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Post by merh on Apr 3, 2021 2:02:18 GMT
Monkey D. Luffy: Colleen Clinkenbeard Nami: Luci Christian Roronoa Zoro: Christopher R. Sabat Usopp: Sonny Strait Sanji: Eric Vale Tony Tony Chopper: Brina Palencia Nicole Robin: Stephanie Young Brook: Ian Sinclair Franky: Patrick Seitz
It opens with a grand Toei 60th Anniversary banner so they seem to have wanted to make a splash. It's the 13th One Piece movie, released in July 2016
The Straw Hat pirates relax at the GranTesoro Casino, a boat so large, it is a land unto its own.
Lots of characters, devil fruit, etc, but really feels overstuffed with dragging past characters from prior arcs so that the Straw Hats almost feel like the support cast rather than the headliners. Spandam & Rob Lucci make an appearance.
I admit I have lost track of this title, probably somewhere around Episode 300 or so (I am so behind on my anime. I have retired so I can catch up.), but I know the basics of the characters. They sideline Zoro having him taken prisoner. Sanji & Usopp also seem to barely be involved (I have always loved Sanji's fighting style so this probably kicked in a few demerits). Nami is the focus since the tie-in is an old thief friend of hers, Carina, is working the casino.
Tesoro has the gold devil fruit power that allows him to control gold so he sprinkled gold dust on everyone that enters the casino. Baccarat, Tesoro's major assistant has the Luck Luck devil fruit power that allows her to grant & remove luck Tanaka has a devil fruit Power that allows him to pass through non living things (yeah, you know how Robin is going to stop him)
So it's worth it to complete watching all of One Piece, but it is overstuffed & too long at 120 minutes. More event than fun
Baccarat: Amber Lee Connors Tanaka: Daman Mills Gild Tesoro: Keith Silverstein Child: Dallas Reid Carina: Michele Knotz Dice: Tyson Rinehart
I think next up is Mononoke. I really loved Goblin Cat in Samurai Horror Stories.
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Post by petrolino on Apr 3, 2021 2:44:29 GMT
I'm afraid I honestly don't know anything about these animations you're posting about merh, but just wanted to say thanks for the posts, I appreciate your knowledge and enthusiasm. I'm guessing they are Japanese anime looking at the pictures, my sister likes anime (she used to live and work in Japan).
Hopefully you can get this new imdb2 Animation board kickstarted into action so it's here to stay/.
Happy Easter.
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Post by merh on Apr 3, 2021 4:05:20 GMT
I'm afraid I honestly don't know anything about these animations you're posting about merh, but just wanted to say thanks for the posts, I appreciate your knowledge and enthusiasm. I'm guessing they are Japanese anime looking at the pictures, my sister likes anime (she used to live and work in Japan).
Hopefully you can get this new IMDB2 Animation board kickstarted into action so it's here to stay/.
Happy Easter.
Yes, they are Japanese. I have an OBSCENE amount of anime. When my kid was 10 we attended our first Comic-con. We managed around 13 before it became impossible to get tickets, but the first 5 or 8 yrs we exclusively did anime. The fascinating thing about Comic-con International is it's like a bunch of little cons. One can do American comics or movies/tv, or gaming, or anime or one can mix it up & hit whatever one wants. One Piece is a HUGE. There are people who fear Eichiro Oda will die somehow before he can finish it. My collection, on the other hand, has surpassed 2000 dvds. I stopped thinking about it long ago because that's a hell of a lot of money. The interesting thing about anime & manga(comic books) is they actually bother to make stuff for females (shojo), not just males (shonen). And genres in between. Stuff aimed at businessmen. Stuff aimed at older like college aged males (seinen). Stuff aimed at older women (josei). They come out in magazines, a chapter or 3 an issue & are collected in their own volumes if they are popular enough. One Piece runs in Shonen Jump (weekly last I heard). The other one I reviewed is a movie from Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler which is a Square Enix title running in Monthly GFantasy which also ran one of my favs, Saiyuki(though it later switched to Zero-Sum) Also Switch & Zombie Loan.
