I don't accept random friend requests without a reason.
Eh, usually. Feel free to talk if you'd like!
...even if I'm slow to respond.
Jesus loves you!
Hi! I make comics, working towards a ridiculous lifelong goal of completing the best anime, video games, and manga!
And I guess we all love anime, don't we? Now we got something in common!
I'm looking for the best stories. I know that it's different for everybody, and every thing.
Send me a recommendation if you think it's something special! I'll be happy!
I'm bias for surreal and experimental anime that tries to capture emotion and metaphorical concepts.
Also anything retro, so I guess there's that.
Oatmeal is the best! You can put things like garlic powder and parmesan cheese or soy sauce in it! That oatmeal, my friend, is the best oatmeal. I'd argue it's better savory than sweet! I would never lie about this.
Thanks for readin', champ!
5x5'ꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡɪɴɢʟʏ ᴡᴀꜱᴛᴇᴅ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ Video Games
Row 1- Mother 3, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, The 25th Ward, The House in Fata Morgana
Row 2- Killer7, Faith: The Unholy Trinity, Moonlight Syndrome, Flower, Sun, and Rain, Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga 2
Row 3- Chrono Cross, Xenogears, The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask, Chaos;Head NoAH, NieR: Automata
Row 4- We Happy Few, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Disco Elysium, Silent Hill 2, Who's Lila?
Row 5- Paper Mario, Psychonauts, moon: Remix RPG Adventure, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Final Fantasy VII
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This is, to me, the pinnacle of all my years of looking for the best. This is the best recommendations I got for ya! So, enjoy, I guess?
All game titles are linked with a full game playthrough on Youtube. :D
1. The 25th Ward: The Silver Case (Visual Novel) by Suda51 (2005)
2. The World is Mine (Manga) by Hideki Arai (1997)
3. Trigun Maximum (Manga) by Ysuhiro Nightow (1997)
4. NANA (Manga) by Ai Yazawa (2000)
5. Mother 3 (Video Game) by Shigesato Itoi (2006)
I would consider anything on my list with a score of 8 or more on here or on Backloggd as essential for existence.
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Art Projects:
RPG Script
VN Script
Miscellaneous Goals:
Customize MAL Page
2025 Anime Goals List
List Re-Scoring
Finish Anime Continuations
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I guess I write a lot of notes about random things to myself and I figured I would put them here? Hey, if I'm gonna waste time, might as well show it to everyone.
Feel free to not read this.
I noticed a lot of shounen manga have characters dominantly fill small panels. Small panels are usually used for faster paced action, and displaying snippets of movement close to each other to give the eye a clear and animated progression through the page. (This usually creates more vertical panels, where its width is shortened) These panels are indeed great for fast movement, but they remove emotion from the page! Well, besides the character's expression themself. But if you're trying to create an emotional panel, making the panel wide is ALWAYS how authors do this. Having horizontal space on the side of characters suddenly makes them feel very alone. Also, drawing characters very small on the page or from behind usually makes their expressions harder to read. Ironically, since the brain is searching for identification of their expression, it usually goes towards the most dramatic route when determining this, taking all of the emotional and sad context of the story surrounding this panel and applying it. Again, subtlety strikes again! Now suddenly a faceless character is the saddest thing on the planet Earth.
Mangas with great usage of negative space in artwork: "Trigun Maximum", "Veil", "Berserk", "Houseki no Kuni", "Vagabond", "FLCL"
Narratively, this tactic applies too. Over the years, the phrase "Short but Sweet" has really hit for me, because I keep realizing how absolutely unneeded it is to dwell on things. If it takes a single sentence to explain a concept, continuing to flesh it out, even if it may add further depth to the topic with even new points being made about it, gives the readers a psychological feeling of being overwhelmed even if they comprehend it perfectly. Rather, a sentence that gives the audience all the information they have to know truly is a superior route. Even leaving some things about the sentence unexplained gives audiences enough intrigue to continue to think about the statement by themselves, and gives them a personal connection to the topic being stated since they have to come up with its meaning themselves. I think the subtly of dialogue is essential for good writing. Of course, I hope the translators don't leave the audience without context in trying to achieve this effect. Sometimes sentences are so short that they literally say nothing important, so that's worse than over explaining!
Mangas with great usage of negative space in dialogue: "Aku no Hana", "Houseki no Kuni", "Nana", "Oyasumi Punpun", "Chainsaw Man", "Annarasumanara"
This is both a review and comparison of the anime and visual novel of Phantom of the Inferno.
Great story that deals with very human ways of thinking- No pseudo-deep ramblings or anime-esque bullcrap reasonings. Just a straight up good story! My only complaint is that it will talk about something rather thought provoking only to a degree, without really getting extensive into it. I'm sure this was for the purpose of not ranting about a singular subject or line of reasoning for too long, but I was actually pretty intrigued by some of the ramblings in it and would have liked to see more. I think that Gen is a great writer and could have squeezed a bit more content into it without sounding pretentious. As it stands, the VN seems to lack a bit of depth that I think could have easily been managed.
The anime adaptation is definitely more refined in practically every regard, and even offers that extra layer of depth that I felt like this VN was missing. Great watch! Absolutely an 8 or 9 out of 10! When writing the script, I can tell the scriptwriter took this VN word for word, understood its messages perfectly, boiled down every thought to its bare essential point, making it very concise, and even added answers to moments where the VN left thoughts open ended. Very few changes were made in its translation besides consolidating/ combining scenes to make it faster while still preserving the story's messages perfectly so that essentially no content was left out, and having to pick a route for each character that best represented them. They did a masterful job.
