Wow if I watched the whole thing I'd probably have ended up throwing my money at the screen.
Winter 2012 Anime Thread of Roundcats Up in This
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Wow if I watched the whole thing I'd probably have ended up throwing my money at the screen.
It's now your fault if I hate it.
Hellsing321
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So I was over at my friend's house and she forced me to watch Hetalia and it was...actually funny. Maybe it was the dub or all the alcohol but I was laughing my ass off at some of the shit they were saying. I think I'm turning into a Fujoshi 
A Black Falcon
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It was my favorite anime series of 2010 for a reason... it's really good.
Regulus Tera
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So I was over at my friend's house and she forced me to watch Hetalia and it was...actually funny. Maybe it was the dub or all the alcohol but I was laughing my ass off at some of the shit they were saying. I think I'm turning into a Fujoshi
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
One of Jexhius' favoured blogs has a nice retrospective on super robots and their attacks. Hopefully this washes away some of the Hetalia stench.
Isn't shooting laser beams in the vacuum of outer space kinda dangerous? Considering they maintain their inertia and everything they would not stop until they found something in their path. For shows dealing with inter-galactic civilisations that's kind of worrisome!
Hellsing321
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Liechtenstein is :Cajun as fuck.
firehawk12
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Mellow, adventure-based science fiction with a gorgeous soundtrack and lots of :firehawk.
My only regret is that, since RightStuf doesn't do BDs, we'll never get an HD release here.
Crash Station
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Aquarion 11
Well, I guess Reika is cooler now. Her Aquarion is awesome. Love the dark aura. Silvia is still a bitch though.
Is this going to be monster of the week much longer, because I'm getting a little tired of it? Love the action and characters, but there's been very little actual progression.
Well, I guess Reika is cooler now. Her Aquarion is awesome. Love the dark aura. Silvia is still a bitch though.
Is this going to be monster of the week much longer, because I'm getting a little tired of it? Love the action and characters, but there's been very little actual progression.
That was such a fun read. It reminded me how much I miss that VOTOMs soundtrack too.
Femmeworth
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One episode of Code Geass down, twenty-four more to go.
You know there are two seasons.
Femmeworth
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Yes, I know. I know.
Jex
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It's all specifically about the toast, dammit. Except no substitutes!
I doubt there's a record anywhere of exactly where it began anyway. Clearly this is one for the academics.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The TSRI boxset?
Jex
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[Moribitio 3]
There are a couple of other interesting things I forgot to mention about the action sequence in this episode.
What do you expect to happen when the main character fights people, especially so early on in the series? You expect them to win because they're the main character, it's not like they're going to get killed off this early. This generally reduces the tension in fights like these and makes them seem perfunctory. Yet, here:
It's pretty impressive stuff.
There are a couple of other interesting things I forgot to mention about the action sequence in this episode.
What do you expect to happen when the main character fights people, especially so early on in the series? You expect them to win because they're the main character, it's not like they're going to get killed off this early. This generally reduces the tension in fights like these and makes them seem perfunctory. Yet, here:
they cleverly get around this problem in two important ways. Firstly, what we're worried about in the fight is not Balsa getting killed, because we know that isn't happening. Instead they chose to build up tension regarding the condition of her spear, which we know to be in need of repair. There are several shots of the string holding her blade in place being attacked, and we see the layers holding it together come off one-by-one in a variety of encounters. This 'tension meter' is surprisingly effective. Will it hold together long enough for her to win? etc.
Then, of course, she does actually receive a serious wound, which at that point you weren't expecting. It makes sense within the universe of the show because she is facing several skilled attackers and her weapon has broken, but still. This leads to a very nice 'Balsa is dying' plot which means the action can move to Chagum, giving him a chance to show that he can be an active character as well. He's willing to brave dangers to save Balsa.
Then, of course, she does actually receive a serious wound, which at that point you weren't expecting. It makes sense within the universe of the show because she is facing several skilled attackers and her weapon has broken, but still. This leads to a very nice 'Balsa is dying' plot which means the action can move to Chagum, giving him a chance to show that he can be an active character as well. He's willing to brave dangers to save Balsa.
It's pretty impressive stuff.
PdotMichael
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Oh! My Goddess - 14
Skuld is sooo totally a little girl anime version of me. We both with our mecha fetish.
