General Anime thread of whenever - Page 17

shiney · 10-08-2014, 11:21 AM

Is it worth subscribing to funimation?

I've been so out of watching anime for so long that nothing makes sense anymore. :<

Krylo · 10-08-2014, 12:00 PM

That depends on how ethical you are.

shiney · 10-08-2014, 04:26 PM

Well I mean, I have a ~40 gig folder on my computer entitled 'Completely Legal Videos' which, surprising probably everyone, has no porn in it (!!!) so let that say what it may, but I kind of want to actually support some of these companies for doing the work of making this stuff available. I just dunno if funimation is like "oh hey, cool, funimation" or if it's like "what a bag of dicks funimation is".

Kim · 10-08-2014, 04:38 PM

well you could also subscribe to crunchyroll they have a lot of good shit too

shiney · 10-08-2014, 09:13 PM

Oh I'm subbing to crunchy either way, but it appears there is some stuff at Funimation that CR doesn't have (such as Sacred Blacksmith). I'm toooooooorrrrrn.

Magni · 10-13-2014, 05:05 PM

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So I just binge-watched the absolute fuck out of Attack on Titan via Netflix and, while more is coming, it ain't here yet. I already intend to check into To Aru Kagaku No Railgun by Krylo's suggestion, but need more anime alone the lines of Titan where it's more or less hella action with actually decently engaging and interesting story.

Hajime no Ippo: Boxing anime, so not overly technical in terms of story, but the characters and fights are spectacular. Packed full of action.

Katanagatari: More story than fighting. It flips actually, in the beginning it's an even amount of action/story and then slowly becomes heavier on the story. 12 50 minute episodes with an awesome ending.

Legend of the Legendary Heroes: Good mix of action and story with magics that aren't fully understood and a war over unifying a country.

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Already mentioned in the thread. If you can look past the tone of incest, the magic system in the world is very technical and as the anime goes on it becomes more action oriented and violent. The incest vibe tones down rather significantly around episode 8 as the action and violence picks up.

Steins;Gate: Not so much hella action but hella engaging and interesting story.

Noein: Kinda like Steins;Gate (subject matter too, a bit) but with more action. Quantum physics and alternate dimensions, good times.

And did I miss something with Sacred Blacksmith? It came out 4 years ago... it wasn't that good.

Ryong · 10-13-2014, 05:51 PM

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And did I miss something with Sacred Blacksmith? It came out 4 years ago... it wasn't that good.

It's dumb fun, but it's decent.

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Katanagatari: More story than fighting. It flips actually, in the beginning it's an even amount of action/story and then slowly becomes heavier on the story. 12 50 minute episodes with an awesome ending.

I don't even know where to begin with this...

"Oh yes, lady who sent an assassin to kill my master/first-person-whose-existence-I-acknowledged. I was extremely sad because of her death which is why I came here, killed hundreds of soldiers and the assassin to get to you... but now that you told me you weren't to blame and that it actually was the shogun's fault for tasking her with a job that led her to hire me! Now that that's solved I'm going to kill the shogun and we'll travel all of Japan working towards realizing her dream, but only after you have a complete personality shift!"

How could you possibly consider that ending to be awesome? HOW?

phil_ · 10-13-2014, 06:10 PM

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And did I miss something with Sacred Blacksmith? It came out 4 years ago... it wasn't that good.

I enjoyed Sacred Blacksmith more than I should, but I also have no idea why it would influence anyone's decision to purchase anything. It really isn't very good; on the surface it's mostly a show about Cecily's boobs, and the anime never really gets to the interesting problems, and to get to where stuff gets interesting in the books you have to go through Siegfried raping Cecily because Aria was asleep which is just not a pleasant thing to read and isn't really worth it for the politics and no-win situations you do get.

Not that folks need to justify watching what they like, but I would welcome someone explaining a new interest in the show at this point in the game. The only positivity I ever hear about the show is how Cecily is actually a pretty admirable character, and the one advancing that argument is always me, so hearing someone else's opinion on the show beyond "boobs and katana" might be fun.

Magni · 10-13-2014, 11:05 PM

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How could you possibly consider that ending to be awesome? HOW?

Mostly the payoff after having a big downtime since an actual fight/anything happened. And all the things leading up to that...

Shishika flips and destroys everything. True that the literal end with the princess and Shishika being traveling partners is ass, but aside from that I thought it was good. Especially after Pengin is straight up executed and the revenge/flip because of Togame dying.

Ryong · 10-14-2014, 09:48 AM

So the ending has a terrible part, but it's good because the events leading up to the final episode were boring and because the final episode has good fights?

Not enough of a justification for me.

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shiney Derrrrrrrrrrrrrp. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The land of fartz and buttz Posts: 8,266	Is it worth subscribing to funimation? I've been so out of watching anime for so long that nothing makes sense anymore. :< __________________ boop

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Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	That depends on how ethical you are. __________________ I am very tired.

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shiney Derrrrrrrrrrrrrp. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The land of fartz and buttz Posts: 8,266	Well I mean, I have a ~40 gig folder on my computer entitled 'Completely Legal Videos' which, surprising probably everyone, has no porn in it (!!!) so let that say what it may, but I kind of want to actually support some of these companies for doing the work of making this stuff available. I just dunno if funimation is like "oh hey, cool, funimation" or if it's like "what a bag of dicks funimation is". __________________ boop

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Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	well you could also subscribe to crunchyroll they have a lot of good shit too __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

10-08-2014, 09:13 PM	#165
shiney Derrrrrrrrrrrrrp. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The land of fartz and buttz Posts: 8,266	Oh I'm subbing to crunchy either way, but it appears there is some stuff at Funimation that CR doesn't have (such as Sacred Blacksmith). I'm toooooooorrrrrn. __________________ boop

10-14-2014, 09:48 AM	#170
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	So the ending has a terrible part, but it's good because the events leading up to the final episode were boring and because the final episode has good fights? Not enough of a justification for me.