![[OZC]The Big O E09 'Beck Comes Back'.mkv_snapshot_00.02_[2015.03.12_18.04.59].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/rEOkqxL.jpg "[OZC]The Big O E09 'Beck Comes Back'.mkv_snapshot_00.02_[2015.03.12_18.04.59].jpg")
BIG O
BIG O BIG O BIG O
FLASH
OOOOOOOOOOOOH
>>122435957
JUST A MAN WITH A MAN'S COURAGE
Where's qt Dorothy?
>>122438489
TOWA NI CHIKAOUUUUUUUUUUU
>le- Im so edgy ill end my animes with shit endings - man
I liked katayama's idea of a serialized MotW show that doesn't really end
>he watches the Big O in jap
>>122438760
>He doesn't watch Big O in whatever language he wants and respects others tastes in sub or dub
>>122438788
>he would rather read squiggles than engross himself into the action and emotion of the show
>>122438953
>he can't do both
>>122438594
I like it too, but there's nothing wrong with breaking away from the formula every now and then.
>>122438760
>>122438788
>>122438953
>Americans
>>122439058
I don't know Japanese and I don't have the energy or need to learn it.
That being said, I would watch my Russian doll cartoons dubbed because anime is intended for the viewer to actually WATCH what's going on. At least a decent anime.
>>122438524
>>122438978
post more
>>122439147
>this is what stupid Americans believe
>>122439290
>>122438594
>what could've been
http://www.paradigm-city.com/forums/attachments/attachment-6410.txt
Would you a Dorothy, /a/?
>>122439329
That's the last of the Dorothy webbims I got.
>>122439425
Dorothy is a pure girl, faggot.
>>122438524
>>122438978
>>122439426
saved. There's rarely any big o threads on /a/ so it's rare to see good webums of my waifu
>>122438594
>This fucker
Felt like a punch in the guts when he hammed out that lain type ending.
>>122439523
I'm going through the series and making as many WebMs as I can. Gonna have fun when I get to the Big Duo episode.
>>122439425
Certainly. I don't have a waifu but dorothy is a top notch candidate.
>>122439542
that was adult swim though. They were trying to get a season 3 yet that never happened because not enough DVD sales. So we got the objectively shit ending AND no season 3.
>>122439635
My mistake then, season 2 really did feel like it went off the rails though. Of all the stuff I've watched this is one i wish was redone with the ending it deserved.
>>122438524
>>122438978
>>122439329
>>122439426
>best girl never won because of this faggot >>122438594
Welp, time to off myself
>>122438978
hey it's igor
I'll never forget the sweet car Roger drives
>>122439789
it was okay. It became 2meta4u by the end but it was great along the way. They should've extended the series for a few seasons before revealing all this false memories/city resetting crap
Why is Roger/Dorothy the best OTP?
>>122439892
When ever im rewatching I only bother with season 1 and a select few of season too. the 2meta4u shit really bugged me, to thats not what the anime was about.
Friendly reminder that this guy was the greatest villain.
>>122439991
Greatest joke, maybe.
>>122434901
I like how everyone in the show has a sensible American name: Roger Smith, Dorothy Wayneright, Norman Burg, Alex and Gordon Rosewater, Dan Dastun.
None of that Sosuke Asuka Sohryu Langley Van Whitepiggutalian crap that most animes tend to use as "Western" names
>>122440007
YOU MUST THINK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dJU9fG63a0
>>122440027
S2 was pretty much funded by americunts btw.
>S3 never.
>>122440027
Is that whyGabriel's such an enormous faggot?
>>122440007
Well shit, I need to watch this show again.
They need a movie to end it, not a new series.
![[OZC]The Big O E09 'Beck Comes Back'.mkv_snapshot_13.11_[2015.03.12_20.28.09].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/AmwnXri.jpg "[OZC]The Big O E09 'Beck Comes Back'.mkv_snapshot_13.11_[2015.03.12_20.28.09].jpg")
>>122439991
>>122439558
Could you do the scene when the missile launcher opens Dorothy's legs?
>>122439892
>3deep5u
>WE ARE ALL TOMATOES
WOW.
>>122440188
That could actually work out...
