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RR529

Just finished up episode 2 of Dragon Ball Super! (BTW, if anyone wants me to spoiler tag these, go ahead and say so. Nothing major has happened yet, but I want to get this clear before things start getting heavy)

Vegeta makes good on his promise to Trunks in the original series in that he'd take him to an amusement park, and hilarity ensues as Vegeta gets more & more irritated at the happy go lucky atmosphere of the place, before flying off to train (Bulma's happy though, as he stuck around much longer than she thought he would). Goku arrives on King Kai's planet and starts tearing up the place with his training (much to King Kai's disdain). Meanwhile, Beerus/Bills arrives on a prehistoric planet in search of dinosaur meat. Of course instead of finding one of his own, he decides to steal the latest kill of the caveman like aliens that inhabit the planet. Their strongest warrior (I'd assume somewhere inbetween Zarbon & Ginyu levels of power) challenges the god of Destruction, but Beerus/Bills stops his best efforts with his finger, and flings the warrior's big finish attack back at him for the win. Afterwards he decides he no longer wants the meat, and the planet is destoyed swiftly as Beerus/Bills casually tosses aside a golf ball sized ball of ki. In the explosion, Beerus/Bills sees a prophetic image of the one who will challenge him, the "Super Sayain god".

Also watched episode 14 of Kyokai no Rinne! The cast gets involved in some ghost haunts at the amusement park, and romantic mishaps & misunderstandings fly around aplenty as you can imagine if you've been following the series. Also, new opening & ending. The opening animation has a brand new song, and about half of the sequence itself has new animation. Meanwhile, the closing animation has a new song, but only one new animation clip.

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Joeynator3000

Well, looks like I actually got Season 1 Part 1 of the Squid Girl anime, well I haven't gotten it yet, but it shipped. Man that was a pain, but it's over now. lol

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Tobiaku

Now I own a movie with scenes from the Pollyanna anime dvd, and Honey and clover on dvd

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Joeynator3000

Sergio151 wrote:

@Megumi
Hold onto that DVD. Considering that very few people care about Squid Girl, that DVD might become rare in the future.

I just hope I'm not being trolled, but yeah it seems to be rare already. (look at the prices for the season 1 collection, lol)
Anyways, it looks like Part 2 will be easy...since they got 16 of them. (and the price is at normal, too, lol)

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CanisWolfred

Sergio151 wrote:

@Megumi
Hold onto that DVD. Considering that very few people care about Squid Girl, that DVD might become rare in the future.

http://nintendoeverything.com/splatoon-getting-free-ika-musum...
http://myanimelist.net/anime/8557/Shinryaku!_Ika_Musume/stats

Yeah, no. Squid Girl is quite popular. The only reason it's rare is because it's license is held be a company that's been pretty much inactive for over half a decade: http://media-blasters.com/squid-girl/

We're basically just waiting for their license to expire in a few more years....

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Joeynator3000

Yeah, I heard that season 2 hasn't been dubbed because of Media Blasters. The fans are hoping that Funimation will dub it at some point.

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CanisWolfred

Sergio151 wrote:

@CanisWolfred
Sorry, I was referring to the popularity of Squid Girl in the US market. Sorry I should have been more clear on that. But, yeah, I'm familiar with the licensing problem too.

...It was very popular in the U.S. At least within the Anime fandom, which is as good as you can hope for in a post-2006 United States...like, those were U.S. sources I linked to. You could, you know, read them before you make an assumption...

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kkslider5552000

http://www.vg247.com/2015/07/14/metal-gear-rising-director-wa...

KILL LA KILL AND PLATINUM, PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN
OMGOMGOMGOMG

I WANTED THIS TO HAPPEN AND IT COULD OMG ;___;

this has been like my dream game since I happened to play Wonderful 101 and watch Kill la Kill simultaneously, it needs to happen

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kkslider5552000 wrote:

http://www.vg247.com/2015/07/14/metal-gear-rising-director-wa...

KILL LA KILL AND PLATINUM, PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN
OMGOMGOMGOMG

I WANTED THIS TO HAPPEN AND IT COULD OMG ;___;

this has been like my dream game since I happened to play Wonderful 101 and watch Kill la Kill simultaneously, it needs to happen

I really liked Kill la Kill and would love to seem a game from Platinum about but they really need to sort out the jail bait fan service with it.

Nicolai wrote:

Alright, I gotta stop getting into arguments with jump. Someone remind me next time.

