/jam/ - Japan, Anime, & Manga

Just started Aquarion EVOL. It's nice to see that there's just as much sexual innuendo as the original; hopefully it will be just as fun of a cheesefest.

>>88542
Pretty much everyone either goes to Nyaa, BakaBT, or directly to sub group sites.

>>88542
BakaBT is good for stuff you can seed back, but they can be a bit draconian about your ratio. Tokyotosho is alright for newer releases and finding single episodes, but it doesn't have any old material. It also mostly just finds torrents from other sites. Both together can get you pretty much anything you're looking for.

>>88545

Motherfuckin’ Disney, man.

Dudes I think we need a new toku thread.
映画「キカイダーREB…
But why guest star in Gaim at 29's cliffhang jump?

Kill la Kill getting an English dub.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-12/kill-la-kill-english-dub-to-premiere-at-anime-expo

This bumps the chance of Toonami airing. Although, would the fanservice be too much?

>>88563

Eh, they'd likely just blur out the worst of it. I doubt we’ll get KLK on Toonami any time soon, though. Maybe towards the end of the year at the earliest.

The premise of One Week Friends is interesting and a little hard to swallow, but I'm gonna wait until the show ends to watch it. It seems like a type of show to drop the ball near the end.

>>88563
I'm glad to hear this news. It means I can show Kill La Kill to my dub-only friends soon. I'm hopeful that it won't be a bad dub.

Toonami will totally pick it up. They have been pestered enough to pick up Attack On Titan, and people have been begging for Kill La Kill of months now, so this has precedent... Pftpfffffft, who am I kidding? Toonami has a moderate chance of picking it up. But all the nudity and nudity-lite could, can and will be enough of a reason for Toonami to not touch it with a ten foot pole.

>>88563
I'm already dreading how Mako is going to sound. At least there's no way Nonon's can sound any more annoying than she already does though.

>>88586
She's going to be way too childlike in pitch, though that is her personality, tis a pickle.

>>88586

>Nonon's voice
>annoying

I will fucking fight you I swear to god

Ever since Nisekoi introduced that one other character my interest plummeted.

>>88593

I still enjoy it somewhat, but the sad part is that you could be talking about maybe two or three different characters, and I would completely understand your frustration.

Guys, Nonon's voice IS annoying. Like, deliberately so. It's where like 80% of her charm and appeal comes from. But that doesn't mean it wasn't meant to be annoying.

Sailor Moon Official Announcement Trailer

>>88597

>Sailor Stars included
>Blu-ray release
>brand new dub

SOLD AMERICAN.

>>88597
Oh shit, that's kinda awesome.

>>88599

More details:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-16/viz-licenses-original-sailor-moon-anime-franchise

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2014-05-16/exclusive/viz-media-charlene-ingram-and-josh-lopez-on-sailor-moon

Viz also licensed Crystal.

Yeah, it's pretty cool. I can't believe Viz beat Funimation to the punch, given how open Funimation has been about trying to snatch up the Sailor Moon license. But them's the breaks. I'll be keen to hear the new dub, and get better quality DVDs or BDs would be great.

>>88601

>I'll be keen to hear the new dub

The announcement trailer has a preview of the new Usagi right at the end.

>>88602
Yeah, but I don't consider that enough to make a judgement based on.

>>88601
Reading their Twitter
>New dub Cast with the approval of the creator
>New Uncut Dub (not a rework of the Pioneer stuff)
>No More "Cousins"

Interesting to see this through.

>>88604

They’re also keeping all the names (and genders) intact.

>>88605
Which genders were changed/swapped. I've heard plenty of talk over the years of Uranus being Transgender.

>>88606

Zoisite was a man in the original version, but DiC changed him to a woman in the original dub because he was gay (for Kunzite/Malachite).

Sailor Stars never showed up in the States pretty much because the titular characters transform from men to women.

>>88607
Well it looks like it will now. Stars being part of the package. Maybe it'll get a run on Toonami again.

>>88608

I kinda hope it does, though I don’t think Sailor Stars would get that chance even with the less-lax rules of [adult swim].

Still, 200 episodes of Sailor Moon would damn well fill the spot left by Bleach once the latter show ends its run – and the nostalgia factor might give the show an extra ratings bump, to boot.

Wouldn’t hurt to toss an Ask in the Toonami Tumblah’s inbox about it.

>>88609

Eh Shezow worked out fine, though someone did get skittish and scrapped the second season. Eh it depends on how its handled according to Wiki Info it was cross-dressing in the Manga and the Anime actual physical Transformation. So depending on what they want to adhere to, go roll either way.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-16/viz-licenses-original-sailor-moon-anime-franchise#RJYJpSsDIAISrsf3.01
Sailor Moon Official Announcement Trailer

Too bad it doesn't come with the mexican dub. Probably.

