>Doesn't like matching uniforms >Heavily into slice of life anime, most of which is high school which almost always has school uniforms That's definitely something... difficult...
I do remember a lot of costume changes throughout One Piece, which at times ive both liked and disliked. I must either not have watched certain SoL shows or never really paid much attention to the costume changes.
It's a very common thing to happen to a lot of people. It happens to me sometimes and it's a shit to try to avoid it in public so people don't start wondering what's with your eyes.
+jmiquelmb digi also told on digibros his eyes are burning through his skull while looking at his monitor, atleast on the bloorborne letsplay, so that might Have something to do with his blinking
***** but military uniforms aren't supposed to pop. You kind of want them to NOT pop lest you get popped. I was saying that aot found a way to be aesthetically pleasing and be at least somewhat realistic
One thing that really got to me in a good way about Attack on Titan relates to the uniforms. Specifically, there's women in the human military. And they wear the uniform like the guys do. It's identical, down to pants. Now, given how the soldiers operate in this setting, there are extremely practical reasons for why pants would be important. But, like. I don't think that would stop many shows from going the skirt route, if you know what I mean. In fact, it would probably encourage that. We do see civilian women and kids wearing skirts and more traditionally feudal attire, but when you join the military, you wear the thing, like everyone else. It's a symbol of who you are, what do you do, what you represent to the world, etc. In a general sense. The women are just, there, like the guys are. Some do amazing, heroic things (and get called mary sue while their literal male counterpart doesn't get a tenth of the flack, isn't that funny and interesting, wonder why that happens), some of them die horribly and immediately, and some are just there doing their job like the rest. And, like, they just, Are. It's actually the correct way things should be, which is that the gender only matters... when it matters. Like religion or what town you're from or your handedness. And oh my god it's so astonishingly refreshing to experience and see that, because one day, that's going to be how it is, hopefully. It's just not going to be an issue. One day. An odd bit of hope in a story whose premise is 'we're backed into the wall and doing a species-wide Final Stand'. Loves me some heroic last stands. Actually come to think of it, Attack on Titan is literally asexual. The most that happens is scattered hints towards a romance or two, and Mikasa's abs, which are admittedly hot af. But the show just, doesn't even go there, which is probably one of the big reasons for my observation on uniforms. It is sad that it has to be a 0 or 1, though.
Fusilier ?? The only person who's called a Mary Sue is Mikasa because her DEFINING trait is the fact that she's so much better than everyone else. The fact that you scrambled a full on feminist essay about this stupid ass, poorly written series and how everyone wear hideous, brown outfits is absolutely mindboggling.
Levi doesn't get as much flack because he shows other personality traits. Care, rage, compassion, apathy etc. Mikasa, while shw does show these emotions as well, comes across as dull and unremarkable, because she does not express them in an endearing and engaging way. Also, we have a very detailed backstory on Levi, and it explains how he got to be the person he is. Mikasa got a backstory explaining why she likes Eren....that's it, that's her defining trait. She doesn't have a single line of dialogue that isn't about Eren, and it's things like these that kill a character. Oh, and what kills the show is its pacing issues, lack of good characterization, with only very few gaining depth, dumb shounen tropes (it has basically become Bleach), and overall just poor writing and buildup that is nullified by poor payoff. That, and the overplayed drama and "emotional" scenes. AoT does have some redeeming qualities though, it isn't "shit"
That's one of the few points I will give AoT is their gender representation is fair. It's just not a good story though or even has good characters, although I like Mikasa.
Honestly, elfen lied scratched an itch that I didn't know I needed: hyperviolent, psychological, tragic romance. Once Kara no Kyoukai came into the picture to practically stroke that itch, it was easy to see how bad the sho really is.
I got to say usually you are spot on. But turns out what was in the basement in attack on Titan was actually pretty freaking incredible. Maybe not what was in the basement, but what they found in the basement meant.
He is saying Mikasa's character doesn't work because everyone is emo and dour. That she would need people to balance her out in order work. Sadly, she doesn't.
FMA 2003 is my all time favorite anime, and people have been giving me shit for that for years. I've always *liked* Brotherhood, but I've also always found it a bit too hammy and tonally uneven and the characters feel too exaggerated for me to consider them real people in a way I do with the 03 show. There's just too much in the presentation that takes me out of it emotionally to get why everyone prefers it SO heavily to the original. Everyone's like "aaaaaah fukkin', the Godwin is terrible" but no one has given me a compelling reason why that is.
becuase FMA 2003 is not base on manga , they change alot of thing in anime but brotherhood base everything right on manga that why manga and anime fan love it so much
Well I think that while FMAB is better written and animated I would say that the 2003 version is better directed and have more interesting themes and concepts though it's story is inferior to FMAB more focused approach.
It's interesting that you mentioned the directing in FMA 2003, since the guy who directed it, Seiji Mizushima, went on to direct Gundam 00, and the film Expelled from Paradise. Not FMA Brotherhood, however. Good to know that a talented director is still getting work years later.
When you get a chance, I'd like to hear your thoughts (if you have any) on Oyasumi Punpun. To my knowledge you haven't said anything about it and I was curious if you had an opinion on it. Thanks!
Why someone (myself) loved Attack on Titan: It's not just because "people die", for me it was due to thematic resonance with the core of who I am alongside this gritty and compelling narrative. Eren and many of the other mains in the series weren't content to sit back on their asses and watch events unfold. They fight because they have no other alternative, because its the only way to keep their loved ones alive. That duty present in the characters that _sooooooooooo_ many other anime characters lack (one of the big reasons I did not like Shinji throughout most of NGE). Their constant drive to not give in to the overwhelming despair that arises from the hopelessness of the scenario. To keep pushing forward even if it means walking over the corpse of a friend. The plot is well written enough that when complimented with Araki's direction and the ever present themes that I basically fell in love with the anime. (Fuck the anime original episode 24) Why one might like the characters: I'll use Mikasa. In the early episodes she is just this stoic girl that is very attached to Eren. She prioritizes him, and expresses that she will follow him anywhere. Not the type of character to really appeal to someone with that alone. But then we learn why she cares for him so deeply. Her parents are murdered in front of her eyes, and she is about to get sold into a life of sex-slaver (she's nine, by the way) and Eren saves her life. Following this destruction of her entire world Eren is the first one to extend a hand of friendship to this broken shell of a girl. She always wears the scarf because it was the first bit of warmth (literal and metaphorical) when her life turned to shit. Yes, she' still has her stoic demeanor and love for Eren, but she's not solely characterized by those alone. (I could elaborate like this on other characters, but I don't see a need to.) Brown colors are just reflective of the poor and dour setting. They can't afford a ton of dyes or paints, so they use what they have. It makes the entire world slightly unpleasant to look at because it's not really a pleasant place. On the uniforms: Sure, it could be so people can easily cosplay, OR it could be due to the militaristic setting and how in the real world the military have uniforms. It's fine to not like the show for whatever reasons, to each their own, I just wanted to share why I (and possibly others) like it outside of the lack of plot armor and fight scenes (both of which are still merits in my book.)
Eh, I think Robo-Frank Archer design was made to express 1.- That the technology in FMA was clunky overall, thus foreshadowing the movie and 2.- That it was an impromtu job and wasn't fully ready.
Hey, I watch Game of Thrones and it has a lot of flaws too. I even think it's honestly pretty bad at this point. There's nothing wrong about likig mediocre shit. What I can't stand are those fanboys that take it personally when you don't suck their favorite show's d**k.
