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2011 Fall Anime Thread - Bad Shows & Self Hating Nerds
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chickdigger802
Banned
un-go 2
man upload speeds are super slow in the future T_T
man upload speeds are super slow in the future T_T
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I wish I could watch that movie for the first time ever again.wonzo said:
Actually no, I wouldn't understand shit. I need to re-watch it to understand it in the first place.
Oh boy.Morro! said:
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
My problem with C3 isn't the difference in tones, but that, in the effort to do the early hook, they forgot that the characters are still pretty new for the audience. I cannot take their drama seriously when I've barely known them, and I cannot buy their interactions when they barely know each other. It feels like an epilogue to another animu.darkside31337 said:
There's not a single female character in Guilty crown that's as good as say yayoi / makoto / chihaya, and despite only two episodes having aired for guilty crown, I doubt it will have a SINGLE female character that will compare to those three, hell I'd even take the worst IM@S girls over Inori at this point.:3zeroshiki said:
Master Milk
Member
I guess I should check out the newest Guilty Crown. I've been rewatching Saki all day.
Well, you know good girls love bad boys.Regulus Tera said:
Idolmaster 16 was a boring Hibiki episode anyway, a big letdown from the hilarity of last week. Only parts that saved it were a bit of advancement on the main conflict plotline and more hinting at
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At least that's another requisite character spotlight out of the way. Next week we're back to focusing on the superior Makoto anyway.
Chihaya's backstory
At least that's another requisite character spotlight out of the way. Next week we're back to focusing on the superior Makoto anyway.
Bokutomo 3
Surprisingly, it was the little character/world building moments like the ones in this ep that made the manga really stand out from the rest its echhi/romcom counterparts, for me, despite even being a bit funnier. So it's safe to say that I'm totally glad to see that they transitioned well, though... dat fanservice, jesus. Sacrifice all tension in the scene for a few shots of Sena's T&A, will you. Sad thing is: that'll probably pay off more than were they to not have focused on the assets...smh.
Surprisingly, it was the little character/world building moments like the ones in this ep that made the manga really stand out from the rest its echhi/romcom counterparts, for me, despite even being a bit funnier. So it's safe to say that I'm totally glad to see that they transitioned well, though... dat fanservice, jesus. Sacrifice all tension in the scene for a few shots of Sena's T&A, will you. Sad thing is: that'll probably pay off more than were they to not have focused on the assets...smh.
chickdigger802
Banned
Guilty Crown 2
Not too sure wtf happened at the end, but don't really see the hate. Fanservice is there, but at least ... it doesn't look bad. Nothing really looks bad cuz this is easily the best looking flashy fall show.
Sure it's a mix of evangalion plug suits, typical whiny pansy MC, Code Geass world, macross girly girl and what not, but nothing really offensive here.
But wait...
Fuck those mecha designs. They look horrible, and are in cg >.>"
Not too sure wtf happened at the end, but don't really see the hate. Fanservice is there, but at least ... it doesn't look bad. Nothing really looks bad cuz this is easily the best looking flashy fall show.
Sure it's a mix of evangalion plug suits, typical whiny pansy MC, Code Geass world, macross girly girl and what not, but nothing really offensive here.
But wait...
Fuck those mecha designs. They look horrible, and are in cg >.>"
Idolmaster 16
Grandmaster material.
This episode was awful. First they faked me out into thinking it would be a Chihaya episode, but the whole thing just defied any and all logic of a realistic world. Hibiki can literally talk to and understand understand animals.
I don't understand how this episode was made. It is so bad.
Grandmaster material.
This episode was awful. First they faked me out into thinking it would be a Chihaya episode, but the whole thing just defied any and all logic of a realistic world. Hibiki can literally talk to and understand understand animals.
Then she goes missing in the woods or some shit and nobody really gives a shit or sends out a search party. Then somehow her hamster runs through the woods, takes a train, goes to 765 Pro HQ, gets a dog, then goes back to Hibiki's house and grabs her animal harem or whatever, before going to rescue her while she is stranded halfway down a cliff. How a pig and a crocodile and a bunch of other animals manage this task isn't really specified, but they rescue her.
I don't understand how this episode was made. It is so bad.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Articalys said:
I really didn't understand the opening, especially in the context of such a cartooney episode. Of course, I found it funny that they tried to be serious at all, to the point where I almost thought the opening was a parody.
I'm just curious about what you found necessarily interesting about the character moments? On my end, all I saw were just harem flags being triggered by the protagonist.Miri said:
Crash Station
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Heroic Age 1
For a wild boy cut off from civilization, Age sure has some pretty eyelashes. He also talks in the 3rd person which I don't think I've ever seen an anime male do.
Liking it so far. Not fully grasping the lore yet, but the characters seem cool and I hear it pretty much turns into a mix of Gurren Lagann and DBZ later, so I'm excited for that.
For a wild boy cut off from civilization, Age sure has some pretty eyelashes. He also talks in the 3rd person which I don't think I've ever seen an anime male do.
Liking it so far. Not fully grasping the lore yet, but the characters seem cool and I hear it pretty much turns into a mix of Gurren Lagann and DBZ later, so I'm excited for that.
firehawk12 said:
You can already see the ending, can't you? Haha. I joke, but so can I, really. And I'm perfectly cool with that. I mean, it's blatantly predictable in all its wiring, but in my current mood, I just find it to provide an enjoyable sense of depth to the situations, but without all the braindrain that so usually comes with the writing that attempts to be a bit more extensive. Kind of like watching a really funny KEY anime, but without all of the tears, and with a protagonist that's... about the same, now that I think on it.
