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[Solune]

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Ohana has the greatest hair in the universe and the only reason I even look at HanaIro stills anymore.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/BoDe0.gif[/IMG]

if we're talking about HanaIro hair then Yuina is the best, imo.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/rbC8n.gif[/IMG]

Maybe she'll be the owner of one in season 2. (which yes, it is happening apparently)

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/RTIB8.gif[/IMG]

I'm sorry, but that didn't answer my question. I'm not even sure what the question had to do with: a) Hanasaku Iroha; or b) sales.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/RFqoW.gif[/IMG]

 

[iavi]

I'm sorry, but that didn't answer my question. I'm not even sure what the question had to do with: a) Hanasaku Iroha; or b) sales.

Lol, for some reason, that nudge wasn't anywhere near as rewarding as I thought it might be. Regardless, I'm fully aware that it wasn't a direct answer to that/those loaded question(s) of yours.

Serious answer: I enjoyed it. The sap did work with me, to some extent, Secret Base is Secret Base, and while it was a bin of wasted potential atop an already silly premise, I do feel as if it managed to wrap itself up in a manner that left no holes (where?), which is more than could be said for most. It wasn't amazing, by any means, but it wasn't the tripe it's purported to be.

 

[Branduil]

How badly did they mess up things with GITS 2.0? I feel like re-watching the film, is there any reason to bother with 2.0?

Remember how GITS used to look? Well, imagine how much better it would look if they replaced some of the iconic scenes with orange CGI that looks the first SAC OP.

 

[Geneijin]

Lol, for some reason, that nudge wasn't anywhere near as rewarding as I thought it might be. Regardless, I'm fully aware that it wasn't a direct answer to that/those loaded question(s) of yours.

Serious answer: I enjoyed it. The sap did work with me, to some extent, Secret Base is Secret Base, and while it was a bin of wasted potential atop an already silly premise, I do feel as if it managed to wrap itself up in a manner that left no holes. It wasn't amazing, by any means, but it wasn't the tripe it's purported to be.

The story wasn't nonsensical, there weren't any unresolved plot threads, and the melodrama was simply an emotionally-driven drama.

 

[Envelope]

Kyousogiga 1

uhhh, this felt like a trailer or a pilot or something not a coherent show

That was everyone's reaction to Kyousogiga. At least it had great art and animation.

 

[Articalys]

There really is a tumblr for everything, huh.

 

[Joule]

What is up with the frame rate on those gifs.

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Highschool DxD 6: Cosmic said it already but yeah westaboo x weeaboo end is best end. Muscle man magical girl was also pretty amusing. Still not up to this standard though.

Daily Lives of Highschool Student Councils 6: Not as totally funny for me as last week overall but the council scenes did it for me. Doing jobs and getting paid whether they wanted to or not. My favourite scene this week was the soccerbro's scene. Hidenori just couldn't let that ball throuugh. At least he's now rugbybro. Also everybody is a bro except Tadakuni.

Another 4-5: So we're finally getting into this whole curse business that made everybody shut up about it. I'm still intrigued as to where this 'another' thing is going to go. Poor

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nurse. Getting mushed by an elevator is still a thing that raises hairs if I think about it.

Ano Natsu 5: Yet another bro being a bro despite his own desires. Too bad these efforts don't seem like they'll bear much fruit. Girl C to Girl A is a 0-10 match up. Remon is amusing as usual. Writing troll scripts. I liked the MIB adlib plotline the movie has going. Mio hugging dat teddie bear.

Papa 5: 3 parts pandering 1 part usagi dropping. They're throwing all the usual fanservice tropes in here. There wasn't too much family doings this time around. Sora getting lost, uncle finds her, some flashback of how they met. Pretty standard stuff. At least at the end of the episode it shows them looking for local schools and stuff maybe that will go somewhere less pandering. Also Sako needs to be kept in line. Dude is a little creepy. Not enough Raika : (

Bodacious Pirates 5-6: So we're finally into the pirating portion of the show. I thought the whole yacht club's first expedition and their encounter with an aggressive enemy fairly interesting but I'm glad we're into what the show is titled. I found it pretty funny these rich dudes were all 'fuck yeah we're getting robbed!'. Is getting robbed a new noble pastime that I'm not aware of? If so I should take up this profession. I like Marika's pirate outfit. It looks cool. I guess pirates have to look the part but some of the crew are really living it up.

Persona 4 18: Nanako makes everything better. It felt like they actually handled this quite well unlike previous character dramas (ugh at the Naoto shadow). Hopefully they can continue this when the time comes again. Next episode looks like it'll just be a fun one.

 

[firehawk12]

Hidamari Sketch 01

So this is We Need To Go Wider: The Anime. I was laughing my ass off. This will be fun.

WIDER! WE NEED TO GO WIDER!!

I love how they play with their wide faces. It's a nice alternative to the Chibi style that other shows go to for facial expressions.

One more dose of Aria for the night. Episode 8 was also a gold mine for the President.

http://i.imgur.com/Somes.gifhttp://i.imgur.com/nHaLQ.gifhttp://i.imgur.com/V5bvu.gif

Oh yes, the start of the "triangle"!

