Voices of a Distant Star if you want a movie. It will punch out your soul and gak in the hole. Another excellent heavyweight in the film category is Grave of the Fireflies. Wolf's Rain or Clannad for a series.
Well, this week's Death Parade had a scene that became one of my favorite's ever. Magical and happy and sad and depressing at the same time. AND THEN, we get yet another bitter-sweet moment.
This anime is the good kind of deep... Really makes one think but it doesn't sound obnoxious because it doesn't use cryptic bullgak.
Speaking of Kill la Kill, I've been re-watching it and have come to the conclusion that Mako could actually be the strongest character. She has absolutely no fighting strength or talent, but, someohoe, a mere two star uniform puts her on par, or possibly higher than the student council. Just imagine her with a three star uniform.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Also, apperently this is a thing, and I suddenly want it.
Good suggestion guys, Angel Beats was pretty neat, I liked it.
Yeah, spoilers within:
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I didn't get all worked up about much of anything though... all of the people leaving and moving on was technically a good thing and that didn't really bother me. That last bit with Kanede and Yuzuru *almost* had me, but then they threw us that bone with the humming and recognition in the (supposedly) real world at the very end.
Overall this was actually a really happy ending. Compare it to the ending of Gurren Lagann... y'know that will have it's own spoiler next just in case...
(gurren lagann spoilers within, be ware!)
Spoiler:
When Nia just freaking evaporates the instant they get married, that was probably the nastiest gut-punch a book/movie/show has ever delivered. And he goes on to become some kind of awkward hermit. I mean humanity moves on and it's a relatively positive ending for everyone else... but after all of that brutal fighting, losing so many friends, and such an epic final battle, to basically come out the other end with nothing to show for it.... poor Simon IMO.
So... got any other gems I should have watched years ago?
the shrouded lord wrote: I like happy endings but I also like depressing circumstances. anyone suggest something that will crush my soul and then hospitalise it with the end?
The final episode of Your Lie in April was posted today...The show is definitely worth a watch if you're into Clannad-esque feels (Not quite on the same level, however).
TheDraconicLord wrote: Well, this week's Death Parade had a scene that became one of my favorite's ever. Magical and happy and sad and depressing at the same time. AND THEN, we get yet another bitter-sweet moment.
This anime is the good kind of deep... Really makes one think but it doesn't sound obnoxious because it doesn't use cryptic bullgak.
It was a neat episode, the figure skating moment was particularly very enjoyable scene.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Just watched the first episode of kancolle. It's stupid, adorable, and kind of cool all at the same time. I never did understand the ship girl craze, but I'm a reader at heart. I care more about character than looks.
Shrouded lord, yeah that's pretty much where I was. And they more or less canceled it out within 5 minutes so it wasn't too big of an impact. Still a neat little show.
Just watched the first episode of kancolle. It's stupid, adorable, and kind of cool all at the same time. I never did understand the ship girl craze, but I'm a reader at heart. I care more about character than looks.
Cute girls + WW2 History appeals to a very specific demographic of nerd. *waves hand*
I think the main arc of Angel Beats mirrors a lot of "life" people leave our lives, things end, and sometimes they end in what seems to be a very "final" sense... but there's always hope. Which is what that last few seconds reminds me of.
GrimDork wrote: Good suggestion guys, Angel Beats was pretty neat, I liked it.
Yeah, spoilers within:
Spoiler:
I didn't get all worked up about much of anything though... all of the people leaving and moving on was technically a good thing and that didn't really bother me. That last bit with Kanede and Yuzuru *almost* had me, but then they threw us that bone with the humming and recognition in the (supposedly) real world at the very end.
Overall this was actually a really happy ending. Compare it to the ending of Gurren Lagann... y'know that will have it's own spoiler next just in case...
(gurren lagann spoilers within, be ware!)
Spoiler:
When Nia just freaking evaporates the instant they get married, that was probably the nastiest gut-punch a book/movie/show has ever delivered. And he goes on to become some kind of awkward hermit. I mean humanity moves on and it's a relatively positive ending for everyone else... but after all of that brutal fighting, losing so many friends, and such an epic final battle, to basically come out the other end with nothing to show for it.... poor Simon IMO.
So... got any other gems I should have watched years ago?
Gurren Lagann:
Spoiler:
I had an absolute devastating case of the feels from Gurren Lagann... I watch like 6 episodes and then went back to a bunch of other stuff, and then last weekend I watched 7 to the end, and the whole time I'm like THIS IS FETHING TERRIBLE CAN'T ANYTHING GOOD HAPPEN IN THIS ANIME?!" and then they started to fight back and all of the things that made me go "FUUUUUUU" drifted away and by the end, when the Nia thing happened, I'm like... "This... this was totally worth it." I also feel bad for Simon
Yep. I kinda stalled for a long, LOOONG time about that bit of the anime.
Also, finally watching past Ep. 12 of Aldnoah.Zero, and I had a realization.
There's some significant Cold War undertones. We've got the Earth folks (who're essentially the West), with all the resources spread evenly through market forces, defending against the advance of the Reds (Mars) who's warmongering is being perpetrated in the name of distributing the resources they get more evenly, but actually being pushed forward by a powerful few.
I watched KanColle and K-ON! season 1 and 2... All so I didn't burn through the latest episodes of Log Horizon and Durarara... Because due to my work schedule, I'm still up early as hell on Saturday morning, so I could have seen LH minutes after it was released..
Has anyone here heard of RideBack? I'm almost finished with it, and it's pretty cool.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Just finished it, it got pretty intense the last few episodes. I'd recommend people check it out, for the animation, if nothing else
I think toradora is especially praiseworthy, because it wasn't just fairytale love. They did not get the person they were after, but the person who was there for them the whole time. It was about love, instead of people in love.
I think toradora is especially praiseworthy, because it wasn't just fairytale love. They did not get the person they were after, but the person who was there for them the whole time. It was about love, instead of people in love.
That's very true.
also
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ecause tiega was awesome. tho I still felt kind of sorry for the bitchy one.
anywho, someone suggest another good romance? watching romances gives me good luck.
I think toradora is especially praiseworthy, because it wasn't just fairytale love. They did not get the person they were after, but the person who was there for them the whole time. It was about love, instead of people in love.
That's very true.
also
Spoiler:
ecause tiega was awesome. tho I still felt kind of sorry for the bitchy one.
anywho, someone suggest another good romance? watching romances gives me good luck.
Her character is one you can't help but pity when you look at it closely.
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She is one of the few people who saw the relationships clearly, she knew from the start that Taiga and Ryuji would be together. She was a bitch, but she was a very good person. She put her own feeling aside, and tried to make both taiga and ryuji happy. She was already in the adult world, while they are all still learning about their own emotions.
no stupid yelling to power up, no silly special move names, just a beat down fist fight
Has anyone watched Nisekoi? I'm three episodes in, and I feel like I'm not going to enjoy waiting for the payoff of the show, considering the manga still hasn't reached a conclusion...
Just watched the first season of The World God Only Knows since it was on Amazon. Not my usual thing but it was pretty amusing.
God of Conquest Mode was hilarious, considering finding another place to watch the rest.
I was gonna jump to mystical (mythical?) detective loki ragnarok, since it was.. i dunno.. there. But the first couple of lines from the first person to talk (some high school girl, i think) almost made me throw up in my mouth a little... terrible. I dunno if I'm jaded because I've been watching Japanese with subs for so long or if it was just bad/obnoxious VA... but holy crap.
no stupid yelling to power up, no silly special move names, just a beat down fist fight
Has anyone watched Nisekoi? I'm three episodes in, and I feel like I'm not going to enjoy waiting for the payoff of the show, considering the manga still hasn't reached a conclusion...
