At 9/24/07 07:50 PM, Gendo wrote: Since the series is lengthy (around nine manga volumes, 8 or so OVAs, 196 TV episodes and 6 movies)

How could you possibly stand that?

I'm sure the most I could stand of that would be the manga volumes, or the movies.

Anything else would be overkill.

In other news, I've been making the attempt at drawing in an anime style.

I could give those Japanimators a run for their money.

At 9/24/07 07:50 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 9/24/07 07:24 PM, smc316 wrote: Ok so it looks like i'll probably perfer the manga then watch the movies afterwords, or watch the anime, read the manga and watch the movie. Dunno, depends on how much time I get.

Since the series is lengthy (around nine manga volumes, 8 or so OVAs, 196 TV episodes and 6 movies), the best way to get started is....

Fma is a long anime my ass mendou! lol But seriously that series will take forever, "196 tv episodes" I really hope that no more than 30, at most, of those episodes are filler.

From there, you may progress however you like.

K thanks. ^^

Actually now that I think about it I never see Gendo post outside this club and the anime threads in general anymore. >.<

Most of General is of little interest to me.

I guess thats true but your most epic post ever was from there! Since i'm too lazy to search through 5 months worth of your postes to find i'm just going to say it.

Topic name; Who is the gayest user?
Your reply; Yeah that gendo he is one gay motherfucker. OH SHI-, WRONG ACCOUNT!

^_^

At 9/24/07 07:35 PM, Kuro wrote: What it lacks in blood it tries to make up in fiery explosions.

Yup, and that's only the first five episodes.

The show's last arc is nothing but fiery explosions.

Lmao this show/manga/flims look really amuzing! Can't wait. ^^

At 9/24/07 08:01 PM, Kuro wrote: How could you possibly stand that?

I have a will of iron and too much free time.

I've already endured every episode of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Inuyasha (as well as about half of Ranma 1/2), so choking down another lengthy, repetitive series won't be too much trouble (especially considering I tend to buy inexpensive and short series on the side to keep my sanity in check).

I'm sure the most I could stand of that would be the manga volumes, or the movies.

The TV series takes an extreme commitment to endure, but some of the later episodes are sheerly amazing.

In other news, I've been making the attempt at drawing in an anime style.

I could give those Japanimators a run for their money.

Man, I love art like that.

I wish I could draw uber-dark scratchy stuff...I'm too much of a whore for clean linework and realism.

At 9/24/07 08:06 PM, smc316 wrote: I guess thats true but your most epic post ever was from there! Since i'm too lazy to search through 5 months worth of your postes to find i'm just going to say it.

Topic name; Who is the gayest user?
Your reply; Yeah that gendo he is one gay motherfucker. OH SHI-, WRONG ACCOUNT!

That really isn't a very funny post.

The same exact thing has been done on countless threads.

Unfortunately it appears of the general opinion that my most "epic" series of posts just involved some lolicon.

At 9/24/07 08:09 PM, Gendo wrote: I wish I could draw uber-dark scratchy stuff...I'm too much of a whore for clean linework and realism.

The thing is, half the time I just set out to draw clean artwork, but then get bored of it and just start scribbling over it.

It makes for a good timewaster.

At 9/24/07 08:06 PM, smc316 wrote: Fma is a long anime my ass mendou! lol But seriously that series will take forever, "196 tv episodes" I really hope that no more than 30, at most, of those episodes are filler.

Since there really isn't much of a running plot (like most sitcom-style shows), there is little of what you could consider "filler" material with the exception of the last two episodes (both clipshows) and a couple of worthless episodes that blatantly re-hash old storylines (but all long-running comedies suffer from that).

At 9/24/07 08:14 PM, Kuro wrote: That really isn't a very funny post.

I know, not to suck my own dick on this one, but I've said far wittier things than that.

For that matter, I've said much more amusing stupid things as well.

Unfortunately it appears of the general opinion that my most "epic" series of posts just involved some lolicon.

Feh, that's bollocks.

You shine when you've got something of value to say, but it seems nobody considers intelligent posts "epic" unless they're riotously funny or involve some kind of silly picture.

The thing is, half the time I just set out to draw clean artwork, but then get bored of it and just start scribbling over it.

I used to do that all the time, but got sick of it after a while.

It makes for a good timewaster.

Much agreed.

At 9/24/07 08:20 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 9/24/07 08:06 PM, smc316 wrote: Fma is a long anime my ass mendou! lol But seriously that series will take forever, "196 tv episodes" I really hope that no more than 30, at most, of those episodes are filler.