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Post by petrolino on Apr 3, 2021 4:12:33 GMT
The interesting thing about anime & manga(comic books) is they actually bother to make stuff for females (shojo), not just males (shonen). And genres in between. Stuff aimed at businessmen. Stuff aimed at older like college aged males (seinen). Stuff aimed at older women (josei). They come out in magazines, a chapter or 3 an issue & are collected in their own volumes if they are popular enough. Sounds cool. I'm a hardcore horror fanatic. I'm in my mid-40s and have far more horror dvds then I can ever possibly rewatch, but I've grown an attachment to them. I just consider myself a horror fan, I've read a lot of horror literature too (as has my mother, though crime is her forte). I mention my mother as she got me into horror during childhood and I'm glad about that. I recall the first author she absolutely insisted I read (on pain of something) was Arhur Conan Doyle.
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Post by merh on Apr 3, 2021 4:43:59 GMT
The interesting thing about anime & manga(comic books) is they actually bother to make stuff for females (shojo), not just males (shonen). And genres in between. Stuff aimed at businessmen. Stuff aimed at older like college aged males (seinen). Stuff aimed at older women (josei). They come out in magazines, a chapter or 3 an issue & are collected in their own volumes if they are popular enough. Sounds cool. I'm a hardcore horror fanatic. I'm in my mid-40s and have far more horror dvds then I can ever possibly rewatch, but I've grown an attachment to them. I just consider myself a horror fan, I read a lot of horror literature too (as does my mother, though crime is her forte). I mention my mother as she got me into horror during childhood and I'm glad about that. I recall the first author she inisted I read was Arhur Conan Doyle.
My tastes run horror as well. I've mentioned waiting in the car while mom shopped, my sister telling me ghost stories she'd read or folklore. Black Butler is a demon who rescues a boy who has been kidnapped by a ring of pedophiles. Sebastian saves the boy Ciel under the vow he gets to devour the boy's soul when he eventually dies. Mononoke, the series I am thinking of next, is horror. A medicine seller takes out various demons in feudal Japan. However, I also have Natsume's Book of Friends Seasons 1 & 2 in the pile Saiyuki is Journey to the West-the Monkey King legend Dragonball is based on. Also there's Pandora Hearts, a take on Alice in Wonderland Ghost Hound I haven't bought any in ages, but as I got ready to retire, I made the mistake of looking at TRSI again. Dropped around $500. I have avoided it since... www.rightstufanime.com/Need to watch the stuff I just bought.... I have no idea about the availability of the old stuff...Requiem From the Darkness is a good horror title There was Ghost Stories which was very average for a ghost story but the dub played it for laughs
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Post by petrolino on Apr 3, 2021 4:52:04 GMT
Sounds cool. I'm a hardcore horror fanatic. I'm in my mid-40s and have far more horror dvds then I can ever possibly rewatch, but I've grown an attachment to them. I just consider myself a horror fan, I read a lot of horror literature too (as does my mother, though crime is her forte). I mention my mother as she got me into horror during childhood and I'm glad about that. I recall the first author she inisted I read was Arhur Conan Doyle.
My tastes run horror as well. I've mentioned waiting in the car while mom shopped, my sister telling me ghost stories she'd read or folklore. Black Butler is a demon who rescues a boy who has been kidnapped by a ring of pedophiles. Sebastian saves the boy Ciel under the vow he gets to devour the boy's soul when he eventually dies. Mononoke, the series I am thinking of next, is horror. A medicine seller takes out various demons in feudal Japan. However, I also have Natsume's Book of Friends Seasons 1 & 2 in the pile Saiyuki is Journey to the West-the Monkey King legend Dragonball is based on. Also there's Pandora Hearts, a take on Alice in Wonderland Ghost Hound I haven't bought any in ages, but as I got ready to retire, I made the mistake of looking at TRSI again. Dropped around $500. I have avoided it since... www.rightstufanime.com/Need to watch the stuff I just bought.... I have no idea about the availability of the old stuff...Requiem From the Darkness is a good horror title There was Ghost Stories which was very average for a ghost story but the dub played it for laughs
Most of what you're saying zooms right above my head, but to be abundantly clear, if you have any inkling there's a paedophile predator within your midst, report it immediately to the authorities.
