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Come here to discuss any miscellaneous anime or manga titles that you've watched/read.
So I need to ask, am I the only one watching [B]Marvel Disk Wars[/B]?
Because you should all be watching [B]Marvel Disk Wars[/B].
Plus, [B]No Game; No Life[/B]
[QUOTE=Len Ikari145;107334]Come here to discuss any miscellaneous anime or manga titles that you've watched/read.[/QUOTE]
Cool thread Len. :D
[QUOTE=Hazard;108007]So I need to ask, am I the only one watching [B]Marvel Disk Wars[/B]?
[B]Because you should all be watching [B]Marvel Disk Wars[/B].[/B]
Plus, [B]No Game; No Life[/B][/QUOTE]
It's that good?
Currently, Manga wise I'm... reading [I]Weekly Shonen Jump[/I] every week. I dig its line up a lot. Only Naruto and Nisekoi are complete dogs IMO.
On the anime front... I've got a bit of a blu-ray backlog that's kind of embarrassing; [I]Children Who Chase Lost Voices[/I], [I]Wolf Children[/I], [I]Hellsing Ultimate Vol. 2[/I], [I]Lupin III The Woman Fujiko Mine complete collection[/I], and [I]Serial Experiments Lain complete collection[/I]. I watched [I]Berserk Golden Age Arc III[/I] the other day. Overall I thought the Berserk films were a pretty good origin story. But that's all the really are. They gotta make some more. I'm also starting to work through [I]Serial Experiments Lain[/I]. Its one of those series I hear a lot of good things about, but I some how never got my hands on it. Three episode in... its quite... odd. In a good and enthralling way.
[QUOTE=Legato;108604]It's that good?[/QUOTE]
Marvel Disk Wars?
Well, it takes a premise you think is totally going to suck "The Avengers get trapped in pogs by Loki and it's up to five kids to use them and beat Loki" and manages to make it work decently.
Basically, Tony creates a new generation capture device for super-villains, DISKs. He throws a big party to announce this.
Loki hijacks the whole thing, makes every villains trapped at the Raft swear allegiance to him and puts them into DISKs. Then he traps all the heroes too. Except Spider-Man. 'cause he's awesome like that.
Because Loki and co. made sure to destroy all the ways in which to free the heroes from the disk, only five kids have the code installed in them to release them.
It takes the time to set its premise and the characterization is not bad.
Also, it has some fun moments. Like King Cobra trying to take on Thor which ends about as well as you can expect for King Cobra.
For a guy like me, who has been starved after the cancellation of Spectacular Spider-Man and Earth Mightiest Heroes, it is something welcome after Ultimate Spider-Man and Assemble.
Man, I used to love anime and manga so damn much, but after a while it became a chore to keep up with and follow so I stopped. My glory years were 2007-2010 when I consumed so much Naruto, FMA, and Bleach, which was fun but it certainly burnt me out and aside from Toonami I don't really spend much time with anime anymore, never mind manga.
My time with it was fun though, and I'll always have that.
Caught up with Marvel Disk Wars.
It's not a very clever series. But it has a lot of heart and does the best it can with the given premise. There's lots of fun moments and pretty much everybody gets a chance to shine. But man, anime MODOK is really annoying.
Also, it is awesomely stupid to hear guys like Captain America and Iron man calling out their attacks in grand shounen fashion. :D
Yay! About time someone other than me gave it a watch.
I watched the first ep of Disk Wars but found it too kiddy for me, on the flip side I loved both the X-Men and Iron Man Anime and wish more was done.
Recently finished Steins Gate, Ars Nova and Buddy Complex and really enjoyed all 3 of them.
Steins Gate would probably be the most clever Anime I have seen in a while and has a great spin on time travel, I would recommend watching upto episode 24, episode 25 and the movie just drag it out.
Buddy Complex is a great Giant Mecha series again with some time travel and lovely to watch.
The only Manga I am reading at the moment is Dance in the Vampire Bund though seriously considering both Biomega & Terra ForMars, anyone read them?
