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Devilman Thread Anonymous Wed 04/10/2023 2:49:08 PM 1 year ago No. 301
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In this thread, we will discuss the Devilman franchise. A large part of the discussion of this thread will be centered around the original manga from back in the 70's. Before we get into the manga, I would like to discuss the three OVAs for Devilman. Devilman: The Birth was one of the first animes I have ever seen. I am not much of a horror guy, but I enjoyed the suspense that was built up throughout the episode. The craziness kept my interest, and it felt sudden how Ryo's father died. Ryo seems to have something off about him. The party scene was an interesting place to have a battle of demons and Devilman. It is funny in a way, but I was distracted by how awesome the fight was. The Anthem song that played during the fight scene was a good song choice too. The first OVA is worth a watch to this day, in my opinion. Devilman: The Demon Bird is a worthy follow-up to the first OVA. Demon Bird is probably the best entry in the series in terms of action. The fight against Silene was great. I didn't know if Devilman would win or not because they did a good job showing how vicious Silene is. Words can't describe how good the fight was. The final OVA in the series is not canon for a reason. It is hot garbage and is just a gore fest without the impact. The deaths were not memorable except for the girlfriend. I would skip this one.
Throughout October I will be reading the manga from the 70's, and my goal will be one volume every three to four days. I will post the highlights, and I hope people join in on the discussion.
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Anonymous Thu 03/10/2024 3:45:54 AM 1 month ago No. 487
>>486
Why yuria would go into battle naked is beyond be, considering that demons can absorb people.. It was probably a mistake to read it lol since the final chapter fucking skips a ton of details including an unsatisfactory ending including introducing characters that i have no clue about which will probably be introduced in he regular manga.
Anonymous Thu 03/10/2024 4:42:36 AM 1 month ago No. 488
Artwork is FUCKING insane and i love it
>>302
This sequence actually reminds me of the mountains of madness by lovecraft, also the transition from mass insanity to "just another day at school" made me laugh for some reason. Also SAWED OFF FUCKING HUNTING RIFLE LOL i thought they did that shit in america in like the 1800's, like an obscure practice by vagabonds. "is it ok to leave our shoes on" Is he retarded? I'm guessing he's going to have a major personality shift soon.
>>304
To make matters worse akira was kind of forced into this, If it wasn't for the demon he could had learned more, and prepared. All this terrifying build up, i was expecting ryo to lead akira to a demon locked away in a cage in his dads lab but instead it was a fucking hidden strip club? Either way its actually fucked up ryo would lead people to unknowingly become demons, couldn't he and akira just taken lsd or whatever bullshit and abandon reason without harming innocents? Moralfagging aside it seemed like a bad call if all of those who got infected by demons, escaped but i was wrong and akira pretty much nuked everyone. >>307 I thought akira might go through a situation where he'd behave like a nigger (like a venom infecting spider-man situation) and drive his friends away specifically miki but instead he's more self-assertive.To me it's weird because it was a change for the better because he protected miki and it changed his personality in a healthy way that probably should have happened to him anyway. He could have gutted the delinquents but instead beat the shit out of them, which i find interesting.
Anonymous Thu 03/10/2024 3:35:52 PM 1 month ago No. 490
>>487
Often characters act so irrationally that it doesn't make sense. I don't understand why they change things for the animated version but the manga ending is good.
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Holy fuck Crybaby was such a glorious trainwreck.
Anonymous Mon 07/10/2024 4:03:10 AM 1 month ago No. 495
i find it hilarious that getting possesed by a demon somehow gave akira a backbone but he's still moral like refusing to sleep with miki, BUT OH MAN DRIVING REAL FAST IS REALLY HARDCORE. not stabbing BUT PUNCHING A DELIQUENT IS FUCKING REAL SHIT, its like if someone started getting all hyped after ignoring a "do not walk on grass" sign and walking on the grass as a form of sticking it to the man.
>>306
This is what they do to us irl?
>>311
i'm getting mcfarlane vibes like the violator's true form from spawn. also what a bunch of fucking idiots i'm actually glad those drivers crashed.
pic 2/3 is an under rated sequence, i don't know how miki could've survive this one, she was lucky to be saved by the sliding glass door. i thought devilman would've gotten doxed inorder to save her but things kind of worked out.
also interesting how silen's terrified of devilman.
>>313
i was wondering why it took so damn long for amons full form to pop up.
>>314
i thought it was hilarious that akira's arm magically re-attached itself like resident evil village

