5 episodes in and Houseki no Kuni is an absolute gem
if it keeps being brilliant, then this could be my first 10/10 in a while
[QUOTE=NotMeh;53041932]5 episodes in and Houseki no Kuni is an absolute gem
if it keeps being brilliant, then this could be my first 10/10 in a while[/QUOTE]
Oh don't worry about that. It'll keep getting better the further it goes.
Watching Devilman Crybaby (which was real fukken neato) got me to finish Kaiba after I left it off on episode 4 some months (or possibly a year) ago. Can't really remember what made me stop, but I remember liking it straight off the bat.
And yeah, Kaiba was really good. I guess I should watch the rest of Yuasa Masaaki's work now, starting by rewatching Tatami Galaxy. He's pretty good at what he does. Don't think there's any other director in the anime industry that I could respect as much.
[QUOTE=NotMeh;53041932]5 episodes in and Houseki no Kuni is an [B]absolute gem[/B]
if it keeps being brilliant, then this could be my first 10/10 in a while[/QUOTE]
You should feel bad for this pun if you intended it, and worse if it was a mistake.
Sora yori mo Tooi Basho/A Place Further Than The Universe's second episode was much better than the first. The first episode was just okay enough for me to keep watching, the second was a lot of fun. The main character was less annoying, the personalities come to together and the cast has a nice dynamic, and the episode itself was a lot of fun. It's shaping up to be a good show if it keeps the momentum going.
[QUOTE=Rahkshi lord;53042108]You should feel bad for this pun if you intended it, and worse if it was a mistake.[/QUOTE]
there are actually [I]two[/I] puns in that post
It's been one episode and I already love Violet Evergarden.
Please let it keep that quality.
I rewatched Tatami Galaxy and then watched The Night is Short, Walk on Girl immediately after, all in one night. And now I feel weird. And I kinda really, really love it.
thanks
[editline]11th January 2018[/editline]
oh I was just too fast before you could edit
Violet Evergarden looks nice overall, but I'm not a fan of how they've colour graded everything so everything looks incredibly washed out, and all of the blacks in the show are this annoy grey, like somebody cranked up the brightness in Photoshop.
[t]https://i.imgur.com/DFKgQ1c.jpg[/t]
I also think the art style is kind of boring despite the quality of it.
[QUOTE=Reds;53043122]Violet Evergarden looks nice overall, but I'm not a fan of how they've colour graded everything so everything looks incredibly washed out, and all of the blacks in the show are this annoy grey, like somebody cranked up the brightness in Photoshop.
[t]https://i.imgur.com/DFKgQ1c.jpg[/t]
I also think the art style is kind of boring despite the quality of it.[/QUOTE]
And apart from its visuals it doesn't seem to, yet anyway, offer anything that interesting. Seems like a very standard animu show about a broken girl discovering the world and humanity and etc.
Kyoani really need to calm down on the post processing/filter stuff. It doesn't look good at all when its so over done, just does more harm than good to the visuals.
Watched "Children Who Chase Lost Voices" the other night. That was a somewhat surreal experience. Had an almost Ghibli feel to it, but it wasn't quite as "gripping" as anything I've seen of Ghibli's, if that makes sense.
[QUOTE=NotMeh;53041932]5 episodes in and Houseki no Kuni is an absolute gem
if it keeps being brilliant, then this could be my first 10/10 in a while[/QUOTE]
i feel like i'm the only one who doesn't get this show at all
it's full of cliches and none of the characters are interesting or likeable. and all the characters are completely incompetent and keep making the worst decisions and none can even make the most basic of observations. in the last episode phos even says "i'm beginning to think senpai is hiding something" are you serious?!