I've been reading Terra Formars off and on. It's a good read for those like who enjoy scifi, action, with a few hints of horror mixed in. Here's hoping the upcoming anime does it justice.
Right now, I'm looking into the manga of Rain and Mushibugyo. Glad they got rid of the scanlators of the latter.
Oh, and this is kind of late to talk about, but was I the only one who felt cheated that we never got to see Nui and Mako from Kill la Kill have at it? The craziest, happy-go-lucky, reality-defying characters of the series who respectively act as both Ryuko's metaphorical Devil and Angel(with Nui particularly making it clear that she HATES Mako), and are probably two of the strongest characters the series that aren't Kamui wielders, and they never get to fight? I kinda felt like that was a missed opportunity for the fans.
[B][I]Recently caught up with Inoue's Real and currently going through Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.[/I][/B]
I'd be reading REAL, but Inoue's release schedule is so sporadic for it and Vagabond I got tired of keeping up. I'll just wait until Vagabond and REAL finish, then I'll continue them. It's such a shame too, since REAL is one of my favorite manga, and Vagabond is the only samurai manga I've read that was on-par with Blade of the Immortal. Next to Urasawa, Inoue is my favorite manga writer.
Anyways, on my manga marathon front, I'm reading:
KSKM
Hunter x Hunter
Kingdom
As for weekly/monthly series, Kuroko no Basuke, Magi, and Sankarea are the only two series I've been keeping up with.
[QUOTE=Len Ikari145;113692]
Oh, and this is kind of late to talk about, but was I the only one who felt cheated that we never got to see Nui and Mako from Kill la Kill have at it? The craziest, happy-go-lucky, reality-defying characters of the series who respectively act as both Ryuko's metaphorical Devil and Angel(with Nui particularly making it clear that she HATES Mako), and are probably two of the strongest characters the series that aren't Kamui wielders, and they never get to fight? I kinda felt like that was a missed opportunity for the fans.[/QUOTE]
I feel you bro. So much personal stuff between the two a one-one-one would have been more fitting than what we got.
Never could like Buddy Complex. The entire thing made me feel sorry for Bison, and he's supposed to be the antagonist.
Well, that and Valvrave had just ended, and Valvrave was awesome in how crazy it was.
The first season at least.
I tried Valvrave when it first came out, and it was too stupid for me.
Oh, and I'm currently watching JoJo Part 3 and Mushishi's second season :).
Being stupid is part of the fun in Valvrave :)
[B]Selector Infected WiXoss 8[/B]:
Seems like Yuzuki has managed to pull off whatever unfair conditions the game forces on you and get her wish. Squickyness approaching.
Meanwhile Ruko and Hitoe are descending further into confusion and despair.
Then, PLOT-TWIST!
This anime continues to be absolutely engaging and terrifying.
It's like Madoka with YGO :).
I watched the first couple of episodes, but I decided to let it build. Are they getting stabby stabby with each other like in the previews yet?
Recently started [B]Vagabond[/B] and [B]Vinland Saga[/B] and waiting on [B]Pluto[/B] vol.1 that I ordered, Pluto piqued my interest after Fred van Lente said that Urasawa would be his dream artist to work with. Vagabond is pretty awesome and Vinland Saga is good so far. I'm a sucker for Anthologies and I also love his art style so I bought both [B]Ohikkoshi[/B] and [B]Emerald[/B] by Hiroaki Samura, Ohikkoshi was pretty good and the first parts of Emerald are good.
I also ordered [B]King Of Wolves[/B] by Buronson and Kentaro Miura, but I recently got an Email saying that the package was water damaged during shipping and got a re-fund.:(
Also reading a Manhua called [B]Songs of the Long March[/B], it's entertaining, nothing spectacular but enjoyable.
On the Anime side of things I have been catching up on some [B]One Piece[/B], although I far behind as I started from the beginning and I'm about halfway through [B]Kill La Kill[/B], which is pretty good.
