Alfndrate wrote: Fuuka is an okay series about a bunch of late teens starting a band. The manga has an odd twist very early on that affects the rest of the story. I've been reading it, so I'll check out the manga.
I saw this was getting an anime, and just nope. All the nope. You can't make a sequel series, get us all hopeful, and then drop a bus on us like that!
It wasn't a bus he dropped on us
Don't remind me damn it!
I read all the way through Suzuka! You just don't pull that gak and still call yourself human XD
Have a few now finished shows to watch, but my friend had other plans when he heard I hadn't watched Gunbuster yet. So I did that.
And I found a bootleg (didn't know until after I bought it) copy of Record of Lodoss War, a legit copy of the 90s Berserk "Box of War" collection, and Jin-Roh special collection, so I'll probably start digging into those.
Just binged Flip Flappers. Taken together like that it was better than I was expecting. Struggling to name my show of the season as my overall impression was it was a weak lineup, but if forced to pick I would say "March Comes In Like a Lion". I know "Yuri!!! On Ice" seems to be the critics' favorite and agree that it is wonderfully animated, but really not big on ice skating or Yaoi.
Most interesting take on a "trapped in a fantasy MMORPG" style story since .Hack.
Agreed about it being an interesting take, but the show was not my cup of tea as I am an unabashed fan of high level heroics. I am not really interested in seeing the main protagonists struggle with stereotypical low level antagonists in a high fantasy setting. For me high fantasy is about telling fantastical tales of epic proportions.
March Comes In Like a Lion and WWW.Working!! were my favourites of this season. The first in particular really manages to hit hard from time to time with just the right amount of feels. As for WWW.Working!!.. I just love the characters.
Weakest this season for me, going by shows I watched from start to end, has got to be Izetta, which just rushed through things in the end and yes of course, magical not-nazi-germany of course has to create magical nukes and magical V1 rockets. And then there's that post-credits scene..
Re: Grimgar.. I think part of the reason I liked it was because they're all such pathetic scrubs. I still hope that the ginger dies though, I hate that sort of character. Also it took forever for the show to pick up the pace somewhat, shame really, as the last two episodes had some really nice things going on.
Izetta was a disappointment, and Occultic nine was nauseating to watch. Its as if they chose some film student for the director, and he tried making the show "art" by suddenly jerking perspective around every 3 seconds and making the VAs speaking at a 100 words a second.
Most interesting take on a "trapped in a fantasy MMORPG" style story since .Hack.
Agreed about it being an interesting take, but the show was not my cup of tea as I am an unabashed fan of high level heroics. I am not really interested in seeing the main protagonists struggle with stereotypical low level antagonists in a high fantasy setting. For me high fantasy is about telling fantastical tales of epic proportions.
I sort of want a Log Horizon 3. It's story was getting really good, and I know there are more books of it.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: Izetta was a disappointment, and Occultic nine was nauseating to watch. Its as if they chose some film student for the director, and he tried making the show "art" by suddenly jerking perspective around every 3 seconds and making the VAs speaking at a 100 words a second.
Izetta started at good and with the animation style I was hopeful, but as mentioned previously it rushed the ending, a bad ending at that. The post credit scene was further depressing.
Also agree with Occultic nine just being awful. I tried hard to watch it, but just couldn't.
Just watched Episode SP of Fate/Grand Order. Bit of a mess to be honest, but optimistic given the track record to date. Liked the new Caster and demi-servant.
Anime same face and all, but was the new Caster one of the old Lancers? His appearance reminded me of the guy from the first (I think?) Fate/Stay and then he commented on wanting to be a Lancer next time as well.
AduroT wrote: Anime same face and all, but was the new Caster one of the old Lancers? His appearance reminded me of the guy from the first (I think?) Fate/Stay and then he commented on wanting to be a Lancer next time as well.
He is Ch Chulainn (Ireland's Child of Light) who was Lancer in Fate/Stay Night and Fate/Unlimited Blade Works.
It doesn't get brought up in the Anime's but many of the Heroic Spirits can be summoned as different classes, not just one. For example Arturia Pendragon (who is almost always depicted as a Saber Class) could be summoned at a Caster or a Rider. I think the remastered edition of Fate/Stay Night from a few years ago (the game not the anime) suggested Saber would be completely overpowered and broken if summoned as Caster because she'd still have Excalibur and a hell of a lot more mana to throw around with it.
I thought Unlimited Blade had a different Lancer than Stay Night? Or maybe I'm just misremembering it because like every non-Saber servant was different.
Oh, I guess speaking of classes, do we know what class the shield lady is? Is that one the mysteries of the series or was that known by the end?
Oh, I guess speaking of classes, do we know what class the shield lady is? Is that one the mysteries of the series or was that known by the end?
The guy calls her a Demi-Servant so I'm not sure she fits into the Stay Night class system.
The Lancer from Stay Night and Unlimited Blade Works are the same (there was a different Lancer in Fate/Zero though I think the two characters look almost identical).
Most interesting take on a "trapped in a fantasy MMORPG" style story since .Hack.
Agreed about it being an interesting take, but the show was not my cup of tea as I am an unabashed fan of high level heroics. I am not really interested in seeing the main protagonists struggle with stereotypical low level antagonists in a high fantasy setting. For me high fantasy is about telling fantastical tales of epic proportions.
I sort of want a Log Horizon 3. It's story was getting really good, and I know there are more books of it.
God, I loved that show. I just got finished re watching it, and am bummed there doesn't seem to be anything more coming. The last episode was definitely 'we have to wrap it up, but here's a plot hook just in case' type of episode, though. I mean, I got et it, it's a well trodden genre since the success of other more popular shows, but it's my favourite. (Maybe it's also partly because I'm a guild master, with a core group of friends that have raided everything we can in WoW)
CthuluIsSpy wrote: Izetta was a disappointment, and Occultic nine was nauseating to watch. Its as if they chose some film student for the director, and he tried making the show "art" by suddenly jerking perspective around every 3 seconds and making the VAs speaking at a 100 words a second.
Izetta started at good and with the animation style I was hopeful, but as mentioned previously it rushed the ending, a bad ending at that. The post credit scene was further depressing.
Also agree with Occultic nine just being awful. I tried hard to watch it, but just couldn't.
Just watched Episode SP of Fate/Grand Order. Bit of a mess to be honest, but optimistic given the track record to date. Liked the new Caster and demi-servant.
Depressing? I thought
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Izetta had died, so that ending was slightly better than her being dead. Imagine falling from the height she would have fallen would've at least to her in a wheel chair!
Though it was definitely rushed. They went for a bigger story and hit the wall, which is a shame.
I also thought it was a cop out. Instead of leaving it as a tragic and noble sacrifice, they tried making it "happier" by letting her live and crippling her, even though she should not have survived.
I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure being at ground zero of a magical nuke several hundred feet over the ocean is pretty fatal.
Also, how did that not-Nazi scientist survive? What, did the pilot just blind him and say "well, you're a despicable, traitorous donkey-cave, but I guess I'll let you go because reasons"
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Izetta was like a rollercoaster. It started good, then it became a bit crap when she soloed an army (twice), then it got good again when they revealed that she does have weaknesses and Elstadt had play smart, then it began to plumet when they pulled the witch witch out of their arses, and started introducing limitless magic, magictech and making the villains so cartoonishly evil its painful. Yes, we got it, they are not-nazis, but would it be possible for not-hitler to stop twirling his moustache? And what do you mean he commited suicide? bs. He did not give the impression of someone who would have committed suicide and being broken that easily. The final confrontation should have been with not-hitler getting into a magitech battlesuit. It would have been ludicrous as what we got, but at least the main villain got to go out properly
Likewise, I would have made it so that rather that the white witch gets resurrected, not-Hitler is revealed to be her bastard son born from the prince, who used his magic build an Empire and jump into new bodies / shapeshift, waiting for a good moment to strike at his mother's betrayers and wreak revenge on the world that killed her. Done, Elstadt betrayal thing without deus ex machina magical nazi cloning science. It would also develop and address not-Hitler's interest in magic; he was looking for someone like him and his mother
A second cour for Izetta woulda been nice. A chance for Atlanta to properly invade and some more background for the Germanian characters, and sure, I'd be down for a tragic ending. It'd fit the story rather well.
Has anyone given Akiba's Trip a look yet? I'm wary but also bored since the new season isn't in full swing yet (he says as a stack of nine manga await him thanks to a B&N sale.)
Hoitash wrote: A second cour for Izetta woulda been nice. A chance for Atlanta to properly invade and some more background for the Germanian characters, and sure, I'd be down for a tragic ending. It'd fit the story rather well.
Has anyone given Akiba's Trip a look yet? I'm wary but also bored since the new season isn't in full swing yet (he says as a stack of nine manga await him thanks to a B&N sale.)
Tried watching the first episode since as mentioned nothing better to do since new season hasn't spun up and I already sped through Fate/Grand Order. Bailed about halfway as animation was pedestrian and the story.....well lets just say they tried....
First episode of Interviews with Demi-Humans was great. The manga is awesome, so I have high hopes. And they haven't massively fethed with the art-style like the last monster related manga-adaptation I was interested in, so that's a positive sign. Plus they captured Hikari's insessent chattering perfectly.
Co'tor Shas wrote: First episode of Interviews with Demi-Humans was great. The manga is awesome, so I have high hopes. And they haven't massively fethed with the art-style like the last monster related manga-adaptation I was interested in, so that's a positive sign. Plus they captured Hikari's insessent chattering perfectly.
(Goes to crunchyroll to watch episode.)
That was cute ( a genki yuri vampire? I am oddly okay with this).
Co'tor Shas wrote: First episode of Interviews with Demi-Humans was great. The manga is awesome, so I have high hopes. And they haven't massively fethed with the art-style like the last monster related manga-adaptation I was interested in, so that's a positive sign. Plus they captured Hikari's insessent chattering perfectly.
(Goes to crunchyroll to watch episode.)
That was cute ( a genki yuri vampire? I am oddly okay with this).
I'm in.
Agreed. Added to my watch list for now. Speaking of my watch list, it currently includes (In no particular order);
Committed to at least 3 episodes
Fuuka
Blue Exorcist S2
Masmune-kun's Revenge
Saga of Tanya the Evil
Interview With Monster Girls
ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.
Good chance likely to come off list after 2nd episode
Gabriel DropOut
Hand Shakers
elDLIVE
Already off the watch list after one episode;
Akiba's Trip
Ai-Mai-Mi Surgical Friends
Schoolgirl Strikers
Spiritpact <----- ugh what a train wreck
Lord of Deeds wrote: Agreed. Added to my watch list for now. Speaking of my watch list, it currently includes (In no particular order);
Committed to at least 3 episodes
Fuuka
Blue Exorcist S2
Masmune-kun's Revenge
Saga of Tanya the Evil
Interview With Monster Girls
ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.
