Anime Brigade: We all have 8th grade syndrome~

[TheoreticalSelkie]

Gravestone is out? I'm going to need to watch that after finals. I'm hoping FUNimation scoops that one up, because I loved the Fujiko Mine dub.

Yeah the subs are out for Gravestone (actually really fast compared to the Detective Conan vs Lupin movie but I guess that makes sense). The animation is pretty good and I like Blue Jacket Lupin a lot. He's up to his old antics again, and I practically squealed when I saw the ending.

I didn't know you watched Fujiko Mine, what did you think about it?

Really? I'm in for a plot twist? Well when the break comes I know what I'm doing when I'm taking my breaks. And DRRR x2 is something me and my anime friends from another friend were hyping several weeks ago. I'm looking forward to it (love my boy Izaya) but I really want them to go through the most recent arc with Celty and the whole plot twist with that.

I'm not sure where in the plot this season of F/SN will stop at before the second season, but if it's where I'm thinking, hooo boy, that's a scary cliffhanger. Then I can curse Ufotable and end up twiddling my thumbs for the spring season.

I'm a Shizu-chan fan (though Izaya is quite the interesting guy in my opinion). While I didn't read much of the light novels, I'm interested in how Shizuo and the new characters end up interacting since I heard there's a lot about that. Maybe I should just read the light novels if I can... hmm.

[Noblejanobii]

Yeah the subs are out for Gravestone (actually really fast compared to the Detective Conan vs Lupin movie but I guess that makes sense). The animation is pretty good and I like Blue Jacket Lupin a lot. He's up to his old antics again, and I practically squealed when I saw the ending.

I didn't know you watched Fujiko Mine, what did you think about it?


I'm not sure where in the plot this season of F/SN will stop at before the second season, but if it's where I'm thinking, hooo boy, that's a scary cliffhanger. Then I can curse Ufotable and end up twiddling my thumbs for the spring season.

I'm a Shizu-chan fan (though Izaya is quite the interesting guy in my opinion). While I didn't read much of the light novels, I'm interested in how Shizuo and the new characters end up interacting since I heard there's a lot about that. Maybe I should just read the light novels if I can... hmm.

Well, I have watched the original fate/staynight series, as well as the movie for UBW, and Fate/Zero, so if this is going where I think it is going then yes, it probably will be.

And I love Shizu-chan, don't get me wrong. He's awesome and love the whole chasing Izaya gag (in fact me and a friend of mine have two characters that have that exact kind of relationship in a roleplay on another site). But there's something about Izaya's sadistic attitude that makes me laugh every time I see him on screen.

[Lord Celebi]

Yeah the subs are out for Gravestone (actually really fast compared to the Detective Conan vs Lupin movie but I guess that makes sense). The animation is pretty good and I like Blue Jacket Lupin a lot. He's up to his old antics again, and I practically squealed when I saw the ending.

I didn't know you watched Fujiko Mine, what did you think about it?

Like you, I'm also a huge Lupin fan. I loved the show. As far as I was concerned, they got everything right. The only thing I would have liked more of would have been Lupin himself (and maybe less boobs).

[Noblejanobii]

Like you, I'm also a huge Lupin fan. I loved the show. As far as I was concerned, they got everything right. The only thing I would have liked more of would have been Lupin himself (and maybe less boobs).

Fan service does tend to lower the quality of an anime. I feel like the japanese version of high school of the dead would have been a lot better without boob and panty shots every five seconds. The subbed version took itself very seriously and the fanservice distracted from the seriousness. The english dub, on the other hand, made very effective use of it. The english dub wasn't serious AT ALL. They added the f-Bomb every five seconds to couple with the fan service and added so many jokes that you couldn't take it really seriously. The fan service helped amplify this. Sure it was still VERY distracting (especially given that all the girls lack the invention known as a bra and each breast seems to have its own physics engine from the matrix) but it was funny by that point.

I haven't seen Lupin so I can't give my opinion on the fan service in that particular anime.

[Lord Celebi]

Fan service does tend to lower the quality of an anime. I feel like the japanese version of high school of the dead would have been a lot better without boob and panty shots every five seconds. The subbed version took itself very seriously and the fanservice distracted from the seriousness. The english dub, on the other hand, made very effective use of it. The english dub wasn't serious AT ALL. They added the f-Bomb every five seconds to couple with the fan service and added so many jokes that you couldn't take it really seriously. The fan service helped amplify this. Sure it was still VERY distracting (especially given that all the girls lack the invention known as a bra and each breast seems to have its own physics engine from the matrix) but it was funny by that point.

I have issues with how anime as a cultural expression and as a medium is homogenizing into basically porn. It's only there because producers refuse to take new risks with their productions and would instead rather cater to and enable the hikikomori crowd. It's bad for the industry and for the art as it alienates everyone that isn't sexually deprived.

I haven't seen Lupin so I can't give my opinion on the fan service in that particular anime.

Lupin III is excellent. I'd highly recommend either the new Fujiko Mine series or Lupin III: Part 2 (AKA "Red Jacket" Lupin).