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Beastars is pretty rad imo, though discussion is pretty hard because of all the fucking furries.

The anime skips a couple of stuff, and strips some of the violent scenes a bit, so I'd recommend reading the manga afterwards.
 
Stasi said:
Just started watching Shield Hero. Liking it so far. Is this what Sword Art Online would have been if it wasn't absolute trash?

Was the twitter meltdown when it came out honestly over what happens in the first episode? Its not even remotely controversial. This anime has a bitch character in it. So what?
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It shouldn't have been controversial, but in this age of special snowflakes, controversy was made. I find it amusing because I've read translations of the original webnovel and oh boy does that contain a few things that make what's done in the first episode look like a romp with friendly puppies (think essentially consigning a villain to another villain for the creation and distribution of a snuff film, then watching it to make sure first villain is actually dead). The Light Novel version, which pretty much everything else Shield Hero is based on (mangas, spinoffs, anime) begins to differ relatively early on from the original webnovel, but there's still potential for another round of controversy to strike thanks to the perpetually offended.
 
Catgirls are Love said:
The Light Novel version, which pretty much everything else Shield Hero is based on (mangas, spinoffs, anime) begins to differ relatively early on from the original webnovel, but there's still potential for another round of controversy to strike thanks to the perpetually offended.
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I actually liked the Shield hero quite a bit. I started reading the Manga- then had to put it down because work was picking up. How far does it deviate from the webnovel? Is it becoming a story of its own or is it a watered down version of the original?
 
Token Weaboo said:
I actually liked the Shield hero quite a bit. I started reading the Manga- then had to put it down because work was picking up. How far does it deviate from the webnovel? Is it becoming a story of its own or is it a watered down version of the original?
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Take anything I say from this point on with a grain of salt, as it's been years since I read the webnovel translations and I only got so far into the Light Novel translations before they were officially licensed and the internet translators stopped working on it.
I believe the main divergence happens pretty much immediately after the Queen returns and how the heroes end up experiencing their stays at Experience Buffet Island which is also a resort. In short, there are heroes other than the four summoned heroes, and they play a far greater role in the Light Novel (and other adaptations) than in the webnovel, where with maybe one exception they're mostly mentioned in passing at best. Once the Spirit Turtle arc begins, the stories diverge even greater, particularly with the roles the other three heroes play in the disaster, with them essentially waking up the sleeping evil, getting party wipes and then spending their time wandering around causing trouble or going insane in the webnovel whereas they're held captive by a hostile party in the Light Novels and other media. I assume the divergence continues though I never read far enough to find out.
I'd say that the Light Novel isn't a watered down version of the original and it's better directed and focused. After a while, the webnovel pretty much became a slice-of-life where Naofumi tries to build a town and his companions keep causing hijinks, then goes suddenly into serious and tragedy with a few named characters dying, and then the original ending of the webnovel had
Naofumi and Raphtalia die fighting the ultimate big bad and suddenly find themselves in the library from which Naofumi was summoned, no explanations given. This was later changed, obviously, because that's a kinda shit ending.
So if you like either of the manga or anime adaptations, odds are you'll like the Light Novel too.
 
Just finished Macross 7. The Beauty of Completion.
Basara's a bit crazy, but I see the method to his madness. It takes alot of guts to move the universe with the power of Rock and Roll.
It was fun seeing the Fire Bomber group becoming superstars.
I wish I could see some development of the Battle 7 bridge bunnies
 
Ok an update on the Rumiko Takahashi poll:

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The Results are in for NHK's Ultimate Rumiko Takahashi Poll

NHK announced the final results during its program for the fan-favorite series, characters, and songs by popular manga creator Rumiko Takahashi on November...
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NHK announced the final resultsduring its program for the fan-favorite series, characters, and songs by popular manga creator Rumiko Takahashi on November 16. Takahashi has authored popular series like Ranma 1/2, Inuyasha, Urusei Yatsura, and Maison Ikkokuover the course of her 38-year professional career. Voters ranked her impressive body of work with none other than Inuyasha in the top spot followed by the gender-bending martial arts comedy Ranma 1/2 and filling out the top three is romantic comedy Maison Ikkoku.