If I were to compare, I think my almost sole criticism of the show, that I felt like the VN did better at handling, was Claudia's character. Yes, it's not that important but I wanted to mention it. Claudia isn't shown very frequently in the anime, but when she is, you can practically boil her role down to "evil" in every scene where her character is present. Not very many times is she portrayed with softness or longing, but the VN makes these aspects of her very clear alongside her terrible actions. While she almost solely is a bad person in the anime, she is sympathetic towards Reiji in the VN, and you can tell her kind soul hasn't completely vanished yet, although it is very close to disappearing completely. To give the show credit, I understand entirely that they had to essentially "choose a route" and stick with it in order to make the story not be partial in its decisions, so they made her "evil", choosing the VN's tragic route for her, where she continues to commit terrible deeds until she is at the top with no satisfaction, chasing her (or her brother's) goals of prosperity blindly without considering if SHE wants that goal. This characterization still reads well, but I feel as if adding in her moments of sympathy towards Reiji from the VN would have greatly benefited her character to be more interesting and likable. I did enjoy, however, some added scenes featuring her brother in the anime. It gave her more of a reason to chase his dreams, being able to experience her suffering, lack of reason to live after he died, and thus her motivations for being so.. evil. Taking the information about her from both adaptations of this story, her character is one of the most interesting amongst all the characters, and it feels more represented in the visual novel than in the anime due to its branching paths where she reveals these pieces of information about herself under the drastic story differences. So good job VN for that!
I think the VN's weakest link was its handling of Cal. When everything else in the story was tackled with realism, striving not to be anime, I feel like Cal was the VN gutter trash to root this VN back into anime world. From the character portrait to the endless banter, I cannot view Cal in the VN as anything but an anime bullcrappery vessel. And that's fine. The way the anime completely rips this away, instead making her and Reiji's relationship as one like a parent and child is much more tender and meaningful. I don't even know what I would call the VN's relationship between the two. You know, I think I was kind of mean just now. Oh.. And I actually do have one good point about the VN that I think is substantial enough to bring up, ironically about the very character I was just complaining about: I think the anime does a fantastic job at condensing its messages into much more tightly written and rewarding words, but the VN added very much needed depth to Cal's character, giving her the slightest bit more of a reason why she heavily treasures Reiji so much, and wants to follow him as an assassin. I also think that her potential for darkness is brought out a bit more in the VN, since the anime paints her more innocently, like a child. Maybe even including a sentence hinting at bloodlust in her in the anime would have benefited this, but I say "benefit" because I don't feel like it's entirely missing, either. This is more like a preference thing, because I still think it reads well. It just does fully encapsulate every aspect that we were shown in Cal's various routes in the VN.
As a standalone piece, I think Phantom of Inferno is fantastic, even if it is missing some depth to its ideas. The Phantom: Requiem for a Phantom anime is better in basically all regards with the exception of the VN better adding depth to Claudia and Cal.. But you wouldn't be missing out if you never get to see it either, being so minor.
I would not recommend this visual novel since the anime is the most condensed and masterful rendition of this story. Watch that, and if you can find Phantom of Inferno, play Claudia's routes!
You know, I'm kind of a big fan of stories. But what ends up affecting my final score feels a little skewed. How are you supposed to assign a number on an experience offering so many different factors, and whose effectiveness is so subjective that someone's mood before even witnessing an anime or TV show can potentially entirely dictate whether they enjoy the experience or not? Besides, each person's scoring scale is scaled differently. For me, I give anything average below a 2, then incremental differences dictating whether a series get a 3 versus a 9. I think most people assign things somewhere between 7-9. Worst of all, a mistake can be made at any time under all of these categories. The notion of scoring is so flawed in so many ways, that it should be considered something entirely futile. And I guess that's true. Yet I am participating because there is some truth in it as well. It's undefinable, which is neat.
I guess I'm going with my ‘scoring 1-2 = average and scoring 3-9 = good with incremental differences’ route precisely because I feel like most people consider 90% of anime being between the 7-9 because you can say "yeah, it was good enough”. There’s barely room for telling your favorite anime apart with a scale of 4 numbers! If a 5 is average, are you really telling me that everything you score 6-9 was above that average and is so meaningful to you? I think a watchable show should be the least of what a piece of media has to offer. If it can't achieve that, its a score of 1 or 2 for you, baby! (2 being a piece of flaming garbage with at least 1 very profound thought communicated successfully to the audience.) I guess 3 then is watchable with very little relatable human experience to speak of, and 10 being significantly and masterfully thought out in every regard? Geez, I did it. I wasn't going to, but I did it anyway. I just talked about my scoring system. SHAME ON ME!
People who listen to video game OSTs are aware of an entirely new world of music versus people who do not. Obviously, the only reason they do not is because they never tried it out. It is truly a whole other art form in itself though. The music has to be empty enough to allow for the player to read dialogue, catchy enough not to be boring when looped infinitely, and abide to the console's limitations if made with limiting hardware. Well, I'm gonna talk about limited hardware now.
Limited hardware is the BEST. Seriously. I think that freedom without limitations destroyed something so genuine in music. The compression of the instruments makes it sound simultaneously artificial and familiar, creating this comfortable, absolutely new sound. Usually "new" means alien and alienating to people, but the fact that the instrument resembles a recognizable real life instrument makes this weird artifical-trying-to-be-that-real-instrument just sound more pathetic than intimidating. And that pathetic-ness is what is so likable about it! Don't we all feel that way? I think it might be part of the comfort in listening to it. But yes, these instruments are also capable of sounding entirely alien as well, creating some pretty cool sounds! I never felt like artificial-ness of limited hardware instruments ever struck my like intimidating. They always have a comfort to them, which is beautiful.