Good chance likely to come off list after 2nd episode
Gabriel DropOut
Hand Shakers
elDLIVE
Already off the watch list after one episode;
Akiba's Trip
Ai-Mai-Mi Surgical Friends
Schoolgirl Strikers
Spiritpact <----- ugh what a train wreck
Any other recommendations?
Totally forgot about Konosuba S2 starting. Definitely on the watch list. Also added Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid to my watch list. Really like Kobyashi's character. Not your typical female lead.
There are some others that based on the reviews I don't think I am going to bother with such as OneRoom, Chaos;Child, and Forest Fairy Five as dance card is getting full and I don't want to waste time on shows that seem like high risk - low reward.
BrookM wrote: Aside from Dragon Maid and Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! S2 not sure what I'm going to follow this season, a lot of it looks like gak to me.
Blue Exorcist is pretty good.
So...Chaos Child. You know how occultic nine moved at lightspeed and you didn't know what the feth was going on? Well, chaos child moves at a snail's pace and you still don't know what the feth is going on. Not to mention that its a lot like occultic nine in many aspects; the title has a similar design, there's a cryptic message thing under it, and a big chunk of the first episode is some guy browsing a forum on the occult. I am not impressed.
Chaos; Child is a sequel series I think to Chaos; Head. I saw the original and I seem to remember it being a lot like what you described Occultic Nine like, only it started at light spent then went snails space after like the first few episodes and never made sense XD
I'm assuming anyway. I have a pretty good memory for this and I don't remember anything about that show XD
Turns out the first 30 minutes is a recap of the events of Chaos Head, which I did not see. Certainly would explain my confusion, but it still looked like an edgy occultic nine with pacing issues.
Fortunately, Chaos Child proper actually appears to have decent pacing, so that's a plus.
Maid Dragon was enjoyable. I will continue watching. Chain Chronicle was ok so far. Feels a bit like Zestiria (no surprise, really, as they are both game adaptations), but I prefer the art style a little more. I liked how the good guys get their arses kicked in the first episode, so the world goes to gak. Should be an interesting development.
Checking out Youjo Senki. Looks like WW1 Izetta with 50% more edge. High possibility of being crap, but Weird WW1 is hard to find, so I might not drop it. So far the main character sounds drunk, and that other girl looks out of place. Eyes are way too big for this type of show, and if Tanya doesn't turn out to be loli Ridcully I'll be very disappointed.
Likely to watch the entire season
Fuuka - Idol who pines for no name primary school crush, Probable love triangle, slice of life, with some Yaoi mixed in.
Masmune-kun's Revenge - I'm a sucker of stories where the once a time loser get's the their comeuppance. Of course there is some kind of twist coming...needless to say I am hooked for the moment.
Saga of Tanya the Evil - Salryman reincarnated by a wrathful God who is now a 9 year old kick a** mage fighting in an alternate WWI on the German side. More please!
Interview With Monster Girls - Another slice of life with a big twist. Can't wait to see how the Succabua and the Snow Melt charcters get more involved in the plot
ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. - Conspiracy is a foot and no one is as they seem. To me it draws it's inspiration from the the history of the SS and SA and their respective struggle for influence and power in early Nazi Germany and a who watches the watchmen-esque plot.
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid - just a fun show to watch. The studio has done a good job so far of combining fantasy, slice of life, and comedy with a a bit of a gender reversal with Miss Kobayashi as the not so sterotypical salary"man"
Konosuba 2 - No need to expand (or should I say explode) about this.
Committed to at least 3 episodes
Blue Exorcist S2 - I only put this here because there is a chance that I stop trying to keep up with it and just binge it at the end of the season
Gabriel DropOut - It's quirky but still not sure if it has the legs to stay on my watch list all season
Good chance likely to come off list after 2nd episode
Handshakers - yep it's gone. Animation style, charcter designs, and the constant self edification of the assistant professor and his constant reference to "handshaker" is just a mess and annoying.
elDLIVE - To me the alien designs and other sci-fi elements are definately pedestrian if not in fact downright lazy, other charcters are just trope, and the chacter design of the protagonist is poorly done as well.
Already off the watch list after one episode;
Akiba's Trip
Ai-Mai-Mi Surgical Friends
Schoolgirl Strikers
Spiritpact <----- ugh what a train wreck
Spiritpact is weirdly not terrible to me. It has odd humor and the characters actually strike me as a bit interesting and I'm curious where that one goes. Otherwise I agree with your drop lists.
For me it's all about the Dragon Maid, Konosuba, 3-gatsu no Lion and Tiger Mask W (it's crappy, but oh well, may as well turn this into the one I watch all the way through).
Also curious to see when the last two episodes of Long Riders! are going to happen, I needs my cycling anime to have closure!
Whilst the first episode of Konosuba s2 didn't impress me that much, the second episode was much better. The exchange between Megumin and Kazuma in the bath was hilarious, and Yunyun is adorably pathetic.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: Whilst the first episode of Konosuba s2 didn't impress me that much, the second episode was much better. The exchange between Megumin and Kazuma in the bath was hilarious, and Yunyun is adorably pathetic.
Indeed. Also, I can't help but feel DEEN cut the budget (which for them would be hilarious), and I'm really, really hoping it's because this season is getting a full 12 episode run this time.
The ending theme to Youjo Senki is very catchy. Getting it out of my head is going to be a bitch
The lyrics are also super messed up when you translate them. Its rare when the protagonist is such a twisted piece of work. Its fascinating. Its like Overlord, except whereas Ainz is actually a nice guy despite his appearance, Tanya is really that twisted. Think Esdeath from Akame Ga Kill, but without the humor.
The interviews with monster-girls adaptation is really good so far. Pacing ha been almost spot-on from the manga too. Although the manga is only like 2.5 books in, so they certainly can't rush this one.
I've been out of the loop on anime for a bit, currently only following Iron Blooded Orphans and rewatching Black Lagoon and Kabaneri, anything in particular recommendations for something along those lines right now?
Co'tor Shas wrote: The interviews with monster-girls adaptation is really good so far. Pacing ha been almost spot-on from the manga too. Although the manga is only like 2.5 books in, so they certainly can't rush this one.
Succy-chan is best.
I'm really enjoying that one, too. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna watch both the sub and dub for this one, because I like watching it that much.
I also love how in the intro Hikari flaps her cape like a kid with a blanket. Gets me every time.
And the show really makes you think, too. Never once before have I thought about how hard it would be for a succubus to function in regular society.
God damnit Iron Blooded Orphans... last week you kicked me in the nuts twice, and that just wasn't good enough for you was it? No. No it wasn't XD
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Totally knew from the get go that Naze and ma'am were gonna bite it. It was written on the walls. But god damnit why did they have to take Lafter XD Her name literally makes you laugh just saying it!
I super gotta catch up to RWBY too. But I'm still right at the end of the Vale Festival and got the bit bit spoilered for me, which put me off it for a while.
I'm catching up on Iron Blooded Orphans, and man did it seem like it just picked up and dropped the storyline on earth. I like where episodes 36-38 went. And now I'm getting concerned because I read LordofHats's spoiler forgetting I wasn't caught up on IBO...
Edit: LordofHats' spoiler is for the next episode on Crunchyroll, dangit I have to go a whole week with this knowledge! D:
To be fair, his spoiler was really pretty well telegraphed in the episode if you're at all familiar with anime cliches. I didn't even read his spoiler but just knowing someone'd posted one I knew what it was pretty quick.
Alfndrate wrote: I'm catching up on Iron Blooded Orphans, and man did it seem like it just picked up and dropped the storyline on earth. I like where episodes 36-38 went. And now I'm getting concerned because I read LordofHats's spoiler forgetting I wasn't caught up on IBO...
Edit: LordofHats' spoiler is for the next episode on Crunchyroll, dangit I have to go a whole week with this knowledge! D:
Sorry XD I forget some people watch on places that aren't picking up episodes within 24 hours of their original airing.
EDIT: I'm gonna go back to crying now XD
It's a good thing I have no intentions of watching a certain other anime this season. I don't think my heartstrings can take the beating XD
That escalated quickly. Looks like Kazuma (I'm Kazuma) gets the harem he needs, not the one he deserves. Actually no, it's definitely the one he deserves.
AduroT wrote: To be fair, his spoiler was really pretty well telegraphed in the episode if you're at all familiar with anime cliches. I didn't even read his spoiler but just knowing someone'd posted one I knew what it was pretty quick.
I read his spoiler, thinking I was caught up, realize I'm not and get to episode 40 on Crunchyroll with his spoiler in mind and when something didn't happen, that's when I realized I was an episode behind.
In other gundam news, I've started working on watching all of them again. I'm down to the crappier ones. SEED is not great so far.
That escalated quickly. Looks like Kazuma (I'm Kazuma) gets the harem he needs, not the one he deserves. Actually no, it's definitely the one he deserves.
Whether he deserves it or not, as much as he tries, he will never be able to escape them. Loved the episode of today. Especially post duel, when her father came in with a bottle of something, discovering his daughter well..
"They did it."
"Okay, execute them."
Didn't have enough Megumin though. Then again, last episode they did the "Explosions, explosions la-la-la" song again, complete with adorable skip.
Alfndrate wrote: I'm catching up on Iron Blooded Orphans, and man did it seem like it just picked up and dropped the storyline on earth. I like where episodes 36-38 went. And now I'm getting concerned because I read LordofHats's spoiler forgetting I wasn't caught up on IBO...
Edit: LordofHats' spoiler is for the next episode on Crunchyroll, dangit I have to go a whole week with this knowledge! D:
Sorry XD I forget some people watch on places that aren't picking up episodes within 24 hours of their original airing.
EDIT: I'm gonna go back to crying now XD
It's a good thing I have no intentions of watching a certain other anime this season. I don't think my heartstrings can take the beating XD
I am the only one who thinks Crow has an awesome semblance? Its actually pretty broken, if you think of it.
He basically has a special rule that makes everyone around him roll 1s to hit, wound and save. Its great.
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I also like how he has no control of it, thus stopping him from being completely overpowered and making him into a bit of tragic character.
There's some speculation that his sister, Raven, has a semblance that grants good luck, based on her saving Yang at exactly the right time.
I am the only one who thinks Crow has an awesome semblance? Its actually pretty broken, if you think of it.
He basically has a special rule that makes everyone around him roll 1s to hit, wound and save. Its great.
That escalated quickly. Looks like Kazuma (I'm Kazuma) gets the harem he needs, not the one he deserves. Actually no, it's definitely the one he deserves.
Whether he deserves it or not, as much as he tries, he will never be able to escape them. Loved the episode of today. Especially post duel, when her father came in with a bottle of something, discovering his daughter well..
"They did it."
"Okay, execute them."
