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[trejo]

Yes.

Perhaps so, but not in this case!

 

[Articalys]

It depends on the definition, I suppose. Comedic by genre, no. Comedic to watch, that's a bit more flexible of an interpretation.

 

[Noirulus]

Actually, before I start any new comedy show,

I need to finish my Gintama backlog!

 

[trejo]

Oh, I see. I'll give all three a try then, thanks!

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Not. you fuckers are trolling me, aren't you?

Hey, you asked for comedy. You never specified if it had to be intentional or not!

 

[Geneijin]

Well if you are going to brave those shows, then subs are the only way to go. Enhances the experience ten fold.

???

 

[cajunator]

Everything is better dubbed.

 

[Geneijin]

Everything is better dubbed.

Even :cajun?

 

[trejo]

I see my spotless reputation has been tarnished.

;-;

Is it because I go around recommending Midori & Belladonna of Sadness to unsuspecting innocents? Maybe I should put a stop to that.

It's because you haven't finished Yamihat. You can make all this go away!

 

[Noirulus]

Hey, you asked for comedy. You never specified if it had to be intentional or not!

True. unintentionally comedic reminds me of Blue Gender. Oh god.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Wandering Son 12

Great conclusion to a great show. It ended up being a sensitive character drama even aside from the gender identity issues it focused on, which kept it from becoming didactic. The characters felt very real, if in a slightly idealized world, and the complexity of that time around puberty was acknowledged in a way that I could relate to.

I have no complaints. Best anime of 2011. Ei Aoki is the best director of 2011.

Recommend me a good comedy GAF. My mood keeps sinking with the combination of

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Menma's sweet parting

and me remembering that classes start again in two days.

Gintama is the best anime comedy.

Actually, before I start any new comedy show,

I need to finish my Gintama backlog!

Ah, you're already on it. Excellent.

 

[Instro]

???

 

[cajunator]

Except for Utena

ESPECIALLY UTENA

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Except for Utena

The only way I would ever watch Garzey's Wing, if I were ever to watch it

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which will never happen, ever

would be dubbed. The Youtube videos of that dub are just so incredible. It might be the best dub of all time, and I mean that with the utmost sincerity.

Also, pantsu. Lots of pantsu. I need to watch more shows with lots of pantsu!

 

[Branduil]

Garzey's Wing is at least ten times more entertaining than Angel Beats.

 

[Noirulus]

The only way I would ever watch Garzey's Wing, if I were ever to watch it

Spoiler

which will never happen, ever

would be dubbed. The Youtube videos of that dub are just so incredible. It might be the best dub of all time, and I mean that with the utmost sincerity.

Also, pantsu. Lots of pantsu. I need to watch more shows with lots of pantsu!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWru5o07j_I

Oh lawd. "A man is falling down, a young man isn't he?"

You guys ain't kidding.

 

[Articalys]

After a quick survey of my anime history, I found that the only thing I've watched in full both subbed and dubbed was Princess Mononoke, and enjoyed it just the same both times. (I may have also watched Castle of Cagliostro in hybrid, but can't be certain.) Everything else has only been one or the other. Eventually I guess I'll get around to rewatching the stuff still in my possession with the opposite language tracks as the first times.

 

[Instro]

Garzey's Wing is at least ten times more entertaining than Angel Beats.

I think you're underselling Garzeys.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWru5o07j_I

Oh lawd. "A man is falling down, a young man isn't he?"

You guys ain't kidding.

Garzey's Wing in English is the best unintentional anime comedy.

 

[trejo]

I think you're underselling Garzeys.

He's playing it safe.

 

[Jex]

So did bandai just implode or what

They tasted the sweet success of the anime market, that's all. All the stories of anime companies exploding are pretty similar, I'd wager.

 

[cajunator]

The only way I would ever watch Garzey's Wing, if I were ever to watch it

Spoiler

which will never happen, ever

would be dubbed. The Youtube videos of that dub are just so incredible. It might be the best dub of all time, and I mean that with the utmost sincerity.

Also, pantsu. Lots of pantsu. I need to watch more shows with lots of pantsu!

Stratos 4

The dvds even have reversible covers in case you want the pantsu version.

 

[Jex]

well then what's the point

Gonzo can draw it, but animation is like, really hard work! They wouldn't go that far!

 

[trejo]

They tasted the sweet success of the anime market, that's all. All the stories of anime companies exploding are pretty similar, I'd wager.

What's it taste like?

 

[Jex]

I was pretty bored of mayo chicken after two or so episodes.

I just looked this up later on. Probably the highlight of that show.

Well, fighting a bear is the highlight of most good shows.

 

[cajunator]

HEATHEN

I'd never kid. If I really wanted to be mean I'd tell you to watch Kannazuki no Miko or Melody of Oblivion or Kanon.

What a coincidence. I have all of these!

 

[Jex]

What's it taste like?

It tastes like vastly over-estimating how much people want your product, charging too much and not keeping up with the times.

 

[Geneijin]

I'd never kid. If I really wanted to be mean I'd tell you to watch Kannazuki no Miko or Melody of Oblivion or Kanon.

If I was mean, I'd say watch Dark Rabbit.

 

[Jex]

Natsume S4 - 01

I really think it was unneccesary to infodump what the series is about when there's only been a 1 season gap between season 3 and this episode, on the brightside it was done in a minimilistic way and jumps straight to business.

As long as they don't spend a whole episode on it, like last season, then that's okay. It's not like it's a complicated set-up.

 

[trejo]

It tastes like vastly over-estimating how much people want your product, charging too much and not keeping up with the times.

