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Winter-Spring 2014 Anime |OT3| People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time
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Captain Earth Episode 2:
You know, I stand by my assertions that, while containing many flaws in its own right, Knights of Sidonia is still the better show. You know why, because that show at least established the situation and its characters also I don't need a god damned glossary to follow that show. Yea, many of the things I hated in Eureka Seven are also found here and it is already making my blood boil. I am waking away for this right now for the sake of my own sanity.
You know, I stand by my assertions that, while containing many flaws in its own right, Knights of Sidonia is still the better show. You know why, because that show at least established the situation and its characters also I don't need a god damned glossary to follow that show. Yea, many of the things I hated in Eureka Seven are also found here and it is already making my blood boil. I am waking away for this right now for the sake of my own sanity.
Basileus777
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Atelier stories aren't about romance.
Daichi is just Renton LIte at this point, not all that impressed.
The Irregular at Magic High School Episode 2 Enrollment Part II (mahouka)
Oh well, character drama and the final two minutes were excellent, kind of wanted it to go a bit further than that but next week should be goodPoor Hattori being wiped out instantly and brutally without any knowledge of what went on
He got what he deserved! Second in charge of the school and being discriminatory towards class 2 students. I was cheering.
Not really, he definitely has Renton's impulsiveness but he's also a lot more whimsical. He also has more swag than Renton did at this stage.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I don't know what the hellllll is going on,
So much terminology that has no explanation in such a small amount of time, it's basically shifting from scene to scene with characters I don't know because there's too many already saying words I don't know because there's too many already.
Lead gear? Livlaster? Earth Engine? Libido Charge? Captain? Orgone? Kiltgang?
BOOOOOOOOOOOONES WHAT DOES IT MEAAAAAAAAAAN
Atleast the MC and mech design are cool.
So much terminology that has no explanation in such a small amount of time, it's basically shifting from scene to scene with characters I don't know because there's too many already saying words I don't know because there's too many already.
Lead gear? Livlaster? Earth Engine? Libido Charge? Captain? Orgone? Kiltgang?
BOOOOOOOOOOOONES WHAT DOES IT MEAAAAAAAAAAN
Atleast the MC and mech design are cool.
Renton was actually very whimsical at the beginning, very idealistic.
All the better to have his spirit cruched by Holland and the Gekkostate.
Oh no. It's that word people don't know how to use again.
AquaWateria
Member
Haikyuu Episode 1
After watching this episode it was very enjoyable with the way the animation is handled and the jump shown by Sho, I must say this anime is definitely going to be watched this season.
After watching this episode it was very enjoyable with the way the animation is handled and the jump shown by Sho, I must say this anime is definitely going to be watched this season.
Save 'N Quit
Banned
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei 2
Opening: I like it, but this is one of those songs where I need to listen to the full version before making a final call.
Ending: On the fence between good and bad. Slow songs never do it for me the first go.
Forgot how slow the pacing can be for the intro, but the more Mayumi best girl goodness I get out of this is always a plus.
Never get tired of the looks on others when Tatsuya shows off his skills.
NeonZ
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Full cast list for the Keroro flash anime is confirmed now. Every main character kept their old voice actor. The official site also confirmed the VAs of the new main characters that didn't make their animated debut in the original anime.
http://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/krr/staff/index.html
http://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/krr/staff/index.html
Aoi Yuki voices New Keroro (a completely separate character from the standard Sgt. Keroro in spite of his confusing name and having the same colors), Emiri Kato voices Tomosu (boy in white and red in the picture above) and Ai Kayano plays Kaneami (girl with gray hair).
AquaWateria
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R_thanatos
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NIsekoi - 14
HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER !!
Damn what a strong contestant ...she definitly scored some points during this episode but chitose didn't flinch and managed to not lose as many market share as Onodera.
The loss for tsugumi would have been great as well if she didn't counter by a magnificent celebrity attire.
In short , everyone won , except onodera.
HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER !!
Damn what a strong contestant ...she definitly scored some points during this episode but chitose didn't flinch and managed to not lose as many market share as Onodera.
The loss for tsugumi would have been great as well if she didn't counter by a magnificent celebrity attire.
In short , everyone won , except onodera.
The pacing gets really bad at the Defense of Trost arc.
Decent start, decent end, shit middle.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Mekaku City Actors
My god. The first half was so amazingly Monogatari that I thought I was watching a new series of the show. It's like they just took the Arararararagi x Shinobu stuff and transplanted it to this series about a NEET and his ScarJo.
And again, I know I complain about superficial references, but for whatever reason my heart overrides my brain when it comes to SHAFT and I just marked like a marky mark when I was watching this unfold. I'm sure most people will probably hate it, but I was grinning like an idiot the whole time. There were fewer references that Nisekoi 1, which was one wideface away from just being a SHAFT love song, but somehow being so Monogatari made it that much more concentrated.
