Gang/Mafia drama from the point of view of a courier company with lots of super bad arsed gunplay fight scenes. Only 29 episodes long, but been a pretty good watch.
I started watching Mirai Nikki Monday. I was going to wait for the dub but got impatient.
17 episodes in now. I like Yuno. She's the proper off-the-walls-threat-to-all-living-things crazy versus the Shinji Mega Angst or Eccentric odd person crazy I usually see.
Shingeki no Kyojin is what you call a instant classic. As long as it doesn't do anything to terrible like SAO, we will hear about it for years to come form all the little nerdlings as they learn about it.
Infinite Stratos, which kind of seems like a Harem anime masquerading with Mecha elements, but screw it, I like it so far.
I freaking love Infinite Stratos far more then I honestly should. It's the anime equivalent of junk food but it's junk food I enjoy. It's awesome to find other fans in the name of shipping wars. The mecha action is actually pretty solid through out the anime which keeps my interest if the romcom stuff drags on a bit.
Infinite Stratos, which kind of seems like a Harem anime masquerading with Mecha elements, but screw it, I like it so far.
I freaking love Infinite Stratos far more then I honestly should. It's the anime equivalent of junk food but it's junk food I enjoy. It's awesome to find other fans in the name of shipping wars. The mecha action is actually pretty solid through out the anime which keeps my interest if the romcom stuff drags on a bit.
I can agree with that. And the animation is very nice and fluid through the romcom and Mecha action parts.
Also, kind of out of the blue and more from Berserk fans, but is it heretical that I like the movies more than the original anime?
Tanako, the crazy bit is that a lot of the animation is CG. I watched some of the special features included in the DVD box set and it was kinda mind blowing... the English Dub wasn't terrible either. Cecilia had the poshest British accent I've ever wanted to beat out of someone XD
KalashnikovMarine wrote: Tanako, the crazy bit is that a lot of the animation is CG. I watched some of the special features included in the DVD box set and it was kinda mind blowing... the English Dub wasn't terrible either. Cecilia had the poshest British accent I've ever wanted to beat out of someone XD
I do not mind GC animation if it is done well (I have to say Rebuild of Evangelion does GC pretty damn well) and it seems decent in IS. And yeah, it is like Cecilia took Mari Makinami's british accent if she was to have it and added to her already existing british accent. XD ( although I do not mind the dub for IS, and I prefer the Rebuild dub over the Japanese voice actors. Heretical I know. But oh god, Higurashi's dub was bad...).
I enjoyed IS. It does seem to be just another harem anime though. While enjoyable, they are definitely the junk food of anime. I lump it together with shows like Date A Live and horizon on the middle of nowhere. It seems like a nice tasty packet of chips lying between the sweet overload of Moe anime and more savory anime that focus on plot more than character tropes.
Attack on Titan as I take it is a series very much about fear and inadequacy in a world with things much bigger than you. As an art piece its pretty good. As a series though it certainly gets repetitive at times.
At least now its finally trudging along with the story though I dread the crap shot ending we might get since they can't even catch up to the manga at this rate.
If you don't find blood covered psychotic female murder machines in short shorts attractive I just don't know what to say to you.
I mean I question her taste in pistols, 92s? Really? but that's just a long running grudge I have against Beretta talking. Can't argue with results I suppose, like a boat of dead Nazis.
No no, School Days is just a sweet romance novel with brutal over the top yandere psychopaths (reminds me of my ex!) Kemeko DX involves a FLCL DVD, Heroin and... I feth man I have no clue at this point. Very confusing.
Ah I get ya (personally, I think School Days is beyond awful, but that is my honest, humble opinion on it). Although this Kemeko seems slightly interesting.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: I didn't enjoy School Days to be clear. Visual Novel based anime in general tends to be godawful at best.
The first thing I thought was Steins;gate, and then CLANNARD, The fate series. There are some good shows out there made from visual novels. They don't all suck.
Comparing Attack on Titan to mlp just seems wrong the tones are polar opposites. It just seems like troll bait. I don't hate mlp, but no. Meme mixing isn't always a good idea.
Also, watching last weeks episode of Gargatia, the twist made me feel a little sick.
Spoiler:
He just killed kids. holly dam. I felt killing the babes was a little horrid anyway, but when we found out that the whale squids were people anyway, it made me feels just about as sick as Ledo must have felt.
I said tends. There are obviously exceptions. Though I refuse to make one for CLANNAD in my personal lexicon. That anime was more painful then a root canal.
That video was hilarious but only because Indian videos are hilarious already. I don't think the theme fits everything as well as Guile's theme, but it makes things more epic. LOL
Ya I'm not such a fan of the theme, or to amazed by the show yet. I did recently see the hellsing abridged for the first time however, and that was amazing
Because it's not like I'm watching enough shows as it is, I started watching K-ON! I really like it. It's lighthearted, cute, and just what I need after watching so many soul-crushingly depressing animes.
I have to say I'm not too fond of that idea. I also hate to say I'd probaböy prefer it to be done in CGI, like that Advent Children FFVII movie (yes, I ACTUALLY liked that one, if a little).
I also just finished Hellsing Ultimate, as well as the "original" series. Ultimate is probs one of the best animes I've watched.
I just made my own Shingeki opening parody. It sucks and is barely edited, but at least I hopped on the bandwagon!
I used the Dark Souls opening cinematic.
Soladrin wrote: It's like you people are new to the internet...
Nah, I got a 2 week trial from Cyporiean, and after it, I thought... I could scrounge the internet on "reputable" sites and hope to find a decent quality copy of the episode, or I can watch at least 1 episode a night on my xbox (I tend to binge watch my Queue on Tuesday nights) and spend basically less than a quarter a day.
Really digging Valvrave, Gargantia, and Attack on Titan though I'm caught up on the latter 2 series atm, so Valvrave is getting my attention. Out of the 3... Valvrave is currently my favorite simply for the amount of action in my "Large 'mech' combat" itch. Though story wise, Gargantia and Attack on Titan are far better (atm).
Might attempt to find a few more series to binge watch.
What's the diifference between have a premium/guest account vs no account at all? I have ad blocker so I don't get ads from the videos I watch on their site
Also I've never heard of Valveave, il have to check it out. I love my mechs
darkcloud92 wrote: What's the diifference between have a premium/guest account vs no account at all? I have ad blocker so I don't get ads from the videos I watch on their site
Also I've never heard of Valveave, il have to check it out. I love my mechs
With a premium account, you have less wait until an episode is up on Crunchyroll, like I think I got the latest episode of Attack on Titan and Gargantia on like Sunday or Monday (a day or so after release maybe?). There is also simulcasting available but I don't know enough about it to comment on it :(
Having a "standard" account doesn't mean much of anything besides access. Premium access gets you access to videos a week before standard accounts and more options for quality levels in viewing.
Yea. I use just the standard account, just because its cheaper for me. I have all the time to watch anime, but I don't have all the money i could want. I don't think I'll go premium any time soon.
I do give value to copyright laws, based on the intentions that they attempt to uphold at least., so I try to use sites like Daisuki or cruschyroll when ever possible.
