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Yeah, the AMG film is quite good. Wasn't to keen on the original OVAs though. I don't think I've got around to watching the newer OVAs.
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As i understand it the TV series is a reboot/remake of the original OVAs so they're not really worth it. But it's almost kinda freaky how they did the movie first, then the TV series, but if you watch it the other way round then it works so completely seemlessly that it's if the movie was made after the TV series!
 
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The new OVA's are essentially fluff pieces to be honest, no better then a filler episode from the TV series. But then OVA's tend to be like that anyway
 
Well, my house has been a bit of a building site the last few days; stripping my loft [it's amazing how much junk you can accumulate...4 boxes of tangled cables for example :(] and also moving a load of bits out of my bedroom, so I haven't had a chance to watch much more over the last few days.

Still plugging my way through Yumekui Merry though; and that's actually turning out to be quite good for a 1 cour series; it seems I tend to get on reasonably well with JC Staff adaptations even if I don't love them, much less hit and miss than the likes of Shaft, even if they're not consistantly pulling out 'classics'.

A couple of people have referenced me the Manga is quite good for this series (rather than following 'the JC ending') so perhaps I'll check it out :)
 
robgmun said:
As i understand it the TV series is a reboot/remake of the original OVAs so they're not really worth it. But it's almost kinda freaky how they did the movie first, then the TV series, but if you watch it the other way round then it works so completely seemlessly that it's if the movie was made after the TV series!
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Yeah the two TV series is closer and more faithful to the original Manga material than the older OVA series. The older OVA wasn't too bad for it's time though. Hell I remember watching it as a kid which shows how long it's been now.

The movie also had a pretty good soundtrack, especially since it came from some infamous composers who work on some Final Fantasy games.

I do hope we get to have another TV series soon, there is just so much to do since it is still ongoing.
 
Yumekui Merry was a bit of a forgettable series for me, the only thing memorable about it was the character designs.

I would recommend picking up Hanasaku Iroha and Deadman Wonderland from the current season although the protagonist from the later isnt very likeable! Trying to hold of rewatching Madoka again at the moment D:
 
Yumekui's not a great no doubt, but it's not a bad little series; especially given the limitations of what can be done with a single cour series.
Whilst it's not likely to be particularly memorable, it's at least not particularly unlikeable or a series you'd actively want to forget either. Unlike some series I've watched, the pacing seems reasonable and it doesn't get too stale; and unlike some of the others, it's not felt like a series I have to tell myself to watch the next episode to get it done.

Actually to be fair, I find a lot of JC Staff's work that I've seen similar with a few exceptions; all are reasonably decent (average or better) and watchable, but often not stand out, with a couple of notable exceptions like Toradora! For some reason they also seem to be quite good (at picking?) likeable Tsundere's as main characters in some of thier shows, who have a touch more depth than the stock variety (Shana, Mikoto and Taiga come to mind).
[Oh that and they have somewhat of a reputation for anime only endings and characters that don't work as well as the original material; but hey, they're limited by what they can work with to some extents so I can forgive them this one, it's not often an adaptation is up the quality of an often much-loved original source]

I always watch series after they're done, so I've not touched anything from this season yet, but those two, amongst others, are already on my list to check out next season :)


I'm going away for a week in the sun next Friday, so likely going to watch something short once I finish Yumekui so I have a chance to finish it. Might try Myself, Yourself which I remember Andi recommending a while back.
 
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Alexrose1uk said:
Actually to be fair, I find a lot of JC Staff's work that I've seen similar with a few exceptions; all are reasonably decent (average or better) and watchable, but often not stand out, with a couple of notable exceptions like Toradora! For some reason they also seem to be quite good (at picking?) likeable Tsundere's as main characters in some of thier shows, who have a touch more depth than the stock variety (Shana, Mikoto and Taiga come to mind).
[Oh that and they have somewhat of a reputation for anime only endings and characters that don't work as well as the original material; but hey, they're limited by what they can work with to some extents so I can forgive them this one, it's not often an adaptation is up the quality of an often much-loved original source]
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Looking through the list of JC Staff shows on Wikipedia there's quite a few there which I have enjoyed in the past, (although there are some I've really disliked and some I've never completed as they send me to sleep!). Overall though I'd say I've liked more of their shows I've seen than not.

