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Just started watching Samurai Champaloo.

 TheDraconicLord wrote:
I don't know what's with new characters this week but man, oh man, the new Kill la Kill's one is AWESOME

My God-Emperor, I never, ever, thought about one day seeing a sewing machine gun. SEWING MACHINE GUN. I love Kill la Kill so damn much

This. So much this.


In IS2 news. This episode took a heel turn deep into fan service territory. Charl's french poodle get up may have actually made me hate that breed of dog just a little less. Not done yet. I am... disturbed as to what Laura's "service" is going to be. I am hoping it involves spit shining Ichka's boots.


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Oh sweet goddess Freyja's favorite sword I did NOT expect that! Well I mean I expected seito kaicho getting in on the act, but Chifuya!? Dafuq?

Watching the new IS now. Doing some live commentating, sort of.

I've never thought of billiards in a sexual way, but when she said "knock the balls into the pockets," I was like, "that's mighty forward of her."

And then that cookie. Yup, anime rules in full effect there. It's like Murphy's law, except for harem animes.

And I find it funny that school teachers planning and setting up a show for Ichika would then disqualify someone for being lewd. It's like, that's exactly what they wanted.

Ichika, secret dart throwing master.

Yup, there's Tatenashi. Blue hair, big...tracts of land. She's a full time competitor now, and I imagine she's got the best chance to win based on how forceful she is.

Did George R.R. Martin pen this episode and turn the Orimuras into the Targerhoweveryouspellthatnameigans/Lannisters?

OOOOHHHHH, it all makes sense now.

And yeah, George R.R. Martin totally penned this episode.

And FINALLY, a villain who is genre saavy enough to dispense with the monologues and just shoot somebody!

Fun episode. Needs moar mech action, but I'm sure we'll get that later.

Alright so I finally caught up with Kill La Kill and Infinite Stratos for each episode 5:

Infinite Stratos: Wow, I did not know that Fan service can go over the top like that, with a tie up of Cecilia or Tatenashi being the most forward during the birthday party for Ichika, with a nice little plot twist/cliffhanger for the next episode. Thought it was kind of filler, but not too bad, I liked it.

Kill La Kill: New character this week, with the character development and plot moving along at a good pace, and the new character seems to have potential.

Well, know to catch up with Ergo Proxy, Arise, and Kannazuki no Miko.

Accidentally started watching Bleach about a month ago. Saw about twenty something episodes. Haven't regretted it yet.

SkavenLord wrote:
Accidentally started watching Bleach about a month ago. Saw about twenty something episodes. Haven't regretted it yet.

You will once you get to the filler arcs. Trust me on this one; skip the fillers if you can.

I m currently re-watching Canaan for the 20th time, and I just finished re-watching Last Exile.

 Tanakosyke22 wrote:
Alright so I finally caught up with Kill La Kill and Infinite Stratos for each episode 5:

Infinite Stratos: Wow, I did not know that Fan service can go over the top like that, with a tie up of Cecilia or Tatenashi being the most forward during the birthday party for Ichika, with a nice little plot twist/cliffhanger for the next episode. Thought it was kind of filler, but not too bad, I liked it.

Kill La Kill: New character this week, with the character development and plot moving along at a good pace, and the new character seems to have potential.

Well, know to catch up with Ergo Proxy, Arise, and Kannazuki no Miko.

Believe it or not, that ep. of IS wasn't really all filler/fan service.
.....and Kill la Kill was awesome as expected.

 Ironwill13791 wrote:

 Tanakosyke22 wrote:
Alright so I finally caught up with Kill La Kill and Infinite Stratos for each episode 5:

Infinite Stratos: Wow, I did not know that Fan service can go over the top like that, with a tie up of Cecilia or Tatenashi being the most forward during the birthday party for Ichika, with a nice little plot twist/cliffhanger for the next episode. Thought it was kind of filler, but not too bad, I liked it.

Kill La Kill: New character this week, with the character development and plot moving along at a good pace, and the new character seems to have potential.

Well, know to catch up with Ergo Proxy, Arise, and Kannazuki no Miko.

Believe it or not, that ep. of IS wasn't really all filler/fan service.

Spoiler:

Ichika does meet Madoka after his birthday in the LN also.

.....and Kill la Kill was awesome as expected.

Well that is what I meant by "Kind of" in that statement, since it did bring some major plot development.
And I was expecting Kill La Kill to be, since it was made by the man who did Gurren Lagann and PSG.