BTW, if you have never heard of Daisuki.net, they are just starting up so they have quite limited content, but some of the stuff they plan to put up looks good. You get to vote for the first wave of anime they will stream.
And, no they have a lot of archived older series too?
Yes. Crunchyroll has quite the library, but you can access that free. There's a couple payment options, the "yearly" works out to be the cheapest and it's what I just started doing.
And, no they have a lot of archived older series too?
Yes. Crunchyroll has quite the library, but you can access that free. There's a couple payment options, the "yearly" works out to be the cheapest and it's what I just started doing.
Yes, but for me the 20 bucks every three months was easier to do than the yearly one ...
Oh ok that's pretty cool, and sounds reasonably priced. Especially if you tend to watch a lot of new anime and don't want to wait for other sites to have it uploaded, or have to watch it on low quality.
I don't think I'll ever do it though. I'm fine waiting for multiple episodes to come out, since I don't like watching 1 episode on a week to week basis. i prefer watching multiple at a time lol
It's actually pretty essential to the plot. When that thing happened, I went to scouring the internet to see if there was a manga of the series, and I started reading that. The anime hasn't strayed too differently from the manga.
I think it's going to take a "turn for the better" the last episode seemed to...
SERIOUSLY MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW
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show that Ledo needed to basically continue his mission because while the Hideauze might have been human, they gave up civilization and society to adapt in the way that they did. They may have been human at one point in the past, but they are no longer human, and shouldn't be considered the same.
Though on that note...
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I had forgotten that they were being approached by that "cult" that seemed to worship his commanding officer and/or his mech, I'm pretty interested to see where this goes. I'm assuming the officer (whose name escapes me atm) probably has some twisted psyche now, or has somehow merged with a piece of the Hideauze and has gone bat gak crazy
You guys are driving me nuts. I can't look at anything yet since I watch most of these series a week late.
That's why they're in spoiler tags Though my most recent spoiler has more to do with Valvrave the show as a whole rather than recent episodes. So if you've seen episode... um... 1 of Valvrave my last post isn't a spoiler.
That link is a trip down memory lane. It's a blog that is weekly updated with each week looking at each year in anime since it became a thing. Last week was 1998, which really was a big year.
That link is a trip down memory lane. It's a blog that is weekly updated with each week looking at each year in anime since it became a thing. Last week was 1998, which really was a big year.
and I now understand what you guys mean by episode 10 of Valvrave... feth all... the hell was that.... I don't think it's really trying to ruin any characters like some of you guys said though, all part of what was previously established, even if it went in a COMPLETELY different direction then anticipated.
I had to rewatch that scene to make sure I was seeing what I thought it was seeing... But yeah, after Code Geass and whatever that DNA series was whos name I forget, they've got to up the ante on messing with the characters/viewers.
So I had a thought about episode 10 of Valvrave, the following is an ultra mega spoiler and my theory for how the rest of the show over the remaining two episodes of this season, and the second season will go.
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What we know, there are four valvraves, the pilots are extremely long lived (We see Saki 200 years in the future), and there will be a total of seven pilots ala "the Golden Seven" from the Saki flash forward. We also know that to pilot a valvrave is to surrender your humanity, we thought it was turning Haruto into a vampire, but as we saw he was thirsting for the pleasures of the flesh, not blood. I believe that the machines are more subtle then that, your curse reflects your core motivation for resigning your humanity. A Tarturus style punishment along the lines of Sisyphus and his boulder. A need that will never be quenched. I also think these line up loosely to the seven deadly sins.
Haruto (Valvrave VV-I) - Lust - Haruto entered the cockpit wanting to save and protect those he loved. So he's cursed to be a lust filled monster, and eventually reviled by the one he loves. (Shoko if you haven't caught on yet.)
Saki (Valvrave VVV-IV) - Pride - She wants only to be loved, and so she never will be, alone together, even when she's with Haruto because of his affliction she'll still be disconnected to some extent.
Kyuma (Valvrave VVV-V) - Wrath - Pure, delicious Khorne pleasing revenge at it's absolute finest! Kyuma's soul motivation is to kill in Aina's name. Thus his blood lust will never be sated and what's more, because of the heavy armor of his curse (enough to deflect a siege cannon shot without chipping the paint) he will never be able to die to join her, without suiciding, which he will not be able to bring himself because he knows it was disappoint Aina.
Yamada (Valvrave VVV-III) - Envy (Maybe Greed?) - He craves respect and to be known for his own skills and merits, instead he'll be respect for his machine in the few places where he isn't feared as a force of incredible destruction. The permenant social outcast, who only desired to be accepted and considered an equal of all around him.
Missing Sins:
Gluttony
Sloth
Greed
Remaining Completed Valvraves in the Hangar:
Valvrave VVV-VI (light purple)
Other Valvraves:
One to two incomplete nonfunctioning but offically numbered/designated units deep in the labs of Module 77
Big uplifting speech. It's gonna be tough, I'm not sure I can do this, but damn it I will sure as hell give it my all! This time we will totally beat the Titans! Plan immediately goes wrong. Every. Single. Time.
I think Haruko's issues are going of end up caused by the AI program that only his Valvrave has myself.
Although I like your theory KalashnikovMarine, i think this is going to end up the answer. We know that the program is hungry and I can only wonder where the energy you would need for the Valvraves is coming from. If Haruko is the only one with an AI, it could mean he is the one most strongly effected.
All the effects I listed except Haruto's can be caused just by climbing into the cockpit of one of the Valvraves. We also know for sure that just being a "normal" pilot has strong effects on the human body from Saki's flash forward.
Oh, what did the AI say in episode 10? I have a Really hard time trying to catch the sub titles on her because they come up smaller than the rest and tend to go by quick.
I don't think I can take anymore attack on titan, it's pretty much lost me lol It reminds me a lot of star trek, where every little thing they do seems to have something that goes wrong, it's almost comical
During the... rape that Saki... just kinda... enjoyed? Went with? Either way it made it creepier, the AI was just repeating "sex" over and over again.
Theory related to 10 from a buddy of mine:
Spoiler:
Something is going to come out of that incident connected to the valvraves, there will be personal consequences for Haruto and Saki too, but because the AI was engaged, my buddy is convinced that something will result from that with the AI
Edit: In other news Gargantia has taken some terms I haven't expected at all, I am now eagerly awaiting what should be a fascinating conclusion. Gonna be interesting to see where they go with this.
Just caught up on Gargantia, Attack on Titan, and Valvrave (including ep 10). Currently starting Majestic Prince I need to rewatch ep 1 as I was reading Dakka .
As to the things said by the AI in Valvrave
Spoiler:
At the beginning of the episode when L-Elf punched Haruto in the stomach, the AI was say, "I'm Hungry" and then SEX over and over when he was getting it on with Saki.
And now on to the ideas about Valvrave that Aduro and KM were talking about
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I think that out of all of them, currently the only one that is cursed is Haruto simply because of the fact that it wouldn't be very "entertaining" if ALL of the characters had to deal with the issues that Haruto is facing then they would just spend the episodes dealing with that and we wouldn't get to see much of the story. AduroT I believe nails it on the head, Haruto's valvrave is the only system to implement an AI, and is also the only one that can push itself to the point that it can perform the Harikiri Blade. The others don't seem to be capable of such things.