[B]Nanatsu no Taizai 78[/B]:
Epic fighting and dire plot twists!
I kinda guessed what Ban's mission would be when the voice told him they needed a favour. This is going to complicate things quite a lot.
I keep being surprised by how powerful Gilthunder is. He's actually duking out evenly with a serious Meliodas who's weilding a proper sword. And now the demon powers come out
This series is SO good.
[QUOTE=Magnum Miracles;118412]It's like Madoka with YGO :).
I watched the first couple of episodes, but I decided to let it build. Are they getting stabby stabby with each other like in the previews yet?[/QUOTE]
One of them tried to stab two others in the latest episode, yes.
Marvel Disk Wars is a lot more fun than it has any right to be.
[QUOTE=Dark Soul # 7;121965][B]Nanatsu no Taizai 78[/B]:
Epic fighting and dire plot twists!
I kinda guessed what Ban's mission would be when the voice told him they needed a favour. This is going to complicate things quite a lot.
I keep being surprised by how powerful Gilthunder is. He's actually duking out evenly with a serious Meliodas who's weilding a proper sword. And now the demon powers come out
This series is SO good.
[/QUOTE]
Which makes me wonder if Ban is actually going to consider it and possibly leave the group(probably to go find his Sacred Treasure before he has his showdown with Meliodas) or if he'll outright dismiss Goddess' request. And yeah, Gilthunder is doing pretty well with keeping pace with Meliodas the way he has and I like the new techniques he's displayed in this chapter. I'm also curious about Arthur since Hendricksen said that neither one of them have been taking their fight seriously at all.
[QUOTE=Rozen;122166]Marvel Disk Wars is a lot more fun than it has any right to be.[/QUOTE]
Huzzah! Another convert.
[QUOTE=Len Ikari145;126348]Which makes me wonder if Ban is actually going to consider it and possibly leave the group(probably to go find his Sacred Treasure before he has his showdown with Meliodas) or if he'll outright dismiss Goddess' request. And yeah, Gilthunder is doing pretty well with keeping pace with Meliodas the way he has and I like the new techniques he's displayed in this chapter. I'm also curious about Arthur since Hendricksen said that neither one of them have been taking their fight seriously at all.[/QUOTE]
I am actually at loss at what Ban will decide to do. This is a very defining moment for him.
This isn't the first time Hendricksen mentioned how Arthur's been holding back. He assume the kid has some special ability that he hasn't shown yet for some reason. I'm kinda expecting something terribly broken.
FYI, Nanatsu has [url=http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?1336]its own thread[/url] too, albeit on Comm.
Looking to get into some anime maybe. I've seen some of the Ghibli films, Death Note and some of the shows that were succesful here in the west (Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, some DragonBall Z). Was thinking I'd start out easy and familiar with DragonBall GT, it looks less angsty and more fun/adventurous than the Z series. Another option is Gundam Wing perhaps, it always kind of intrigued me as a kid seeing it on Toonami. Those should be good entry points right? They're also accessible (YouTube/CrunchyRoll) and not toooo long. If anyone here has a better idea though, feel free to suggest some! :)
[QUOTE=TotalSnorefest;132215]Looking to get into some anime maybe. I've seen some of the Ghibli films, Death Note and some of the shows that were succesful here in the west (Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, some DragonBall Z). Was thinking I'd start out easy and familiar with DragonBall GT, it looks less angsty and more fun/adventurous than the Z series. Another option is [B]Gundam Wing[/B] perhaps, it always kind of intrigued me as a kid seeing it on Toonami. Those should be good entry points right? They're also accessible (YouTube/CrunchyRoll) and not toooo long. If anyone here has a better idea though, feel free to suggest some! :)[/QUOTE]
Never bother with GT. It's not worth it.
Gundam Wing, however, is a good entry point into the Gundam franchise and was rather successful in the West so there's no harm in trying that.
[QUOTE=Hazard;132544]Never bother with GT. It's not worth it.
