/a/ - Animu & Mango

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>809774

>>809770

I recognized Merkatz-chūsa because he's the only old guy with a mustache.

>>809787

I don't completely hate the new Imperial uniforms too, but everything else is just terrible, let alone the new alliance uniforms.

>>809787

>draw Schoenkopf

>change hair color

>call it Farenheit for some reason

It's not the worst thing I watched but it wasn't good either.

The designs are bad, the voice actor picks were bad (everyone in the original had really distinct voices and ways of talking, but in this episode it's almost like Reinhardt and Kircheis have the same voice and tone, and this is kind of fucking important for such a dialogue heavy series), the CG was bad, the OP and ED were as boring as they could get, the pacing felt bad (choosing to only show Yang at the end was a pretty bad idea I think).

I don't like it.

>>809793

One positive thing I'll say is that the OP song isn't bad. I miss the engrish from the OVA though.

NO NEED FOR CRYING

LET OUT YOUR FEELINGS

>>809793

The thing with Yang showing so late that doesn't really work is how it essentially makes him "the clever guy on the other side" instead of "the other main character". It also downplays the mind-games aspect of him and Reinhard, by not cutting to the back and forth to show what's going on in both of their heads - that, and the constant struggle of Yang as a "soldier of democracy" who could have easily prevented Reinhard's rise to power and ended the war, but was unable to do so as a result of the corruption in the system around him.

>>809815

They're likely going to do the bouncing perspective between the two camps each episode lik the did in the OVA. Next episode will probably be all Yang.

>>809815

>who could have easily prevented Reinhard's rise to power

Yang's dilemma is never about Reinharto or his political ambitions (which remember are always secondary to Reinharto's real goals) but his lack of trust in his own ability to be Cincinnatus.

>>809818

>his lack of trust in his own ability to be Cincinnatus

Pretty much. It's why despite being about to defeat Reinhard he obeyed the orders from Heinessen to surrender.

>>809770

who's the soyboy with the ponytail in pic 2?

i haven't watched it yet. i'm too afraid of being disappointed

>>809824

Mecklinger maybe?

>>809823

I think you give tumblr "artists" too much credit.

>>809747

The opening is neat

I must point out something incredibly positive.

Despite the redesigns the characters still have noses, lips, even ears! You can even guess their race!

It's something I've always loved about the original series. Everything else is shit, of course it is, but at least it shows that Japs could draw like this if they wanted to.

>>809754

The fuck is this Gundam Unicorn dogshit?

>>809747

> Let's remake a classic program from the golden age of anime

> and replace all of the beautiful hand-drawn set pieces and space-ships and special effects with CGI

> also give everyone the same face

What was the point? What was even the damned point? What does this accomplish, what end goal is being worked toward that this was a central component to being able to achieve a desirable end-state for the people funding and producing it? Is it going to fail on purpose so somebody can collect a fat insurance pay-out like in the Producers?

>>809754

>>809987

>what's the point for all of this?

Money.

>>810003

Oh god that Bucock.

>>810019

The first episode is out. It is not.

>>809747

And here I thought it would be two more days before anons would have a chance to see this nightmare. Production I.G has guts to make a new adaptation, but it's been a bad idea from the start.

>that horrible character art

>that out of place CGi

>that out of place soundtrack

>that out of place OP/ED

>that out of place everything

I honestly hope IG go bankrupt soon because of this and FLCL2+3. No better then American movie studios and their soulless rehashes. Hell even fucking Golden Wings has more soul then this.

Anyone know who is planning to sub this?

>>809747

The soundtrack is so fucking terrible. They play nothing but three notes on a piano for at least three minutes.

Are the Nips angry about this, or is Japan experiencing an unusual spike in shit taste?

>>809987

It's an attempt at destroying everything any of us enjoy or enjoyed. It's been happening for a while now you know.

>>809747

Anybody got a mirror?

Just watched it, they're going to skip all of the non-ship politics. Lapp is introduced and killed without any explanation of who he is or how he ties into anything. Jessica Edwards will likely not be in it at all.

>>809747

The character designer is a woman that has also worked as a character designer on Shounen Ai series before, a literal Fujoshi.

I don't understand the thought process behind such a dumb decision, how the fuck can they do such thing again and again? Even if Gineiden has an almost all male soldier cast it's not something aimed at woman at all, and even in Japan it's fans are mostly male.

