I tried watching a giant robot anime and it was entirely technobabble I didn't understand. Do the target audience understand all these words?
>>14112064
It wasn't technobabble, it was Japanese. You should have been reading those words at the bottom of the screen. They're called "subtitles" and explain everything.
>>14112064
I can understand it because I'm not a dumbass.
>>14112078
Are you saying you've been a dedicated subscriber of japanese culture long enough to become a member of a specialized board of a specialized website, but can't even speak the language? かっこわるいですね
>>14112147
I've watched 4,500 hours of anime in the last 3 years, outside of that I've made no effort to learn Japanese, and I know like 5 kanji and almost all the hiraganas, and all of the katakanas. I can tell when subs are wrong though, since I can get the gist of what they're saying (about 40 - 60 % of the sentence, given its complexity) now without subs.
>>14112064
>technobabble
tell us a few of them and we'll tell you if you're a dumbass
>>14112193
And? Chances are you missed 85% of the visual information presented in those 4500 hours of anime and don't care because the animation is low on the list of reasons why you watch.
I've watched 85,000,000 hours of anime in the last one day, and I know Japanese better than any japanese person on earth. I own sixty seven katanas for each room in my house, and I fly the Imperial Japanese flag on my lawn (always at half mast to mourn poor hiroshima)
>>14112064
Almost all shows will explain their "technobabble" in the course of the first 3 episode in order to build a worldview for the audience, you are either:
>skips
>dylexic
>thinking your japanese is hot shit, watch raw and fail to understand anything outside of commonly-used phrase, hence why you don't understand the technobabble
>a combination of all the above
if you have problem understanding a show directed mainly to children or young adults you have serious problems in life.
I've folded 108,000,000,000 katanas in the last anime, and I've known Bushido (that's the samurai code for you gozaimajin) for more hours than any hiroshima victim on earth. I own six-hundred and sixty six edges for each katana in my rama, and I fly to the defense of Imperial Japan from my lawn (always at half chub to mourn the loss of the yamato nadeshiko ideal in modern-day japan)
>>14112064
>tfw you will never live in A E S T H E T I C S of 80s
>>14112378
>you'll never live in the retro future space 80s
>you'll never fly between skyscrapers on the moon with mirrored windows watching your mobile suit's reflection fly by
>>14112378
Hong Kong and Tokyo still looks like this though, feel free to swing by anytime anon.
>>14112206
>Chances are you missed 85% of the visual information presented in those 4500 hours of anime
Not really.
>>14112444
check out rekall.me
And weep.
>>14112470
>"Don't aim to be civilized. Don't hope that straight people will keep you on as some kind of pet. To hell with them; they put you here. You should fully realize what society has made of you and take a terrible revenge."
What the fuck
>>14112206
>>>14112193
>And? Chances are you missed 85% of the visual information presented in those 4500 hours of anime and don't care because the animation is low on the list of reasons why you watch.
what did he mean by this
>>14112595
You happen to suck at both japanese and english?
>>14112378
Just travel to Tokyo, stay up at night, and listen to this.
https://archive.org/details/attentionkmartshoppers
Instant a e s t h e t i c s
>>14112611
>>14112447
>tfw living in Guangzhou
>neon-soaked paradise is ten minutes away
>>14112611
Personal experience, Tokyo isn't as cyberpunk as anime would have you think. HK on the other hand...
>>14112641
>a e s t h e t i c s=cyberpunk
no
>>14112649
>tfw you thought that shop by the left lamppost was hand drawn
Neon is so comfy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrLh66wwbzE
>>14112078
>It wasn't technobabble, it was Japanese.
Top kek
Is this aesthetic enough for you?
Let the synth wash your tears away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GW6sLrK40k
>>14112206
You retard, anime isn't like film.There aren't intense facial movements that you need to pay attention to every frame.
>>14112679
Nice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O226dqx10dg
>>14112683
>There aren't intense facial movements that you need to pay attention to every frame.
Occasionally there are.
>>14112699
regardless, you'd have to be either crippled, or ADHD to not be able to read subs and watch the show at the same time.
>>14112707
Oh, I concur. Hell, I watch a lot of foreign shit and I don't have a problem reading the actors and the subs.
>>14112711
You must have a shallow view of the foreign shit you watch then. Characters are only one factor that an author uses to create a story, and often it is one of the least important.
>>14112753
>>14112753
Where in my post did I suggest that I focused primarily on the actors?
Welp, this turned into yet another really stupid argument that came out of nowhere.Love you, /m/.
>tfw maximum comfy on a rainy night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvzVaCWcCTo
>>14112064
>I tried watching a giant robot anime
The first reply to this should have been "which one" otherwise were just going off in all directions with no context.
Most super robot shows spell their goofy in universe shit out to you. Real robot shows will fan the explanations out so you will have to watch enough of it to understand their world. Stuff inbetween like Gundam will do a little of both plus give you a bunch of in universe political and historical info dumps.
If you aren't willing to invest in at least ten episodes then don't bother.
>>14112470
>>14112611
>these collections
The internet is truly a wonderful place. I enjoy looking and listening to this late 80s - early 90s stuff. I was born in 1990, so I didn't quite get to experience it first hand. Something about this stuff really resonates with me for some reason.
>>14112810
Born in 86 so I was able to enjoy the 80s run off at the time plus the early 90s stuff.
I have a love for 80s Jpop and music that I can't explain.
>>14112769
Actors and subs don't matter much to the setting, do they? You can easily achieve a top-tier cinematic masterpiece with newbie actors spouting terrible lines.
>>14112817
True dat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C63a68IRsrM
>>14112808
This. I can kinda get why people would call out the guy for not paying attention, though in my opinion OP is just poor bait.
>>14112858
Miki Matsubara had such an amazing sultry voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fceMkGFACHY
She died too young in my opinion.
>>14112858
And as for Chisato Moritaka I love The Mi-ha one of my favorites of hers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGcn6oGMFug
>>14112897
Fuck, 80's J-pop is max comfy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Q8GNy186s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL1_u9FMXec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSRE48iKX9M
>>14112611
It's amazing how that generic, throwaway pop music can hold the essence of a generation within it. Nobody would remember 99% of these songs but each one sounds so... well, so 80s. It blows my mind that you can just listen to this like a piece out of time.
>36 years ago
>>14113040
This song.... my feels...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPObavJ1yWQ
this is such a great thread
>>14113089
I agree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yaV47tdisw
>>14112078
>>14112078
/thread
>>14112635
>>neon-soaked paradise is ten minutes away
It even features dat air-pollution.
>>14112378
I was just watching Blade Runner the other day. While the cities are cleaner, thankfully (at least for the most part) that movie was pretty prescient in how it portrayed the course of urban development. Tokyo or Hong Kong look almost like they were inspired by Ridley Scott's vision of the future nowadays.
>>14112897
>She died too young in my opinion.
Both she and Izumi Sakai died from cervical cancer.
I can't listen to Zard songs without getting teary eyed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPmNolzS0pI
>>14112470
>rekall.me
I should have taken your warning seriously
>>14112470
Dude
>>14112699
This is what the rewind function is for. Did you know that with any decent video player you can press the left key to skip back 5 seconds? You can do the same with a wireless keyboard, remote control or even a joystick.
>>14116886
Why are you telling me this?
I catch these small beats in the animation, hence why I was disagreeing with Anon's generality.
What kind of shitposting are you playing at?
Also, my video player skips back 10 seconds;^)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKjef5qgGxY