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NHK Rumiko Takahashi Poll: Best Series

  1. Inuyasha
  2. Ranma 1/2
  3. Maison Ikkoku
  4. Urusei Yatsura
  5. Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
  6. RINNE
  7. Ranma ½: Nihao My Concubine
  8. Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter
  9. Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
  10. InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
  11. Fire Tripper
  12. Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
  13. Mermaid Forest (OAV)
  14. Urusei Yatsura: Only You
  15. Mermaid Forest (TV)
  16. Ranma ½: One Flew Over the Kuno's Nest
  17. Ranma 1/2 OAV: Tendo Family Christmas Scramble
  18. Maison Ikkoku: Through the Passing of the Seasons
  19. Ranma ½: Nettō Uta Gassen
  20. Urusei Yatsura OAV: Inaba the Dreammaker
  21. Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island
  22. Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love
  23. Urusei Yatsura: Lum The Forever
  24. Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China
  25. Ranma 1/2 OAV: Shampoo's Sudden Switch - The Curse of the Contrary Jewel
  26. Rumiko Takahashi Anthology
  27. The Laughing Target
  28. Mermaid Scar
  29. Ranma 1/2 OAV: The Two Akanes! 'Ranma, Look at Me!
  30. One Pound Gospel
  31. The character poll was even more thorough with 150 characters listed in the final result. In first place is the titular Inuyasha, followed by bikini-wearing alien Lum from Urusei Yatsura, and the villainous Sesshōmaru (Inuyasha). Shampoo was the highest ranking character from Ranma 1/2, taking fourth place and just placing above Ranma Saotome in fifth.
    In the songs category, Urusei Yatsura took the top spot with its opening theme "Lum's Love Song" by Yūko Matsutani. "Change the World" by V6 from Inuyashatook second place and the impossibly catchy "Jaja Uma ni Sasenai de" by Etsuko Nishio from Ranma 1/2 took third.
    Fans were able to choose from 52 anime series, about 1100 characters, about 700 TV episodes, and about 160 songs. Did your favorites make the top spots? Let us know in the forums!

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    Source: NHK
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Does Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer even count as a Rumiko Takahashi work? It's one of my favourite anime films but I recognize that it's mostly Mamoru Oshii doing his own thing with Takahashi's characters.
 
sasazuka said:
Does Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer even count as a Rumiko Takahashi work? It's one of my favourite anime films but I recognize that it's mostly Mamoru Oshii doing his own thing with Takahashi's characters.
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That is a very good question there, I often see it as an Oshii film with Takahashi characters thrown in too.
 
Mujaki and Baku actually did appear in an Urusei Yatsura chapter that I think predates the second film but the story of the film otherwise doesn't have much of any similarity to anything from the manga.
 
Stasi said:
Just started watching Shield Hero. Liking it so far. Is this what Sword Art Online would have been if it wasn't absolute trash?

Was the twitter meltdown when it came out honestly over what happens in the first episode? Its not even remotely controversial. This anime has a bitch character in it. So what?
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Because false rape accusations never, ever happen ever.

Twitter has been melting down over anime consistently starting with Shield Hero and then Goblin Slayer, both of which were wildly successful in spite of them. Nowadays Twitter is weeping and moaning over anime tits while the Japs are pretty much like, "Yeah, your Marvel films are sexless and we don't care what Westerners think."

So they've been losing their minds lately. Hilariously, every time some dumb cunt goes "Where are her organs?" The latest thing they've tried to meme, people brigade them with images of real women who basically look identical to the drawings they're whining about.
 
Secret Asshole said:
Because false rape accusations never, ever happen ever.

Twitter has been melting down over anime consistently starting with Shield Hero and then Goblin Slayer, both of which were wildly successful in spite of them. Nowadays Twitter is weeping and moaning over anime tits while the Japs are pretty much like, "Yeah, your Marvel films are sexless and we don't care what Westerners think."

So they've been losing their minds lately. Hilariously, every time some dumb cunt goes "Where are her organs?" The latest thing they've tried to meme, people brigade them with images of real women who basically look identical to the drawings they're whining about.
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Aside from the usual SJW bitching about sexy women Shield Hero was dropped right into the shitty MeToo climate which caused even more tard rage when it showed quite brutally that women can lie to screw a guy's life up just for fun.

Yeah, saw that happen when some freelance artist made a sexy Captain Marvel.
 
Stasi said:
Just started watching Shield Hero. Liking it so far. Is this what Sword Art Online would have been if it wasn't absolute trash?

Was the twitter meltdown when it came out honestly over what happens in the first episode? Its not even remotely controversial. This anime has a bitch character in it. So what?
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People on twitter cant comprehend that,
false rape accusations exist.

It's such a foreign concept to them.
 
Stasi said:
Just started watching Shield Hero. Liking it so far. Is this what Sword Art Online would have been if it wasn't absolute trash?

Was the twitter meltdown when it came out honestly over what happens in the first episode? Its not even remotely controversial. This anime has a bitch character in it. So what?
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yes
 
Kill all whales said:
So the trailer for the made in abyss movie that adapts the bondrewd arc has been released a few hours ago.

Subarashi.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NNwD_Hx1GHY
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nice a whole arc about the number one dad
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