hotsauceman1 wrote: Well, It looks like we have ANOTHER Yaoi anime on the anime club Roster.
We really shouldnt let the girls suggest anime, it always turn into Yaoi
It is a very fujoshi centric season so far... I'm not impressed lol. Atm my watch queue is Haikyuu, Gundam and One Punch Man. Looks like its a catch-up season
Alfndrate wrote: It is a very fujoshi centric season so far... I'm not impressed lol. Atm my watch queue is Haikyuu, Gundam and One Punch Man. Looks like its a catch-up season
So far, yep, I'm of the same opinion, catch-up season. So far it's probably Noragami, One Punch Man and Gundam and I'm not expecting to add much more.
In addition to the ones others are mentioning, I also checked out;
Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou
Weird art style and use of color to this one, which goes along well with its weird story as well. Nothing amazing in the first episode, but I'm definitely curious to see what they do with the premise, i.e. All superheroes ever exist in one world and the group has to protect them and us from them.
Comet Lucifer
I get original Eureka Seven vibes from this first episode. Not a clone, but it feels like that kind of story. Good animation, decent mech designs so far.
Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen
Kuon is cute. No big mechas in this one, but lots of animal girls/people. I could probably find out more since its based on a game/series, but with a hook of an amnesiac I don't want to risk spoiling mysteries. I do like that the mysterious guy is actually so far physically super weak instead o of the usual superpowered cliche.
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk
Probably the guilty pleasure trash series of the season for me. Kind of like Infiniate Statos, except the main guys not the only powered male special snowflake.
Between these and the Noragami and Seraph sequels, plus new Gundam and other stuff, I actually expect to be busy this season myself.
That was beautiful. I thought it was just going to be make fun of anime tropes (loved the "See? He's even foreshadowing something!") but those blatant references always fun when they do that
I finally read the vampire knight manga considering it was the first anime I ever watched and I think I turned into a teen aged girl because I found the ending terribly sad.
So I got round to Char's Counterattack, the epic conclusion to three series, and....meh.
Lots of pretty moments, but the plot just felt half-assed, neither Amuro or Char's arcs reached any sort of conclusion, and then there's....well, every single scene Quess is in. It's like every annoying character trait from the first three series was carefully extracted from their original hosts, and then combined to create the most irritating character possible. Which wouldn't be a problem if so much time wasn't wasted on her, and there weren't at least three other characters who looked like they would be central to this story, who then get completely forgotten about.
Ah well, I've only heard good things about War In The Pocket.
So, VIZ announced they've licensed several manga series, for some of us that care, Kuroko's Basketball and Haikyuu!! are the two we're most excited about.
Alfndrate wrote: So, VIZ announced they've licensed several manga series, for some of us that care, Kuroko's Basketball and Haikyuu!! are the two we're most excited about.
We could probably do something like that for each of the seasons as they air and place it at the top of the firs post, as well as something like "Dakka's Recommendation List" for shows that aren't airing but are still.worth watching.
I mean I'll start off with what I'm watching from currently airing anime
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans - Action, Drama, Mecha. Has potential to be as good as UC and CC stories. Features designs from Yoshiyuki Tomino (creator of Gundam), and story by Mari Okada (Fate/Stay Night, Toradora, Black Butler). Should be more serious than last few series. Iron Blooded Orphans is streaming on Daisuki.net for free (with ads) right now. (Alf's Note: I'm just looking at it on Daisuki atm while writing this up, so I'm not familiar with the site).
One Punch Man - Action, Comedy, Parody, Super Hero. Humorous series with fantastic action scenes. [b]Don't know much about the crew behind this show unfortunately). One Punch Man is streaming for free (with ads) on Daisuki.net.
Osomatsu-san - Comedy, Parody. 2015 "continuation" of an old manga series about a group of sextuplets and their zany adventures. Was known as "Osomatsu-kun" and featured the sextuplets as kids. Now they're older. Directed by Yoichi Fujita (Gintama up to ep. 201), Written by Shu Matsubara (first major series?). Episode 1's joke was featured by AduroT here. Osomatsu-san is streaming for free (with ads) on Crunchyroll starting next week.
Haikyuu!! Second Season - Comedy, Drama, Sports. The Karasuno Boys Volleyball team is picking up where season 1 left off. Season 1 is streaming for free (with ads) on Crunchyroll. Season 2 is streaming for free (with ads) on Crunchyroll starting next week.
Just as a general note: I've tried to include places where you can legally stream these episodes at the bare minimum. So CR is free with ads and a week behind actual air date. Daisuki.net appears to be free with ads and is airing it near actual air date. I don't have experience with it yet, but Funimation appears to be doing something similar to Crunchyroll, where it has some shows available for free users with ads. I can't confirm if it's a week after airdate or not. Funimation also do broadcast dubs where English dubs are released a few weeks after the broadcast in Japan.
I finished K so I could watch the second season as it airs. But it turns out there is a movie to. It was a pretty good series, and it's on Netflix. It was really weird, but i thought the ending made up for it.
Also I decided that I would watch Inuyasha from start to finish. It's a series I remember seeing a couple episodes for here at and there while it was on adult swim at like 2:00 am. So far it's a lot different from what I remember, but maybe the first couple of episodes are just more comedic than the later part of the series
Alfndrate wrote: Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans - Action, Drama, Mecha. Has potential to be as good as UC and CC stories. Features designs from Yoshiyuki Tomino (creator of Gundam), and story by Mari Okada (Fate/Stay Night, Toradora, Black Butler). Should be more serious than last few series. Iron Blooded Orphans is streaming on Daisuki.net for free (with ads) right now. (Alf's Note: I'm just looking at it on Daisuki atm while writing this up, so I'm not familiar with the site).
Yeah definitely excited for this one. Age had too 'morning children's cartoon' style animation for me to enjoy it much (ironic, as it was definitely one of the darker Gundam's in recent years imo), and Recongusta G felt far far more like an unofficial Eureka 7 sequel than Gundam.
Iron Blooded Orphans has a very After War Gundam X feel to it to me, and Mari Okada is a capable writer when he isn't making soft porn
Hoitash wrote: Is the Order a Rabbit?? has returned! My Saturdays shall for the next three months be full of adorable fluffy coffee goodness!
Huzzah!
Aahh, time to finally give this season another chance.
Rabbit, Yuru Yuri, and Lances and Masques are about all I'm into this season. People were kind of ambivalent about Lance, but it appeals to my streak of romanticism and 19th century literary style.
Alfndrate wrote: Series composition is what MAL and other places seem to use for writer.
How is that different from screenplay then?
I got my info from wikipedia.
Feth if I know? My initial research for those lists was based on Wikipedia saying who the writer was, and cross referencing that with MyAnimeList. There is this decent explanation, but I still can't say for certain.
So it sounds like it's the person that gets to decide in the script wtf everything looks like and works with the writers to make it all fit. They, as the person in charge of the series composition, give the script to the director who then goes through and makes the decisions on how each scene should be animated based on the script and their own artistic vision.
And that kids is how that lens flare ended up in your favorite anime's pinnacle panty shot!
It's too early to tell if Iron Blodded Orphans wil be good, but it looks promising. Reconquiesta in G was so incredibly disappointing. But Unicorn and Origins is fantastic, so they do still know how to make series that don't suck
Alfndrate wrote: Series composition is what MAL and other places seem to use for writer.
How is that different from screenplay then?
I got my info from wikipedia.
It was explained to me awhile back as this; A series composer is the person who sits the project team down and says "Episode one introduction of key characters and plot. Episode two, we add the side kick. Episode eight? Beach episode! let the viewers relax before we kill the love interest." Their job is essentially to layout the series; what happens in what episode and the overarching narrative of the show, the basic character conceptions. Because most anime's are produced with the intention of only lasting X number episodes (as opposed to Western productions which tends to trying and keep a show going as long as people will watch it), there's a greater emphasis on getting the story done and told in however many episodes are being made. It's not really directing or story boarding. It's kind of like being the navigator for the project who keeps everything on course to completion in the budget/episodes allowed.
As to my comment, I'm mainly pocking some affectionate fun Fate/Stay Night, which was essentially soft porn when it was first created
Ya Noragami ep 2 was pretty good, I'm looking forward to the season. feth Nora and the Doctor though
Episode 2 of MSG Iron-Blooded Orphans was alright too. They sure took their time with the dialogue scenes though. I feel like it could have been cut a bit here and there so more plot could happen, but that's alright.
darkcloud92 wrote: Ya Noragami ep 2 was pretty good, I'm looking forward to the season. feth Nora and the Doctor though
Episode 2 of MSG Iron-Blooded Orphans was alright too. They sure took their time with the dialogue scenes though. I feel like it could have been cut a bit here and there so more plot could happen, but that's alright.
I'm thinking the issue with IBO's pacing in this episode is that it's at least 25 episodes, so we've got lots of time for character development and plot but we have to get the boring gak out of the way. I was actually fine with the dialog because it forced me to not really deal with the fact that there were dead kids all over the place.
Picked up some videos over the past few weeks. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and Akira 25th Anniversary Edition.
VHD was pretty cool, but I think I need to rewatch it. the pacing was kind of slow and nothing really made sense until the very end.
I already know I'm going to have to rewatch Akira. It's really good, but I'm so friggin' lost. Also I've heard that the 80s English dub has a damn good cast, so I'll probably watch it with that dub.
I don't think I've ever actually seen the Japanese Akira. And yeah, the English version is phenominal. There's a reason it was a huge success over here, and why it's been so long before anyone's tried making a live-action version. Everyone loves it so much they really, really want to do it justice.
Speaking of 80's anime variants, does anyone know where I could find the rest of the original Bubblegum Crisis? The first 4 episodes are on YouTube, but after that, the only ones I can find are the Tokyo 2080 ones- the 90's remake. And I want my hardsuits wristless, dangit!