Lol, for some reason, that nudge wasn't anywhere near as rewarding as I thought it might be. Regardless, I'm fully aware that it wasn't a direct answer to that/those loaded question(s) of yours.

Serious answer: I enjoyed it. The sap did work with me, to some extent, Secret Base is Secret Base, and while it was a bin of wasted potential atop an already silly premise, I do feel as if it managed to wrap itself up in a manner that left no holes (where?), which is more than could be said for most. It wasn't amazing, by any means, but it wasn't the tripe it's purported to be.

Secret Base is really the only answer you need to give.

 

[PdotMichael]

There really is a tumblr for everything, huh.

Tsundere

http://imgur.com/a/eKtvm#0

I found it yesterday and woah...

 

[Thoraxes]

There really is a tumblr for everything, huh.

Tsundere

http://imgur.com/a/eKtvm#0

I found it yesterday and woah...

I am going to die.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Tsundere

http://imgur.com/a/eKtvm#0

I found it yesterday and woah...

I cannot fap to this!

 

[Steroyd]

Personally, I appreciated the great care that went into ensuring that

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what Menma could interact with

remained consistent and that we were never given a clear answer on

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whether or not she was just in Jintan's head

.

You mean how they consistantly bent the

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ghost

rules to keep that facade up, there was an episode where she ate food right infront of Pooppo ffs.

 

[wonzo]

Tsundere

http://imgur.com/a/eKtvm#0

I found it yesterday and woah...

welp

 

[Neo C.]

There really is a tumblr for everything, huh.

haha oh wow.jpg

 

[sleepykyo]

if we're talking about HanaIro hair then Yuina is the best, imo.

I just can't unsee the drills.

 

[Jintor]

Tsundere

http://imgur.com/a/eKtvm#0

I found it yesterday and woah...

Hnggggggggggh.

I don't even like that archetype. I guess i do now.

 

[Soma]

I just can't unsee the drills.

Drill Hair is awesome!

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

Tsundere

http://imgur.com/a/eKtvm#0

I found it yesterday and woah...

What the actual fuck.

 

[dimb]

Hnggggggggggh.

I don't even like that archetype. I guess i do now.

The only thing that could have been weirder than reading this is knowing that it...does something...for other people.

Not that I'm judging or anything.

 

[BluWacky]

Ep1 - Good action, scenario is not outstanding, character designs suck.
Ep2 - What happened to the good action? Why is the writing even worse? Wow these designs really suck!
Ep3 - Flashback scene was kinda cool, this show is boring.
Ep4 - I forgot what it was about.
Ep5 - I also forgot.
Ep6 - Action's pretty cool, no one gives a fuck about the story or characters anymore, wow the character designs and art direction for this show REALLY sucks!

Well, at least you watched I guess. -_-

 

[Risette]

How badly did they mess up things with GITS 2.0? I feel like re-watching the film, is there any reason to bother with 2.0?

Original:

2.0:

You tell me

 

[Narag]

What was the intent there? I caught the redone sequences once and from what I remember it added nothing, possibly even detracted.

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

If you were a fan of the original, I recommend catching GITS 2.0, it's interesting to see some of the minor changes (even outside the CG) and honestly it's still really good.

 

[Risette]

What was done to the 2D parts:

Original:

2.0:

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If you were a fan of the original, I recommend catching GITS 2.0, it's interesting to see some of the minor changes (even outside the CG) and honestly it's still really good.

It's interesting to see Greedo shoot first too but that doesn't mean it should actually exist

 

[Basileus777]

Wow, that's really bad, especially that first comparison. The awful CG aside, why would they try to make everything orange? For consistency with other GitS material?

 

[RurouniZel]

GitS 2.0 is ugly as shit. I never watch that version.

 

[Jintor]

Orangefy that shit.

 

[remz]

Wow, that's really bad, especially that first comparison. The awful CG aside, why would they try to make everything orange? For consistency with other GITS material?

I'm presuming they thought orange was the reason Innocence looks so good.

it isn't.

 

[Pachael]

Tsundere

http://imgur.com/a/eKtvm#0

I found it yesterday and woah...

My, my, that's a lot of tsundere service.

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

It's interesting to see Greedo shoot first too but that doesn't mean it should actually exist

Hence why I said "interesting". Maybe that's only due to my own over-exposure to the original.

 

[wonzo]

wow GitS 2.0 looks horrendous. how could someone honestly think that was a good idea?

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

wow GitS 2.0 looks horrendous. how could someone honestly think that was a good idea?

It doesn't look horrendous. It doesn't look (and in general, it isn't) as good as the original, but it's not like it's bad or anything.

Horrendous is what people were describing how Azumanga Daioh looks, a few pages back.

 

[Envelope]

It doesn't look horrendous. It doesn't look (and in general, it isn't) as good as the original, but it's not like it's bad or anything.

Horrendous is what people were describing how Azumanga Daioh looks, a few pages back.

Azumanga looks better than GiTS 2.0

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

Azumanga looks better than GiTS 2.0

Uh?

