ADV Aquire Air TV/Movie
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Outlawstar
Thousand Master
Whats the basic plot.
This is too much to take in O.O Thanks for the news Ryo.
ADV better bring a box set out with an proper art box if they ever release it here... The only chance of having an artbox for this beautiful series have kind of dwindeled. It will be fantastic seeing Air in dvd quality though, although the fansub quality for this anime was superb : P.
*Thinks of seeing Air on the shelf* I may actually import the volume 1 + box for this release.. I should do that for all releases really (of course still buying the UK volume 1
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ADV better bring a box set out with an proper art box if they ever release it here... The only chance of having an artbox for this beautiful series have kind of dwindeled. It will be fantastic seeing Air in dvd quality though, although the fansub quality for this anime was superb : P.
*Thinks of seeing Air on the shelf* I may actually import the volume 1 + box for this release.. I should do that for all releases really (of course still buying the UK volume 1
)
MaxonTreik
Chuunibyou
Excuse me while I go wipe my tears of joy. This is the best news I've heard in ages.
The plot is complicated so just look it up on AnimeNfo or something.Outlawstar said:
MaxonTreik
Chuunibyou
You base your opinion of it on one episode? Riiiiiiight...kupoartist said:
Eh, nothing wrong with making a snap judgement after the first episode, it's not as if everyone's got enough time to watch every series in full to give it a totally fair evaluation.Maxon said:
I can see how Air could be seen as another harem comedy after the first episode, but it really isn't. While there may be a whole bunch of girls, there's none of the pervasive sexual/romantic themes which characterise harem series. Also, the comedy is more an effort to lighten up the series at the start, and dies off later on as the drama increases.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2480Outlawstar said:
MaxonTreik
Chuunibyou
There is when they miss out. If people bother to take the time to watch an episode they should finish what they started. Everyone has watched several things they haven't enjoyed.Ramadahl said:
Besides, if people can't make a fair evaluation, they shouldn't be making one at all. Opinions aren't always right. For an opinion to be taken seriously, it needs to be backed by reasoning and a convincing argument. Basing an opinion of something on "snap judgement" is not one.
I try to watch at least 3 before making a judgement on a series, but sometimes (say latest generic harem series) you really don't have to to know what it's going to be like. And series with misleading first episodes are very few and far between... Haruhi's one, and I'd add Narutaru and Bokurano (maybe) to that, but I'm finding myself hard pressed to come up with any others.Nyu said:
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Why? If they're not enjoying it, why bother?Maxon said:
Geez, making a snap decision on a single episode is a perfectly fair evaluation. To give an example, I could say -Maxon said:
"Based on the first episode, El Cazador seems to be a fairly poor excuse for a series, treading all too closely in the footsteps of it's predecessor Noir. The same roles are being reused here, albeit with slightly different personalities - however these new personalities rather than giving a fresh feel to the series only take away the sharp, stylish edge that Noir had. Also making a return are the gunfights, where the heroine takes down several armed men in shots. While it is always possible the series may vastly improve later on, the beginnings of a mind-numbingly obvious plot and the past history of girls-with-guns series (which I was never much of a fan of anyway, I admit), I'm not holding out much hope. Or any hope, in fact. El Cazador = fail."
There, that was my snap decision based on a single episode.
It is also a fair evaluation (although not as in depth as it could have been) wherein I back up my opinions on the series.
MaxonTreik
Chuunibyou
No that's a judgement of an episode, not an entire series.
Every single thing we watch is not uniform in its quality, and since we don't know what the future episodes will hold, stopping is pointless. I've never dropped a series due to snap judgement. It's just a poor excuse.
Anyway, this is off topic.
I'm glad ADV picked it up. I'm hoping Crispin Freeman will be cast for it.
Every single thing we watch is not uniform in its quality, and since we don't know what the future episodes will hold, stopping is pointless. I've never dropped a series due to snap judgement. It's just a poor excuse.
Anyway, this is off topic.
I'm glad ADV picked it up. I'm hoping Crispin Freeman will be cast for it.
Outlawstar
Thousand Master
Ramadahl said:
Sounds intriging.
Thanks.
No, that really was my judgement for the enitre series - the evidence I used to back up my judgement of the series was all from a single episode.Maxon said:
And sometimes you really do know what future episodes will hold.
But yeah, off topic much? My bad ^^;
If you like slower, more dramatic series, it's definitely worth checking out. Oh, and the artwork and animation is awesomeOutlawstar said:
.This is just a US license, right?
Mmm, character designs are always gonna be a matter of taste, I guess... I know I've heard that same issue brought up a few times with the characters in Air and Kanon.WTFDaveMustaine said:Eyes are too big and the mouth is too high up.That always irritates me a little... well a fair bit.Ramadahl said:Oh, and the artwork and animation is awesome
Still, regardless of whether they appeal or not, they're still well drawn and animated... as has come to be expected from Kyoto Animation.
I've watched countless anime series, but even series I hate get me further than the first episode. It takes something exceptionally dull or unsettling to make me not want to see any more after just that one episode... I suppose 'comedy harem' wasn't quite what I was scared by, just the pervading sense of 'moe': That even if the main character wasn't supposed to be pursuing the unnecessarily irritating female character types, some sweaty drool-meister in a trench coat probably was. This is not entirely unfounded when you consider Air is based upon a computer game which had pornographic content as 'the goal' of the game. Shows like this just put me on edge, and to me seem unwatchable in a way that utter crap fests aren't.Maxon said:
kupoartist said:
So it was the moe that put you off? I can understand what you're saying here, because I felt the same way about Air, and I'm a fan of Kanon. I did watch three episodes before giving up but only because of how much I liked Kanon 2002, but in the end the all pervading moe atmosphere of the show just got to me. I'm not sure what made Air different in this respect, normally I can tolerate a moe atmosphere provided the series is some good, and Air is good.