EPTAnime Discussion Thread - Page 3231
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Kipsate
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OsaX Nymloth
Poland3244 Posts
Last series I have watched were just bad, so it's nice that this time I got something way better. Not mind blowing or even close to being a masterpiece, but a solid piece of good short series. Another. The story was quite nice, reminded me a bit of Higurashi. Even the main male character wasn't as bad as he could be (I mean, he was a bit annoying and with his repetition of questions even stupid at times), so that's a plus. Obviously liked Misaki Mei, some other characters were nice too, even if not original or deep. And I really liked the attention to little details in animation, like cube of sugar melting away in a tea - sure, I'm not watching the newest series, but Another really had a nice animations going. If anyone has something similiar to recommend, shot me ;] | ||
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Ecael
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Maxie
Sweden2653 Posts
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
Also, as far as recommendations go, they're not exactly similar but I think Shigofumi might be a good watch if you're down for something a bit spooky, since you mentioned Another and Higurashi. Halloween's over but I think it still fits the mood. I thought that show was pretty good until like the last two episodes since it started having a story. I really liked the episodic elements of the anime the most. | ||
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TanKLoveR
Venezuela838 Posts
 . It was atmospheric and spooky so it was fun to watch, I don't think the story was the main reason to watch this show. | ||
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Zergneedsfood
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Ecael
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The story and the narrative trick was fine in source, the anime simply stretched it so long that it turned into a comedy and had none of the atmosphere of being a horror. One of the reasons I hate on PA works as much as I do now. On November 02 2013 03:51 Zergneedsfood wrote: I disagree. I think it had a good start, but after a few episodes it really went downhill. I'm really easily scared and I was laughing by the end of the anime....which isn't a good thing I'm assuming. I mean the source wasn't particularly scary per se, but the atmosphere was far from the hilarious how-people-die-this-week of anime. | ||
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OsaX Nymloth
Poland3244 Posts
previously I was watching only really bad series, so anything that isn't totally bad would be good for me I guess. And let me guess: manga is better? Guess there's no need to answer that, obvious one :DHm.. that reminds me, isn't there a new movie from Kara no Kyoukai? | ||
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maru~
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Ecael
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On November 02 2013 03:56 OsaX Nymloth wrote: I had fun watching Another, that all that matters previously I was watching only really bad series, so anything that isn't totally bad would be good for me I guess. And let me guess: manga is better? Guess there's no need to answer that, obvious one :DHm.. that reminds me, isn't there a new movie from Kara no Kyoukai? It was a novel and it was much better. The manga adaptation that came out at around the same time as anime was better but lacked in comparison. Giving narrative tricks like that a face just makes for it being really underwhelming. I am curious though, what were you watching before Another to make that abomination of an anime look good? And yes, Mirai Fukuin aired. Feel free to ask Kazehydra about how it was. | ||
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TanKLoveR
Venezuela838 Posts
On November 02 2013 03:51 Zergneedsfood wrote: I disagree. I think it had a good start, but after a few episodes it really went downhill. I'm really easily scared and I was laughing by the end of the anime....which isn't a good thing I'm assuming. I'm not easily scared and I'm not saying I DID get scared with Another, but it had a nice atmosphere, spooky does not equal scary, just has a nice vibe to it. Last few episodes were a bit dumb but they were fun to watch. Obviously we were looking for different things while we were watching this show. I would recommend it to other people, haven't seen many shows like it and while it's not great it's worth watching it imo. | ||
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Ecael
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On November 02 2013 04:02 TanKLoveR wrote: I'm not easily scared and I'm not saying I DID get scared with Another, but it had a nice atmosphere, spooky does not equal scary, just has a nice vibe to it. Last few episodes were a bit dumb but they were fun to watch. Obviously we were looking for different things while we were watching this show. I would recommend it to other people, haven't seen many shows like it and while it's not great it's worth watching it imo. Have you watched Final Destination? Once you have seen one of those, they are all the same. Another simply takes it to a purely comedic level in being unable to leverage anything to even surprise the viewers while making the plot and revelation completely trivial. I wouldn't recommend it to the worst of my enemies, unless they want to study the things to avoid doing in an adaptation. | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
Too lazy to verify it by myself though. | ||
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Ecael
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On November 02 2013 04:07 Zergneedsfood wrote: I think PA Works is just notorious for screwing things up. Good starts and then they just fall off a cliff. I'm told Uchouten Kazoku is by far their best adaptation because they actually bothered to stick to the original work. Too lazy to verify it by myself though. Take your four dialect talents and use it for moon ZNF. No efforts needed at all. | ||
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TanKLoveR
Venezuela838 Posts
On November 02 2013 04:06 Ecael wrote: Have you watched Final Destination? Once you have seen one of those, they are all the same. Another simply takes it to a purely comedic level in being unable to leverage anything to even surprise the viewers while making the plot and revelation completely trivial. I wouldn't recommend it to the worst of my enemies, unless they want to study the things to avoid doing in an adaptation. I would recommend Another over Builders  hahaha. Joking aside hmm I am aware it's not great, the first few episodes were great compared to the rest, but the spooky atmosphere was still there for me. I am aware the revelations we saw later were dumb and unimportant but it was still fun to watch, not everything has to be a master piece and not everything can. Sometimes a fun anime is enough, like high school of the dead. | ||
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Zergneedsfood
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On November 02 2013 04:09 Ecael wrote: Take your four dialect talents and use it for moon ZNF. No efforts needed at all. I may understand four dialects but I have no clue what you just said ;; | ||
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
But I guess it doesn't exist yet -_- | ||
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EchOne
United States2906 Posts
On November 02 2013 04:13 Zergneedsfood wrote: I may understand four dialects but I have no clue what you just said ;; "Moon runes" is a slang for "Japanese characters", among other things. He wants you to learn Japanese. As he wants us all. | ||
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Zergneedsfood
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On November 02 2013 04:19 EchOne wrote: "Moon runes" is a slang for "Japanese characters", among other things. He wants you to learn Japanese. As he wants us all. Echo you just blew my mind. @____@ Can no longer work. | ||
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