Winter 2012 Anime Thread of Roundcats Up in This
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Both are very interesting shows, but for very different reasons.
Casshern is a beautiful, slightly trippy shounen fight show. It's more about wallowing in the atmosphere than the actual narrative but it's certainly worth watching, and should look gorgeous on Blu-Ray.
Kuragehime is a very enjoyable shoujo/josei comedy. It's not much like Baccano in my opinion (different style of humour) but it's no less entertaining.
If you can access Hulu, the first episode of both is on there (look for Kuragehime under "Princess Jellyfish") so you can sample them that way and decide if you want to continue with them.
Get Casshern
hosannainexcelsis
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I bought Casshern Sins on BD and ended up disappointed by it; it starts with an intriguing and promising plot with great atmosphere, but doesn't follow through on its ideas in a satisfactory manner. It does look amazing - the action animation, general visual design, and background art are fantastic - so it might be worth picking up for that alone.
firehawk12
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As cold as I was on Kuragehime, I'm tempted to buy the show myself just to support it. I still think that the premise itself was wasted, but that's the problem with the source material.
casshern if you like depressing things that go nowhere
kuragehime if you like funny things that go nowhere
Jex
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I enjoy both these works, although neither of them are perfect. Casshern Sins is certainly a treat for the eyes, so getting it on BD seems like a logical choice. It meanders quite a bit but as long as you enjoy the atmosphere it's worth getting. You could always legally watch it on Youtube and see what you think of it:http://www.youtube.com/show?p=peSwVWfwoXY&tracker=show_av
Kuragehime is certainly no Baccano, although I liked it for what it was. As it's quite a short series it never really has time to go anywhere, plot-wise, and therefore it feels a bit unfinished.
It's real good. First arc of the second season is the best Kaiji there is.
I am going to need links.
I need more ZAWAZAWA in my veins right now. Did this go under the radar on GAF or something?
hosannainexcelsis
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No, there were a lot of us watching it while it was airing. (I still haven't finished it though.)
I agree that the first arc of the second season is the best arc of both Kaiji seasons.
you just weren't here for it newbie
ah, okie. I didn't see it mentioned at all in this thread so I couldn't have known heh
Jex
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It's kind of better and worse than the first season. I mean, it's all more Kaiji, but the pacing ranges from the exciting to the frustratingly slow. It's well worth watching.
These are true facts.
That papa show with long title I can't be bothered remembering *irony* - 02
Goddamnit I wasn't expecting it but I actually thought out the scenario happening before it happened, which just made me roll my eyes.
And it looks like I pegged the wrong girl for the tsundere roll, damn twintail'd girl throwing me off.
Cajun needs to stay away from Hina, her in conjunction with Sakura will just kill him.
Goddamnit I wasn't expecting it but I actually thought out the scenario happening before it happened, which just made me roll my eyes.
And it looks like I pegged the wrong girl for the tsundere roll, damn twintail'd girl throwing me off.
Cajun needs to stay away from Hina, her in conjunction with Sakura will just kill him.
Crash Station
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Aquarion 18
Yep....
Yep....
Crash Station
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That isn't exactly uncommon. Typical "read the manga" ending.
I'm cool with that, as long as the slow parts are somewhere in the middle rather than the end. Above all, i'm just glad to have found that they made a second season for Kaiji!
Go_Ly_Dow
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This looks fairly classy judging by the .gif
Is this the case? I always enjoy a bit of classy fabulousness.
hosannainexcelsis
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Ano Natsu de Matteru 2
It's a tenous balancing act between the "magical girlfriend" side and the "average kids hang out in summer" side, but so far so good. The latter part is already shaping up to be better executed than Ano Hana, thankfully. Whereas Ano Hana began with the friends apart and relied solely on one flashback scene (where they were already falling out) to establish how they interacted as a group, this show begins with them together and has given us several scenes to establish their individual and group personalities. Making a movie gives them an excuse to be together, but at the same time it's acknowledged that it's just something they're fooling around with to kill time and it's not a big deal if they don't actually complete it. Thus it feels more acceptable for them to be aimless with this goal than it was for Ano Hana to be aimless with respect to Menma's wish. There's hints of romantic tension amongst the friends, brought out by the introduction of Ichika into the circle, which paves the path towards the same sort of melodrama that killed Ano Hana, but I think this beginning will be better able to support that when it comes.
It's a tenous balancing act between the "magical girlfriend" side and the "average kids hang out in summer" side, but so far so good. The latter part is already shaping up to be better executed than Ano Hana, thankfully. Whereas Ano Hana began with the friends apart and relied solely on one flashback scene (where they were already falling out) to establish how they interacted as a group, this show begins with them together and has given us several scenes to establish their individual and group personalities. Making a movie gives them an excuse to be together, but at the same time it's acknowledged that it's just something they're fooling around with to kill time and it's not a big deal if they don't actually complete it. Thus it feels more acceptable for them to be aimless with this goal than it was for Ano Hana to be aimless with respect to Menma's wish. There's hints of romantic tension amongst the friends, brought out by the introduction of Ichika into the circle, which paves the path towards the same sort of melodrama that killed Ano Hana, but I think this beginning will be better able to support that when it comes.