2040, and I'd be curious to watch the original show as well, never caught it anywhere. Plus I've got the four hardsuits that one company made in 25mm but they're the older series and I'd like to watch it for color coordination purposes
Going to finish the last few episodes for Jojo part III very soon. Episode 47 still gives me chills even after
Spoiler:
THAT OPENING. Dear lord, I spoiled it for myself while I was still on part II, but I still couldn't help but get really excited and speechless when DIO crashes the opening
SkavenLord wrote: Going to finish the last few episodes for Jojo part III very soon. Episode 47 still gives me chills even after
Spoiler:
THAT OPENING. Dear lord, I spoiled it for myself while I was still on part II, but I still couldn't help but get really excited and speechless when DIO crashes the opening
I was really hoping that after what happens even after that opening (like an episode or two?) that they would have...
What I wanna know is where these people keep finding all of those nounnoun fruits that give them super powers. Are they really rare and our protagonists are extremely lucky, or do they grow all over but most people just aren't that crazy.
I think a little bit of both. They're common enough that you could probably find one easily enough if you looked, but then rare enough that they're really, really expensive- especially because they're all unique, and it takes a lot of expertise to identify one before eating.
Then there's the fact that most people wouldn't want them, and so that ups the price as well- lower demand, with equal supply and all that (though that would traditionally drive the price down, the 'superpowers' factor makes up for it). You find one and don't want to eat it, you're going to hold on to it until some rich crazy bastard comes and pays you a billion berries for it. Or it gets stolen by pirates.
Utawarerumono: The False Faces is getting going too. Looks like its going to be much like the first one, and some interesting subtle hints are getting tossed around too.
Never saw the first one. Never heard of the first one. Liking this one so far though. Was a bit amused by the guy being completely uninterested in the naked girl instead of the usual overreaction.
I really hope Yato wrecks Bishamon, she's just awful. Like ya Nora and the Voodoo Doctor dude are evil, but Bishamon is so dumb.
Bishamon isn't bad, she's just over emotional and depressed and uses Yato as something she can focus on to blame, and Yato seems fairly willing to let her since he avoids confronting her and all.
I really hope Yato wrecks Bishamon, she's just awful. Like ya Nora and the Voodoo Doctor dude are evil, but Bishamon is so dumb.
Bishamon isn't bad, she's just over emotional and depressed and uses Yato as something she can focus on to blame, and Yato seems fairly willing to let her since he avoids confronting her and all.
No man Bishamon is literally the worst, worse than evil. Like you said, overly emotional, blames others wrongfully, extremely stubborn. Like I wouldn't be upset at all if Yato just kills her or her servants get super sad and cause her to get sick and die
If her servants cause her to get sick than Yato will just kill them all again, because I'm like 100% sure that's this super secret mysterious reason why he killed them all the first time. I mean is Yato any better? He'd gotten Really messed up in the first season when he was getting sick from his One Regalia and he didn't really do anything about it either. If Bishamon had killed his Regalia to save him, do you think he'd have thanked her for it? What if Yato had a dozen or so Regalia's and Bishamon killed them all to save him?
AduroT wrote: If her servants cause her to get sick than Yato will just kill them all again, because I'm like 100% sure that's this super secret mysterious reason why he killed them all the first time. I mean is Yato any better? He'd gotten Really messed up in the first season when he was getting sick from his One Regalia and he didn't really do anything about it either. If Bishamon had killed his Regalia to save him, do you think he'd have thanked her for it? What if Yato had a dozen or so Regalia's and Bishamon killed them all to save him?
Yato's the man brah, and Yukine is aight. I'm almost certain he wouldn't have thanked her for killing Yukine, he loves him. Its also a totally different case bc I don't want Yato to get sick, he's cool. I just want Bishamon to get some sensed knocked into her. *Or die. Either works for me.
So, Anime Club Update......
Tatami Galaxy Ep4:No, Im done. I sleep during that.
Seven Deadly Sins Ep4: Some idiot behind me spoiled to whole show to the club. But Episode four just brings the insanity and doesnt look back
NoraGami Ep4: Sooo, the main guy has a secret past? Hmmm.
No. 6 Ok, when will the two main leads just kiss?
Death Parade ep4: Seen it. Still think all characters in that show are irredeemable
Your Lie in April: Why wont the main leads just kiss already?
I got a pretty good chuckle a few minutes ago when a friend (he's new to Anime be kind) accused Iron Blooded Orphans of being a rip off of Aldnoah.Zero
Finished Gundam Unicorn and F91 last night. 8th MS Team is still my favorite UC Gundam, but man Unicorn came close, but I feel that's because of the advancement in technology.
Alfndrate wrote: Finished Gundam Unicorn and F91 last night. 8th MS Team is still my favorite UC Gundam, but man Unicorn came close, but I feel that's because of the advancement in technology.
Ya and the art quality and combat choreography were amazing!
Spoiler:
man that moment when the neo-zeon rose up after all the years of waiting to battle was an insane feeling
Grey Templar wrote: Oh you are in for a treat. Just stick with it. The first few episodes are confusing as heck.
3 episodes in, and I think I understand Durarara more (se author, also apparently features 2 characters from Baccano.
As to the Turn A dealio, I'm slowly getting to the point where I've seen more Gundam than I've not seen. Turn A has been a bit of a challenge because I keep losing focus while sitting at my desk watching it. I like it, and I'm getting my HG Turn A Gunpla kit painted by Dakka's own Ramos Asura (won't be standard scheme), but I need to be in anime watch mode so I can binge it.
Grey Templar wrote: Oh you are in for a treat. Just stick with it. The first few episodes are confusing as heck.
3 episodes in, and I think I understand Durarara more (se author, also apparently features 2 characters from Baccano.
As to the Turn A dealio, I'm slowly getting to the point where I've seen more Gundam than I've not seen. Turn A has been a bit of a challenge because I keep losing focus while sitting at my desk watching it. I like it, and I'm getting my HG Turn A Gunpla kit painted by Dakka's own Ramos Asura (won't be standard scheme), but I need to be in anime watch mode so I can binge it.
Ya I found Turn A to be really dull. The setting was really cool, but they flopped on the story and characters pretty hard
Ok, So.......Your Lie in April is gonna get like really depressing. I can tell.
Seven Deadly Sins is.....ok. I like the feel, but its sometimes just too Anime.
hotsauceman1 wrote: Ok, So.......Your Lie in April is gonna get like really depressing. I can tell. Seven Deadly Sins is.....ok. I like the feel, but its sometimes just too Anime.
Spoiler:
Your Lie in April takes the exact turn you think it's going to take. Either prepare for the feels ride, or walk away because you don't need more feels in your life.
Also, as to Seven Deadly Sins, it is a weekly shonen manga, so it's gonna be very anime
But keep watching it's a very solid show, and the manga is fantastic.
Watched most of Baccano yesterday. I think I'm on episode 10, so I'll finish it probably tomorrow
Started watching Seven Deadly Sins just now, and Episode 3... Oh man was that entertaining Meliodas just rocketed up my list of most awesome Anime Badasses.
LordofHats wrote: Started watching Seven Deadly Sins just now, and Episode 3... Oh man was that entertaining Meliodas just rocketed up my list of most awesome Anime Badasses.
Yeah he's pretty awesome.
That said, I think Ban is my favorite character in that show.
Yeah, just got through episode 8. Didn't take much for Ban to overtake Meliodas as personal favorite. He's like some awesome mix of Vash the Stampede and Alucard (except he knows he's just too damn awesome and is utterly bored ).
The only thing that throws me off a bit is the pacing of the anime. Though I think that's more an unfortunate side effect of how many anime drag everything out to ludicrous proportions so often. A show that skips anything even remotely close to padding and just gets on with it is kind of mind jarring
Watching Kuroko no Basket. First time trying out sports anime, and I have to say, not a bad place to start (especially since I have almost no idea how the specifics to any sport works). There's three seasons, so that should keep me occupied for a while.
THIS IS JAPANESE LUNCHTIME RUSH!
Kuroko's Basketball was awesome, because of that I checked out Yowamushi Pedal, Ace of the Diamond, and Haikyuu, Ace KS the only one I'm not current/finished with. I've heard decent things about Eyeshield 21 as well.
Ah man why does every episode of Noragami Aragoto have to end on a cliffhanger? My heart can't take it!
I think I will wait for all of MSG Iron Blooded Orphans to air before continuing it though. The show just isn't working as an episode by episode series at the moment
darkcloud92 wrote: Ah man why does every episode of Noragami Aragoto have to end on a cliffhanger? My heart can't take it!
I think I will wait for all of MSG Iron Blooded Orphans to air before continuing it though. The show just isn't working as an episode by episode series at the moment
I'm hooked on Iron Blooded Orphans, but I can see why someone would choose to binge it. I think I've sold my soul to watching this show week by week considering I've bought gunpla of the show and built Barbatos... I need to still build the Graze kit, but he's down the line.
Decided to watch Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, and omg that opening fight scene is intense. + Char ax kicks a fighter in half lol
I'm hooked on Iron Blooded Orphans, but I can see why someone would choose to binge it.
The good Gundam series' are always emotionally charged, which can make watching them on a weekly basis pretty intense. I waited till it was fully out to watch Gundam Seed and Gundam 00 Season 2. Just... Too much Feels.
darkcloud92 wrote: Ah man why does every episode of Noragami Aragoto have to end on a cliffhanger? My heart can't take it!
I think I will wait for all of MSG Iron Blooded Orphans to air before continuing it though. The show just isn't working as an episode by episode series at the moment
I'm hooked on Iron Blooded Orphans, but I can see why someone would choose to binge it. I think I've sold my soul to watching this show week by week considering I've bought gunpla of the show and built Barbatos... I need to still build the Graze kit, but he's down the line.
Oh really? The Barbados looks cool for sure, but they other mech designs are pretty meh so far for me.
