Winter of Anime 2013 |OT -4| It's not my fault!
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Yup.
Stratos 4 was hard sci fi, fanservice, great music and alien disease :sdburton
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Are fans of Umakoshi okay to come back for glorious sakuga?
Nope. Not really the same, really. Eden's x Kouga first fight was probably the cream of the crop!
RurouniZel
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Escaflowne Movie
I FUCKING LOOOVED IT!! The animation, soundtrack, story re-envisioning, and action were stellar all around! It's the perfect companion to the series. It doesn't step on the series' feet, nor does it plot the same story beats that we already know. The background art is to die for (it really is), and the redesigns of the characters are great! The world was dripping in rich history. I may have preferred to see this as a four part OVA to fill in the story a little more and flesh out some characters, but as it is, it was quite spectacular! I also enjoyed how the armors were partially organic requiring a more direct blood oath from the pilot. If I have any complaint it's that the final conflict is a bit anti-climactic, and a few of the side characters are washed over, but other than that this was just excellent. I love this whole series so much.
Did I mention dat soundtrack?? DAT soundtrack!
Yay! ^_^ Loved the movie, they really did a good job of boiling Escaflowne down to its essence considering it doesn't have the length of the TV series.
Why are their knees blushing? WHY?
Happy Birthday Mio. Also, your avatar hot damn! o_o
Dedication Through Light
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Naruto SD 41
Pretty funny episode with the second skit being quite more funny than the first. Poor Future Neji
Space Style Ninjutsu and Internet Style Ninjutsu were so good.
Pretty funny episode with the second skit being quite more funny than the first. Poor Future Neji
being a woman
They should have gone all the way with Kabuto being successful and made it for the next episode
Space Style Ninjutsu and Internet Style Ninjutsu were so good.
It's never a gamble, we always know that it leads to suffering. Fool me once...
I'm still extremely conflicted about Endless Eight, because I do like it.
And this is just absolute nonsense!
Not a popular oppinion by any means.
When I rewatched Haruhi, I just watched the first and the last and called it a day.
darkside31337
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Sakuraso - 14
Ugh, this show has been on a downward spiral since episode 12, although to give episode 12 credit, it was more of the kinect crap being such a cringe worthy and painful thing to watch, but it was a device that progressed things along despite being poor in execution.
13 and 14 however, who hit the fucking reset button? You could replace these episodes with the corresponding earlier episodes in the first half and you couldn't tell a damn lick of difference between them, and Sorata's pissing me off that I hope this show gets a forever alone ending with him so it's his Kanna tears I'll be licking, the way he stops having a chip on his shoulder towards Shiina the moment
makes him come off as an abusive husband who only stops beating his wife when he gets what he wants.
Right now I'm at the #toleratewatch stage, but if they don't do something other than tell the same cycle of a storyline just to fill the next 10 episodes, the stupid OCD side of me is going to complete this in #hatewatch o' vision. Fucking halfway point. >_<
Ugh, this show has been on a downward spiral since episode 12, although to give episode 12 credit, it was more of the kinect crap being such a cringe worthy and painful thing to watch, but it was a device that progressed things along despite being poor in execution.
13 and 14 however, who hit the fucking reset button? You could replace these episodes with the corresponding earlier episodes in the first half and you couldn't tell a damn lick of difference between them, and Sorata's pissing me off that I hope this show gets a forever alone ending with him so it's his Kanna tears I'll be licking, the way he stops having a chip on his shoulder towards Shiina the moment
he passes the preliminary stage of the game design competition,
Right now I'm at the #toleratewatch stage, but if they don't do something other than tell the same cycle of a storyline just to fill the next 10 episodes, the stupid OCD side of me is going to complete this in #hatewatch o' vision. Fucking halfway point. >_<
Dedication Through Light
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Wandering Son 2
Well, it turns out that even more stuff happened before this show started. I feel like I'm pretty much caught up now, though.
