時よ止まれ

And I almost forgot that this was out, too! Even though it has...

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 01:31:21 +0200

And I almost forgot that this was out, too! Even though it has Micchi on the cover!

(Micchiiiiiii—–!!!!)

I haven’t been writing about this manga for a while now because I didn’t have much time, and the chapters themselves weren’t particularly momentous. But make no mistake, we’re in the last stretch now. I think it’s one chapter, or maybe one more, and the story will switch into Honnouji gear…

I don’t even know what I wish for, really. I just really don’t want anyone to die, or be sad, but… well, history is history… (someone help Micchi, please)

And just when I thought they ran out of ways to make Sui and...

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 00:49:11 +0200

And just when I thought they ran out of ways to make Sui and Tokitaka look even more like they’re married, they do this… :D;; I’m pretty sure they’re not even trying not to make them look like they’re married, but hey, I absolutely appreciate the service.

I kind of wish they had adapted that Tokitaka centric chapter from the manga where he talks about his friendship with Sui and how much it means to him, it’s so sweet. I guess they changed it in the anime due to pacing/writing/focus reasons, but in the manga Tokitaka repairs Yakyou’s broken cup on his own, to cheer Sui up. Tokitaka is trying, in his own quiet way, to help mending the relationship between the brothers, apparently as a way to give Sui back some of what he received from him.

And then Yakyou and Tsunozaki… Who wants to bet that this scene was, at one point during planning, Tsunozaki feeding Yakyou the cake? :D;;

Anyway, aaawwwww, this show. I loved it so much! It was criminally underappreciated so I’m going to pimp it to everyone now.

I’m pretty sure there’s not going to be a second season, but just like with Miira no Kaikata last season, at least there’s still the manga!

so about that Westworld finale

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 23:33:38 +0200

I’m still trying to digest that finale because hoooly shit that was… definitely something.

I mean… wow… what… wuh…

I think… it’s a pity that the Dolores & Man in Black team-up didn’t last longer, it was so great. I’m missing the point, I know. But it was awesome.

And I’m not entirely sure that Sizemore going out like that was entirely necessary? I mean I understand what it was meant to be, but still.

Also, the universe can stop pissing on Bernard any time now. Any time now.

But anyway, the thing with the hosts who went to Host Heaven, that was basically Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig, Kuze with the refugees. Except I guess a bit more concrete and happy, since in case of Kuze it wasn’t a promise of a better world, it was a desperate effort that’s never been done before and its success wasn’t guaranteed (and was never directly confirmed, iirc). Also they were humans with partially (or fully) digitized brains, not hyper-evolved AI, I guess that also counts. But otherwise, yeah, that’s what came to my mind, being the filthy otaku that I am.

Come on Season 3, and please let it be the last season that ties everything up.

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Sat, 16 Jun 2018 16:09:18 +0200

penicillinshock:

TO-Y - Chapter 10: Online / Download
Thank you @skyhopedango for translating, @ssho25, alisha131 and @kyaaitstazia for proofreading, @zzeroh for cleaning and @thedigitalpen for quality checking.
If you’re interested in helping us translate, typeset or redraw manga, please send an e-mail to vexcelvarg@gmail.com. Thank you!

SQ公式 on Twitter

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 02:31:31 +0200

SQ公式 on Twitter:

*is dead*

*is so dead*

GAAAHHH. ♥ ♥ ♥ This whole little series was adorable, but, but. ♥ This one in particular…

Thank you writers!

A (weird, maybe?) consistent thing that I’ve noticed within the drama cds and translations between Shiki, Shu, and Takaaki.

Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:26:09 +0200

capricious-bastard13:

(I’m just going to go straight through it, no introductions here. The translations are all from Ryota-san who translated Takaaki’s drama cds and Akemilena-san who translated SolidS’ drama cds.) ~~This isn’t a a theory or anything like that, it’s just something that I’ve noticed and wanted to say but didn’t know where.~~

You see, Shiki and Shu (and Takaaki who’s now part of TsukiPro) were all in a nationally-known idol unit before. And I was reading a drama cd translation about Takaaki, who’s the leader of VAZZROCK, and (‘former’) friends with Shiki and Shu.

