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[Dedication Through Light]

One Piece: Episode of Luffy Hand Island Adventure

It feels as if these specials always follow the same pattern. That is, the first ten or so minutes are interesting, then the next hour or so is just really dull since they spend too much time on the background, then the final 30 minutes have nearly non stop cool action scenes and some plot. That is to say Hand Island Adventure followed the same pattern.

Focusing on Luffy's backstory with the thoughts of Shanks and how he got the hat for close to an entire duration of an episode felt really excessive. Maybe I thought it was boring for it was my fourth time encountering the content but they could have spiced it up beyond just making it with the modern day animation style and such. And for Shanks part, they made it clear that haki was involved, but if he could have done that then why his arm.

For the plot of Hand Island, I guess it was fun overall and a nice change of pace for some type of filler such material. Zoro's skill were epic,

Spoiler

Captain

Coby was awesome in action living up to my expectations of him in this new world era, and Sanji's skill as well. Technology created by the Artisans made for really good fight moments and challenges.

Ah and best moment

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cruel that he is only wax

6 / 10 I guess. Some of the action did feel weak and kind of murky to look at in terms of usual quality or just didnt feel all that exciting but was still fun. Alright overall but could have been just one hour instead of one hour and forty two minutes :/

 

[Metrotab]

Photokano - 1

- This show knows why I'm watching it: the cute girls, and some harem/romance/comedy hijinks. Seems to be delivering on both counts.

- The set up is creepier than usual for this kind of show. The Photography Club reminded me of that creepshot thread a dozen people got banned in. Should have joined the Photo Club, MC!

- The soundtrack is unexpectantly impressive.

- Since this show's only one cour I'm expecting a focus episode for each girl, some onsen/beach/festival stuff and some drama involving the club. I do wonder if one of these girls will win, since this is a VN adaptation.

- I didn't know Kanon was a name for a girl. Full name being Maeda Kanon almost makes it sound like a Key reference.

- This show already has a rating lower than 7 on MAL. Tough crowd, damn.

 

[Crash Station]

It's not a shounen thing as much as it is an Araki thing.

It's both.

 

[Pirabear]

It's airing in Summer.

According to the Dangan Ronpa anime website, it's scheduled to air this summer, so it should probably start in July.

Thank you both.

Attack on Titan 01

Gorgeous looking show, bit of unintentionally cheesy parts

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(The soldier breaking down in front of the old lady)

, but otherwise I enjoyed it.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Shingeki no Kyojin 1:
I'm happy that the first episode was very good. It stuck very close to the manga, and it didn't go too over the top like I feared it might. So far, they seem to be playing the series straight and are doing a good job. There was a bit of censorship, but nothing that really detracted from the experience.

Hopefully the show can continue at this quality level. There's some great stuff from the manga that I'll be looking forward to seeing animated.

 

[BluWacky]

*starts watching Gargantia episode 1*

*sees opening credit: "Original Work: OKEANOS"*

We made it! With or without kayos, we made it!

 

[dakkumauji]

Seems that Kuroko's Basketball S2 may be coming in the Fall.

Makes sense since that's when the rerun should finish by.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet 1

First eleven minutes or so was so good. If only the whole anime could take place in space with all of Dimenstrium, Blossom Flowers, and cannons. It looked really good and quite explosive and intense, especially in fast paced motion. Second half was alright, Ledo is a great lead, need to see more of the cast there and what type of potential that opens for the plot

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Stuck on Earth alone must be a bit scary though I wanted to know more of his backstory at least and how their society worked, since they were in the military just to become some sorts of citizens or whatever, and where they were/who they were fighting. Will Earth even be a part of that plot?

Now just need to see Valvrave ep 1.

Wonder why they dont have it 1080p for crunchyroll.

 

[Regulus Tera]

YES! GATCHAMAN WAS REIMAGINED AS A MAHOU SHOUJO WITH A FEMALE PROTAGONIST

THE YEAR OF YOSHINARI CONTINUES TO DELIVER

 

[Chet Rippo]

Joshiraku 11

Very fun episode. Dat Nausicaa reference. and shaft tilt Also contains :SDBurton Kigu remains awesome

Beach episode!!

Skyward Sword

*puts Ultimadrago on a list.

 

[SDBurton]

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun - 19

Funny episode with a lot of Uiharu humor. Now if only they could keep Touma from showing up and interacting with Mikoto.

 

[Save 'N Quit]

Cuticle Detective Inaba Episode 2

Opening: Song was okay but will probably skip it . Not a fan of them showing that white haired person since I'm presuming its his brother.

1st half was kinda weird since the Jumanji setup came out of nowhere. Ogi continues to be such a badass when he took down all the commanders in a blink of an eye. Ogata is a welcome addition as well, especially his interaction with Inaba.

