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Summer Anime 2015 |OT| SharingMana

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cajunator

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Aw yis, summer is here.
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Love the facial expressions in Prisma Illya. One of the best things about it.
 

/XX/

Member
Keep watching, the universe part of this show is amazing.
Though friendly reminder this show is 100% het wins.

And
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It was a good ride, yeah. And their willingness to showcase in a rather educational but also beautiful (romantic) manner all cosmic-related effects and physics played in their favour, I think. As an example from episode 8:

https://boards.4chan.org/a/thread/126212436/#p126217454 said:
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Oh, and the usual time-lines plot was used accordingly too! If I also had the opportunity to lift something from /a/, I'd bring 'chartbro' contributions instead, thank you (as spoilerific as they are, so please check them with this in mind as those explain the whole series' events):

https://boards.4chan.org/a/thread/127199173#p127283515 said:
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Mizushima seem the hottest name on industry right now.

btw hopefully its true.
Fortunately, this is not the first time Tsutomu Mizushima has handled so much projects at the same time, so I'm sure he can handle the pressure well... or, as a last resort, apologize gracefully and profusely in behalf of everyone involved when he doesn't meet the self-imposed quality guidelines, like he did during the first Girls und Panzer series delay (http://blog.goo.ne.jp/mizshima1941/e/8c0b3d10579d26c232ef4999031bd95e)!
 
Gatchaman Crows Insight 0

Is this actually... ripping off Batman DK Rises from all the things??

-Assault on plane mid-flight

-"Bane"
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-Bad guy with the inferior part of the face being masked.
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Also, pot meets kettle
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TheRancor

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Mizushima seem the hottest name on industry right now.

btw hopefully its true.

Fortunately, this is not the first time Tsutomu Mizushima has handled so much projects at the same time, so I'm sure he can handle the pressure well... or, as a last resort, apologize gracefully and profusely in behalf of everyone involved when he doesn't meet the self-imposed quality guidelines, like he did during the first Girls und Panzer series delay (http://blog.goo.ne.jp/mizshima1941/e/8c0b3d10579d26c232ef4999031bd95e)!
Isn't this rumored(??) Bones thing by Seiji Mizushima, not Tsutomu Mizushima?
 

duckroll

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Isn't this rumored Bones thing by Seiji Mizushima, not Tsutomu Mizushima?

Yup. It's the second coming of Un-Go, and the third coming of FMA Conqueror of Shamballa. The unstoppable combination of Mizushima, Aikawa, BONES, and original ideas! :D

P.S. It's not a rumor.
 

Jex

Member
[Doomed Megalopolis] - 2

What this episode lacks in eyeball eating and penis-worms it makes up for in cute cats:

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darkside31337

Tomodachi wa Mahou
Didn't watch much in the Spring season. Summer has some shows I am interested in. Looking forward to more Working.

Hopefully its got more Mahiru and less Yamada this time around
 
Didn't watch much in the Spring season. Summer has some shows I am interested in. Looking forward to more Working.

Hopefully its got more Mahiru and less Yamada this time around
I'm glad I caught up on the show last month. I honestly dont dislike her and can't wait to see Yamada wreck that restaurant some more lmfao.
 
Woo! Most excited for Gatchaman Crowds Insight! I might try a few things here and there, but I'll probably just end up just watching Gatcha.
 

kewlmyc

Member
http://www.kanzenshuu.com/2015/07/01/dragon-ball-super-complete-showcase-event-reveals-series-plot/

There was a DBZ event that explains what the story for Dragon Ball Super is going to be. It's pretty interesting and I'll spoil tag it for those who don't want to know.

“Dragon Ball Super” is a complete continuation of the Majin Buu story arc. It’s got a bit of post-battle aftermath, continues with the “Battle of Gods” arc where the God of Destruction Beerus appears and the “Revival of ‘F'” arc where Freeza comes back to life, and then, I’ve written a strange new story where they finally depart from this universe. They’re fighting against their neighbors, Universe 6! They’ll yell at me if I give away too many spoilers, so I’ll keep the rest a secret, but they’re chasing after giant Super Dragon Balls; I think things will unfold in a bright and simple way, that will be really fun and exciting!

Since it’s another universe, loads of new characters will turn up. I’ll do my best to draw the tons of character designs necessary, so I’m looking forward to this too.

You know, it suddenly occurs to me that somewhere along the line the Dragon Ball anime has become quite a huge story. Since I’m the guy who drew the thing, it’s a bit weird for me to say this, but when I first started out I never dreamed it would have a universe as a setting (laughs). Don’t worry though, it’s still going to be the same sort of easy-to-understand content as always. Please be sure to watch Dragon Ball Super on TV!

Weirdest part to me is that they
plan on making the movies into arcs for the TV show. I wonder if they'll just use the movie footage or extend it.
 