Yeah, Durarara always had good simple fist fights. Apart from all the monstrous humans anyway.
That was pretty cool, and they got the look of the tie interceptor and bomber right too, (although IIRC, the bomber drops photon bombs, not homing missiles).
One guy did that. Over four fething years. You bet he got all the details right.
Co'tor Shas wrote: That was pretty cool, and they got the look of the tie interceptor and bomber right too, (although IIRC, the bomber drops photon bombs, not homing missiles).
The Tie Bomber can launch and drop a variety of munitions, the homing missiles would be concussion missiles.
As huge of a star wars fan as I am Star Wars TIE Fighters didn't look all that interesting to me. I'm a much bigger fan of Rogue Squadron and X-wings over TIE's. A story on cheaply made craft flown by poorly trained pilots that fight with overwhelming numbers could be pretty interesting though.
Also the combat scene upset me a bit since they had TIE's blowing up X-Wings and Y-Wings left and right with laser shots that should have been deflected by shields.
So I finally managed to start Toradora, and my entire world understanding may be collapsing in on itself, because in the dub Minori is voiced by Azy-nyan, who voices Mako, and... my brain doesn't know how to process that.
darkcloud92 wrote: As huge of a star wars fan as I am Star Wars TIE Fighters didn't look all that interesting to me. I'm a much bigger fan of Rogue Squadron and X-wings over TIE's. A story on cheaply made craft flown by poorly trained pilots that fight with overwhelming numbers could be pretty interesting though.
Also the combat scene upset me a bit since they had TIE's blowing up X-Wings and Y-Wings left and right with laser shots that should have been deflected by shields.
I saw laser shots bouncing off shields for several shots befor punching thru. Hardly a left and right thing.
WTF random epic wins quota for the day, fulfilled! That movie is *awesome* Thanks for sharing!
I like to think of it kind of like a WoW PVPer's 'I'm awesome' montage or something, there were definitely shields, but there were a lot of ships going around shooting, it's very likely that those ships which were blown up without showing shields had lost them previously in the encounter. This is kind of a sweeping view of of the battle that focuses on the supercuts, the spots that make the ties look awesome Kind of like how you don't see a lot of 10 minute battles where the rogue beats on the healer for days and eventually his friends show up and the rogue has to run away... that's boring.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Watching it again, almost every rebel ship that blows up has shields flicker first. One or two don't, but almost all do. It's just a flash for an instant, hard to see but if you watch close, it's there.
Hoitash wrote: So I finally managed to start Toradora, and my entire world understanding may be collapsing in on itself, because in the dub Minori is voiced by Azy-nyan, who voices Mako, and... my brain doesn't know how to process that.
I've been experiencing that since I started watching anime again. Favarro from Rage of Bahamut is played by the same guy who voiced Bossun in Sket Dance. Every time I turn around, I'm noticing another voice I recognize.
Hoitash wrote: So I finally managed to start Toradora, and my entire world understanding may be collapsing in on itself, because in the dub Minori is voiced by Azy-nyan, who voices Mako, and... my brain doesn't know how to process that.
I've been finding that since I started watching anime again. Favarro from Rage of Bahamut is played by the same guy who voiced Bossun in Sket Dance. Every time I turn around, I'm noticing another voice I recognize.
I guess it's a sign we're truly part of the anime culture now
Crunchyroll Badge Unlocked: Dude, Watch a Die Hard Film Once in a While.
End of Season Conclusions So Far:
Testament of Sister New Devil - Actually pretty good, looking forward to the second season later this year. Also the bluerays. For reasons.
KanColle - I got everything /I/ wanted out of it. Looking forward to Season 2 as well.
Saekano (with the much prefered subtitle translation "How to Train the Ordinary Girl to be a Heroine" in my book" was a knock out hit for me that was over way too fast. Very satisfying season end that has everything set for some drama and resolution with season two. Don't believe in you, believe in the me who believes in you. Especially in episode 12(13?)
So, semi-related. I had a math exam, flipped out and drew kanji all over my arm and put on a bandanna TK (Angel beats) style and did the whole exam like that.
And PASSED. Get chance and luck my friends, I'm doing it in all my exams from now on.
the shrouded lord wrote: So, semi-related. I had a math exam, flipped out and drew kanji all over my arm and put on a bandanna TK (Angel beats) style and did the whole exam like that.
And PASSED. Get chance and luck my friends, I'm doing it in all my exams from now on.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: End of Season Conclusions So Far:
Testament of Sister New Devil - Actually pretty good, looking forward to the second season later this year. Also the bluerays. For reasons.
Yes, reasons, I bet they are the same as mine: for research purposes.
Yes, the end of KanColle FELT GOOD. I like how they lamp-shaded how there's more than meets the eyes when it comes to the Abyssal Girls, so I hope this was them setting up the stage for Season 2.
Also, after spending so much time with a Kongou in World of Warships and how she is in KanColle, she is no doubt my Ship-Waifu.
the shrouded lord wrote: So, semi-related. I had a math exam, flipped out and drew kanji all over my arm and put on a bandanna TK (Angel beats) style and did the whole exam like that.
And PASSED. Get chance and luck my friends, I'm doing it in all my exams from now on.
Also been watching nanatsu no taizai...after reading the manga its just annoying when an episode ends right before a good bit so I have to wait for what I KNOW is coming.
Do parodies count? If so TFS hellsing ultimate abridged I have seen so many times!!!
Having only started KanColle because of the discussion in this thread, I liked it a lot.
I have been taking it easy on the shows that tug at my heartstrings, so I started to watch Kuroko's Basketball, which has proven worth the time for the four or five episodes I've watched so far.
Log Horizon is shaping up for a nice killer ending, and more Durarara!!!
He posts pretty regularly in this thread, but to save you the trouble it's something along the lines of "I just watched a warship fall in love with a man, that's enough anime for the night."
So, I finally started Black Bullet. Not sure what to think. On one hand the animation is well done, the opening song is great, and the action is brutal and visceral. On the other hand the story and dialogue is kind of...bad. I found it to be badly written and difficult to get into. It might get better and it could just be the subs, but currently I'm up to episode 7 and I am not too impressed.
Same with the characters; I don't find them interesting with the exception of Kagetane. I do enjoy the interaction between Enju and Satomi / Kirasa and Satomi but other than that...eh. What's the thing that happens that pisses every off? Apparently something happens in the anime that makes everyone hates it.
Ahhh the melancholy sweetness of the end of a season, when your queue empties and your "watching" list on my anime list drops to an actually reasonable number of shows. World Break today, and then it'll just be Sailor Moon Crystal.
Excellent. Now I can catch up on Chaika, and the three dozen shows in my backlog >.>;
CthuluIsSpy wrote: So, I finally started Black Bullet. Not sure what to think. On one hand the animation is well done, the opening song is great, and the action is brutal and visceral. On the other hand the story and dialogue is kind of...bad. I found it to be badly written and difficult to get into. It might get better and it could just be the subs, but currently I'm up to episode 7 and I am not too impressed.
Same with the characters; I don't find them interesting with the exception of Kagetane. I do enjoy the interaction between Enju and Satomi / Kirasa and Satomi but other than that...eh. What's the thing that happens that pisses every off? Apparently something happens in the anime that makes everyone hates it.
Its nearer the end, If its what I think it is... I knew it certainly ruffled my feathers a tad. But I was a bit more attached to the characters and what was going on than you seem to be so YMMV. And it didnt make me hate the anime. Just the situation as its a tad fethed .
CthuluIsSpy wrote: So, I finally started Black Bullet. Not sure what to think. On one hand the animation is well done, the opening song is great, and the action is brutal and visceral. On the other hand the story and dialogue is kind of...bad. I found it to be badly written and difficult to get into. It might get better and it could just be the subs, but currently I'm up to episode 7 and I am not too impressed.