I'm teaching in a middle school now, and a lot of what happens here rings pretty true to how my students act. I'm actually really impressed with how complete and lively the classroom seems in this show. The one aspect shown here which I didn't know too much about (which is a big element in this episode) is the senpai-kouhai relationship. I knew that greetings were important, but I wasn't sure why. This episode doesn't illuminate that, because it's assumed cultural knowledge. But it's still interesting.
I like how the show's developing. I usually hate interpersonal conflicts like the falling out between the two girls (parts of Toradora are frustrating me for this reason), but it's handled pretty deftly here. Even though I barely know Takatsuki and Chiba, I understood why both felt the way they did, and their reconciliation made sense.
Even at this early stage, I'm awed by how Wandering Son approaches adolescent problems without simplifying them, or turning them into melodrama. They're treated sympathetically and evenly. At this point, I feel much more invested in this cast than I did after the first time I watched the bewildering first episode.
Well, it turns out that even more stuff happened before this show started. I feel like I'm pretty much caught up now, though.
I'm teaching in a middle school now, and a lot of what happens here rings pretty true to how my students act. I'm actually really impressed with how complete and lively the classroom seems in this show. The one aspect shown here which I didn't know too much about (which is a big element in this episode) is the senpai-kouhai relationship. I knew that greetings were important, but I wasn't sure why. This episode doesn't illuminate that, because it's assumed cultural knowledge. But it's still interesting.
This whole scene was barely relevant to the plot, but it was beautiful and I loved it.
I like how the show's developing. I usually hate interpersonal conflicts like the falling out between the two girls (parts of Toradora are frustrating me for this reason), but it's handled pretty deftly here. Even though I barely know Takatsuki and Chiba, I understood why both felt the way they did, and their reconciliation made sense.
Even at this early stage, I'm awed by how Wandering Son approaches adolescent problems without simplifying them, or turning them into melodrama. They're treated sympathetically and evenly. At this point, I feel much more invested in this cast than I did after the first time I watched the bewildering first episode.
The GitS Arise announcement doesn't seem to specify what type of work it is - the announcement just says that it's a "new anime work".
Unsurprisingly, it's most likely produced by Production IG - the director, Kazuchika Kise, is a long time animation director at PIG. Scripting is apparently by Tow Ubakata, of Mardock Scramble "fame" (and also Chevalier D'Eon with PIG and Fafner/Heroic Age with Xebec). Given that Mr Kise works typically on films for PIG I would guess this is likely to be another film, rather than a TV series?
The Yaraon report on this suggests that music will be by Cornelius, but the photo of the announcement that's floating around doesn't show his or Ubakata's names in the staff listing - perhaps that's come from somewhere like 2ch with proper advance access to the announcement.
Unsurprisingly, it's most likely produced by Production IG - the director, Kazuchika Kise, is a long time animation director at PIG. Scripting is apparently by Tow Ubakata, of Mardock Scramble "fame" (and also Chevalier D'Eon with PIG and Fafner/Heroic Age with Xebec). Given that Mr Kise works typically on films for PIG I would guess this is likely to be another film, rather than a TV series?
The Yaraon report on this suggests that music will be by Cornelius, but the photo of the announcement that's floating around doesn't show his or Ubakata's names in the staff listing - perhaps that's come from somewhere like 2ch with proper advance access to the announcement.
There just aren't enough of us here. We have to stick together!
That's a pretty extreme conclusion to come to from a minor franchise. Did you really come to that from Nogizaka, or did you just use Nogizaka as an excuse to post something you were already thinking?
In any case, getting tired of a franchise that's no longer providing enjoyable stimulation doesn't require getting tired of its medium. Look at all the ex-Final Fantasy fans on GAF.
There's a slang term in Japanese, "owakon":
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/オワコン
"Owakon" = "owatta kontentsu" = "content whose lifetime is over"
It means something that was popular at once point, but has since been abandoned by most people as they got bored with it.
To continue playing at standing in for Articalys, ANN reports another LN adaptation in the works, "I Didn't Become A Hero, So I Reluctantly Looked For A Part-Time Job".
ANN summarise the plot as:
Sounds a bit like that Working Demon anime or whatever it's called that's airing next season. Except more moe.