Exposing A.D. Vision's lies about Ghost Stories doing poorly in Japan CAT Thu 31/08/2023 3:25:27 AM 1 year ago No. 282
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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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCB3cE2mJrw [Play]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4z7T5YPwVU [Play]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31z-Ov4gyH4 [Play]

Stay tuned for a lot more.
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Anonymous Thu 31/08/2023 6:07:17 AM 1 year ago No. 286
On 2channel there were around 90 different general threads made about Ghost Stories actually all archived under a single link which now is pretty much dead so that sucks...
Title: "School Ghost Stories" Past Log Archive (Thread 1-28) URL: http://www.geocities.com/gakkai_logbox/index.html
Here is another collection of posts I found directly from 2channel there are even posts from 2001 that were reposted maybe those threads are still alive somewhere.

https://anime2.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/ranimeh/1169032588/ (2007)
- This thread is for discussing school ghost stories. Studio Pierrot produced it. It's a shame the 3rd episode was canceled.
- I want the anime to come back!!!!!! If they replayed everything up to the last episode (excluding specials) and then aired new stories from there, that would be great. Well, they could also replay just the first episode and then air new ones.
- It's still in the Showa thread, and now there are two separate threads.
- Satsuki, Momoko-san, Keiichiro in the beginning, Satsuki's mom and dad, Kaya and Tengu, everyone loves them, yet because of the panty shots, it's only seen as a panty anime, and it's sad. Panties should just disappear!
- Nostalgic! After watching this anime, I was scared of taking baths and desperately remembered all the weaknesses of each yokai. I was a elementary school student back then.
- How many times did the server crash due to SexySexy...
- That annoying woman who ruined the third episode by making baseless complaints, I bet she's protesting properly this time too? Seriously, go to hell. (referencing episode 3)

https://hayabusa6.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/ranimeh/1291414861/882-982 (2010-2015)
- Ah, nostalgic anime. Not that it's completely unknown, but it's the kind of nostalgic anime they might occasionally show on Asahi Broadcasting, isn't it? For people who watched it in real-time, it's a unique nostalgia. At the end, when Baikinman possessed Kāya, he regained his body and left? But they meet again and it ends, I remember that well.
- Today I have a day off work, so I'm watching the DVD from the beginning. Next is the 4th volume, but Shirotabi → Anamane → Merry-san, all three episodes are good stories.
- It's been ten years since then, but I can't help but focus on the panties I didn't care about back then.
- During the time when School Ghost Stories was being broadcast, it was popular in my class. Wasn't the viewership good?
- I think it exceeded 10% if I recall correctly. It was probably on Wikipedia.
- Why did School Ghost Stories end while crappy shows like Iron Arm Dash continued?

https://mao.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/ranimeh/1584769032?v=pc (2020-2022)
- It's the 20th anniversary this year, huh? Hope they release a Blu-ray BOX.
- I've been watching D Anime up to a certain point, and it's a really well-made anime. The direction is detailed, and the animation is stable. At the time, I was in 5th grade, and it was spot-on for me. But if today's kids watch it, I wonder if our generation's school buildings would be considered old buildings in reverse.
- Tomorrow marks the 21st anniversary, huh?
- Congratulations on the 21st anniversary of the broadcast start!
- Are the surnames of the main characters derived from station names? Miyano-shita Station (Hakone Tozan Railway) Kakinoki Station (JR East Tadami Line) Aoyama Station (Located in Iwate, Niigata, and Aichi) Koigakubo Station (Seibu Railway)



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Anonymous Tue 05/09/2023 6:17:39 AM 1 year ago No. 292
>>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.
Anonymous Fri 05/07/2024 2:18:02 PM 4 months ago No. 443
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.
Anonymous Fri 04/10/2024 4:51:00 AM 1 month ago No. 493
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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?

