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[Defuser]

Sounds like someone is underestimating JC Staff!

My mistake.13 episodes and movie.

 

[A Black Falcon]

Times were different back then, man. Tits weren't taboo.

Or rather, companies hadn't yet figured out how to sell more videos by only putting the uncensored releases there, and not on TV. I'll bet that's got more to do with it...

 

[Dresden]

My mistake.13 episodes and movie.

So 11 episodes for fanservice, 2 episodes for plot/ending, and a movie for an original scenario with more PLOT.

 

[Regulus Tera]

So 11 episodes for fanservice, 2 episodes for plot/ending, and a movie for an original scenario with more PLOT.

Silly Dresden, Kugilolis have no PLOT.

 

[Dresden]

Silly Dresden, Kugilolis have no PLOT.

Isn't there that maid girl?

 

[JKTrix]

Or rather, companies hadn't yet figured out how to sell more videos by only putting the uncensored releases there, and not on TV. I'll bet that's got more to do with it...

It was the age before internet piracy, so yeah, they didn't have a problem selling videos.

 

[Cwarrior]

chihayafuru ep6

Really beautiful stuff, madhouse doing fantastic job making a meh story really enjoyable to watch with excellent directing, wish they were working on something more interesting and original.

I can see this girl as just being another one of those characters that never amount to anything(hope am wrong).

 

[Regulus Tera]

Isn't there that maid girl?

Henrietta > Siesta

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

There's probably like five better OPs this season than Coolish Walk. This is just Working!! being overrated again.

Coolish Walk is a fun song, fits well with the visuals of the OP, and perfectly fits the mood of Working'!! That said, speaking musically, it's certainly not my favorite OP of the season. Mawaru Penguin Drum OP 2 and Chihayafuru would be my top two by far, with Phi Brain, Tamayura, Un-Go, and Guilty Crown also being enjoyable to one extent or another.

 

[Defuser]

Isn't there that maid girl?

Saito should be hitting that instead.I mean she really wants to get into his pants and so does the princess too!

 

[trejo]

Or rather, companies hadn't yet figured out how to sell more videos by only putting the uncensored releases there, and not on TV. I'll bet that's got more to do with it...

Nah, boobs were definitely classier back in the day.

 

[Takao]

Will Totoro ever stop selling?

Every child in Japan will see Totoro. It is only natural.

 

[trejo]

I can see this girl as just being another one of those characters that never amount to anything

 

[sonicmj1]

There's probably like five better OPs this season than Coolish Walk. This is just Working!! being overrated again.

Coolish Walk isn't the best OP song this season, but it's the only one with a video that I actually want to watch accompanying it, because they compliment each other really well.

That seems like the most important thing, in the context of an anime.

 

[Instro]

wan wan > coolish walk

Battle lines have been drawn. I will gather team coolish.

 

[iavi]

The best op song this season goes to Gintama anyway. Dilemma > Coolish Walk > Wan Wan.

 

[Defuser]

The best op song this season goes to Gintama anyway. Dilemma > Coolish Walk > Wan Wan.

Togenkyou Alien > Dilemma.

 

[darkside31337]

My favorite OP this season is Last Exile Fam's.

Maaya Sakamoto + School Food Punishment? Yes please.

 

[Dresden]

I don't like that song, because it reminds me of how horrible Fam's opening is.

 

[trejo]

Battle lines have been drawn. I will gather team coolish.

You have no team. You have an awkward gathering at best.

 

[Thoraxes]

Are Unknown Soldier and I the only ones excited for the final Zero no Tsukaima season?

Hell no, I am too.
Every night I battle my inner demons on this issue. One of them tells me to love Louise while the other one knows I just want Siesta badly. Eventually a 3rd one hops in and tells me since the Princess was so hot in S3, she needs my care and attention too.

 

[iavi]

Togenkyou Alien > Dilemma.

