Winter 2012 Anime Thread of Roundcats Up in This
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Glass Fleet: The Legend of the Wind of the Universe 1
FUCK OXYGEN
FUCK OXYGEN
oh man, now i kinda wanna check it out...
Sounds like he's one of those fans. Once they know you like "anime"(even if your tastes are completely different), they will never, ever leave you alone.
Oxygen is highly overrated, just like physics, animation directors, budgets, 2D space battle animation, and sensible plots.
Glass Fleet: The Legend of the Wind of the Universe 1
FUCK OXYGEN
Oxygen is highly overrated, just like physics, animation directors, budgets, 2D space battle animation, and sensible plots.
The only things that matter are kugishota and mustaches.
Melody of Oblivion 9
Bocca leveled up (yay!) against a boomerang wielding guy on a skateboard (boo!)
Yami 8
Surpisingly fun episode which was not something I expected after the most recent snorefests. I enjoyed this book world's aesthetic army of ninja chicks aside.
Super Robot Wars OG - The Inspector 11
More delicious fan pandering. Need more Ratsel & Sanger though.
Think I'm putting Glass Fleet on hold as I slowly crack and decide to order the dvds rather than using Hulu.
Bocca leveled up (yay!) against a boomerang wielding guy on a skateboard (boo!)
Yami 8
Surpisingly fun episode which was not something I expected after the most recent snorefests. I enjoyed this book world's aesthetic army of ninja chicks aside.
Super Robot Wars OG - The Inspector 11
More delicious fan pandering. Need more Ratsel & Sanger though.
Think I'm putting Glass Fleet on hold as I slowly crack and decide to order the dvds rather than using Hulu.
Femmeworth
Banned
Miyako is all love.
Dirty Pair 14
In the future, presidential debates will be presented in a tiny box on the middle of your TV screen, interrupting your soap opera kiss. They will be a mandatory overlay on top of all TV programming across all channels. The debates themselves won't even pretend to be about "issues" but will cut straight to the chase of name-calling and mud-slinging.
Truly Dirty Pair presents a frightening vision of a dystopian future from which our society should learn before it's too late.
I'm watching Dirty Pair as well right now, pretty awesome show. The situations these girls get into are so ridiculous, and the banter between them is so great. Mughi is the best pet ever, hell even the robot has his moments too.
Electronic Warfare the Electronic Warfare: Electronic Warfare with Electronic Warfare Edition - Did you know this show has Electronic Warfare?: The Return of Electronic Warfare Part 05
That was a really anti-climatic space "battle". They spent almost the whole episode explaining the dummy system getting hacked even though they spent like 5-10 minutes last episode doing the exact same thing and explaining how it works, the purpose of one, and how it will function in practice when the enemy goes against them. Also, I didn't like the plot-hole and resolution with how the enemy was supposed to be unprepared against any of the capabilities of the Odette II. They knew who was on it, the fact that the ship is one of the original seven, and how attempts have failed against it before and also
It felt like that alone completely rendered everything done in the previous episodes useless, and that they could've easily compacted everything in this first arc into one episode, and then built up the explanations and cast into the movement of the story and visuals instead of stopping to explain it all.
Anyways, next week will have more Chiaki Omigawa so I can rest easy.
That was a really anti-climatic space "battle". They spent almost the whole episode explaining the dummy system getting hacked even though they spent like 5-10 minutes last episode doing the exact same thing and explaining how it works, the purpose of one, and how it will function in practice when the enemy goes against them. Also, I didn't like the plot-hole and resolution with how the enemy was supposed to be unprepared against any of the capabilities of the Odette II. They knew who was on it, the fact that the ship is one of the original seven, and how attempts have failed against it before and also
"Oh also that's right, remember i'm a pirate daughter and that's my ship so it was just a test all along to see how you are future captain is why I am here heh, heh, heh."
It felt like that alone completely rendered everything done in the previous episodes useless, and that they could've easily compacted everything in this first arc into one episode, and then built up the explanations and cast into the movement of the story and visuals instead of stopping to explain it all.
Anyways, next week will have more Chiaki Omigawa so I can rest easy.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Persona 4: The Cartoon 17:
lol video game logicks. Shoji Meguro is still the grand star of this constellation. Or rather, a nebula of farts. There were some serious CLAMP proportions going around in this episode, not to mention the total lack of subtlety with the character pieces. Kanji fawning over Naoto was very tastefully done in the game, whereas here it is totally played for the lulz in the anime.
Sidenote: Oh my fucking God theanimenetwork's player sucks balls.