An yes MSG the Origin is fantastic! The nostalgia feels it gives are super intense! I can't wait for the whole series
Gundam X was pretty cool, one of the only good ones that's timeline is outside of the main series. An for an older series its story and art design is not completely wacky and awful. *Aka Turn a Gundam, Gundam G fighters, Rconguista (Although not technically an older series is clearly meant to emulate them) and even though Victory Gundam is still technically supposed to be in the Universal Century timeline it's still pretty god awful
Aww, I like Turn A, and I think G Gundam was voted* by Dakka several pages ago to be the one series they'd keep if they had to choose only one to keep...
I'm digging Gundam X, but episodes 5, 6, and 7 were tough to get through. I thought the plot with Tiffa being kidnapped would take up more than like 2 episodes. It felt like they were trying to figure out where to go from that point.
* - Not official poll, just off handed comments made by dakkanauts.
The only good part of G Gundam was the sneak peak of Wing Gundam
I actually have grown rather fond of Turn A Gundam though (or alternatively "For All" Gundam). The Dark History makes a fascinating puzzle to try and make sense of, not that it ever will but if you're a canon nerd like me it's the kind of thing you can drool over trying to figure out how the Gundam Metaverse all fits together. I'm getting ready to rewatch Reconguista in G as it is apparently intended to be a prequel series to Turn A that explains part of how everything fits together.
Oh god Gundam Wing was so awful story wise, at least the mech designs were cool.
The only good thing about G Gundam was actually "This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you! take this! My love, my anger, and all me sorrow! shining finger sword!"
darkcloud92 wrote: Oh god Gundam Wing was so awful story wise, at least the mech designs were cool.
The only good thing about G Gundam was actually "This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you! take this! My love, my anger, and all me sorrow! shining finger sword!"
Wait.. how was that a good thing? I could never watch any of the "finger" attacks and not take them out of context.
Alfndrate wrote:I thought I was nearing the end of my Gundam watching, but besides the 4 series I'm currently watching I think I've got at least 11 series to watch.
Ya there is a tone of stuff, including some short ova's and mini series that largely go unnoticed. I have seen everything but SD Gundam and the Gunpla builder series. Despite the second gunpla season having a cool opening song, those series are heresy
Soladrin wrote:
darkcloud92 wrote: Oh god Gundam Wing was so awful story wise, at least the mech designs were cool.
The only good thing about G Gundam was actually "This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you! take this! My love, my anger, and all me sorrow! shining finger sword!"
Wait.. how was that a good thing? I could never watch any of the "finger" attacks and not take them out of context.
Because of how hilarious it was and fun it is to use outside of the series
darkcloud92 wrote: Oh god Gundam Wing was so awful story wise, at least the mech designs were cool.
The only good thing about G Gundam was actually "This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you! take this! My love, my anger, and all me sorrow! shining finger sword!"
Wait.. how was that a good thing? I could never watch any of the "finger" attacks and not take them out of context.
That's the best part!
The reason we all love G Gundam isn't because it's some super-serious take on a post-apocalyptic planet under fear of the Mech Fights the colonial Bourgeoisie use their homes for to determine who gets to put their name on the Bill of Expensive Things We Have and You Don't first.
It's because it's insane, and out-there, and just takes ideas and runs with them. One of the Gundams is a windmill for crying out loud, and another's a shark!
It's like why we love Gurenn Lagann, or Kill La Kill. They're taking the idea of drama and action in a character-based show, and pushing it about as far as animation can push it without going into abstraction or expressionism.
A bit disappointed we have to wait till Christmas for the next episode of Hellsing Abridged.
But in Commemoration of this tragedy, I offer my Favorite Abridged Series' to tide over my Abridged Series cravings.
DBZA, Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged, and Hellsing Abridged withstanding. Although in DBZA news, they just released their abridged version of Super Android 13.
SAO Abridged by Something Witty Entertainment is probably my favorite abridged series period. I love the idea of portraying Kirito as an Internet Troll and the players of SAO as people actually from the Internet instead of... wherever the original author wrote them to be from. Plus the series involves real character development and plot, going beyond merely mocking its parent series' laughable aspects.
50% Off by Octopimp, an Abridged series of the Anime Free that basically runs itself entirely on gay jokes and the awesome power of Thugisa.
Code MENT by PurpleEyesWTF. It's more like South Park using the basic plot of Code Geass and footage but it's just funny.
Honorable Mention; NonePiece, also by PurpleEyesWTF.
The most recent episode was May 2015 PurpleEyes discontinued it for a bit to work on NonePiece, but has since put NonePiece on hold to finish Codement (last I heard).
Oh god I'm going to watch all of those now. And so the mithril pebble of pig smiting came to be forged upon the mountains of... oh god please just stop...continues on till sunset. Bwahaha.
GrimDork wrote: Oh god I'm going to watch all of those now. And so the mithril pebble of pig smiting came to be forged upon the mountains of... oh god please just stop...continues on till sunset. Bwahaha.
I'm just saying. What's the point of other people but to mock them?
darkcloud92 wrote: Oh god Gundam Wing was so awful story wise, at least the mech designs were cool.
The only good thing about G Gundam was actually "This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you! take this! My love, my anger, and all me sorrow! shining finger sword!"
Wait.. how was that a good thing? I could never watch any of the "finger" attacks and not take them out of context.
That's the best part!
The reason we all love G Gundam isn't because it's some super-serious take on a post-apocalyptic planet under fear of the Mech Fights the colonial Bourgeoisie use their homes for to determine who gets to put their name on the Bill of Expensive Things We Have and You Don't first.
It's because it's insane, and out-there, and just takes ideas and runs with them. One of the Gundams is a windmill for crying out loud, and another's a shark!
It's like why we love Gurenn Lagann, or Kill La Kill. They're taking the idea of drama and action in a character-based show, and pushing it about as far as animation can push it without going into abstraction or expressionism.
That's exactly why I don't like G Gundam or any of those types of shows like Gurenn Lagann or KLK lol
LordofHats wrote: A bit disappointed we have to wait till Christmas for the next episode of Hellsing Abridged.
But in Commemoration of this tragedy, I offer my Favorite Abridged Series' to tide over my Abridged Series cravings.
DBZA, Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged, and Hellsing Abridged withstanding. Although in DBZA news, they just released their abridged version of Super Android 13.
SAO Abridged by Something Witty Entertainment is probably my favorite abridged series period. I love the idea of portraying Kirito as an Internet Troll and the players of SAO as people actually from the Internet instead of... wherever the original author wrote them to be from. Plus the series involves real character development and plot, going beyond merely mocking its parent series' laughable aspects.
50% Off by Octopimp, an Abridged series of the Anime Free that basically runs itself entirely on gay jokes and the awesome power of Thugisa.
Code MENT by PurpleEyesWTF. It's more like South Park using the basic plot of Code Geass and footage but it's just funny.
Honorable Mention; NonePiece, also by PurpleEyesWTF.
Yeah, SAOA is pretty good. I generally find most Abridged shows to be gak, but SAOA is surprisingly good. Their Kirito is such an donkey-cave, I love it So yeah, SWE and TFS are the only abrigded series makers I can stand.
Antfish is ok, but he hardly makes anything now and his writing is hit or miss. Dio sounding like Tim Curry was pretty funny though. I found PurpleEyesWTF to be unbearable.
darkcloud92 wrote: Oh god Gundam Wing was so awful story wise, at least the mech designs were cool.
The only good thing about G Gundam was actually "This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you! take this! My love, my anger, and all me sorrow! shining finger sword!"
Wait.. how was that a good thing? I could never watch any of the "finger" attacks and not take them out of context.
That's the best part!
The reason we all love G Gundam isn't because it's some super-serious take on a post-apocalyptic planet under fear of the Mech Fights the colonial Bourgeoisie use their homes for to determine who gets to put their name on the Bill of Expensive Things We Have and You Don't first.
It's because it's insane, and out-there, and just takes ideas and runs with them. One of the Gundams is a windmill for crying out loud, and another's a shark!
It's like why we love Gurenn Lagann, or Kill La Kill. They're taking the idea of drama and action in a character-based show, and pushing it about as far as animation can push it without going into abstraction or expressionism.
That's exactly why I don't like G Gundam or any of those types of shows like Gurenn Lagann or KLK lol
Same here, can't stand klk or gurenn lagann. Haven't watched g gundam since I was a kid.
I've found there are kind of two types of anime fans. Some love the goofy stuff, and others stick to the more serious stuff. A lot of people I know who don't care for anime do so because someone tried to get them to watch gurenn lagann or similar without realize that's not everyone's thing. If they'd shown them Ghost in the Shell or something instead, they'd've had a lot more success. Goofy over the top is not everyone's thing, no matter how well written its fans claim it to be.
True it really depends on the persons personality and what genre of anime you show them. Most people tend to think of anime as over the top goofy action ecchi series so they are instantly against the idea of ever watching any of it.
I'd say I mostly stick to series shows, but I'll occasionally watch a purely comedic series if it's with other people. I just don't find comedic stuff, anime or not, as fun when other people aren't in on the jokes
Just watched Gundam Unicorn....I was not impressed. It started out allright, but the last episode basically lost all narrative coherency, kind of like the weird "twist" in 0083 where it turns out Uraki and Gato were into the same woman, but like 20,000x worse, because 0083 was overall pretty excellent.
Vaktathi wrote: Just watched Gundam Unicorn....I was not impressed. It started out allright, but the last episode basically lost all narrative coherency, kind of like the weird "twist" in 0083 where it turns out Uraki and Gato were into the same woman, but like 20,000x worse, because 0083 was overall pretty excellent.
Eh, the thing just stopped making any sort of sense by the end for a host of reasons. I mean, it had its moment's, but the last episode was just incoherent, disconnected, and poorly wrapped up that it just fell apart.
GrimDork wrote: Oh god I'm going to watch all of those now. And so the mithril pebble of pig smiting came to be forged upon the mountains of... oh god please just stop...continues on till sunset. Bwahaha.
