Forum: General Anime
2010-01-26, 13:41
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Replies: 339
Views: 42,118
Good point. I need to make clear a few key...
Good point. I need to make clear a few key assumptions.
I assume that the shift to digital is fundamentally undermining the economic model of the anime industry based on DVD sales (it is BTW, an...
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Forum: General Anime
2010-01-25, 14:17
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Replies: 339
Views: 42,118
"But this doesn't mean gaming is doomed. This...
"But this doesn't mean gaming is doomed. This doesn't mean we'll see another market crash like we did with Atari in the mid-80s. What this means is that as people our own age, our tastes have...
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Forum: General Anime
2010-01-22, 16:27
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Replies: 339
Views: 42,118
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I don't want to overstate these criticisms,...
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I don't want to overstate these criticisms, because anime is still significantly more diverse than what North American cartoons are, to its great credit.
However, it's unfortunate, in my view,...
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Forum: General Anime
2010-01-22, 15:53
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Replies: 339
Views: 42,118
" so YOU don't know why certain decisions were...
" so YOU don't know why certain decisions were made"
And you don't need to know why, the fact is, they were bad decision. I read several reviews which included negative comments on both occasions...
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Forum: General Anime
2010-01-22, 15:27
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Replies: 339
Views: 42,118
Which is why I introduced caveats at the...
Which is why I introduced caveats at the beginning of my post. I know there's an age effect. But I was trying to go beyond that. And I don't dispute that there's still interesting stuff being made. ...
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Forum: General Anime
2010-01-22, 14:27
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Replies: 339
Views: 42,118
The state of anime, are we doomed?
It’s a weird question to ask on this forum. But I have been thinking about it for a while now. For me, the year 2009 was mostly a failure.
Of course, it could be that I am merely losing interest. I...
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Forum: Movies, OVAs/OADs, and Specials
2009-07-17, 15:21
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Replies: 223
Views: 83,949
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Forum: Archived Manga & Light Novel Discussion
2009-07-15, 09:14
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Replies: 659
Views: 142,059
Personnaly, I was quite "satisfied" by Ushiro's...
Personnaly, I was quite "satisfied" by Ushiro's fight. I don't think Kitoh could have done more really. He destroy an entire world and we see this destruction, not through his eyes( that would be too...
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Forum: Monogatari Series
2009-07-12, 16:45
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Replies: 2,436
Views: 571,706
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Forum: Archived Manga & Light Novel Discussion
2009-06-06, 07:05
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Replies: 659
Views: 142,059
Unlikely, this is the final point. Some people...
Unlikely, this is the final point. Some people hate Kitoh with passion, Bokurano clearly shows why.
It's truly sad and yet at the same time awesome to think that Ushiro, the last pilot, one of...
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Forum: Archived Manga & Light Novel Discussion
2009-05-23, 10:50
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Replies: 659
Views: 142,059
There are two ways to do this:
the short and...
There are two ways to do this:
the short and pointless one, just blow everything up instantaneously.
the absolutely perverse and horrific one, burning cities after cities in 48 hours.
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Forum: Older Series
2009-05-12, 18:04
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Replies: 2,739
Views: 499,007
Well, this is all quite good. I am suprised, I...
Well, this is all quite good. I am suprised, I didn't expect this from beetrain. But honestly for all the watchers who are outraged by the violence, keep in mind that this is relatively tame compared...
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Forum: Older Series
2009-04-17, 18:04
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Replies: 855
Views: 121,210
I just saw the first ep, and I rolled on the...
I just saw the first ep, and I rolled on the floor.....I love it to death. I mean come on, carbon finance? Hedging? Shangri-la is a bad title, it should be called rise of the carbon quant...
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Forum: Manga
2009-02-06, 14:49
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Replies: 469
Views: 71,020
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Forum: Older Series
2009-02-01, 05:57
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Replies: 578
Views: 94,604
Can someone explain what is the significance of...
Can someone explain what is the significance of the lolicon love story? Because I really don't. Sure love conquers all, but not a twelve-year-old is the target. Sorry no, it just really annoys me,...
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Forum: Manga
2009-01-23, 05:29
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Replies: 469
Views: 71,020
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Forum: Manga
2009-01-21, 16:40
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Replies: 469
Views: 71,020
Natsu is way scarier, Mio was just fucked...
Natsu is way scarier, Mio was just fucked up........Natsu, you can feel the pure sadism oozing through the pages. The way she smiles while threatening Yumika, pushing her on the hedge and asking her...
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Forum: Older Series
2008-12-03, 17:03
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Replies: 1,020
Views: 175,269
ep 9,
well, the moeblob turned out to a...
ep 9,
well, the moeblob turned out to a force to be reckoned with.
And you know, the second they mentioned the word "cultural" when the described the importance of the fortress, I knew that...
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Forum: Older Series
2008-12-01, 16:14
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Replies: 1,023
Views: 167,921
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Forum: Older Series
2008-11-24, 11:42
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Replies: 1,023
Views: 167,921
Yeah, I think so too...
Anyway, ep 8 was...
Yeah, I think so too...
Anyway, ep 8 was bordering on aesthetic perfection.It was pure awesome on a level rarely seen.
Janice was absolutely stunning, god, most of the pictures were...
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Forum: Older Series
2008-11-06, 15:02
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Replies: 855
Views: 121,210
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Forum: Older Series
2008-11-04, 16:15
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Replies: 1,364
Views: 323,087
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Forum: Manga
2008-10-28, 16:44
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Replies: 469
Views: 71,020
Honestly, I can't get that perspective.I don't...
Honestly, I can't get that perspective.I don't really care about ren, Kyoko is perfectly fine alone.But sho?a good guy?Sho burned his chance in chapter 1.He was perfectly clear on why he brought her...
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Forum: Manga
2008-10-26, 19:05
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Replies: 469
Views: 71,020
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Kyouko has had many holes in her heart apart...
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Kyouko has had many holes in her heart apart from Shou and she's slowly filling them - eg over her birthday, having a father, friends etc. She seems to be getting closer to being able to respect...
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Forum: Older Series
2008-10-26, 18:59
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Replies: 994
Views: 215,080
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