Dead Leaves

Post by **Femto** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:38 am

How many of you know about this awesome movie?

Post by **martyr3810** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 1:46 am

Not me, mind filling us in?

Post by **Femto** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:10 am

Just buy it/leech it/borrow it/whatever, get your hands on it and see it. It's what anime should be, not lame/gh3y stories about pretty and silent teenagers full of angst and dram4, but stylized, crazy, over-the-top shit.

I highly recommended it. Here are the covers from the american and japanese DVDs taken from amazon:

http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/B0 ... ZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002 ... ZZZZZZ.jpg

Post by **martyr3810** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:35 am

Leeching it is.

Post by **Malvado** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:21 am

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Post by **RedEyes** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:28 am

Femto wrote: ... stylized, crazy, over-the-top shit.

The way you explain and posters reminded me of FLCL

Post by **Femto** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:33 am

RedEyes wrote:The way you explain and posters reminded me of FLCL

It's funny you mention that, because the guy that recommended Dead Leaves to me is an FLCL lover. I haven't seen FLCL myself though.

Post by **RedEyes** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:39 am

You have to watch it. It is one of the most stylized, crazy, over-the-top shit out there. It is a 6 episode OVA.

I've checked the AnimeNFO and the production studio for FLCL and this one is the same !!

Post by **martyr3810** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:51 am

Erk, don't do it man, FLCL will make your sight go... Its like looking into the ARK of the Covenenant; only the crazies should do it.

EDIT: Ok, so maybe that was a bit impolitic, but seriously FLCL made me want to hurt things... and people. Mostly whoever made it and whatever equipment was used... and if Dead Leaves is on the same tangent, I'm out.

Post by **Eldo** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:56 am

I haven't seen FLCL yet, but I have heard lots of recommedations for it and also some people trashing it. I guess you can either love it or hate it. I presume if you did enjoy FLCL, then Dead Leaves would be perfect for viewing, and vice versa.

Yeah, I checked the animenfo as well, the design/director of Dead Leaves is the same person responsible for the animation in FLCL. That could explain the same style and the similarities both anime share.

Post by **Femto** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 7:07 am

Well, I saw the first FLCL episode and, visually at least, Dead Leaves is so much more different. It uses strong blacks against flat colors and is much more simplistic and coherent IMO. FLCL looks like generic anime from what I saw and that was a turn-off for me. Dead Leaves is different and, even though it's limited animation (mostly keys with no animation in between and lots of cycles), it's very over-the-top and intense. There's some awesome character designs in there too. I mean, how can you not love a guy that has an old-school TV for a head and is called Retro?

Everyone should give it a try at least. If you don't like it, you can always come back to bitch at me for having bad taste.

Post by **martyr3810** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 7:12 am

Sounds like FLCL with a graphics upgrade and more interesting characters hm.

Meh, put aside my bias for now... Back to leeching it... Now just to remember where I found it lol.

Post by **RedEyes** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 7:42 am

As Eldo said, most of the people either say FLCL is great or they hate it. As FLCL is intense, it is hard to stay neutral. I liked the creativity & energy in the anime and the crazy character Haruko.

At the end, it's a matter of taste and I'm happy to find a somewhat similar anime. 10 more min and I'll be done with leeching

Post by **Femto** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 7:47 am

Post your comments when you're done.

It's a quick movie too, it just flies by. I guess it's more of an OVA technically but meh, details.

Post by **Eldo** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 7:54 am

I think this is the first time you posted in the anime forum, Femto.

Post by **Malvado** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:13 pm

Well I downloaded it but it's a .ogm and .sfv so now i can't play it.

Post by **Libaax** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:32 pm

I read about it anidb.net and the way they described this anime made wanna download it right now

Post by **martyr3810** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:45 pm

Shrug if you need something to play OGM and whatnot grab the core media player (found it when I had the same problem with the Gensoumaden Saiyuki episodes...) >> free, works great etc etc yeah you know the deal >>> http://www.divx-digest.com/software/tcmp.html

Post by **Femto** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:24 pm

OGM is awesome. You get freakin' soft subtitles and different audio tracks in the same file for god's sake! I hope you didn't delete it Malvado...

Eldo: Yeah, I rarely venture into the Anime or Manga forums, but I think more people should know about this particular anime, so I conquered my fear and started a new thread here about it after seeing it last night.

I didn't get flamed either.

Post by **LordMune** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:27 pm

Femto wrote:I didn't get flamed either.

Which comes as a bit of a suprise, considering this statement;

Femto wrote:FLCL looks like generic anime from what I saw and that was a turn-off for me.

You don't, ever, nearly-bad-mouth FLCL. Never.

EDIT: Don't take this too seriously. But FLCL is not generic in any sense of the word. Judging from the DVD covers, Dead Leaves looks like some FLCL-wannabe that didn't dare go all the way. But I will save my definite verdict 'till I'm done leeching it...

Post by **Femto** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:32 pm

I meant in terms of aesthetics only. As I said, I haven't seen all of it, so I can't say if it's good or bad.

Post by **LordMune** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:40 pm

Ok. I suppose. While the actual concepts may not be that far out, the animation often is... You'll see, and should have already.
Anyway, .ogm is the shit. Too bad they often come with an english track and not just soft subtitles- I often have to endure a couple of seconds of a relentlessly agonizing dub before I manage change it to japanese.

Post by **Libaax** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:47 pm

I dont have a clue what OGM is but can i play played it with VLC or classic media player?

Post by **Femto** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:48 pm

They can if you download the correct codec.

Post by **LordMune** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:49 pm

You basically just need codecs, I think. VobSub and FFDShow and the like. Try DivX-Digest or google it.