Japanese Anime Sound/MADs CAT Sun 03/03/2024 3:07:09 PM 8 months ago No. 389
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...
Moreover, this program aired during prime time.
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The ebichu videos sometimes carried the 運営のお気に入り (Favorites of the Management) tag, implying that despite clearly violating the rules, they were never taken down by Nico Nico’s staff. This comes from the idea that "they aren’t deleted because they’re favorites of the management," especially in the context of copyright violations and prohibited lewd content.

I've included the original clip for context. Also I'm pretty sure you could watch the entire show on youtube which included entire explanations at the start of the video for each joke made throughout the episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUL2nawj67ImGBOzjqtsPzDYKG818rQ1 [Play] (some of them were sadly removed)
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8519662 [Play] 【MANCOdechu☆】MancoManco【Mayim Mayim】⇦ This has more than 600,000 views and made it into many medley PVs there also even a few try to sing videos of it.
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9211182 [Play] 【Oruchuban Ebichu】Manco Canyon
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13003791 [Play] 【Mario RPG】 vs. slightly erotic MANCO battle 【Oruchuban Ebichu】
Anonymous Thu 26/09/2024 12:04:13 AM 1 month ago No. 472
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I might translate a few more of these since I really love Ichigo Mashimaro. I must have re-watched it about every year ever since I found about it.
Also I can't believe I managed to actually get the 「質実剛健笹塚盛大諸行無常立てろ」joke translated since I couldn't really tell what he was saying there and so I had to look through every single episode where the teacher appeared and piece the words together one by one.
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm4586442 [Play] Sasazuka was made to stand in the terrible hallway 【Ichigo Mashimaro × Marisa MAD】
Anonymous Fri 27/09/2024 12:04:36 AM 1 month ago No. 473
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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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Shiki thread Anonymous Wed 26/06/2024 5:15:59 PM 4 months ago No. 439
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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.
I'll elaborate more inside the thread.
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Anonymous Wed 26/06/2024 5:32:29 PM 4 months ago No. 441
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I don't think toshio had too much of a choice, I mean he has to save the village and he can't just pick up a random shiki and expect himself to make it out alivd esecially since he damn near got himself killed after his first encounter with one. Still a pretty fucked situation i mean holy shit that was his wife and he just cut her open like a fish and she was aware of everything.
Anonymous Thu 27/06/2024 3:35:20 PM 4 months ago No. 442
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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.
Anonymous Wed 21/08/2024 4:10:21 AM 2 months ago No. 457
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.
Anonymous Wed 21/08/2024 4:19:07 AM 2 months ago No. 458
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.
Anonymous Sun 08/09/2024 5:52:19 PM 2 months ago No. 463
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.