Anyway, what makes these compositions feel so emotional is the sheer joy that is injected into them. Seriously! You think that a sad sounding track would kill ya, but it's always the unexpected ones. Specifically Nintendo is our biggest culprit here. If you listen to one of their older OSTs, (I listed some good ones in the bottom of this rambling. If you've played those games before, listen to them again! They miss you!), notably the happier tracks, they will throw in some sad and melancholic notes at the end of the music patterns. It creates intrigue to the listener by changing the expected mood and acting as sort of "brain food" for the listener to notice and continue to listen to since the song hints that it might not be entirely as it seems. But it also paints this happy tune into one that is more complicated. I guess whenever I hear sad notes thrown into celebratory music, it makes me feel like that happiness does not come without sad times, or those happy times are from a time in the past, and not accessible now. However, the songs always resolve these negative notes with a happy ditty by the end of the full pattern, swooping back into the happy mode. It starts and ends happy with some sad in the middle. Actually, there's always very little sad in the songs, I guess I'm just focusing a lot on it right now haha.
But overall it creates these unforgettable, joyful compositions with some bitter sweetness mixed in to masterfully perfect it. Honestly, I can imagine songs being quite dull without these aspects in it. Having this sad in my happy makes me happier! Such is life, I guess? Oh, and by both starting and ending songs to be happy, the songs don't feel draining to listen to over long periods of time! I'd say the ratio of happy to sad is probably around 94% happy and 6% sad? Generally? I guess? Hey, this is called the rambling section for a reason.
OSTs that destroy my white boy soul every time: "Mother 3", "Paper Mario", "Moon: Remix RPG", "Final Fantasy VII", "Super Mario World", "Wii Play", "Pokemon Diamond & Pearl", "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time", Wii System OST
THANKS GUUUURL! Well, there was no cake, but I went out for ramen with some friends and my brother, then we bought some apple and banana hand pies at an italian restaurant :] And sorry I haven't replied to your last message yet, I've been pretty busy recently <:'U
Don't worry about that I totally understand ahah, I'm doing good thanks I hope you too :)
Well now I finally finished the game! It took a bit longer than I first expected but I beat it in roughly 75h~, I didn't 100% it though because I missed some quests and the optional final boss was too hard I didn't really try beating it, you need to grind sometimes, and it's a bit more difficult than I thought but overall it was an awesome experience, I like this kind of story it's different from Persona but in a good way.
Thanks to Marvel Rivals I've been liking the characters more and more, but regarding the movies... yeah :S I've seen the most recent Captain America movie and sadly nothing different in that regard, I didn't like it at all and it even felt low budget at times.
Absolutely, otherwise most people don't have the motivation to do such a big project alone anyway, even when you end up doing most of the work it's just way easier thanks to the other ideas you can get and even the moral support is already good enough xD
It's all great then! But yes in any case the experience was worth it, and it definitely looks like a very good start to eventually improve and make something even better, you should probably try to note some ideas and maybe start something out of it when you want, it will be much easier than the first time for sure.
Oh actually I see what you mean by that, and it's true in this case, I would probably put in it the same bag as watching the pros to try to decipher their technique and how they actually manage to do what they're doing, but once again it depends on the subject, but when it comes to drawing that would definitely be accurate.
Actually I feel like I could have started much earlier so I'm kinda disappointed in myself for that since I was active on the internet at that time and I was often seeing anime related stuff, just hating it for no reason, but I wish I could have watched 2015-2016-2017 anime while they aired for example.
But my first show is actually related to YTPMV once again lol, I watched Kill me Baby https://myanimelist.net/anime/11079/Kill_Me_Baby in May 2017 because it had so much YTPMV related content so I was curious (for example: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbYU9-3hSrJd_hZtY9vjmUCubeotCHbUU) and then I started K-On and it's probably the one who made me continue anime, I also loved Re:Zero and Overlord at that time.
For my least fav show it's hard to tell now because my taste changed over time, I could answer some very low budget effortless isekai but that would be too easy, but among the well rated ones I would say Kuzu no Honkai, Darling in the franxx, Ahiru no Sora and I want to eat your pancreas. And you?
Awesome! Some of them make original songs too, and they sometimes become a trend of other video creators to make YTPMV on these original songs so it's always good to see, there are also a lot of medleys so they're somewhat original in their own way, also some other YTPMV makers ended up making songs for games etc, so it helped, like +TEK for example, this song he made ended up being somewhat famous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cunKMWkE1yI
I participated in some collabs but they were mostly private joke ones and not in English, so I don't think it would be interesting to show lol
I hope so, I've not really been practicing recently because the weather is cold, so it's not really pleasant to use it outside, but when spring comes I'll try again.
Ahaha thanks, actually Morocco is a popular destination here since it's not too far and that's the easiest way to get warm weather when it's cold here, I mainly visited the city of Marrakech which is very typical and I went to the desert one day with a group, they guided us through different places in a bus and we even got a show at night when we ate in the desert, it was awesome. The food is great but there's not much diversity when you have already tasted the main dishes it gets a bit repetitive I would say kinda like in Japan but it was "worse" to me because I stayed 2 months and in the end I was enjoying McDonald's more just because I tasted the same dishes too many times ahahah, but tagine is what I like the most.
