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Are any of the .Hacks a complete series or do all of them just stop and expect you to play thru a game, sometimes several games, in order to see the ending of the story?
AduroT wrote: Are any of the .Hacks a complete series or do all of them just stop and expect you to play thru a game, sometimes several games, in order to see the ending of the story?
AduroT wrote: Are any of the .Hacks a complete series or do all of them just stop and expect you to play thru a game, sometimes several games, in order to see the ending of the story?
Sign is a stand alone.
What? No it isn't. It leaves a Ton of cliffhangers in the last episode as it leads into a series of games that wrap up the story. Roots does the same thing, and both of them make me not want to watch more because of their lack of resolution in the anime.
I kind of find that hard to believe, especially considering the medium has much greater works like Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the shell, Madoka Magica, and NGE (yes, everyone is going to freak gak on this point, but it changed the medium to a high degree).
And @Tyranid horde, if you want a good SAO, I recommend you try .Hack. Also the monogatari's, starting with Bakemonogatari, as it has the fanservice of IS with gripping story and dialouge. Another over the top mecha anime you might like is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann if you like Infinite Stratos.
I too highly disagree. It was Naruto that made me stop watching anime all together so I'm very biased. I feel there are far too many others that can be said they are better but let's not enter this discussion (and NGE IS one of the best)
Well, I think almost everything I wanted to see this season already began so I think I know who is my favorite villain this season
Spoiler:
That guy is a gentleman and a scholar and an enormous troll I am LOVING Black Bullet thanks to that fether. (oh, and his partner is fantastic as well )
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"Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! These are the truths of this world! Surrender to these truths, you pigs in human clothing!" - Satsuki Kiryuin, Kill la Kill
I started Usagi Drop last night... I ended up watching about half the season in a sitting, and my goddess the FEELS. Simply magnificent, the reaction of the family in the first episode to Rin was just heart rending...
I just realized that, "single adult male raises child alone" is a pretty common theme in anime. I wonder why that is...
I beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn
Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long
AduroT wrote: Are any of the .Hacks a complete series or do all of them just stop and expect you to play thru a game, sometimes several games, in order to see the ending of the story?
Sign is a stand alone.
What? No it isn't. It leaves a Ton of cliffhangers in the last episode as it leads into a series of games that wrap up the story. Roots does the same thing, and both of them make me not want to watch more because of their lack of resolution in the anime.
Fair enough, I watched it when it originally came out and didn't play the games.
AduroT wrote: Are any of the .Hacks a complete series or do all of them just stop and expect you to play thru a game, sometimes several games, in order to see the ending of the story?
Sign is a stand alone.
What? No it isn't. It leaves a Ton of cliffhangers in the last episode as it leads into a series of games that wrap up the story. Roots does the same thing, and both of them make me not want to watch more because of their lack of resolution in the anime.
They made a another series for ROOTS that continues the story. An you don't have to play the games, they have manga out as well. Although I think it's pretty cool to have a story cross over different forms of mediums like that. But after .sign and Roots, there isn't really any more full fledged series to watch. The only one I can think of that might be worth watching is the one where are the main characters are girls that came out pretty recently.
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Glemmy's meteor falls from the sky, and stoic Star Knights go WTF while line soldiers from both sides stop fighting each other and run for the hills
Number One started playing for me when he jumped up. That thing does look like it could cleave anything though. watermelons all over the world cry out in terror. I think it's going to be imposable for our little idiot to not imagine himself stuffed after that chapter.
Technically neither of them have gone all out. Glemmy will probably be forced to use Vollstandig, and then Kenpachi will go Bankai...I imagine Haschwalth being forced to interfere before those two morons blow up the Silbern.
"In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same"
Alright. When you can write a sentence describing a single episode of an anime, and more than half the words are made up, something's gone wrong. Very wrong.
Also, finally doing a KLK binge. Up to about 16. Whoa. But also, reinforcing of my original impressions. KLK is a 'pure' Anime Genre cartoon. It stands out as a really good example of the Anime Genre, but it's still pretty limited into that definition.
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Anvildude wrote: Alright. When you can write a sentence describing a single episode of an anime, and more than half the words are made up, something's gone wrong. Very wrong.
What on Earth are you talking about?
"In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same"
Anvildude wrote: Alright. When you can write a sentence describing a single episode of an anime, and more than half the words are made up, something's gone wrong. Very wrong.
What on Earth are you talking about?
I think he was talking about your sentence describing what will happen between Glemmy and Kenpachi.
I agree with everyone else about Black Bullet. The greatest troll so far was the head-in-a-box present...classic.
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KalashnikovMarine wrote: I just watched a battleship falling in love with a man.... yep. That's enough anime for the day.