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Post by merh on Apr 3, 2021 11:23:08 GMT
My tastes run horror as well. I've mentioned waiting in the car while mom shopped, my sister telling me ghost stories she'd read or folklore. Black Butler is a demon who rescues a boy who has been kidnapped by a ring of pedophiles. Sebastian saves the boy Ciel under the vow he gets to devour the boy's soul when he eventually dies. Mononoke, the series I am thinking of next, is horror. A medicine seller takes out various demons in feudal Japan. However, I also have Natsume's Book of Friends Seasons 1 & 2 in the pile Saiyuki is Journey to the West-the Monkey King legend Dragonball is based on. Also there's Pandora Hearts, a take on Alice in Wonderland Ghost Hound I haven't bought any in ages, but as I got ready to retire, I made the mistake of looking at TRSI again. Dropped around $500. I have avoided it since... www.rightstufanime.com/Need to watch the stuff I just bought.... I have no idea about the availability of the old stuff...Requiem From the Darkness is a good horror title There was Ghost Stories which was very average for a ghost story but the dub played it for laughs
Most of what you're saying zooms right above my head, but to be abundantly clear, if you have any inkling there's a paedophile predator within your midst, report it immediately to the authorities.
The back story to Kuroshitsuji which in English is Black Butler. Book of the Atlantic is a film, but is actually part of the manga. (Around volume 11) Something like Dragonball Z, the tv shows will follow plots written by the manga authors while the movies are often the product of the anime studio bearing a story the animators have written. Black Butler was made into an anime, but the second season was not based on a manga plot. The manga-ka(comic book creators in Japan) created the characters for the second season, but didn't create manga for it. It's complex, but I tend to prefer manga-based stuff because it feels more rounded out so I did not care for the second series. There are some excellent original anime, of course. It's a preference. It's like a Spiderman movie actually doing a story arc dealt with in the comics vs the usual writing an original script that has never been a comicbook plot. Maybe it uses pieces of various plots by different comicbook writers. Very famously, there is a manga Kare Kano which was made into an anime that had a different plot. The manga-ka came to Comic-con, & it was sad all the fans asking about the anime which had little to do with the story she wrote. She had to finally say her manga is her manga & the anime was its own entity. The guy who did Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hideaki Anno, did the anime so his fans were geeking out over it without seeming to comprehend the difference. It's different from the American stuff because the artist creates & owns the characters, unlike Marvel & DC owning the characters created by the various artists. It's not unusual for the anime to vary from the manga as the manga-ka see their work as their work while any anime is the anime company's work. Sort of as long as the check clears, they're cool.
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Post by petrolino on Apr 3, 2021 19:25:17 GMT
Most of what you're saying zooms right above my head, but to be abundantly clear, if you have any inkling there's a paedophile predator within your midst, report it immediately to the authorities.
The back story to Kuroshitsuji which in English is Black Butler. Book of the Atlantic is a film, but is actually part of the manga. (Around volume 11) Something like Dragonball Z, the tv shows will follow plots written by the manga authors while the movies are often the product of the anime studio bearing a story the animators have written. Black Butler was made into an anime, but the second season was not based on a manga plot. The manga-ka(comic book creators in Japan) created the characters for the second season, but didn't create manga for it. It's complex, but I tend to prefer manga-based stuff because it feels more rounded out so I did not care for the second series. There are some excellent original anime, of course. It's a preference. It's like a Spiderman movie actually doing a story arc dealt with in the comics vs the usual writing an original script that has never been a comicbook plot. Maybe it uses pieces of various plots by different comicbook writers. Very famously, there is a manga Kare Kano which was made into an anime that had a different plot. The manga-ka came to Comic-con, & it was sad all the fans asking about the anime which had little to do with the story she wrote. She had to finally say her manga is her manga & the anime was its own entity. The guy who did Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hideaki Anno, did the anime so his fans were geeking out over it without seeming to comprehend the difference. It's different from the American stuff because the artist creates & owns the characters, unlike Marvel & DC owning the characters created by the various artists. It's not unusual for the anime to vary from the manga as the manga-ka see their work as their work while any anime is the anime company's work. Sort of as long as the check clears, they're cool.
