IDK - Star Trek has lasted 60 years doing stuff like that.
IDK - Star Trek has lasted 60 years doing stuff like that.
But they didn't do it in the second episode when their future setting was barely established. And they didn't devote a contiguous third of the entire series to it. I already explicitly made that point.
No your right. STAR TREK didn't effectively repeat itself with two episodes in a row (the second and third episodes aired (in Broadcast order ( Charlie X followed by Where No Man Has Gone Before.)
(Three if you consider The Cage which was also about aliens manipulating the human mind and appearing into the darker side of the human mind.)
Out of the gate GR & Co seem to have a one track mind... pun intended.
No your right. STAR TREK didn't effectively repeat itself with two episodes in a row (the second and third episodes aired (in Broadcast order ( Charlie X followed by Where No Man Has Gone Before.)
What the hell possible relevance could that have to my point about Dirty Pair Flash being uninteresting because it wasted 5 of its 16 episodes recreating 1990s Tokyo when it had barely begun to establish its own future setting?
Also, the only reason Star Trek did Earth-duplicate planets was to save money by reusing existing backlots, costumes, props, etc. An animated series has no such excuse. It's really a terrible comparison and completely misses my point.
Animated series reused cels and backgrounds all the time back in the day to reduce time and costs. TAS did this all over the place. Evangelion did, too. That’s also why many series used to have a mid-way recap episode that was a glorified clip show, like Eva and Martian Successor Nadesico.
I'm not talking about those shows, I'm talking about Dirty Pair Flash. It wasn't reusing a damn thing -- I'm talking about episodes 7-11 of a 16-episode series. There was hardly anything to reuse, and they didn't reuse anything from the first 6-part arc, because they completely changed the setting for the second. That's the whole point -- they did one arc set on future Earth, then devoted the second one to a recreation of the then-present day, which is a weird thing to do so early in the run. I'm talking about the concept, the writing, not the animation, about which I have no complaints.
In my random anime explorations, I’ve finished watching Boogiepop Phantom. I can see why back in the day it was recommended for people who liked Serial Experiments Lain. One key difference is that BP is an apocryphal part of a light novel/manga/live action movie universe, plus the two anime series. SEL is a more complete, if still confusing, story. I’ll read the prequel light novel and leave it at that for now.
And I’ve finally watched the movie your name., which I quite liked. I’ve bought the novelization (a quick read by the writer/director that doesn’t add too much) and a sidequel by another writer, which I may read next. Some of his other films look interesting, so who knows what I may see next.
Edit: if you've seen and enjoyed your name., the novel your name. Another Side: Earthbound is well worth reading. The early chapters give a bit more of Taki and Mitsuha's body swap experiences, but the book also flashes back to the story of Mitsuha's parents, provides more context about the Shinto religion, makes certain elements of the comet incident more clear, and gives a bit more of an inner life to a few more characters.
And I’ve finally watched the movie your name., which I quite liked. I’ve bought the novelization (a quick read by the writer/director that doesn’t add too much) and a sidequel by another writer, which I may read next. Some of his other films look interesting, so who knows what I may see next.
Edit: if you've seen and enjoyed your name., the novel your name. Another Side: Earthbound is well worth reading. The early chapters give a bit more of Taki and Mitsuha's body swap experiences, but the book also flashes back to the story of Mitsuha's parents, provides more context about the Shinto religion, makes certain elements of the comet incident more clear, and gives a bit more of an inner life to a few more characters.
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I finally got around to finishing Dirty Pair Flash -- I see it took me about 3 weeks to get through the last 5 episodes, which shows how little it engaged me. The final miniseries, despite having themed titles like the first two story arcs, is pure standalones like the original series, but not very good. The main thing that distinguishes Flash, aside from its mediocrity, is that it's closer to the level of raciness, cheesecake, and occasional brief nudity (perhaps a factor in why they called it Flash) that I would've expected from something called Dirty Pair, unlike the original series, which was relatively tame in that regard (aside from a split-second glimpse of bare breasts in one episode and more substantial nudity in the first hourlong OVA special). There were times when I thought Rica Matsumoto (best known as the original Pokemon lead) did a pretty good job as Kei, though both Kei and Yuri were played even more broadly than the originals.