Same with the characters; I don't find them interesting with the exception of Kagetane. I do enjoy the interaction between Enju and Satomi / Kirasa and Satomi but other than that...eh. What's the thing that happens that pisses every off? Apparently something happens in the anime that makes everyone hates it.
Its nearer the end, If its what I think it is... I knew it certainly ruffled my feathers a tad. But I was a bit more attached to the characters and what was going on than you seem to be so YMMV. And it didnt make me hate the anime. Just the situation as its a tad fethed .
So uh...I think I just saw that. Yep, that's dire.
Is there going to be a second season? The last episode was a bit of a cliff hanger, and left many plot points unresolved. Oh, and evil Kisara kind of came out of no where. Felt a bit rush. In fact the whole revenge against the Tendo family thing seems to be rushed.
Co'tor Shas wrote: I just watched through the SAO part of SAO with a group. I enjoyed myself, but I still don't get the extreme praise it gets/got.
I think a lot of the praise is from Futurists, Transhumanists and other advocates of post-human evolution. The show takes a pretty hard look at some of the moral consequences of fully-immersive VR- you'll see this especially in later arcs, such as the repurcussions of SAO that crop up in GunGale, and the entirety of Mother's Rosario.
What's the thing that happens that pisses every off? Apparently something happens in the anime that makes everyone hates it.
Its nearer the end, If its what I think it is... I knew it certainly ruffled my feathers a tad. But I was a bit more attached to the characters and what was going on than you seem to be so YMMV. And it didnt make me hate the anime. Just the situation as its a tad fethed .
So uh...I think I just saw that. Yep, that's dire.
Is there going to be a second season? The last episode was a bit of a cliff hanger, and left many plot points unresolved. Oh, and evil Kisara kind of came out of no where. Felt a bit rush. In fact the whole revenge against the Tendo family thing seems to be rushed.
Thats one of the main things I hold against the show, several things felt too rushed. The breakneck shift feeling like it was going to be a small scale "cop show" To holy feth full scale war with these things felt very jarring for the most part I enjoyed it though. Its getting older now and I dont think anythings been mentioned of a season 2. I may be misinformed though.
Yeah dire is one way to describe it. I blitzed the show in one day so when it happened I had to set my laptop down for a minute or two and take a breather.
In other News I finished Kancolle today. Finally went premium to not have to wait for the finale. (I know how Midway went and I did not like the look of that cliffhanger) Loved that it looks like we'll maybe get a bit of depth out of the abyssal's
So the next season has a few that look interesting. I've got something like 20 series chalked up although I'm sure to be left with a lot less by the time this season ends.
One thing I saw while looking at season charts is the Summer season is pure gold in my eyes. Heaps of manga I love are getting shows and a whole lot of really good shows are getting more seasons.
I pretty much got to the last episode of parasyte and never watched it. Don't spoiler it for me but i'm not fully sure what's left to show since the main baddie seems to be dead and things mostly seem resolved as far as i can tell. I did check to see one loose end at the beginning of the last chapter in the manga but didn't look at it too much so as not to spoil it for myself.
Also not quite an anime but somehow i found a manga that's totally worth reading. I read a few chapters and showed 'thedraconiclord' and we both seem to enjoy what we've seen. The manga is called 'Re: Monster' or something and is about some human that resurrects as a goblin and his story as he goes along with his goblin companions. It's actually rather awesome as far as interesting stories go that definitely stand out from the crowd. The leveling up bit does make it sound like an jrpg though but that's honestly an enjoyable little addition to the manga.
Crunckyroll is taunting me. The simulcast for episode two of "I can't understand what my husband is saying" being in 4 hours, but only for premium members. I'm going to have to wait until next week to see it. This makes me very sad.
The ending to fate/stay night seemed rather anti-climactic. But that may be because I am curently not functioning correctly due to an ailment of my mortal body, and did not understand anything that happened at all.
the shrouded lord wrote: The ending to fate/stay night seemed rather anti-climactic. But that may be because I am curently not functioning correctly due to an ailment of my mortal body, and did not understand anything that happened at all.
I thinks its the Return of the King syndrome, where now that the Epic Battle of Epicness is over, you need to wrap things up for the survivors.
Which is generally not as exciting as
Spoiler:
fighting one of the most awesome -if demented- priests ever.
Co'tor Shas wrote: Crunckyroll is taunting me. The simulcast for episode two of "I can't understand what my husband is saying" being in 4 hours, but only for premium members. I'm going to have to wait until next week to see it. This makes me very sad.
I was looking through the list of spring Anime and found a few of the shows I'm interested in were missing from Crunchyroll (assuming licensing deals, etc...).
I'd like to check out Owari no Seraph, and then Arslan Senki and Kekkai Sensen when they get broadcast.
Yeah I use crunchyroll most of the time. I just watched the first episode of "Is it wrong to try and pick up girls in a dungeon" seems quite interesting. Titles one of those though.. haha
TheDraconicLord wrote: Welp, Owari no Seraph is quality. Just, awesome, brutal, vampire, quality.
Oh, I'm so sold on this one.
I'll give it a try and judge you accordingly.
Also, almost finished Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin. Extremely brutal but amazing anime. Would recommend for people who enjoy something very maturely focused.
TheDraconicLord wrote: Welp, Owari no Seraph is quality. Just, awesome, brutal, vampire, quality.
Oh, I'm so sold on this one.
I'll give it a try and judge you accordingly.
Also, almost finished Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin. Extremely brutal but amazing anime. Would recommend for people who enjoy something very maturely focused.
is the level of brutality comparable to Kiseijuu, Hellsing or Psycho Pass?
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the shrouded lord wrote: Holly crap caster destroyed the small child's head.
small child tentacle bomb is not ok.
Holy crap it is so not ok.
...what is that anime, I have a morbid urge to watch it now.
TheDraconicLord wrote: Welp, Owari no Seraph is quality. Just, awesome, brutal, vampire, quality.
Oh, I'm so sold on this one.
I'll give it a try and judge you accordingly.
Also, almost finished Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin. Extremely brutal but amazing anime. Would recommend for people who enjoy something very maturely focused.
is the level of brutality comparable to Kiseijuu, Hellsing or Psycho Pass?
No, it's emotional trauma. It's a series about a 6 teenagers in 1950's Japan who get landed in a reformatory school. It's a really good look at how fethed Japan was after WWII but it's also depressing as all hell.
You have been warned, I'll spoiler some of the things you can expect in this. Read at your own risk.
Spoiler:
Child abuse, pedophilia, rape, extortion etc. there is no graphic sex scenes or anything like that but there is no mistaking the stuff that happens.
So...trinity blood... Is it me, or is it really dull? Which is odd, because the setting is awesome. I mean, in theory it should be a blast to watch, but I am bored with it for some reason.
Yeah I don't remember loving trinity blood. Its one of those things where ...
Spoiler:
The main character is ridiculously badass about ... 5%?... of the time and the rest of the time they're a goof. But not as cool about it as, say, Vash or Kenshin or whoever fits for you.
The end seemed kind of lame to me too.
Fate/Zero had some neat fights, but there was a *lot* of banter going on between them, and it just wasn't a happy show all told. I mean, some of the fights were *really* neat, but... meh, a lot of stuff going on that I just didn't care about in between. Mileage will certainly vary. Pacing seemed a bit off too.
Fate/Zero had some neat fights, but there was a *lot* of banter going on between them, and it just wasn't a happy show all told. I mean, some of the fights were *really* neat, but... meh, a lot of stuff going on that I just didn't care about in between. Mileage will certainly vary. Pacing seemed a bit off too.
