Obligatory go watch Legend of the Galactic Heroes post.
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Apparently it's gotten harder for later seasons now, or Amazon was being a huge dick about it as I had to go digging through eBay to find a reasonably-priced copy of Frontier. Probably best to request copies at your local Barnes & Noble or ask Rightstuf to restock up on Digimon DVDs or whatnot.
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Reminds me of Parasyte.
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I wish the bottom one continued.
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Just found out I Shaved and Brought A High Schooler Home is getting an adaption, can't wait for all the hot takes that are going to come out.
Finally got around to reading the wn/ln and its shocking how much got cut out of the anime.
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never watched Higurashi. it was one of those series i heard alot about but never watched or read the VN. all i have seen are the goro scenes from the original and i think the plot revolves around
either way, think the new one is worth watching?
the characters getting infected by some parasites that makes them go crazy and i think the loil with purple hair re-lives these moments and have done so for years.
either way, think the new one is worth watching?
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I'm just about to check the first episode out, so I'll return here in about thirty minutes. I'll try super hard not to compare it to the 2006 anime which had some stellar direction when it came to pacing and composition to make up for its poor animation, but maybe the new artstyle will help. Maybe. Also is hard to tell what they're going to do with it, since it sounds like only the first two arcs will be done in this season, which is reportedly two-cour. If that's the case, they're going to adapt the sound novel as close as possible to how it's paced.
Anyhoo brb. *gets demoned away*
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Oh my fucking God, I am actually upset by this.
This is literally a remake of the DEEN anime, albeit not exactly beat-by-beat. There were three new scenes. One: they actually did put in the scene where Keiichi analyses Satoko's traps before walking into the classroom from the tacked doorhandle, the eraser in the doorway, and the trip to the inkstone. He also threatens her with the forehead flick and making her cry because she's still a kid. The DEEN anime didn't really do that even though Satoko's (proper) introduction is through the rigged doorway.
Second new scene is Keiichi, Mion and Rena walking to the shrine and at least one old lady is greeting them, but this is a silent scene with a new piece of music. The picnic scene just has Keiichi and Satoko fighting over the food more-so than in the original anime, but they couldn't bring in the rabbit apple slices for them to win Rena over with cuteness?
Third new scene is a fucking lame scavenger hunt because they didn't show the game club. At all. No punishment game for the loser, no card tricks, none of that, we just cut to the aftermath of them standing around. Keiichi doesn't even get marked, it's Satoko who gets marked with a "K.O." to the face courtesy of Rika pulling a punching-glove-in-box trick to "get back at her" for the bath pan trick in the storage room where Mion hid the permanent marker (that was the entire scavenger hunt, she hid a marker in the school and it's not even hard, Mion makes things intentionally difficult for Keiichi so he can learn how to play the games their way). Rika doesn't pull stuff like this until much later in the series, so this is actually out-of-character for her at this point in time.
The remake is literally reusing music from the DEEN anime. I thought the composer was going to do remixes or some new stuff, of which two tracks are new (I don't recall them being in the anime before), but they literally are just pulling from the archives because "Well, the fans are going to get mad if we don't use the music." This includes the original OP, "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" by Eiko Shimamiya being played at the end, coming in at the most inopportune time where Keiichi is shifting through the pile of newspapers to look for the dam dismembering, of which we don't see the article, Keiichi just reads it off for us. Seriously?
Oh, and the cinematography is so fucking boring. I didn't expect to get some well-placed cuts and framing in this particular remake, but the atmosphere is nowhere to be had here because of boring camera angles (only time it's "ooh, shocking" is when they do close-ups of Rena and Mion's mouths when they're being curt about them knowing nothing, but the cuts are too fucking obvious) and ill-placed lighting. Keeping Keiichi and Tomitake in the shade of the cliffside at the dumping grounds doesn't make for a sinister "Wait, what?" moment when Tomitake drops the bombshell of "They're still missing one of the arms."