ANN summarise the plot as:
ANN said:
Sounds a bit like that Working Demon anime or whatever it's called that's airing next season. Except more moe.
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I thought Dakku was the one to always point out these LN adaptations...do we all have commuinty roles now?
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Rauru looks good, I guess Ill probably check this one out.
To continue playing at standing in for Articalys, ANN reports another LN adaptation in the works, "I Didn't Become A Hero, So I Reluctantly Looked For A Part-Time Job".
ANN summarise the plot as:
Sounds a bit like that Working Demon anime or whatever it's called that's airing next season. Except more moe.
lmao. Now this is my kind of animu.
Yeah, this pretty much. Sort of reminds me of Recettear.
Yeah. Maybe it has potential.
It'll be good for a few episodes before plunging into a mediocre drama/romcom and fizzling out completely by the end.
I haven't read the novels so I dunno how well the anime represents them, but it seemed like an episodic character comedy to me. So I would generally look at it the same way I'd look at The Simpsons. It may end eventually but it's probably not specifically building to an ending. If it gets boring, you stop reading. Except for those poor saps who are too invested to quit, like Bleach fans.
Ha! Similar to what I experienced with Girls und Panzer, which I rightly (or wrongly) went with, if only because it reminded me of Valkyria Chronicles in some fashion.
But what if he wants to spread the good word? He must!
Ah, the good old days.
Hellsing321
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That is the lewdest dakimakura ever! You can see everything!
The Yaraon report is not the original source I believe: http://ieee80211abgn.blog58.fc2.com/blog-entry-2696.html
There clearer details about the announcement here. It is basically an announcement of an announcement from Young Magazine. The press conference where more details will be announced, the trailer will be screened, etc is scheduled to be on Feb 21st at 9pm in Japan, and it'll be streamed live too. Since Ubakata is listed for series composition and script, it's definitely a series. The only question is whether it's an OVA series or TV series. I'll say that TV series is more likely here because if it is a smaller production it wouldn't need a supervising director and a director. Plus, I believe Ubakata said he has two TV series starting in 2013, and this would be number two after the Fafner announcement.
Ultimadrago
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Ah, thanks for the clarification. I should have known you'd have more information from somewhere! I couldn't see Ubakata's credit in the scans I'd seen so I wasn't confident making a judgement about what work he would be doing.
I had a look at the Fafner page the other day and couldn't work out if it was a TV series or another film, so thanks for the confirmation on that. The enduring popularity of Fafner in Japan has always surprised me, given its comparatively tepid reception in English-speaking fandom.
If I'm wrong about the Fafner stuff, don't kill me! I too am really surprised that somehow it is popular enough to keep getting more releases. I'm fairly sure I read that it's intended to be a new TV series, but it seems that's not confirmed yet...
Girl must be Tsundere or a Yandere.To continue playing at standing in for Articalys, ANN reports another LN adaptation in the works, "I Didn't Become A Hero, So I Reluctantly Looked For A Part-Time Job".
ANN summarise the plot as:
Sounds a bit like that Working Demon anime or whatever it's called that's airing next season. Except more moe.
Beaniedude
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Hey animegaf. I just wanted to say that the australian channel ABC3 has decided to air Puella Magi Madoka Magica this coming year.
Now some context. ABC3 is a channel aimed squarely at the children's department. They have aired anime in the past but only ones like Fruits Basket, Vampire Nights or Host Club so it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
I mean, it has little girls in it... just how crazy can it be?
Now some context. ABC3 is a channel aimed squarely at the children's department. They have aired anime in the past but only ones like Fruits Basket, Vampire Nights or Host Club so it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
I mean, it has little girls in it... just how crazy can it be?
ColossalLazy
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Wow. Cant wait.
Yeah I think someone mentioned this. Still can't believe it. Trolls the lot of them.
amishpriest99
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.Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Kids love stories about friendship and overcoming evil. What better way to cap off the new year than with one of Japan's most popular stories embracing those themes? I'm sure ABC3 is well aware of what their audience will accept, they're not going to bite off more than they can chew.
My keyboard is now covered with the same fragrant wonderful tea I was drinking just now, thanks.
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