This is an anime, and tentacles are already a part of the norm... let's just not go there, that way dragons lay. Or is it lie? Or have lain? Stupid english.
Spoiler:
Though from that last bit at the end, killing the evil/clone/possessed/co-opted version of that same girl seems likely to have deleted the ena/clone that he was hanging out with. Raising some questions as to whether or not anything of the original girl had survived or not, probably not though. But yeah when he gets there and there's nobody to use those markers... much feels, he might lose it a bit.
On the bright side, super excited for the next part of the series. If they had the balls to pull this, imagine what awesomeness could follow (unless they do that thing I hates).
LordofHats wrote: On the bright side, super excited for the next part of the series. If they had the balls to pull this, imagine what awesomeness could follow (unless they do that thing I hates).
This summer anime season has, imo, been rather superb (last year was bland for me).
Tokyo Ghoul, Terror in Resonance, Aldnoah.Zero all stand out for me as rather excellent series. Tokyo ESP isn't super great, but it's good enough to enjoy. SAO Season 2 has picked up. Stuffs been rather grand on the anime front of late.
But yes, Aldnoah.Zero stands out among them all at this point. First it starts as reverse Gundam, where the heroes are in the Zakus and the villains in the Gundams, and it just keep amping up the tension until now. Oh man I hope they don't heel face turn on me. I will be so pissed.
LordofHats wrote: This summer anime season has, imo, been rather superb (last year was bland for me).
Tokyo Ghoul, Terror in Resonance, Aldnoah.Zero all stand out for me as rather excellent series. Tokyo ESP isn't super great, but it's good enough to enjoy. SAO Season 2 has picked up. Stuffs been rather grand on the anime front of late.
But yes, Aldnoah.Zero stands out among them all at this point. First it starts as reverse Gundam, where the heroes are in the Zakus and the villains in the Gundams, and it just keep amping up the tension until now. Oh man I hope they don't heel face turn on me. I will be so pissed.
Aye, you actually nailed it there, the heroes do feel like your avarage Zaku pilot.
TheDraconicLord wrote: God-Emperor damn it, I have around 7 eps of Aldnoah.Zero to watch and you are making me wanna go watch it ...
Stop damn it
You will do as the hypnotoad commands!
Also now caught the last episode of Tokyo Ghoul. A little sad the series ended at 12 episodes. It doesn't get really good till after the part where Kaneki becomes hell unleashed incarnate XD I hope they make another season.
BOTH of them? I figured the Princess or Inaho would bite the dust but both of them!? fethers ship teased me hard too... just shy of a Romeo and Juliet ending for them right there. It does and doesn't make me pumped for the next season. I really don't like Slaine at all, so if he's taking more a lead role for season 2 I'll be disappoint.
I just blitzed through Toradora! which had been recommended to me years ago, dunno why I waited. It was super-enjoyable. It's certainly not a fresh concept, and you can probably guess how the plot resolves just from the description of the premise. Still, it was so charming and well executed that didn't really matter. If you haven't seen it and you're at all into that sorta high school drama/young love sort of space, I'd check it out. While it doesn't stray too far from the formula it treats the characters with a great deal of respect and toys with the archetypes enough to be really engaging.
In terms of more recent fare, I watched Nanana's Buried Treasure which was pure drek, no substance whatsoever and utterly incepable of delivering any emotional impact when it tried. The premise is absurd, the execution clumsy and the characters are totally forgettable. Seriously I finished it like.. 3 days ago and couldn't tell you half their names. Still, It was enjoyable, enjoyable garbage. Kinda like fast food, you know it has no substance, it doesn't taste that great and you'd really never recommend it to anyone but you enjoy in the moment all the same.
I've also be following Argevollen, which isn't great but is getting better. It stretches a bit around the seams where either the budget or the formula won't really allow to stretch it's legs. However I like the overall look of the universe and it just feels oddly credible in a way that mecha shows often miss. I'm cautiously optimistic about how this is going to turn out overall.
Chongara wrote: In terms of more recent fare, I watched Nanana's Buried Treasure which was pure drek, no substance whatsoever and utterly incepable of delivering any emotional impact when it tried. The premise is absurd, the execution clumsy and the characters are totally forgettable. Seriously I finished it like.. 3 days ago and couldn't tell you half their names. Still, It was enjoyable, enjoyable garbage. Kinda like fast food, you know it has no substance, it doesn't taste that great and you'd really never recommend it to anyone but you enjoy in the moment all the same.
I watched the first couple eps of this. At the time I thought it was aimed at a younger audience as it seemed... simplistic? I thought it might be like you said - "enjoyable garbage" - so intended to watch more at some stage, but it's pretty low on the priorities hehe.
TBH Inaho was a bland character anyways, so it wouldn't be that big a deal if he was replaced. He was just your typical blank slate main character, having Slaine would be more entertaining. But I doubt they're actually dead.
Just watched Ep. 12 of Aldnoah. That... that was not how I was expecting that to end. Here's hoping the next half is Slaine actually doing stuff though.
Have you guys not been watching Captain Earth? I've been enjoying the hell out of that one. Sad to see it ending.
Oh well, I think October will see the return of Buddy Complex and not one, but TWO Gundam shows, and the continuation of Log Horizon. Hopefully Yowamushi Pedal's second season will start soon, too.
Coolyo294 wrote: Currently watching rereading the berserk manga and watching the anime series for the first time.
I'd forgotten just how violent the mood whiplash in this series could be.
Shame they didn't continue the series in anime form, the manga is amazing and the story just gets better imo though I haven't followed it for a couple years. I got sold on anime under false pretenses by being introduced with Berserk hehe as there's been nothing close to it since, and I do try all the "darker" animes I find. I haven't watched the remake of Berserk as despite being higher quality animation and what not, it's still just the same series I think? I really liked the original voice actors for Berserk too. The new ones seemed ok but once you're used to a characters voice to have it change is hard to accept.
TBH Inaho was a bland character anyways, so it wouldn't be that big a deal if he was replaced. He was just your typical blank slate main character, having Slaine would be more entertaining. But I doubt they're actually dead.
Spoiler:
Can you name another main protagonist just like Inaho?
