The General Anime Thread!

[Noname Given]

I just finished the second of Dirty Pair Flash's three arcs, and I still find the series underwhelming. I didn't care for the concept of this arc -- this is a series set centuries in the future, but they set the whole arc on a theme park world recreating 1990s Tokyo, and mostly did stories that could've been done in the present day. What a waste of potential. It might have worked as a later arc in a longer series, a change of pace after they'd suitably built up the future world, but as the second story arc in a barely established future setting, it just feels like a failure of imagination.

IDK - Star Trek has lasted 60 years doing stuff like that.

 

[Christopher]

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.

 

[Noname Given]

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.

 

[Christopher]

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.

 

[Firebird]

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.

 

[Christopher]

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.

 

[Steve Roby]

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.