With that being said, I can certainly see where your points make complete sense within the show, but as a bit of a counter point... Saki, while she loves the attention she gets, she is very reserved when not inside of her valvrave, unlike Haruto she is very much in control of her actions, and doesn't really strive to bring attention to herself outside of combat. But I could be misreading this.
And now so Alph doesn't get mad at the spoilers in this thread . I'm enjoying Majestic Prince, Alph I think you would like it. Atm it's not very slice of life (although I'm only on to episode 2), but it's a meg anime about 5 kids, the worst in their class that get selected for a mission in these "new" mechs? and proceed to kick arse, it's prtty good the main characters seem a little surprised at their actions and the fact that they did so well on this mission.
Edit: In other news Gargantia has taken some terms I haven't expected at all, I am now eagerly awaiting what should be a fascinating conclusion. Gonna be interesting to see where they go with this.
Spoiler:
Attacking Gargantia was something I didn't think of, but once he said it I thought it was stupid cliche and an overly blatant "choose between the past you knew and the present you've learned" type of situation and way too quick for it to happen after meeting the commander. I mean unless they go really weird, it's obvious he'll not attack Gargantia and will instead get an epic showdown vs the commander. I do wonder what Chamber would do though if Ledo tried to fight against the commander...
darkcloud92 wrote: I don't think I can take anymore attack on titan, it's pretty much lost me lol It reminds me a lot of star trek, where every little thing they do seems to have something that goes wrong, it's almost comical
With the knowledge bestowed upon me by the manga, I'd suggest you keep watching. There is A LOT of big stuff about to happen.
I'd say the next... 5? episodes are probably going to be stellar, if I remember my storyline correctly.
darkcloud92 wrote: I don't think I can take anymore attack on titan, it's pretty much lost me lol It reminds me a lot of star trek, where every little thing they do seems to have something that goes wrong, it's almost comical
With the knowledge bestowed upon me by the manga, I'd suggest you keep watching. There is A LOT of big stuff about to happen.
I'd say the next... 5? episodes are probably going to be stellar, if I remember my storyline correctly.
haha ok! : p I mean I'll keep watching it, I was just expecting the story to be a bit different. I also think the artwork is pretty good and unique when it comes to action scenes, but I generally don't like it that much. It works with the show really well and adds to the grim dark feeling, just not a big fan of it.
Majestic Prince is shaping up to be a fine anime, the story is getting pretty interesting with the main enemy, and the characters are starting to come into their own a little, KM you're just picky
Attacking Gargantia was something I didn't think of, but once he said it I thought it was stupid cliche and an overly blatant "choose between the past you knew and the present you've learned" type of situation and way too quick for it to happen after meeting the commander. I mean unless they go really weird, it's obvious he'll not attack Gargantia and will instead get an epic showdown vs the commander. I do wonder what Chamber would do though if Ledo tried to fight against the commander...
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But he's not being asked to attack it, he's asked to be a missionary. The commander has good intentions with his actions but poor exectuion. The issue is, he's trying to bring new people into the fold too fast. It will be tough enough for them to deal with the new members from Pinon's fleet, so brining in the entirety of Gargantia as well? That would be a huge culture shock and an unbeleiveable backlash. The resulting effort would end up being a conflict in with Ledo would have to take sides.....that is if he decides to follow through with this to begin with.
Soladrin wrote: You're not a fan of grimdark............ on a warhammer 40k forum.
I was gonna say that but I felt it would have been a little obvious!
Since this isn't a Warhammer 40K Forum...that's OK!
Heavily Warhammer FaBa and 40k pressured, still.
And we're drifting off the subject, aren't we?
Oh, I did watch Gargantia episode 10 and
Spoiler:
it's not necessarily going to be an attack, since Ledo was told to act out as a missionary. Who knows what happens, though, if Gargantians refuse the new religion...
Hey, sorry about the whole raping you thing... Wanna get married? What? Is this a bad time?
I am still in shock that happened.
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Also what the HELL is with all the rape in my anime this week? Seriously between Valvrave and a few other older series I've been working through... ugh
In other news, the Black Lagoon OVA "Roberta's Blood Trail" is just as freaking awesome as the original two seasons.
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I'd still like to see Revy and Rock DO SOMETHING about each other though. I mean it makes perfect sense they can't, Revy is so fethed in the head that the thought of even a relationship, as much of one as Rock who clearly has his own issues can provide any way, is like asking a fish to breath air.
I claim validation that the commander was making reference to attacking Gargantia! Ledo confirms that's what his intention was right at the beginning of the episode.
The premise of the show is that there are girls academies that have "the art of tank fighting". Many of these schools promote that as the main reason to go to that school. The main character is from a famous family of "Tankery" (this is how Crunchyroll dubs it) women, and has moved from her previous academy to this new one simply because it didn't have a Tankery club. Turns out, the local Student Council knows of her previous education experiences and start up a tank club and get the main character to join. The first season was about getting the club going, and a tournament they entered.
The only problem is that they only created 12 episodes, and at least one or two of them are recap episodes, and the series doesn't seem to be getting a second season but is getting a 2014 theatrical release.
Also AduroT, you might want to add a few sentences before you put a spoiler like you did with Valvrave 11, because that showed up in the preview text when I saw it this weekend. also, probably going to watch my Anime episodes this evening Should just need Majestic Prince (w/e episode I left off on), Valvrave 11, and Gargantia 11. I might pick up some random series too who knows.
The premise of the show is that there are girls academies that have "the art of tank fighting". Many of these schools promote that as the main reason to go to that school. The main character is from a famous family of "Tankery" (this is how Crunchyroll dubs it) women, and has moved from her previous academy to this new one simply because it didn't have a Tankery club. Turns out, the local Student Council knows of her previous education experiences and start up a tank club and get the main character to join. The first season was about getting the club going, and a tournament they entered.
The only problem is that they only created 12 episodes, and at least one or two of them are recap episodes, and the series doesn't seem to be getting a second season but is getting a 2014 theatrical release.
I don't recall any of them being recaps at all in the series. It all progressed at quite a nice pace for the style of story, IMO. Also, for those who have not watched it, the creator is a HUGE tank nut and has incredible technical and operational details put into the story about tank operations in general as well as specific model's strengths and weaknesses/flaws. The show starts out looking like it wants to be moe-moe in the first episode but quickly you realize that "Panzerfahren", as the sub group that I used called it, (another called it Tankwando, which I found amusing) is actually quite awesome and incredibly fun to watch and takes the obvious center stage. If you like tanks and anime, I highly recommend this show.
Nope, there were definitely two recap episodes during the main 12 episode run of the season. It was because the studio couldn't keep up with the weekly release schedule. They then had to make it a 14 episode series and to have the final two episodes air after the following season some months later. Was very annoying. It was a cute series, and while entertaining, I found it predictably cliche in the story telling and plot.