But the worst offender of bad cinematography for me is the very beginning. Yes, in the original we get a shot of Keiichi really going to town with the bat on Rena and Mion, but the thing is, in the original, it didn't drag on, no wide-shots of the entire room except in the area where the bodies are (but still no empty space), no good look at anyone's face because of shadow or extreme close-ups, shots of blood splatter was kept to the walls and bat--it was meant to be shocking and mysterious. And hell, the original actually didn't give away the most graphic portion of the scene where we get a shot of the bat breaking an arm on impact, but they go ahead here to show the body being bludgeoned on-camera instead of saving it for later.
And let's have a shot of the entire empty and uncluttered room because having the camera be far away from Keiichi as he's silhouetted against the window is supposed to be creepy, I guess.
In terms of similar POV shots, depends on which is scarier to you:
Also, what the hell, why is this the final shot of the episode?
Ermigawd, the little girl has glowy red eyes to signify something wicked this way comes, this is supposed to be spoopy, guys. Why is Higurashi falling for this stupid trope? And hell, Rika has no business being put in the spotlight like this during Onikakushi-hen, but she's only had so much focus this episode because "Well, the fans know what's up with her." No, her being kept out of the picture is the real red herring, not this bullshit with her having red eyes because "Oooooh mysterious".
Upgraded artwork doesn't mean squat. Keep the scares subtle but slowly build them up to the climax, that's why it's so good as a psychological-horror. Also, why isn't this anime trying to do something new? Why do they have to fall back on the original anime so goddamn hard like this?
Second new scene is Keiichi, Mion and Rena walking to the shrine and at least one old lady is greeting them, but this is a silent scene with a new piece of music. The picnic scene just has Keiichi and Satoko fighting over the food more-so than in the original anime, but they couldn't bring in the rabbit apple slices for them to win Rena over with cuteness?
Third new scene is a fucking lame scavenger hunt because they didn't show the game club. At all. No punishment game for the loser, no card tricks, none of that, we just cut to the aftermath of them standing around. Keiichi doesn't even get marked, it's Satoko who gets marked with a "K.O." to the face courtesy of Rika pulling a punching-glove-in-box trick to "get back at her" for the bath pan trick in the storage room where Mion hid the permanent marker (that was the entire scavenger hunt, she hid a marker in the school and it's not even hard, Mion makes things intentionally difficult for Keiichi so he can learn how to play the games their way). Rika doesn't pull stuff like this until much later in the series, so this is actually out-of-character for her at this point in time.
The remake is literally reusing music from the DEEN anime. I thought the composer was going to do remixes or some new stuff, of which two tracks are new (I don't recall them being in the anime before), but they literally are just pulling from the archives because "Well, the fans are going to get mad if we don't use the music." This includes the original OP, "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" by Eiko Shimamiya being played at the end, coming in at the most inopportune time where Keiichi is shifting through the pile of newspapers to look for the dam dismembering, of which we don't see the article, Keiichi just reads it off for us. Seriously?
Oh, and the cinematography is so fucking boring. I didn't expect to get some well-placed cuts and framing in this particular remake, but the atmosphere is nowhere to be had here because of boring camera angles (only time it's "ooh, shocking" is when they do close-ups of Rena and Mion's mouths when they're being curt about them knowing nothing, but the cuts are too fucking obvious) and ill-placed lighting. Keeping Keiichi and Tomitake in the shade of the cliffside at the dumping grounds doesn't make for a sinister "Wait, what?" moment when Tomitake drops the bombshell of "They're still missing one of the arms."
But the worst offender of bad cinematography for me is the very beginning. Yes, in the original we get a shot of Keiichi really going to town with the bat on Rena and Mion, but the thing is, in the original, it didn't drag on, no wide-shots of the entire room except in the area where the bodies are (but still no empty space), no good look at anyone's face because of shadow or extreme close-ups, shots of blood splatter was kept to the walls and bat--it was meant to be shocking and mysterious. And hell, the original actually didn't give away the most graphic portion of the scene where we get a shot of the bat breaking an arm on impact, but they go ahead here to show the body being bludgeoned on-camera instead of saving it for later.
