2011-06-23, 14:31 | Link #82 | |
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It's hard to dislike since it's so slick, but you aren't going to get essays written about episode one...
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2011-06-23, 17:00 | Link #84 |
reads too much
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Those two PVs make up half the runtime of the first film (think it's between 45 and 50 minutes) and I really hope there was more stuff going on between those two, otherwise it's going to be a horribly disjointed film.
@Quarkboy: If you've seen it, did you just see if for a lark or are you helping sub it somewhere? Hope I'm allowed to ask, I know you're not always able to talk about that stuff.
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2011-06-24, 23:55 | Link #85 | |
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It IS out in theaters though, so I can talk about the contents . My translation isn't for public consumption unless it gets licensed and used by the licensor.
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2011-08-07, 09:29 | Link #88 |
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Are the subs out or are just the RAWs out? (funny, thought it was coming out later in the month) I have to admit, I want to see just how many cliches they put in this now. XD
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2011-08-08, 22:13 | Link #90 |
綺羅星★!
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I'm not really sure why "cliche" is the first thing which would come to mind. It's not a particularly ambitious story, but I love the simple but effective set up of the scenario and the characters. It's clearly not a story which relies on suspense or plot twists to carry it, but for an action show about a group of mutants trying to save their own kind from destruction by a high society shadow organization, it's pretty well executed.
Blood-C is honestly much, much more "cliched" in the sense that it intentionally builds off on a checklist of various completely unrelated elements which are just meant to appeal to various different people. I would say Towa no Quon is more of a traditional show, and it feels a lot more like stuff that I used to see more of in the 80s and 90s, except without terrible CG vehicles. |
2011-08-11, 13:41 | Link #91 | ||
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Now that's not to say that any of that is bad. Just because the story lacks originality or doesn't appear to be that ambitious in it's aims doesn't mean it's going to be any lesser than other shows IMO. Treading over already explored and known territory without offering anything new is cliche since these are tropes and stories we had seen before, but in ToK case, I think that helped it. This is a series that relies on it's visual aspect as it's strong point, and that it does really well. It's well produced and made, as expected of an OVA/Movie release, but the action here isn't just pretty and well choreographed, but also complex with more than one character engaged in battles, and calculates things like the environment where they are fighting in to add more to the fights, rather than being a backdrop or even unaccountable in many action show most of the time. A lot of thought and effort went into making sure that not only did this have to look good, but it had to be easy to follow and impressive to look at the same time. This is a very cliche story, and there is no problem with that, at least in me view. I enjoy and appreciate direction, be it visual, audio or written (though I'd like a combination of all being good) and in here the visual direction is not only strong, but a testament that BONES can still show that it can produce a high quality action anime. The problem though, is that this might be setting itself to a Heroman situation, where the lack of ambition of the story ends up killing it by the finale stretch. (That and they really shouldn't release half of the episode before the pre-airing, and then release the full episode before the BD release as well ... that's not a clever way to go about it, I think) Quote:
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2011-08-11, 23:56 | Link #92 | ||
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If you look at the distribution trends themes in anime and popular media today, I think you'll find that the story elements and characters found in Towa no Quon are actually by no means overused or even common. That's one thing which I found very refreshing about the show. In most other works, even in BONES' recent releases, the trend seems to favor making everything more complex and having too many layers in the narrative with plot twists being used for the sake of confusing or surprising the viewer instead of having actual depth or story purpose. Xam'd and Darker than BLACK both suffer from the feeling of copying more popular works at the expense of originality or quality. That would definitely be more suitable for the use of the term cliche. A work can be unambitious but not feel cliched, but a work can also be over-ambitious and yet feel absolutely cliched. Just my two cents. Quote:
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2011-08-21, 22:14 | Link #95 | |
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2011-09-04, 14:09 | Link #96 |
One-Eyed Dragon
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ep 1
So Quon seems to have been doing this for a long time and doesn't seem to age. I wonder what the reason is or why these powers manifest in people. Kind of cool that they can suppress their powers with that bracelet and turn their powers on and off like a switch. Wonder what the antagonists plan is and reason for hunting these people down. Those cyborgs they have were pretty cool though.
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2011-09-04, 17:21 | Link #97 |
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Loved the first part and the fully-high-tech setting to go with the powers, thought they did a nice job getting me to like the characters quickly and you guys weren't kidding about the gorgeous visuals. Glad this finally got subbed. As to the earlier conversation topic, while the awakening powers/protection general story isn't currently anything "new" yet, I think they've executed it really well and it doesn't feel cliche at all, just familiar, and all the little touches sprinkled around like the tech, the bracelets, the really advanced cyborg tech etc. adds some nice touches to add more to it.
Agreed ars89, they got me really interested in Quon's character and history. As well as the questions about the antagonist group and the cool cyborg designs and their cool armor. I also really liked how Quon's other form looked while it was kicking butt (his running henshin sequence was damn cool too neatly animated). The soundtrack is so bought too, I should have known with Kenji Kawai I was going to love the soundtrack but I'd momentarily forgotten he was going to be composing this until I started watching. Last edited by DangerMouse; 2011-09-04 at 18:34. |
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