Didn't have enough Megumin though. Then again, last episode they did the "Explosions, explosions la-la-la" song again, complete with adorable skip.
Lalatina was great this episode. She's so filthy, I love it That final stab at Kazuma was priceless. Maybe that's part of her plan, make everyone think that she's with child, thus forcing him to make it true.
Lalatina was great this episode. She's so filthy, I love it That final stab at Kazuma was priceless. Maybe that's part of her plan, make everyone think that she's with child, thus forcing him to make it true.
If I remember right, in the original web series the series is based on,
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Darkness kept waiting for Kazuma (I'm Kazuma) to propose marriage, but he was too dense to realize she was holding out for him.
So yeah, just as planned (two-headed demon chicken is pleased.)
In similar news, Dragon Maid is a thing. The Japanese seem to really like Norse mythology.
I think Tanya is becoming my favorite anti-hero ever. I can't recall enjoying looking forward to each episode since One Punch Man.
I've laid off IBO since episode 38. I have found that I have to take that show in 4-6 episode batches.
So far my top 5 new shows of the winter season is;
1. Tanya the Evil
2. Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
3. Masamune-kun's Revenge
4. Fuuka
5. ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. (I think this show is primed to shoot up my list, but right now it is pretty slow)
I know a lot of you like RWBY (as does my son, easily his favorite show), but I just can't seem to get into it. What am I missing?
How far have you watched? 'cause the first two (?) seasons were really spearheaded by Monty Oum- when he died, the animation took a serious drop in quality, but the storytelling got rather better (sorry Monty, but it's true). It's mostly just "Rule of Cool" though, for me- awesome fight scenes and transforming weapons.
I do wonder if they'll do an episode where Kazuma (Kazuma desu) and Dust switch parties for a day, which in the comic and light novel shows off just how competent Kazuma (Kazuma desu) really is when backed by an equally competent party, despite only using really low level magic and other skills.
Heh, you guys are convincing me to pick up Konosuba again. Had planned on dropping it this week; between the story not really going anywhere and the poorer animation, I was about to give up.
Been really enjoying Scum's Wish (Kuzu no Honkai), Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, and Gabriel Dropout though.
EDIT: And Demi-Chan! How could I forget that one. So awesome.
I've given it a wide berth myself for the longest of times because well, at first glance it looked like yet another anime set in a fantasy gaming world. Boring.
However, it's a nice parody / deconstruction of the genre that does it quite well without coming across as beating a dead horse.
Honestly though, I only started watching it because of Megumin's description being "someone who dumped all her stats into the ability to nuke things" and really got into things from there on in.
"I love the smell of explosion magic in the morning. Smells like...victory"
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Speaking of booms, holy gak this week's episode of Youjo Senki was intense. First a brutal training regime for a battalion, then complete annihilation of an enemy arm's factory.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: "I love the smell of explosion magic in the morning. Smells like...victory"
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Speaking of booms, holy gak this week's episode of Youjo Senki was intense. First a brutal training regime for a battalion, then complete annihilation of an enemy arm's factory.
Spoiler tags please....some of us are still at work for a few more hours
Been putting off checking out Youjo Senki because the discription seemed meh and the cover art is... just kind of off putting. It kept getting mentioned here so I finally got around to checking out the first episode and damn. Now I have to watch all of it.
AduroT wrote: Been putting off checking out Youjo Senki because the discription seemed meh and the cover art is... just kind of off putting. It kept getting mentioned here so I finally got around to checking out the first episode and damn. Now I have to watch all of it.
Yep, definately my sadastic pleasure. I cannot recommend this show enough if you have not yet given it a chance.
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The whole loli-con thing and how she effected the little girl voice to lull the Dakian military into a false sense of security before blowing them to heck.....it is definately typical of her/his charcter......someone who uses the rules to their advantage and not interested in the spirit of the rule.
Also the whole exchange between her and the enemy commander about visas.......
AduroT wrote: Been putting off checking out Youjo Senki because the discription seemed meh and the cover art is... just kind of off putting. It kept getting mentioned here so I finally got around to checking out the first episode and damn. Now I have to watch all of it.
Yep, definately my sadastic pleasure. I cannot recommend this show enough if you have not yet given it a chance.
Spoiler:
The whole loli-con thing and how she effected the little girl voice to lull the Dakian military into a false sense of security before blowing them to heck.....it is definately typical of her/his charcter......someone who uses the rules to their advantage and not interested in the spirit of the rule.
Also the whole exchange between her and the enemy commander about visas.......
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What's particulary funny about that is they wouldn't have visas at this time, so both her soldiers and the enemy would be like "what is she talking about? This kid is super nuts 0_o"
Edit : Turns out I'm super wrong. Visas were in fact around since the 19th century, and become necessary for travel after WWI
I'm kinda burned out on shows like that. I can take one depressing/dramatic show a season, and I think I'm still recovering from 91 Days (and I have Rakugo for drama.)
Fortunately there are a lot of comedies this season.
Youjo Senki isn't really depressing though. Its kind of more like...Overlord, I guess. But with 200% more Yangire. Its like as if Dio was the main character instead of Jotaro.
That actually sounds like an awesome spinoff...
Anyway, Hikari Takanashi is cute. 10/10 would allow her to nibble on me (in a totally platonic and not at depraved way or context)
I would agree. While the idea of a show about WWI with magic sounds depressing, the series really kind of spins of of Tasha's antics and attempts to power play life and how they regularly spin out of her control in dark and funny ways.
So season four of RWBY is done. Overall I'm disappointed with it I think. Dividing the team up into four and then telling separate stories for each left very little time to devote to any one of them so it feels like none of them advanced for far. Blake's story probably told the most/was the best I think.
I think it's really just a side effect of the seasons being shorter (while episodes are a little longer) and the content taking on a more complex dynamic than the antics that made up the bulk of the first two seasons.
LordofHats wrote: I think it's really just a side effect of the seasons being shorter (while episodes are a little longer) and the content taking on a more complex dynamic than the antics that made up the bulk of the first two seasons.
First season had four additional episodes for sixteen total, but the second and third only had the same twelve as this season had as well.
I am disappointed that the new 'standard' for Animation seasons is only 12 or so episodes. Day was when a single Animation season had a good 20 or more in it- like Miraculous Ladybug's got.
And yes, that's totally anime. It's a Magical Girl animated series produced with Toei. You don't get much more Anime.
I always figured it was better to lump just about any cartoon in here than run whole other threads for Western Animation every time it comes up.
Super excited for Jack. Easily one of the coolest cartoons ever to air on TV and the return to complete the story is long overdue. Here's hoping the show can keep its unique flare upon its return.
Hoitash wrote: Kazuma, Kazuma (I'm Kazuma) you really need to stop giving your party members PTSD.
At least Darkness had some fun.
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Holy Celestine the debt's gone. For those last two minutes I kept waiting to see how it'd get ruined, but they're finally free. Huzzah!
That episode was great.
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I love Vanir. Watching him possessing Darkness was hilarious. So sad he's dead though :(. I loved his idea for the perfect death. Such a great troll I personally would have gone for a mimic, but a scrap of paper works too I really hope the next episode isn't the last. With a title like that it looks like the end
Also, holy gak how high was the bounty on Vanir and the Destroyer, for them to not only clear the debt but also yield a 40mil eris profit 0_o
Vanir was just like in the novels, a hilariously massive troll right down to his oddly specific dying wish. One of the best episodes to date for sure!
As for his ultimate fate..
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Vanir will hopefully also be doing some specific merchandise that will tie into a later moment of awesome for Kazuma (Kazuma desu).
Where'd you watch it? I've been slowly catching up with some of the older, classic anime- Slayers is pretty entertaining, and I'd love to find someplace to watch the original Bubblegum Crisis.
Anvildude wrote: Where'd you watch it? I've been slowly catching up with some of the older, classic anime- Slayers is pretty entertaining, and I'd love to find someplace to watch the original Bubblegum Crisis.
I can't speak for NH, but I stalk my local second hand record stores. The ones in my area have a decent selection of anime. I managed to find a complete series of Record of Lodoss War... though I didn't realize it was a Chinese knockoff until I showed it to my friends >_<
Good news about Bubblegum Crisis, if you're interested in supporting the anime in America industry, Animeigo got the rights and released a new DVD and Bluray version. They've been doing about 1 or 2 kickstarters a year to rerelease some of these older shows. They've done Bubblegum Crisis, Otaku no Video, and just recently Riding Bean (though I still haven't gotten my copy of Riding Bean yet).
Girls und Pazer. Half-way through episode 5. I'm sort of disappointed, the M4A1 is a great tank, but they don't have a single Pershing? Although I guess it would be a little mean, most of their tanks (except perhaps the Stug III) would have a hell of a time peirceing their armour, and that 95mm gun would punch right through a tiger's armour.
Also, who else is watching ACCA? It's the only totally serious show I've been watching this season, and the slow burn is still great.
Enjoying ACCA as well. Like you said, the slow burn is great. I keep watching it thinking there are probably easter eggs being shown that are pointing to the true plot and true master mind(s).
Anvildude wrote: Where'd you watch it? I've been slowly catching up with some of the older, classic anime- Slayers is pretty entertaining, and I'd love to find someplace to watch the original Bubblegum Crisis.
I own it, along with Chronicles of the Heroic Knight. I hunt eBay every now and than and pick up older anime, I got the remastered Mobile Suit Gundam sealed for $15, Gundam Wing for $20, Ghost in the Shell complete box set for $30 I think. As long as you are patient you can find just about anything for a great price.
So, I saw the Psycho Pass movie.
Its ok. There is a couple of dumb things that bother me though.
1) Why are the rebels so damned incompetent? Like, they only served to fulfil the gore quotient. I get that Urobuchi has a hardon for gory deaths, but christ man at least make one of them somewhat useful.
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Or survive for that matter.
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2) Apparently even country is in ruins except Japan. bs. First off, why? I don't remember an apocalypse level event being mentioned. GITS had WWIII, and even then you still had functioning states.
Secondly, you mean to tell me that Russia, China, the United States and Europe, for all their wealth, power, and size, somehow fell apart without coming up with a suitable way of maintaining order? bs x2
Thirdly, by making Japan the only functioning state, they're basically saying Sybil is the only system that works. Which means we won't see any cool Cold War-esque clash of Ideologies. Lame.
If you are going to write a setting that tries to be all intelligent and talk about the philosophies of law, order and maintaining a functional society, get your geopolitics straight.
3) Speaking of Sybil, do they ever fething lose? Like, I get that its meant to be a bleak setting and that Sybil is not supposed to be a perfect system, but they always seem to get what they want. They killed Shogo, they "corrected" their error and killed Kamui, and now they are
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, and apparently they are the only system that ever works in the world, honest. bs x9001
CthuluIsSpy wrote: I guess they are as bad as Hollywood in that case.