My problem with Attack on Titan is that it became overly politically focused for a good amount of chapters, resulting in barely any action and significant character development. In fact, outside of maybe Krista Lenz / Historia Reiss, none of the characters developed whatsoever - Eren got a new power-up, but nothing about him as an actual character changed at all. The action only just recently returned again also, and the only thing keeping me coming back is that I really want to know what is in that fucking basement. It's not really bad, it was just very uneventful for a stupidly long period of time. The anime is also a lot more exciting in my opinion. Elfen Lied is in retrospect also quite a laughable show with a half-decent plot, garbage story, and garbage characters with garbage motives for why they do what they do, and a hamfisted payoff.
The Elfen Lied manga is pretty worth getting through. I actually stopped watching and switched over before the final let down of the anime. Its pretty long though x.x.
when comes to Attack on Titan, its pretty much the same as when Digi talked about Bleach last video. Just read it all in 1 go. I have all 18 volumes and when you read it in one sitting, it feels way more natural. The fact that Attack on Titan is a monthly manga made it seem much worse than what it was.
I found the political Arc interesting instead of focusing on the Titans which stop being interesting. Because that's what the whole show is about Titans Titans nothing else the politics gave the more of a story than boring characters with shity character development
I have a weird affection for Elfen Lied. I want to pat the show on the head, like the show itself is somehow moe. Christ, is the manga ever terrible though.
Xick I hear that anime pacing was pretty bad but the manga was good emotionally but story wise its like all over the place like its doesn't know what to be, either a dark seinen or a cute moe.
Loving all these vlogs. Bonus bonus round? GTO, Hajime no Ippo, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal. Please make it happen, this comment has a lot of upvotes on your Death note and CG video.
I feel like you dropped AoT because you were skeptical about the hype, and once it gave you the barest signs of being somewhat poor, your bias was confirmed and you felt validated in rejecting it. If you'd given it a chance, you'd have found all your character and plot concerns addressed.
As a bit of a history buff, I personally love the second half of the 2003 FMA series. Though I do respect all your points and the Frank Archer part did suck but whatever that is just my opinion.
I agree with your sentiments on AoT and EL God I can't believe I liked Elfen Lied when I was 13-15 But then I remember that I was an edgy teenager who hadn't seen much violent shit like that, It's like you said. But then you run into people older than I am now who still think It's a good show, and who think the OP is amazing, and it just fucking baffles me that grown adults like it and think It's good.
I watched it when I was 13, and I still didn't like it at all it doesn't matter whether you're an edgy teen or not, cause I was pretty edgy as well I think digi's stronger point was if you haven't seen anything like it before, or if you don't have much experience with violent things, that's what makes it so incredible to see, but it depends on the person whether you continue to like it or not
ハリケーン北極 you're contradicting yourself, first you say you can love whatever you want, then you say there are other shows that don't deserve any love? I thought anyone was free to like whatever they like? you're just freeloading love for it without giving any backbone, what makes the op nice? and bringing up the hate bandwagon is irrelevant, every show has a hate bandwagon, I don't hate it, I don't have any care for it I also never brought up whether it was a good show or not, in case this is specifically a reply to me, if you want to talk from a critic's standpoint, it was bad, but critic's don't decide on people's emotions so you can like whatever you like, whether you're talking in a subjective manner or objective.
FMA 03 is one of my favorite things ever, though I'm automatically biased towards a Seiji Mizushima/Shou Aikawa production. I also love Un-Go and Concrete Revolutio. I really need to do myself a favor and eventually check out Oh! Edo Rocket and Ghost Slayers Ayashi.
I did really like Attack on Titan up until the end of the season, when it didn't fucking have an ending, which I really fucking hate. I realize now, that I didn't really care about any of the characters, and the pacing was shit, but I definitely was invested in the mystery of the Titans, which to me were horrifying.
I watched Elfen Lied when I was the perfect age to love it, and I can't remember anything about it except the opening sequence, and that it was probably pure shit.
Will you ever give your thoughts on Kaleido star? I haven't seen too many shows, so I don't know, but that's the only show I've seen where every character has 5-6 outfits, and the show is long enough that you see them in all of them, and then in later episodes they'll wear the same outfits as in one of the earlier episodes, and you can make mental notes about what clothes each character has, and that makes the show realistic and I really liked that.
The appeal of AoT is definitely not that characters die. It's the optimism. If you keep watching the show you see it actually gets pretty uplifting, in that it shows humanity repeatedly banning together and continuing to fight against impossible odds. In the Walking Dead and other zombie media, you always see humanity falling apart into chaos and anarchy in the face of the apocalypse. In AoT you see humanity coming together and working harder. (Yes I know about the stuff that happens later in the manga but still). It's not the best show ever, but if you didn't watch far enough to spot this then you oughtta try it again.
Do you think there would be a point up to which there isn't much divergence between the 2003 and FMAB, such that you could watch the 2003 version for its better direction and TV-pacing (and the more affecting version of some of the scenes that show up in both) in favor of (at least part of) the rougher first 13 episodes of FMAB?
I haven't watched either show, but I looked up spoilers for the original anime way back when. I thought that the idea they had that the Homunculi in that version were people who were botched resurrections like Mrs. Elric sounded interesting on paper, the most interesting thing about the older show. Did they fuck it up? Was it actually a bad idea that contradicted the lore? What happened with it?
I'm not going to say a lot because no one reads those comments anyway, but I must say, I completely disagree with what you said about everyone being dressed the same way in SnK. This is the military, them having a combat uniform is logic and actually makes the show seem more serious and realistic. For comparison, in god eater everyone is dressed in their chosen stupid outfits which makes the whole war look like a random game that people do for fun, not to mention how idiotic every individual costume looks, I've watched 3 episodes of god eater, and half of my watchtime was spend thinking "how are those clothes even in the slightest bit practical in a fighting environment".
Attack on Titan would have been a middle of the road show in the 80s or 90s. But the form has gotten so safe that shows with a body count are perceived as something revolutionary. Characters died in anime a lot when I was really into it. But the difference was that the shows were about a lot more than that.
Hey Digi, have you ever done an analysis on Steins Gate? I just started rewatching it with my sister after 5 years and noticed that it has a script that's on the level of Citizen Kane, professional shot compositions, and ridiculously fun characters in a ridiculously great plot that would make for a good video, if you haven't already
You mentioned in another video that there's an interest in a shaman king anime reboot... What are your thoughts on it? I absolutely love the manga and have nostalgic memories of the original anime but is something like that completely necessary in the first place?
Thank you Digi, I just finished watching FMA 2003 and 2009 all in one week (It was pretty good) and went and searched for your opinion (I don't have any friends that enjoy Anime so there wasn't anyone to chat with about it) and it wasn't there! This fills the gap till your FMA:B video!
I like dark shows but not in a way that's edgy like AoT, EF, and even Tokyo Ghoul. Something like Monster and any Satoshi Kon work is what I considered appropriately dark.
Wow...he hit the nail right on the head with Elfen Lied. I watched the show when I was 14, and 4 years later I only remembered the "shocking" parts and remember really liking it. Now, after reminding me about the peeing and shit like that, I remember how horrible it is. Also, I actually prefer the 2003 version over Brotherhood, and I love Brotherhood, mostly because I like how it didn't turn into "main character uses the power of friendship to beat up god". I liked how everything was a bit more low key and more character driven. Nobody became extremely OP or anything. It just felt like the story was a bit tighter than Brotherhood, especially because everything was a lot less over-the-top like in Brotherhood. Things like how the story was really just about an old lady's obsession with staying young and beautiful forever and not about a second Hoenheim that becomes god and Ed and the rest fight him with the power of friendship. Also, I actually really like the bitter-sweet ending. I thought that was great. It showed how both brothers were willing to give their lives for each other, and actually did.
