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- Comment on At the Bus Stop (1980) - Hideaki Anno 2 days ago:
I was going through some of Anno’s older works and found this gem. He also made an Ultraman fan film with him as Ultraman.
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- Comment on Look Back - Movie Discussion 1 week ago:
I’ve seen I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. Kimisui (the short title, because it’s so long lol) kind of feels like getting stabbed in the chest then it’s over. Like what @wjs018@ani.social said, Look Back wasn’t very emotional, at least in the same sense as Kimisui.
Kimisui / Look Back spoilers
Kimisui banks on the audience’s anticipation on when Yamauchi dies because it’s pre-established that she does die (movie opens with her funeral). The twist takes a different form. There’s also the reveal of the main character’s name. After Yamauchi dies and the MC goes through a cathartic moment, life goes on for him. In Look Back, I kept thinking to myself “oh it’s not over yet?” There are several moments after the “twist” when I thought the movie was going to end already but it kept going (for good reasons) so the emotion you feel is a bit different. Perhaps a bit dull. Maybe you can say Look Back doesn’t have a “climax” in the same way Kimisui does. Also, Kimisui is grounded completely on reality while Look Back has a segment where two timelines converge. So maybe the realism in Kimisui makes it more emotional maybe.
- Comment on Look Back - Movie Discussion 1 week ago:
My friend’s been bugging me to read the manga years ago so now I can say that I “read” it. It was kind of depressing to watch though.
I’m guessing Fujino and Kyoumoto are two parts of the author (Fujimoto) and it’s essentially his response to how a mangaka keeps on going. The manga was released during the Chainsawman hiatus and I’m guessing there are other references to his other past works.
Despite that, I’m still figuring out what Kyoumoto means to him. It’s a silly thing to think about but assuming he’s both Fujino and Kyoumoto, and he uses Fujino to represent the mangaka we know, then who is Kyoumoto?
And if anyone hasn’t, definitely read Fujimoto’s other one shot “Goodbye Eri”.
- Comment on Happy Birthday !anime@ani.social - Anime General Discussion Thread [2024, Week 45] 1 week ago:
A bit late but happy birthday /c/anime! Honestly, I owe @wjs018@ani.social a lot for revitilizing this community and for making it into what it is today. They’ve been our biggest financial contributor and have also made me aware of some significant issues with the instance in the past. Thank you for your hard work! ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
- Comment on What is your best isekai anime? 2 weeks ago:
I never thought of Spirited Away that way but now that you mention it, it does resemble isekai.
- Comment on What are your best revenge anime? 2 weeks ago:
Kill la Kill
- Comment on Favorite Manga? 4 weeks ago:
Three Days of Happiness which is actually the light novel title. The manga adaptation title is “I sold my life for ten thousand yen per year” but I like the LN title more. I recommend reading the author’s afterword in the LN if you finished the manga.
I also like The Flowers of Evil.
- Comment on Emilia is asking real questions! 4 weeks ago:
Minor Re:Zero spoilers
Emilia thought she’d become pregnant after being kissed by Subaru. She’s the sheltered, innocent, pure type of character. As for the scene in the meme above, I’m not sure as I haven’t seen the new season yet.
- Comment on Uzumaki - Episode 1 discussion 1 month ago:
The end credits mention 3DCG and motion capture so you might be right.
- Comment on Uzumaki - Episode 1 discussion 1 month ago:
Surreal. Never read any of Junji Ito’s works. I’ve only seen his artworks through social media. I don’t like horror much, but let’s see how long I can keep up with this one.
- Comment on "After Beating a Noob in an FPS, He Wanted to Fight Me in Real Life LOL " will end in 3 chapters. 1 month ago:
Oh I think I’ve heard of this one. It’s honestly crazy what some people do over a videogame.
- Comment on "After Beating a Noob in an FPS, He Wanted to Fight Me in Real Life LOL " will end in 3 chapters. 1 month ago:
I’ve never read this. But reading the title reminds me of post-game League lobbies where people would drop locations for a fist fight.
I don’t think they ever push through but its pretty funny sometimes lol
- Comment on Monogatari series × STEINS;GATE collaboration project PV 1 month ago:
Not expecting to see this today. Those crossover outfits are really cute.
ツンデレサービス～！
- Comment on Monogatari Series: Off and Monster Season - Episode 3 discussion 1 month ago:
This thread is like 2 months old and I’m rewatching the episodes of the threads I missed on, so let’s go through this via screenshots.
I’m pretty convinced this toilet sign is Ougi and Nadeko. I think it’s easy to forgot that Ougi is a boy now.
We finally got the opening for Nademonogatari which features both Kana Hanazawa and Saori Hayami. I don’t know if Nademonogatari is the first time I’ve heard the two together. Both their voices share this characteristic I can’t describe in English but when you hear it, you might get what I mean.