Is Urobuchi Michael Bay's bloodbrother?
He does seem to like explosions...of blood.
All right, I'm being a bit harsh. Buchi can actually write a script, for one thing
And Bay is a lot more fond of happy endings.
Did... did I just say something positive about Bay?
I... urp... I need a bucket...
Uro also likes guns, so I'll give him his fair due. Fate/Zero was pretty sweet in my opinion.
You know, as... slow, as Japan is regarding acceptance and integration of the disabled and like into society, this show is handling the material beautifully.
I could write so many psychology papers if Stats hadn't been required. Eh, at least we have Hikari's cape flapping.
turns out Being X is orchestrating the outbreak of a world war just to make life even harder for Tanya. god is a troll confirmed.
What I did find interesting the wording of his taunt "the whole world will be against you. To me this foreshadows that the Empire will end up betraying Tanya in the end out of fear for her power and cruelty, just as her previous incarnation was killed in the other world for his cruelty
You know, as... slow, as Japan is regarding acceptance and integration of the disabled and like into society, this show is handling the material beautifully.
I could write so many psychology papers if Stats hadn't been required. Eh, at least we have Hikari's cape flapping.
Don't forget her chomping down on various body parts when her fangs get itchy!
You know, as... slow, as Japan is regarding acceptance and integration of the disabled and like into society, this show is handling the material beautifully.
I could write so many psychology papers if Stats hadn't been required. Eh, at least we have Hikari's cape flapping.
Don't forget her chomping down on various body parts when her fangs get itchy!
Good point.
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Himari best sister. Also possibly the only person sucked by Hikari.
You know, as... slow, as Japan is regarding acceptance and integration of the disabled and like into society, this show is handling the material beautifully.
I could write so many psychology papers if Stats hadn't been required. Eh, at least we have Hikari's cape flapping.
Don't forget her chomping down on various body parts when her fangs get itchy!
Good point.
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Himari best sister. Also possibly the only person sucked by Hikari.
You know, as... slow, as Japan is regarding acceptance and integration of the disabled and like into society, this show is handling the material beautifully.
I could write so many psychology papers if Stats hadn't been required. Eh, at least we have Hikari's cape flapping.
Don't forget her chomping down on various body parts when her fangs get itchy!
Good point.
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Himari best sister. Also possibly the only person sucked by Hikari.
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There's probably a R34 of that
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It does sort of tie into Yuki's issues though. It's very much hinted that Hikari hurt Himari accidentally in the past. And might explain the choice to wear the cross choker. It is sweet how much they care for each-other.
Yeah, I noticed the crucifix. I think its an interesting detail, that may have significance later on
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She even wears it at school under her collar, which really sells the theory imo. And they are adorable together, though their parents must be exhausted by the end of the day.
turns out Being X is orchestrating the outbreak of a world war just to make life even harder for Tanya. god is a troll confirmed.
What I did find interesting the wording of his taunt "the whole world will be against you. To me this foreshadows that the Empire will end up betraying Tanya in the end out of fear for her power and cruelty, just as her previous incarnation was killed in the other world for his cruelty
You may be on to something. In the meantime, I am still enjoying the hick out of her seemingly IDGAF attitude while she mercilessly and methodically takes on all comers including Being X.
I also got a kick out of...
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Where she used magic as some sort of Aegis system to track and designate multiple targets. A technique I haven't seen other mages on either side do.
Anyway, How's Masamune-kun no revenge? Worth watching?
Still watching it, but Masamune is starting to annoy me as it seems he is being easily manipulated by multiple girls despite the show supposedly being about his revenge quest which....
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Seems to have really gone off the rails at this point with Masamune basically becoming Yoshino Koiwai's catspaw and Neko Fujinomiya seemingly prusuing her own agenda possibly at Masmune's expense
Likely will stick with it, but it's not one of my watch first shows in my que unlike Youjo Senki, Miss Kobayahsi's Dragon Maid, Interviews with Monster Girls and Konosuba.
I am also getting a little worried about the pacing of ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. Season is half over and.....still waiting for something other than rumors to be revealed.
I actually liked 4Kids' VA choices a lot of the time. One Piece, especially, I appreciated the effort they went to to give the characters different voices and accents to fit their personalities. To this day, I think Sanji without a Brooklyn accent just sounds wrong.
But Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid is more enjoyable than I thought it would be. Her dry completely out of feths character is fantastic. Much like a non panicking normal person in a crazy situation should be.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Also, a rather delightful "go feth yourself" towards the whole fanwank surrounding the katana in most anime. Well done.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Also, a rather delightful "go feth yourself" towards the whole fanwank surrounding the katana in most anime. Well done.
That episode was great. I'm happy that title was a lie. Also, Megumin best girl (and Darkness. What? I can two best girls), Eris is a trap.
Oh god I just realized the joke behind that boy wizard's name in Dragon Maid. I guess we'll be seeing cringy bs for a while -_-
At least seeing Fafnir turning into a huge nerd is fun.
AduroT wrote: Son of a B! A .5 recap episode on Tanya! Does this mean the finale is going to end up postponed for a couple months now?
I was also dissapointed to hear about and see the re-cap episode along with the scuttlebutt about production delays. Like you I hope this doesn't portend worse things.
This has really been my favorite show of the season.
Chewing through Nisekoi atm. It's ok. It gets bit old by the end of the first season, and they should have dropped the harem promise thing. The episode with Hana was particularly off putting. I mean,
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she threatened to gouge her husbands eyes out and threatened killing Raku twice. Am I supposed to be endeared by the reveal that she cares about her daughter? Likewise, that old harem anime gag about the guy getting punched to the stratosphere by a short tempered lady is pretty tired. Kazuma was right.
Seriously, young Raku was a fething player. Making promises of marriage everywhere.
Well, I finished it. Overall its a good show, for a harem thing. I mean, I do want shaft to make another season for completion's sake, and the characters were somewhat compelling. Maiko is best male character. I liked him way more than Raku.
Konosuba was exquisite today. Here's hoping the next episode, with the obligatory "the harem must visit a hot springs" becomes as good a deconstruction as the rest of the show.
BrookM wrote: Konosuba was exquisite today. Here's hoping the next episode, with the obligatory "the harem must visit a hot springs" becomes as good a deconstruction as the rest of the show.
Vanir is the best.
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I love how he knows Aqua is a goddess, and he taunts her relentlessly for it
And once again Darkness got herself into a compromizing position, that everyone else mistakes as heroism
Well, after being out of it for some time from the forums, I am back.
Going through the Highschool DxD series. Definitely...titillating, but has a interesting sense of humor and fun to watch as slightly mindless entertainment.
I JUST finished all of the new Evangelion movies (1.11, 2.22, 3.33) personally I liked the series better although the first 2 movies didnt disappoint I felt a little let down by 3.33 (how many impacts or near-impacts can you have!?)
3.33 was generally panned by fans. Anno is just now getting started on 4.0 or 3.0+1.0 or whatever it's going to be called. He took sometime off to direct Shin Godzilla with the guy who did the live action Attack on Titan movies.
So I got around to seeing the first berserk film. Its certainly more compressed than the old series. It was good though. Surprised they left out the rear guard, and that incompetant Tudor general.
The CGI it uses is pretty jank, but at least they use a lot of normal animation as well, unlike the 2016 series which was something like 80% CGI.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: So I got around to seeing the first berserk film. Its certainly more compressed than the old series. It was good though. Surprised they left out the rear guard, and that incompetant Tudor general.
The CGI it uses is pretty jank, but at least they use a lot of normal animation as well, unlike the 2016 series which was something like 80% CGI.
*sigh* The 2016 series and the Golden Age Arc movies were done by the same production company. The only reason why Berserk is mostly CGI is because to do the line art required for Miura's work would take way too much time and effort. The blue-rays of Berserk have had MOST of that CGI replaced with more traditional art. The Golden Age movies had a longer production schedule than the anime.
Also glad to see Youjo Senki moving forward again after the re-cap episode.
The way that she takes down opponents with zero feths given.....chilling.
What's your over under on that Christmas present leading to her eventual downfall? I'm betting the daughter end up being a pretty potent mage as well.
hmmmm....taking the under.......
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I think the charcter and the "gift" was a device to underscore how from Tanya's view, everything is a tool and that faith is not needed which is the core conflict i.e. We have the multi-episode charcterzation and exposition of a charcter who appears to be noble, intelligent, admired, grounded, and seemingly full of the type of faith that would be critical to defeating the manical and cyncial protaginist. Our sympathetic feelings are futher manipulated when he is given a prototype weapon by no less than his endearing and loyal daughter who seems to think that with such a weapon he is guaranteed to strike down whatever evil make seek to do him and their nation harm. That under any other circumstance would be assumed to be the device (of faith) by which evil (Tanya) would be defeated or the very least would play a significant role in redeming Tanya and proving to her once and for all the power of faith and God (Being X). Effectively we were being set up to believe he, and by extension the weapon, would play some significant role in Tanya's redemption. Instead she uses modest forces to take down what was supposedly a impregnable defence, eviscerates the counter attack, and seemingly without much effort (it really was a nuisance to her) takes down our symbolic hero with seemingly little effort and as an afterthought takes the supposedly special weapon with almost no fanfare. So ultimately the weapon doesn't lead to her downfall, if anything it like the "blessed" computation gem she just become one more of her tools.
BrookM wrote: Maybe it's just me, but while today's episode of Konosuba was fun, the animation was rather.. gak.
I thought the animation was about the same, really. Then again, I could have been distracted by how flying rodent gak insane the axis followers are.
I guess Aqua inspired them after all.
I'm getting iffy on Dragon Maid. I was wary of it from the initial ads thinking it would just be ecchi junk all the time, but it turned out to be more simple slice of life and actually very little ecchi humor. As it's gone on though they've been ramping the sex jokes up more and more, and earning bonus worrying points for the majority of them involving children. Ditch Lucoa and Riku and the show would be much improved.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: Yeah, the Slice of Life anime this season appears to be falling flat. Both Dragon Maid and Gabriel are losing steam.
Sadly I am starting to concur. Had such high hopes after a lot of shows had a solid first two or three episodes, but as the season has gone on much of it has started to trail off and fall into familiar tropes or lazy plot devices.
Gabriel has become a let down.
I did enjoy the last episode of Kobayashi's dragon maid. The....
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Bento contest was fun and the the introduction of Elma, who come to find out is the paragon of order and Tohruis the paragon of chaos, I think was done well. Agree that the ecchi stuff featuring Lucoa is starting to venture over into the disturbing side. Still all and all I am still high on the show.
Ecchi aside, I did find the dream scenes in the latest episode humorous. Poor Shouta, he just wants a familiar, not a dragon goddess that's constantly invading his privacy :(
Somehow Monster Girls today turned into a physics lesson.
