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Anne Shirley continues to speedrun the book. These guys are absolutely blowing through it, it's hilarious. You can barely say its clifnotes. This week they "cover" the rooftop dare, Anne breaking her ankle and fully recovering from it - in less than 8 minutes... For context this is an arc covered by multiple episodes in the old show. Anne Shirley has, in the span of 5 episodes, blitz'd forward to the start of episode 29 content. I don't see how anyone could enjoy it with pacing that frantic. I owe A.S. for introducing me to the wonderful 1979 series, but god damn if it isn't a 180° opposite of it...

Before Green Gables wasn't perfect, but at least it was a competent adaptation made by the same studio as the original (even if the Ghibli talent was long gone by 2009). I just didn't like how depressive the tone was, although that was kindov the point. Anne goes through some shit before getting adopted, it really makes you feel for her.
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BiggestKai said:
I've been rewatching Batman: Gotham Knight(2008 anthology movie where each of the six stories is animated by a different anime studio) and I completely forgot pretty boy Bruce Wayne(with Kevin Conroy's VA) and Griffith Batman existed, courtesy of Bee Train.
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Also some weird fever dream looking animation from Madhouses' first story. Batman looks weird as hell with those lips and proportions
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I miss Kevin all the time
 
Lone MacReady II said:
Anne Shirley continues to speedrun the book. These guys are absolutely blowing through it, it's hilarious. You can barely say its clifnotes. This week they "cover" the rooftop dare, Anne breaking her ankle and fully recovering from it - in less than 8 minutes... For context this is an arc covered by multiple episodes in the old show. Anne Shirley has, in the span of 5 episodes, blitz'd forward to the start of episode 29 content. I don't see how anyone could enjoy it with pacing that frantic. I owe A.S. for introducing me to the wonderful 1979 series, but god damn if it isn't a 180° opposite of it...

Before Green Gables wasn't perfect, but at least it was a competent adaptation made by the same studio as the original (even if the Ghibli talent was long gone by 2009). I just didn't like how depressive the tone was, although that was kindov the point. Anne goes through some shit before getting adopted, it really makes you feel for her.
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Despite rushing it....the animation looks pretty, I will say.
 
Tyvm to whoever recommended Ragna Crimson, it's been very fun in so far. I enjoy edgy revenge characters. This reminded me to check in on Juujika no Rokunin. What a trash fire that has become.
 
BingBongDingDong said:
Tyvm to whoever recommended Ragna Crimson, it's been very fun in so far. I enjoy edgy revenge characters. This reminded me to check in on Juujika no Rokunin. What a trash fire that has become.
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Those are not even in the same area code in terms of tone or what happens.
Juujika no Rokunin is also one of the most retarded things I have read.
 
regalterry said:
We're up to chapter 1143, Jesus Christ.

The whole plot has basically covered a mere 6 months. I have to wonder what the average daily murder rate in Conan's Japan is for him to stumble upon multiple murders in a single day, because there's been way more than 180 separate homicides in that timespan covered by the plot.
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I always wonder on those extremely long lasting shows if you can make the shortest coherent time line where all the events can conceivably happen (allowing overlap). The kids in that series has seen more dead bodies than a good chunk of war vets.
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
I always wonder on those extremely long lasting shows if you can make the shortest coherent time line where all the events can conceivably happen (allowing overlap)
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You also have to somehow account for the multiple, as in, at least a few dozen, Christmases that the cast have celebrated. And that's ignoring all the other holidays.
 
regalterry said:
We're up to chapter 1143, Jesus Christ.

The whole plot has basically covered a mere 6 months. I have to wonder what the average daily murder rate in Conan's Japan is for him to stumble upon multiple murders in a single day, because there's been way more than 180 separate homicides in that timespan covered by the plot.
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Kochikame: "Too many episodes and no plot, you say? *laughs*"

Funny how even Ash Ketchum graduated was retired, and yet, Detective Conan is still stagnant.
 
Newcomer 42 said:
Funny how even Ash Ketchum graduated was retired, and yet, Detective Conan is still stagnant.
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It's not so much an issue with crime procedurals in general, they usually tend to be fairly stagnant in terms of the overarching plot (if one even exists) and focus on the episode of the week, and it usually works because the main cast are adults, so it's easier to have time pass so the protagonist doesn't stumble upon a corpse, or several, every afternoon.

You can't do that with Conan, the character is a kid, and would eventually grow into a teenager if the writer was pacing the murders at logical intervals.

I understand why the author is unwilling to have the kids age, but he could have just as easily wrapped up the "protagonist was shrunk into a kid" plotline years ago and transitioned into Kudo and Sherry being (young) adults, and him still working as a detective, to keep pace with the fanbase of the manga growing up themselves.

It's not like anything about the formula would radically change other than dropping some gags that were stale 20 years ago.
 
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