Agreed on the YMMV. Fate/Zero is both a prologue and heavily focused on intrigue, more so than the Fate/Stay story. Those are two things that can put people off rather easily (especially if you're not invested in the characters.)
I liked it, but I cried Manly Tears at the end and am something of a Fate fan (enough that I actually like the Fate/Stay Nigh deen anime.)
In preparation of just binging a large number of the shows this season, I started to watch The Fruit of Grisaia since it's getting a sequel in a week or so. Anyone else seen this?
The last three episodes I've watched are fething dark. The comments on Crunchyroll are likening it to Angel Beats. Perhaps that'll be the next series I check out. I've pretty much bounced back from my last feels trip, so I could use another good gut punch.
Lancer is awesome, gotta love them honourness.
Saber, the only thing she's done that stuck out was the adoreable part with the tiny lion.
Berzerker, Insane. Big armour. Heavy weapons, and a master who is slowly deteriorating. WTF was this guy made specifically for me?
Caster, is not ok. not at all. No.
Rider, again, I like the honours, and he seems a fairly nice guy. His abilities seem rather bland powerful.
gilgamesh. I want berzerker to rip his head off.
Assassin. Meh.
Also, the small girl's mother nearly makes up for the lack of the small girl.
ep 12 so far. I like, if you couldn't tell. Better than stay night by far, though I preffered some of the characters in stay night.
Again, Berzerker is fething brilliant.
and fook me dead
Probably because Gilgamesh was in the position to be the way he was, and Iskander wasn't? I mean it made more sense for their plot with its distribution of masters/servants for Gilgamesh to be manipulative, which better fit the prettyboy aesthetic, whereas Rider probably needed to be boisterous and grizzled/manly so he could be a foil for W..Waver? I think. Try to switch the personalities around and it wouldn't work.
I'm not saying it couldn't be done but I think it just fell into place for them the way it was.
Ok.
so, this week was the decision for the new anime we will be watching for the anise club, among the nine series we watched was free eternal summer and big o.
I am happy to say big 0 beat out free. I was scared it wasnt. and no one else at the anime club knew about it or that it existed.
Time to introduce some oldtaku stuff to some younglings.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: So...trinity blood...
Is it me, or is it really dull? Which is odd, because the setting is awesome.
I mean, in theory it should be a blast to watch, but I am bored with it for some reason.
Oddly enough that show and escaflowne bored the crap out of me for some reason when they showed it on adult swim years ago.
Not gonna lie though about trinity blood. I would've totally boned that main character chick with the red hair.
Started breaking into the new stuff, Dungeon, Gunslinger Stratos both look entertaining. Plastic Memories looks good, but I think it's gonna try and rip my soul out.
AduroT wrote: The Worst part of Trinity Blood is the non ending. The good guys don't "win", the series just stops.
I wouldn't know; I gave up after the Star of Sorrow arc. I just had no interest. Its such a pity; conceptually it could have been fun, like Warhammer 40k cross bred with Hellsing. But the pacing was just so...terrible. Even the combat was short lived and unsatisfying.
You know you done goofed when your pretty boy killer robot has more charisma than your pretty boy vampire.
I watched the first episode of Seraph of the End and I think it's gonna be great too! However my roommate who read the manga did say it slumps a bit towards the end, but he has a bias against Vampire themed media :p
Also episode 1 of Gundam Origins came out a while back and I finally saw it. Super amazing! Man the nostalgia reached insane levels, and the artwork is great
I am kinda getting into attack on titan, it is gross enough vague maybe evil enough plotting enough to just be on my peek interest lists. All it needs is some boobs lol
KalashnikovMarine wrote: Started breaking into the new stuff, Dungeon, Gunslinger Stratos both look entertaining. Plastic Memories looks good, but I think it's gonna try and rip my soul out.
It (Plastic Memories) is definitely going to destroy us with the feel train.
Also, just got back from Anime Boston......loads of fun.
OgreChubbs wrote: I am kinda getting into attack on titan, it is gross enough vague maybe evil enough plotting enough to just be on my peek interest lists. All it needs is some boobs lol
KalashnikovMarine wrote: Started breaking into the new stuff, Dungeon, Gunslinger Stratos both look entertaining. Plastic Memories looks good, but I think it's gonna try and rip my soul out.
It (Plastic Memories) is definitely going to destroy us with the feel train.
Just gave it a go myself. Damn, might keep up with this one as it goes. It feels like not many shows come swinging quite that hard out of the gate. Excited for more really.
Denpa Kyoushi (Ultimate Otaku Teacher) showed up on Funimation recently, so I decided to give it a go. Even though it's visual budget is kind of on the low side, I really like it so far. Although as an educator myself I might be a bit biased.
It is kind of interesting to see the underside of high school in an anime, though, in a non-comedic way, that is.
Checked out soooo many of the new shows this weekend. I think the only one that won't stick is Re-Kan. I want to stop watching Plastic Memories, but I'm a sucker for the feels train.
I can't believe they kicked us in the nuts so hard in episode 1.
So I just started Bleach, It's looking pretty good. Not amazing, but worth watching
Draconiclord. You hate dubbing right? Well I have question for you. The main baddie in Naruto Shippuden is super scary and stuff. Now tell me which voice in this link sounds more intimidating and scary to you. Neil Kaplan or Naoya Uchida?
Overlord Thraka wrote: So I just started Bleach, It's looking pretty good. Not amazing, but worth watching
Draconiclord. You hate dubbing right? Well I have question for you. The main baddie in Naruto Shippuden is super scary and stuff. Now tell me which voice in this link sounds more intimidating and scary to you. Neil Kaplan or Naoya Uchida?
Yeah- the important thing to realize in Bleach is that the first... 3? major arcs are good, then they just start repeating the same thing over and over again.
Bleach should have been one of those short-run series, where they later make a ton of spin-offs and stuff- It's full of darkhorse and interesting side-characters, and there's only so many times you can watch the same guy get a 'bigger, better powerup' before it gets silly.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO, Plastic Memories... allow me to give you an accurate summary of my reaction:
Spoiler:
When I checked the synopsis, I was intrigued and I was already dreading the feels. As someone who wants to see humans and androids interacting in reality, this show looks amazing.
Not only that, I swear this is "Blade Runner - THE MOE VERSION!". And God-Emperor above knows how much just REMEMBERING THE speech affects me. Just remembering it and I need a fething tissue.
I must thank the creators for the humor, though. Without it, the anime would have been far too sad.
When it comes to androids and humans interacting, I ca only be fully comfortable if I have the upper hand in some way or another I don't want them spacking out of me.
Overlord Thraka wrote: So I just started Bleach, It's looking pretty good. Not amazing, but worth watching
Draconiclord. You hate dubbing right? Well I have question for you. The main baddie in Naruto Shippuden is super scary and stuff. Now tell me which voice in this link sounds more intimidating and scary to you. Neil Kaplan or Naoya Uchida?
Overlord Thraka wrote: So I just started Bleach, It's looking pretty good. Not amazing, but worth watching
Draconiclord. You hate dubbing right? Well I have question for you. The main baddie in Naruto Shippuden is super scary and stuff. Now tell me which voice in this link sounds more intimidating and scary to you. Neil Kaplan or Naoya Uchida?
So. I started Samurai Flamenco and just finished up with episode 10:
Spoiler:
Well that rounds out the single most sudden, jarring, out-of-nowhere shift in a show or.. anything piece of media I've ever seen. I mean seriously you've got kind of semi-realistic take on a guy trying to be a costumed hero. It's taking some liberties with reality and making the cops more accommodating than they should be, but it's charming show with a lot of heart.
Then suddenly...
