mangaman74
Akatsuki
animefreak17 said:
Didn't they show Tenchi in Tokyo as well?
Current viewing,
Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor Episodes 9 - 11
Paranoia Agent Episodes 8 - 10
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Didn't they show Tenchi in Tokyo as well?
Current viewing,
Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor Episodes 9 - 11
Paranoia Agent Episodes 8 - 10
Animefreak17
Godhand
@mangaman74 yeah but i couldn't get in to tenchi in tokyo for some reason at the time.
@Joshawott its not just that but in a a lot of episodes they dont say what, how and why e.g.
chad was protecting a bird with the soul of a dead child and at the end did they erased chads memorys after.
and where and how did rukia get money to buy stuff at daiskas shop, i know in the manga it says if you hunt hollows and beat them you get a bounty or something.
you know what i mean
@Joshawott its not just that but in a a lot of episodes they dont say what, how and why e.g.
chad was protecting a bird with the soul of a dead child and at the end did they erased chads memorys after.
and where and how did rukia get money to buy stuff at daiskas shop, i know in the manga it says if you hunt hollows and beat them you get a bounty or something.
you know what i mean
ayase
State Alchemist
Initial D 1-4
I quite like cars, and coupled with both the recent release of Redline and my own acquisition of a fairly sporty vehicle, I thought I'd give another anime about racing a try. So far it's proving... interesting. Initial D follows the exploits of Takumi Fujiwara, who from what I've been able to gather is some kind of retard. A brilliant driver with an amazing car who somehow doesn't recognise either of those things, even when his friends Itsuki and Koichiro talk about nothing else but racing and cars. Not only this, but they all work in a garage. Oh, and his dad used to be the best racer in the area.
Clueless Takumi is uninterested in racing either for himself or to help his friends (or he's just completely oblivious to the fact they could even use his help, which seems plausible) he can however be persuaded to race by his father with the promise he'll pay for a full tank of petrol so he can take his potential love interest (who is either some kind of teenage prostitute or has a very inappropriate father) to the beach. Oddly this plot point has become more relevant with time, as that's probably the equivalent of rewarding him with about £400 vs the £80 it would have cost him to fill up in 1998.
The same cannot be said for the CGI. Oh God, the CGI. For a show that's all about racing, the 3D car models, devoid of lighting effects or even doors, move in such an unnatural way that it never actually looks like they're going very fast. Worse still is the fact that you're taunted with traditionally animated close-ups of the cars making it hard to think of anything other than how much better this could have looked if it had all been animated this way.
And if the CGI is so dated as to be off-putting on it's own, what happens when 2D and 3D collide is truly horrifying:
Yes, if the 3D models look like they're straight out of Gran Turismo 2, then any 2D areas of the image like dashboards, spectators and occasionally even the drivers themselves look like graphics which wouldn't be out of place on the SNES. Rather than animating these areas separately and layering them on top of the CGI, it seems they chose to draw them as flat images within in the 3D engine. With results which can only be described as abysmal.
What can I say about Initial D at this stage? I wish it was better. I really, really wish it was better.
I quite like cars, and coupled with both the recent release of Redline and my own acquisition of a fairly sporty vehicle, I thought I'd give another anime about racing a try. So far it's proving... interesting. Initial D follows the exploits of Takumi Fujiwara, who from what I've been able to gather is some kind of retard. A brilliant driver with an amazing car who somehow doesn't recognise either of those things, even when his friends Itsuki and Koichiro talk about nothing else but racing and cars. Not only this, but they all work in a garage. Oh, and his dad used to be the best racer in the area.
Clueless Takumi is uninterested in racing either for himself or to help his friends (or he's just completely oblivious to the fact they could even use his help, which seems plausible) he can however be persuaded to race by his father with the promise he'll pay for a full tank of petrol so he can take his potential love interest (who is either some kind of teenage prostitute or has a very inappropriate father) to the beach. Oddly this plot point has become more relevant with time, as that's probably the equivalent of rewarding him with about £400 vs the £80 it would have cost him to fill up in 1998.
The same cannot be said for the CGI. Oh God, the CGI. For a show that's all about racing, the 3D car models, devoid of lighting effects or even doors, move in such an unnatural way that it never actually looks like they're going very fast. Worse still is the fact that you're taunted with traditionally animated close-ups of the cars making it hard to think of anything other than how much better this could have looked if it had all been animated this way.
And if the CGI is so dated as to be off-putting on it's own, what happens when 2D and 3D collide is truly horrifying:
Yes, if the 3D models look like they're straight out of Gran Turismo 2, then any 2D areas of the image like dashboards, spectators and occasionally even the drivers themselves look like graphics which wouldn't be out of place on the SNES. Rather than animating these areas separately and layering them on top of the CGI, it seems they chose to draw them as flat images within in the 3D engine. With results which can only be described as abysmal.
