∀ General Anime Discussion

[Artemician]

Well, my problem with hetalia is sometimes the characters are too similar to each other. Well, it's the problem of shojo manga's pretty-boy-style though.

I usually don't have problems telling Hetare apart unless they're little small European countries. Like Lituania, Estonia, or (sorry Tengu) Poland. China, America, et al, no problem. I suppose that would the point though.

well actually there are times like italian complain that they don't act like that, or people tell the author that she don't know history/european culture/whatever at all. Strangely, it's not that often.

Given the nature of the webcomic, you'll think that people know not to take it too seriously.

[RPGuru1331]

...Stylish, OP. STylish choice for the thread name.

Does Axis Powers Hetalia portray the US as well meaning but stupid, or just bastards? If the first, then I'll give it a go. If the latter, and not everyone's bastards, I'll spend my time elsewhere.

[Fri]

Nah. US is portrayed well there. The butt monkey is Italy (complete idiot) and... Russia is portrayed as psychotic yandere.

I think someone said that US is portrayed as a Toblerone. Loud and brash, but generally well meaning.

[RPGuru1331]

Nah. US is portrayed well there. The butt monkey are Italy (complete idiot) and... Russia is portrayed as psychotic yandere.

...Hm. I'm not sure I like well either..

Isn't it sad though, Italy? I don't suppose it's obfuscating stupidity?

[nothingclever]

...Stylish, OP. STylish choice for the thread name.

Does Axis Powers Hetalia portray the US as well meaning but stupid, or just bastards? If the first, then I'll give it a go. If the latter, and not everyone's bastards, I'll spend my time elsewhere.

The US is portrayed as well meaning but stupid. It's pushy and annoying in the story but it also has it's good moments. The first time it gets introduced it tells every other country to be its backup and says it wants to just charge in and beat everything itself but at least it isn't bragging. It just wants to be heroic.

Canada is portrayed as being invisible and America's almost identical twin brother. The main difference between the the two is Canada has one long loose anime style hair sticking out at all times. Canada is of course often mistaken for America. At one point Canada tries to tell US to be a little more civil because it is giving Canada a bad name but the US happens to be doing something with a chainsaw at the time so Canada gets scared and tries to pretend it had nothing to say at all. :/

People in the US have less to be offended by in my opinion compared to Canada.

The one time Canada has gotten to do something not sucky so far is when it complained for hours to America once because it couldn't take being mistaken for it anymore. Canada even has a pet that can't remember its master's name.

[RPGuru1331]

People in the US have less to be offended by in my opinion compared to Canada.

Funny, that's exactly the opposite of what some of my Canadian buddies think, going by what you've said. Still, on the list. Perhaps after I clear another month in Persona 4.

[nothingclever]

I'd rather be recognized as dominate and powerful while being poked at with random jokes than be a country that no one can remember.

I'm also specifically talking about this in the context of the comic not real life by the way.

[Nerd-o-rama]

Well, if the author did do research, I predict Canada turning into a total badass in whatever D-Day storyline there is. Then everyone promptly giving all the credit to America. Isn't It Sad, eh?

[Kato]

Okay, first thanks to you guys for the hint on Hetalia. Just read the five chapters I've found and it was pretty funny ^^ Germany gets out pretty good. Actually... we seem to be about the only country which does not screw in all of it's appearances. (Okay, it's not WWII yet. Plenty of time left)
Poor Italy, I'm not sure if that's so justified, but he seems to have done some propber research there. (Though, the Russian paratrooper story is really hard to believe)
Anyway, I'm looking forward to more of it.

[Closet_Skeleton]

I have now had the displeasure of watching the Touhou anime.

[Drascin]

I have now had the displeasure of watching the Touhou anime.

Also watched it, but I don't share the "displeasure" thing, really. It's not good by any stretch of the imagination, but it was more appropiate to source material than most fanmaterial out there for the most part, and had a couple chuckle-worthy moments. Not bad for a fifteen minute OVA by a small fan studio.

Still can't get used to Marisa's voice, though. Sounds too... grownup, maybe? for the little cocky typhoon we all know and love. Nor Sakuya sounding like miss Alicia from Aria (which I'm starting to watch now. Annotation: two episodes since I met her, and I already think Alice rocks) - always thought she'd sound polite, but a bit colder. Though, given I'm not in my own computer, and these speakers frigging suck to the point I can barely recognize most songs when I listen to them here, I won't pass too much judgement on sound yet.

Will probably watch the next one as well, particularly if there ends up being some Yukari in it, as it seems there will.