Spoiler:
Cocaine Gorilla! Cutting off cop's heads. Also this all totally real, and not a dream sequence and/or TV show. That concaine-powered gorilla really just chopped a bunch of people's heads off with his chest-mounted guillotine.
Seriously! And we're gonna have monsters appear and everyone's going to get used to it, and then the villain starts torturing people and there is a giant goo monsters and a evil alien technology DNA rocket.
I don't even know man. I just what?
I really can't even form on opinion on if what I saw was good or bad. I'm just...., I...., I guess I'll see how the 2nd half the show goes.
Chongara wrote: So. I started Samurai Flamenco and just finished up with episode 10:
Spoiler:
Well that rounds out the single most sudden, jarring, out-of-nowhere shift in a show or.. anything piece of media I've ever seen. I mean seriously you've got kind of semi-realistic take on a guy trying to be a costumed hero. It's taking some liberties with reality and making the cops more accommodating than they should be, but it's charming show with a lot of heart.
Then suddenly...
Spoiler:
Cocaine Gorilla! Cutting off cop's heads. Also this all totally real, and not a dream sequence and/or TV show. That concaine-powered gorilla really just chopped a bunch of people's heads off with his chest-mounted guillotine.
Seriously! And we're gonna have monsters appear and everyone's going to get used to it, and then the villain starts torturing people and there is a giant goo monsters and a evil alien technology DNA rocket.
I don't even know man. I just what?
I really can't even form on opinion on if what I saw was good or bad. I'm just...., I...., I guess I'll see how the 2nd half the show goes.
As one of my favorite "Let's Play"-ers once said:
"STRAP ON, KIDS! Gak's about to get weird!"
Believe me, that sucker-punch outta nowhere shocked EVERYONE. And it doesn't stop there, oh no, from there "THE TRAIN HAS NO BRAKES, CHOO CHOO!".
I saw Tokyo Ghoul being discussed pages ago, did anyone else feel like season 2 was just not as good as season 1? I'm only a few episodes in, but it feels like I'm not supposed to like the MC anymore...
Watching Clannad (and Archer but that doesn't count ) at the suggestion of a friend. Having trouble figuring out how seriously it wants to take itself, I guess it's kind of amusing so far.
Moe is slowly killing the animated artistry Anime used to be a haven for, like a strangler fig breaking apart an ancient Aztec ruin.
It's looking more and more apparent that Japan's animation industry is nosediving into a Moe-themed Animation Age Ghetto, similar to what American animation suffered back when 'toons got a 'kids stuff' stigma associated with them. Nobody would buy or show serious, artful animation because it wasn't 'kid friendly', and so nobody would make anything serious or artful, and so the only stuff that was made was for kids, and so production values went down because 'kids are satisfied with bright colors and silly noises' and we ended up with Hannah Barbera being the pinnacle of the animation industry for a decade.
American animation is still dragging itself back up from there, with creators like Faust and Tartakovski and the blossoming of the feature-length animated movie thanks to the Disney Renaissance, but there's still shows like Johnny Test and its gag-a-day staticky-model ilk. (don't even get me started on Teen Titans Go!)
Japan used to allow its animation industry to experiment and flourish, creating gems like Eureka7 and Trigun and Hellsing and Lupin III and Big O, or the artyer stuff like Magnetic Rose, or the thinky stuff like GiTS and RoD. (and that's just what I've watched personally- there's tons more fantastic stuff I've not touched yet). But then someone noticed that "Ratings are up for big-eyed MoeBlobs doing silly things" and now it's infested everything.
I'm not saying that it'll destroy Anime like it did to Tooning in America- places like Ghibli and Trigger will see to the preservation of the strange and out-there- but we're gonna be drowning in Moe where Moe doesn't need to be, and animation as a whole will suffer for it. I mean, just think about it. Strike Witches could have been a really wrenching series about a government forced to send child soldiers out with untested technology to fight off alien invaders in the middle of a war- with uneasy alliances between the warring Earth countries, tragic malfunctions in the insane propeller-boots, budding romances cut short by national lines and the horrors of war... But instead it's cute girls in short skirts with animal ears, flying off and being 'heroic' without any real danger. There's a deep mystery involved in Infinite Stratos, but it's been completely overglossed by the fanservice. Girls Und Panzer could have been a touching coming of age story set in a unique world, but that was ignored in favor of 'cute'.
Story should come before style, always. If you can tell your story and have a fantastic, interesting style? Great! But I literally care more about the characters in "The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics" than I do about whether or not Konata Izumi had red bean paste in her lunch or not.
I'd hardly say it's that bad. I see very few anime that is cute for the sake of cuteness being on top. And we still have authors like Hiromu writing, so I'm not worried.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Re-watching canaan has me me remember how much I love Faylan's music.
Now, Anvildude, I don't believe it's a situation as dire as you mean. There's moe, oh yes, there's no doubt it, mostly thanks to Lucky Star. Lucky Star could be called one of those experiments you mention, one that showed "Cute girls doing cute things sells like hot-cakes", and you know how the big shots love them muneyz, but there's still plenty of variety out there. Hell, there's even shows with "Moe" that use it to make us suffer. (I'm looking at you, Black Bullet. THE LOLI MURDER D: )
But then again, you criticized GuP. That makes you an awful, awful, AWFUL person and no one should take you seriously.
TBH, I don't think I'd have enjoyed GuP as much as if if WAS serious. This was "Cute Girls doing Tank battles" AND I LOVED IT. It was fun, really, really fun but light-hearted and I loved the show for it. The battle scenes were amazing, the girls were cute and entertaining, it was great!
Hell, you know my opinion of Gundam Try Fighters and how much I like it because it gives me awesome mech fights with no deaths! So ok, I guess I'm extremely biased in this matter.
Hell, you know my opinion of Gundam Try Fighters and how much I like it because it gives me awesome mech fights with no deaths! So ok, I guess I'm extremely biased in this matter.
There is a season for all things; a time for grimdark, and a time for moe.
Which reminds me, THAT episode of UBW looms closer (and I still haven't seen Roberta's Blood Trail....)
In other news, D-Frag is getting dubbed, so I have something to watch when the UBW feels get too strong to ignore.
Unlimited Blade Works, which is the current route the latest Fate/Stay Night anime is following.
Which makes me question the logic of making a Heaven's Feel movie, since it's the longest route and will probably be made into a series in nine years anyway (if the current pattern holds, that is.)
Alfndrate wrote: I saw Tokyo Ghoul being discussed pages ago, did anyone else feel like season 2 was just not as good as season 1? I'm only a few episodes in, but it feels like I'm not supposed to like the MC anymore...
It feels that way to begin with however it starts getting really good again. The last few episode will hit you in the feels. Just bear with it for a bit longer.
the shrouded lord wrote: Seeing saber and tohasoka rin dancing is two things,
1. incredibly discomforting.
2................................................
Don't forget "incredibly adorable."
That show restored my faith in humanity after the despair wrought by Fate/Stay Night.
And youtube is where I watched it, too. I love that op.
That will be a challenge. It wouldn't be too hard to craft though wouldn't it?
In KM news, I'm now watching Hyouka, and it's quite excellent, if you haven't checked it out, I'd highly encourage it, and not just because it features another fantastic OP by Choucho.
So apparently there is going to be a Jitsu wa Watshi wa anime, but the character designs are super generic. Which is really annoying, because of I love the art style
Co'tor Shas wrote: So apparently there is going to be a Jitsu wa Watshi wa anime, but the character designs are super generic. Which is really annoying, because of I love the art style
Saw this on reddit, so anyone who has no clue what I'm angry about can see.
Ironic that the eyes are actually smaller in the anime.
