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[Jex]

[Anne of Green Gables - 25]

Rather than having straight up re-cap episodes to save time this show goes the route of having a few new scenes of interaction as a set-up for the lengthy flashabacks. Personally I find this rather more annoying than the standard re-cap because you think you're sitting down to a normal episode, but actually you're just wasting your time.

It didn't help that all the non-flashback stuff was clearly filler made by the c-team. It was hampered by weird editing, poor composition, a flat script and pretty much no story to speak of.

[Anne of Green Gables - 26]

Well, this helped to wash the bad taste of the last episode out of my mouth. Anne's brand spanking new teacher is apparently the living incarnation of Jesus, everyone loves her, she's perfect, good with the boys and an inspiration to every human being on the planet. Just look at her sleeves:

Apparently, to raise money for a new flag, all the children are going to put on a play. Anne competing for a role, practising and acting in a dramatic production of any sort basically writes itself, as you'd imagine given her melodramatic personality. I imagine this is the scene where all the Canadian's teared up:

 

[Infinite Justice]

Bring ' back from porn and I will watch the show.
She's the best girl no matter what she does.

I guess that's why she's in porn

AKB48 anime details

http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/2002820/full/

Here's the full staff list:

Planning/Supervisor: Yasushi Akimoto (AKB45 General Producer)
Original Concept/Chief Director: Shoji Kawamori (Macross, More Macross, Arjuna, Even More Macross)
Series Composition/Script: Mari Okada (Anohana, Hanasaku Iroha, Toradora!)
Character Design: Mikan Ehime (Macross F)
Director: Yoshimasa Hiraike (Working!!, Amagami SS, Sketchbook ~fill color's~)
Executive Producer: Toshimichi Ootsuki (Rebuild of Evangelion)
Animation Production: Satelight (Macross F, Aquarion)


The anime will start next Spring, and will be about 9 "Idol candidates" who aspire to become like the Top8 elected AKB48 idols featured in the show. The voices for the 9 main characters will be chosen out of the 200 idols in the AKB groups, in a series of selections. The Top 8 elected AKB48 idols seem to be the actual ones who are the most popular right now.

Shoji Kawamori says that he hopes that using the proud animation that Japan has to offer, combined with the latest in CG techniques, they can truly show off the professional spirit of the Idols in this anime production. Lol.

This is an illustation image showing what the top8 elected idols might look like in anime form.

This is the official character design art for 9 main characters who are the idol candidates. (lol)

an idol anime again?

 

[iavi]

That looks like RKB:idoru edition. Anime is dead-er.

 

[PdotMichael]

Squid Girl - 04

I say, I thought the play on broken engrish was brill-iant.

Mini-Ika...

EVERYTIME!

Squid Girl and her english was extreme cute! My highlight, today

 

[Jex]

AKB48 anime details

Here's the full staff list:

Original Concept/Chief Director: Shoji Kawamori (Macross, More Macross, Arjuna, Even More Macross)
Series Composition/Script: Mari Okada (Anohana, Hanasaku Iroha, Toradora!)
Character Design: Mikan Ehime (Macross F)

Animation Production: Satelight (Macross F, Aquarion)

Shoji Kawamori says that he hopes that using the proud animation that Japan has to offer, combined with the latest in CG techniques, they can truly show off the professional spirit of the Idols in this anime production. Lol.

That's all I need to know. They're really doing their best at sabotaging their chances from day one, aren't they?

 

[Branduil]

Have you learned nothing from the mountain? I never told you to sing.

Imagine if Chris is the idols' producer.

 

[Haly]

"Why do you sing?"

 

[BluWacky]

Oh, Kawamori

Is this my punishment for hating Basquash? Was the 10 minutes of Animal Detective Kiruminzuu I watched not enough to assuage you that you must punish us with shitty idol anime?

 

[Dynedom]

Squid Girl - 04

Chibi-Ika Musume is still squidorable.

Laughed pretty hard at the

Spoiler

Lenon

gag.

 

[mr jones]

Sup y'all.