I see by the synopsis you posted that the plot involves horrific child abuse in the 19th century in England. Sounds very dark indeed. I've seen plenty of Japanese horror movies and some of them explore dark themes, while others are totally whacked out.
I admit I don't know much about Marvel and DC either, though again, my sister reads a lot of comic books. I have seen some film adaptations though. My favourites from DC are 'Batman' (1966) and 'Swamp Thing' (1982). From Marvel I like Sam Raimi's 'Spiderman' trilogy and 'The Punisher' (2004).
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Post by merh on Apr 4, 2021 4:44:18 GMT
The back story to Kuroshitsuji which in English is Black Butler. Book of the Atlantic is a film, but is actually part of the manga. (Around volume 11) Something like Dragonball Z, the tv shows will follow plots written by the manga authors while the movies are often the product of the anime studio bearing a story the animators have written. Black Butler was made into an anime, but the second season was not based on a manga plot. The manga-ka(comic book creators in Japan) created the characters for the second season, but didn't create manga for it. It's complex, but I tend to prefer manga-based stuff because it feels more rounded out so I did not care for the second series. There are some excellent original anime, of course. It's a preference. It's like a Spiderman movie actually doing a story arc dealt with in the comics vs the usual writing an original script that has never been a comicbook plot. Maybe it uses pieces of various plots by different comicbook writers. Very famously, there is a manga Kare Kano which was made into an anime that had a different plot. The manga-ka came to Comic-con, & it was sad all the fans asking about the anime which had little to do with the story she wrote. She had to finally say her manga is her manga & the anime was its own entity. The guy who did Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hideaki Anno, did the anime so his fans were geeking out over it without seeming to comprehend the difference. It's different from the American stuff because the artist creates & owns the characters, unlike Marvel & DC owning the characters created by the various artists. It's not unusual for the anime to vary from the manga as the manga-ka see their work as their work while any anime is the anime company's work. Sort of as long as the check clears, they're cool.
I see by the synopsis you posted that the plot involves horrific child abuse in the 19th century in England. Sounds very dark indeed. I've seen plenty of Japanese horror movies and some of them explore dark themes, while others are totally whacked out.
I admit I don't know much about Marvel and DC either, though again, my sister reads a lot of comic books. I have seen some film adaptations though. My favourites from DC are 'Batman' (1966) and 'Swamp Thing' (1982). From Marvel I like Sam Raimi's 'Spiderman' trilogy and 'The Punisher' (2004).
Think about it. Pokemon. You have 10-12 yr olds running around catching monsters. Saint Seiya, the Bronze Saints are around 12, 13 yrs old fighting 20-something Gold Saints. Do we even want to get into the all have the same father who ran around siring all of them? Dragonball started out with 10 or 12 yr old Goku off on his own after he killed his grandfather. But then, how many Disney princesses have both parents? It's part of kid stories. Hansel & Gretel left in the woods by their father. In the Grimm tale Cinderella's step sisters cut off parts of their feet to fit into Cinderella's shoes. Bambi's mother shot by hunters. Cartoons are pretty damned harsh
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Post by petrolino on Apr 4, 2021 5:07:39 GMT
I see by the synopsis you posted that the plot involves horrific child abuse in the 19th century in England. Sounds very dark indeed. I've seen plenty of Japanese horror movies and some of them explore dark themes, while others are totally whacked out.
I admit I don't know much about Marvel and DC either, though again, my sister reads a lot of comic books. I have seen some film adaptations though. My favourites from DC are 'Batman' (1966) and 'Swamp Thing' (1982). From Marvel I like Sam Raimi's 'Spiderman' trilogy and 'The Punisher' (2004).