>>122440214
>>122440269
Probably, once I get to that episode.
>>122440188
like end of eva. Except they redo some scenes and add some new ones.
But toonami is a shadow of its former self and is only there to broadcast premier shows to get the ratings it needs. I really wish Turner the parent company would stop putting all their eggs into one basket and make the switch to streaming/online like Netflix.
>>122440300
>>122440027
>Sosuke Asuka Sohryu Langley Van Whitepiggutalian
I kekd.
>>122440373
>>122440269
> when the missile launcher opens Dorothy's legs?
What episode was this? I dont think I've ever noticed any blatant fanservice like that since the writers intended Dorothy to be qt without being sexual
>>122440373
I can't help but see a not as good Lupin
>>122440515
Pretty sure Lupin inspired Beck's design a fair bit.
>>122440007
>villain
>>122440007
schwarzwald did nothing wrong
>>122440515
Thats the point though
>>122440485
EP 19, when she's in the motorcycle with Norman, attacking the robot.
>>122439948
it's a platonic love relationship at best
Stock cartoon noises accompany Beck's robot whenever it moves. It's hilarious.
Big O is my favorite mech design
>>122440966
I'm more of a Big Duo kind of guy.
>>122440966
They're more realistic in the sense that they arent fast but they're fucking powerful as fuck
>>122441158
I love that about Big O, and that's what really separates it from most other mecha shows where the robots are slim and fast as hell.
make a webm of the underground skeleton big
>>122441547
Already did.
>>122441597
>season 3 never
>>122440692
Eh. They didnt show her panties. And Im glad because Dorothy is a lady.
>>122442032
It's a sad fact of life that we must accept.
How in the hell could those arms support those giant forearms?
>>122441597
I never got what exactly they were fighting in.
Like, its supposed to be some model of paradigm as part of some fair thing, but its WAY too fucking big to be of use at all....
>>122442377
they were fighting on a scale city set for a monster movie
>>122442377
Maybe some proto-megadeus
>>122442324
the pistons balance it I guess
>>122442324
It's tomatoes, ain't gotta explain shit.
>>122442032
Here is what season 3 would have been according to the show's makers.
Angel rests the world, in this universe she is Rodger's assistant, and she made Dorthy human so they could fall in WUV.
>>122442500
Shit, that actually makes me glad we didn't get season 3.
>>122442556
http://seventhstyle.com/2013/05/20/the-big-os-big-finale-that-never-happened/
Heres an article about it with what the ORIGINAL ending for seasons 2 was going to be
>>122439558
that shit was sad
I wish the ending wasn't shit
>>122443279
Personally, my biggest gripe with Big O is the art style change. Season 1 is gritty as fuck, which suited the setting, while season 2 is all clean.
>>122442556
Fuck you.
>>122443074
Indeed. Pero/Roy never deserved what happened to him.
>>122439425
I would marry and impregnate. I know it will be hard, as she is a machine but that is not and excuse to not try it
Who's Roger Smith and why's he a louse?
>>122445416
He's a man whose work is much needed in this city of amnesia.
>>122445398
I feel the same about Big Duo. Look at this sexy beast, goddamn.
man this show was good, I wish it had an ending
>>122439425
Only after courting her for at least a couple years, proposing under a clear moonlit night sky, kissing her passionately on our wedding day, and making vigorous love all night through the pain of my twisted spine from having carried her bridal style to our rose-pedaled bed.
Some women are for sloppy fucking. Dorothy is for loving, honoring, and cherishing.
>>122445484
>That fucking laugh
Blackforest was the best villain.
>>122445801
Best villain, best mech. It all works out.
>>122445697
Would she feel pleasure?
>>122445697
Dorothy is literally the perfect girl if you think about it
Can someone post the first scene of episode 14 where Roger is talking about freedom, grasps the Big O controls and then Dorothy jumps next to him and grabs the left controller?
>>122446380
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDdMQOkEm14
>>122446215
Best fight in the series, in my opinion.
where to watch both seasons english subbed with the jap seiyuu's?
>>122446507
That fucking song is just beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvsHNN0inzs
>>122446963
Big O had a fantastic and memorable OST.
