"No Game No Life" is an anime now? I totally absolutely have to watch it! I only saw bits and pieces in manga form. Definitely has potential and I'd totally tap that princess ;P.
What are your guys opinions on School Days? Just wondering, as many people say it's good and others say it is the bottom end of anime. I'm wandering what the dakka Otakus think of it.
On the subject of SoL genre anime, I think Golden Time is really good, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu and Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Purezza are really quite entertaing.
Beast Warrior wrote: What are your guys opinions on School Days? Just wondering, as many people say it's good and others say it is the bottom end of anime. I'm wandering what the dakka Otakus think of it.
On the subject of SoL genre anime, I think Golden Time is really good, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu and Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Purezza are really quite entertaing.
It is the bottom end of the totem pole as far as anime go. So far in fact it is so far in the group, and considering it is a bad VN adaptation to boot.
In short, stay away from School Days as much as you can, because even the Chaos Gods do not dare touch this gak.
Beast Warrior wrote: What are your guys opinions on School Days? Just wondering, as many people say it's good and others say it is the bottom end of anime. I'm wandering what the dakka Otakus think of it.
On the subject of SoL genre anime, I think Golden Time is really good, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu and Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Purezza are really quite entertaing.
Golden Time was a really good anime, I agree. For me, Non Non Biyori is the pinnacle of Slice of Life anime .
As for School Days...
It is the bottom end of the totem pole as far as anime go. So far in fact it is so far in the group, and considering it is a bad VN adaptation to boot.
In short, stay away from School Days as much as you can, because even the Chaos Gods do not dare touch this gak.
this sums it up quite nicely ; I couldn't say it better myself Tanako.
Beast Warrior wrote: What are your guys opinions on School Days? Just wondering, as many people say it's good and others say it is the bottom end of anime. I'm wandering what the dakka Otakus think of it.
On the subject of SoL genre anime, I think Golden Time is really good, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu and Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Purezza are really quite entertaing.
Golden Time was a really good anime, I agree. For me, Non Non Biyori is the pinnacle of Slice of Life anime .
As for School Days...
It is the bottom end of the totem pole as far as anime go. So far in fact it is so far in the group, and considering it is a bad VN adaptation to boot.
In short, stay away from School Days as much as you can, because even the Chaos Gods do not dare touch this gak.
this sums it up quite nicely ; I couldn't say it better myself Tanako.
I am not sure if I am suppose to take the reply as good or bad.
Beast Warrior wrote: What are your guys opinions on School Days? Just wondering, as many people say it's good and others say it is the bottom end of anime. I'm wandering what the dakka Otakus think of it.
On the subject of SoL genre anime, I think Golden Time is really good, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu and Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Purezza are really quite entertaing.
Golden Time was a really good anime, I agree. For me, Non Non Biyori is the pinnacle of Slice of Life anime .
As for School Days...
It is the bottom end of the totem pole as far as anime go. So far in fact it is so far in the group, and considering it is a bad VN adaptation to boot.
In short, stay away from School Days as much as you can, because even the Chaos Gods do not dare touch this gak.
this sums it up quite nicely ; I couldn't say it better myself Tanako.
I am not sure if I am suppose to take the reply as good or bad.
Stupidly, against mine and your guys better judgement, I decided to watch School Days and it's OVAs with my friend ... I can quite happily say that I have never been so angry and irritated by a character such as Makoto ever before! He's so ... That said, the ending was very satisfactory!
Now I am just getting started on Koi to Sonkyo to Chocolate, pretty good so far.
poppa G wrote: Alright, I'm bored. Which anime should I start?
berserk, claymore, dead man wonderland, durara?
Durara, the other 3 are all better as manga.
This is also true haha As much as I loved claymore the anime, the fact they just dropped it in the middle of the story really bothered me. As far as I know they'll probably never continue it :(
Aaahh, Kill la Kill, I'm happy it continues spreading the joy. God Bless 'Murica, God Bless Satsuki.
So after a very strange and gakky work day, I've managed to already watch 2 eps of K-On! despite I should be saving them for the gym... I now honestly understand why this is so famous. The quantity of moe is off the charts, over 9000, Gi-fething-normous and very funny to boot. I couldn't stop smiling while watching it
I watched on Crunchyroll's free version. SD is more than enough quality I figure. Nothing ever stays still long enough for 'low quality' to be an issue.
I use crunchyroll for... 75% of my viewing. I'll use Hulu if it has something crunch doesn't or gets it sooner, Funimation for the stuff crunch doesn't have (D-Frag!) and another sight for stuff like Familiar of Zero and ovas.
I want to get a subscription for crunchyroll so I don't have to wait a week and can watch on my ps3, but I can't afford it.
And of course DVD's for shows I really, really like.
In other news, Black Bullets keep being a shiny beacon of what means to be an awesome anime. The pacing of this last episode was ridiculous, KLK style, it just kept delivering more and more awesome until the grand finale!
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AN EPIC FALCON PUNCH! I'm sorry Evangelion, what's that? You needed a Positron Sniper Rifle to take care of that Angel? Here they use LIGHT SPEED FISTS OF FURY.
Eva had railguns too, but I must say, that one looked pretty badass. I don't know why they were freaking out so much.
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"i might miss!"
Wait? Your firing at close to the speed of light, so you hit the dam target in less that a 1000th of a second after you fire that cannon. You don't even have to worry about bullet drop mate! That, of course your worryed that the shell being an... arm... might mess things up.
I bet the people in this show can count themselves lucky that they don't need to deal with AT fields. Not even that railgun would help them then.
Ledabot wrote: Eva had railguns too, but I must say, that one looked pretty badass. I don't know why they were freaking out so much.
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"i might miss!"
Wait? Your firing at close to the speed of light, so you hit the dam target in less that a 1000th of a second after you fire that cannon. You don't even have to worry about bullet drop mate! That, of course your worryed that the shell being an... arm... might mess things up.
I bet the people in this show can count themselves lucky that they don't need to deal with AT fields. Not even that railgun would help them then.
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Actually, I'm pretty sure a linear gun capable of firing near light speed wouldn't give two gaks about AT fields. Remember, the also shot an angel by just pumping a load of power into a fat beam rifle. Something moving at near light speed would carry so much more kinetic energy it's not even funny.
AT Fields can be overpowered with enough power. I've discussed this before on a TTGL vs NGE thread, and the end result was that no matter what Mind Screw NGE can think up off, the sheer power of even the standard Gurren Lagann is enough to tear through an AT Field.
Gurren Lagann can break the fabric of space and time with a punch, I don't think an AT field would mean much.
As for Black Bullet, where the hell does it go from here? I mean that was pretty much season finale material right there. Any threat that tops that is going to be getting dangerously close to over the top silly.
Yeah I'm kinda WTFing over here. The bad ass hero even told his old mentor to eat it, there was some serious feels.... did they get the episodes of sync or what?
KalashnikovMarine wrote:Yeah I'm kinda WTFing over here. The bad ass hero even told his old mentor to eat it, there was some serious feels.... did they get the episodes of sync or what?
Well, to be honest, KLK also had a ridiculous pacing and everything went together perfectly, giving us those weekly massives quantities of awesome. HOPEFULLY, Black Bullet does the same.
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And I honestly want that villain to return. "Cry, Sodomy. Sing, Gospel." Even his guns were badass! Loved that guy!
Co'tor Shas wrote:I was sick for the past week so I watched the first season of Log Horizon. It's very good, much better than SAO.
I'm happy one more dakka brother joins the "Log Horizon was so much better than SAO" train
SAO is just a death game, nothing new. LH is more orientated towards actual gaming, tactics, levels, rows, ect. I never really liked SAO, it didn't take advantage of it'd medium very well.
Co'tor Shas wrote: SAO is just a death game, nothing new. LH is more orientated towards actual gaming, tactics, levels, rows, ect. I never really liked SAO, it didn't take advantage of it'd medium very well.
ya Log Horizon meshed with it's environment a lot better. The only real problem I had with it is to much build up into nothing. Episodes would be spend getting to some plot point only to have it all end in a few minutes, or not result in a very exciting climax
I like it, myself, but for the same reason I enjoy the character of Superman- the subtext involved. SAO isn't about the game. That's a sad thing, as the world of the game was obviously a rich one, and could have had opportunity for magnificent visuals.
But the human story behind it was a good one. It was almost "Day in the life", but with the drama and tension of Death as a looming threat- they didn't spend too much time over-hyping the "OMG you're caught in a game! If you die in-game you die in real life! We're being betraaaaayed!" that you'd almost expect from the setup they gave- instead they use the game's backdrop to tell a story of love and loss and gain and living. They sort of use the game as a tool so that they can have deadly traps and vicious murder without being bogged down in the gore and shock of viscera, and to avoid 'Anime Protagonist Syndrome Plot Armour' by, again, letting the game mechanics handle that- and so you end up with a teenage protagonist that can 'realistically' have a 'higher power level' than everyone else- because teenagers often obsessively play videogames until they're incredibly skilled at that game.
Another thought I had within the first 'game' of SAO was that it could, in a way, be an allegory for addiction. You have those who are trying to overcome it- those who succumb- those who are in denial (and hurt others all the more for it) and those who just give up- it's an interesting thought, though it does fall apart once the game is beaten.
Having enjoyed SAO so far, I'm going to be looking forward to watching Log Horizon if people all say it's better. I just hope it has as much finesse as SAO, and doesn't rely on flashy visuals and over the top action to carry a mediocre plot.
Having enjoyed SAO so far, I'm going to be looking forward to watching Log Horizon if people all say it's better. I just hope it has as much finesse as SAO, and doesn't rely on flashy visuals and over the top action to carry a mediocre plot.
You'll find it's almost the exact opposite of that.
So just watched Black Bullet, i'm slightly disappointed....
It advanced way too quickly.... 4 episodes and it feels like I could stop watching and not miss anything? Seems a bit odd. Wasn't enough enough time to get attached to some of the characters either.
It's good, but not as good as I expected it to be. Heres hoping the next few episodes do something good to make me want to watch it.
AduroT wrote: Gurren Lagann can break the fabric of space and time with a punch, I don't think an AT field would mean much.
Yeah, except some of the more rabid NGE fanboys seem to think they can just lock Team Dai-Gurren into some kind of dimensional prison (the Dirac Sea or whatever it's called). Or Third Impact...funny how those morons couldn't respond when I pointed out that Team Dai-Gurren managed to free themselves free from the Anti-Spirals' lotus-eater machine.
AduroT wrote: Gurren Lagann can break the fabric of space and time with a punch, I don't think an AT field would mean much.
Yeah, except some of the more rabid NGE fanboys seem to think they can just lock Team Dai-Gurren into some kind of dimensional prison (the Dirac Sea or whatever it's called). Or Third Impact...funny how those morons couldn't respond when I pointed out that Team Dai-Gurren managed to free themselves free from the Anti-Spirals' lotus-eater machine.
Even as a firm NGE fan, Team Dai-Gurren surely can break through the Dirac Sea. Third Impact I am not sure, but I think that might be a minor speed bump at worst.
AduroT wrote: Gurren Lagann can break the fabric of space and time with a punch, I don't think an AT field would mean much.
Yeah, except some of the more rabid NGE fanboys seem to think they can just lock Team Dai-Gurren into some kind of dimensional prison (the Dirac Sea or whatever it's called). Or Third Impact...funny how those morons couldn't respond when I pointed out that Team Dai-Gurren managed to free themselves free from the Anti-Spirals' lotus-eater machine.
Even as a firm NGE fan, Team Dai-Gurren surely can break through the Dirac Sea. Third Impact I am not sure, but I think that might be a minor speed bump at worst.
