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@Awinnell wrote:Be alarmed Skynet is evolving!

Jean: Hmmm...that looks useful and economical.

Rico: WAIT!  We can work cheaper!

Henrietta: We'll use less bullets...we'll fly coach class...we'll keep the AC turned down low in the dorm!

Triela: Don't replace us...we all NEED this job!

@Professor Voodoo wrote:Henrietta: We'll use less bullets...we'll fly coach class...we'll keep the AC turned down low in the dorm!

Kara: 

Warning:  Highly skilled but certifiably loony professional under controlled conditions. 



Do not attempt this or even allow your cyborg trainee to watch this video.  No good will come of it.

Because Italians...


Apparently Dave Grohl has responded and said they're coming.

I'm not a massive Foo Fighters fan, but I enjoy their music (and their live shows are amazing), but this puts a big grin on my face every time. Might I just add that the synchronised drumming looks plain awesome.

So instead of some guys dick some people got this on Chatroulette !

thats crazy!

Way too much time on their hands, in the best way possible.

Probably shouldn't have found it as funny as I did, but I've taken to listening to the HP audiobooks whilst drawing so...



I'm sure the rest of the train hated her by the end...

I laughed probably far too hard at that...

bad news ,from Kotaku

kotaku wrote:Manglobe (マングローブ), the anime studio behind such hits as Samurai Champloo, The World God Only Knows series, and this past season’s hit, GANGSTA. is kaput.
According to a report from animeanime.biz, Manglobe had started procedures for bankruptcy on the 29th after being in a state of insolvency for some time.

I believe they also did Black Lagoon

@Awinnell wrote:I believe they also did Black Lagoon

Actually, that was Madhouse.

Shame about Manglobe. I heard good things about Gangsta.

@FireTrooper113 wrote:

@Awinnell wrote:I believe they also did Black Lagoon

Actually, that was Madhouse.

Shame about Manglobe. I heard good things about Gangsta.

 yeah you're right my bad !

Turns out they did do a lot of series and background work on other studios shows

 list from animenewsnetwork

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=5491


Accel World (OAV) : 2nd Key Animation (ep 1)
Accel World (TV) : 2nd Key Animation
Ah! My Goddess (TV) : In-Between Animation Cooperation (ep 16-17, 22)
Aquarion (TV) : In-Between Animation (ep 22)
Aria the Origination (TV) : 2nd Key Animation (ep 7)
Ayakashi Ayashi: Ayashi Divine Comedy (OAV) : Production Assistance (ep 2)
Banner of the Stars III (OAV) : In-Between Animation, In-Between Animation (ep. 1)
Black Butler: Book of Circus (TV) : Production Cooperation (ep 6)
Blood Blockade Battlefront (TV) : In-Between Animation
Blue Drop (TV) : Production Cooperation (ep 9)
Broken Blade (movie series) : Animation Production Assistance
Broken Blade (TV) : Animation Production Cooperation
CROSS ANGE Rondo of Angel and Dragon (TV) : 2nd Key Animation
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (OAV) : Animation
Deadman Wonderland (OAV) : Animation Production, Production
Deadman Wonderland (TV) : Animation Production, Production
(The) Disappearance of Nagato Yuki chan (TV) : In-Between Animation
Durarara!! ×2 The Second Arc (TV) : 2nd Key Animation
Durarara!!×2 Shō (TV) : 2nd Key Animation, In-Between Animation
Eden of the East (TV) : 2nd Key Animation (Eps. 10, 11)
Eiga Dokidoki! Precure Mana Kekkon!!? Mirai ni Tsunagu Kibō no Dress (movie) : Production Assistance
Ergo Proxy (TV) : Animation Production, Original story, Production
Ergo Proxy: Centzon Hitchers and Undertaker (manga) : Art
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV) : 2nd Key Animation
Fushigiboshi no Futago Hime (TV) : In-Between Animation
Gangsta. (TV) : Animation Production
Genocidal Organ (movie) : Animation Production
Ghost Slayers Ayashi (TV) : Production Cooperation, Production Cooperation (ep 9, 17, 23)
Gintama (TV 4) : 2nd Key Animation
Gundam Reconguista in G (TV) : In-Between Animation
Gurren Lagann (TV) : Animation Assistance (Ep 19)
Hayate the Combat Butler! (OAV 2) : Animation Production
Hayate the Combat Butler! Cuties (TV) : Animation Production
Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth (movie) : Animation Production
Hayate the Combat Butler!! (TV) : 2nd Key Animation
Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You (TV) : Animation Production
Heaven's Lost Property (TV) : 2nd Key Animation
Heroic Age (TV) : Production Cooperation (ep. 19)
House of Five Leaves (TV) : Animation Production, Production
Kanamemo (TV) : 2nd Key Animation
Karneval (TV) : Animation Production
Kiddy Girl-and (TV) : 2nd Key Animation (eps 9-10)
Kimi ni Todoke - From Me to You (TV) : Finish Animation
M3 the dark metal (TV) : Key Animation (ep 4)
Mashiroiro Symphony - The color of lovers (TV) : Animation Production
Michiko & Hatchin (TV) : Animation Production, Original Creator, Production
Modern Magic Made Simple (TV) : 2nd Key Animation
Monkey Turn V (TV) : In-Between Assistance
Naruto (TV) : Key Animation
Natsuyuki Rendezvous (TV) : Production Cooperation (ep 3, 9)
Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye (TV) : Key Animation (ep 2)
Ristorante Paradiso (TV) : 2nd Key Animation, Key Animation (ep 10)
Rozen Maiden: Träumend (TV) : Production Assistance (OP animation)
(The) Sacred Blacksmith (TV) : Animation Production
Samurai Champloo (TV) : Animation Production, Production
Samurai Flamenco (TV) : Animation Production
Senki Zesshō Symphogear GX (TV) : In-Between Animation
Shinken Zemi Kōkō Kōza (OAV) : Animation Production
Show By Rock!! (TV) : In-Between Animation
Shuffle! (TV) : 2nd Key Animation (ep 4, 15), In-Between Animation (ep 4)
(The) Skull Man (TV) : Animation Assistance (ep. 11)
Toriko (TV) : Production Cooperation (ep. 43, 53, 59)
Trip Trek (ONA) : Animation Production, Production (Animation)
Unlimited Psychic Squad (TV) : Animation Production
(The) World God Only Knows (TV) : Animation Production
(The) World God Only Knows Season Two (TV) : Animation Production
(The) World God Only Knows: Four Girls and an Idol (OAV) : Animation Production
(The) World God Only Knows: Goddesses Arc (TV) : Animation Production
(The) World God Only Knows: Magical Star Kanon 100% (OAV 3) : Animation Production
(The) World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc (OAV) : Animation Production