OceanBlue

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Most shows aren't even produced in 720p anyway. 540p upscaled is most common.

I thought it's been a mix of a lot of 720p anime and a few 1080p or close. I'm pretty sure Euphonium is 1080p, and Danmachi is at least 720p. I'm don't think I've seen or heard of a 540p anime in a few years now.
 

cajunator

Banned
I thought it's been a mix of a lot of 720p anime and a few 1080p or close. I'm pretty sure Euphonium is 1080p, and Danmachi is at least 720p. I'm don't think I've seen or heard of a 540p anime in a few years now.

sub-HD really dates a show now.
Although such things give me a huge nostalgia trip.
 

BGBW

Maturity, bitches.
Did everyone who hasn't watched that monstrosity of a show a favour. LOL. Scars run deep in me still.

Scars? Seriously? It's a fun show to watch but no fun if you know what's going to happen. There's a joy watching it unravel episode after episode as you piece things together yourself. It's not an experience one is likely to get much in animation so it's a pretty poor show to spoil it like that.
 

Arcadius

Banned
Guess I'm back....... Hello!

Pita Ten

So…. A while ago Cajun and I were talking about cute anime one morning, this conversation led into a discussion about companies who have done the cutest of anime to watch which led to Broccoli; now the first anime I’ve seen by them was the Galaxy Angel series. Thinking to myself, I decided that I should watch something else they’ve produced and as such, we have Pita Ten; a two cour anime that is unbelievably cute, but has quite a twist at the very end.

The way Pita Ten is structured is like that of any other slice of life anime. It’s episodic in nature, allowing itself to get away with no true over-arcing plot; sometimes I think it’s harder for anime studios to create something (goes for manga too) like this because each episode needs to be filled with an event or something, though there are plenty of clichés to use like going to the beach/ocean or having a festival, they haven’t gotten old or boring for me and in Pita Ten, those two clichés actually have a spin on them that is funny, cute and exposing in nature. Most slice of life, and Pita Ten included, typically won’t expand on characters or develop them beyond what they’re like since we meet them, this is essentially true for Pita Ten as well. If you absolutely need characters to grow up or be developed, Pita Ten probably isn’t for you.

In Pita Ten, we follow a small group of young kids; Kotarou, probably the most main of all the main characters involved, aside from Misha. He’s the reserved and level headed kid who has been through an incredibly difficult hardship so early in his life. His father is almost never home due to business so he’s
home alone often
. It’s not until one day when an angel appears from nowhere and asks to go out with him that his life takes a turn for the better! (Or his life got twisted upside down…)

This angel is Misha, a super adorable mega cutie with long flowing pink hair. She’s not exactly the best angel there is since she’s an apprentice, but that’s okay, she makes up for it by trying her best and having one the cutest ways to talk in the world. Almost all her sentences end with the word “desu” shortened to just “su”. It’s so cute that I think it competes with Ayu’s “uguu~”, Makoto’s “auu~” and things like “Ara ara” or “nyaa”; I love love love it.

Along with Misha, we have Shia, who is an apprentice akuma (demon/devil). The most interesting thing about Shia is that even though she’s a demon, she’s actually more angelic than Misha could ever be. She’s neat, organized, clean, helpful and always caring and worrying about everyone’s feelings. Shia is a surprise too, since she’s incredibly adorable and her quiet and refined speaking is just so much cute.

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Another main girl is Koboshi (Pictured above), the youngest of the four girls, a classmate to Kotarou and having a mega huge crush on him; she has cat ears and is downright too cute, if too cute were a thing (not really), Koboshi is what it would be pictured by; large eyes, a cute voice, the cat ears, the adorable reaction faces, it’s actually unbelievably adorable.

The last girl is Hiroshi’s sister, Kaoru; her personality mimics that of Hiroshi’s and if it wasn’t for how adorable she was, I don’t think I’d like her. Loud, wild and always seemingly in a bad mood, she throws fits and never really learns about the main cast. It’s a good thing she’s not a main at all and only appears for several episodes, I couldn’t handle another Hiroshi. The best thing about Kaoru is her appearance. She wears long ribbons in her hair and the combination of her cute outfit and the ribbons makes for a beautiful combination. She’s a total cutie, but her personality isn’t.

The rest of the cast is filled in by Ayanokouji Takashi, the stud of the show; he’s the smartest, fastest, most athletic and all the girls swoon over him…. So he’s really just boring. We also have Hiroshi Mitarai the loud and obnoxious kid who always has to yell and get pent up on all things related to Takashi, he actually doesn’t belong in this show at all and it’s the biggest problem I have with Pita Ten; which is sad, I’ve never had an issue with an anime before, but the personality that Hiroshi encompasses is just too much for me to handle. Every scene he’s in, it’s him getting angry and wild because Takashi is better than him at everything. Aside from one episode that expands on why he does this, he really should have been axed from Pita Ten.

