Anime Nation

[kurosagi01]

Politics and any other crap should not be used in media end off but we see it anyway in music,films,TV and games. Its a fictional world..let the creators and directors allow their creative fiction spring to life for other people to enjoy if they are interested in that media.
Don't see people complaining about alien raping humans or demons raping humans from the 90s..sure its weird but it is what it is and it's just media and not real.
We don't need forced female heroism if the character been well presented already.

In other news..Neon Genesis Evangelion is on Netflix with new subtitles and Netflix original english dub too..I have to say kudos to the people that did dub it but from initial impression I'm not fan of Misato or Shinji or Gendo..maybe the lines are changed so drastic it doesn't seem to match with the original japanese..Slightly over dramatic added dialogue which didn't seem necessary in my opinion.
And then you have people on Twitter the other day moaning about Netflix changing the subtitle and english dub when Kaoru tells shinji he loves him to he likes you??
Come on Netflix you shouldn't need to "censor" something like that in this day and age and show rated 12?? Really?? The movie are rated 15 and the theme of the anime should give it a rated 15 too.

 

[GoldenX]

It's Netflix, of course they are going to fuck it up.

 

[StrayKAT]

It's Netflix, of course they are going to fuck it up.

I haven't had Netflix in awhile, but what's bad about their anime? I saw Godzilla and Devilman Crybaby when I used to have it and both were really good (even going with these two classic settings should be commended too.. Again, considering all of the crap out there that I was complaining about earlier).

 

[GoldenX]

I haven't had Netflix in awhile, but what's bad about their anime? I saw Godzilla and Devilman Crybaby when I used to have it and both were really good.

Those are produced by Netflix, but the work is by a japanese studio. If you watch subs, you won't notice anything.
Problem is with dubs. You can't just censure Evangelion...

 

[StrayKAT]

Those are produced by Netflix, but the work is by a japanese studio. If you watch subs, you won't notice anything.
Problem is with dubs. You can't just censure Evangelion...

Ah, I stand corrected. But still, they should be commended for even distributing them.

I like some dubs. It just depends, I guess. I can't nail why some things come together and others don't. Some are even better sometimes. Even the creator of Bebop said the Dub is better. Again, Steins;Gate which I've been talking about, is also a great one.

edit: New Titan is out btw... kind of a continuation of the same Eldian backstory as the last.

What was the name of the Titan that Eren/His dad were given? The sub I got had a garbled section at that point.

 

[StrayKAT]

I didn't give Monster much of a chance before, but it's really good! I thought it was slow before and gave up, but now I see why it's so highly rated.

 

[f22a4bandit]

What was the name of the Titan that Eren/His dad were given? The sub I got had a garbled section at that point.

I believe it was Attack Titan.

 

[GoldenX]

Founding Titan, "the Coordinate".

 

[kurosagi01]

Founding Titan, "the Coordinate".

Or in Gundam world..the ultimate coordinator or "Innovator" or "Newtype"

 

[StrayKAT]

Now watching Ergo Proxy. Another anime that bored me in the past like Monster, but isn't bad at all.

 

[GoldenX]

Carole & Tuesday managed the impossible, to make a talent show interesting.
Currently watching the latest Fruits Basket.

 

[StrayKAT]

"Kakegurui" is a good example why I shouldn't read reviews (at least on the bigger sites). I'm pretty sure this is one of the better anime I've seen. Or at least, one of the better highschool anime (of which there is a lot to choose from). And it's also somewhat original (it's about gambling). Yet many reviews would have led me to think it's mediocre. While they rate Sword Art and Death Note with 5 stars (to be fair, Death Note isn't bad... until they kill off L. Then it goes full retard and the show is longer than it ever had a right to be).

 

[Rahnak]

Taste can be very subjective. I for one quite liked SAO but Death Note bored me to death to the point I had to force myself to watch it to the end. But that's mainly because I'm a sucker for the SAO genre. Never touched high school anime.

I did binge watch the second season of One Punch Man this last weekend. Found it to be very underwhelming, sadly.

 

[StrayKAT]

Taste can be very subjective. I for one quite liked SAO but Death Note bored me to death to the point I had to force myself to watch it to the end. But that's mainly because I'm a sucker for the SAO genre. Never touched high school anime.

I did binge watch the second season of One Punch Man this last weekend. Found it to be very underwhelming, sadly.

I still haven't seen the second season of OPM. I might be kinder to SAO on it's own, but I mentioned some pages back that anime is flooded with "isekai"/transportation stories like this. I'm a bit annoyed by it. If it's not transportation into a video game, it's some other transportation premise. Or even the reverse, where someone from a fantasy world is transported to this one. Some are worse than others - like "Overlord" is a helluva lot more cringy than SAO. SAO is innocent fun actually, while Overlord takes the same premise of a kid transporting to a game world, but he's some silly edgelord and plays out his domination and slave fantasies on the NPCs instead... and he never has any setbacks or real challenges.

