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2011 Fall Anime Thread - Bad Shows & Self Hating Nerds
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I only show love Hito. Sweet rough tender love.Hitokage said:
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Aren't most of them part of Team Fate?Hitokage said:
more like team hate am i rite or am i rite
flintstryker
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Hisoka's voice 
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Oh man, I have an idea for a fanfic now.Hitokage said:
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Let's Absolute Destiny Apocalypse!Halycon said:
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Toriko 28
Damn, Heloboros looks intimidating even when frozen. Wonder if crazy bomber dude will wake him up or something.
Looks like we'll be getting some legit multiple Gourmet Corp fights soon. Awesome. Hope these ones are actually winnable.
Damn, Heloboros looks intimidating even when frozen. Wonder if crazy bomber dude will wake him up or something.
Looks like we'll be getting some legit multiple Gourmet Corp fights soon. Awesome. Hope these ones are actually winnable.
Finally, someone uploaded it. Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon 4 spoilers.
Can't wait for 5 honestly. Who cares about plot!
Can't wait for 5 honestly. Who cares about plot!
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Horizon 4 - Things start to happen in this episode, but as always in this show, it's extremely difficult to figure out exactly what, why, how, or all of the details. Some things in this episode I still have no clue about. So yeah, see below for more of my comments on the terrible direction of this episode. It's just awful, and doesn't make much sense.
So yeah, in this episode, the war starts. Apparently
... yeah, this is so very anime. Robot maid assassins, yet again.
Also, we see more of that girl from the forest fight scene last episode. She's the leader of the one Divine States military vessel, and is one of the four general's daughter. It seems like she'll be a major character in the future,
Tori and the other students in the school only have a small part this episode. Apparently, they seem to have found an actual ghost. Huh. That giant fountain of fire in the background might be more important though...
Overall, it's an okay episode, and yes, the plot is finally moving. However, it is also still extremely confusing and hard to figure out, and the direction is still awful. So yeah, it's still Horizon.
Sure, they explain the basics, sometimes, but there are so many relevant details that they don't really that it makes watching the show kind of annoying.
The art design is also somewhat iffy sometimes, yeah. As for the writing... it's tolerably decent, but nothing special at all, and the bad direction doesn't exactly help much.
Now, the complexity of the source material is surely part of the problem, but it's not the whole issue, I think...
So yeah, in this episode, the war starts. Apparently
The guy with the robot maid army has decided to declare war on the Testament Union, which means war between this (Japanese) Divine States state and the (European) Testament Union powers who are in control.
I don't understand some things though, like at one point there's this guy, one of the four generals, who vanishes. One of the other ones runs into his mansion, but the robot maid doesn't know where he went, there's writing on the wall, and a symbol, etc... I really have no idea what was going on there, none. Some of the other stuff with those three didn't make too much sense either (some did), but that made the least I think.[/quote]
So anyway, yeah, the plot is afoot, and the army of robot maids are moving to fight off the Testament Union troops. Apparently the guy leading this revolt
is setting off some reactor in the capital that, if it explodes, will blow up the whole province. But it's okay, the entire population has been replaced with robot maids anyway, there won't be civilian casualties...
I don't understand some things though, like at one point there's this guy, one of the four generals, who vanishes. One of the other ones runs into his mansion, but the robot maid doesn't know where he went, there's writing on the wall, and a symbol, etc... I really have no idea what was going on there, none. Some of the other stuff with those three didn't make too much sense either (some did), but that made the least I think.[/quote]
So anyway, yeah, the plot is afoot, and the army of robot maids are moving to fight off the Testament Union troops. Apparently the guy leading this revolt
that head Divine States general guy
Also, we see more of that girl from the forest fight scene last episode. She's the leader of the one Divine States military vessel, and is one of the four general's daughter. It seems like she'll be a major character in the future,
and quite likely will end up teaming up with Tori's group. Joining the harem, probably?
Tori and the other students in the school only have a small part this episode. Apparently, they seem to have found an actual ghost. Huh. That giant fountain of fire in the background might be more important though...
It is interesting how we were led to believe that Tori would be important in starting this revolt that's going on, but he wasn't at all. I assume he'll do something important later on though.
Overall, it's an okay episode, and yes, the plot is finally moving. However, it is also still extremely confusing and hard to figure out, and the direction is still awful. So yeah, it's still Horizon.
Yeah, less infodumping, more just moving on without explaining anything that's actually happening. Such great direction there...scy said:
Sure, they explain the basics, sometimes, but there are so many relevant details that they don't really that it makes watching the show kind of annoying.
Which ones are they, and why are they fighting? That guy who knew the plan and the other one who didn't maybe fighting? Why would they be though, aren't they on the same side? I think this connects directly to my "that whole part with those three (four) generals was really confusing and I don't get it" part, too.
Horizon's biggest problem, really, is the terrible direction. The show just makes no sense far too often. It's has a fair number of segments full of information and explanations, sure, but they're poorly handled, and a lot of the time it just doesn't explain things, and you're left watching the episodes multiple times to try to glean the bits of explanation out of it. It just doesn't make much sense or explain itself well at all.scy said:
The art design is also somewhat iffy sometimes, yeah. As for the writing... it's tolerably decent, but nothing special at all, and the bad direction doesn't exactly help much.
Now, the complexity of the source material is surely part of the problem, but it's not the whole issue, I think...
Watching a show, even though it's bad and you hate it? Now that's the animegaf spirit!Basch said:
On that note, I haven't dropped Maken-Ki yet.