I always watch series after they're done, so I've not touched anything from this season yet, but those two, amongst others, are already on my list to check out next season :)
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Iroha's due to be two cours so you'll be waiting for that until the Autumn.

I'm going away for a week in the sun next Friday, so likely going to watch something short once I finish Yumekui so I have a chance to finish it. Might try Myself, Yourself which I remember Andi recommending a while back.
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One of my favourites ... if I remember rightly the OP single was one of my first imports. Whilst I like it do see the probably reason why it probably hasn't been licensed ... which is a pity.
 
Well, just finished Yumekui, and I see where people are coming from; knowing a section comes from the original manga/source and some is anime original; it's fairly clear that a lot of the 'good' stuff, comes from the original adaptation, and the ending is distinctly weak on the anime; that said, in some ways it's a success as the concept and themes make me interested in checking out the manga :)

Still flipping coin on the next series, but its likely to be Myself, Yourself based on Andi's feelings towards the series.
 
Been thinking for a while about getting a tablet to read my manga on,anyone have one or can recommend one to look at?
My neighbour got a cheep 10" one but after trying that I knew it was rubbish for what I want,too slow and did not display correctly
Want/need at least a 10" screen :)
 
I do have some manga on my iPad but I can't say I read a great deal on it, at the end of the day I prefer having a physical book.

Watched the first boxset of Utena this afternoon. On the plus side I found the story and characters quite interesting and the soundtrack wasn't bad. The art style though took some getting used to at times as it is a bit dated now. Overall I thought that it was good so far though and the booklet that comes with the first set is nice. It was also good to see a trailer for Sora No Woto on the first disk :)

Finished re-watching Amagami SS this evening. I do mostly like the series but there are some arcs which are better than others, (I personally didn't think much of the two extra episodes on the end). I think that my favourite girl was Karou, (although I'd go for Takahashi-sensei), but my favourite arc, plot wise, was Rihoko's as it went on past Christmas and I'm a sucker for graduations. My least favourite girls were Sae, her voice was just too irritating, and Tsukasa whose personality put me right off.

Also caught up with a few things this morning; Ano Hana seems to be going particularly well, (it's between that and Iroha for my favourite this season at the moment), and the latest Bridge to the Starry Sky and A the Scarlett were both good (with the former being the typical beach episode).
 
Ipad is a bit/read a lot more than i am prepared to spend on something whose primary purpose for me is to read manga on :D
I went from a laptop to a net book for the reduction in weight but it is still a bit awkward to use for reading.I like the portrait view when reading and all of a page in one view so want a 10" screen
Looks like I will have to wait a while longer till they bring out the dual core tablets and the single core ones drop in price then :)
 
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Ipad is a bit/read a lot more than i am prepared to spend on something whose primary purpose for me is to read manga on :D
I went from a laptop to a net book for the reduction in weight but it is still a bit awkward to use for reading.I like the portrait view when reading and all of a page in one view so want a 10" screen
Looks like I will have to wait a while longer till they bring out the dual core tablets and the single core ones drop in price then :)
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I won mine at work :D
 
My team leader at the time got one from a training company we use so we had a draw for it in the team :)

Oooo ... I see Tamayura is getting a series in October (Tamayura ~Hitotose~) ... will be interested in seeing where they go with this as I really enjoyed the OVAs (to the point of importing the LE BD releases).

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Finished re-watching Ore no Imouto earlier. As originally broadcast it's quite an enjoyable series but I think I prefer the alternate ending path episodes over the original. It would have been nice to see a bit more about Saori in the last few episodes rather than the concentration on just Kuroneko's school life.
 
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Finished re-watching Hatsukoi Limited last night. It's a nice little series which I do find rather hard to categorise ... it's slice of life but it's also romantic comedy (although it's more that there is some funny things in it at times rather than a comedy as such).

It's basically about two groups of friends, one in middle school and the other in high school who have various sibling relationships between the groups and then lots of love triangles. Overall I find it quite amusing and I really like the OP and ED :)
 
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