Tbh feeling like that doesn't sound surprising when you're done with what feels like the "tutorial of life" aha so I'm sure it will get better once you figure out what you truly want to do but this is also why taking your time is the best, people also often take a sabbatical year but of course it depends on what you truly want to do and how much time you got. This is the reason you need to experience as many things as possible because there's often a difference between what you imagine wanting to do and how it feels once you're doing it and especially when it comes a habit. But yeah I hope you're doing better now! 👍
So so sorry for the late reply, I just finished my first week at my new job which was pretty hectic! I decided to go for the government job, which has involved a TON of information intake (we'll see if I come to regret my choice 😅) AND TYSM FOR THE HQ LINK!!! Omg where has this been my whole life xD It's nice to finally be able to hear the lyrics completely clearly!
Oh yes, people really have to give credit to the developers of fighting games for designing the mechanics so well. It must take a lot of time and calculation to make players' experience fluid, immersive, and dynamic for so many different types of players, while still leaving room for the fighter characters to have their unique and individualized quirks. I can't imagine the time it takes to design a combat system like that!
Wow I didn't even think about that aspect of it, that's a great point! There would have to be a great level of thought put into the make of the game for the very reasons you pointed out. It's things like that that allow the best competitive players to really master their main and secondary fighter characters in their own, completely different ways. On the topic of Melee, it reminds me of Mang0's Fox vs Hungrybox's JigglyPuff for example, and how two different people with two different play styles playing two different characters can have as intense and ongoing of a rivalry as they did just because of how good they both are. I guess it's something I've never thought about as a casual spectator of Fighter/Platform Fighter game matches because the games with bad combat systems kinda just die out.
Yeah Origami King did fly under the radar tbh, the only reason I knew of it was because I happen to watch a streamer who was hilariously bad at the game xD I do agree that it had its moments, but yeah all in all wasn't anything particularly special - a decent play. I really do have a lot of faith in indie games really spicing up things this year though.
Man, I always wonder what could've been with Dreaming Machine, it really is such a shame. The story behind the movie's production, Kon's parting wish for it to be completed and how after so many years, Maruyama still couldn't find anybody he believed to be capable of taking the reins just goes to show that even in death, Kon can create an intriguing story xD I do think because of that, the film's reputation precedes it heavily, and so maybe it's for the best that it remains unfinished. That just helps me come to peace with it all.
OH! I also finally watched Nana and it was amazing!! I absolutely loved all the character writing and the extremely natural way that the story flowed! Amazing experience and easily one of my new favourites!! It's really unfortunate that it couldn't receive a more formal ending and it really left me wanting more >_< I may pick up the manga some time in the future but I hear that it's also been on hiatus due to the mangaka having fallen terribly ill and now not feeling up to the pressure due to how long it's been. Quite sad, but at least she has her health and best interests in mind :)
I'm glad to hear that the game is coming along well! It's really cool that you've involved your siblings in the process too :D Yeah, you've got the right mindset, it's always better to have an entire rough draft at the very least before meticulously editing sections of it. I'm so happy for you :DDD All the best!!!
Great taste in anime and gaming! I would honestly love to take a look at the comics and art you've created! I sure know Jesus loves me, but I'm always happy to be reminded! :)
Yeah I don't know why, but it seems to have been taken down from their YouTube channel, I swear it existed though xD Also, GREAT picks! I absolutely love Taken for a Ride and I'd kill for an official audio release of Another Minute! That's a great taste to have, it seems like recommending you The Unicorns was really lucky lol
Speaking of Nintendo, I'm pretty bummed out that the Switch 2 will have games exclusive to it, it looks the exact same as the Switch so you KNOW it's just for money's sake x'U
Haha, all this wait for a bigger screen! I also love believing the idea that they released an alarm clock before the Switch 2 to avoid their curse of every other system not performing well xD Seriously though, sometimes I'm in absolute awe over the skills I see displayed at some fighting game tournaments. The skill level is insane compared to average players, which is to be expected I guess, but actually seeing the scope of it is insane. You are a braver person than I, I could NEVER bring myself to participate in a tournament xD I'm glad I find more enjoyment in spectating as well. I've developed a newfound appreciation over the years of games that I actually prefer to watch being played instead of playing them myself, like fighting games and especially Rocket League. I think there's an art to making a game more enjoyable as a viewing experience, going further than just watching a YouTuber you enjoy playing it. I couldn't agree more, the community is easily the best part in the way people's creativity are put on display and the more traffic and vibrancy they bring to the game. SSBM seems like a great example where the longstanding community has really saved the game from being a relic of the past, and have even brought more attention to the game within the past 5 or so years, it's honestly so great to see and I'm not even an avid Melee player/viewer.
I still hold a grudge against Ryu from the way his CPU destroyed me over and over for hours one time lol
You'll get your revenge, I believe in you!!!
LMAO that is insane 💀💀💀 I can understand not being used to the quality but NOT RECOGNISING THE CHARACTER ENTIRELY??? Seriously though, seeing crisp clean graphics all the time is just so damn boring, I hate to bring up Concord again, but that is literally a main factor in it's failure - It was just such a cookie-cutter game that did NOTHING unique to separate itself from other titles within its genre. I may be being a little optimistic here but this really feels like the start of a renaissance in gaming. I too miss the days of the bigger studios, in all media formats, being the ones taking creative risks.
I couldn't agree more, I really love A Silent Voice and Your Name but Satoshi Kon and Masaaki Yuasa's works have really stuck with me and will continue to do so. I only got into both of their stuff last year but man has it had an affect on me. I adore them both so much for the stuff they've created, and both discovering and finding out about the death of Satoshi Kon within a short period of time was truly amazing and deeply saddening.