What? There's no way it could be serious... it's so utterly outlandish with its concept that it's clearly a joke. I mean, yeah, there probably are people who take sales seriously, but the whole concept is to take that and then cross it with a shonen action harem show, and watch the hilarity. It works well.scy said:
I don't quite know why everyone says the second episode was such a huge improvement, because it didn't seem THAT different to me... I mean, it was a bit better, but the first episode was fairly good itself, so it's not like it was some huge improvement.firehawk12 said:
Yeah, that sounds pretty much right.
Firehawk12 said it already, but you seem to be forgetting the nature of what it is they're fighting over...icecream said:
Spoilers for the episode that already aired? Huh?Geneijin said:
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Urusei Yatsura 3 - This Rei episode was quite funny and I really enjoyed it, also it was nice seeing Lum doing something else other than getting pissed at Ataru or go darling darling.
Urusei Yatsura 4- Really good episode and I had a blast with Kintaro's to live like a man and not to mention how it ended.lol
Urusei Yatsura 5- The twist in the 1st half was unexpected still it was an alright episode, although the reaction to Ataru not drooling over the nurse in the 2nd half was funny.
So I decided to check out some info on this show and found out its from the same person as Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2, although the art is kind of rough but the characters do give off some sense of similarity, Inuyasha was alright but Ranma > Inuyasha. ^^;;
Urusei Yatsura 4- Really good episode and I had a blast with Kintaro's to live like a man and not to mention how it ended.lol
Urusei Yatsura 5- The twist in the 1st half was unexpected still it was an alright episode, although the reaction to Ataru not drooling over the nurse in the 2nd half was funny.
So I decided to check out some info on this show and found out its from the same person as Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2, although the art is kind of rough but the characters do give off some sense of similarity, Inuyasha was alright but Ranma > Inuyasha. ^^;;
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Really? I found this episode to make the most sense of any episode thus far. Everything (sans one event) is rather straight forward so it takes little explanation to get with things. Maybe I glossed over the confusing bits?
He's
spirited away, presumably. Right after he was talking to Sakai about the disappearances he himself then vanishes. We've been shown that symbol before (Masazumi's mother) so that "serial killer" that was brought up before is who takes him (or, Shyamalantwist he is the killer).
Yeah, kind of weird how
little he's done. But I suppose it'll matter for the direction that Musashi itself takes; Motonobu is basically throwing away Mikawa and the Far East themselves by launching this attack. Since Mikawa was the representative of the Far East, this attack vs the World, basically, will at the very least strip that status of them and it'll probably go to Musashi (if only because I only know two locations in all of the Far East :/).
And that ghost is the one thing I don't get at all.
And that ghost is the one thing I don't get at all.
No,
Tadakatsu is the Spear wielding old man ("Da-chan") that is shown at the end of the episode. He's the only Heavenly King participating in the fight (Ii is missing somewhere, Sakakibara was spirited away, and Sakai isn't part of the Genesis Plan). Muneshige and Gin are the two Tres Espana members (color-coded for your convenience, they're in red). They are essentially bodyguards of the Testament Union; they're reinforcements for the fight and with Tadakatsu standing directly in their way.
They basically just seem to like to stick explanations whenever they have exposition. If people are talking then its almost always relevant to something sometime somehow. It's kind of getting pretty heavy and thick. I wonder how much novel progress we've made? Hopefully we're a decent amount in just to explain the sheer amount of stuff crammed into us.
It's too absurd to be serious, yeah. But that didn't stop a part of me, after episode 1, that wondered if it was intended to be that absurd of it the author really likes himself some goddamn bentos. The more I watch, the less I can ever possibly think that, though. Very clear it is absurd by design, otherwise this creator has way more awesome happen to him when he buys dinner than I'll ever know in my life.
Still, I'm liking Ben-To as this silly, over-the-top shounen action harem with a ridiculous premise to drive the plot. It works well.
Think it's about the scene in question being uploaded finally (
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SonicX_Zero
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Urusei Yatsura 6- What an awesome first half of Lum always trying to get between Shinobu and Ataru, speaking of which I was surprised that Shinobu is actually Ataru's girlfriend. I always thought she was like that special childhood friend or something, but then again they did mention some eps. before like it has been a while since they have been on a date... so I guess they were dating. As for the 2nd half with friday the 13th demon it was alright, some funny moments but can't match the first half.
Urusei Yatsura 7- Another case of good 1st half and alright 2nd half, the ribbon storyline was a tad better than the voodoo story.
Urusei Yatsura 7- Another case of good 1st half and alright 2nd half, the ribbon storyline was a tad better than the voodoo story.
shahkur said:
The crossover is unrelated to the whole show, so you can skip it outright if you want, the only thing it would "spoil" is who has joined the crew, of which it doesn't feature them much anyway. Judging by where you say you are in One Piece, you're only two crew members short anyway.
Dedication Through Light
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shahkur said:
You dont have to watch the crossover episode. I just started Toriko with the actual true first episode. Its fun.
icarus-daedelus said:
Now that I think about it, despite my love of Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha (between bouts of insanity or drinking), I don't think I ever went back to Maison Ikkoku or Urusei Yatsura. I mean, I have vague recollections of it but I'm not really sure if I ever saw them (and/or read them) through.
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shahkur said:
Just skip it and go to episode 2 aka Toriko's official first episode.
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Bad anime writing cannot be cured; it can only be temporarily stopped.
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But then you end up killing your liver. It's a no-win situation.scy said:
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I really need to watch his live action stuff. Probably. Maybe.icarus-daedelus said:
Him and Kojima should form a club for folks who are great in one industry but really want to work in a different industry (even though that's a terrible idea).
Also in before:
they suck in their current industries
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A Black Falcon said:
I think episode 1 set the stage in terms of the show being crazy, but episode 2 brought the intense masculinity and crazy honour code. All the wacky "wolf" stuff, for example.
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Geneijin said:
I liked this show more when I thought it was supposed to be a MuMorPuGeR.A Black Falcon said:
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