And I noticed something that they’re been hinting at for a while now.

I first noticed it when I was reading SolidS’ origin.

But whenever Shiki, Shu, or even Takaaki mentions their former unit, they get gloomy- sort of. Like there’s this thing that happened that made their memories of that unit turn bad(?). I understand Shiki and Shu’s because during that time Shiki wanted to pursue his own style of music but he couldn’t do that because he was restricted by following the unit’s style of music and genre, so he couldn’t really produce what he wanted; Shu, on the other hand, is the youngest within the group and saw Shiki as his older brother because Shiki was the closest to his age- being three years apart- and when Shiki told him that he’ll be quitting the unit, it’s pretty understandable that you’d feel sad because the person you look up to is leaving and feels like you’re being left behind, all alone.

But now, see, Takaaki, who’s was in the same unit said something gloomy- like he doesn’t want to talk about his previous unit. If he was affected by Shiki leaving too, then it’s understandable since they seem to be pretty close (because in the tweet-conversation that they had, it’s shown that they can still talk as if nothing happened between them at all, being chummy and all that) yet when I read the translations, it gave off this vibe as if he regrets something or that there’s this heavy past that he (nor the other two) don’t really want to talk about.

Example no.1 about Takaaki giving off this regretful vibe:

Example no.2:

Example no. 2.5:

And it’s not just Takaaki, Shiki and Shu too. And Shiki was the first one to exhibit this.

Even in the anime, Shu talked about how he looked up to Shiki and how Shiki left the unit, it was even shown that he was affected by it.

But there’s something else that they’re not talking about.

Something much more that they’d rather ignore than acknowledge and I feel like TsukiPro is setting this up intentionally.

There’s even this scene:

There’s something that they’re hiding. Or more specifically, something that they avoid particularly when it comes to their previous unit. And I understand that there may have been some instances where it the unit was internally falling- hell, Takaaki even said that it was complicated.

And I get that. But TsukiPro deliberately setting this up because if they set up that whole conflict with Koki, Ryota, and Kensuke, with ZIX then it isn’t far off to say they’re planning something with gathering the members from Shiki’s, Shu’s, and Takaaki’s former unit together. TsukiPro already has three out the six (was it six, shit I forgot) members of that nationally-known unit, what’s to say that they’re planning something bigger for them-?

I’m not saying that they all regret leaving their unit, but what I meant is that: Why does it seem like they’re implying that there’s a thing that they’ve left unfinished-?

- Honestly, this seems like a theory but it isn’t, I just wanted to voice something out that I’ve noticed for a while now and I felt bad because I’ve been bothering my friend about it (lol). They even kept on telling me how Takaaki might be lonely because unlike Shiki and Shu who has this sibling-like bond, Takaaki (as of now) had no one-? And my friend said that Takaaki seems like the type of person who puts a distance between himself and other people despite his easy-going and means well. (Our conversation about this whole thing, lol)

Anyway, if you read this up to here, then I give my applause to you *Claps* but honestly, this isn’t a theory or anything, just something that I wanted to say (lol).

I haven’t read/listened to all of the things you listed so I can’t really comment on them, especially as tbh I’m quite vary of fan translations so I wouldn’t necessarily want to draw conclusions from them without having heard the original. (Not to clock the people who did the translations! But in those that I’ve seen I often come across mistakes and misunderstandings.) But anyway, while there may very well be a larger conflict in the backstory, I think with characters like Takaaki or Shuu it’s more about how their experiences with the old unit shaped them and affect their current situation.

Shuu, for example - we know enough about his past to know that he’s always been lonely. He doesn’t necessarily feel or even recognize this very strongly (when he tells about his childhood to the other Quell members and Issei, observant as always, asks if he was lonely, his reaction is basically “now that you mention… yeah, probably?”) but nevertheless it’s strongly implied. He never had a real family or somewhere he felt he belonged, he had few friends or close relationships as a young child. So for him the old unit was basically the first place he felt he really belonged to, the first people he had close bonds with, which was all the more important to him as he was/is still so young. And regardless of his surviving friendship with Shiki, when the unit broke up he felt lost and alone, until the twins came along.

