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2011 Fall Anime Thread - Bad Shows & Self Hating Nerds
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I don't even like Squid Girl, but Working'!!? Really?darkside31337 said:
I can't even tell if Working'!! is trying to be funny. It is literally just the same things happening over and over again since like episode five. Are they jokes? It's a mystery. Maybe Working'!! is actually just another time travel/Groundhog Day anime in disguise.
PdotMichael
Banned
maybe is it more a countdown?
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Not this shit again.Dresden said:
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
PSPs won't make you many friends 02: This episode has been brought to you by Sony, makers of the Playing States Portable and Playing States 3. I have to admit, as a fan of Monster Hunter I got a kick out of all the little nods in the first half of the episode. The 2nd half was just as funny, with Yozora and Sena in perfect sync with their choices and character judgements. 
Watching Sena get so absorbed in the game was hilarious; if there was any doubt as to why she wants females friends instead of male friends, it's been quelled in this episode. It's still weird hearing Ohana's voice come from a huge-tittied chick though, hopefully I'll adjust.
Guilty Crown 01: Take the initials for Code Geass, reverse the order, and use different words (Code Geass -> CG -> GC .> Guilty Crown) and you know what you're getting into. I much prefer the artwork and animation for this one though; I think I'm going to keep watching.
Transforming Columbo has just one more question (and tits) 01: Well, Un-Go is off to an interesting start. I like the art style and animation, though anime creators really need to work on their in medias res technique; it's a bit jarring in this first episode. Still, definitely going to continue watching.
Watching Sena get so absorbed in the game was hilarious; if there was any doubt as to why she wants females friends instead of male friends, it's been quelled in this episode. It's still weird hearing Ohana's voice come from a huge-tittied chick though, hopefully I'll adjust.Guilty Crown 01: Take the initials for Code Geass, reverse the order, and use different words (Code Geass -> CG -> GC .> Guilty Crown) and you know what you're getting into. I much prefer the artwork and animation for this one though; I think I'm going to keep watching.
Transforming Columbo has just one more question (and tits) 01: Well, Un-Go is off to an interesting start. I like the art style and animation, though anime creators really need to work on their in medias res technique; it's a bit jarring in this first episode. Still, definitely going to continue watching.
Penguindrum 14
I'm not going to lie,
Anime is saved another week. I'm wondering what's in store for 15, given what has been said by the writers/production about it.
I'm not going to lie,
the rape scene really turned me on.
So Yuri is a childhood friend... what else about her body is horrible that she has to hide? I'm assuming Momoka still cared for her even though she was a lesbian, which is why she loved her, because she was accepting of that, but i'm wondering if there's more to her body that we aren't being told yet.
I hate angsty Shouma and hope someone slaps his shit.
Sanetoshi is fabulous as fuck.
I laughed a lot with the Esmeralda pictures scene and #1. It was hilarious.
Also, who is it Kanba is getting money from, and why is it and his actions putting him at risk? I know his part of his life is some of the cost, but I wonder what more there is to it.
Masako talking about him loving Himari was great too, as was Kanba's reaction and that slide kick.
So Yuri is a childhood friend... what else about her body is horrible that she has to hide? I'm assuming Momoka still cared for her even though she was a lesbian, which is why she loved her, because she was accepting of that, but i'm wondering if there's more to her body that we aren't being told yet.
I hate angsty Shouma and hope someone slaps his shit.
Sanetoshi is fabulous as fuck.
I laughed a lot with the Esmeralda pictures scene and #1. It was hilarious.
Also, who is it Kanba is getting money from, and why is it and his actions putting him at risk? I know his part of his life is some of the cost, but I wonder what more there is to it.
Masako talking about him loving Himari was great too, as was Kanba's reaction and that slide kick.
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Thoraxes said:
octopusman
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How about some non-drugged food for a change?
Infinite Justice
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Enron said:
Fixed.
Just curious, duckroll... you know if Mahiro Maeda is now a regular of BONES? This staff list doesn't have to mean anything as collaborations are frequent and he has acted as a freelancer before but, as you told me GONZO completely re-assembled, I don't know if Mr. Maeda is again involved with them...duckroll said:
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People are hating on Nanami here?
The Nanami-centric episodes were the best.
The Nanami-centric episodes were the best.
