Winter 2012 Anime Thread 2.22: You Can (Not) Outpost Cajunator

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Ozuma for the Leiji Matsumoto recycles
Saint Seiya Omega for the hot Umakoshi action (also nostalgia)
Uchuu Kyoudai for the hope that it isn't shit
Ginga e Kickoff!! because GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Sengoku Collection because Brains Base kind of deserves some credit after Penguindrum
Nadia of the Blue Water because GAINAX was once cool
Eureka Seven AO because lol Bones
Hyouka because Kyoto Animation are objectively the best studio nowadays
Medaka Box because I wanna see GAINAX's corpse now that Imaishi has left
Sakamichi no Apollon because it's a fucking Shinichiro Watanabe cartoon with music by Yoko Kanno; what the fuck else you want? It even has boy love undertones for those who like it
Accel World because the trailer looked fun and actiony and crap.
Nazo no Kanojo X because I don't know I need to balance the awesome crap with trashy shit
And that Kenshin OVA which is gonna suck because lol Deen
 
Articalys said:
And to conclude this thematic trip down memory lane, the first GAF reaction of School Days' ending back when it aired, courtesy of Defuser:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8014764&postcount=204
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The episode was edited for TV. Heavily. Blood was black, sounds were cut, flashbacks were put in place of violence.
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I'm not sure how to feel about this. On one hand, I think I've seen enough. On the other, my experience was incomplete. Damn you ye olde GAF, and your accursed knowledge.
 
hosannainexcelsis said:
Sometimes the humor is too fast or too random to stick with me, but considering how much they stuff into the episode enough of it sticks to be entertaining. I'll probably go back and check out the first season.
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It tends to vary from episode to episode in terms of how fast paced the humor is. That episode is very much a more high energy episode. If you liked that episode you should be good to go on the series I think, and as a bonus the season finale has some really sweet sakuga action.

Miri said:
Yeah, I agree on that pv. I want to think that White Fox can do it right, but its a fast-paced kinda wtf~ish dumb fun seinen, and Steins;Gate didn't really impress with its production values, as much as I love it. Nothing they've done has, imo. But as long as they nail the facial expressions:
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Katanagatari was probably more visually competent than Steins, at least from what little I saw of Steins anyway. This manga art is nice, hope it transitions well.
 
All this time I was trying to figure out what Brain's Base was doing after Natsume and it was right in front of me, huh. I suppose that's what I get for relying on English Wikipedia and ignoring all the news articles about Sengoku Collection.

With a chart that complete, I guess I might as well make a list.

For sure, all the way:
Fate/zero S2
Medaka Box
Sakamichi no Apollon

Interest:
Uchuu Kyoudai
Jormagund (thanks to the discussion just now)
Tsuritama
Mysterious Girl X

Maybe:
Tasogare Otome x Amnesia
Hyouka
E7AO (pending if I get around to watching the original in the interim)
AKB0048 (lololololol)
 
Ozuma
Uchuu Kyoudai
Upotte!!
Tatsogare OttomexAmnesia
Hyouka
Jormagund
Shining Hearts
Sankarea
Sakamichi no Apollon
Tsuritama
Shirukama Cafe
Mysterious Girl X


Woah! I will watch the first episode of 12 shows.
 
Fo sho:
Sakamachi no Apollon: do I even need a reason at this point?
Tsurutaima: because I want to
Upotte!!: because i've read some of it
E7 AO: because I hope they don't fuck this up but who am I kidding also Chiaki Omigawa
Phi Brain: because what's been on has been fun
Hyouka: because KyoAni and i'm just genuinely curious
KOREAN ZOMBIE DESK CAR S2: bceause FUCK YEEAAAAAAHHHHHH more Haruna! and I guess the rest of the cast anyways
Fate Zero: because fuck yeah!

