Anime thread Winter 2013 - Page 6

Magus · 01-28-2013, 05:51 AM

As long as their aimlessness also involves magical nonsense I guess I'll take a look at it.

phil_ · 01-28-2013, 06:40 AM

Oh, does it ever. And, silly names to categorize it! And robots!

Ryong · 02-03-2013, 07:03 AM

From the New World 18:

What the shit was that dude dying and then shooting a glowing girl ghost thing into the sky? Also, woo, Kiroumaru isn't dead. And it seems supreme badass dude really is supreme badass dude.

I don't wanna say Mamoru or Maria is helping the queerats, unless some shit happened and Mamoru ended up alone and hit by huge amounts of pressure and then became a fiend maybe.

phil_ · 02-03-2013, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryong

From the New World 18:

What the shit was that dude dying and then shooting a glowing girl ghost thing into the sky? Also, woo, Kiroumaru isn't dead. And it seems supreme badass dude really is supreme badass dude.

Thoughts on what the dude was doing: He probably didn't want to die with his last action having been killing, since New World people are like that, so what he did was he psychic-ed up a hologram that would draw an image of beauty to the minds that saw it. I'm basing this on his final words being something like "Let them see beauty" and on Saki seeing what was arguably a grown up Maria in the light. Mike asked the same question after the episode, and I told him the same thing. Makes sense, I think, as long as we take "It's magic. I ain't gotta explain shit" as given for how he could do that in the first place.

As for Kiroumaru, we really don't know that for sure. All we've got is her word on that.

As for monk dude, #lolsharingan. But no, that was quite a show he put on.

Edit: Also, Jojo's adventures this week were suitably bizarre. Love that show, love how they go for broke in recreating the iconic images from the comic.

Also, new Precure now and no one cares.

Ryong · 02-04-2013, 08:55 AM

I'm not going with #lolsharingan for monk dude because this is an entirely different design from the usual sharigan bullshit.

It looked kind of like a car's headlights.

Ryong · 02-09-2013, 10:57 PM

new From the New World:
I'm kind of disappointed at some of it.
I'm not sure if I should expect a plot twist since they've set up Mamoru being the fiend so much I'm not sure if it not happening would actually be a twist.

phil_ · 02-11-2013, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryong

new From the New World:
I'm kind of disappointed at some of it.
I'm not sure if I should expect a plot twist since they've set up Mamoru being the fiend so much I'm not sure if it not happening would actually be a twist.

I think I had this spoiled for me, so I can't discuss it. Your New World buddy is useless. All I got is I think this is the least amount of time that has passed in a single episode. Usually an episode is at least a day long if not much longer.

Ryong · 02-15-2013, 02:29 PM

Inferno Cop has been disappointing me lately, gotta be honest.
The first episodes before he turned into a car were the best.
The later ones have been just random hilarity, not random awesome hilarity.

Magus · 02-15-2013, 08:54 PM

I guess it's now in its second series, but anyway, Psycho Pass? Pretty good. Reminds me of a more in-depth version of Minority Report while also exploring the theme of the self-fulfilling prophecy.

In dystopian future Japan people's psyches are constantly monitored by computers. Those with "latent criminal tendencies" are assigned therapy and mental counseling, or if they reach a higher level of latent criminality are tracked down and quarantined from the general public. Depending on their "level" of latency they may even be terminated, all of which is handled by a central computer and field agents whose guns are either calibrated for stun (on less dangerous targets) or kill (for those deemed irreparably psychotic or criminal).

Moral quandaries enter into it, of course, as it becomes quickly apparent that some people are driven to criminal behavior BECAUSE they are labeled as latent criminals (as it makes it difficult to get a job, have a romantic relationship, etc.), and it's also revealed that the police themselves have assembled a group of latent criminals to help hunt down other latent criminals.

In any case, if comparing it to Minority Report makes it sound BAD, keep in mind that's only for the basic gimmick of stopping "precrime". It's way better than Minority Report ever was.

Ryong · 02-18-2013, 06:35 PM

From The New World 20:
Saki could at least have had her memories unlocked. Also, I no longer expect the fiend to be Mamoru and I have a feeling Saki and Maria are the only ones left alive from group 1.

01-28-2013, 06:40 AM	#52
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	Oh, does it ever. And, silly names to categorize it! And robots! __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

01-28-2013, 05:51 AM	#51
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	As long as their aimlessness also involves magical nonsense I guess I'll take a look at it.

02-03-2013, 07:03 AM	#53
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	From the New World 18: What the shit was that dude dying and then shooting a glowing girl ghost thing into the sky? Also, woo, Kiroumaru isn't dead. And it seems supreme badass dude really is supreme badass dude. I don't wanna say Mamoru or Maria is helping the queerats, unless some shit happened and Mamoru ended up alone and hit by huge amounts of pressure and then became a fiend maybe.

02-04-2013, 08:55 AM	#55
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	I'm not going with #lolsharingan for monk dude because this is an entirely different design from the usual sharigan bullshit. It looked kind of like a car's headlights.

02-09-2013, 10:57 PM	#56
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	new From the New World: I'm kind of disappointed at some of it. I'm not sure if I should expect a plot twist since they've set up Mamoru being the fiend so much I'm not sure if it not happening would actually be a twist.

02-15-2013, 02:29 PM	#58
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	Inferno Cop has been disappointing me lately, gotta be honest. The first episodes before he turned into a car were the best. The later ones have been just random hilarity, not random awesome hilarity.

02-15-2013, 08:54 PM	#59
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	I guess it's now in its second series, but anyway, Psycho Pass? Pretty good. Reminds me of a more in-depth version of Minority Report while also exploring the theme of the self-fulfilling prophecy. In dystopian future Japan people's psyches are constantly monitored by computers. Those with "latent criminal tendencies" are assigned therapy and mental counseling, or if they reach a higher level of latent criminality are tracked down and quarantined from the general public. Depending on their "level" of latency they may even be terminated, all of which is handled by a central computer and field agents whose guns are either calibrated for stun (on less dangerous targets) or kill (for those deemed irreparably psychotic or criminal). Moral quandaries enter into it, of course, as it becomes quickly apparent that some people are driven to criminal behavior BECAUSE they are labeled as latent criminals (as it makes it difficult to get a job, have a romantic relationship, etc.), and it's also revealed that the police themselves have assembled a group of latent criminals to help hunt down other latent criminals. In any case, if comparing it to Minority Report makes it sound BAD, keep in mind that's only for the basic gimmick of stopping "precrime". It's way better than Minority Report ever was.

02-18-2013, 06:35 PM	#60
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	From The New World 20: Saki could at least have had her memories unlocked. Also, I no longer expect the fiend to be Mamoru and I have a feeling Saki and Maria are the only ones left alive from group 1.