This happened before with Youjo Senki as well, where the main female characters look ugly while background female and male characters looked normal. Why are they taking things aimed at man that involve warfare and politics and try to market it to Fujos?

I can only see this as disrespect and everyone responsible should be fucking fired, the message at the beginning was also annoying as they are basically saying "You know the old series? Yeah forget about that."

>>810646

It's not like the original designs aren't handsome. What is it even about this style that makes fujos so wet?

>>810698

As a first episode I think it was a pretty big failure, it didn't actually contexualize any of the action at all. Reinharto is said to be brilliant, but other than Staden countermanding him we don't really see that.

>>810768

>>810783

They'd make Reinharto black.

It's not as bad as I was expecting it to be but they've basically removed the opera from the space opera, so why even remake it? The entire cat and mouse game between Reinhard and Yang in the first episode is gone as is Lap's tragedy which contextualizes the entire story. I suspect they'll just have space battles (the least interesting thing in LoGH) and ignore the drama and politics, you know, the opera.

At least they didn't make everything look effeminate and super gay like I thought they would

>>810937

But why would they show lap, and not show Yang? It's pretty terrible direction, I don't think I'm going to continue watching this after rewatching the first three of the original.

>>810784

>Sieg mein Kaiser

<waddup kang of kangz

And they'd turn Yang Wenli into a white space nationalist trying to keep a brother down.

>>810968

Worse, they'd make Job Trunicht into a blatant Trump stand in and have him be completely inept, rather than a cold, calculating mother fucker.

>>810972

So, basically Jeb Trumpnicht.

>>810994

>>810993

Is it a parody? I honestly can't tell without knowing the source anymore.

>>810995

*From this dude https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?id=16174054*

>>810995

>Is it a parody?

It isthis time at least.

>>810975

Stealing that for a handle.

The space battle was flashy and pretty. I enjoyed that part.

But holy shit everything else was pure and utter garbage.

>>811149

>The space battle was flashy and pretty.

Nah, it looked totally weightless compared to the original. When those two ships crashed together it was like balloons touching.

>>811131

>implying

>>811174

I didn't even notice any ships crashing together.

>>811284

You better not be implying that mass and weight are the same thing, dear anon.

>>811289

You'd better not be implying that objects that collide and space have no force behind them simply because they're weightless.

F=MA, faggot.

>That generic music

Ruins everything when it sounds like some kind of Chinese phone game with the most bland music imaginable.

>Those ship designs

Fuckers couldn't even be original. They just took the good ship designs and added a bunch of shiny shit to make them look "advanced", but instead it is just overdesigned and ugly.

>>811321

You can admit you're wrong any time, faggot.

>>811321

>loses an argument

>DAMAGE CONTROL UR GAY AND CANT READ

>sages thread

How did you even find your way to 8chan from reddit?

>>811372

>anon is obviously joking around at this point

>you fail to understand this

How did you even find your way to 8chan from reddit?

>>811342

Point me to where it says "weight" in the equation any time, professor.

I am eager to learn from (You).

>>811383

I'm not even any of you and I can see it right here:

>Nah, it looked totally weightless compared to the original. When those two ships crashed together it was like balloons touching.

Obviously 'weightless' is figurative and not literal, but on /a/ I can never tell who is being 'figuratively' a sperg and who isn't.

>>811384

That doesn't look like much of an equation, now does it?

It's really fucking obvious what was meant by "weightless", the term is used all the time when talking about shows that are shit at demonstrating physical impacts, having a discussion about this is asinine and useless.

Anyone have any bets to when the episode where Yang dies will be?

>>811431

Right now there are plans for 12 eps in season 1 and 3 movies for season 2. Yang would die in season 3, if they go by the books.

>>811414

>At least our space equipment works, yuropoor.

*cough* Challenger *cough*

>>811471

*cough* Outlier fallacy. *cough*

You people really are sciolists. I miss the thread where we just heard about it. Now I just feel like killing myself. Again.

>>811482

*cough* Columbia *cough*

*cough* Apollo 1 *cough*

*cough* VVS Enterprise *cough*

*cough* Liberty Bell 7 *cough*

>>811493

Ecchlesiarch Thor, please go back to bed. You are too old for this.

>>811571

Both similar anime too, I might add.

>>809774

It almost has to be Bittenfeld, I think.

