The closest thing to that was when she was dolled up during the raid, other than that it's safe.
Only saving grace of the Omigawa part was that I had Hnngazawa as an antidote for every line she said.
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The closest thing to that was when she was dolled up during the raid, other than that it's safe.
Only saving grace of the Omigawa part was that I had Hnngazawa as an antidote for every line she said.
Bodacious Space Pirates 7
Not quite as good as last week's episode, but still several steps above a certain other show I could mention. There seemed to be a bit of a hit to the budget as well, with reused footage and a fair amount of distant shots.
So much delicious Omigawa and Hanawaza in the first half of the episode,
, and things might possibly get a little more serious next episode.
Not quite as good as last week's episode, but still several steps above a certain other show I could mention. There seemed to be a bit of a hit to the budget as well, with reused footage and a fair amount of distant shots.
So much delicious Omigawa and Hanawaza in the first half of the episode,
dolled up Marika was pretty funny
I doubt it though, looks like the stowaway will just transfer into the school. anime. I'm wondering if there's something more going on that we know, however, considering the odd behavior of the escort ships during the attack. It might be just a mistake, as the crew said, but I'm not writing out the possibility something more sinister is afoot.
Jex
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Anime represents a prefect world man, that's how they'd work in such a wondrous land.
Typographenia
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LAGRANGE: Episode 07
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Wan~
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Oh man, they're laying it on thick today. Trying really hard to make me give a dang about Muginami. At least they brought back the WIDESCREEN!
Oh, look, they're paralleling the same "dream->wakeup" structure and shots as they used for Lan.
I rather enjoyed the flashback stuff for Muginami, since it didn't last forever, but it still didn't make me like her anymore. The flashbacks at least had a good mood to them, well, until they started dressing stupidly. Ugh. The present-day Muginami personality just irritates me too much.
Organball sounds fun! Where do I sign up?
Whoops, Butler got called out. Sort of. Nice recovery, butler. I wonder what else he's keeping them in the dark about?
So, what is this? Eels? Why?
Oh, that's why. Okay, I approve of this. ...What?
(nah, it's actually pretty dumb. This whole episode made me cringe at how hard they were forcing the fanservicey stuff.)
Lan getting on to Madoka for running and the ensuing moment made the entire setpiece worth it, though. hahaha
So, Madoka's teacher is somehow omniscient, and she gets Madoka to realize... something. I'm still not sure. Madoka was totally still in the right, I don't care what the show says. Regardless of the "get revenge" thing, they had to stop them from coming to destroy the Voxs, so yeah. Also, DUN DUN DUN! Why do I suspect this will pretty much not ever be discussed in-depth until much later in the show?
What's the best way to make up? Naked bath hugs, of course! Poor, Lan. : (
Wait, Muginami is going to leave anyways? FANTASTIC! What? Lan?! What are you doing?! NOOOOOO!
And then the strangest part of the whole episode: What the heck am I watching?!
Oh, look, they're paralleling the same "dream->wakeup" structure and shots as they used for Lan.
I rather enjoyed the flashback stuff for Muginami, since it didn't last forever, but it still didn't make me like her anymore. The flashbacks at least had a good mood to them, well, until they started dressing stupidly. Ugh. The present-day Muginami personality just irritates me too much.
Organball sounds fun! Where do I sign up?
Whoops, Butler got called out. Sort of. Nice recovery, butler. I wonder what else he's keeping them in the dark about?
So, what is this? Eels? Why?
Oh, that's why. Okay, I approve of this. ...What?
(nah, it's actually pretty dumb. This whole episode made me cringe at how hard they were forcing the fanservicey stuff.)
Lan getting on to Madoka for running and the ensuing moment made the entire setpiece worth it, though. hahaha
So, Madoka's teacher is somehow omniscient, and she gets Madoka to realize... something. I'm still not sure. Madoka was totally still in the right, I don't care what the show says. Regardless of the "get revenge" thing, they had to stop them from coming to destroy the Voxs, so yeah. Also, DUN DUN DUN! Why do I suspect this will pretty much not ever be discussed in-depth until much later in the show?