I'm just saying. What's the point of other people but to mock them?
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Vaktathi wrote: Eh, the thing just stopped making any sort of sense by the end for a host of reasons. I mean, it had its moment's, but the last episode was just incoherent, disconnected, and poorly wrapped up that it just fell apart.
Weird I felt it made sense all the way through the final episode.
What do you think it failed to wrap up? The conflict between Anaheim Electronics and the Vist foundation ended when Banagher stopped that Colony beam. The conflict between Banagher and Full Frontal ended, albeit in an anti-climactic fashion. The only thing that they didn't wrap up was the conflict between spacenoids and Earth because while we as viewers have plenty of proof that newtypes are a space adapted race, the citizens in the show don't have the proof we do. Also, Gundam Crossbone is still a thing, and takes place in the same timeline, so they couldn't wrap up everything.
Vaktathi wrote: Eh, the thing just stopped making any sort of sense by the end for a host of reasons. I mean, it had its moment's, but the last episode was just incoherent, disconnected, and poorly wrapped up that it just fell apart.
Weird I felt it made sense all the way through the final episode.
What do you think it failed to wrap up? The conflict between Anaheim Electronics and the Vist foundation ended when Banagher stopped that Colony beam. The conflict between Banagher and Full Frontal ended, albeit in an anti-climactic fashion. The only thing that they didn't wrap up was the conflict between spacenoids and Earth because while we as viewers have plenty of proof that newtypes are a space adapted race, the citizens in the show don't have the proof we do. Also, Gundam Crossbone is still a thing, and takes place in the same timeline, so they couldn't wrap up everything.
They never really clarify what Full Frontal was all about, his whole character is extremely nebulous and his motives appear absurdly trivial for how "deep" they try to make him or why he so strongly just *needs* to fight Banagher to the death over a difference in his economic blockade idea vs other ideas to accomplish the same goal. Then you have Riddhe, who basically goes off on a murderous rampage...because a 16 year old girl rejects a 23 year old man? And then suddenly he gets over that and everyone just accepts him back like normal after all the crazy gak he did? Then you get into the Unicorn itself, and how it suddenly sprouts Crystals, and the plot veers super strong onto this "divine newtype power" that can block gigantic particle cannons at the last minute, and all sorts of other similar things.
Likewise, with the "Box" itself...the clause at the center of the whole thing...they never explain why it was removed to become a scandal in the first place, and, more oddly, how there somehow was *zero* memory of this clause anywhere else but on a monument? Nobody made data backups, the clause wasn't discussed in endless committees by thousands of people, nobody else had heard or seen this clause except right before it was lasered onto a monument? Really?
The whole thing just came off very poorly thought out. To use my previous example of 0083, aside from the weird forced relationship triangle forced into the last episode, it had a very coherent story, they tie it directly into events both before and after, linking the original series directly to Zeta Gundam, the goals and plans of everyone are eventually made rather clear, even when there's tiwsts (such as Cima's betrayal or the directing of the dropping Colony to Luna initially only to be deflected back at earth) there's usually a good sense of *why* they happen and what their purpose is.
Vaktathi wrote: They never really clarify what Full Frontal was all about, his whole character is extremely nebulous and his motives appear absurdly trivial for how "deep" they try to make him or why he so strongly just *needs* to fight Banagher to the death over a difference in his economic blockade idea vs other ideas to accomplish the same goal.
Full Frontal was a clone of Char, which gives him some level of "I am doing these things because it benefit humanity" but when he starts to refer to himself as a vessel, he gets weirdly nebulous you're right, but his actions are "his thoughts" and he believes for the entire series that the Box is a weapon which will allow Neo-Zeon to resurrect and be a full government in such a way that Earth cannot compete (he explains as much on the ship when he finds the last location of the Box's coordinates. Banagher and Zabi want people to know the box exists so that humanity can make the decision they want to make. FF wants to fight Banagher due to the fact that Banagher's ideas would allow Earth to remain viable.
Then you have Riddhe, who basically goes off on a murderous rampage...because a 16 year old girl rejects a 23 year old man? And then suddenly he gets over that and everyone just accepts him back like normal after all the crazy gak he did?
His rage is due to his family's involvement with the Box and the fact that Zabi, someone who ahould understand his plifht rejected him. His rage is amplified due to the nature of the Psychoframe throughout the Banshee Norn, which feeds off the emotions of the pilot (see Marida when she piloted it, and Banagher in tje Unicorn when he fought againat thr suit activsting the NT-D. His change goes back to the death of Marida Cruz. She, having awoken her newtype potential got to give people a final goodbye. She calmed him down, but the Arghama accepting him back without incident is weak writing I'll admit, but I guess it was just a simple fact they needed allies.
Then you get into the Unicorn itself, and how it suddenly sprouts Crystals, and the plot veers super strong onto this "divine newtype power" that can block gigantic particle cannons at the last minute, and all sorts of other similar things.
the only thing I can attribute the crystals to is an overloading of the unicorn's psycoframe, which makes sense since the frame amplifies thoughts, and an awoken newtype like Banagher could probably overload the system, but they missed out on just killing Banagher there (though they almost did)
Likewise, with the "Box" itself...the clause at the center of the whole thing...they never explain why it was removed to become a scandal in the first place, and, more oddly, how there somehow was *zero* memory of this clause anywhere else but on a monument? Nobody made data backups, the clause wasn't discussed in endless committees by thousands of people, nobody else had heard or seen this clause except right before it was lasered onto a monument? Really?
This could have been better thought out, but here's why it makes sense: Earth sent people to space to depopulate the planet, those that went up in space were considered second class citizens, and Earth ruled over them to the point of oppression (This allowed factions like Zeon to rise). People in space begin to hate Earth and eventually we get the One Year War. The clause's existence basically said "Hey we're sorry for doing this to you, but if our gakky actions lead you all to having a space adapted species of humanity, you get priority in the government" This was signed and ratified, making it legal. By revealing the original charter, it would remove the legitimacy of the Federation, and even more so if they could prove Newtypes were a space adapted version of humanity. This would allow the colonies to create their own governments, and would keep Zeon around as a full government beyond the 100UC mark. Why no one had memory of the charter? Can't say, unless everyone involved was on the Laplace when it blew up at the beginning of the series.
Apparently this all gets fleshed out a bit more in the manga the OVA is based on. The Laplace incident (the terrorism attack in the beginning of the series) was carried out by Syam Vist at the request of George Marcenas (Riddhe's grandfather?) basically to kill Ricardo Marcenas, first PM of the Federation, and to put a pro-Earth government in place. With the original charter gone, George replaced all versions of it with the one missing the last article from the original charter. If Syam had not found the original charter, this series would never have happened lol.
Also, sorry if it sounds like I'm arguing with you, I just didn't get to discuss Unicorn much when I finished it a few weeks ago, so this is the first time I've been able to kinda purge all this info. Sorry you didn't like it, but you like 0083, so you can't have terrible tastes in Gundam shows
I can definitely agree that the ending was less spectacular than I was hopping, from a story standpoint at least. The action in the finale, and throughout the whole series was phenomenal! But I was hopping for more story, like they needed more episodes. Still better than 90% of the Gundam series made though. If I had to make a top few it would be
08th MS Team
Gundam Unicorn
Gundam Seed/Seed Destiny
0083 Stardust Memories
We'll wait on Iron Blooded Orphans to see if it can place
Vaktathi wrote: They never really clarify what Full Frontal was all about, his whole character is extremely nebulous and his motives appear absurdly trivial for how "deep" they try to make him or why he so strongly just *needs* to fight Banagher to the death over a difference in his economic blockade idea vs other ideas to accomplish the same goal.
Full Frontal was a clone of Char,
Did they explain that somewhere? I may entirely have missed it, I just don't remember that.
which gives him some level of "I am doing these things because it benefit humanity" but when he starts to refer to himself as a vessel, he gets weirdly nebulous you're right, but his actions are "his thoughts" and he believes for the entire series that the Box is a weapon which will allow Neo-Zeon to resurrect and be a full government in such a way that Earth cannot compete (he explains as much on the ship when he finds the last location of the Box's coordinates. Banagher and Zabi want people to know the box exists so that humanity can make the decision they want to make. FF wants to fight Banagher due to the fact that Banagher's ideas would allow Earth to remain viable.
Aye, but ultimately they're both after freedom for the "Spacenoids", it seemed weird that Full Frontal (also...*really* awkward name, was basically expecting him to roll around wearing a helmet and nothing else with a name like that) would be willing to kill Bernargher and Mineva over it when their way could work just as well as his (and, IIRC, he seems to acknowledge as much?), seemingly wanting to fight just for the sake of the fight, which, ok I guess I can understand that, but if just felt really forced, and the resolution of FF/Char's "being" felt...lacking.
Then you have Riddhe, who basically goes off on a murderous rampage...because a 16 year old girl rejects a 23 year old man? And then suddenly he gets over that and everyone just accepts him back like normal after all the crazy gak he did?
His rage is due to his family's involvement with the Box and the fact that Zabi, someone who ahould understand his plifht rejected him. His rage is amplified due to the nature of the Psychoframe throughout the Banshee Norn, which feeds off the emotions of the pilot (see Marida when she piloted it, and Banagher in tje Unicorn when he fought againat thr suit activsting the NT-D. His change goes back to the death of Marida Cruz. She, having awoken her newtype potential got to give people a final goodbye. She calmed him down, but the Arghama accepting him back without incident is weak writing I'll admit, but I guess it was just a simple fact they needed allies.
The whole thing just felt really weird. I mean, I could get him being butthurt maybe, but murderous rampage butthurt? And then everyone just being like "it's cool bro, we're good" was odd, Riddhe came off very poorly as a character.