It's funny though, the Monogatari-isms disappear in the second half of the episode and you get a more introspective design. I suppose you can make a joke about 4k resolution and SHAFT's animation style here. Or the fact that by saying they want to watch TV, they are making a commentary on watching TV. You could probably make a point about how televisions are windows in the world and it is ironic that a NEET would end up held hostage by going outside only to find himself surrounded by screens again. Perhaps what makes SHAFT shows enjoyable for me is that the minimalism makes it much easier to read the show, because its visual metaphors are so readily apparent (or transparent, if you want to be derisive).
Still, based SHAFT, based Shinbo. AOTY, etc.
Edit:
Oh yeah, between Marika and this show (and Sasami-san and various other roles), Kana Asumi seems to be the new Shaft girl. RIP Omigawa, Praise NII-SHI-SHI.
My god. The first half was so amazingly Monogatari that I thought I was watching a new series of the show. It's like they just took the Arararararagi x Shinobu stuff and transplanted it to this series about a NEET and his ScarJo.
And again, I know I complain about superficial references, but for whatever reason my heart overrides my brain when it comes to SHAFT and I just marked like a marky mark when I was watching this unfold. I'm sure most people will probably hate it, but I was grinning like an idiot the whole time. There were fewer references that Nisekoi 1, which was one wideface away from just being a SHAFT love song, but somehow being so Monogatari made it that much more concentrated.
It's funny though, the Monogatari-isms disappear in the second half of the episode and you get a more introspective design. I suppose you can make a joke about 4k resolution and SHAFT's animation style here. Or the fact that by saying they want to watch TV, they are making a commentary on watching TV. You could probably make a point about how televisions are windows in the world and it is ironic that a NEET would end up held hostage by going outside only to find himself surrounded by screens again. Perhaps what makes SHAFT shows enjoyable for me is that the minimalism makes it much easier to read the show, because its visual metaphors are so readily apparent (or transparent, if you want to be derisive).
Still, based SHAFT, based Shinbo. AOTY, etc.
Edit:
Oh yeah, between Marika and this show (and Sasami-san and various other roles), Kana Asumi seems to be the new Shaft girl. RIP Omigawa, Praise NII-SHI-SHI.
Mahouka 2
If I were a GIF meme man, I'd have the "words words words" GIF in here. Goodness me there was a lot of rather dull talking in this episode. More ass-kicking please.
(also less incest stuff obviously please? I think that goes without saying - there's very little to say about this show otherwise, really, as it is total junk food viewing for me)
In the outdoors sequence at the start of the episode there's a shadow filter applied because the characters are walking under trees etc., but the shadows don't change depending on the texture they're applied to so it makes all the human beings look slightly transparent.
If I were a GIF meme man, I'd have the "words words words" GIF in here. Goodness me there was a lot of rather dull talking in this episode. More ass-kicking please.
(also less incest stuff obviously please? I think that goes without saying - there's very little to say about this show otherwise, really, as it is total junk food viewing for me)
In the outdoors sequence at the start of the episode there's a shadow filter applied because the characters are walking under trees etc., but the shadows don't change depending on the texture they're applied to so it makes all the human beings look slightly transparent.
Admiral Woofington
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The pacing is an issue in terms of how much time passes for one thing to happen, and it's riddled with flashbacks at the most inopportune moments. I personally love it and if the blu-ray price wasn't ridiculous for 1 part I'd consider buying it. But GAF as a whole really dislikes AoT. AoT has been my gateway anime for many.
The World Is Still Beautiful 2
A very good adaptation of the manga, looks like they'll be doing this mainly 1:1 with its source material. The animation, colors, scenery and VA work really do make it worth it to watch this in anime form. Looks like they're going on 1 episode per manga chapter pace (which is good considering each chapter is pretty freaking long page-wise). I already havea good idea on where the show will most likely end if it decides to go for 12-13 episodes instead of 20+. Apparently the manga in japan is already in the 40's while english is only in like chapter 15.
AquaWateria
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I've been on the fence on watching Knights Of Sidonia, but the people who've watched it is it worth watching.
PshycoNinja
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No they spent 5 whole minutes at the end explaining why what you just said doesn't happen. Magical Girls don't
turn into witches anymore because of Madoka's wish. In that time they also explain what happens when a Soul Gem gets too impure or goes bad(basically nothing). Therefore Sayaka should've never turned into a witch or disappeared because of Madoka's wish
I don't give points, personally, to how compact a show is. It's all about execution and what it meant to me by the end. Madoka was really, really good. But not so good to dethrone Clannad or even Angel Beats. ;P
And I don't know if I would go as far as to say it deconstructed the genre. That's a pretty radical thing to say.
