Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
No Naku Koro Ni Anime are basically visual bait and switches. The original Higurashi is presented as a simplistically-drawn small town slice of life story, which is why its equally horrifying when different characters start murdering each other as the plot demands. It's far from being a gimmick though, since the mood changes and pacing is handled generally pretty well. Umineko is more of the same, except that instead of suspense horror, it's a mystery apparently, though I wouldn't put it past them to have some of the characters do unspeakable things anyway. Definitely not for younger audiences, but good for anyone looking for a good suspense plot (which is me).EricTheFred (post: 1310357) wrote:My own failure to be interested in Umineko had mostly to do with my only contact with it, being the trailer. From that, I had the impression that it was just another overly-gothy drama. Apparently I received the wrong impression.
What's the story about? Anyone know?
Still, if you liked Higurashi, chances are you'll enjoy Umineko.
I hope I haven't seen the trailer for Umineko no Naku Koro ni, because if I did I'm disappointed.blkmage (post: 1321499) wrote:Now that we're less than two weeks away from the start of the summer season, more trailers with actual content have been surfacing, as well as the seasonal Nico Nico Douga anime previews and rankings for past seasons. We've got new trailers for Umi Monogatari, Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Spice and Wolf II, Summer Wars, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, CANAAN, Bakemonogatari, and the Tales of Vesperia movie.
Fish and Chips (post: 1321588) wrote:I hope I haven't seen the trailer for Umineko no Naku Koro ni, because if I did I'm disappointed.
EDIT: My mistake, it was the wrong trailer.
No, I'm well aware that the sound novels have purposefully amateurish artwork. It was just boring, cut-and-paste white silhouettes with kanji that didn't tell me anything. But it kept showing up whenever I searched for the trailer.blkmage (post: 1321606) wrote:So what was it that you did see? I'm assuming it was something with the charmingly bad in-game art.
Sheol777 wrote:Thanks again blkmage I can always depend on you for 'the grid'.
No mention of the Rebuild of Evangelion which is supposed to be out June 26
"Expectation" Ranking for Summer Titles in 2009
*1, Spice and Wolf II
*2, Umineko no Naku Koro ni
*3, Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
*4, Bakemonogatari
*5, CANAAN
*6, Taishou Yakyuu Musume.
*7, GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class
*8, Kanamemo
*9, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
10, Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Itekureta Koto~
Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
Bakemonogatari centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who is almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate named Hitagi Senjōgahara, who infamously never talks to anyone, falls down the stairs into Koyomi's arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs next to nothing, in defiance of physics. After being threatened by her, Koyomi offers her help, and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a middle-aged homeless man who helped him stop being a vampire.
The series tends to introduce only one new heroine per chapter, each involved with a different "apparition". The events of the previous chapters play an important role in the subsequent ones. The series primarily focuses on conversations between characters; it contains a fair number of parodies of other series, as well as Nisio Isin's trademark wordplay and metahumor.
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