Something to consider, though, is that there's definitely getting to be a 'basic anime' style, and with the Japanese animation industry being sort of Tech-School entry level in its general makeup, the more bland and identical they get the character models, the easier it is to dump an outline on a studio and have them 'go at it'.
Humph. So I finished Hyouka, I quite liked it, but it put me in the wrong mood. It didn't punch my soul out, or give me a pleasant feeling, but instead the bittersweet melancholy that is... life. Considering my current health status, it's probably not what I needed... but, I enjoyed it anyway, and once again, strongly recommend it.
Assassin ninja nurses would have been better with a smaller cup size, and if the main character didn't just look like a soulless prick...
I read the description for that, and in addition to listing ecchi as a genre it specifically called out the large busted nurses in the plot and I was just out.
Assassin ninja nurses would have been better with a smaller cup size, and if the main character didn't just look like a soulless prick...
I read the description for that, and in addition to listing ecchi as a genre it specifically called out the large busted nurses in the plot and I was just out.
I'm interested in this one. Was the first episode fun, at least? I already have a serious anime, a soul-crushing anime and soon enough Knights of Sidonia and Ninja Slayer. I need to find one "junk food"-anime and this was the likely candidate
Huh, so there's an anime thread and I just noticed...
Anyway, after reading Monster, I finally got around to watching it and ERMAGAWD!!!!!
T'was a bad idea to watch the first episode during the school week, I got hooked and immediately watched it all... I need sleep, but I need good grades...
King Pariah wrote: Huh, so there's an anime thread and I just noticed...
Anyway, after reading Monster, I finally got around to watching it and ERMAGAWD!!!!!
T'was a bad idea to watch the first episode during the school week, I got hooked and immediately watched it all... I need sleep, but I need good grades...
King Pariah wrote: Huh, so there's an anime thread and I just noticed...
Anyway, after reading Monster, I finally got around to watching it and ERMAGAWD!!!!!
T'was a bad idea to watch the first episode during the school week, I got hooked and immediately watched it all... I need sleep, but I need good grades...
Assassin ninja nurses would have been better with a smaller cup size, and if the main character didn't just look like a soulless prick...
I read the description for that, and in addition to listing ecchi as a genre it specifically called out the large busted nurses in the plot and I was just out.
I'm interested in this one. Was the first episode fun, at least? I already have a serious anime, a soul-crushing anime and soon enough Knights of Sidonia and Ninja Slayer. I need to find one "junk food"-anime and this was the likely candidate
Gonna put 2 spoilers, first one will be generic, the second will be plot specific.
Spoiler:
the anime is a giant medical metaphor. The society "Black Label" is an assassin organization that kills people based on how they might harm society. The ladies are ranked on bust size, the MC is 3edgy5me and a bit if a prick, but assassins and motorcycles drew me in. Give some personality and I might stick around.
Plot based spoiler:
Spoiler:
the MC was.caught in a terrorist attack 9 years ago, he was injured saving his best friend but the explosion knocked him into his friend and knocked him down, giving him a traumatic brain injury and making him brain dead. The leader of Black Label is the best friend's father and a surgeon. He takes pieces of his dead son and sews them up into the MC saving his life. This affects the MC because the dead kid appears in some of the scenes. Black Label attacks a few places, breaking in via motorcycle and kill some criminals that are given the label color of black and are to be excised from society because they are a tumor. The MC has some obsession with the human conscious and it almost backfires against the first target (gives the target a gun with 1 bullet to end his life himself) the girls have more personality than this soulless feth but are hampered by their back problems. MC and main female are high school students that apparently have been saved by this doctor so they work for the assassin organization. Overall it seems like this show is going to be big boobs and this soulless MC.
King Pariah wrote: Huh, so there's an anime thread and I just noticed...
Anyway, after reading Monster, I finally got around to watching it and ERMAGAWD!!!!!
T'was a bad idea to watch the first episode during the school week, I got hooked and immediately watched it all... I need sleep, but I need good grades...
Health and sanity is overrated.
ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US!
I slept once, it was awful. Binging anime is way more productive.
In other news I actually liked Triage X. It's a different kind of junk food then say Infinite Stratos, but it's enjoyable to turn your brain off and watch the jiggle physics and gun play for a little bit. I'm hoping MC becomes less of a feth as time goes on, there's some stuff when he's not working that seems to suggest he's not a complete ponce.
I just got myself some nice juicy Skitarii (mmhh mhhhh! Cyborg-Ninjas) and I want to add them to my army with a Kill la Kill theme too, so I've thought "Nudist Beach":
- Cybernetic parts: metal (dark steel and gold for details)
- Robes and armor plates: black
- Visors and weapon energy: purple to symbolize the Nudist Beach's purple censor stars of awesome.
But I have absolutely no idea what color to use for the very few pieces of cloth they have or the inside of the robes. I was considering Red for that Dark Mechanicus feel but I could use some sugestions
I'd say red. Unless, you went with a deep blue to match Senketsu.
Also, I think Denpa Kyoushi is going to be the first series to get the axe this season. Really depends on how I feel about Triage X episode 2, and Denpa Kyoushi episode 3.
Very well, I was leaning to Red myself, I think I'll paint a single ranger first to test it and then I'll see what happens from there.
On topic:
I gave Triage X a try. And yep, I enjoyed what I saw.
It started like it should, with breasts bouncing and a nurse with a freakin' oni mask using a heavy machine gun and an assault rifle. Can't say no to a start like that. This is the goofy "junk food" I wanted, and because it seems every woman has breasts bigger than my head, WOOT! BONUS!
It really annoys me how they insist to censor a show like this. This probably airs at 1-2am and yet they insist on censoring all nudity. Damn it Japan
Spoiler:
And yes, the MC really is one of those that makes you *GROAN*. Still, he looks pretty darn cool with the helmet on and the "evil" eye shining through the visor.
I'm pretty sure that Food Wars is going to be my favorite of the spring lineup. If nothing else, it makes me want to try cooking the dishes he makes. Anyone else willing to try squid tentacles and peanut butter?
TheDraconicLord wrote: Very well, I was leaning to Red myself, I think I'll paint a single ranger first to test it and then I'll see what happens from there.
On topic:
I gave Triage X a try. And yep, I enjoyed what I saw.
It started like it should, with breasts bouncing and a nurse with a freakin' oni mask using a heavy machine gun and an assault rifle. Can't say no to a start like that. This is the goofy "junk food" I wanted, and because it seems every woman has breasts bigger than my head, WOOT! BONUS!
It really annoys me how they insist to censor a show like this. This probably airs at 1-2am and yet they insist on censoring all nudity. Damn it Japan
Spoiler:
And yes, the MC really is one of those that makes you *GROAN*. Still, he looks pretty darn cool with the helmet on and the "evil" eye shining through the visor.
I haven't seen much of it except for OVA's but high school dxd is a good anime for big full and uncensored breasts. It is quite pervy which is a mixture of good and bad. You know the anime is pervy when the ending has the main female character dancing on a stripper pole and in the opening it has like the main female characters naked with their boobs showing. Yeah....or at least that's what i've gathered from some clips on youtube.
Another good show for big uncensored boobs is Freezing. I honestly think they chewed out more of the story in the show and made things as pervy as they could even if it deviated from the manga's story.
well I just went and watched the opening of it and now highschool dxd is on my to watch list. lol.
It had explosions, boobs, and demon wings, three of my favorite things.
Knights of Sidonia s2e1, aka What The Frick Frak Is Going On?! Seriously, how much are they going to try cramming into this season if it keeps at this pace? They kept jumping from scene to scene with major things happening with little to no explanation.
the shrouded lord wrote: well I just went and watched the opening of it and now highschool dxd is on my to watch list. lol.
It had explosions, boobs, and demon wings, three of my favorite things.
So what you are saying is, that it had exploding demon tits.