I also recently finished watching the 1994 series Magic Knight Rayearth on Crunchyroll, which I kind of stumbled across and decided on a whim to check out. The descriptions were a bit misleading, as the streamers carrying it give it a mature rating for nudity, but that's just for brief pseudo-nude transformation sequences seen only in the main titles and the season premieres, and it's actually fairly young-skewing. It's a magical-girl isekai series about three schoolgirls who get transported to a fantasy world to become the destined Magic Knights who will save it, along with the, err, giant robots (or guardian spirits that manifest as giant robots) that they acquire toward the end of the first season. It seems like a hodgepodge of pretty standard formulas at first, but then takes a subversive, dark twist at the climax of season 1, revealing some things that provoke a lot of guilt, soul-searching, and moral debates among the characters in season 2, touching on similar themes to Ursula LeGuin's iconic short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." It wasn't brilliant, and I found season 2 way too slow-paced with some silly new antagonists, but it had its appeal and I came to be somewhat fond of the three heroines (once I got used to the character designs, which are huge-eyed even by anime standards). Apparently there's a remake premiering in October, and if Crunchyroll carries it, I'll probably check it out.
I also recently finished watching the 1994 series Magic Knight Rayearth on Crunchyroll, which I kind of stumbled across and decided on a whim to check out. The descriptions were a bit misleading, as the streamers carrying it give it a mature rating for nudity, but that's just for brief pseudo-nude transformation sequences seen only in the main titles and the season premieres, and it's actually fairly young-skewing. It's a magical-girl isekai series about three schoolgirls who get transported to a fantasy world to become the destined Magic Knights who will save it, along with the, err, giant robots (or guardian spirits that manifest as giant robots) that they acquire toward the end of the first season. It seems like a hodgepodge of pretty standard formulas at first, but then takes a subversive, dark twist at the climax of season 1, revealing some things that provoke a lot of guilt, soul-searching, and moral debates among the characters in season 2, touching on similar themes to Ursula LeGuin's iconic short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." It wasn't brilliant, and I found season 2 way too slow-paced with some silly new antagonists, but it had its appeal and I came to be somewhat fond of the three heroines (once I got used to the character designs, which are huge-eyed even by anime standards). Apparently there's a remake premiering in October, and if Crunchyroll carries it, I'll probably check it out.
A whole slew of projects have been announced in the run up to Gundam’s 50th anniversary, including a remaster of the OG series, a new production for Gundam Wing, and some installations in Japan.
Sunrise also shared this beautiful short film, A Boy with Gundam:
Sunrise also shared this beautiful short film, A Boy with Gundam:
word on the street is that dragon ball super is returning in the fall
and also there is gonna be a one piece reboot but its gonna be like a netflix style anime verison
and also there is gonna be a one piece reboot but its gonna be like a netflix style anime verison
The new One Piece adaption - produced by Studio WIT - was announced years ago, and it will be a streamlined version of the story. The only involvement Netflix has is as a co-financier. There is no such thing as “a Netflix style anime.”
Yeah, I couldn't figure out what that was supposed to mean.
its where the episodes are like 1 hour long and at the same time releases all of the episodes at once
althought resently some netflix shows releases a number of episodes in parts
Soo...they'll compress about 1000 episodes into 100.
(And yeah, 1150 episodes is about what the One Piece anime has to date.)
in a way i guess the netflix anime one piece will combine the between 5 to 15 episodes of the 20 to 25 min each from the original old school one piece anime and transform it into a 1 hour netflix verison episode each
I saw that the Nozomi Entertainment YouTube channel that has all the Dirty Pair series also included Revolutionary Girl Utena, which I was curious about because it was homaged in one of the Pretty Cure seasons, and which I gather was critically acclaimed and well-regarded (I'm pretty sure I remember hearing it referred to here and there back in the day). It's interesting, but very surreal and stylized and trippy, and sometimes unexpectedly silly. One one level it's a high school comedy, but it's also about sword duels for the power to bring revolution to the world, and it does a lot of bending of gender norms and lesbian teasing and such, as the pink-haired Utena (whose surname, Tenjou, means "Heaven") is a tomboy who wears a boy's uniform, is trying to follow the example of a prince who comforted her as a child, has a friend who considers herself Utena's girlfriend, and ends up accidentally engaged to another girl, the Rose Bride, who's the holder or embodiment of the power the duelists are fighting over, though Utena wants no part of the battle.
I'm only 8 episodes into it, but I rather like Utena herself, who's an appealing character and fairly attractive once I got used to the design style. It's certainly interesting, though often weird.
I'm only 8 episodes into it, but I rather like Utena herself, who's an appealing character and fairly attractive once I got used to the design style. It's certainly interesting, though often weird.