Do you know what a Dirac sea is? It's not really something you can break out of. I'm no fanboy, but it's in the definition of the space, as far as NGE is concerned. The lotus eater machine really only exists to have the protag escape from it. I've never seem one work before. Have you?
Edit: I still think that they would win though. You wouldn't be able to keep them standing around long enough to get them in one and then it would be a miracle if the sea was even big enough to fit them in.
Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san is quite possibly one of my favorite anime of the season, and one of the top "short" anime I've watched recently.
Coffin Princess Chaika also upped the stakes with another lethal loli hanging around. So it's clear what direction that's going now.
Also Love Live remains one of the best things ever, especially with their new animation method which is a significant upgrade. I am convinced I enjoy this anime a little too much.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san is quite possibly one of my favorite anime of the season, and one of the top "short" anime I've watched recently.
Coffin Princess Chaika also upped the stakes with another lethal loli hanging around. So it's clear what direction that's going now.
Also Love Live remains one of the best things ever, especially with their new animation method which is a significant upgrade. I am convinced I enjoy this anime a little too much.
Im enjoying Chaika too, but I don't consider a
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transforming dragon
a loli. I haven't seen the short your watching, but it looks pretty lewd.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san is quite possibly one of my favorite anime of the season, and one of the top "short" anime I've watched recently.
Coffin Princess Chaika also upped the stakes with another lethal loli hanging around. So it's clear what direction that's going now.
Also Love Live remains one of the best things ever, especially with their new animation method which is a significant upgrade. I am convinced I enjoy this anime a little too much.
Im enjoying Chaika too, but I don't consider a
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transforming dragon
a loli. I haven't seen the short your watching, but it looks pretty lewd.
The short he mentions is hilarious and expect massive doses of yuri. Last week's ep was pretty lewd, tho
I disagree about Chaika. In fact, thanks to this week's ep, this season I now have
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2 different animes with a loli dragon in it. MMMHH, MHHH, MHHHH, the Dragon and loli fan-boy in me is most pleased with this recent development.
Watched another couple of episodes of KLK, the ones with Gammagori's history.
It was ok. Didn't like how Ryuko suddenly pulled the exact form she needed to beat him out of her butt though. I hate that kind of story telling.
I think it would be hilarious though if Tim Curry voiced Gammagori when he's in his Shackle Regalia form. There would be much squeeing that day.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san is quite possibly one of my favorite anime of the season, and one of the top "short" anime I've watched recently.
Coffin Princess Chaika also upped the stakes with another lethal loli hanging around. So it's clear what direction that's going now.
Also Love Live remains one of the best things ever, especially with their new animation method which is a significant upgrade. I am convinced I enjoy this anime a little too much.
Im enjoying Chaika too, but I don't consider a
Spoiler:
transforming dragon
a loli. I haven't seen the short your watching, but it looks pretty lewd.
The short he mentions is hilarious and expect massive doses of yuri. Last week's ep was pretty lewd, tho
I disagree about Chaika. In fact, thanks to this week's ep, this season I now have
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2 different animes with a loli dragon in it. MMMHH, MHHH, MHHHH, the Dragon and loli fan-boy in me is most pleased with this recent development.
I'm taking a break from Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Don't get me wrong, Reinhard is awesome, but one can only take so much 'Just As Planned' before mind-splode happens, so I'm going to be watching Spice and Wolf for a while.
Admiral Valerian wrote: I'm taking a break from Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Don't get me wrong, Reinhard is awesome, but one can only take so much 'Just As Planned' before mind-splode happens, so I'm going to be watching Spice and Wolf for a while.
You're taking a break from an epic space opera (still envious you can watch it, btw) by watching an anime devoted to Medieval economics?
I salute you and you're superior mental capacity!
Nanana's Buried Treasure is certainly getting interesting (and Tensai is adorable). I should start keeping track of the genre's it uses.
It got me thinking though, are there any anime where the main male lead falls for the trap and pursues them romantically even knowing it's a guy? Because I feel like that needs to be done now.
Overlord Thraka wrote: Decided to skip all the filler episodes and go straight to Shuppuden. So much for my hope of them giving the characters more 'teenager voices'
Best decision you could have done. Those fillers made me quit anime for years. I literally just said "Enough of this gak" and quitted, only watching some stuff once in a while.
Well, I love when an anime makes me burst laughing while I'm killing myself with a gym machine. It means it's awesome
That rice bowl was funny, but the single flash amongst the crowd was fantastic it just tickled me funny bone
Admiral Valerian wrote: I'm taking a break from Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Don't get me wrong, Reinhard is awesome, but one can only take so much 'Just As Planned' before mind-splode happens, so I'm going to be watching Spice and Wolf for a while.
You're taking a break from an epic space opera (still envious you can watch it, btw) by watching an anime devoted to Medieval economics?
So finally have a gripe about Kindaichi, not much variation in the female character designs. Seriously there's only so many slender brunettes with mid length hair I can keep track of.
So, I've determined that The Irregular at Magic High School is pretty good, excellent action, some fun characters, but the male and female lead's constant game of incest chicken is kinda... disconcerting, especially when it's clear the little sister ISN'T playing incest chicken, and if she is she's playing to win...
Got a question for all you SAO haters out there- how far did you end up watching it? Because, aside from a couple pacing issues (honestly, this is one anime that could actually use a couple slice-of-life filler episodes, just to help show 'time passes' at points) I'm liking it. You can't look at it as a Fantasy Adventure show- it's more Hard Sci-fi/Psychological, with the 'fantasy games' as a medium to deliver the social commentary.
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The whole thing with Kirito's sister/cousin unkowingly/knowingly falling in love/lust with him is getting a bit odd, though.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: So, I've determined that The Irregular at Magic High School is pretty good, excellent action, some fun characters, but the male and female lead's constant game of incest chicken is kinda... disconcerting, especially when it's clear the little sister ISN'T playing incest chicken, and if she is she's playing to win...
Have to agree, watched the first 5 episodes yesterday, overall it's pretty good, but the whole incest thing just makes everything else look dumb.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: So, I've determined that The Irregular at Magic High School is pretty good, excellent action, some fun characters, but the male and female lead's constant game of incest chicken is kinda... disconcerting, especially when it's clear the little sister ISN'T playing incest chicken, and if she is she's playing to win...
I was not aware chickens could perform incest. I knew Naked Mole rats do, but not chickens.
I think theoretically anything that reproduces sexually can commit incest.
For our foreign readers the term "incest chicken" is a play on the game "chicken" in which two people do increasingly stupid or dangerous things until one of them chickens out. Standing in front of a train, driving head on at other vehicles. It's really goddamn dumb. This spawned the spin off gay chicken in which two allegedly straight individuals do gay things till one of them gets grossed out. Incest chicken would be similar in the vein of siblings doing or saying romantic things till one of them "chickens out" but considering it's clear the younger sister in Irregular just wants her brother to shut up and kiss her already it's not quite chicken...
Anvildude wrote: Got a question for all you SAO haters out there- how far did you end up watching it? Because, aside from a couple pacing issues (honestly, this is one anime that could actually use a couple slice-of-life filler episodes, just to help show 'time passes' at points) I'm liking it. You can't look at it as a Fantasy Adventure show- it's more Hard Sci-fi/Psychological, with the 'fantasy games' as a medium to deliver the social commentary.
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The whole thing with Kirito's sister/cousin unkowingly/knowingly falling in love/lust with him is getting a bit odd, though.
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Until the end of the first arc. GG, boss destroyed, he rescued the princess, they lived happily ever after. (After the start of the next arc I pretty much said: "Oh, hell no").
Yeah, Mahouka is pretty good so far, but at the same time a lot of stuff makes me go "uh?!"
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Like the incident he interrupted. Seriously? Use a spell against another high-school student that transforms your kendo sword into a power sword? Well, that escalated quickly.
The whole sister affair. By now I kinda want she just says it for real so he either says yes or "Oh hell no". That'd be a more interesting char development than the constant jokes.
Anvildude wrote: Got a question for all you SAO haters out there- how far did you end up watching it? Because, aside from a couple pacing issues (honestly, this is one anime that could actually use a couple slice-of-life filler episodes, just to help show 'time passes' at points) I'm liking it. You can't look at it as a Fantasy Adventure show- it's more Hard Sci-fi/Psychological, with the 'fantasy games' as a medium to deliver the social commentary.
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The whole thing with Kirito's sister/cousin unkowingly/knowingly falling in love/lust with him is getting a bit odd, though.
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Until the end of the first arc. GG, boss destroyed, he rescued the princess, they lived happily ever after. (After the start of the next arc I pretty much said: "Oh, hell no").
Same.
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Generally I refuse to admit that SAO went past one season
Anvildude wrote: Got a question for all you SAO haters out there- how far did you end up watching it? Because, aside from a couple pacing issues (honestly, this is one anime that could actually use a couple slice-of-life filler episodes, just to help show 'time passes' at points) I'm liking it. You can't look at it as a Fantasy Adventure show- it's more Hard Sci-fi/Psychological, with the 'fantasy games' as a medium to deliver the social commentary.
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The whole thing with Kirito's sister/cousin unkowingly/knowingly falling in love/lust with him is getting a bit odd, though.
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Until the end of the first arc. GG, boss destroyed, he rescued the princess, they lived happily ever after. (After the start of the next arc I pretty much said: "Oh, hell no").
Same.
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Generally I refuse to admit that SAO went past one season
Is anyone watching Brynhildr in the Darkness? I have to say I'm loving that anime immensely, the intro is awesome, so awesome that I want someone to release the extended version just so I can stick it on repeat! The anime itself is really well paced in my opinion and the characters are all pretty good, which I am thankful for, because at least the main character isn't a complete plank as with other harem animes... The episodes do leave you on a cliffhanger, especially the latest one, that aired today.
I agree with the above that they should have left SAO as it was at the end of part one, but
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Part two had possibly my most hated villain in an anime, he was utterly horrible, I don't think I've ever been angry at a character more for what he did to Asuna.
Anvildude wrote: Got a question for all you SAO haters out there- how far did you end up watching it? Because, aside from a couple pacing issues (honestly, this is one anime that could actually use a couple slice-of-life filler episodes, just to help show 'time passes' at points) I'm liking it. You can't look at it as a Fantasy Adventure show- it's more Hard Sci-fi/Psychological, with the 'fantasy games' as a medium to deliver the social commentary.
Spoiler:
The whole thing with Kirito's sister/cousin unkowingly/knowingly falling in love/lust with him is getting a bit odd, though.
I watched the whole show. I'm not like these other guys they hate SAO and didn't even watch the second half. I watched the whole dam thing, They're right. It was terrible. If you have ever heard of a thing called Netorare (no don't google it), it is an utterly terrible fetish in Japan involving being forced to watched the people you love get it off without you. Yup. Messed up. This show love that gak. Their is a reason everyone hates the bad guy. He might just be the worst guy on the planet.
I really liked the first half. The second half/fairy arc was not near as good, but I don't think it was Terrible. Still looking forward to the second season here later this year.
Tyranid Horde wrote: Is anyone watching Brynhildr in the Darkness? I have to say I'm loving that anime immensely, the intro is awesome, so awesome that I want someone to release the extended version just so I can stick it on repeat! The anime itself is really well paced in my opinion and the characters are all pretty good, which I am thankful for, because at least the main character isn't a complete plank as with other harem animes... The episodes do leave you on a cliffhanger, especially the latest one, that aired today.
I haaaaaaate it's cliffhanger tendencies, but it's pretty damn good so far. Second your note on the intro. Do want full length.