Anyway, saw the latest episode of Aldnoah.Zero.
Spoiler:
H-hime-sama...
Last episode definitely pulled Aldnoah.Zero to the top of the summer season food chain for me.
Originally it was between Aldnoah.Zero and Zankyou no Terror but this latest episode definitely changed that.
Inaho was basically kicking the ass of everyone he ran into, which is totally awesome but lets face it, that gets old really fast. It's impressive and cool, but it makes for bland character. The one thing that left a hint of interest for him are his curious interactions with the princess and Slaine.
Who knows what might happen now, but this could open the door for Slaine to be a much more interesting character (I found him rather boring). The war is likely still waging, and now there's a wild card in play with an Aldnoah powered Kat that he can activate it somehow. So who is Slaine's enemy? Terrans? Vers? Everyone?
Inaho was basically kicking the ass of everyone he ran into, which is totally awesome but lets face it, that gets old really fast. It's impressive and cool, but it makes for bland character. The one thing that left a hint of interest for him are his curious interactions with the princess and Slaine.
Who knows what might happen now, but this could open the door for Slaine to be a much more interesting character (I found him rather boring). The war is likely still waging, and now there's a wild card in play with an Aldnoah powered Kat that he can activate it somehow. So who is Slaine's enemy? Terrans? Vers? Everyone?
Spoiler:
Being really competent does not make a character a blank slate. It can however make conflicts boring, which it did... For a while.
As for Inaho kicking the ass of everyone he ran into with his kewl plans, that hasn't been the case since what? Episode six? He would have been unceremoniously killed by Femienne had Slaine not showed up to bail him out. He didn't take a big role in any battles until Saazbaum's assault, and even then his first big plan went to gak because Saazbaum made a direct assault on the Deucalion. He managed to beat Saazbaum when they actually fought (Using what he learned from all his prior battles), but for the first half of the fight he was being dominated. I get where that train of thought comes from, and it was one of my biggest problems with the series at first, but, I don't think it really applies as much now.
Don't get me wrong, I don't like Inaho nearly as much as Princess Asseylum, Slaine, or Saazbaum, but he isn't exactly your standard anime protagonist.
I don't know, I feel Inaho is a modern design of a character. Calculating, analytical, noticeable lack of emotions. House, Sherlock for instance. Even though they have certain merit, I simply do no feel any appeal for them. I've lost interest in Inaho after the first episode. It was really the schism and mystery of technology that kept me tuned. OST (big round of applause) and animation also deserves a praise, simply wonderful, the final act peaked my interest more than I anticipated and I am definitely interested what shall happen to Slaine, the decisions he will made shall have long reached consequences. Though I suspect he shall not made immediate appearance in the second act, perhaps there will be a time leap and we're going to see certain consequences the old players did with new ones playing bearing it.
While I know some people utterly loathe dubs (and often rightly so), many dubs don't get due credit. A lot of the anime's on Adult Swim imo have superb dubs, and if anything I think the English versions of Hellsing are superior to the Japanese ones. I'd also throw up Gurren Lagan as a series where the English voice actors did a much better job portraying their characters than their Japanese counterparts.
Depends. In my experience most voice actors for male characters sound like 8-12 year olds OR big deep voiced guys in their 30-40s. There seems to be almost no middle ground.
I think its impossible for them to cast the right voice pitch for a younger man who has actually hit puberty.
And this is why they hired an actual 12 year old boy to voice Aang in Last Airbender. As Aang grew,so did his VA, so you go from lispy squeaky voiced kid to young man hitting the beginnings of serious puberty right along with the character in the show.
I don't know, I feel Inaho is a modern design of a character. Calculating, analytical, noticeable lack of emotions. House, Sherlock for instance. Even though they have certain merit, I simply do no feel any appeal for them. I've lost interest in Inaho after the first episode. It was really the schism and mystery of technology that kept me tuned. OST (big round of applause) and animation also deserves a praise, simply wonderful, the final act peaked my interest more than I anticipated and I am definitely interested what shall happen to Slaine, the decisions he will made shall have long reached consequences. Though I suspect he shall not made immediate appearance in the second act, perhaps there will be a time leap and we're going to see certain consequences the old players did with new ones playing bearing it.
This. With Sherlock and House it's a bit different, they actually have character underneath that gets revealed in little bits throughout a long period of time. Inaho hasn't had enough time. All we've gotten so far is a calculator with a bit of goodness in him. If I had to guess that's all were gonna get. Don't get me wrong he has some nice qualities, like staying calm under pressure and the ability to think logically and not let his emotions get in the way. But that's not very deep, and defnes his character in every episode, very bland and not even realistic.
Well I mean think about Sherlock. What really allows Sherlock to be engaging as a character is Watson. On his own, Sherlock would be annoying or cease to be as incredible as he is. Same with House. These characters function because of their supporting cast, the people they have around them who help us to see how great they are at what they do, as well as provide tension in a story that otherwise lacks tension because he its House. We all know he's going to solve the mystery because he's too good at it (except that one time he didn't).
Inaho is amazing, god of war like even, but his supporting cast is kind of as bland as he is. Not to mention that he's a teenager, and he's that calm and collected which is kind of creepy compared to a mid-life doctor and a professional detective with years of experience.
Not insulting Inaho he's cool. Just saying that there doesn't seem to be much to him, which would make his ability to kick ass boring after awhile.
Summer season recap:
So I started watching a gak ton of anime this season, and these are the stand out winners in no particular order along with some surprises.
Aldnoah Zero - Tops for the season, but I'm not supremely enthused for the rest of it.
Hanayamata - Proof that cute girls with decent characterization can make me watch an anime about literally anything, this one's a favorite.
Gakkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun (Monthly Girl's Nozaki-kun) Top comedy of the season and a prestigious winner of a 9/10 score from me. I like Shoujo romance so I was going into this expecting exactly that, what I got was a glorious comedy with some truly charming wit and humor about itself around a great cast. Even if it didn't give me the full pay off I wanted romantically... I mean it teased it. But still.
Rokujouma no Shinryakusha (Invaders of the Rokujouma) - Another surprise this season that manages to make the supernautral harem feel much fresher then Bladedance, another piece of evidence that you can stick to form and still make it shine with substance.