GITS 2.0 is artistically much the same as the original, but for the orange hue (which is more noticeable at some times than others) and the CG. I'm not going to even argue that it looks better than a show like Azumanga Daioh because that's frankly stupid.

 

[Jintor]

Looking at those caps it really removes the rough-hewn look of the original which I find a lot more captivating than the more CGish stuff they have now. That said I haven't actually seen GITS 2.0 so whateverrrrrrrr

 

[Branduil]

It doesn't look horrendous. It doesn't look (and in general, it isn't) as good as the original, but it's not like it's bad or anything.

The CGI is definitely bad. The other shots are good art defaced with ugly digital effects.

 

[Risette]

Uh?

GITS 2.0 is artistically much the same as the original, but for the orange hue (which is more noticeable at some times than others) and the CG.

Except covered in tons of bad gaussian blur and blown out garish digital lighting, along with the color timing completely shifted to from steely blue tones to monotone sepia. In other words it's not really similar at all.

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

Except covered in tons of bad gaussian blur and blown out garish digital lighting, along with the color timing completely shifted to from steely blue tones to monotone sepia. In other words it's not really similar at all.

You're talking about coloring, I'm talking about artistically. It's the same movie but with bad colors, is that a better way of putting what I wanted to say?

It's worse than GITS but still not horrendous. I'm not defending 2.0, only objecting to the blatant over-reaction.

 

[Risette]

You're talking about coloring, I'm talking about artistically. It's the same movie but with bad colors, is that a better way of putting what I wanted to say?

It's worse than GITS but still not horrendous. I'm not defending 2.0, only objecting to the blatant over-reaction.

Color timing is part of the art, though. Especially in film.

Say no to film revisionism

 

[/XX/]

You're talking about coloring, I'm talking about artistically. It's the same movie but with bad colors, is that a better way of putting what I wanted to say?

I think that the most blatant problem for many aren't the filters itself, but how those cannibalize the detail of the picture present on the original, makes it harder to see that detail. Like there has been no measure applying those, or even like they tried to hide something. Trying to overlay a work not planned to be changed.

It's worse than GITS but still not horrendous. I'm not defending 2.0, only objecting to the blatant over-reaction.

Adjectives are relative for any person, maybe that film is a true horror for the person in question who said that.

 

[Envelope]

Uh?

GITS 2.0 is artistically much the same as the original, but for the orange hue (which is more noticeable at some times than others) and the CG. I'm not going to even argue that it looks better than a show like Azumanga Daioh because that's frankly stupid.

GiTS 2.0 doesn't exist in a vacuum, and due to the terrible changes they made artwise to it, I do prefer the look of Azumanga Daioh to it.

 

[Jubern]

Chihayafuru 19

I totally saw it coming.

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I'm totally rooting for Taichi, so it was kinda hard. He's been portrayed as the big loser of the story up til now, I seriously hope they'll cut him some slack later down the road é_è

This is stopping at 26 right?

 

[Risette]

Adjectives are relative for any person, maybe that film is a true horror for the person in question who said that.

So horrifying that I had to spend $60 to import the real version of the movie from Japan. :<

 

[PorcellainThrill]

Tsundere

http://imgur.com/a/eKtvm#0

I found it yesterday and woah...

I want a Yandere one that ends with the viewers decapitation.

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

GiTS 2.0 doesn't exist in a vacuum, and due to the terrible changes they made artwise to it, I do prefer the look of Azumanga Daioh to it.

Well that's like, your opinion man.

Which is totally fine and in the end if we are talking about two anime that look like shit then it really doesn't matter to which degree.

GITS 2.0 has the advantage of having the original artwork as it's basis and all the detail that comes with it. First time watchers should always watch GITS, but there's really no harm in checking out 2.0 if you've seen the original ad nauseum. It is somewhat fun to try and find any differences and inconsistencies from the original, but your mileage may vary.

 

[Risette]

GITS 2.0 has the advantage of having the original artwork as it's basis and all the detail that comes with it.

It doesn't have all the detail though. Most of the detail has been blurred away to remove the graininess of the original.

 

[Envelope]

Ano Natsu 6

Lemon is what is keeping this a step above the average romcom. The pretty art doesn't hurt either.

Anyway, lots of plot this week, the 2 new girls are nice additions to the harem cast.

don't worry Kanna, you're still number 1 for me~

 

[Narag]

It doesn't have all the detail though. Most of the detail has been blurred away to remove the graininess of the original.

I think that might be the problem I had with the 2.0 shots you posted. They have a sterility to them and it feels like less like a film.

 

[/XX/]

Say no to film revisionism

And this is why I much prefer that those obsessed with their own works (or 'by-product' profits) resort to re-making them from the scratch, as long as they leave the original ones alone.

So horrifying that I had to spend $60 to import the real version of the movie from Japan. :<

I (definitely) know that feel...

 

[Steroyd]

Chihayafuru 19

I totally saw it coming.

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I'm totally rooting for Taichi, so it was kinda hard. He's been portrayed as the big loser of the story up til now, I seriously hope they'll cut him some slack later down the road é_è

"At Karuta"

His trophy room speaks otherwise. Personally I'm glad it's keeping him in check.