nothing about the mineral people makes any sense. why would they paint themselves with human skin? why would an organism that evolved to be the way they are find human skin appealing? have they ever even seen a human? why haven't they written any of their history down up until now? if their entire body is a mineral, what are their eyes? they seem to always stay intact when they shatter. do they colour the whites of their eyes? if not, what are the whites of their eyes made out of? how are they hard and yet flexible at the same time? how is their hair attached? why wouldn't it just snap off in the slightest breeze? why would the most brittle beings ever have such skinny limbs? how do they get tired if they have no muscles? how do they get winded all the time if they don't need to breathe? why do they fight in high heels? they don't seem to feel hot or cold judging by how they're basically naked in snow, and i don't think they have genitals either, so why do they even wear clothes or use blankets? is a being that hard ever comfortable? why don't they ever suddenly forget where they are immediately after losing a few limbs? how do they operate any of their limbs that are stuck back on when there's glue (or gold) between the parts? if you get shattered into a million pieces but some are missing, do you just gradually get smaller each time you're put back together? if someone has lost a limb and they're out of spare minerals, couldn't they just smash you apart and rebuild you but smaller? why couldn't they just use some of the person with heaps of red hair's hair to fix her body holes? does she really need the most hair in the world? why would she be dead from holes in her chest when if any part of them is interchangeable? why wouldn't she just fashion her gold into blades instead of using a sword like the t1000? if she cracks every time she exerts her gold power, is the gold holding her together? how? is it sticky? when her gold is liquid, is it hot? if so why doesn't it burn anything (or her clothes)? if the gold is so heavy, why doesn't lifting it break her arm off (before it's a part of her)? THE MORE I WATCH THE MORE I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING INSANE
Rusty, nearly every single question you have there is answered in the show. There's only a couple that aren't and that's only because they are blindingly obvious and just aren't flat out stated.
[QUOTE=Reds;53043503]Rusty, literally every single question you have there is answered in the show. Like, every one.[/QUOTE]
i dont recall any answers for anything that made any sense though?! what are the answers?!
i am sorry for being stupid but i dont understand how i would have missed that much stuff just by checking my phone every so often were explanations that fleeting?
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043507]i dont recall any answers for anything that made any sense though?! what are the answers?![/QUOTE]
Would you like me to answer every single one of them for you? Because I can do that if you want me to.
Otherwise I would ask you to turn your monitor on while you're watching the show next time because there is no answer other than that your ability to follow the show seems to be severely impaired. I don't understand how you don't understand so many basic things.
[QUOTE=Reds;53043509]Would you like me to answer every single one of them for you? Because I can do that.[/QUOTE]
yes. it has to have been in the show though. i am happy to retract anything that has a reasonable explanation (and not something that just raises even more questions)
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043510]yes. it has to have been in the show though. i am happy to retract anything that has a reasonable explanation (and not something that just raises even more questions)[/QUOTE]
Okay, I'm gonna do it, Give me a bit.
Rusty's complaints read like those of someone who didn't actually watch the show because literally all of them have an explanation within the series and he's acting like they don't.
QUICK NOTE: the biology questions are legitimate questions but a joke and nothing to do with why i didn't like the show, i didn't find it interesting at all and i didn't like the characters (and they were bad at their jobs and also really stupid), as well as the fact it must not have grabbed my attention if i somehow missed so much (does it seriously explain what the whites of their eyes are??)
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]nothing about the mineral people makes any sense. [/QUOTE]
Woah, no way, an anime about a bunch of sentient rock people who fight moonmen doesn't make much sense based on real-world values? I never considered that before.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
why would they paint themselves with human skin? Why would an organism that evolved to be the way they are find human skin appealing?[/QUOTE]
The shows states that [sp]they are essentially an evolution of the humans. When humanity went extinct, they split into three parts. Spirit, flesh, and bone. The "bone" are the minerals, and the human spirit lives on through them. It's why they resemble the human form and why they desire to look human. The resin is their way of looking the closest to humans, and that's why they consider the naked mineral to be ugly.[/sp] You would have known this if you had paid attention while they were explaining it during the [sp]ocean chat with the jellyfish king person, who's race evolved from the "flesh" of the humans.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
have they ever even seen a human?[/QUOTE]
Nope, humans have been dead and gone for a long-ass time. They don't even know what humans are, other than perhaps as the species that previously lived on the planet.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
why haven't they written any of their history down up until now?
