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| this anime is so stupid that i cannot but fall for it. pretty awesome. i say it is the next big thing. as for sakana-chan, i think its her name too. why did they translate it to fish girl anyways. anyways. |
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PepperedHamOct 11, 2010 9:50 PM
garfield15 said: Nachotee said: garfield15 said: That's actually not what he said. gg's translation of that was really off. Oretachi Filament ni kozo, kiraboshi no wa kagayaiteiru. If my ear doesn't decieve me. So can you translate it better? I'm only a weaboo so my jap is far far from perfect, but it should probably be something close to "It's because of us, filament, that kiraboshi shines". Gg's translation is just another way to say the same thing, probably cause they thought it sounded better that way. So, can your weaboo abilities overpower mine? Hey hey, in order to be a weaboo, I'd have to think everything in Japan was superior to anything else and write/speak in Japanese all the time even though I barely understand it which I really don't do. And as for the translation, yours exactly what I was thinking. "We putting the glitter in Glitter in glittering star" seems to be more of gg pushing the fabulous in their translation. What is with gg's translation anyway? They translated "It's a pinch" as "with these pliers," and they keep calling Sakana-chan "fish girl" (yes I know Sakana-chan=fish girl but I think Sakana is actually her name) I know her name is definitely that because it was in the pdf that was released a few weeks ago. Taken from gg's site about the pliers issue: TL Note: Takuto doesn’t say pinch twice in a row, he says penchi, pinch, and punch. Penchi = pliers. Basically, whichever weeaboo thought he said “It’s a pen!” at first has better ears than the weeaboo who thought he said “It’s a pinch!” |
| The Galactic Pretty Boy is so glam and I love every minute of it. Tauburn wears high heels!! LMAO!! The Glittering Crux Brigade looks like a bunch of masquerade party rejects! |
Hannah_AnaOct 12, 2010 6:22 AM
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Nachotee said: garfield15 said: That's actually not what he said. gg's translation of that was really off. Oretachi Filament ni kozo, kiraboshi no wa kagayaiteiru. If my ear doesn't decieve me. He said "oretachi filament ni koso Kiraboshi wa kagayaite iru" I guess, It's us "Filament" that is under "Kiraboshi", in English come to think of it "Chuu" (at the bath) doesn't mean squeak. |
| This shit is so gay. (Yeah i don't like that phrase ether but it was never more fitting). Anyway at least we got some explanation about those robot things. BTW. evil organizational full the way. They are full of sexy perverted girls with revealing outfits. Why would any male want to be with the good guys? They are boring. Actually even their males are better. They are crazy manly motherfuckers instead of pretty boy bishounen gay acting fagots. |
| Dazzling Galactic Pretty Boy + Glittering Sexy Enemies = FABULOUS!! |
| I enjoyed the second episode a little better than the first....maybe it's because things are starting to get explained. |
| Dear god, that was awesome. Someone needs to find that insert song, when they activate the Cybodies. It's so good. |
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Hana-kei said: Nachotee said: garfield15 said: That's actually not what he said. gg's translation of that was really off. Oretachi Filament ni kozo, kiraboshi no wa kagayaiteiru. If my ear doesn't decieve me. He said "oretachi filament ni koso Kiraboshi wa kagayaite iru" I guess, It's us "Filament" that is under "Kiraboshi", in English The line itself would be something like: "By us Filament, Kiraboshi [The Shining Star(s)] will shine!" Of course you can play it funny and translate it as gg did, but I think the problem is, that it's not yet clear what exactly 'Kiraboshi' is at all. It could be just a random name, but it could as well be a certain term in the story of SD. That's the problem when you're trying to be witty in a translation, while you still have no idea what is going on. Basically everything you think is so funny could just as well turn out terribly stupid, because it destroys a certain terminology. |
Waiting for: God Eater (PSP) 私が、探偵だからよ。 |
| anybody know the title for the girl in the cage song ?? its so beautiful >.< |
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| Am I the only one hearing Back to the Future theme in every episode of this show? |
PepperedHam said: Taken from gg's site about the pliers issue: TL Note: Takuto doesn’t say pinch twice in a row, he says penchi, pinch, and punch. Penchi = pliers. Basically, whichever weeaboo thought he said “It’s a pen!” at first has better ears than the weeaboo who thought he said “It’s a pinch!” Look, I'm just saying when I was at NYCC, they played Star Driver. And the official subs from Aniplex said "It's a Pinch." They also called her Sakana-chan. It was also in an official japanese flyer they gave out in English so I'm positive Sakana is her name, not a nickname that Head is giving her. |
garfield15Oct 12, 2010 10:39 AM
