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Winter 2014 Anime |OT2| Waiting for Sakamoto

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survivor

Banned
Clannad After Story 10

Not that it matters that much but it feels weird
that now we enter post-school life of Tomoya. I always thought that After Story would be adult Tomoya while original is about high school, but well that sort of split didn't happen.
 

FelixOrion

Poet Centuriate
Why even bother. It's already established as a rule it won't happen

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Before senpai can notice anyone, he has to notice himself.

Still cant get over how our kawaii moe cajun is a hard working dirty job person who is a advent football fan

Drew Brees is moe as hell.
 
Futari wa Pretty Cure RE: Splash Star 3


Alright, Minori already appeared since the first episode, but the left is Minori, who, after going through this entire series, still ranks as one of the most adorable people and things in the franchise. And on the right, is Yuuko. Unlike HapCha Yuuko, who is considered slightly chunky, but isn't chunky anywhere
except the butt
, she actually lives up to it. And now I'm pondering when was the last time we actually had someone of this stature (in terms of age mostly), because I don't really recall much.

Other than that, Mai is still pretty awesome. Helping out a baseball team through the power of observation and drawing. I mean good lord, talk about awesome. The Baseball team also has an interesting history, mainly that it constantly loses the first round each year, compared to Verone's Lacrosse team, who has a reputation for having a great team.
 

Finalow

Member
speaking of Mushishi, ep 25, this part was some creepy shit.

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also I didn't like the episode too much.


on the other hand Mushishi 26 was really good, even if it didn't feel like a conclusion to the season at all. but I guess that they didn't have much choice.
 
Recently, I asked a friend what a naked apron was and only found out when my sister wore one 9

I feel like I want to knock some common sense into him.

Big breasted childhood friend is now essentially a useless character. Has served no purpose besides the cake eating scene.
 

cajunator

Banned
I've seen enough accident pics to never want to be around one.

its not bad if youre careful. Dont wear long sleeves and tie back long hair. The worst injury I got was a split knuckle when the chuck hit my hand.

Still cant get over how our kawaii moe cajun is a hard working dirty job person who is a advent football fan

My job isnt dirty lol. I sit at a computer. I do talk with lots of truckers.
 

Narag

Member
Space Dandy 11

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What a strange ep. Glad the show exists so I could get something experimental like that. Couldn't really put my finger on what it reminded me of until the very end when I realized I had the same sense as watching one of the weirder Aeon Flux eps.
 

FelixOrion

Poet Centuriate
on the other hand Mushishi 26 was really good, even if it didn't feel like a conclusion to the season at all. but I guess that they didn't have much choice.

To be fair though, it was gonna be hard to make an episode that feels like a conclusion when there's really no over-arching drama for Ginko.
 
Oh man, you really fell behind
haha

Haha yeah and it gets worse when I try to catch up on Build Fighters (3 episodes) and Phi Brain (5 episodes), let alone series I liked the first episode for and never saw more of (unbreakable machine doll, quartet, coppelion, strike the blood, tokyo ravens) and the new winter shows that seem interesting (x/y, nobunagun, nobunaga the fool)
 
Tonari no Seki-kun - 11

Better than tom cruise in mission impossible 2 .
Also :
Poor heroine falling into seki-kun devious pacing
Seki-kun is one of those bad boy love interests. I'm waiting for an episode to say how he actually has the best grades in the class and is considered a genius. Then we'll have truly gone into shoujo zone.

You need to watch the Japanese dub of King of the Hill

so much wut

I lost it when Hank started to speak. They couldn't have found someone with a deep got'dang patriotic pitch?

Neeeeeeeeee hanku~
 

foxuzamaki

Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Haha yeah and it gets worse when I try to catch up on Build Fighters (3 episodes) and Phi Brain (5 episodes), let alone series I liked the first episode for and never saw more of (unbreakable machine doll, quartet, coppelion, strike the blood, tokyo ravens) and the new winter shows that seem interesting (x/y, nobunagun, nobunaga the fool)

update that list by dropping strike the blood but putting tokyo ravens higher priority,
 

Narag

Member
Yes I agree, but don't many U.S. Blu-ray releases have much brighter video than the Japanese releases? I never said you had to buy VIZ's release. If those comparison images were not available to review would you have even known a difference with not only this release, but any other domestic Blu-ray you own?

I've never heard of the the brighter video US release thing before and as a consumer that doesn't like getting shit on, I don't blindly buy products without checking out comparisons. I'm paying a bluray premium for best quality. If I wanted "good enough" or was willing to settle for ignorance, I'd buy $4 used dvds.
 

survivor

Banned
Clannad After Story 11

goddamn, this was a pretty depressing episode. Tomoya lost all joy of life to his job and can't even have fun with Nagisa ;_; I miss it when this anime was about their hijinks as high school friends. Now he doesn't even meet his friends.
 
I've never heard of the the brighter video US release thing before and as a consumer that doesn't like getting shit on, I don't blindly buy products without checking out comparisons. I'm paying a bluray premium for best quality. If I wanted "good enough" or was willing to settle for ignorance, I'd buy $4 used dvds.

Okay, stating the BDs being brighter was my bad. I should have stated subpar video/bitrate compared to the Japanese Blu-rays. I don't see most Blu-rays as a premium, as BDs are usually only $5 more than the DVDs, unless the BDs are part of a "limited" edition release which is still not much for domestic releases. I am trying to respect everyone's opinions to anime purchases and other anime related activities, but I will admit that my ignorance to some of the subject matter discussed on AnimeGAF is lacking.
 