So I think it might be more about the individual characters and their characterization and how their past affects their current situation, rather than something about the entire unit (although again there might very well be something larger in the backstory that we don’t know about yet). In Shuu’s case, being lonely, finding a sort of family and then losing it, which gives a basis to how he relates to the twins and Quell in general. In Takaaki’s case it’s something he’d been struggling with since then and is trying to handle now… etc.

wherein I do idol songs wrong

Sat, 02 Jun 2018 01:02:36 +0200

You know, while overall I still like Anata no hana better (I love that driving beat, and the “ah ah ah” is so damn catchy, actually the whole song is catchy as hell) Nemuru oogarasu has been growing on me a lot, kinda cheesy refrain and all. But I’m finding that as much as I enjoy the melody and the performance, I actually kind of like the karaoke track even more…? kind of?

Like, I know I’m probably doing this wrong, but the arrangement in that song. Just listen to the karaoke track and tell me it’s not a lot of fun and really well put together, especially how it builds up to that energetic finale. It really makes you want to sing, or at least hum the lead melody. And that koto(? probably koto) solo leading up to it - so elegant! Anata no hana has a delicate piano solo there that fits that song, but Nemuru oogarasu has what is kind of like a surprise touch of elegance and class with the flashes of koto.

Anata no hana’s arrangement is pretty damn nice, too, by the way. It’s just really classy and tasteful, with just the right amount of electronics. Also, that pulsing beat is really great.

(By the way, Anata no hana must be so damn difficult to sing! I’m someone who prefers to keep 2D and 3D separate in this aspect, so as much as I like the seiyuu and enjoy interviews and seiyuu goofing around in or out of character and whatnot, I don’t really have a desire to see live concerts. But damn, I’m actually really curious to hear this song performed live. I wonder if poor Nakamura has any breath left by the end. I can’t even imagine singing this while also doing choreography and whatnot.)

プロアニ公式 on Twitter

Fri, 01 Jun 2018 14:31:22 +0200

プロアニ公式 on Twitter:

Aw damn, Umehara won’t be at the TsukiPro Live 2018 Summer Carnival. I guess his condition hasn’t improved enough… Anyway, in that case this was clearly the best choice, he should prioritize his own health. I hope he gets all the time he needs to get well.

Could you keep your DNT negativity posts out of the main legend of the galactic heroes tag please? Keep making them by all means. Just tag it something else.

Mon, 28 May 2018 08:47:31 +0200

Nope! When I talk about LoGH I’m going to tag it as LoGH, I’ve been using that tag since I made my first LoGH post on Tumblr and I’m not going to stop now. If it helps though, unless I’m in a conversation I usually don’t talk about LoGH all that much, so there’s probably not much you’ll have to ignore.

Also this is not “negativity” this is called criticism. You can take it or leave it, but trying to hide it or silence it? Wow, the entitlement is strong with some people.

Also the introduction of Rosenritter was shiiiit like what even??? Their OVA introduction was so badass and striking, why would they ruin it like that? The DNT seem not to know what to change and what to keep the same.

Mon, 28 May 2018 01:46:43 +0200

I know right?! I think the Rosenritter intro was a really good example of what’s wrong with DNT.

First they add a completely original scene - OK, no problem with that, it was an anime original in the OVA as well. But then they have the characters do things that simply wouldn’t happen in LoGH. Is this a professional military or not? If yes, how dare the soldiers openly disrespect an admiral(!!!), be hostile to him, and even harrass the officer in his company?! And how come that officer actually decides to use physical violence in response, like… how does this not end with court martial? And never mind how this reflects on the Rosenritters, did anyone even stop and think about how it reflects on Schönkopf that he can’t even keep his own men under control?

Not to mention the whole idea of framing Frederica as a badass fighter that she’s… not. I mean, unless they actually add more original content with her being badass and fighting and all, this was completely pointless. And Frederica is not a badass action chick, that’s not what she’s about. If they had wanted to show her being awesome then why not have her be awesome at what she’s supposed to be good at? Being efficient and prepared, having a quick mind, etc, you know, the reason why she’s holding this very important and sensitive position in the first place. Hell, they could have had her verbally getting the upper hand and demonstrating how far above she is of scum like him.

