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TenMilesWide said:
I forgot the Zatch Bell sequel manga has been coming out, it's apparently up to 30 chapters already (and on a monthly schedule too so it's been a while). guess I'll start reading that.

The original is one of my favorite shonen action series, easily my favorite in the monster battler category.
The "highlander tournament to pick the monsters' new king" premise would be enough to set it above most of that cohort in my books but the characters are fun (love the dynamic where the more typical 'hotheaded idiot with a heart of gold' titular protagonist is the companion monster, while the main human is a too-cool-for-school smartguy loner type who has to figure out how to work with him), the comedy lands more often than not, and the fights strike a good balance of humor, genuine tension, and cathartic payoffs from using the established powers/system. Just wish the anime didn't cut the final arc.
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It's nuts how he took the "useless comic-relief character stands up to bad guys because he's the only one left to do so" trope and used it like five times, three of which in the same arc, like 20 chapters apart from each other and three of which with the same character, and it's fucking great every time he does so.

He's got that pedigree from the mangaka he apprenticed under, Kazuhiro Fujita, who churned out bangers like Ushio and Tora, Karakuri Circus, and Souboutei Must Be Destroyed.
 
Blitzkrieg Anne is onto new material at last, and while it does carry a spark of interest for me, the foundation of every character and arc being so hollow has left that new material rootless. For example, in 79' Anne gets to name a little newborn calf on their farm "Dolly", and you get to watch it grow up a bit. But in 25' Dolly is never seen nor mentioned until this newest episode, Anne herself never got the chance to name or even interact with it before. Many characters have seemingly been cut entirely, including (bafflingly) Anne's parents. Anne's dead parents and their home on Prince Edward Island is the entire reason Anne wanted to go there in the first place. Both parents were also teachers, which is why Anne wants to become one too. This fact is covered often in the prequel anime. But in the new show, at best, Anne cites her school teacher as being the inspiration for her to become a teacher... not her dead parents. It's such a strange change.

Despite the mad rush to age Anne to the point where she's a teacher at her old school, the vocal performance and character design of Anne and a few others doesn't really seem to match. To my ears the Seiyuu's "adult Anne" voice sounds basically the same as child Anne. In 79' it's clear that adults are putting on kid voices, but at least the attempt is being made so when the girls grow up and their voices change they sound like full-figured women.
 
I'm very slowly losing interest in anime and manga.
I never really grew up with it per say, beyond the shit on Spacetoon if you know, you know but recently it feels like I've been watching in spite of the shit that I dislike that makes its way into every anime, and my patience for that has completely run out.
As for manga all the ones I enjoy and keep up with update at a glacial pace and/or release in mini chapters that barely break 10 pages and I'm equally sick of that shit.

EDIT Oh yeah speaking of favorite filler episodes, I remember the ship episode for the old Hunter X Hunter anime. That was a great episode and watching the 2011 version I was heavily disappointed that it was not reused.
 
the last 2 posts back-to-back are complaining about remakes

you know you can just watch something else, right? This is like the people who buy Final Fantasy 7 for the 30th time and complain something's wrong with it. Like, yeah, no fucking shit, Sherlock. Everyone watching it is doing so specifically to complain about it and for no other reason. Go watch Gurazeni or Honda-san. But you won't, you'll just keep complaining about the same slop trash that was rerunning on Toonami when you were twelve
 
McMitch said:
It's nuts how he took the "useless comic-relief character stands up to bad guys because he's the only one left to do so" trope and used it like five times, three of which in the same arc, like 20 chapters apart from each other and three of which with the same character, and it's fucking great every time he does so.

He's got that pedigree from the mangaka he apprenticed under, Kazuhiro Fujita, who churned out bangers like Ushio and Tora, Karakuri Circus, and Souboutei Must Be Destroyed.
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People here should read Animal Land
 
ringtones said:
the last 2 posts back-to-back are complaining about remakes

you know you can just watch something else, right? This is like the people who buy Final Fantasy 7 for the 30th time and complain something's wrong with it. Like, yeah, no fucking shit, Sherlock. Everyone watching it is doing so specifically to complain about it and for no other reason. Go watch Gurazeni or Honda-san. But you won't, you'll just keep complaining about the same slop trash that was rerunning on Toonami when you were twelve
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I agree that watching something original is warranted if you're tired of re:makes/masters/hashes/treads/tards given that the last few seasons haven't had really anything good or original. There are so many amazing anime out there that there really isn't any reason to be "tired of anime" unless all you watch is what is currently airing and nothing else; I have a backlog that's four pages, I have barely touched it, and I know for a fact that there's other good stuff because that's a backlog for just TV, not movies or anything else.

That being said, I get the complaints about the Anne remake from @Lone MacReady II , as I personally think a remake should exceed the thing it is remaking in every way, not be a downgrade in all ways but the visual. Shitty remakes muddying the legacy of things I enjoy is something I have personally found really frustrating about entertainment in recent years.