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garfield15 said: PepperedHamTaken from gg's site about the pliers issue: I don't know about aniplex in particular, but I've never had too many good experiences with official subs. I use fansubs for a reason.TL Note: Takuto doesn’t say pinch twice in a row, he says penchi, pinch, and punch. Penchi = pliers. Basically, whichever weeaboo thought he said “It’s a pen!” at first has better ears than the weeaboo who thought he said “It’s a pinch!”[/quote said: Look, I'm just saying when I was at NYCC, they played Star Driver. And the official subs from Aniplex said "It's a Pinch." They also called her Sakana-chan. It was also in an official japanese flyer they gave out in English so I'm positive Sakana is her name, not a nickname that Head is giving her. Of course gg is notoriously liberal with their translations. I also don't know enough japanese to take a strong stance on it. The whole penchi thing makes about as much sense as anything. Fish girl is likely flat out wrong, or one of 2 possible interpretations, but I'm willing to accept that so long as I know what's being said. Anyway I guess the point is that I've never known the official subs to be the generally accepted "correct" translation. Seems like if that was the case we wouldn't consistently choose to use a rag tag team of college students instead. |
| fucking epic shit |
| fucking epic shit |
| I'm not really bothered by the reused animation scenes, it was epic and hilarious again. Ginga Bishounen is still hilarious~ |
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| I had higher hopes for this episode given how entertaining the first one was, but besides a little bit more explanation in this episode, it was pretty much the same as the first; Some school scenes, talking about things we still don't understand, then for no reason fighting in giant mecha and the main character winning easily. Not to mention the reused animations. I know it's only the second episode, but if the third and fourth episodes don't explain more and end up being the same, I'll be dropping this. It's not like I'm not giving it a fair chance. |
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| Oh shit. It's becoming obvious that this series is supposed to be taken seriously. There is way too much dialogue for me to STILL not know what the fuck is going on. As a wise man possibly once said, "There were a lot of words, but little was said." For instance, a lot of focus is put on kissing through glass. What does it mean? I'm not really sure. It's mentioned enough to seem to hold significance, but the significance has yet to come. At least now we know Glittering Star's intentions; they want to release the Cybodies from the "weird space" so that they can use the mechs for their own no-doubt sinister purposes. I am worried that I'm starting to side with GS on this one. They haven't really done anything TOO sinister (unless you count their tacky outfits), and they are infinitely more interesting than our heroes, despite being just as one-dimensional as they are. That's not to say the episode was all bad. The character designs still have that same cute appeal that BONES is so good at. And the production values are still fairly high, even if a few animation sequences were recycled. The robot fight was cool, if criminally short. As I've said before, this series can work if they don't get serious and instead focus on the campy fun that made the first episode enjoyable. There's still time for that to happen, but it unfortunately looks like they won't take the series in that direction. |
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| And it still is awesomely fabulous. But seriously, some of these characters, the fuck is up with them? ┐('～`；)┌ Other than that, Sarina > Wako, 'nuff said. |
OosranOct 14, 2010 1:49 AM
| Protip: I don't really check the forums anymore, so if you want something, take it on my profile. Is it time for my long-awaited return to the forums? щ(ﾟДﾟщ) Nope™, probably not. |
| Also, do the writers think that Wako being hungry/stomach growling is funny? Because it isn't. |
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Black_Jack said: Also, do the writers think that Wako being hungry/stomach growling is funny? Because it isn't. Yeah it is. It's more of like just a quirk she has. |
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Black_Jack said: Oh shit. It's becoming obvious that this series is supposed to be taken seriously. There is way too much dialogue for me to STILL not know what the fuck is going on. As a wise man possibly once said, "There were a lot of words, but little was said." For instance, a lot of focus is put on kissing through glass. What does it mean? I'm not really sure. It's mentioned enough to seem to hold significance, but the significance has yet to come. At least now we know Glittering Star's intentions; they want to release the Cybodies from the "weird space" so that they can use the mechs for their own no-doubt sinister purposes. I am worried that I'm starting to side with GS on this one. They haven't really done anything TOO sinister (unless you count their tacky outfits), and they are infinitely more interesting than our heroes, despite being just