Can you recommend a decent action/drama anime to me on Netflix? I liked Ghost in the Shell, and Mushishi was ok too. Monster got boring to me. High School of the Dead pissed me off.

Anything?

 

[PdotMichael]

so...

the next Squid Girl episode in two weeks and episode 6 in 4 weeks!

 

[iavi]

Sup y'all.

Can you recommend a decent action/drama anime to me on Netflix? I liked Ghost in the Shell, and Mushishi was ok too. Monster got boring to me. High School of the Dead pissed me off.

Anything?

I think the Samurai X ovas are up on Netflix, definitely get at those.

 

[flawfuls]

Bah they should have just done an adaptation of the AKB49 manga. It's shockingly good. Then again I doubt it would have appealed very much to the anime buying audience. Instead of going the moe or romcom route they went the hot blooded shounen sports route.

I would also like to mention that the legendary 49th member is a dude and it's all completely serious.

 

[Lafiel]

AKB48 anime details

Here's the full staff list:
Planning/Supervisor: Yasushi Akimoto (AKB45 General Producer)
Original Concept/Chief Director: Shoji Kawamori (Macross, More Macross, Arjuna, Even More Macross)
Series Composition/Script: Mari Okada (Anohana, Hanasaku Iroha, Toradora!)
Character Design: Mikan Ehime (Macross F)
Director: Yoshimasa Hiraike (Working!!, Amagami SS, Sketchbook ~fill color's~)
Executive Producer: Toshimichi Ootsuki (Rebuild of Evangelion)
Animation Production: Satelight (Macross F, Aquarion)

The anime will start next Spring, and will be about 9 "Idol candidates" who aspire to become like the Top8 elected AKB48 idols featured in the show. The voices for the 9 main characters will be chosen out of the 200 idols in the AKB groups, in a series of selections. The Top 8 elected AKB48 idols seem to be the actual ones who are the most popular right now.

Shoji Kawamori says that he hopes that using the proud animation that Japan has to offer, combined with the latest in CG techniques, they can truly show off the professional spirit of the Idols in this anime production. Lol.

I have no words right now...

 

[duckroll]

"In the year 20XX, AKB48 surpassed the Beatles."

Yeah. No.

 

[A Black Falcon]

No, there's no such scene of that in the game. I think you may be confused when

Spoiler

Ilya mind control's Shirou to her mansion/castle in the forest. There's a cg of her sitting on Shirou's lap that does look questionable, but its of her trying to get him on her side.

There is a humorous 4-koma strip of Ilya floating around where's she's at a computer looking all focused and at the end Taiga finally appearing to tell her, "It doesn't matter how many times you play it, there is no Ilya Route!".

Yeah, you're right. I was indeed confused by the pics, but you're right.

Ben-To 2

That was... fun. I'm genuinely shocked.

The earnestness with which they treat this ridiculous premise really helps sell it.

What is it with this season and terrible first episodes?

Sure, the second episode is better, but the first one wasn't terrible...

Bah they should have just done an adaptation of the AKB49 manga. It's shockingly good. Then again I doubt it would have appealed very much to the anime buying audience. Instead of going the moe or romcom route they went the hot blooded shounen sports route.

http://i.imgur.com/DNlNa.jpg

I would also like to mention that the legendary 49th member is a dude and it's all completely serious.

"Blessed by god" because he is male, not an inferior woman like the others?

 

[jman2050]

Were you guys around when Squid Girl season 1 was airing?

I was its main champion! Good to see the fleet expand over the past year!

 

[Amagon]

Any news about Hellsing Ultimate from NYCC???

 

[Branduil]

Get Yoko Kanno to do the music!

But then I would really have to watch it.

 

[Articalys]

Any news about Hellsing Ultimate from NYCC???

This is the only mention I could find of Hellsing from notes on their panel, so make of it what you will:

15:44:58 <bay|NYCC|FUNi> Q: Hellsing ova boxset possible?
15:45:12 <bay|NYCC|FUNi> A: we haven't continued working on the series yet so stand by

 

[iavi]

So I found this series of ugly CG shorts on Hulu called Mr. Stain on Junk Alley. Near as I can tell, it's about a homeless dude and a jerkass cat living in an alley, having wacky hallucinations while they fail to find food and starve to death.

