PdotMichael
Banned
Isn't the deal with Belldany that she is supposed to be perfect?
Yamato Nadeshiko and stuff
Yamato Nadeshiko and stuff
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2011 Fall Anime Thread - Bad Shows & Self Hating Nerds
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chickdigger802
Banned
Gintama 228
lmfao. love plus.
lmfao. love plus.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
survivor said:
Haha, that doesn't make any sense to begin with. You have to know the puzzle's solution to be able to create it.
Crash Station
Member
Gintama 224
A suicidal blu-ray angel with a tragic past about kotatsus? Why couldn't The Ring actually be like that?
I loled at her trying to get the kotatu out of the TV and having Shinpachi yell she has to turn it sideways because I was just trying to get a treadmill out of my parents room earlier that way (I gave up).
4 episodes to go.
A suicidal blu-ray angel with a tragic past about kotatsus? Why couldn't The Ring actually be like that?
I loled at her trying to get the kotatu out of the TV and having Shinpachi yell she has to turn it sideways because I was just trying to get a treadmill out of my parents room earlier that way (I gave up).
4 episodes to go.
survivor said:Phi Brain
So animegaf it took the creator of this sudoku puzzle a whole day to solve it. Are you smarter?
http://i55.tinypic.com/2zydhrr.jpg
I didn't time myself but I'm guessing it was 10-15 minutes or so? I'm no Sudoku nut soooo...
chickdigger802
Banned
wtf is up with the fall anime this year?
The ironic thing is that the puzzle one is probably the one that is the easiest to follow.
The ironic thing is that the puzzle one is probably the one that is the easiest to follow.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Phi Brain 01: Well, I really liked this. Granted, there was a lot of stuff I found funny that the show was playing dead straight, but the same is true of many shows I've enjoyed like Marmalade Boy (take a drink every time Miki assumes Yuu is out with another woman!). Shonen Puzzle Action with pleasing animation and good seiyuu.
I think this will be my show of the season.
I think this will be my show of the season.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
survivor said:
Or the writers didn't care to think things through and just threw some nonsense together to make Daimon look that much more badass.
Horizon 01
I don't even know what to say. It was mentioned in here that the characters feel like reject MMO characters, but they feel more like something out of a fighting game to me. This show is just ludicrous and awful in ways that seem to boisterously announce the incompetence of the writing. This single episode was probably more entertaining than it had any right to be, but without any logical structure in place for the story I can only imagine that watching any more of Horizon would be tantamount to wading into a bog wearing long johns. The only possible outcome for this series is for it to leave the viewer confused, disoriented, and full of shame.
I don't even know what to say. It was mentioned in here that the characters feel like reject MMO characters, but they feel more like something out of a fighting game to me. This show is just ludicrous and awful in ways that seem to boisterously announce the incompetence of the writing. This single episode was probably more entertaining than it had any right to be, but without any logical structure in place for the story I can only imagine that watching any more of Horizon would be tantamount to wading into a bog wearing long johns. The only possible outcome for this series is for it to leave the viewer confused, disoriented, and full of shame.
A Black Falcon
Member
Yeah, that's her character concept, no question.PdotMichael said:
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
PdotMichael said:
Yep, that's exactly it. Which is why most people here find her incredibly boring.
Belldandy was my first anime crush.
Dedication Through Light
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Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere 1
The background music was pretty enjoyable and it was a fun episode with good consistent action. The exposition from various characters about the world was mixed in amidst the action well. Plenty of the characters feel like cheap gimmicks though (Renji the red blog, Itou the naked incubus man, and Hassan, the Curry guy. The analyst dude running around should have been named, Toori was cool as well as the instructor herself, and Adele, the knight had potential that was lost. I also liked the one girl that managed to get her weapon to hit the instructors hair, as well as the ninja guy (cool hat). Ill keep watching.
The background music was pretty enjoyable and it was a fun episode with good consistent action. The exposition from various characters about the world was mixed in amidst the action well. Plenty of the characters feel like cheap gimmicks though (Renji the red blog, Itou the naked incubus man, and Hassan, the Curry guy. The analyst dude running around should have been named, Toori was cool as well as the instructor herself, and Adele, the knight had potential that was lost. I also liked the one girl that managed to get her weapon to hit the instructors hair, as well as the ninja guy (cool hat). Ill keep watching.