What's the best way to make up? Naked bath hugs, of course! Poor, Lan. : (
Wait, Muginami is going to leave anyways? FANTASTIC! What? Lan?! What are you doing?! NOOOOOO!
And then the strangest part of the whole episode: What the heck am I watching?!
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...What am I watching? Oh well, hopefully that will be the most of this they try to force for a while. I don't mind it if they let it happen more naturally, but all the fanservice in this episode pretty much undermined any of the sympathy they were trying to generate for Muginami. It was awkward and didn't work more often than it did.
Wan~
Jex
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I'm glad that they point out that it's a "funny moment" because people might get tricked into thinking the whole show is that good.
Basileus777
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SHAFT's been outdone, forget snakes, there are eels!
Typographenia
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Strategic placement! I made sure not to do anything truly spoilery in the urls. : )
Well, except maybe organball. But I don't think anyone will ever know what that is.
"She's one bad mother-"
"SHUT YO MOUTH!"
"I'm only talkin' bout Lan."
"We can dig it."
An anime? If so, source? You sure you don't mean the standard Love Live music videos?
Jex
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Hmm, I wonder if Lagrange will every be able (or chose to) shed it's creepy, pandering to otaku approach to it's female characters.
Well, I guess not. Good job guys, you're really trying to make it as awkward as possible.LAGRANGE: Episode 07
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No, it's really a full series for 2013.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...school-idol-project-gets-anime-series-in-2013
They apparently also recently started a manga, whose plot goes thusly:
Shaft fans trying to justify shameless fan-service (lol).
Every day the dream I had where E7 AO ended up being terrible, ends up being closer and closer to reality.
Oh, in that case, then of course they'll have the CG intermixed with the dance animation Westlo.
It's a given based on their last 3 music videos. Even the aforementioned link to the 4th single has it.
Typographenia
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RurouniZel
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The show really is amazing! XD So many skits had me in stitches that people would literally come to check on me to find out if I was okay! XD
Jex
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More like a premonition.
Revolutionary Girl Utena 01
I bought all the new boxsets a while ago, haven't gotten around to watching anything until now.
That's the most yuri-tastic OP I've seen since the last time I watched Kannazuki no Miko.
Ah, so that's how "Utena" is pronounced!
For all that she's an archetypical tomboy, Utena's voice is surprisingly high.
Not eight minutes in we get the first slap of the series. Apparently this is a thing with this show?
The student council members seem a bit dramatic, even for anime.
Jerk move, Saionji. The first boss always has an inflated opinion of himself, I suppose.
Those Greek chorus shadows remind me of the dark bunnies from Penguindrum. And this whole secret chamber in the forest outside the school business reminds me of Star Driver.
Wait...is this the stair-climbing sequence that gets turned into stock footage for the rest of the series? It's pretty neat, I guess I wouldn't mind watching it again.
The end of that duel doesn't really make a whole lot of sense.
"Absolute destiny apocalypse" is one of those phrases that can only be said with a straight face in Japanese.
I bought all the new boxsets a while ago, haven't gotten around to watching anything until now.
That's the most yuri-tastic OP I've seen since the last time I watched Kannazuki no Miko.
Ah, so that's how "Utena" is pronounced!
For all that she's an archetypical tomboy, Utena's voice is surprisingly high.
Not eight minutes in we get the first slap of the series. Apparently this is a thing with this show?
The student council members seem a bit dramatic, even for anime.
Jerk move, Saionji. The first boss always has an inflated opinion of himself, I suppose.
Those Greek chorus shadows remind me of the dark bunnies from Penguindrum. And this whole secret chamber in the forest outside the school business reminds me of Star Driver.
Wait...is this the stair-climbing sequence that gets turned into stock footage for the rest of the series? It's pretty neat, I guess I wouldn't mind watching it again.
The end of that duel doesn't really make a whole lot of sense.
"Absolute destiny apocalypse" is one of those phrases that can only be said with a straight face in Japanese.