Man. I'm gonna have to watch Log Horizon now, to see what you guys consider "Good" VR game anime. I thoroughly enjoyed SAO, and am looking forward to the second season.
Yeah, the show wasn't really an Action/Shounen sword-fest. But it had a lot of ethos and pathos in it, a lot of deep themes that were explored, perhaps not to their fullest, but more subtle-ly and, dare I say, realistically than a lot of other shows that I've seen.
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For example- the idea that, having been trapped for two years in a game world, the 'survivors' of SAO are having trouble re-adjusting to the real world. That they meet up to sort of support each other, but it's not an instant thing, and it didn't end on a "Everyone has a party and fulfills all their promises made as soon as they 'succeed'! Yay!" thing at the end of Season 1. The S1 villain was insane, but he wasn't the traditional "Raving Lunatic" (they saved that for Season 2, and boy, did they do a good job of it) - rather, he was a man who didn't know what he was doing, or why he was doing it. It made the loss of life a little sadder, and the final victory a little less sweet than it otherwise would have been.
Heck, even the incest themes were done with a little more decorum. Instead of the "You're the sexiest thing on two legs, I must have you" stereotype, it was emotional attraction and confusion about who they were to each other, exacerbated by the SAO incedent, and it was resolved through discussion and admission without being "Ding! Solved!" or Deus Ex Machina'd away.
Even the Deus Ex Machinas made sense. There was never a "Surpass the limits of the program through sheer willpower and the power of the Human Spirit!" moment- each time Kirito 'broke' the game, it was due to having formed a bond with someone who had administrator priveleges (or possibly just a bug). He didn't just 'gain immortality, go on epic beatdown' either. There was still self-sacrifice involved.
It was a mental and emotional anime, rather than fuelled by adrenaline.
I, for one, will look forward to a second season, to see what effects such widespread distribution of 'virtual godhood' will cause.
And now on to Log Horizon, to see if it's any good.
I've been trawling through the anime on Netflix which I'm willing to watch.
Anvildude, I think we are in fairly strong agreement about SAO. I really liked it, the first arc may well be one of my favorite things. If you are interested in what happens in the second season, it'll probably follow the books which I think ran four total arcs.
arcs 3+4, discussion of first season
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I think arc 3 has to do with a shooter/gun game, and the fourth arc seemed a bit more surreal with time flowing differently and professional players in it to make real world cash. If they continue to follow the books. Arc 2 was not as awesome, some of the things that were good about arc 1 kind of backslid in arc 2. You really start to get more of a harem vibe from it that will probably only continue to grow in the second season, they changed the badass female lead into a damsel in distress, and so on. At the end, they even went so far as to make the relationship between Kirito and Asuna rather more ambiguous while openly having the sister along (which is either cruel or creepy, either he'll be inadvertently leading her on or he's into it). Still, I liked it overall. The first villain was one of those 'I wish he wasn't a bad-guy, he's almost redeemable (minus the second degree murder of thousands of innocents...) and the second guy was flying rodent gak insane and much creepy. I'll definitely watch the second season whenever it becomes conviniently available to me, but I'm going to do so while crossing my fingers and readying a cringe.
Chaoshead; was uhh, interesting. I liked the way it started, but I was kind of glad it was just the 12 episodes.
Attack on Titan. Ehh, it gets a pass, but definitely not on my top 10.
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The whole 3D movement thing... suspension of disbelief... failure. I mean it looks cool, but... I dunno its kind of steampunkish and I just couldn't like it. Plus it's depressing to watch people get eaten. I was about to drop the show around episode 5-6, then the main character got eaten. That got my attention, was this like the Blob? But then only a couple of episodes later he's back, physically unharmed. I guess I'm somewhat curious to see what's in that friggen basement, but I would have liked the show better if it had somehow been a single season. I was kind of expecting single season due to the attrition rate, but not as much. I guess the show was ok, but not my favorite. Watching Mikasa and Captain... crap already dumped the name, cutting things up *was* pretty fun though.
It's been awhile, but Ghost Hunt was neat.
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I kind of wish bleach had developed a little more like I imagine this would (if it were longer than the one season) have with more time. Maintaining the horror aspect while the characters slowly grow in power, rather than take the DBZ route. It was also fun to watch a show like those ghost hunter reality shows, that actually had ghosts
I think I'm nearly out of fun shows to watch on Netflix, and It doesn't seem like amazon prime includes any anime (could be wrong). Too lazy to get the others working on my TV for what little time I spend, so perhaps a hiatus.
I do agree that Asuna had a bit of a 'backslide' as you put it- however, that was, I think, meant to showcase the 'you are stuck in a game, and that game has rules you can't break' aspect of things- in the first arc, everyone was paralyzed in the real world, and active and free in the VR world. In the second arc, almost everybody was free in the real world, and limited in the VR world- but two people broke those molds- Insane-o-man, who had no oversight or limiters in either world, and Asuna, who was 'paralyzed' in both worlds- the end broke both.
Honestly, I think the people making SAO understand the story they want to tell, and respect the characters a lot more than many other shows- I'm not too worried about Asuna being pushed aside, and I think Recon, introduced as an alternate love interest for (dang can't remember her real-life name) Leafa, will help cut that down.
I don't know if this goes against the written stuff, but I think the Incest sub-plot was meant more to be taken as a sort of confusion about emotion rather than true romantic attraction. There may have been some legitimate romantic attraction in the VR world, but note that Sugu, when she realized who it was, didn't go all "Well, I'll take advantage of this virtual reality and seduce him!", but rather logged out immediately and prepared to break ties. She's the one attempting to refuse the affection out of sibling love- Kirigaya never showed anything but brotherly affection for her. So I'm not actually worried about that, either.
Shooting game, though, huh? That'll be interesting. Like I said, I don't think SAO should be considered as a Fantasy Anime- it's Sci-Fi, using the 'game world' to showcase themes with more freedom than you could have in a 'realistic' world setting. Leaving the pure fantasy genre even in the games will reinforce that. Unless it's a Magic Shooter. Which would be weird.
About the showing brotherly love, except for I think a little while leading up to the onset of SAO launching. At some point he figured out they weren't related and got depressed/antisocial which was possibly part of why he was into mmos. But no, he never showed attraction back.
SAO is as much of a fantasy anime as assassin's creed is a game about a long dead assassin. It is, but only on one level, and there are frequent graphical/thematic cues to remind you of it. In AC it was the interface with reloading when you die or misbehave, etc. In SAO it was the various item menus and so on, it feels like a fantasy show, but you know it isn't at the same time. Even the characters know it isn't.
I have to say, I think the concept of SAO would be a totally awesome theme/setting for a D&D (or similar) campaign. The real players play d20 modern style characters playing D&D style characters in a VR MMO and they get similarly trapped. Or maybe they even don't, but anyway that's off topic
It would almost work as a Shadowrun style game- with VR power being something you could potentially get real-world results from, so you might be a 'decker' dedicating all your assets to increasing your ability in that world within a world.
Anvildude wrote: Got a question for all you SAO haters out there- how far did you end up watching it? Because, aside from a couple pacing issues (honestly, this is one anime that could actually use a couple slice-of-life filler episodes, just to help show 'time passes' at points) I'm liking it. You can't look at it as a Fantasy Adventure show- it's more Hard Sci-fi/Psychological, with the 'fantasy games' as a medium to deliver the social commentary.
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The whole thing with Kirito's sister/cousin unkowingly/knowingly falling in love/lust with him is getting a bit odd, though.
I watched season one to the end. Then I watched .hack//sign again. And then I watched .hack//roots. And then I looked back at SAO and said "LOL nope...not even close..."
Might try the .hack series', but I'm definitely put off by the game tie ins. Never enjoyed movies or series that had that sort of 'split medium storytelling' thing.
...Yeah. So just watched the first episode of Log Horizon.
I have to say, it didn't pull me in the same way SAO's first episode did.
Now, I'm not bashing the show, or saying that it's not going to have a deep storyline or engaging characters, but so far it's just show itself to be full of generic Anime Stereotype characters- the non-loli loli, the burly perv, the preturnatural strategist nerd, Genkis in positions of power and people all just acting sort of... annoyed in being potentially trapped in a videogame.
It's shallow.
I hope it deepens up, but their introductions don't fill me with hope.
@Anvildude: When you said you were gonna watch LH, I was kinda expecting this SAO and LH are completely different, imho the only similarity is the setting, the whole "We are stuck in a MMO" thing.
LH is more about "the game" and what the people do when they aren't in a "If we die here, we die forever" situation and how they change it: the strategies, team work, the world is all very MMO like, and they even come up with some explanations that honestly "blew up my mind". The romance is minimal too, except for some shipping. In short, be ready for a completely different experience.
Now, I'm not bashing the show, or saying that it's not going to have a deep storyline or engaging characters, but so far it's just show itself to be full of generic Anime Stereotype characters- the non-loli loli, the burly perv, the preturnatural strategist nerd, Genkis in positions of power and people all just acting sort of... annoyed in being potentially trapped in a videogame.
It's shallow.
Funny...I felt the same when I finished SAO's first season, especially since SAO has its own stereotypes. Just off the top of my head...Mary Sue main character so bad even Matt 'Spiritual Liege' Ward would flip the table, a generic harem, a generic storyline...yeah, I'm sticking to .hack// thank you very much.
What really bothers me though is that they didn't use that bullet. I mean, you can't show off some gubbin' saying "this thing is very dangerous and should only be deployed when it's absolutely necessary" and then never try to use it, even when the world is about to end. Also, the series doesn't wrap up what happens to Revocs or that assistant lady. I suppose that could be for the OVA or a second season, but I have no idea how they are going to do that without senketsu.
Tyranid Horde wrote: Is anyone watching Brynhildr in the Darkness? I have to say I'm loving that anime immensely, the intro is awesome, so awesome that I want someone to release the extended version just so I can stick it on repeat! The anime itself is really well paced in my opinion and the characters are all pretty good, which I am thankful for, because at least the main character isn't a complete plank as with other harem animes... The episodes do leave you on a cliffhanger, especially the latest one, that aired today.
I haaaaaaate it's cliffhanger tendencies, but it's pretty damn good so far. Second your note on the intro. Do want full length.
Now, I'm not bashing the show, or saying that it's not going to have a deep storyline or engaging characters, but so far it's just show itself to be full of generic Anime Stereotype characters- the non-loli loli, the burly perv, the preturnatural strategist nerd, Genkis in positions of power and people all just acting sort of... annoyed in being potentially trapped in a videogame.
It's shallow.
Funny...I felt the same when I finished SAO's first season, especially since SAO has its own stereotypes. Just off the top of my head...Mary Sue main character so bad even Matt 'Spiritual Liege' Ward would flip the table, a generic harem, a generic storyline...yeah, I'm sticking to .hack// thank you very much.
I was attempting to utilize Mary Sue litmus tests to counter the "Mary Sue" claim, but they're all based on the idea that you're the creator of the character, and I can't figure out how to parse a character that is playing an RPG in a Fictional Anime.
I'll go over some of the things, though- "Chosen One", "Dual Wielding" (the only one in the world, which is even worse), yeah. Those're pretty bad Mary Sue markers. However, most of the show, he single-wields. No katanas (well, borrowed from a friend, but again, this is where the fact that it's an in-universe videogame, where a lot of the 'mary sue' markers are just basic videogame tropes). Most Powerful- sorta. However, the character is genuinely humble, loses a ton, often because of his own mistakes or pride, etc. etc.