>>122446963
Indeed. Sahashi is a musical genius
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzkXyqVPpMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiMqZmNHU1I
Did you guys ever buyfag?
>>122447128
for the blu rays? Fuck no. I wish Sentai Filmworks can bring them here already because $300 is too much for me.
I'm interested in buying some Big figurines as well as Dorothy, Roger and Schwarzwald
>>122447098
That exquisite noir feeling
>>122447128
Yes, but not for Big O stuff. Way out of my price range.
>>122447165
To my knowledge, there's not a lot of good options for a Scwarzwald figure.
>>122447128
>>122447165
I wish the Blurays would come down in price, and that Season 2 wasn't so damn fucking expensive.
>>122447269
Is that your pic related? Because I'm fucking jelly as fuck right now. I imagine that must've been $500 at least
>>122447248
*Schwarzwald
>>122447335
Yeah, all my stuff. The figmas were in the $80 range each, Season 1 $80, Season 2 was $20 way back when, and the manga was a lucky find at a shitty comic store up in NH at $13 a pop. The Steve Blum autograph was $20 at Anime USA last year. Need to Big O itself to fill the hole no Season 3 left.
>>122447475
>The figmas were in the $80 range each,
Jesus. Did you buy them off Amazon or something?
>>122447514
That's how much they go for. Being a /buy/fag is expensive.
>>122447514
Yeah, imported from Japan. $80 for an old anime is a steal.
>>122447475
season 3 might be possible if Turner/CN become generous and the fans become more vocal but it's been 12 years since season 2 and I imagined some of the voice actors aren't around anymore.
I would love a reboot of the series that follows what Katayama wanted originally.
>>122447622
when was this interview?
>>122447269 again.I was also able to get Steve Blum to do an alarm on my phone.
>>122447917
Neat. What was the message?
>>122447248
I could barely find 3 Schwarzwald's with one going for $200. Shit
>>122447917post your Steve Blum alarm
>>122445697
who drew this?
On to season 2.
>>122447955
"Hey *Anon*, I believe a person, a human in particularly, has the right to sleep in. Unfortunately, an android believes otherwise. Showtime."
>>122448075
Going to work right now, don't have time.
So what happened 40 years ago and why did everyone forget about it? Its been years since I have seen this series. Also how were people that were not alive then able to have memories of what happened 40 years ago?
I miss Big O
What a simpler time that was. Go to school, watch Cartoon Network, download things off Kazaa.
Now everything looks like shit, taste like shit, and work feels like shit.
>>122448333
Paradigm City resets because of Angel. Nothing existed before those 40 years in Paradigm City because that's when it resets/is reborn. The point of the show is that the characters slowly come to grasp about their own existence and roles. They're actors and yet they have freedom. The Big O is a show and not real life, hence the whole tv station and Angel Rosewater watching the events unfold
>>122448486
And by what mechanism does the show "reset"?
Are they robots? Why dont they grow old?
>>122448545
>And by what mechanism does the show "reset"?
Angel piloting Big Venus
>Are they robots? Why dont they grow old?
Aside from the actual robots, no. They don't grow old because reality keeps being reset.
>>122448545
It's a show. The "director" Angel Rosewater resets what happens whenever the events of Paradigm City unfold in a way that she doesn't want (such as Roger falling in love with Dorothy and rejecting her)
The Bigs are there because they're there. The memories of the show are snippets from the past Paradigms
>>122448580
So it's magic.
>>122448680
It's tomatoes.
>>122448680
TOMATOES
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![[OZC]The Big O E14 'Roger the Wanderer' [v2].mkv_snapshot_13.40_[2015.03.13_00.27.42].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/vxhQeRh.jpg "[OZC]The Big O E14 'Roger the Wanderer' [v2].mkv_snapshot_13.40_[2015.03.13_00.27.42].jpg")
![[OZC]The Big O E14 'Roger the Wanderer' [v2].mkv_snapshot_18.37_[2015.03.13_00.33.23].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/WtO2Bs1.jpg "[OZC]The Big O E14 'Roger the Wanderer' [v2].mkv_snapshot_18.37_[2015.03.13_00.33.23].jpg")
>>122449239
>>122449451
is this an actual comic? I thought they only released a manga?