Then you get into the Unicorn itself, and how it suddenly sprouts Crystals, and the plot veers super strong onto this "divine newtype power" that can block gigantic particle cannons at the last minute, and all sorts of other similar things.
the only thing I can attribute the crystals to is an overloading of the unicorn's psycoframe, which makes sense since the frame amplifies thoughts, and an awoken newtype like Banagher could probably overload the system, but they missed out on just killing Banagher there (though they almost did)
It was just weird, it just wasn't anything shown anywhere else, and one would think after a demonstration of Newtype power like that it would have made a far larger impression on following UC-era events that this would seemingly set the stage for, but doesn't. It was just really hamfisted in at the last minute, a DeusEx Machina cop-out of the first order, that should seemingly reflect on subsequent events (you'd think a Mobile Suit sprouting crystals and stopping a strategic superweapon firing across the solar system would be a big deal), but doesn't appear to mean anything for later UC events. I get that on some level this is because most of those later events are older material too, but it just makes the hamfisting of that sort of thing really awkward. You could kind of pass it off in Char's Counterattack given that they had dozens of mobile suits rushing to stop Axis, and even the Neo-Zeon forces joined in to help, and that event could be rationalized a number of ways, but this was just a lot harder to pass off as anything but some sort of Newtype "superpower" basically
Likewise, with the "Box" itself...the clause at the center of the whole thing...they never explain why it was removed to become a scandal in the first place, and, more oddly, how there somehow was *zero* memory of this clause anywhere else but on a monument? Nobody made data backups, the clause wasn't discussed in endless committees by thousands of people, nobody else had heard or seen this clause except right before it was lasered onto a monument? Really?
This could have been better thought out, but here's why it makes sense: Earth sent people to space to depopulate the planet, those that went up in space were considered second class citizens, and Earth ruled over them to the point of oppression (This allowed factions like Zeon to rise). People in space begin to hate Earth and eventually we get the One Year War. The clause's existence basically said "Hey we're sorry for doing this to you, but if our gakky actions lead you all to having a space adapted species of humanity, you get priority in the government" This was signed and ratified, making it legal. By revealing the original charter, it would remove the legitimacy of the Federation, and even more so if they could prove Newtypes were a space adapted version of humanity. This would allow the colonies to create their own governments, and would keep Zeon around as a full government beyond the 100UC mark. Why no one had memory of the charter? Can't say, unless everyone involved was on the Laplace when it blew up at the beginning of the series.
Apparently this all gets fleshed out a bit more in the manga the OVA is based on. The Laplace incident (the terrorism attack in the beginning of the series) was carried out by Syam Vist at the request of George Marcenas (Riddhe's grandfather?) basically to kill Ricardo Marcenas, first PM of the Federation, and to put a pro-Earth government in place. With the original charter gone, George replaced all versions of it with the one missing the last article from the original charter. If Syam had not found the original charter, this series would never have happened lol.
Aye, they just never really explain why it was removed in the first place (at least in the show) or give any detail on that, and you'd think something like that would be immediately noticed by a gargantuan number of people as the charter couldn't have simply been written and agreed to only just when they were creating a gigantic monument for it (for which there was also apparently tons of cameras recording and transmitting everything as everything was being laser-etched)
Also, sorry if it sounds like I'm arguing with you, I just didn't get to discuss Unicorn much when I finished it a few weeks ago, so this is the first time I've been able to kinda purge all this info. Sorry you didn't like it, but you like 0083, so you can't have terrible tastes in Gundam shows
It's all good
darkcloud92 wrote: I can definitely agree that the ending was less spectacular than I was hopping, from a story standpoint at least. The action in the finale, and throughout the whole series was phenomenal! But I was hopping for more story, like they needed more episodes. Still better than 90% of the Gundam series made though. If I had to make a top few it would be
08th MS Team
Gundam Unicorn
Gundam Seed/Seed Destiny
0083 Stardust Memories
We'll wait on Iron Blooded Orphans to see if it can place
I haven't watched Seed/Destiny in a while (though I remember *really* not liking the secondary ZAFT protagonist they put into Destiny), but 08th MS team was pretty solid (particularly the Norris Packard fight scene "Hell yeah, I'll totally fight 3 Gundams at once...and win"), I think 0083 is my favorite Gundam series pretty much ever (plus the animation was just great, with that "Top Gun" feel and the relatively realistic military vibe), 0080 was also pretty good (with enough "grimdark realism" to break up the little kid scenes). Gundam Wing was another good one that I liked a lot, though haven't seen it in quite a while.
Turn A was *really* weird. Zeta was ok, ZZ was...awful, once it got to "Space Aztec Ninjas" I just gave up. The new "Origin" OVA's are interesting. Char's Counterattack was...ok, but suffered some of the problems of Unicorn. F91 was cool. I know that I watched Victory Gundam but honestly can't remember...anything about it, likewise with Gundam X. 00 was pretty cool but also ended...rather weirdly. The original MSG was, well, a product of its time, that late 70's weirdness, hard to watch in today's day and age (like watching old 70's/80's era Doctor Who episodes), it has its own weirdness (Lalah-Sune craziness and all) but some pretty cool stuff as well (particularly towards the end).
Vaktathi wrote: Did they explain that somewhere? I may entirely have missed it, I just don't remember that.
They dance around it in the series. They refer to him as the Seconding Coming of Char, he looks like Char down to the scar he received from Amuro during their swordfight (though in the novel Full Frontal gave himself that scar), but Full Frontal refers to himself as a vessel instead of a person, so he's not really a people, but most likely a clone/Cyber Newtype like Marida. The novel says that Full Frontal is a clone of Char, but the OVA doesn't really go into that information.
Aye, but ultimately they're both after freedom for the "Spacenoids", it seemed weird that Full Frontal (also...*really* awkward name, was basically expecting him to roll around wearing a helmet and nothing else with a name like that) would be willing to kill Bernargher and Mineva over it when their way could work just as well as his (and, IIRC, he seems to acknowledge as much?), seemingly wanting to fight just for the sake of the fight, which, ok I guess I can understand that, but if just felt really forced, and the resolution of FF/Char's "being" felt...lacking.
I agree, I felt like it might have been better had Full Frontal been someone completely new, and not a literal Char clone.
The whole thing just felt really weird. I mean, I could get him being butthurt maybe, but murderous rampage butthurt? And then everyone just being like "it's cool bro, we're good" was odd, Riddhe came off very poorly as a character.
Ya F91 was really interesting, but I'm upset that they just went for the movie. You have to read the manga to get the full story :/ Also there are a lot of good UC era mangas out there, so I would super encourage reading some of those
Vaktathi wrote: Did they explain that somewhere? I may entirely have missed it, I just don't remember that.
They dance around it in the series. They refer to him as the Seconding Coming of Char, he looks like Char down to the scar he received from Amuro during their swordfight (though in the novel Full Frontal gave himself that scar), but Full Frontal refers to himself as a vessel instead of a person, so he's not really a people, but most likely a clone/Cyber Newtype like Marida. The novel says that Full Frontal is a clone of Char, but the OVA doesn't really go into that information.
Interesting, was there any other cloning stuff in UC Gundam shows? Exploring where FF came from would have helped.
darkcloud92 wrote: Ya F91 was really interesting, but I'm upset that they just went for the movie. You have to read the manga to get the full story :/ Also there are a lot of good UC era mangas out there, so I would super encourage reading some of those
From what I recall, F91 was supposed to be a full 52 episode series, and they wrote the first like twelve or thirteen episodes, but had some sort of internal staff problems and the project floundered, so they re-wrote it as a single film. I haven't watched in in many years, I remember the ending also being somewhat odd, but the animation, sound, and suit designs I remember being fantastic.
Anime Club Update, episode Seven
Seven Deadly Sins: ITs awesome
No. :the two main leads kissed, and it was yaoi as feth
Noragami: Yukine is literally the worst character even
Your Lie in April: THE FEELS
Tatami Galaxy, the main character decides, rather than having sex with the drunk co-ed, he steals his best friends sex doll, plans to make a life with it, have kids. but not before listening to his Johnny telling him to have sex with the co-ed
hotsauceman1 wrote: Anime Club Update, episode Seven Seven Deadly Sins: ITs awesome No. :the two main leads kissed, and it was yaoi as feth Noragami: Yukine is literally the worst character even Your Lie in April: THE FEELS Tatami Galaxy, the main character decides, rather than having sex with the drunk co-ed, he steals his best friends sex doll, plans to make a life with it, have kids. but not before listening to his Johnny telling him to have sex with the co-ed
Noragami, or Noragami Aragato? Because Yukine is terrible in the former. Which makes sense, because he's still a kid, who still is coming into grips with the afterlife. Could be worse though. He could be Shinji
I mean seriously. Has there ever been a protagonist more unlikable than this guy? At least certain persons previously mentioned learned a lesson at some point in their show that made them better people by the end. This guy just starts off a dick and goes nowhere but down from there!
Vaktathi wrote: Did they explain that somewhere? I may entirely have missed it, I just don't remember that.
They dance around it in the series. They refer to him as the Seconding Coming of Char, he looks like Char down to the scar he received from Amuro during their swordfight (though in the novel Full Frontal gave himself that scar), but Full Frontal refers to himself as a vessel instead of a person, so he's not really a people, but most likely a clone/Cyber Newtype like Marida. The novel says that Full Frontal is a clone of Char, but the OVA doesn't really go into that information.
Interesting, was there any other cloning stuff in UC Gundam shows? Exploring where FF came from would have helped.
They did explore it for a bit in ZZ, but no one saw that! In ZZ there is a young newtype named Elpeo Ple, she eventually dies in the series, but they clone her and introduce a cyber newtype named Ple Two. This carries on into Unicorn with the character Marida Cruz, who is Ple Twelve. But otherwise, they don't really get too much into cloning. The list is basically Ple Two, Marida, all the other Ple clones, Full Frontal, a clone of Char that only existed in a novel and radio drama, and Glemy Toto. Glemy created the clones in ZZ, but apparently is rumored to be a clone Gihren Zabi.