Not sure at all where you're getting the Harem from- there's 2, maybe 3 legitimate romantic interests- one 'forbidden' and acknowledged as such, and most of the other 'harem-like' events are essentially flirting. Heck, the main character ends up marrying his primary love interest halfway through the first arc.
I think... maybe... I think a lot of the difference of opinion comes from the presence or lack of traditional "Anime" tropes. SAO, I think, draws a bit more on classic Western themes- like I said, I saw a lot of stuff I recognized from Science Fiction literature- ideas of what it is to be human, control of world vs mercy of world, how societies react when technology causes massive change... And the characters, I think, were more rounded. We spend most of our time with a single character, as he travels through the world, interacting with others. The case of repeating characters is small, and every time you see them, something has changed, to sort of show how they've been living away from the main story. And because of this focus on a single main character, you get to see how he grows- how he starts off just as powerless as everybody else. How his overconfidence later causes him to lose people he cares about. How he goes on a self-punishing journey attempting penance, and fails to gain it, but eventually grows into his role of 'Savior'. Even in the second arc, we see him growing and learning more- this time coming from the lesson of "You are the only one who can change things" to "You must accept the help of others to succeed".
From what I've seen of Log Horizon... It's sort of... just an Anime. I doubt there's going to be much character change or development. The Boistrous Perv will probably show "Hidden depths" just to offset his goofy behavior. The main love interest will continue to be all Dere-Dere. The main character will be all "I'm the smartest there is, and my brains will solve all the problems" and be right. The Guild Leader Genki-twins will always remain Guild Leader Genki-twins. Whereas SAO uses the setting of 'trapped in a video game' to explore themes of human psychology, Log Horizon seems to be using the setting simply to 'explain away' the over-the-top, nobody-dies Anime-ness. There's no attempt at portraying anything realistically- the weasels shoot frikkin lazers, even. To be honest, unless someone can tell me that there's significant story development within the first 7 episodes, I'm probably not going to watch the rest of it. SAO pulled me in from the first. Log Horizon almost spat me out.
I'd love to get into .hack//, because I think it's a lot closer to SAO in theme and feel- but again, I think I'd just be disappointed by having to play a game or watch a let's play to get the rest of the story.
Tyranid Horde wrote: Is anyone watching Brynhildr in the Darkness? I have to say I'm loving that anime immensely, the intro is awesome, so awesome that I want someone to release the extended version just so I can stick it on repeat! The anime itself is really well paced in my opinion and the characters are all pretty good, which I am thankful for, because at least the main character isn't a complete plank as with other harem animes... The episodes do leave you on a cliffhanger, especially the latest one, that aired today.
I haaaaaaate it's cliffhanger tendencies, but it's pretty damn good so far. Second your note on the intro. Do want full length.
Does anyone think Gamagori's theme sounds like it could come from a 90s FPS?
Seriously, I could just imagine Gamagori running around the battlefield, yelling
"RIP AND TEAR YOUR FIBRES! YOU ARE HUGE, YOU MUST HAVE HUGE FIBRES! RIP AND TEAR!!"
Beast Warrior wrote: What are your guys opinions on School Days? Just wondering, as many people say it's good and others say it is the bottom end of anime. I'm wandering what the dakka Otakus think of it.
On the subject of SoL genre anime, I think Golden Time is really good, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu and Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Purezza are really quite entertaing.
Golden Time was a really good anime, I agree. For me, Non Non Biyori is the pinnacle of Slice of Life anime .
As for School Days...
It is the bottom end of the totem pole as far as anime go. So far in fact it is so far in the group, and considering it is a bad VN adaptation to boot.
In short, stay away from School Days as much as you can, because even the Chaos Gods do not dare touch this gak.
this sums it up quite nicely ; I couldn't say it better myself Tanako.
I am not sure if I am suppose to take the reply as good or bad.
Stupidly, against mine and your guys better judgement, I decided to watch School Days and it's OVAs with my friend ... I can quite happily say that I have never been so angry and irritated by a character such as Makoto ever before! He's so ... That said, the ending was very satisfactory!
Now I am just getting started on Koi to Sonkyo to Chocolate, pretty good so far.
I only saw some episodes of 'school days'. I suppose it's less a terrible anime so much as no characters I really liked except for maybe one or two (kiyoura the little girl). Everybody talks about makoto but I never hear anybody complain about those girl bullies who were actually pretty bad too. That scene where they taped sex scenes of girl students with other people and forced that one girl to cry made me want to beat the crap out of all those girls and normally I hold back from violence against women being a guy and all. When you're dealing with supreme b*tches though sometimes it has to be done. Hope that's ok with all of you.
@Anvildude - Blumenkranz is my favorite theme as well. Ever since I first heard a tiny bit at episode.... uff, what was it? 3? 5? It was near the beginning, it became my favorite theme. Next is Nui's theme. The bad guys always have the coolest ones (Yeah, Satsuki doesn't win this round )
@flamingkillamajig - Oh don't worry. I think we can all agree "gender equality" isn't only for the good stuff: If said b*tches do something as horrible as that, they should have their faces slammed against a wall. Repeatedly.
Oh yeah, Blumenkrautz is amazing. A pity it's associated with such a twisted monster. The soundtrack is probably my favorite part of KLK. It just resonates.
Man talking about School Days. Dang, there wasn't a part of that show I liked. Even the ending was horrid. He was cheating on me despite how I supported him cheating earlier on time to stab him to death! Alright now to chop off a head and then murder you and like huh?
I just started watching Attack on Titan as its all the rage these days, so far its a pretty good show, just wish they would find a better way to convey the sense of a hopeless struggle then having a character cry and complain every 5 minutes
CthuluIsSpy wrote: Finally watching Higurashi. It's pretty good, though I have no bloody idea what's going on.
Basically view it as Pulp fiction to a degree. The story does not follow a cohesive timeline and gives different perspectives from different characters. Also, the second season goes into detail later what is going on.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: Isn't the second season terrible though? I've heard it wasn't great.
No idea where that came from, tbh. It was thanks to the 2nd season that I started understanding WTF was going on. I guess it's because it isn't 100% mystery anymore but you must see it. ALL OF IT. And there's a certain background story that's brutal, but in the manga? I tried looking at it and after a certain scene I just went "NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, feth IT, I'M OUT". Damn, Higurashi is awesome.
And speaking of awesome things... "No Game No Life" once again shows the MC has his priorities straight:
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An entire nation of beautiful animal eared women?! TIME TO CONQUER IT, BITCHES!
Heh, must have been thinking of the Suzumiya second season.
Also, I have to ask, what is with Anime and School Clubs? I mean, Plastic Sister has a club, Suzumiya is about a club, Kill La Kill has a lot of clubs (they are more or less military detachments that answer to Satsuki), Higurashi has clubs... I mean, are clubs obligatory in Japanese School systems? I feel I'm missing a bit of cultural back ground here.
Yeah, Higurashi is pretty good. What I like the most about it is that all of the characters are pretty likable, so it's all the more horrifying when they go full psycho. Also, the fact it starts off as a typical moe slice of life flick, then turns that around and makes it disturbing. Very effective technique.
I'm not an expert of their school systen, but they are not obligatory, but yes, they are considered very important., "Serious Business" style as it's a kind of training for the adult world: loyalty, hard-work, responsabilities . According to some anime I saw, they even have a particular name for people who aren't in a club, they are people in the "Go-Home club".
(No idea if slacker-clubs really do exist like the one we see in D-Frag )
And yes, that's what happened to most people that watched Higurashi. I was already aware of how it was going to be, but it caught many by surprise. Hell, I knew how it was gonna be and the first time I saw her with a fething machette I went "Woooaa... gak just got serious."
I see, so they aren't like the clubs in western systems then; they are considered to be a big deal, albeit not one that must be participated in. Interesting.
I just ask because in none of the systems I've been in, there was never any pressure to join a club. In fact, I can't remember if my schools even had clubs.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: Isn't the second season terrible though? I've heard it wasn't great.
No idea where that came from, tbh. It was thanks to the 2nd season that I started understanding WTF was going on. I guess it's because it isn't 100% mystery anymore but you must see it. ALL OF IT. And there's a certain background story that's brutal, but in the manga? I tried looking at it and after a certain scene I just went "NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, feth IT, I'M OUT". Damn, Higurashi is awesome.
And speaking of awesome things... "No Game No Life" once again shows the MC has his priorities straight:
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An entire nation of beautiful animal eared women?! TIME TO CONQUER IT, BITCHES!
Yeah, I watched it I love how even after the ED, the show remains hilarious.
Chaika was pretty good too, it just keeps getting better. The foreshadowed twist finally appeared and the humor just keeps getting better
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So, now we have a kind and loli Chaika (White) and a Tsundere-like Oppai Chaika (Red). I wonder what the others are like and if they are gonna show up. I'm expecting more colors and different personalities
CthuluIsSpy wrote: I see, so they aren't like the clubs in western systems then; they are considered to be a big deal, albeit not one that must be participated in. Interesting.
I just ask because in none of the systems I've been in, there was never any pressure to join a club. In fact, I can't remember if my schools even had clubs.
I believe (may be wrong, though) that part of the difference is that Japanese schools have a portion of their budget that gets split among the clubs for spending money- so if you were part of the Anime/Manga club, you'd be able to use School/Club funds to buy anime and manga- whereas if you're in a school Anime/Manga 'club' in the West (as I was in High School), any and all anime and manga you have must be brought in by someone in the club who owns it, and leaves when they leave. So a Club is more Officially Supported, and can have better facilities for whatever activity the members are participating in than the members could afford individually.
Also, I believe there's official Club Rooms that schools will designate/give to the clubs- spaces that can be just for Club activities- whereas in the West, you're basically hoping that one of the teachers will let you use their classroom after school, and you have to pack up everything afterwards.
Watched the first episode of Nobunagun. It is pretty hype. Not as full out nuts as KLK, but still pretty ott. I like the creature designs. Those outfits the protagonists wear...not so much.
I like how the protagonist's weapon of choice is a gun this time. Usually in anime (at least in anime set in Japan) it tends to be a sword. Also, Nobunaga is nuts. I like him
Yeah, pity the action doesn't seem to go nuts like in the first episode. The third and fourth episodes were a bit meh. It might get more metal later on, idk. Also, there's something about the animation and design that's beginning to bug me...there's something off about it. I'm not sure what it is, but it just feels...odd. I'm still liking Ogura though.
Things get a little better as it goes on, but yeah.
I think (and I don't know anything about the people who created it) but Nobunagun looks and feels almost like a "First effort" Anime- it's a relatively simple story, they started it with a big all-out action episode but then had to 'lower the budget' on the middle ones, there's good points and bad points...
It's a good, enjoyable anime, but it definitely feels a little bit more 'raw from the brain' than something from people who've got more experience.
Yeah, I can understand that.
I guess it would be a bit unfair to compare it's style to KLK then, since that was made by a fairly experienced crew, iirc.
What the heck was up with the dragon/dragoon chick in Chaika this week? In her premiere episode she was pretty chill, saved some strangers from monsters, and was quite reluctant to reveal she was a dragon. One episode later and she's leaping from rooftops and instantly changing into a dragon and getting really excited on the prospect that she might get to kill some random people. Seemed like an instant massive personality change.
What the heck was up with the dragon/dragoon chick in Chaika this week? In her premiere episode she was pretty chill, saved some strangers from monsters, and was quite reluctant to reveal she was a dragon. One episode later and she's leaping from rooftops and instantly changing into a dragon and getting really excited on the prospect that she might get to kill some random people. Seemed like an instant massive personality change.
