ANIME und MANGA thread

[Kuokkanen]

ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

Anticlimatic.

I elaborate. In manga serious attack is made against Edo Castle with siege engines, but in anime there is only 1 squad knocking the gates with wooden hammer. To do comparison with wargame terminology we are familiar with, Gate manga has big damn armies slugging it out that would make big damn scenario for Total War, Combat Mission, or Steel Panthers games, but anime adaptation is in scale of Close Combat.

[Capt. Harlock]

On a related subject:

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33310621

The world's first Giant Robot combat is planned for sometime next year.

[Kuokkanen]

6th episode of Gate anime gets it mostly right! JSDF helicopter task force rides on with helmets as seats while blasting Ride of the Valkyries and soldiers quote lines from the Apocalypse Now movie. Almost as good as in manga, but in color and animated.

What anime are you others watching?

[Kuokkanen]

I've got started with Marine Corps Yumi. TVtropes says manuscript was provided by former marine. But how accurately did mangaka get it done? Any marines in this forum who can tell?

This in commentary:

Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sergeant Regina Derringer is actually based off of my Senior Drill Instructor! When I introduced this webcomic to her, she started reading it, too! One fan acquired.

[Kuokkanen]

New Berserk anime is under work! It will cover Black Swordsman arc!

[Capt. Harlock]

The first episode of the "Gate" anime is now available on the Anime Network.

[Kuokkanen]

One more anime season has come to close and new one begins. What did we watch of the last season? What are of interest of the new season?

Konosuba was relatively short with only 10 episodes and apparently much was left out. Still good parody about fantasy & RPG that made me laugh. Also got me interested about manga. Are translations out yet?

It has been said Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded Orphans is ... something else than rest of the Gundam franchise. Child soldiers are given task to escort VIP from Mars to Earth, dominating force in the Solar system opposes it by any means necessary, and things escalate quickly. Bloody & gritty ride, don't watch with your youngest children. Another mecha show is Schwarzes Marken, part of the Muv-Luv franchise. Gonna watch it next. Or uncensored Argevollen when discs hit my mailbox.

Of the new anime I just watched first episode of Flying Witch. Exactly what it says in the tin. I've read through the manga and I totally enjoy slice-of-life of a flying witch & her friends. Other interesting ones are:
Bakuon!!, is about high school girls riding motorcycles
JOKER GAME is about japanese spies-in-training in 1937 (what is historical accuracy in here?)
Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto seems like total opposite to the most typical high school lead male characters. Typical = gets bullied, abused, and called pervert, usually by girls. Sakamoto is something else! In anime with high school male character that is almost original idea!

[Kuokkanen]

This thread is quiet. Too quiet...

[wings7]

ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

This thread is quiet. Too quiet...

Not my cup of tea Matti...sorry! [:(]

[Orm]

I might like it but I have been to lazy to find out. Sorry. [:(]

[Zap]

ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

This thread is quiet. Too quiet...

Seems, Anime und Manga, is more niche then war-games or at least more niche among war-gamers then war-game's.

[Kuokkanen]

ORIGINAL: Zap

ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

This thread is quiet. Too quiet...

Seems, Anime und Manga, is more niche then war-games or at least more niche among war-gamers then war-game's.

Any idea why? War movies and stuff are talked often enough on this forum and manga & anime have their fair share of it. Also anime topics in BattleTech forum get new posts on most days. Then again, that forum seems to have more activity than this Matrix forum... Not bad for forum dedicated for one old fashioned tabletop war game, eh?

[Capt. Harlock]

There is an article in today's (April 18) L. A. Times complaining that white actors are being cast in asian roles. Legitimate enough for Tilda Swinton playing the Ancient One (from Doctor Strange), but there is also static about the upcoming live-action version of Ghost In The Shell. Scarlett Johanssen is playing the lead, which is not surprising as she's the go-to actress for action heroines these days.

But let's think about it. Kusanagi Mokoto is full-cyborg: none of what an observer would see is living flesh. Her body can look like whatever a 3-D printer can turn out, so the fact that she currently lives in Japan (which she has not in times past) is not really relevant. IMHO, she should be played by someone who looks reasonably close to Masamune Shirow's character design, which is of course more caucasian than asian as nearly all manga/anime charaters are.

[Kuokkanen]

ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock

IMHO, she should be played by someone who looks reasonably close to Masamune Shirow's character design

One of the more recent GitS anime got flak about Motoko looking different from the original character. Otherwise some anime adaptations can simplify character design - along with other things, like clothing - to make animation process (drawing and whatnot) faster and cheaper.

[Capt. Harlock]

Too bad . . .

The Anime Network is currently running the series "When They Cry". It started off very promisingly, but in the fourth episode, the male protagonist goes paranoid and deliberately slams a door on the female lead's hand. This completely broke whatever sympathy I might have had.

Time to look for another show.

[Kuokkanen]

Among funniest anime of the season is And you thought there is never a girl online? In MMORPG guild leader of 3 male and 1 female characters propose offline meeting outside of the game. Male lead finds out:
All other guild members are girls
They all go to same high school
Guild leader is wealthy student council president
Tsundere girl calls male lead filthy otaku, but has herself rejected dating proposals from guys becouse it would cut off her online time (major case of pot calling kettle black!)
Player of the only female character is his wife-within-the-game, and she's hardcore yandere who thinks they're also married outside of the game
Then they find out male lead's first love within the game is their teacher
Hilarity ensues!

I've watched through 9 episodes that are out so far and I'm loving it! MMORPG they play is fictional, but I'm told it's basically Ragnarok Online. Looks interesting

[ngomaichi]

Some pretty clever ideas -- obviously they've moved beyond giant robots. The JSDF vs medieval army sounds a bit too lopsided though.

I was also following the Infinite Stratos anime, where the protagonist discovers he is the only known male in the world with the ability to operate powered armor; all the other pilots are female.
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[Kuokkanen]

ORIGINAL: ngomaichi

I was also following the Infinite Stratos anime, where the protagonist discovers he is the only known male in the world with the ability to operate powered armor; all the other pilots are female.

I have read about it. It is said fellow students ( = girls) try get laid with him, and he has no idea what they are up to. Is he totally without any common sense?

[Kuokkanen]

In High School Fleet future of the navy trains on war ships of the Second World War. Series focus on japanese destroyer crewed by female cadets. Things go wrong and as a result ship & crew are declared renegades and open season for all armed ships. Some good naval action & warfare. Becouse of the female cast, series is informally called Girls und Destroyer.

Berserk anime returns with new season and Black Swordsman is kicking ass!

[Jagdtiger14]

Florida Super Con going on here in Miami Beach this weekend.