pwhodges wrote:Nothing really specific - just the idea of redemption and the like.
Oh well. Would have been cool if Railroad would have been the key for a hidden reading of Penguindrum.
chazthesilencer wrote:Crikey, Rob. If you couldn’t handle the looks of
Erased…
Lol, yeah. You're right. But Konosuba is a shitty comedy, and the weak animation doesn't bother me, because the underlying designs are fine with me. ERASED's animation, on the other hand, is very good, but the underlying designs are really not my thing at all. But I wouldn't care that much, if the the thriller plot wouldn't have dipped into the shit-tank so deeply. The OP and ED is gorgeous, though. Full version should be around, but I can't find it. My heart can't handle another Mathemagics...
Stan wrote:I went to see that Psycho Pass movie in the theater today. I'm glad I did, it was much nicer in dub than the sub version I saw online. It also was meant for the big screen, great production quality.
Fun film, action packed and political, just the way I like em. Also, very violent! Guts and gore everywhere!
Yeah, the movie is a lot better than the second season. Also they gory parts had impact again, because they didn't overuse it. I would have loved to see this concept fleshed out more... I'd rather see the plot of the movie as the second season, than whatever actual season two was supposed to be. Then again, the movie had the luxury of being produced by the original team, who had a grasp on what Psycho-Pass should be about, compared to the accident that was season 2.
Joy Evangelion wrote:I feel you on your problems with the animation, but I haven't had much issue with it besides for how some of the adult characters can look a bit wacky and that can be distracting. But, beauties in the eye of the beholder, for sure. I think the snow covered environments are pretty nice, and the design of the town in 1988 is something I can really dig.
Story-wise, I'm happy with how it's been progressing so far, and gets me looking forward to it every week.I really like that the series is all about looking out for your friends and family and having some courage while doing so, but I have a pretty big soft spot for animes with that particular message so I can see why people wouldn't go for it. The only thing I wasn't too crazy about in the series happened over the last couple weeks,
i.e. the kidnapper having candy in his glovebox. It just seemed way too cliche.
Looking forward to how it ends.
Also, the OP and ED are very, very nice.
Yeah, the background art is nice, and it's shot well - but it doesn't help if those shots are populated by ugly bean-heads. I'm really conflicted on the change of aspect ratio for 1988. I like this devise, as it makes everything look cool as shit (loved it in Q), but then again being used by such a 3/10 show cheapens the cool factor of this device quite a bit. Oh well.
The problem with Erased is, that its strong aesthetics go to waste as soon the under detailed, sloppily designed bean heads appears. The music is fine, but Kajiura's prime time has been more than 10 years ago. And the plot was already standing on flimsy feet (in terms of suspension of disbelief), but crashed and burned so badly in Episode 4 and 10, it killed the whole show. This is a show so inherently boring and asinine, one dip in the admittedly tight quality of the the first few Episodes, on slip in tone crashes the whole series. This series reminds me a lot of Terror in Resonance. But that at least had a message, nice designs, better directing throughout and a better OST.