Anime/Manga Misc. Thread, Volume 3~

[♛ Apher-Forte]

guys, give me a massive tearjerker that I haven't yet seen.

I need them tears shedding like a bitch and I need to bang my balled up fists against the table as I do so.
don't say Magnitude 9.0 seen it already I shed tears too.

[Alice★f]

guys, give me a massive tearjerker that I haven't yet seen.

I need them tears shedding like a bitch and I need to bang my balled up fists against the table as I do so.
don't say Magnitude 9.0 seen it already I shed tears too.

This too.


C'mon, enough with the zombies and tits... =/

[Stuffman]

I think Chobits is pretty bad from a literary standpoint.

Spoiler:

The themes is seems to be trying to establish through the various side stories is how the persocoms are replacing actual human contact and how sad that is, but then in the ending it goes and completely contradicts itself by having Chii activate the emotions of persocoms everywhere (thus putting the last nail in the coffin for human relationships) and acting like it's a good thing.

I only saw the anime though, if the ending is different in the manga would somebody be willing to spoil it for me? (I'm not willing to read it)

[Alice★f]

I think Chobits is pretty bad from a literary standpoint.

Spoiler:

The themes is seems to be trying to establish through the various side stories is how the persocoms are replacing actual human contact and how sad that is, but then in the ending it goes and completely contradicts itself by having Chii activate the emotions of persocoms everywhere (thus putting the last nail in the coffin for human relationships) and acting like it's a good thing.

I only saw the anime though, if the ending is different in the manga would somebody be willing to spoil it for me? (I'm not willing to read it)

I missed that.


I'm going to watch this series again then.

[Matsuri]

Spoiler:

I thought that didn't happen in the end. :/

[Moerin]

I'm very bad at explaining things but, uh, here goes nothing... >.>

In the manga,

Spoiler:

pretty much the exact opposite happens.  They pretty much out and out say that, no matter how humanlike they may be, Persocoms are still machines and as such are incapable of actual emotion.  It may seem like they're showing emotion sometimes, but in the end they can never exceed their programming due to being machines, and as something as complex as the human emotional spectrum can't be digitized that easily (some would argue at all), their "emotions" aren't real.  Or, um, something like that.  Chi is no exception.  It's a whole "mankind is becoming way too dependant on machines" kind of moral, if I remember right.

Um... I think that's the main gist of it.  Although it's been a while since I read it, so I may be forgetting a few details.

[Toasty]

I think Chobits is pretty bad from a literary standpoint.

Spoiler:

The themes is seems to be trying to establish through the various side stories is how the persocoms are replacing actual human contact and how sad that is, but then in the ending it goes and completely contradicts itself by having Chii activate the emotions of persocoms everywhere (thus putting the last nail in the coffin for human relationships) and acting like it's a good thing.

I only saw the anime though, if the ending is different in the manga would somebody be willing to spoil it for me? (I'm not willing to read it)

A contradiction like that is pretty bad. Just as sad is that I was suspecting something like that would happen. On a side note, I can't see the idea of human interaction being replaced by perfect humanoid standins as a bad thing or a good thing, you're not really gaining anything or losing anything. It's just *different*

Spoiler:

(actually, you could consider the persocoms as humans at that point, only far less flawed*)

.  As such, I disagree with both endings (It's fine!/That's not okay).

*I think the pro-human point in arguments like these would be "Humans are flawed, and that's what makes them so wonderful." - I'm not aware of any arguments that demonstrate why people opting out of human interaction is a bad thing yet. Enlightenment plz.

To the point: Still going to watch it for fun.

[An Odd Sea Slug]

The Fortune Art. anime is being done by the same folks responsible for KissxSis. A part of me wonders how bad they're gonna screw this up. Aside from that and SRW, I can't say I see anything really interesting, or anything not a continuation of something I haven't seen prior.

[Alice★f]

The Fortune Art. anime is being done by the same folks responsible for KissxSis. A part of me wonders how bad they're gonna screw this up. Aside from that and SRW, I can't say I see anything really interesting, or anything not a continuation of something I haven't seen prior.

Oh really?

With Bow Ditama as director or something?

I watched Kiss x Sis before. I don't know if they made any new episodes, but I don't care anymore. =/
I didn't like Mahoromatic either. Both were from the same guy.

I saw the DVD's for sale when I was at Toranoana. Didn't bother =/

Side Note: So Zun doesn't allow the sale of 18+ Touhou material?