Chibi Maruko-chan Anonymous Thu 23/02/2023 5:29:18 AM 1 year ago No. 63
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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.
You can torrent the show here with English subtitles: https://nyaa.si/view/1387836
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Anonymous Sun 31/12/2023 4:20:24 PM 10 months ago No. 354
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This needs to be seriously restored but this is most highest quality version of this OP available as far as I know which was way too HARD to find. I absolutely love this despite how half a year or more has passed and I keep coming back to it.
Here's a version sung by Maruko-chan and Tama-chan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJcHGvLCTLo [Play]
The singer goes by the name カヒミ・カリィ (Kahimi Karie)
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Anonymous Wed 24/01/2024 10:44:02 AM 9 months ago No. 366
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https://youtu.be/n3LqQ6FefXI?t=73 [Play]
Have you been paying your monthly fees to the NHK? Yes, this is similar to not paying your TV license in the UK.
Anonymous Tue 04/06/2024 12:19:09 PM 5 months ago No. 428
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I really hate how awful some of the episodes were 100 episodes in it felt like everything had become completely static in the sense that you'd basically see one cookie-cutter episode after another where nothing of interest happens you'd see the same background, same shots just with mouth movements changed which honestly it felt unwatchable. I think the Nagasawa house burning down episodes were absolutely unwatchable, cringe you could even say, the bad type, that made me quit watching for two months at least. Seriously what were they thinking? Kind of glad I got to episode 121 which finally felt like the dynamic slice of life again that I fell in love with.
This episode I particularly loved the shots of the town that they show that Maruko-chan goes to explore to because she wanted to take a solo trip somewhere nearby and meet a kind stranger.
Anonymous Wed 07/08/2024 7:25:47 AM 3 months ago No. 453
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There's something about the 100 yen line in this ED that makes me extremely happy.
Anonymous Wed 07/08/2024 9:14:56 AM 3 months ago No. 454
I spent an hour looking for this god damn ED which isn't available basically fucking anywhere (most likely due to copyright strikes) only a shitty low quality nicovideo reupload. I finally found it by going to Indonesian Youtube and manually finding the episodes where it aired. You might notice the characters are drawn differently it's because of the awful style they went to for season 2 of the series (which still makes me wanna puke when looking at).
The song is called "Arara's Spell" and apparently this year Momoko Sakura's VA (Tarako) died and there was a special aired (https://nyaa.si/view/1805629) where this song was used to close her last performance (March 24, 2024). This ED ran from episode 481 (July 4, 2004) to episode 850 (March 25, 2012) and was renewed in 2010.

Gundam Witch from Mercury Anonymous Fri 14/04/2023 2:12:28 PM 1 year ago No. 93
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Was all the SoL stuff really necessary? It felt like they were desperate to make you empathize with the main crew so they waited until the last episode of the season for shit to go down, ending it with a cheap cliffhanger so you know S2 totally won't be as much of a waste.
I was actually looking forward to this when I watched the prologue last year, but now I'd only watch to see how bad it can get
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Anonymous Fri 14/04/2023 2:20:22 PM 1 year ago No. 94
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It seemed like this Gundam would be good from the prologue. The only thing I remember about the first season is that scene where Sulletta killed that guy for shock value and then when she sperged out during the presentation. My memory of the show is horrible because I perceive it to be a generic modern anime with Gundams.
Anonymous Sat 02/03/2024 7:36:09 AM 8 months ago No. 385
The only positive to me is the design of the mechs and how they gave it a strong "anime" feel for lack of a better word, but how they even got this show off of the ground in the first place astounds me.
Anonymous Mon 05/08/2024 3:12:23 PM 3 months ago No. 451
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I wonder what studio thinked about its not gundam at all.
Anonymous Tue 06/08/2024 5:07:36 AM 3 months ago No. 452
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It feels like they were trying to appeal to a western audience but the execution was so bad they lost their soul.

