even sure what episode it was from again I just have it saved as that file name but its one of my most favorite ones.
>>610
Poor Maruko. Her sister made excessively salty curry without rice even, then hit her, and yet it's Maruko getting scolded for being ungrateful and is the one apologizing in the end
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This thread is for the anime and manga trigun.
We had a thread on old 22 and i think we should have another one. I missed out on the old /mmc/ watch and review, Recently i was reminded of the anime so i'm personally going to check it out. I don't care about spoilers so talk freely on what you enjoy about the story, art and any trivia or fun facts you know.15 replies (and 15 file replies) omitted. Click here to view. (Bump Limit: 250)
>>554
I've already shared my opinion that the earliest episodes of Trigun are some of the weakest and the show would objectively be better off if you cut the first two or so out, but I think that episode 3 is genuinely good and episode 4 is a direct 1:1 adaptation of something that happens in the manga. The problem is that episodes 3 and 4 don't really have a good place in the plot nor' do they have any significance to later characters so they're best suited for the beginning, but neither of those episodes nor' episode 5 are really good for getting the proper gist of the characters.
When the manga opened with the events of episode 5 I was somewhat confused because things were extremely hastily explained and it felt like the author was trying to rush things, which is my biggest problem with the manga in general: the paneling is awful and it makes the events feel too fast, and it makes it too hard to understand what's happening.
I just finished Maximum 33 of the manga series, and while I'm certainly enjoying the experience a lot, I simply cannot understand what is happening or what the author is trying to convey in half of the panels. I LOVE the art style, and the page spreads are absolutely breathtaking, but in average fashion I simply cannot grasp what things are supposed to be. Not only that, but the vagueness of dialogue boxes and who's speaking them (speech bubbles not having directions pointing to whomever is speaking, or extremely vague arrows), as well as the fact that the manga switches between the past, future, present, dream sequences and schizo moments extremely quickly and on a very regular basis.
(Spoilers for the manga on this section)
There was a whole sequence in which the Hornfreak uses his frequencies to blow up something that was in the sky during a big villain moment. Apparently this was a betrayal of one of the Gung-Ho Guns, but nowhere in any previous panels or chapters did I see one of the Guns using some kind of flying machine? Zazie the Beast was using bugs to spy on people previously, and it was implied and somewhat shown that he was controlling a Sandworm off in the background, but the Sandworm doesn't fly and it's very clearly something artificial that Hornfreak destroyed.
So... what was it? I don't know. I've reread the section and examined all of the panels and as far as I can tell he just blows up... "something" that affects Zazie, and counts as a serious betrayal.
Maybe I'm just going insane, but it's a really cool and badass moment that was wasted because I just cannot understand what is happening half of the time.
Characters like Wolfwood just kind of show up and the fact that he's suspicious and mysterious is literally shoved in your face the same fucking book you meet him in, which really dampens a lot of his cool scenes and moments later because the fact that he is suspicious isn't treated like something the reader should wonder about. There's no hints or foreshadowing, there's no clues to find or questions to answer-- it just sort of happens.
The same could be said for a LOT of the mysteries that the anime presents. It's more straightforward, but I like being able to wonder and ask questions about the media I'm consuming as I'm consuming it. The manga showing you all of its cards the second it gets them isn't good writing.
This means that moments lose impact, lines lose weight, scenes become somewhat empty. It becomes too easy to sort of glaze over the blur of movement lines and random incoherent shapes and objects during some sort of fight scene and lose track of what's actually happening. It's a flaw of the paneling and the sheer detail in extremely small panels, as well as the fact that it's in black-and-white and when everything becomes wooshy motion lines, it gets hard to follow stuff.
All of this paired with the already breakneck pace of the manga makes it so that there's no real intrigue or mystery or anything of the sort. Sure, I can't tell what's happening, but not in the good way. This is something that the anime fixes for the most part, as the fact that there are episodes that serve to worldbuild and expand on character traits, backstories, etc. means that it's a lot easier to follow the story when things start to get really thick.
Is the manga bad? Absolutely not, and I think it has a really healthy relationship with the show, as they both have reasons to watch/ read them separately, as well as part of the same "franchise" so-to-speak. The manga is certainly more in-depth and is hugely more mature, gory, and vicious, but it's hard to follow a lot of the time and I think there are a lot of things that the anime does better, narrative-wise.
>>555
To expand on my thoughts about the Nebraska fight, I believe it's hugely improved by having a good amount of buildup in my eyes.
Up until that point in the show, a viewer could excuse the fact that Vash doesn't kill out of a purposeful choice that is a core character trait of his; it is a "kids show" after all. It played on television aimed at younger boys in Japan and is catering to that audience.
The viewer could also be excused for assuming that Vash was just going to be silly and stupid for the entire show as well. He's only serious a few times in episodes 3 and 4 and otherwise acts like a complete retard-- admittedly it's something I dislike about those episodes but it's an intentional misdirection. Vash himself is a very serious character but he pretends not to be in order to protect the people around him. Episode 5 makes it very clear that while he might be "happy-go-lucky", he takes his responsibilities and capabilities deathly seriously.
Alongside the fact that it's not made extremely clear until that moment that Vash refuses to kill on purpose, it's an extremely cool fight that shows just how deep and how ironclad his beliefs are.
