2011-07-05, 08:30 | Link #67 |
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What I got from the story and character synopses to me definitely feels like social commentary. A virus called "Lost Christmas" basically says that the country is sick because it has no savior to turn to, and the "Undertakers" can be a symbol of burrying the status quo or to undertake a new beginning. Shu will play the role of the king, the lost savior, who has the ability to extract the potential of his nakamatachi to save Japan, or something to that extent.
I guess it's worth noting that I'm still under heavy influence by noitaminA's latest series, [ C ] (which was awesome, by the way). Even though I'm still not sure if I like the direction the program block is heading into, at least it's providing useful matter for the passive protesters--the otaku--to think about. |
2011-07-05, 14:04 | Link #69 | |
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Well the design is pretty nice.My thoughts exactly.
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I honestly don't like the direction where it's heading, but it's already going there so there isn't any use resisting it. And as for making otaku think and turning the slot into a ''anime social commentary'' ... well, I think it has to do with getting more money than anything, and that the attempt to make them think about important issues seems like lip service to the older crowd.
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2011-07-05, 14:34 | Link #70 |
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While I agree NoitaminA is changing I think it still has shows close to its roots. Ano Hana actually reminded me quite a bit of Honey & Clover in feeling (and that show from what I understand was successful).
The upcoming Bunny Drop also seems like a more traditional show for the block. Although I didn't watch it same with Wandering Son and I think Kuragehime also fits. And if you think about it C is also (at least somewhat) a traditional show for the block since it was directed by Kenji Nakamura who also directed Mononoke. Mononoke of course will always be a favorite. Of course when I say traditional I don't necessarily think all these shows are up to the standards of some of the first shows on NoitaminA just that they might be written to appeal to the same audience. And the Social Commentary shows have been around on the block for awhile at least since Eden of the East in 2009 which I didn't care for but I know a lot of other people did. As for Guilty Crown or the other upcoming October show, I am not sure what I feel about them yet.
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Not that it matters I guess, since they shown that we can still have some quality programs there every once in a while. Quote:
I mean it was awesome, but I don't think the Mononoke crowed would like it much, since it looks liked it suffered from a lot of internal set backs.I think that they are going to be at least fun, with a good chance of also being decent storywise, at least Un-GO. Guilty Crown I think it going to be just fun to watch atm from what I seen so far.
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2011-07-06, 17:18 | Link #72 | |
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There were definitely weaker series in the early days too in my opinion. Although I do agree with you that there has been a bit more shows aimed at Otaku & series focusing on social commentary (as I said starting with Eden of the East). Quote:
I ended up not watching [C] except the 1st episode so I can't comment on its quality but I am just saying there is a connection with it being directed by Kenji Nakamura. He is just a director I associate with the block. Even though technically speaking Mononoke is his only series I really love (well its hard to beat the Medicine Seller).
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Thank you for the images (can't give you cookies tho )
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But I do agree that the main problem seems that with a lot of these show the main issue is that they always set out with almost unattainable goals, and almost always end up failing to achieve them, whether due to the limitations of the slot or that they hadn't thought things through. It certainly had became a constant problem of the newer noitaminA, since they are aiming to always trying to get out some sort of financial hit, we end up with the same result most of the time :/ Quote:
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2011-07-08, 12:19 | Link #78 | |
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I was right, it was a set of two barcodes, EAN-13 standard. If you scan them, you get the following 13-digit sequences: 0028008820116 1976197680716 What they mean exactly, I have no idea. Perhaps codenames for the title characters? EDIT: Actually, these barcodes are prone to corruption if resized, so I took another scan from the website banner and got: 0080008080716 1976197680716 So I guess we can be certain the second barcode reading is accurate, since it was matched from two different sources already. The third source is the magazine scan posted earlier in this thread. For the first barcode I got two different readings separately. The second reading matched the reading of the PV source. 0088008620116 0028008820116 But since it was resized again, I could be wrong on that one. Last edited by cyth; 2011-07-09 at 19:21. |
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