>>811609

The female version would fit the art style of Kuroko no Densetsu quite well.

>>812914

I am frustrated now

>>812935

The joke was that like the subtitles he made a cheap knockoff variation of the original picture.

Did they replace Calzenus and Yang's interaction with a random Lao lt. commander? What the heck is that.

>>812936

This, it was obvious anon-kun. >>812932

>>813167

>>writing and dialogue seems to be fairly consistently inconsistent

Haven't watched it, but how could they even fuck that up? Just take the dialog from the book and original OVA, add some "original" lines here and there to spice things up, and there you have it. How could they fuck that up?

>>813173

>How could they fuck that up?

By reducing the entire plot to people standing on bridges and not interacting with the wider setting in any way. It says a lot that the most enjoyable part of the series thus far was the first minute and a half of the first episode, which simply showcased the technological disparity between the commoners and nobility.

>>811437

No way in hell are they doing both civil wars in 12 episodes. They still need an episode each for Reinhard's background and FPA background, 2 episodes for the Iserlohn takeover and then a couple episodes for the FPA invasion into Imperial colonies and the revolts before they even get to the Lippstadt Rebellion. If anything the movies will likely be about the FPA Civil War and the Imperial Civil War.

>>813478

Really, what was he doing? What was that guys plan?

>>810050

> Production I.G has guts to make a new adaptation

They're also working on another season of Ghost in the Shell SAC. I'm a bit worried.

I guess no one's watching this anymore?

>>814272

And why wouldn't wireless-comms be down if datalinks were down?

>>816001

It's just not particularly interesting or fun to watch. There just doesn't seem to be any of the qualities that made original or OVA fun and interesting. Everything is simplified to the point of being boring. Let's take this third episode for example. In original Kircheis was this shy and bit awkward but goodhearted kid that basically lost his shit when Reinhard's sis ruffled his hair. Reinhard was this bit blunt, ruthless and sharp kid, not some superman that beats five guys that were annoyed with him for no apparent reason.

>>816001

It is so mediocre I don't even care enough to watch it for potential rage.

>>816041

>Reinhard was this bit blunt, ruthless and sharp kid, not some superman that beats five guys that were annoyed with him for no apparent reason.

This in particularly needs to be noted. It was a major theme in the original series, and even stronger in the gaidens, that while he was competent, Reinhard would never have gotten anywhere near as far as he did without Kircheis - Who, arguably, was the more militarily competent of the two, and far more level-headed.

This abridged version hits this the worst with removing the party scene. It's there where you see just how much of an impulsive retard Reinhard could be - and how much he needed someone to drag his ass out of a tight situation.

I think it's fun to watch. Not as bad as everyone is making it out to be, not good either though.

Just try to not compare it to the original I guess and take it for what it is?

>>816941

This mentality pisses me off. If it isn't meant to be compared to the original, they shouldn't have made it a fucking remake. Why should you just turn a blind eye to a clear decline in quality? Why would you lower your standards in order to make garbage seem good? Just watch something else instead.

Are there any good books like this show?politics inside a galactic feudal Reich?

>>816941

I tried comparing it to the source material instead and I still don't like it.

I'm watching the remake without having seen the original anime.

Does that make me a tertiary?

>>816941

>Stop comparing it

Still doesn't make me like it as its just a bland same-face anime. Bland music, bland fights, bland dialogue.

>>817798

It makes you fit for euthanasia.

>>809747

>Reboot

>Not a good dub

What I wouldn't give for a well done dub so the immersion would be complete.

>>813167

>>813173

Its intentional, like what the CIA did to the Art Scene decades back, is being done to Anime and Vidya.

>>817798

An even bigger faggot than kaiser Kaspar tier.

>There are people unironically trying to tell me that i'm elitist and a bad person for not enjoy this reboot.

I'm only watching it for the guy saying "Die neue These" in the preview

>>821488

Well if it's a imperium that controls planets through satraps. In a sense it's still one country as it is all tied under one chain of command. However, for a nation to span throughout multiple worlds some China-tier thought control is going to be required to keep population "united" and thus keep working as a nation. Hell, I think control measures required to make that work would make China look like late 1800's America. Polite sage for offtopic.

Even the baits in this thread feel stale.

