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[Dedication Through Light]

wait some people like SAO better than log horizon?

Log horizon took so long to get interesting. Tohya, Rudy and the newbie crew going into dungeons finally made it a decent anime. Otherwise just way to much backroom dealing keeps it from being as intriguing as Sword Art Online.

 

[wonzo]

ripcraft works

 

[Firemind]

I've seen this doujin before.

and it's being made by jc staff?

how can I refuse?

 

[Envelope]

ripcraft works

I wouldn't mind the cg environment and bunnies if they had just done all the fire witch stuff right, but they didn't ;___;

 

[Jintor]

Log horizon took so long to get interesting. Tohya, Rudy and the newbie crew going into dungeons finally made it a decent anime. Otherwise just way to much backroom dealing keeps it from being as intriguing as Sword Art Online.

Yes, all that political intrigue really distracted from the intriguwhat are you even saying

 

[fertygo]

ripcraft works

Damn that really bad
The art is about the only thing that the manga had.

 

[Reknoc]

Yes, all that political intrigue really distracted from the intriguwhat are you even saying

oh no, what are you doing

 

[wonzo]

I wouldn't mind the cg environment and bunnies if they had just done all the fire witch stuff right, but they didn't ;___;

I'm just trying to imagine how

Spoiler

Evermillion

is gonna look with all that funky hair…

Damn that really bad
The art is about the only thing that the manga had.

not even mizushima can save dis. reep

 

[Jintor]

oh no, what are you doing

I couldn't help it

 

[Envelope]

I'm just trying to imagine how

Spoiler

Evermillion

is gonna look with all that funky hair…

I'll have the eye-bleach ready

 

[BGBW]

I couldn't help it

I'm pretty sure these will be firehawk's words when he finish series 2 of Sword Art Online or murders Reki Kawahara, whichever comes first.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Eh. While a bit dumb, episode 1 gave no indication of the horror we were going to witness.

Yup. It had great visuals, a great opening, at that point in time the story was fine, the idea was also very cool. Shit only went to real shit when the author decided to go all Mary sue and turn the series into a harem.

 

[Theonik]

Yozakura Quartet Hana no Uta 13 -END-

Crisis averted

And my worries expressed in the last episode impression were all for naught. Good!
This was a predictable but well done conclusion to the series. Honestly given the demographic I'd expect no more nor less but that's OK.
I'd recommend this show to anyone. Especially if you are one of the good guys. If only it weren't for some odd pacing at points.
Good fun!

 

[Jintor]

Yup. It had great visuals, a great opening, at that point in time the story was fine, the idea was also very cool. Shit only went to real shit when the author decided to go all Mary sue and turn the series into a harem.

I was poking through the toonami thread again.

I think probably the moment the penny really dropped was probably episode 3, where Kirito spends his days fooling around with a low-level guild and then they all die midway through the episode for no good reason in a horribly choreographed action scene that could easily have been avoided if they had realised the chest in the middle of the room was an incredibly obvious trap... and if Kirito hadn't been hiding his level for no good reason... and if the entire world wasn't biased against "Beaters" for no good reason... and then there was a revival item, and a fucking stupid message that was made months ago but only coincidentally opened that night that just so happened to be perfect for that situation gurgh my brain went numb.

 

[firehawk12]

I'll have the eye-bleach ready

I'm just trying to imagine how

Spoiler

Evermillion

is gonna look with all that funky hair…

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18780843/emot/emot-barf.gif

not even mizushima can save dis. reep

It's a haremshit/magical girlfriend show... does it matter? lol

 

[wonzo]

It's a haremshit/magical girlfriend show... does it matter? lol

Given the art's the only redeeming thing about the series? Yeah it kinda does actually.

 

[Firemind]

Given the art's the only redeeming thing about the series? Yeah it kinda does actually.

naw man it's all about the plot

 

[fertygo]

It's a haremshit/magical girlfriend show... does it matter? lol

Imagine Yozakura without the sakugas
its not gonna be one of favorite in this thread

 

[Basileus777]

Witch Craft Works 1

This was absolutely terrible in every way. The visuals, the characters, the writing...ugh.

Imagine Yozakura without the sakugas
its not gonna be one of favorite in this thread

That seems like a generous comparison to me. Even an uglier Yozakura isn't as bad as this episode.

