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[Redzephyr01]

So I just watched the Hyperdimension Neptunia anime. I can't believe that someone at Funimation thought it would be a good idea to put internet memes in an anime. It's otherwise an alright anime, but the internet memes are just so cringeworthy.

[Tellemurius]

So I just watched the Hyperdimension Neptunia anime. I can't believe that someone at Funimation thought it would be a good idea to put internet memes in an anime. It's otherwise an alright anime, but the internet memes are just so cringeworthy.

Someone needs to play the games....

[Redzephyr01]

They used the "all your base are belong to us" meme, twice, unironically. It would be fine if they did it just once, but they said it twice, and it didn't even make sense the second time they used it.

[Frumple]

You... you do know the entire thing's premise is "Console Wars, the Anime" (/"the Game"), right? I mean. It's going to meme. The entire thing is based off what amounts to internet memes. Explicitly.

[Spehss _]

Plastic Memories seems pretty neat.

Spoiler: summary (click to show/hide)

Set in a not too distance future, MC gets a job at the SAI Corporation in Japan, which produces the most human-like androids in the world and is unrivaled. MC winds up working in the Terminal Division, a small group of humans and androids who work in teams of 1 human and 1 android in order to retrieve androids who have outlived their shelf-life of ~9 years. These androids will have their memories fail and personalities corrupt and as such may present a danger to clients if they are not retrieved beforehand. The process of terminating an android is akin to euthanizing a human, and protocol requires the clients to be present during the termination process. Basically every day Terminal Division goes around breaking up families. Not all clients are willing to part with their beloved android family member who's been with them for 9 years.

Due to understaffing, MC gets paired up impromptu with Isla, a white-haired red-eyed android girl who Terminal Division says is an expert veteran, and who was previously doing nothing but serving tea to other members of Terminal Division before MC came along. Isla is a bit of a klutz and occasionally has "errors" in her programming.

Shenanigans ensue as MC does retrieval jobs with Isla.

I'm digging it so far. Androids, animu grills, android animu grills, the underlying question of "what measure is a non-human". It's cool.

[Trapezohedron]

There's a reason why Neptunia is a niche game, and now a niche (albeit nowadays I guess popular...?) anime.

So far, been scrounging up certain manga of various degrees of questionable content. Those mangoes I'll omit there, but so far, I've been hooked on Sekai Oni and Re:Monster.

I'll be brief on both, but Sekai Oni starts pretty much like how Gantz does, and evolves (for better or for worse) into an okay shounen mango with more appeals to emotion than your standard shounen mango.

Re:Monster is about a man dying somewhere and reincarnating as a goblin. Antics ensue as the guy still remembers his skills from his previous life. It's fun for a bit albeit it lacks... progression. Somehow reminds me of Dwarf Fortress Adventure mode. Eh.

[Spehss _]

Finished the first episode of Plastic Memories. Pretty sad first episode. The whole concept of retrieving and terminating--effectively euthanizing--androids that are practically people except they're not people is pretty dark and sad and fraught with philosophical questions, but that first episode ending really knows how to peg you in the feels. ;-;

That being said, it's not a total grimdark tragedy. Lots of lighthearted moments to balance it out. Would recommend.

[Frumple]

Re: Monsters also has a fair chunk of the LN translated. I can't in good conscious recommend it -- its sudden interjection of tentacle-assisted harem fucking isn't really appropriate for B12 discussion -- but it was oddly enjoyable. The manga's indeed further along at the moment, though, last I checked. Fun to read it from both perspectives.

You can see broadly similar stuff (though generally with less surprise tentacoo) via japtem's translations (which actually is the group that trans'd part of the Re:Monster LN), the Ark LN project (currently primarily carried forward by Ark Machine Translations), and a few one-off projects. Legendary Moonlight Sculptor, Grimgal (early in the translation, but I'd fairly heartily recommend it.), stuff like that.

[Bauglir]

http://i.imgur.com/8oC5yko.jpg

Amazing.

[Neonivek]

Goodness I am hitting the same issues with Fairytale again

Entire 30 minute episodes are passing but I feel like nothing has happened.

Ohh well it is STILL in an upswing so I should count my blessings. As long as things are getting better it doesn't matter.

[Reelya]

The latest weeks manga sales:

Spoiler: Current top 10 manga, USA (click to show/hide)

*1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Vol.1
*2. Rosario+Vampire: Season II Vol.14
*3. Trinity Seven Vol.1
*4. Attack on Titan Vol.1
*5. Big Hero 6 Vol.1
*6. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Vol.1
*7. Sword Art Online: Girls Ops Vol.1
*8. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood Vol.2
*9. Assassination Classroom Vol.1
10. Akame ga Kill! Vol.1

5 harem series made the top 10 this week in nytimes. Everything on the list snugly fits into the "shonen" category, there aren't even any seinen series that are selling well. Also, every series is either sci-fi or fantasy and there are no real-world series.

Spoiler: Current top 10 manga, Japan (click to show/hide)

*1.　345,293　*,345,293　Terra Formars Vol.13
*2.　149,299　*,314,169　Fairy Tail Vol.49
*3.　107,645　*,107,645　Hoozuki no Reitetsu Vol.18
*4.　*81,358　*,*81,358　Historie Vol.9
*5.　*72,337　*,279,557　Barakamon Vol.11
*6.　*69,886　*,*69,886　Love So Life Vol.16
*7.　*69,306　*,173,461　Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Vol.11
*8.　*50,476　*,759,851　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.14
*9.　*49,831　*,104,457　Baby Steps Vol.35
10.　*49,117　*,*49,322　Be Blues! Ao ni Nare Vol.19

This list includes 3 shonen series, 2 historical or folklore-based series, 2 sports series, 3 romance/drama/slice of life. Number of harems: zero. Unlike the US charts we see stuff on their that's squarely aimed at both male and female readers, and older and younger readers, and the majority of this list (6/10) are set in the regular world devoid of magic or sci-fi.

[Frumple]

Also, every series is either sci-fi or fantasy and there are no real-world series.

At least they're doing something right >_>

Less snarky, can anyone identify where the zog the thing in the white dress in the short scene at 0:36-0:37 in this is from? It's been bothering me ever since I first saw the ruddy thing.

[Redzephyr01]

Also, every series is either sci-fi or fantasy and there are no real-world series.

Doesn't JoJo take place in the real world?

[Frumple]

Only conceptually. It's thoroughly bizarre, and has both sci-fi (Nazi cyborgs!) and fantasy (ripple, vampires, stands, etc., etc.). It borrows real geography. Somewhat. That's about it.

[i2amroy]

Less snarky, can anyone identify where the zog the thing in the white dress in the short scene at 0:36-0:37 in this is from? It's been bothering me ever since I first saw the ruddy thing.

Pretty sure that's the Major from Hellsing.