Monster Girls may have altered my very understanding of certain creatures. I'm not sure I can ever fight a vampire in D&D again (unless they're sparkling, Red Court, or trying to kill me.)
Its funny how Kazuma is always lamenting his bad luck, but actually I don't think its his. Remember when they originally got their adventurer cards that his luck stat was abnormally high, but Aqua's luck stat was abnormally low. So all the good stuff that happens is because of Kazuma, but all the bad stuff is because Aqua is blood in the water and the sharks are coming to feed! Good luck and bad luck don't cancel each other out, they simply happen concurrently!
It's also a case of Aqua being too stupid and lazy to do something about her aura, which she can hide, but doesn't. This explains why undead are drawn to her like moth to a candle.
Pity though that the season is already over, here's hoping season three happens soon.
Ah, I avoided it like the plague when it came out because​I didn't need yet another "stuck in another world otaku wish fulfillment anime" but I've been watching season 1 the past week or so, but I'm maybe 5 episodes in.
AduroT wrote:A.) What was supposed to be in the box that Tohru gave to Kubayashi? It was blurred out.
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I don't know what it was but when she put the lid on it kept bumping, so it may be alive. Or maybe she tried to sneak her tail into the present? No idea.
Ah, I avoided it like the plague when it came out because​I didn't need yet another "stuck in another world otaku wish fulfillment anime" but I've been watching season 1 the past week or so, but I'm maybe 5 episodes in.
Yeah, that's the thing about Konosuba; its actually a parody of the whole Isekai genre.
Its hardly wish fulfillment.
Re Zero does something similar, but with less humor and more punches to groin. Also Dark Souls.
I think Subaru even hollowed at some point.
I agree. Its basically a massive parody, and shamelessly so. Poor Kasuma is hardly living the dream as it were. He's the only sane person surrounded by crazy people.
Kazuma may have thought that it was wish fulfilment (it pops up from time to time), but for the most part it is a delightful deconstruction, even going off the deep end once you get to really late in the story.
He's only sane as long as the situation asks for it, if he's got nothing to worry about money wise he'll happily take up the idiot ball. Megumin also shows bouts of sanity and she's seen as the most level-headed member of the party by Kazuma, which is saying something as she's a hardcore chuunibyou who actually thinks she's the main character in the story.
Clockwork planet does look neat. I just kinda wish that the 'Anime Style' wasn't quite so prevalent all over. I think that's part of what Naruto and One Piece/Fairy Tale have, is that they're different styles, which match the tone of the show more.
So got through most of Symphogear GX with a buddy tonight- haven't actually seen the first season (or two?), but DANG is that a fun show. Well written, well animated, absolutely over-the-top premise but still internally consistent... Pretty fun.
Ok, is Zero Kara Hajimeru Majou no Sho related to Re Zero, because the full titles for both are really similar.
I mean, both are even by White Fox and involve a witch.
Off the top of my head:
Berserk season 2
My hero academia season 2
Attack on Titan season 2
Love Tyrant (looks funny, probably won't stick with it)
Yowamushi Pedal New Generation (2?)
That looks about to be all that's interesting to me.
Awesome and disappointingly flat at the same time.
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Yeah, that's the best way to describe it. They could have provided a loophole for it all to end with a "some causalities but nobody of relevance dies" type of ending but didn't (good that they didn't) and on the other side there is some half random justification for Gjallarhorn to change and give up some of its power (why would Rustal even do that?). But Ride plotting revenge for the assassination did show that they didn't all just magically get better after the show (survivor's guilt/responsibility and they are highly loyal child soldiers after all).
Awesome and disappointingly flat at the same time.
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Yeah, that's the best way to describe it. They could have provided a loophole for it all to end with a "some causalities but nobody of relevance dies" type of ending but didn't (good that they didn't) and on the other side there is some half random justification for Gjallarhorn to change and give up some of its power (why would Rustal even do that?). But Ride plotting revenge for the assassination did show that they didn't all just magically get better after the show (survivor's guilt/responsibility and they are highly loyal child soldiers after all)
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Hey, could you please spoiler your post? Some of us are a week behind because we're watching it through Crunchyroll.
Awesome and disappointingly flat at the same time.
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Yeah, that's the best way to describe it. They could have provided a loophole for it all to end with a "some causalities but nobody of relevance dies" type of ending but didn't (good that they didn't) and on the other side there is some half random justification for Gjallarhorn to change and give up some of its power (why would Rustal even do that?). But Ride plotting revenge for the assassination did show that they didn't all just magically get better after the show (survivor's guilt/responsibility and they are highly loyal child soldiers after all)
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Hey, could you please spoiler your post? Some of us are a week behind because we're watching it through Crunchyroll.
Started watching Gundam Wing, now that it's available on Crunchyroll. LEAGUES better than Gundam Unicorn so far. For one thing, there's a lot less name-dropping.
Co'tor Shas wrote: I Can't Believe My Big Biology Teacher is This Ripped.
Guess it was to be expected. He did sort of look a bit like a bear, even with the lab coat on.
The reactions were priceless though.
Saw first episode of Akashic Records magic bastard, or whatever it is called. What is with anime/manga and long and hard to remember names these days? -_-
Anyway, not sure where its going, but I sense shenanigans so I might continue watching.
SkavenLord wrote: Started watching Gundam Wing, now that it's available on Crunchyroll. LEAGUES better than Gundam Unicorn so far. For one thing, there's a lot less name-dropping.
Co'tor Shas wrote: I Can't Believe My Big Biology Teacher is This Ripped.
Guess it was to be expected. He did sort of look a bit like a bear, even with the lab coat on.
The reactions were priceless though.
Awesome and disappointingly flat at the same time.
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Yeah, that's the best way to describe it. They could have provided a loophole for it all to end with a "some causalities but nobody of relevance dies" type of ending but didn't (good that they didn't) and on the other side there is some half random justification for Gjallarhorn to change and give up some of its power (why would Rustal even do that?). But Ride plotting revenge for the assassination did show that they didn't all just magically get better after the show (survivor's guilt/responsibility and they are highly loyal child soldiers after all).
Yeah, a lot of the ending felt really hand-waved and way too convenient.
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Like the whole Tekkadan attempting to surrender thing. You'd think once inevitably the facts of Gjallarhorns use of banned weapons and the ridiculous number of casualties (some extremely high ranking) they took fighting what ultimately was an army of child soldiers that wanted to surrender (and how Gjallarhorn's finest were terrified of said child soldiers), that Rustal and Gjallarhorn would have...difficulty maintaining power. Likewise, you'd think if they had those banned weapons sitting up there for the battle, they'd have just levelled the base or used them earlier and repeatedly, not just once and then let the survivors get back up and continue walking through Rustal's ground forces. And yeah, agreed, Rustal just happening to turn out to be a totally ok guy that just makes everything democratic and free ostensibly was...well, lazy writing, especially not noticing the gak ton of Tekkadan people around Kudelia...like right in front of him...who is running security at these events?
I did like however that Mikazuki wasn't actually defeated by Julieta, she really doesn't do anything to him except hold his attention momentarily, Mikazuki still messily kills everyone else that gets near and Julieta saves none of them. Rather, Mikazuki bleeds out from the big space railgun attack. On his last bout with Julieta, his tail attack falters before it hits indicating something is wrong, and moments later Julieta lands what appears to be a critical blow but its revealed that Mikazuki has already passed out from blood loss and dies moments later, and she basically just marches up and declares victory, spearing the already dead Gundam. That left Mikazuki's character role relatively intact. That said, Julieta going on about "why are you fighting? it's pointless, you have no cause and no way of winning" was rather absurd, Gjallarhorn wasn't interested in taking their surrender, and she knew that, that whole exchange didn't make sense.
Watching Iok get crushed alive was orgasmic. That character was just fething annoying. Ride continuing "the fight" was a nice touch and nod to reality that not everything is perfect.
Like the whole Tekkadan attempting to surrender thing. You'd think once inevitably the facts of Gjallarhorns use of banned weapons and the ridiculous number of casualties (some extremely high ranking) they took fighting what ultimately was an army of child soldiers that wanted to surrender (and how Gjallarhorn's finest were terrified of said child soldiers), that Rustal and Gjallarhorn would have...difficulty maintaining power. Likewise, you'd think if they had those banned weapons sitting up there for the battle, they'd have just levelled the base or used them earlier and repeatedly, not just once and then let the survivors get back up and continue walking through Rustal's ground forces. And yeah, agreed, Rustal just happening to turn out to be a totally ok guy that just makes everything democratic and free ostensibly was...well, lazy writing, especially not noticing the gak ton of Tekkadan people around Kudelia...like right in front of him...who is running security at these events?
I think I actually have some answers for some of these.
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I think the banned weapon bit was "allowed" in the space battle because it was leaked/implied in the media that Tekkadan used these and Gjallarhorn were just retaliating in kind. In the final battle, Gjallarhorn had a media blackout on their side (it was arranged on the last day only when they wanted to attack) so nobody knew of the details (an those kinetic needles need a long time to reload and probably don't aim well if you drop them from the atmosphere onto Mars). If they had used these things earlier it would have been broadcasted by someone.
Them being afraid of Tekkadan is also understandable. Gjallarhorn/the society feels kinda feudal (and with a honour system) while the kids are mostly "Human Debris" and kinda cult-like following orders and lack self-worth (and are not even afraid to die). And they all (the pilots, at least) have Alaya-Vijnana System which makes them better/quicker fighters than all the honour-bound orthodox adults on Gjallarhorn's side who are not plugged into their mobile suits (besides the ones with "real Gundams" that have Alaya-Vijnana Systems connected to old users's brains or AIs based on these or something like that to support the pilot).
I think Gjallarhorn needing/wanting to eliminate Tekkadan was about Rustal needing to show that they are still in control — they are, after all, some sort of military-space-police — and then they gave up a chunk o that control in the epilogue :/
Tekkadan around Kudelia can be explained either by Rustal knowing that they got new identities and going along with it (killing children and explaining that is not that easy when you can't just classify them as mercenaries) or just plainly not knowing about them individually as they were lowly mercenaries.
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I did like however that Mikazuki wasn't actually defeated by Julieta, she really doesn't do anything to him except hold his attention momentarily, Mikazuki still messily kills everyone else that gets near and Julieta saves none of them. Rather, Mikazuki bleeds out from the big space railgun attack. On his last bout with Julieta, his tail attack falters before it hits indicating something is wrong, and moments later Julieta lands what appears to be a critical blow but its revealed that Mikazuki has already passed out from blood loss and dies moments later, and she basically just marches up and declares victory, spearing the already dead Gundam. That left Mikazuki's character role relatively intact. That said, Julieta going on about "why are you fighting? it's pointless, you have no cause and no way of winning" was rather absurd, Gjallarhorn wasn't interested in taking their surrender, and she knew that, that whole exchange didn't make sense.
