2012-01-15, 18:22 | Link #42 |
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I have only one thing to say:
Only the Japanese would think up something so absurd and funny like this! OMG. I have to stop and catch my breath from lol'ing so hard.... 8.5/10 vote from me. REALLY funny.
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2012-01-16, 13:49 | Link #43 | |
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Just picked this up on a whim, I never even heard anything about this prior to its release. To think I almost missed it. Lucius is a great main character. I love his overly serious expressions and strange tone of voice. Looks like a lot of fun, too bad it'll only be three episodes, but I appreciate the effort nonetheless. I couldn't turn this show down when it offers such a rich soundtrack of classical music anyway, I'm a complete sucker for that. I recognized Dies Irae, Ride of the Valkyrie, Swan Lake, Grieg's Morning Mood and Waltz of the Flowers, I believe.
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2012-01-17, 02:36 | Link #44 |
I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
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It's indeed funny, byt there's a thing that bugs me.
What's with those caps for milk bottles? How did the romans put them in, and wouldn't they have better solutions than something that requires a tool they don't have? Like plugging it closed with a wood cylinder, for example. |
2012-01-22, 06:21 | Link #56 |
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The first two episodes were really good.... but the one with the toilet took it a little too far. I dont think Lucious would know what purpose the toilet serves or how to read pictograms on the control buttons or even know that one needs to press the button, since in Rome they didnt have any machines with control buttons. This somehow distroyed the feeling of realism from the first 2 episodes where Lucius acted semi normal by being caught off guard and merily observing and taking mental notes of what he could understand. The toilet scene seemed very unnatural to me.
I have shown this anime to my bf, because i thought he would love it just like me, but surprisingly he was slightly annoyed by the fact, that the creators of Termae romae make it sound like the romans coppied everything from the japanese. I contra argued, that it is a comedy show and also, the japanese make fun of themselves by having Lucius call them flat faced slaves or the ugly design look they gave the japanese people in this anime. However, this dissipated a little in episode 3 and 4 and now they have Lucius only admire them. Not a smart move in my opinion. But I am really curious about the real action movies. I am going to watch those for sure!!!! |
2012-01-22, 13:20 | Link #57 |
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pictograms isn't that hard to figure out is it? it even commented that the picture show "something" happen with butt. Besides for all see know those might not be buttons but touch sensitive pads which isn't unusual in Japan.
Hate to say this, but their public restrooms (in building, not park) are extremely nice and touch or sensor type button isn't unusual. As for Lucious's admiration, it only natural that when face with technologically more advanced nation not to mention we are talking about a nation that is almost 2000 years in future. As for the anime making everything sound like th roman copied everything, it only applied if those advances Lucius brought back were indeed found in ancient Roman Empire. So far, none of the stuff in the shows I knew are anything originated from Romans. Besides, the mangaka that created this, Mari Yamazaki, is married to an Italian, a grandson to a pottery master and herself is from a musical family with both of her parents performing in Orchestra and has lived and traveled there frequently since she was a kid and her manga works were all having to deal with Italian cultures, so I doubt this series is about national elitism. Also in the original manga, between every chapters there are detailed explanation on the difference of the bathing culture between the two, as well as the trips she took or times spend over in Europe.
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2012-01-22, 14:41 | Link #58 | |
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Also I never said that Romans had all the things Lucius copies from the modern japanese era. It is just a little annoying that they make it sound like the japanese know it all better: lookie here and learn from us. You know what would solve this problem? If the information flow was not so onesided. As in, if the japanese could learn something from Lucius... then this would be perfect!!! Anyways, thanks for the extra info about the creator of the manga..... i can see where her interest in italian culture comes from. |
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2012-01-22, 14:45 | Link #59 | |
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Besides, we're comparing modern Japan with ancient Rome. So, again, what do they have to learn? Auguries? Shieldwalls? |
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2012-01-22, 14:48 | Link #60 | |
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More importantly, Lucius would be speaking Latin. I doubt anyone short of people over at the Vatican would truly understand what he is saying. |
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