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Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 6
So, I guess this is the bad end of the harem route.
Fun episode, with traumatizing the resident shota, adding to your harem to make it less deadly with bad results and a re run from last week.
That was some voodoo magic Chiri did at the end of Let's Draw Zetsubou Sensei though.
So, I guess this is the bad end of the harem route.
Fun episode, with traumatizing the resident shota, adding to your harem to make it less deadly with bad results and a re run from last week.
That was some voodoo magic Chiri did at the end of Let's Draw Zetsubou Sensei though.
Jex
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It did, but then it got worse. I understand that they're trying to sell BD's and such, but if none of that content was present the show would be a lot more palatable.
Neko Mimi Mode
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The same could be said for most recent anime that pander to the otaku.
Mind you, I was of the opinion BD sales were pretty bad regardless and most anime exist to push sales of manga and light novels.
PdotMichael
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deal with it...
and call me a pervert otaku because I enjoy the show is the first step to be the first one on my ignore list.
Basileus777
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If you take out the fanservice and hnng, I'm not sure what would be left. Melodrama and some vaguely described war with aliens?
Neko Mimi Mode
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Do people seriously watch anime for these things? :\
Anyway, it'd still have the mecha. Plus remove the fanservice and you could have more room to add plot and character development.
It only gets weirder as the series goes on.
I would watch this, but then again I love me some melodrama.
Jex
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Wait, when did the personal attacks appear?
The same can't be said. Not in the same sense you're implying.
That's not how math works.
Whoa, what got you so mad?
I'm a perverted otaku who likes rinne and proud of it.
PorcellainThrill
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I liked all of the repeated stock footage scenes in Utena
and apparently ranked them
Black Rose Elevator>Stair Elevator>Stairs=Student Council Elevator>that one building shot>that other shot
I am pretty apt at ranking things. So this should be absolute.
Typographenia
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A totally rad opening theme song!
Neko Mimi Mode
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How so? I'm not saying that by taking the excessive fanservice out of all otaku series that it would make them better. Only most. Or maybe even only some. I don't watch that many series with fanservice (read: ecchi) as it's one of my least favorite aspects of anime. I do like Rinne though.
Jex
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I'm glad you feel that way.
Well, of course. I hear it sells to people as well.
dakkumauji
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Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 7
So we get scammed by loss leaders, make some jokes about generals, and talk about how surprises aren't surprising anymore. I got nothing else to really say.
Haha, I get it. Emperor penguin.
So we get scammed by loss leaders, make some jokes about generals, and talk about how surprises aren't surprising anymore. I got nothing else to really say.
Neko Mimi Mode
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I'd go into how "it's a shame" etc, but no doubt it was covered ad nauseum around here once everyone realized Chihayafuru was heading for a BOMBA.
Welcome to modern anime!
You'd probably end up with something like Fafner, though, which isn't necessarily a good thing (and I liked Fafner!).
If you could have a show with an atmosphere like Lagrange's and the same attention to artistic detail, except with central characters that don't do things just for the sake of being moe, I think that would probably entertain me more.
Perhaps it's churlish of me to want Lagrange to be something other than what it is, especially when has decent production values (which is more than so many shows nowadays). But it's a show where the fanservice is almost superfluous, rather than the whole point of the show's existence, and I can't help wishing it wasn't necessary because it's not why I would want to watch the show.
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ef a tale of memories Episodes 5 8
Although I like Miyako was kind of hoping the show would be ballsy enough to pull a bad ending with her. I really hope that bitch Kei gets whats coming to her but thats not going to happen, probably. And finally poor Chihiro and Renji (
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Although I like Miyako was kind of hoping the show would be ballsy enough to pull a bad ending with her. I really hope that bitch Kei gets whats coming to her but thats not going to happen, probably. And finally poor Chihiro and Renji (
still not sure why he freaked the fuck out when she asked to kiss him
The ultimate argument for fanservice in Lagrange.
(I know you like Fafner, but.....I'll link to my episode-by episode meltdowns from when I marathoned the show in the previous thread if anyone wants to know my take on it)
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LTTResponse.