And it’s just so terribly clichéd. Girl gets harrassed by dude, girl shows harrasser his place by proving to be better at physical fighting. Yay. Yawn. (If they’re so hung up on badass action girls, then how about some female Rosenritters, hm? But oh no, we can’t have that.)

This is really like the kind of story that someone who doesn’t really understand LoGH would write… and you know, I wouldn’t have minded it so much if the entire show was like this, because then at least it would have been consistent, but it’s not even like that.

Even though I think DNT is alright and at least watchable (it wasn't as much of a disaster as I thought it would be), I pretty much 100% agree with your criticisms with the exception of Jun Suwabe. He's the only one who I think isn't terribly miscast, but he's not exactly stand out either. Miyano was probably the worst choice imo. Anyway, I am perturbed by the slow pacing but mostly concerned about the movie releases. What's the point? Why not just make cours like a normal show would?

Mon, 28 May 2018 01:27:40 +0200

Oh yes, I totally agree about Miyano. I’m actually quite certain that they chose Miyano and Umehara simply for their star power (Miyano being already a huge star and Umehara’s star rising with a great speed). But while Umehara at least seems to be trying to do something with this role that seems so ill suited to him, and is actually going… well, somewhere with it, Miyano is just being Miyano “has been coasting for years now” Mamoru, relying on routine and staying within his comfort zone. He sounds way too old and calm for Reinhard. It’s like he’s just not getting who this character is supposed to be and what is supposed to be motivating him. (Although to be fair that might be the writing’s fault as well, because we’re not really getting “Reinhard” from this show at all.)

As for Suwabe, in my opinion… well. I had thought he wasn’t the right choice for Oberstein from the start - that said, he does have the voice and skills necessary to be at least serviceable. My problem with him is that he’s not bringing those. What he’s bringing is a Shiozawa Kaneto impression, and I’m just boggling over how anyone could have thought this was a good idea. Because, well…

1. He’s trying to imitate Shiozawa Kaneto. It’s like someone trying to imitate Ryuusei Nakao or Wakamoto Norio, and what’s more, he expects to be taken seriously. And that’s not happening, at least on my end. Shiozawa naturally had a distinctive voice and a style of delivery that he molded to fit his/the OVA’s concept of Oberstein, and it worked because he was Shiozawa and this was how he sounded and how his acting worked. So this kind of voice and delivery coming from someone with a completely different voice, different acting style, etc. - it doesn’t work, and I feel that Suwabe is kind of focusing more on getting the Shiozawa style delivey right than on playing the character and doing him justice.

2. Perhaps more importantly I find the whole idea incredibly grating and annoying because he’s not doing Oberstein, he’s doing an impression (that I’m sure he means to be an homage) of Oberstein from a different version of this story. He’s doing the OVA’s Oberstein. WHY? This irritates me both wrt Suwabe’s voice acting and DNT’s whole concept. Show, do you have your own damn identity or not? DNT tries to walk a fine line between being a spiritual successor of the OVA and doing its own thing, except it’s so close to the OVA that it doesn’t have its own sense of identity, and what it does as its “own thing” doesn’t really mesh with anything and doesn’t add anything of value/interest.

3. Seriously, what were they thinking? Why couldn’t they have Suwabe do his own Oberstein instead of trying to recreate the Oberstein from the OVA, especially as they already have a bunch of other characters, including main characters, who are completely unlike the OVA’s version of them.

Oops, sorry for the rant. I have Serious Thoughts about this. :D;;

*ahem*

Anyway, yeah, I’m not saying the show is a complete disaster - although I kind of wish it was, because as it is I find it utterly unremarkable and boring, which is really sad. I’d been waiting for a new LoGH anime for ages, but this is not something that’s been worth the wait.

About the movies, I have a sneaking suspicion that perhaps they went with a 1-cour TV show and 3 movies (that make up another 12 episodes) format because they weren’t sure that the show would do well on TV. So instead of investing in two cours, they do 1 cour, gauge sales and audience reactions, and then release three movies that, by virtue of being movies, will probably get more attention and be a safer bet, than a TV show that is easily overshadowed by other series.

