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I don't touch Twitter with a bargepole since that whackjob Musk wrecked it. 44bn spent, 3/4 of the staff laid off including all the regulatory people, all the controls and removed. Its now the most disgusting cess pit of all that's wrong with online society.
Sorry for the rant, but, no thanks.
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That is a series I've heard so many good things about but have never watched. Must find a boxed CD set or something and binge on it.
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I watched this a week ago at the cinema with my daughter. It was the Japanese audio with subtitles (I am not sure an English - I mean American dub has been done yet).
Like Shinkai's recent films it was an explosive visual feast and almost too pretty to look at. The CGI I felt was much more obvious in this film that his other recent work and in a few places it jarred as being too obvious.
I have the impression from this that one of Shinkai's sponsors is now the Japanese Tourist Board because the story flew all over the country at a breakneck pace and seemed to highlight almost everything beautiful and wondrous about Japan's countryside, mountains, historic places and cities. Maybe I'm overthinking this but the impression was certainly there.
It was ... a fantastic story, and by that I mean fantastic in both meanings - massively impressive but also based in fantasy set against the real world. I was reminded of "Weathering with You" in that Japan's mythology is wound into our modern world but that is not at all a bad thing as the connection is well made and the storyline made a great deal of sense.
There were lots of Easter eggs for fans of both Shinkai and other anime directors with nods to Miyazaki (music from Kiki's Delivery Service) and possibly Gainax and Hideaki Anno with music from Kare Kano. I saw a reference to "Agartha" and probably missed others. Something for the fans to pick apart.
There was a very strong storyline link to the tsunami of 2011 which I think was handled beautifully and with good effect into the main character's story.
The main male lead was also really nicely designed and animated and I'd have liked to see more of him though he spent 90% of the film's story in an different guise which was frustrating as he was really nice to look at.
There might be things to say where the story was weak and I felt the action was so rushed and so hectic that I didn't have time to relax and enjoy the whole experience. Perhaps that's intentional so that the viewer watches it again. It is very much a story, like "Your Name" that will reward a second or even multiple viewings.
I cant help thinking though that something was not quite right and perhaps the pacing was the issue.
Even so, highly recommended and as before Radwimps music was perfect for it.
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10:30am on 1st Jan, the sun is shining and the sky is cloudless. It cheers you up just to seen the sunshine. Lets hope this continues.
I wish you all a successful and peaceful 2023.
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I am trying hard to get my mojo back into anime having had almost zero interest in it for a couple of years. Some highlights were the recent Shinkai films and one or two others.
Right now I'm watching "Summertime Render" which is not at all what I expected and is both compelling and quite hard to watch due to a fair bit of gore and death and so on. Not really my thing but the story is quite good. A kind of Groundhog Day with a lot of violence.
Then there is "Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway" which seemed a bit dumb initially but which I am taking to slowly. The weird thing is I am sure I've seen this before, though not as an anime. I wonder if I read the manga years ago? I'm apprehensive that it may go in a weird direction but equally it could go in a nice fluffy direction as well.
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Yes, over a year. I checked a few threads and it looks like the oldest I hadn't seen before were about May 2021!
Ayami is doing good. She's 28 now and graduated with a 1st for her engineering degree. She is now the lead design on some of the aero parts for the 2026 season (planning well ahead!).
I *think* she has a special someone in her life now but its early days as she is cagey about that. She's coming to visit on Xmas Eve and Day so we might have a natter about that.
I am still enjoying retirement and indulging in my hobbies.
After literally years without watching any anime I started a few series recently but I find it hard to maintain my interest in anything unless it 100% grabs me in subject, content and style. I think the last films I watched were "Your Name", "Fireworks", "Weathering With You" and "Hello World".
I just watched "Horimiya" - well most of it, I skipped thru a few episodes - it was nice; had a go at watching "Sonny Boy" but gave up after a couple of eps (too weird). I tried "Violet Evergarden" but it was too gritty and emo... Right now I'm watching "Summertime Render" which is not what I expected and is quite good and "Higehiro" which I think I'll give up on!
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quote:
Originally posted by makc
the virus is overrated, tbh, at most you get that layer of crap on your tongue that spoils the taste of everything you eat. you can fix it using a toothbrush in a day.
Yeah, I'm sure the people who are dead from it, and their families totally think its over-rated.
You thoughtless cretin.
Don't trivialise this virus. It KILLS and if it doesn't kill it can change you permanently. There are people who find the taste of food foul, even a year later.
Please THINK before you type thoughtless and unhelpful stuff.
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HL: Logging in here after over a year and reading the posts.
LL: Putin, of course. This awful war just needs to end. I wish the western powers would go full in and just clear Ukraine of every Russian soldier and stop Putin's ability to send more missiles. I'm sick of the bad news, the suffering. Everything.
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Horizon by Telomic & Notelle
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I love the smell of napalm in the morning
[sorry, couldn't resist] 
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BTW what is the significance of Poppy Hill 2021 in your avatar? Is there a remake in the pipeline or is it just the 10 year anniversary?
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I watched both "Fireworks" and "Weathering" over the last few days. Fireworks was fun but as others have said, seemed to miss something, though I'm not sure what. Maybe what was going on wasn't explained clearly enough. I found the juxtaposition of 3D CGI elements and 2D elements a bit jarring in several places and the character design or animation on some of the distant figures felt a little crude.
The biggie for me though was feeling, at times, that I was watching a replay of parts of Bakamonogatari. The directing, artwork, poses, scene structure... it was all typical Shaft, but not only typical Shaft but typical Mongatari Shaft and I'm concerned that the Monogatari franchise has made the company so much money that they feel no need to do anything different or even feel constrained to keep delivering similar graphics and style. A pity. It would be good to see them be capable of a different style.
Also mysterious, quiet, sad, pretty girl meets blocked-headed, hopelessly immature dork-boy. Again. We've had enough of this trope, lets move on now please.
Turning to "Weathering" I had high hopes for this which were not quite met. While the visuals were gorgeous as you'd expect I sometimes feel these days like a Shinkai film is just a bit too much. Like too many helpings of a really delicious sweet cake that eventually makes you sick after a few mouthfuls too many.
Also, emotions. I feel like a lot of Japanese directors and writers hurl in so many tearful, screaming, angsty, fearful, whatever emotion-packed scenes that after a while I get immune to them and I felt this way while watching this film.
For me "Garden of Words" was a much stronger story, and more emotional simply because it was told in a more low-key way.
Both are worth watching though.
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Interesting stuff. I assume manga translation means working for an American company? I don't know of any British-based manga translation companies. I take it you are translating from Japanese to English?
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*sends bucketloads of love and hugs to Kaz*
That's such great news. Where are you now BTW? Which country? And doing what?
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I basically NEVER watch TV but yesterday chose to dip into Netflix and watch "The Dig" which turned out to have me transfixed and glued to my screen. Great acting, great story, and beautiful music. A really low key story of world-important events (in archaeology, that is). I felt like it was a film that Hayao Miyazaki might have made if he'd gone into live action.
Very highly recommended.
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DayZ, Stand Alone. Different to the ArmAII Mod but good in its own way. Perhaps the finest completely open world unscripted game ever written. There is no story, no objective, no missions. You only need to stay alive and survive, and the gameplay is all about that. Wonderful stuff which burns up way too many of my daylight hours.
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Thank God Trump has gone. Now lets allow people to sue his lying ass 
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