Nobunaga Concerto - Holy crap, finally a Sengoku era piece with time travel that does it vaguely right.The animation style remains really rough for me, but I enjoyed it a lot otherwise.
Blade Dance of the Elementalers - Literally a recycling of one of the oldest harem variants known to man complete with all tropes you'd expect of it, Bladedance still managed to be surprisingly not suck. It wasn't a stunner, a little too cliche for that, but it was a lot ofun.
Sageabu - C3: Comedy edition, and in my personal opinion the superior of the two Girls und Airsoft anime.
Akame ga Kill - More. Give. Me. More. Gods DAMNIT.
Sailor Moon Crystal - I'll spare you all more fanboy squeling.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: Summer season recap: Gakkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun (Monthly Girl's Nozaki-kun) Top comedy of the season and a prestigious winner of a 9/10 score from me. I like Shoujo romance so I was going into this expecting exactly that, what I got was a glorious comedy with some truly charming wit and humor about itself around a great cast. Even if it didn't give me the full pay off I wanted romantically... I mean it teased it. But still.
Agreed 100% on the comedy and really recommend it to everyone, sad to have it end today. I loved the characters and their interactions - Kashima especially, also Seo was great but all of them were good value. This will be a favourite for a long time to come for me. I may have to track down the manga/novels now, missing the voices will hurt but knowing the voices lets you put them to the text which helps a lot I find.
Blade Dance of the Elementalers - Literally a recycling of one of the oldest harem variants known to man complete with all tropes you'd expect of it, Bladedance still managed to be surprisingly not suck. It wasn't a stunner, a little too cliche for that, but it was a lot ofun.
Yep pure tropes, very similar to Infinite Stratos but fantasy instead of sci-fi. I hate to admit enjoying it because yeah it is a lot of fun because/despite of the trope overload. If you look at it as a pisstake on tropes it makes it a bit easier ; p The main character being less dense helps I think.
Sailor Moon Crystal - I'll spare you all more fanboy squeling.
A fem friend is squeeing hard over this, says it stays true to the original, more-so because it's more true to the original manga than the first anime iirc. I tried ep 1 but it's really not my thing, I can see why fans of Sailor Moon would love it though.
LordofHats wrote: Well I mean think about Sherlock. What really allows Sherlock to be engaging as a character is Watson. On his own, Sherlock would be annoying or cease to be as incredible as he is. Same with House. These characters function because of their supporting cast, the people they have around them who help us to see how great they are at what they do, as well as provide tension in a story that otherwise lacks tension because he its House. We all know he's going to solve the mystery because he's too good at it (except that one time he didn't).
Inaho is amazing, god of war like even, but his supporting cast is kind of as bland as he is. Not to mention that he's a teenager, and he's that calm and collected which is kind of creepy compared to a mid-life doctor and a professional detective with years of experience.
Not insulting Inaho he's cool. Just saying that there doesn't seem to be much to him, which would make his ability to kick ass boring after awhile.
Quite so. It was rather interesting to see the interaction between Sherlock and Watson, Sherlock pushing him away while still having the need for his company (no man's an island, entire itself). Wilson and Cuddy were similar for House, though House really made it hard with his nihilistic stance. Watson is my favourite character in the show, though it is certainly interesting to see keen-eyed Sherlock in his element. Especially when interacting with his older brother.
Anyway, I can't hear enough of Aldnoah Zero closing tune, piano makes it all the better:
Getting more and more bored of Akame ga Kill as it goes on. The characters are all just boring as hell. Except for main the blue haired villain (I can't be bothered to remember names in this series).
Soladrin wrote: Getting more and more bored of Akame ga Kill as it goes on. The characters are all just boring as hell. Except for main the blue haired villain (I can't be bothered to remember names in this series).
Spoiler:
Honoustly, this series died with Bulat
In other news, Diamond no Ace is still awesome.
Yeah, as I said earlier in thread, the heroes get pretty boring and the villains completely overshadow them XD.
Soladrin wrote: Getting more and more bored of Akame ga Kill as it goes on. The characters are all just boring as hell. Except for main the blue haired villain (I can't be bothered to remember names in this series).
Spoiler:
Honoustly, this series died with Bulat
In other news, Diamond no Ace is still awesome.
Yeah, as I said earlier in thread, the heroes get pretty boring and the villains completely overshadow them XD.
I gave up on the heroes a long time ago. Never before have I rooted and enjoyed the villains so much.
It helps that even Esdeath, and the absolute sadist that she is, is immensely sympathetic solely because if she gives a damn about anything in life other than sadism, it's the soldiers under her command.
And Wave, well Wave is just a badass (and an all around swell guy with 10x Tatsumi's personality).
LordofHats wrote: It helps that even Esdeath, and the absolute sadist that she is, is immensely sympathetic solely because if she gives a damn about anything in life other than sadism, it's the soldiers under her command.
And Wave, well Wave is just a badass (and an all around swell guy with 10x Tatsumi's personality).
Spoiler:
Yeah, I was very surprised when Esdeath's shows up after conquering North and she says to send the 10k gold to her soldiers. They should enjoy the gift. And then she says the "To fall in love" thing. Oh man, instant love for the character right there, I don't care if she's a demon in disguise.
Wave is awesome. I couldn't give a damn about Tatsumi and the whole rebellion when the "villains" have Wave and the others
No Hamatora is over again DDD: The finale was awesome again though! The last two episodes really tied up the story, made up for the little slump in the middle, Super good.
GrimDork wrote: Hey guys, is Gurren Lagann just the one season? If so then I'll start watching right away since that's on netflix atm.
Yes. To prepare you for it;
This is Kamina. You will worship him as your god
Is Deadman Wonderland worthy of any recommendations? Also on netflix, reminds me of that Eureka 7 show in aesthetic just from the banner.
I did not like the anime, primarily because they butchered the story of a series that had a rather bland story to start with. But yes, it was animated by the same team that did Eureka 7 and Xamd (Team Bones).
GrimDork wrote: I think they were mostly just A. Hanging out.
