EPTAnime Discussion Thread - Page 542
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If you come in here looking for "anime recommendations" then please refer to this chart before posting: Anime Recommendations (as of may 2014). We also have an IRC channel called #tladt where we all hang out. The channel is on Rizon, not QuakeNet! Feel free to check it out. TLADT discord is Discord.gg For currently airing anime, please see Anichart.net | ||
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Southlight
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DarthXX
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Moxi
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DrivE
United States2554 Posts
On December 29 2010 17:21 DarthXX wrote: Am I the only person who liked the second Darker than Black series more than the first? >< I didn't think the second season was bad, but it wasn't as good as the first. Off topic: The second season opening song is amazing =] | ||
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Shinshady
Canada1237 Posts
On December 29 2010 17:58 DrivE wrote: I didn't think the second season was bad, but it wasn't as good as the first. Off topic: The second season opening song is amazing =] I liked the first more, b/c the 2nd one made less sense even w/ the OVA... but its all personal preference. Off topic: I like the 1st seasons' OP songs more than 2nd season lol... | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
As for DtB OPs, I loved the first one, but I thought the second was meh. The one from season two is pretty good though. | ||
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holdthephone
United States523 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + suddenly the focus turns to family and ryuuji and taiga are getting married and then...wait none of that happened? should of been ami + ryuuji at the end, they kind of just left her hangin and she was the best character. i feel like a chick being pissed off at this stuff, but damn that was a shitty ending. | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
On December 29 2010 19:56 holdthephone wrote: can anyone explain the final episode of toradora to me? it was impressively shitty. otherwise the series was fantastic. + Show Spoiler + suddenly the focus turns to family and ryuuji and taiga are getting married and then...wait none of that happened? should of been ami + ryuuji at the end, they kind of just left her hangin and she was the best character. i feel like a chick being pissed off at this stuff, but damn that was a shitty ending. Yeah, ending left me a little WTF.... But I think I sorta get it. Basically Taiga decides that she doesn't want to run away from her family problems and decides to go and resolve them before attempting to do anything. Taiga understands that marrying Ryuuji would just be perpetuating her habit of running away from her issues and never resolving them, and so she decides to get away and fix those issues before returning. Or some shit like that. | ||
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d3_crescentia
United States4054 Posts
On December 29 2010 17:59 Shinshady wrote: I liked the first more, b/c the 2nd one made less sense even w/ the OVA... but its all personal preference. Off topic: I like the 1st seasons' OP songs more than 2nd season lol... I enjoyed both seasons (and songs) but seriously the writer needs to be dragged out of whatever hole he's hiding in and shot in the face because there's no real way to make sense of everything even after watching the series 3-4 times. I just saw the OVA and it didn't really explain much more, but I guess I was mollified by the gratuitous amount of Yin fanservice there was. | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
On December 29 2010 22:25 Zergneedsfood wrote: Yeah, ending left me a little WTF.... But I think I sorta get it. Basically Taiga decides that she doesn't want to run away from her family problems and decides to go and resolve them before attempting to do anything. Taiga understands that marrying Ryuuji would just be perpetuating her habit of running away from her issues and never resolving them, and so she decides to get away and fix those issues before returning. Or some shit like that. Basically, Ami is the way better character and we got stuck with a Kugimiya character for ending, or life sucks. | ||
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Gheizen64
Italy2077 Posts
On December 29 2010 19:56 holdthephone wrote: can anyone explain the final episode of toradora to me? it was impressively shitty. otherwise the series was fantastic. + Show Spoiler + suddenly the focus turns to family and ryuuji and taiga are getting married and then...wait none of that happened? should of been ami + ryuuji at the end, they kind of just left her hangin and she was the best character. i feel like a chick being pissed off at this stuff, but damn that was a shitty ending. + Show Spoiler + At first, the two guys want to escape and go marry somewhere and announce that to their friends and blah blah blah. Then some things happen. Ryuuji return home and find the letter of his mother saying he should go to their granparents and stay there. Ryuuji understand in that moment that his mother is not unhappy because of him (sometimes i thought it would have been better if i were never born etc...) but because she choosed to run away. At this point he decide he shouldn't run like his mother did but instead face his life and share his happiness with everyone. For this reason he lure his mother to her parents, reunite