[Snail]

EDIT: And Haruhi S2 has finally broken out of the endless recursion of time, so we should see a return to form in the coming weeks. Not sure when the next new episode is coming... if they're doing the "Disappearance" arc (which I'm dearly hoping they are), then it'll be at the end of the season, since they're airing them in chronological order this time.

w00t! Sounds good.

[NGTM-1R]

Just finished the series myself, and loved it. My gripe is that, from what (admittedly little) I've seen of it, the English dub appears to be very poor. Not badly translated, mind you, but the voices don't seem to be anywhere near as good, particularly the Devices (except Bardiche, I think he might be incapable of not being awesome), which sound far too mechanical.

Bardiche's first spoken words in the franchise were "Photon Lancer. Full Autofire." From that, it's pretty conclusive he's incapable of not being awesome.

So... this Nanoha thing has piqued my curiosity. Let's say I watched Mai-Hime, thought the first half was meh, thought the darker second half was sweet, and then thought the whole thing was ruined by its ending. That's really my only experience with any magical girl shows. Will this be up my alley?

I can't really say, having never seen Mai-Hime. (Though from the TVTropes entry I suspect I wouldn't like it much.) Nanoha isn't dark in the same sense most shows are. One episode from the first season, a couple episodes of A's and a multi-episode run on Striker S get pretty crapsacky, but the show isn't very fond of angst when there's asskicking that needs to be done. It comes down firmly on the side of "take up arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them", with arms in this case being magical BFGs. If you've ever wanted to scream at somebody in Eva to get their **** together, this is probably something you'll enjoy.

[DarkBasilisk]

To draw back to something mentioned around page 3 or 4... Brethern... we have potentially good news:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-06/fate/stay-night-unlimited-blade-works-film-confirmed

I don't care. I don't care if it has problems. What I care about. Is more than anything I want to see in animated form:

Spoiler:

Shiro vs Archer and Shiro vs Gilgamesh

Bricks will be shat if I get that.

[Ghostavo]

Awesome.

But don't forget

Spoiler:

Archer vs Caster, Archer vs Lancer, Archer lobing a "nuke" at Berserker and finally Archer bombarding the Holy Grail lake.

 

[TrashMan]

For all the HLPers....enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSkvx_5LJSI   

for all Toppa Gurren Lagan fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW9e4rZC03E

[Mongoose]

That first one was gold...but the second one "is not available due to copyright restrictions in your region"?  Bwuh?  We're the country that's supposed to do that to everyone else, not the other way around.

[DarkBasilisk]

Hey, everyone. I'm making advantage of the free streaming day on ANO, and two episodes in I'm liking This Ugly Yet Beautiful World. I've already been curious about it several times before, anyone's opinions on it?

[TrashMan]

For all the code monkeys out there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W_wd9Qf0IE

[Fury]

That video is pure gold.

[Mongoose]

Hee, good stuff.

This little Weird Al ditty set to FLCL is one of the more amusing videos I've come across.  But when it comes to pure video-editing quality, this left me breathless.

[StarSlayer]

For all the code monkeys out there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W_wd9Qf0IE

Ha ha, thankfully my office ain't that bad but plenty of clients have been

[TrashMan]

But when it comes to pure video-editing quality, this left me breathless.

Oh yeah. That one is friggin amazing. I know a few other good ones, but that one...it's pure gold.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN9HCg9uBTU (One Day More - Robotech)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyiCOSJoEDU (Ramstein: Angel - Evangelion)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1JTcqbtClQ (In Tenebris & Knightrider of Doom - Escaflowne)

If you can find them for Escaflowne (I will do Anything for love, Glory of Love, Heaven is a Place on Earth - all are great, but they have either been removed or the sound has been removed) I can't find either a great Saint Seiya AMV - SAGA (saints And Gold Always)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_iuBHmO89c (Goodbye - Avatar: The last Airbender)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XFh3PsOpb4 (Fairy Air Force)


for some great mixed amvs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koY-ZByxy9A (She's got the Look)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieiW1JmLQ4  (Rythm Animation)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3m-dLd4Kd0 (Villanous Destiny)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhDvUq_FAUk (Hereos never give up)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaFnjkdCY0k (Holding out for a hero)





For a big comprehensive list:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=73767

[BloodEagle]

Mayhaps there should be a separate thread for AMVs?

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I finished watching Viper's Creed. And aside from the ending (which is complete bull****)*, it's pretty good.

*

Spoiler:

First, they have the perfect opportunity for using Chekhov's Gun with the disabled pill-box mech (see: first episode), and they completely ignore it, opting instead for a crappy 'quick-draw' scene.

Second, they bring back the one protagonist that they actually show is dead, and kill off all the ones that aren't shown dying.

If they'd done the ending better, 8-9/10. But as it was, 6.8/10. Good enough to watch. Bad enough to rage about.

[Dark Hunter]

I just found out about something: Inuyasha is getting renewed. They're actually going to finish the series. Starting sometime in the fall.

I actually liked the show when it wasn't bogged down in filler, but with the manga already done, there's no real need for filler, so this could be quite good.

[BloodEagle]

As far as producers and the like are concerned, filler is like Jello. Dragonball Kai seems to be an exception.

[Mongoose]

As far as producers and the like are concerned, filler is like Jello. Dragonball Kai seems to be an exception.

I don't know that anyone on the production side of things necessarily likes making filler episodes (though the head of the production company probably appreciates the additional DVDs to sell), but they seem to be a necessary evil in most/all long-running shounen series based on in-progress manga.  Due to the peculiarities (and they are peculiar) of the Japanese television model and its audience, long-running series can't take seasonal breaks as they do in the US.  As a result, whenever a show starts running close to its parent manga, its creators are forced to scramble to throw in some original material and/or draw things out as much as possible.  Out of the shows in this model I've seen, One Piece has decidedly the least percentage of filler content, which is probably due to the fact that Oda's chapters apparently cram a lot of material into them; in contrast, Bleach finds itself mired in filler so frequently because Kubo Tite's chapters are relatively sparse.

Dragonball Kai sort of represents a special case in all of this, since as far as I understand, it's essentially DBZ stripped of the hideous amounts of filler and stalling-for-time that that series piled up.  I couldn't tell you personally, though, since DBZ in any form is about the last series on the planet I have interest in seeing.

[NGTM-1R]

I actually liked the show when it wasn't bogged down in filler, but with the manga already done, there's no real need for filler, so this could be quite good.

You are aware the manga didn't resolve anything, right?

[redsniper]

I actually liked the show when it wasn't bogged down in filler, but with the manga already done, there's no real need for filler, so this could be quite good.

You are aware the manga didn't resolve anything, right?

D:

[Dark Hunter]

I actually liked the show when it wasn't bogged down in filler, but with the manga already done, there's no real need for filler, so this could be quite good.

You are aware the manga didn't resolve anything, right?

It's a Takahashi manga, why would it resolve stuff?

Actually, I heard the Inuyasha manga resolved quite a bit (uber-spoilers):

Spoiler:

Naraku defeated, the Shikon Jewel dealt with and gone, and the two big couples actually paired off decisively in an epilogue set three years later. That volume hasn't been translated officially yet, though.

After the not-an-ending that Ranma 1/2 had, I was a bit surprised.

[NGTM-1R]

If that's actually true, I think my brain just broke. Miss Takahasi's not supposed to be able to do that dammit.