Recent posts by JudeMaverick on Kongregate

Topic: Off-topic / Anime Addicts Anonymous

Originally posted by EndlessSporadic:

I don’t understand what you took from that joke. The Bleach manga is at its final arc, and the arcs have been known to take forever to end. What did I say that had to do with anime?

You should clarify your subject then. I thought you meant the whole “manga”, not the Bleach manga.

I can’t seem to find any versions of Monster above 480p. Anyone know where to find one, or will I have to actually buy the DVD?

Because of licensing, you’ll have to find DVDs/BluRays of Monster.

Topic: Off-topic / Anime Addicts Anonymous

Terrible joke.

Most anime come from manga. There will always be manga because manga is more addictive.

Topic: Off-topic / Anime Addicts Anonymous

You may or may not know this about me already, but I don’t necessarily watch shows for the plot. It annoys me when a show tries to make a plot and fails, but if the plot is never established to begin with I don’t mind if there isn’t one.

There are some works that I turn off my Freudian/Jungian psychoanalytical brain because of the nature: any Makoto Shinkai works (it’s the beauty, not the shitty story you should look at), Ichigo Mashimaro, Hidamari Sketch series, Soredemo Machi wa Matteiru, Arakawa Under the Bridge, Shirnyaku Ika Musume! - actually, scratch that one; I can’t make tentacle jokes if I disallow that -, and arthouse works like Genius Party. Because that makes no sense to do that.

gainax doesnt believe in sequels for things other than nge either

Everything — Panty and Stocking, Dantalian no Shoka, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, FLCL — everything is part of the Human Instrumentality Project for Ikari Shinji to angst about.

Just as planned.

Topic: Off-topic / Anime Addicts Anonymous

I think, to me, that it was disturbing because Lain is all alone. She saves Arisu, who continues this bizarre relationship with her teacher in adulthood, and programs everyone to forget her. There is no such thing as reality; it is all the Wired, based on some insane experiments. She wishes she could be forgotten; people have painful memories remembering her. It’s like a weird form of existentialism.

And you know what, this is happening in the internet. That’s what I find the most disturbing. It is reflective of today’s society, despite it being made before the millennium changed. We are connected through the internet and information is just a click away. We can use Facebook and Twitter and other IM clients to talk. We are advancing technology so much a scientific journal cannot keep up with it. And yet, we, social animals, are not connected. Serial Experiments Lain’s love of telephone poles shows that; no matter how many telephone poles we use, some people will not be connected. These people will forever be isolated, like Lain: forgotten in order to erase pain and suffering… an innocent sin turned eternal punishment.

This work fascinated and tingled my literary analytical curiosity; that’s why this work would forever be one of my favorite works of all time.

Topic: Off-topic / Anime Addicts Anonymous

Originally posted by EndlessSporadic:

If Jude gives it the Toradora! effect, it must be good.

Indeed, it is the Toradora! syndrome. I was just bored — so bored out of my mind I went to Fakku and found the hentai having more plot and getting intrigued by it. That kind of boredom.

mmm, serial experiments lain isn’t as mindfuck as Jude implied it was.

Most people are discomforted by the presentation of the work. If you have read a good share of cyberpunk or know some technology history especially the old Mac and the World Wide Web, you wouldn’t be surprised — just charmed by the work.

Of course, as Endless said, the work has a Gainax ending. It’s one of my favorite endings because it is a subtle, depressing, and disturbing ending.

I didn’t realize how much I was tired of these “oh no ppl die I have to save them” characters until finally I was given a work of fiction without them

Mirai Nikki has those. All of them have distorted perceptions of what is good and what is evil, with the exception of the main male character. A work without a villain will have no such characters (unless the work has an antihero or villain protagonist archetypes, but that’s debatable); the only works in anime I can think of are My Neighbor Totoro, Amagami SS, Nodame Cantabile, Hourou Musuko, Azumanga Daioh, Aria — basically, most slice-of-life works.

And we must remember School Days. There is no hero that wants to save people — just crazy lovable people who need to be put into an asylum, maintained by Nurse Ratched.

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Anyway, my anime/manga list is FABULOUS MAX.

Topic: Off-topic / You are the leader of Kongregate

1. Nothing
2. Kongregate memes.
3. No
4. No
5. Super Ban Jude 2
6. Music Forum
7. None
8. No.
9. Yes
10. Yes, make it free in fact.

I’m a socialist.

Topic: Off-topic / What would you do if the following users rewrote the rules?

For some reason, I think the rules written by these almost-insane men will feel more rational than the current rules set up.

Topic: Off-topic / They should make a law that, at birth, you are paired with your partner for life.

I prefer Brave New World.

Topic: Off-topic / Anime Addicts Anonymous

how dare you watch that crappy anime adaption of a great VN!?

There is no anime adaptation.

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I thought the first half of Nichijou is boring; I prefer Azumanga Daioh’s plot structure — a simple linear and relaxing journey to the end of high school. Azumanga Daioh definitely feels like a work that you can relate to. The character archetypes are just plain stereotypes of high school students; yet, the mangaka and JC Staff — holy shit, I’m praising this crappy studio again — do an amazing job at pitting the characters in a stereotypical setting and still be hilarious.