the family and explain his intentions to Taiga (we will do this with the approval of everyone etc...). At this point they return home as a family, but as Taiga return home, she understand that she has been running too (because of her new brother and all) and that she need to fix her life before getting into something as serious as marriage. For this reason she go back to her mother and fix her problems before coming back for the end of the school (18 years old and technically free) 1 year after she left Ryuuji. It's not the classic "happy end" where love win on everything, here it's clearly showed how such a behavior is just an illusion in real life (see the life of Yasuko). Still it's an happy end because in the end they get together and for real this time. Ami was never really in love with Ryuuji and the moment she fell in love she was already conscious that Taiga and Minorin loved him too (see the discussion on the game of house) and she didn't want to ruin the relationship between her first "real" friends (see the discussion after Ryuuji throw her shoe, she want to "fix" because she like Taiga and Minorin). The feeling of gratitude toward him (for what he told her and the way he helped her attitude issues) was actually greater than her love for him, and you can see this over all the episodes. Minorin liked him as a reflex of Taiga's love (he's mr. nice guy to my best friend-> insta attraction), whereas Taiga and Ryuuji liked each other as soon as episode 2 (i can't leave you alone for some reason-> LOL find a better excuse , he called me taiga *blush*->just LOL ). Also, the OST is awesome  | ||
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Southlight
United States11767 Posts
On December 30 2010 00:22 Ecael wrote: Basically, Ami is the way better character and we got stuck with a Kugimiya character for ending, or life sucks. I complain about annoying characters and school-life stories being too prevalent in Japanese LN-level stories (also I hate high-school protagonists). Ecael complains about the main girl being inferior to other girls. /win | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
On December 30 2010 01:02 Southlight wrote: I complain about annoying characters and school-life stories being too prevalent in Japanese LN-level stories (also I hate high-school protagonists). Ecael complains about the main girl being inferior to other girls. /win We have to reach a compromise with the materials if we want to read anything at some point, no, Uta? Think we discussed this at some point though, I basically don't really care about how overused a setting is as long as other things are done right. Totally not willing to be as picky about things as you are. | ||
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Southlight
United States11767 Posts
On December 30 2010 01:07 Ecael wrote: We have to reach a compromise with the materials if we want to read anything at some point, no, Uta? WTB more stories based on college-level people, or older. That was super refreshing in Steins;Gates' case :o Edit: Has nothing to do with re-used and more to do with it being stupid. I don't like sitting around watching a stereotypical tsundere tsundere with a stereotypical energetic loli while being scolded by a stereotypical big-busted glasses shy girl in a stereotypical school while attempting to build melodramatic undertones COUGH SMG COUGH. I hate school settings. They lead to the same goddamn scenes over and over again across stories. Remember my sarcastic "these productions only spike in quality during hot springs scenes?" Why is there a hot spring scene in the first two freaking hours of reading this VN? As, IIRC, there was in Tapestry? Because the writers have nothing else to come up with, after rampaging some random intrusive newspaper club (how original!) and trying to act like it's unique and amusing @*)#$U@#$RAGE. :| Bad jokes are bad, kind of makes you appreciate writers like that one that did Oretsuba... story wasn't that amazing but the little conversations and the characters were fleshed out incredibly well from the start... and to be honest, I feel like a huge part of that is because 3/4 the cast were older than 15 (or more like, 3/4 were older than like 20, hahah). | ||
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luckyseven
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I'm looking for stuff that a) focusses on the emptiness and loneliness and vastness of space b) salvaging or just life in space c) a solitary life (doesn't have to be in space; could be about living alone on a mountain or wtvr) d) ISN'T action-packed and doesn't revolve around mecha and fights and conflict e) is adult / no fan service So far I am getting or have already got/seen.. Space Cowboy Outlaw Star Firefly The movie Life Pod Planetes Toward the Terra Moonlight Mile Moon (that recent film) Star Treks and Stargates ...I have a hazy memory of reading about an anime that starts off with a man mining on an asteroid or space station...I think he discovers something and it changes his life...? Maybe I'm remembering the start of Solaris or something... | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
