Anime and Manga v38

He has been dealing with stuff for years also battling depression as well , doesn't help that the life of a mangaka sucks.

damn how he can be depressed, HxH is a work of a creative genius, its a serious illness though, hope he comes back to it and idk maybe Netflix can drop the big bucks on him to keep the anime rolling
 
Hunter x Hunter is pretty good. Pretty rare for a manga not to have a sub par arc. Even the likes of One Piece can have shit tier arcs(current arc cough).
 
i don't think hunter x hunter manga will never get done sucks about the hitatus
 
He has been dealing with stuff for years also battling depression as well , doesn't help that the life of a mangaka sucks.
This. Someone once posted the schedule a manganka goes through and that shit was fucking GRUELING on top of Togashi's health history.
 
I enjoy Sorachi poking fun at Togashi. But if Togashi has genuine health problems, I hope he takes a long break and recuperate.

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How is Ippo still fighting this can? Jesus, get on with the Takamura fight already.
 
How is Ippo still fighting this can? Jesus, get on with the Takamura fight already.
Don't worry, Ippo's about to get KO'd by a counter left jab and then retire. Itagaki will then take over as the main character.
 
Don't worry, Ippo's about to get KO'd by a counter left jab and then retire. Itagaki will then take over as the main character.
If it means Takamura gets fights like the Hawk and Eagle ones I'm down. For all I care he can make Aoki and the other perpetual loser the leads.
 

Probably my favorite car chase.


Castle of Cagliostro is very underrated generally IMHO, I spose because people tend to view Nausicaa as the start of Miyazakis career as a feature director/writer being more the genesis of Ghibli. Really though Lupin has a lot of classic Miyazaki strengths to it, especially when it comes to building up location/atmosphere, even has a great bond style opening song...

 
Castle of Cagliostro is very underrated generally IMHO, I spose because people tend to view Nausicaa as the start of Miyazakis career as a feature director/writer being more the genesis of Ghibli. Really though Lupin has a lot of classic Miyazaki strengths to it, especially when it comes to building up location/atmosphere, even has a great bond style opening song...


I can agree with that. I feel CAGLIOSTRO doesn't gel as well for audiences, considering its tone against its genre. For light animated fare it feels a bit long and at times too grave, which is typical of Miyazaki and more appropriate for his "more serious" catalog, which some might term "overweening." Or as my friend constantly says, "overweeming."

I think it's got tons of great visual gags, and of course I love the mix of modern and classic tropes.
 
I can agree with that. I feel CAGLIOSTRO doesn't gel as well for audiences, considering its tone against its genre. For light animated fare it feels a bit long and at times too grave, which is typical of Miyazaki and more appropriate for his "more serious" catalog, which some might term "overweening." Or as my friend constantly says, "overweeming."

I think it's got tons of great visual gags, and of course I love the mix of modern and classic tropes.

Yeah I'd agree that's probably an issue as well, its neither one thing nore the other in terms of expectations but that doesn't stop it being very successful in its own right. Actually what it reminds me most of Miyzaki wise is Porco Rosso, not as weighty dramatically or as committed to its atmosphere(that's my favourite Miyazaki film) but the same sunkissed southern European caper feel.
 
Yeah I'd agree that's probably an issue as well, its neither one thing nore the other in terms of expectations but that doesn't stop it being very successful in its own right.
I think pacing and tone can affect expectation during the viewing experience. When you start off with a physics-breaking madcap chase, you're thinking you're in a certain kind of film -- and so when towards the end the pacing becomes more realistic and, for lack of a better term, drawn-out the tone is now at odds with itself and lacks fidelity, or as you have put it commitment.

Actually what it reminds me most of Miyzaki wise is Porco Rosso, perhaps not quite as effective dramatically or as committed to its atmosphere(that's my favourite Miyazaki film) but the same sunkissed southern European feel.
Michael Keaton's voice fits really well, but Jean Reno does the French language and I wish he did the English too.

There's no Europe that looks quite as grand as the Europe seen through the Ghibli lens, is there? I wish I liked PORCO ROSSO more, and probably will on rewatch. I tend to prefer his girly stuff like TOTORO, SPIRITED AWAY, and PONYO.
 
I started reading ToG because of this thread. A few weeks later I'm in chapter 140. Very interesting, I don't know how to describe it to other people.
 