I'm sure I'll like the show, undecided as to whether or not to finish psycho-pass first or to run them in tandem.
You will NOT speak bad of KLK's suits, either the star uniforms, the Kamuis or the fantastic NUUUUUUUUDISTOOOOOO BIIIIIIIIIICHIIIII (lack of) uniforms.
And you WILL love Kamina. Kamina is one of those characters you should hate. You don't. He's just that awesome.
GrimDork wrote: I think they were mostly just A. Hanging out.
I'm sure I'll like the show, undecided as to whether or not to finish psycho-pass first or to run them in tandem.
You will NOT speak bad of KLK's suits, either the star uniforms, the Kamuis or the fantastic NUUUUUUUUDISTOOOOOO BIIIIIIIIIICHIIIII (lack of) uniforms.
And you WILL love Kamina. Kamina is one of those characters you should hate. You don't. He's just that awesome.
GrimDork wrote: I think they were mostly just A. Hanging out.
I'm sure I'll like the show, undecided as to whether or not to finish psycho-pass first or to run them in tandem.
You will NOT speak bad of KLK's suits, either the star uniforms, the Kamuis or the fantastic NUUUUUUUUDISTOOOOOO BIIIIIIIIIICHIIIII (lack of) uniforms.
And you WILL love Kamina. Kamina is one of those characters you should hate. You don't. He's just that awesome.
Not even the DTRs? Those did look pretty silly.
I said uniforms. Not those robot monstrosities, those you can flame away all you want.
I watched Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet and was downright impressed. It's a really short series so I'm at loss on how to mention anything about it without spoiling too much. The pacing was spot-on and it did a far better job of managing my emotional state as an audience than most shows do. It's not playing with any fresh material at all and some of the plot points probably sprout holes under scrutiny. It's also got these two episodes in the middle with too much awkward face service, some of it semi-justified.
However, the main thrust of it feels well enough executed I don't really mind the flaws.
I also tried to watch The World is Still Beautiful . I have this policy of only getting minimal outline of the basic premise and maybe half a first episode plot summary before trying something. It means I get to have really a really clean first impression but it also means I'm going in a little bit blind and boy did that policy work out here.
It's a shame because the first episode felt like the start of something really promising. Spunky princess with wind magic, heads to a strange kingdom for an arranged marriage. I can dig it. Two episodes later and utterly unlikable boy king can't keep his clothes on and our lead backtracks on her convictions so often nothing feels like it has any impact. What a waste.
Yeah that's how I felt about the World Is Still Beautiful. I dropped that so hard it created a dent in the floor and I'm the donkey who finish Momo Kyun Sword somehow.
KalashnikovMarine wrote:Yeah that's how I felt about the World Is Still Beautiful. I dropped that so hard it created a dent in the floor and I'm the donkey who finish Momo Kyun Sword somehow.
Chongara wrote: I also tried to watch The World is Still Beautiful . I have this policy of only getting minimal outline of the basic premise and maybe half a first episode plot summary before trying something. It means I get to have really a really clean first impression but it also means I'm going in a little bit blind and boy did that policy work out here.
It's a shame because the first episode felt like the start of something really promising. Spunky princess with wind magic, heads to a strange kingdom for an arranged marriage. I can dig it. Two episodes later and utterly unlikable boy king can't keep his clothes on and our lead backtracks on her convictions so often nothing feels like it has any impact. What a waste.
Wait, what? Did you watch the same anime I did? That was one of the animes I most enjoyed watching weekly, their relationship keeps improving and improving and not only are the 2 main characters fun enough, the support cast is fantastic. Many laughs because of King's aid and advisors were had. (The 3 old men are fantastic xD).
Good gravy, Psycho-Pass doesn't pull too many punches (about half way through) and it gets downright grizzly at times. Everything is so clean/sterile most of the time when a badguy commits some hefty violence it really seems to hit harder.
Episode 16:
Spoiler:
HOLY gak! Kagari When Akane brained Makashima with the helmet, awesome. But seriously WTF cyborg/robo-chief? Mind==blown.
Gurren Lagann is looking good too, only a few eps in, dunno if I'll be worshiping Kamina any time soon, but I'm liking most of the characters so far. The sniper lady they ran into especially... she isn't crazy as balls, way too mean, way too nice, or anything really. At least not so far. Looking forward to watching more.
Big fan of Black Lagoon right here - 5 episodes into the "Blood trail" arc ATM, Balalaika is easily a 9/10 on the Ser Integra scale of badass female bosses!
One week to the day until Log Horizon Season 2. The databasing will be intense. If anyone missed season 1, well worth catching up on if you like the idea of 30K people being stuck in a VR Fantasy MMO. It's more logical and consistent than SAO with a great cast of characters and good politicking.
GrimDork wrote: I think they were mostly just A. Hanging out.
I'm sure I'll like the show, undecided as to whether or not to finish psycho-pass first or to run them in tandem.
You will NOT speak bad of KLK's suits, either the star uniforms, the Kamuis or the fantastic NUUUUUUUUDISTOOOOOO BIIIIIIIIIICHIIIII (lack of) uniforms.
And you WILL love Kamina. Kamina is one of those characters you should hate. You don't. He's just that awesome.
Not even the DTRs? Those did look pretty silly.
I said uniforms. Not those robot monstrosities, those you can flame away all you want.
To be fair, the DTRs were Supposed to be seen and silly and stupid and pretty much everyone hated them except for He Whose Nipples Glow.
Slarg232 wrote:Just watched Akira for the first time.
It was..... different.
Yeah... I think the motorcycle is probably pretty close to the single most parodied/copied/references scenes ever though.
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Soladrin wrote: Just watched first episode of Terra Formars.
Really liked the set up.
Meh. It's starting pretty below the curve for me because I didn't like the OVA prequel thing whatever they put out a month or so ago. I still think the cockroaches look incredibly stupid in particular, but am not a fan of the art style in general anyways. We'll see if the new transformations are any better than the previous but I'm not holding much hope for this series.
So caught up with some Anime last few day and got introduced to a few new ones while in Tokyo.
So caught up with black bullet, Damn I hope this gets a second season, there is a few things still left open for it to continue!