Since there really isn't much of a running plot (like most sitcom-style shows), there is little of what you could consider "filler" material with the exception of the last two episodes (both clipshows) and a couple of worthless episodes that blatantly re-hash old storylines (but all long-running comedies suffer from that).

There seems to be a reasonable amount of confusion rampant about the actual meaning of "filler".

Just because nothing major happens in an episode of something doesn't mean that it was just there to fill up the series

I know, not to suck my own dick on this one, but I've said far wittier things than that.

For that matter, I've said much more amusing stupid things as well.

I can't imagine it's very difficult.

You shine when you've got something of value to say, but it seems nobody considers intelligent posts "epic" unless they're riotously funny or involve some kind of silly picture.

I find less and less places on this site where there's something of value to say every day.

Much agreed.

Of course you've also got the fact that you can give some illusion of artistic talent with it.

Why take time to draw a picture neatly when you can just go crazy with a pen in a 10th of the time and give the false impression that you've got some crazy goth-like skill?

At 9/24/07 08:48 PM, Kuro wrote: There seems to be a reasonable amount of confusion rampant about the actual meaning of "filler".

I noticed, likely due to endless complaints of filler material in series.

Just because nothing major happens in an episode of something doesn't mean that it was just there to fill up the series

Exactly, some seemingly uneventful episodes serve a purpose.

I can't imagine it's very difficult.

As I'm sure you know, it's not.

I find less and less places on this site where there's something of value to say every day.

Yep, this place tends to be a cesspool of idiocy.

Of course you've also got the fact that you can give some illusion of artistic talent with it.

Like throwing a paint bucket at a canvas.

Why take time to draw a picture neatly when you can just go crazy with a pen in a 10th of the time and give the false impression that you've got some crazy goth-like skill?

Hahahaha, true.

Sloppiness sells.

At 9/24/07 08:54 PM, Gendo wrote: Like throwing a paint bucket at a canvas.

Hey, Pollock even had a movie made about him.

At 9/24/07 08:59 PM, Kuro wrote: Hey, Pollock even had a movie made about him.

Pollock was legendary for doing something any idiot could.

I honestly never understood why he was so celebrated for his worst pieces.

At 9/24/07 09:10 PM, Gendo wrote: I honestly never understood why he was so celebrated for his worst pieces.

YOU JUST DON'T GET ART, MAN!

POLLOCK WAS A GENIUS, WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME!

But of course, if you did what he did now you'd clearly be ripping off his art.

At 9/24/07 09:17 PM, Kuro wrote: YOU JUST DON'T GET ART, MAN!

Really and truly, I probably don't.

There are a few "classic" artists I like, but I find a lot of fine art to be pretenious, crap or pretentious crap.

POLLOCK WAS A GENIUS, WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME!

I actually liked a few of his paintings a great deal, but none of that "splatter" tripe.

But of course, if you did what he did now you'd clearly be ripping off his art.

Critics would have a field day with anyone attempting anything close to his' material these days.

At 9/24/07 09:23 PM, Gendo wrote: I actually liked a few of his paintings a great deal, but none of that "splatter" tripe.

My favourite artist who made art which looked really simple to make still remains Mondrian.

Partially because "Broadway Boogie-Woogie" is the greatest title for a painting ever.

At 9/24/07 09:27 PM, Kuro wrote:

Partially because "Broadway Boogie-Woogie" is the greatest title for a painting ever.

Hahaha, oh Lord.

That's a fucking awesome painting when you really look at it, and the title is nothing short of amazing.

At 9/24/07 09:30 PM, Gendo wrote: That's a fucking awesome painting when you really look at it, and the title is nothing short of amazing.

Thus showing how ridiculously easy it is to get off topic in a club thread.

A simple drawing of an anime character -> Discussion of lazy artistic styles vs. neat and clean pictures -> Discussion of abstract artists.

At 9/24/07 09:35 PM, Kuro wrote: Thus showing how ridiculously easy it is to get off topic in a club thread.

Yeah, but at least this discussion hasn't just been braindead spam.

A simple drawing of an anime character -> Discussion of lazy artistic styles vs. neat and clean pictures -> Discussion of abstract artists.

Logical progression, I'd say.

At 9/24/07 09:39 PM, Gendo wrote: Logical progression, I'd say.

Well if art is on the cards right now, then why not relate it to anime, in some attempt to get back on topic.

Anime tends to deviate very little from pre-determined styles, but why not name some of the ones that manage to actually get into a style of their own?