Since Pita Ten has no story, the most important aspect to talk about is the ending really. Pita Ten changes directions ever so slightly and begins to really include drama. The last two episodes are chock full of dramatic moments that if tweaked a little, could fit into any Key produced anime. The whole
disappearing
aspect that happens in anime is gut wrenchingly hard to watch. Kanon was the first anime where I experienced this and it wrecked me so hard, then Clannad had to have a similar story and of all the things I have watched, I never expected a show for kids to even go through such a scene. Sure we all know it’s going to end on a happy note, but that doesn’t make it any easier to watch. It brought me to tears and was incredibly sad. A lot goes on too, the way we understand why Kotarou acts the way he does, the reasoning behind Misha’s actions and most of all, the way it affects everyone.

One of the best aspects about Pita Ten is sound and art style. It enforces the “for everyone” rating by being incredibly adorable. The details of everyone and everything are really simple; in fact so simple that detail doesn’t even exist. It’s very plain, but not bland (don’t ask me how). The colors are very light and easy going, the animation is most definitely simple and the entire world is just cute. The sound is really good in Pita Ten too. Huge props to the people behind it. One of the best BGM’s that occurs is for when scary things are happening, the melody or beat involved is infectious and even now, after not hearing it for quite some time, I still know how it goes. There were a lot of other great BGM’s too, a lot of the hectic scenes (or… as hectic as they can be) have good music. The biggest surprise is the ED used. If you’ve ever seen Clannad then you know about Dango Daikazoku. The ED used in Pita Ten, the first three notes that you hear are so familiar to Dango you’d think they’re the same. Every single time I heard those three notes, I felt the Dango song resonate through me, it’s made even better because the ED is slow and peaceful, unlike the OP. Speaking of which, the OP is much more Pita Ten than the ED. It’s fast, it’s upbeat, it employs cute vocals and is very fun, whereas the ED is more akin to the last two episodes of the anime. Slow, peaceful, almost sad, but never actually being sad, it’s a special ED. NOTE: I may be hearing things that aren’t exactly there with the comparison between Dango and the Pita Ten ending, but it’s just what I feel. (I’ll be watching Clannad again soon, because of this though).

So we have really cute characters, a nice episodic slice of life adventure, a cast that is almost perfection, adorable seiyuu performances, pretty art and an easy to watch anime. It’s all really good, aside from my Hiroshi and Kaoru issues, which is really unfortunate. Even with the issues I had, I enjoyed Pita Ten a lot and although I didn’t delve on it, it’s a good comedy too. The simple humor is enough to even get me to crack a smile and laugh out loud when I’m down, so that’s a pretty good testament for Pita Ten and its comedic values. Another thing I should mention is the romance angle planted within Pita Ten; it’s a polygonal love, where almost everyone likes someone who likes someone else. It’s never expanded upon and there is never any development either, both the guys and girls will get giddy towards the one they like, but are ultimately ignored; since Pita Ten is about elementary students and is rated for all people to watch, it makes sense for the romance to never take off, but it’s a warning, a lot of lovey dovey face reactions happen and feelings are shown, just never go anywhere.

Before I forget, one of the cutest things shown in all of Pita Ten are the pajamas that Misha and Shia wear, full body pajamas and they’re incredible cute… like seriously cute!!!

Pita Ten, 9/10 for me.

This season is going to be fucking awesome

Agreed so much


Kind of happy I broke top 10, that's amazing. Maybe I can get top 5 next time.
 
I guess I'm the only one who kinda like School Days. It sets itself apart from every other harem/romance out there at least.

Setting itself apart doesn't make a show inherently good. That's what I said about Ore Monogatari a bunch of times, too. Sure, it isn't your average RomCom romance, but it's unfortunately still not an interesting one.

Kind of happy I broke top 10, that's amazing. Maybe I can get top 5 next time.

It's supposed to work the other way round! It's shameful and the top 10 usually gets banned for a couple months. This time around it's just a rare exception.
 
Hello Summer thread! Let's keep it clean.

Please.

You're gonna watch anime, you're gonna be mindful of what you post, and everything's gonna be just fine.
 

Arcadius

Banned
It's supposed to work the other way round! It's shameful and the top 10 usually gets banned for a couple months. This time around it's just a rare exception.

Is this true? . . . .? Or just some old NeoGAF thing that used to happen.... now it feels shameful to post so much =(.
 
Is this true? . . . .? Or just some old NeoGAF thing that used to happen.... now it feels shameful to post so much =(.
When you think about it, even if you post less there will always be 10 people with more posts than others lol. If it really was like this, no one would even come in here to talk :p
 
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