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2011 Fall Anime Thread - Bad Shows & Self Hating Nerds
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Strike Witches 2 is totally mainstream, dawg. Even Hideaki Anno is a self-admitted fan.
Well, gourmet cell people have to keep up a super high calorie intake or they die.
Dedication Through Light
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Oh, then that explains why Toriko and others have to eat so much.
Horizon 8
Nice debate episode, however there is no way they can accomplish what Honda Masazumi suggested in the remaining episodes, which will be tough. I wish it had a longer season or more episodes as, the anime is pretty decent now.
Come at me bro!
Anthropomorphized moe airplanes are so mainstream these days.
Yep; Kazuhiro Takamura, Strike Witche's director and ex-Gainax animator, even celebrated in his blog that Hideaki Anno praised his show and asked for the DVDs.
He's Hideki Anno. I'd be more shocked to learn he wasn't. Truthfully, there are two kinds of people who like that show: those who like it because panties, lolis, and moe (i.e., creeps), and those who like it on a more meta level. There's a certain audacity to a show that by premise is basically nothing more than blatant exploitation of the mecha musume moe genre and yet somehow manages to hold a level of narrative cohesion. It's kind of like Hetalia and it's constant yaoi-bait. Sadly I can't really appreciate this, largely because even acknowledging Strike Witches even exists makes me feel guilty as a male anime academic/consumer.
Unknown Soldier
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I don't think he ever pretended to be working on Rebuild of Evangelion.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Steins;Gate 21: Oh God Mayuri is too much fucking moé for me. 
Fuck Kurisu and keep Mayuri. Let Kurisu rot in hell for all I care.
Fuck Kurisu and keep Mayuri. Let Kurisu rot in hell for all I care.
I don't believe this for a second.
As a student of Anime Academia I must concur.
You just outed yourself as a creepy pervert. >:
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I just listened to the full single today.
The third track, daihinmin, is amazing too.
I'm checking K-ON! next to offset my top five animeGAF position!
And by that you mean inside your pants am i rite?
Unknown Soldier
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Whenever I see someone call themselves 'Anime Academics' I can't help but imagine this.
Dedication Through Light
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Gundam Age 8
G-Exes is all that matters and those wolf fangs, probably my favorite mobile suit this season. Fun episode.
G-Exes is all that matters and those wolf fangs, probably my favorite mobile suit this season. Fun episode.
When don't I mean that?
All you BAKA GAIJIN just don't get it~
Sepia filter WAS Avalon.
Crash Station
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Ben-to 8
Quite fappable indeed.
Quite fappable indeed.
hosannainexcelsis
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Gintama 138
It is a well-known fact that the only things Westerners know how to say are "Oh my God" and "Fuck you".
It is a well-known fact that the only things Westerners know how to say are "Oh my God" and "Fuck you".
But is it palpable?
Unknown Soldier
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If you can say those two things, you pretty much cover 90% of situations where you might need to say something instead of remain silent and listen.
Ben-To 5:
Uh...so they are trying to have like an actual story arc now? Honestly I don't think this is such a good idea, but whatever. Whatever excuse they need to have a glorious supermarket brawl over half-priced lunch boxes, I suppose.
This show's OP is both stupidly catchy and fits the show's material perfectly.
It's ok, by watching 35 hours of amazing, you can skip 35 hours of mediocre.
Bodacious Space Pirates >>> LoGH.
hosannainexcelsis
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Meh. You get over it.
It's quite good of course, but in retrospect LoGH wouldn't make my list of top 10 favorite anime.
Unknown Soldier
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Ben-To 6:
Oh, good. They didn't try too hard to have a dumb-serious storyline. This is what really killed Ikkitousen, after all. You can't take this kind of thing too seriously, it just doesn't work. Fortunately, they not only didn't take it too seriously, they had a glorious fight at the end.
Oh, good. They didn't try too hard to have a dumb-serious storyline. This is what really killed Ikkitousen, after all. You can't take this kind of thing too seriously, it just doesn't work. Fortunately, they not only didn't take it too seriously, they had a glorious fight at the end.
Crash Station
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Something surreal about hearing Rie say "Fuck you".
MR PRESIDENT!! OH NOOOOOO!!!
Hey, there's also, uhh, Starship Operators, Irresistible Caption Taylor and damnit, Mini-skirt Space Pirates ill be awesome.
How long is Tytania? I remember watching it up until a certain point and having it end abruptly.
Crest of The Stars is amazing though. Love the soundtrack too.
But yeah, Legend of Galactic Heroes is top notch. Reuenthal for President.