2nd half was the best. Ogi's daughter Azusa is an adorable badass and his wife Wakaba is really clueless though her "taming" Valentino was pretty funny. Felt bad about Lorenzo during the episode, Don should consider himself lucky to have him by his side.

 

[Steroyd]

Ginga e Kickoff - END

Well that was hard to watch, even if I take out the notion that their opponents are the best in the world, this is largely the same team that got tonked one sided 10-0 by the adult women's professional team.

Last two episodes aside, this was a fun show and the actual conclusion to the series was very well done.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Ginga e Kickoff - END

Well that was hard to watch, even if I take out the notion that their opponents are the best in the world, this is largely the same team that got tonked one sided 10-0 by the adult women's professional team.

You are taking this way too seriously. The last two episodes are basically fantasy driven bullshit, like Marvel vs Capcom or something. lol

 

[Theonik]

Beach episode!!

You lied though, there was nothing new to learn about school swimsuits!

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It was a funny gag nonetheless because I can totally imagine school mizugi otakus.

 

[Metrotab]

Attack on Titan - 1

HOLY SHIT
Goddamn, such a fucked up scene and it's only episode 1. This show doesn't fuck around.

 

[Chet Rippo]

You lied though, there was nothing new to learn about school swimsuits!

Spoiler

It was a funny gag nonetheless because I can totally imagine school mizugi otakus.

I don't lie, I just merely stretch the truth.

 

[Steroyd]

You are taking this way too seriously. The last two episodes are basically fantasy driven bullshit, like Marvel vs Capcom or something. lol

I've watched Prince of Tennis, and I've watched Kuroko's Basketball. but for some reason my brain couldn't disengage especially when Messi joined on the same team as Ronaldo at that point my head exploded.

37 episodes man, 37 episodes without the Japaneese taint on a sport. T_T

 

[chickdigger802]

hxh 74

Good stuff. Wonder what the original plan was. Being able to heal everything that easily is a bit silly though.

 

[Kazzy]

*puts Ultimadrago on a list.

A list for being right? Gotcha!

 

[Reknoc]

hxh 74

Good stuff. Wonder what the original plan was. Being able to heal everything that easily is a bit silly though.

Pretty sure the pitfall trap was the original plan.

 

[Westlo]

Hunter x hunter 74

hum so they are already done with GI ? kinda funny that this version of GI took as many episode as the first one yet this version focused on things that matter this time and managed to be great.

Wtf did the original version focus on? Anyway now that Greed island is done, time to watch the last 4 eps of it in a row.

Awwww yeaahhh

 

[Narag]

*starts watching Gargantia episode 1*

*sees opening credit: "Original Work: OKEANOS"*

We made it! With or without kayos, we made it!

:lol

Attack on Titan - 1

HOLY SHIT
Goddamn, such a fucked up scene and it's only episode 1. This show doesn't fuck around.

Just finished it myself. Off to a good start, I say.

 

[Chet Rippo]

A list for being right? Gotcha!

*puts Watanabe Kazuma on a different list

 

[Taruranto]

Or I could just avoid 4chan like I've been doing for sometime now. I'm assuming you lot are not going to be arseholes and spoil it.

Don't worry about it. Though you really should be careful everywhere, mostly because the setting often raises a lot of question that can't be answered without spoilers.

I even re-did the characters sheet from the manga without the spoilers!

 

[dakkumauji]

Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san 09

She has fallen into the deep end.

 

[fertygo]

I've watched Prince of Tennis, and I've watched Kuroko's Basketball. but for some reason my brain couldn't disengage especially when Messi joined on the same team as Ronaldo at that point my head exploded.

This shit more ridiculous than anything you mention.

 

[BluWacky]

Gargantia 1

I really enjoyed this. It was a little bit "pew pew pew laser beams" in the space battle at the start for me until the evil flower monsters started winning (I can't remember their names already!), but it was a very effective set up and led nicely into the second half. It struck totally the right tone for me - it reminded me, for some reason, of Scrapped Princess. Must have been something to do with the bright colours.

So, time for some pointless speculation!

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Red has never known anything other than war. My speculation is he has never known anything except that one battle. I suspect the "human" army are barely even human (perhaps mass-produced or cloned?), and are just artifically grown, educated while in cryosleep, and then sent out en masse on suicidal missions.

Whether or not the flower aliens are actually "the enemy" I don't know. It's the humans who open a wormhole to try and destroy them, after all.

In a way, I don't really want the alien conflict to have anything to do with the rest of the series. Can't they just go on awesome adventures excavating stuff from the bottom of the sea and discovering ancient civilisations or something? That would be ace.

 

[Branduil]

I don't remember Frodo being in Attack on Titan.

 

[Regulus Tera]

I've watched Prince of Tennis, and I've watched Kuroko's Basketball. but for some reason my brain couldn't disengage especially when Messi joined on the same team as Ronaldo

Fake Ronaldo

 

[BGBW]

If they are so afraid of titans why don't they live next to the BFG instead?