Oh, yes, those, they were recap episodes but they were labeled as such on my trackers and I didn't download them so I never watched them. I definitely have 12 episodes with no recaps.
Just watched the first episode of the new Ghost In The Shell: Arise OVA last night. Looks like its a prequel to the Stand Alone Complex series, or otherwise takes place before SAC and shows how the team got together.
Prediction for end of Arise that spoilers the end of Stand Alone Complex seasons a bit;
Spoiler:
I look forward to seeing how the Logicoma (early version of Tachicoma) is going to heroically sacrifice itself to save the team.
Currently watching Evangelion. Although the story has been pretty thoroughly spoiled for me at this point, it's still an excellent show. The opening is also pretty awesome.
Coolyo294 wrote: Currently watching Evangelion. Although the story has been pretty thoroughly spoiled for me at this point, it's still an excellent show. The opening is also pretty awesome.
Well with something like that, it is not hard to not avoid spoilers because it is so popular (Kind of think how popular and how much a cultural impact Star Wars has on Western culture, and that is what Evangelion is in Japan from how I see it). And I agree, it is a very excellent show, although it does have its flaws that make it a borderline masterpiece to me.
AtariAssasin wrote: Is the new GITS any good? I don't like the animation nearly as much as SAC, so I've been putting it off.
I liked it. Good story. Not entirely sure "who dun it" or why when it was over. So pretty par for the gits course. Animation style and character designs were a bit different than sac but not in a bad way. Was still smoothly animated.
Gonna Marathon the 3 Berserk OVA movies somewhere this week.
Also.. new GITS show? I'll get right on that.
Anyway, watched latest attack on titan yesterday... I kinda give up now... I don't know how they did it, but they have managed to destroy the pacing of this series completely. AND THE MANGA FEELS SO RIGHT. T_T
Wooo! Gargantia 12 was pretty freaking awesome, did not see that coming!
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That a boy Ledo! Kick some tin can ass and go back to the cute brunette with the big blue eyes!
Also Sparrow's Hotel ended and I'm kinda sad about it, it was three weird minutes every week, but I enjoyed those three weird minutes way more then I thought I would.
edit: Attack on Titan's pace is killing me, I'm half expecting the DBZ "charging and nothing else" episodes at this point.
Yeah, happened to check the streaming site one minute after Valvrave was posted last night.
Spoiler:
Nothing Too terribly unexpected with the bad guy. He had previously seemed to know more about and have some connection to the Valvraves than he was letting on.
Magius or whatever they were called... Are they aliens? The Valvraves were suspected of being alien tech early on.
Hermit chick being the fifth pilot was the most unexpected thing. Did not see that one coming. Wonder if shell ever leave the cockpit or if that will be her new hole. I did think it was too conveniently cliche that the hacker chick just happened to end up with a mecha that specializes in hacking the enemy.
AduroT wrote: Yeah, happened to check the streaming site one minute after Valvrave was posted last night.
Spoiler:
Nothing Too terribly unexpected with the bad guy. He had previously seemed to know more about and have some connection to the Valvraves than he was letting on.
Magius or whatever they were called... Are they aliens? The Valvraves were suspected of being alien tech early on.
Hermit chick being the fifth pilot was the most unexpected thing. Did not see that one coming. Wonder if shell ever leave the cockpit or if that will be her new hole. I did think it was too conveniently cliche that the hacker chick just happened to end up with a mecha that specializes in hacking the enemy.
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I agree with you on her getting the hacking Valvrave to be way too convenient, but if you think about it all of the Valvraves in a way have been convenient for whoever ended up piloting that specific valvrave. As far as we know the Valvrave could actually become what the person needs when they make the contract to resign being a human. It would make sense since all of the Valvraves are bland until someone steps inside and accepts.
The hacker chick was sort of obvious to a friend of mine because as he said (which I agree) what else would she be good for? Also Cain is a b/a. He's literally making a Valvrave with pure energy. I was getting gurren lagann vibes from it!
I've watched the first 2 episodes of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. It's a bit slow at the moment, but I have heard it gets much, much better later on, so I will give it a chance.
I'm a little put off by the (admittedly very sporadic) loli fanservice and strangely hentaiesque character designs though.
So a bunch of anime is over for this season already, so it lets me stagger a season wrap up. Or half season wrap up rather.
Season 1 of Valvrave: It went places I didn't expect and went there fairly well. Really wish they'd just went ahead with a full 24 episode arc instead of dividing it up over two seasons. I really hated E12's flash forward, and Saki's a bad liar. That is all.
Muromi-San on the Shore: Probably my favorite "surprise of the season". While it's wackiness was so dense as to require theoretical wackiness physics to fully begin to comprehend the episodes were short enough that it didn't wear out it's welcome.
Sparrow's Hotel: Another wacky anime, I was honestly disappointed in the short run time and short season. The characters were a lot of fun and the set up was well executed. They crammed a surprising amount of material into the 3 minute episodes.
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU: Also not /quite/ done. The main arc is over but there's a true blue "bonus episode" that will pop up on CR in a couple days. However I really enjoyed this one. The main duo of Hachiman and Yukino are both actually really enjoyable to watch as they interact with their more social peers, getting peeks at Yukino's inner motivations and method, and of course getting a chance to dig into Hachiman's psychology heavy inner monologue is pretty interesting and the show is not without potential /actual/ insight. Good marks across the board.
Photo Kano: I'm considering this one done. There's another episode coming out but it seems like it's a "bonus" episode as Ep 12 had a little recap/conclusion thing at the end... and it's a remaining arc that is just down right squicky. The main heroine's six episode arc was pretty damn good imho, and the one episode mini arcs for the remaining heroines were also decent with one or two that just felt a bit weak. Could have stood to have been a bit longer, maybe enough to give each arc two episodes at least. Another surprise as I'm usually not a big fan of H game based anime.
Stuff I just started:
Jormungand, child soldiers are squicky even to a moral leper with minimal appreciation for the value of human life or childhood innocence like me, but it's pretty damn good.
Want to know what else is good?
Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Holy. fething. Monkey Balls. I lack words. Go torrent it now. You can feel justified in stealing it because the IP rights holders only release the massive content on a "complete" DVD edition that runs for over $3000. They also don't do releases outside of Japan. Because they'd have to stop selling their content for roughly 300,000 yen. This is truly a Space Opera in every sense of the term (right down to the gorgeous classical music... all suspiciously in the public domain, but well played and timed any way) and even does a lot of things I hate in light scifi "righter" then most such series. For example fighters have maneuvering thrusters instead of freaking FLAPS, and while they move a little better then an actual space craft, they aren't hooking and jabbing like an F-22 who's pilot just did a triple shot of espresso before being turned loose on a squadron of MiGs. The MASSIVE (fleets are composed of thousands of "ships of the line" sized vessels.) space battles are also conducted with three dimensional maneuvering in mind... to a limited extent, but it's still bettter then most. Lots of character drama, politics, and tactical thinking/skill that would make Lelouche green with envy.
Hey you didn't mention Pyscho-Pass, that show was wicked good. I recall some people mentioning they didn't like the ending or the main girl? I would have to agree the ending could have been better, and the main character was...lame. The leading male character was so much cooler, along with the main villain. I'd say the show was pretty awesome overall.