Meh, I just can't like Togenkyou Alien, and I've tried. Funnily enough, it does fit the series better than the usual choice, but I prefer Gintama's srs biz ops, and songs that accompany them.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

My favorite OP this season is Last Exile Fam's.

Maaya Sakamoto + School Food Punishment? Yes please.

Maaya Sakamoto is always great, but I don't like the composition of this particular song. There are some nice elements, but the structure, some of the harmonic progressions, and the first instrumental interlude feel off.

 

[Defuser]

Hell no, I am too.
Every night I battle my inner demons on this issue. One of them tells me to love Louise while the other one knows I just want Siesta badly. Eventually a 3rd one hops in and tells me since the Princess was so hot in S3, she needs my care and attention too.

Would you rather have a dominatrix or a maid/princess?

 

[trejo]

Every OP this season ranges from terrible to forgettable, tbh. Un-Go's is okay but it gets completely overshadowed by its much superior ED.

 

[Dresden]

I liked Shaga Daughter of Dolf's opening in Ben-to, mainly because it came so unexpectedly.

I also sit through Chihayafuru's opening.

Mirai Nikki's op is bad.

 

[iavi]

We do need another "Jibun woooooooooooooooooooooooo

Spoiler

oooooooo,

if I do say so myself.

 

[Thoraxes]

Would you rather have a dominatrix or a maid/princess?

Is all of the above a choice?

Louise offers precious dere moments with copious amounts of blush that can kill. Also Zettai ryoukai.

The princess has a rockin body, is confident, leads a god damn country, and loves making risque moves, to the point where she would undo her top and make out with me in a hotel to hide, but want to follow through on that.

Siesta knows you have needs and wants to serve you best she can to satisfy them, no matter what they may be. Also her family is OK. Additionally, she doesn't seem to have problems bathing with the opposite sex, so that's fair game too.

 

[darkside31337]

We do need another "Jibun woooooooooooooooooooooooo

Spoiler

oooooooo,

if I do say so myself.

Fitting of course since Code Geass is the only series that can save anime itself. It can save anime OPs along the way.

 

[Thoraxes]

We do need another "Jibun woooooooooooooooooooooooo

Spoiler

oooooooo,

if I do say so myself.

I was hoping "ROAR OUT LOUDER" was gonna do it when Durararararararararara aired.

 

[dimb]

Coolish Walk isn't the best OP song this season, but it's the only one with a video that I actually want to watch accompanying it, because they compliment each other really well.

That seems like the most important thing, in the context of an anime.

Idolmaster, P4, Chihayafuru, MPD and Mirai Nikki all have what I would consider to be pretty fitting OPs. I think even Ben-to's matches the mood of the show pretty well.

 

[Crash Station]

Mirai Nikki 5

Haha, they really outdid themselves with Twelfth. Such an awesome character made even better. The post-credits omake was excellent.

Spoiler

Poor Sixth . She's a lot more sympathetic now and it made me sad to see her go, a lot more than it did in the manga.

Disappointed by the censorship. Not so much for this scene, but the fact it has a high chance of ruining my favorite panel in the entire series when (MAJOR MANGA SPOILERS)

Spoiler

Akise holds up his diary for the second he's standing after being decapitated.

Other than that though, this is a near perfect adaptation and I have little doubt in my mind that this will become the definitive version of the series when it's all over (and the dvd/blu-rays are out provided the censorship gets really bad). More people really should be watching this. Strong contender for show of the season, especially for those with no knowledge of the manga.

 

[zeroshiki]

Idolmaster, P4, Chihayafuru, MPD and Mirai Nikki all have what I would consider to be pretty fitting OPs. I think even Ben-to's matches the mood of the show pretty well.

Guilty Crown's OP and ED is pretty awesome.

supercell <3

 

[Defuser]

There's no love for Supercell's OP for Guilty Crown.

Edit: Fuck yeah Zeroshiki!

 

[Regulus Tera]

Guilty Crown has the best OP and ED this season.