Thank you for the kind words <3 I'm also currently in the final interviewing stage for a position with an insurance company that my friend also happened to start working at last month, so I'd really love to get that role instead and finalise all the details before the contract for the public service job goes into effect. Both jobs are extremely great opportunities though, so I'm happy with either one in the end. How's your game coming along btw?
Ruler of Everything especially is so darn good! :U
Easily my favourite Tally Hall song and video :))) I'm glad you liked Black Kids as well!! I had their music video for I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You in mind when watching the Yeah Yeah music vid, but for some reason I can't find it anymore :/
Emulators deserve their popularity, it's nice to preserve even a bit of that authenticity that comes with experiencing those old games. You should definitely try finishing Metroid, it really is an awesome game. Double Dragon is also a neat experience - just a fun time kicking and punching everyone in sight xD Oooh, the Street Fighter games are always oozing with charisma! I love watching vids within the fighting game communities, the sick game animations combined with the pop-off moments and crowd reactions create such an exhilarating atmosphere!
They don't realize the subtleties and intent behind each pixel when they're used to the crisp and clean graphics.
I couldn't agree more! I guess I never related the two, but growing up with those games probably plays a big factor in me not really caring about the graphics quality in the games that I play, I'd take a stylistic approach over crisp graphics any day. I guess that's also something that carries over into the anime that Is consume, never thought of that xD Speaking of indie devs, it's nice to see that more and more indie games were blowing up in 2024. Games like Lethal Company that was only made by one person outperformed AAA games backed by massive studios like Concord! I think because of that, it's a trend that's only going to continue to rise this year, so it'd be cool seeing more games in 2025 taking more creative risks.
Sorry for the slow reply btw, it's been quite a busy week for me. I've been interviewing and recently accepted a job offer to work in a public service department! Extremely nervous about starting there but I start on the 17th, so I've got time to psych myself up for it xD
Absolutely, but it's especially that Atlus perfectly knows what to use from the previous game without making the new ones feel repetitive, they still add a lot of new features and the story is always refreshing. I'm almost done with Metaphor I think? I played for about 40 hours, the game is as good as a Persona entry :)
To be honest The Guardians of The Galaxy doesn't even feel like a Marvel entry with how different it is compared to the other movies but it also all depends on the movie's director this is what people tend to forget but if it wasn't for James Gunn The Guardians of The Galaxy would probably be average or bad like most of the other Marvel movies. That's just the same for DC Batman movies mainly succeeded because they had Christopher Nolan or Tim Burton.
That's why reading the comics would be very interesting to compare how the movies adapted them, I would be interested in feedback if you ever read them aha.
Yup, it's the kind of field that can be very tiring but as far as you're passioned it's always great to put your soul into a common project and see how it goes in the end, I mean you never think about it but you can imagine the satisfaction of all the engineers that made a great movie's success possible, it's not only because of the director actors etc.
They say that practicing is the only real thing required to master something, I'm thinking about the 10 000 hour rule because it sounds like what happened to you over the years of practicing over and over but I have no idea if it truly works like that or not, anyway that's impressive for your case, who knows if I could draw well too if I tried, but I'm not sure that I would have the mental to try it.
That student project animation film isn't bad at all to be honest! Well sure you can feel that it's very amateurish but it's a good start, and once again what genuinely impresses me is that it has its own art style, it doesn't feel generic at all and you can directly see your personal touch in the drawings, for me this is as important as the overall art quality, I would say it's the same for animes, sometimes the animation is great but the character design is just forgettable because you saw the same in so many shows. Also regarding your project I think the slow animation fits your art style, so it didn't bother me at all.
It's basically the same for me except that for some reason I used to be an "anime hater" back when I was 13-14 years old just because it was trendy online to hate anime, I almost didn't watch any of them I just hated for no reason, fortunately I got into anime in early 2018 and I just got completely addicted ahahah now even this year is so nostalgic to me.
But yeah I can't exactly point out why older shows feel like that to me as well but that's basically it, it's also probably because there are more and more shows produced nowadays and the overall quality has lowered as there are so many objectively bad shows each season and very repetitive low budget isekai fantasy ones.
Nice! Also about that I've been kinda obsessed since 15 years ago with processing or re-creating a song by yourself solely using samples from different media, by that I mean 音MAD, YTPMV etc, and people are also SO creative with the visuals sometimes, I just love it because it mixes everything I like about audio and video. Lately I've loved this one where they took older 音MAD and upgraded them with new visuals and audio while keeping the original theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSK0Z4GaXuI for example I find the Lupin the Third part at 8:20 so impressive, also at 11:41 this is one of the best Mario games tribute I've seen in this format, I would add the Jojo's one at 14:17 because using the manga panels to create that is too awesome.
Ahaha thanks, I like the electric scooter but I feel like it's going too fast sometimes, I prefer using a slower speed but it's hard to maintain, I'm just not reassured yet since I can't perfectly control it and I don't like the traffic. Nice! I hope the results for the statue will come out great! And thanks I wish the same to you! Regarding the goals I'm not sure yet, I just want to travel like I did last year, so far I went to Morroco for one week last week (also why my reply is a bit late sorry) and it was a good exotic experience (especially for the sunny aspect lol I rarely experienced heat in January). I guess for you it's still focusing on your ongoing projects?