 

[chickdigger802]

Log horizon took so long to get interesting. Tohya, Rudy and the newbie crew going into dungeons finally made it a decent anime. Otherwise just way to much backroom dealing keeps it from being as intriguing as Sword Art Online.

backroom dealings is what made it fun though! If I need shounen adventuring I have a billion others to watch.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Interested in watching Witch works, Space Dandy, want to try silver spoon and i want to see why mangagaf hate Nisekoi lol.

 

[fertygo]

Witch Craft Works 1

This was absolutely terrible in every way. The visuals, the characters, the writing...ugh.


That seems like a generous comparison to me. Even an uglier Yozakura isn't as bad as this episode.

Maybe you could compare it to the previous YZQ TV Adaptation LMAO

 

[firehawk12]

Imagine Yozakura without the sakugas
its not gonna be one of favorite in this thread

naw man it's all about the plot

Given the art's the only redeeming thing about the series? Yeah it kinda does actually.

I presume the people watching/buying the show are doing it for different reasons than animation/art anyway. lol

 

[cnet128]

Sword Art Online - Extra Edition

All my hnnnnnghhhhhhhhhs.

Yozakura Quartet Hana no Uta - 11

you can't catch a ghost with a bug net.

But I can totally kill a ghost with a bug net!

...What do you mean I've been playing too much Link Between Worlds?

My feelings on Sword Art Online

SAO is a good anime. The first half was really good. The second half was good but failed to live up to the first half. The show concluded in a satisfactory manner and I'm looking forward to the series continuation.

I endorse this opinion.

wait some people like SAO better than log horizon?

I watched the first couple episodes of Log Horizon and found them pretty boring all round. SAO kept me consistently entertained. So yes.

 

[BluWacky]

I presume the people watching/buying the show are doing it for different reasons than animation/art anyway. lol

What did you watch it for? Just to try it, I presume?

 

[sonicmj1]

If I was meh on the first couple episodes of Yamato should I give up now, or is the good stuff still to come?

It gets better and better as it goes. I think the show improves once they leave Earth, and it gets even better when they get outside the solar system. But if you don't like episodes 3 - 6, it's probably not for you.

 

[chickdigger802]

if mmo anime ain't boring, it ain't doing its source justice.

although i'm finding the ln's to work better for log horizon. It really does feel like what I joked as a kid what i imagine happens in a WoW novel.

The anime would work better as hour long episodes imo.

 

[Kansoku]

WOOP WOOP ASS TOO FAT - 1~5

THIS IS AMAZING. Seriously, it's really good. The characters are great (Nibutani is waifu material), the comedy is great, and the drama is okay (It only started on ep 5 so I can't say much about it).
That fight between Rikka and Tooka was AMAZING. And Nibutani + Sanaee is the best thing.

 

[firehawk12]

What did you watch it for? Just to try it, I presume?

First new show of the year that popped up. Also, haremshits are easily scrubbable since the plot is always the same. lol

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Just a question. Shouldnt the Knights of Sidonia adaption come out this winter?

 

[Owwari]

Buddy Complex Episode 1

Spoiler

The Opening shots, the character design, the highschool setup, the brown-hair go-happy protagonist and silver-hair depressed brotagonist, the primary colored mechas and romantic antics

It's ...

IT'S ....

Spoiler

(Albeit with a bit of Gargantia plot)

 

[ZachDeKoromaru]

Just a question. Shouldnt the Knights of Sidonia adaption come out this winter?

It's coming out in Spring, apparently.

 

[DeadRockstar]

Yuyushiki 1

This was fun and cute. A lot of the scenes are pretty short and rapid fire, so even if the a segment doesn't work they move past it quickly. I guess that pace will be maintained since it's a 4koma adaptation. There were a couple of nice looking cuts in there as well.

Clapping teacher was best. There was more yuri than I expected, probably just because pink hair is an idiot. Purple/Blue hair needs to learn that fingering an LCD screen is never funny. Death to the opponent.

 

[BGBW]

Anime has taught me that the true reason Japan is suffering from declining birth rates is because their entire female population is now lesbian.

 

[ZachDeKoromaru]

Anime has taught me that the true reason Japan is suffering from declining birth rates is because their entire female population is now lesbian.

Lesbianism is proportionate to how wide or long your face is.

 

[Firemind]

Anime has taught me that the true reason Japan is suffering from declining birth rates is because their entire female population is now lesbian.

That or shotacons. :3

 

[Basileus777]

Anime has taught me that the true reason Japan is suffering from declining birth rates is because their entire female population is now lesbian.