Recorder and Ransell 05: Maybe the problem here was hiring big-breasted instructors? Distractions are bound to occur
I don't think the jokes work, or have ever worked. I am not sure why I ever kept up with this show, if you can call it that. It's honestly a waste of time. DROPPED
Senki Zesshou Symphogear 05: I love it when the Engrish doesn't match the subtitles. Is this the stereotypical Japanese cartoon? Lolis, outrageous action, stupid dialogue, manipulation up the wazoo, gratuitous nudity, YURI, and bad animation. It even had glorious shounen no haato. In fact, the only thing missing are mecha. Or do the armours count as mecha?
It's a shame this show simply doesn't work when there's nothing outrageous happening, be it sentimental character drama, technobabble, or just exposition. And when huge portions of every episode are just that it's beyond boring. We are talking about an anime about singers in Mega Man outfits fighting Kingdom Hearts enemies, ffs; stop trying to give it some sense of realism.
The Knight in the Area 05: I used to play as a goalkeeper when I was in middle school. I wasn't very good, and to be honest there were many times when I wished I were benched instead of playing. Even so, I had dreams regarding football. I wanted to be part of the national team and win the World Cup, too! So when the Fun Club were all like "YO DAWG WE GONNA BEAT BRAZIL IN THE WORLD CUP FINAL FUCK YEAH" I had a huge nostalgia attack.
The worst part about sports anime tends to be the non-sports stuff (karuta doesn't count as a sport), but I'll be damned if I am not enjoying Kakeru and Seven bouncing off every other character. Seven in particular is as cute as a button:
Watashi no Chiisana Uma: Yujo no Mahou Desu 42: Tomboy tsunderes are the worst. Yet I still loved this episode. They took a character archetype that I am not very fond of and translated it into an appropriate setting -in this case action adventure serials. It made for an enjoyable episode despite focusing on my most disliked character.
Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki 05:
On the other hand, poor Ikuhara. His works are just too symbolic for the silly plebeians to comprehend.
Wait why did he try to use Mudo if he wanted to slow him down? Mudo is an instant-death spell. Okay forget it he started summoning Beelzebub this cartoon is fucking amazing.
lol video game logicks. Shoji Meguro is still the grand star of this constellation. Or rather, a nebula of farts. There were some serious CLAMP proportions going around in this episode, not to mention the total lack of subtlety with the character pieces. Kanji fawning over Naoto was very tastefully done in the game, whereas here it is totally played for the lulz in the anime.
Sidenote: Oh my fucking God theanimenetwork's player sucks balls.
Recorder and Ransell 05: Maybe the problem here was hiring big-breasted instructors? Distractions are bound to occur
I don't think the jokes work, or have ever worked. I am not sure why I ever kept up with this show, if you can call it that. It's honestly a waste of time. DROPPED
Senki Zesshou Symphogear 05: I love it when the Engrish doesn't match the subtitles. Is this the stereotypical Japanese cartoon? Lolis, outrageous action, stupid dialogue, manipulation up the wazoo, gratuitous nudity, YURI, and bad animation. It even had glorious shounen no haato. In fact, the only thing missing are mecha. Or do the armours count as mecha?
It's a shame this show simply doesn't work when there's nothing outrageous happening, be it sentimental character drama, technobabble, or just exposition. And when huge portions of every episode are just that it's beyond boring. We are talking about an anime about singers in Mega Man outfits fighting Kingdom Hearts enemies, ffs; stop trying to give it some sense of realism.
The Knight in the Area 05: I used to play as a goalkeeper when I was in middle school. I wasn't very good, and to be honest there were many times when I wished I were benched instead of playing. Even so, I had dreams regarding football. I wanted to be part of the national team and win the World Cup, too! So when the Fun Club were all like "YO DAWG WE GONNA BEAT BRAZIL IN THE WORLD CUP FINAL FUCK YEAH" I had a huge nostalgia attack.
The worst part about sports anime tends to be the non-sports stuff (karuta doesn't count as a sport), but I'll be damned if I am not enjoying Kakeru and Seven bouncing off every other character. Seven in particular is as cute as a button:
hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngh
Watashi no Chiisana Uma: Yujo no Mahou Desu 42: Tomboy tsunderes are the worst. Yet I still loved this episode. They took a character archetype that I am not very fond of and translated it into an appropriate setting -in this case action adventure serials. It made for an enjoyable episode despite focusing on my most disliked character.
Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki 05:
anime of the fucking forever holy fucking shit look at the little kitties goddamn they are meowing and doing adorable stuff what the fuck is wrong with you people
Fixed for moéfication.
You underestimate me. Only a foolish fool such as yourself would foolishly make such foolish accusations against me so foolishly.
For I know you're no better
than me!
Is it me or are those character designs very familiar? They remind me of Pokémon Adventures.
You too are my nakama.
I have to agree with this sentiment, but even then there's stuff to be liked. After watching so much anime you get to appreciate some of its "badness" almost intrinsically.