Spoiler:
The writer said if the show gets a large enough backing he might do a second season, but the show ended on such a cliffhanger. THERE HAS TO BE A SEASON 2! Gobby PLS!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite this season? Railgun S2 by far, hands down, no competition. But I knew it would be my favorite going in, the books are great and JC Staff has done an amazing job translating light novels to anime.... Well, in this case it woudl be a manga but still, it has been an amazing piece of work to watch. The other two I liked were Gargantia and Aku no Hana. Gargantia has been a great drama and Aku no Hana has been an underrated deconstruction of the "coming of age" story.
Just caught the end of Gargantia. Epic. A little sad the series was so short. Kind of wish they'd gone for a 26 episode season but what we got was pretty good imo.
Watching the end of Gargantia now. Holy Freyja's red tears!
Spoiler:
Damn Striker went ALL the way crazy. Dunno how in the nine hells that happened but feth that was a cool ending! GO TO HELL TIN CAN! Amy and Ledo's cute lil squirrel critters at the end were diabetuss inducing
I really wish it had been longer, but the arc was great and I really enjoyed what there was.
I also finished up Oreimo to find... a conclusion that wasn't a conclusion at all. While I'm not a fan of some of the themes it's tackling (siscon, *gag*) in general the execution's decent and I like the characters enough to at least want to see how the story ends. The final three episodes, which are the /final/ final three as the light novel series ends sometime this month as well, will air 18 August as a marathon. They'll be on crunchy roll for those who care.
It does sound good, but I can't seem to find where it's airing. MAL says it started on the 23rd but no sites have it?
Edit: research finds that it airs in Japan on the 4th, we will probably have it subbed on the 5th or 6th. Hopefully it airs on Crunchyroll or Funimation so i don't have to find an... alternative source.
It does sound good, but I can't seem to find where it's airing. MAL says it started on the 23rd but no sites have it?
Edit: research finds that it airs in Japan on the 4th, we will probably have it subbed on the 5th or 6th. Hopefully it airs on Crunchyroll or Funimation so i don't have to find an... alternative source.
haha ya sorry about that, I just used MAL to link it bc it was one of the few sites with a description of it. But ya it'd be nice if it were on crunchyroll since they have pretty good video quality.
Official Title - Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi
Alternative Titles - The Sunday without God, Kami-Nai
Description
God abandoned the world on Sunday. As a result, nobody in the world can die or reproduce. A little girl, Ai, is the gravekeeper for a village. She has prepared 47 graves for the eventual deaths of every member of the village. Later, a boy who identifies himself as “Hampnie Hambart, the ‘Man-eating Toy’,” which is coincidentally the name that Ai’s mother left behind as the name of her father, arrives in the village and slaughters everybody. Just what is going on?
Good animation style/quality I thought. Interesting premise. Raised a lot of questions in the first episode and I'll be curious to see where they go with it.
So I finished Utena the other day. I say it was pretty good, but the ending to the series seemed kind of cliffhangerish in my opinion. Have to look around for the movie before I start Haruhi or Appleseed (since this season does not look that interesting at all).
Also, I have this as well, since it seemed a bit relevant to the thread.
Did valvrave actually get good? I watched the first 3 and got annoyed with it.
It started out so different, consciously breaking out of the usual rut, avoiding the unrequited love nonsense via completely unusual means. I was interested.
Then suddenly they reset the world and undo everything, going back on every interesting decision they had made.
Tanakosyke22 wrote: So I finished Utena the other day. I say it was pretty good, but the ending to the series seemed kind of cliffhangerish in my opinion. Have to look around for the movie before I start Haruhi or Appleseed (since this season does not look that interesting at all).
Also, I have this as well, since it seemed a bit relevant to the thread.
Tanakosyke22 wrote: So I finished Utena the other day. I say it was pretty good, but the ending to the series seemed kind of cliffhangerish in my opinion. Have to look around for the movie before I start Haruhi or Appleseed (since this season does not look that interesting at all).
Also, I have this as well, since it seemed a bit relevant to the thread.
I don't get it
Someone isn't current on good animus then :3c
Madoka Magica characters dressed up as if they were in Evangelion
Tanakosyke22 wrote: So I finished Utena the other day. I say it was pretty good, but the ending to the series seemed kind of cliffhangerish in my opinion. Have to look around for the movie before I start Haruhi or Appleseed (since this season does not look that interesting at all).
Also, I have this as well, since it seemed a bit relevant to the thread.
I don't get it
Someone isn't current on good animus then :3c
Madoka Magica characters dressed up as if they were in Evangelion
I knew there was something familiar about their outfits!
Tanakosyke22 wrote: So I finished Utena the other day. I say it was pretty good, but the ending to the series seemed kind of cliffhangerish in my opinion. Have to look around for the movie before I start Haruhi or Appleseed (since this season does not look that interesting at all).
Also, I have this as well, since it seemed a bit relevant to the thread.
I don't get it
Someone isn't current on good animus then :3c
Madoka Magica characters dressed up as if they were in Evangelion
I knew there was something familiar about their outfits!
It is Suffering and Depression mixed into one, beautiful package!
Vividred Operation: From the director who did Strike Witches this revisits that age old theme of saving a world mysteriously devoid of pants for women. Skirts at least exist in some areas though so it's better then Strike Witches.... a little. Also instead of WW2 fighter planes, this series approaches the concept with a "sci fi magical girl" theme. Not bad to be honest, the girls are cute (in the awww sense) and while the show's focus on the magic of friendship makes you feel like someone switched the dialogue with a My Little Pony episode at times it's solid enough across the board. Only complaint? The fan service is cranked to 11 and is NEVER turned down.
Broken Blade: Technically a series of six films I'm a third of the way through. Go watch this. Now.
Lucky Star: It's Lucky Star, we all know what's going on here.
I didn't like the mechanics of their mechs. Ok, it's magical tech that relies on ligaments of flexible quartz to move. I can accept that. But then why are they making all the armor and bullets out of quartz as well? That stuff is super brittle. Slap some steel armor on those things!
Overall the series wasn't Bad, but it didn't really rise above mediocre to me.
I could argue that this is hugely misrepresentative of Shinji, point out the other asorted crap he's been through, the fact that he is a realistic depitction of what that kind of trauma would do to a young boy and that he isn't just a generic badass, and aw your head off for daring to insult my darling Hasubando...but that is completely hilarious.
I'll let you live....this time.
But don't let me catch you picking on my little Shin-chan again!
I could argue that this is hugely misrepresentative of Shinji, point out the other asorted crap he's been through, the fact that he is a realistic depitction of what that kind of trauma would do to a young boy and that he isn't just a generic badass, and aw your head off for daring to insult my darling Hasubando...but that is completely hilarious.
Well, now, granted, I only ever saw the original series and part of the remake movies, but...
No, he's way over the top. I've met kids and adults who were much more traumatized than Shinji is at the start, and he still acts like this long before he does anything serious or anything happens to him that would leave him the basket case he is.