Ano Natsu de Matteru 2
Okay so I gave this another chance to change my mind but nope, it's still boring trite shit. The whole thing's just a retread of the same tropes it feels I've already seen a thousand times before and there's really nothing that makes it stand out from the rest at all. I doubt I'll be bothering with this anymore.
You're right. Toradora was fun whereas this is definitely not. That's a pretty stark difference right there.
Okay so I gave this another chance to change my mind but nope, it's still boring trite shit. The whole thing's just a retread of the same tropes it feels I've already seen a thousand times before and there's really nothing that makes it stand out from the rest at all. I doubt I'll be bothering with this anymore.
You're right. Toradora was fun whereas this is definitely not. That's a pretty stark difference right there.
KuwabaraTheMan
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This episode holds a special place in my heart, but I think that might just be because it was the first episode of the series that I watched. It's a pretty fun episode, even though it is nothing earth shattering.
Chihayafuru 15
Team Queen vs Team Taichi. The ultimate showdown.
non-edit: here it is http://www.youtube.com/show/princessjellyfish
Team Queen vs Team Taichi. The ultimate showdown.
Truly one of the worst effects to afflict show.
damn i'm gonna need some links
I'm pretty sure Funimation also has Kuragehime uploaded on youtube.
non-edit: here it is http://www.youtube.com/show/princessjellyfish
Chihayafuru 15
And
Even though it was quite odd how forcefully that was written in the end. She gets in this antagonistic tizzy over
I guess the connection made in the previous ep was to show an effect on the
as much as Chihaya--
--but this ep didn't do a well enough job of calling back to that, imo. It did,
I really feel as if this is going to happen to either
And
The Queen is the bridge.
the 5 cards that Chihaya took, but goes on to lose more to Sudo and have no qualms with it.
Queen
same age, sex, fashion sense etc.. etc..
when they were at the table in the lobby, but the actual ep structure felt off so the effect felt weak.
I really feel as if this is going to happen to either
Taichi or Porky, at the least. They're both B and one is going to stay there for the sake of on-screen time, I think. And I'm also thinking that'll be Taichi that does, if the show's to use its built up wellfare with him, really cover its thematic base, and really drive the transformation home. I actually see Porky being used as the 'turn around' point; in everything from physique, to romance, to Karuta.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Chihayafuru 15
Come on. They clearly want people to do QueenxChihaya, right?
Come on. They clearly want people to do QueenxChihaya, right?
Oh is that what Kuragehime is? I knew it as Princess Jellyfish. I have plans to buy it also. My roomate loooooooves it.
Go_Ly_Dow
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Chihayafuru 15
Sped through the key events a lot quicker than I was expecting.
Still a very enjoyable episode. Looking forward to seeing Arata back in the mix so we can have a Taichi vs Arata bro-down.
Sweet, will look in to both.
Sped through the key events a lot quicker than I was expecting.
Still a very enjoyable episode. Looking forward to seeing Arata back in the mix so we can have a Taichi vs Arata bro-down.
It sure is.
If you liked Utena and/or Oniisama e, you'll thoroughly enjoy this!
Sweet, will look in to both.
I saw it on pretty many lists for the top stuff of the year.
Sentai still filling in those licensing blanks from the Crunchyroll simulcasts:
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Listen To Me, Girls. I Am Your Father! Anime
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Listen To Me, Girls. I Am Your Father! Anime
I could be wrong but it seemed to me that the show was implying that
The Queen was not actually trying against Sudo. Him getting more cards could simply be the product of them playing each other so many times, or her not wanting to embarrass him. The way Chihaya plays Karuta and the way she took those 5 cards is probably a factor in why she got so mad. At the very least perhaps The Queen isn't used to losing cards in the early rounds.
A DVD box you don't put on your shelf, but your mantel.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's just funny because those reaction shots are usually reserved for the shoujo heroine who becomes smitten with the hot pretty boy for some reason. You even have blooming flowers! (
lilies? wwww
dakkumauji
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Daily Lives of High School Boys 2
Each bit was pretty good.
The ED was wtf.
Lost it when the butlers starting chasing each other around with the false tooth. That part was the best.
Each bit was pretty good.
The ED was wtf.
Lost it when the butlers starting chasing each other around with the false tooth. That part was the best.
Femmeworth
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I would never! Who do you think I am, Unknown Soldier?
It's nice to see that ADV really didn't change their licensing strategy once they became Sentai.
For given values of "nice".
Yeah it felt like she was teasing him, I think Chihaya must be one of the only people to stop her from
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