Cool moments like that that put on display a character's true nature deserve some buildup, and I think that having an episode or two before that moment would have been perfectly serviceable. It gives the viewer time to really learn and understand the character dynamics in a deeper way than the manga offered. Even all the way to Maximum 34, where I'm at, the Insurance Girls don't feel AT ALL as developed here as they are in the manga. They're important yes, but they don't feel as personal nor' do they feel like they're part of the "main cast". Once again; it's a flaw of the pacing.
4 episodes before the Nebraska fight is too much in my opinion but I've already stated pretty clearly in my previous posts that only the first two are "questionable" in their quality. Episodes 3 and 4 are directly ripped from the manga and 99% of the second half of the show is also ripped from the manga as well. Different, random parts of it are changed but the primary concepts are kept intact.
I finished the manga last night. I'm sort of mixed on it. Expect a shitload of spoilers ahead so DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED BOTH THE SHOW AND THE MANGA.
I LOVE the art. I think the art rivals legendary mangas like Berserk on a regular basis. There's a shitload of Akira inspiration which means there's a lot of extremely high detail scenes of buildings getting destroyed and everything looks fucking amazing. I wish I took more screenshots because the sheer volume and quality of all of the two-page-spreads was fucking shocking and I want to show them off. The art alone is worth reading the manga, and it NEVER slows down or stops being good.
Unfortunately due to the extremely small panels this leads to a struggle to understand what's happening in certain scenes, and sometimes pages required a re-read from me because I just wasn't following the actions of the characters. Alongside that, the speech bubbles are oftentimes not pointed at any particular character which means that a lot of the time you have to use context clues to even have a chance to figure out who's speaking. Even then, sometimes I was just forced to guess because there was just dialog in bubbles and nothing else.
I feel like if the panels were bigger and the speech bubbles were handled better, the manga would be MUCH more readable. The lack of tails in particular made it a super bad chore to read at times.
The story is extremely good as well. I still feel like the anime handled the plot with much more grace and elegance, removing a lot of superfluous details and things that aren't exactly "necessary" to the experience while still maintaining the themes, messages, and core concepts of the plot. It ties everything together better, there's nothing stupid happening, nothing. It's nice, concise, and gets the job done.
However, the manga provides a much more "full" experience and includes a LOT of things and details that flesh out the characters and world much more. Despite that, I still consider them almost equal.
Wolfwood's arc is much more well done in the manga and I actually cried when he died, which is the first time ANY manga or comic has ever welled up any kind of emotion in me. I wasn't really a fan of Livio/ Razlo at first and I still think it's kind of... ehhhh in my eyes but I think that character was handled very well overall, and I liked how his story ended.
There's a lot of stuff in the manga that's kind of stupid. The whole "Wolfwood is actually several years younger than he appears to be" thing is kind of... meh? It's silly, unnecessary, and it doesn't fit his character in the slightest, but this plot point is used to such emotional effectiveness I can't help but feel like it deserves a pass.
Wolfwood and The Eyes of Michael all being basically superhuman teenagers that drink super-mega-ultra-giganigga-retard-powerful healing potions that make them so durable they can basically get shot as much as they want without dying is also fucking silly and retarded. It feels like some bullshit the author came up with to excuse Wolfwood getting the absolute shit rocked out of him in almost every fight and still surviving. I would have much preferred if the healing potions were something unique to Wolfwood, and that's what made him special in comparison to all of his peers.
I also think that the scene where Vash learns that Wolfwood is a Gung-Ho Gun was cut extremely short and it should have had more impact. It could have and should have been done in an extremely different order in order to bring more weight and context to Wolfwood's final scenes.
It's such a great idea for a perfectly good reveal that would be unfathomably amazing to read that felt like it was done as an "oh yeah there's this too" moment because the author literally forgot about it.
The biggest problem I have with the manga however is the ending; which was kind of a stinker all things considered. I don't like the "rest of humanity" showing up last second, because it feels like the stakes were just sort of fucked with for no reason, and the story wouldn't ACTUALLY be changed if that entire plot beat was removed entirely.
Not only that, but the asspull reveal that the rest of humanity has ALREADY SETTLED on other planets and that No Man's Land is just a backwater shithole that nobody really cares about made the whole experience just lame as shit. Not only that, but apparently Plants turning into basically normal people with magic powers is something that has already been extensively researched and figured out is ???????
Both of those things in combination with the setup of the ending being sort of stupid overall lead to a kind of weak baby fart experience that was only upheld by the sheer excitement and weight of Vash's personal ending. The stakes were fucking pummeled into the ground beyond comprehension when both of those things came to light and it almost retroactively ruined the entire manga for me-- fortunately it's extremely easy to ignore.
All of that being said, I still very much enjoyed the manga and it's going into my "recommend-to-everybody-I-meet" list but I think that the show is a much easier and more 'clean' viewing experience. Shit started to drag on at the end because the final battle is literally like two whole goddamn books which is kind of silly too.
>>545
Started reading the manga because its faster to read something, and it's a pain in the ass to watch anime at an inconvenient time. Liked the opening of the manga a bit better, kinda more funny. Also some of the diffrence in art style tripped me up a tiny bit bit but it's all good.
>>591
I just finished trigun, I think i agree with the whole "hard to make sense of what's going on" in some of the action sequences, i like how everything got darker, and more bizarre as the series continued, i mean there's major changes made between trigun and maximum and it was pretty good. I wish i took more screenshots because most of the panels are actual art. There are so many cool sequences.