Along with all of that, and its having of archtypes that I dig--for the most part--Bokutomo's just working.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32010720&postcount=6
Can we keep him, duckroll? Pretty please?GrizzNKev said:
I'm gonna go ahead and advise you to watch episode 8 before finally dropping it for good. It's really charming and delightful in a cheesy 80's romcom sorta way and by far the best the show has had to offer, imo. Plus the characters all walking archetypes so you don't really need to know anything about them to enjoy it.icarus-daedelus said:
firehawk12
Subete no aware
How are you going to handle the loli nun?Miri said:
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Also, what the fuuuuuck Japan.
A Black Falcon
Member
Yeah, that is an interesting question, isn't it...scy said:
on the one hand you "expect" that character to probably be good, but on the other hand, this guy's showing a lot of signs of being a villain. Either they aren't doing the standard anime Sengoku narrative (and there is some variation, like how while Nobunaga is usually evil, occasionally that's different), or this is one of the effects of the breakdown of the historical recreation. It may be important to remember that the historical recreation is breaking down, when comparing their names to what you expect their actions to be.
I'm sure she did something, but the Sengoku games often do have to dig a bit to find female characters to give combat roles, sure.
I don't know, maybe they were just playing... I mean, they were supposed to be friends, yes?
Oh anime main character status, what does it not bring... (intelligence, for one... but apart from that...
) But yeah, you basically just have to accept that for some odd reason these people, even though they think of him as the joke he is, actually like him. I don't know if it makes sense -- in Ep. 1 I sure didn't like him much -- but it did do a somewhat better job in eps 2 and 3. Still, it is probably a "this is anime, accept it" moment, yeah. There are a lot of those in this show, obviously.Huh, so you were kind of confused too.
It did seem like they were setting it up for something to happen, but that little thing didn't quite make sense as something important... and then they broke apart and went different ways, so who knows. Oh well, I'm sure we will see all of those characters again. (I'd say "I'm sure things will be explained later", but in THIS show, I'm not exactly sure about that to say the least... )
)I think I also saw here people showing their dissatisfaction with the character, no? Although it wasn't a criticism as vicious as in other places. I remember calling myself Mr. Producer "obvious catalyst and bland spectator's vessel", but his harmless presence left aside for the most part of the time makes this blandness pointless enough for everyone interested... what would happen if some possessive fans saw Mr. Producer as a influential character, causing a interference with the idol's cast? I'm sure those making the series thought that is better to leave it like that...zeroshiki said:
A Black Falcon
Member
It probably would have been better without him in it at all.Branduil said:
PdotMichael
Banned
Dynedom said:
I'm not alone anymore!
I love that commercial so much.PdotMichael said:
That would have been a good approach if done correctly; strictly-in-the-shadows professional producers without a face, and a show centered only in the relationships between the idols, and their aspirations... but, what kind of series would have been compared to THE IDOLM@STER games? Part of the 'raison d'être' of this games is the building of a professional relationship between you, a recently hired producer, and the idols. Without this kind of similar interactions and unfolding situations replicated in the animated series, what part of the games would have been present on this? Only the idols themselves? And this is where I wonder what kind of experience the fans of the games want from the animated series... something similar to the games or a different approach? If you want to interest the same fans, I suppose you have to offer a parallel solution, being careful of not bothering them in the process.Branduil said:
Don't misunderstand me, I also think they could have done things differently, but when you want to appease the majority of the franchise followers, I think you don't have many options. And that is why their solution of including a bland producer is a middle road; it is there (acts as the "catalyst") but seems like it isn't at the same time, unobtrusive.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Neo C. said:
Aight this sounds like a good list idea. So here's mine.
1. Makoto
My intensive research has uncovered that there are an amazing SEVEN cuts worth of traditional 2D animated mecha action in episode 2 of Guilty Crown:
Cut1: Towards the end of the OP, there is a really nice cut of the enemy boss mech launching off. Completely 2D.
Cut2: Right after that, there is a cut of the two leads destroying a grunt enemy mech with the sword. This grunt mech is also 2D.
Cut3:
Cut4:
Cut5-7:
Anime status: SAVED!
Cut1: Towards the end of the OP, there is a really nice cut of the enemy boss mech launching off. Completely 2D.
Cut2: Right after that, there is a cut of the two leads destroying a grunt enemy mech with the sword. This grunt mech is also 2D.
Cut3:
After the OP, when the enemy boss mech attacks the wheelchair moe's mech, there is a cut of wheelchair moe's mech taking damage point blank in front of the camera, this is not CG and looks different in design from the CG model.
Cut4:
Right after the previous cut, there's a reaction shot in the cockpit, after that there is another cut of the mech continuing to charge forward at the camera. This is also 2D.
Cut5-7:
There is a really nice cut after a bunch of reaction shots following the previous scene of the enemy boss mech charging at the camera (1 cut), then it stabs wheelchair moe's mech (1 cut), and then there's a wide shot showing both mechs, with wheelchair moe's mech impaled on the sword arm of the enemy boss mech (1 cut). All in glorious 2D.
Anime status: SAVED!
PdotMichael
Banned
the five stages of what a shit anime!:
stage three (bargaining)
duckroll said:
stage three (bargaining)
PdotMichael said:
Look mister, I have all the evidence here!
Cut1 (OP): http://i.imgur.com/Vz709.png
Cut2 (OP): http://i.imgur.com/Qymb9.png
Cut3 (Ep2): http://i.imgur.com/ZKp7R.png
Cut4 (Ep2): http://i.imgur.com/tykr0.png
Cut5 (Ep2): http://i.imgur.com/szo3v.png
Cut6 (Ep2): http://i.imgur.com/Sf9n3.png
Cut7 (Ep2): http://i.imgur.com/X9cVB.png
I'm not making any of this up!
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