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/watch-this-pair-of-c-17s-buzz-an-australian-beach-town-1735810374

I wonder if Versus Underhanded Pitch was his project to work out the character designs and such for his next manga, 1518?



http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=17378
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-04/gunslinger-girl-aida-to-launch-1518-manga/.77285
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-17/gunslinger-girl-aida-resumes-1518-manga/.94318

It wouldn't be the first time he's used a previous project to work that sort of thing up a bit...

Footage from the 2016 Moth Nationals. I remember the first time I became aware of these: we were head to wind just off the yacht club main channel pulling sails down, and one went past. Poof, mind blown...

2016 Moth Nationals


Sorry, it's on Vimeo and the privacy settings mean you'll have to watch it there.

Seriously cool.

One of the side benefits of the San Diego Comic Con when the US held the Americas Cup is that Team USA would practice out in the harbor and I had a great view of it from my hotel balcony.

I'm calling it here and now.

Rey and Ren are brother and sister.

That is all.

If you grew up in Australia through the 90s and onward, then you grew up with The Wiggles... so here they are performing to a room full of drunk adults at their 25th Anniversary gig...


I do hope they did the U2 cover...

Looks like a good time all around.

Looks like more fun than Twin Pines Dairy's 'Milky the Clown,' which was my childhood media figure.

In black and white, I might add.

Ok 1) can I just point out that the Japanese Maccas uniforms are way better than the ones used in Australia, and 2) as a fan of Working!! and Hataraku Maou-Sama, I'd totally watch that...

Agreed. I would definitely watch a McDonald's themed anime about McDonald's workers that includes the cool manager(usually the closing one), the horrible manager(usually the morning one), the veteran, the rookie, the retiree who's only saving up for a new dirt bike so (s)he doesn't have to dig into his/her retirement(I have seen this happen personally), the college student, the high school student, and all the good customers(like the old timers who are there for the penny coffee(what is that like 10 yen? Kisk, please clear this up) who like to sit around and plot the end of the world situation and bad customers (like the Hawaiians who come in and are straight up jack-pissed that we don't serve Spam on the menu...yes, this actually happened when I worked at my local one).

I certainly didn't expect to see this when I woke up today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvEZa_dY4Sc

Very cool, Troop. Reading the motion comic now.

Not new, but really well edited together: Harry Potter, the teen comedy.

Looks very much like the opening credits to a Bond flick.

Second TSM.

To all who need to know...if you are using a ://HYPERJACK setup...be very wary of what you're pushing through your controllers.

I...I...I just accidentally tried to push 1.4 gbps through a wi-fi network controller that is only rated to a maximum of 300 mbps. So...yeah...it's toasty gone.