One such one would be Tekkonkinkreet, which actually has a different style to any anime I've seen before (yes it was adapted from a manga, but the animation of it clearly contributes). Also the characters actually manage to look Japanese for once.

Was there actually someone who became famous for painting something like this?
Since we're on the discussion of art, I'd like to know.

At 9/24/07 09:50 PM, Kuro wrote: Anime tends to deviate very little from pre-determined styles, but why not name some of the ones that manage to actually get into a style of their own?

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (as a manga) had a totally atypical style compared to other series, but the anime versions (with character designs by the guy who designed the cast of the Hokuto no Ken TV series) sadly loses a fair bit of the unique style.

Well,I finally got into Gaogaigar,and one thing I notice that everyone has probably noticed by now is the reuse of animation. o_o I can't help but laugh at how much its reused. XD

SPOILERSOHSHIDON'TLOOK!

ONE MORE FUCKING EPISODE LEFT? GOD DAMN COME OUT SOON! I'm talking about Gurren Lagann, which ALMOST had me believing "ANOTHER GAINAX ENDING OH FUCK THIS." But then, I kind of determined this was a parody ofNeon Genesis' bogus 'ending.' Ofcourse, it actually works well in Gurren Lagann. They made it seem like a nonpretentious Neon Genesis, but thank god it isn't. It's just Gurren Lagann. Ofcourse, an interesting connection, any bastard that Yoko kisses dies. Which is good; because more sex for me. But seriously, Kamina was epic, fuck you faggots if you think otherwise. He died too damn early IMO, but I guess it wouldn't make Gurren Lagann the same epic level win. One more episode to go in this mech series. I can't wait! Also, BRUCE IRONSTAUNCH!!!!!!!!!!!

FUCK YEAH

Spoilersendlulz.

At 9/24/07 11:34 PM, MattTheParanoidKat wrote: Gurren Lagann

SPOILERS
I loved how they made the guy who represents the Anti-Spirals look!
AND VIRAL'S DREAM! I would've never expected him to have that kind of dream.
END SPOILERS

At 9/23/07 05:10 PM, Kuro wrote: New plan, Mendou and Kuro are in charge."

Which it's been doing just fine thus far. Sir Trivia is behind you two followed by myself if I remember correctly.

I'm going to start my (co-) rule by allowing anime club transexuality.

I'll stick with The King of Hearts, thank you very much. B)

At 9/23/07 05:28 PM, DepressedStone wrote: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 26 was superb. The beginning almost made me think "Oh noes, giant mindfuck ending by Gainax. They fucked it up", but the last half is simply superb.

I'm hoping for no GAINAX ENDING with Gurren Lagann.

BEASTMANS CAN'T REPRODUCE! ZOMG HE TURNED HUMAN.

Even though contradicting, it was pretty cool.

At 9/24/07 11:34 PM, MattTheParanoidKat wrote: BRUCE IRONSTAUNCH!!!!!!!!!!!

He appears again later on in the next episode or so.

At 9/25/07 12:04 AM, supyohos123 wrote: I loved how they made the guy who represents the Anti-Spirals look!

I'm trying to remember who he is based off of. Most of the characters, suits, mech, story or most things in general are paying tribute to mecha shows of old and other Gainax series.

At 9/24/07 10:42 PM, Yusuke-Urameshi wrote: Well,I finally got into Gaogaigar,and one thing I notice that everyone has probably noticed by now is the reuse of animation. o_o I can't help but laugh at how much its reused. XD

No one aside from us have viewed this anime in this club. But yes, reused to death. Cool, very. Awesome, yes. Epic, you better believe it.

GOLDION HAMMMMMMMMMMARRRRRRRRRRRRR! HIKARI NI NAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

===

Sorry, but it seems that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is sucking my soul away from everything else.

At 9/25/07 04:56 AM, Kisuke wrote: Which it's been doing just fine thus far. Sir Trivia is behind you two followed by myself if I remember correctly.

You mean there's an actual club hierarchy?

I thought it was just some trivial thing which Wonko makes up as he goes along, to make him feel like he's in charge.

Back to anime.

Black Lagoon so far is quite entertaining, but there's just one thing which has been bugging me: This anime is probably the worst I've seen for being in Japanese.

The fact that everybody in the show, no matter they American, Russian, South American, Thai or whatever, all speak Japanese, which doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

Of course even with English, it's still ridiculous to think that everybody in South East Asia speak one language.

At 9/25/07 07:34 AM, Kuro wrote: You mean there's an actual club hierarchy?

There has been for ages, but it never really affected things as much as Wonko liked to assume.