as one-dimensional as they are. That's not to say the episode was all bad. The character designs still have that same cute appeal that BONES is so good at. And the production values are still fairly high, even if a few animation sequences were recycled. The robot fight was cool, if criminally short. As I've said before, this series can work if they don't get serious and instead focus on the campy fun that made the first episode enjoyable. There's still time for that to happen, but it unfortunately looks like they won't take the series in that direction. I personally don't feel that campy fun and seriousness are mutually exclusive, but we all enjoy a show in our own way. I hope this works out for you. garfield15 said: I agree. It's not supposed to be a belly buster, but it is a source of humor as well as cuteness.Black_Jack said: Also, do the writers think that Wako being hungry/stomach growling is funny? Because it isn't. Yeah it is. It's more of like just a quirk she has. I also suspect that it might be a throwback/inversion of the main characters in the old action shows who would always eat excessively to comedic effect. This would fit in with the ovarall theme of taking the awesome stuff from the oldschool shows, but skewing it with what's popular today. (Galactic boy becomes Galactic pretty boy. Disgusting and overall voracious warrior appetite becomes adorable bottomless stomach.) |
| With enemy leaders as hot and sexy as those girls, I'm having second thoughts on what side I'll go to if I'm in this show. Still, there seems to be some more to the story and it will be revealed as we go on so I won't harp about it. I'm just gonna enjoy the hot girls here and the fabulous Ginga Bishounen battles. This show is pretty enjoyable and may be one of my favorite shows this season if next episodes pick up. |
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Gangler said: I personally don't feel that campy fun and seriousness are mutually exclusive, but we all enjoy a show in our own way. I hope this works out for you. The plot is too ridiculous for them to play it straight. It they indulge in the camp and make it more of a parody, then it would be fun. I liked episode one because there were hints of that. This episode didn't have those hints. garfield15 said: Black_Jack said: Also, do the writers think that Wako being hungry/stomach growling is funny? Because it isn't. Yeah it is. It's more of like just a quirk she has. It is a quirk. But it's not a funny quirk. |
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BrentD said: Black_Jack said: For instance, a lot of focus is put on kissing through glass. What does it mean? Knowing Enokido, it is probably a thinly veiled sexual metaphor. Having seen one of his other works (FLCL) and having heard about his others, he seems to be a fan of throwing them in. A lot of people I've talked to seem to think kissing through/not minding glass is a metaphor for safe sex, but I'm not sure myself. I figured it was sexual, and the condom thing sounds like it might be right, actually. But it still doesn't obviously tie into the plot. |
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Black_Jack said: It is a quirk. But it's not a funny quirk. But it is a funny quirk. You just don't think it's funny. Black_Jack said: I figured it was sexual, and the condom thing sounds like it might be right, actually. But it still doesn't obviously tie into the plot. Until the episode comes where you find out it's a metaphor for something important. Just watch. |
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| I know this isn't produced by Gainax, but it's like someone waved a FABULOUS wand over TTGL and this was the result. XD |
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garfield15 said: Black_Jack said: I figured it was sexual, and the condom thing sounds like it might be right, actually. But it still doesn't obviously tie into the plot. Until the episode comes where you find out it's a metaphor for something important. Just watch. You're right. This show obviously has a lot planned and I'm just too simple-minded to realize the complex intricacies of the plot. |
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Black_Jack said: Is the plot that ridiculous? We have Robots of great power. An evil organization who wants to use that power for evil. A group of good guys trying to stop the bad guys. And a chosen one with the power to combat the evil organization. Gangler said: I personally don't feel that campy fun and seriousness are mutually exclusive, but we all enjoy a show in our own way. I hope this works out for you. The plot is too ridiculous for them to play it straight. It they indulge in the camp and make it more of a parody, then it would be fun. I liked episode one because there were hints of that. This episode didn't have those hints. The makers chose a couple goofy names, threw some fun poses in there, and hooked everyone up with some fun outfits (though I don't think the outfits are out of place either). I don't see any problem with the plot though. |
