Anime

[FauxFurry]

19 hours ago, Doctor Cadaver said:

It seems people compare Megalo Box more to Ashita no Joe than Hajime no Ippo.  There's a bit of drama in and out of the ring, but the fights are the main focus.  The protagonist is basically an underdog fighting his way to the top.

 

Megalo Box 2: NOMAD follows up on the story, a few years later.  If you're still interested, watch the first season beforehand.

Now that I've actually seen episode 1, I can see the appeal beyond the typical sports show. It is a dystopic sci-fi tale that just so happens to star a hardluck boxer mixed with a Rockem Sockem Robot. 

[FauxFurry]

Megalo Box got me curious about Ashita No Joe and now I see that the show starts off in a similar manner, with a drifter in a seedy town looking to use his skills to get somewhere in life rather than what would become a formulaic tale of some starry eyed kid looking to become the very best simply for the sake of gaining fame and fortune.

I suppose that could be because of the time period in which it was written, making those tropes as of yet un-codified. Much of the anime from that time period is as intriguing as it is due to a lack of any pressure to conform to genre norms which did not exist at the moment. 

[chain729]

On 9/19/2020 at 12:04 AM, FauxFurry said:

After watching a bit of the Dragon's Dogma adaptation, I am left a bit confused.

Why did Netflix bother picking up a series with a redheaded light skinned protagonists when they are just going to have to turn around and turn him black, anyway? The game allowed one to make dark skinned characters and most of the characters in the game are some shade of brown so it would not be out of the ordinary to start him off black to begin with.

Do they actively enjoy the process of Gingerasure so much that they continually need fresh targets to undergo mega melanin metamorphosis?

Netflix runs an algorithm on what people like and then spend money on  that.  I can't say it's perfect, but it is, apparently, profitibale.

[Clea Strange]

My hero academia

Demon Slayer

Redo of Healer

[Fulgrim_]

A lot. Currently rewatching The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. with a friend. Recently finished Dorohedoro and Aggressive Retsuko.

 

From the currently airing ones I'm watching My Hero Academia and Joran, will have to find time for others.

[M.BISON]

hajime no ippo!

 

imo most anime now a days is too weeby

 

[FauxFurry]

On 5/4/2021 at 6:50 PM, M.BISON said:

hajime no ippo!

 

imo most anime now a days is too weeby

 

Too Weeby? How do you mean? These are animations made by-and-large for Japanese audiences by Japanese creators. They can hardly be Weeaboos.

 

Now, if you were referring to RWBY, High Guardian Spice or NeoYokio, then you might be onto something. 

[FauxFurry]

Of all of the animated shows from Japan that White American Cultural Imperialists grumble about, I find it peculiar that Fairy Ranmaru never seems to be spat from their collective snarling maw in disgust. I wonder why.

[M.BISON]

On 6/11/2021 at 7:26 AM, FauxFurry said:

Too Weeby? How do you mean? These are animations made by-and-large for Japanese audiences by Japanese creators. They can hardly be Weeaboos.

 

Now, if you were referring to RWBY, High Guardian Spice or NeoYokio, then you might be onto something. 

yeah weeby might have been the wrong word to use

 

what i mean is all the characters/story follow the same arc type, skinny looking, socially awkward or dont care attitude. That somehow posses the ability to defeat foes that have trained for 100s of years because he/she has some hidden latent abilities (but i think a lot of animes do this, the good ones like HxH find ways around this).  I think overall imo most animes now just lack in story telling and character development? Well at least for me anyway

[FauxFurry]

5 hours ago, M.BISON said:

yeah weeby might have been the wrong word to use

 

what i mean is all the characters/story follow the same arc type, skinny looking, socially awkward or dont care attitude. That somehow posses the ability to defeat foes that have trained for 100s of years because he/she has some hidden latent abilities (but i think a lot of animes do this, the good ones like HxH find ways around this).  I think overall imo most animes now just lack in story telling and character development? Well at least for me anyway

Other suggested phrases could be: Formula. Stock. Cliche. Trend Chasing. Borderline Plagiarism. Genre Fiction. 

[LongDukDong]

Sounds like Alfred Hitchcock's description of Television....  it being a toaster.  Push the button and the same thing comes out.

[FauxFurry]

17 hours ago, LongDukDong said:

Sounds like Alfred Hitchcock's description of Television....  it being a toaster.  Push the button and the same thing comes out.

One tends to only get out what one puts in to a toaster, only more well done. 

[LongDukDong]

5 hours ago, FauxFurry said:

One tends to only get out what one puts in to a toaster, only more well done. 

Well done?  Or burnt extra crispy?  ?

[Rayblue]

How to conceal a Colt SAA.

 

 

[FauxFurry]

I probably would have steered clear of One Piece due largely to it being an absurdly lengthy series which I would have to watch hundreds of episodes to get into plus I am all pirated out after Pirates of the Caribbean but for some reason, I feel that I might have to watch at least one of its story arcs. 

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[Kaldor Draigo]

14 minutes ago, FauxFurry said:

I probably would have steered clear of One Piece due largely to it being an absurdly lengthy series which I would have to watch hundreds of episodes to get into plus I am all pirated out after Pirates of the Caribbean but for some reason, I feel that I might have to watch at least one of its story arcs. 