[Matsuri]

I've been watching Gunbuster today.

I've been liking it so far!

[HakureiSM]

Whoa thanks for the chart

Iron Man

I don't know, this might be brilliant or a gigantic trainwreck, but I'm still watching it :*
Also Index, of course. But I still want a Railgun 2 a lot more.

On the Chobits discussion

I think Chobits is pretty bad from a literary standpoint.

Spoiler:

The themes is seems to be trying to establish through the various side stories is how the persocoms are replacing actual human contact and how sad that is, but then in the ending it goes and completely contradicts itself by having Chii activate the emotions of persocoms everywhere (thus putting the last nail in the coffin for human relationships) and acting like it's a good thing.

I only saw the anime though, if the ending is different in the manga would somebody be willing to spoil it for me? (I'm not willing to read it)

This is exactly why I thought it was 'a nice watch', and couldn't add anything more :/

Anyway so Hayate no Gotoku is lovely :*
I mean Hinagiku  :derp:

[♛ Apher-Forte]

Can't wait till Ironman premiers myself.
and I wonder if they will say it in Japanese the Tony meme.

"Tony Stark built this in a cave, with a bunch of scraps!"

[Toasty]

Finished Chobits last night. Quick review:

SECOND HALF: Entertaining, good plot, interesting, I dare saw a tiny bit thought provoking. Probably the best part of the show.
FIRST HALF: A depressing (really) slice of life with no plot and a cute robot. Also, everything is Hideki - which explains alot.

[Edible]

First half was mostly introductions and fluff, yeah.  It really does pick up at the halfway point, but I thought the beginning was enjoyable enough to make it through.

[HakureiSM]

oh so this explains all the japanese in s?o paulo


who knew

[Alice★f]

oh so this explains all the japanese in s?o paulo


who knew

Those Eyes
Where is this from?

[HakureiSM]

Hayate no Gotoku.

[Fetch()tirade]

Whose 3rd season is postponed until next year.

[trancehime]

The Fortune Art. anime is being done by the same folks responsible for KissxSis. A part of me wonders how bad they're gonna screw this up. Aside from that and SRW, I can't say I see anything really interesting, or anything not a continuation of something I haven't seen prior.

>fortune arterial
>kiss x sis

wahahahahaha

[Alice★f]

This is my favorite scene in all of Kiss x Sis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jOkgttPiOw

Everything else is bleh~

[Kasu]

Whose 3rd season is postponed until next year.

WHAT.

WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED OF THIS?

[Matsuri]

Finished Gunbuster, loved it. Started Diebuster, already loving it. =O

[♛ Apher-Forte]

INAZUUUUUUMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAA KIIIIICCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK

I love Gunbuster.
don't like Diebuster tho.

[Alice★f]

5 Centimeters Per Second

Have you seen it? I've only seen the trailer so far.

The art is.......................beautiful.......
Entranced by it.

[Matsuri]

5 Centimeters Per Second

Have you seen it? I've only seen the trailer so far.

The art is.......................beautiful.......
Entranced by it.

It's the gem of my DVD collection, and one of my all-time favorite films. Watch it!

[Toasty]

5 Centimeters Per Second

Have you seen it? I've only seen the trailer so far.

Five times.

Re: Gunbuster

I am definitely going to watch this. It's one of Hideaki Anno's earlier works, so it's bound to be awesome.

[Matsuri]

Gunbuster started off slow in my opinion, but the last couple episodes more than made up for that. :3

[Alice★f]

What the hell~
That's not fair~

I asked for a tear-jerker

That was overkill!!!
You guys really know how to touch a topic I'm really sensitive to!

I loved it, every single minute of it. Who knew 30 minutes made me cry so much? Will finish the rest sometime during this week. Something like this needs to be watched on a huge TV and with an excellent sound system.

[♛ Apher-Forte]

you would not believe but...

I watched 5 Centimeters Per Second in the cinema during Malaysia's very own Japan Week, where they air all sorts of Japan shows here and in the cinemas.
shit was so cash.

[Mr_Bob]

guys, give me a massive tearjerker that I haven't yet seen.

The only thing I can say for certain is Grave of Fireflies, and I'm certain you've seen it already.
Alien 9 made me do a, "What?! No!" in a sad way, but that was at the very end.

Just google a little and research into what comes up. Never seen these myself, but I'd hazard recommandations to:
Hadashi no Gen;  and Now and Then, Here and There.