LordofHats wrote:Could be worse indeed. He could be this guy;
I mean seriously. Has there ever been a protagonist more unlikable than this guy? At least certain persons previously mentioned learned a lesson at some point in their show that made them better people by the end. This guy just starts off a dick and goes nowhere but down from there!
I have not gotten to SEED Destiny yet, soo... I'll keep this feth on my radar.
hotsauceman1 wrote: Anime Club Update, episode Seven
Seven Deadly Sins: ITs awesome
No. :the two main leads kissed, and it was yaoi as feth
Noragami: Yukine is literally the worst character even
Your Lie in April: THE FEELS
Tatami Galaxy, the main character decides, rather than having sex with the drunk co-ed, he steals his best friends sex doll, plans to make a life with it, have kids. but not before listening to his Johnny telling him to have sex with the co-ed
Noragami, or Noragami Aragato?
Because Yukine is terrible in the former. Which makes sense, because he's still a kid, who still is coming into grips with the afterlife.
Could be worse though. He could be Shinji
Noragami
And Im not gonna feel sorry for a kid who steals from charity.
Soladrin wrote: I just googled gundam seed bitch. First link was Flay's wiki. I am pleased.
Also, Athrun is way more interesting then Kira.
Spoiler:
I can't help but feel like she was Shinn's prototype. A character who literally does nothing but feth things up and be unlikable that the writers of the series seem to constantly want us to feel sorry for? Sounds like Shinn to me
hotsauceman1 wrote: Anime Club Update, episode Seven Seven Deadly Sins: ITs awesome No. :the two main leads kissed, and it was yaoi as feth Noragami: Yukine is literally the worst character even Your Lie in April: THE FEELS Tatami Galaxy, the main character decides, rather than having sex with the drunk co-ed, he steals his best friends sex doll, plans to make a life with it, have kids. but not before listening to his Johnny telling him to have sex with the co-ed
Noragami, or Noragami Aragato? Because Yukine is terrible in the former. Which makes sense, because he's still a kid, who still is coming into grips with the afterlife. Could be worse though. He could be Shinji
Noragami And Im not gonna feel sorry for a kid who steals from charity.
Oh, is that it? He does worse Lets just say Yato's gonna have a bad time. Which, by extension, means Yukine will have a bad time.
Ah yes, Shinn Asuka, that was the guy I was remembering. What the actual feth were the writers thinking with that character, he's one of the protagonists, but they go out of their way to make him a whiny self entitled brat that goes out of his way to make you actively hate him. Awful, awful writing.
Turn A was *really* weird. Zeta was ok, ZZ was...awful, once it got to "Space Aztec Ninjas" I just gave up.
The first bit of ZZ is pretty WTF, I won't argue with that, but I think you quit a couple of episodes before it started getting good and much less goofy. Personally, I'd rate the show from the Earth drop onwards as being my favourite of the first four Gundams.
Man, really disappointed with the last episode of Noragami Aragoto
Spoiler:
All that build up and all those cliff hangers, but in the end nothing really changes. Bishamon learns a lesson and now Yukine can become 2 swords instead of 1, but not enough impact was made on the plot to justify that 6 episode story arc
^I'll have to give it a try once I'm done slogging through SAOII. There are some pretty neat parts, and like the first season/series parts I don't care for as much. Still, more entertaining to me than some of the stuff I've watched recently. Don't feel like I've wasted my time or anything.
I gotta say though... if Kirito's harem gets much bigger, he's gonna have to convert it to a raid.
I’m most of the way through 7 deadly sins, am enjoying it.
I think overall SAO2 was more consistent the the first series. The first series was very good in the first half, but the second half was actively bad IMHO. While SAO2 is not as good as the first half or the first season, it’s much better then the second half, and maintains a decent level of quality throughout.
I’m also watching Durarara, it’s a little hard to keep up with who’s who, and what tangled plot they are involved with a/o know about. Also a little grim in spots. But overall worth watching.
I don't mind Kirito's harem, because it's not so blatant as others and there is the clear acknowledged "winner" and no one tries to usurp her. What I hate is the rest of Kirito's over the top Mary Sue-ness that they really crank up to eleven in the second season.
AduroT wrote: I don't mind Kirito's harem, because it's not so blatant as others and there is the clear acknowledged "winner" and no one tries to usurp her. What I hate is the rest of Kirito's over the top Mary Sue-ness that they really crank up to eleven in the second season.
While not 11, he's always been pretty bad from a Mary-Sue POV. As a protagonist, I’m not fond of him at all. The overall story and supporting characters I do quite enjoy though.
Yeah the Mary-Sue-ness was pretty rough. Nobody can beat the dodge game (basically same thing as that quarters-on-a-shelf-hope-yours-knocks-a-pile-off-game) because they rely on a game mechanic that makes things easier to dodge. Kirito's answer? feth your noob-centric cheater mechanics, I'll fly that gak manual (fuggin Tanikaze... they should totally hang out), and then go on to play in the biggest gun-game competition with a SWORD. Bwahaha. He does get marks for both his sheer audacity AND having a light saber though.
The only thing that bothers me about the pseudo-harem is that he's hogging probably half of the chicks that even play ALO. From what I could tell at the BoB, he stole the only good female player from GGO to add to his ALO harem. Spread the love around dude... And all Klein can do is hang out and wish they'll all stop pining after Kirito (well or find a lady his age as he's what 6-7 years older than the rest of them?).
SAO II was definitely more consistent than SAO I, but I felt like the Gun Gale Online arc was very abrupt and rushed. That honestly could have been expanded into a full 26 episode story arc and been much better for it.
The whole story line with Yuki and Asuna though. My god damn feels...
@GrimDork- you don't seem to understand that Klein is part of the Harem! He's the token dude. Though, by that metre, he's also the first one that Kirito met so anime logic dictates that he's the one Kirito ends up with at the end.
GrimDork wrote: Yeah the Mary-Sue-ness was pretty rough. Nobody can beat the dodge game (basically same thing as that quarters-on-a-shelf-hope-yours-knocks-a-pile-off-game) because they rely on a game mechanic that makes things easier to dodge. Kirito's answer? feth your noob-centric cheater mechanics, I'll fly that gak manual (fuggin Tanikaze... they should totally hang out), and then go on to play in the biggest gun-game competition with a SWORD. Bwahaha. He does get marks for both his sheer audacity AND having a light saber though.
The only thing that bothers me about the pseudo-harem is that he's hogging probably half of the chicks that even play ALO. From what I could tell at the BoB, he stole the only good female player from GGO to add to his ALO harem. Spread the love around dude... And all Klein can do is hang out and wish they'll all stop pining after Kirito (well or find a lady his age as he's what 6-7 years older than the rest of them?).
And then they go back to ALO, where him and his personal friends get to run a top end dungeon, find TWO legendary one of a kind weapons, alter the landscape of the game, and then the dungeon falls apart so no other player ever gets to even See it, much less try to run it.
To be fair, they don't usually do dungeon runs- and I feel like ALO (and a lot of those games) are trying to set up more dynamic worlds, with the big raids being one-off and having consequences. At least, that's what I'd do if I had a supercomputer system capable of that level of simulation.
I'm almost done with Gundam X, this story is all over the place. I mean I didn't quite figure out/learn what the villains' plans were until episode 36! Ugh. The series has been very good, but man it has felt disjointed the whole time.
I'll give it to Kirito towards the end of the second season, while he did help out in no small way, he did step aside and let Asuna have the spotlight for several episodes. He had to swing by and flex is OP once or twice but he was pretty well behaved about it. Getting her own arc kind of makes up for the crap Asuna had to go through at the end of the first season too.
Much feels at the end. Do we suspect there is more of this to come? Certainly they could easily come up with more for the characters to do, though the end of season 2 was endy enough to be done too.
Alfndrate wrote: I'm almost done with Gundam X, this story is all over the place. I mean I didn't quite figure out/learn what the villains' plans were until episode 36! Ugh. The series has been very good, but man it has felt disjointed the whole time.
Yeah, that was my experience, I don't remember it being bad, but just not really memorable.
reiner wrote: Been really digging Iron Blooded Orphans so far, but dreading a Simon/Kamina corollary. Hoping for a slick MG Barbatos kit
I think during the announcements they announced a 1/100 kit (normal scale for MG) but the price makes it look more like a HG. BUT the currently released Barbatos kit is really good for a HG. It's practically a RG, with lots of little options for weapons and armor configurations.
And it's like 10 bucks, so not too shabby
Edit: Finished Gundam X, and now I have to figure out which series to watch next. I'm thinking 0083: Stardust Memory.
So, Noragami is kinda meh.
I can care less for no. 6. I mean, why the hell does it interesting story like that have to involve yaoi every 5 seconds?
I want to binge all of seven deadly sins. But I want to be surprised when I watch it with the anime club.
Finally, I hate Tatami glaxy. I dont care if it is "artsy" its just bad.
Spent today and probably tomorrow catching up on IBO and OPM. IBO keeps getting better and even the side characters outside of Tekkadan are compelling.
LordofHats wrote:I also got the Simon/Kamina feels of Mikazuki and Orga. And this is Gundam. People have a tendency to die
A universal truth of that multiverse , unfortunately.
Alfndrate wrote:
reiner wrote: Been really digging Iron Blooded Orphans so far, but dreading a Simon/Kamina corollary. Hoping for a slick MG Barbatos kit
I think during the announcements they announced a 1/100 kit (normal scale for MG) but the price makes it look more like a HG. BUT the currently released Barbatos kit is really good for a HG. It's practically a RG, with lots of little options for weapons and armor configurations.
And it's like 10 bucks, so not too shabby
Edit: Finished Gundam X, and now I have to figure out which series to watch next. I'm thinking 0083: Stardust Memory.