I thought it was because all the women are interested in chaste harem protags.

 

[chickdigger802]

Anime has taught me that the true reason Japan is suffering from declining birth rates is because their entire female population is now lesbian.

girls only read BL too.

That guy is sooo hot, i want his dick in me in his best friend's ass.

 

[Defuser]

Anime has taught me that the true reason Japan is suffering from declining birth rates is because their entire female population is now lesbian.

 

[chickdigger802]

anime also taught me girls as young as elementary school have implants (or animators are too lazy to animate boobs properly)

 

[Owwari]

girls only read BL too.

That guy is sooo hot, i want his dick in me in his best friend's ass.

Love is sharing, sharing is love.
Homosexual penetration also is love, in Japan.

 

[firehawk12]

Anime has taught me that the true reason Japan is suffering from declining birth rates is because their entire female population is now lesbian.

There are no lesbians in anime though!

 

[cnet128]

anime also taught me girls as young as elementary school have implants (or animators are too lazy to animate boobs properly)

YuuShibu stole all the boob animation from almost all the anime in human history. Trufax.

 

[DeadRockstar]

Lesbianism is proportionate to how wide or long your face is.

Excerpt from your nobel prize speech:

"It's really not a big deal. I just noticed that the gayest chicks have long or wide faces, and then measured a bunch of them to create the formula you see on the screen behind me. I'm honestly surprised I was the first to do it."

 

[chickdigger802]

There are no lesbians in anime though!

space pirates

 

[BGBW]

girls only read BL too.

That guy is sooo hot, i want his dick in me in his best friend's ass.

Yeah, it's not like guys do the same thing with female characters.

There are no lesbians in anime though!

Just because they don't kiss and have a shagadelic time 24/7. Get that mind out of the gutter you lewdite.

 

[Serious]

Buddy Complex Episode 1

Spoiler

The Opening shots, the character design, the highschool setup, the brown-hair go-happy protagonist and silver-hair depressed brotagonist, the primary colored mechas and romantic antics

Spoiler

The high school setting that appears to have been completely abandoned at the end of the episode? Did I miss a silver-haired character besides the one desperately trying to murder the MC (hardly a brotagonist there)?

I said it earlier in the thread, and I guess endless comparisons are inevitable because the show just ended, but Buddy Complex didn't feel all that much like Valvrave. It's not like Valvrave is the only Sunrise original mecha, the first episode felt more like Zegapain to me than anything if I had to compare it to something.

 

[Basileus777]

Spoiler

The high school setting that appears to have been completely abandoned at the end of the episode? Did I miss a silver-haired character besides the one desperately trying to murder the MC (hardly a brotagonist there)?

Spoiler

I'm pretty sure the guy trying to kill him isn't the same as Dio. It seems like he was a former ally of Hina. MC probably turns her in the future and sends her back in the past to protect himself terminator style.

I said it earlier in the thread, and I guess endless comparisons are inevitable because the show just ended, but Buddy Complex didn't feel all that much like Valvrave. It's not like Valvrave is the only Sunrise original mecha, the first episode felt more like Zegapain to me than anything if I had to compare it to something.

Yeah, the Valvrave comparison is pretty thin.

 

[sonicmj1]

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 16

Ah, so that's what Dresden meant about that plot point coming back around. That was really cool.

You know who's always really cool? Analyzer. What a badass.

I like how this show has been layering on its plot threads. Every episode is usually pretty focused on one thing, but they also plant the seeds early on for things that'll happen later. So while this episode pays off stuff about

Spoiler

the shifty security guy working with Niimi, and the scrapped Izumo plan

, it also brings

Spoiler

Yuki's origins and the nature of her mission

to the fore to use later, and advances the subplot of the navigation computer a bit. It's really good serial writing, and it's something that Kill la Kill (to throw one example out there) has had some trouble with in the back half of the fall season.

I would never have expected this to be my second-favorite TV show of the year before I started it.

 

[Serious]

Spoiler

I'm pretty sure the guy trying to kill him isn't the same as Dio. It seems like he was a former ally of Hina. MC probably turns her in the future and sends her back in the past to protect himself terminator style.

Spoiler

Dio isn't the same character as the one who attempted to kill the MC, but Dio isn't silver-haired. He's blond. He also doesn't seem anything like L-Elf character-wise, from what little we've seen from him.