Also, @BiggestKai , what is it in anime that is making you lose interest, aside from some bad airing seasons?
 
Fount of BadSpeak said:
I personally think a remake should exceed the thing it is remaking in every way, not be a downgrade in all ways but the visual.
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Has that ever happened? I can't think of a single time off the top of my head where the remake was even arguably superior to the original. There have been times when the same manga got more than one anime like FMA or Hellsing, but those were cases where the first attempt was so low-budget and so divergent from the source material you can't really call it a remake. The first attempt was an abject failure and they tried again with a more faithful adaptation (ufotable UBW I'm looking at you). This works only in cases where the original was disappointing.

It would be interesting if anyone has an example of an anime where the remake was actually superior to the original.

It probably happens in movies sometimes, maybe? 1939 wizard of oz was based on silent films that came before but that's basically a different medium. Hook is arguably a remake of Peter Pan (1955, Mary Martin) but is more like a sequel. A bunch of horror movies were remade and people prefer them but they're not really better.
 
Katekyo Hitman Reborn was done dirty. I know the studio closed down but it deserves a wrap-up revival like Bleach.
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ringtones said:
It probably happens in movies sometimes, maybe?
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I consider the 1997 Vanishing Point better than the 1971 original. The 71 is just the hippie crap and drug worship that dominated that time; the 97 is bleak and melancholic, the character has a believable motivation to do what he does. Of course this is personal preference.

Remakes are not about doing something better, it's about marketing, lack of creativity, and refusal to risk. If you're going to remake something famous, instead do what Gundam did with the alternative universes: take themes and elements from the original - sometimes copying things shamelessly - but change them into something else as it goes. The results may not be as successful as the original, but it will bring more attention and expand the fanbase for sure.
 
Lone MacReady II said:
Blitzkrieg Anne is onto new material at last, and while it does carry a spark of interest for me, the foundation of every character and arc being so hollow has left that new material rootless. For example, in 79' Anne gets to name a little newborn calf on their farm "Dolly", and you get to watch it grow up a bit. But in 25' Dolly is never seen nor mentioned until this newest episode, Anne herself never got the chance to name or even interact with it before. Many characters have seemingly been cut entirely, including (bafflingly) Anne's parents. Anne's dead parents and their home on Prince Edward Island is the entire reason Anne wanted to go there in the first place. Both parents were also teachers, which is why Anne wants to become one too. This fact is covered often in the prequel anime. But in the new show, at best, Anne cites her school teacher as being the inspiration for her to become a teacher... not her dead parents. It's such a strange change.

Despite the mad rush to age Anne to the point where she's a teacher at her old school, the vocal performance and character design of Anne and a few others doesn't really seem to match. To my ears the Seiyuu's "adult Anne" voice sounds basically the same as child Anne. In 79' it's clear that adults are putting on kid voices, but at least the attempt is being made so when the girls grow up and their voices change they sound like full-figured women.
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Some of these changes in the new series seem to be them trying to to follow the book more for better or worse.
Dolly showing up out of no where is actually something that happened as a excuse to break the ice between Anne and Harrison, but I'll give 79 the credit over the book for introducing the calf when Anne was still a child instead.
Anne finding about her parents being teachers and living on the island is a bit of argument in the books because Before Green Gables was written in 2008 as the 100th anniversary for Green Gabbles and while it was fully authorized and approved by Montgomery's heirs, people argue it does make some notable changes to the books (and if anyone is familiar with what some of Tolkien's heirs about his works, you know that just because their family doesn't mean they respect said works)

I'm just finished 79 and I think I do prefer it over the new series overall, however, I might be alone in this but I kinda don't see the new series as a remake but just another adaption (which if you count everything from tv, radio, musicals, etc. there might be over 12 different versions).
Its bit like trying to figure out if a new version of a grime's fairytale comes out if its actually being based on the original fairytale or if its just using that as a loophole to fuck with Disney and banking on you being familiar with it's version the story (Del toro's Pinocchio movie might be a good example of this since it came out within 2 months of Disney's Live action remake of the story)
 
Fount of BadSpeak said:
what is it in anime that is making you lose interest, aside from some bad airing seasons?
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Making a long story short
  • 'ate lolis, lolicons, loli VAs/seiyuus
  • 'ate any kind of incest
  • 'ate shit animation which is the norm right now
  • 'ate interchangable plots, character casts, world building
  • 'ate how bluntly fucking stupid all the plots and plot development and presentation has become
  • 'ate japanese brand of fanservice(too "clean")
 
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Oh yeah, I forgot all about it, but Bestiale is running this season.

I found some streaming sites that are hosting it but no subs as far as I can tell. French studio, based on their previous releases the worst this series can possibly be is a 7/10

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Yuru Camp is quite the wholesome big chungus show. How does it compare to Encouragement of Climb? I was thinking of checking that one out next
 
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