[Nerd-o-rama]

So I found some gift cards that my brother accidentally left at my parents' house mysteriously lying around, and bought some anime with them. Specifically, the first half of the Anime Legends re-release of Zeta Gundam. I thought about picking up ADV's Macross or FMP: The Second Raid, but there was no boxset of the latter and the former cost an extra twenty-five bucks (for another 13ish episodes, admittedly). So, now I'll probably actually watch Zeta through.

[Tengu_temp]

Nerdo has turned into a video game protagonist!

[Nerd-o-rama]

It's just like College Saga, except I haven't had a boss fight with him yet.

[Fri]

Well, since we're into hetalia, I give you guys link to Hetalia's lolier second cousin removed Afganisu-tan

[Rogue 7]

So I found some gift cards that my brother accidentally left at my parents' house mysteriously lying around, and bought some anime with them. Specifically, the first half of the Anime Legends re-release of Zeta Gundam. I thought about picking up ADV's Macross or FMP: The Second Raid, but there was no boxset of the latter and the former cost an extra twenty-five bucks (for another 13ish episodes, admittedly). So, now I'll probably actually watch Zeta through.

I got The Second Raid boxset for Christmas, and I must say that there are an impressive number of extras with the DVDs.

[Jayngfet]

Well, just got the second TTGL DVD, loving the timeskip I've heard so much about.

[nothingclever]

So I found some gift cards that my brother accidentally left at my parents' house mysteriously lying around, and bought some anime with them. Specifically, the first half of the Anime Legends re-release of Zeta Gundam. I thought about picking up ADV's Macross or FMP: The Second Raid, but there was no boxset of the latter and the former cost an extra twenty-five bucks (for another 13ish episodes, admittedly). So, now I'll probably actually watch Zeta through.

I really liked the Zeta ending but damn it gets frustrating watching all the tragic endings the majority of characters get. The last big fight ending was awesome for me. I doubt I'll see a better final showdown soon in a Gundam series. Part of the ending actually makes hiding behind chairs hilarious and epic.

[Artemician]

Well, since we're into hetalia, I give you guys link to Hetalia's lolier second cousin removed Afganisu-tan

Afghanisu-tan isn't anywhere as interesting as Hetalia, but the side blurbs are a hell lot more informative :P

[nothingclever]

Meriken looks awesome considering the format.

[Tengu_temp]

Meriken can shoot eye beams.

[Nerd-o-rama]

Meriken can shoot eye beams.

Yeah, we can all do that. Can't you?

PS Borders has a crap anime selection and I bought Metalocalypse Season One instead.

[nothingclever]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akikan!
Akikan (”Empty Can”) is the unlikely story of high school boy Kakeru Daichi, whose can of melon juice soda magically transforms into a human girl. More “akikan” girls begin appearing, each of them needing to be infused with carbon dioxide from kissing to survive.

I can't wait to see if this series is totally terrible or if it's totally awesome.
Girls that need to be kissed to survive sounds like the laziest romance/harem/whatever plot ever written.

Lol, the girls can use "Cool Drink Sorcery" and at some point there's some kind of death match event between steel and aluminum cans so the makers can decide what material to use for all further can production.

[Dispozition]

Yeah, we can all do that. Can't you?

PS Borders has a crap anime selection and I bought Metalocalypse Season One instead.

Here Borders has no anime selection, but the second best Manga selection I've found to date...

@^: I'm totally going to watch that. It sounds a lot like that anime where the chibi-possessive girl comes out of the fridge...I need to watch that one too...

[Closet_Skeleton]

I can't wait to see if this series is totally terrible or if it's totally awesome.
Girls that need to be kissed to survive sounds like the laziest romance/harem/whatever plot ever written.

My parents have already seen it.

It is neither totally terrible or totally awesome, just mildly crap.

[Berserk Monk]

Well, just got the second TTGL DVD, loving the timeskip I've heard so much about.

I just finished watching the series. Good stuff.

[Dispozition]

My parents have already seen it.

It is neither totally terrible or totally awesome, just mildly crap.

Sounds like my kinda anime :D

[nothingclever]

My parents have already seen it.

It is neither totally terrible or totally awesome, just mildly crap.

Well at least this definitely isn't crappy:
http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/s...2616/shigurui/

http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/r...50093/page.14/
http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/r...50093/page.29/
http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/r...50097/page.10/

[Tengu_temp]

What scares me about this manga is that I apparently added the last two chapters...

[nothingclever]

That's a sign you should read it. It's just plain awesome. The anime is much better since each episode captures every little detail of the original while letting you watch it smoothly rather than slowly reading 50 page chapters.

I never finished watching the anime though and it has been a while since I saw it so I'm starting to read it from the very beginning today so I can appreciate all the great still art and refresh my memory. I'm glad it's still ongoing and the anime adaptation only gets up to about volume 7 since I really enjoy epic long samurai stories with plenty of well drawn disembowelment and dismemberment.