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Tobiaku

Is Is the order a rabbit? A good anime? It looks fun

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kkslider5552000

arronishere wrote:

kkslider5552000 wrote:

http://www.vg247.com/2015/07/14/metal-gear-rising-director-wa...

KILL LA KILL AND PLATINUM, PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN
OMGOMGOMGOMG

I WANTED THIS TO HAPPEN AND IT COULD OMG ;___;

this has been like my dream game since I happened to play Wonderful 101 and watch Kill la Kill simultaneously, it needs to happen

I really liked Kill la Kill and would love to seem a game from Platinum about but they really need to sort out the jail bait fan service with it.

meh, a quick timeskip and everything will work out well (and that's what I expect to happen anyway)

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kkslider5552000 wrote:

arronishere wrote:

kkslider5552000 wrote:

http://www.vg247.com/2015/07/14/metal-gear-rising-director-wa...

KILL LA KILL AND PLATINUM, PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN
OMGOMGOMGOMG

I WANTED THIS TO HAPPEN AND IT COULD OMG ;___;

this has been like my dream game since I happened to play Wonderful 101 and watch Kill la Kill simultaneously, it needs to happen

I really liked Kill la Kill and would love to seem a game from Platinum about but they really need to sort out the jail bait fan service with it.

meh, a quick timeskip and everything will work out well (and that's what I expect to happen anyway)

I would of imagined them loosely stcking to story of the series rather than making the game the sequel to it.

Nicolai wrote:

Alright, I gotta stop getting into arguments with jump. Someone remind me next time.

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Joeynator3000

Yup, was trolled, the dvd case was not new...and the discs were severely scratched. sighs

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OutCold

Megumi wrote:

Yup, was trolled, the dvd case was not new...and the discs were severely scratched. sighs

Ouch! Way sorry to the max, that blows big time. Does it work at all?

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CanisWolfred

Sergio151 wrote:

EDIT: Looks like we're getting another anime block on TV:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-15/u.s-tv-channe...

Oh hey, my provider carries that channel. I'll have to check it out. What are they gonna show?

...Is This a Zombie? Black Blood Brothers? Devil May Cry? Tokyo Majin?

...Um, maybe not, actually. The Zombie is supposedly good, but I'm not a fan of comedy anime; I've seen Devil May Cry and BBB, and neither were good enough to warrant a rewatch, IMO...all that leaves is Tokyo Majin, but that doesn't sound like my thing, plus it's on too late for me to watch...oh well...

Edited on by CanisWolfred

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Joeynator3000

OutCold wrote:

Megumi wrote:

Yup, was trolled, the dvd case was not new...and the discs were severely scratched. sighs

Ouch! Way sorry to the max, that blows big time. Does it work at all?

I'm not even going to bother with a seller like this, gonna get my money back. I'm just gonna resort to online and see if I can just download the episodes...

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RR529

@WaveBoy (regarding DBS)

1A. I agree that the art isn't as detailed as that of the original series, but I'll be reserving final judgement until they get to more serious moments, which will probably have higher animation budgets (also, the original series had more detailed manga panels they had to adapt & were able to use as reference, everything here is new with no reference point).

1B. However, the colors are much more vibrant and pop out much more here, than in Z (which is easily apparent when they flash back to original footage). This is due to the fact that with digital animation, the colors aren't muted by dust & other irritants that get caught in the physical animation cells of traditional art (and with computer animation, you can make colors much more bright than you can with real world tools).

2. I wholeheartedly agree that the Faulconer soundtrack is one of my all time favorites in anime, but all in all, the new tracks don't bother me (then again, I'm the kind of person to not really notice music unless I really, really like it).

3. The idea that DBS is more grounded in reality than DBZ I don't see at all, however. Bills/Beerus is a mythical being from the magical "Other World", whose based appearance is based off of the Egyptian diety Anubis, and exists to judge which planets should or should not be destroyed. That's much more fantasy natured than either the Sayain & Namek arcs (powerful aliens) or the Android & Cell arcs (mechanical/biological superweapons created in a lab), which were much more sci-fi than fantasy. The only fantasy arc in Z was the Majin Buu arc (well, that and the Garlic Jr. & Other World Martial Arts Tournament filler arcs), but I don't think you'll find anyone saying any of those are the highlights of the series (not to say there weren't any cool moments to come from them, as the Super Sayain 3 reveal was pretty iconic, of course).

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Joeynator3000

Hah, I can download them...screw Amazon and their trollish sellers.

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Keep it PG-13-ish.

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