Was introduced to Yowamushi Pedal while in Tokyo, it isnt anything special from what I can tell but should keep following it, only watched about 4 episodes.
Also watched Tokyo ghoul in Tokyo, one I was intending on watching, I have never been so hyped for a second season and glad its been confirmed. The final fight was awesome!
Also wanting to rewatch Kill La Kill, after finding it so amazing I got the following from Tokyo:
Spoiler:
EDIT: Has anybody watched Ghost in the Shell Arise? I loved the other two series but arise seems to go back to and older style, just wondering if it was any good?
johnscott10 wrote: So caught up with some Anime last few day and got introduced to a few new ones while in Tokyo.
So caught up with black bullet, Damn I hope this gets a second season, there is a few things still left open for it to continue!
Was introduced to Yowamushi Pedal while in Tokyo, it isnt anything special from what I can tell but should keep following it, only watched about 4 episodes.
Also watched Tokyo ghoul in Tokyo, one I was intending on watching, I have never been so hyped for a second season and glad its been confirmed. The final fight was awesome!
Also wanting to rewatch Kill La Kill, after finding it so amazing I got the following from Tokyo:
Spoiler:
EDIT: Has anybody watched Ghost in the Shell Arise? I loved the other two series but arise seems to go back to and older style, just wondering if it was any good?
Aaww man, nice to know you went to paradise too
Oh, and nice taste. I won the chibi Satsuki too It now watches over me.
Finished watching Psycho-Pass. Interesting. Pretty sweet knife fight. It didn't exactly leave me with happy feels, but then that may well have been the point, huh?
Spoiler:
Just had to throw in the female enforcer and tech lady scene at the end though didn't they? I mean they had already established the promiscuity of the tech chick, and maybe hinted at the orientation of Yayoi with the other band-lady, but seemed kind of random to toss in at the end...
Seemed to turn into the standard discussion of ethics/morals/outlooks punctuated by a couple of deaths and a few neat fight scenes.
The symmetry of the end of the last episode with the beginning of the first was nice, although a little heavy handed (basically the exact same scene with a character rotation).
I guess I'm looking forward to a second season. Kind of sucks they killed off Masaoka, but someone was likely to die dealing with Makishima...
Guess I'll dive further into Guren Lagaan for now and keep an eye out for something else too. GL is a nice crazy/energetic/only-semi-serious show, good to balance out something darker like Psycho-Pass.
Databasing intensifies. Some info and pics from season 2, not spoilers really. And some changes to character design. Never liked Akatsukis pants so pretty happy. And the characters together.
I can't cope with that number of episodes - I did it with Bleach, 600 in about 6 months IIRC, but that was a while ago, now the thought of watching 100+ episodes just to catch up instantly flicks the "no sell" switch in my brain.
Although I could have done with some more Black Lagoon, finished it yesterday :/
I've found that those super-long Shonen animes are a lot easier to catch up on through the manga. So, unless I'm hard up for something to listen/watch in the background while doing other things, I'll generally just wait and binge-read dozens of chapters at once.
When I went all in on One Piece awhile back I only skipped one filler arc, the one involving the one guy who escaped from the inescapable prison, and only because it was so jarring to the story flow.
Aw, I liked the pants... Also, am I the only one who thinks cat man's head looks a bit too small for his body? It's constantly bugged me about him...
Cat man is creepy as ****
You mean Nyata? (obligatory "nya")
Yes. And is he the only one who picked that race? I mean there's the dude who has the dog ears, but he otherwise still looks human. Cat Man is the only one I recall seeing who's so blatantly animal like that. It must be a horribly balanced mmo for their racial distribution to be so screwed.
He does say that there was a guild of cat-people that he joined, so there must be a few others - maybe there'll be more in the next season? I don't dislike Nyanta, but I gotta say, the whole thing with him and Serara is a bit... creepy...
What should be mentioned here is that most peoples "age" in-game seems to be based on level. A bit how Shiroe turned into a little kid when he too the level cut to tech the kids.
True, but IIRC Shiroe and Naotsugu have a conversation about how old they think everyone is, and they think Nyanta is middle-aged, and Serara is still at school - but then, they also thought Akatsuki was a "grade schooler", so their age-guessing record isn't too good
Well Akatski is a bit 'weird' in the size department. She made her avatar be closer to her appearance in real life, but I guess she is just really short .
We talked about Pedo-cat before when the season was still airing. I completely agree that having a middle aged game character and a school aged game character pair up like that is weird, even if the people playing them are closer to age in real life. But i do believe it was mentioned that he is like middle aged in real life.
As far as his cat race goes, they could be from another region? We get to see the Southern region in the upcoming season, so there could be more there? That'd still be a pretty odd distribution since the only other player character race appears to be human with ear customization
Aw, I liked the pants... Also, am I the only one who thinks cat man's head looks a bit too small for his body? It's constantly bugged me about him...
Cat man is creepy as ****
You mean Nyata? (obligatory "nya")
Yes. And is he the only one who picked that race? I mean there's the dude who has the dog ears, but he otherwise still looks human. Cat Man is the only one I recall seeing who's so blatantly animal like that. It must be a horribly balanced mmo for their racial distribution to be so screwed.
You see a handful of them during the whole training camp thing but the distribution is still horribly wonky. You see like 2 among trainers and maybe 2 among the kids.
I just watched Blue Spring Ride and other than one creepy misstep in the middle I enjoyed the heck out of it. My inner 15-year-old-girl had my grinning during the entire thing. I don't have to describe what this is, you don't even have to look at a plot summary to know what this is. Just a glance at the cover picture tells you everything you need to know.
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God I enjoy this gak way too much for a grown-ass man.
It's so fantastically exhuberant! The animation could be better, and the episodes aren't nearly long enough, but if they're continuing it (as I hope they are) all that should improve. I mean, look at ReBoot when it first started, compared to where it was a couple seasons later.
Oh, and I think I'm just a little bit in love with Nora.
AduroT wrote: Caught the new Gundam. It's weird. Feels very retro in its style.