>>821490

Looks rather Deus Vult

Holy fuck how retarded is this Seeckt guy, surely you would check to see if there are any espionage missions going on before just flying out to save this ship that you previously had no knowledge of especially when one of your advisers says "I think its a trap" and your equal agrees with him.

I had not watched the original before picking this up and found it to be pretty good to pretty ok. During episode 3 or 4, when the right wing death squad paid Yang a visit and he squirted them with the "sprinklers", I decided that /a/ is right, this is shit and I have to pick up the original.

I guess this is a "reboot" in that it's getting people to watch the original if they've been lazy and delaying it, like I had.

>>826198

At this point Iserlohn is considered truly impregnable and the head Imperials there are too busy playing bullshit politics to actually do their job right.

>>826337

The reboot was enough to get me to finally watch Spiral Labyrinth and all the extra stuff that isn't part of the main OAV series. Now that I'm watching it, I'm glad I didn't try to mix it in with the main series, but it's still decent stuff.

I found it profoundly amusing that the VA for Anne is the same one for Ruler, so that's two shows in the span of a year that she's had to call someone Sieg.

I haven't seen the original OVA, but I'm enjoying this version so far. Maybe I'll take the recommendation of most here and finally watch the OVA instead though.

>>821490

The old style also had big 80s mustaches painted on the masks.

>>826790

>in the legendary future of space everyone is Danny Trejo

Watching through the OVA now, I've started to pick up on a few major differences. The greatest difference so far that I've seen is Yang's reaction to the "heart of a warrior" response by Seeckt. The TV version is under his breath, but the OVA version is very loud and stirring. The OVA version seems to fit more with Yang's character and portray a great level of interest and investment in seeing peace happen.

I'll continue to watch both.

>>828496

Yang was always the passive sort but when it came to his core beliefs about peace and democracy he got serious. The real test of how the TV version handles his character will be coming up in a bit anyway.

I wish they would just let this die. What are they doing?

Finally found something in the OVA that I took problem with.

Why did nobody rescue Jessica Edwards from the stadium where citizens held protest and get her some medical treatment? Did no citizen there know who she was or care about getting her help? It didn't look like Colonel Christian beat her to death, but that she was just left behind as the stadium burned.

>>832535

People don't worry about much other than saving themselves when a crisis occurs. Take this for example. During the Bataclan vigil, an anon lit up some firecrackers and threw them into the crowd. One second they're laying down flowers and shit for the 130 people who were sacrificed at the altat of multiculturalism, the next they're stampeding over the very same flowers in a desperate bid to flee a percieved threat.

How is this reboot going anyway? I'm up to episode 40 of the original. The two different art styles are really bugging me but otherwise it's such a comfy space opera.

>>811244

>hulking massive ships carrying 30,000 men each

But anon, if you do the math from the manpower figures given vs the number of ships given, the average crew works out to be around 100-200 men per ship, which is consistent with that prequel subplot in which Reinharto pulls off a mutiny on a destroyer and there are like 50 guys on the ship.

>>811261

Things still have mass and inertia in a vacuum.

>>809747

Truly the last vanguard of aryan culture.

The jew fears the samurai.

Too bad anime is not samurai, people in armor and helmets and wielding weapons and going out in the actual real life to fight people are samurai.

Samurai = Samurai.

Anime = not Samurai.

Your blu ray release of manko chan no daibouken is not a samurai, it's the thing that keeps you locked away inside, rendered harmless to the evils that roam the lands.

Learn the difference, it might save your life.

Holy fuck, I can't fucking believe Kircheis is dead. I thought they were pulling some lame joke with that shot through the shoulder and grazing of the neck that there wasn't some kind of medical attention he could have received and be up in the next two or three episodes. I'm upset. I'm not even sure I want to continue watching this anymore.

>>832954

It's a major plot point.

The death of Kircheis is what drives his highness further. He didn't only lose an advisor, but also a childhood friend. He is no longer trying to prove his worth and avenge the honour of hi sister. He is on a personal crusade to bring justice to all those who dare stand in his way. He is conquering the galaxy not for his own pride, but for Kircheis.

It's a little gay to be honest.

>>837644

But anon, it's only just begone! they've got movies and toys to sell!

>>832954

>dropping the show

If only Kircheis were here.

>>837707

>toys

I doubt it's wooden model kits of the ships for boys men to assemble, so it's most likely Fujoshit """"toys"""".