Crest of The Stars is amazing though. Love the soundtrack too.
But yeah, Legend of Galactic Heroes is top notch. Reuenthal for President.
26 episodes. The novels were never finished afaik, which is why the show ended the way it did.
Crash Station
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Red Garden 13
Oh cool, where you gonna take us, Herve? Impart upon us your master knowledge of Coney Island's fine dining.
Nathan's?
......FUCK YEAH!
Oh cool, where you gonna take us, Herve? Impart upon us your master knowledge of Coney Island's fine dining.
Nathan's?
......FUCK YEAH!
For it to get pushed back they have to be amping up the quality, only plausible answer really.
That clearly says "Nat Han's." Must be a cheap knock off.
Nathan's?
......FUCK YEAH!
Unknown Soldier
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Ben-To 7:
I'm getting kind of tired of talking about how glorious this show is. But every time I think the show can't get any more glorious, it manages to top itself. The whole show is mainly about shockingly well-animated fight sequences and fanservice already, so what's special about a pool episode? Well, since this show is ABOUT fighting and fanservice, in order to make a pool episode stand out from the regular fighting and fanservice, they need to dramatically increase the awesomeness of the fight sequence by having it IN the pool, and they need to have a swimsuit literally explode off a girl's chest in the middle of the fight! SUCH UNBELIEVABLE GENIOUS!
Also, a random girl voiced by Kana Hanazawa has made cameos in this episode and a previous one. I think she's supposed to be relevant later, but every time she says something I have a :cajun moment. Also, the Ice Witch in a swimsuit. :cajun x 10^100
The show itself is remarkably well-directed and animated, especially considering it can't have had that big a budget. The work put into the fight sequences in each episode is very impressive, especially when you consider how this show is basically Ikkitousen with lunch boxes. Ikkitousen had some pretty crummy fight animation by comparison.
The director has snuck in some very interesting framing and camera angles as well, and I'm not even talking about Sato's male gaze. I've noticed several interesting shots, one from underwater inside a bowl of ramen, one where the character speaking is out of focus in the background and her face is shown inside glasses in the foreground, one where the character is out of sight and you see just her reflection on the polished floor speaking. Whoever the director is, he clearly is putting some artistic touch on a show that by all rights should have no artistic merit whatsoever.
The whole thing feels like the staff are giving it their all, something you might not expect from an unknown studio only recently founded by former Gonzo staff. Contrast that with how everything J.C. Staff does feels half-assed and there's just no comparison. There's a lot to be said for :effort when it comes to producing a mass-media product, and this show certainly shows the :effort put into it in the surprisingly good and entertaining result.
I'm getting kind of tired of talking about how glorious this show is. But every time I think the show can't get any more glorious, it manages to top itself. The whole show is mainly about shockingly well-animated fight sequences and fanservice already, so what's special about a pool episode? Well, since this show is ABOUT fighting and fanservice, in order to make a pool episode stand out from the regular fighting and fanservice, they need to dramatically increase the awesomeness of the fight sequence by having it IN the pool, and they need to have a swimsuit literally explode off a girl's chest in the middle of the fight! SUCH UNBELIEVABLE GENIOUS!
Also, a random girl voiced by Kana Hanazawa has made cameos in this episode and a previous one. I think she's supposed to be relevant later, but every time she says something I have a :cajun moment. Also, the Ice Witch in a swimsuit. :cajun x 10^100
The show itself is remarkably well-directed and animated, especially considering it can't have had that big a budget. The work put into the fight sequences in each episode is very impressive, especially when you consider how this show is basically Ikkitousen with lunch boxes. Ikkitousen had some pretty crummy fight animation by comparison.
The director has snuck in some very interesting framing and camera angles as well, and I'm not even talking about Sato's male gaze. I've noticed several interesting shots, one from underwater inside a bowl of ramen, one where the character speaking is out of focus in the background and her face is shown inside glasses in the foreground, one where the character is out of sight and you see just her reflection on the polished floor speaking. Whoever the director is, he clearly is putting some artistic touch on a show that by all rights should have no artistic merit whatsoever.
The whole thing feels like the staff are giving it their all, something you might not expect from an unknown studio only recently founded by former Gonzo staff. Contrast that with how everything J.C. Staff does feels half-assed and there's just no comparison. There's a lot to be said for :effort when it comes to producing a mass-media product, and this show certainly shows the :effort put into it in the surprisingly good and entertaining result.
PdotMichael
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I would say there is a difference between hardcore Otaku and someone who watches anime frequently.
And Outlaw Star, Nadesico, and Kiddy Grade (don't hate)
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