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Razzuel
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Erin, if you enjoyed Sasameki Koto, then you definitely need to watch Aoi Hana, which is also streamable on Crunchyroll.
I quite enjoyed Sasameki Koto, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I enjoyed Aoi Hana. The anime cliches in Sasameki Koto sort of spoil some of the more serious and dramatic moments, although some of those cliched moments were funny and enjoyable like the pool episode as you mentioned. I enjoyed Aoi Hana more because it's much more serious and much more realistic in its writing, tone, and presentation. Also, I thought J.C. Staff did an amazing job animating it; not only was the show's story beautiful, but the characters and the backgrounds looked absolutely beautiful as well.
I agree; I thoroughly enjoyed both shows, and I would love to own them. I don't mind streaming, but it just isn't as permanent as a DVD. Sometime in the future I am going to want to re-watch these shows, and there's no guarantee that these streams will still be available. I think Nozomi would be fit to license these. I've contemplated importing the Japanese DVDs, but I don't know if I want to put myself through the torture of creating my own DVDs with subtitles from the Japanese DVDs. |
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Raneth
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I'm amused by all the people here who say that DBZ is only enjoyable if you're a 12-14 year old. Why? I'm 23. I recently rewatched DBZ as a way to de stress from graduate school studies.
You know what? I fell in love with it all over again. I know that it's low budget, I realize that the pacing is designed to be slow, but as I was rewatching the Sayain and Freiza sagas, I did not want any of the episodes to end, and I would end up marathoning it long past the time I should have returned to studying (or sleeping, as the case may be). I re-experienced the thrill I felt all those years ago watching it as a kid. I love Vegeta's over the top machismo, Goku's nimrod silliness, and Gohan's steady growth. Maybe I'm just crazy or have really immature tastes, but I found that I had more fun rewatching DBZ than I've had watching any anime in a long time. |
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sirkoala13
 Posts: 134 Location: Muscle Tower, U.S. |
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Your reason for learning Japanese is something about a moth, and being polite in a kitchen? That's one translation sit I'm never going back to.
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bwcbwc
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When it comes to yuri/shojo-ai series: Sasameki Koto is beer, Aoi Hana is wine. Mariaholic is LSD. If you go into Sasameki Koto expecting the typical hot-house yuri girls' school with angst all around, yes you will be disappointed. If you recognize a silly, slapstick comedy that is (usually) respectful of its main characters' emotions, it's easy to enjoy. Incidentally, Crunchyroll still has both Aoi Hana and Sasameki Koto in their catalog. Looks like they bought a long-term streaming license rather than just for the season when they were "simulcasting" them. You can read my full reviews of both series there. |
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Wooga
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Wait, when had DBZ never been not popular in Japan in the past ten years? I was walking by construction site today and there was a banner with Gohan and Goku saying 'be careful'.
It's still more popular than Naruto, maybe as much as One Piece, but you find a lot of One Piece/DBZ crossover merchandise too. As for its baffling, mind-boggling popularity: it's awesome. The end. |
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braves
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erinfinnegan
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You could suggest a correction... 
The Funimation guys sometimes brag that DBZ does even better in America than in Japan. I didn't mean to imply that DBZ is no longer popular, just that it might be even more popular here. Granted, we have a larger population. Maybe it was just that some of the later sequels did better here than in Japan. |
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braves
Posts: 2309 Location: Puerto Rico (but living in Texas) |
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Ah, okay, gotcha. Thanks for the clarification.
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bglassbrook
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I wished. That month wasn't just to defeat him, it was the last 6 minutes of Namek... during which he finally defeated him. It kinda puts jokes about 2-minute warnings taking half an hour to shame. |
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erinfinnegan
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Hmmm... the One Piece set I reviewed had a dozen or more episodes covering 40 minutes of time. I think there are jokes to be made, or timers, or timezones... |
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wandering-dreamer
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Better than the translation I got, I mistyped a character and got "the reason is the feather hill city cord." I tired an episode of Sasemiki Koto but it was so different from Aoi Hana that I didn't really like it. Too boistorous I suppose and it felt like it was a yuri love story since that was what was hot right now, opposed to Aoi Hana where you didn't question why the girls were lesbians, it was better written in. But, to whoever asked, it's also streaming on CR so I guess a lot of us will be checking it out now huh? |
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ankoku22
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That whole thing was rather long, but at least when it was first run in the States, it aired Monday-Friday. In Japan, the show aired once a week. That'd make the whole Goku/Freeza battle... hmm... maybe half a year? 
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Covnam
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Yeah, that's one of my pet peeves about shonen manga (in particular the popular WSJ series) in general. spoiler[No one ever dies, at least permanently. It takes away the meaning and impact of the earlier scenes and weakens later ones.] |
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Greed1914
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I remember feeling sorry for the Japanese audience when I first watched DBZ and thought about the fact that we got five episodes a week and they got one. I'd say that it's a true testament to both both DBZ and shonen manga in general if they can drag something out for so long and people still watch it. |
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Son-kun
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It's what they're more or less doing with the current One Piece episodes, so yes, long running Shounen series's do have that staying power. These particular episodes of DBZ certainly weren't the strongest display of the series, but for the most part, a good chunk of the Cell arc is just like that. Long and episodic, with a lots of screen panning and self pondering. Nothing new really. Naruto Shippudden in its earlier parts were also guilty of this.
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