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I’m still kinda mad the Persona anime was animated the way it was, considering the OVA fight scene was amazing and the Dark Sun OVA OP was awesome.
 
Secret Asshole said:
Death Parade is fucking amazing. It is a crime it hasn't got a second season. Also with Kira Ginti is testing her; he's presenting her with someone much worse than that guy from CHA to judge. She can't manage it, and has confidence in her convictions, so she 'passes'. But Ginti tests her again in the elevator, saying she'll go wherever that guy from CHA goes because she believes he's a good person, so he sort of 'tricks' her because he was sending him to oblivion ans since she says she'll go wherever he'll go, he sends both of them there. Even though she passed and he never second guesses his judgments, he does just that, which his cat really dislikes and why you never see the cat again

So even that cameo has relevance to the series.
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Honestly I feel Death Parade had everything it needed to tell for it's story so a second season isn't necessary I think unless they go on a more episodic route like how the anime was sometimes showing more types of characters being tested.

SteelPlatedHeart said:
I’m still kinda mad the Persona anime was animated the way it was, considering the OVA fight scene was amazing and the Dark Sun OVA OP was awesome.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=W4wqhyrxV3Qhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=_F6LD_czS8s
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Persona 5's anime was honestly a disgrace to the game it was based off, especially with how bad the animation was and making a lot of fights very underwhelming.

If it wasn't for Persona 4 Golden's anime adaptation, then Persona 5 would've been the worst Persona anime.
 
Truthboi said:
Persona 5's anime was honestly a disgrace to the game it was based off, especially with how bad the animation was and making a lot of fights very underwhelming.

If it wasn't for Persona 4 Golden's anime adaptation, then Persona 5 would've been the worst Persona anime.
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Sooooo the only real complaint about the Persona anime adaptation(s) is that the animation sucks? It's otherwise a decent adaptation, or what was the worst part about it and should everyone (fans and non-fans alike) avoid it?
 
Kari Kamiya said:
Sooooo the only real complaint about the Persona anime adaptation(s) is that the animation sucks? It's otherwise a decent adaptation, or what was the worst part about it and should everyone (fans and non-fans alike) avoid it?
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Well 5 condenses and rushes a lot of things and makes a lot of major struggles feel underwhelming (like the Shido and Akechi fights)

Persona 4 Golden adapts all the new content of Golden but focuses heavily on the mary sue character, Marie, and she is instantly loved by the cast and treated as a special snowflake. She replaces characters in their moments to shine (i.e. replacing Rise in a concert scene) and also they make her super important where the bond with her somehow makes everyone literally stronger despite not being in the investigation team as she also defeats the main villain by literally hugging them. It's basically fanfiction tier bullshit with the only good episodes of Golden being the Adachi episodes since it focuses on him more and the Christmas episode since it barely features Marie.
 
Notgoodwithusernames said:
Does Jesu even still make videos?
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Hell no. She promised to do more videos and even finish the Ghibli retrospective. That cunt fucked jabba the hutt to get her position at AnimeNewsNetwork thereby cheating on nash, then she trooned out to take the focus off of the fact that shes a lying manipulative piece of trash. She jumped ship to Crunchyroll.
I seriously want to know how all these people...her, Lindsay, etc get the cash to live in California because shit is expensive as fuck.
 
I don't remember if I mentioned Discotek Media being literal gods here (I might've), but seriously, they're gods. I just learned that they had released Fighting Foodons a few years back. Freaking insane, that's one of the most obscure (and weird) anime to have ever been put on American TV, and it never got itself a proper release.

So I just purchased the DVD off of Amazon. My brothers are going to cry-laugh when they lay their eyes on it, most likely.
 
Truthboi said:
Well 5 condenses and rushes a lot of things and makes a lot of major struggles feel underwhelming (like the Shido and Akechi fights)

Persona 4 Golden adapts all the new content of Golden but focuses heavily on the mary sue character, Marie, and she is instantly loved by the cast and treated as a special snowflake. She replaces characters in their moments to shine (i.e. replacing Rise in a concert scene) and also they make her super important where the bond with her somehow makes everyone literally stronger despite not being in the investigation team as she also defeats the main villain by literally hugging them. It's basically fanfiction tier bullshit with the only good episodes of Golden being the Adachi episodes since it focuses on him more and the Christmas episode since it barely features Marie.
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Well to be fair you can't really polish a turd. Persona is going to suck no matter how much you try to fix it because it's catered towards exceptional self-absorbed faggots.
 
Kari Kamiya said:
I don't remember if I mentioned Discotek Media being literal gods here (I might've), but seriously, they're gods. I just learned that they had released Fighting Foodons a few years back. Freaking insane, that's one of the most obscure (and weird) anime to have ever been put on American TV, and it never got itself a proper release.