What I don’t understand is why they went with this pacing, especially considering the short TV series + 3 movies format… and especially considering that they’re clearly not even trying to get the audience invested in characters and plotlines that come into play after the first arc. Did they think that new viewers would quit after what happens at the end of the first arc?

anquis replied to your link: 銀河英雄伝説DieNeueThese on TwitterI think you misunderstood the idea of this...

Mon, 21 May 2018 20:20:28 +0200

anquis replied to your link:

銀河英雄伝説DieNeueThese on Twitter

I think you misunderstood the idea of this “reboot”. The first episode said clearly what was to be said. And you clearly don’t understand the difference between a remake and a reboot. And about ppl who started it before watching the original.. well rip. I feel bad for them but it cannot be helped. Yes i will agree about the character designs.. strictly Reuntal, Alex (tho i like this design too lol), Reinhard and Oberstein. I do humbly believe this reboot is doing great.

…I’m sorry, what? What am I misunderstanding?

1. You’re referring to the OVA as “the original”… You do realize that there’s an actual novel series out there that the OVA is an adaptation of, along with two manga series, an independent movie, and a bunch of stage adaptations including musicals… right?

2. I completely understand the difference between a remake and a reboot. I’m not sure what point you were trying to make there.

3. In case you thought my problem is that DNT is not enough like the OVA, rest assured: my problem is that it’s too much like the OVA… or rather, it’s trying to be like the OVA, except it’s created by people who don’t really understand what made the OVA - hell, the source material itself - work. That Rosenritter introduction story is ample example of that - it’s the kind of thing that would never ever work in the setting of LoGH, the kind of story that people who have no experience writing a story like LoGH and don’t understand the characters themselves, would write. (Same with how they’re handling Reinhard, which is so far another huge sour spot for me.)

What I was complaining about in my post is that the pacing of DNT is fucking it up. It’s slow with no good reason, spending precious time on more or less inconsequential things, or things that, in the long run, are not as important as making viewers get a better understanding of the world, the politics of the world, and the cast would be… never mind getting on with the damn story, considering that this series is only 12 episodes with another 12 episodes’ worth of movies coming up sometime later, and that’s most likely going to be it as far as this new LoGH anime goes. This pacing means that this adaptation is not only not going to be anywhere near complete - it’s never going to touch the part of the story where it gets really good and interesting, and where one of LoGH’s main strengths, the cast, really comes into play. It’s deeply disappointing to me that there’s this great story and great cast, and so many people are never going to see most of it just because the DNT staff decided to pointlessly ape the OVA and go reeeeal sloooooowwwwwww instead of perhaps cutting shit here and there, but at least getting somewhere, or at least getting original or creative and giving some more screentime to important characters (other than Yang, Reinhard and Kircheis) that viewers are not going to see much of otherwise, because the anime will never reach the point in the story where they really shine.

(Digression: I’ve been saying this for a while now but there’s this misconception out there that a LoGH adaptation needs to be slow just because the OVA was slow. It. Doesn’t. Need. To. Be. LoGH the novel is pretty damn tightly written. It doesn’t meander or take pointless detours - unlike DNT. The OVA had its own concept of adapting the novel, and to understand why they went with that and why it worked, you also have to also understand its business model and the differences in anime consumption in those times. Times are very different now.)

4. Also, to make it worse, the slow pacing and uninspired adapting (broken up with uninspired and/or downright terrible original additions) means that to me DNT is just… boring. It’s taking a thing that I’ve consumed so many times before, and it does absolutely nothing noteworthy with it. When the only reason I keep watching a LoGH adaptation is the seiyuu (although I wonder what’s going to happen with Kircheis now, with poor Umehara’s condition) and not even all of those are worth listening to (because ugh, Suwabe Junichi is terrible, Miyano Mamoru utterly fails as Reinhard, and while I love Miki Shinichirou he’s doing nothing to prove that he’s not miscast as Schönkopf), well, that’s not a sign of an adaptation that is “doing great”, at least as far as I’m concerned.

And seriously, what the fuck is going on with Reuenthal’s character design. He looks terrible and I’m starting to worry that the looks will influence the seiyuu’s acting for the worse.