RurouniZel said:PSPs won't make you many friends 02: This episode has been brought to you by Sony, makers of the Playing States Portable and Playing States 3. I have to admit, as a fan of Monster Hunter I got a kick out of all the little nods in the first half of the episode. The 2nd half was just as funny, with Yozora and Sena in perfect sync with their choices and character judgements.
Nah I think Capcom paid for this episode, not Sony.
I find this show weird cause it's very blatantly playing up the harem/fanservice aspect visually but the humor hasn't gone in that direction at all. It somehow works, at least in these first two episodes.
PdotMichael
Banned
Working'!! - 2
Oh no, I am now finally a self-hating anime nerd. But the last two episodes were not Inami-centric, so it was watchable.
Oh no, I am now finally a self-hating anime nerd. But the last two episodes were not Inami-centric, so it was watchable.
Jex
Member
Hmm? In that part you quoted I was specifically talking about re-caps and re-used animation, neither of which are good things, which is why I highlighted them. Re-used animation includes the stairs sequence, elevators, fights, driving and lots of stuff all over the place. It's got budget issues up the wazoo.icarus-daedelus said:
That really has nothing to do with the direction in other, important story scenes.
(for the record, those stairs were stylish every time)
PdotMichael
Banned
Instro said:
Yuri has no penis, she has in the same episode hot lesbian sex, but only Mamako knows her "secret", so no penis.
it makes no sense
MotionBlue
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Fate/Zero 2
Wow, that was good. Good animation, I like seeing the young versions of the original series and how they interacted.
Horizon 02
I still have no idea what is going on, it was still entertaining... somehow.
Penguindrum 14
WOW. Did I call it or what?
Scumbag Shoma.
Wow, that was good. Good animation, I like seeing the young versions of the original series and how they interacted.
Horizon 02
I still have no idea what is going on, it was still entertaining... somehow.
Something something, girl had her boobs cut off.
Penguindrum 14
WOW. Did I call it or what?
Scumbag Shoma.
Ringo getting raped/mind-fucked by Yuri. This just took a huge step into something disturbing. I also suspect Kanba is into something equally dubious.
I don't want Ringo to be damaged
I don't want Ringo to be damaged
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Pengruindrum 14:
I can't believe it took me over 5 minutes into the episode to make the connection. The fact that they spell it right before by having
made me feel really derpy for not noticing it even earlier. At least, I presume the seeds were planted way before anyway
).
That said, whereas this episode moves away from the gawd-awful exposition-fests of the last two episodes, now we get an episode with some strange tone issues.
. At the very least, it seems to be fairly clear what the end game - at least thematically - is at this point.
I just wonder if the whole show couldn't have been better structured to support that theme. At the very least, you wouldn't need three or four episodes of expository scenes in order to set up the endgame.
I can't believe it took me over 5 minutes into the episode to make the connection. The fact that they spell it right before by having
Yuri sign in Ringo as a sister
(outside of the now obvious role that Yuri performs in her play - she literally plays a woman)
That said, whereas this episode moves away from the gawd-awful exposition-fests of the last two episodes, now we get an episode with some strange tone issues.
I honestly wasn't sure if Shouma's emo-kid bit was supposed to be tragic or hilarious
I just wonder if the whole show couldn't have been better structured to support that theme. At the very least, you wouldn't need three or four episodes of expository scenes in order to set up the endgame.
Guilty Crown Episode 1- Absolute balls. The pacing was all over the place, the transitions made absolutely no fucking sense, and the resolution of his 'resolve' came from what? No, seriously, what!? This entire thing is shit. Really poorly written; it seems as though it's just going with abstract for the sake of complexity- complexity for the fucking sake of being complex. Shit does not work like that. No, if you make things cryptic it doesn't mean there's some deeper level there. No, I don't want to go deeper, when this shit was awful.
Was this episode 2? Was it? Because I saw absolutely no characterization, plot, or even relevance between the beginning and the end. This was utter shit. Who said this was Code Geass the second coming? That person can go fuck themselves.
Was this episode 2? Was it? Because I saw absolutely no characterization, plot, or even relevance between the beginning and the end. This was utter shit. Who said this was Code Geass the second coming? That person can go fuck themselves.
duckroll said:
You're right, I didn't even catch the PV. That doesn't at all look as good as I was hoping it would, but does seem to be a bit better than Gonzo's trash. I'm just hoping that I'll eventually see something drawn to his usual ability, but animated a bit better than this. Which, sadly, is the closest I've gotten to seeing his art done justice.