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[Guest]

40 minutes ago, FauxFurry said:

I probably would have steered clear of One Piece due largely to it being an absurdly lengthy series which I would have to watch hundreds of episodes to get into plus I am all pirated out after Pirates of the Caribbean but for some reason, I feel that I might have to watch at least one of its story arcs. 

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Carrot is a cool char. She appears in the Zou arc, starting at episodes 751. Forgot the dog character name though.

 

OP is great man, it'll be worth your time. It's got great adventure, story, action, comedy & super touching / sad moments. There's very few fillers and most are pretty fun to watch (like G8). It's lenghty mostly cause it follows the manga... strips boxes to the letter (is that how you call them in eng?)

I'd bother you more to start it but that's not how you get someone into OP, or anything

Just, go with my blessing and hf

Edit: Didn't want to spoil but too late. Stay clear from spoilers man you're gonna ruin it for yourself

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[Neptis]

1 hour ago, FauxFurry said:

I probably would have steered clear of One Piece due largely to it being an absurdly lengthy series which I would have to watch hundreds of episodes to get into plus I am all pirated out after Pirates of the Caribbean but for some reason, I feel that I might have to watch at least one of its story arcs. 

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op is one of the best animes i have ever seen shure it is litrely one single unbroken series(aculy the longest unbroken anime so far, its in the high 900 in episodes now i think. by that i meen it dousent have diferent series its one big series, but it still isent the longest anime in history)but that dousent aculy matter if you like it . or anime in general. annyway i was of topic. im simply saying . or trying to lol as i tend to ramble for no reson. watch one piece. it is in my opinion utter genius . took me 3-4 munths to finish it (well finish all curent episodes at the time. but loved it all the same . 

[Neptis]

On 7/24/2021 at 12:12 AM, CyanBunnye said:

(is that how you call them in eng?)

would be cartoon strips i think but thats an older term. would be loosly classed as a cartoon. but personaly i call the as thay are manga or anime depending on how its made

[Guest]

44 minutes ago, Neptis said:

would be cartoon strips i think but thats an older term. would be loosly classed as a cartoon. but personaly i call the as thay are manga or anime depending on how its made

Hm I meant the uhm... boxes/cases containing the drawings. Can't find the exact term in glossaries

[Neptis]

5 minutes ago, CyanBunnye said:

Hm I meant the uhm... boxes/cases containing the drawings. Can't find the exact term in glossaries

i just told you . it should be cartoon strips or more lossly defined as cartoons. an example would be the beano or the dandy. or the older our willie or the broons.

manga is the same thing as a commic just diferent names for the same thing.

 

as for anime. its aculy a catch all term for all animated works coming from japan. not the name of the genre itself.

 

if your still confuesed use google to find out. im not to shure myself thats what i beleve but may be wrong myself. just trying to help mate 

[Guest]

22 minutes ago, Neptis said:

i just told you . it should be cartoon strips or more lossly defined as cartoons. an example would be the beano or the dandy. or the older our willie or the broons.

manga is the same thing as a commic just diferent names for the same thing.

 

as for anime. its aculy a catch all term for all animated works coming from japan. not the name of the genre itself.

 

if your still confuesed use google to find out. im not to shure myself thats what i beleve but may be wrong myself. just trying to help mate 

My bad, I got confused with the last sentence " but personaly i call the as thay are manga or anime depending on how its made " wasn't sure we were talking about the same thing.

Alright then thanks man

[Neptis]

49 minutes ago, CyanBunnye said:

My bad, I got confused with the last sentence " but personaly i call the as thay are manga or anime depending on how its made " wasn't sure we were talking about the same thing.

Alright then thanks man

i can understand what you have said. im not the best at explaning things 

[Darkpig]

The second season of Kobayashi's Dragon Lesbians is good.

[FauxFurry]

It took longer to reach the Zou Arc in One Piece than expected, not that it was somehow unpleasant to reach that point the long way even if Dressrosa could feel like a detour too far at times thanks to all of the padding.

 

Thankfully, I stuck with it, allowing me to see that One Piece is the antidote to much of the cliches that built up in the Shounen action- high adventure genres over the years, be it in the complete eschewing of the concept of the Competence Zone by featuring characters of all ages displaying various levels of capability fitting for their level of experience and talent rather than having anyone over 25 years old being treated as a decrepit walking corpse and a resistance to Aesthetic Genders, generally giving men and women (at least the homo sapiens) separate approaches to combat rather than having someone who is 36 kg effortlessly tossing people several time their mass without any explanation, something which not only adds a bit of realism to the high fantasy to better contrast the real and the unreal, it also gives much needed variety to the combat scenarios. If Nami or Tashigi fought exactly the same as Sanji or Zoro, things would become repetitive very quickly (a problem that series inspired by Dragon Ball Z suffer from as everyone is identical outside of signature moves and power level).

It also is one of the most interesting East Meets West cultural mash-ups that I have seen in years right after the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, be it in character names and design storyline inspirations or even multi-lingual wordplay.

That it has beast people who are treated as a merely having taken alternate path to sapience rather than mutants created by toxic waste, the result of a curse or experiments created by mad scientists is an added bonus.