 

[GoldenX]

SAO had a great first arc with a great villain, then it turned to shit, and never returned.

 

[Rahnak]

Yeah, isekai is all the rage right now. Luckily for me, it almost always ties in with fantasy, which is one of my favorite genres.
The main character of Overlord is supposed to be OP, so you have to watch it with that in mind.

 

[StrayKAT]

Yeah, isekai is all the rage right now. Luckily for me, it almost always ties in with fantasy, which is one of my favorite genres.
The main character of Overlord is supposed to be OP, so you have to watch it with that in mind.

Yes, but I don't see the drama in that. There's another one I watched that was much like it, but without the edgelord element. "That Time I turned into a Slime". Where some dude dies and gets reincarnated as a slime monster in another world. Everything just works out in his favor though. Villains barely put up a challenge, he makes strong allies quickly, etc.. and then it ends. lol. This tells me that these anime aren't even concerned with writing drama or any kind of story. It's just playing out power fantasies... and I suppose it wants viewers to vicariously live through that.. and to never experience the highs and lows of drama and tension?? I don't know. I don't understand the appeal or who would actually care for it. But apparently some do.

At least SAO, as much as I can recall, had setbacks and the character had to learn hard lessons/or his friends did.. before he climbed the ladder.

 

[Rahnak]

Ah, Slime was pretty good, I enjoyed it. It's kind of like SAO in the sense that, while the main characters are both OP in their respective worlds, they started from zero, whereas Lord Ains is already at the top when Overlord starts. He's like the max level MMO character with all the best items and thus no real opposition. And he decided to rule the world (so an even bigger power fantasy). I suspect he will have some sort of opposition or stronger enemies later on, based on events that happened at the end of season 2. At least that's my take on those 3.

But if you're looking for drama in isekai... I think I only really saw it in Re:Zero. Really loved that one.

 

[StrayKAT]

Ah, Slime was pretty good, I enjoyed it. It's kind of like SAO in the sense that, while the main characters are both OP in their respective worlds, they started from zero, whereas Lord Ains is already at the top when Overlord starts. He's like the max level MMO character with all the best items and thus no real opposition. And he decided to rule the world (so an even bigger power fantasy). I suspect he will have some sort of opposition or stronger enemies later on, based on events that happened at the end of season 2. At least that's my take on those 3.

But if you're looking for drama in isekai... I think I only really saw it in Re:Zero. Really loved that one.

Well, I actually stuck with Slime as you can tell, but that's still my criticism.. He just didn't seem to run into significant problems. He's a cute character though (and so were all of the goblins)... at least it had that going for it.

 

[GoldenX]

There are only 2 good modern isekais, and the authors of both are friends. Re:Zero and Konosuba.
Now, on classic isekai, Escaflowne Is still great.

 

[Rahnak]

Didn't know about Konosuba, I'll have to check it out. Thanks.

Just out of curiosity I looked at the anime list for the summer season and at least 5 are isekai.

 

[f22a4bandit]

"Kakegurui" is a good example why I shouldn't read reviews (at least on the bigger sites). I'm pretty sure this is one of the better anime I've seen. Or at least, one of the better highschool anime (of which there is a lot to choose from). And it's also somewhat original (it's about gambling). Yet many reviews would have led me to think it's mediocre. While they rate Sword Art and Death Note with 5 stars (to be fair, Death Note isn't bad... until they kill off L. Then it goes full retard and the show is longer than it ever had a right to be).

I really enjoyed Kakegurui as well. High stakes gambling featuring characters absolutely addicted to the thrill of the gamble itself. The story in season two kept it fresh as well. Sets up for a nice showdown going forward.

Plus the games they play are ridiculously absurd. Love it.

 

[StrayKAT]

Watching Heroic Legend of Arslan... or rather, I'm trying again. I've given it a try before, but cut it short and wasn't in the mood. But I'm such a big fan of Legend of Galactic Heroes that I owe this show at least that much.

 

[kurosagi01]

Saw tweet the other day that Harmony gold USA has renewed their licence to hold Tatsunoko and Macross for even longer than 2021 now...please you stubborn b*stards let the licence go so we can have a legit original Macross released in the west!

 

[GoldenX]

Saw tweet the other day that Harmony gold USA has renewed their licence to hold Tatsunoko and Macross for even longer than 2021 now...please you stubborn b*stards let the licence go so we can have a legit original Macross released in the west!

Nyaa. Nuff said.