The State of Anime Today

[BB]

Originally Posted by phil_

I keep reading things online that make me feel like I missed out on some kind of possibly life affirming experience by not watching the Love Live! movie.

Yeah same. Except as a Britlander there's no way I can watch it because they forgot Europe exists (although we are used to that). Hoping it'll still be being shown in december since I'll be in the States then. I've managed to avoid all spoilers since it was first shown in Japan, I'm quite proud!

[phil_]

Originally Posted by BB

Hoping it'll still be being shown in december since I'll be in the States then.

Pretty sure it was limited to one weekend in all but maybe Los Angeles. Even normal movies don't tend to stay in theaters for more than a month or two at most. Something like LotR might hang around in really big, twenty screen theaters for a season, and second run theaters exist, but I think you're stuck with me in watching the Bluray and wondering what could have been.

It does suck that they forgot Europe exists, though. I think Africa got shafted too. Let's just look at the website:

Originally Posted by http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/worldwide/news.php

2015/09/03
“LOVE LIVE! THE SCHOOL IDOL MOVIE” RELEASE INFORMATION – UPDATED!

The information of “Love Live! The School Idol Movie” has been updated!
<Scheduled Regions and Countries>

...

UK
Handler: Anime Limited
Cities: Edinburgh
Date (Screening Event): October 18, 2015

Are you a bad enough dude, BB?

[BB]

I... I mean, I don't know... an englishman in Scotland? Historically that's never gone well.

Also train fares are prohibitively expensive for journeys long enough to justify train travel.

The (fleeting) hope is that some small cinema will pick it up while I'm in the US, or perhaps Crunchyroll will have it by then.

[phil_]

Originally Posted by BB

Also train fares are prohibitively expensive for journeys long enough to justify train travel.

A plane ticket would cost me over $1,000. Think of the comparative expense. Think of the SIF codes. Think of taking pictures and posting them here.

Also I voted for CJ (#58). Other people should do that.

[Overcast]

Been enjoying Your Lie in April even if I know where it is going. It is rather beautiful and is doing for me for classical compisition what Kids on the Slope did for Jazz. Reminding me I like it more than I let on.

[BB]

Originally Posted by phil_

Also I voted for CJ (#58). Other people should do that.

You're right! Other people should vote for CJ (Painting 58)!

Art Vs Art is a contest where you vote for CJ (painting 58) and the losing painting (the one that isn't painting 58) gets destroyed in alarmingly violent ways! The crowd-pleaser is the chainsaw but there's also such delights as being ripped to pieces by a man in a gorrilla suit and a fire-breather immolates it!

There's a lot of paintings that aren't painting 58 by CJ so you get to pick three votes total (that's two, plus the one for CJ) and the loser spins the Wheel Of Death!

As a special promotion, people who vote for CJ (painting 58) get a free public tweet by me announcing to the world a reason I think they are cool! (A reason besides the fact they voted for CJ because everyone knows that makes them cool already!)

Also, Scotland is too far away, honestly. And I don't think we'll get SIF codes! A lot of places didn't do them even in the US

[BB]

Paragraph 8 here basically confirms Love Live Movie is coming to London.

One month before I fly so I can't afford to go!

But it's fine since I've been forbidden to watch it anyway. "I didn't watch it without you so you can't watch it without me!"

[phil_]

What is the mobile suit on that poster supposed to be? A Gogg? A really mellow Z'gok? Or did they decide to ignore the already wonderful Zaku-1 to make some new prototype Zaku?

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

This has been one of the most varied and "Original" anime seasons in a while for me. Overlord turns the "Stuck in the MMO" genre on its head, himouto umaru-chan offers a lot of fun twists on cliche character archetypes and has fresh humor compared to a lot of the comedy I see out of anime. Durararararararararraa and Gatchaman, both continuing seasons for shows that uphold a standard of excellence and distancing themselves from their genres entirely.

There were two harem anime that got popularized this season: GATE and the monster girl one. GATE put a good effort into trying something new by adding politics and military action into the mix, but it shot itself in the foot with imperialist and JSDF wank. It has an interesting world and some interesting characters, but the author has an agenda to push.

Didn't watch the monster girl anime.

[Tev]

The monster girl anime got traction after being a really popular manga. My wife recognized it when we saw an ad for it but thought to was a bit to ecchi for us to enjoy.