Skuld is sooo totally a little girl anime version of me. We both with our mecha fetish.
Jex
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Episode 1 shows us that this woman goes all manly into testosterone overdrive or something in order to do her awesome work. Episode 2 shows us the inner thoughts of he-man woman hater guy to hammer the point home that she faces sexism in the workplace because she's a Strong Woman. If they hook up, I'll punch my monitor.
I dunno, maybe I wasn't paying attention (to be fair, I wasn't) or it gets all subtle and nuanced later, but I thought that was pretty stupid. And I don't like the look of it, which never helps.
It's cool that she's not a high school student fighting demons by night or w/e though, I guess.
I don't think Hatakari Man is particularly subtle or nuanced but neither do I consider it stupid. It's just that, when they want to portray 'situation X about women in the workplace' they nearly make that the title of the episode.
I guess you can quite easily attack this approach but considering how weak to non-existent the 'women's rights/feminism' area is in Japan (they aren't interested in that kind of thing, I've been told) I think they do an admirable job of it.It's definitely simplistic but the things you've mentioned certainly never bothered me.
Then again, the show isn't purely concerned about that, it's also interested in more general topics like balancing work life with the rest of your life while trying to have a career, or about hierarchies at work. Of course, it isn't subtle in it's intentions about that but I enjoyed it on the whole.
Unfortunately, I'm told, women like to consume these titles and other 'shoujo stories' of strong women because all the women who read them know that it's just a 'fantasy' that doesn't happen in the real world. I'm told that many women these days look at the economy and decide to focus on becoming housewives instead of aiming for a career, of any variety.
Unknown Soldier
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This is the correct way to describe someone who's about to experience the Fabulous Anime of the Forever for the first time.
Crash Station
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Highschool DxD 2
Pretty uneventful outside the last 2 minutes, at least compared to the crazy mood whiplashing first episode. Still not bad and I found the scene with Issei and the otaku hilarious.
But yeah,
this is a great setup for a harem.
Pretty uneventful outside the last 2 minutes, at least compared to the crazy mood whiplashing first episode. Still not bad and I found the scene with Issei and the otaku hilarious.
But yeah,
dying and then becoming a devil's slave
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Utena?
Excellent show, excellent music.
Unknown Soldier
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Naw, I'm talking about the one which doesn't repeat the same 10 minutes of animation every 24 minute episode. You know, the other one.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
That's a bit of a hyperbole there. Even including the OP and ED sequences it surely doesn't come up to any longer than seven minutes!
This show is truly magical.
Unknown Soldier
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Another (manga) 01:
The anime's first episode leaves out a number of things that are in the manga's first chapter, which I am told is mostly directly adapted from the original novel. I guess we'll see how important some of the things that were left out are later on.
When I started into the Mirai Nikki manga, I ended up charging ahead all the way to the end. Because I want to preserve the sense of mystery here, I will only read manga chapters after the corresponding episode of the anime has already aired.
I will say that the anime absolutely does a fantastic job of creating atmosphere. The manga is entirely prosaic in it's adaptation of the source material. There isn't any palpable sense of tension or menace at all, something the anime nails by comparison.
It's not an exaggeration to say that I haven't really enjoyed a mystery-type anime since Higurashi, mainly because Umineko dropped the ball so hard. I really, really want Another to be good, just so I can recall the memories I had when going through Higurashi the first time.
Didn't we have this argument in a previous thread? I think we eventually came to a compromise value of 8-9 minutes. So let's just call it 8 minutes and 30 seconds and move on with our usual cyclical discussions.
Also, K-ON.
The anime's first episode leaves out a number of things that are in the manga's first chapter, which I am told is mostly directly adapted from the original novel. I guess we'll see how important some of the things that were left out are later on.
When I started into the Mirai Nikki manga, I ended up charging ahead all the way to the end. Because I want to preserve the sense of mystery here, I will only read manga chapters after the corresponding episode of the anime has already aired.
I will say that the anime absolutely does a fantastic job of creating atmosphere. The manga is entirely prosaic in it's adaptation of the source material. There isn't any palpable sense of tension or menace at all, something the anime nails by comparison.
It's not an exaggeration to say that I haven't really enjoyed a mystery-type anime since Higurashi, mainly because Umineko dropped the ball so hard. I really, really want Another to be good, just so I can recall the memories I had when going through Higurashi the first time.