I’m certain this is a callback to an older scene in the series. Either Koyomi or Ougi meeting with Tsukihi. You can also say Akira if you’d like.
Marina Inoue sounded completey different here, obviously because this isn’t the same Sodachi we knew. She’s a lot more compassionate and sister-like to Nadeko. I didn’t even recognize her until Nadeko said so herself. I’m actually quite glad Sodachi is doing better here and didn’t turn out to be a one-off character in the series (as she kind of came out of nowhere previously).
There really is something about girls cutting their hair short when they want to change something about themselves. It’s a really interesting phenomenon that boys don’t really have an equivalent to. More interestingly I guess, this scene parallels with Hitagi and Koyomi during Mayoi Snail.
By far the shots that reminded me that Monogatari is “peak cinema”, as they say. Live action shots, somewhat reminscent of early 2000s handhelds composited with a running topless Nadeko.
- Comment on Let's clarify something: does Bluesky allow federated servers on their network? Is there a list of those independent servers? 2 months ago:
Some (maybe most) of these accounts are likely using custom domain linking instead of a server.
- Comment on Instance admins, how much does it cost you to run your instance? How much does that represent per active user? 2 months ago:
No, I don’t think it removes duplicate images.
- Comment on Instance admins, how much does it cost you to run your instance? How much does that represent per active user? 2 months ago:
I managed to bring down ani.social’s monthly costs to only ~14 USD when converted (which includes everything except backups). With 165 monthly users, that comes to around ~0.08 USD with a lot of accomodation.
Lemmy is efficient in resources except in storage (database and images) which grows infinitely. Unless you’re purging older posts and images, it keeps growing (very slowly).
- Comment on Instance admins, how much does it cost you to run your instance? How much does that represent per active user? 2 months ago:
I made it a small badge so people wouldn’t have to feel obligated to donate. But yes, the entire instance has been community funded already thanks to generous one-time and monthly donations!
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [Week 36] 2 months ago:
I’ve finally caught up to the 7th episode of Monogatari Off Season. I wish the series was more popular but I guess it’s hard to get into for some especially when there’s 100 non-linear episodes prior to Off Season. I realized the weekly rikka thread died so I’ll try to revive that starting later tonight.
I spent most of my free time playing Persona 3 Reload the past few weeks and I’ve been considering watching the anime movies.
Also, it’s typhoon season again so I hope everyone can stay safe.
- Comment on You Should Show Grave of the Fireflies to Your Kids 2 months ago:
Yeah, that seems to be a good point. Maybe kids around the age of Seita would understand it better.
- Comment on You Should Show Grave of the Fireflies to Your Kids 2 months ago:
I didn’t know people were opposed to showing Grave of the Fireflies to kids. I always thought it was one of the better war movies to show to kids because there isn’t much explicit violence and the main characters are children.
- Comment on What are some game series you would like to see revived? And if possible, which entry should the new game follow from? 2 months ago:
StarCraft. I never played Legacy of the Void campaign and I was told the ending was bad. Would be nice to have a StarCraft III though
- Comment on Recommendation engine: Downvote any game you've heard of before 2 months ago:
Dink Smallwood is an old fantasy role playing game. It has a small community that makes mods for it. It’s really dumb but it’s free to play and very short if you have nothing better to do.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
IIRC the Monogatari Series had exactly 100 episodes if you don’t include the 3 movies and Off Season.
Shingeki no Kyojin had 90+.
I don’t think I’ve ever watching anything else nearly as long as those two. Unless…
- Comment on 業物語PV｜〈物語〉シリーズ オフ&モンスターシーズン 2 months ago:
Yup! It’s still Shaft.
From the video description:
アニメーション制作：シャフト
Reading the description, I think it’s the PV for the next “arc” of the on-going season right after Nademonogatari “arc”.
- Submitted 2 months ago to anime@ani.social | 6 comments
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [Week 34] 2 months ago:
I’m going to continue watching the new Monogatari Off Season this week. I saw the new OP and it’s really cute. I feel like Off Season might be one of my favorite seasons in the series. Anyway, it’s summer and I spent a lot of time touching grass (and sand!) which was very refreshing and really tiring. I went on three different trips and got sick during one of them so I haven’t been very active lately.
- Comment on Steam - Update to User Reviews: New Helpfulness System 2 months ago:
I assume it’s fake because they don’t mention the game itself in the review and I see it copy-pasted in a lot of games. I think it’s a way to farm steam point rewards.
- Comment on Steam - Update to User Reviews: New Helpfulness System 2 months ago:
I hate those copy-pasted reviews of an old person having lots of fun playing the game with their kid. It’s told in a way that’s emotional and I thought it was true until I started seeing the exact same review copy-pasted on every other game.