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| i can't decide if i like this show or not ;A; character designs by one of my favorite artists, mecha, amazing music, an adorable lead, lots of bishonen... i should LOVE it. But it sort of just feels like a rushed magical girl show with a sparkly male lead instead of a female one. But i'm going to keep watching, if only for the sparkly bishonen and awesome music >w< |
| I was disappointed by the first episode, but I would never believed that the second episode could have been even worse. It has been like seeing the first episode one time again. I understand that this is a parody of Code Geass (bishounen + school comedy) and TTGL ("fabulous" galactic fights). The explanation of the reason why they are fighting has been so cheap that it is almost sad. The worst thing about this show is that it hasn't any plot: I can only see coming a series of fights between our "fabulous" protagonist and some wicked girls, mixed with some cheap romance. I was expecting something more from this. |
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"Eleison" said: I understand that this is a parody of Code Geass (bishounen + school comedy) and TTGL ("fabulous" galactic fights). That's stupid. No it's not a parody. You cannot stick the word parody on something that you don't like unless it is actually a real comedic parody. Seriously, nobody ever actually notes the real influences toward this show, that being old-school Super Robot anime and Utena. "Eleison" said: The worst thing about this show is that it hasn't any plot: I can only see coming a series of fights between our "fabulous" protagonist and some wicked girls, mixed with some cheap romance. Yeah, it's great how you know the whole plot from two episodes out of 25. |
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garfield15 said: That's stupid. No it's not a parody. You cannot stick the word parody on something that you don't like unless it is actually a real comedic parody. Seriously, nobody ever actually notes the real influences toward this show, that being old-school Super Robot anime and Utena. Well I can see a strong comedic aspect in this anime, not that hard to see it honestly, just look at how the protagonist is called and tell me you are taking this show totally seriously >.> Before talking about old school mecha you should really watch at least one. TTGL is influenced by old-school super robot mecha (I can say this because I've seen many of them), but the animation style of the fights is totally new (because simply there wasn't the technology there is nowadays at the time) and the fact that this Star Driver has the same one of TTGL is blatantly obvious (now I will explain why don't worry). You know (or more probably you don't know, since you have none of them on your list) old super robot mecha had a lot of stuff like boomerang weapon, tits missiles, swords, spears, rocket punches, beams ect. but I can't remember any of them which had so many constant flaming or flashy parts (aside when they were shooting beams or in transformations process). Yet both TTGL and this Star Driver have plenty of them and that can't be any reference to old school anime, it's just that Star Driver is "looking" at TTGL. Imo this production is cheaply ripping off the best selling points of the last 2 most commercial shows of the genre, more than being influenced by old school mecha. You are free obviously to disagree, but if you can avoid to call my opinion stupid just because it is different from yours, it would be better. garfield15 said: Yeah, it's great how you know the whole plot from two episodes out of 25. I'm the first one who hope myself to be wrong XD, but that is the impression the show gave me after 2 episodes and it can't be helped. See, I'm not one of those who is reviewing the anime after 1 or 2 episode, I'm here to give my impressions after 2 episodes and this is what I thought this thread was meant to be. |
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| I hate how you can always see the same pattern on any forum in the internet. Some guy posts opinion. It seems quite logical, and there's nothing to argue about it, after all, it just an opinion. Then another guy agrees, and then, all the internetz start saying the same damn thing a thousand times, because, you read it everywhere, and eventually (subconsciously) you start thinking it must be right too. This show has a story, it'll have 25 episodes and doesn't seem have that much fanservice/filler content so it will SURELY develop much more than what we just saw. It is NOT a parody. Is it ridiculous? Maybe, some things. Does that make it any less serious or interesting? Not really. Stop repeating the same things again and again, Please, Thank you, and Good bye. |
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| This show is just FABULOUS. |
