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Spring Anime 2016 |OT| Get a Season So Complicated

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I'm gonna call her NRA-chan.
 

JulianImp

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JoJo - Daiyamondo #1
Looks interesting, but I've got to agree that it definitely feels weird to see Jotaro looking even younger than before. Josuke looks like a fun protagonist, but the little kid was really meh since it reminded me of the generic guy that's there to narrate everything that happens, only he isn't Joseph so we don't get any OH MY GOD!s out of it.

Gotta agree that the colors look interesting and fit the show's wackyness.

Space Patrol Luluco 01

If there were supposed to be jokes none of them really hit in a way that was even amusing. When your premise is set up around the world being wacky and filled with aliens there's a pretty strong dissonance when a billion corners are cut to make it really flat and colorless. Maybe this will improve now that everything's set up, but the only thing in this episode that had any draw was the ED.

I get that the crappy animation is done on purpose, but it still doesn't feel right. The nonsensical "plot" and weird gags don't do anything for me either, so yeah, the thing I liked best about the episode was the ending.
 

Link Man

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The Lost Village 1

This just might be the highest concentration of crazy in a single episode that I've experienced. Could be the funniest show of the season, and perhaps even has a run at The List.
 

Jintor

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luluco 1

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i'll give it the three episode rule. zany trigger-ness is well and good but it doesn't last long
 

dimb

Bjergsen is the greatest midlane in the world
Oh yeah, I forgot to add that Inferno Cop is pretty lame. Move on already Trigger...
 

Cornbread78

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Mayoiga Ep 1
Ok, I'm on board. The beginning of the OP was weird, but the rest of the song was good; ED was ok. Quite the diverse cast to start the show off with; everyone from Mits, Masaki, Lion, Speedy and the asshole guy starting shit with everyone. The actual character introductions were funny as hell, lol.

They did a good job of setting the tone for the future and included a ton of foreshadowing with sone of the conversations between the characters and the stories being told. Oh,I mean, even the hippo song was a big tip-off to where this is going to go, as well as his "death letter" that will come into play later as he will realize there was no reason to run away from his current life to start anew. Pretty clever (although transparent) if it plays out.

Being an original anime makes this even more interesting because there should be no hinting going on or accidental spoilers.
 
Hataraku Maou-sama 13 END

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The show should have had more closed eye Maou.

As is often the case, this show was much better in comedic mode than serious mode. The central gag of the disconnect in Maou's Ente Isla past and Japan present was fine when the show was aiming to be funny, but when it was trying to be serious it made for a real problem. We know he slaughtered untold numbers of innocents, which not even the couple of attempts to pull a "The Church were the real bad guys and maybe the demons were just misunderstood all along" twist tried to contradict, and there's no transition from that to his nice guy harem hero personality, so I just can't buy into the narrative on any serious dramatic level. Not a complete waste of time, but I can't sympathize with the couple people who still occasionally wish for a second season.
 

Jintor

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Hataraku Maou-sama 13 END



As is often the case, this show was much better in comedic mode than serious mode. The central gag of the disconnect in Maou's Ente Isla past and Japan present was fine when the show was aiming to be funny, but when it was trying to be serious it made for a real problem. We know he slaughtered untold numbers of innocents, which not even the couple of attempts to pull a "The Church were the real bad guys and maybe the demons were just misunderstood all along" twist tried to contradict, and there's no transition from that to his nice guy harem hero personality, so I just can't buy into the narrative on any serious dramatic level. Not a complete waste of time, but I can't sympathize with the couple people who still occasionally wish for a second season.

It's a show that's better in concept than execution (though I really like OL-hero).

The other Maou series is almost entirely full serious mode all the time and also the protags are somewhat grey, so even though they're protags you get the feeling they'd sacrifice lives for The Greater Good (the greater good). But if you want to do a more simplistic 'good guys v bad guys' sort of thing it's difficult to have a true villain protagonist in that case.

It'd be an interesting challenge, but I kinda feel once you start dipping into a murderous path you're at the least going into morally grey territory which is difficult to balance around
 
It's a show that's better in concept than execution (though I really like OL-hero).

The other Maou series is almost entirely full serious mode all the time and also the protags are somewhat grey, so even though they're protags you get the feeling they'd sacrifice lives for The Greater Good (the greater good). But if you want to do a more simplistic 'good guys v bad guys' sort of thing it's difficult to have a true villain protagonist in that case.

It'd be an interesting challenge, but I kinda feel once you start dipping into a murderous path you're at the least going into morally grey territory which is difficult to balance around

What is the other Maou series you're referring to?
 

Narag

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Today + random stuff I just didn’t post last month for one reason or another.

Teekyu S3
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Teekyu S4
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The Devil is a Part Timer 1-5

Enjoyed the beginning and how well the MC integrated into modern lower class society and unskilled labor but found interest waning as the otherworld stuff began leaking over heavier and heaveir. Actually meant to finish this but netflix wouldn’t load episode 6 then I just forgot about it.

Phantom World 7
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Kagewani -II- 1
Picked up right where it left off and really shames the recent season of Yamishibai with how effortlessly it manages its atmosphere and tension

JoJo Pt. 4 - 1

Well that’s off to a good start. Not sure it’s all that more well animated than part III but the overall aesthetic is far cleaner and pleasing to the eye. The yellow/umber sky coupled with the rest of the background palette gives me a sense of something being off throughout it all which is a good thing. Reminds me of the palette shifts in part 3 when something was going down or a Stand was being used except it’s constant.

Space Patrol Lulluco 1

Imaishit
 
Mayoiga 1
The opening minutes were a bit rough, but the 2nd half had some genuinely funny moments. There's good comedic potential here.
 
Not sure how many fans of Gigguk there are in here. But he recently made a video in youtube reviewing Bible Black.

Not his best video, but a new one nonetheless.

I'm conflicted. On one end I really wanna watch the bad dub as it looks hilarious.

On the other hand, I mean, it's porn.
 
All the better stuff will start airing next week. At least there is Kuma Miko tomorrow, which should be one of the season's highlights. And Macross I guess.
 

Line_HTX

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Not sure how many fans of Gigguk there are in here. But he recently made a video in youtube reviewing Bible Black.

Not his best video, but a new one nonetheless.

I'm conflicted. On one end I really wanna watch the bad dub as it looks hilarious.

On the other hand, I mean, it's porn.

The dub is infamously terrible and stands the test of time. That is all I have to say on the matter.
 

striferser

Huge Nickleback Fan
Hmm, the smell of a new thread. Thread title is greato daze

JJBA: Diamond is unbreakable 1

That was great. Love the introduction with woman hand preparing breakfast, subtle reference to future episode, the color palette. Yup, no complain from me. I'm in for a crazy ride.
 
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