I really liked Elfen Lied on its time, maybe is time to rewatch it. But man, when you mentioned Nana's everyday life I freaking lost it! I completely forgot its existence and how it left me after I finished it. I was thinking on that shit and entire week xDD
I don't know what was with Hughes in the original FMA, but when I watched the episode with his death from FMAB I basically cried for an entire hour or so, so I think it was still pretty damn emotional.
Okay so I hate the walking dead too and I felt like the only person who did for the longest time. It's 10% zombies and 90% people bitching at each other. There's focusing on characters, which I would understand, but this show just throws in arguing for the sake of arguing and it's just exhausting to watch.
Attack on Titan is not a dark super serious drama, it's black fucking comedy. The titans are fucking OP, everything is hopeless, people die in fucked up gratuitous ways, and I laugh at it all, it just tries way too hard. Team Four Star doesn't even need to spoof it, it's a spoof of itself. It's an unwitting spoof on the nature of grimdark fantasy action adventure, the bland characters, the pointlessly drawn out story, shallow world building; it's all there. And the best part of it all is the fact that one little change in the story could have made it into the Game of Thrones (that's Game of Thrones, the tv series, not A Song of Ice and Fire, the book series) of anime: Erin dies subverting the shounen action hero trope, Mikasa kills herself in a blind rage trying to avenge him and is shat out by a titan for all to see, Armin becomes the new protagonist as he actually has a thimble full of personality, a few of the others from the unit like bread girl (Sasha, yes I had to look it up) support him, and the senior rangers round things out as the elite badasses the rest aspire to become. Then it might actually be passable as grimdark and not black comedy.
I know you have a Higurashi poster in your room (unless that was just in some weird dream I had where I watched one of your videos.. in a dream) but I've never seen a video where you talked about it all? Have you ever talked about it on your channel or is it something you have no substantial opinions on??
I admit my affection for Elfen Lied is rooted in it being the first really fucked up dark and violent anime I ever watched but I still sort of appreciate the underlying nature vs. nurture theme in it.
Oh holy shit, so glad to hear someone say that about elfen lied. I watched it because I'd heard from a lot of people that it's supposed to be great and I basically had the exact same reaction.
The problem with FMA is that neither piece of media is "perfect", but the three al together make something truly amazing. The first adaptation is slow and with a lot of bad filler (the other brothers and the mannequin guy), but even some of those are really interesting (like Fire vs Metal and the Warehouse 13). There's some good execution on the first one, like the homunculus origin and the way Shou Tucker is manage. That being said, I find Brotherhood almost perfect, except, for the first three episodes. The first one shouldn't exist! And the third one should be the first. The manga is amazing, but the art feels a little empty at the beginning (particularly in the backgrounds). I agree mostly with you, except on AoT, which I still find interesting.
Why don't people watch FMA 2003 up through the Shou Tucker story arc, then transfer to Brotherhood? I feel like Brotherhood tried to rush through what little it had in common with 2003's story arc, with the depth coming into the series after the the fate of Dr. Marcoh was changed.
Godmason because of the timelines of the two series don't add up. People forget that the 2003 version of the Shou Tucker storyline happened years earlier. Nina was present while Hughes wife was pregnant with Ellicia, who is 3 years old during the series proper. People who suggest that mixing and matching between the early episodes of FMA and FMA:Brotherhood don't realize that just cannot work. The differences are there from the very beginning, just that Brotherhood only becomes *completely* different from episode 14 onwards.
Kymo x By the immense wisdom that is Endless Jess, the only thing I can think of any more when people talking about Clannad is his picture of a crab with testicles.
do an fma:brotherhood videos plss. your april fools video (i think) mentioned you didn't rate brotherhood as high as everyone else did, and while i can see several minor flaws in the show (and also how the beginning was sort of a mess), i still put brotherhood as my favorite anime overall. interesting to hear your opinions on where you docked points off this series.
I don't blame you for feeling the way you do about the show not being complex because at the beginning, It's very bare bones. Which is incredibly hilarious cause the story gets SO much more complex and the answer to what's in the basement exceeded my expectations. I completely get where you were coming from though.
Now that we've seen what's in the basement, you got to admit you were at least a little wrong about it being stupid. It actually cranks the story in a new direction and makes in-universe sense for more dramaction.
Hey! Sorry if this comment repeats itself a lot but I kinda wanted to get my thoughts out there about Attack on Titan if you were interested I guess. The first season of the anime does cover it's basic storyline of Titans vs Humanity however I feel you would've been more gripped if you carried on past the 5 episodes as the Uprising arc and especially it's current arc focus on putting complex characters into shitty situations and how they adapt to this. I feel like it develops extremely well with some of the best character and plot development I have seen. As the arcs go on, you see more about the Titans and how they were formed, history about the walls, the people who once ruled the kingdom and does get very in depth during these two arcs I mentioned. The focus also goes onto the government, hierarchies within the walls, secrets of villages and such and I really find these aspects amazing in my opinion. I also really like the ongoing theories and things that need answers however I can see why people like yourself would not like it so much. I suppose the first episodes you watched are slightly bleak but explaining like "this is the problem and this is the wall and these are the Titans who do not allow people to be free" was possibly the hardest thing as it also had to be entertaining and grab the audience. As I see in your case it obviously didn't and if you could get pass that until shit really kicks in around episode 8-onwards then that's when you see the story really come to life. Also, many people comment on how the show is known for people dying etc but in all honesty there aren't many deaths. The over exaggeration of this causes people to turn away from Attack on Titan and it's main selling point isn't really how people die but what people will do in situations and how far they are willing to go to achieve their own dreams. Many people think this show is about sacrifice and people dying when there was only 1 character from the main group who died in the third arc (but gets more... gloomy? as time goes on in the manga, I guess.) People's morals and feelings are really put to the test and as a meta and analysis writer, I find it so interesting seeing people grow and how they act when certain things are put infront of them. For example, one of the main characters Levi is really questioned about his morals due to a traumatic and emotionally abusive childhood that causes himself to question whether he really is human or not and where his growth of empathy for other people stems from. You also mentioned how the characters aren't as likable or don't have any qualities you found interesting, I would also like to put this case and point into how you don't really see much development until after ep 9 or 10, it is fairly slow paced and I found myself really attached to it by episode 3 when it was airing however I understand what you mean about the characters not really being fleshed out or likable. I would probably blame this on the arc itself as the characters really start to shine later on in the season so it's understandable. I guess this whole show is more about waiting it out and if you aren't attached by the first episode it's just a waiting game until you find a part you really do like. My friend has had a common situation as yourself, however he read the manga which carries on past the first season and really did like the characters and found that they grow and shine so much more in later arcs. Like you say, it's totally cool that you weren't gripped by it and I'm glad you at least gave it a chance because it has become one of the most popular animes to exist and the "fandom" is constantly growing so to know that you tried it out means a lot to me I guess. Since it's been my favourite show for the past 3 years I won't bore you as to why I love it so much but feel free to check the manga out if you ever feel like it I guess. Thanks for your consistency on the channel and keep up the good work :)
Interesting when you brought up the AOT uniform thing. Surely one major aspect of the uniforms being truly uniform is that it mimics an actual military. One of the issues with a lot of 'military' anime is you'll have people in massively customised and varied uniforms which make no sense. Usually you can't stick bows, extra belts or capes on your army uniform.
I lost complete interest in Attack on Titan as soon as I found out people turned into Titans as well. So much for an underdog fight story. I wanted some tense, life on the line impossible odds like Berserk.
