What's the brain-picking image again?
This disturbing (and kind of awesome) way Pitou, and thus the other ants, figured out the specifics of Nen:
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What's the brain-picking image again?
This disturbing (and kind of awesome) way Pitou, and thus the other ants, figured out the specifics of Nen:
!
Yeah well, it was a small price to pay for having actually good sci-fi series around instead of GI Joes and He-mans.
So it's all good.
"AND THEN REIMI'S BELOVED COW GOT TAKEN AWAY AS HIS ALCOHOLIC ADOPTIVE FATHER SOLD HIM FOR A MODEST SUM…"
that and the entirety of Chirin no Suzu.
Yeah,you guys had some hardcore child programming.
This disturbing (and kind of awesome) way Pitou, and thus the other ants, figured out the specifics of Nen:
! http://z.mhcdn.net/store/manga/44/19-198.0/compressed/hxh198_02.jpg?v=11192624804
I was expecting on-panel grey matter
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Hey, whatever works for you, cuz. As for us here in the States, we've mastered the art of quality children's programming, minus the trauma.
Yeah but here all the kids think fucking Optimus Prime dying was some big traumatic thing, meanwhile kids in Japan get all the awesomely hardcore shit. Then again sometimes you get shlock like 90s OVAs
Well it's still pretty dang creepy. Probably enough so it will be censored to some degree when the anime gets to it.
But guys!The brain itself has no nerve endings right?It can't feel pain so that whole scene was nice and dandy,right?
I have a question
! what are japan's tv laws on killing children. Because i'm sure unless there zombies it's not looked upon very well here
But guys!The brain itself has no nerve endings right?It can't feel pain so that whole scene was nice and dandy,right?
I'd imagine having the top half of one's skull removed would hurt pretty badly
I'd imagine having the top half of one's skull removed would hurt pretty badly
In the anime version,the ants will use anaesthesia!
Pitou will even be considerable enough to sterilize her instruments beforehand!
Yeah but here all the kids think fucking Optimus Prime dying was some big traumatic thing, meanwhile kids in Japan get all the awesomely hardcore shit.
I know, right? Feeling pathos and emotional connection to a robot? What kind of gay shit is that? Bring on the blood!
I know, right? Feeling pathos and emotional connection to a robot? What kind of gay shit is that? Bring on the blood!
I guess I just don't get what's so great about Optimus Prime
I have a question
! what are japan's tv laws on killing children. Because i'm sure unless there zombies it's not looked upon very well here
Oh, don't worry. The two kids that were eaten by the Queen weren't even eaten onscreen in the manga, so they should be safe.
Now the kid Meryem kills, I dunno.
Goddamn, I'd have given up Lion King in a second to see a kid have his brains eaten.
I think Nobodyman is on some vendetta on Japan.
Hey, whatever works for you, cuz. As for us here in the States, we've mastered the art of quality children's programming, minus the trauma.
The ending of Dinosaurs…
Optimus Prime dying
Meanwhile in Japanese giant robot cartoons.
Tomino sure earned his nickname ya know.
The ending of Dinosaurs…
That really should've been the ending to the Land Before Time series at some point.
WE'RE ALL GOING TO FREEZE TO DEATH YUP YUP YUP
Meanwhile in Japanese giant robot cartoons.
http://www.tinygif.com/data/media/1/bead_baby_ideon.gifTomino sure earned his nickname ya know.
Wow, goddamn .
Meanwhile in Japanese giant robot cartoons.
http://www.tinygif.com/data/media/1/bead_baby_ideon.gifTomino sure earned his nickname ya know.
Was his nickname the child destroyer?
I guess I just don't get what's so great about Optimus Prime
Well, admittedly I never watched the show, but it's what the kids liked, I guess.
Was his nickname the child destroyer?
Kill Em All.
He is the man behind Gundam,by the way.
Really the violence in this arc isn't sooooo graphic.
That picture of Pockle is already censored in the manga. Madhouse just has to change the second frame so you can't see above the forehead… the last frame is ok because of the shadows.
And so on with a lot of "crude" scenes.
I think the human meatballs will be one of the few complicated pictures for Madhouse to handle. But most of it can pass with just a bit of censorship.
I think Nobodyman is on some vendetta on Japan.
Do I? Or is it you who has the vendetta against me?
Incidentally, could you tell me how to get to TV Tokyo HQ and how many CCs of Nitro Glycerin you think it would take to blow it up?
The ending of Dinosaurs…
You know, I never did watch that show.
But I'm willing to bet it wasn't as bad as that one Tomino gif.
But I'm willing to bet it wasn't as bad as that one Tomino gif.
It wasn't really on televison though,to be perfectly honest.
That's from a theatrical movie…dunno how PG rated(or whatever equivalent they had) that was.
What did TV Tokyo do? Well, other than having abysmally terrible TV shows and occasionally butchering anime.
What did TV Tokyo do? Well, other than having abysmally terrible TV shows and occasionally butchering anime.
What sort of abysmally terrible TV shows?