>>88611
Love to get Figuarts of the Stars, Look pretty Awesome in Black.

>>88610
>>88607

Honestly, the Stars weren't that big a deal. They weren't actually transgendered, they were just posing as men to keep their heads low from an enemy, as I recall. There's no real "alternative lifestyle" to get up-in-arms about, especially by Adult Swim standards, other than the recurring lesbian aspects that come up, like Seiyaa making moves on Usagi and the girls having major league girl-crushes on the Stars.

Adult Swim gets away with abortion and pedophilia jokes, and I'm pretty sure Aqua Teen had a whole episode centering around a balloon doggie raping Carl. I'm pretty sure they can handle crossdressing ladies with implied lesbianism.

>>88613

The Kunsite/Zoisite and Neptune/Uranus relationships likely wouldn't get all that much attention these days if Toonami aired the show again, either.

Guesses I've heard so far on Sailor Moon's new VA are Stephanie Sheh and Mela Lee.

But is Stephanie Beard reprising her role as Sailor Mini Moon

http://nangbaby.com/post/86155385443/sailor-moon-boycott
MY SIDES
ARE GOING COSMIC

>>88624

Good God, I think my sides just travelled into ANOTHER DIMENSION

>>88624
In this guy's defense, there is a case to be made for saying that derivative works form their own cultural artifact that is worth preserving even accepting that it's not the original. So, for example, Robotech is a different show from Macross and it's understandable that some people would want to preserve that show.

But still....this is an insane overreaction. Even assuming you *do* prefer the English names, there's nothing really being lost by using the Japanese names (and, in a move that will infuriate purists, I feel the same way about the reverse--Anglicized names are not a supreme sin against Japanese media).

That said....I *will* miss Dub Zoicite. She was the best thing about the old dub. I certainly wouldn't suggest the new dub should keep that aspect--it's disrespectful to homosexuals, for starters. But I'll miss her, all the same.

>>88627

The old dub’s not too terribly hard to find these days, and it’s not like the existence of the new dub automagically erases the old dub out of existence.

Essentially arguing that the original dub is the only version of Sailor Moon that the US should ever have, however…well, that sounds like nostalgia gone overboard.

>>88626
I would do a Gemini Saga joke, but I'm not sure of you're familiar with Saint Seiya.
It's a mexican dub joke anyways.

>>88627
>>88628
And there's also this:
http://missdreamsubs.tumblr.com/post/43029710985/missdreamsubs-nangbaby-it-is-my-heartfelt-belief
http://www.wewantserena.com/saying-no-to-the-other-name.html

This girl is batshit insane.

>>88628
I've heard the first few episodes of the new dub are already up on Huluplus

>>88639

Nope. Sub episodes only for now.

http://dynasty-scans.com/authors/dowman_sayman
Downright bizarre with a mix of violence and the supernatural...
Nice.

One thing DIC had over 4Kids is that they actually allowed physical contact.

Serena slaps Darien!!! -- Sailor Moon

Also, Tracey Moore best Usagi. And holy fuck, what happened with Sailor Moon VA #3?

Sailor Moon English Dubbed Voi…

Aww I miss that about '90s anime. Off the cuff scripting due to the scripts being lost, rotating VAs. Likely the Nostalgia talking. Oh for KLK Dub to have both of those to carry on the satire.

>>88652
You mean Bully la Bully?

>>88653
Pretty much deepen the crap of School Rivalry and never let that go through the entire show up till the end. Redo the end song show their Rivalry will stand the test of time or something.

Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers
I'm digging this more and more with each ep I watch.

>>88645
So is the anime as good as the manga? Read the first few chapters and liked what I saw of it despite the watered down artstyle, but kinda never picked it up again.

http://www.dramafever.com/es/news/20-classic-anime-movies-hardcore-fans-must-watch/
Discuss.

>>88657
Indeed the love they have for the heroes specially Spidey is heartening. I'm thrilled that things are getting back into bright colorful heroes again.

Disk Wars is hilariously awful. God I love how shitty the animation is.

>>88666
nice full house

Oh, I see. Dogs and monkeys don't get along because monkeys are assholes.

>Is the Order a Rabbit episode 07

Gochiusa ~ funny kitchen mishaps

The timing on the pancake gag was perfect. Enjoying this series so much.

>>88670
Yeah, I heard about that back on the /a/ after I made that post. Ah well. Never a bad reason to post Space Ghost clips.

This takes me back to the days of watching violent anime on the Sci-fi channel, at an age I really shouldn't be watching.

Manga Video Promotional Video version 2

>>88675
So, half of this is Bennett The Sage's fodder for his animu show?