Why do you like Habeneri of the spicy fortress, but not AoT? From my perspective, Habeneri seams like wit tried to recreate AoT, but didn't understand why people liked AoT.
I don't get that either, all the complaints he made about AOT can be applied to Kabaneri too. "Us vs them mentality", check, flat characters, check, melodramatic reactions, check, bad pacing, check, static plot? check. Kabaneri just has...less brown.
i like the 2003 series better because it feels a bit less, shonen-y i guess. like it seemed to be more about exploring the world and its rules than fighting. Pride in brotherhood is interesting and his shadow powers look cool as fuck, but they are straight up magic and make no physical sense, you can't pull that shit and still say alchemy is a science. i feel both series work better in the context of the other one, but i think 2003 stands up better on its own, if only because of the tone.
I'd be curious to see Digibro's opinion of the main antagonist of 2003 a little bit more in detail... I did read his post of the first full metal alchemist adaptation had a shitty ending, but I feel he Wasn't saying everything PD: I agree with his opinion of the main antagonist
I've never seen Elfen Lied before, so I'm guessing the TL;DR of the series was that one scene in Psycho Pass 2 where Akane's enforcer as a kid killed puppies and shanked his mom?
I have to admit Elfen Lied was like all over the place, and it didn't know what to be, like be cute or be dark. FMA 2003 I thought I had to watch that anime before Brotherhood, however after I heard that the orginal anime had filler & that, I decided to go with Brotherhood. Attack on Titan it is to me still interesting especially now Season 2 is coming.
I binged AoT after it was finished. I enjoyed it well enough, but I've never had the urge to rewatch it. When I watched it all at once the flaws don't seem as obvious since you don't have week to week to think about it. But as time went on I realized there really isn't much to think about when it comes to AoT, and the longer it takes for season 2 to come out the less I give a shit about the whole series. I have similar feelings to you on FMA 2003. For me though I'd say its greatest high point is the episode where they first introduce Izumi. You get a way better sense of her character from how she interacts with the townsfolk, and that damn scene with the cat still rips my guts out every time. Never saw Elfin Leg, but from your description is sounds like the shit version of Fate/Zero
Liked Attack on Titan (though I got to episode 10 of the subbed before switching and finishing it dubbed). Thought Elfen Lied was depressing and do like the 2003 version of FMA.
FMA 2003 is interesting to see now, it shows what was in the mind of the author as to where the story could go later on in the manga. We can see things that were kept in the manga and things that ended up in the manga that weren't even thought about (like the guys from Xing).
sorry to let my analyzer out but the coloring in titan makes sense when you compair it to the world. The outer wall, where the first few episodes spends the most time at, is filled with poor colors like brown. This is because in the anime and manga you hear about how scacre resorces like food and raw materials are. The outer wall is the poorest and brown is a poor color which is why building and characters wear the color brown excluding the soldiers which I'll get to soon. The inner wall which we are in the final episodes is the safest and richest and the brown fades to more whites and reds. Because we know the inner wall is so rich the people living there can have luxuries like good food, better architecture that the outer wall, and fine white marble. Then the fight scene starts and it goes back to brown and red which I don't get why the color goes brown when the final fight breaks out. Ot could be to make the red and white colors of the impacts stand out, I dont know why would would do that when Eren is a brown titan. The underground city that we see in Levi's OVA uses dark colors because it's fucking underground are you going to fill it with yellow. I don't get the uniforms when it comes to those fucking belts. Are so many of them even needed? Fine, they hold the 3DGM, whatever but couldn't the MG be held in another way when it might already pretty fucking heavy. So why would you want that shit and had tanks strapped to your body when it will weigh you down. And those fucking skits, where just having white pants not good enough? You had to put an extra price of clothing that looked like a skit over simple white pants? I don't get it, someone please explain the design of those uniforms to me. The belts and slots are 93% of my problems with this show.
When you were talking about AOT, I felt like you didn't actually watch it (I felt you moved away after season 1), I do agree with some of your points, specially shasha being the first engaging charchter but than you get Levi and Commandar pixies and Commandar erevin, reiner etc etc are all interesting character.
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What's in the basement ?!
its Geoff Thew doing OP analysis
*claps*
I guess you're his mother then.
Old Man Fogan h
Mi Casa is such a Mary Sue. More like Sue Casa.
You've gotten some good mileage out of that pun
gringo (sorry for bad Spanish)
Su casa*
Meh. At least her strength gets explained through the lore, and she does have character flaws
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>Doesn't like matching uniforms
>Heavily into slice of life anime, most of which is high school which almost always has school uniforms
That's definitely something... difficult...
He says around 9:05 that he isn't a big fan of school uniforms.
Slice of life anime usually have tons of costume changes and adorable streetwear outfits.
I do remember a lot of costume changes throughout One Piece, which at times ive both liked and disliked. I must either not have watched certain SoL shows or never really paid much attention to the costume changes.
+Digibro I guess your definition of "slice of life" is much more broader than most of Japanese then.
You don't watch slice of life shows without the understanding that there migh the uniforms.
*looks down at brown skin*
Oh.
Skin is the only place where brown is the best color.
(I was counting down how long it'd take to get this comment)
+Digibro Looks down at white skin
Oh
lol
double lol
Oh
Your blinking was rather interesting to watch for 25 mins. 10/10
It was creeping me out personally.
It's a very common thing to happen to a lot of people. It happens to me sometimes and it's a shit to try to avoid it in public so people don't start wondering what's with your eyes.
jmiquelmb Digi looks more badass with the glasses on anyway.
+jmiquelmb digi also told on digibros his eyes are burning through his skull while looking at his monitor, atleast on the bloorborne letsplay, so that might Have something to do with his blinking
BlackJoe23 Yeah he talks quite frequently about his eyes hurting.
I like your AoT review, but wouldn't it be confusing if a military organization DIDN'T have a uniform?
***** definitely not saying fma was in anyway inferior to aot, but besides the brown color, the uniforms are practical and aesthetically pleasing
***** but military uniforms aren't supposed to pop. You kind of want them to NOT pop lest you get popped. I was saying that aot found a way to be aesthetically pleasing and be at least somewhat realistic
One thing that really got to me in a good way about Attack on Titan relates to the uniforms. Specifically, there's women in the human military. And they wear the uniform like the guys do. It's identical, down to pants. Now, given how the soldiers operate in this setting, there are extremely practical reasons for why pants would be important. But, like. I don't think that would stop many shows from going the skirt route, if you know what I mean. In fact, it would probably encourage that.
We do see civilian women and kids wearing skirts and more traditionally feudal attire, but when you join the military, you wear the thing, like everyone else. It's a symbol of who you are, what do you do, what you represent to the world, etc.
In a general sense. The women are just, there, like the guys are. Some do amazing, heroic things (and get called mary sue while their literal male counterpart doesn't get a tenth of the flack, isn't that funny and interesting, wonder why that happens), some of them die horribly and immediately, and some are just there doing their job like the rest.
And, like, they just, Are. It's actually the correct way things should be, which is that the gender only matters... when it matters. Like religion or what town you're from or your handedness. And oh my god it's so astonishingly refreshing to experience and see that, because one day, that's going to be how it is, hopefully. It's just not going to be an issue. One day.
An odd bit of hope in a story whose premise is 'we're backed into the wall and doing a species-wide Final Stand'. Loves me some heroic last stands.
Actually come to think of it, Attack on Titan is literally asexual. The most that happens is scattered hints towards a romance or two, and Mikasa's abs, which are admittedly hot af. But the show just, doesn't even go there, which is probably one of the big reasons for my observation on uniforms. It is sad that it has to be a 0 or 1, though.