I don't think that Plastic Memories is going to be the feels punch that I thought it was. Maybe it's because I'm not binge watching it like some of the other feels trains I was on, but I think I'll come out of it a little sad, but pleased.
High School DxD, while providing solid fan service was boiler plate and boring in the extreme, without offering any form of freshness to the genre or concept like Testament did. Personally I'd rather watch Rosario again.
I've not watched much anime recently - I normally use animeget.com, but recently it hasn't been working for me, I think because my antivirus software hates it. I tried crunchyroll, but that's just a 14 day trial, isn't it? Anyone got a free site (preferably one that I don't need to sign up for)?
I was planning to watch Black lagoon again, and I might re-watch D-frag again, if the mood takes me
So, I finished up Canaan (awesome as always, seriously, if you haven't already watched it, do so), and I've started on Last Exile in my usual bought of re-watching my favorite shows. I also managed to break my laptop's screen, but I have it plugged in to my dorm's TV, which is actually kind of awesome.
Also, crunchyroll is free with commercials (which can be dealt with) for all but the most recent episode. Essentially it just puts you a week behind. That's what I tend to use. Just think about it like hulu vs Netflix.
Alfndrate wrote: I'm pretty sure that Food Wars is going to be my favorite of the spring lineup. If nothing else, it makes me want to try cooking the dishes he makes. Anyone else willing to try squid tentacles and peanut butter?
THIS! THIS! THIS!
I don't really know why, but the whole idea of the son going through the learning process to defeat his father seems insanely comical to me when it comes to cooking. I also really love their relationship, each has a most disgusting dish as well, comparing and trying to beat each other at making something horrible. I can't wait to watch more episodes of this show.
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AduroT wrote: Knights of Sidonia s2e1, aka What The Frick Frak Is Going On?! Seriously, how much are they going to try cramming into this season if it keeps at this pace? They kept jumping from scene to scene with major things happening with little to no explanation.
I kinda feel like they do that on purpose in that show. It makes me wanna know more about what's going on as well as drawing out my own conclusions (which are often wrong) and just generally keeping me hooked in. I like their concept overall and I do sorta feel like keeping the viewers in the dark about alot of the broader universe leaves them with a ton of room to expand, so I hope they do so soon.
Dark Apostle 666 wrote: I've not watched much anime recently - I normally use animeget.com, but recently it hasn't been working for me, I think because my antivirus software hates it. I tried crunchyroll, but that's just a 14 day trial, isn't it? Anyone got a free site (preferably one that I don't need to sign up for)?
I was planning to watch Black lagoon again, and I might re-watch D-frag again, if the mood takes me
If you don't go with AduroT's recommendation, Crunchyroll is free to watch. The problem is that 1) You're a week behind on new episodes and 2) advertisements. The first one is a problem you can't really get around through Crunchyroll, but the second one can be alleviated through the use of Adblock. I signed up for the anime only (which is now anime and dramas) for the 7 bucks a month because of the 1 week delay.
Ah, I see - I watched the first episode of Triage X on crunchyroll, which explains why I could only get the preview! Thanks all, I'll go with Crunchyroll because I've heard of it more, and the commercials I shall just have to deal with.
Much obliged
flamingkillamajig wrote: I pretty much got to the last episode of parasyte and never watched it. Don't spoiler it for me but i'm not fully sure what's left to show since the main baddie seems to be dead and things mostly seem resolved as far as i can tell. I did check to see one loose end at the beginning of the last chapter in the manga but didn't look at it too much so as not to spoil it for myself.
Also not quite an anime but somehow i found a manga that's totally worth reading. I read a few chapters and showed 'thedraconiclord' and we both seem to enjoy what we've seen. The manga is called 'Re: Monster' or something and is about some human that resurrects as a goblin and his story as he goes along with his goblin companions. It's actually rather awesome as far as interesting stories go that definitely stand out from the crowd. The leveling up bit does make it sound like an jrpg though but that's honestly an enjoyable little addition to the manga.
My favorite part of the manga version was the guide book that came with it. It explained all the intricacies of all of their plans and stuff, quite an interesting read.
Yeah, I may have to watch Death Note again sometime, might be interesting with the perspective I would have given I've seen it already. Just have to realize you're watching a show about... I dunno if you could strictly call him a Villain... but something like that.
I've got like 8 episodes left of Clannad: After Story. The feels.... Gah. That thing that happens... I'm not sure it hit me as hard as I was expecting... but probably because I knew it was going to happen so far ahead. I think it's slightly depressing me IRLlol, show really gets you invested in it's characters.
Yeah, something like that. I mean its not like he's torturing people because its fun or because he's getting rich off of it... he *thinks* he's doing the right thing, so yeah Anti-Hero is probably appropriate. Irredeemable Anti-Hero, maybe, but yeah still somewhat appropriate Like the Punisher but Japanese and with a notebook, and if the Punisher would blow up a jail to kill a criminal (he didn't do that kind of thing did he? kind of shaky on my comic book stuff). Anyway odd analogy aside...
Finished Clannad+After Story. Right in the feels! Twice, that was brutal. Even when things turned out I was reeling so hard from the...things... that the not bad seemed surreal.
GrimDork wrote: Finished Clannad+After Story. Right in the feels! Twice, that was brutal. Even when things turned out I was reeling so hard from the...things... that the not bad seemed surreal.
Not sure what to watch next.
Something from the spring season? I can't really suggest any sort of feels trip as I'm trying to avoid them atm.
Side note to the thread: I've found Kuroko's Basketball to be a nice "battle anime" the team aspect because of basketball, the very realistic "special moves" (for the most part), and the good storyline has made it quite the enjoyable ride. There is at least 1 episode left in season 3 and then probably season 4 will conclude the main storyline.
Ahh no no more feels train for now. I need something with explosions or ninjas or giant robots or *something* after that lol.
I've resorted to watching Daredevil on netflix until I can find another show. Probably gonna resub Crunchyroll now that I'm back to full time so I can rewatch some stuff commercial/hassle free like the rest of Kenshin and some other stuff...
GrimDork wrote: Ahh no no more feels train for now. I need something with explosions or ninjas or giant robots or *something* after that lol.
I've resorted to watching Daredevil on netflix until I can find another show. Probably gonna resub Crunchyroll now that I'm back to full time so I can rewatch some stuff commercial/hassle free like the rest of Kenshin and some other stuff...
From the Spring lineup that's available on CR Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma is a nice cooking battle anime. There are ahem... "explosions" per say, and it looks like it's going to be a great anime Gunslinger Stratos is based on an arcade game series from Japan. Has explosions, gunfighting, futuristic world. Triage X has ninjas, explosions, boobs, I still think the MC is a soulless feth, but it appears to be a "turn off the brain and enjoy" anime PUNCH Line has panty shots (plot integral!) explosions that rival the ending of Namek, and some cool action scenes
There's probably a few other things that you might enjoy, those are just the ones I've checked out.
GrimDork wrote: Ahh no no more feels train for now. I need something with explosions or ninjas or giant robots or *something* after that lol.
I've resorted to watching Daredevil on netflix until I can find another show. Probably gonna resub Crunchyroll now that I'm back to full time so I can rewatch some stuff commercial/hassle free like the rest of Kenshin and some other stuff...
From the Spring lineup that's available on CR Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma is a nice cooking battle anime. There are ahem... "explosions" per say, and it looks like it's going to be a great anime
Gunslinger Stratos is based on an arcade game series from Japan. Has explosions, gunfighting, futuristic world.
Triage X has ninjas, explosions, boobs, I still think the MC is a soulless feth, but it appears to be a "turn off the brain and enjoy" anime
PUNCH Line has panty shots (plot integral!) explosions that rival the ending of Namek, and some cool action scenes
There's probably a few other things that you might enjoy, those are just the ones I've checked out.