Watching Iok get crushed alive was orgasmic. That character was just fething annoying. Ride continuing "the fight" was a nice touch and nod to reality that not everything is perfect.
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Yeah, all the while Mikazuki and Akihiro were providing cover for the test of Tekkadan to escape and holding Gjallarhorn's attention. Julieta's last blow was in the end used, like a lot of the rest of the last fight, just a publicity stunt for Gjallarhorn. Mikazuki felt like a rabid animal when he ended up in desperate situations and his last fight had a bit of that "blindly fighting until he can't anymore" spirit. I also love the creepy buzzing sound the tail blade made when it was the only weapon left he could use.
I think she was questioning his motivation and not really asking about some sort of battlefield analysis why he's fighting. She didn't get it from Mikazuki while McGillis explained his motives right before he died. I think she kinda lost her initial motivation/pure loyalty around the time when Rustal told her (in one of the episodes towards the end) that Gjallarhorn, like Tekkadan, can be ruthless/brutal for its cause and that the cause can be not so noble too (something like that).
Iok came off as somebody who got to his position due to daddy helping him and was just bumbling around being clueless while mimicking what he thought a great leader needs to be. I thought McGillis had already killed him when he provided the diversion earlier but this death was much more satisfying and I really liked the visual effect of the blackness/negative space just consuming everything.
Saw Your Name today, pretty good film. If it's playing in your area, I'd suggest you check it out.
Also, the Lost Children arc isn't really all that important to the overall story of Berserk, which is why I think they skipped it. And as for "decent adaptation". It is still technically this adaptation we're getting right now. It's just not the broadcast version of the series, but the blu-ray release.
The image on the left is from the Blu-ray release, while the right is from the broadcast.
As you can see, they've replaced CGI with hand drawn animation.
The reason why we're going to keep getting the CGI is because the anime would become too costly for them to produce. Japan already has a shortage of animators, and now you're asking for a team to copy Miura's awesome line work? Just not feasible for the production time frame. So the animation is poor and will continue to be poor, but the production company is doing everything else right. Now I just need them to release the blu-rays outside of Japan so I can get them for less than $400 USD D:
CthuluIsSpy wrote: Oh wow, the Blu ray release does look a lot better. I need some of that.
That image is part of the reason why I'm okay with the animation looking like fething gak, because I know it'll get better. What is up my craw now is that it's not available outside of Japan
Well it was only the first episode but Grimoire of Zero looks like it could be really darn good. Liked all the characters so far. Story sounds alright.
AduroT wrote: Well it was only the first episode but Grimoire of Zero looks like it could be really darn good. Liked all the characters so far. Story sounds alright.
If only I could afford a double pay-wall. Strike got a couple shows this season I wanted to see (Grimoire was one of them.)
Has anyone started Clockwork Planet? I got the manga in my latest loot crate and liked it, so wondering how the show is before I decide to dive in.
Magical Teacher seems fun so far, but as a former educator I tend to have a soft spot for these kinds of shows.
I saw Clockwork Planet.
Its a disappointment. I was not expecting Moe style, and I got Moe style. I don't like unexpected moe.
Also the main character is annoying.
Might as well post a small roundup
Magical Bastard teacher - Its ok. Will continue watching, but I expect to be disappointed
Armed girls (not Framed Armed Girls, I mean Busuo Shoujo Machiavellisme) - Looks like schlock, but the fun type of schlock. May continue, idk.
Clockwork planet - Don't like the animation style, don't like the characters. Life expectancy low.
Berserk - CLANG. That's the only second season I'm covering in the round up. Because memes are the DNA of the Soul.
Not- Re Zero = Interesting premise so far, but holy gak the author borrowed a bunch of ideas. The title looks like Re Zero and the girl's name is reminiscent of Drakengard (her name is Zero and she has white hair. Come on). The white tiger man reminds me a bit like Guts too; big guy, bad reputation, affected by a curse that resulted in people hunting him, etc.
Not that its a bad thing, mind you, just something I noticed. Will continue watching.
Renai Bokun - Not...what I was expecting. I was expecting harem crap. What I got was a parody of harem crap that takes the complete piss out of the common tropes. Kind of interested, actually.
Re-Creators - When Windows 10 crashes so hard it blurs the line between realities. That's what I got from that BSOD scene xD. Also the red head chick looks a bit like Asuka Soryu. So hot I guess.
I've heard Magical Teacher takes a few episodes to get rolling based on people who've read the manga, which works for people who follow the three episode rule, I guess.
My pro-moe stance has probably become rather obvious by now, but I completely understand why people are sick of it.
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Especially since Clockwork seems to be half moe romantic comedy, half gritty drama.
I saw Clockwork Planet.
Its a disappointment. I was not expecting Moe style, and I got Moe style. I don't like unexpected moe.
Also the main character is annoying.
Might as well post a small roundup
Magical Bastard teacher - Its ok. Will continue watching, but I expect to be disappointed
Armed girls - Looks like schlock, but the fun type of schlock. May continue, idk.
Clockwork planet - Don't like the animation style, don't like the characters. Life expectancy low.
Berserk - CLANG. That's the only second season I'm covering in the round up. Because memes are the DNA of the Soul.
Not- Re Zero = Interesting premise so far, but holy gak the author borrowed a bunch of ideas. The title looks like Re Zero and the girl's name is reminiscent of Drakengard (her name is Zero and she has white hair. Come on). The white tiger man reminds me a bit like Guts too; big guy, bad reputation, affected by a curse that resulted in people hunting him, etc.
Not that its a bad thing, mind you, just something I noticed. Will continue watching.
Renai Bokun - Not...what I was expecting. I was expecting harem crap. What I got was a parody of harem crap that takes the complete piss out of the common tropes. Kind of interested, actually.
Re-Creators - When Windows 10 crashes so hard it blurs the line between realities. That's what I got from that BSOD scene xD. Also the red head chick looks a bit like Asuka Soryu. So hot I guess.
Sadly have to agree about Clockwork Planet. Not what I was lead to believe by the trailers and stills. Overall, of the dozen shows I have seen of the spring season, none look like they will be watch on release day, thus so far the Spring season is a big letdown from Winter. If I had to pick a couple of favorites so far I would say Alice & Zoroku and Eromanga Sensei.
I saw Clockwork Planet.
Its a disappointment. I was not expecting Moe style, and I got Moe style. I don't like unexpected moe.
Also the main character is annoying.
Might as well post a small roundup
Magical Bastard teacher - Its ok. Will continue watching, but I expect to be disappointed
Armed girls - Looks like schlock, but the fun type of schlock. May continue, idk.
Clockwork planet - Don't like the animation style, don't like the characters. Life expectancy low.
Berserk - CLANG. That's the only second season I'm covering in the round up. Because memes are the DNA of the Soul.
Not- Re Zero = Interesting premise so far, but holy gak the author borrowed a bunch of ideas. The title looks like Re Zero and the girl's name is reminiscent of Drakengard (her name is Zero and she has white hair. Come on). The white tiger man reminds me a bit like Guts too; big guy, bad reputation, affected by a curse that resulted in people hunting him, etc.
Not that its a bad thing, mind you, just something I noticed. Will continue watching.
Renai Bokun - Not...what I was expecting. I was expecting harem crap. What I got was a parody of harem crap that takes the complete piss out of the common tropes. Kind of interested, actually.
Re-Creators - When Windows 10 crashes so hard it blurs the line between realities. That's what I got from that BSOD scene xD. Also the red head chick looks a bit like Asuka Soryu. So hot I guess.
Sadly have to agree about Clockwork Planet. Not what I was lead to believe by the trailers and stills. Overall, of the dozen shows I have seen of the spring season, none look like they will be watch on release day, thus so far the Spring season is a big letdown from Winter. If I had to pick a couple of favorites so far I would say Alice & Zoroku and Eromanga Sensei.
Yeah, this season is a bit sparse on quality. Not really anything that's standing out, other than sequels.
Not counting sequels, I still say Zero looks really good so far. What Will You Do At The End Of The World?, or something to that effect also looks good after its first episode. Plus it wins longest title because that's not even the whole name of the show. Bastard Teacher is ok so far.
So sitting around the house bored and checking out some of the new animes I originally skipped when I had less time. Holy crap if you haven't checked out Re:Creators yet you really need to. Characters from animes and cartoons and video games getting pulled into the real world and finding out they're characters from our stories. Seems really good two episodes in so far.
So, I like Bleach. It's got its problems, but the overall story is neat, and the whole premise is pretty awesome. If it weren't for the terrible pacing, it'd probably be even over Naruto in popularity.
Bleach Abridged fixes some of that by, well, abridging it.
Recently saw Hellsing and Hellsing Ultimate with a buddy, then we watched Hellsing Abridged together. It's hilarious. Amazing. Team 4star is genius.
Bleach Abridged isn't the same team, isn't quite the same, but it's also pretty awesome. Granted, I'm only in the Soul Society arc, which is strong on its own, but still. I have high hopes for the further arcs.
I saw Clockwork Planet.
Its a disappointment. I was not expecting Moe style, and I got Moe style. I don't like unexpected moe.
Also the main character is annoying.
Might as well post a small roundup
Magical Bastard teacher - Its ok. Will continue watching, but I expect to be disappointed
Armed girls - Looks like schlock, but the fun type of schlock. May continue, idk.
Clockwork planet - Don't like the animation style, don't like the characters. Life expectancy low.
Berserk - CLANG. That's the only second season I'm covering in the round up. Because memes are the DNA of the Soul.
Not- Re Zero = Interesting premise so far, but holy gak the author borrowed a bunch of ideas. The title looks like Re Zero and the girl's name is reminiscent of Drakengard (her name is Zero and she has white hair. Come on). The white tiger man reminds me a bit like Guts too; big guy, bad reputation, affected by a curse that resulted in people hunting him, etc.
Not that its a bad thing, mind you, just something I noticed. Will continue watching.
Renai Bokun - Not...what I was expecting. I was expecting harem crap. What I got was a parody of harem crap that takes the complete piss out of the common tropes. Kind of interested, actually.
Re-Creators - When Windows 10 crashes so hard it blurs the line between realities. That's what I got from that BSOD scene xD. Also the red head chick looks a bit like Asuka Soryu. So hot I guess.
Sadly have to agree about Clockwork Planet. Not what I was lead to believe by the trailers and stills. Overall, of the dozen shows I have seen of the spring season, none look like they will be watch on release day, thus so far the Spring season is a big letdown from Winter. If I had to pick a couple of favorites so far I would say Alice & Zoroku and Eromanga Sensei.
Yeah. You can see the sub-par story and writing within the first five minutes. And I'm not sure I can agree with you on the animation or style- style seemed pretty typical 'Anime' to me, and the style...