So I just purchased the DVD off of Amazon. My brothers are going to cry-laugh when they lay their eyes on it, most likely.
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I remember that show from back in the 4Kids day. Basically Pokémon but with food dishes as the Pokémon.
 
Kari Kamiya said:
I don't remember if I mentioned Discotek Media being literal gods here (I might've), but seriously, they're gods. I just learned that they had released Fighting Foodons a few years back. Freaking insane, that's one of the most obscure (and weird) anime to have ever been put on American TV, and it never got itself a proper release.
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Despite some of the staff (such as Mike Toole) being your typical "progressive" shitheels, they do keep politics out of the anime they release. Hell, they even released the uncut Angel Cop with the unsolicited opinions on Israel intact. Funnily enough, there's a bonus on that disc as an apology/explanation of how that ideology came to be. Weird.
 
Pinot Pierrot said:
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April 13. A blessed day for curses...
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Its on a Monday? who the hell keeps putting all my damn movies in the middle of the work week, go back to putting them on Thursdays Dammit.
 
King Dead said:
Side discussion: Are there any other series that have made you emotional for any reason?
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Promised Neverland. One of the few shows where I was hoping that every non-villain character survived. I felt sad when Norman and Ray died and excited when it turned out they survived. The show runs a wide gambit of emotions, and what makes it so much better is that I thought it was going to suck (Orphanage that's secretly evil? That premise hasn't been played to death) but it defied all expectations. Basically this was my reaction: https://twitter.com/robcham/status/1214399619221712896
 
promised neverland was one of the best series I had ever read. anyone who liked it already is going to love season 2. there's a part in the beginning they survive due to good fortune, but before and after that they have to work and plan hard just for every little thing. it's a perfect escalation from the orphanage arc. it might split into two but I think it's just gonna be a single cour two arc season. I hope they animate it as well as season 1. the environments will be a little trickier than just one simple building and there's more action sequences, but I'm sure they can pull it off.

... then season 3 is gonna happen. it will slowly ruin everything you liked about the first two seasons. it's like a completely different writer took over. I think the original writer didn't plan this far outside of the world and what the main story goal is. it's not bad at first but the issues it has build up over time until you start to get annoyed.

some fun details about S3 onwards:
  • remember how you were there for every little piece of information they could gather and it felt important? from the end of season 2 onward it's gonna be big reveals that are not actually told to the viewer until fifty chapters worth of episodes later when it's no longer impactful. but the characters all know. it turns every success the characters have into an anticlimax.
  • emma goes from a little naive but willing to find a rational plausible way to realize her ideals, to a generic power of friendship shonen protag and mindlessly forgiving.
  • a 12 year old accurately dual wielding machine guns when guns had been depicted realistically till that point, if more advanced than real world guns.
  • constant plot conveniences, very little is earned
  • no more plans. shit just happens and goes perfectly and you're supposed to be impressed.
  • nobody ever dies. ever. there's never any real danger after what will be season 2.
  • the story is always rushed, they skip entire sections that could be their own fascinating arc. I would have LOVED to see them experience demon peasant society in disguise but that whole nearly year long portion is cut down to a few pages of montage and then them reaching their goal at the time. but they still expect you to empathize with demons even though the part that would make you do that was skipped entirely. or norman in the lambda facility. which was again summarized in a few pages.
  • the world is good but the worldbuilding isn't. anything that could be interesting is barely touched upon, or you're just told about it offhand in a panel or two, not really shown.
  • almost every good story concept is underexplored and underutilized
  • ray stops being relevant but is still always there
  • the final villain is so tropey at this point I can't help but roll my eyes. he started out fine as a secondary antagonist but now he's just a stereotype.
  • norman when he has a change of heart towards the end because of emma's bullshit and it's too late to matter but the story wants you think it does
but on the plus side:
  • admittedly cool wolf girl character where the delayed reveal with her full backstory actually works in the story's favor. I just hope her plotline resolves in a satisfying way, it's still not quite over.
  • some genuinely excellent environments and demon designs. the old scans muddle the linework but the official ones have some impressive artwork at times.
  • the demon queen is a bad bitch
  • the backstory for how the human farming program were started is pretty good and pretty fucked up. toptenanimebetrayals.mp4
  • norman at literally every other time besides the one I mentioned

it's still a fun ride at times, but overall I'm disappointed.
 
You know sometimes I get a little salty that most of this VN is just people eating but then funny shit like this happens.

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Sakura, thay is callin you fat. You better get up and smack a bitch.
 
Kill all whales said:
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Can't say I'm surprised by this, Japan's been outsourcing to China for a while now, and this was bound to catch up with them sooner or later.

it begs the question of just how many titles will be affected by this, especially those either set to release later in the year or those that already have been suffering production issues like A3! has.
 
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