Anime Discussion Thread - Page 221

On February 23 2010 14:18 LunarDestiny wrote:
Yeah... I used to read manga on my computer back when I don't have access to anime. But now, only my favorite, favorite, favorite series motivate me to read the manga version of them.

On a side note, I find manga tends to have better story. But still, very tedious to read.

My favorite manga/anime/series:

On February 23 2010 08:22 Ecael wrote:
Testie, season 2 ended at like no more than chapter 130, chapter 261 showed up today. There is more than enough material.

Hopefully they'll dump Nagi and focus on Hina and Aa-tan and Maria-san.

EDIT - Missed this.


You are better off asking like Shauni on his opinion on Aoi Bungaku, I didn't follow it in particular since all that did was make me want to read the original, it didn't inspire me too much as an anime on its own. That said, I did watch the No Longer Human part, although not very carefully. I recall that the events are pretty accurate in terms of how it reflects the book, so you should probably be fine watching it.

Most of the references to books in the novels are in quotations (possibly twisted to fit the plot's needs) or in Touko's explanations of the situation (even though as a Japanese student you almost had to have at least passing knowledge of No Longer Human, it doesn't do too well to assume). So if they don't do the former, they'll probably have the latter beefed up, you should do fine even if you don't have good knowledge of the work.

About Konoha in vol 1, he is pretty bad then, and honestly his outlook doesn't really improve for a while. He has some pretty immediate redemption by the end of vol 1, but in general, when things involve Miu in any way, he turns really bad...well, the rest I'll wait to discuss with you when at least vol 1 wraps up, you'll be missing a lot of things until then. On a completely unrelated note, did they do the 4koma specials? I had a good laugh at how even there, they make fun of Touko for how flat she is. It is almost a rule in the novels that every few lines of descriptions of Touko will have a mandatory reminder to the readers that she is flat. Why, she is in a play in men's clothing? Amazing, that chest doesn't make anyone think twice even though it is a female playing a male role. Maki-senpai wants Touko to pose nude? Nah, no need to watch, she is flat, etc etc.

I am currently stopped at the beginning of vol 4 to pace myself a little, since vol 3 ended with some dark and terrible secrets revealed. Too bad it looks like the theatrical release is only going to cover vol 1 at this rate. Oh, and I rather dislike Nanase's character design for anime, thought the light novel illustration was much better. A shame that no one subbed that 15min promo ova though, just dugged that up over the weekend. Touko-senpai is amazing, watch a revival of her popularity in the kono light novel ga sugoi poll this year.

On February 24 2010 07:43 Yukidasu wrote:
Manga is pretty cheap if you can read some japanese - if you buy a lot it's around $10 per volume shipped from amazon.co.jp. Hayate is especially easy, like a lot of them it's completely furigana (sound characters beside all kanji). Obviously you need to know some Japanese, but it's really worth it.

On the topic of Hayate, another season would be awesome. S2 was really good plot-wise and there's more coming up!

On February 23 2010 09:50 timmeh wrote:
I tanked the whole of Hajime no Ippo in the last week (both seasons). While the story line was a bit bleak, I loved the character dynamics and the humour. Takamura is the man ! Love these kind of animes. Reminded me of Great Teacher Onizuka a lot. Any other animes like that out there?

On February 24 2010 02:57 Oddysay wrote:
anyone have watch guin saga ?

started today and that amazing , if you like army vs army fight and strategie that the anime you should watch ! .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpH-VOfWH6A&feature=related

after ep 10 the army vs army fight start , so dont give up at the start

On February 24 2010 07:46 Ecael wrote:

If we ignore how shipping is $20 and like additional $5 per vol? Amazon.jp is still fixed on using international express only no, exchange rate has also been hurt lately.

On February 24 2010 08:19 Southlight wrote:


Kinokuniya is good for Japanese books (manga included), if you live in supported countries.

On February 24 2010 07:46 Ecael wrote:
If we ignore how shipping is $20 and like additional $5 per vol? Amazon.jp is still fixed on using international express only no, exchange rate has also been hurt lately.