It might just be the Animator in me (because that's what I study- animation), but any time I see DBZ-style "Flashes of action arcs around a stationary character" 'action' scenes, I just can't get past how cheap it is. Like, literally. Animating that sort of scene... I could probably get that banged out in an hour or two, and I'm a student.
Just... Compare the opening action sequence of Clockwork Planet to the opening action sequence of Kabaneri. Clockwork is so much more static, and even the enemies don't go down as well- perhaps its somewhat more realistic that the combat robots don't explode into shrapnel when the protagonists punch them, but it's also cheaper, easier to animate, and less entertaining.
I'm just... I'm saddened by it. That's a series that would actually have really, really benefited from a full-CGI production, because then they could have thrown in all sorts of cool, well, CLOCKWORK. Instead of skinny stick-arms and fantasy-guns.
I would agree the character animations were pretty standard fare and uninspiring, I was thinking more the background scenery and atmospherics that looked really cool.
But yeah, pretty disappointing otherwise. I'd love to see another season of Kabaneri, *that* was a pretty looking show.
I saw Clockwork Planet.
Its a disappointment. I was not expecting Moe style, and I got Moe style. I don't like unexpected moe.
Also the main character is annoying.
Might as well post a small roundup
Magical Bastard teacher - Its ok. Will continue watching, but I expect to be disappointed
Armed girls - Looks like schlock, but the fun type of schlock. May continue, idk.
Clockwork planet - Don't like the animation style, don't like the characters. Life expectancy low.
Berserk - CLANG. That's the only second season I'm covering in the round up. Because memes are the DNA of the Soul.
Not- Re Zero = Interesting premise so far, but holy gak the author borrowed a bunch of ideas. The title looks like Re Zero and the girl's name is reminiscent of Drakengard (her name is Zero and she has white hair. Come on). The white tiger man reminds me a bit like Guts too; big guy, bad reputation, affected by a curse that resulted in people hunting him, etc.
Not that its a bad thing, mind you, just something I noticed. Will continue watching.
Renai Bokun - Not...what I was expecting. I was expecting harem crap. What I got was a parody of harem crap that takes the complete piss out of the common tropes. Kind of interested, actually.
Re-Creators - When Windows 10 crashes so hard it blurs the line between realities. That's what I got from that BSOD scene xD. Also the red head chick looks a bit like Asuka Soryu. So hot I guess.
Sadly have to agree about Clockwork Planet. Not what I was lead to believe by the trailers and stills. Overall, of the dozen shows I have seen of the spring season, none look like they will be watch on release day, thus so far the Spring season is a big letdown from Winter. If I had to pick a couple of favorites so far I would say Alice & Zoroku and Eromanga Sensei.
Mostly it felt like a setup to an awkward high school hentai complete with physically perfect but utterly subservient sexbot fantasy.
I actually dropped Clockwork halfway in the second episode. The characters were just too aggravating for me to bear and it all looked so boring. You'd think a clockwork world would be a bit more industrial looking and gritty, but its so painfully clean and bland looking. Kabaneri looked better, and that show had problems.
Busuo Shojo Machiavellism is shlock that's rapidly becoming a weird assed harem, with disappointingly nary a sign of Machiavelli in sight, and its still more bearable to watch.
BrookM wrote: Kabaneri turned to gak way too fast in the end, pity really as it had a decent setting and great visuals.
Indeed, it started to become a trainwreck halfway through the series, just about when that villain guy showed up, and they started making it more like AoT with the giant monster zombies.
Hinako Note is officially my "cute girls doing cute things" anime of the season. I was a bit worried because I didn't have one yet (I was about to start a rewatch of Is the Order a Rabbit again) but now I'm on board. Scarecrows, ahoy!
Speaking of Slayers- anybody use the Funimation video player? It changed recently, and I was in the middle of watching Slayers on their site, but now the vids don't work. The player loads (they're not behind a paywall as far as I can tell) but nothing plays.
Not really getting a Slayers vibe off of Grimoire at all myself. It's completely lacking a loud sassy Lina character. Zero is much too chill to be her, and Mercenary is way too smart to be a Gourry.
Ok, so the spring season for me has been meh however that is not to say that I am not following anything. My watchlist has coalasced around the following;
Alice & Zoroku
The Royal Tutor
Akashic Records of Bastard magical Instructor
Boruto
Sakura Quest
Eromanga Sensei
Clockwork Planet
WorldEnd or aka that show with the longest title evar!
Natusme Yujin-cho season 6
The Silver Guardian
Kenka Bancho Otome
Granblue Fantasy
Love Tyrant
Can't say I have a paticular favorite of the group as they all feel like something to watch to pass the time, but if I was going to pick my "top 3" at the moment I would have to say Eromanga Sensei, Sakura Quest, and WorldEnd with The Royal Tutor and Alice & Zoroku not too far behind.
Clockwork Planet is the most likely to fall of that list. Boruto may also fall off the regular watch list as well to binge on later.
As for the two most anticipated sequals, Attack on Titan and My Hero Academia... AoT just doesn't interest me and after watching the first season of My Hero Academia (which I really enjoyed), I am now stuck on the manga and so my interest in the anime has waned.
Does anyone have some suggestion for an Anime like Evangelion? I loved the subject matter of this anime, all of the religious undertones on top of giant mecha... I dont think I could find another anime that fits me that well. the whiney kids were a turnoff couldve used more giant mecha action, but that's to be expected in most animes. Is there anything similar?
Although I would say it has less religious undertones (it's more like "unknown") but has eco movement / counterculture / surfer culture themes. I still think ray=out was a nod to Ray Gun.
supreme overlord wrote: Does anyone have some suggestion for an Anime like Evangelion? I loved the subject matter of this anime, all of the religious undertones on top of giant mecha... I dont think I could find another anime that fits me that well. the whiney kids were a turnoff couldve used more giant mecha action, but that's to be expected in most animes. Is there anything similar?
Gurren Lagann comes to mind. Its like a tribute to every mecha anime every, NGE included.
Anyway, watching WorldEnd, aka that one anime with the absurdly long title.
Its a bit charming, actually. However, I do find it odd how Ctholly looks like Nagisa from AssClass.
Seriously, its...uncanny.
Nah, Gurren Lagann is too over-the-top. I think Supreme Overlord is looking more for a pacing and theme feel, rather than the 'giant mech akshun' thing.
So, saw some of that Sin show that's out this season. Its another one of those shows that should really drop the pretext and go full hentai. Like, seriously, the uncensored version is risque and the censored version is pointless because of the jarring censorship inserts. Interesting concept overall I guess, obviously the ecchi crap show of the season, just alt-tab to porn when someone comes into your room. It'll be about the same but easier to explain. I know that joke pops up a lot concerning anime, but its actually applicable in this case. The OP and ED is alright though, so there's that. Probably the best thing of the show.
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AduroT wrote: Not really getting a Slayers vibe off of Grimoire at all myself. It's completely lacking a loud sassy Lina character. Zero is much too chill to be her, and Mercenary is way too smart to be a Gourry.
And that's why I like it I found the characters in Slayers to be obnoxious, especially once you factor in Lina's power levels. That's some DBZ gak going on right there.
Slayers was a 15th level DnD group playing a 4th level campaign.
I mean, seriously, a Gestalt Sorcerer/Fighter, a Paladin with a very high level Smite, and a half Golem with, what, 5/- DR +5 Natural Armour Wizard? And those are just the first couple people in the party.
Catching up on Re Creators.
Its a good show. I wonder if the series creator read Number of the Beast by Heinlein.
I think my favorite character might be that boss guy with the sword. He's basically Kamina with stand powers. Which is pretty rad.
Some questions though -
What impact does Fanfic have on their worlds?
On a scale of 1-10, how fethed would they be if Great Cthulhu were to show up?
What would happen if the creations were to discover the massive amounts of R34 of them, which, as they are popular fictional characters within this setting, there would no doubt be?
Anvildude wrote:Nah, Gurren Lagann is too over-the-top. I think Supreme Overlord is looking more for a pacing and theme feel, rather than the 'giant mech akshun' thing.
AduroT wrote:Check out RahXephon. Pretty similar in feel to Eva.
Also Gurren Lagaan. Sure it's a lot more epic in feel than Eva, but it's quite incredible. Definitely one of my most very favorite animes.
I'll check out Raxephon and Gurren Lagen. I loved the dark feel of Evangelion (along with giant fighting mechs). When I watched GL it seemed light, bright, not much of a deep or dark story, I could be wrong as I only watched 2 episodes. I've never seen Raxephon but know it has something to do with singing robots? Was also told about 5 star stories.... anything on that?
What impact does Fanfic have on their worlds?
On a scale of 1-10, how fethed would they be if Great Cthulhu were to show up?
What would happen if the creations were to discover the massive amounts of R34 of them, which, as they are popular fictional characters within this setting, there would no doubt be?
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1. I think in their theory fan fiction has no impact, only the real creator can do something and even then the real creators' seem to not be able to change things when the characters shifts into the real world. My guess is the change needs to be published and gain some traction in the real world before it can impact anything and that this will probably be explored in later episodes. Them exploring if a creator can change things is a setup for later.
2. Their theory is that them coming into the real world and bending the laws of physics seems to affect our world/universe negatively and the guests are trying to minimise their impact. Anything with great powers using them would instantly destabilise our universe (if their theory about how the guests' powers affect our universe are correct).
3. hilarity ensues… probably? I think that's something that the show will explore (how they react to fan fiction or just media interactions in general, not necessarily R34)
Writing a Fanfic would probably cause an additional new world to be born. Hell, maybe the reason the guy who wrote to book trying to make changes to her didn't work was because she's based on the anime, given she's apparently using its timeline instead of the books which is further along.
Also with Gurren Lagaan, it does get much deeper and darker as they go along. Very good.
Yeah, it gets much much darker pretty early on in the series. You have to watch more than 2 episodes, but it'll make you question existence.
I'd suggest Utena if you were interested in the dealing with being a teenager/angsty part of Evangelion, but there's no giant robots, just lesbians dueling with swords.
I've never seen such a dog turd of an episode plot delivered so compellingly, or with such amazing visual splendor, as to make me care 0% about how fundamentally dumb it was.
That was beautifully awesome.
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Mikasa's attack sequence...holy balls, visually brutal and shocking, narratively powerful, gorgeously animated, and totally badass, I could watch that for days...
Oh Berserk.. not one, but two really, really badass quotes:
Spoiler:
"For that sword is forged by the malice of thousands of dying souls."
"I am the Lord of Rotting Roots. Ruler of withered trees and polluted mud. In accordance with my contract with the little one, the trolls who crawl on my body will become a breeding ground for maggots. ROT."
It was jank, but it was still a badass episode.
Because Berserk is fething awesome.