Would be cool if they released a comic to go in conjunction with the manga
>>122449493
>is this an actual comic?
Probably not.
CAST IN THE NAME OF GOD
YE NOT GUILTY
>>122449451
>I intuited
>And I could't help praying
>>122449590
Feel like this can become a new maymay.
>>122449810
keep postan.
![[OZC]The Big O E14 'Roger the Wanderer' [v2].mkv_snapshot_21.29_[2015.03.13_00.42.35].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/dhbx2A9.jpg "[OZC]The Big O E14 'Roger the Wanderer' [v2].mkv_snapshot_21.29_[2015.03.13_00.42.35].jpg")
I hate this guy. If I made a list of flaws in Big O, this fucker would be right at the top.
>>122449883
I'm not stopping anytime soon.
>>122443776
he fucking died
>>122449928
he's a shittier version of the Joker
Did alex get schwarzwald killed?
Did he just wander off into the desert until he died?
what did i miss?
What's better, the Max Factory Big O or the SoC one?
>>122440027
>not wanting to be named Fountainstand or Westvillage
>>122439856
>>122440166
>carjew network will never fund a season 3
>didnt notice the artstyle shift when i watched the show
>read this thread
Oh man its totally fucking ruined to me
>>122450883
blame the japs for not liking the show. CN/AS had to step in to fund it.
There's some instances where you can tell that American animators worked on it like in this once scene in s2 where two news reporters who look like disney characters take a picture of someone
>>122450920
>where two news reporters who look like disney characters
...yes, "Disney".
>>122450883
How the hell didn't you notice it before?
>>122447269
I've got the season one collection but for whatever reason I never bought season two. I guess you think you'll always be able to get your hands on something like that, but reality isn't as nice.
>>122451302
maybe im stupid
maybe i took a big pause between seasons
probably im stupid
>>122450883
Sound design too. Not sure why, but a lot of awesome iconic sounds changed like the head laser and piston sounds.
>>122447790
From this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51efiPMmg5Q
I saw that image a few years back and it explained so much about why Season 2 was so different from the first.
![[OZC]The Big O E16 'Day of the Advent'.mkv_snapshot_02.32_[2015.03.13_01.36.56].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/WqH24BS.jpg "[OZC]The Big O E16 'Day of the Advent'.mkv_snapshot_02.32_[2015.03.13_01.36.56].jpg")
>>122449607
Here's some more for you.
![[OZC]The Big O E16 'Day of the Advent'.mkv_snapshot_02.33_[2015.03.13_01.38.29].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/9rVtGjC.jpg "[OZC]The Big O E16 'Day of the Advent'.mkv_snapshot_02.33_[2015.03.13_01.38.29].jpg")
>>122451689
I think the newspaper is trying to tell us something.
>>122451735
>with the feel
>>122451689
>what the fuck am i reading
>>122451689
>the elusive promise of youth
Deep
>>122451735
How are you getting clear screenshots of this? The show is like 10 years old when everything was broadcast in 480p SD
>>122451998
Tomato magic.
my favorite anime
thanks for the weebms
>>122452082
No problem.
>>122451998
Blu ray rip probably
>>122450809
Feel with me, goyim ;_;
Last one from me, it's 2 AM here in Bugerland and my eyes are watering.
Thread's been nice.
>>122452671
You did good anon.
>>122452328
Aren't the BDs criminally overpriced?
>>122452671
Thanks for the great webums anon-san.
>>122451735
They could've just copy pasted english articles... damn japs...
>>122452789
$300 for standard and $700 for collectors.
Sentai needs to release them in the U.S because that's just too much
>>122438594
Fuck that guy. What were they thinking in making him the head writer?
>>122439058
Considering that cartoon network funded season 2 and the anime was popular with American/Western audiences, yes >Americans indeed. Now watch the Big O in English, faggot.
>>122440027
Wayneright is such a sexy sounding last name. Sounds prestigious as well.
>>122451689
>that blatantly horrible photoshop insertion of "paradigm" with the new york times
It's the little things
>>122451689
>David Becham
>>122452373
>"He swung the fist!"
So should I actually watch this show in english or is that just what a bunch of newfag retards say.