At 9/25/07 07:34 AM, Kuro wrote: Black Lagoon so far is quite entertaining, but there's just one thing which has been bugging me: This anime is probably the worst I've seen for being in Japanese.

Not only that, but the acting itself is sorta blah in the Japanese version on top of being horrifyingly unrealistic.

The fact that everybody in the show, no matter they American, Russian, South American, Thai or whatever, all speak Japanese, which doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

There is a fair bit of English dialogue in Second Barrage (since the second arc of the manga is mostly in English), but the acting is pretty shitty.

The dub, on the other hand, is amazing.

Of course even with English, it's still ridiculous to think that everybody in South East Asia speak one language.

Yes, but at least there are some nice realistic (and a few stereotypical) accents thrown in to sort of ease the annoyance.

sup all , yes you don't know me but i remember some of you so --

did anyone noticed anime is severly hated in western animations circles , together with tim burtun and ' gaming ' the last two i don't care but hell how does one start explaining how anime is more then ' oh noes pokemon !!' anyone ever watched pokemon ,cause its not that bad realy , but nobody takes 5 to watch an epp , nbobody even touches manga , nobody wants to hear about tezuka's greatness .....
:THANK GOD FOR INTERNET !!

i should probably re-post my favorites before i piss off some authority figure with my spelling again
later on yes me promises

At 9/25/07 03:06 PM, sepiroth-blade wrote: sup all , yes you don't know me but i remember some of you so --

Thats what I said a couple pages back! Lol seriously. ^^

did anyone noticed anime is severly hated in western animations circles ,

Yeah, when I first told my mom that I watched anime and wanted too buy some DVDS and mangas off line back in 2004 She thought all anime were fighting animes like DBZ and thought their were no animes other than that. She took away my computer for a month plus she let me buy my magas but made ME have too pay for it despite the fact I was 14 at the time. T-T I also only know two people at my school who are both friends with me and watch anime And their are around 900 kids at my high school. TTT-TTT

Also please use better spelling and grammar.

THANK GOD FOR INTERNET !!

Amen.

i should probably re-post my favorites before i piss off some authority figure with my spelling again

*Cough cough* Mendou! *cough cough*

later on yes me promises

There are so many things wrong with that one line it isn't even funny!

At 9/25/07 03:21 PM, smc316 wrote: Also please use better spelling and grammar.

Yes, for the love of God.

*Cough cough* Mendou! *cough cough*

Moar liek "Gendo".

I really never liked sephiroth-blade, that said, neither did Mendou.

On a vastly unrelated note, my oh-so cool Yotsuba figure will be ready to ship in a mere two days (SUCK ON THAT, THE REST OF THE WORLD, THE INTERNATIONAL RELEASE ISN'T SHIPPING UNTIL NOVEMBER 30TH). God, I love Hobby Link Japan and their great prices, I'll make a point of doing straight-up importing more often.

At 9/25/07 03:27 PM, Mendou wrote:

At 9/24/07 08:06 PM, smc316 wrote:

Fma is a long anime my ass mendou! lol But seriously that series will take forever, "196 tv episodes" I really hope that no more than 30, at most, of those episodes are filler.

A 50 episode series is still pretty long(especially of it airs only one episode per week)

Well if the whole anime has aired in the past and you have a list of subbed episodes right in front of you and your not that busy not really, but I guess if you only have the time for one or two episodes a day or are waiting each week for a new episode to air I guess I sort of see where your coming from. ^^

At 9/25/07 03:21 PM, smc316 wrote:

At 9/25/07 03:06 PM, sepiroth-blade wrote: sup all , yes you don't know me but i remember some of you so --

Thats what I said a couple pages back! Lol seriously. ^^

Ok not really but I sort of did in different words. Plus I don't think I was offically a member at the time, just some noob posting there.

did anyone noticed anime is severly hated in western animations circles ,

Yeah, when I first told my mom that I watched anime etc etc etc.

Damn misread the statement! >.< Oh well i'm not gonna try and correct myself.

At 9/25/07 03:58 PM, Mendou wrote: I rarely watch things in sub.

You watch the dub?! Or.....you watch the RAW?! You can understand Jap?!?!?!?

In other news....im about halfway into Trigun and should be done with it soon. Hope the film that should be coming out sometime this year is worth a watch.

Thats cool, didn't know a movie was coming out actually so I guess I should check it out when it comes, whens it scheleduled to come out?

At 9/25/07 04:05 PM, smc316 wrote: You watch the dub?!

Like most Americans, yes, he does.

DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, SIR?!