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Human Institute Director said:
Why would you want to buy Dragon Ball Z/Kai anyway? They're terrible adaptations of an otherwise great manga.
You never get this kind of quality in the anime
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Kai actually rectifies a lot of the problems that Z had and does things like update the sound design from the original anime.

Also I understood your point think you picked your example poorly because that fight in the anime is one I can name off the top of my head for its really good animation, courtesy of animator Minoru Maeda.
 
I know people who will tell you that Toriyama's works go on a sliding scale of quality:

Dr. Slump = great manga and great series
Dragon Ball = not as good as Dr. Slump
Dragon Ball Z = you all know the problems with this one

And I don't think I have to go further...

(It is sad to see where Toei has fallen to, really. For a while in the 60s and 70s they were the Japanese Disney...)
 
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The Saiyan/Namek arcs of Dragon Ball "Z" are my favorites in the entire story, there's no comedy in them but Toriyama put some great ideas in it (Namek's hide and seek for the Dragon Balls was interesting and changed from the usual good guys fight bad guys, secondary characters mattered a lot while Goku didn't have much screentime, the fights were the best and involved teamwork rarely seen in the rest of DBZ or Dragon Ball..)
Haven't read Dr Slump yet, I should give it a try, lots of people seem to like it.
 
Human Institute Director said:
Haven't read Dr Slump yet, I should give it a try, lots of people seem to like it.
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Those people like it for a reason; it's damned funny.

Thankfully the manga's been translated to English, and if you look you can find it; the anime - well, that's a lost cause...
 
I've recently got into Chuunibyou Demo Koi Ga Shitai!,I like it so far.I am also getting back into Berserk so im preparing for the boat trip.
 
I've just been reminded of Ajin again given they're adapting that at the moment, and I'd recommend it to anyone with a liking for violence, mindgames and crazy ideas. Now, the premise of Ajin is that there's these people called... Ajin (though the recent fansubs I'm reading seem to translate it as "Demihuman" as of now) whose thing is that they can't die - they basically regenerate on the spot. The manga starts a bit hokey because apparently the writer and the artist had a bit of a fallout going and then the writer left, but it's after the writer left that Ajin gets really goddamn good. The main character basically goes from "typical Shonen protagonist" to "sociopath who's only helping because he wants to be left alone", it's exploring the idea of in how far discriminating against them is justified and doesn't give a clear cut answer, and OH MY GOD SATOU.

Satou is such an incredible villain. As of this writing, he basically staged a repeat of 9/11 by himself and infiltrated a building by chopping off his hand, mailing it to the building he wants to invade and then throwing himself into a woodchipper. It makes perfect sense in context. Words don't do this guy justice - it's that fun to watch his plans unfold.
 
I officially started watching anime at the beginning of last summer after reading about the "real robot" sub-genre: it just makes so much sense to tell sci-fi stories through an animated medium given how much more liberating it is from a production standpoint, I'm honestly shocked it still hasn't caught on in the States (though we're definitely getting there, I mean the old stigma of animation just being "for kids" has fortunately died and we've had shows like Tron: Uprising and Clone Wars/Rebels with gripping stories and smart writing).
 
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Ray Streip said:
I officially started watching anime at the beginning of last summer after reading about the "real robot" sub-genre: it just makes so much sense to tell sci-fi stories through an animated medium given how much more liberating it is from a production standpoint, I'm honestly shocked it still hasn't caught on in the States (though we're definitely getting there, I mean the old stigma of animation just being "for kids" has fortunately died and we've had shows like Tron: Uprising and Clone Wars/Rebels with gripping stories and smart writing).
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Actually, it did catch on. The rise of anime, especially Giant Robot shows, led to the death of American Cartoon Syndrome, and subsequently, the first shows in the US with continuing storylines. The first genre that saw real presence? Sci-Fi.

I encourage you to familiarize yourself with ExoSquad. It's western animu, basically, and was inspired by the Mobile Suit Gundam series, and is often compared to it. Ironically, it was originally designed around a toyline, and quickly became considered fucking amazing.
 
Oh, I mean animated sci-fi made specifically for more mature audiences though: shows like Futurama and Adult Swim's roster of animated comedies definitely tested the waters (albeit via comedy instead of more a more serious premise), but otherwise it's isolated programs like HBO's Spawn and MTV's Æon Flux. They've definitely put more effort and care into the way they handle material for younger audiences now, but we don't have our own Death Note or Ghost In the Shell-type animated series geared for mature audiences.

Not like Japan's studios don't have a wealth of material to offer though, that's for sure :lol:
 
Any American company that would try to produce animation the Japanese way would be bankrupted by a torrent of labor lawsuits.
 
Frankly, if American animation was more like anime, there'd be a hell of a lot more shows based on classic literature (though admittedly shows like that aren't common these days in Japan) and the kids' comedies would be edgier.

You know Shin-chan? The show on Adult Swim that involves a little boy waving his penis as he dances? That's a children's program in Japan.
 
Steamboat_Bill said:
Frankly, if American animation was more like anime, there'd be a hell of a lot more shows based on classic literature (though admittedly shows like that aren't common these days in Japan) and the kids' comedies would be edgier.

You know Shin-chan? The show on Adult Swim that involves a little boy waving his penis as he dances? That's a children's program in Japan.
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Wasn't the dubbing in the English version purposely made more vulgar than it actually was in Japanese? Or am I thinking of something else?

Anyway, I just binged on the entirety of "I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying".

Basically, it's a slice of life style anime which shows the life between an office lady and her otaku husband. Which is kinda interesting, as I really can't think of any anime/manga that stars an already married couple. If there are, I never heard of them. It's based on a 4-koma style manga, so the episodes are three minutes in length each. Kinda wished they were full length, but it was still an enjoyable watch.

The end of the first season was pretty sweet I must say:

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scorptatious said:
Wasn't the dubbing in the English version purposely made more vulgar than it actually was in Japanese? Or am I thinking of something else?
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It was, yes. But there is another dub that's much closer to the original Japanese and was sold as a children's show - and it's still pretty racy. How many kids' shows here can get away with jokes about copping a feel?
 
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I watched the new anime Dagashi Kashi, fairly similar vibe to Non Non Biyori. Pretty much winter waifu right here:
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>seasonal waifus

I like Dagashi Kashi so far, I pretty much just picked it up because I like the VA for Saya but it turned out more enjoyable than I expected. It's also nice to watch something with a summer vibe whilst I'm sitting around freezing my nuts off.
 
atm said:
>seasonal waifus

I like Dagashi Kashi so far, I pretty much just picked it up because I like the VA for Saya but it turned out more enjoyable than I expected. It's also nice to watch something with a summer vibe whilst I'm sitting around freezing my nuts off.
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Think of it like a best girl for the season, my heart is reserved for the best waifu in existence.
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I didn't even really notice until you said it, but she's the voice actor for Hibiki huh... that's strange how I didn't notice since I just bingewatched id@lmaster a week or two ago.
 
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