And let's have a shot of the entire empty and uncluttered room because having the camera be far away from Keiichi as he's silhouetted against the window is supposed to be creepy, I guess.
In terms of similar POV shots, depends on which is scarier to you:
Also, what the hell, why is this the final shot of the episode?
Ermigawd, the little girl has glowy red eyes to signify something wicked this way comes, this is supposed to be spoopy, guys. Why is Higurashi falling for this stupid trope? And hell, Rika has no business being put in the spotlight like this during Onikakushi-hen, but she's only had so much focus this episode because "Well, the fans know what's up with her." No, her being kept out of the picture is the real red herring, not this bullshit with her having red eyes because "Oooooh mysterious".
Upgraded artwork doesn't mean squat. Keep the scares subtle but slowly build them up to the climax, that's why it's so good as a psychological-horror. Also, why isn't this anime trying to do something new? Why do they have to fall back on the original anime so goddamn hard like this?
TL;DR: Newcomers, just check out the 2006 anime right now and come back to this later if you still want more Higurashi after you're done, because by then, more episodes will be out for a proper compare-contrast (which I fear will become more prevalent as the weeks goes on). If you want a fuller experience, read the manga if you just have no interest in getting the sound novel off of Steam.
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why is that?
I just edited my post. Guess I totally did get ninja'd and could've just posted the rant in this post, but oh well.
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Horriblesubs is fucking dead.
just wanted to throw my two cents in and say that i actually really enjoyed the first episode! admittedly, i didn't have any prior expectations and figured they'd play it off as nothing but a total remake ( with some minor changes ) of the 2006 version. i'm also not entirely critical or observant when it comes to most things i enjoy either - no matter how much i love them. my autist, consoomer brain is content to watch and be happy.
rambling aside, i really appreciate your thoughts and rundown. i agree with you on many points too, especially regarding the cinematography, keiichi's beginning scene and his boring read off ( show rather than tell pls ?? ) of the dam incident.
a lot of things could've been done better and i wish they had been, but i'm inclined to be optimistic and figure things will get better as the season progresses.
if not...well, at least we still have the other adaptions.
def seconding the recommendation that newcomers check out the 2006 version before taking the new one on. and the sound novels? chefs kiss. if you're uninterested in them, you should absolutely change that bc they're incredible, imo.
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If any of you have been searching for esoteric or old material, and have been unable to find it anywhere on the internet, I am willing to look for it on Animebytes and upload it to Mega for you if I can find it. I have personally had luck finding material on AB that does not exist anywhere else.
I will not download anything that can already be found on nyaa.si or streaming services because of my own bandwidth limitations, nor will I download material because it is encoded at a higher quality than what you have. If I can find your material on nyaa.si or another website, I will simply give you the link so that you may torrent it yourself.
I do not have invites, sorry.
It does not matter what form or size the requested material is, only that it cannot be found anywhere else. If the material does manage to exist elsewhere, but is of exceptionally low quality, or is of a language/subtitles that are uncommon (Such as being dubbed in Chinese or Arabic for some fucking reason), then I will also search for it in your language.
To keep this thread clean, you can just DM me the name of the material you have searched for, and I will see if it exists. Please be patient and willing to wait a few days to receive your content if I can find it.
This sounds tempting. Mind explaining how you found those things?
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It was just things that I couldn't find on nyaa.si or elsewhere before I got my AB account. OSTs, for example. When I got my account I performed a search and they had it. Usually if its not on a public tracker, then its on a private one, and if its not there... Then you're outta luck.
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Here's The Guardian attempting cultural imperialism:
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Burn the Witch is out, it's pretty solid. One of the heroines is just a gender bent Byakuya from Bleach and my dick is fine with it.
I like how they're bitching about Darkshine from One Punch Man yet he's not even black and is literally just a Japanese dude who went overboard with tanning oil. Also what do these fucks even want? Anime is for a primarily Japanese audience, why do they need to cater to blacks? Their constant need for "inclusion" in every single piece of media is really starting to get on my nerves.
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I still don't get why they're milking the fuck out of Higurashi in 2020 while we could have gotten a proper Umineko anime at this point.