Gundam Wing, however, is a good entry point into the Gundam franchise and was rather successful in the West so there's no harm in trying that.[/QUOTE]
That bad? I kinda like the style of the opening tune and the way it looked. But ok, Gundam Wing it will be, thanks! :)
[QUOTE=Blastermaster;118711] waiting on [B]Pluto[/B] vol.1 that I ordered, Pluto piqued my interest after Fred van Lente said that Urasawa would be his dream artist to work with.[/QUOTE]
Urasawa is amazing. I was really impressed with what he did with Pluto, seeing as it was based off a storyline of Astro Boy (Tetsuwan Atom). But I would have never of guessed it when I first picked it up, even though I had read the original story.
I would highly recommend his other series, Monster and 20th Century Boys, if you like Pluto.
[B]Marvel Disk Wars[/B]
It took 8 episodes but hearing that "Avengers Assemble!" was worth it.
Also, Jessica is awesome.
And some nice development for Tony. I liked his flashback and how the whole party was his idea so his partner could look good in front of his kids. No wonder he feels responsible.
I shouted in glee at the Avengers Assemble.
In my head canon this is the same universe as Spectacular Spider-man and Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. I miss those shows.
[QUOTE=Dark Soul # 7;140804]I shouted in glee at the Avengers Assemble.
In my head canon this is the same universe as Spectacular Spider-man and Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. I miss those shows.[/QUOTE]
You're not the only one.
But yeah, that was great. In English too. Which made it better.
Whoot! I finished watching Kill La Kill! Amazing Anime. ;)
[QUOTE=Guy1;143281]Whoot! I finished watching Kill La Kill! Amazing Anime. ;)[/QUOTE]
Great! :D
It's such a fun and awesome series with so many boss characters.
And [URL=http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/GARNiDELiA---ambiguous/03d06b633ef8b023e2ad0e32939ef513]ambiguous[/URL] is like my favourite opening ever.
Try to sync the music above to [URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5lVl9Dkt_o]this video, which has a higher pitch for copy right reasons[/URL]. It's amazing.
:D:D:D
[video=youtube;eUJHZekAz3Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUJHZekAz3Q[/video]
[QUOTE=Dark Soul # 7;144106]Great! :D
It's such a fun and awesome series with so many boss characters.
And [URL=http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/GARNiDELiA---ambiguous/03d06b633ef8b023e2ad0e32939ef513]ambiguous[/URL] is like my favourite opening ever.
Try to sync the music above to [URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5lVl9Dkt_o]this video, which has a higher pitch for copy right reasons[/URL]. It's amazing.[/QUOTE]
Speaking of music, [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gewzeEUnIsQ"]Ragyo's theme[/URL] is epic, which is crazy considering what an utter monster she is.
[QUOTE=Len Ikari145;144740]:D:D:D
[video=youtube;eUJHZekAz3Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUJHZekAz3Q[/video][/QUOTE]
Goku's back baby!
Here's hoping Bills gets a cool voice.
[B]Marvel Disk Wars[/B]
New episode subbed!
Tons of stuff happened this episode.
Iron Man vs King Cobra was awesome!
Loki being smart with the illusions was cool to see as per his recent movie portrayals.
Abomination is [I]strong[/I]. It makes you appreciate how tough Spider-Man is after taking that one sided beating.
New York Loves Spider-Man! I was so happy to see that. Like, the entire part where the people thought he was dead and felt all sad got me.
And I was not expecting to see Registration Act stuff. Loki is really upping the stakes each time.
I did love the whole "America has troublesome law. I'm a genius, millionaire playboy philanthropist. I literally have houses all over the world. I don't need to live in America."
So, we finally get an actual look at Sailor Moon Crystal.
[video=youtube;v9Ft3viBgtQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Ft3viBgtQ[/video]
[QUOTE=Len Ikari145;167209]So, we finally get an actual look at Sailor Moon Crystal.
[video=youtube;v9Ft3viBgtQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Ft3viBgtQ[/video][/QUOTE]
Love the animation.