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man so hope spider isekai gets season two :face-savouring-delicious-food:
even though the animation was messy at times , the show was a blast

the final pretty much ended the prologue while doing proogue to the epilogue at the same time
Yeah, some of the later episodes are messy but I enjoyed the show. Hopefully they can make a season 2.
 
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Yeah, the 2nd half of Spider was noticably worse in terms of production. Should have gone split cour tbh.
Still held up by the strong story and Aoi Yuuki monologues though.
Would definitely like to see a 2nd season in the future.
 
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ok anime chums, is this a good buy for the complete Akira manga collection?


I'm wary that
1) it seems quite cheap, too good to be true?
2) the volumes are of different publishers, would I be potentially missing anything?
3) volume 1 is in colour, I have no colour manga, isn't B&W better?
 

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1) it seems quite cheap, too good to be true?
Probably. The covers only tell you half the story. These books are quite thick (with two c) and if they're old, the bindings will unravel sooner than later.

2) the volumes are of different publishers, would I be potentially missing anything?
The Dark Horse releases' reading order is left to right with panel ordering flipped. I don't own the older Kodansha releases, but it is inferior in terms of printing/paper material compared to both the Dark Horse editions and the 35th anniversary edition.

3) volume 1 is in colour, I have no colour manga, isn't B&W better?
The Dark Horse/Kodansha's 35th anniversary edition has leading colour pages in each volume, the rest is in B/W. I've heard that the older releases has entire volumes colourised with Otomo's approval, but I've never seen it myself other than screenshots on the web.

Frankly, I recommend getting a hold of the 35th anniversary edition instead. It's practically the definitive edition of the manga. They sometime goes out of stock, but should be easy enough to find on Amazon or Book Depository.
 
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Thanks, unfortunately while the 35th anniversary set has caught my eye, at least here in the UK, it’s never in stock.

I know one local place in Glasgow that does have one actually but it’s £175 and that’s just too much
 
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Wow, Blue Reflection anime is way better than the game. It is good right from the start.

Also, the lore is quite interesting. I wonder what happen after the events in the game.
 

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I... don't have any interest in the animes airing this season. Looks like it will mostly be a backlog season :blobcheer:

Watching Granbelm and Blue Reflection Ray. Going to start Back Arrow and Dynazenon afterwards.

Edit: Make sure play the game first before watching BR Ray. The anime does not explain any lore.
 
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I... don't have any interest in the animes airing this season. Looks like it will mostly be a backlog season :blobcheer:

Watching Granbelm and Blue Reflection Ray. Going to start Back Arrow and Dynazenon afterwards.

Edit: Make sure play the game first before watching BR Ray. The anime does not explain any lore.
If there's one thing I would recommend checking out this season, it's The Case Study of Vanitas.
I've read some of the manga, and it's gooood.

Also, pretty


 
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Also, pretty
Looks like Trails 3rd opening. :flare_lmao:


I'm keen to see Sonny Boy and Aquatope, personally.


 

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Started watching Baccano, I’d heard it was deliberately confusing but god damn that first episode was barely comprehensible 😕

second episode was clearer but still don’t feel any grounding yet with what is going on
 
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Started watching Baccano, I’d heard it was deliberately confusing but his damn that first episode was barely comprehensible 😕

second episode was clearer but still don’t feel any grounding yet with what is going on
Baccano! is amazing, I recommend you don't try to understand anything and just keep watching, it will click.

And when you finish go back and rewatch episode 1
 

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Urgh I hope this picks up soon cos 3 episodes in now and it’s just frustrating

The old “3 episode rule” is in my head right now, this had better make sense soon cos it’s just annoying frankly
 

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Try Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere. You will need to watch at least 5 episodes to know what is going on.

But it is totally worth it, imo. :blobcheer:
 

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Every time someone posted KonoSuba, Chiisana Boukensha starts playing in my head. :flare_lmao:






Watching a few episodes of current season anime during the day, because of the lockdown.

Tantei wa mou, Shindeiru. (The Detective is Already Dead) -- Going into this thinking there will be some light whodunit, but instead, I got a high-school-age detective and "shadow organisation with android", because, you know, it's anime~! :flare_lmao:

Shiroi Suna no Aquatope (White Sand Aquatope) -- P.A. Works sure knows how to make pretty anime. Okinawa looks great in this anime, and the supernatural hook seems interesting enough. I'll definitely keep watching this one.
 
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As we are talking about messy animations, I would like to make a confession: I am never a fan of utotable's work on Tales of opening. Some of the action sequences happen so fast that it is very difficult to make out what is happening on screen. They look smooth but you really can't feel the impact of those hits.

Examples:

TOAr 1:15-1:18

TOX2 1:12-1:16
 

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i would say there is quite the difference between "messy animation" (as in Ex-Arm or Berserk 2016) and "fast smooth animation"
They are so smooth they look messy on screen. I much prefer action sequences that are slow and impactful like One Punch Man S1 or old stuff like Ninja Scroll or Vampire Hunter D.

But that's my opinion. I always have hot takes toward anime.:wd_ohyou:
 

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just matter of preference sure .... i can undestand people not liking them or feeling dizzy of them ,what i am just saying that you just cant compare "messy feel" of stellar animation to the actual messes like the two i mentioned you monster :dizzy-face:

EDIT: just noticed , you mentioned OPM S1 , that absolutely does these kinds of overanimated superquick scenes too a lot
 
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just matter of preference sure .... i can undestand people not liking them or feeling dizzy of them ,what i am just saying that you just cant compare "messy feel" of stellar animation to the actual messes like the two i mentioned you monster :dizzy-face:

EDIT: just noticed , you mentioned OPM S1 , that absolutely does these kinds of overanimated superquick scenes too a lot
Arrr I can't agree that OPM S1 animation is superquick. Overanimated maybe, but not superquick. And Ex-arm and Berserk are 3D animated so they are probably much different than 2D animations.

Anyway, I think we both can see our points. :cat-heart-blob:


Following up on the news:
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i would say there is quite the difference between "messy animation" (as in Ex-Arm or Berserk 2016) and "fast smooth animation"
Fast smooth is yutapon's stuff. The twitter one had a lot of high-frequency detail fluttering and blinking in/out that didn't really add anything to the animation or the readability of motion in my humble, uneducated, peanut-gallery opinion.
 

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oh i see , i didnt knew the shortened name and googl wasnt really helpful
Yeah, sorry about that, it was way too slang-y. But yeah, Yutaka Nakamura is one of the most famous, most amazing animator of our time.