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HexFag said:
The voice acting is also ace, genuinely surprised it hasn't got a season 2 yet but most good things don't.
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it's good that it uses actual children (i think) rather than women putting on the squeakiest voices possible
the bit with the claymation models was hilarious
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bird.up said:
it's good that it uses actual children (i think) rather than women putting on the squeakiest voices possible
the bit with the claymation models was hilarious
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Nah all of the VA's are adults who were fairly new to voice acting at the time. I'm surprised there wasnt a GaoGaiGar situation that happened where the voice actors fucked up their voices horribly from voice acting that role.
 
Kiwiballs said:
Kerberos Saga worth watching?
Esp curious about the first two films that apparently mix anime and live action.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Spectacles Being the first one.
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I can probably answer this question, since I've seen all three films:

Jin-Roh: Watch it. Seriously. Its a legendary anime for a reason. Its also the first film chronologically, and you don't need to have seen the others to understand it.

The Red Spectacles: Watch it for the sheer insanity. It isn't an anime, but a black and white live action film. Its worth watching for the sheer insanity of it all. That film is an acid trip.

StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops: Honestly, I fell asleep watching it the one time I attempted it, but I was laying in my bed late at night, so, there's that. But the movie is slow (though it seems to end with an action scene, going by stills I've seen online). Also completely live action, and a direct sequel to The Red Spectacles, referencing a character from that film, so you need to have seen that one to understand the background.
 
HexFag said:
The anime adaptation is fantastic and if you catch up, you get to see Frieren commit Total Demon Death next episode.
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We binged and caught up over the weekend, my wife was in tears at points. The slow pacing and quiet music is top notch, is there anything else like this? After watching and loving Symphogear this feels like the polar opposite, in all the best ways.
 
CHARizard said:
We binged and caught up over the weekend, my wife was in tears at points. The slow pacing and quiet music is top notch, is there anything else like this? After watching and loving Symphogear this feels like the polar opposite, in all the best ways.
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I'm glad you enjoyed it.
The vibe and aesthetic of the manga when I read it reminds me of other Iyashikei (healing) manga such as Aria and Yokohama Shopping Log, but I might be biased because I love those manga. Websites such as MAL say that Mushishi is very similar to Frieren but I haven't seen it so I can't tell you. If you're interested in a traveler exploring different regions and taking something along the way, Kino's Journey (2003) is fantastic and I wish the OP for Frieren was more like this show than what we have now.
 
I forgot just how bad Rurouni Kenshin is until Shishio shows up. This must be the equivalent of 70s kids finding out that Bill Cosby was a rapist.
HexFag said:
The anime adaptation is fantastic and if you catch up, you get to see Frieren commit Total Demon Death next episode.
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I agree. I think it's great, and it's pretty telling of how played-out the Japanese fantasy setting is that having demons actually be evil feels fresh and original. The only problem that I have with it is that the soundtrack is pretty ill-fitting- not every scene needs grand, dramatic orchestral swells over it.

And yes, it is set up in a similar way to Mushishi/Kino no Tabi/etc.- not an original idea, not an original setting, but it executes on those premises about as well as it possibly can.
 
The Demon Pimp of Razgriz said:
I can probably answer this question, since I've seen all three films:

Jin-Roh: Watch it. Seriously. Its a legendary anime for a reason. Its also the first film chronologically, and you don't need to have seen the others to understand it.

The Red Spectacles: Watch it for the sheer insanity. It isn't an anime, but a black and white live action film. Its worth watching for the sheer insanity of it all. That film is an acid trip.

StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops: Honestly, I fell asleep watching it the one time I attempted it, but I was laying in my bed late at night, so, there's that. But the movie is slow (though it seems to end with an action scene, going by stills I've seen online). Also completely live action, and a direct sequel to The Red Spectacles, referencing a character from that film, so you need to have seen that one to understand the background.
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Just watched Jin Roh. Glad I followed your advice and what others had written about it. Really good, even if I felt like I was thrown into a world that didn't make too much sense.
One thing I still don't understand though, I don't know if you remember the movie but if you do;
The Wolf Division/Group, are they in the end a secretive group working for the guerillas or a secretive group within the Special Police Forces working to protect that organization?
I assume in the end that they are with the guerillas but Im like 70/30.
 
Kiwiballs said:
The Wolf Division/Group, are they in the end a secretive group working for the guerillas or a secretive group within the Special Police Forces working to protect that organization?
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Jin-Roh (the Wolf Division in question) are basically a counter intelligence unit that exists unofficially within the Kerberos Corps, and their entire purpose is to protect units from its enemies within the government, particularly the other police forces. As you find out from watching the other movies, their plans ultimately don't work.
 
The Demon Pimp of Razgriz said:
Jin-Roh (the Wolf Division in question) are basically a counter intelligence unit that exists unofficially within the Kerberos Corps, and their entire purpose is to protect units from its enemies within the government, particularly the other police forces. As you find out from watching the other movies, their plans ultimately don't work.
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Ah, so I was wrong.
But how does it make sense then that the leader of the Wolf Division tells the girl that the main protagonist was "always with us". You'd assume that she being a Guerilla/Sect member he'd mean that they also are Guerillas?
Cause that's the part that got me confused.
I doubt the girl would even know about a Counter Intelligence unit within the whole KC?
 
Kiwiballs said:
Ah, so I was wrong.
But how does it make sense then that the leader of the Wolf Division tells the girl that the main protagonist was "always with us". You'd assume that she being a Guerilla/Sect member he'd mean that they also are Guerillas?
Cause that's the part that got me confused.
I doubt the girl would even know about a Counter Intelligence unit within the whole KC?
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He meant that Fuse was always a member of Jin-Roh, something that neither Kei (the girl) nor the main antagonists knew about before hand. Kei was a former member of the Sect that was captured by the Public Security Bureau and used by them to attempt to entrap Fuse and cause a scandal to destroy the Kerberos Unit's reputation. But Jin-Roh got wind of the trap before hand. Fuse rescued her to lure the Public Security Bureau into a trap. But she had no idea about Jin-Roh. The Public Security Bureau had only a vague idea that something like that existed in the Special Unit, but had no proof and weren't sure, thus they fell for the trap.
 
The Demon Pimp of Razgriz said:
He meant that Fuse was always a member of Jin-Roh, something that neither Kei (the girl) nor the main antagonists knew about before hand. Kei was a former member of the Sect that was captured by the Public Security Bureau and used by them to attempt to entrap Fuse and cause a scandal to destroy the Kerberos Unit's reputation. But Jin-Roh got wind of the trap before hand. Fuse rescued her to lure the Public Security Bureau into a trap. But she had no idea about Jin-Roh. The Public Security Bureau had only a vague idea that something like that existed in the Special Unit, but had no proof and weren't sure, thus they fell for the trap.
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It's just dialogue choice to tell someone that doesn't know what you are that "he's always been a member of ours". If I was Kei I'd immediately think he meant the Sect (which would have also liked to lure in a bunch of PSBs too into a trap), but maybe it would dawn to me at the end that it was something else.


Anyway that all makes sense. Gonna check out the live action ones I guess, though they do feel like they have a completely different style. I like the neo-noir setting of the first one at least.
 
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I like Hina Kino's voice, it carries well into comedy but sadly I don't remember her appearing much

Gravityqueen4life said:
speaking of funny shows, i would recommend you watch Sabagebu. the MC is a literal psychopath and i love her for it.

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I always get mixed up with the other airgun show that aired the same time that had completely retarded drama.
 
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