The News Thread (for news that does not need a thread)

[qaiz]

Limited to 2000 units. The previous Ghibli steelbooks took a while to sell out so that's a wise decision. Ghibli films are the best selling anime BD's/DVD's with some topping out at 40k a year in the UK but I'm not sure if these will sell out so quickly. I'm any case I put an order in of course!

 

[robot monkey]

Was there any notice on a Collector's Edition Evangelion: 3.33 set? Just saw Amazon UK have one listed.

Thanks for the headsup on this. Might offset the seemingly endless wait for the release.

 

[Professor Irony]

It isn't yet live (eta is January), but the draft page for the Riding Bean BD Kickstarter is now up.

 

[Buzz201]

A bunch of Japanese fans chose their most "magnificent" anime of the year. Their number one is truly baffling...

10) Prison School
09) Gintama
08) Is the Order a Rabbit?
07) Haikyu!! Second Season
06) Blood Blockade Battlefront
05) One-Punch Man
04) Mr. Osamatsu
03) Sound! Euphonium
02) Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works
01) Charlotte

I can only assume the last three episodes of Charlotte were not released in Japan, I remain insulted by how badly that show tanked itself in those episodes. 72 minutes of pure torture.

 

[thedoctor2016]

FATE SECOND BETTER THAN OPM IM SO HAPPY! no wonder UBW sold so well.

 

[NormanicGrav]

I liked the first half of Charlotte and the concept* for the final episode but the rest was just... the exact same problems as Angel Beats.

*By concept I mean the idea of going around the world and getting people's powers. That would've worked much better as either a full cour season or even an entire show in itself (basically X-Men: Solo Edition).

No love for JoJo I see, maybe it was probably in the #11-15 as it's still popular enough to warrant an adaptation of Part 4.

 

[IncendiaryLemon]

I liked Charlotte but it definitely shouldn't have been that high. No Gakkou Gurashi is sad, I still really hope we get a second season. Wish OPM was higher. No Kinmoza should be punishable by death.

 

[thedoctor2016]

I think the OPM anime is the right place, shame IBO isn't on there but that must be because it hasn't finished.

 

[IncendiaryLemon]

What is IBO?

 

[thedoctor2016]

Gundam Iron blooded Orphans

 

[IncendiaryLemon]

Ah right. Personally, I loved OPM, I'd probably say it deserved at least top 3.

 

[thedoctor2016]

I gave it a 7 average, while UBW got a 10 so yeah.

 

[IncendiaryLemon]

Damn, now you've set my expectations high for when I finally get into it. I just hope it squashes some issues I had with Zero.

 

[thedoctor2016]

I no no one who said UBW was really bad.

 

[NormanicGrav]

Just discovered that the OVA featured in the first Japanese Blu-ray (and probably DVD) volume of One Punch Man also has English subtitles.

Neat.

 

[Buzzkillington]

I don't know anyone who said it was bad, but I know plenty who thought it was average and quite a few who have yet to finish it as they found the second half pretty meh. Certainly worth watching, but no where near a 10 for me.

Anyway, glad to see Blood Blockade Battlefront on there, and I REALLY need to make time to watch One Punch Man soon.

 

[Mangaranga]

A bunch of Japanese fans chose their most "magnificent" anime of the year. Their number one is truly baffling...

I don't know what I'm more confused about. Charlotte being #1 or FS/N being #2. Both were mediocre at best.
Fate has the added benefit of being pretty to look at but it's got nothing on Zero content wise IMO.

 

[ilmaestro]

There's a lot wrong with that poll, not least of all the translation work in the Crunchyroll write-up.

 

[NormanicGrav]

An OVA has been green-lit for Saber Marionette J Last Story, a novel of sorts from the Saber Marionette J franchise.

 

[Joshawott]

How come the Japanese like Charlotte so much anyway, considering it was a gigantic train-wreck from about the half-way mark? (Also, no Shirobako?).

In regards to Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, I have next to no knowledge about the original visual novel but didn't really find myself feeling lost on any step of the way; in fact, despite its source material's status as a supplementary prequel, I imagine not having seen Fate/Zero would have been more confusing (such as why Gilgamesh was such a big deal).

Considering the recent successes of Danganronpa and Steins;Gate, I'm actually surprised that no one has tried to officially localise even the Réalta Nua version of the visual novel.