Will check out:
Loli Cthulu show: because it's loli Cthulu
Sengoku Collection: because why not
Sankarea
Natsuiro no Kiseki
Medaka Box: not sure how the anime will go, but hopefully it stays true

Dropped before it started:

AKB48 anime: Because Rina Nakashini moved on to porn, and I followed her there.
 
hosannainexcelsis said:
A new Spring 2012 chart is out. 44 shows, folks.
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1.) Hyouka - KyoAni hype. Kouhei Tanaka.
2.) Ozuma - They fucking know who fucking Yamashita is. They have a specific goal.
3.) Tsuritama - bishes
4.) Sakamichi no Apollon - noitamina is dead, etc. Ah, who am I kidding.
5.) Zetman - Yo, finally.
6.) Saint Seiya Omega - Umakoshi
7.) Accel World - So phat
8.) Uchuu Kyoudai - Brosis
9.) Medaka Box - The hype is scandalous.
10.) Natsuiro no Kiseki - Sunrise moe girls. Magical girls? Who knows really. It's unknown territory even for them I suspect.
11.) Queen's Blade Rebellion - the "ecchi" genre has a broad definition lately.
12.) Amnesia - ef isn't that bad.
13.) Acchi Kocchi - The PV is moe
14.) Kuroko no Basuke - Two episodes of The New Prince of Tennis anime as an Episode Director, but the anime was a terrible adaptation upon also being based on a bad manga so... chance?
15.) Jormungund - doooomed with a chance for salvation.
16.) Sankarea - doooooomed with no savior. No faith is that strong. 1st episode isn't key.
17.) AKB0048 - I'm ready, are you malady?
18.) Zombisu - They can't possibly screw this up.
19.) Kimi to Boku S2 - Bro-On
20.) Sengoku Collection - As long as there is no brooding drama, this will be safe.
21.) Saki: side A - MANABU ONO folks.
22.) Hiiro no Kakera - Inconsistency out the- whoa, bishounen. DEEN seal of quality.

Eh...

Mystery Girlfriend X - So little information. No comment.
E7: AO - I can wait at the train station.
 
Batman: Gotham Knight

Have I Got a Story for You was clearly the standout short in all of this.
The way in which the depiction of Batman was radically different depending on the kids interpretation of what they saw, all of which highlighted a key aspects of Batman's dominance only to unveil the whole sum of Batman's parts at the end
was absolutely brilliant.

I also enjoyed In Darkness Dwells and Working Through Pain quite a bit but I really didn't care all that much for the rest.
The final scene of Working Through Pain where Batman, holding onto all the guns from the sewer whilst muttering "I can't" makes it clear the pain is the complete and utter futility of his actions to clean up Gotham and his struggle to come to terms with that rather arduous fact.

Have I Got a Story for You >>>>>>>>> Working Through Pain > In Darkness Dwells (a hellboy cartoon animated like this would own) > Deadshot > Field Test >>> Crossfire

Articalys said:
Here's your damn Mysterious Girlfriend X cast listing:

Mikoto Urabe -- Ayako Yoshitani, a complete rookie seiyuu
Akira Tsubaki -- Miyu Irino
Kouhei Ueno -- Yuuki Kaji
Ayuko Oka -- Ryou Hirohashi
Youko Tsubaki -- Misato Fukuen
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i'm kinda mad about the lack of omigawa. fucking mal :(
 
Do all anime studio save there top shows for spring season?

For sure
Shirokuma Cafe-a Mothafucken POLAR BEAR THAT RUNS A CAFE
Zetaman- enjoyed what I read in the manga and trailer looked great what a got from it is something super heroes with bro rivals
Jormungand -modern warfare action anime...sounds good, I like white fox so far but I have zero faith in them when it comes to animating actions scenes after katanagari.
Saint seiya omega –action anime by Toei am in(hopefuly it's more lost canvas and less old one)
Space bro- sounds like plantes but with bros in space sounds great
Fate zero s2

Intereste
Ginga e kick off –with konosuke uda hopefully this will be the football show knight of areazzzzzzzzz z could never be
Hyouka- For Kouhei Tanaka FUCK Kyoani
apollon - new madhouse + watanabe +Yoko Kanno
 
Steins;Gate 25 (OVA)

So yeah, that was alright. Nothing spectacular, but that's fine given the scenario they had to work with. A fun little bonus episode with plenty of humor throughout, Mamoru Miyano hamming it up gloriously, and
enough Okabe/Kurisu scenes to keep me happy. Still one of my favorite anime couples
.
 