And so now I'm trolling through eBay. Thank you and have a nice day.

https://youtu.be/t8SQo3R7qeU

Here. Be safe on the interwebz!

Michael Bay is grinding that absolute shit out of his teeth right now because the only edge his Optimus Prime death scene had on the original Optimus Prime death scene is now officially gone.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Transformers-The-Movie-Blu-ray/157482/

Oh yeah. Adding that one to my collection (something I cannot say about any of Bay's movies).

For the graphics artists:

On a Scale from 1-100, Milton Glaser Rates Every Single Olympic Logo Design in History

Overall, I think the Japanese Games logos were the best and agree with Mt Glaser's opinion that Tokyo 1964 was the best.

:')

I can't be the only one who was immediately put in mind of Paddington Bear...

Same. Loved it.

Huh...not sure if any of you follow American Football...but I just realized that Houston is the first potential 'home team' to actually make the playoffs.

I usually watch two games a year: Ohio State/Michigan and the Super Bowl - and I don't usually know which teams are in the Super Bowl until I turn it on.

This is great. But it's a lot easier to appreciate the music if you're not watching the video. The girls are a real distraction.

Yeah their debut single and the 17th ED for "Bleach". They've done a number of great anime OPs and EDs.

Clearly a better Australian product than Vegamite. Or Olivia Newton-John.

Hey, it's not our fault no-one not born on Australian soil (bar, weirdly, the South Africans) understand how great Vegemite is. =P

But yes, the John Butler Trio are indeed awesome.

@Alfisti wrote:Hey, it's not our fault no-one not born on Australian soil (bar, weirdly, the South Africans) understand how great Vegemite is. =P

A case probably fell off the pier in Perth and the Indian Ocean currents carried it west to South Africa. 

@Kiskaloo wrote:

@Alfisti wrote:Hey, it's not our fault no-one not born on Australian soil (bar, weirdly, the South Africans) understand how great Vegemite is. =P

A case probably fell off the pier in Perth and the Indian Ocean currents carried it west to South Africa. 

and the people who found it thought, "Are we supposed to lubricate machinery with this or keep pests out of the garden? I know! Let's eat it!"

Ok, so yeah, it's an ad for HP, and heavily dramatised. What I do like about this one however is that here we have a hacker exploiting the weakest link in most security systems: the people who use it. There's also an enjoyable lack of BS gibberish.

Using Mr. Robot was a nice touch.

I'm getting to Mahou Sensei Negima based on a friend's recc. Anybody have any thoughts on it?

I was a fan of the manga until the final grand arc when they went to the Magical Realm and it turned into Kung Fu Battle of the Week.

As for the various anime adaptions, I liked the original try - Negima! - though it is a bit dull since it adopts the first couple of manga chapters where not much happened and had to come up with an anime-original ending since the manga was still being written.

I was less a fan of the retelling - Negima!? - mainly due to Shaft's animation sucking ass compared to the first series and the narrative having pretty much nothing to do with the manga.

Half way through the first season and I must say the shotacon is strong with this one and I'm not exactly sure how I feel about that.

iirc @crazyidiot78 is a big fan of Negima

Knife Flaps



And Gun Gats

Very cool. You've gotten a lot better since that time you almost took your ear off. And I would have liked to see your paper after you emptied that mag.

@Thescarredman wrote:Very cool. You've gotten a lot better since that time you almost took your ear off. And I would have liked to see your paper after you emptied that mag.

I was actually shooting at that big steel rectangle downrange full auto WWII mp40

Have just finished binge-watching Westworld. It's the kind of show where, having done that, you're ready to start from the beginning and watch it again.

Westworld, what an interesting idea. I wiki-ed it and it is kinda gunslingeri-sh. Hmm, will have to check it out sometime.
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In the meantime, I would like to offer in the Random Media department a great webtoon which I have become a solid fan of.
LIVE FOREVER  by Raul Trevino.
The art is,... what can I say, it captured me the way author/artist Mr. Aida in the manga and the animation company Madhouse did when I first discovered Gunslinger Girl years ago.
The story is gripping and deep thought-provoking.
Ah but again the art, I have always focused on faces, which if done properly can be a world of their own, adding so much to a tale.
Trevino's work features expressions and emotion containing plenty of depth and emotional range, luring me in time after time without fail.
Here's a few pics illustrating a small portion of the recently finished story. Main Character Sarah

VAMPIRE! (feeding his genetically modified evil kitty)
One of the opening pages setting the stage for what is to follow: action, horror plus themes of immortality and the moral dilemmas that made this story very memorable and satisfying for me.

(Oops, just noticed the last page is in Spanish, rest assured, there is an English version available as well.)

What, no link? Ah, never mind...