>>122454503
The dub is fucking amazing. The original is okay.
>>122454503
your post is what a retard newfag would say
>>122454503
>How to spot a newfag: The post
>>122454551
>>122454609
Jokes on you, I've been here since 2006
>>122451689
>david beckham in the sports section
ayyy
>>122454503
The dub is much better than the japs. The second season of the anime was funded by CN, an Americna company so it's pretty much an American anime. Plus, Dorothy's voice actor is much better and captures the android-equeness of Dorothy. Stop acting like a weab and watch it in English.
>>122454688
If you've really been here since 2006 and you're asking if you should watch Big O in English, I think the only one the joke is on is you.
>>122454748
*American
>>122438524
>>122438978
Twas great.
>>122438594
The show must go on.
>>122438760
Do you even DOROSHI?
>>122439991
Almost >>122440007
>>122443633
Very much this. Still way better than nothing. Sunrise wouldn't put more money in it.
>>122443633
>S1: animated by hand, filmed on actual film
>S2: digitally animated, digitally composited
>>122455581
I still think S2 biggest issue are the insipid backgrounds.
>>122455613
They're not all terrible, but they're definitely far from the lovingly hand painted backgrounds of S1.
>>122455752
Unlike S1, they just are no good at conveying the atmosphere in an efficient and engaging way.
>>122453238
How is collector next to standard?
![[OZC]The Big O E24 'The Big Fight'.mkv_snapshot_13.29_[2015.03.13_03.40.32].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/zKLDumK.jpg "[OZC]The Big O E24 'The Big Fight'.mkv_snapshot_13.29_[2015.03.13_03.40.32].jpg")
>>122455779
I think a big part of the problem with the backgrounds is how often they used a soft focus for them when it was completely unnecessary.
>>122455831
Yeah, in the end it still si ridiculously better than nothing.
>>122455907
BIG time.
>>122455989
4 U
U
>>122447622
"reveal the mystery" all we got was an even bigger more confusing mystery
![[OZC]The Big O E13 'R-D'.mkv_snapshot_19.17_[2015.03.13_03.58.59].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/MuLZcAr.jpg "[OZC]The Big O E13 'R-D'.mkv_snapshot_19.17_[2015.03.13_03.58.59].jpg")
Has anyone ever noticed how much this looks like Beck?
>Big O thread with 200+ posts
>>122456099
The mystery is that it's all fake.
>>122456294
>43 posters
>>122434901GUN BUTSAH
>>122456406
Eh. That's like 5 posts per person. That's not bad. That just means we love the show and are dedicated to our own threads unlike fairweather fags
>>122456431
Probably only 3 or 4 posters who keep resetting their IPs to stop from autosaging.
>>122456474
>wastes of air like you exist
>>>/b/
I like how there's just the right amount of action, psychological analysis and development for the characters. I think it's better than Eva in that sense since Eva tries to be 2deep4u and pretentious with the excessive "hurr wat it men to b human" crap
>>122456507
I KNEW IT
>>122438788
But Dorothy's voice in jap completely destroys her character. She's just a sextoy with a loli voice in jap.
![[OZC]The Big O E24 'The Big Fight'.mkv_snapshot_11.14_[2015.03.13_04.26.29].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/8nDGAaC.jpg "[OZC]The Big O E24 'The Big Fight'.mkv_snapshot_11.14_[2015.03.13_04.26.29].jpg")
>>122456474
gtfo
get the fau out
Where's the guy that said he was gonna post his Steve Blum Roger Smith alarm?
>>122456330
katayama never revealed the mystery though.
>>122456540
Big O is better than Eva, because it's not ignorant enough to tackle mutiple philosophical questions that are far beyond it.
Big O's got its nice ideas and generally sticks with them.
Big O didn't have the right amount of action.
Big O had too much action.
THAT is one of its biggest flaw.
Big O should have shown up every 2-3 episodes but have longer fights rather than all these little ones every episode.
Every episode had to tie its plot to robot fights, character development and the expansion of the world.
With Big O's very out there plot, eccentric characters and mysterious world, it's too much all in one episode.
Would have been better if there were episodes that concentrated on each one individually, I think.