But if you like DNT enjoy it, I’m not going to stop you. Have fun with it, and ignore this old fan who was hoping against hope for an interesting new anime adaptation and is disappointed that this isn’t it.

銀河英雄伝説DieNeueThese on Twitter

Mon, 21 May 2018 17:17:14 +0200

銀河英雄伝説DieNeueThese on Twitter:

You know, with all my disappointment with this lackluster and totally-not-getting-it adaptation, I think what makes me the most disappointed is that thanks to the shitty pacing people new to the franchise, especially in the English language fandom, will never get to fully experience the awesomeness that is Reuenthal and Mittermeier. (And Reuenthal in general. Especially with Nakamura Yuuichi voicing him, I mean holy shit talk about a dream come true, his shitty character design aside.)

This is episode 8. There’s 4 episodes left from the TV series (including this one). Then there will be three movies somewhere down the line that barely anyone is going to watch because by the time they get released and subbed in English and whatnot, everyone will have moved on.

And, like LoGH’s story and characters in general, Reuenthal and Mittermeier start really shining in the second half of the story… that’s probably never going to get animated, because the staff’s lofty aspirations aside, there’s no way this anime will make enough money to warrant investing any more in it.

God damn it, Die Neue These. Why the hell did you have to fuck up so much. :/

Ninjas! Shit!

Mon, 21 May 2018 17:05:27 +0200

Sizemore is the gift that keeps on giving. :D

Anyway, the episode is fine and all, and I very much appreciate that they got actual Japanese actors and actual Japanese language, and even decent language coaching for the non-Japanese actors, but…

Why is everyone wearing shoes in the middle of the damn room? Guys, please.

thedarkalgernon3: 2 nd day of SQS Stage Episode 1 .Quell s turn...

Sat, 19 May 2018 01:39:30 +0200

thedarkalgernon3:

2 nd day of SQS Stage Episode 1 .Quell s turn after SolidS opened the shows yesterday…

meanwhile, in the latest episode of Westworld

Tue, 15 May 2018 01:32:50 +0200

whoooa

fuuuuuuuck

seriously, whaaaaaat

I mean holy shit

FUUUUCCCKKKK

ffffffffffff

oh my god I love this show

yangssunglasses: skyhopedango: So, I’m still watching DNT and I...

Wed, 09 May 2018 00:27:30 +0200

yangssunglasses:

skyhopedango:

So, I’m still watching DNT and I can’t say it’s a smoothly sailing experience because in many ways I’m deeply disappointed by it, but on the other hand I’m absolutely sick of people constantly comparing it to the OVA, and people calling the OVA “the original” as if it wasn’t already an adaptation itself, with previously existing adaptations, of the same damn novel series. Also I’m just really not feeling the fandom in general, really, and it doesn’t help that it’s getting obvious that the TV anime and the movies are not going to cover the entire story, hell, we’re lucky if DNT moves beyond the first novel arc, which means new viewers are never going to see the best part of the story, some of the best characters and character moments, etc.

So anyway, I’m not having fun with LoGH right now.

But I just have to get this out of my system. Look at the images above.

image 1: the Revised LoGH Encyclopedia (released in 1997)

image 2: the English language release of the novel (which has tons of issues but name transliteration is not one)

image 3: Wikipedia (JP)

image 4: THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR THE SHOW YOU’RE TRANSLATING, DID YOU EVEN TAKE A LOOK?

image 5: the subtitle in the show

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I mean, seriously. I know there’s that bad transliteration out there from the weirder days of the OVA, but there are so many damn ways of finding the correct one (including checking the official website for the show). It’s Caselnes. It’s always been Caselnes. It’s supposed to be French, like Poplin.

(POPLIN. Not Poplan.)

(Also: Sitolet. IT’S SITOLET.)

(…and so on…)

Gah. Not everything is based on English. Not every name is supposed to be English. You’re not calling Yang “Jan Wenley” either, ffs!

(Seriously, what’s next? Back to “Julian Minci”?)