Oi, spoiler this mate, people may not have seen it yet
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Yeah, it was ... odd. Very, very odd, since she didn't look like a bloodthirsty type. She wanted to fight a real challenge, that's for sure, but not random killing stuff. Still, the bitch-slap she gave him when she was in cat shape was awesome .
What the heck was up with the dragon/dragoon chick in Chaika this week? In her premiere episode she was pretty chill, saved some strangers from monsters, and was quite reluctant to reveal she was a dragon. One episode later and she's leaping from rooftops and instantly changing into a dragon and getting really excited on the prospect that she might get to kill some random people. Seemed like an instant massive personality change.
Oi, spoiler this mate, people may not have seen it yet
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Yeah, it was ... odd. Very, very odd, since she didn't look like a bloodthirsty type. She wanted to fight a real challenge, that's for sure, but not random killing stuff. Still, the bitch-slap she gave him when she was in cat shape was awesome .
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She was probably acting reserved and doing just about EVERYTHING to preserve her mistress's reputation and honor. She was mourning, and had been since her cavalier died. Going out into the woods and killing some monsters, besides being enjoyable exercise, would only do honor to the cavalier's reputation. Now that she's "off her leash" so to speak by having been defeated, given real challenges and a sense of purpose no matter how small outside of being a cavalier's dragoon during the war, it's normal that she'd be a little excited, and without the cavalier to reign her in, it's not shocking she's not overly enthusiastic.
In other news I can't force myself through any more of Nobunaga the Fool. I wanted to like it, but I just can't. Someone let me know if he hooks up with Joan of Arc?
Ok, turns out they didn't say Heinrich Himmler in Obunagun after all. They actually made a reference to Albert Heinrich, a character from Cyborg 009. That makes that scene so much less uncomfortable.
Seems I watched an incorrectly subbed version of the anime :/
A bunch of characters LOOSELY based on historical figures (ex Nobunaga, Monkey King, Joan of Arc, Caesar, King Arthur, DiVinchi, ect) living on two neighboring planets and fighting a war between them over necklaces that grant magic power in giant mechas. It actually sounds cool when I describe it like that, but they manage to really screw it up. Watch Nobunagun for a somewhat similar story idea but which doesn't take itself nearly as seriously and is this SIGNIFICANTLY better.
I think the first half looks good and then they cram far too much into the second half. And maybe leave you hanging. I didn't hate it after finishing it or anything, but the end definitely seemed rushed or slapped together. Like there was going to be at least one or more other seasons, but then they got told they had to finish it. Or if it's less than 20something episodes, they ran out of episodes on short notice. Pretty cool otherwise, kind of which there was more and it was spaced out a bit more.
I think the first half looks good and then they cram far too much into the second half. And maybe leave you hanging. I didn't hate it after finishing it or anything, but the end definitely seemed rushed or slapped together. Like there was going to be at least one or more other seasons, but then they got told they had to finish it. Or if it's less than 20something episodes, they ran out of episodes on short notice. Pretty cool otherwise, kind of which there was more and it was spaced out a bit more.
Nice sig btw
And that why you read the manga and don't watch the anime that screwed it up.
But I no can read Japanese That, and the show (at the time at least) was available on netflix. I haven't got the cash to throw around on that many books, or the pirate skills/inclination. Also never been good at reading comic style books. Web comics, yes. Normal books, all the time. Proper comic books and manga... somehow just don't work for me usually.
ironicsilence wrote: I just started watching Attack on Titan as its all the rage these days, so far its a pretty good show, just wish they would find a better way to convey the sense of a hopeless struggle then having a character cry and complain every 5 minutes
I power watched it in 24 hours Friday into Saturday.
I can very much agree with the crying/frustration yell sentiment. But the hopelessness is pervasive.
ironicsilence wrote: I just started watching Attack on Titan as its all the rage these days, so far its a pretty good show, just wish they would find a better way to convey the sense of a hopeless struggle then having a character cry and complain every 5 minutes
I power watched it in 24 hours Friday into Saturday.
I can very much agree with the crying/frustration yell sentiment. But the hopelessness is pervasive.
I honestly thought the anime was pretty sub par. Animation and action scenes were great, but dear god the pacing was terrible.
poppa G and GrimDork -> Unfortunately, the anime only had 24 (or something) episodes to tell this tale. I can tell you, around March I read the most recent chapter at the time. Yes, the story is still going, they had absolutely no way to cram all the plot in so few episodes BUT, the first part of the plot, all the way until the final arch (the North) is very, very good and truly faithful to the manga.
What this series needs, and I'd love to see it, is a reboot like FMA. FMA was good, but FMA:Brotherhood just went up to 11 if not 12.
@Soladrin - pacing was terrible because they used that beautiful technique called "padding" -.- . Reading the manga, I saw how much more direct and powerful AoT was. For example, the final episode:
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We have that Shinji like scene where he refuses to go Titan, because she was their friend and colleague, oh woe is me, I can not transform, look at me bleeding, I'm such a martyr.
In the manga, The Ass-Kicker Extraordinaire, aka Mikasa, just says something like "Life is cruel" with dagger-piercing like eyes to him so he snaps the feth out of his emo mode and he goes "Yeah, you are right" -> TITAN MODE: ENGAGED!" -> IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME!!
Started watching Chaika. I'm loving the setting and the story is fun so far. Character dynamics are really selling it, though. (well, that, and the fighting actually being somewhat plausible).
TheDraconicLord wrote: poppa G and GrimDork -> Unfortunately, the anime only had 24 (or something) episodes to tell this tale. I can tell you, around March I read the most recent chapter at the time. Yes, the story is still going, they had absolutely no way to cram all the plot in so few episodes BUT, the first part of the plot, all the way until the final arch (the North) is very, very good and truly faithful to the manga.
What this series needs, and I'd love to see it, is a reboot like FMA. FMA was good, but FMA:Brotherhood just went up to 11 if not 12.
@Soladrin - pacing was terrible because they used that beautiful technique called "padding" -.- . Reading the manga, I saw how much more direct and powerful AoT was. For example, the final episode:
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We have that Shinji like scene where he refuses to go Titan, because she was their friend and colleague, oh woe is me, I can not transform, look at me bleeding, I'm such a martyr.
In the manga, The Ass-Kicker Extraordinaire, aka Mikasa, just says something like "Life is cruel" with dagger-piercing like eyes to him so he snaps the feth out of his emo mode and he goes "Yeah, you are right" -> TITAN MODE: ENGAGED!" -> IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME!!
Yep yep, I read the manga a bit before the show started so it was kind of dissapointing to see them handle it like that.
That said, the manga has slowed to a crawl too recently and I don't even follow it anymore.
I'm in the "meh" category for AoT for sure. If they had cut out the padding and crammed a lot more plot development into a single season, and it had been a single season show... then I might have found more to like.
I think I enjoyed the pokemon moives quite a bit as a kid. RIght now, I find them entertaining still but you kinda know how the plots going to turn out, kinda in the same way you like Disney movies. At least the movies had a better budget than the show so they always looked quite good for their time. I was trying to think which one I enjoyed the most but I cant decide just becasue I can't really remember them all.
It was actually a lot of fun. I was in the middle of building a PC for a friend, and they're great because they're simple, funny, and they always have a little something to pull on the heart strings. Something super easy to watch when you're playing DS (or building a computer in my case lol)
Co'tor Shas wrote: I just finished watching the indigo league actually. It makes me feel like a kid again.
I know, right? I wish they put the whole season, and other seasons on Netflix. The girlfriend and I have only watched a little of the Ruby/Sapphire series, and none of the Diamond/Pearl series. We did watch the first 3-4 episodes Black/White on Netflix, though. It's definitely still enjoyable. We'll actually get around to really watching it soon.
Also, watched the 6th Pokemon movie last night (Jirachi Wish Maker). It was our least favorite so far
My biggest issue with Pokemon these days (besides Ash being an idiot and stuck at 10 for all eternity) is the new VA grates on me, because I can tell it's a woman.
Yes, I know he was always voiced by a woman. So's Luffy. This new one is just worse at hiding it, I guess.
Finished Claymore the other day. Bit of a let down. And basically with how the ending was, if there never comes a Claymore season 2 I'll be deeply disgusted.
My biggest issue with Pokemon these days (besides Ash being an idiot and stuck at 10 for all eternity) is the new VA grates on me, because I can tell it's a woman.
Yes, I know he was always voiced by a woman. So's Luffy. This new one is just worse at hiding it, I guess.
Yeah, that was one big issue we had watching Black/White. Meowth is easily the worst of the new VAs.
My biggest issue with Pokemon these days (besides Ash being an idiot and stuck at 10 for all eternity) is the new VA grates on me, because I can tell it's a woman.
Yes, I know he was always voiced by a woman. So's Luffy. This new one is just worse at hiding it, I guess.
My biggest issue with Pokemon these days (besides Ash being an idiot and stuck at 10 for all eternity) is the new VA grates on me, because I can tell it's a woman.
Yes, I know he was always voiced by a woman. So's Luffy. This new one is just worse at hiding it, I guess.
Original or dub?
Dub. I know nothing of the original Pokemon voice acting or series, except there were a few episodes banned in the US for various reasons.
My biggest issue with Pokemon these days (besides Ash being an idiot and stuck at 10 for all eternity) is the new VA grates on me, because I can tell it's a woman.
Yes, I know he was always voiced by a woman. So's Luffy. This new one is just worse at hiding it, I guess.
Original or dub?
Dub. I know nothing of the original Pokemon voice acting or series, except there were a few episodes banned in the US for various reasons.
Some rather disturbing reasons
Some of the original fanservice borders on pedophilia.
Whelp, anime convention last Sunday, of course I had to sin yet again.
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And yet another Rei for my collection, I just couldn't resist a special edition one, it's so different (here's the link if you wanna see some cosplay peeps btw. The "normal people" are artists who signed up the books I bought )
On Topic: Oh black bullet, you just keep delivering
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The whole Minigun scene was so great. The short dialogue was so cool
TheDraconicLord wrote: Whelp, anime convention last Sunday, of course I had to sin yet again.
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And yet another Rei for my collection, I just couldn't resist a special edition one, it's so different (here's the link if you wanna see some cosplay peeps btw. The "normal people" are artists who signed up the books I bought )
On Topic: Oh black bullet, you just keep delivering
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The whole Minigun scene was so great. The short dialogue was so cool
You know, I never buy miniatures I like that since I can use them on the tabletop, but that is a nice Rei! (translation: I blow all my money on toy soldiers, so I can never have that. )
Because I blew through just about all of the ones I listed previously, here's my new to-do list! Now, which should I watch first or not watch at all?
Darker than black, Trigun, fist of the north star, Gurren Lagan, GTO, Monster, or Neon Genesis Evangelion, Elfen Lied?
DraconicLord sure is going to be interested in this.
I'm surprised he(?) didn't post it himself.
Mostly because life is kicking my ass and stops me from staying on top of the news Oh, and because I really hate dubs
poppa G wrote: Because I blew through just about all of the ones I listed previously, here's my new to-do list! Now, which should I watch first or not watch at all?
Darker than black, Trigun, fist of the north star, Gurren Lagan, GTO, Monster, or Elfen Lied?
The genres are so different, I don't even know where to begin. All of them deserve a watch (I still haven't watched some of them) but because I'm a fanboy, I say Trigun or Gurren Lagann.
poppa G wrote: Finished Claymore the other day. Bit of a let down. And basically with how the ending was, if there never comes a Claymore season 2 I'll be deeply disgusted.