I'm starting to get more and more frustrated with IG's use of cgi. When they make it work, they do it better than most anyone else. However, there are so many times when their choices in implementation feel more like an excuse to lazily cut corners that didn't need cutting. I don't know if it's more a matter of efficiency or production cost savings that leads them to do this, but it bugs the heck out of me.
I originally watched this a few months ago when youtube had like a free week for watching some of the movie they typically charged for (watched Tekkon Kinkreet and Tokyo Godfathers too. It was a good week).
Sorry, I don't really have anything more to add, but I'm glad the number of people that enjoyed the film is continuing to grow beyond the handful of us now.
I agree, I found the designs to be a major turnoff. I almost didn't watch it because I thought it was in poor taste to give the protagonist that kind of haircut in the setting they appeared to be going for.
I'm starting to get more and more frustrated with IG's use of cgi. When they make it work, they do it better than most anyone else. However, there are so many times when their choices in implementation feel more like an excuse to lazily cut corners that didn't need cutting. I don't know if it's more a matter of efficiency or production cost savings that leads them to do this, but it bugs the heck out of me.
Dang it, I'm going to have to watch this again soonish, then.
I originally watched this a few months ago when youtube had like a free week for watching some of the movie they typically charged for (watched Tekkon Kinkreet and Tokyo Godfathers too. It was a good week).
I thought they were broadcasting it too strongly, as well.
I remember, when I was watching it, thinking "surely that's not what this is. It can't be so obvious?" I would like to give the movie credit and say it's supposed to be how the protagonist is likely feeling in regards to "is this what's going on?" but it felt too obtuse, in the end, for me.
I don't remember all of that terribly clearly, but I recall being glad they didn't delve into it further in retrospect.
I can see it potentially being a jumping-off point where they might have spent too much time over-explaining things to make the premise make more sense, or just taken the plot in another direction with it. I'm kind of glad we are left in the dark as much as we were, but I probably need to see it again before I can say anything beyond that.
Sorry, I don't really have anything more to add, but I'm glad the number of people that enjoyed the film is continuing to grow beyond the handful of us now.
Neko Mimi Mode
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I'll take your word for it, though in the end it's only really speculation. If Rinne or any other otaku-oriented anime removed it's pandering, it would only really doing so for the better if it filled the void with something more substantial. While you could say that much is subjective, I'd wager most of us weren't drawn to Japanese animation for ecchi.
It's hard to describe Rinne really, it just gives Nadesico vibes with how fun it is. I like the mecha too of course and there's not really much to choose from this season. Only other thing I'm watching is ZnTF :\ (for the SxL romance, ironically. Maybe I'm just doing it all wrong.)
I have an Arjuna avatar unironically, my taste is not necessarily a benchmark for anyone to follow...
It's been a long time since I watched it but Fafner has difficulty in grounding its melodrama in sympathetic characters; there are too many, they don't get enough screen time, and the "dramatic" conceit of the Fafners (that whoever rides in them has their personality amplified to become some kind of exaggeration) only really serves to caricature the supporting characters while emphasising the "awesomeness" of the central trio of Kazuki, Soushi and Maya.
Lagrange, from what I've watched of it, has potentially interesting characters, but they're let down by the show refusing to let them just be and giving them moe tics etc.
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Oh, man. Ringo.
Still enjoying this. Not all of the jokes work, but the ones that do keep me going. The simple art is competent and consistent. A part of me wishes that this had started out with a focus on the girls from the start. The original trio--barring the Sugita-voiced Hidenori--are kinda dull in comparison to all the other groups in the show.
Oh, man. Ringo.
Still enjoying this. Not all of the jokes work, but the ones that do keep me going. The simple art is competent and consistent. A part of me wishes that this had started out with a focus on the girls from the start. The original trio--barring the Sugita-voiced Hidenori--are kinda dull in comparison to all the other groups in the show.
You're doing it wrong.Hix said:
Jex
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Tell me more about this coinage that you're minting.
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