Fusilier ?? The only person who's called a Mary Sue is Mikasa because her DEFINING trait is the fact that she's so much better than everyone else. The fact that you scrambled a full on feminist essay about this stupid ass, poorly written series and how everyone wear hideous, brown outfits is absolutely mindboggling.
Man, if you don't like geeks going on long-winded commentaries, or the idea that women are human, then you came to the wrong channel. sorry.
Fusilier Yeah, except that's bullshit and gender matters in the military.
Levi doesn't get as much flack because he shows other personality traits. Care, rage, compassion, apathy etc. Mikasa, while shw does show these emotions as well, comes across as dull and unremarkable, because she does not express them in an endearing and engaging way. Also, we have a very detailed backstory on Levi, and it explains how he got to be the person he is. Mikasa got a backstory explaining why she likes Eren....that's it, that's her defining trait. She doesn't have a single line of dialogue that isn't about Eren, and it's things like these that kill a character.
Oh, and what kills the show is its pacing issues, lack of good characterization, with only very few gaining depth, dumb shounen tropes (it has basically become Bleach), and overall just poor writing and buildup that is nullified by poor payoff. That, and the overplayed drama and "emotional" scenes. AoT does have some redeeming qualities though, it isn't "shit"
That's one of the few points I will give AoT is their gender representation is fair. It's just not a good story though or even has good characters, although I like Mikasa.
Honestly, elfen lied scratched an itch that I didn't know I needed: hyperviolent, psychological, tragic romance. Once Kara no Kyoukai came into the picture to practically stroke that itch, it was easy to see how bad the sho really is.
I actually completely forgot about Frank Archer. Wow...
Frank Who ?
"people die when they are killed"
- Digi
That's a quote from Fullmetal Panic sub
+Felik18 I thought it was from faith stay night?
I got to say usually you are spot on. But turns out what was in the basement in attack on Titan was actually pretty freaking incredible. Maybe not what was in the basement, but what they found in the basement meant.
"Everyone is emo and dour all the time." Well no shit, nearly the entire population has been eaten. Would you expect them to be happy?
He is saying Mikasa's character doesn't work because everyone is emo and dour. That she would need people to balance her out in order work. Sadly, she doesn't.
Steven Cenname not an excuse for writing dull characters
FMA 2003 is my all time favorite anime, and people have been giving me shit for that for years. I've always *liked* Brotherhood, but I've also always found it a bit too hammy and tonally uneven and the characters feel too exaggerated for me to consider them real people in a way I do with the 03 show. There's just too much in the presentation that takes me out of it emotionally to get why everyone prefers it SO heavily to the original. Everyone's like "aaaaaah fukkin', the Godwin is terrible" but no one has given me a compelling reason why that is.
becuase FMA 2003 is not base on manga , they change alot of thing in anime but brotherhood base everything right on manga that why manga and anime fan love it so much
bean nguyen I've always found source accuracy in and of itself a rather shallow reason to like a thing.
I actually like FMA 2003 as much as Brotherhood but seriously WTF were they thinking with metal Archer!?
FMAB is still sooooo much better!!!!
@@eka3038 Disagree.
Well I think that while FMAB is better written and animated I would say that the 2003 version is better directed and have more interesting themes and concepts though it's story is inferior to FMAB more focused approach.
So you think fmab is better.
The best part about FMA 2003 is that it gave us Nullmetal Alchemist.
Man, you should check your stress level. Look at how often you blink. It’s basically the first sign of someone being overworked.
Yeah his blinking is insane
It's a medical condition from medicine he took years ago. He explained it in a video.
holy shit i thought i was the only one thinking about it...
It's interesting that you mentioned the directing in FMA 2003, since the guy who directed it, Seiji Mizushima, went on to direct Gundam 00, and the film Expelled from Paradise. Not FMA Brotherhood, however.
Good to know that a talented director is still getting work years later.
That director also directed the Violence Jack OVA's
That director also directed the Violence Jack OVA's
I watched fmab and 2003 back to back a while ago, the memories of both are jumbled in my head, but i loved both.
When you get a chance, I'd like to hear your thoughts (if you have any) on Oyasumi Punpun. To my knowledge you haven't said anything about it and I was curious if you had an opinion on it. Thanks!
Why someone (myself) loved Attack on Titan:
It's not just because "people die", for me it was due to thematic resonance with the core of who I am alongside this gritty and compelling narrative. Eren and many of the other mains in the series weren't content to sit back on their asses and watch events unfold. They fight because they have no other alternative, because its the only way to keep their loved ones alive. That duty present in the characters that _sooooooooooo_ many other anime characters lack (one of the big reasons I did not like Shinji throughout most of NGE). Their constant drive to not give in to the overwhelming despair that arises from the hopelessness of the scenario. To keep pushing forward even if it means walking over the corpse of a friend. The plot is well written enough that when complimented with Araki's direction and the ever present themes that I basically fell in love with the anime. (Fuck the anime original episode 24)
Why one might like the characters:
I'll use Mikasa. In the early episodes she is just this stoic girl that is very attached to Eren. She prioritizes him, and expresses that she will follow him anywhere. Not the type of character to really appeal to someone with that alone. But then we learn why she cares for him so deeply. Her parents are murdered in front of her eyes, and she is about to get sold into a life of sex-slaver (she's nine, by the way) and Eren saves her life. Following this destruction of her entire world Eren is the first one to extend a hand of friendship to this broken shell of a girl. She always wears the scarf because it was the first bit of warmth (literal and metaphorical) when her life turned to shit. Yes, she' still has her stoic demeanor and love for Eren, but she's not solely characterized by those alone. (I could elaborate like this on other characters, but I don't see a need to.)
Brown colors are just reflective of the poor and dour setting. They can't afford a ton of dyes or paints, so they use what they have. It makes the entire world slightly unpleasant to look at because it's not really a pleasant place.
On the uniforms: Sure, it could be so people can easily cosplay, OR it could be due to the militaristic setting and how in the real world the military have uniforms.
It's fine to not like the show for whatever reasons, to each their own, I just wanted to share why I (and possibly others) like it outside of the lack of plot armor and fight scenes (both of which are still merits in my book.)
Eh, I think Robo-Frank Archer design was made to express 1.- That the technology in FMA was clunky overall, thus foreshadowing the movie and 2.- That it was an impromtu job and wasn't fully ready.
I can't help but like AoT even with all the flaws tbh
Still excited to see some scenes animated in season 2, whenever that comes
Hey, I watch Game of Thrones and it has a lot of flaws too. I even think it's honestly pretty bad at this point. There's nothing wrong about likig mediocre shit. What I can't stand are those fanboys that take it personally when you don't suck their favorite show's d**k.
i think enjoying something flawed makes your taste interesting tbh
Yeah I hate that too I also hate when people begrudge you for liking a show they personally hate
How was it?
AoT barely has any flaws. It's very well written in all aspects. Up there with HxH and FMAB.
My problem with Attack on Titan is that it became overly politically focused for a good amount of chapters, resulting in barely any action and significant character development. In fact, outside of maybe Krista Lenz / Historia Reiss, none of the characters developed whatsoever - Eren got a new power-up, but nothing about him as an actual character changed at all.
The action only just recently returned again also, and the only thing keeping me coming back is that I really want to know what is in that fucking basement.
It's not really bad, it was just very uneventful for a stupidly long period of time.
The anime is also a lot more exciting in my opinion.
Elfen Lied is in retrospect also quite a laughable show with a half-decent plot, garbage story, and garbage characters with garbage motives for why they do what they do, and a hamfisted payoff.