Dunno if ya'll like sports anime or not, but Baby Steps and Diamond no Ace just got second seasons and they're pretty enjoyable. My personal favorites just atm though for the current season are Arslan Senki, Fate Stay/Night's second season and Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa. Really like seeing where each one is going.
GrimDork wrote: Finished Clannad+After Story. Right in the feels! Twice, that was brutal. Even when things turned out I was reeling so hard from the...things... that the not bad seemed surreal.
Even though the 'last episode' and then the 'summary episode' both seem to confirm the alternate reality/robot+girl/whatever thing actually happened to retcon the bad stuff... it was a hell of a punch in the gut when both events happened. Actually when Tomoya was thinking about Nagisa, or telling Ushio about her... that was almost the worst. Except that last scene with Ushio... holy crap balls that was brutal. It was so rough that even when the robot thing happened and then it seemed to be confirmed in two episodes that there infact *was* a happily ever after ending... I was reeling to the point that the happy stuff seemed surreal/ less believable.
The pacing at the end really threw me off. First Nagisa, then several episodes that almost let you come to terms with that and maybe see a silver lining, then Ushio complications and then BAM really bad BAM happy stuff. Just feels like it could have been spaced out a little differently
Still must have been a good show to have me so darn invested in the characters that I give enough of a crap to be worried about it
the shrouded lord wrote: So I'm browsing along through deviant art and what do I find? A complaint about sexualisation in anime. lol.
Umm that's kind of a big thing in anime. It's not like it just started. That said i don't get these complainers. If you don't like it then don't watch it.
That's kind of what I mean. Like, anime is effectively based around the foundation of:
Real life BUT TO THE EXTREME! YEAHH!
big explosions, big romances, big monsters, big atrocities, big muscles, big swords, big tits, everything. It's all just real life but biggr and better.
Complaining about an aspect of that is like cutting off someone's arm and then telling them to play base ball. It would work, but no where near as well because it's an important part of it.
I'd disagree. There's plenty of incredible anime out there that isn't sexualized in the slightest. Especially not to the extremes of ecchi. It's a common trope sure, but it's hardly a vital part of the genre.
Canaan, and Last Exile off the top of my head. I don't recall Darker than Black having much either, although it does have a bit of beefcake, which is always fun.
There is quite a bit though, although I'd wager it's more to do with it being marked to teens and college age kids. Although there are expectations, Hiro Mishima's works tend to have lots of cheesecake and beefcake, because the guy likes drawing stuff like that.
Miyazaki, Voices From A Distant Star, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, there's a pretty large portion of the film market that's just good stories, and same for film and TV, there's plenty of anime that has what I'd call "normal" sexualization. By which I mean women and men are of fairly normal proportion for the most part and any sexual or romantic interactions pass the reasonable person test or are otherwise not being used to "sell" the product. A little nudity does not oversexualiztion make. When the nudity is the entire point of the anime, and features are insanely exaggerated as an actual selling point, that's oversexualization. Which is in and of itself, not a bad thing. Just not a corner stone of anime.
Ahem, I believe I've been misunderstood. Or rather, I believe I phrased myself oddly.
It is my belief that one key difference between what we call anime and general cartoons, is the style itself. That being, the manga style.
Now, the manga style, obviously as a general rule involves idealization of the human form. That is, enphesising features considered attractive.
e.g: large eyes, fair skin, small nose, males having large muscles. etc. etc. In the context of this discussion, such enphesisation is what I meant by "sexualisation" and apologies for the mis-use of terminology there.
damn straight.
I mean think about it, it's still equal because men are just as idealized as women.
and yeah, neither are always/usually a sexual fantasy but more a power fantasy because beauty = power in modern society. And really it's as simple as that. I could go into the specifics of the psychology around this idealization but the gist of it I've already explained and I don't feel like going all anthropology/psychology/sociology student on you guys at the moment. (Note: the mark indicated in my signature does not indicate my actual skill level in those area/s.)
I'm confused about the tech level in Akame ga kill.
Its like a cross between the 19th century and 20th century.
Like, they have automatic weapons, yet they still use swords?
AoT at least kept to to something like the 19th century, stylistically.
The jaegars are pretty fun. I prefer Akame to Kurome, but I found Wave to be more interesting than Tatsumi.
the shrouded lord wrote: So I'm browsing along through deviant art and what do I find? A complaint about sexualisation in anime. lol.
Umm that's kind of a big thing in anime. It's not like it just started. That said i don't get these complainers. If you don't like it then don't watch it.
I usually don't. That said it's kind of irritating when something that seems like an otherwise solid product has the stink of excessive fanservice, embarrassing character designs or just plain creepiness keeping me from enjoying it.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: Miyazaki, Voices From A Distant Star, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, there's a pretty large portion of the film market that's just good stories, and same for film and TV, there's plenty of anime that has what I'd call "normal" sexualization. By which I mean women and men are of fairly normal proportion for the most part and any sexual or romantic interactions pass the reasonable person test or are otherwise not being used to "sell" the product. A little nudity does not oversexualiztion make. When the nudity is the entire point of the anime, and features are insanely exaggerated as an actual selling point, that's oversexualization. Which is in and of itself, not a bad thing. Just not a corner stone of anime.
Finished up re-watching Last Exile. I love that show, can't recommend it enough.
That being said, and despite my increasingly long "to-watch" list, does anybody know of a good romance anime? I've been missing major feelings since finishing Toradora.
Your Lie in April has some feels, I hopped off the feels train after I guessed the "twist".
Thanks, I'll check that out.
Few other romance suggestions.
Sakura Trick: it's girl on girl romance, but its cutesy
MY love STORY: new show this spring, about a lovable oaf being the best and worst wingman in existence.
I can't understand what my husband is saying: romance about an office worker and her NEET/Otaku husband. Episodes are 3 minutes long, super sweet, no depressing feels, just d'awwww
Your Lie in April has some feels, I hopped off the feels train after I guessed the "twist".
Thanks, I'll check that out.
Few other romance suggestions.
Sakura Trick: it's girl on girl romance, but its cutesy
MY love STORY: new show this spring, about a lovable oaf being the best and worst wingman in existence.
I can't understand what my husband is saying: romance about an office worker and her NEET/Otaku husband. Episodes are 3 minutes long, super sweet, no depressing feels, just d'awwww
Thanks
And I've already watched I can't understand what my husband is saying, manged to get on my favorites within the first episode. I'm glad they made the second season,.
Finished Akame ga Kill. The last few episodes are bs. I hope the manga doesn't end like that.
Is the manga as disjointed as the anime? I (mostly) enjoyed the anime, but I found the inconsistent tech levels, the constant shark jumping (seriously, what the feth is with Seryu's arms? Humans aren't briefcases, you just can't shove an armory in them and expect them to live) and the "level up" lines to be off putting. The rushed character arcs and the excessive monologues didn't help matters either.
Your Lie in April has some feels, I hopped off the feels train after I guessed the "twist".
It wasn't meant as a joke, he's just gonna get punched right in the feels.
SaiKano was the first anime series I saw in Japanese, and I didn't get hit with the feels, so I'm curious as to how I'd find it now, what 11 years later?
KalashnikovMarine wrote:You know, curse me all you want, but I actually like Triage X, I'd like it alot better though without the gag boobs.
The second episode was easier to handle than the first, but I still can't handle the main character. Also can I have Triage D, where they cap the bust size at D?
Yes. I support Triage D, maybe with less time devoted to jiggle physics the MC can afford more of a personality. The idea's interesting for him, they just need to fething execute.
Thank you for that King, that gak was all kinds of awesome.