Boku No Hero was pretty good this week. It was nice seeing the other powers in action. The support lady's fight was funny.
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it was just a 10 minute long sales pitch. She didn't even win. After show off her wares she just left the arena,
leaving a very pissed off Lida the victor
Watching Beezlebub. Its ok, but I really don't like how OP Aoi is.
Like, lady, if you can intimidate a god, and wreck buildings with a wooden sword, that's apparently made of magic thanks to all of the pretty pink light, then you don't have to worry about fighting demons. I swear, she's much stronger than Oga, and he's hopped up on demon juice, because mah secret long winded techniques. It's...aggravating.
Also Furuichi being a pathetic punching bag gets old. Apparently he becomes a badass in the manga, but that doesn't appear to be showing anytime soon, so I guess I have to watch the same joke every episode.
They put out a Blame! today, by Netflix. It's CGI, but damned good looking. Never read the manga before, but I may now after having seen about thirty minutes of the movie. So damned good on the visuals and atmosphere.
I love Skull Knight so much. He's like a grimdark Mr.Rodgers/fairy godmother turned up to 11, it's hilarious. All he does is show up and look intensely intimidating while he drops profound wisdom to help people help themselves, and occasionally does something insanely badass to rescue people when they done goofed.
The scene where he showed up in the old Witch's house was fething hilarious.
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Little old prim and proper woman in her flower garden...and a dude who looks like the mother of all BBEG's shows up randomly, and she's just like "oh hi friend", and he goes on to make dire pronouncements of doom and her reaction is basically "oh bless your heart".
Schierke's little smirk as she casts her rot spell on the trolls was also great, even that little mousy girl has a grimdark side.
Whenever Skull Knight shows up, you know something awesome is going to happen.
But creating a dimension cutting sword out of behelits he took from slain Apostles? He had to slay a lot of the fethers to make it that powerful.
It was also cool that the old witch referred to him as "your majesty", which is another step closer to confirming that he is Gaiseric, creator of the first empire.
Blame! was pretty good. Great action, interesting story, wish they told more of it. Doesn't really answer a bunch of the stuff that comes up, or maybe just kind of infers things with a lot of show don't tell.
After burning through the entire manga in one go, the movie has a lot of show, don't tell, but to me feels like it tells more than the manga ever will.
Watched Blame! last night. Interesting flick, loved the atmosphere, visuals, and character design, but the "main" Kirry guy or whatever his name is felt...well, both pointless and stupid, like a webtoon parody of the generic "strong quiet" type.
Killy, his name is Killy. Though that may make him more cheesy to some folks. He is supposed to be bland though, as he's nothing but a.. well means of exploring the setting and getting from one place to another. The manga has this even more so, with large parts of it being without any dialogue whatsoever coming from him, but rather from others, like Cibo or Sanakan.
As for what's his deal..
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The reason for him being a mute strong type is because he's a re-purposed security robot or the like, along the same lines as Sanakan, tasked with the singular mission of finding someone with the right genes, nothing else matters. He's been at this job for well over three thousand years now..!
What would've made the movie even better was if Dhomochevsky was in it:
Have not watched a Subtitled show(Or any Anime) for awhile. Mostly because the fandom pushed me away.
But then my friend said "Screw Fandom, Enjoy it"
So I watched the Second Season of Blue Exorcist and with my job having weird hour the cramp hobby time, Im watching more Subs
But gonna go watch the Dub of Blue Exorcist after this, its a fun show
My only complaint with the new season of blue exorcist was them not taking enough time at the start to let you know right where it was cutting in and changing the story from season one.
Season one did the FMA thing where when the anime caught up to the manga they just finished the show with their own story. Season two picks up half/third or something of the way then season one where the manga had ended and now branches off to get back on track with the manga story such that the later half/two thirds of season one didn't happen.
It cuts in right after the first time his class finds out he's the son of Satan. But the show itself makes no mention of all this retcon stuff so it was really confusing at first when I didn't realize that's what it was doing and everyone hated the main dude.
AduroT wrote: Season one did the FMA thing where when the anime caught up to the manga they just finished the show with their own story. Season two picks up half/third or something of the way then season one where the manga had ended and now branches off to get back on track with the manga story such that the later half/two thirds of season one didn't happen.
It cuts in right after the first time his class finds out he's the son of Satan. But the show itself makes no mention of all this retcon stuff so it was really confusing at first when I didn't realize that's what it was doing and everyone hated the main dude.
Yeah, it wasn't clear when the cut off was. Logically, it should have been after the trial where he kicked that Earth demon guy's ass, but before the movie I think? Or is the movie non-canon too?
Everything afterwards, especially the last episode of the first season, is original. Its not "canon"
BrookM wrote: Killy, his name is Killy. Though that may make him more cheesy to some folks. He is supposed to be bland though, as he's nothing but a.. well means of exploring the setting and getting from one place to another. The manga has this even more so, with large parts of it being without any dialogue whatsoever coming from him, but rather from others, like Cibo or Sanakan.
As for what's his deal..
Spoiler:
The reason for him being a mute strong type is because he's a re-purposed security robot or the like, along the same lines as Sanakan, tasked with the singular mission of finding someone with the right genes, nothing else matters. He's been at this job for well over three thousand years now..!
What would've made the movie even better was if Dhomochevsky was in it:
I got the vibe they were going for with him (much the same as Guts in Berserk), I just dont think Killy (the english dub pronounced it Kirry ) carried it through well in the flick for some reason. Loved the rest of it though. Ill have to check out the Manga at some point.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: Isn't the Psycho Pass movie canon? I hope its not, because there was some stupid bs.
End of Evangelion was also canon, as that was what was going on outside of Shinji's psyche.
it's also the ending they really wanted to do, the trippy weirdness of the anime ending was resorted to because they ran out of money
After my daily visit to Hobbytown, I looked at some Gundams which I always wanna buy, but aways put it off because I feel like my painting wont do it justice.
So I decided to watch Iron Blooded Orphans while I Airbrush Gulliman
I actually find Gundam Models (the larger ones that is) really easy to paint, and it doesn't take much since the parts already come in their basic colors. The hardest part to worth with is the eyes, especially since so many mobile suits once their heads are assembled have areas that are really hard to reach with even a detail brush without getting paint elsewhere.
The RX-78 isn't the coolest Gundam but I thought it was a really good one to start with since it isn't a crazy model like the Sazabi or the EW Wing-Zero.
hotsauceman1 wrote: Im saddened by the lack of gundams in Iron Blooded Orphans.......Only one so far.
Iron Blooded Orphans has a handful of them in total that they refer to as "Gundams", but most don't look like the archtypal Gundam. The Gundams themselves are about as secondary to the show as they can possibly be and still have it be considered a "Gundam" show, and for the most part, only one Gundam that has any relevance. They could easily redo some visuals and lines and sell it as a non-Gundam giant robot show fairly easily.
That said, the show was super awesome, definitely one of my favorite anime shows from the last few years.
hotsauceman1 wrote: Im saddened by the lack of gundams in Iron Blooded Orphans.......Only one so far.
Not major spoilers, but read at risk;
Spoiler:
Other Gundams will appear in the series, so don't worry. Barbatos is just the first. Two more appear before the end of Season One, with a third, and fourth appearing in Two.
That said, Gundams are much less plot relevant in Iron Blooded Orphans than is traditional for the franchise. They're powerful suits and treated as such, but they're also not the highly sought after cutting edge technology of previous series'. They're actually antiquated technology, notable only for having two Ahab reactors rather than the usual one which gives them double the power output of a normal mobile suit but operating them without the Alaya-Vijnana system which the suits were designed for prevents using them at their peak as they exceed the ability of a normal human to keep up. This system in itself is almost more relevant to the series for pilot performance than the actual mobile suits are as everyone who has one tends to beat the crap out of anyone who doesn't without only a few exceptions regardless of what suit they happen to be operating.
I think IBO is my favorite Gundam since Wing. I liked it even more than I liked OO.
I know, its really good and im liking the characters(Hoping season 2 dub is gonna happen soon too)
Its just, I thought it would be like a gundam show, Lotsa mech fights, more and more powerups ever episode so sell more kits and so forth.
hotsauceman1 wrote: I know, its really good and im liking the characters(Hoping season 2 dub is gonna happen soon too)
Its just, I thought it would be like a gundam show, Lotsa mech fights, more and more powerups ever episode so sell more kits and so forth.
I don't think this post is spoilery but still:
Spoiler:
In this show the archetypical Gundams are more like ancient relics (I haven't seen many other gundam shows but have a basic knowledge of how this works) they are more powerful than regular Mobile Suit, which in turn are more powerful than Mobile Worker (the small "armed buggies"). And even piloting a better machine doesn't automatically mean you'll win as access to a Alaya-Vijnana System usually provides better reaction time and more natural feeling piloting. That's also why Mikazuki is also so good, he survived three Alaya-Vijnana System surgeries (these can be fatal), and the surgery itself is seen as kinda not honourable so it's only done on Human Debris (kinda slaves/child soldiers?).
There is a political component to the show and enough fights to balance things out. And the fights are more about close range melee fights and regular kinetic projectiles (guns/grenades, and a few missiles/railguns) instead of going all "pew pew lasers and stuff" or Macross Missile Massacre (warning: tv tropes link!). Overall the fights are rather visceral but also very satisfying. There are some upgrades, new suits, and additional interesting weapon loadouts in the second season.
In the world of IBO, laser tech is outdated, and even mook Mobile Suit armor is able to reflect energy weapons away with minimum damage (which becomes a very minor plot point later).
I also thought this was nice. Kept the series a little more down as it were than others which tend to get super beam crazy once beam weapons become common place and it gets silly. The fights were some of the best in any Gundam series, going more like a traditional beat um up franchise with Giant robots rather than like Gundam Seed where Kira "Jesus" Yamato just starts blasting everything insight with ludicrous amounts of dakka.
I'd honestly say it has more in common with Victory Gundam (particularly with regards to its ending and the series' overall kill counter). Though IBO never gets as "dark and edgy" as Victory did but it is one of the darker series' imo what with tackling themes like child soldiers.
If you want something like Turn A, you might like Recongusta in G, but I know that the art style of that one turned a lot of people off.
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Anvildude wrote: Sounds like Turn A, a little. I might actually have to check it out, from these descriptions. I usually avoid Gundam.
Just... please tell me they updated the sound effects. I don't think I could take the horrible 80's swoosh and zwoowm noises.
The series even lacks beam sabers. It's sound base is very mechanical in tone.
Though that may make him more cheesy to some folks. 
He is supposed to be bland though, as he's nothing but a.. well means of exploring the setting and getting from one place to another. The manga has this even more so, with large parts of it being without any dialogue whatsoever coming from him, but rather from others, like Cibo or Sanakan.