Actually, the French word is “caserne” which means accommodation for soldiers (fitting surname for this character lol). It came up when I was researching recently. Check it out https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casern

But you’re right, the official spelling was always Caselnes. Thanks for bringing it up! :)

Oh, I know it’s not that exact French word, I just meant that the name itself is supposed to be following French pronunciation. (LIKE POPLIN. I swear to god if DNT transliterates it as “Poplan”…)

It just really irks me that they didn’t get it right even though it’s right there on the official website, or hell, even the English release of the novel, and instead used that obvious misspelling because idek that’s what Google gave them first or something.

So, I’m still watching DNT and I can’t say it’s a smoothly...

Tue, 08 May 2018 23:02:17 +0200

So, I’m still watching DNT and I can’t say it’s a smoothly sailing experience because in many ways I’m deeply disappointed by it, but on the other hand I’m absolutely sick of people constantly comparing it to the OVA, and people calling the OVA “the original” as if it wasn’t already an adaptation itself, with previously existing adaptations, of the same damn novel series. Also I’m just really not feeling the fandom in general, really, and it doesn’t help that it’s getting obvious that the TV anime and the movies are not going to cover the entire story, hell, we’re lucky if DNT moves beyond the first novel arc, which means new viewers are never going to see the best part of the story, some of the best characters and character moments, etc.

So anyway, I’m not having fun with LoGH right now.

But I just have to get this out of my system. Look at the images above.

image 1: the Revised LoGH Encyclopedia (released in 1997)

image 2: the English language release of the novel (which has tons of issues but name transliteration is not one)

image 3: Wikipedia (JP)

image 4: THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR THE SHOW YOU’RE TRANSLATING, DID YOU EVEN TAKE A LOOK?

image 5: the subtitle in the show

I mean, seriously. I know there’s that bad transliteration out there from the weirder days of the OVA, but there are so many damn ways of finding the correct one (including checking the official website for the show). It’s Caselnes. It’s always been Caselnes. It’s supposed to be French, like Poplin.

(POPLIN. Not Poplan.)

(Also: Sitolet. IT’S SITOLET.)

(…and so on…)

Gah. Not everything is based on English. Not every name is supposed to be English. You’re not calling Yang “Jan Wenley” either, ffs!

(Seriously, what’s next? Back to “Julian Minci”?)

To-y_SEX_official on Twitter

Mon, 07 May 2018 13:18:19 +0200

To-y_SEX_official on Twitter:

Fuuuck, look at all those screenshots. :((( And they’re some of my favorite scenes!

Now I kind of wish I hadn’t been such a miser and just bought the damn SEX kanzenhan with the BD… but the shipping was so damn expensive. I literally can’t find an excuse to pay so much money for basically a few minutes of animation (since I already have the manga).

Sigh.

I’ll just have to hope it turns up somewhere…

Haha, look at Kojuurou run, so cute. With this, I probably have...

Mon, 07 May 2018 01:29:43 +0200

Haha, look at Kojuurou run, so cute.

With this, I probably have more cards of Kojuurou than any other character… even though he’s not even one of my favorites. (The list doesn’t even include all 3* and 2* cards.) Why can’t I have this many Mitsuhides? Or Kanbees? Or Kageies? GDI gacha, why are you so shitty.

(Seriously, this is probably the first event where I have no event cards proper. Zero. Gacha is not giving me any. Not even cute bashful Mitsuhide who is not even an event card…)

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And I almost forgot that this was out, too! Even though it has...

And just when I thought they ran out of ways to make Sui and...

so about that Westworld finale

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SQ公式 on Twitter

A (weird, maybe?) consistent thing that I’ve noticed within the drama cds and translations between Shiki, Shu, and Takaaki.

wherein I do idol songs wrong

プロアニ公式 on Twitter

Could you keep your DNT negativity posts out of the main legend of the galactic heroes tag please? Keep making them by all means. Just tag it something else.

Also the introduction of Rosenritter was shiiiit like what even??? Their OVA introduction was so badass and striking, why would they ruin it like that? The DNT seem not to know what to change and what to keep the same.

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Ninjas! Shit!

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meanwhile, in the latest episode of Westworld

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So, I’m still watching DNT and I can’t say it’s a smoothly...

To-y_SEX_official on Twitter

Haha, look at Kojuurou run, so cute. With this, I probably have...