Envelope said:
You know, banana scenes are usually pretty bad, but this one is fairly innocent.
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I love how you add the word "fairly" after "is" I blame a certain character and the numerous bath scenes, for making people so cynical about what this show is really implying at times.

Ultimadrago said:
Blood C epic meltdown
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Delicious.

wonzo said:
omg

http://www.hanazawakana-music.net/
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Blood-C - 01

Good first episode. The action scenes were actually pretty detailed which surprised me. Saya is moe as hell but a bit too one-dimensional going all kyun-kyun for her father 24/7

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wtf was that, though?
 
Noirulus said:
Blood-C - 01

Good first episode. The action scenes were actually pretty detailed which surprised me. Saya is moe as hell but a bit too one-dimensional going all kyun-kyun for her father 24/7

wtf was that, though?
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Why does Saya shoot three-pointers? Because four-pointers don't exist.
 
Noirulus said:
Blood-C - 01

Good first episode. The action scenes were actually pretty detailed which surprised me. Saya is moe as hell but a bit too one-dimensional going all kyun-kyun for her father 24/7

wtf was that, though?
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oh man, CLAMP's body proportions at work folks
 
Steins;Gate 25

Oh man.

Dat Engrish.

Dat Kurisu.

not gonna lie the ending got me all giddy like a little girl. Okabe/Kurisu are such a great couple.

That was a pretty fun episode though. Nothing amazing in comparison to the rest of the series but it was definitely enjoyable.
 
Branduil said:
Why does Saya shoot three-pointers? Because four-pointers don't exist.
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Meditations on how to be Antoine Walker™

wonzo said:
oh man, CLAMP's body proportions at work folks
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Strangely enough, i'm fine with that.

moonspeak said:
Steins;Gate 25

Oh man.

Dat Engrish.

Dat Kurisu.

not gonna lie the ending got me all giddy like a little girl. Okabe/Kurisu are such a great couple.


That was a pretty fun episode though. Nothing amazing in comparison to the rest of the series but it was definitely enjoyable.
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Now watch Blood-C with me!
 
hosannainexcelsis said:
A new Spring 2012 chart is out. 44 shows, folks.
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Saint Seiya Omega
Rock Lee SD
Phi Brain Season 2
Euraka Seven Ao
Fate Zero S2
Hyou-ka
Accel World
Kore wa Zombie
Kimi to Boku
Hiro no Kakera
Shining Hearts - depending on ep 1, may drop
Medaka Box

Hopefully Sentai gets Accel World, and continues Phi Brain. Dont know what else would even picked up beyond Kore for Funimation.

Shouta said:
So uh, looks like the bleach anime is ending

http://0taku.livedoor.biz/archives/4120275.html

It could be a typo though.
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That is not news I wanted to see at 6 AM. Ugh my three years of following this anime every tuesday or so, Ill miss it. Hopefully viz keeps dubbing.

I fear it going the way of Reborn and not ever getting subsequent arcs animated. It was on a role with the best animated fights.
 
hosannainexcelsis said:
Milky Holmes S2 3

This is much better than I would have thought. A glance at the premise and key art makes it seem like some dull cute girl slice-of-life sort of thing, but it's actually a wild, wacky, hyper-paced comedy, layering gags upon gags. It's the sort of show where the cast suddenly breaks out into a musical number.
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You must not have watched the first season, or you'd know that already. It is indeed an often very funny comedy series, so now that you know how good it is, go back and watch S1 now! It might fill in the time while we wait for more of S2...

I don't like the main character designs, but I do like the designs for the ancillary characters and the exaggerated art. There was one guy in particular who had some awesome faces:

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I also like the art style used for the backgrounds:

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Sometimes the humor is too fast or too random to stick with me, but considering how much they stuff into the episode enough of it sticks to be entertaining. I'll probably go back and check out the first season.
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Do that, for sure. Season 1 is every bit as good as episode 3 of S2 on average, and almost all of the S1 eps are better than S2 eps 1 or 2.