I started reading ToG because of this thread. A few weeks later I'm in chapter 140. Very interesting, I don't know how to describe it to other people.
Character driven action-adventure in a science-fantasy setting in the same vein as classical shonens, except this time the author has an exhaustive background and storyarc pre-planned so it doesn't shit the bed after its first or second major arc.
 
I think pacing and tone can affect expectation during the viewing experience. When you start off with a physics-breaking madcap chase, you're thinking you're in a certain kind of film -- and so when towards the end the pacing becomes more realistic and, for lack of a better term, drawn-out the tone is now at odds with itself and lacks fidelity, or as you have put it commitment

Michael Keaton's voice fits really well, but Jean Reno does the French language and I wish he did the English too.

There's no Europe that looks quite as grand as the Europe seen through the Ghibli lens, is there? I wish I liked PORCO ROSSO more, and probably will on rewatch. I tend to prefer his girly stuff like TOTORO, SPIRITED AWAY, and PONYO.

I'd say Lupin doesn't entirely shift into "realism" in the same fashion as Porco and Kiki's do for much of there setting though, the atmosphere does always stay that bit more fantastical with its ruined castles and impossible machines/architecture, perhaps more inline with the earthbound parts of Laputa even with the real world setting.

I did find Porco needed a few viewings to really click as it does operate on two quite different levels, on the face of it the sky pirates stuff is pretty light but really the main drive of the film operates more on a lovelorn post great war regret (and indeed of the inevitability of the rise of facism). I'd agree Keaton is excellent in the dub and its one of the few I do watch sometimes, besides that it smostly subs.

I tend to think the big boundary with Miyazaki is Princess Mononoke, before that he was creating the Nausicaa manga at the same time which seemed to provide an outlet for the darker fantasy elements of his work. I mean Spirited Away is "girly" in that it features a young girl as the protagonist but a lot of the content isn't actually that different from Mononoke although I spose by Ponyo that was starting to change somewhat yet still that's a film with an inherent fantastical "strangeness" to it.

Personally I think the best "girly" ghibli is Whisper of the Heart and Only Yesterday, I mean I generally can't stand a lot of more kawaii anime drama with its endless clichés but those are excellent without being as fraught as Grave of the Fireflys
 
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Castle of Cagliostro is very underrated generally IMHO, I spose because people tend to view Nausicaa as the start of Miyazakis career as a feature director/writer being more the genesis of Ghibli. Really though Lupin has a lot of classic Miyazaki strengths to it, especially when it comes to building up location/atmosphere, even has a great bond style opening song...


Meant to comment on this earlier, but I read somewhere that Steven Spielberg(yes that one) considers Castle of Caligistro's car chase scene, the best across all media. Let that sit for a minute or two.
 
I'd say Lupin doesn't entirely shift into "realism" in the same fashion as Porco and Kiki's do for much of there setting though, the atmosphere does always stay that bit more fantastical with its ruined castles and impossible machines/architecture, perhaps more inline with the earthbound parts of Laputa even with the real world setting.

I did find Porco needed a few viewings to really click as it does operate on two quite different levels, on the face of it the sky pirates stuff is pretty light but really the main drive of the film operates more on a lovelorn post great war regret (and indeed of the inevitability of the rise of facism). I'd agree Keaton is excellent in the dub and its one of the few I do watch sometimes, besides that it smostly subs.

I tend to think the big boundary with Miyazaki is Princess Mononoke, before that he was creating the Nausicaa manga at the same time which seemed to provide an outlet for the darker fantasy elements of his work. I mean Spirited Away is "girly" in that it features a young girl as the protagonist but a lot of the content isn't actually that different from Mononoke although I spose by Ponyo that was starting to change somewhat yet still that's a film with an inherent fantastical "strangeness" to it.

Personally I think the best "girly" ghibli is Whisper of the Heart and Only Yesterday, I mean I generally can't stand a lot of more kawaii anime drama with its endless clichés but those are excellent without being as fraught as Grave of the Fireflys

Liked the manga quite a bit. Pretty good coming of age cutesy romance story.
 
Ballroom e Youkoso keeps delivering. Too bad there isn't much material for it to run on. Current favorite anime.
 
Really enjoyed the one piece and Food porn manga this week. That last page of one piece tho can't wait for that fight loved how Luffy smashed the mirror was like bitch we are about to throw down. Really interested in what kind of dish they will be making with the ingredients they got for this battle. The one thing I love about Luffy he is always ready to throw down in a right whether it be one on one or fighting a group of people
 
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