Yeah. A lot of the designs look like a modern version of the original Universal Century Gundams, though the robot designs are way too goofy for my liking. No where near sharp enough. I do however love the work of Kenichi Yoshida (he did the character designs for Eureka Seven).
It also shows that this was written by the same guy who wrote Turn A. By far one of the stranger Gundams released and only 2 episodes in no less.
AduroT wrote: Caught the new Gundam. It's weird. Feels very retro in its style.
Yeah. A lot of the designs look like a modern version of the original Universal Century Gundams, though the robot designs are way too goofy for my liking. No where near sharp enough. I do however love the work of Kenichi Yoshida (he did the character designs for Eureka Seven).
It also shows that this was written by the same guy who wrote Turn A. By far one of the stranger Gundams released and only 2 episodes in no less.
Mmm no it's not weirder than any typical Gundam Series, they all have a very similar setting and way of story telling. A very cool original opening first episode though! That's quite amazing by Gundam standards, as they all usually follow a few of the same openings. The art style and mech design is much more like some of the older series, more blocky and blob like and less detailed edges.
ok, watching RWBY again. Is anyone else really annoyed by the fact the history teacher has his shirt HALF tucked in? tand the fact he has a tiny cup? no rly he has a freaking SHOT GLASS.
The teachers are all interestingly stereotyped. They're very clearly characters that started from a single point without much actual character to them, but they seem to have managed to give them some decent person-hood in their out-of-class intereactions.
I liked the elephants. Super powerful Grim that are smart enough to know they'd still get royalty fraked up if they mess with any humans so just mind their own business.
Log Horizon season 2 episode 1 was good as expected. You can tell they changed animation studios, I do prefer the other studio... this studio supposedly has a reputation for not being the best. It's still fine though. Nice character interaction and politicking as usual, was good hearing database again and the new ED by the same artist as the previous ED is great.
Finished Log Horizon. Damn cant believe I waited this long! Very good show. Now to see how well I can resist temptation till the end of the Season to Marathon the 2nd season.
See, that's how you do a Fantasy Kitchen Sink Harem Comedy. Now I want the light novel translated so I can keep following the story. Ah well, such is life.
Although looks like Sentai picked it up, so there's that, at least.
The ending made me a little sad, but that had to be the most epic fight ever.
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Seriously? They were running around on the universe and the badguy was throwing entire galaxies at the team, if there's a more epically proportioned fight out there I've not seen it!
Little sad though. I mean it was a positive ending but seems like kind of a sucky deal for Simon. I mean he lost his bro, and then the woman who would have been his wife. And he seems to have just turned into some kind of wanderer.
Still this show had some of the most growth and time-spanning-development for characters, and even the human race in general, of everything I've seen.
Trying 'The Devil is a Part-Timer!', the beginning had epic demon/wizard/knight battles, but we're already to the point that the lord Satan is attempting to take over the world by being an excellent MgRonald's employee lolz.
How far have you gotten? It... changes... at a certain point. And maybe then again for the second season. I certainly prefer the beginning, but I've liked the whole thing.
I won't say too much as you've only seen a bit. Love story part is fine for me, it's just the change of roles slip a bit and some of the things I thought the series did differently/ didn't do, it does. Still neat though, some of the cooler fight scenes are buried in the second half. And season 2 looks pretty interesting.
So there *is* fighting in "The Devil is a Part-Timer", and it's not bad. It's a short series so I'm curious as to how things go for the second half or so. (unless there is more, netflix only has 12 or so episodes at any rate)
the fact the antagonist tried to rape the female protagonist like three times among them.
hey, does anyone know if the second season has/is being dubbed? I would like to watch it but subtitles are annoying.
Soladrin wrote: Just watched first episode of Shingeki no Bahamut. Looks pretty good. Animation quality is superb. Not sure how good the story is going to be though.
I just finish watching the first episode, and the animation was amazing! The only thing I did like was the style of their lips, and I didn't understand the intro
I wish I would stop finding animes I like that turn out to only be previews/hooks for the stupid light novel series. Which are likely not even translated to English.
First they get me with Legend of Legendary heroes... I know there were more. Ghost hunt, that was one. And now the Devil is a Part-Timer. It was a cute show, I'd like to see another anime with the same style as it's non-earth devil/angel world fight scenes and animations that was actually about such things.
Neat show though, something nice and light after the last couple.
It's in a lot of them. It seems to be a trait given to a lot of bad-guys to make them more hate-able, which seems like a cop-out. It doesn't have to be outright rape attempts to count for me, a lot of the 'bad guys' are perverts and at least allude to similar themes whether they try to do it on purpose or not. Lemme think...
Second badguy in SAO, plus his research assistants. Berserk. One or more of the lesser criminals in Psycho-Pass.
Just off the top of my head from the last couple I've watched, it comes up pretty often though.
Some of it is probably connected to fan-service, any excuse to remove tops or point out underwear, but the implication is often there under the surface even if it doesn't go anywhere.
Recently watched Kill La Kill....
Holy crap I was expecting it to be a fan service show. Sorta kind of at the same time. And then I went on the fan website and it is run by mostly girls O.O Apparently it catered to a female audience. Oh well it was too awesome for words.
At the same time as being a fanservice show (to both sexes), it also happens to be an awesome show. It's made by some of the same people who made tenga toppa gurren lagen, and once you know that, it's really obvious.
Co'tor Shas wrote: At the same time as being a fanservice show (to both sexes), it also happens to be an awesome show. It's made by some of the same people who made tenga toppa gurren lagen, and once you know that, it's really obvious.
"NUDIST BEACH!"
Nudist beach jut made me laugh.
I remember when a girl said it was sexist. And then I showed her the show and she took her words and swallowed them.
Asherian Command wrote: Recently watched Kill La Kill....
Holy crap I was expecting it to be a fan service show. Sorta kind of at the same time. And then I went on the fan website and it is run by mostly girls O.O Apparently it catered to a female audience. Oh well it was too awesome for words.
Well, it is. It also has a philosophical message about the nature of human identity and clothing.
Just starting the first episode of Gundam Build Fighters Try. Only a few minutes in and I'm already annoyed. So many Mobile Suits within just the first couple minutes that have never had any model kits. A Doughtress Neo, a Valiant, a Maganac, a Virgo, a friggin' Nero! Dammit Bandai, quit teasing me and make kits of them already! Especially the ones from X. I've been dying to have some Federation suits from X for years now.