Save 'N Quit
Banned
I'm so glad the author is still keeping her around in the LN.
Always been my favorite girl.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Miya's voice (Amagamamgami) was so <3 . I have to admit defeat, it was intoxicatingly cute.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Atelier Escha and Logy
I really had no idea what to expect, since really game adaptations have such a low bar - Neptunia, SMT
S2, Danganronpa, but this was actually pretty good.
A nice gentle slice of life/world building show, with minimal nods to the game. You have a couple of generic but inoffensive protagonists, a girl with a dream, and poof - you've made a good adventure anime.
I probably should play the game, of course, but I figure this is much easier. lol
Also, is she a robot, or a moe-bot?
(Couldn't resist. )
I really had no idea what to expect, since really game adaptations have such a low bar - Neptunia, SMT
S2, Danganronpa, but this was actually pretty good.
A nice gentle slice of life/world building show, with minimal nods to the game. You have a couple of generic but inoffensive protagonists, a girl with a dream, and poof - you've made a good adventure anime.
I probably should play the game, of course, but I figure this is much easier. lol
Also, is she a robot, or a moe-bot?
(Couldn't resist.
)Hitsugi no Chaika - 01
It's BONES so I have to watch but I wasn't really feeling this. It just feels so uninspired and bland. it's a fantasy world but it's so... empty? The fanservice sucks too, but stuff like that doesn't bother me as much at this point.
Knights of Sidonia - 01
The CG is awful, everyone looks absolutely the same, that old guy was the worst looking character I've ever seen in an anime, but there's mecha and the premise is interesting, plus the serious tone might balance out a bunch of lighthearted shows I'm watching.
It's BONES so I have to watch but I wasn't really feeling this. It just feels so uninspired and bland. it's a fantasy world but it's so... empty? The fanservice sucks too, but stuff like that doesn't bother me as much at this point.
Knights of Sidonia - 01
The CG is awful, everyone looks absolutely the same, that old guy was the worst looking character I've ever seen in an anime, but there's mecha and the premise is interesting, plus the serious tone might balance out a bunch of lighthearted shows I'm watching.
Admiral Woofington
Member
it's only one episode, so hard to tell. just give it a watch, worst thing that happens you wasted 20 minutes.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
2SHAFT4ME
I dunno what's going on but it looks cool enough, I guess.
yamato END
26 episodes went by so quickly, depression kicking in now
I want more, f this world. Don't know what to watch now to fill the void. It's been a while since I watched some straight forward and well made sci-fi on a huge scale like this. It really felt like a long journey and everything wrapped up greatly too with fun and sad moments, I really like series like this, not many out there sadly.
might start GBF at last.
26 episodes went by so quickly, depression kicking in now
I want more, f this world. Don't know what to watch now to fill the void. It's been a while since I watched some straight forward and well made sci-fi on a huge scale like this. It really felt like a long journey and everything wrapped up greatly too with fun and sad moments, I really like series like this, not many out there sadly.
might start GBF at last.
darkblade77
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You're confusing cause and effect. Magical girls don't become witches because Madoka does exactly what AnathemicOne described.
Sayaka is not a plot hole; she's the test case and literal example for the viewer.
dakkumauji
Member
Atelier Escha and Logy
Also, is she a robot, or a moe-bot?
(Couldn't resist.
who can't resist all her alala~ in a robotic tone?
AnathemicOne
Banned
Are you sure we saw the same
wish Madoka had given? To quote: "I wish to erase all witches from existence before they're even born. Every witch in the universe, from the past and the future, with my own hands."
Essentially Madoka became a universal law at this point due to her erasing her 'witch' self during part of the ending. With that established Madoka purges witches before their born IE when a magical girl fulfills their runtime. However Madoka doesn't redo the purpose of magical girls or how they work IE a incrementally tainted soul gem (and other factors such as the initial wish, purpose in fighting witches [now wraiths], etc.)
Thus you have this limbo area in what exactly happens to magical girls. Thats where Madoka/Law of the Cycle comes in. Without Madoka a witch will naturally be born (since the tainting process of magical girls isn't changed) but now with Madoka a witch will never be born. Hence why they disappear 'into' Madoka instead
Essentially Madoka became a universal law at this point due to her erasing her 'witch' self during part of the ending. With that established Madoka purges witches before their born IE when a magical girl fulfills their runtime. However Madoka doesn't redo the purpose of magical girls or how they work IE a incrementally tainted soul gem (and other factors such as the initial wish, purpose in fighting witches [now wraiths], etc.)