I've been digging the RG kits from build fighters quite a bit, but I like the larger scale for detail and posibility. But I'll check em both out I recall enjoying 0083, so have fun on that.
Alfndrate wrote:Spent today and probably tomorrow catching up on IBO and OPM. IBO keeps getting better and even the side characters outside of Tekkadan are compelling.
I would agree. The Turbines piqued my interest immediately.
I'm not especially digging it. A lot of unnecessary groping, weird child/adolescent yet not character(s?) and some really impressive violence that hasn't managed to yield any fatalities so far (just a few episodes in). Throw in the talking pig and I dunno...not in love. Probably slog out a few more episodes just for lack of something else though.
Love me some 0083, it really is a series where the bad guys are really the stars of the show, persevering through skill, determination, ruthlessness and desperation against a foe (the good guys) who generally outguns and massively outnumber them. The animation was great too, really well done.
I'm taking a Gundam break to watch Revolutionary Girl Utena. Once this show about lesbians, cars, and fighting (at least that's what I think it's all about) I'll return to Gundam.
Anvildude wrote: RGU is one of the big classics. Good on ya for watching- just watch out, because it has some deeper themes than you'd initially think.
Cyporean has been pushing me to watch it for like five months now. The release of the blurays has prompted me to seek it out.
GrimDork wrote: I'm not especially digging it. A lot of unnecessary groping, weird child/adolescent yet not character(s?) and some really impressive violence that hasn't managed to yield any fatalities so far (just a few episodes in). Throw in the talking pig and I dunno...not in love. Probably slog out a few more episodes just for lack of something else though.
The random groping does fade as things progress from lighthearted/silly to a bit more serious. I agree that it’s unnecessary. You can have a leach of a main character without going over into what amounts to sexual assault.
The hyper-violence with no body count is due to the fact that the knights are basically superheroes.
Talking pig? Not for much for that besides just saying “It’s anime” and rolling your eyes. I’ve watched worse cute talking animal sidekicks.
Anvildude wrote: RGU is one of the big classics. Good on ya for watching- just watch out, because it has some deeper themes than you'd initially think.
Cyporean has been pushing me to watch it for like five months now. The release of the blurays has prompted me to seek it out.
My wife sat me down to watch that series a few years back. She'll be glad to know it was re-released. It's definitely an odd trip, but I enjoyed it.
Speaking of 7DS, Japan police just arrested two Chinese nationals for copyright violations. Apparently someone was selling them raws of upcoming chapters days before normal release and those raws were being uploaded to websites for scanlation groups.
Watched Jin Roh again. I forgot the ending was such a downer.
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(For those who don't know about it and don't want to watch the video and be spoiled, Jin Roh is about an alternate reality where Germany took over Japan after WW2, and antiterror operations are enforced by power-armoured cops with MG-42s. The animation is really great, and so is the story)
-> This is spoiler-free
EDIT : And the soundtrack. Holy gak the soundtrack. I'm drooling.
Ya idk if I can get behind it. It was cool when I was like 7 but idk about now. I can't even watch it for nostalgia since the characters voices aren't in English
Almost plowed through the first third of Kuroko no Basket. It's strange. I started watching it thinking it would be something boring. I'm actually kind of enjoying it.
Also might be looking into Digimon Tri, since I got interested in it recently, but... ugh, the animation kind of bugs me a bit. Worst comes to worst, it's a nice excuse to try watching the entire Digimon series.
I always enjoy force feeding anime to my wife. She's been knitting a blanket and watching Cutthroat Kitchen on Netflix. Got sick of the horrible scripted lines, took her mouse, and started playing the first episode of Shokugeki no Souma.
Just finished GJ Club on Crunchyroll. It's a cute little 12 episode only guy in the club of do-nothings kinda show, and was very enjoyable and fun at being what it was.
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Had a really good ending, too, in my opinion, which you kinda expect from a high school anime, but was still nice.
Plot progression? In Berserk? Preposterous. Everyone knows Berserk is trapped in an infinity loop and the plot never moves forward, least it shatter the space time continuum
Grey Templar wrote:Damn, been so long since I watched Berserk I'm gonna have to recap just because there was some progression!
Vaktathi wrote:Oh jesus I don't think I've watched Berzerk since...oh god I was an undergrad, maybe a high schooler.
Wow.
On another note, One Punch Man, any thoughts? I've been tempted to check it out.
This is the manga I'm talking about, the anime just featured the "Golden Age Arc" which while containing lots of awesome stuff leaves out all.of the cool stuff Guts did after the Eclipse.
One Punch Man is by far the best anime this season.
Vaktathi wrote: Oh jesus I don't think I've watched Berzerk since...oh god I was an undergrad, maybe a high schooler.
Wow.
On another note, One Punch Man, any thoughts? I've been tempted to check it out.
One punch man: all of the yes. It's the best show of the season, probably year IMO. But then I also love the manga. It's hilarious and hands down the best animated show since space dandy.
Finished 7 deadly sins. It was more entertaining that I gave it credit for at first though...
Spoiler:
As expected, nobody with a name died. At all. Ever. The pig is now a direct analog to Coulson from the Avengers/Agents of Shield. He died to get the team riled but was allowed to come back for virtually un-explainable reasons. Now... are we gonna get a spin-off 7 deadly sins: Order of Scraps Disposal?
It did a lot of dumb things that shows of its type do, but it was moderately entertaining while doing so. So it gets a pass.
So Clannad, the visual novel, has been released in English (on Steam for those interested). My twitter timeline has had a few people playing through it. I saw this mod and had myself a good chuckle.
So, No. 6 ended with an incomprehensible ending, and the main character has a USB that he says will explain everything.
Then destroys it.
Tatami Galaxy, UGH. that anime.
I have finally finished one of the strangest anime I have ever seen; The Mystic Archives of Dantalian .
The anime IS beautiful. It's set after World War I, something of a rarity, one of the main characters is a war veteran Air Force Pilot, another huge rarity. The backgrounds, the characters, everything looks (and sounds) beautiful with an amazing attention to detail, the production values look out of this world. Heck, I don't remember another anime that completely changed it's art style for a single episode (and I don't mean "looks like crap" like the famous Gurren Lagann's ep 4 (and KLK's)) all because of the story:
This is how it usually looks:
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This is episode 9, it looks something out of Studio Ghibli:
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The McGuffin of this anime are "Phantom Books", books that shouldn't exist in our world, for the knowledge they contain, shouldn't be known, this means it will be some kind of "magic" stored in myths, legends, poems, texts and all kinds of beautiful things that make me feel like an uncultered swine for not knowing 99% of them. It's rather odd how every single person they encounter seem to know about these damned books and what they contain, it's as if lowliest of peasant spent his life reading, nevermind the rich.
Even the OP and ED are stunning. The OP is a beautiful, beautiful piece, but the ED? The ED is kinda like the anime, unique. It's amazing how unique it is. It's creepy. It's disturbing. It's fantastic, I love it.
OP:
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ED:
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And the strangest thing of them all? It leads to NOTHING. Absolutely zero, zip, nada. This is what makes me say this is one VERY strange anime. All the episodes are that, episodes, there's no big connection between any of them, no big plot when it IS screaming for it. This is also pisses me off a bit, the promisse of an amazing plot was there, but nope, I only get one lame final episode that felt rushed. Hell, 2 characters I absolutely loved only show up in one episode (ok, and VERY briefly in other) and that's it.
Still, it was a very different and beautiful experience.
TheDraconicLord wrote: I have finally finished one of the strangest anime I have ever seen.
Is this even a thing? In the encyclopedic knowledge you have of anime this is the strangest anime you've seen. I'm fairly certain you've seen hundreds if not thousands of anime and anime is known for being weird. This has to be the weirdest effing thing I will ever see then should I choose to watch it.
I have finally decided to give One Punch Man another try. I have watched ep 2 and 3 and ... I gave up. I seriously don't seem to be able to enjoy this one
Holy feth Revolutionary Girl Utena is one of the most fethed up anime I've seen from a perspective that ain't nobody "okay".
It is a slow paced show, but its good, real good.
Edit: I've torn through episodes 21-33 today/tonight... And I don't think I've seen a more fethed anime... LIke it's not gory, it's not violent (it has some combat), it's not vulgar, but every character is flawed in an extreme way, and no one is going to have a happy ending and yet... It's so good. It really speeds up after the Black Rose arc gets going.
If you haven't seen this show, or it's been a long time since you have give it another visit.
TheDraconicLord wrote: I have finally decided to give One Punch Man another try. I have watched ep 2 and 3 and ... I gave up. I seriously don't seem to be able to enjoy this one
TheDraconicLord wrote: I have finally decided to give One Punch Man another try. I have watched ep 2 and 3 and ... I gave up. I seriously don't seem to be able to enjoy this one
WTF HOW?!
You know, I have thought about it, and I have 3 conclusions:
- The lack of any apparent plot. I don't like the whole "LOL, he destroys everything with one punch!" nor do I find it funny. If it's to be episodic / plot-less, I prefer either something relaxing like Non Non Biyori, or a murder mystery / investigation like the "The Mystic archives of Dantalian".
- The MC. I dislike Saitama. He's an idiot. A very strong idiot, but an idiot. He reminds me of Luffy. My favorite One Piece character is Akainu for a reason.
- I dislike the gore in this show. Yep, as strange as it sounds, I find it very distasteful. I like a good ol' violent fight and death (in fact, I even rejoiced when a certain character was being stabbed over and over and over again in Overlord), but I dislike watching insides being splattered on the walls. There's a reason I refuse to watch SAW and other gore-y movies.
There gets to be more plot flow and character development as the show progresses. Saitama may be an airhead, but he's also shown some very profound and insightful character.
AduroT wrote: There gets to be more plot flow and character development as the show progresses. Saitama may be an airhead, but he's also shown some very profound and insightful character.
Lies
...