Elfen lied is one of my guilty pleasures lol.
The Elfen Lied manga is pretty worth getting through. I actually stopped watching and switched over before the final let down of the anime. Its pretty long though x.x.
when comes to Attack on Titan, its pretty much the same as when Digi talked about Bleach last video. Just read it all in 1 go. I have all 18 volumes and when you read it in one sitting, it feels way more natural. The fact that Attack on Titan is a monthly manga made it seem much worse than what it was.
I found the political Arc interesting instead of focusing on the Titans which stop being interesting. Because that's what the whole show is about Titans Titans nothing else the politics gave the more of a story than boring characters with shity character development
MR UPLOAD agreed 100%. Too much titans would be boring as hell.
Well digi they reached the basement and it delivered a bigger surprise and complexity addition to the story than anyone imagined
I have a weird affection for Elfen Lied. I want to pat the show on the head, like the show itself is somehow moe. Christ, is the manga ever terrible though.
Wow that the best explanation of why I like that show it just very special
agreed
The mangas honestly not that bad.
Xick I hear that anime pacing was pretty bad but the manga was good emotionally but story wise its like all over the place like its doesn't know what to be, either a dark seinen or a cute moe.
"People die when they are killed. It's not impressive. Now the girl's peeing on the floor." - Digi, 2016
Loving all these vlogs.
Bonus bonus round? GTO, Hajime no Ippo, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal.
Please make it happen, this comment has a lot of upvotes on your Death note and CG video.
I feel like you dropped AoT because you were skeptical about the hype, and once it gave you the barest signs of being somewhat poor, your bias was confirmed and you felt validated in rejecting it.
If you'd given it a chance, you'd have found all your character and plot concerns addressed.
The basement reveal was incredible btw.
I'm afraid of your blinking being contagious
That's why he normally wears sunglasses
so put your grasses on....
I wonder what he thinks about AoT now
As a bit of a history buff, I personally love the second half of the 2003 FMA series. Though I do respect all your points and the Frank Archer part did suck but whatever that is just my opinion.
I agree with your sentiments on AoT and EL
God I can't believe I liked Elfen Lied when I was 13-15
But then I remember that I was an edgy teenager who hadn't seen much violent shit like that, It's like you said.
But then you run into people older than I am now who still think It's a good show, and who think the OP is amazing, and it just fucking baffles me that grown adults like it and think It's good.
I still like elfin lied
It's still shit tho
Doofy MetalusMaximus At least you admit It's shit
I watched it when I was 13, and I still didn't like it at all
it doesn't matter whether you're an edgy teen or not, cause I was pretty edgy as well
I think digi's stronger point was if you haven't seen anything like it before, or if you don't have much experience with violent things, that's what makes it so incredible to see, but it depends on the person whether you continue to like it or not
ハリケーン北極 you're contradicting yourself, first you say you can love whatever you want, then you say there are other shows that don't deserve any love? I thought anyone was free to like whatever they like?
you're just freeloading love for it without giving any backbone, what makes the op nice? and bringing up the hate bandwagon is irrelevant, every show has a hate bandwagon, I don't hate it, I don't have any care for it
I also never brought up whether it was a good show or not, in case this is specifically a reply to me, if you want to talk from a critic's standpoint, it was bad, but critic's don't decide on people's emotions so you can like whatever you like, whether you're talking in a subjective manner or objective.
The OP anime is total garbage, no doubt. The manga is truly amazing tho
everything in aot has changed since he made this video
FMA 03 is one of my favorite things ever, though I'm automatically biased towards a Seiji Mizushima/Shou Aikawa production. I also love Un-Go and Concrete Revolutio. I really need to do myself a favor and eventually check out Oh! Edo Rocket and Ghost Slayers Ayashi.
Shaman King wasn't written by Aikawa but it was directed my Mizushima and it's really good has a similar atmosphere to FMA
I did really like Attack on Titan up until the end of the season, when it didn't fucking have an ending, which I really fucking hate. I realize now, that I didn't really care about any of the characters, and the pacing was shit, but I definitely was invested in the mystery of the Titans, which to me were horrifying.
I wanna hear your thoughts on Higurashi no Naku koro ni
This, since Digi says he isn't a big fan of mysteries, but seems to be a fan of Higurashi
Better yet, compare it with Mirai Nikki and Elfen Lied. Let's make clear what's dark for it's own sake and what's poignant darkness.
I watched Elfen Lied when I was the perfect age to love it, and I can't remember anything about it except the opening sequence, and that it was probably pure shit.
Will you ever give your thoughts on Kaleido star? I haven't seen too many shows, so I don't know, but that's the only show I've seen where every character has 5-6 outfits, and the show is long enough that you see them in all of them, and then in later episodes they'll wear the same outfits as in one of the earlier episodes, and you can make mental notes about what clothes each character has, and that makes the show realistic and I really liked that.
The appeal of AoT is definitely not that characters die. It's the optimism. If you keep watching the show you see it actually gets pretty uplifting, in that it shows humanity repeatedly banning together and continuing to fight against impossible odds. In the Walking Dead and other zombie media, you always see humanity falling apart into chaos and anarchy in the face of the apocalypse. In AoT you see humanity coming together and working harder. (Yes I know about the stuff that happens later in the manga but still). It's not the best show ever, but if you didn't watch far enough to spot this then you oughtta try it again.
Do you think there would be a point up to which there isn't much divergence between the 2003 and FMAB, such that you could watch the 2003 version for its better direction and TV-pacing (and the more affecting version of some of the scenes that show up in both) in favor of (at least part of) the rougher first 13 episodes of FMAB?
Can you not accept the matching uniforms given the series is heavily based around the military? I mean, what did you expect haha
i really liked Jean from Attack on Titan. He is my favorite. His fear of the titans is really powerful.
I haven't watched either show, but I looked up spoilers for the original anime way back when. I thought that the idea they had that the Homunculi in that version were people who were botched resurrections like Mrs. Elric sounded interesting on paper, the most interesting thing about the older show. Did they fuck it up? Was it actually a bad idea that contradicted the lore? What happened with it?
Say what you want about Elfen Lied, but that intro theme will stay with me forever
I'm not going to say a lot because no one reads those comments anyway, but I must say, I completely disagree with what you said about everyone being dressed the same way in SnK. This is the military, them having a combat uniform is logic and actually makes the show seem more serious and realistic. For comparison, in god eater everyone is dressed in their chosen stupid outfits which makes the whole war look like a random game that people do for fun, not to mention how idiotic every individual costume looks, I've watched 3 episodes of god eater, and half of my watchtime was spend thinking "how are those clothes even in the slightest bit practical in a fighting environment".
Attack on Titan would have been a middle of the road show in the 80s or 90s. But the form has gotten so safe that shows with a body count are perceived as something revolutionary.
Characters died in anime a lot when I was really into it. But the difference was that the shows were about a lot more than that.
Hey Digi, have you ever done an analysis on Steins Gate? I just started rewatching it with my sister after 5 years and noticed that it has a script that's on the level of Citizen Kane, professional shot compositions, and ridiculously fun characters in a ridiculously great plot that would make for a good video, if you haven't already
What I liked about Attack on Titan was the sense of hopelessness and the cast fighting against the titans futilely.
Its so funny to see this Shingeki reviews after all that happened by now xD
You mentioned in another video that there's an interest in a shaman king anime reboot... What are your thoughts on it? I absolutely love the manga and have nostalgic memories of the original anime but is something like that completely necessary in the first place?