An episode of 99% fluff with thirty seconds of actual plot tacked onto the very end is still filler, especially when they'll probably replay those thirty seconds at the beginning of the next episode because they were too important to have missed.

Also, the Bleach filler arcs aren't That bad, if only because they are actual story arcs rather than a long series of random one off episodes like Naruto is fond of doing.

The Bount episodes sure are. Even the second worst of the filler series is leagues ahead of that garbage. That's the first filler arc btw. I do agree that some a good though, despite what the rest of the internet might think. I particularly enjoyed the arc with the zanpakuto spirits.

I didn't think the Bounts were all That bad...

 Admiral Valerian wrote:

SkavenLord wrote:
Accidentally started watching Bleach about a month ago. Saw about twenty something episodes. Haven't regretted it yet.

You will once you get to the filler arcs. Trust me on this one; skip the fillers if you can.

I'll keep that in mind. Which arcs are those?

SkavenLord wrote:

 Admiral Valerian wrote:

SkavenLord wrote:
Accidentally started watching Bleach about a month ago. Saw about twenty something episodes. Haven't regretted it yet.

You will once you get to the filler arcs. Trust me on this one; skip the fillers if you can.

I'll keep that in mind. Which arcs are those?

The Bount Arc, the Captain Amagai Arc, the Zanpakutou Spirits Arc (though this one is arguably tolerable), and the Reigai Arc.

 Admiral Valerian wrote:

SkavenLord wrote:

 Admiral Valerian wrote:

SkavenLord wrote:
Accidentally started watching Bleach about a month ago. Saw about twenty something episodes. Haven't regretted it yet.

You will once you get to the filler arcs. Trust me on this one; skip the fillers if you can.

I'll keep that in mind. Which arcs are those?

The Bount Arc, the Captain Amagai Arc, the Zanpakutou Spirits Arc (though this one is arguably tolerable), and the Reigai Arc.

Well then looks like I still have a while to go before the Bount arc. Thanks!

No problem.

I don't remember captain amagai... Which one was he? And is that Reigei arc the final arc or am I mixing up the names?

 AduroT wrote:
I don't remember captain amagai... Which one was he? And is that Reigei arc the final arc or am I mixing up the names?

Did a bit of brief research so don't take my word for it but here.
This WILL have spoilers for Bleach (I hope that's the one your talking about). Just a warning.

Regarding Amagai:


Now for the Reigei arc:

Bleach also has a lot of really random as gak filler episodes during the battle against the big bad. The anime was riding the manga's butt at the time so a lot of stupid episodes got made.

I never really minded the filler episodes but entire arcs devoted to pointless filler is a little ridiculous.

It's DBZ syndrome really.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
It's DBZ syndrome really.

I thought DBZ was a flipped anime using story as filler

 Grey Templar wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
It's DBZ syndrome really.

I thought DBZ was a flipped anime using story as filler

So basically expect 20 episode long battles?

 LordofHats wrote:
Bleach also has a lot of really random as gak filler episodes during the battle against the big bad. The anime was riding the manga's butt at the time so a lot of stupid episodes got made.

Hey! I enjoyed the Arabian nights episode! It was out their and generally entertaining! I can only think of 3 other episodes like it and most happened between arcs.

So I just started Tokyo Ravens. Holy eff. I'm hooked, I think this one might be DVD purchase worthy.

Well hopefully the manga will be finished by the time the Bleach anime comes back, so we can watch the Thousand Year Blood War Arc without interruptions.

So I finally got my tickets for Madoka Magica Rebellion for me and my friend, so I'll just play Grief Syndrome for the next month and get a Male Mami cosplay ready if I can.

Finished watching MM! a while ago, a bit WTF in places but still good even though there is "no ending".

Currently watching Bleach, I was warned not to start watching it. On ep 50 of 360+, I'v got a long way to go to catch up XD

Also watch Naruto shippuden every few weeks or so, I like to build up episodes to watch.

 Tanakosyke22 wrote:
So I finally got my tickets for Madoka Magica Rebellion for me and my friend, so I'll just play Grief Syndrome for the next month and get a Male Mami cosplay ready if I can.

Had to look up MM Rebellion after you mentioned it, and now I want to go see it.

Of friend of mine suggested watching the movie Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki and I have to say I highly recommend the film. Great movie with a great premise and a sweet ending.