I don't know...I can't stop watching for some reason. It's not totally terrible.

Question is, is it funny? That's key.

 

[flawfuls]

"Blessed by god" because he is male, not an inferior woman like the others?

 

[Lafiel]

So, with this recent AKB48 anime announcement, it appears that IDOLM@STER truly did revolutionize the "idol" anime genre, this is only the beginning, expect a new generation of Idol anime due to IDORU influence, the question is will any of them compare to IDORU?

Spoiler

probably not

 

[cajunator]

Squid Girl - 04

I say, I thought the play on broken engrish was brill-iant.

Mini-Ika...

EVERYTIME!

Chibi Ika did remind me of Potemayo a lot. So did the girl with the orange hair actually.

 

[Geneijin]

AKB48 anime details

Shoji Kawamori says that he hopes that using the proud animation that Japan has to offer, combined with the latest in CG techniques, they can truly show off the professional spirit of the Idols in this anime production. Lol.

???

I'm finding a surprising lack of examples to these techniques.

 

[cajunator]

Sup y'all.

Can you recommend a decent action/drama anime to me on Netflix? I liked Ghost in the Shell, and Mushishi was ok too. Monster got boring to me. High School of the Dead pissed me off.

Anything?

Moribito

 

[jman2050]

So, with this recent AKB48 anime announcement, it appears that IDOLM@STER truly did revolutionize the "idol" anime genre, this is only the beginning, expect a new generation of Idol anime due to IDORU influence, the question is will any of them compare to IDORU?

Spoiler

probably not

Anime is dead

 

[Reknoc]

"In the year 20XX, AKB48 surpassed the Beatles."

Yeah. No.

They've already surpassed the beatles!


In member size.

 

[iavi]

Anime is dead

Lol, I wanted to say it again at that post. But I'd only be echoing myself a few posts up. Perfect call, soldier.

 

[cajunator]

I bought yet another bookshelf so my anime collection doesn't keep spilling out onto the floor.
Now to find a decent display case for all the figurines.
Any good online outlets that sell display cabinets? Not a curio or something, but more one of those tall glass cases. Something to keep the dust off everything.

 

[mAcOdIn]

They've already surpassed the beatles!


In member size.

Ewwwww

Spoiler

Which one?

 

[Amagon]

This is the only mention I could find of Hellsing from notes on their panel, so make of it what you will:

15:44:58 <bay|NYCC|FUNi> Q: Hellsing ova boxset possible?
15:45:12 <bay|NYCC|FUNi> A: we haven't continued working on the series yet so stand by

You gotta be fucking me. Ugggghhhhh...

 

[Branduil]

Anime is dead

 

[Instro]

Sup y'all.

Can you recommend a decent action/drama anime to me on Netflix? I liked Ghost in the Shell, and Mushishi was ok too. Monster got boring to me. High School of the Dead pissed me off.

Anything?

Without knowing what you have seen, I'll just to a quick scan of some stuff on the anime page on Netflix.

Baccano- Probably the perfect fit if you're looking for a mix of action and drama since it does both extremely well. Great cast of characters, well written plot, etc etc.
Samurai Champloo
Death Note
Gurren Lagann is on there, although theres not exactly a lot of drama since it so over the top.
Golgo 13...although I suppose that's more action that anything else
Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood is on there definitely watch that, assuming you dont have a problem with a 64 episode show.
GunGrave would also be worth checking out, although some sections get pretty stupid.
Darker Then Black is on there as well iirc. Certainly worth watching.

Anything on Netflix that you had your eye on already? Might be a bit easier to give you suggestions, since this is just guesswork atm.

EDIT

Oh, Heat Guy J is on there too! That's cool scifi shit.

 

[Crash Station]

Ben-to 2

I love how there's a whole structure to the supermarket fighting. "Team" identifiers, rules and those that break them, strategies, prominent individuals. This really is Ikkitousen at a supermarket.

