Winter 2012 Anime Thread 2.22: You Can (Not) Outpost Cajunator
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You can all be my guinea pigs and give me a general "watch/don't watch" impression at the end.
Yeah same though the last episode I watched was 3 or 4
As soon as I catch up on Ano Natsu and Persona 4 I'll probably get caught up on this too.
Typographenia
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We have eels!
Just don't let brother see me like this~ Wan~
Seriously, just listen to that intro song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCuHZwP1DB0
You know you want this.
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What, you don't like
dakkumauji
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Dunno, probably lack of time and I probably want it to finish airing before I jump into it. But, it is kinda tempting.
Jump in like Villagiulio.
Ultimadrago
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Just not the same when a magic loli isn't doing it.
It's like a graceful water balloon.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
After seeing that GIF, I really can't blame Hei for keeping his pimp hand strong.
Just not the same when a magic loli isn't doing it.
She's got the moves like Jagger.
Dedication Through Light
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Phi Brain 22
Well there goes my prediction for what season 2 would have been about, utterly stumped on it now.
Sage Puzzles, Fool Puzzles, Gusha Puzzles, God Puzzles, so many puzzles and they all looked and sound so cool and intense.
Well there goes my prediction for what season 2 would have been about, utterly stumped on it now.
Count Pythagoras is dead, the showdown of the two phi brains has got to be imminent Kaito v Rook. Although Gammon is on that side, curious of what his goal is now. The Future stuff is a pretty compelling and interesting plot device and showing that Kaito was seeing Kaito, mindblown.
Sage Puzzles, Fool Puzzles, Gusha Puzzles, God Puzzles, so many puzzles and they all looked and sound so cool and intense.
She doesn't die, her consciousness went to the magical clone-people world her brother created specifically for her.
She's the consciousness of the original in a cloned body with modified memories.
Man, DTB2 sure was bad.
Almost every single element of the plot in DTB 2 was terrible. It seriously made no sense.
Friggin' fake moon-Earth and evil Yin with her evil child or something and the pointlessly cryptic lady who ends up in a bad '50s sci-fi costume why is this happening
I mean the original series has quite a number of problems with its plot but they were more related to it being too vague and unsubstantial than anything else. And DTB 2 can't even be a bad show to enjoy ironically like Arjuna or Glass Fleet because it requires investing in the entire first season beforehand.
Nise 9
I'm done trying to fight against this show. Shaft is simply gonna Shaft so let's just get it over and done with.
Rinne 6-9
I find myself liking the laidback fun character interaction a lot more than the backstory and drama by a fairly large margin. The bigger problem with the latter is that it keeps getting in the way of the former, sometimes repeatedly within the same episode which causes it to have a problematic sense of pacing. I don't really care who any of these factions are, I just care that they're not engaging in friendship or beating each other up with mechs on a consistent enough basis.
And Muginami still sucks.
I'm done trying to fight against this show. Shaft is simply gonna Shaft so let's just get it over and done with.
Karen looks way better with short hair.
Rinne 6-9
I find myself liking the laidback fun character interaction a lot more than the backstory and drama by a fairly large margin. The bigger problem with the latter is that it keeps getting in the way of the former, sometimes repeatedly within the same episode which causes it to have a problematic sense of pacing. I don't really care who any of these factions are, I just care that they're not engaging in friendship or beating each other up with mechs on a consistent enough basis.
And Muginami still sucks.
G Gundam 13
Rain and Domon are making a strong case for being my favorite anime pairing after this episode.
Infinite Stratos 3
I wouldn't be surprised if everyone at this school just so happened to be Ichika's childhood friend.
Rin's theme was surprisingly pleasant at least.
Gundam 00 S2 3
I believe I'd seen this episode as well although it remained exciting. The preparation phase of the Ptolemy had a suitable tension for what they were preparing to do and the prison breakout was top notch.
Rain and Domon are making a strong case for being my favorite anime pairing after this episode.
Infinite Stratos 3
I wouldn't be surprised if everyone at this school just so happened to be Ichika's childhood friend.
Rin's theme was surprisingly pleasant at least.
Gundam 00 S2 3
I believe I'd seen this episode as well although it remained exciting. The preparation phase of the Ptolemy had a suitable tension for what they were preparing to do and the prison breakout was top notch.