Sounds like a good way to get a stomachache.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWru5o07j_I

Oh lawd. "A man is falling down, a young man isn't he?"

You guys ain't kidding.

I MUST TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF OUR CONVOLUTED SITUATION

SHOW ME THE POWER OF THE JAPANESE MAN-SPIRIT

THEN WHO ARE YOU? ARE YOU YAMATO-TAKERU-NO-MIKOTO? (Why was this even left untranslated?)

 

[Jex]

Being vehemently against fanservice is like being vehemently against fun.

I don't know about that, considering the number of excellent titles that manage to be entertaining without resorting to that.

You'll notice most in this thread aren't.

I wonder why.

We don't want the internet stealing our souls.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

I MUST TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF OUR CONVOLUTED SITUATION

SHOW ME THE POWER OF THE JAPANESE MAN-SPIRIT

THEN WHO ARE YOU? ARE YOU YAMATO-TAKERU-NO-MIKOTO? (Why was this even left untranslated?)

"Humans are just human."

 

[cajunator]

What's it taste like?

Like a custard pie. But without the pie. And with a noticeable absence of custard.

 

[Jex]

It is that bad? I saw some review, it sounded pretty positive...

Tiger & Bunny is the very definition of 'falls apart from the middle onwards' or 'Sunrise'd'.

 

[Hellsing321]

Wandering Son 12

Great conclusion to a great show. It ended up being a sensitive character drama even aside from the gender identity issues it focused on, which kept it from becoming didactic. The characters felt very real, if in a slightly idealized world, and the complexity of that time around puberty was acknowledged in a way that I could relate to.

I have no complaints. Best anime of 2011. Ei Aoki is the best director of 2011.

I say this all the time and no one listens to me.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I don't know about that, considering the number of excellent titles that manage to be entertaining without resorting to that.

Yes, but that is no reason to be vehemently opposed to it!

 

[trejo]

"Humans are just human."

YOU CERTAINLY GOT SEXY.

Like a custard pie. But without the pie. And with a noticeable absence of custard.

Sounds like a good way to get a stomachache.

 

[Jex]

Oniisama e 36

Poor Kaoru-no-Kimi ;_;

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Was that breast cancer? ... I always tought she had a heart condition of some sort

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She always had undefinable generic but certainly fatal 'anime disease' where it's never defined what condition the character has.

 

[Dresden]

this fate thing that was written in high school is pretty deep.

 

[Jex]

What's a good authority on anime genres? I'm looking at ANN and My Anime List. The latter is more broad with slice of life than the former.

Anyway, I guess it's about time I gave K-On! a try.

Genre is a thorny (and perhaps pointless to discuss) subject in itself, I don't particularly feel that ANN are the authority on it.

 

[Basileus777]

this fate thing that was written in high school is pretty deep.

Machine translated?

 

[Jex]

The lead of Bakemonogatari isn't really a douche from what I've seen; he's just your average friendly, helpful, perverted harem lead

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albeit with a disturbing love of violence against elementary school students

. Plays a good straight man against Senjougahara.

Araragi is a man with disturbing inclinations. That is all.

Bakemonogatari 6

Hachikuji = OK
Kanbaru = nice spunk, not enough time
Senjougahara = amazing as always
Hanekawa = blahblahblahcarsblah
Ending = so cool

You haven't even gotten to the best, er, character, er, yet!

The 4koma actually had the panty shot and not just the rice bowl.

Truly a classier work than the original series.

 

[Dresden]

Machine translated?

No that's straight from the show, the translation is even worse.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Okay, Stratos 4. The hilariously voluminous Wikipedia entry makes no mention of fanservice. It's Studio Fantasia and Bandai Visual again, the same studios who were behind Aika. You'd better not be leading me astray, cajun. There had better be pantsu!

edit: Okay, yeah, there's pantsu. Nevermind. >_>

 

[Jex]

Everyone called it. Steins;Gate is not big on subtlety.

There's a certain element in Steins;Gate that will unlock a lot of the 'revelations' for the audience, if they can work it out ahead of time. Spoilers for the whole damn show:

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After a certain point you realise that all the important figures in the show have to be people Okabe already knows somehow, because that's how the 'revelations' work. They don't bring in some outside character for one episode, they use the existing cast.

 

[Instro]

If I was mean, I'd say watch Dark Rabbit.

Save that for your enemies.

 

[Jex]

Poppo was the best character in Ano Hana. It's too bad the show had to hijack him.

Sounds like he wasn't the best character in the show then.

Oh, I see. I'll give all three a try then, thanks!

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Not. you fuckers are trolling me, aren't you?

You should never doubt serious recommendations.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Sounds like he wasn't the best character in the show then.

But he should have been.

 

[cajunator]

Okay, Stratos 4. The hilariously voluminous Wikipedia entry makes no mention of fanservice. It's Studio Fantasia and Bandai Visual again, the same studios who were behind Aika. You'd better not be leading me astray, cajun. There had better be pantsu!

edit: Okay, yeah, there's pantsu. Nevermind. >_>

Remind me to take a picture of both dvd cover versions.
Youll appreciate it.

 

[Jex]

Natsume S4 1

Well this is a big improvement over last season. It actually looks like, you know, an episode of Natsume, except that once again they're doing an arc rather than a one-off story. That's fine by me.

I don't really have anything else to say about the show at this point, they've got a formula down that works, but there's not a lot of changes to it. I suppose the shift to 'arcs' might me be an attempt to give the series a meatier story.