I could argue that this is hugely misrepresentative of Shinji, point out the other asorted crap he's been through, the fact that he is a realistic depitction of what that kind of trauma would do to a young boy and that he isn't just a generic badass, and aw your head off for daring to insult my darling Hasubando...but that is completely hilarious.
Well, now, granted, I only ever saw the original series and part of the remake movies, but...
No, he's way over the top. I've met kids and adults who were much more traumatized than Shinji is at the start, and he still acts like this long before he does anything serious or anything happens to him that would leave him the basket case he is.
Given that a great deal of the things that happen to him are firmly in the realm of science fiction, I don't think we can really draw a paralell between him and real people.
But seriously, are you telling me that if your mother vapourized in front of you when you were 3 years old, you were then completely abandoned by your bastard father, and then 11 years later called by him, not for him to apologize for being a dick to you, but to force you to risk your life against a seemingly invincible monster that is protected by a shield of pure fear (which you know nothing about other than "Holy S%$T, that thing is the size of a skyscraper,and it survived an atomic bomb being dropped on its head! ") in a robot which, once again, you know nothing about, and then when you refuse, guilt trips you into doing so by threatening to send a critically ill girl in your place...that you wouldn't be a tad upset about all that?
And that's just the START of his troubles. Also, we don'tt know about what happened to him in the intervening 11 years.
Not everyone is a Kamina. Trash talking an emotionally damaged young boy is kinda low, even by my standards...wait a minute...
Did you watch the dub? If so, that would explain it. Spike Spencer, as much as I like him and think he's a good voice actor, did an atrocious job of voicing Shinji, especially at the beginning of the series.
You haven't watched Evangelion until you've watched it with the Japanese voicetrack.
I can think of maybe 5 occasions where he actually cries.And bearing in mind that the most prominent example was because he knew that he was never going to see Misato, the closest thing he'd had to a mother for 11 years, again...
But seriously, are you telling me that if your mother vapourized in front of you when you were 3 years old, you were then completely abandoned by your bastard father, and then 11 years later called by him, not for him to apologize for being a dick to you, but to force you to risk your life against a seemingly invincible monster that is protected by a shield of pure fear (which you know nothing about other than "Holy S%$T, that thing is the size of a skyscraper,and it survived an atomic bomb being dropped on its head! ") in a robot which, once again, you know nothing about, and then when you refuse, guilt trips you into doing so by threatening to send a critically ill girl in your place...that you wouldn't be a tad upset about all that?
Well, let me put it this way: I've met people, including kids, who were a hell of a lot worse off, and not nearly as bad. Granted we don't know much about the intervening time frame for Shinji, so he might have been, oh, say, kept chained in a basement and tortured for the entire time, or badly beaten so that he suffered brain damage (seriously, of all the mentally messed up people I met at HGA the closest to Shinji's behavior was the guy who had his skull smashed in with a metal bar. He was fully cognizant, but he was emotionally all over the place due to the nature of the damage) but this isn't explained. Asuka gets a more believable explanation of her behavior than Shinji does.
Coolyo294 wrote: How would you say Vividred compares to Strike Witches?
Same director, same commitment to pointless fan service, same hatred of clothing for one's lower body etc. It's more or less a poke at the director and not a detailed comparison
Also Shinji is the universe's angstiest human being leading some theorists to believe he is in fact an avatar of the Elder God of Angst, Angsthulu.
But seriously, are you telling me that if your mother vapourized in front of you when you were 3 years old, you were then completely abandoned by your bastard father, and then 11 years later called by him, not for him to apologize for being a dick to you, but to force you to risk your life against a seemingly invincible monster that is protected by a shield of pure fear (which you know nothing about other than "Holy S%$T, that thing is the size of a skyscraper,and it survived an atomic bomb being dropped on its head! ") in a robot which, once again, you know nothing about, and then when you refuse, guilt trips you into doing so by threatening to send a critically ill girl in your place...that you wouldn't be a tad upset about all that?
Well, let me put it this way: I've met people, including kids, who were a hell of a lot worse off, and not nearly as bad. Granted we don't know much about the intervening time frame for Shinji, so he might have been, oh, say, kept chained in a basement and tortured for the entire time, or badly beaten so that he suffered brain damage (seriously, of all the mentally messed up people I met at HGA the closest to Shinji's behavior was the guy who had his skull smashed in with a metal bar. He was fully cognizant, but he was emotionally all over the place due to the nature of the damage) but this isn't explained. Asuka gets a more believable explanation of her behavior than Shinji does.
Well, congratulations, you know some strong-willed people. Just because you know people who have taken worse and came out not as bad as you'd think doesn't mean everyone does.
Case in point, I have a relative who jumped off a pier and broke his neck. They thought he was going to be dead on arrival. In around a year, he was playing football again. So, by your logic, we should accuse people who break their necks and don't fully recover wimps or weaklings.
So, yeah. There are people, including children, who have suffered trauma and remained relatively well balanced. More power to them. and I wish them well. Shinji isn't so lucky (mainly, it should be noted, because if he just shrugged off his hardships and carried on as usual, the story wouldn't work and would be very, very dull) and has taken his trauma a lot worse. I don't see the point in hating on someone just because they fail to recover from a horrible experience.
Also, we don't know the full story about Shinji. All we know about him is what has been presented in the show. For example, I have a theory that Shinji actually suffers from autism (like myself, incidentally) which would explain his social ineptness and introvertedness. He's a fictional character, so we can't access his medical records, his personal history, or anything beyond what appears in the show.
On another point, sure Shinji is angsty and meek, but that's all he is. He's still a decent human being, just one with issues. Compared to Gendo, perhaps the ultimate heartless bastard, and Asuka, who does deserve some slack considering her own traumatic past, but is still incredibly malicious and downright abusive to Shinji and others, constantly insulting, shouting at, and at times inflicting violence upon her "friends", he's practically a role model. The only outright nasty thing he ever did was...that scene from End of Evangelion-and that isn't even necessarily canonical.
But then I suppose I would be biased towards Shinji, considering I am myself a socially incompetent teenager (also I watched the show when I was 15). I've always been able to relate to Shinji, but maybe that's just me.
Squigsquasher wrote: Just because you know people who have taken worse and came out not as bad as you'd think doesn't mean everyone does.
Who said they ever came out of it. at no point did I say they were not all sorts of fethed up, but Shinji's response to it is just off to me.
Squigsquasher wrote: I don't see the point in hating on someone just because they fail to recover from a horrible experience.
Again, my point is that he does not, based on my own experiences, act like any persona who has suffered severe trauma other than the blunt physical kind, that I have ever encountered. After his first few battles, his chronic anxiety and depression make sense (PTSD) but his behavio before that makes very little, but please note that we're examining this through the lens of western behavior patterns.
Squigsquasher wrote: Compared to Gendo, perhaps the ultimate heartless bastard, and Asuka, who does deserve some slack considering her own traumatic past, but is still incredibly malicious and downright abusive to Shinji and others, constantly insulting, shouting at, and at times inflicting violence upon her "friends", he's practically a role model.