Didn't we have this argument in a previous thread? I think we eventually came to a compromise value of 8-9 minutes. So let's just call it 8 minutes and 30 seconds and move on with our usual cyclical discussions.
Also, K-ON.
Crash Station
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You know, there is a manga thread >_>
Shocking!
-Minsc-
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The anime thread is pretty much my whole existence on NeoGaf. (Bring on the non-anime discussion!)
Motherfucking baloney sandwiches motherfucker.
Unknown Soldier
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All right then I'll talk more about Another (anime).
Ali Project sucks. I've hated them ever since I heard their Code Geass EDs. The OP for Another is really quite shitty. Which is a shame, as the music for the show itself has thus far been fantastic and the ED is perfectly serviceable if a bit generic. It's all overshadowed by how much Ali Project sucks and how shitty the OP is.
Jex
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Oh! My Goddess - 13
Whats wrong with it? A Mecha fetish is surely the best thing you can have.
Sure, in the world of Oh! My Goddess all the cute girls are also totally into machines. Of course.
As I dropped Guilty Crown around episode three perhaps people could explain why they're still watching the show. Is it:
A) Genuine enjoyment
B) You like the characters
C) You think the world is cool
D) You like seeing dumb things happen
E) You want to see how much worse it can possibly get
F) You enjoy hurting yourself
G) You like seeing crazy stuff happen
Perhaps it's a mix of the above?
Didnt they do the opening for Rozen Maiden?
Crash Station
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A, C and G. Hope B gets there eventually, but my expectations were kind of out of whack in the first place (WHY HASN'T SHOE PULLED A SIMON YET!?)
Regulus and the others sum it up nicely. If you've even touched the game (and enjoyed it or were curious to see more) you will pretty much love it because of what it covers and what it does new on perspectives of things in it.
I loved Persona 4, and the anime is just so good for me because of what it delivers, which actually isn't just a simple here's an anime of the game.
I started Hiroshima in Morning a while back, and I was so disinterested that I ended up reading The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia instead. That in turn was a rousing read, full of daring men doing awesome shit, set against a cold war of sorts that the British were locked into with Russia for continental control. Anyone who's fond of badass histories should look into it.
I'll probably start Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann next.
I'll probably start Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann next.
Jex
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[Thermae Rome 2]
I would have enjoyed a more detailed account of how the baths are constructed and maintained as I'm kind of into Roman baths, but I actually found this episode more enjoyable than the previous one. Good stuff, even if the Lucius was totally looking at a wall when he should have been looking towards the guy he was talking too.
I would have enjoyed a more detailed account of how the baths are constructed and maintained as I'm kind of into Roman baths, but I actually found this episode more enjoyable than the previous one. Good stuff, even if the Lucius was totally looking at a wall when he should have been looking towards the guy he was talking too.
D, E, G and a dash of F.
Unknown Soldier
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D, E, G
It's just hilariously terrible. I keep watching it because I want to see how much dumber it can get even after I thought there is simply no way for it to be any dumber than it is right now. It's enjoyable seeing what dumb thing happens next in this show.
Also, I am deeply in love with My Dearest. It's hands-down the best anime OP this year, which is pretty funny as it's attached to such a terrible show.
Basileus777
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Most of the time the show is just bad, but then you get times like episode 12 where the show is so dumb and insane that it causes genuine amusement and laughter.
It's a boring kind of dumb, though. Things happen so haphazardly and so randomly that there's never really a good sequence of dumb things to follow, which I think is somewhat necessary for a good trainwreck. It's like, hey, this dumb shit happened. Then that dumb shit happens. Oh hey, Shoe is a bitch. Okay. Now they're on a plane. Oh, some people died. Hey, they're back in school.
Jex
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Pff, personalized plate? It's obvious that what that REALLY means is that you're a car.
As you can see, my description was one hundred percent accurate. I just reacted differently to what I saw!
I think that a good train wreck would at least involve the show starting off good, so that you actually like it for the 'usual reasons'. Only once a show has earned your trust and made you like it can you really taste the pain of it going 'off the rails'.
Unknown Soldier
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Code Geass didn't start off the way you say it should have, and it's definitely become the canonical trainwreck by which all other trainwrecks are judged.
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