Since the bandwagon for this has appeared...

[Keedounan]

What do you think about Kaiji ?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Kaiji was a great series with it's first season. Not only is it's protagonist a relateable underdog, but the way he acts in the tough situations he's presented and how he shoulders the burdens of those who brought him this far truly makes him a great character. Moreover, it's good to see how he slowly develops his art of gambling, initially coming off as quite the noob before learning to fully analyse the game and work think with great tactics. To an extent, you could say Kaiji's like a more down to earth Joseph Joestar with far less plot armour. The setting is also quite interesting with how the rich treat the poor and working class as worthless, acting as a good allegory for the nature of gambling itself, as well as it's own commentary on social hierarchy. All the games within Ultimate Survivor were all interesting due to their complex rules or unique execution, be it a card game version of Janken or the E Card game. Moreover, the tense atmosphere and good visual symbolism help make you immersed in the climactic games completely. My only real complaint with Ultimate Survivor is the amount of time dedicated to the characters explaining their strategy to the most simplistic point, but that's a minor nitpick.

This praise is only really for the first season, Ultimate Survivor, since Part 2 is a very mixed bag. Whilst the initial game in the prison and the drama of Kaiji's struggle to even get a small amount of food were well executed, the 2nd season becomes boring when it essentially boils down to 15 episodes of playing Pachinko. The ending was decent, at least.

Haven't read the manga, seeing as how Part 3 isn't worth reading unless you have an in-depth knowledge on Mahjong. The ending of Part 2's anime was a good enough place to close on, anyway.

Part 1 - 8/10
Part 2 - 5/10

About a 7/10 overall.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

A stupid question but what is your favourite DragonBall Movie poster? Movie 5 (& Movie 12 ) looks quite kewl to me, even-though it's a shit movie. Movie 13 has gr9 art, but kind-of bland as a poster.

Here are the original Movie posters:

http://www.kanzenshuu.com/movie/

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Probably DBZ Movie 3 or 12 due to how much they pack into it in terms of it's cast. FnF also deserves a mention due to how cool Freeza looks with the Golden aura (without the palette switch of the dumb new form to boot!).

 

[Papasmurf]

Is Golden Freeza a worse redesign than Super Ribrianne? 2

 

[SSJ2]

Do you collect anything?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Is Golden Freeza a worse redesign than Super Ribrianne? 2

Golden Freeza at least looked cool in his ToP transformation sequences, so he's not as cancerous as Teletubbie bitch.

Do you collect anything?

I used to collect a lot of manga, though haven't bought any in months beyond the first volume of Berserk for Christmas. Still collect a fair amount of books of both the manga and novel variety though. I guess there's also attempting to collect all the Pokemon in most games, as well as Achievement hunting on my cousin's Xbox account since he likes to increase his Gamescore.

 

[Keedounan]

Who is the better character ? Scar or Killua ?

 

[Papasmurf]

Which is the shitter change, the change from YXL's base to super form or Galu's beta twink change into SSJG

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Who is the better character ? Scar or Killua ?

Probably Killua. Whilst Scar doesn't have his development hindered at any point like Illumi's needle did for Killua, I otherwise found Killua's character and personality more engaging.

Which is the shitter change, the change from YXL's base to super form or Galu's beta twink change into SSJG

SSG Galu since at least Yi Xing Long had more than just a palette change and gainz loss.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Is the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime good? There is an old and new one, right?!

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Is the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime good? There is an old and new one, right?!

Old one isn't worth watching, since it's basically just the highlights of Part 3 (which is far from one of the best parts, anyway). The new anime is definitely worth watching. The first part suffers a little from removing some important scenes such as the battle against Wang Chen that explained how Dio knew what Hamon was or the scene explaining how the other Pillar Men knew Santana's name, but it's otherwise a good watch. The anime for Part 3, Stardust Crusaders, improves on the manga by adding foreshadowing for later parts (The Stand Arrow, Jotaro's Marine Biologist career, etc.), as well as remembering things Araki forgot about like Silver Chariot being able to remove it's armour. Part 4 is easily the best part of those currently animated and really helps improve the pacing of many parts of the manga such as the Superfly Arc, as well as having a far better ending.

In terms of stylistic changes, the art of the anime and manga are pretty different. The 2012 anime is pretty good for facial features and does an excellent job at the constant palette swaps and colours that are a staple of Araki's work, though is inferior to the manga in terms of how the muscles on characters are drawn, though the proportions are at least more realistic. Stardust Crusaders is definitely where the anime's art peaks as characters constantly have deatiled, consistent features and the animation also aids in this. Part 4 is kind've a mixed bag due to taking a combination of both Araki's style at the start of part 4 and it's change at the end to it. I'd have preferred they stook with something closer to the SC anime's style, especially since detail helps a lot for Kira Yoshikage's appeal, but it's at least better than if they went fully with the end of Part 4/beginning of Part 5 style. Animation also took a dive due to being outsourced to Korean animators and having some scenes with DBS tier animation, though a little bit less noticeable on first glance than most of Super's fails. The soundtrack of all 4 parts are very distinct and likeable regardless of music taste. Part 1 has orchestral, dramatic pieces expected of a fantasy tale, Part 2 is filled with techno and some dubstep to help create a sense of the 80s, whilst doing so with unique enough blends of other genres to make it feel unique (check out the track "Propaganda" to know what I mean). Part 3 has a good mix between jazz and rock to capture it's retro feel, whilst Part 4's soundtrack is quite similar with an addition of more classical sounding piano pieces and a little bit of tracks that sound like DJ mixes typical of the 90s.