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"Eleison" said: Before talking about old school mecha you should really watch at least one. TTGL is influenced by old-school super robot mecha (I can say this because I've seen many of them), but the animation style of the fights is totally new (because simply there wasn't the technology there is nowadays at the time) and the fact that this Star Driver has the same one of TTGL is blatantly obvious (now I will explain why don't worry). You know (or more probably you don't know, since you have none of them on your list) old super robot mecha had a lot of stuff like boomerang weapon, tits missiles, swords, spears, rocket punches, beams ect. but I can't remember any of them which had so many constant flaming or flashy parts (aside when they were shooting beams or in transformations process). Yet both TTGL and this Star Driver have plenty of them and that can't be any reference to old school anime, it's just that Star Driver is "looking" at TTGL. Imo this production is cheaply ripping off the best selling points of the last 2 most commercial shows of the genre, more than being influenced by old school mecha. You are free obviously to disagree, but if you can avoid to call my opinion stupid just because it is different from yours, it would be better. Look, first of all, let's not bring the lists into this. I've got a lot of anime I've watched that I haven't put in there. Second, my main problem and why I called it stupid is how can you compare CG with this when not only do they not have the same premise, they're not even in the same Robot genre. This is Super Robot, Geass is Real Robot (somewhat). They have different protagonists, different settings, different overall mood. They're just too different outside of their love for fabulousity. Now if we were talking TTGL, there's just too many different things to compare it too there as well. All people see here is "this looks like something else I saw, oh I know what, the most recent anime I saw. Clearly it's ripping off of it." This is the exact reason why a mecha anime can't come out without it being referenced to either Evangelion or TTGL. And fine, let's just pretend for a second that it is ripping off the shows. What does it really matter? Is is really going to matter in the end if they have completely different conclusions? Will we just abhor the show because it copied some stuff or had a similar reaction? Am I going to want to have Lucky Star destroyed because it reminded me too much of Azumanga Daioh or think Psychic Detective Yakumo is retarted because I think it reminds me a bit of Ghost Hunt? No I'm not. Even if something is "ripping off" another, I think it's more important to look at the show itself than what you're inevitably comparing it too. This is why people thought Gundam 00 was just a "ripoff" of Wing. |
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garfield15 said: Second, my main problem and why I called it stupid is how can you compare CG with this when not only do they not have the same premise, they're not even in the same Robot genre. This is Super Robot, Geass is Real Robot (somewhat). They have different protagonists, different settings, different overall mood. They're just too different outside of their love for fabulousity. Now if we were talking TTGL, there's just too many different things to compare it too there as well. All people see here is "this looks like something else I saw, oh I know what, the most recent anime I saw. Clearly it's ripping off of it." . I already explained what they took from Code Geass in the first post that you called stupid and it hasn't anything to do with the mecha or the CG. I've gone in the particular for TTGL too and talked clearly about animation style. No need to compare "too many different things". You really fail to realize that in every genre of anime, manga but also games, live action movies, books everyone in the entertainment world rip off other ones who had success before them. That is what it always happened even before Evangelion. Sometimes it is blatantly obvious other times it is more subtle. In this Star Driver there are some elements who were just took from the recent biggest commercial success and mixed together. Don't be too naive. garfield15 said: And fine, let's just pretend for a second that it is ripping off the shows. What does it really matter? Is is really going to matter in the end if they have completely different conclusions? Will we just abhor the show because it copied some stuff or had a similar reaction? /cut Are you kidding? I already explained why I disliked this show until now and has nothing to do with the fact that it is or not a parody of Code Geass and TTGL (that was mostly a ironic or sarcastic sentence and not the reason). The fact I don't like this show is because until now it is really plain. The explanation "we have to fight if not they will use the mecha to dominate the world" really let me down. Until now we have seen the protagonist bravely saving the day, but I was expecting something more complex than this. Maybe it's just my problem, who overestimated this anime to begin with; like many other said I probably should watch this for its "cheesyness" and turning off my brain. |
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"Elesion" said: Until now we have seen the protagonist bravely saving the day, but I was expecting something more complex than this. Oh, well then there's the problem right there. You've already rationalized it as "The show is not what I wanted it to be. Therefore it sucks" instead of just judging it on it's own merits |
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