[/QUOTE]
They're immortals, they didn't really need to. They've got good memories, they remember things that happened hundreds or thousands of years ago if they keep their bodies intact. And they've written down stuff that matters, they just haven't studied the minutia of the island because who cares. Sensei invents the encyclopedia/[U]MASTER SCHOLAR[/U] thing just to give Phos a job because she sucks at everything that actually matters.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
if their entire body is a mineral, what are their eyes?
they seem to always stay intact when they shatter. do they colour the whites of their eyes? if not, what are the whites of their eyes made out of?
[/QUOTE]
Presumably they colour their eyes, they seem to be mineral-coloured when they've been shattered or pre-resin as shown with Antarcticite. They seem to have proper eyeballs judging from [sp]when Phos melted,[/sp] but the eyes are made out of the same mineral.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
how are they hard and yet flexible at the same time?[/QUOTE]
Inclusions, the organisms that live inside of the minerals and animate them. As for how that works, it's a show, that's how, don't ask for a biology lesson.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
how is their hair attached? why wouldn't it just snap off in the slightest breeze?[/QUOTE]
The hair is a natural part of their body when they're forming, but can be modified. Apparently it's strong enough to not snap off at the slightest breeze.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
why would the most brittle beings ever have such skinny limbs? [/QUOTE]
Because the artist wanted to draw a bunch of skinny genderless beings. That's just the art style.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
how do they get tired if they have no muscles?
how do they get winded all the time if they don't need to breathe?
[/QUOTE]
Moving exerts energy. They absorb energy via photosynthesis, feeding the Inclusions. Therefore, they use energy and get tired. They act winded because: A, they are unconsciously mimicking human behaviour just like the rest of their behaviour. That's just speculation. B: it demonstrates to the audience who are human that they are tired.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
why do they fight in high heels? [/QUOTE]
Antarcticite used it to crack glaciers during winter, everybody else uses flat heels. They had a big close-up of her doing it and everything, were you not paying attention. Phos does it because she helped out and got used to it but mostly because [sp]it's where her gold funnels out through her feet.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
they don't seem to feel hot or cold judging by how they're basically naked in snow, and i don't think they have genitals either, so why do they even wear clothes or use blankets? Is a being that hard ever comfortable[/QUOTE]
They wear clothes because it's fashionable. They use blankets because I dunno, it keeps the wind/dust off or something, maybe it's just pleasant to have. They sleep on rock slabs if I recall correctly so their definition of comfortable is different,. I'm not a rock, don't ask me.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
why don't they ever suddenly forget where they are immediately after losing a few limbs?[/QUOTE]
Because the parts they lost didn't happen to contain the memories of their current location. The Inclusions are spread out and so are their memories.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
how do they operate any of their limbs that are stuck back on when there's glue (or gold) between the parts? [/QUOTE]
With a chisel, presumably. You could probably assume that there's some sort of natural bonding on top of the glue, since Inclusions will enter a new limb that's been glued on. The glue probably just keeps everything in place during that bonding process. Probably. Otherwise you'd have layers of glue between everything and their Inclusions couldn't travel freely.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
if you get shattered into a million pieces but some are missing, do you just gradually get smaller each time you're put back together?
[/QUOTE]
Probably. [sp]Phosphophylite[/sp] got taller when an excess of material was added to their body, no reason why it wouldn't work the other way around.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
if someone has lost a limb and they're out of spare minerals, couldn't they just smash you apart and rebuild you but smaller?
[/QUOTE]
I don't see any reason why not other than it'd be a massive pain in the ass and probably a last resort scenario.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
why couldn't they just use some of the person with heaps of red hair's hair to fix her body holes?
does she really need the most hair in the world? why would she be dead from holes in her chest when if any part of them is interchangeable?