 

[firehawk12]

To expand on that, the episode I watched had 6 3-4 minute segments and 2 shorter ones in the middle, all centered around one slice-of-life style situation. I think you'd like it.

Or epeen envy?

It's regular length but more or less a sketch show, kinda like Nichijou (not as ridiculous, obv.) or marathoning a bunch of Chi's Sweet-ass Home episodes.

Ah, sounds neat and low impact anyway.

AKB48 anime details

Sequel to idolm@ster already!

 

[PdotMichael]

Idol shows are like harem animes without a big idiot as main character.

I guess it makes it a little better.

 

[Instro]

Shoji Kawamori says that he hopes that using the proud animation that Japan has to offer, combined with the latest in CG techniques, they can truly show off the professional spirit of the Idols in this anime production. Lol.

Boy Kawamori sure is bringing it next year with Aquarion on this Idol show.......

 

[NewFresh]

Ben-To Ep.2

The level of seriousness that the characters demonstrate is perfectly contradictory to the actual plot of the show.

Ben-to 2

I love how there's a whole structure to the supermarket fighting. "Team" identifiers, rules and those that break them, strategies, prominent individuals. This really is Ikkitousen at a supermarket.

That is what I love most about the episode. There are layers and layers of ridiculous depth.

Ben-to 2 - This show is great stuff, really one of the best shows of the season so far. It's a complete surprise, I don't know if anyone was really expecting this to be good, but it is... the idea is completely absurd, but that's the whole point. While the characters take this idea -- vicious battles over half-price bento boxes -- quite seriously, the viewer simply can't, so it's all just completely ridiculous. Fortunately, that split works pretty well here. This is a good battle harem show. I'm wondering where the plot's going to go now, there are plenty of plot elements and questions to answer...

I was! I'm even quoted in the OP.

On that note, the battle element definitely takes prescedence over the harem element, but yes, it is harem, of course. Oh well... at least the female characters are reasonably interesting, for the genre. I wonder whether the lesbian girl will fall in love with him too... if it follows genre convention it's likely, unfortunately, but we'll see.

I am hoping that they keep this focus (75% Battle 25% Harem) throughout the shows run. But you are right that it would fit the typical conventions of the genre to ramp up the amount of girls and fan service.

 

[dimb]

Idol shows are like harem animes without a big idiot as main character.

I guess it makes it a little better.

What about idol shows with big idiots as the main character? Like idolm@ster.

 

[Shouta]

AKB48 anime details

Sounds ultra boring. Honestly, they should totally animate the AKB49 manga when it finishes. That would be a lot more interesting.

 

[cajunator]

GAF I want to watch something sickeningly cute. Suggestions?

 

[LordCanti]

GAF I want to watch something sickeningly cute. Suggestions?

Usagi Drop?

It's pretty much sickeningly cute, in a dawww sort of way.

 

[BluWacky]

GAF I want to watch something sickeningly cute. Suggestions?

Bottle Fairy or Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar. Definitely vomit-causing in their cuteness.

 

[Enron]

Sounds ultra boring. Honestly, they should totally animate the AKB49 manga when it finishes. That would be a lot more interesting.

In other news, Shouta reads AKB49 manga. lol

 

[NewFresh]

GAF I want to watch something sickeningly cute. Suggestions?

A Little Snow Fairy

 

[PdotMichael]

GAF I want to watch something sickeningly cute. Suggestions?

http://youtu.be/zRWt-rAQEH0

 

[cajunator]

Usagi Drop?

It's pretty much sickeningly cute, in a dawww sort of way.

Oh shit. I haven't finished watching that! I left off around episode 8 or osmething.

Bottle Fairy or Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar. Definitely vomit-causing in their cuteness.

Broccoli shows are great.
I love those.

Looking for something from other studios though. Perhaps something cute I haven't thought of or seen before.

 

[Steroyd]

GAF I want to watch something sickeningly cute. Suggestions?

Potemayo voice by

Spoiler

Kana Hanazawa.

 

[cajunator]

Potemayo voice by

Spoiler

Kana Hanazawa.

Seen it. HNNNGED to it (and Kana)