What did TV Tokyo do? Well, other than having abysmally terrible TV shows and occasionally butchering anime.
Well, we all have to start somewhere. Consider it a warning, I guess.
But don't you worry. NTV is well within my sights.
I get the feeling someone was molested by his TV as a child.
Anyway, if they end this anime adaption after the election arc (or even with the last chapters about Beyond Netero being thrown in somewhere) I'll be more than happy: An open end with the possibility of additional episodes should Togashi decide to work again.
I get the feeling someone was molested by his TV as a child.
Yeah, I know. Poor Aohige.
Now he's putting up this barrier, acting like it never happened and that there was never anything wrong with the TV.
You see, Nobodyman, this is how I see it. [exaggerated]
You had adults keeping cool shit like Star Trek for themselves and giving the kids dumb shit
Whereas in Japan we animated cool shit like Star Trek but also gave kids dumb shit.
Resulting in a very chaotic playground conversation
"Hey what do you think about the 1 year war? How did it go on so long I thought the feds had a lot more MS"
"Because zeons didn't hesitate doing anything to win, or the casualty. They also had the superior technology"
"But doesn't that make them the bad guys? That's a lot of death they caused" "dude it's war. How else are they going to fight against such overwhelming resource?"
…... five min later...
"Dude did you see that new cartoon? HE SHOOTS FIREBALLS OUT OF HIS HANDS!"
"Yeah I know, it's awesome!" "like this... strikes a pose" "Hah, you loser I can do better!"
or some such.
TBH, I had hard time finding someone who watched the same shows though lol
Frankly, Gundam bores the hell out of me. How it can hold any kid's attention, I'll never know.
Aside from that, it isn't really that violent.
Frankly, Gundam bores the hell out of me. How it can hold any kid's attention, I'll never know.
Aside from that, it isn't really that violent.
Kids'll watch anything. I recall liking a ton of stuff I can't stand nowadays. I haven't watched Gundam since I was a kid though, so no comment there, although I recall liking it quite a lot back then.
Considering all the violence they got away with in the Yorkshin arc, I don't think we need to worry too much about undue censorship.
After you have already shown a guy bite a chunk out of another guys head and then spit a piece of his skull through the head of another guy.
All the ant stuff doesn't seem quite so extreme.
I hope they animate the election stuff. Hisoka and Illumi are hilariously/scary together.
Frankly, Gundam bores the hell out of me. How it can hold any kid's attention, I'll never know.
Aside from that, it isn't really that violent.
Ah, I don't think I made myself very clear. Sorry.
When I said "It's a little price to pay for…", what I meant is, the fact our cartoon industry enjoyed a wider tolerance in expression than what's allowed in most other places, it gave us many interesting series - but also opened window for traumatic and/or violent expression. Basically, the latter was a small price to pay for the former. Minor consequence, if you will.
Besides, violent or not, the gloomy atmosphere of Gundam was certainly traumatic, lol
I don't know if Hunter x Hunter would fly better 30 years ago, but it's a good bet that there would be less censorship. That being said, I'm not entirely sure the brain scene would fly even back then. That was freakin' disturbing by any standard.
Ah, I don't think I made myself very clear. Sorry.
When I said "It's a little price to pay for…", what I meant is, the fact our cartoon industry enjoyed a wider tolerance in expression than what's allowed in most other places, it gave us many interesting series - but also opened window for traumatic and/or violent expression. Basically, the latter was a small price to pay for the former. Minor consequence, if you will.
LOL. I'll admit, I love all the sexual innuendo they put in our cartoons in the early 90's. Of course, it all just went straight over our heads.
That being said, I'm not entirely sure the brain scene would fly even back then. That was freakin' disturbing by any standard.
And yet you still don't want it to be censored? Tsk, tsk.
Won't somebody please think of the children?
I still don't know how HxH wasn't forced into a seinen magazine during the chimera arc.
It got away with a lot, and I'm not just talking about gore.
There's a scene where Palm is standing in a bath robe with that governor in his boxers on the bed exhausted. There's also a small interstingly shaped toy on the bed.
Palm then thinks "That should buy me an hour or two".
There's also a lot of heavy psychological pressure that's almost horrifying (if not outright) during a lot of the human slaughter scenes.
Somehow Jojo got bumped up to seinen but not this?
Is it really that weird that those parts never disturbed me that much? Granted I picked the series up early high school at least, but it's not like other shonen manga don't have horrible things happening to people. Series like Neuro had things that were just as out there if not worse in those regards (house full of people forced to murder their loved ones for even a small chance to live or the baby that slit the necks of all others that shared his nursery).
Maybe it could be one of those "he's a veteran author so we can let him get away with it" things? The Yu Yu Hakusho manga was pretty damn gory and disturbing at parts too (see: Mukuro's backstory) so it's not like he hasn't done things like this before so it's possible he can get away with being an exception to the comparitively toned down shonen of today with little to no reprocussions.
…It's kind of a theme with Togashi's career if that does happen to be the case.
Is it really that weird that those parts never disturbed me that much?