[/QUOTE]
The doctor states that she operated on red hair gem hundreds of thousands of times. You don't think she wouldn't have already tried that She's got an issue where her body just doesn't work properly, adding new material just works for a bit then stops working again, like using up a battery. You could also speculate that the massive amount of hair is excess material from repeated attempts.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
why wouldn't she just fashion her gold into blades instead of using a sword like the t1000?
[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure she does a bunch of times on the fly, but the material they use for swords is much more durable and cuts better so why not use that instead of a garbage sword. She clearly uses both at the same time, and her gold absorbs Lunarian arrows, it doesn't tank impacts in a hard state.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;53043474]
if she cracks every time she exerts her gold power, is the gold holding her together? how? is it sticky? when her gold is liquid, is it hot? if so why doesn't it burn anything (or her clothes)? if the gold is so heavy, why doesn't lifting it break her arm off (before it's a part of her)? [/QUOTE]
With the power she exerts, presumably yes, the gold is holding her together and manipulating it reinforces her body, it's clearly running through her whole body. It turns to liquid because that's just how her power works. There's no explanation beyond "it just works" and you really don't need more than that. She's stated to have strong Inclusions that can handle the weight of the gold.
I don't think I missed anything. There's a point where basic logic questions turn into nitpicking that doesn't actually matter. Don't you go and nitpick even further with [I]"but they didn't infodump that specific thing on me and expect me to infer it for myself" [/I]​either. You may as well complain that Initial D is poorly presented because they didn't explain to you how the internal combustion engine works.
Phos is voiced by Kumiko
I love it
[QUOTE=NotMeh;53043617]Phos is voiced by Kumiko
I love it[/QUOTE]
Houseki's anime is better than the manga just on her performance alone as far as I'm concerned.
You try cutting anything with gold and tell me how well it works.
Unrelated to Rusty's complaints, here's a 2D PV for the manga made way back in 2013. Houseki's manga has a fantastic art style that the anime unfortunately doesn't quite capture. The consolation is that a 2D adaptation's animation would probably suck hard compared to what we got. Most 2D shows struggle with having more than a few seconds of action animation per episode, you'd never match Orange's animation on a TV budget, not to mention the character animation.
[video=youtube;rYWOG9q2HpI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYWOG9q2HpI[/video]
It's also explained in the manga at some point that the gems look the way they do because Kongo chisels out any imperfections when one is born
Also their incompetency and stupidity is kind of an important point on many of their part, and they even do a fair amount to explain their behaviour. I'm not going to spoil anything, but the further in you go the more it's very clearly a major point or a theme of the series.
Check Violet Evergarden on Netflix,[Sp]Violet is directly called a robot in the synopsis despite episode keeping it somewhat ambiguous.[/sp]
Gee thanks.
[QUOTE=Damjen;53044140]Check Violet Evergarden on Netflix,[Sp]Violet is directly called a robot in the synopsis despite episode keeping it somewhat ambiguous.[/sp]
Gee thanks.[/QUOTE]
[sp]I've not yet watched the series, but I remember reading somewhere when the show was first announced that she was an automaton so I guess it's no surprise?[/sp]
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;53044322][sp]I've not yet watched the series, but I remember reading somewhere when the show was first announced that she was an automaton so I guess it's no surprise?[/sp][/QUOTE]
It's not, but the intention for first episode is that we shouldn't be sure. Promotional material spoils this kind of stuff all the bloody time.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;53043324]Watched "Children Who Chase Lost Voices" the other night. That was a somewhat surreal experience. Had an almost Ghibli feel to it, but it wasn't quite as "gripping" as anything I've seen of Ghibli's, if that makes sense.[/QUOTE]
It is a ghibli movie made fit for an ashens video
[QUOTE=Shendow;53044500]Yuru Camp continues being comfy, kinda makes me want to go camping[/QUOTE]
Time for a slow anime camping trip. I suggest the congo rainforest.
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