Anime and Manga, Retro and Modern. Anonymous Wed 10/01/2024 4:35:06 AM 10 months ago No. 356
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it may seem that this thread will be polarizing, and basically end up being nothing but "OLD = GOOD, NEW = BAD"
that is not my intention, although i would like to know everyones preferences. also sorry for the shit placeholder image lol i couldnt find anything better
If you watched a retro anime and a modern remake counterpart, did you notice anything diffrent? do they both have stuff that makes them good or is there a line to draw in the sand? Are there clear diffrences in retro anime (production or otherwise) and modern anime? Does it matter?
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Anonymous Wed 10/01/2024 4:10:03 PM 10 months ago No. 358
To me modern anime feels like it's a more competent and directed effort at trying to release endorphins in the viewer.
Since I don't appreciate this I prefer older titles that were worse at this, if that was even their goal.
Anonymous Wed 10/01/2024 4:54:43 PM 10 months ago No. 359
I think funding is a double edge sword, lack of funding means shit graphics but the struggle involved might produce a decent product, While more money might produce something with outstanding visuals but mediocre story. (also having a pillow of money to rely on can make peoole lazy) Also there was a transition from hand drawn to digital, one is more labor intensive but pretty (at times) and the other has ways of making things much easier for the artist (although animators of the hand draw style do have various tricks they use.)
You don't exactly have to pay for dyes and ink pots for digital.
Also, i noticed modern animators using CGI in anime with mixed results.
Anonymous Fri 12/01/2024 8:48:53 AM 10 months ago No. 361
There is something i cannot stand about modern anime and it's colours' saturation.
In modern anime colours are saturated to the point of insanity, everything is so bright like do i have to have my entire eyes melted?
Anonymous Wed 31/07/2024 3:43:43 PM 3 months ago No. 449
For me it is mostly the art and animation style. Newer anime can have a great story, even as good as older anime, but the animation just doesn't look as good as it used to.
I understand the cost and time but I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of new anime would look heavily dated ten years from now with how the animate the shows today.
Anonymous Mon 05/08/2024 10:46:18 AM 3 months ago No. 450
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By the way, older anime (in 80s for example) was literally drawed and sketched by people who wrote helluva amount of kanji in school, and its super visible on composition and outlines. Modern one is made by ppl who got little to no experience in kanji and it looks cartoonish.

Why is it always english dubs that are so abysmal? Anonymous Tue 09/05/2023 3:18:37 PM 1 year ago No. 126
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German, French and Russian dubs of anime are often pretty decent to great. But outside of VERY rare exceptions, English dubs suck more than often than that they're passable or decent. I don't get why that is, for a language that is spoken by the majority of people around the world, the scene for dubs is extremely small and basically contains only a few voice actors that play in everything and the translators are always those types.
I'm not even particularly that big of a subfag, I do often like watching stuff in its original language but when a dub is good I'll always give it a shot either on first watch or rewatch.
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Anonymous Fri 08/03/2024 1:46:03 AM 8 months ago No. 390
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Do you know why German dubs are sometimes even considered to be better than the Japanese Dub?
It's simply because German VAs don't try to make themselves sound stupid trying to replicate the Japanese dub by changing their voices like all of the terrible English dubs do. They recast the same voice actors that they use for regular movies and TV like for example in LOTR the guy who voiced Frodo prior to getting the role to voice him actually voiced Golden Boy in the German Dub: https://youtu.be/mocBoPJPl1k?t=1252 [Play] https://youtu.be/iCbr0Mkp_lo [Play] English dubs in Anime could actually sound very good if they did the same.
Anonymous Fri 08/03/2024 2:16:42 AM 8 months ago No. 391
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>>390
I think it's just like stop trying to be Japan. Don't you know what transliteration is? Why can't you just give us the same feeling that the Japanese get when watching an Anime in their own language and culture? If I want the Japanese cultural immersion I'll watch it with subs.
Anonymous Mon 11/03/2024 11:29:27 AM 8 months ago No. 394
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I disagree, I don't think there is anything necessarily wrong with replicating the original actors as long as you do it well. Which American voice actors just don't do.
Anonymous Tue 23/04/2024 11:02:50 PM 6 months ago No. 408
I certainly struggle to watch anything dubbed after 2005. Ironically I enjoy the cheesy dubs from the 90s and early 2000s. It's mostly nostalgia for the days of watching it on TV and getting my hands on any VHS or DVD I could find through buying, trades, renting, and other outlets during my youth.
Anonymous Mon 10/06/2024 8:43:00 PM 5 months ago No. 433
the fucking rozen maiden english dub lol jun-kun is voiced by z surfer boy