>>88675
Manga Video was my childhood back in the early-mid nineties, back when they were trawling anime for the bloodiest, sexiest, vilest stuff to sell it as the new punk rawk. Far far too young to be watching this kind of shit, which paradoxically made it THE PERFECT AGE to be watching this kind of shit.

>>88681
NINJA SCROOOLLLL!!!

>>88683
>>88681

For me, that animu was Iczer-One.

Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooly shit I wasn’t ready for that.

In Toonami news: DBZ, back where it belongs this fall, thanks to DBZ Kai jumping into the block.

Fuck Yea! Now just need some Sailor Moon and get some retro block going.

It's fun to see Toriyama's renewed interest in Dragon Ball and all the new information he's giving about Dragon World.
Since this is the guy who famously made everything up as he went along and also has a notoriously poor recollection of anything that actually happened.

Plastic Nee-san (All Episodes) [Eng Subbed]

There's no words to accurately describe this series, but damn, I want more.

What is it this time Tiki?

So bad times all around?

THE WORST

Cant be worst then this shit:
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/the-sage/anime-abandon/43487-angel-blade
And if it, gods help us!

Kill la Kill Official English Dubbed Trailer

>>88741
>Fine
Ryuko, Sensei, Snake, Senketsu, Dog

>Meh
Satsuki, Gamagori, Mako

>Bad
Monkey (seriously Grant George needs a fucking decongestant)

Most of the voices are a decent fit but goddamn what's with them always overacting in the worst way possible?

>>88741
So basically Matt Mercer confirmed for the second coming of Troy Baker?

>>88742
Oh I hope it just descends into off scripting all over the.

Damn I really wanted Jamieson Price for Gamagori, But Patrick Seitz is the next best thing.

>>88741
Hahaha this is awful.

>>88741
As with most of these types of characters in dubs Mako's VA suffers from a severe case of trying way too fucking hard.

Maybe it's just me but Inumuta seems way too good for him and is wasted on such a tiny role. They should've switched him with Sanageyama since he has a lot more lines.

If I want to try out Soul Eater, should I read the manga or watch the show? Heard both ended terribly, so I want the one that's less bad.

>>88786
Personally I prefer the manga just so I don't have to listen to fucking Black Star. Sadly that means missing out on the awesome music and Death the Kid's voice but oh well.

>>88786

Watch the anime up until it diverges (the early manga is unbelievably terribad) then switch over to the manga, which has a much better ending (I mean the last chapter is a bunch of silly horseshit but the plot is already wrapped up by that point so...who cares).

>>88786
>the early manga is unbelievably terribad

Are you just talking about the art? Because other than that and some groan-inducing panty shots in the early manga, the first 36 episodes/37 chapters are 90% identical.

>>88789

Those exact changes are what make the anime version infinitely superior, yes. The art in the beginning is horrifying and it's bogged down with a LOT of really boring and terrible fanservice which Studio BONES helpfully excised.

No Game No Life has no business being as entertaining as it is

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-02/gantz-sato-helms-live-action-film-of-zombie-manga-i-am-a-hero/.75140

Eh, Tokyo Ghoul and Crystal ought to be cool.

アニメ『美少女戦士セ…

As someone used to the old art style of the anime and next-to-no exposure to the manga…damn, seeing Crystal in motion threw me for a loop. Still, I’ll give it a shot.

>>88812
The models seem pretty true to the original, but the animation is far more fluid; though I've never been a big Sailor Moon fan, I like what I'm seeing.

>>88812
The animation looks quite nice, but I still can't get over the extreme skinnyness. It's kinda creepy.

Yeah, the animation in the new trailer is quite impressive. I'm wondering if they're just cherry picking well-animated segments to give us a disproportionate view....or if the producers just gave them the biggest "fuck you, I'm Sailor Moon, I'll sell ALL THE DVDs" budget ever.

>>88805
There's some shows missing in that list, like the Non Non Biyori OVA.

http://anichart.net/summer

>>88819
>almost all of them are sequels
>Dramatical Murder and Kantai Collection anime
Meh.

>>88820
Dandy is the only worth thing there, and the way to go!

They really lost something there imo. The older design were more expressive, I really can't see the girl on the right in comedy segments.

>>88805
>Aldnoah.Zero
>Barakamon
Will try.

>Space Dandy 2
>Sailor Moon
Will watch.

>KanColle
Will secretly watch.

>>88805
WHOA WAIT
DOES THAT SAY FUCKING CENCOROLL 2

>>88825
Ironically the newer style actually looks more generic to my current sensibilities than the 90s version, despite being purposely done in the style of the original manga.

>>88830

Didn’t the original Sailor Moon manga help influence the art direction of shoujo manga that came afterwards?

>>88825
Yea very much more Manga in design.

>>88831
Not really, art wise Sailor moon didn't invent a thing.

Whoever at SHAFT decided they should try CG should be shot out of a cannon.

