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Anime anyone?
Black Sword:
Texhnolyze is soul-crushingly depressing, easily as painful as Now and Then, Here and There. It's not a show I could watch more than once, unless I was doing anime video reviews.
Shogouki:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 26 Feb 2013, 09:01 ---So, I finished Haibane Renmei, and enjoyed it very much. Very gentle, and takes its time to come to a point, but ends up very satisfactorily, I'd say.
Now I've moved on to Texhnolyze, which is drawing me in - but golly, it's hard work! Dark, dark images; no one even speaks for the first twelve minutes of the first episode; and everything that happens is very obtuse. I have no idea yet what it's really about, either.
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Glad you enjoyed it! Definitely one that didn't stand out to me (Well aside from just about everyone, including fans of completely opposite genres, giving it huge props) until I started watching it.
--- Quote from: Black Sword on 27 Feb 2013, 09:57 ---Texhnolyze is soul-crushingly depressing, easily as painful as Now and Then, Here and There. It's not a show I could watch more than once, unless I was doing anime video reviews.
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Soul-crushingly? Yikes. I haven't seen that many that I consider to be that hard (I was depressed for weeks after watching End of Evangelion). If its well done though I might have to watch that one, though not when I'm feeling really depressed!
pwhodges:
Texhnolyze seems to be asking the question: how far can we retain our humanity as we repair and improve our bodies more and more using technology? Given the somewhat optimistic note that Serial Experiments Lain's discussion of the mind migrating into the universal network appeared to end on, I find it interesting that the same author's conclusion in this instance is so deeply pessimistic.
Shogouki:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 01 Mar 2013, 02:43 ---Texhnolyze seems to be asking the question: how far can we retain our humanity as we repair and improve our bodies more and more using technology? Given the somewhat optimistic note that Serial Experiments Lain's discussion of the mind migrating into the universal network appeared to end on, I find it interesting that the same author's conclusion in this instance is so deeply pessimistic.
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Not a bad idea to explore the other side of the coin as I'm certain there are just as many, if not more, dark possible outcomes of our ever increasing use of technology in all facets of our life.
GarandMarine:
--- Quote from: Shogouki on 21 Feb 2013, 16:22 ---Le Chevalier D'Eon and Flag are actually on my watch list right now!
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Flag is really hard to find certain parts of, I had trouble even finding a download, the second volume in particular is a bear. I believe I payed $12 + S&H for volumes 1, 3 and 4, along with the fancy box for the series, but I payed $20 for volume 2... after looking for a copy for months!
--- Quote from: Asterus on 21 Feb 2013, 18:47 ---D'Eon is... odd. It's entertaining, but still rather odd. I guess the thing is that it was loosely based off of an actual person.
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Wow! I didn't know there was some actual historical relevance to it! I thought it was all fluff arranged in a vaguely historical setting around the fall of L'ancien Regiem. Off to do research! I'll agree it's slightly... different for an anime, it almost came off as a hybrid with Western animation in many respects. Still quite good! I have a thing for the opening theme as well.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlz_eDIfNFI
On a spoilerish note for D'Eon (click to show/hide)I really hated the serious cock tease for the revolution the whole series seemed to be, it was clearly what it was leading up to with the French tricolor every where, but it didn't seem to /make/ it there you know?
On to another anime, this one has earned my ire. Gankutsuou, which masquerades as an adaption of Le Comte de Monte Cristo, masterpiece of Alexander Dumas, and my favorite book got me ripping mad about how loosely it's adaption was handled, at least when I got over being ill from it's garish visual design.
For my current watch lists, I'm a Spice and Wolf fanboy so I'm really enjoying Maoyu through Crunchyroll, and I'm excited to finally get the conclusion of Girls Und Panzer. I'm looking at Heaven's Note Pad and Infinite Stratos as anime to watch... but they aren't dubbed yet, and I tend to "watch" anime while I'm painting or doing something else, so a dub is just convenient. It's rare I'll watch an anime with a dub in the Japanese, usually if a purist forces me to, or a dub is /really/ that atrocious... like Love Hina, which I'm pretty sure was supposed to be offensive to English speakers, and Sailor Moon... *shudder* too... much.... 90s....
Also just finished a rewatch of the Tenchi OVAs (like literally a couple minutes ago) the shift in VAs, and series tone from season 2 to season 3 is /really/ jarring when you watch it straight through. Like shifting from first to fifth without a clutch. Still good, just really different.
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--- Quote from: pwhodges on 01 Mar 2013, 02:43 ---Texhnolyze seems to be asking the question: how far can we retain our humanity as we repair and improve our bodies more and more using technology? Given the somewhat optimistic note that Serial Experiments Lain's discussion of the mind migrating into the universal network appeared to end on, I find it interesting that the same author's conclusion in this instance is so deeply pessimistic.
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Not a bad idea to explore the other side of the coin as I'm certain there are just as many, if not more, dark possible outcomes of our ever increasing use of technology in all facets of our life.
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Well then the question really should become, what is humanity exactly? and does one really have to be human to be.,, well human? That's a pretty common theme in futuristic anime, lots of synthoids walking around, of course it's a pretty common theme in sci-fi of all hardness levels, with Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? being the most blatant example.
<mod edit>Fixed YouTube link - the tag doesn't handle https<mod>
Edit: Thanks Mod! I'll keep that in mind.
And to add to my own post, I just finished Infinite Stratos in a single binge marathon, great mecha fights with harem comedy? It's my anime version of junk food <3
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