Also, Mirai Nikki's OP is amazing. Stop hating.

Also also, Coolish Walk > Someone Else.

Also also also, I cannot in my good mind choose Louise when the definitive Kugiloli has already been done. Henrietta over Louise any day of the week.

 

[Jex]

Every OP this season ranges from terrible to forgettable, tbh. Un-Go's is okay but it gets completely overshadowed by its much superior ED.

I don't know, I think Chiayafuru's is pretty okay, not great or anything.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Visually speaking, I think the last genuinely original and good OP was Kuragehime's.

Everything else since then have just been rehashes of "so here's every character in the show being cool or doing mysterious things".

 

[Lafiel]

Guilty Crown's OP and ED is pretty awesome.

supercell <3

Really?

The OP is so disappointingly lazy.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Idolmaster, P4, Chihayafuru, MPD and Mirai Nikki all have what I would consider to be pretty fitting OPs. I think even Ben-to's matches the mood of the show pretty well.

Sorry, but while Persona 4's OP song is OK, the visuals are completely lazy and dull. MPD's OP is visually lazy as well, if stylish. I don't think those are good examples of the song complimenting the visuals well.

Chihayafuru does a good job, but I don't think it matches the choreographing of Working'!!'s, with the characters singing along and all. The Idolmaster OP 2 beats it though, at least in certain segments.

 

[Hellsing321]

There's no love for Supercell's OP for Guilty Crown.

Edit: Fuck yeah Zeroshiki!

Not as great as Supercell's other work. Also I don't like their new singer as much as Nagi. Bring back NAGI!

 

[Dresden]

Visually speaking, I think the last genuinely original and good OP was Kuragehime's.

That same season had DOWN TOWN!

And Arakawa's opening!

 

[Instro]

I like Fate/Zero's OP. Im@s has the best this season though.

 

[Thoraxes]

That last OP that made me go holy shit was the Lion from Macross F.

Well and I always enjoy SHAFT OPs.

 

[Jex]

SHAFT knows what's up, usually. This season it's clearly all about the Idolm@ster opening.

 

[duckroll]

Both Idolmaster OPs are very visually creative, and give the songs well. Not quite Kuragehime-tier, but still, pretty damn good.

Fate/Zero probably has the best "action" OP this season, and shows off the cast really well. It actually reminds me of a good mecha OP, except without mechs.

I don't actually mind the Guilty Crown OP at all. I like the song, and I like the way they used the song along with digital projections of Inori singing it at the start and end. It's definitely not lazy, but some of the direction could be better.

Un-Go has good animation for the OP, but the song doesn't really work for me, so the entire thing feels a bit noisier than it should be.

 

[dimb]

Really?

The OP is so disappointingly lazy.

Yeah, love the song but the lack of effort is just kinda mars it. Except for dat lip sync.

Sorry, but while Persona 4's OP song is OK, the visuals are completely lazy and dull. MPD's OP is visually lazy as well, if stylish. I don't think those are good examples of the song complimenting the visuals well.

I dunno. P4's doesn't seem particularly lazy or anything to me. About what I'd expect from the show. I don't mind some simplicity though, so maybe that's why I like MPD and P4's openers even from a visual standpoint.

 

[iavi]

That same season had DOWN TOWN!

And Arakawa's opening!

Aside from Shaft just being awesome at OPs, you include Round Table. Show the man no mercy, will you?

 

[Regulus Tera]

That same season had DOWN TOWN!

And Arakawa's opening!

Before I admit the error of my ways, what the fuck youtube? You ban songs now?

Fucking shit.

 

[Defuser]

Aside from Shaft just being awesome at OPs, you include Round Table. Show the man no mercy, will you?

I'm more use to Round Table with Nino than with Maaya.

 

[Jex]

Anime tags are lame.

Just like anime.

Oh no you didn't.

For all the joking about Madhouse being dead, I'm grateful that they can make something like Chihayafuru while taking their last breaths.

Who's joking?