But I don't think I know how to fix Big O
I just know it needs fixing.
There's one of the best series ever in there some where.
Too bad it was mishandled by essentially everyone.
>>122456721
I think it could've have more innovative action, which it did at times - like the one ep. where Roger faces the apparition/ghost and comes up with an idea to beat it. The show could've stayed as a VotW while slow progressing to the big finale since then it would've allowed more time for Roger and Dorothy to develop their relationship.
I've yet to watch an anime that has managed to surpass Big O's setting and OST.
Seriously goddamn everything about the setting I love. And that fucking underground area holy shit.
Schwarzwald was a fucking great antagonist as well.
>>122456540
nge is a meme anime. /a/ watches it for waifus. Newfags new to /a/ are the ones who are impressed by Anno's pleb tier writing
>>122456540
I never noticed how similar they are
>both 26 episodes (if you exclude EoE)
>both followed a MotW format
>both part of the mech genre
>both have memorable mechs (big O, unit-01)
Only differences I guess is that one (Eva) was more popular, had more characters while the other (big O) had western influences but was somehow more original with its setting, plot and characters
>>122456641
he went to work a couple hours ago.
>>122457397
Don't forget how the main girl cast consists of a stoic girl with short hair and multiple versions of herself, and a older woman with a troubled soul and scars.
>>122457455
Ill wait for him
So I listened to this
>>122446963
While watching the Big Duo vs Big O fight clips
>>122446730
>>122446538
>>122446215
In reverse order. Ended right as Big O punched Big Duo through several buildings.
Such a glorious feeling.
>>122456565
Who let the idiots in?
>>122457997
>implying he's wrong
Face it, Akiko Yajima got absolutely REAMED by Lia Sargent's performance
>>122434901
>>122435957
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4m-2G8VQvc
>>122456718
THE MYSTERY WAS SORT OF REVEALED IN THE COMPANION ART BOOKS
THERE WAS A FUCK HUGE SET OF MACHINERY BENEATH THE CITY THAT BUILT A PARADIGM CITY LIKE A MANUFACTURING LINE
VENUS REPRESENTS THE CONSCIOUS ERASING OF MEMORIES
AFTER VENUS ERASED ALL THE MEMORIES, THE CITY WOULD BE DESTROYED
AND THEN ANOTHER CITY WOULD COME UP THROUGH THE GROUND
REPEAT UNTIL CLONED TOMATOES TASTE LIKE THE ORIGINAL
ULTIMATELY THE POINT OF THE SHOW IS THAT MEMORIES DON'T MATTER
ALL THAT MATTERS IS THE PRESENT AND THE TIME YOU HAVE THEN AND THERE
THE PAST IS IRRELEVANT
SOMETHING HAPPENED 40 YEARS AGO IT WAS PROBABLY BAD BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHETHER OR NOT YOU KNOW
IT JUST HOLDS YOU BACK FROM CHASING THE FUTURE
thank you
Big O is the only anime besides Bebop and Black Lagoon that I actively recommend the dub over the sub.It's also the only anime with a "confusing" ending that I understood immediately and still don't understand how other people don't get it
>>122458402
what's your take on it, buddy?
>>122458420
The "war" is a set of falsely implanted memories. The Deuses and domes represent the previous society. The Deuses weren't supposed to be uncovered however which causes things to get out of hand. After things start going too far to shit; Venus reactivates to rewind the world back into its normative state like one giant scientific experiment.I'm still not sure who the big puppetmaster is, but I suspect it was intended to be season 3's plot and is completely irrelevant currently
>>122458402
Explain it then. All I know is that we were jewed out of the writer's ending that was cancelled for the possibility of a third season
>>122458499
literally fanfic tier
you have no clue, aho
>>122458420Roger is Paradigm City
Am I the only person that thinks that The Big O can be interpreted as you like, as long as you have sufficient evidence?
I feel like this whole one theory allowed theory is limiting.
Some theories are better than the creators theories.
>>122458624
>Some theories are better than the creators theories
fanfic autists really are scum
>>122458402
Cromartie was a lot better dubbed than subbed.
>>122458673
I don't see fan fictions for Branded To Kill
I meant in general, in a film sense.