What can I say about Initial D at this stage? I wish it was better. I really, really wish it was better.
Animefreak17
Godhand
il be watching bleach disc 4 and hopefully disc 1 of 009-1 if it comes in tomorrow, if not it'll be red garden disc 1
Sparrowsabre7
Za Warudo
I think you should spoiler tag that image for sensitive viewers ayase. It is deeply unpleasant and disturbing and not something anyone should have to see without prior consent.
ayase said:
Hah, that's quite a screencap. Strangely, I don't remember the CG being as bad as that, but considering that I watched the show on my NDS screen, it would probably be hard to tell.
For what it's worth, I found the show did grow on me pretty quickly. I thought the races, daft though they may be, were entertaining and the ridiculous Eurobeat music was thoroughly infectious. It's never going to win any awards for intelligent writing (or quality of artwork), but it's still fun.
Cloud Strife
Vampire Ninja
Chihaya-furu Episode 9
More people need to be watching this series. Out of all the Fall season series, Chihaya is one of the few which i look forward to each week
More people need to be watching this series. Out of all the Fall season series, Chihaya is one of the few which i look forward to each week
Animefreak17
Godhand
watched disc 3 of bleach...........
theres 3 things thats bugging me. i finished the *bout arc*
1, so far they dont show how con and ichigo trade back bodys, i mean dose ichigo go in to his body then cons pill comes out or what?
2, (don canogi) we bearly see him is he a filler character or what.
3 i know that thers bankis ( dont give me spoils) but if you ask me i think the creator showed the bankis to soon in the series but im sure there'll show more forms later in the series.
theres 3 things thats bugging me. i finished the *bout arc*
1, so far they dont show how con and ichigo trade back bodys, i mean dose ichigo go in to his body then cons pill comes out or what?
2, (don canogi) we bearly see him is he a filler character or what.
3 i know that thers bankis ( dont give me spoils) but if you ask me i think the creator showed the bankis to soon in the series but im sure there'll show more forms later in the series.
Animefreak17
Godhand
JamesX said:
to right his pointless but he has his funny moments
Animefreak17
Godhand
theres also 1 other thing that bug me
what was that lighter flashing all about at the beginning of the episode where cons introduced.
in this series there are somethings that aren't explained very well but dont get me wrong i like bleach
what was that lighter flashing all about at the beginning of the episode where cons introduced.
in this series there are somethings that aren't explained very well but dont get me wrong i like bleach
ayase
State Alchemist
Cheers, I'll have a look.teonzo said:
I'll probably persevere with Initial D but I don't know if I can be bothered with it at the moment. Hence I just watched Moribito 7-13, which does a far better job of holding my attention (but strangely enough also has a tiny amount of needless CGI). I swear there was a scene in town where the only thing that was computer generated was a background character's backpack. Just... why?
Over the last few days I've watched
Bleach ~315 - 343
I haven't seen anything in ages, typically now I've binged all this Bleach away. Ah well, nearly caught up now! I really loved the Gotei 13 Arc - Nozomi seemed like a great character. For once, Bleach did it really right with filler
This and the Zanpakuto filler arc gives me hope that Bleach filler may have some sort of standard now
Just, what to watch when I finish this? I feel like keeping the SJ up, so it's either continue One Piece or look into Naruto...? Or is there something I might be missing?
(I'm just really not sure I'll like the characters in Naruto...)
Bleach ~315 - 343
I haven't seen anything in ages, typically now I've binged all this Bleach away. Ah well, nearly caught up now! I really loved the Gotei 13 Arc - Nozomi seemed like a great character. For once, Bleach did it really right with filler
This and the Zanpakuto filler arc gives me hope that Bleach filler may have some sort of standard now Just, what to watch when I finish this? I feel like keeping the SJ up, so it's either continue One Piece or look into Naruto...? Or is there something I might be missing?
(I'm just really not sure I'll like the characters in Naruto...)
MrLaserSharkKH
Stand User
animefreak17 said:
Rukia Is Apart of the Kuchiki clan so I'm guessing obtaining money isn't a problem there!
mangaman74
Akatsuki
Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor Episode 12
Paranoia Agent Episodes 11 & 12
Paranoia Agent Episodes 11 & 12
Animefreak17
Godhand
TheLasersharkKH said:
i know how if you read the manga you'll see that every time the defeat a hollow you gain soul points or something........ i was only asking if anyone else knew.
bleach eps 17 - 20 and red garden disc 2 tomorrow red gardens a really good drama thriller