It's probably a pipe dream, I know, but just look at this!
or this:
so good.
PdotMichael said:
(Penguin 14 spoilers)
She knew
Momoka
very young.
elementary school aged Yuri would know she was a lesbian, or that she'd be able to convey that to Momoka.
actually a bit weird or odd about her body
I really hate it that they've taken us
down this path. She had to fit into the story somewhere, but did we really need yet another rapist? Jury-Senpai forcibly kissed Kanba, Ringo nearly raped Tabuki, Sanetoshi tried to kiss Himari, and now Yuri might rape Ringo out of nowhere.
cyclical, and that what comes around goes around (she tried to rape Tabuki to become Momoka, now she may get raped because Yuri wants her to be Momoka
If she actually
gets raped
Fractale
I don't want that to happen =/ I know that even though it's
rape
disturbing feeling about it
disturbed for another reason...because they went to such great lengths to make it titillating in a fucked up way
Judging from the voice over at the end of the show, what are the odds of
the rope being to hang Ringo, and not for some kind of crazy ass Shibari?
she thinks Ringo won't report her to the police, if she lives to tell the tale, since she's awake still
trejo said:
Unless we're being completely trolled, and
she's going to dress Ringo up like Momoka, and not rape her or something
lighthearted for me, in terms of it being a potential rape scene.
Ringo tried to rape Tabuki, where the lighting was all ominous, and Ringo clearly looked out of her mind. This time, Ringo is all flushed, and they take great pains to show us every inch of her body. It was just weird in terms of the tone. Are we supposed to be afraid for her? If so, they didn't create a sense of foreboding
I honestly don't understand where all the hate is coming from. From what I can gather it has something to do with the episode being too fanservicey and having some weird cost cutting and direction issues. If you don't mind that I don't think it'll be as much of an issue.icarus-daedelus said:
Perhaps letting the episodes build up so you can watch them in chunks isn't a bad idea.
LordCanti said:
Well Esmereldaguin (Jury?), got a phone call of where the second half of the diary is so she'll most likely come to save the day we've had a couple of close shaves as it is, plus Ringo was drugged, she probably won't remember what happens like the frog thing with Tabuki.
Jex
Member
Episodes 12 and 13 were god awful? Was it because they focused on telling a backstory, or was there actual problems with the which made them god awful episodes? Or is it that telling a backstory automatically becomes god awful exposition, like dudes hitting on Ohana is automatically bad drama?firehawk12 said:
This isn't a loaded question, really! I'm just interested. I would go back and look for your earlier posts, but this thread is hella long. You can just link them up, or maybe I'll search later.
Nah, they were awesome. Especially the second set.icarus-daedelus said:
Jexhius said:
Episode 12 of MPD was the breaking point for me. Retreading events with heavy handed, but ultimately non-existent emotional tension due to the fact that they've played with the same card multiple times prior
Only to bring her back in the very next episode, again.
On that note, you can say 'lol anime, inconsistencies are the norm!,' And I'll just ask you why.
Up to date on Penguin Drum. Took something like 11 episodes for it to become watchable, but it's finally there. Kind of bummed Himari
. Easily the most likable character, I think
would have made the series more interesting.
Keeps with the theme of the show so far. Maybe I've been watching too much anime and expect that sort of lame anticlimatic ending and actually complain when there isn't one.
Not really liking what they are doing with what I assume is some futanari shit in the most recent episode. This show puts too much focus on the most annoying characters, or rather goes through pains to make all the characters annoy the piss out of me. There was a good 2 episode run where everyone was good, but now between
and Shouma's new emo mode I feel like I'm moving back to the first 10 episodes of "follow the annoying stalker around".
didn't really die this time around
her death
The brothers sparked by her death double their efforts to get the Penguin Drum and give to the hat only to find, like Momoka, and all the people that have died before some things are simply fated.
Not really liking what they are doing with what I assume is some futanari shit in the most recent episode. This show puts too much focus on the most annoying characters, or rather goes through pains to make all the characters annoy the piss out of me. There was a good 2 episode run where everyone was good, but now between
futanari rape lady
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Miri said:
Himari has only died once before, in the first episode. Her death is more important for the effect it has on the brothers than what it is in itself anyway.
I don't even know what you're talking about here.
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