Easily one of the best anime adaptions to have been released in the 2010s. As far as anime made in this decade goes, I'd rate it 2nd only to Madhouse's Hunter X Hunter adaption, proving once more that there's only a fair chance of making a good modern anime if adapting a retro series.

 

[ahill1]

What did you get for Christmas?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

What did you get for Christmas?

Legend of the Galactic Heroes Volume 5: Moblization
Berserk Volume 1
The Silmarillion
The Dictator's Handbook
Brian Blessed: Absolute Pandemonium audiobook
Pokemon Ultra Moon
A new leather jacket
About £50 in total from various relatives

I believe that's all of the main gifts. Other than that, mainly the sweets/chocolates typical of Christmas time.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

What is your opinion on Futurama?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

What is your opinion on Futurama?

Futurama is one of the best shows in western animation. It's setting being a futuristic yet similar world to ours helps provide both a sense of wonder and familiarity. It's a breath of fresh air to see a future that's actually advanced as a unified group rather than going the typical post-apocalyptic route as many. The planets explored in the series always provide a unique experience with each episode, from the planet with the balls leading to some pretty funny jokes or the planet Osiris 4 leading to a good opportunity to combine the past with the future in an ancient Egypt inspired world. Overall, this allows each episode to seem original and for the show to never get stale. Whilst it may not have an ongoing plot, it still maintains good enough continuity in episodes to excuse this.
All the characters are brimming with personality and seldom act unnatural for themselves. We also see genuine development from them throughout the series, such as Fry and Leela's relationship's constant growth.
As for flaws in the show, I'm not sure I could list many beyond the fact that some episodes in the bunch can be pretty boring. Also, some of the later seasons involving current social and political allegories, such as the episode with Bender petitioning for Robosexual rights seem somewhat immersion breaking for what's meant to be a civilisation centuries in the future. I can't really point out any specific plot holes with most episodes either, especially considering not only does a satire of sci-fi not need to be entirely concise, but they even inserted the character of Cubert to make fun of such nitpicking. Overall, Futurama's simply pure entertainment at it's core and does what it does exceptionally well. I admit I haven't seen all of it, since I'm pretty sure I missed a few episodes of Seasons 9 and 10, but what I did feature some of my favourite episodes of any series. This is what the pretentious Rick and Morty could be if it were actually funny and didn't focus so much time on being edgy or inserting SJW influences in it's 3rd Season. As far as western animated shows go, I'd rate it as my 2nd favourite, only behind South Park.

8/10

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Kewl that you like it so much. What's your favourite episode?

I don't really remember mine since I haven't watched some in quite some-time, but I remember really liking the series-finale and the episode with Roberto (facking hilarious).

At first I didn't get the hype about the show, since I saw the new episodes, post-revival first and they kind-of sucked compared to the old episodes, when I saw the old episodes I understood why it was so well-regarded.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Hard to pick a specific favourite out of 10 seasons, but I guess some of the ones that stick out the most are the episode involving Bender becoming a Pharaoh due to the idea of combining ancient and futuristic concepts being one that's heavily influenced my creativity, as well as the one in which Bender becomes God due to offering a fair and unique take on the concept of God. Also the first episode to feature the Robot Devil due to having perhaps the catchiest song in the series. Most episodes featuring Zapp Brannigan also deserve a mention.

I agree that pre-revival Futurama >> post-revival Futurama, though the later seasons still provided a select few episodes just as good as the classics. For instance, the episode showcasing the cast in the style of various Saturday Morning cartoons has the same creativity and humour as the two What If episodes from the older seasons, plus the finale they decided on was easily a better send off for the series than "The Devil Hands are Ideal Playthings" or "Into the Wild Green Yonder" were.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Yeah, I can't exactly remember why I didn't like those post-revival episodes but I think it had something to do with it just being a bunch of unrelated jokes with no seriousness in the story. Before that you had episodes with a sense of seriousness to them and not just be joke after joke for no reason but had a story that went along with the jokes. It also seemed way too cartoony in the newer episodes like nothing mattered everything was just one big joke and I can't take that seriously. Or that's why I think I thought so, it's been sometime so I can't really remember.

 

[Spiral-Force]

Are you atheistic or theistic?

Do you have a new year's resolution?

Which do you prefer, Inception or The Matrix?