You'll be waiting awhile if you did though. S2 is airing this summer; it's a split cour like Fate/Zero was.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Smile Precure 5
Sailor Mercury with her special transform. So nice!
Well, at least now the series can start for real. I'm curious to see how it goes and whether or not they can keep up the self-aware genre savvy stuff. I'm getting way too many Madoka Magica vibes when I watch this show.
Sailor Mercury with her special transform. So nice!
Well, at least now the series can start for real. I'm curious to see how it goes and whether or not they can keep up the self-aware genre savvy stuff. I'm getting way too many Madoka Magica vibes when I watch this show.
What people wanted:
http://i.minus.com/iKPB43UZFdgG8.gif (spoilers for the 4th OVA ep)
What people got:
dakkumauji
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Oh, I'll just watch season one then in spring. I'll have more free time then anyway.
Thank you sir, you've brightened my evening. No idea why I never thought to save it before.
I marathoned Heartcatch after finishing Madoka. I can confidently say that I enjoyed Heartcatch much more and was freed from needing every mahou shoujo to be a self-aware deconstruction in order to be enjoyable.
firehawk, you sure you're not seeing too much self-awareness in Smile Precure? I think that it's just employing the hallmarks of the genre so straightforwardly that it feels like parody but isn't meant to be.
hosannainexcelsis
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Dirty Pair OVA 6
Kei and Yuri are some of the best flirters in anime.
Kei and Yuri are some of the best flirters in anime.
What people wanted:
http://i.minus.com/iKPB43UZFdgG8.gif (spoilers for the 4th OVA ep)
What people got:
Don't forget about this incredible scene.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The little rat/cat thing in Smile Precure also wants the girls to collect special items for him. It's pretty hilarious in the context of Madoka.
If you're not really interested in that genre, then I could see that.
Jex
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He was born a bitter old man. It's glorious.
If he thought there wasn't enough hand-drawn work then he must hate today!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
There's too much genre or trope-based intertextuality for it to be just a coincidence. I mean, Heartcatch and Suite played the genre as straight as possible. They both introduced mythologies early on and had characters that, while tropey, did not literally run down the street with toast in their mouth in their first scene on screen.
I mean, it's almost like Galaxy Quest - a text that is self-aware, but in service of celebrating the source material.
Heck, the fact that Peace changes her rock-paper-scissors thing every time feels like a meta-textual wink to people watching the show.
The best part is that the show probably still works for its actual intended audience - little Japanese girls who don't have a fucking clue what a "parody" is, let alone genre-awareness and all the other stuff.
Crash Station
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Sumomomo Momomo 3
Don't know why polar bear hats aren't considered fashionable these days.
Don't know why polar bear hats aren't considered fashionable these days.
Jex
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Well, that's a very satisfying answer.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Wat!
Huh, that's like the "shi shi shi" Mandarin tongue twister. I bet every language has a thing where one word repeated 20 times makes a sentence.
dakkumauji
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I thought you were going to ask why was the polar bear jumping through the girl's head, cause that looked like what it was doing as I scrolled by.
This has intrigued me on this series though.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Cosmic does a great job taking out the 2 seconds of interesting stuff out of the worst possible shows.
So is he gone forever?
Unknown Soldier
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I don't even need to crack a joke about shounen shows here.
Crash Station
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It's amusing. Not amazing or anything just yet. Mostly a standard martial arts romantic comedy. Watching it because it's by the woman who does Magi, one of the recent hits in Mangaf.
Gintama 107-108
you're gonna carry that weight ;_;
you're gonna carry that weight ;_;
that would make a p. good tf2 hat
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You make it sound like other anime is any better than shounen anime.
chickdigger802
Banned
Eureka 34
wtf. why are stuff starting to make sense now? I didn't sign up for this!
And called the pregnancy thing eps's ago ;P
I do hope Eureka get's less veiny =(
She really reminds me of Mewtwo for some reason.
Moetwo.
wtf. why are stuff starting to make sense now? I didn't sign up for this!
And called the pregnancy thing eps's ago ;P
I do hope Eureka get's less veiny =(
She really reminds me of Mewtwo for some reason.
Moetwo.
Neko Mimi Mode
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I was going to say it is, but after analyzing my top 10 anime list, it seems there's as much shounen in there than as anything else. Don't ask me how that happened.
How can I be elitist now?
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