Just watched Parasyte episode 1, looks interesting but very easy to tell it's adapted from manga. Best new series for Fall 2014 so far is Fate UBW but that's not really "new" so instead I'll go with Trinity 7. Fairly obvious harem but with some darker tones and a protag who isn't a spaghettilord. Looking forward to Psycho Pass 2, Chaika 2, and Log Horizon 2, as well as a few others.
Kali wrote: Just watched Parasyte episode 1, looks interesting but very easy to tell it's adapted from manga. Best new series for Fall 2014 so far is Fate UBW but that's not really "new" so instead I'll go with Trinity 7. Fairly obvious harem but with some darker tones and a protag who isn't a spaghettilord. Looking forward to Psycho Pass 2, Chaika 2, and Log Horizon 2, as well as a few others.
It was weird watching Parasyte. I'd bought the manga WAAAAY back when they first translated it, when it was in a magazine called Mix. The weirdest part is that I can recognize a lot of the shots and I can very easily tell which characters have been redesigned. And I haven't ready that manga in nearly 15 years.
It's surprising how many rom-com harem shows there are this season. Seems like there's a ton of them.
I just watched Ore Twintail ni Narimasu. I don't... I... what the hell did I just watch? That first episode was so ridiculously stupid, I can't help but want to watch it to see just how absurd it can get.
Speaking of Gainax anime, Co'tor, have you watched Kill La Kill yet? If you liked Gurren Lagann, I think you'll enjoy Kill La Kill. Possibly even moreso.
Already watched it. One of the reasons I got around to watching gurren lagann is because I enjoyed kill la kill so much, and found out that some of the same people did it. Looking at them side by side you see a lot of similarities between the two.
Meh, I like watching things all at once, I don't get a lot of time to sit down and when I do it's usually in weird chunks. Plus commercials and adds are my kryptonite.
I foresee gay sex in her future. Gay sex and stabbing Akane in the back.
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mostly stabbing
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Oh ya she did kind of have a moment with the female enforcer from last season Yayoi. Also I heard she is the girl from last season from the school where that female killer chopped up girls and made them into art sculptures. Also why are these comments spoilered? I feel like we aren't spoiling anything lol
Man, I thought Jojo and Tokyo Ghoul's censorship was bad, but they've got nothing on Terraformars. It's kind of hard to get into a show when you can't even tell what's going on half the time due to GIANT FETHING BLACK BARS covering literally 2/3 of the screen!
Barzam wrote: Man, I thought Jojo and Tokyo Ghoul's censorship was bad, but they've got nothing on Terraformars. It's kind of hard to get into a show when you can't even tell what's going on half the time due to GIANT FETHING BLACK BARS covering literally 2/3 of the screen!
Yeah, this last episode really made me not care for it anymore.
I also checked out Garo: Hanoo no kokuin, it was mildly interesting to me. I'll give it a few more episodes to decide whether I'm into it or not. I don't like the art style of the armor or the animation of the fight scenes, but besides that I like the art.style.
Also if anyone is interested in checking out the mobile suits from the new Gundam Reconguista in G this link has a lot of pictures
Has anyone noticed that in the last scene of the Log Horizon 2 intro, they are standing in what looks like modern-day japan? Maybe they find a way back .
darkcloud92 wrote: I also checked out Garo: Hanoo no kokuin, it was mildly interesting to me. I'll give it a few more episodes to decide whether I'm into it or not. I don't like the art style of the armor or the animation of the fight scenes, but besides that I like the art.style.
Also if anyone is interested in checking out the mobile suits from the new Gundam Reconguista in G this link has a lot of pictures
darkcloud92 wrote: I also checked out Garo: Hanoo no kokuin, it was mildly interesting to me. I'll give it a few more episodes to decide whether I'm into it or not. I don't like the art style of the armor or the animation of the fight scenes, but besides that I like the art.style.
Also if anyone is interested in checking out the mobile suits from the new Gundam Reconguista in G this link has a lot of pictures
`@lordofhats: good choice. mine is either "sorry!"or "we're here to investigate an abandoned teeming with death and hostility and you brought... a dog.GENIUS!" also, the music that plays right after he says that is hilarious.
I've also been watching legend of korra, as legend of aang was one of he only things my dad and i did together when i lived with him. it's better than i expected aclualy, altough it does lack some of the charm of the first season(?)
So apparently when they said they were turning Unlimited Blade Works into a full anime series, they were not joking. 26 45 minute episodes to adapt the entirety of the visual novel in an Anime series @_@
I don't think I've laughed this much with any anime I've ever seen XD
The basic premise is that The Hero Emilia drives the forces of King Satan (Main character) back and forces him to flee to Earth, with one of his Generals and Emilia following him. Hilarity ensues when Satan realizes he can't use his powers willy-nilly and Emilia is following him around trying to kill him.
Of course, this includes outbursts from her in public, to which everyone says "Aw, how cute a lovers quarrel!" which only sends her into more of a rage
Yeah, it's a cute show. It's a bit odd at how well the king of the demons adjusts to being friendly and helpful to customers, but it's pretty amusing to watch either way.
Watched Harlock: Space Pirate. It was pretty. Didn't seem like there was much point by the end though. Still, pretty, along the lines of ff7: advent children and similar.
I thought that was kinda funky as well; would've loved to see some indignant rage over how puny humans dare question him a bit more than what has actually occured.
He's basically super nice and always tries to help/save everyone and she gets all confused 'cause the demons kind of killed people all day long back where they lived.
Maybe it's a humans being thing, once he has that perspective, blah blah.
Jumping between Ouran High School Host Club, Psycho Pass and Tokyo Ghoul. I didn't watch the first few episodes of Tokyo Ghoul fully plus gives me reason to rewatch it.
He's basically super nice and always tries to help/save everyone and she gets all confused 'cause the demons kind of killed people all day long back where they lived.
Maybe it's a humans being thing, once he has that perspective, blah blah.
