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Anime anyone?
Edguy:
--- Quote from: Gareth on 04 Jun 2014, 15:03 ---I don't, and it's the same issue I had earlier in the thread - the absolutely wrenching tonal shifts sometimes within the same scene. It goes from goofball comedy to super dark without missing a beat, and I believe this is a common trait in anime, but it's really appallingly done in this anime. The comedy is funny, the dark stuff is convincing, the lack of buffer between the two sucks. I just watched an episode where the main characters have a quite violent fight with the main villain and the whole army comes down on him to try to fight him, everyone realises he's the survivor of a genocide which is depicted very effectively, and then LOL THE MAJOR WAS HIDING THE WHOLE TIME DURING THE FIGHT CAUSE HE'S A WUSS WHAT A GOOF HA HA HA HA I wish I was dead.
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That kind of bugged me when I started watching FMA earlier today--it's pretty serious most of the time, then suddenly Edward goes all Ash Ketchum, freaking out..
pwhodges:
I don't find the tonal shifts in FMA an issue; I guess the level of humour is intended to help the younger viewer cope with the darkness* - but I just don't mind the switches. Also, the Major has a more drawn-out plot arc which makes his motivations slower to become apparent.
However, I prefer the original over Brotherhood, precisely because the pacing is better. When they made Brotherhood, they rushed the first part, probably because they had already animated that part of the story before; I didn't like that they also increased the distinction from the previous version by exaggerating the use of weird "manga-faces" to indicate emotion, whereas they'd reduced that (relative to the manga itself) in the original. The end of Brotherhood is then dragged out to make it a five-cour show instead of a four-cour show, and that really slows it down to the point of becoming tedious.
As for the endings: the ending of Brotherhood resolves everything, which is nice (and is how the manga ends); but in a way I prefer the ending of the original (written when the manga was only halfway through) which resolves the brothers' quest with a new tragedy. The following film (which some people hate) in turn resolves that tragedy, but still with a bitter-sweet ending. The lesson I see there is that even when you fix your past problems, the future is a new place to be faced.
* If you want darkness with no relief of any kind, then you should be watching Texhnolyze.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: dr. nervioso on 04 Jun 2014, 15:02 ---FMA:B
FLCL
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Those are the only two in your list I know, but the natural suggestion following them is surely Gurren Lagann (aka TTGL). If you want to obsess over it, you can follow it by watching the films, which dial the ending up to 11 - or more like 15.
You can never go wrong with Gunbuster and Diebuster (which I always tell people to take as a pair). Diebuster is from the same team as FLCL and Gurren Lagann, whereas Gunbuster is a basic classic, and naturally comes first.
Cottarsby:
I just watched Deadman Wonderland in a day.
I don't watch a whole lot of anime. That was some gruesome shit.
GarandMarine:
So I'm watching the Valkyria Chronicles anime. Fuck me running with a chainsaw. The intro and first ep have made me haaaaaaaaaaaaaaate it. It was, to borrow and slightly paraphrase from Yahtzee's review of the game "Christopher Robin and friends going out to defend the 100 acre woods from mean old farmer Hitler." Five episodes have not improved it from that initial pile of naive fetted compost, but it is slightly more tolerable. Not much more tolerable, but slightly. I already want to kick the Tsundere into a wood chipper, with the lecherous captain from 1st squad right behind her. The male lead is interesting in that he's the only one in this anime who talks like he's actually seen or studied combat in any way, especially when he talks about the vitality of preserving one's own life. He's no Patton, but he could be worse. That's my real issue. There's actually good characters in here. The disgruntled militia veterans, Mr. Rocket Lance who's missing part of his beard and his sassy female companion are stand outs for me as individuals I enjoy, even if they're playing to type a bit more then needed. I also rather enjoy the scaredy cat rich girl Suzie. I'd like to see her whipped into something resembling a proper soldier.
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