Asuka tends to impose her own self standards on others. The abuse she shouts at them is the same sort of self abuse she puts herself through when she fails. If you think she's rude to others, imagine what's going on inside.
Anyway, one of Shinji's traits is that he's hopelessly incompetent when it comes to his own sexuality. Has something to do with Freud and his mother or something.
haha that second comic was pretty good, Strange how there are never any just ok or kinda ugly looking girls in most of the anime I've seen. They are only ever make explicitly attractive or really obviously hideous on purpose.
Samurai 7 is hilarious about that, each time we were shown the peasant village the Samurai were to save we had to remark on just how powerfully ugly everyone in the village was.
darkcloud92 wrote: haha that second comic was pretty good, Strange how there are never any just ok or kinda ugly looking girls in most of the anime I've seen. They are only ever make explicitly attractive or really obviously hideous on purpose.
Waiting on the last disk for the original macross(not robotech).
Just watched and watching M frontier, aquarion, Rosario+vampire, angel beats, and Star Trek animated series. I run marathon sessions, a few episodes here an there so I don't get burned out.
Official Title - Danganronpa The Animation
Alternative Titles - Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei - The Animation
Description - A group of 15 elite high school students are gathered at a very special, high class high school. To graduate from this high school essentially means you’ll succeed in life, but graduating is very difficult. The school is presided over by a bear called Monokuma, and he explains to them that their graduation hinges around committing a murder. The only way to graduate is to kill one of your classmates and get away with it. If the other classmates discover the identity of the killer, the killer is the only one executed. However, if they fail to catch the killer, only the killer graduates and the others are annihilated. Which of the 15 will survive the bloodbath to come?
Sounds super dark, then the opening sequence is freaky trippy. A lot of the character designs are quite weird and has a lot of stereotypes from school animes. Definitely an odd one, and again, I think it has some potential. Gonna watch this one and see how it develops.
Anyway, one of Shinji's traits is that he's hopelessly incompetent.
FTFY
*Insert endless stream of incandescent fury and nerd rage from a Shinji fanboy here*
Besides...He is kinda cute.
Anyway, have any of you watched Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha? I'v watched the first 2 episodes, and I want expert advice on whether or not it gets better.
I guess the main character is the Super boring guy out of all the standard characters tropes. Sadly, since he is the main, he will almost definably be the one that does make it out, even if he is boring as hell.
Squigsquasher wrote: Nobody is answering my question. Am I not welcome here anymore?
Let me repeat.
Have any of you watched Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha? I've watched the first 2 episodes, and I want expert advice on whether or not it gets better.
I've watched the first two episodes, does that count?
Automatically Appended Next Post: Official Title - Fate Kaleid liner Prisma Illya
Alternative Titles - Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Fate/kaleid liner プリズマ☆イリヤ
Description - Spin-off of Fate/stay night with Illyasviel von Einzbern as the protagonist, living an alternate life as a school girl.
Huh... I've only seen one of the Fate/Stay series, but trying to picture a spin off of that like this is... Odd.
Illyasveil is an interesting.... character. That might not be too bad, and I highly don't think it will be as slow to start as Fate/Stay night. I heard somewhere she is a magical girl or something weird in this series.
Also, though I initially thought this anime season was going to be lackluster yet again (the 2011 year spoiled me in general; Steins; Gate, Madoka, etc), Stella C3 actually looks somewhat promising, despite the silly premise.
Official Title - Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist
Alternative Titles - 魔界王子 devils and realist
Description - The story revolves around William, an aristocratic family’s progeny with rare intellect. One day, his uncle lost his possessions after his business failed. Fearing that his family’s name has been tarnished, William returns home and searches with his family’s butler for anything that can be converted into cash. A search of the premises yields an underground room left by an ancestor. In the room is a magical seal, and William unintentionally summons a devil. The summoned devil tells William his name Dantalion, and reveals that William is the designator who can choose the acting ruler of the demon world.
Seemed alright. Will see about keeping up with this one as well.
haha ya of course I was talking about that one, Mondo Oowada's hairstyle reminded me of him.
An you have a ton of time to catch up on Unicorn, the last episode doesn't come out until next spring :/ Ive been waiting forever to see it, then I will have seen every gundam thing made ever
Another new one that looks interesting after seeing the first episode. It's not mentioned in the description, but the main character is quite silly or at least an airhead, but so far at least in a way that amuses, not annoys me.
Official Title - Gatchaman Crowds
Alternative Titles - ガッチャマン クラウズ
Description - The story is set in Japan in the early summer of 2015. 180,000 people live in Tachikawa City, the “second metropolis” of the Tokyo area. Among them are “Gatchaman”—warriors who fight in special reinforced suits powered by “NOTE,” the manifestation of special spiritual powers in living beings. A council has scouted a group of individuals with latent powers to protect Earth from alien criminals. In recent years, the council has assigned Gatchaman warriors to deal with the mysterious entity known as “MESS.”
Has anyone been following Yamato 2199? I've been enjoying it quite a bit. Great production quality, and basically (from what I hear) a 'not-gak' remake of the original Space Battleship Yamato.
The 70s-ness of it and classic high space opera has been pretty good through the 12 eps I've seen. The constant 'ITS THE SEA IN SPACE' stuff amuses me.
Anyone know where I can watch the Puella Magi Madoka Magica movies that have come out so far? I haven't seen them on any streaming site, and I don't know if they're on DVD/Blu-Ray or not.
I don't think the bluerays/dvds are out yet. Without those, subbers don't have anything to work with. If they were out, I think we would have seen them by now.
Squigsquasher wrote: Anyone know where I can watch the Puella Magi Madoka Magica movies that have come out so far? I haven't seen them on any streaming site, and I don't know if they're on DVD/Blu-Ray or not.
If you're in the UK, I've seen them in HMV in a few places. It got released on DVD over here a few months back.
Squigsquasher wrote: Anyone know where I can watch the Puella Magi Madoka Magica movies that have come out so far? I haven't seen them on any streaming site, and I don't know if they're on DVD/Blu-Ray or not.
If you're in the UK, I've seen them in HMV in a few places. It got released on DVD over here a few months back.
They are talking about the movies, not the TV series
Squigsquasher wrote: Anyone know where I can watch the Puella Magi Madoka Magica movies that have come out so far? I haven't seen them on any streaming site, and I don't know if they're on DVD/Blu-Ray or not.
If you're in the UK, I've seen them in HMV in a few places. It got released on DVD over here a few months back.
They are talking about the movies, not the TV series
Oh, yeah.
The first two are recap movies anyway, so won't have much new stuff. The 3rd one with the content isn't out until October 27 anyway.
episode 2 for danganronpa is out, I thought it was pretty good. They are definitely not slowing down the plot for anything, not even to develop their wide assortment of characters : P
Spoiler:
any idea for who done did it? (killed the first girl)
An oh yea a couple of episodes of AOT have come out...14 wasn't so bad. We got to learn a little bit about the other military groups and political factions. An a little bit about the newly introduced characters.