The manga goes further and gets (IMO) more interesting later, but I don't think they ever animated it.
poppa G wrote: Finished Claymore the other day. Bit of a let down. And basically with how the ending was, if there never comes a Claymore season 2 I'll be deeply disgusted.
The manga goes further and gets (IMO) more interesting later, but I don't think they ever animated it.
No, our only hope is if gets a reboot like FMA. I would love it since it gets so much better. Oh, and the anime ending is a complete "fake", really, Priscilla is still kicking ass at this moment.
poppa G wrote: Because I blew through just about all of the ones I listed previously, here's my new to-do list! Now, which should I watch first or not watch at all?
Darker than black, Trigun, fist of the north star, Gurren Lagan, GTO, Monster, or Elfen Lied?
For darker than black please ignore the second season, it's really bad IMO.
Anyway, kinda like draconic said, such vastly different genres I don't know where you would start.
Monster is all serious all the time, Darker than black too. Elfen lied had some occasional anime nonsense but that's about it.
GTO, Gurren and Trigun are hilarious all the time, though once againt he genres are completely different. (school life/mecha/cowboyish)
Haven't watched fist of the north star and never will.
Anyway, marathoned first season of magi yesterday, that show is amazing and the animation quality is great. :O And Sinbad is a badass.
poppa G wrote: Because I blew through just about all of the ones I listed previously, here's my new to-do list! Now, which should I watch first or not watch at all?
Darker than black, Trigun, fist of the north star, Gurren Lagan, GTO, Monster, or Elfen Lied?
For darker than black please ignore the second season, it's really bad IMO.
Anyway, kinda like draconic said, such vastly different genres I don't know where you would start.
Monster is all serious all the time, Darker than black too. Elfen lied had some occasional anime nonsense but that's about it.
GTO, Gurren and Trigun are hilarious all the time, though once againt he genres are completely different. (school life/mecha/cowboyish)
Haven't watched fist of the north star and never will.
Anyway, marathoned first season of magi yesterday, that show is amazing and the animation quality is great. :O And Sinbad is a badass.
Good, I love serious. I truly hate characyers that are weak, loud, and annoying all the time.
poppa G wrote: Because I blew through just about all of the ones I listed previously, here's my new to-do list! Now, which should I watch first or not watch at all?
Darker than black, Trigun, fist of the north star, Gurren Lagan, GTO, Monster, or Elfen Lied?
For darker than black please ignore the second season, it's really bad IMO.
Anyway, kinda like draconic said, such vastly different genres I don't know where you would start.
Monster is all serious all the time, Darker than black too. Elfen lied had some occasional anime nonsense but that's about it.
GTO, Gurren and Trigun are hilarious all the time, though once againt he genres are completely different. (school life/mecha/cowboyish)
Haven't watched fist of the north star and never will.
Anyway, marathoned first season of magi yesterday, that show is amazing and the animation quality is great. :O And Sinbad is a badass.
Good, I love serious. I truly hate characyers that are weak, loud, and annoying all the time.
Please, watch Neon Genesis Evangelion. There's a character you're gonna love, he's Shinji Ikari :3
Oh, No Game No Life, not only did you offer me plenty of fan-service and epic awesomeness of all kinds, you close the deal with this
poppa G wrote: Because I blew through just about all of the ones I listed previously, here's my new to-do list! Now, which should I watch first or not watch at all?
Darker than black, Trigun, fist of the north star, Gurren Lagan, GTO, Monster, or Elfen Lied?
For darker than black please ignore the second season, it's really bad IMO.
Anyway, kinda like draconic said, such vastly different genres I don't know where you would start.
Monster is all serious all the time, Darker than black too. Elfen lied had some occasional anime nonsense but that's about it.
GTO, Gurren and Trigun are hilarious all the time, though once againt he genres are completely different. (school life/mecha/cowboyish)
Haven't watched fist of the north star and never will.
Anyway, marathoned first season of magi yesterday, that show is amazing and the animation quality is great. :O And Sinbad is a badass.
Good, I love serious. I truly hate characyers that are weak, loud, and annoying all the time.
Please, watch Neon Genesis Evangelion. There's a character you're gonna love, he's Shinji Ikari :3
Oh, No Game No Life, not only did you offer me plenty of fan-service and epic awesomeness of all kinds, you close the deal with this
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I laughed far too much this episode
I just posted the same thing on a different forum, without the image though. This episode knew that mr Steam just wasn't enough.
we are watching it in my local anime club. We are just closing up season 1 and where Alibaba has just gotten deported to Sidoria
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Hey, hey, hey, spoilers!
I too want to watch Magi, friends of mine really liked it so it's yet another to the "Must see" list. The problem is the list only gets bigger, never shorter.
You say Magi- is that Magi Madoka whatchamacallit? Or something else?
Actually, anyone have any good Magic-themed Anime they know of? Cyberpunk and sci-fi and "Anime" themed anime is all well and good (and I lurves me some Mecha), but I've been itching for some proper magic themed stuff for a while now- Instant Runes and wards and fireballs and overly-decorated outfits. I'm looking forward to the continuation of Little Witch Academia, because it looks awesome, and I might even go ahead and re-watch Nanoha again. Heck, even giving Pretty Cure a try since I sorta missed that first wave of Magical Girl dubs (watched, well, disjointed Sailor Moon- is it worth a proper straight-through re-watch?). Or any Magic Knight anime that would be good?
@Anvildude - Magi. It's an arabian themed manga/anime with characters like Aladdin, Sinbad and Alibaba. I think the Season 2 finished this last Winter Season.
Hum, Magic you say. If we are considering classics, and if you didn't see it, I'd recommend Slayers: Lina Inverse is one of the most fun-tastic fire-ball throwing characters of all time. Oh, and if you play DOTA, Lina is based of her. I rarely play, but when I do, I have to Laguna Blade someone in da face.
This last Season I saw Witch Craft Works and it was pretty darn good and different from the usual. Why? 'Cause one of the MC is OP as hell. Doesn't start weak, oh no, she starts KICKING ASS with plenty of fire magic.
This season there's a magic themed anime with a twist: All magic is science based, so it's a Sci-Fi / Fantasy hybrid. The setting is after WWIII, around 2098 if I recall correctly. It's Mahouka if you are interested.
Oh, another Fantasy setting with some magic and one of my personal favorite animes is Record of the Lodoss War. The OP song remains one of the best ever made in my book.
These are the animes I recall off the top of my head that aren't "Magical Girl" standard. I'm at work so I can't do a better research, sorry mate.
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic is the one he's talking about with Ali Baba and Aladin and such. It's Extremely good. Also I will second that Slayers is quite good as well. Mahouka, aka The Irregular at Magic Highschool, has also been entertaining so far as well. Still not entirely sure where that story is going.
AduroT wrote: Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic is the one he's talking about with Ali Baba and Aladin and such. It's Extremely good. Also I will second that Slayers is quite good as well. Mahouka, aka The Irregular at Magic Highschool, has also been entertaining so far as well. Still not entirely sure where that story is going.
Yep, Magi: the labyrinth of magic and the second season which is called magi: Kingdom of magic. And yes, it has lot's of magic.
Also, it has the occasional Djinn bewbs. And a couple bloody scenes.
Also it's not purely arabian, there's also a sort of Roman empire, Chinese/mongolian style empire and even a harry potter style magic school/country.
Hum, Magic you say. If we are considering classics, and if you didn't see it, I'd recommend Slayers: Lina Inverse is one of the most fun-tastic fire-ball throwing characters of all time. Oh, and if you play DOTA, Lina is based of her. I rarely play, but when I do, I have to Laguna Blade someone in da face.
This last Season I saw Witch Craft Works and it was pretty darn good and different from the usual. Why? 'Cause one of the MC is OP as hell. Doesn't start weak, oh no, she starts KICKING ASS with plenty of fire magic.
Hum, Magic you say. If we are considering classics, and if you didn't see it, I'd recommend Slayers: Lina Inverse is one of the most fun-tastic fire-ball throwing characters of all time. Oh, and if you play DOTA, Lina is based of her. I rarely play, but when I do, I have to Laguna Blade someone in da face.
This last Season I saw Witch Craft Works and it was pretty darn good and different from the usual. Why? 'Cause one of the MC is OP as hell. Doesn't start weak, oh no, she starts KICKING ASS with plenty of fire magic.
So...just like Slayers then?
No, not really, I think Lina should be considered "strong" but not really OP: she gathered party members, as a woman she has that weakness once a month ( I love the little details ) and she did have some troubles now and then.
The one from WCW is just ridiculous. It's a new level of OP and it's fantastic for it.
EDIT: I'm bored out of my mind @ work right now, so I've been thinking about other Fantasy like animes I watched with western-like magic or at least a setting.
Scrapped Princess comes to mind. It's a softer version of Gurren Lagann, really, it starts all fantasy like, by the end... well, let's not spoil the surprises and no,
Spoiler:
it doesn't have 2 gigantic mechs throwing galaxies at each other.
ofc, Fairy Tail, too. I know it's more shonen, but the magic there really is interesting and when I followed it the battles were awesome. And Erza is completely badass... pity I just don't have the patience for animes with so many eps anymore.
Violinist of Hameln I haven't seen but I'm mighty curious about. Music is like magic, (like Ar Tonelico, and God-Emperor, am I fan-boy of Ar Tonelico) and the anime seems to be very dark. I have seen some quotes, it feels dark. GRIIIIIIIIIIM-DARK.
Yeah, fairy tail reminded me of one piece, and the magic is... mostly just the people having random special talents not unlike one piece, but they append the wizard tag. Fun, but a whole lot of 'you can solve problems by being brave and bashing your head against them'.
Slayers definitely has magic... what about the legend of legendary heroes? There's lots of magic, and horrible dismberment, but its only a season long and basically meant to plug the books as far as I can tell.
Watching Blue Exorsist, it is uhh... definitely an anime. Doesn't take itself too seriously, the main character is kind of a 'keep trying hard until it works out' guy, but somewhat flexible. Wonky characters, school, mild fan service, its a pretty standard show. Always interesting to see christianity mutated and merged with other faiths in these shows, but they don't play the church/Vatican angle too hard... at least not so far.
Its part political intrigue, part magic/adventure, part flying rodent gak insane. I wish the show was more than a glorified advertisement for the books I'll never read.
Alright, so I came back from the first day of my first anime con. Took a lot of pictures of cosplays and got some items, but I think some might get a kick out of being a bit silly with a Satsuki cosplayer (in silly, I mean acting as if I lost to her). And well...just doing silly things as well...
Acting? What, acting, no magical girl / boy / trap / futa's ass stands a chance against the mighty Satsuki.
Satsuki is Love.
Satsuki is Life.
Satsuki is GOD.
And your Mami cosplay sucks because:
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You still have your head attached to your neck Nah, I kid, you look very gentleman like, I almost expect you to shout "RELEASE THE HOUNDS!" and "Tally-oh, old chap!"
TheDraconicLord wrote: Acting? What, acting, no magical girl / boy / trap / futa's ass stands a chance against the mighty Satsuki.
Satsuki is Love.
Satsuki is Life.
Satsuki is GOD.
And your Mami cosplay sucks because:
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You still have your head attached to your neck Nah, I kid, you look very gentleman like, I almost expect you to shout "RELEASE THE HOUNDS!" and "Tally-oh, old chap!"
Haha, good one on ya. But thanks. Also, I might plan to put up some more pictures later of things of I got in another link just so I do not get in trouble here and other cosplays (although there are certain 'things' I might not be able to show as well. ).
Grey Templar wrote: I think the pacing is a little better if you are able to watch it straight through.
