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Zin5ki
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Thank you both for managing to stay awake! There is almost something rustic to persistent A/V problems at a convention—it gives a certain homely touch that is missing from purely corporate events.
As an inveterate moe fan I am still pleasantly surprised that everyone is enjoying Planeterian, though I can now add Sweetness and Lightning to the list of titles I shall keep an eye on this season. The Fujoshi Summer, it seems, still caters for the full breadth of shamefully narrow tastes such as mine! I must remark that Zac's impression of the Love Live voice actresses was something of life-affirming but soul-destroying beauty. Boston's reaction spoke for many of us. |
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BL2W
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Zac's impression of the Love Live! girls' answers to questions was so spot-on. There might be something wrong with the way my brain is wired, but I loved every second of his voice for that--not even joking. Thank you for that, Zac-tan. <3 | |||
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Izanagi009
Posts: 218 Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
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Reflecting on the comment about the lack of general audience shows,
Are Thunderbolt Fantasy and 91 Days general audience? |
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angelmcazares
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In overall quality I find this new season a bit weaker than last season, but I am actually finding more attractive shows this season. The stuff that I have liked the most this season so far is Orange, Amanchu! and New Game!. I try to avoid crappy shows, but I did watch Rewrite, which to me is really not that terrible, but it was annoying to see 47 long minutes of all those cliches from 10 years ago.
Nice podcast guys and yay for the return of Supernerds. |
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grooven
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Was there for the live show, but I wanted to say that I'm loving that people are enjoying Planetarian, it's been 10 years since I played the game and am stoked to see it animated after all this time. It will be long because they'll adapt the drama CDs (from what I heard).
I wasn't so upset about Rewrite because I played the game and kind of see what they will do, but I can see this from an outsider look and understand. The pacing is not to my liking either. But i will wait to see how they go about doing this. |
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invalidname
Posts: 1113 Location: Grand Rapids, MI |
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Couple quick responses:
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Parsifal24
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Good to hear the Sunshine panel went well and that the Seiyuu are talented all though I'd have to say the one with the most native talent is Suzuki Aina (Mari Ohara) and she was not there sadly.
Also, there are the sub-unit singles but since all the Seiyuu were not there you couldn't very well have those it is a pity because Guilty Kiss's two singles are the best songs out of the subunits. Overall I think it will be interesting to see the maturation of the performers since many of them are complete neophytes or have little voice acting or singing experience. Also odd piece of trivia Hamasaki, Hiroshi who is directing Orange also directed Shigurui and did Storyboard ((eps. 1, 2)). Last edited by Parsifal24 on Sat Jul 09, 2016 11:51 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Zac
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Posts: 7593 Location: Snake Mountain Cocktail Lounge |
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We stay at the Westin Bonaventure every year, which isn't particularly close to the con (it's further walking distance than most would be comfortable with I think) but Uber is $5 each way, comes immediately, and I use it every time. The shuttles have lines but they generally run pretty well; basically you have a short wait, walk for 5 or 6 blocks, or pay $5 and get there right away. Honestly none of them are particularly awful options and I have a lot easier time in DTLA than I do, say, when I'm at a convention at the Javits center in NYC. |
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Lemonchest
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I think it might also be a response to the growing competition from other subscription based streaming services. There isn't that much anime out there in the grand scheme of things -& only a few titles a season that will likely be popular enough to pay their costs & cover those shows that under perform- so there don't need to be many competing bidders to push up the licensing prices further & split the subscription base as viewers are forced to choose between services. With Funimation, Amazon & Netflix all moving into global streaming, CR going the other way & getting involved in physical retail sounds on paper like a sound way to get more out of their licenses. Of course, their previous attempts to diversify their portfolio beyond anime simulcasts haven't really seemed to be a success, & physical sales is a crowded & declining market already with ready examples of companies that have tried to find a place & messed up with lacklustre releases etc, so I dunno if this will do much good for them. Will have to see what they release & how, I suppose. |
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DmonHiro
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Rewrite is the worst show of the season, you say? Well, I'll call you on that, and raise you Masou Gakuen HxH and Scared Rider Xechs. Your move.
Seriously though, the Rewite anime is so much weaker then the VN in every aspects it's not even funny. There ARE supoer powers, so it's not a chuuni story though. |
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