Think about it. Pokemon. You have 10-12 yr olds running around catching monsters. Saint Seiya, the Bronze Saints are around 12, 13 yrs old fighting 20-something Gold Saints. Do we even want to get into the all have the same father who ran around siring all of them? Dragonball started out with 10 or 12 yr old Goku off on his own after he killed his grandfather. But then, how many Disney princesses have both parents? It's part of kid stories. Hansel & Gretel left in the woods by their father. In the Grimm tale Cinderella's step sisters cut off parts of their feet to fit into Cinderella's shoes. Bambi's mother shot by hunters. Cartoons are pretty damned harsh
Child abuse occurs where childen are. The police know this. They need greater powers to prosecute when cases are clear-cut, as far as I'm aware.
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Post by merh on Apr 4, 2021 7:51:41 GMT
Think about it. Pokemon. You have 10-12 yr olds running around catching monsters. Saint Seiya, the Bronze Saints are around 12, 13 yrs old fighting 20-something Gold Saints. Do we even want to get into the all have the same father who ran around siring all of them? Dragonball started out with 10 or 12 yr old Goku off on his own after he killed his grandfather. But then, how many Disney princesses have both parents? It's part of kid stories. Hansel & Gretel left in the woods by their father. In the Grimm tale Cinderella's step sisters cut off parts of their feet to fit into Cinderella's shoes. Bambi's mother shot by hunters. Cartoons are pretty damned harsh Child abuse occurs where childen are. The police know this. They need greater powers to prosecute when cases are clear-cut, as far as I'm aware.
Same with elder abuse. We had posters on the wall at work about it. My clients often committed it. Though they did more often get convicted of felony child abuse for driving under the influence with the child in the car. But things like Grimm's Fairy Tales were originally written as cautionary tales adults who told them to children. Like the dancing shoes where the original tale had the woman dancing herself to death. What's Freddy Kruger? A child abuser who gets to continue abusing children after death. Jason Vorhees was a teen who drowned who then kills teens forever. Michael Myers was a satanist who ran around sacrificing teens. There's a wonderful anime called 12 Kingdoms. A child is killed-run over by a carriage. My kid was 12 or so when we watched that one. Stopped watching there. Had to finish myself. It's actually a very good one. It's an alternate world story where besides the real world there is another world set up by the gods with 12 kingdoms. The ruler lives as long as he can, but when he turns corrupt or selfish the people suffer & the land is blighted. Each ruler has a kirin that serves him so the kirin also suffers & if it dies, the king dies. It's based on a novel series rather than manga. Like the Tom Cruise movie Edge of Tomorrow is based on a similar light(aimed at the teen/young adult audience) novel All You Need is Kill
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Post by petrolino on Apr 5, 2021 2:19:15 GMT
Child abuse occurs where childen are. The police know this. They need greater powers to prosecute when cases are clear-cut, as far as I'm aware.
Same with elder abuse. We had posters on the wall at work about it. My clients often committed it. Though they did more often get convicted of felony child abuse for driving under the influence with the child in the car. But things like Grimm's Fairy Tales were originally written as cautionary tales adults who told them to children. Like the dancing shoes where the original tale had the woman dancing herself to death. What's Freddy Kruger? A child abuser who gets to continue abusing children after death. Jason Vorhees was a teen who drowned who then kills teens forever. Michael Myers was a satanist who ran around sacrificing teens. There's a wonderful anime called 12 Kingdoms. A child is killed-run over by a carriage. My kid was 12 or so when we watched that one. Stopped watching there. Had to finish myself. It's actually a very good one. It's an alternate world story where besides the real world there is another world set up by the gods with 12 kingdoms. The ruler lives as long as he can, but when he turns corrupt or selfish the people suffer & the land is blighted. Each ruler has a kirin that serves him so the kirin also suffers & if it dies, the king dies. It's based on a novel series rather than manga. Like the Tom Cruise movie Edge of Tomorrow is based on a similar light(aimed at the teen/young adult audience) novel All You Need is Kill
Wes Craven used to say Grimm's talees and the like were horror stories. History informed all of his work and he recognised horror in mythology, fairy tales, folk tales, campfire tales and everything in between. Cautionary tales.
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