Thank you Digi, I just finished watching FMA 2003 and 2009 all in one week (It was pretty good) and went and searched for your opinion (I don't have any friends that enjoy Anime so there wasn't anyone to chat with about it) and it wasn't there! This fills the gap till your FMA:B video!
_Digibro is sober, uses the word _*_like_*_ 357 times during 25 minutes._
_In other news today: Digi is racist. You _*_browns_*_ have been warned._
The brown is a bad though.
I like dark shows but not in a way that's edgy like AoT, EF, and even Tokyo Ghoul. Something like Monster and any Satoshi Kon work is what I considered appropriately dark.
EL*
Same. But why do you consider Attack On Titan to be edgy?
Is overlord lightnovel dark??
+Ricky The manga also doesn't butcher characters and the story and doesn't have shitty animation.
Read Berserk.
Wow...he hit the nail right on the head with Elfen Lied. I watched the show when I was 14, and 4 years later I only remembered the "shocking" parts and remember really liking it. Now, after reminding me about the peeing and shit like that, I remember how horrible it is. Also, I actually prefer the 2003 version over Brotherhood, and I love Brotherhood, mostly because I like how it didn't turn into "main character uses the power of friendship to beat up god". I liked how everything was a bit more low key and more character driven. Nobody became extremely OP or anything. It just felt like the story was a bit tighter than Brotherhood, especially because everything was a lot less over-the-top like in Brotherhood. Things like how the story was really just about an old lady's obsession with staying young and beautiful forever and not about a second Hoenheim that becomes god and Ed and the rest fight him with the power of friendship. Also, I actually really like the bitter-sweet ending. I thought that was great. It showed how both brothers were willing to give their lives for each other, and actually did.
Agree.
those are in my top 5 shows...great to have a review of this quality.
I really liked Elfen Lied on its time, maybe is time to rewatch it.
But man, when you mentioned Nana's everyday life I freaking lost it! I completely forgot its existence and how it left me after I finished it. I was thinking on that shit and entire week xDD
I don't know what was with Hughes in the original FMA, but when I watched the episode with his death from FMAB I basically cried for an entire hour or so, so I think it was still pretty damn emotional.
Okay so I hate the walking dead too and I felt like the only person who did for the longest time.
It's 10% zombies and 90% people bitching at each other. There's focusing on characters, which I would understand, but this show just throws in arguing for the sake of arguing and it's just exhausting to watch.
Attack on Titan is not a dark super serious drama, it's black fucking comedy. The titans are fucking OP, everything is hopeless, people die in fucked up gratuitous ways, and I laugh at it all, it just tries way too hard. Team Four Star doesn't even need to spoof it, it's a spoof of itself. It's an unwitting spoof on the nature of grimdark fantasy action adventure, the bland characters, the pointlessly drawn out story, shallow world building; it's all there. And the best part of it all is the fact that one little change in the story could have made it into the Game of Thrones (that's Game of Thrones, the tv series, not A Song of Ice and Fire, the book series) of anime: Erin dies subverting the shounen action hero trope, Mikasa kills herself in a blind rage trying to avenge him and is shat out by a titan for all to see, Armin becomes the new protagonist as he actually has a thimble full of personality, a few of the others from the unit like bread girl (Sasha, yes I had to look it up) support him, and the senior rangers round things out as the elite badasses the rest aspire to become. Then it might actually be passable as grimdark and not black comedy.
i have a feeling this might have landed on your top 20 anime of 2014 but what are your thoughts on akane ga kill
I know you have a Higurashi poster in your room (unless that was just in some weird dream I had where I watched one of your videos.. in a dream) but I've never seen a video where you talked about it all? Have you ever talked about it on your channel or is it something you have no substantial opinions on??
I admit my affection for Elfen Lied is rooted in it being the first really fucked up dark and violent anime I ever watched but I still sort of appreciate the underlying nature vs. nurture theme in it.
What do you think about the 2005 movie? Because I have similar problems you had, VERY smiler and I love the movie, it saves that ending so much
Dude, I really enjoy your vlogs, especially those storylike ones.
Oh holy shit, so glad to hear someone say that about elfen lied. I watched it because I'd heard from a lot of people that it's supposed to be great and I basically had the exact same reaction.
The AoT manga looks like something I would draw when I was in highschool.
Lol sure buddy
I decided to rewatch Elfen Lied recently...and I can totally agree with what you've said
Wow Digi what excellent thoughts on these shows. You are so cool. Have you been working out.
The problem with FMA is that neither piece of media is "perfect", but the three al together make something truly amazing. The first adaptation is slow and with a lot of bad filler (the other brothers and the mannequin guy), but even some of those are really interesting (like Fire vs Metal and the Warehouse 13). There's some good execution on the first one, like the homunculus origin and the way Shou Tucker is manage. That being said, I find Brotherhood almost perfect, except, for the first three episodes. The first one shouldn't exist! And the third one should be the first. The manga is amazing, but the art feels a little empty at the beginning (particularly in the backgrounds). I agree mostly with you, except on AoT, which I still find interesting.
When you realize Jess still hasn't made the Elfen Lied episode...
Why don't people watch FMA 2003 up through the Shou Tucker story arc, then transfer to Brotherhood? I feel like Brotherhood tried to rush through what little it had in common with 2003's story arc, with the depth coming into the series after the the fate of Dr. Marcoh was changed.
Godmason because of the timelines of the two series don't add up. People forget that the 2003 version of the Shou Tucker storyline happened years earlier. Nina was present while Hughes wife was pregnant with Ellicia, who is 3 years old during the series proper.
People who suggest that mixing and matching between the early episodes of FMA and FMA:Brotherhood don't realize that just cannot work. The differences are there from the very beginning, just that Brotherhood only becomes *completely* different from episode 14 onwards.
Hawk Flame so true
I always thought that the music in Elfen Lied was the best part of the whole show.
toradora, clannad, and spice and wolf, video?
Kymo x By the immense wisdom that is Endless Jess, the only thing I can think of any more when people talking about Clannad is his picture of a crab with testicles.
do an fma:brotherhood videos plss. your april fools video (i think) mentioned you didn't rate brotherhood as high as everyone else did, and while i can see several minor flaws in the show (and also how the beginning was sort of a mess), i still put brotherhood as my favorite anime overall. interesting to hear your opinions on where you docked points off this series.
I don't blame you for feeling the way you do about the show not being complex because at the beginning, It's very bare bones. Which is incredibly hilarious cause the story gets SO much more complex and the answer to what's in the basement exceeded my expectations. I completely get where you were coming from though.
I agree so much on Barry the chopper and the wtf after fma03 left the manga
attack on titan literally becomes all of the things you said it wasn't by the way. I'm not a huge fan of it either but I still enjoyed it.
Thanks for reminding me the fun I used to have quite a while ago showing the first 5 minutes of episode one of Elfen Lied to random people :D
Now that we've seen what's in the basement, you got to admit you were at least a little wrong about it being stupid. It actually cranks the story in a new direction and makes in-universe sense for more dramaction.
Also, Lol Frank Archer. Did you like the FMA 2003 Movie?