Jk, I personally did not like the show either. The plot that existed wasn't of interest to me and the personality that they give to the MC didn't interest me much either. If I had seen this show in highschool or middleschool I would probably have enjoyed it (Like I did DBZ, FairyTail, Naruto). Fighting series and Shonen rarely appeal to me nowadays
I like One Punch Man. Who ever is doing Iron Blooded Orphans is getting mailed a fething medal. I want to try that Mystic Archives one, because after over two years of accumulated watching hours, I'm a jaded bastard.
As a side note I desperately want the Gundam + Jazz music that's forth coming.
Oh and I finished Overlord, like twenty minutes ago. Moar.
Ok, im watchin Death PArade again.....and im realizing how stupid and unable they are to make it make sense
1: A human cannot be judged by another human only by an arbiter. Ok. Makes sense, kinda
2: Arbiters cannot have emotions, but they clearly do. One has fun, a human emotion, one is bored, a human emotion, another gets angry. and EMOTION
3: How is old maid supposed to bring thr worst out of humanity?
4: So, sense humans can judge humans, arbiters must, but they just make arbiters, with not concept of who a human is, what they do, and why they are there. Given one training session, then are set to see if souls get destroyed or reincarnated. My summer job had more in depth training then that.
5: How do they get stuff from the human world? HOW!!!!!!!
6: why is a being older than jesus is reading a book for 5 year olds
7: how does a mannequin eat food?
Oh! As an aside, that I know most of you don't care about, Kantai collection is confirmed for a second season, and a film next year. Not sure if that's previously been reported.
For now though, give me the new Gate! Come on next season!
I tried to get thaton the Anime Club Roster, but they created a new rule on the spot for it. No Waifu bait shows.
Also, we have a new unofficial rule in the club. No. 6 will never be allowed on the roster again. IT is on the short list of banned anime.
I'm just going to go sit in this corner and cry for a while. If you like shoujo shows, magical girl shows, shows with a strong psychological feel, then you will probably enjoy Revolutionary Girl Utena.
As someone that was a casual anime fan that knew of Evangelion, I've never heard of Utena until two friends started to suggest I watch it, it is kind of weird that Evangelion was the show that has stuck with so many anime fans over the years when I feel that what people say Eva has done, Utena has done better...
Note: I've only watched 3 episodes of Evangelion, so I'm going off of my biased opinions of the show and what I've heard others say about Eva.
You need to really watch the rest of Eva mate. Utena and Eva are both classics with good cause (Utena is badly in need of a Sailor Moon Crystal style remake imho) both are psychological/cerebral shows.
Oh. Speaking of KanColle. Finished one of my newer cosplays.
Hanging out with the Major.
Theoretically we're both commissioned officers of the Fictional Japanese uniformed services right?
Speaking of Cosplay.Im planning on doing one. Anyone know a good kinda bigger character?
I was thinking Kingpin, but I wont wanna walk around the hall in a white suit.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: You need to really watch the rest of Eva mate. Utena and Eva are both classics with good cause (Utena is badly in need of a Sailor Moon Crystal style remake imho) both are psychological/cerebral shows.
So I tried to give Eva a shot, but there were probably a few factors as to why I didn't proceed farther than I did.
1) I can't stand Shinji as a character, and if I can't stand the MC of a show I tend to drop it
2) Some of the writing seemed really bad, like it was trying to be cerebral just to be cerebral instead of creating those feelings naturally through the course of the show
3) It's a historical piece at this point. It doesn't hold up when compared to other anime from its time, so you have to really want to watch it to get through it
4) I will admit that there was some hesitance because of how much a pedestal that people placed this show on that I didn't think that it could live up to that hype.
5) Most of the people that I know that greatly enjoyed it were at the appropriate age for when Evangelion would resonate with viewers. To me, as a 26 year old guy, Shinji was just a whiny teenager that didn't want to leave his childhood safety net. It's part of the same reason I had trouble teaching Catcher in the Rye for my student teaching course. I couldn't identify with Holden, and thus it made it difficult for me to pass that on to my students (It should be noted I had not read Catcher in the Rye until I had to teach it).
Eva is still on my list of shows to watch, and Utena probably placed me in the appropriate mindset to go back and watch it.
1: You are not meant to like him. Not even sympathize with him
2: Yeah
3:Yeah
4:That pedastal is unduly deserved, especially after it came out that all the christian imagery was used willy nilly with no real purpose behind it.
5: I never liked holden caulfield. I always felt he was meant to be a scathing indictment of whiny self rightous teenagers.
Adults aren't supposed to like Holden, and.by the same.logic, adults aren't supposed to like Shinji. A teenager going through the same gak as Shinji (dealing with his urges, feelings towards his parents, the responsibility that is being thrust on him because he's older, etc.. will identify with Shinji and hopefully they will understand that sometimes you have to get in the fething robot.
Side note for KM: The Utena Blurays are fantastic, the show does not need a Crystal type update. It just needs a good marketing plan to let people know it exists.
I'd say watch the Evangelion movies instead of the series- basically the same premise, all the important bits, but with updated animation, and without the episode-after-episode grind. They were my first introduction to NGE, and I'm rather glad of that. Haven't even seen the series, but I know the story, characters, and basic plotline.
My opinion on evangalion isnt so much that it is a deconstruction of Mech Genre, more of a badly done parody.
With the fake deep imagery, along with the horrible budget problems, aswell as, honestly, the whole "Crazy means their deep characters" kinda characterization, im not in love.
hotsauceman1 wrote: My opinion on evangalion isnt so much that it is a deconstruction of Mech Genre, more of a badly done parody.
With the fake deep imagery, along with the horrible budget problems, aswell as, honestly, the whole "Crazy means their deep characters" kinda characterization, im not in love.
Anno has openly admitted that Evangelion is little more than his masterful trolling of Anime
Doesn't really excite me he's involved in the next Godzilla film XD
hotsauceman1 wrote: My opinion on evangalion isnt so much that it is a deconstruction of Mech Genre, more of a badly done parody.
With the fake deep imagery, along with the horrible budget problems, aswell as, honestly, the whole "Crazy means their deep characters" kinda characterization, im not in love.
Anno has openly admitted that Evangelion is little more than his masterful trolling of Anime
Doesn't really excite me he's involved in the next Godzilla film XD
I would be excited that Shinji Higuchi is also directing it with Anno. While Higuchi doesn't have a lot of credits behind his name. He did direct the live action Attack on Titan film which was fantastic from a special effects point of view, as the Titans were actual people in makeup rather than crappy cgi. So I'm hoping that Anno will deal with the characters while Higuchi deals with the monsters. Also if Anno doesn't tell Higuchi to "get in the fething monster" we've failed as a society.
I didn't think the AoT live movie was that good. Watching the Titans on screen was cool and creepy, with the exception of the Colossal Titan that they ruined, but otherwise the story was much weaker and some stuff like the stealth Titans was stupid.
AduroT wrote: I didn't think the AoT live movie was that good. Watching the Titans on screen was cool and creepy, with the exception of the Colossal Titan that they ruined, but otherwise the story was much weaker and some stuff like the stealth Titans was stupid.
The first film was solid, but I went into expecting giant monster body horror instead of spiderman vs the nudist colony. The second film could have just been added to the first and it would have been a really solid film. Like I said, if Higuchi deals with the monsters I think this film will be good.
Watched the first episode of 'Ore-tachi ni Tsubasa', the first episode of 'Chaos Head' and then the first episode of 'Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo?'
The 2nd show was interesting. I heard chaos head is weird but the girl that has a crush on the main male lead in the first episode seems like a decent catch (in normal circumstances) and the last one has a bunch of annoying chipmunk voice kids but it's ok. There are hot girls in each anime. Would tap black bunny, the ditz waitress in the 2nd anime and probably the girl with the crush in Chaos Head.
So, I'm watching Outbreak Company (finally) and it is astounding to me how much thought was put into world-building for this series. Definitely a pleasant surprise.
Has anyone heard anything about next season, since this one is wrapping up? I know Snow White with Red Hair is finishing up next year, but other than that things seem kinda obscure or are new seasons of other shows.
FacelessMage wrote: And One Punch Man is done for the season.
Great fight music choice.
Here's hoping for an eventual season 2.
They *need* a season 2, OPM was awesome...but it ended so...oddly, feeling very much like it ended on just a random mid-season episode instead of a series finale.
Eh, if I remember correctly from the manga the series changes a lot from "monster of the week" type show to more stuff about the hero's and such. So it's a pretty good end to the starting ramp of the show.
Well, things might be winding down between seasons, but three seasons of Working!!/Wagnaria was time well spent (and further motivation to stay out of the food service industry.)
Soladrin wrote: I need a new streaming site, any suggestions?
KissAnime
For a second, I hoped that meant an anime ABOUT the band kiss :(
Spoiler:
Well, KISS seem kinda big in Japan
On January 28, 2015, Kiss released a collaboration single with the Japanese female idol group Momoiro Clover Z, titled "Yume no Ukiyo ni Saitemina". It was the first time for Kiss to release a collaboration CD with another artist
And the animation feels like Kill la Kill (Can't confirm, but I think Trigger animated it) . What a combo!
Definitely looked Trigger. I mean hell, one of the girls was a spitting image of Mako. Was a little disappointed the song wasn't more recognizably KISS though.
Soladrin wrote: I need a new streaming site, any suggestions?
KissAnime
For a second, I hoped that meant an anime ABOUT the band kiss :(
Spoiler:
Well, KISS seem kinda big in Japan
On January 28, 2015, Kiss released a collaboration single with the Japanese female idol group Momoiro Clover Z, titled "Yume no Ukiyo ni Saitemina". It was the first time for Kiss to release a collaboration CD with another artist
And the animation feels like Kill la Kill (Can't confirm, but I think Trigger animated it) . What a combo!
Seems theres a second "part" to this which has a more KISS feel.
always fun when they do that
(it's the resurrection of frieze one and it's fun)
