Netflix animoo discussion

[Wayward Vagabond]

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panty and stocking is legit amazing

[Pseudo Enigma]

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oh hey wait, gimme a list of what there is on American Netflix for anime. Here in Canada we have a shit selection for ANYTHING on Netflix, so it's probably better there.

[Snowcrafta]

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I managed to finish Sekirei season 1. No chance in hell I'll try to finish season 2, that shit was absolutely terrible

Thankfully the other two I watched ended up being pretty decent.

Baka and Test I found to be kind of silly at first, but then I started noticing all sorts of subtle jokes they kept throwing in everywhere, such as a fountain of a bent over angel spewing water diarrhea out of its ass in the background, and how the camera lens would go from normal to flaccid every time the guy was disappointed. Plus some of the running gags were quite funny.

Princess Jellyfish kind of caught me by surprise. I just threw it on because it was TV14 and made in 2010, figure I'd give it a shot.

Boy was I surprised. Hooked after the first episode, and it certainly didn't go in the direction I was expecting it to from the beginning until the end. It was hugely addictive and I got through the whole thing in one sitting. No regrets, one of hue he best I've seen on netflix thus far

[Izzy]

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I'd recommend reading the rest of Princess Jellyfish manga. It was one of the best I've ever read.

Also might as well add me and most of the other anime watchers to the boners list. I don't even want to know how fucked up the "voice acting" in princess jellyfish was. I don't really consider most dubs voice acting since they basically just read the lines. There are a few exceptions obviously, but dubs have a horrible reputation.

Not sure why anyone would watch anime on netflix though.

[dAnceguy117]

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Not sure why anyone would watch anime on netflix though.

exactly what snowc said. it's super convenient. I can spend time looking for a decent torrent (which is ILLEGAL!!!!), or find a low-quality stream on whatever site, or I can use a service I'm already paying for and watch high quality video on my TV with basically no setup time involved.

personally I don't watch much in general and I don't limit myself to netflix, but the reasons are there.

[Snowcrafta]

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I'd recommend reading the rest of Princess Jellyfish manga. It was one of the best I've ever read.

Also might as well add me and most of the other anime watchers to the boners list. I don't even want to know how fucked up the "voice acting" in princess jellyfish was. I don't really consider most dubs voice acting since they basically just read the lines. There are a few exceptions obviously, but dubs have a horrible reputation.

Not sure why anyone would watch anime on netflix though.

I've noticed most people who swear by subs are usually much more hardcore into it, and generally identify as purists. I used to be one as well, because I was so used to Japanese and was enamored by the language. Slowly, over time, I began to find the language annoying to listen to, so I switched to dubs and never looked back.

I tried to watch squid girl, but the amount of squid puns was just,

Well, the ink puking was quite funny.

I switched over to Moon Phase, figure I'll give it a shot.

[Izzy]

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exactly what snowc said. it's super convenient.

Still more inconvenient than downloading so that isn't much of a reason.

I can spend time looking for a decent torrent (which is ILLEGAL!!!!), or find a low-quality stream on whatever site.

Spending 1 seconds to type in the name on nyaa or AB isn't exactly a lot of time. Maybe another 5 seconds to click the resolution and quality you want.

or I can use a service I'm already paying for and watch high quality video on my TV with basically no setup time involved.

or I can not pay for a service where the majority of the content I don't want and proceed to watch much higher quality video on my tv from my computer with even less setup.

but the reasons are there.

People who don't care about quality and the inconvenience of being locked into a specific viewing format.

I've noticed most people who swear by subs are usually much more hardcore into it, and generally identify as purists.

Some people are crazy. It isn't about things being from Japan being better, it is about the effort put into quality voice acting. In Japan anime voice acting is a big deal, but it isn't for anime dubs. The voice acting is often very poor quality. Dubs "can" be just as good or better than the original voice acting if the effort and talent was put into it.

[Snowcrafta]

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Netflix isn't for everyone, izzy. Most people, however, don't have a problem spending the equivalent of half a large pizza a month on a fantastic video streaming service with a huge amount of variety.