In my case watching it piece by piece got a little offbase with the pacing.
Hopefully Season 2 won't have the problem, which I think might have been caused by tentativeness on the part of the studio.
We can only hope...
Ya know, Black Bullet's MC is far too soft:
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I think I would have shot the fether multiple times. Shooting a loli like that, melon-fether should have been flayed alive. Same thing for the cops some eps. ago, they too deserved a gruesome torture.
Ah well, all worked out in the end: the Loli Harem has increased, AND THERE WAS MUCH REJOICE!
Soul Eater NOT! surprised me:
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We are actually getting some drama with likable characters cutting their own neck in our moe-like anime? The Gorgon sister is actually showing up decent amounts of time and fething gak up?
Well, I'm impressed.
Grey Templar wrote: I think the pacing is a little better if you are able to watch it straight through.
In my case watching it piece by piece got a little offbase with the pacing.
Hopefully Season 2 won't have the problem, which I think might have been caused by tentativeness on the part of the studio.
We can only hope...
Ya know, Black Bullet's MC is far too soft:
Spoiler:
I think I would have shot the fether multiple times. Shooting a loli like that, melon-fether should have been flayed alive. Same thing for the cops some eps. ago, they too deserved a gruesome torture.
Ah well, all worked out in the end: the Loli Harem has increased, AND THERE WAS MUCH REJOICE!
Soul Eater NOT! surprised me:
Spoiler:
We are actually getting some drama with likable characters cutting their own neck in our moe-like anime? The Gorgon sister is actually showing up decent amounts of time and fething gak up?
Well, I'm impressed.
How did those two guys even hold the cyborg man machine down like that? Shoot him? Pft... I'd have tossed those two lackeys aside and then popped the main guys head like a zit with my robot arm after what he did.
Also, I was super disappointed in Soul Eater. Not for the plot, that's going super. I disliked the fight scene for being super lazily animated which is odd because they usually animate up some awesome fight choreography which is one of my favorite aspects to the series.
Oh, I know what you mean, I too was surprised with how crappy looking the fight looked.
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When Maka was wielding Soul to block Eternal Feather it looked so damn crappy. The old SW movies had better choreography than that. What shock me the most is how Eternal Feather's animation was ace when it was only her. That arm was moving like crazy, pulling all kinds of stunts to simulate a butterfly knife, it looked damn good.
It's not tha bad actuely. The boobs and panties are... Very overstated. But the comedy is good and watching a half naked chick stabbing zombies wit a samerai sword while riding on top of an armoured vehicle is relevant to my interests. Wait, what?
You have always been such a wet blanket AduroT. I found it enjoyable when I watched it years and years ago. I remember the girl being super way to cute and not tramatised about the death of her parents.
It's not tha bad actuely. The boobs and panties are... Very overstated. But the comedy is good and watching a half naked chick stabbing zombies wit a samerai sword while riding on top of an armoured vehicle is relevant to my interests. Wait, what?
I admit, if there was one part I loved was when they were driving the hum-vee, the gun-nut was sniping zombies and the girl was riding on top with almost nothing but an apron and wielding her Katana.
That was so over-the-top I fething loved it so damn much.
The only other zombie scene I ever saw that even compares was in the most recent Resident Evil Zombie: A fething Red Army zombie riding on the open-topped part of a pickup truck with the red star (obviously being driven by another zombie), wielding a rocket launcher... AND EVERYTHING WAS ON FIRE.
And they had Zombies carrying heavy machine guns while riding a bike.
When I saw that scene I was stunned by the sheer awesome it was. Over-the-top just makes me happy.
Oh, and yes, HotD really has plenty of ecchi action, but me being the pervert I am, I don't mind it one bit
There's also the scene in the first episode where a fat guy jumps out of a window and explodes.
Or the orgy mobile in a later episode.
Or that bath part in the sixth episode.
Not to mention the awesomeness of running on zombies' heads.
or, yeah, the chick seeing only an apron because she 'couldn't find any other clothes.' even thoe they were in the blonde one's apartment.
The series is good for gaks and giggles, but if you're expecting anything serious then you may as well leave.
Ooh, another one: the scene in episode something or rather when the main guy uses his love interest's boobs to help compensate for the recoil on a sniper rIfle.
Oh, and every time the fat guy does the serious face of seriousness.
I like turtles *nose bleed*.
They redid the entire series in HD, redrawn and voiced. Its called Berserk: The golden age. It is divided into 3 arcs (3 movies) that are brutal and follow the anime really closely.
They redid the entire series in HD, redrawn and voiced. Its called Berserk: The golden age. It is divided into 3 arcs (3 movies) that are brutal and follow the manga really closely.
Yes, well, maybe it didn't have the huge amount of humor / ecchi as the usual, but it had feels... so many of them...
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With Sora's speech about humanity, when they really find out what the Old King was up to, when Steph is holding his book with all the knowledge he managed to gather and crying her eyes out.
Now that school is over I got the chance to catch up on this season's anime. Irregular Magic High School has impressed me so far. I still have to catch up on some other ones like black bullet. I did get to watch the final episode of MSG Unicorn though. SOO GOOD
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Lot's of cool new mech and weapons designs. The quality of the art was a nice addition to
TheDraconicLord wrote: Soooo, yesterday on Knights of Sidonia I read the following line: "Destroy the planet. I want an exterminatus." And exterminatus was done.
I felt warm and fuzzy inside when I read that and sure enough, KoS universe is pretty GRIMDARK.
Like so many before them, they relised the weakness of those whos faith was misdirected. If they had only prayed to the God Emperor, they would have certainly destroyed all xenos without a doubt that any escaped.
I have just seen The Wind Rises, Hayao Miyazaki's final film before retirement unless he changes his mind.
As usual for Studio Ghibli it looks awesome, though there are a few shots that look computer generated and stand out by their digital "shininess" compared to the hand animation. The only really bad thing is the subtitles, which are badly done and hard to read on pale backgrounds. They weren't by Ghibli though.
The historical plot is a lot more sombre than most Studio Ghibli films, taking us on a life journey in Japan in the 20s and 30s. The central character, Jiro, starts as a boy whose voice is not yet broken. His ambition is to be a pilot but, due to bad eyesight, he decides to train as a engineer and after university goes to work at Mitsubishi's aeroplane design company.
WW2 therefore is on our minds throughout, and is prefigured in the scenes of destruction of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, during which Jiro meets his future wife. Various events and pieces of dialogue hint at rising militarism and slide into war.
The climax of the film however is the successful test flight of the predecessor design to the Zero Sen, after which the story's themes are resolved in a short final scene set at the end of the war.
I left the cinema slightly conflicted. While the film addresses the same themes -- growing up, love, and the meaning of life -- as other Miyazaki films, it is rather sad and you can't help feeling that it is in a way a celebration of a weapon designer. On reflection I realised that view is wrong.
Jiro's ambition is to design beautiful aeroplanes. His military work is forced on him by the spirit of the times in which he lives, and he always dreams of building beautiful civilian aircraft, an ambition that historically came true after the war and the end of this film.
The true message is that malignant forces such as militarism may distort life, but should not crush people's striving for happiness.
finished watching HOTD. underwhelming ending. is there a second season?
episode seven was definitely the best in the series.
perfect ratio of boobs-zombie killing-funny-boobs-emotional-boobs. oh yeah and boobs.
AduroT wrote: I'm getting to where I'm not actually sure those two in Magic High are actual brother sister. The guy is clearly lying about who he really is.
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Ya I'd have to agree with your suspicions. Also, this may be completely wrong or a complete stretch, but I think the school president is probably evil. She has this glowing white color and is super innocent and peaceful. Must be evil :p
Incest might be the biggest fetish in Japan. I don't know numbers but it seems to be really over represented.
Also I'd have to say that I disagree with this. 99.99% of the anime I've seen, which is a very extensive list, does not contain incest of any kind. It might just be what you choose to watch, but there is a very small minority of media that portrays incest in general. The only anime I can think of that involves that close brother sister relationship is Sword art online part 2, and maybe irregular high school, if that's her brother. Those are the only two out of over 200 series, an I know there's an even bigger list of series I haven't seen that don't contain incest.
AduroT wrote: I'm getting to where I'm not actually sure those two in Magic High are actual brother sister. The guy is clearly lying about who he really is.
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Ya I'd have to agree with your suspicions. Also, this may be completely wrong or a complete stretch, but I think the school president is probably evil. She has this glowing white color and is super innocent and peaceful. Must be evil :p
Incest might be the biggest fetish in Japan. I don't know numbers but it seems to be really over represented.
Also I'd have to say that I disagree with this. 99.99% of the anime I've seen, which is a very extensive list, does not contain incest of any kind. It might just be what you choose to watch, but there is a very small minority of media that portrays incest in general. The only anime I can think of that involves that close brother sister relationship is Sword art online part 2, and maybe irregular high school, if that's her brother. Those are the only two out of over 200 series, an I know there's an even bigger list of series I haven't seen that don't contain incest.
I didn't think you watched many fetishist shows. They are out their and ones that focus on them seem to amass quite a following. I can think of several off the top of my head and checking my completed list, I found a few more that I've seen in the past few seasons.
I didn't think you watched many fetishist shows. They are out their and ones that focus on them seem to amass quite a following. I can think of several off the top of my head and checking my completed list, I found a few more that I've seen in the past few seasons.
Ya it might just be that I don't watch genre's that contain it. I personally don't find the whole incest/brother sister thing very hot or appealing anyways. Of course a pretty girl is attractive, but making her someones sister doesn't add anything for me lol I agree there are sure a lot of anime that contain odd fetishes, but I just don't think they make up a very big percentage of anime
And that's not even counting the "Accidental incest" that can happen during "Americanization". For example- (and I may be confused here)- in Sailor Moon, two of the Senshi are dating each other- but the American version couldn't have that, now could it. So they made those two characters cousins, to 'explain' all the touchy-feely. Yeah. Didn't cover up the subtext at all.
AduroT wrote: I'm getting to where I'm not actually sure those two in Magic High are actual brother sister. The guy is clearly lying about who he really is.
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Ya I'd have to agree with your suspicions. Also, this may be completely wrong or a complete stretch, but I think the school president is probably evil. She has this glowing white color and is super innocent and peaceful. Must be evil :p
Incest might be the biggest fetish in Japan. I don't know numbers but it seems to be really over represented.
Also I'd have to say that I disagree with this. 99.99% of the anime I've seen, which is a very extensive list, does not contain incest of any kind. It might just be what you choose to watch, but there is a very small minority of media that portrays incest in general. The only anime I can think of that involves that close brother sister relationship is Sword art online part 2, and maybe irregular high school, if that's her brother. Those are the only two out of over 200 series, an I know there's an even bigger list of series I haven't seen that don't contain incest.
I have read almost the entire series of Mahouka, and I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that they are in fact "siblings related by blood" as they would put it.
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Also, they are both lying about who they are...and forcefully so. They come from a clan that kinda is all about secrets and black ops. Their true identities and abilities are forced to be secrets. Oh, and Student President Mayumi isn't evil at all...she can be a bit of a prankster though.
Also, did I tell everyone that on the same convention the next day or so, I sleep deprived myself and marathoned 10 out of 13 episodes of Serial Experiments Lain?
I think there's been a couple major anime recently that have made the incest theme more noticeable, and indeed some of those might be trying to piggy back off of Oriemo's success.
lol at the people who make fun at the south for incest. The Japanese are OBSESSED with it.
I swear every other anime series has a weird brother sister romance going on.
poppa G wrote: lol at the people who make fun at the south for incest. The Japanese are OBSESSED with it.