Nichijou’s first half and ending remind me of Monty Python without the satirical aspect. Without the wit. Without the good sense of comedy. I feel contrived watching the first half, almost in despair.

I enjoy laughing at non-sequitur humor — brought up by Monty Python — and should be enjoying this work if I turn off my brain. Ika Musume is hilarious and, while I dislike the melodramatic ending, there is a good flow and pacing that makes even Friedrich Nietzsche and Thomas Hobbes laugh. I could even say, “It may be even better than Azumanga Daioh!”

Instead, I just grumble and watch it for the aesthetics, which is one of the few amazing things about this flawed work. Two to three anime budgets worth. Good god. KyoAni is ridiculously insane; the backgrounds are so detailed to the point I can see the rooftop tiles from far away. Characters are lifelike and the melodramatic scenes cause anybody who loves art a boner.

I don’t know, but I never like most of the characters. I like the Nano skits (especially at the beginning of the second half), Tachibana Misato GUN KABOOM skits, and skits that really focus on the genki Aioi Yuuko, who is comedic genius. Everything else, which is 80% of the work, — I groan. They are not funny. Period. Full stop. Compare to Azumanga Daioh. Most, if not all, characters are lovable. Nichijou focuses on being really really really really really moe and moe is subjective; I don’t find characters necessarily cute because she is drawn that way — big eyes, ridiculously white skin, girly hairstyles, and schoolgirl uniforms. No, I think a character is moe, or for that matter likable, if I can understand his/her motivations.

Which is my main problem with Nichijou. I just don’t care about all of the other characters. Make me care; I won’t. Make me relate; I won’t. Make me laugh; I won’t.

Nichijou is just awkward and flawed. I expected more from a studio like KyoAni. Still, I gave this anime a 7 instead of a 6 because the aesthetic value surpasses most of its flaws and the few lovable characters bring it up: I call this the Toradora! effect because I did not rate the work a 1, thanks to Ami and Minorin.

It’s likable, like all works with 7. It just have too many flaws to be lovable.

Topic: Off-topic / You wake up, and you're just a head

Tis’ just a flesh wound!

Topic: Off-topic / What do you do when OT is sleepy?

No idea. Been engrossed in literature and visual novels lately. I just pop in and write some random comments.

Topic: Kongregate / I reached lvl 65 now what?

Maybe press refresh and start all over again.

Topic: Off-topic / Online Anime Ruined

Originally posted by EndlessSporadic:

I use Gogoanime and Watchanimeon a lot for the videos that Crunchyroll doesn’t have. I haven’t checked recently, but a lot of those used facebook and myspace mirrors.

The Russian sites, Dailymotion, Veoh (There are ways to circumvent that annoying Web Player crap), and another one are fantastic mirrors.

Topic: Off-topic / Anime Addicts Anonymous

Originally posted by JohnRulz:

I have been watching Mushishi recently, and it is excellent. The background art is great (done by Green, who also did Haibane Renmei and Ergo Proxy), the score is terrific, and so is the storytelling. Highly recommended.

I plan to watch Mushishi soon. It’s my favorite reviewer’s top #1 anime and the comparisons to Kino no Tabi interest me.

Topic: Off-topic / Anime Addicts Anonymous

Won’t be watching anime for two to three weeks. Will have to put Gosick into my low priorities. If possible, I’ll try to finish it before Friday.

Visual novels, school field trip to Turkey, and a whole lot of literature digestion.

Topic: Off-topic / Anime Addicts Anonymous

FLY AWAY FLY AWAYYYYY

Topic: Off-topic / If you could kill anyone on this Earth right now...

Alyona Ivanovna.

I will not write what this references to.

Topic: Off-topic / SocioPath? (im the combo breaker)

I’m not sure how that relates to the definition of a sociopath — a person with a lack of empathy.

Topic: Off-topic / Anime Addicts Anonymous

Literature and visual novels are distracting me from finishing Gosick. But then again, Crime and Punishment and Ripley’s Game has lured my attention and my newly bought books, a collection of three novels each by the Bronte sisters, Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, The Affinity bridge, and the Makioka Sisters, too requires high maintenance.

Shikkoku no Sharnoth isn’t helping either.

being a cultured man is suffering

Topic: Kongregate / When will Kongregate staff make steps in combating sexual-harassment?

Are you implying there is no sexual harassment perpetrated against men? We should dismiss and ignore all sexual harassment perpetrated against men on Kongregate? What a sexist post that was and what a sexist person you are.

I believe he did not imply. Indeed, male sexual harassment is one of those under-talked issues and it deserves more recognition; however, there is no malicious and sexist intent in that post.

Topic: Off-topic / Do you have a carpet fetish?

Femdom.

There’s another one, but I refuse to say it. It has to do with me being bi. And it’s not futanari.

Topic: Off-topic / Who Is Your Favorite Person On OT?

Originally posted by PlayStation_3:

All mods should be shot.

Agreed.

Ikari Shinji, do your thing.

Topic: Off-topic / Who Is Your Favorite Person On OT?

Shut up, forum moderator. No one loves you.

Topic: Off-topic / Who Is Your Favorite Person On OT?

I’m always right.

The tides go up and the tides go down. Nobody can explain that, so God did it!

Topic: Off-topic / OT, which one are you?

Never been a big fan of looking at shit.