As for the art, I think the normal art is fine, but it is interesting when they mix things up a bit for some parts. When the art's completely different it definitely can add to the impact of the joke.
 
Defuser said:
Steins Gates OVA
God I miss this show :( As usual Okarin is hilarious.



I don't even want to know why you dig it up lol.
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Because apparently everyone's watching Blood-C and School Days now, and I'd already bothered to look up the initial reactions to the former to compare them to Ultimadrago's wild reaction. It wasn't terribly hard to find either.
Plus I'm bored as hell, and it was amusing to compare the state of AnimeGAF back in mid-2007 to how it is now.
I'll lay off browsing the archives if people are disturbed by it.
 
Articalys said:
Because apparently everyone's watching Blood-C and School Days now, and I'd already bothered to look up the initial reactions to the former to compare them to Ultimadrago's wild reaction. It wasn't terribly hard to find either.
Plus I'm bored as hell, and it was amusing to compare the state of AnimeGAF back in mid-2007 to how it is now.
I guess I could lay off browsing the archives if people are disturbed by it.
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Nah it's ok I'm fine with. Worst part is I went in watching school days without knowing what it is,thinking it as some cliche romance. The horror....
 
Articalys said:
Because apparently everyone's watching Blood-C and School Days now, and I'd already bothered to look up the initial reactions to the former to compare them to Ultimadrago's wild reaction. It wasn't terribly hard to find either.
Plus I'm bored as hell, and it was amusing to compare the state of AnimeGAF back in mid-2007 to how it is now.
I'll lay off browsing the archives if people are disturbed by it.
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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Okay, that quote's actually not relevant at all since animeGAF's sado-masochism is immortal. The point is, there's nothing wrong with looking at old posts.
 
Kare Kano

Episode 11-13

Some nice episodes revolving around Yukino's new friends while Arima is away for the summer. I'm glad she's got them to keep her company while he's gone. They're all pretty interesting characters and I feel kinda bad for Maho since it feels like she's just being dragged around with them. I really didn't like Tsubasa's character at first but the story revolving her family was honestly really heartwarming by the end. I was happy to see how it all unfolded.

Also it seems like she's getting tinier and tinier with each episode.

Episodes 14-15

Ugh two recap episodes? Well one and a half I guess.

Episode 16

Oh man. Yukino's dad is awesome. ;_;

Episode 17 and 18

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Bahahaha that was a great return of Arima.

Man his family is pretty vicious though. Poor dude. :/

I honestly wasn't expecting
them to actually have sex.
It was interesting how they handled that.

Episode 19

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...

What.
 
hosannainexcelsis said:
Milky Holmes S2 3

This is much better than I would have thought. A glance at the premise and key art makes it seem like some dull cute girl slice-of-life sort of thing, but it's actually a wild, wacky, hyper-paced comedy, layering gags upon gags. It's the sort of show where the cast suddenly breaks out into a musical number.

I don't like the main character designs, but I do like the designs for the ancillary characters and the exaggerated art. There was one guy in particular who had some awesome faces:


I also like the art style used for the backgrounds:

Sometimes the humor is too fast or too random to stick with me, but considering how much they stuff into the episode enough of it sticks to be entertaining. I'll probably go back and check out the first season.
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I tried to watch Milky Holmes 2, but I didn't enjoy the first 2 episodes at all, is the third really that much better?
 
Envelope said:
I tried to watch Milky Holmes 2, but I didn't enjoy the first 2 episodes at all, is the third really that much better?
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Depends what you are after, but I'm inclined to say yes - it goes well beyond being goofy into being utterly insane.

Saying that, whilst the episodes that have followed were at least better than the first two, it's not been as amusing as the third episode again.
 
moonspeak said:
Kare Kano

Episode 17 and 18

I honestly wasn't expecting
them to actually have sex.
It was interesting how they handled that.
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What I don't get about that, is that they practically
reset Arima's innocence
after the fact, which made me think "what was the point".
 
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