[Izzy]

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I'd pay 10 times the amount of a netflix subscription for a service equivalent to high quality torrents. It's not about the money. Unfortunately there is no legitimate service that offers the same quality and convenience so I don't really care. I try buying other anime goods to help compensate.

Plus, if the Japanese VA's aren't very good then it's a lot harder for us to tell compared to an English VA.

Not that hard to tell, but I'd agree it is harder. One example that comes to mind is Ed from cowboy bebop in Japanese. The voice acting was basically as flat as 90% of dubs.

[dAnceguy117]

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or I can not pay for a service where the majority of the content I don't want and proceed to watch much higher quality video on my tv from my computer with even less setup.

well I wasn't trying to convince you that you should be watching anime on netflix lol. you said you didn't understand why anyone else would, and I gave you reasons.

plenty of people (myself included) have never heard of nyaa or AB, find video quality on netflix to be perfectly acceptable, already pay for netflix to watch other movies and shows, and don't have a convenient setup to output stuff from computer to TV.

[Snowcrafta]

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I'd pay 10 times the amount of a netflix subscription for a service equivalent to high quality torrents. It's not about the money. Unfortunately there is no legitimate service that offers the same quality and convenience so I don't really care. I try buying other anime goods to help compensate.

Netflix streams at 1080p and has just started streaming 4K ultraHD (House of Cards s2)

[gold stinger]

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Netflix isn't for everyone, izzy. Most people, however, don't have a problem spending the equivalent of half a large pizza a month on a fantastic video streaming service with a huge amount of variety.

Netflix is extremely hard to work with here in Canada because they changed their rules/laws around for it. Used to use a reloadable gift card to work with it because sometimes there would be just nothing on netflix that we wanted to watch and we would just put nothing on the card, and when we heard that something good was on netflix, we would reload the card and our services would turn back on again in the next billing area, and now they don't allow that anymore.

Also my family pretty much can't use credit cards right now because of bankruptcy lolol.

[Izzy]

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well I wasn't trying to convince you that you should be watching anime on netflix lol. you said you didn't understand why anyone else would, and I gave you reasons.

plenty of people (myself included) have never heard of nyaa or AB, find video quality on netflix to be perfectly acceptable, already pay for netflix to watch other movies and shows, and don't have a convenient setup to output stuff from computer to TV.

Fair enough. I can only hope a superior content service comes around in the future.

Nyaa.se
animebytes.tv (ask me for invites)
bakabt.me

Netflix streams at 1080p and has just started streaming 4K ultraHD (House of Cards s2)

Resolution =/= Quality

[Pseudo Enigma]

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Some people are crazy. It isn't about things being from Japan being better, it is about the effort put into quality voice acting. In Japan anime voice acting is a big deal, but it isn't for anime dubs. The voice acting is often very poor quality. Dubs "can" be just as good or better than the original voice acting if the effort and talent was put into it.

pmuch this. The original format is closest to what the directors tried for, and American voice actors are pretty crap at understanding this. Watching dubbed after subs is horrendous because they usually change the tone of the character too much.

Besides, we have like supposedly only 10-50 voice actors or something, and I'm quite sick of Johnny Yong Bosch's voice. He sucks so bad, he might as well be American Hanakana. Except that's not even the thing. Japan has probably a small dozen of actors that suck at ranging. American voice actors don't seem to be able to make each role unique at all.

There's also something that can't be gotten from English that Japanese acting has. The kawaii~uguu voice acting that you get from Japan would never fly here. It's literally impossible without it sounding completely stupid. To them, it's at least normal. You get used to it quickly if you ignore it.

To me having to read a little in order to get quality acting (instead of monotone English actors) is completely worth it.

Anyway, I dunno why OP is trying so hard to prove that Netflix is some hidden paradise of animu, when torrents are obviously superior. OP should stick to his crunchy rolls.

[Snowcrafta]

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It's not some hidden paradise, it's just a convienent spot where people who have netflix can talk about what is on netflix, rather than having to go out, download, watch, and discover after the first 1 or two episodes they don't like it.