Futari wa Pretty Cure RE: Splash Star 4

Everyone has different ideas of what Spring is, and Not-Fujipi thinks spring is like frogspawn. Why are you better than FujiP? Oh right, because you actually have something worth admiring.

Have to give props to Curry Pan, he actually attempts to divide the Cures up after 4 episodes. And then got called out on his joke. Again, for the "boring" villain, he's rather entertaining. The more I rewatch this, the more fond I am in regards to the soundtrack. Sounds great, no reused music as far as I'm aware, and frankly, it pretty much gave me a main gripe about HappinessCharge Precure. Fresh Precure and onwards generally reuses music, but the degree that HapCha has been relying on Doki's soundtrack when it comes to fighting is just.... eugh.
 
Space dandy - 11

i just finished this episode ... the credits are rolling ATM ..

but i feel like i've just saw this episode and at the same time like i haven't .. like i have forgotten something ...
 

Crocodile

Member
Ruka is a boy , knows that he is a boy but was raised in such a way ( by his father ) that led to this result. He also want to be manlier but doesn't take the right step to do that thanks to his dad & okabe influence.

There are 3 reasons why the "want to be a girl" sub plot took place. First , EVERYONE agrees that given his appearance it's a total waste for him to be male ( even okabe ), second , it was to show the semi -random cause & effect of changing the past. Also i don't understand why ruka is not gay since he has affections for okabe. in the game while you need to undo the d-mails , you can enter "her" route
and ignore everything else( SERN , mayuchi dying , kurisu )
and this is basicly confirmed.
Third this was not shown in the anime but DAMN his dad raising him like this certainly helped him to reach this conclusion.

It's my opinion , but you're overthinking this , ruka is certainly not the strongest in term of narrative in steinsgate but her role doesn't go beyond all of that was shown ( notice how ruka role in the main plot could be easily replaced or forgotten ? ) so yeah ..best to not think that much about him

A) Maybe this was explained better in the game than in the show or it was covered very early on (I watched the show over several months) but are you saying Ruka's dad raised him as a girl? What kind of parent raises their child as a gender opposite their sex without said chil's expression permission/desire?

B) Its a total waste for Ruka to be a male because he doesn't look like one? WHAT! There's no right way to look like a male or female, that shouldn't have any bearing on the character's gender identity. That's some shitty rationale/writing on the show's part and I won't accept it >_<

I dunno, the more I think about it the less this makes sense. I kind of want to chalk it up to "LOL anime" and shitty writing :/ Such a shame.
 

survivor

Banned
Now that I'm about halfway through After Story, I gotta say, it's so much better than the original Clannad. The way drama is introduced or handled isn't that much different so far, but it's more subdued and less silly. Not to mention, the production values somehow jumped a lot in quality and the use of music became much smarter.

Basically, After Story is the type of anime I would associate with KyoAni level of quality, while original Clannad is just a mostly forgettable adaptation that any studio can make without any effort.
 
A) Maybe this was explained better in the game than in the show or it was covered very early on (I watched the show over several months) but are you saying Ruka's dad raised him as a girl? What kind of parent raises their child as a gender opposite their sex without said chil's expression permission/desire?

B) Its a total waste for Ruka to be a male because he doesn't look like one? WHAT! There's no right way to look like a male or female, that shouldn't have any bearing on the character's gender identity. That's some shitty rationale/writing on the show's part and I won't accept it >_<

I dunno, the more I think about it the less this makes sense. I kind of want to chalk it up to "LOL anime" and shitty writing :/ Such a shame.
A)
Ruka being like that is a direct result of his dad influence. As you saw in the anime she want to change ( being manlier as his own words ) and okabe answer was to make him swing the "divine sword of something" 100 times or something..

Also parents raising a children as a member of the opposite sex or telling them to act as such ( for whatever reason ) is not something that should not surprise you .

It's present in some anime for a while , some examples include tokyo ravens or shugo chara or oda nobuna or dangan ronpa (4 exemples on the top of my mind and i could go on with this )

B)
Also it's a waste yes... as i said before you're thinking about this key point too much ... As it stands , ruka does the perfect yamato nadeshiko role yet this impression crumble once people know ruka gender , hence why people think it's a waste or a missed opportunity...it's not about the fact that it's true or not , it's just the impression people get from it.

In steins gate , when kurisu learns about ruka "real gender" ( before they sent his d-mail ) , her reaction is a simple "how is that possible" and this is the same reaction she got from everyone aside from mayuchi & okabe ( but okabe kept his reaction for himself ).

In other words
You mustn't mix "what ruka wants" , "what ruka is " , "what ruka experienced" ... All are a part of her character and it's certainly NOT a simple case of somone who isn't at ease in her gender, it's more than that.
 
update that list by dropping strike the blood but putting tokyo ravens higher priority,

There really is no priority to those other shows, the priority is Log Horizon -> Phi Brain -> Build Fighter. After I've caught up/finished those I'll look into the others and see which if any jump out at me, I'll probably finish them all but Kill La Kill, Log Horizon, Phi Brain, and Build Fighters were always my big 4 from the fall.

Damn you're behind haha. You must now initiate marathon mode and finish up to episode 24 so you can enjoy the finale with us this Saturday!

I caught up on the One Piece anime in 2012 in 6 weeks when it was around 550ish episodes I feel I can watch another 14 episodes of Log Horizon by Saturday.

Speaking of

Log Horizon 9


God this show is too good
 
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