>>88880
Seems that you missed Dandy General in >>88815

>>88886
An oldie but a good one, and it didn't knew it had a sequel.

http://abemasters.tumblr.com/post/44434989926/guts-is-still-taking-care-of-these-girls-i-posted

>>88887
I had the same reaction, but for me the "lol wut" stuff was all at the beginning of the story. The lighthouse and mosquito chapters are what unnerved me, and after that was when I started to think the story was actually creepy. But yeah, it was still half unnerving and half god damned funny.

Ah, Engrish!

I'd like some coffee

ATTACK ON CUTEST TITAN

>>88924
I actually watched that a few months ago on Netflix.

It was way better than I expected it to be. I really wish it had gotten another season.

Dat op: Princess Jellyfish anime - ope…

>>88944
Netflix is why I watched it as well.

Also the op has been stuck in my head for the past couple days as I've watched it. It's so catchy.

I just finished it. I think I'll start the manga now since I enjoyed the anime so much.

Any good manga about/set in grad school?

>>88954
I have not enough of an idea about either the Japanese nor American education system to know what grad school would translate to in Japan.

>>88954
>>88955
Genshiken is the only series I can think of set in any sort of college, and even then the college has nothing to do with it--most of the cast stick around the club even after graduating. Every other work I can think of where the main cast is above high school age, they're either employed or NEETs.

I guess it's because no one finds it an interesting subject. As much anime/manga are about high school students, the only school stuff relevant to the plot tends to be extra-curricular things (sports, class projects, field trips) you don't really do in college.

>>88956
>Genshiken is the only series I can think of set in any sort of college

Nodame Cantabile.

Not a manga, but Tatami Galaxy is a pretty good one.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Oniichan_CD

god why

I need someone to hug after Koe no Katachi. I know spoilers and all, but I just need to vent. I'm actually feeling nauseous.

>the ending of Death Note

wait what was the point

>>89019

Nobody's born on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everyone's going to die.

Wanna watch some TV?

>>89019

Anyone who tries to use the power of the gods is going to get fucked over. Put a little more broadly, don't be arrogant and think you're better than anybody else, because we're all going to end up the same way in the end.

Crystal

>>89044

I don't particularly like Space Dandy, but even I thought that review sounded dumb as hell.

>>89045
I would play the shit out of this game.

>>89051
The Miyazaki episodes of Lupin were so odd and yet so right.

>>89053
Miyazaki's Lupin is best Lupin. In my personal headcanon, nothing past Castle of Cagliostro actually happened.

Sailor Moon Crystal has begun. Fansub torrents for Ep.1 are already out.

>>89088
Jesus, that's stupid.

>>89088

...the fuck.

>>89091
Sword Arts Online is stupid in general

So I just watched the BECK anime. That ending was oddly satisfying, considering it was literally a slide-show.

I've heard the manga goes further; anyone know what chapter the anime went up to?

>>89088
There's a myriad of reasons this makes no sense.
1. They can now apparently make things out of noting.
2. They can make things with preset velocity.
3. Bullets don't fucking curve.

Been listening to bits and pieces of the Kill la Kill [spoiler]dub[/spoiler, and Mako... actually sounds good? I wrote her off because she was fucking terrible in the trailer and as it turns out she's like a deadringer for the original Japanese VA, wow. And it's actually Ryuko who's the one getting on my nerves.

>>89108
After watching that webm, I just went to the neared anime online site to watch that episode and get the context of it, and yeah, it's really dumb.
Apparently, some guy called Death Gun can kill people inside VRMMOs (yeah, they did more MMOs like SAO in the context of the series) with his "Death Gun" (oxymoron, please), and this one guy from the corporation that owned SAO asked Kirito if he could investigate that because his superiors are kinda worried about it.
And yeah, Kirito's back. Even when i thought there where two new MC.
WELP

>>89114
>"Death Gun" (oxymoron, please)
I think you mean "redundant". It would be an oxymoron if was something like "Death Reviver".

>>89112
Being one of the 5 people on Earth who cares but hasn't seen KLK yet I'm debating whether to watch it dubbed or subbed.

>>89137
Sub absolutely. Only annoying person in the original is Nonon because she's supposed to be whereas most of the of the dub VAs are flat (especially Mikisugi) or are more busy trying to lipsync too hard to sound any good.

>>89139
An apt description for the manga in general.

Anyone Seen Rail Wars? Worth a pickup? Also anything else good this season?

Would’ve put this in the Sailor Moon thread, but I think it works better in the general:

http://nangbaby.com/post/91725917303/i-ts-not-our-culture-so-we-cant-claim-we

[muffled screams heard in the distance]

The first four episodes of the Kill la Kill dub got leaked. Here's a collection of clips:

http://okaberintarou.co.vu/tagged/kill-la-kill-dub