On December 30 2010 01:01 Gheizen64 wrote: + Show Spoiler + At first, the two guys want to escape and go marry somewhere and announce that to their friends and blah blah blah. Then some things happen. Ryuuji return home and find the letter of his mother saying he should go to their granparents and stay there. Ryuuji understand in that moment that his mother is not unhappy because of him (sometimes i thought it would have been better if i were never born etc...) but because she choosed to run away. At this point he decide he shouldn't run like his mother did but instead face his life and share his happiness with everyone. For this reason he lure his mother to her parents, reunite the family and explain his intentions to Taiga (we will do this with the approval of everyone etc...). At this point they return home as a family, but as Taiga return home, she understand that she has been running too (because of her new brother and all) and that she need to fix her life before getting into something as serious as marriage. For this reason she go back to her mother and fix her problems before coming back for the end of the school (18 years old and technically free) 1 year after she left Ryuuji. It's not the classic "happy end" where love win on everything, here it's clearly showed how such a behavior is just an illusion in real life (see the life of Yasuko). Still it's an happy end because in the end they get together and for real this time. Ami was never really in love with Ryuuji and the moment she fell in love she was already conscious that Taiga and Minorin loved him too (see the discussion on the game of house) and she didn't want to ruin the relationship between her first "real" friends (see the discussion after Ryuuji throw her shoe, she want to "fix" because she like Taiga and Minorin). The feeling of gratitude toward him (for what he told her and the way he helped her attitude issues) was actually greater than her love for him, and you can see this over all the episodes. Minorin liked him as a reflex of Taiga's love (he's mr. nice guy to my best friend-> insta attraction), whereas Taiga and Ryuuji liked each other as soon as episode 2 (i can't leave you alone for some reason-> LOL find a better excuse , he called me taiga *blush*->just LOL ). Also, the OST is awesome OST was good.  Though I recently got the OST for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. It's on par with my love for the 5 Centimeters per Second OST. | ||
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Southlight
United States11767 Posts
On December 30 2010 01:41 luckyseven wrote: I just started playing Eve Online and wondering if there's any anime or shows that have a similar atmosphere to it? Moment I saw that I thought of Planetes (awesome!) but you already have it on your list; then I thought Moonlight Mile but then you have that too. So I googled it in Japanese, and lo and behold the first thing that pops up is someone that asked the same thing. ＮＯ１０ - apparently ran on NHK 10 years ago ＹＡＴ！Comfortable Space Journey - ran on NHK ~15 years ago (YAT! Anshin Uchuu Ryokou) Captain Future - ran in the 80s on NHK (see a trend?) Stratos 4 Voices of the Stars - movie, same person as 5cm per second and such Ginga Hyouryuu Bifam - ran on JNN 83-84 Spaceship Sagittarius Mousou Kagaku Series Wandaba Style (Imaginary Science Series - Wandaba style) Mujin Wakusei Survive (Uninhabited Planet Survival) 11nin iru! (there're 11 people!) Futatsu no Spica (the two Spica) Rocketgirl Royal Space Army - Wing of Honneamis (movie I think, but this one's more about launching - I loved it though) maybe Stellvia of the Universe, but that one's got a lot more juvenile stuff (school, slice of life, etc.) on top of the philosophical stuff (why people want to be in space, everyone's talents, the border of space, etc.) so it's probably not what you're looking for. Hagio Moto's stuff (if any has been animated) I bolded the two that probably fit into your requests most; you can check out the rest... if they even have subs >_< | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
On December 30 2010 02:33 Southlight wrote: Moment I saw that I thought of Planetes (awesome!) but you already have it on your list; then I thought Moonlight Mile but then you have that too. So I googled it in Japanese, and lo and behold the first thing that pops up is someone that asked the same thing. ＮＯ１０ - apparently ran on NHK 10 years ago ＹＡＴ！Comfortable Space Journey - ran on NHK ~15 years ago (YAT! Anshin Uchuu Ryokou) Captain Future - ran in the 80s on NHK (see a trend?) Stratos 4 Voices of the Stars - movie, same person as 5cm per second and such Ginga Hyouryuu Bifam - ran on JNN 83-84 Spaceship Sagittarius Mousou Kagaku Series Wandaba Style (Imaginary Science Series - Wandaba style) Mujin Wakusei Survive (Uninhabited Planet Survival) 11nin iru! (there're 11 people!) Futatsu no Spica (the two Spica) Rocketgirl Royal Space Army - Wing of Honneamis (movie I think, but this one's more about launching - I loved it though) maybe Stellvia of the Universe, but that one's got a lot more juvenile stuff (school, slice of life, etc.) on top of the philosophical stuff (why people want to be in space, everyone's talents, the border of space, etc.) so it's probably not what you're looking for. Hagio Moto's stuff (if any has been animated) I bolded the two that probably fit into your requests most; you can check out the rest... if they even have subs >_< It's Voices of a Distant Star. Good movie. Loved it. | ||
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Southlight
United States11767 Posts
Hoshi = star Koe = voice :x unpredictable translations | ||
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Wala.Revolution
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Watching the OVA, looks fine. How did it go from this to Gun-tits girls? Sigh... Does the story conclude at end of season 2 or is there hope in s3? | ||
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