I completely forgot to answer here on MAL, I rarely even use this site anymore as you've probably noticed. To pick things up where we left off I honestly cant recall where I heard of Subahibi, I think it was from multiple sources and it has been on my radar for quite some time, but if I had to take a gander it'd probably been mostly your recommendation and probably someone on YouTube as well, or VNDB even idk. It's just always "been there" so I've always been intrigued. Didn't know Gnosia was awaiting an anime adaptation, I just heard it was similar to 999 and, you know me, I'm already sold if it's closely related or just close in semblance to 999. Haven't really "spoiled" myself more since I do like to go into games blindly and without bias, but yeah thats hard nowadays when everyone is talking about everything as things come out. I'm amazed you even managed to find Kusarihime: Euthanasia, there were like 300 people on VNDB that had even played/rated it. I'll check it out more and watch some trailers and stuff to see if it's something up my alley, it does sound interesting though! I'm always down for something deranged, and if it's similar to Saya no Uta I'm almost forced to check it out. x)
To me western movies are better at making entertainment that focuses purely on that aspect, whether it's fast-paced action shows, superhero movies and stuff alike whilst eastern media focuses more on the human aspect, something the viewer can take something away from. Both have their strengths and weaknesses, but I personally lean towards getting something out of what I'm watching as to not feel like I wasted my time. It's like going to a restaurant, sure the food might be exquisite, but if the experience is forgettable it's something that wont really stick in your mind for a long time, but if the experience is memorable and fun, even if the food is not the strong point, you'll still have something fond to look back on, except "ah that was a darn good dish". Kind of a weird analogy, but hey I'm a stupid monkey so thats what my little peanut brain could come up with on the fly. Edgerunners seamlessly integrated the strong points of both styles of structure in storytelling, which is why it was such a hit when it aired. Although, I personally believe it leaned a little more towards the western side, it still was (and is) memorable and had stuff to say about legacy, immortality and how we shouldnt be afraid to take risks as people. It didnt have the impact same emotional that for example Gurren Lagann, Clannad, Texhnolyze etc. had on me, but it sure did deliver one of the most enjoyable experiences in anime that year when it aired.
I've been putting everything anime-related on a halt recently, but I started playing Umineko again this week slowly but surely and I'm on the starting stages of episode 7. Istg, this VN is longer than One Piece and I'll die on that hill, but I sure dont want it to end as well. I'm stoked to see where it's headed because the direction of episode 7 is completely new and incredibly interesting. Where are you in your playthrough? The same goes for you, if there is anything you want to talk about just shoot me a message on here or DC and I'll be quick to respond! In the meantime, have a good one! :D
Hahaha don't worry about it!! Perfectly understandable lol; we're all busy people but I'm happy to see that you still remember me!! :)) Don't apologize!
I love Monster so much too, ever since college started I haven't been able to read much manga except over the summer, where I basically binged everything else Naoki Urasawa has ever written - you should definitely try Billy Bat and 20th Century Boys if you haven't read them! Yess we love Johan 🤝
Your animation is incredible!! I just watched it and I love it, and I see you went to the University of Saint Francis too which is awesome! I go to school in Indiana too!!! I'm still not sure about what I'm gonna be doing as a career tho, so we'll have to see how that goes :/
I'm glad I could be of help!! Fate is definitely a daunting series because of how much there is to watch, but I feel like the more you get into it the harder it is to get out, case in point - me. I started Fate/Zero way back in high school and thought I wouldn't think much of it, but before I could realize it I had finished Unlimited Blade Works and Heavens Feel. Wow that's awesome!! Do you prefer the style of VNs more? In any case, I'd love for you to start Fate and let me know what your thoughts are! Umineko is something I've been wanting to get into as well ahahaha, I just haven't been able to find the time :( Apart from that, I don't really have any specific goals this year, just getting good grades i guess 😭
I'll let you know if I come across any interesting recommendations for sure!!
Please don't apologize!! I completely understand that messages can get buried, and to be honest I've recently gone months without checking MAL LMAO so don't blame yourself! I hope you're having a fantastic weekend as well and are doing great!
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Well now I finally finished the game! It took a bit longer than I first expected but I beat it in roughly 75h~, I didn't 100% it though because I missed some quests and the optional final boss was too hard I didn't really try beating it, you need to grind sometimes, and it's a bit more difficult than I thought but overall it was an awesome experience, I like this kind of story it's different from Persona but in a good way.
Thanks to Marvel Rivals I've been liking the characters more and more, but regarding the movies... yeah :S I've seen the most recent Captain America movie and sadly nothing different in that regard, I didn't like it at all and it even felt low budget at times.
Absolutely, otherwise most people don't have the motivation to do such a big project alone anyway, even when you end up doing most of the work it's just way easier thanks to the other ideas you can get and even the moral support is already good enough xD
It's all great then! But yes in any case the experience was worth it, and it definitely looks like a very good start to eventually improve and make something even better, you should probably try to note some ideas and maybe start something out of it when you want, it will be much easier than the first time for sure.
Oh actually I see what you mean by that, and it's true in this case, I would probably put in it the same bag as watching the pros to try to decipher their technique and how they actually manage to do what they're doing, but once again it depends on the subject, but when it comes to drawing that would definitely be accurate.
Actually I feel like I could have started much earlier so I'm kinda disappointed in myself for that since I was active on the internet at that time and I was often seeing anime related stuff, just hating it for no reason, but I wish I could have watched 2015-2016-2017 anime while they aired for example.
But my first show is actually related to YTPMV once again lol, I watched Kill me Baby https://myanimelist.net/anime/11079/Kill_Me_Baby in May 2017 because it had so much YTPMV related content so I was curious (for example: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbYU9-3hSrJd_hZtY9vjmUCubeotCHbUU) and then I started K-On and it's probably the one who made me continue anime, I also loved Re:Zero and Overlord at that time.