Actually, I'm wondering if I'm the one who's weird for being disturbed by it.
That being said, I'd love to know what it takes to get under your skin.
Granted I picked the series up early high school at least, but it's not like other shonen manga don't have horrible things happening to people. Series like Neuro had things that were just as out there if not worse in those regards (house full of people forced to murder their loved ones for even a small chance to live or the baby that slit the necks of all others that shared his nursery).
Honestly, that almost sounds too ridiculous to be disturbing.
Neuro was over-the-top surrealsm. HxH bases its characters rather mundanely, enough so that you can symphasize.
There's a big difference in perception there.
You know, just to clarify, Shonen Jump and shonen manga in general are aimed at kids 10 and up right? (at least according to Wikipedia)
I think I can accept that. But what Togashi does is still really REALLY pushing it. Not saying all ten-year-olds can't necessarily handle brain-picking, but….it's kinda weird to expect them to.
Yes, to both of that.
Jump is generally for low teens to mid-teens, and over the course of years censorship has gotten stricker.
Hunter x Hunter is not a norm, it's rather an exception in its depiction of violence compared to most. (Although Ultra Red was pretty brutal, it wasn't fatal)
Togashi seems immune to a lot of shit. Like getting fired.
I still don't know how HxH wasn't forced into a seinen magazine during the chimera arc.
I think friggin' Devilman was shounen back in the day so…
There's a scene where Palm is standing in a bath robe with that governor in his boxers on the bed exhausted. There's also a small interstingly shaped toy on the bed.
Palm then thinks "That should buy me an hour or two".
Its funny, this stuck with me a lot more than some of the ultra violence.
Sex is usually such treated with a juvenile mentality in Jump, that to see something so realistic is almost unnerving.
I wish more series' would take this attitude.
Actually, I'm wondering if I'm the one who's weird for being disturbed by it.
That being said, I'd love to know what it takes to get under your skin.
Romantic comedies.
Honestly, that almost sounds too ridiculous to be disturbing.
That's just the thing, though. I guess I lump together HxH, Neuro and any other manga to be surreal enough that I can just sit back and enjoy its brutality.
I think friggin' Devilman was shounen back in the day so…
Yes, to both of that.
Jump is generally for low teens to mid-teens, and over the course of years censorship has gotten stricker.
Hunter x Hunter is not a norm, it's rather an exception in its depiction of violence compared to most. (Although Ultra Red was pretty brutal, it wasn't fatal)Togashi seems immune to a lot of shit. Like getting fired.
Maybe it could be one of those "he's a veteran author so we can let him get away with it" things? The Yu Yu Hakusho manga was pretty damn gory and disturbing at parts too (see: Mukuro's backstory) so it's not like he hasn't done things like this before so it's possible he can get away with being an exception to the comparitively toned down shonen of today with little to no reprocussions.
…It's kind of a theme with Togashi's career if that does happen to be the case.
which is fine, but I'm just curious as to why Jojo and Hokuto no Ken (well… fist of the blue sky... the prequel) got pushed to the seinen category, but HxH didn't?
Or maybe it's because those series had "ended" and could be moved.
Which is a possibility.
I can't really remember well but I always thought JoJo's shift to Ultra Jump was voluntary, unless someone wants to correct me on that.
But Hokuto no Ken was always classified as shonen, wasn't it?
Anyway, I'm with Nobodyman here. I'm not deeply disturbed by some scenes or anything like that, but it does feel that sometimes Togashi is needlessly brutal. Remember that chimera that kept humans as pets and stripped them naked and made them gravel on the ground? That was some really fucked up shit there. Or what about the scenes with several kids dying, like the King impaling that little kid with his tail just before killing the parents. At one point I was just like; "alright, I get it man, the ants can inherit evil traits of other races, now you can stop killing things every five seconds."
I mean, I even remember two or three black bars in the jump releases, never saw that before.
But on the other hand, I like how Togashi handles sexuality-related things, like Palm sleeping with Bizef or the fat pirate who was identified as a rapist during greed island, not many shonen have the balls to hint that sexual violence exists in their universe, that really is something you see only in seinen, just kinda nice seeing him acknowledge these things exist.
I think this here might be interesting:
The old anime's animation highlight compilation…
and the new one's
I say that the new series has managed to top the old one in here.Before anyone says it,I have to retort that no,the age of the 1999 version doesn't make that a given in the slightest.As can be seen above,the older series had quite a few rather impressive scenes and really good work done on them.That makes the newer scenes all the more delicous since they do indeed surpass the old one in most instances…but not all of them,as Chrollo vs Zoldyck fight is clearly a noth below the older iteration.I even remember being dissappointed,I came in expecting a big spectacle after seeing Madhouse improve on two already wonderful fights(Gon vs Hisoka,Kurapika vs Uvo)...and finished the episode feeling a tad underwhelmed.
Every time I see Hisoka in 2011 anime I think - "Shit just is not the same without his old VA"
New HxH has some fucking swish animation when stuff is going down.
Remarkable for a weekly long running show.