When you gonna do Samurai Flamenco man? It's perfect
Hey! Sorry if this comment repeats itself a lot but I kinda wanted to get my thoughts out there about Attack on Titan if you were interested I guess. The first season of the anime does cover it's basic storyline of Titans vs Humanity however I feel you would've been more gripped if you carried on past the 5 episodes as the Uprising arc and especially it's current arc focus on putting complex characters into shitty situations and how they adapt to this. I feel like it develops extremely well with some of the best character and plot development I have seen. As the arcs go on, you see more about the Titans and how they were formed, history about the walls, the people who once ruled the kingdom and does get very in depth during these two arcs I mentioned. The focus also goes onto the government, hierarchies within the walls, secrets of villages and such and I really find these aspects amazing in my opinion. I also really like the ongoing theories and things that need answers however I can see why people like yourself would not like it so much. I suppose the first episodes you watched are slightly bleak but explaining like "this is the problem and this is the wall and these are the Titans who do not allow people to be free" was possibly the hardest thing as it also had to be entertaining and grab the audience. As I see in your case it obviously didn't and if you could get pass that until shit really kicks in around episode 8-onwards then that's when you see the story really come to life. Also, many people comment on how the show is known for people dying etc but in all honesty there aren't many deaths. The over exaggeration of this causes people to turn away from Attack on Titan and it's main selling point isn't really how people die but what people will do in situations and how far they are willing to go to achieve their own dreams. Many people think this show is about sacrifice and people dying when there was only 1 character from the main group who died in the third arc (but gets more... gloomy? as time goes on in the manga, I guess.) People's morals and feelings are really put to the test and as a meta and analysis writer, I find it so interesting seeing people grow and how they act when certain things are put infront of them. For example, one of the main characters Levi is really questioned about his morals due to a traumatic and emotionally abusive childhood that causes himself to question whether he really is human or not and where his growth of empathy for other people stems from.
You also mentioned how the characters aren't as likable or don't have any qualities you found interesting, I would also like to put this case and point into how you don't really see much development until after ep 9 or 10, it is fairly slow paced and I found myself really attached to it by episode 3 when it was airing however I understand what you mean about the characters not really being fleshed out or likable. I would probably blame this on the arc itself as the characters really start to shine later on in the season so it's understandable. I guess this whole show is more about waiting it out and if you aren't attached by the first episode it's just a waiting game until you find a part you really do like. My friend has had a common situation as yourself, however he read the manga which carries on past the first season and really did like the characters and found that they grow and shine so much more in later arcs.
Like you say, it's totally cool that you weren't gripped by it and I'm glad you at least gave it a chance because it has become one of the most popular animes to exist and the "fandom" is constantly growing so to know that you tried it out means a lot to me I guess. Since it's been my favourite show for the past 3 years I won't bore you as to why I love it so much but feel free to check the manga out if you ever feel like it I guess. Thanks for your consistency on the channel and keep up the good work :)
Interesting when you brought up the AOT uniform thing. Surely one major aspect of the uniforms being truly uniform is that it mimics an actual military. One of the issues with a lot of 'military' anime is you'll have people in massively customised and varied uniforms which make no sense. Usually you can't stick bows, extra belts or capes on your army uniform.
I lost complete interest in Attack on Titan as soon as I found out people turned into Titans as well. So much for an underdog fight story. I wanted some tense, life on the line impossible odds like Berserk.
Why do you like Habeneri of the spicy fortress, but not AoT? From my perspective, Habeneri seams like wit tried to recreate AoT, but didn't understand why people liked AoT.
Because it's the opposite. Habeneri is literally the studio looking at AoT and going "We can do that better" and they did.
what do you mean? I thought the political intrigue was the talk of the town in Attack on Titan...
Fran Madaraki What about Habeneri makes it work for you, that AoT didn't do? I'm just trying to understand your perspective.
I don't get that either, all the complaints he made about AOT can be applied to Kabaneri too. "Us vs them mentality", check, flat characters, check, melodramatic reactions, check, bad pacing, check, static plot? check. Kabaneri just has...less brown.
+Andy AM And less death, and less likable characters in my opinion.
If only you knew what was in the basement
Pretty good
i like the 2003 series better because it feels a bit less, shonen-y i guess. like it seemed to be more about exploring the world and its rules than fighting. Pride in brotherhood is interesting and his shadow powers look cool as fuck, but they are straight up magic and make no physical sense, you can't pull that shit and still say alchemy is a science.
i feel both series work better in the context of the other one, but i think 2003 stands up better on its own, if only because of the tone.
I'd be curious to see Digibro's opinion of the main antagonist of 2003 a little bit more in detail...
I did read his post of the first full metal alchemist adaptation had a shitty ending, but I feel he Wasn't saying everything
PD: I agree with his opinion of the main antagonist
Well, Frank Archer had at least one redeeming quality - he was voiced by Hayami Show. Goddamn, he is incredible.
I've never seen Elfen Lied before, so I'm guessing the TL;DR of the series was that one scene in Psycho Pass 2 where Akane's enforcer as a kid killed puppies and shanked his mom?
It's challenging to go back to fma 2003 after watching brotherhood. I saw Brotherhood first and had to force myself to watch fma 2003.
I have to admit Elfen Lied was like all over the place, and it didn't know what to be, like be cute or be dark. FMA 2003 I thought I had to watch that anime before Brotherhood, however after I heard that the orginal anime had filler & that, I decided to go with Brotherhood.
Attack on Titan it is to me still interesting especially now Season 2 is coming.
I binged AoT after it was finished. I enjoyed it well enough, but I've never had the urge to rewatch it. When I watched it all at once the flaws don't seem as obvious since you don't have week to week to think about it. But as time went on I realized there really isn't much to think about when it comes to AoT, and the longer it takes for season 2 to come out the less I give a shit about the whole series.
I have similar feelings to you on FMA 2003. For me though I'd say its greatest high point is the episode where they first introduce Izumi. You get a way better sense of her character from how she interacts with the townsfolk, and that damn scene with the cat still rips my guts out every time.
Never saw Elfin Leg, but from your description is sounds like the shit version of Fate/Zero
Liked Attack on Titan (though I got to episode 10 of the subbed before switching and finishing it dubbed). Thought Elfen Lied was depressing and do like the 2003 version of FMA.
Elfen Lied manga was excellent, readed it after the anime, and really enjoyed the ending of the manga.
I hope Digi would pick AoT again and make a rant video.
FMA 2003 is interesting to see now, it shows what was in the mind of the author as to where the story could go later on in the manga. We can see things that were kept in the manga and things that ended up in the manga that weren't even thought about (like the guys from Xing).
sorry to let my analyzer out but the coloring in titan makes sense when you compair it to the world. The outer wall, where the first few episodes spends the most time at, is filled with poor colors like brown. This is because in the anime and manga you hear about how scacre resorces like food and raw materials are. The outer wall is the poorest and brown is a poor color which is why building and characters wear the color brown excluding the soldiers which I'll get to soon. The inner wall which we are in the final episodes is the safest and richest and the brown fades to more whites and reds. Because we know the inner wall is so rich the people living there can have luxuries like good food, better architecture that the outer wall, and fine white marble. Then the fight scene starts and it goes back to brown and red which I don't get why the color goes brown when the final fight breaks out. Ot could be to make the red and white colors of the impacts stand out, I dont know why would would do that when Eren is a brown titan. The underground city that we see in Levi's OVA uses dark colors because it's fucking underground are you going to fill it with yellow.
I don't get the uniforms when it comes to those fucking belts. Are so many of them even needed? Fine, they hold the 3DGM, whatever but couldn't the MG be held in another way when it might already pretty fucking heavy. So why would you want that shit and had tanks strapped to your body when it will weigh you down. And those fucking skits, where just having white pants not good enough? You had to put an extra price of clothing that looked like a skit over simple white pants? I don't get it, someone please explain the design of those uniforms to me. The belts and slots are 93% of my problems with this show.
When you were talking about AOT, I felt like you didn't actually watch it (I felt you moved away after season 1), I do agree with some of your points, specially shasha being the first engaging charchter but than you get Levi and Commandar pixies and Commandar erevin, reiner etc etc are all interesting character.