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[Gorillion others]

Oh it's that scene. This little tidbit is only covered in the LN, but the worst part of that entire encounter it only happened because Truth really wanted a squad wipe that day and they would have been fine otherwise. Gods are fucking dicks

I actually prefer Truth to Illusion because he's basically like us, while Illusion is more of a Tumblr user.

It's also reflected in their names. Truth is the "reality" of adventuring, while Illusion is the more idealized slop that makes the stories boring.

 

[Xentrilius]

Still one of the best anime openings period.

 

[Mississippi Motorboater]

About to start Lodoss War as well since I've been reading good reviews. And after checking the visuals, I think I'm really gonna dig it, the art looks great (with the opening stills paying direct homage to masters like John Martin (imo)).

Just to add a recommendation to everyone dipping their toe into Lodoss War on the thread.

If you watched the OVA, and liked the characters/world but found the plot somewhat lacking, I highly recommend pursuing the manga once you finish the OVA. They all adapt various novels from the series on which the anime is based, and flesh out the world and mythology in a really satisfying way. They're almost all available in English, so they're very easy to come by. The ones I recommend are:

• Lodoss War: Deedlit's Tale = a side-story which tackle how Deedlit copes with the reality that she's going to outlive Parn, and her romance with him is effectively running on borrowed time
• Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight = The "next-generation" story of the Lodoss universe that received an average but ultimately botched TV series, which is entirely outdone by this stellar manga adaptation that features far better art, gorier fight scenes, exclusive characters, and stronger ties to the original novels
• Lodoss War: The Lady of Pharis = If you get into the Lodoss franchise for any reason, do it read this manga. This prequel series is the single best piece of media to ever be associated with the IP, blowing everything else out of the water. An extremely simple premise that builds off an oft-told legend we hear multiple times across the series but we now get to witness, replete with mind-blowing Frazetta-tier art, and a genuinely bittersweet ending. You won't watch the OVA the same after reading this series

There's a new manga set 100 years after the main storyline called Crown of the Covenant that came out relatively recently and has Deedlit in it, but I haven't read it so I have no verdict to give on its quality.

 

[The Demon Pimp of Razgriz]

Record of Lodoss war is a series of novels from the late 70s where the japs tried to copy western fantasy, which is why it feels that way. I think the show itself came after the first fire emblem game.

I'm gonna chalk that up to every animu from the past 10 years being about D&D shit. That's why I like checking out older shows, because you see what all the modern shit took from. I've learned where every J-fantasy series got its hot elf waifu companion
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I'm two OVAs in and it seems to me like Lodoss War is the progenitor of many modern animu fantasy tropes. The show is clearly first and foremost rooted in the bedrock of western fantasy (Tolkien, the Nibelungenlied, Poetic Eddas etc.), but I notice that Fire Emblem, TLoZ, and even stuff like Rance has likely taken something from it specifically. The protag looks exactly like Rance, the elf's design was clearly "borrowed" by Capcom for one of their 90s D&D arcade games, and the plot (or rather the world and warring God dragons) immediately makes me think of Fire Emblem.

Record of Lodoss War actually started as a bunch of Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying sessions, where a bunch of Japanese guys got together and had their own personal D&D campaign. It was recorded as an Actual Play that was published in a series of magazine articles to commemorate D&D's one year anniversary of being published in Japan, which are available to read online in English at the Internet Archive. Basically, it was Critical Role before Critical Role was thing. It became a hit in Japan and single handedly made Tabletop gaming popular over there. It was then adapted into a series of novels, then into a thirteen episode OVA series, then branched into movies, manga, and anime TV series. A tabletop game was created for the setting, which TSR, the creators of D&D, declined to buy out and turn into a official setting. The Lodoss War RPG went on to trump D&D in popularity in Japan, to eventually be replaced by the Sword World RPG, which is currently the most popular RPG in Japan, while D&D actually fell, ironically, into somewhat obscurity in that country.

 

[Sergeant Major Buzzkill]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=G8CFuZ9MseQ
Still one of the best anime openings period.

I thought of C.C. unprompted recently. I barely remember this shitshow.

 

[Gorillion others]

I thought of C.C. unprompted recently. I barely remember this shitshow.

At least resurrection fixed away the retardation.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=G8CFuZ9MseQ
Still one of the best anime openings period.

I have a soft spot for this opening and some of the transitions are cool. I kinda wish we'd have another show like Code Geass that is pretty recognizable and skirts the line of idiotic and awesome pretty well. Every similar show afterwards was either too ridiculous or too boring.

 

[Lone MacReady II]

Yeah, a tabletop RPG game becoming an adapted manga series is actually how we've gotten some kick ass Lovecraftian horror stories, with Call of Cthulhu apparently being pretty popular in Nippon. Based.

Anyway, time to enjoy my weekly dose of baby-making super-liminal messaging.

 

[Ensok]

Well I'm a little disappointed in the Yes Precure 5 sequel that just started airing. When the girls transform and fight they de-age to do it instead of staying as adults. They don't even have new costumes, new transformations sequence, or new attacks if this episode is anything to do off of. It's what I expected but I'm still disappointed, there are so few adult magical girls out there.