I decided to watch the second half of episode 4 after the outrage last week and I was honestly impressed with the use of music. I can't imagine (nor want to) how awful the soundtrack must have got for you to claim this.
I see we've gone from recommending Arjuna and School Days to gifting the glory of Blood-C to the masses. I'm happy about this development.
What England National Team didn't play like that? lol
perpetuating erroneous football stereotypes is my job
I sincerely hope SHAFT releases the movie on theatres full of stills and placeholder images in order to instigate higher home video sales.
I hope you don't mind me asking: is your interest in cinematography professional or only a hobby?
I see Advent Children Complete somewhere on that slide and then I realise I still haven't watched it. And I feel just fine.
So how long until Nomura becomes CEO of Squeenix?
On the other hand, poor Ikuhara. His works are just too symbolic for the silly plebeians to comprehend.
More like it's pity Sailor Moon was more about tv ratings and merchandise than video sales.
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Reminds me of this:
Of course, it's totally deliberate there, Glass Fleet is just...well, Glass Fleet.
Fiore was a visionary.
Animegaf is always amazed when Totoro shows up in the rankings at a million sold but apparently that's not the most amazing thing about Ghibli. According to that graph, Totoro might have sold a million but Spirited Away is at 4 million copies sold. Neither of them have BD releases yet. That is unbelievable.
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I'm specifically reffering to episode 2 and the start of episode 5. The use of music in episode 2 was pretty bad overall, where as in episode 5 it was just the beginning of the 'Kaiki' sequence that annoyed me. I don't think a 'fast' version of Kaiki's theme works very well.
It's just personal.
Jex
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It's just a 'lil 'ol toothbrush.
Marathoning that part of the show isn't recommended for the weak of heart!
Not when the movie is about Fiore trying to save Mamoru from the evils of heterosexuality.
Jex
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Dirty Pair 14
In the future, presidential debates will be presented in a tiny box on the middle of your TV screen, interrupting your soap opera kiss. They will be a mandatory overlay on top of all TV programming across all channels. The debates themselves won't even pretend to be about "issues" but will cut straight to the chase of name-calling and mud-slinging.
Truly Dirty Pair presents a frightening vision of a dystopian future from which our society should learn before it's too late.
Sounds like we're already there. /politicalcommentaryonanimegaf
I'm glad people are experiencing the greatness that is Dirty Pair. I think that most people who take a quick glance at the art of the show today might be inclined to think that it's going to be some kind of terrible fanservice show headed up by a couple of non-characters who exist simply to interest the audience by wearing skimpy outfits, or something. Surprisingly (?) Yuri and Kei are pretty good characters that are well matched to the kind of show that they're in. It wouldn't really be anywhere near as fun without them.
Jex
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No wonder there were rumours that if the can't get successors in they might as well just stop making anime and fall back on their old licences.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Yes, Seven is insanely cute! (Love your avatar, by the by. <3)
Except
Fiore discovers there are flowers in heterosexuality too and leaves knowing Mamoru is in good hands, instead of, you know, turning into a car
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Her name is Nana.
Hanako bros. I still have to finish Rin and Lilly though.
RurouniZel
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I'm in the minority in not caring much for Rin, but it seems everyone including me loves Lilly too. ^_^
The R movie might actually have more flowers though.
Yeah, this is what I did when I did my RTTP recently. My Conquest is not 100% necessary though. Overture instead of the first 2 episodes is a great substitute though.
edit: Miri. I'm sure you don't do this but do not, under any circumstances, check out the "Next Time on" bits at the end of each episode. Similarly, avoid reading the title of episodes. There can be massive spoilers in both. There are no codas in LoGH and at most, the end credits will roll OVER ongoing footage (something I really enjoyed about LoGH). Once those credits disappear and they reveal the name of the episode (always at the end of each episode , unless I'm mistaken), MOVE ON. Haha.
it's a nickname
Miki > Emi's mum > Rin > Emi > Lilly > Hanako > Shizune.
PdotMichael
Banned
It looks like the next episode of Pirates will be more than just a commercial for Norton - Internet Security.
Jex
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Yeah, this is fairly sage advice. Of course, this applies to lots of other shows as well, but with LOGH you really don't want them spoiling the most important part of the next episode for you.
Reminds me of this:
What is this?
Are you calling "Toki ni Ai wa" cheesy?
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Blood-C 8
Fuck this censoring. I really dislike gratuitous gore, but if it's a choice between that and only being able to see half the episode, I'll take it.
Hopefully
Fuck this censoring. I really dislike gratuitous gore, but if it's a choice between that and only being able to see half the episode, I'll take it.
Hopefully
everyone will be dead soon so there won't be anything left to censor.
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