Thus you have this limbo area in what exactly happens to magical girls. Thats where Madoka/Law of the Cycle comes in. Without Madoka a witch will naturally be born (since the tainting process of magical girls isn't changed) but now with Madoka a witch will never be born. Hence why they disappear 'into' Madoka instead
As for whether the series deserves the praise I give it, I grant it's a matter of opinion. I enjoy these 12-13 episode series because each episode serves a purpose and is 'fulfilled' to maximum potential in drama/intensity/tragedy/etc. to which I describe as 'compactness' which then can progress into execution. I mean if you look at it, it is common to have a 24-episode anime have people whine/dislike certain episodes, this is rarely the case with 12-13 episode anime.
The World is Still Beautiful Episode 2:
Still on the fence on this one, I really like the vibrancy and the energy and the adventurous tone that Princess Nike has around here but right now The Sun King Douchy the XIV is kind of ruining the show with his Lelouch Lamprouch impressions. Not really feeling any of the political machinations going on as they just feel very at odd at what this show is going for. Still, I like it well enough to keep watching and I am glad one of these Saturday shows managed to do that.
Still on the fence on this one, I really like the vibrancy and the energy and the adventurous tone that Princess Nike has around here but right now The Sun King Douchy the XIV is kind of ruining the show with his Lelouch Lamprouch impressions. Not really feeling any of the political machinations going on as they just feel very at odd at what this show is going for. Still, I like it well enough to keep watching and I am glad one of these Saturday shows managed to do that.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I'm going to assume that she basically makes the douche less douche via the power of optimism. Maybe they go on adventures to discover what's beautiful about the world or something. lol
It's funny how she somehow both sounds robotic but also human at the same time. It's a nice performance anyway - especially if you've seen the robots in Almost Human where they are just playing them as completely blank and emotionless.
Yea, I can already see the signs there, which is another reason I hold off on dropping the show.
DiscoShark
Banned
For me it's probably going to need a rewatch, the CG on the characters was so off putting that the finer points of the plot and world they introduced are sort of a blur for me.
Something something alien species, something something third gender, something something talking bear with robotic rotating hook/claw/hand. Everything outside of the character stuff is gorgeous though, there are a lot of moments worthy of screenshots, and I'm happy to report that the mechs and battles themselves actually look like they'll be really pleasing to watch if the opening sequence is any indication.
Just gotta get beyond this ...
Renton definitely was but Daichi takes it to a new level. Like people are being serious and are somewhat threatening and Daichi gives no fucks.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I think Atelier might end up doing it the better way, because it isn't as transparent by having a clear anti-hero who needs to be saved, but adventure show with interesting female protagonist? I'm in.
so you didnt like Yuusibu? I can understand why I suppose but man Fino is the greatest.
because if it was always so obvious people wouldnt be intrigued or latch on to the other girls.
Can you guys name one moment in any anime that has made you cry manly tears or womanly tears, in which it gave you a burst of feels.
For me it would be in OnePiece during Choppers Arc with Dr.Hiluluk, shit just made me feel so sad I teared up but it was worth it in the end.
And this saying from Dr.Hiluluk really got to me "When do you think people die? When they're shot through the heart with a pistol? ...No. When they have an uncurable disease? ...No. When they drink soup made from a poisonous mushroom? No! When they are forgotten! Even if I die, my dream will come true. The hearts of the people will be cured..!"
hmm. Not much. I guess Saikano came close and maybe Millennium Actress but I dont cry much.
OH MY SQUEEING GOD
Please draw Onodera, Ume!
Theyre not bad qualitywise. Just kind of terrible packaging and no extras.
how long until she gets sucked into the mainguy zone?
Let's not think about these things.
Captain Earth 2
Technobabble galore.
I loved pretty much every second of it.
I generally like mecha shows when they're gussied up with ridiculous supernatural shenanigans, and so Captain Earth readily fits the bill with its magic guns materialising out of nowhere and people turning into cubes and whatever else is going on. Toss into the mix all the conspiracies and mysteries (
), add the lovely Bones production values and evocative Monaca music, and it all really appeals to me.
I know speaking rationally that it's stuffed to the gills with mumbo-jumbo and the characterisation is fairly one-dimensional (the Salty Dog agent may as well twirl his moustache every time he speaks), but what the hey - I like this show anyway.
Technobabble galore.
I loved pretty much every second of it.
I generally like mecha shows when they're gussied up with ridiculous supernatural shenanigans, and so Captain Earth readily fits the bill with its magic guns materialising out of nowhere and people turning into cubes and whatever else is going on. Toss into the mix all the conspiracies and mysteries (
who will use Hana's Livlaster? What's the betting Taiyou isn't really dead? What about mysterious research guy who wants the Kiltgang to invade???
I know speaking rationally that it's stuffed to the gills with mumbo-jumbo and the characterisation is fairly one-dimensional (the Salty Dog agent may as well twirl his moustache every time he speaks), but what the hey - I like this show anyway.
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