Well, Revolutionary Girl Utena got even weirder as it went. I've just finished it, and there was a lot in the climactic arc that was confusing and it's hard to tell what was real, how certain scenes fit together, and what the characters really thought and felt. It was interesting, somewhat enjoyable, but a little too cryptic for me (io9 likens it to David Lynch's style), and there are some disturbing elements in it like incest. It also had way too many clip shows, three in 39 episodes, though at least the third one has a pretty major development at the end. And there are a number of bizarre comedy episodes all from the same writer and focusing on the same supporting character, Nanami, most of which don't really contribute to the main narrative and feel almost like a different, goofier series interlaced with the main series.
There was a movie version, Adolescence of Utena, which was an alternate telling of the original manga's story arc, but for some reason, the release available on streaming only has the English dub, with no option for the Japanese audio track. I found a fansub of the Japanese version on YouTube, but only of a VHS edition that's letterboxed within a 4:3 frame. I'm debating which version to watch, though I may try both.
There was a movie version, Adolescence of Utena, which was an alternate telling of the original manga's story arc, but for some reason, the release available on streaming only has the English dub, with no option for the Japanese audio track. I found a fansub of the Japanese version on YouTube, but only of a VHS edition that's letterboxed within a 4:3 frame. I'm debating which version to watch, though I may try both.
Due to some bizarre licensing deal, the first half of Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You's season went live today, about a month before its actual premiere. Definitely not complaining about the early drop, as this was my most-anticipated anime adaption of the year.
It's so refreshing to get a seinen romance series with adult characters that actually act like adults. The adaption is exactly what I was hoping it would be, so I'm very happy so far. It's got a kind of subtle melancholic air that translates nicely to the screen.
It's so refreshing to get a seinen romance series with adult characters that actually act like adults. The adaption is exactly what I was hoping it would be, so I'm very happy so far. It's got a kind of subtle melancholic air that translates nicely to the screen.
ANN just published this interview with Dr. Stanley Love, NASA astronaut and CAPCOM for the Artemis II mission about his love and fandom for anime. I never could’ve imagined a NASA astronaut making references to Haruhi Suzumiya.
www.animenewsnetwork.com
He also followed up in the ANN forums with answers to fan questions about some of his other favorite series. Dr. Love’s an OG otaku:
The Astronaut Who Loves Anime
Astronaut Stanley Love went viral during the Artemis II mission when not-so-subtle anime references were spotted in Mission Control. Erica Friedman talks to Dr. Love about his fandom, magical girls, and more.
He also followed up in the ANN forums with answers to fan questions about some of his other favorite series. Dr. Love’s an OG otaku:
Recently, Meitantei Precure (aka Star Detective Pretty Cure) did a crossover with the long-running Detective Conan, which was my first exposure to that series. Today I discovered that Crunchyroll has all of Conan, including the complementary crossover with Precure that aired the following week, so I watched that episode too. Since Precure is a magical-girl fantasy whose current season is set in 1999 and Conan is a more "grounded" detective series (aside from sci-fi gadgets and poisons that turn teenagers into children) set in the present (even though it started 30 years ago and the characters haven't aged), it's the kind of crossover where the two parts aren't in continuity with each other. In Precure, Edogawa Conan and his supporting cast are real people living in 1999, while in Conan, Precure is a work of fiction and the "teamup" happens courtesy of a master of disguise (though the "real" Precure lead character makes a reality-bending cameo).
Still, having gotten a taste of Conan -- a series I've been hearing about on occasion for decades and had some mild curiosity about -- I decided to go back and try it out from the very first episode (partly because I didn't want it cluttering up my "Continue Watching" queue if I wasn't still watching). It seems like a promising mystery series, and it's interesting to see the origins of the characters and story elements I learned about in the crossover. But the early episodes are more adult than I would've expected from the crossover, with two murders in the first episode alone, one rather gruesome, and some gags about looking up girls' skirts and the like. I wonder if the show got toned down over time to be more kid-friendly, or if it was just the Precure crossover that kept it suitable for that franchise's young viewers.
Still, having gotten a taste of Conan -- a series I've been hearing about on occasion for decades and had some mild curiosity about -- I decided to go back and try it out from the very first episode (partly because I didn't want it cluttering up my "Continue Watching" queue if I wasn't still watching). It seems like a promising mystery series, and it's interesting to see the origins of the characters and story elements I learned about in the crossover. But the early episodes are more adult than I would've expected from the crossover, with two murders in the first episode alone, one rather gruesome, and some gags about looking up girls' skirts and the like. I wonder if the show got toned down over time to be more kid-friendly, or if it was just the Precure crossover that kept it suitable for that franchise's young viewers.
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