So this season had more stuff I wanted to watch then I thought, including Nanana's Buried Treasure, which... I don't know how many genres they've mixed together, but it's working.
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ok, I have the winner of this season: No Game No Life
I don't care, when an anime makes me cry AND have trouble breathing because I laughed too damn much, it's the winner. A CHARACTER JUST WRYYYYYYYYYYY-ed for feth sake!
Spoiler:
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"Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! These are the truths of this world! Surrender to these truths, you pigs in human clothing!" - Satsuki Kiryuin, Kill la Kill
I don't care, when an anime makes me cry AND have trouble breathing because I laughed too damn much, it's the winner. A CHARACTER JUST WRYYYYYYYYYYY-ed for feth sake!
Spoiler:
I agree. This anime is so full of win that it is exploding out with a WRYYYYYYYY.
Dark Angels- 7500 pts Tau- 5000pts Chaos Daemons- 3000/2000 pts Dark Eldar(allies)- 1500 pts Zoom, Zoom, Iyaan.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: I just watched a battleship falling in love with a man.... yep. That's enough anime for the day.
I don't care, when an anime makes me cry AND have trouble breathing because I laughed too damn much, it's the winner. A CHARACTER JUST WRYYYYYYYYYYY-ed for feth sake!
Spoiler:
i will share a quick review i wrote on the series I did elseware since its seems right up everyones alley.
Ledabot wrote:I needed to talk about No game No life. Episode 2 was really good and I laughed so much. I enjoyed it so much, I went and watched the episode again, and, believe me or not, I laughed at all the same jokes again and some I missed the first round. If your not watching this and your as big a japanophile as we all sound, you will probably enjoy this show too. For the record, In truth, I'm not a japanophile. I checked; just like Sheldon. (and if you don't get that reference, you might be better off. congratulations.)
There are quite a few moments that would make great gifs. It's almost sad I don't know how to make them, but then that's probably a good thing. I'm sparing the internet my bad taste in humor.
I kind of find that hard to believe, especially considering the medium has much greater works like Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the shell, Madoka Magica, and NGE (yes, everyone is going to freak gak on this point, but it changed the medium to a high degree).
And @Tyranid horde, if you want a good SAO, I recommend you try .Hack. Also the monogatari's, starting with Bakemonogatari, as it has the fanservice of IS with gripping story and dialouge. Another over the top mecha anime you might like is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann if you like Infinite Stratos.
I too highly disagree. It was Naruto that made me stop watching anime all together so I'm very biased. I feel there are far too many others that can be said they are better but let's not enter this discussion (and NGE IS one of the best)
Well, I think almost everything I wanted to see this season already began so I think I know who is my favorite villain this season
Spoiler:
That guy is a gentleman and a scholar and an enormous troll I am LOVING Black Bullet thanks to that fether. (oh, and his partner is fantastic as well )
darkcloud92 wrote: So far I havn't had much interest in this season. I gave knights of sidonia a try, could be interesting. The artwork is kinda meh though.
It is pretty grim-dark though. It is keeping me watching just from that.
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KalashnikovMarine wrote: I just watched a battleship falling in love with a man.... yep. That's enough anime for the day.
darkcloud92 wrote: So far I havn't had much interest in this season. I gave knights of sidonia a try, could be interesting. The artwork is kinda meh though.
It is pretty grim-dark though. It is keeping me watching just from that.
The story does have a bit of a dark side to it, but they have a lot of cool little details that really flesh out the world they live in. The first two episodes have been good enough to keep me watching for now
Sidonia is quite meh so far. The animation is pretty crappy, and so many of the characters look so much alike (and I don't even mean all the clones), even for an anime, that I can't keep track of who's who most of the time. The story premise isn't even that original either.
On the other hand I checked out Nanana's Buried Treasure the other day after it was recommended here and that one I like. He first episode made me worried it was going to turn into wacky harem hijinks, but the second episode calmed those fears. This one looks like it could be really fun.
AduroT wrote: Sidonia is quite meh so far. The animation is pretty crappy, and so many of the characters look so much alike (and I don't even mean all the clones), even for an anime, that I can't keep track of who's who most of the time. The story premise isn't even that original either.
On the other hand I checked out Nanana's Buried Treasure the other day after it was recommended here and that one I like. He first episode made me worried it was going to turn into wacky harem hijinks, but the second episode calmed those fears. This one looks like it could be really fun.
Yeah, that second episode was a game changer for me. I was really "meh" about Nanana until that room. IIt was really damn cool and since that was the "tutorial", I expect greatness!
I'm enjoying Knights of Sidonia so far. Honestly, just the universe makes it interesting to watch: humanity is so fethed,
"Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! These are the truths of this world! Surrender to these truths, you pigs in human clothing!" - Satsuki Kiryuin, Kill la Kill
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