For my least fav show it's hard to tell now because my taste changed over time, I could answer some very low budget effortless isekai but that would be too easy, but among the well rated ones I would say Kuzu no Honkai, Darling in the franxx, Ahiru no Sora and I want to eat your pancreas. And you?
Awesome! Some of them make original songs too, and they sometimes become a trend of other video creators to make YTPMV on these original songs so it's always good to see, there are also a lot of medleys so they're somewhat original in their own way, also some other YTPMV makers ended up making songs for games etc, so it helped, like +TEK for example, this song he made ended up being somewhat famous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cunKMWkE1yI
I participated in some collabs but they were mostly private joke ones and not in English, so I don't think it would be interesting to show lol
I hope so, I've not really been practicing recently because the weather is cold, so it's not really pleasant to use it outside, but when spring comes I'll try again.
Ahaha thanks, actually Morocco is a popular destination here since it's not too far and that's the easiest way to get warm weather when it's cold here, I mainly visited the city of Marrakech which is very typical and I went to the desert one day with a group, they guided us through different places in a bus and we even got a show at night when we ate in the desert, it was awesome. The food is great but there's not much diversity when you have already tasted the main dishes it gets a bit repetitive I would say kinda like in Japan but it was "worse" to me because I stayed 2 months and in the end I was enjoying McDonald's more just because I tasted the same dishes too many times ahahah, but tagine is what I like the most.
Tbh feeling like that doesn't sound surprising when you're done with what feels like the "tutorial of life" aha so I'm sure it will get better once you figure out what you truly want to do but this is also why taking your time is the best, people also often take a sabbatical year but of course it depends on what you truly want to do and how much time you got. This is the reason you need to experience as many things as possible because there's often a difference between what you imagine wanting to do and how it feels once you're doing it and especially when it comes a habit. But yeah I hope you're doing better now! 👍
Yeah Origami King did fly under the radar tbh, the only reason I knew of it was because I happen to watch a streamer who was hilariously bad at the game xD I do agree that it had its moments, but yeah all in all wasn't anything particularly special - a decent play. I really do have a lot of faith in indie games really spicing up things this year though.
Man, I always wonder what could've been with Dreaming Machine, it really is such a shame. The story behind the movie's production, Kon's parting wish for it to be completed and how after so many years, Maruyama still couldn't find anybody he believed to be capable of taking the reins just goes to show that even in death, Kon can create an intriguing story xD I do think because of that, the film's reputation precedes it heavily, and so maybe it's for the best that it remains unfinished. That just helps me come to peace with it all.
OH! I also finally watched Nana and it was amazing!! I absolutely loved all the character writing and the extremely natural way that the story flowed! Amazing experience and easily one of my new favourites!! It's really unfortunate that it couldn't receive a more formal ending and it really left me wanting more >_< I may pick up the manga some time in the future but I hear that it's also been on hiatus due to the mangaka having fallen terribly ill and now not feeling up to the pressure due to how long it's been. Quite sad, but at least she has her health and best interests in mind :)
I'm glad to hear that the game is coming along well! It's really cool that you've involved your siblings in the process too :D Yeah, you've got the right mindset, it's always better to have an entire rough draft at the very least before meticulously editing sections of it. I'm so happy for you :DDD All the best!!!
LMAO that is insane 💀💀💀 I can understand not being used to the quality but NOT RECOGNISING THE CHARACTER ENTIRELY??? Seriously though, seeing crisp clean graphics all the time is just so damn boring, I hate to bring up Concord again, but that is literally a main factor in it's failure - It was just such a cookie-cutter game that did NOTHING unique to separate itself from other titles within its genre. I may be being a little optimistic here but this really feels like the start of a renaissance in gaming. I too miss the days of the bigger studios, in all media formats, being the ones taking creative risks.
I couldn't agree more, I really love A Silent Voice and Your Name but Satoshi Kon and Masaaki Yuasa's works have really stuck with me and will continue to do so. I only got into both of their stuff last year but man has it had an affect on me. I adore them both so much for the stuff they've created, and both discovering and finding out about the death of Satoshi Kon within a short period of time was truly amazing and deeply saddening.
Thank you for the kind words <3 I'm also currently in the final interviewing stage for a position with an insurance company that my friend also happened to start working at last month, so I'd really love to get that role instead and finalise all the details before the contract for the public service job goes into effect. Both jobs are extremely great opportunities though, so I'm happy with either one in the end. How's your game coming along btw?
Emulators deserve their popularity, it's nice to preserve even a bit of that authenticity that comes with experiencing those old games. You should definitely try finishing Metroid, it really is an awesome game. Double Dragon is also a neat experience - just a fun time kicking and punching everyone in sight xD Oooh, the Street Fighter games are always oozing with charisma! I love watching vids within the fighting game communities, the sick game animations combined with the pop-off moments and crowd reactions create such an exhilarating atmosphere!
Sorry for the slow reply btw, it's been quite a busy week for me. I've been interviewing and recently accepted a job offer to work in a public service department! Extremely nervous about starting there but I start on the 17th, so I've got time to psych myself up for it xD
To be honest The Guardians of The Galaxy doesn't even feel like a Marvel entry with how different it is compared to the other movies but it also all depends on the movie's director this is what people tend to forget but if it wasn't for James Gunn The Guardians of The Galaxy would probably be average or bad like most of the other Marvel movies. That's just the same for DC Batman movies mainly succeeded because they had Christopher Nolan or Tim Burton.
That's why reading the comics would be very interesting to compare how the movies adapted them, I would be interested in feedback if you ever read them aha.