I swear every other anime series has a weird brother sister romance going on.
The mbeing obsessed with it doesn't make it alright.
And AduroT, first of epside of magi: sinbad is bestest is already out.
Incest seems to be a thing they add so that they can have moments that make yOu feel awkward. E.g ouran high school host club.
Also, haveth no one else watched high school of the dead? If not, do look it up, panties aside(literally ) it's a good show. Plenty of zombie killing action and crazed survivors shootin' stuff. And even some emotional scenes scattered about. And no one can argue that it is hilarious.
I mean, who doesn't love seeing a fat kid jump out of a window and then explode in blood when he hits the ground... -_- ignore that last question .
poppa G wrote: lol at the people who make fun at the south for incest. The Japanese are OBSESSED with it.
I swear every other anime series has a weird brother sister romance going on.
The mbeing obsessed with it doesn't make it alright.
And AduroT, first of epside of magi: sinbad is bestest is already out.
Yeah, saw it up on a site later and got it watched. Also saw it's an OVA, does that mean it's going to have a stupid drawn out release schedule where we might not see the second episode for a couple months or when should I expect that?
KalashnikovMarine wrote: I think there's been a couple major anime recently that have made the incest theme more noticeable, and indeed some of those might be trying to piggy back off of Oriemo's success.
For Mahouka, the original author actually wrote into the story an incredibly in-depth backstory on why the 2 siblings are so close.
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*SPOILERS AHEAD*
For real, these are literally spoilers of what is revealed later in the story (although probably overly simplified). So don't read if you want a good surprise.
It wasn't always like that. 3 years before the current point in the story, Miyuki treated Tatsuya like gak (like the rest of their family). Then blah, blah, blah, Tatsuya saves her from the very brink of death at the cost of feeling 100x the amount of pain she was currently feeling (she was dying from shrapnel wounds).
Miyuki then finds out that: Tatsuya can only naturally use 2 types of magic, rebuilding and decomposing information, and in an experiment to see if they could make an artificial magician their mother and aunt implanted the, in the end weak, ability to use conventional magic. Re-writing the brain like that caused Tatsuya to loss the ability to feel any strong emotions (Love, Lust, Anger, Jealousy, Ecstasy, etc.) except for the one that he held on to dearly...Brotherly Love. So that right there explains Tatsuya doting over his sister like a (little too) caring older brother...it is the only strong emotion he can feel (we will actually get to see emotion from Tatsuya later on this season ) Miyuki then decides to devote everything to her older brother since he gave her a new life and she sees herself as the shackles that hold Tatsuya back from true greatness (the fact he is literally bound to her as her guardian, and treated like gak for it from the Yotsuba, and the fact his brain was messed with for this purpose). So Tatsuya is a caring older brother, and Miyuki is in love with her brother.
Avoided watching anime for a while, I like watching massive blocks of shows instead of like 2 or 3 eps. So yea caught up on Naruto Shipp, sweet f-all happened as just finally finished the filler arc, was nice to get some more background on Kakashi mind.
poppa G wrote: lol at the people who make fun at the south for incest. The Japanese are OBSESSED with it.
I swear every other anime series has a weird brother sister romance going on.
The mbeing obsessed with it doesn't make it alright.
And AduroT, first of epside of magi: sinbad is bestest is already out.
Yeah, saw it up on a site later and got it watched. Also saw it's an OVA, does that mean it's going to have a stupid drawn out release schedule where we might not see the second episode for a couple months or when should I expect that?
No idea, hadn't heard of it before release. It's based on a small manga series so it should be fine.
I guess some people don't like that type of character. Especially since we haven't even seen anything between her and naruto since the stupid war started. The whole show just feels so bad now.
I started watching Moon Phase with my neighbors on Netflix, it's surprisingly endearing. Art style and animation's lovely and they're getting a surprising amount of mileage out of a stereotypical tsundere loli character.
the shrouded lord wrote: Incest seems to be a thing they add so that they can have moments that make yOu feel awkward. E.g ouran high school host club.
Also, haveth no one else watched high school of the dead? If not, do look it up, panties aside(literally ) it's a good show. Plenty of zombie killing action and crazed survivors shootin' stuff. And even some emotional scenes scattered about. And no one can argue that it is hilarious.
I mean, who doesn't love seeing a fat kid jump out of a window and then explode in blood when he hits the ground... -_- ignore that last question .
I remember High School of the Dead. I thought it had a pretty decent story, especially for a zombie based story. Almost every zombie movie or series has a really boring and obvious plot. The fan service was very annoying, but once you got past it the rest of the series was good
I guess some people don't like that type of character. Especially since we haven't even seen anything between her and naruto since the stupid war started. The whole show just feels so bad now.
Hey! No spoilers! I'm only on the Three-tails sealing bit!
And yes. I dislike Hinata. I don't hate her but I'm not fond of her. Her voice is SO ANNOYING.
I find it interesting how I much prefered and found much more credible and intriguing the story of a dullahan in search of her missing head in Japan and her relationship with a human (those moments between the 2 ... priceless. Celty is so cute) than the final arc where each of the 3 amigos is each the leader of a big gang. Urgh. Still haven't finished it, stopped around ep23 I think.
Red Comet wrote: Anyone finished watching Gundam Unicorn? The ending was satisfying and the OVA was epic overall. Definitely a must watch for mecha and Gundam fans.
YES! I posted about it a couple of days ago lol I really enjoyed it. I still think my favorite episode was the one with the Zeon remnants on earth, but the last episode was a close second. I really liked the new mech designs and equipment they came up with.
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If only they could have found a way to have the Londo Belle fight at some point
Ok, NGNL was being absolutely brutal. It was awesome stacked upon awesome with Sora becoming even more badass by the second but the ending, my jaw hit the floor:
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It wasn't because he just "disappeared" from the memories and that reality, that isn't entirely new, but it was the attention to the detail: Every single scene where Sora shows up in the ending has a sound and visual distortion and he doesn't show up. This, this kind of little details just make me go "WOOOAAAA". I dunno, to me it says how they really care.
Just watched attack on titan English 1-13. Overall I loved the english version over Japanese sub. Voices were matched pretty well. Only complaint was the Titans Screams, they sound so much better in the original version.
Red Comet wrote: Anyone finished watching Gundam Unicorn? The ending was satisfying and the OVA was epic overall. Definitely a must watch for mecha and Gundam fans.
YES! I posted about it a couple of days ago lol I really enjoyed it. I still think my favorite episode was the one with the Zeon remnants on earth, but the last episode was a close second. I really liked the new mech designs and equipment they came up with.
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If only they could have found a way to have the Londo Belle fight at some point
I really wasn't expecting the last episode to be so Newtype ish though. It was amazing, but the amount of stuff going on was amazing. I'm really happy with how it turned out but I'm surprised it didn't feel convoluted.
AduroT wrote:How much of other Gundam series does one want to know about to watch Unicorn? Really I've only seen 8th MS, Wing, 00.
And yes, No Game No Life is continuing to be pretty damn sweet.
I think at least the original MSG (or the movies) and Char's Counterattack are necessary viewing for Unicorn. If you don't watch those two a lot of what is talked about will make no sense to you. Nor will you care about Full Frontal or any other reference made to characters from the original Gundam series. Some of the cast comes back so it's definitely a watch for someone who at least knows the events of that show and Char's Counterattack.
I think at least the original MSG (or the movies) and Char's Counterattack are necessary viewing for Unicorn. If you don't watch those two a lot of what is talked about will make no sense to you. Nor will you care about Full Frontal or any other reference made to characters from the original Gundam series. Some of the cast comes back so it's definitely a watch for someone who at least knows the events of that show and Char's Counterattack.
Ya I would have to agree that the original series and Char's counter attack are the most important ones to watch. I would recommend watching all the UC era stuff, but that's a lot to watch lol
Also I found the newtype stuff in the last episode to be very interesting, neat to think about
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Like what a ridiculous clause to include in your constitution/treaty thing. If new type of human race is to evolve, be sure to include them in running the government. Or perhaps they were right on the mark with that? If a new super-human species were to spring up in the near future do you think it would be best to include them in some leadership role?
So damn. Brynhildr in the Darkness went full Echii for a minute last episode. I'm not sure I like that. I don't mind fan serivce but it felt kinda jarring.
I'm pleased with Brynhildr in the Darkness as the anime is almost exactly like the manga (which I devoured the translated part in an afternoon, got to chapter 80 I think). I agree with Aduro because it does develop her character and it stuck close to the manga. Looking forward to the next character immensely and that's all I'll say because I end up spoiling things...
News regarding the US Kill la Kill release has me... concerned. I miss Bandai...
Anyway, I've been streaming through The Clone Wars on Netflix, so I've been watching less anime recently, though I've been keeping up with Love Live and Saki (I still don't get Mahjong, but I still like the show for some reason.)
On the bright side, Kill la Kill is on Netflix! Huzzah!
Hoitash wrote: News regarding the US Kill la Kill release has me... concerned. I miss Bandai...
Anyway, I've been streaming through The Clone Wars on Netflix, so I've been watching less anime recently, though I've been keeping up with Love Live and Saki (I still don't get Mahjong, but I still like the show for some reason.)
On the bright side, Kill la Kill is on Netflix! Huzzah!
Me and my roommates watched that series recently. The computer graphics 3-dish looking one right? I thoroughly enjoyed a lot of the story lines
I watched most of Lain on TV... and it was one of those animes I can say I didn't understand a thing. I don't think I saw all eps so it even made less sense.
Kill la Kill is comparable to FLCL? I watched a couple of episodes but it's kind of spazzy and even though it self-mocks the skimpy uniform it's still fairly annoying. I'm not feeling the draw a lot of you guys seem to have.
My favorite from the list is the "Need more sad anime with robots in it?" catogory.
It is of course not an all encompassing list being one persons own opinions/recommendations, but I generally like her opinions so I thought I'd share it.
I don't get the Eye-Opening chapter / Meakan-shin (or however you spell it) in Higurashi. Is it meant to be a new world?
There are some inconsistencies with it's "Question Arc."
Still very much enjoying it though.
The Cotton Drifting / Eye-Opening chapters are probably the most disturbing chapters in the series. Full out crazy bs there.
Anyway, just started season 2. The animation quality is considerably better. Pity there is no dubbed version though; I actually liked the English dub of Higurashi.
I don't get the Eye-Opening chapter / Meakan-shin (or however you spell it) in Higurashi. Is it meant to be a new world?
There are some inconsistencies with it's "Question Arc."
Still very much enjoying it though.
The Cotton Drifting / Eye-Opening chapters are probably the most disturbing chapters in the series. Full out crazy bs there.
Anyway, just started season 2.
The animation quality is considerably better.
Pity there is no dubbed version though; I actually liked the English dub of Higurashi.
Oh ya I enjoyed the dub voices a lot more. I loved Rena's voice in the dub, it complimented her character
Gets better? I'll hang in there for a bit then, not spoiled for choice anyway.
Idunno if BGC is particularly 'sad', but I guess I wouldn't call it happy either. It was a neat list overall, didn't find much to watch from it, but neat to know the styles of some shows I've skipped.
Always advocated Pinoyanime.tv for my site of choice for watching anime but their ads have gotten too troublesome lately with opening the App Store and redirecting the page you're on, sometimes halfway thru the show out of nowhere. New site I'm using is Animeplus.tv which I'm finding much better for watching. Trouble is they use the Japanese show titles rather than the English ones so I've been having to learn all those. It's kind of annoying.
; I couldn't say it better myself Tanako.
That said, the ending was very satisfactory! 
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