 

[Kurita]

I don't get the Frodo jokes

 

[Wiktor]

Damn it...watched first ep of Attack of Titans and then decided "I wonder what's next, I guess I will take a short glace at the manga"..that's been 2 hours ago and I'm still reading

 

[R_thanatos]

One Piece: Episode of Luffy Hand Island Adventure
It feels as if these specials always follow the same pattern.

They are ..Since they started doing special , they tested like 2 way of telling stories and sticked to the same pattern that worked .. the advantage is that there is some action near the end ..at the expense of whatever setting they were using in the beginning

At least those specials are above average in quality !

I don't get the Frodo jokes

i consider myself lucky to have been there when this joke started otherwise i wouldn't understand it either.

Damn it...watched first ep of Attack of Titans and then decided "I wonder what's next, I guess I will take a short glace at the manga"..that's been 2 hours ago and I'm still reading

I did the same thing yesterday night ..went from Vol 1 to vol 7

So addicting.

 

[Canis lupus]

Just finished Shonan Junai Gumi, the prequel to GTO. A 5 episodes long OVA showing Eikichi and Ryuugi in their early days, they have formed Onibaku and are feared by everyone in Shonan, all they do is getting into fights and trying to lose their virginity. The show started out interesting, the fights were awesome, Onizuka and Ryuugi were ruthless as a duo. The animation was poor and it also missed GTOs humor, neither was Onizuka voiced by the same guy. I kinda lost interest towards the end, partly because I watched it in 1 sitting and partly because the subtitles of the last episode were done by a 5 year old and ruined the experience.

So a 6/10

 

[Dennis]

Damn it...watched first ep of Attack of Titans and then decided "I wonder what's next, I guess I will take a short glace at the manga"..that's been 2 hours ago and I'm still reading

This is my temptation.

 

[Kurita]

Just finished Shonan Junai Gumi, the prequel to GTO. A 5 episodes long OVA showing Eikichi and Ryuugi in their early days, they have formed Onibaku and are feared by everyone in Shonan, all they do is getting into fights and trying to lose their virginity. The show started out interesting, the fights were awesome, Onizuka and Ryuugi were ruthless as a duo. The animation was poor and it also missed GTOs humor, neither was Onizuka voiced by the same guy. I kinda lost interest towards the end, partly because I watched it in 1 sitting and partly because the subtitles of the last episode were done by a 5 year old and ruined the experience.

So a 6/10

They managed to fit 30 volumes in 5 OVAs?

 

[Westlo]

I don't remember Frodo being in Attack on Titan.

Part of the new content.

 

[dimb]

I don't get the Frodo jokes

It's related to plotholes. It originated joking about Frodo just flying to Mordor on Gandalf's eagles to bypass the whole adventure.

 

[BluWacky]

I don't get the Frodo jokes

It's a joke from 4chan. There's a meme there where they post images of Frodo pointing out plot holes in things - for instance, for Attack on Titan, it's "why don't they just live underground?" or "why don't they just build bigger walls?". The meme has now mutated such that virtually every thread to do with the manga/anime has to have Frodo images on it.

If in doubt, if Keiichi posts a picture, it's from 4chan

 

[Kurita]

Oh ok :lol
Thanks.

 

[Regulus Tera]

It's a joke from 4chan. There's a meme there where they post images of Frodo pointing out plot holes in things - for instance, for Attack on Titan, it's "why don't they just live underground?"

Because Gurren Lagann already did it.

 

[Canis lupus]

They managed to fit 30 volumes in 5 OVAs?

I just asked a question in the Manga thread whether something important was left out of the ova. The Shonan manga has even more chapters than GTO!

 

[dakkumauji]

Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. 10

Curry is sacred and no happy endings for anybody expect probably Akutabe.

 

[Branduil]

It's a joke from 4chan.

Well, I guess that explains why it's not funny.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

They are ..Since they started doing special , they tested like 2 way of telling stories and sticked to the same pattern that worked .. the advantage is that there is some action near the end ..at the expense of whatever setting they were using in the beginning

At least those specials are above average in quality !.

I wish it had been as good as Episode of Nami it is Luffy after all.

Oh well, now to move on to the Toriko x Dragonball x One Piece one.

 

[Taruranto]

This is my temptation.

Well, you'll have to read it eventually, since there is no way the anime can reach a conclusion.

 

[duckroll]

http://www.shingeki.tv/products/bd_01.php

Soooooo they finally updated with details on the rest of the DVD/BD release. 25 episodes in total. 9 volumes.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

http://www.shingeki.tv/products/bd_01.php

Soooooo they finally updated with details on the rest of the DVD/BD release. 25 episodes in total. 9 volumes.

No special editions, etc?
March 2014 for the last disc release is so far away and then like 2015 for it to be dubbed and in the US

 

[Dennis]

About to watch the first episode of Gargantia - I loved the art on the website.