 

[vern]

I'm watching Frieren because so many people where talking about it and I like it so far but something about it feels off.
Best way I can describe it is the show is trying to make every character as subdued as possible which on one is kinda refreshing compared to how most anime over exaggerates their characters to sell a specific moment, and it fits Frieren's character to be like this.
On the other every living character is la bit ike this and if everything else wasn't as good as it is, it would be a bit of a snooze fest. Fern at times seems almost as detached as Frieren outside of the decent handful of lighthearted moments and Stark seemed to somber up a bit much in the short amount of time between being introduced as a whiny coward to dealing with the dragon and joining them.

Hell the liveliest character in the show show so far is dead and we only technically see flashbacks.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Anyway, time to enjoy my weekly dose of baby-making super-liminal messaging.

They adapted a few of the slower chapters this week, which I don't mind, because next week is a Yuri episode where he goes after the undercover journalist, a pretty hard hitting chapter I recall.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Well I'm a little disappointed in the Yes Precure 5 sequel that just started airing. When the girls transform and fight they de-age to do it instead of staying as adults.

>magical girls are for immature little girls only
>Dragon Ball characters are now de-aging to kids in new series

What does Toei mean by this?

 

[Dojima's Dragon]

Been reading shigahime so far i absolutely hate that glass wearing faggot and hope he gets cut in half poor osamu.

 

[Spergichu]

Some crazy bastard managed to rip Gridman Universe from a streaming site for airplane entertainment centers. If you're willing to put up with low video quality and hard-coded subs, it's up on Nyaa. Otherwise, the BD will be out and ripped by the end of the month so you can just wait to watch it then.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Well I'm a little disappointed in the Yes Precure 5 sequel that just started airing. When the girls transform and fight they de-age to do it instead of staying as adults. They don't even have new costumes, new transformations sequence, or new attacks if this episode is anything to do off of. It's what I expected but I'm still disappointed, there are so few adult magical girls out there.

Wasn't there a magical girl series where they remain in the same age, but has the same outfits which are several sizes too small?

 

[pikachudidnothingwrong]

Don't even know where to put this since it's based on an anime series that has LONG AGO came under the full control of western media. The disastrous last ep (ep 3) of "FLCL Shoegaze" just aired. In addition to rendering the entire mini series pointless, it managed to (in this order) put the main "female" character in underwear for much of the final scene, show us a kiss between "her" and the main male character and then reveal that "she" (AT THE VERY LEAST) is a male in his original world.. possibly a well taped transvestite/crossdresser in the world/dimension the series took place in. It's not totally clear because it was literally worked into and then out of the reality of the main world the series took place in. So "she" could have been bio female.. "she" did talk about the world not being right or one she wanted to live in etc a lot.

Toonami is pretty clear in their intent at this point. FLCL Progressive and Alt were pretty strong hints, as well as the types of "anime" series they they had created, all staring female leads. Not to mention the type of shows they refused to get. BLM stuff too. But this is pretty fucking explicit. Trap as the female lead (even seemingly female in underwear) fag kiss and crossdressing. Some people are saying it was about trans, others think it was about coming out as gay.. It's not clear which since there are real reality warping/changing narratives going on. Either way it's all cringe of the highest order and utterly "on point" with it's western message of letter people obsession.

This is why the west needs to stay the fuck away from anime and manga. Even and especially funding!

What a cringe fucking disaster.

 

[BananaSplit²]

I love food porn.
Source is Shinmai Shimai no Futari Gohan.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

I recommend watching the movie Goblin's Crown first, & if you do, start around at the 24:49 minute mark, the 1st 25 mins of the movie are a recap episode. After that, you get a one hour OVA.

I've watched that now and I'm kinda let down by Goblin Crown. I expected something more important for a movie, like a particularly strong enemy or some story thing, but it was basically just a regular goblin killing mission, give or take.

I enjoyed it but my expectations were a little higher just because it was a movie, so I guess it's a me thing.

 

[Xenomorphs Are Cute]

I've watched that now and I'm kinda let down by Goblin Crown. I expected something more important for a movie, like a particularly strong enemy or some story thing, but it was basically just a regular goblin killing mission, give or take.

I enjoyed it but my expectations were a little higher just because it was a movie, so I guess it's a me thing.

As I said before, it's essentially an hour long OVA. The only thing I even remember about the movie is how cool GS' painted black & red armor looked. The movie is canon tho, IIRC, so the 2nd season is a bit after that.

 

[WelperHelper99]

I've watched that now and I'm kinda let down by Goblin Crown. I expected something more important for a movie, like a particularly strong enemy or some story thing, but it was basically just a regular goblin killing mission, give or take.

I enjoyed it but my expectations were a little higher just because it was a movie, so I guess it's a me thing.

They basically took a major arc and made it a movie. It wasn't the most special tbh, but it was better than nothing in 2020 when it dropped, waiting in between 2018 when season 1 came out, and now when season 2 is dropping. You've come in at a good time, because if you weren't keeping up with the manga or light novels, it was a drought of goblin slaying for years.