Rika Code

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  1. Posted

    I hear that French Bread is going to have a Skullgirls character (most likely Fillia from what a friend told me) in there game Under Night In-birth. Since a character from that game has already appeared in Skullgirls as an NPC (Yuzu) it might be likely.

     

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    (Yuzu from Under Night In-birth as an NPC in Skullgirls.)

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    I watched that, and loved it. I can see why they'd want to follow the manga more closely than follow up on the plot hole-riddled, watered down story of the first two seasons. For this purpose, I would consider the first episode to be something like ripping off a band-aid; it was best to just get it over with and then get back on track. The Rozen Maiden series holds a special place in my heart, as it was the first manga series I started importing all in its original Japanese, largely because I couldn't find a decent English translation anywhere.

     

    I also like the way the backgrounds were rendered in the anime. I understand the a lot of other people thought it was somehow cheap, but I liked the effects it could have at times.

    I absolutely agree, I loved the simple backgrounds, they really helped give off the correct atmosphere. The old anime, while it had it's own charm and was still kinda good despite all it's plots holes and fear of going too dark with their deaths. As for English translations, Desu-chan are now taking helm in translating the majority of chapters and posting them online, and they are doing extremely well in my opinion. Though I really wish that Tales could get an official English release.

    Like making Hina's death much, much, less gruesome than her being "eaten" alive by Kirakishou. Though both are still really heartbreaking. 

    And about the manga, the final chapter is going to be released in Japan this January, I am both really sad and really excited. I don't know if I can take not having any more adventures with these dolls anymore.

  4. Posted · Edited by Rika Code (see edit history)

    Since I haven't seen really anyone mention here yet I thought I would say my thoughts on Rozen Maiden : Zurückspulen (also known as Rozen maiden 2013 because no one wants to spell German words), which aired during the summer.

     

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    Now if anyone has seen the original anime adaptation of Rozen Maiden and think this is the third season, it is not. It is anime adaptation of Rozen Maiden Tales, or the second manga series of Rozen Maiden that takes place in an alternate universe in which Jun Sakurada chose not to wind, a world where he never receive a Rozen Maiden doll. This series is considered a sequel.

    Now, you might say "then wouldn't this still be considered a third season? It is a sequel after all." The answer to that is no, this follows the manga rather than the original anime, meaning Barasuishou and Enju does not exist, as a lot of the old anime is considered filler and does not follow the manga (even the art style did not follow the manga).

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    (Comparison of the animation style, top one from Rozen Maiden Traumend, bottom from Rozen Maiden : Zurückspulen))

     

    Now that that is out of the way, I want to note that I do kinda have a huge bias about Rozen Maiden, I have always loved the series, but I will do my best not to include that bias in here.

    First off, before I will say anything o the story I will say, that the OPs is probably one of the best OPs I have seen in quite a while and would consider it the best OPs of 2013, just watch it here

    Okay, so now that that is out of the way, the first episode summarizes the first manga, now I appreciate the effort of letting us know what happened before, but it tries to fit 7 volumes in a half-hour episode, which causes it to be super duper rushed and really confusing. If I hadn't read the manga, I would of probably been very confused, they could have just started off with not-wind Jun and not shown that, but it is okay. I would say the one weakness of this series is pacing, yes, it does stick to the pacing of the manga pretty well, which is a kinda realistic sort of pacing in my opinion, but reading and watching can be two different things. Other than that everything is great, the animation is always high quality (though I was a bit annoyed that Suigintou's Artificial Spirit, Meimei was blue rather than purple, it caused a bit of confusion over which one was Lempicka and Meimei since they were both blue) and the story was presented very well. Though there are only like two episodes of action out of all twelve episodes, it was okay. I would highly recommend people to watch it, since it was really good in my opinion.

     

     

    I was going to write more but then I forgot what I was going to write so I will finish there.

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    ((Sorry, I don't really know how to do the spoiler thing though I dunno if it counts as a spoiler bleh))

     

    None of that changes the fact that the story felt really boring in my opinion. Really the constant action in every episode was really dull and lack luster and there was never really any worry that the main character to lose since she would pull some random power that was never hinted at before out of her butt to win. They could have paid more attention to making things make sense as well, and not make almost every second a joke. I can't even force myself to find enjoyment in it or feel for any of the characters. 

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    At what point did I demote any character to a fanservice character???? I am saying that there is a time and place for fanservice and this anime decided to push that to the limit for absolutely no reason. Like I am okay with the outfits being like they are since there was a message to feel comfortable in your own body there.

    But like, did we really need those rape scares? Did we really need glowing nipples guy to strip all the time for no reason? Do we really need all those panty shots?? And close ups to butts?

    I am not saying any character is a fanservice character, I am saying there is too much fanservice in general and it feels like the story goes out of its way for the fanservice.

  7. Posted

    I just marathoned Kill la kill to see what you all are talking about and it keeps popping up on my dashboard. And honestly, it remind me a lot of the anime version of Witchblade in terms with the fanservice was a bit way too much and really annoying as well as take away from the story in favor for fanservice bits though it is even more so here. I felt it could have also use at least a bit of foreshadowing about the potential of her uniform thing, since it felt like a lot of the stuff they were being made up on the spot during production rather than planned ahead of time. There also was not enough breaks between all the action, in my opinion, and when there was it was mainly for fanservice.

    It wasn't a really enjoyable experience and was kinda dull.

  8. Posted

    Try not to take a lot of the stuff people say on here seriously, people like to joke around a whole lot on here, though if someone crosses too many lines with you do not be afraid to speak up or talk to someone about it. Other than that, pretty much what Pheo says.

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  10. Posted

    I think I wanted to be  a scientist and a writer when I was really little, though honestly I constantly changed what I wanted to be throughout my life, though I still want to be a writer, that was always a constant for some reason. But I doubt that I will achieve that anytime soon haha.

  16. Posted

    I am going to just sit here and laugh at my great timing over a glass of mango juice~

    I know I should be laughing at other suffering, especially since I was hoping to not make fun of Pheo anymore

    But

    This is just too perfect.

  17. Posted

    Just going to state that there is going to be an Persona 3 movie and a Devil Survivor 2 anime coming out as well, both look really good.

    Also the Persona 4 anime is really great.

  22. Posted

    Rika, allies?

    Wait, what? Why would you ask me this? Sorry, we haven't had a death yet, so I am not sure if you are trustworthy.

    Will probably have to be an inactivity lynch then, we have nothing. Any suggestions?

    I can not vote, but has Tappy or T1G posted yet?

    Yep :]

    If you quoted that from a PM then you are breaking the rules

  23. Posted

    Can we please have a lynch today, we are getting nowhere in this game, we are acting like we have no interest whatsoever in this game. :<