Yup, it's the kind of field that can be very tiring but as far as you're passioned it's always great to put your soul into a common project and see how it goes in the end, I mean you never think about it but you can imagine the satisfaction of all the engineers that made a great movie's success possible, it's not only because of the director actors etc.
They say that practicing is the only real thing required to master something, I'm thinking about the 10 000 hour rule because it sounds like what happened to you over the years of practicing over and over but I have no idea if it truly works like that or not, anyway that's impressive for your case, who knows if I could draw well too if I tried, but I'm not sure that I would have the mental to try it.
That student project animation film isn't bad at all to be honest! Well sure you can feel that it's very amateurish but it's a good start, and once again what genuinely impresses me is that it has its own art style, it doesn't feel generic at all and you can directly see your personal touch in the drawings, for me this is as important as the overall art quality, I would say it's the same for animes, sometimes the animation is great but the character design is just forgettable because you saw the same in so many shows. Also regarding your project I think the slow animation fits your art style, so it didn't bother me at all.
It's basically the same for me except that for some reason I used to be an "anime hater" back when I was 13-14 years old just because it was trendy online to hate anime, I almost didn't watch any of them I just hated for no reason, fortunately I got into anime in early 2018 and I just got completely addicted ahahah now even this year is so nostalgic to me.
But yeah I can't exactly point out why older shows feel like that to me as well but that's basically it, it's also probably because there are more and more shows produced nowadays and the overall quality has lowered as there are so many objectively bad shows each season and very repetitive low budget isekai fantasy ones.
Nice! Also about that I've been kinda obsessed since 15 years ago with processing or re-creating a song by yourself solely using samples from different media, by that I mean 音MAD, YTPMV etc, and people are also SO creative with the visuals sometimes, I just love it because it mixes everything I like about audio and video. Lately I've loved this one where they took older 音MAD and upgraded them with new visuals and audio while keeping the original theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSK0Z4GaXuI for example I find the Lupin the Third part at 8:20 so impressive, also at 11:41 this is one of the best Mario games tribute I've seen in this format, I would add the Jojo's one at 14:17 because using the manga panels to create that is too awesome.
Ahaha thanks, I like the electric scooter but I feel like it's going too fast sometimes, I prefer using a slower speed but it's hard to maintain, I'm just not reassured yet since I can't perfectly control it and I don't like the traffic. Nice! I hope the results for the statue will come out great! And thanks I wish the same to you! Regarding the goals I'm not sure yet, I just want to travel like I did last year, so far I went to Morroco for one week last week (also why my reply is a bit late sorry) and it was a good exotic experience (especially for the sunny aspect lol I rarely experienced heat in January). I guess for you it's still focusing on your ongoing projects?
To me western movies are better at making entertainment that focuses purely on that aspect, whether it's fast-paced action shows, superhero movies and stuff alike whilst eastern media focuses more on the human aspect, something the viewer can take something away from. Both have their strengths and weaknesses, but I personally lean towards getting something out of what I'm watching as to not feel like I wasted my time. It's like going to a restaurant, sure the food might be exquisite, but if the experience is forgettable it's something that wont really stick in your mind for a long time, but if the experience is memorable and fun, even if the food is not the strong point, you'll still have something fond to look back on, except "ah that was a darn good dish". Kind of a weird analogy, but hey I'm a stupid monkey so thats what my little peanut brain could come up with on the fly. Edgerunners seamlessly integrated the strong points of both styles of structure in storytelling, which is why it was such a hit when it aired. Although, I personally believe it leaned a little more towards the western side, it still was (and is) memorable and had stuff to say about legacy, immortality and how we shouldnt be afraid to take risks as people. It didnt have the impact same emotional that for example Gurren Lagann, Clannad, Texhnolyze etc. had on me, but it sure did deliver one of the most enjoyable experiences in anime that year when it aired.
I've been putting everything anime-related on a halt recently, but I started playing Umineko again this week slowly but surely and I'm on the starting stages of episode 7. Istg, this VN is longer than One Piece and I'll die on that hill, but I sure dont want it to end as well. I'm stoked to see where it's headed because the direction of episode 7 is completely new and incredibly interesting. Where are you in your playthrough? The same goes for you, if there is anything you want to talk about just shoot me a message on here or DC and I'll be quick to respond! In the meantime, have a good one! :D
I love Monster so much too, ever since college started I haven't been able to read much manga except over the summer, where I basically binged everything else Naoki Urasawa has ever written - you should definitely try Billy Bat and 20th Century Boys if you haven't read them! Yess we love Johan 🤝
Your animation is incredible!! I just watched it and I love it, and I see you went to the University of Saint Francis too which is awesome! I go to school in Indiana too!!! I'm still not sure about what I'm gonna be doing as a career tho, so we'll have to see how that goes :/
I'm glad I could be of help!! Fate is definitely a daunting series because of how much there is to watch, but I feel like the more you get into it the harder it is to get out, case in point - me. I started Fate/Zero way back in high school and thought I wouldn't think much of it, but before I could realize it I had finished Unlimited Blade Works and Heavens Feel. Wow that's awesome!! Do you prefer the style of VNs more? In any case, I'd love for you to start Fate and let me know what your thoughts are! Umineko is something I've been wanting to get into as well ahahaha, I just haven't been able to find the time :( Apart from that, I don't really have any specific goals this year, just getting good grades i guess 😭
I'll let you know if I come across any interesting recommendations for sure!!
Please don't apologize!! I completely understand that messages can get buried, and to be honest I've recently gone months without checking MAL LMAO so don't blame yourself! I hope you're having a fantastic weekend as well and are doing great!