Spoiler:
they really wanted to make sure that trial thing took up a whole episode though
I'm finally getting around to watching Sword Art Online and I'm on episode 12. So far its been good, but I know that after the break they took the show takes a dive. I also found out that the anime doesn't end the series and that it continues in the books which to me is disappointing. =(
The season two of Sword Art is not Bad, it's just not as good as the first season, and the ending of it is still a suitable closure for the series if they do not make anymore of it.
AduroT wrote: The season two of Sword Art is not Bad, it's just not as good as the first season, and the ending of it is still a suitable closure for the series if they do not make anymore of it.
I've watched most of the second arc today and I have to say its really good. I don't get why everyone hates on it. Is it the ending? I'm two episodes away from it ending and I don't see this going downhill to be honest.
I hate the second season, but i also thought the show was bad overall. So i didn't think the second season was a lot worse than the first, I just thought the show was bad in general : p
Right, now I'm waiting for Gundam Unicorn 7, does anyone have any recent-ish mecha shows they would recommend in the meantime while I wait for it to be released?
Rented Tritium wrote: I didn't watch the second season of Sword Art Online. The ending of the first season was perfect. I had no interest in ruining that.
Keep it that way, second season is crap in comparison.
Daba wrote: Right, now I'm waiting for Gundam Unicorn 7, does anyone have any recent-ish mecha shows they would recommend in the meantime while I wait for it to be released?
(or classic shows they recommend, like pre 1995)
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann by Gainax (it's from 2007, does that count?). Simply put; Robots powered by the literal raw stuff of awesome, ridiculously OTT battles, epic speeches, one of the best soundtracks ever, beautiful animated wimminz (with the beloved Gainax Bounce) a cute mole thingy, drills, and enough hot-blooded manly GAR to blow up a star. (To give you an idea, a guy challenges a giant robot, armed only with a katana, and gets away with it. In another scene, 2 characters sucessfully destroy a quarter of the invading enemy fleet by giving an epic speech.)
Gurren Lagann will break you for all other mecha anime. It's such a perfect deconstruction of the genre that all others will feel bland and boring beside it.
Do not watch it unless you are truly finished enjoying all of the others.
Rented Tritium wrote:Gurren Lagann will break you for all other mecha anime. It's such a perfect deconstruction of the genre that all others will feel bland and boring beside it.
Do not watch it unless you are truly finished enjoying all of the others.
You should say Super Robot anime, not mecha anime. Real Robot Anime is not deconstructed by TTGL.
Daba wrote:Right, now I'm waiting for Gundam Unicorn 7, does anyone have any recent-ish mecha shows they would recommend in the meantime while I wait for it to be released?
(or classic shows they recommend, like pre 1995)
You could watch Valvrave or Gargantia. Both are really good IMO. Majestic Prince is also an option, but its sillier than anything you'll find in Gundam. All 3 shows are on Crunchy roll as well.
AduroT wrote:Like I said, I didn't hate the second season, and I don't think it's bad, I just think the first season was better.
I finished it and I thought it was good. ALfheim Online would be awesome as a real MMO.
Rented Tritium wrote: I didn't watch the second season of Sword Art Online. The ending of the first season was perfect. I had no interest in ruining that.
Keep it that way, second season is crap in comparison.
Quoted for truth. I gave up at episode 15, the first season was outstanding and the second season just couldn't hang in comparison. I could have done with S1 being double in length, but otherwise top to bottom, start to finish, SAO S1 is glorious. (and dat romance arc! With actual pay off instead of wishy washy horse gak! that alone is enough to sell me)
Random technicality. I believe both of what we call season one and season two of Sword Art Online are actually just season one with two separate story arcs.
Rented Tritium wrote: Gurren Lagann will break you for all other mecha anime. It's such a perfect deconstruction of the genre that all others will feel bland and boring beside it.
Do not watch it unless you are truly finished enjoying all of the others.
What..? Hardly... I loved Gurren Lagann, don't get me wrong. But I vastly prefer watching Gundam and the like where there is an actual political plot involved etc. Gurren was random fun, but that was all it was to me.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is great because it's the biggest, manliest, most awesome OTT love letter to the Super Robot genre ever.
OK, with that endorsement I'll HAVE to watch it now!
Glad to be of service!
Just do yourself a favour and watch it subbed. The dub is...mediocre. It's not that bad, but compared to the guttural awesomesauce that was the original Japanese it can't compare. Especially noticeable with Kamina. In the English he's very "meh". In the Japanese his voice is like liquid gold mixed with sex. "Giga...Dorrrriiiirrruuuu....BUUUUURRRRRREEEEAAAAKKKKAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"
CthuluIsSpy wrote: I can't think of any filler episodes, tbh. All of the episodes were dedicated to driving the plot, iirc.
I don't think it even had a recap episode. Death Note was a pretty solid anime, but its not worth watching it after the first watch through. I don't know why.
I also find death note a hard anime to watch because it is a pretty popular anime, so it gets spoiled all the time. I feel like I have seen the plot of the whole thing at this point, with out even trying to :(
I've been watching Kingdom lately. Odd animations that jump from annoying to decent to brilliant at times. Very Dynasty Warriors in style (much milder). If you like historical settings its worth a view.
That looks shady because its from Malaysia. Its not an official release from what I can tell.
I just watched Gundam SEED HD Remaster and I they did a great job updating the entire look of the show. All of the character designs got better as did the details on the Mobile Suits. Definitely worth a watch if you like mecha or Gundam.
lol perfect : P
I think her character works really well with the show. I mean I don't like her because she freaks me out, but I think shes a good character
hotsauceman1 wrote: So, Attack on titan makes me want to buy the manga............
Also, Right now im watching the Blue exorcist movie.
Next is Sword Art Online i think
Need to finish both of those>.< just finished the last of kenichi so off to something less lighthearted.
darkcloud92 wrote: lol perfect : P
I think her character works really well with the show. I mean I don't like her because she freaks me out, but I think shes a good character
She's incredibly tame compared to characters from other gems like Berserk, Blame!, Claymore, Hellsing, even JoJo has that one crazy murderer main villain in Crazy Diamond.
Just finished watching Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood.
(I remember seeing the other series thought it was bleh)
This one was actually pretty good. I actually really liked it. The characters were great and funny. The ending was awesome and I like how they wrapped everything up so nicely. Especially Edward and Wryn's end that was funny and very fitting for the two characters.
Great ride but unfortunately I had to watch 10 episodes on multiple sits because netflix only has the first four parts and not the last part.... (when everything was hitting a climax)
This show was great and I recommend it to anime fans.
Along with Howl's Moving Castle. (It has christian bale as a voice actor. Watch it, it has batman......)
Also Saw Spirited Away, Blood?, Yu Yu Hakshio, Gundam Seed, Gundam Wing, One Piece Inyashi (how ever you spell it.)
darkcloud92 wrote: ^^^^
Nawp shes worse than any of those people, they don't bother me at all
So the infamous rape horse in Berserk doesn't bother you.
Whatever you do don't look it up on Google (do it pansy!!!)
And there was the 7ft albino female main character in Blame!
Or Alucard constantly smiling while being blown apart in Hellsing.
Do you know the shows I'm referring to & honestly think she's worse than that?
can you either use a spoiler here, or 