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It's implied in one of the episodes -6, I think -that he was really bad at overseeing his army, and they did most of the whole pillage and burn shtick without his consent or approval.
And the whole being human think. That helped, I think.
Oh, and for those that want to follow the story post anime, Yen Press picked up the manga and will be selling it next year.
just a book. and a shoddy movie. in it there are demigods (ancient greek style) in the modern day, and the characters all have dyslexia because their "brain is hardwired for greek, not english." it sounds a litte funny. I might have to check out thid devil is a part timer. sounds interesting.
Having watch Terra Formars, yeah. Why are you making an Anime if you're just putting massive black cuts over the screen? I've read the manga. Some of the stuff they're censoring doesn't even make much sense.
EDIT: Wow. There's like, 0 purpose to even watching this. Why make an action series if you're going to black out half the action shots? If, for whatever reason, they though the original manga was too gory, they could have just altered the content to a level more acceptable (ignore that while very violent, the series isn't that much more violent than most other violent series...)
It is my understanding the people making the anime aren't the ones censoring it, but that it gets done by the distributor when they want to tone it down so they can sell it to a wider audience.
AduroT wrote: It is my understanding the people making the anime aren't the ones censoring it, but that it gets done by the distributor when they want to tone it down so they can sell it to a wider audience.
Well good news is that it is apparently the TV network doing the censoring so yeah.
Bad news, if you actually want to see the show, you have to buy the DVD. Seriously. This is one of the most bizarre cases of censorship I've ever seen. If I didn't know better I'd swear 4Kids was behind it.
Anything remotely gory has HUGE black bars set across the screen. To the point that action sequences are indiscernible.
Case and point;
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No. Seriously. This is from episode 3
I just don't get it. I've read the manga, and it's not that much more violent than other series. I mean, we're airing Attack on Titan and Hellsing unedited in the US. If the FCC can allow that, I don't get how this is so utterly dreadful, and even if it was, why are you airing a show in this state? Edit the content to an acceptable level.
A cynical man might suggest they know the series is kind of shallow and that extreme violence is the only thing going for it, so like an Unrated cut of a terrible horror film they're just milking it, but we all know I'm optimistic like sunshine
GrimDork wrote:Yeah, it's a cute show. It's a bit odd at how well the king of the demons adjusts to being friendly and helpful to customers, but it's pretty amusing to watch either way.
Watched Harlock: Space Pirate. It was pretty. Didn't seem like there was much point by the end though. Still, pretty, along the lines of ff7: advent children and similar.
Slarg232 wrote:So I'm in episode 3 of The Devil is a Part Timer.
I don't think I've laughed this much with any anime I've ever seen XD
The basic premise is that The Hero Emilia drives the forces of King Satan (Main character) back and forces him to flee to Earth, with one of his Generals and Emilia following him. Hilarity ensues when Satan realizes he can't use his powers willy-nilly and Emilia is following him around trying to kill him.
Of course, this includes outbursts from her in public, to which everyone says "Aw, how cute a lovers quarrel!" which only sends her into more of a rage
Since you guys seem to have loved "The Devil is a Part Timer", please give "I Couldn’t Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job" a try.
It aired 2 seasons ago and the "evil overlord of DOOM", Fino, was just one of the most "HHHNNNGG" things ever. The plot is kinda similar: The main character was training to be a Hero so he could fight the forces of Evil lead by the Demon Lord. While he was in training, the Demon Lord was defeated so there was no reason to keep training new heroes. Hero program cancelled, guy had to find a job.
Expect plenty of fan service tho the OVA even has some uncensored fan service.
aannnd it's over. well, that was fun while it lasted, gotta love the flat-chested jokes.
maybe there'll be a season two. but i doubt it. oh well, I'll check out that one my fellow lord suggested. or just go back to the legend of korra a.k.a fakeame.
Crunchyroll was able to nab the rights to the uncensored version of Terraformars. They haven't released a time frame for its implementation, but at least we will be able to actually watch the action scenes now (rather than a 2/3rds blacked out screen).
KalashnikovMarine wrote: Did you guys see the news that Scarlett Johansson is being offered the role of the Major in a live action Ghost In the Shell?
Interesting, I'll have to keep my eye on that. Personally I'd prefer somebody else to play the Major. No idea who though. Better get Batous character right or i'm not going to be happy .
^Likely difficult, hopefully they don't screw it up too badly though!
Watched the first arc of Naruto Shippuden, Sakura really stole the show and didn't suck and whine like she did the majority of the first series. Marked improvement!
That's gakky, she doesn't have the right look or attitude to play the major. And the only action movies she's been in arn't masterpieces by any means. Avengers, Iron Man, Lucy... As an actress she's been in a wide range of roles, she doesn't have any sort of style that she brings to her roles, she just does them. Like some actors and actresses have a sort of style or theme that follows them into all the different roles they do. I'm not saying she's a bad actress, or the actress who plays the major needs to have a typecast, but I don't think Scarlett Johansson is right to play the major at all.
GrimDork wrote: As long as she continues the Major's proud tradition of completely destroying her own arms ripping other stuff apart, she can't lose.
Reinforced military tank hatch? Pft... I'll open that sucker up Bare Handed!! Wait... Where did my hands go?
Seriously, what is it with her that every iteration of her has tried to rip open tank hatches with her bare hands? I still vote Ron Pearlman for Bato, even if he's a bit aged. Makeup can fix that and his voice/attitude it too perfect not to use. Also May be bitter about the lack of a Hellboy 3...
Watched the first arc of Naruto Shippuden, Sakura really stole the show and didn't suck and whine like she did the majority of the first series. Marked improvement!
Well, the crazy train that is Twintails continues. Episode two proves that everyone is either A)completely insane or B)a total idiot. And I love it! The bits with the villains were probably the best part of the show though. I loved how the duel between the turtle guy and the fox guy played out.
the "magical girl" genre is what gives anime a bad name. i was channel suring, then all of a sudden: small naked child, giant maze thingy, power rangers style powas.
you know, the game fire emblem: awakening almost counts as an anime.
also, does anyone know when new episodes of RWBY come out? I was told weekly but it's lready been like two since ep 10 came out.
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