PataHikari
Banned
zeroshiki said:
No. You idiot.
I was saying that the start of the story is people talking. This wasn't some cost cutting measure UFOtable did, it was an adaptation of the first part of the novel. Heck, they actually added movement, in the original novel it was mostly people sitting in chairs.
Not adapting this would have created a giant confusing mess.
I'm sorry that it didn't instantly cater to mouthbreathers desire for ALL EXPLOSIONS ALL THE TIME but I guess you have to deal.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
PataHikari said:
It is possible to make people talking to each other visually interesting. Ufotable did not do that. Ergo, what is the point of watching the anime instead of just reading the original novel?
I don't understand how this is a hard position to grasp.
PataHikari
Banned
look at me i post imagemacros and gifs im so clever
PataHikari
Banned
duckroll said:
What I can say, I call them as I see them.
hosannainexcelsis said:
Uh, yes they did.
It's just that morons who were expecting ALL ACTION ALL THE TIME are whining about WORDS.
Horizon 1
This is what happen when you get a wholly self-aware production team in the same room and they all say "FML. Fuck anime. Fuck this project." And then proceed to draw up a show that includes: every anime archtype from the 90's up, consciously horrible character art--aside from otaku insert Gutei, and no care for subtlety--in its OST, storyboarding, or narrative.
I can't even lie...I enjoyed that.
This is what happen when you get a wholly self-aware production team in the same room and they all say "FML. Fuck anime. Fuck this project." And then proceed to draw up a show that includes: every anime archtype from the 90's up, consciously horrible character art--aside from otaku insert Gutei, and no care for subtlety--in its OST, storyboarding, or narrative.
I can't even lie...I enjoyed that.
PdotMichael
Banned
PataHikari said:
You can do a lot of things between sitting in chairs and bam bam
Has anyone actually walked around a person while talking in real life in the history of humanity? I just thought about this as it's something so silly I usually wouldn't bother but thinking on it it seems like walking around someone in a circle while chatting is as fake as harem setups. I might try this tomorrow, the walking in a circle thing not the harem set up, and see what people think, maybe we can bring this manner of conversation into style people!
Oh, also, why the hell are they so far away in that gif?
Oh, also, why the hell are they so far away in that gif?
Fate/Zero
I can see why it's important, but dumping exposition like that is just boring. Tedious. Nothing of consequence happens in a 48 minute episode. It's the sort of thing you can do in a book, but there's no reason to do it in a TV series, where montage can give you a pretty powerful way of covering relevant material as it arrives.
Like, the episode could have started with people getting their servants, and covered all the background about relationships, the Grail Wars, and crap later, as events occurred and characters were introduced. Doing things like this just makes me kind of dislike almost everyone. I'd much rather be given too little information about a situation than too much.
I'm imagining the first episode of Penguindrum opening with a card that says "16 Years Earlier" or something, and it's just kind of sad to think about.
At least things should pick up if they got the boring stuff out of the way already.
I can see why it's important, but dumping exposition like that is just boring. Tedious. Nothing of consequence happens in a 48 minute episode. It's the sort of thing you can do in a book, but there's no reason to do it in a TV series, where montage can give you a pretty powerful way of covering relevant material as it arrives.
Like, the episode could have started with people getting their servants, and covered all the background about relationships, the Grail Wars, and crap later, as events occurred and characters were introduced. Doing things like this just makes me kind of dislike almost everyone. I'd much rather be given too little information about a situation than too much.
I'm imagining the first episode of Penguindrum opening with a card that says "16 Years Earlier" or something, and it's just kind of sad to think about.
At least things should pick up if they got the boring stuff out of the way already.
PdotMichael
Banned
Branduil said:
This is more entertaining than Fate/Zero, that's for sure.
fun fact
the Mosquito repellent has more animation frames than a entire Fate/Zero episode
Unknown Soldier
Member
Just 3 days until Persona 4 saves the world. Again.
Also, for the record, I'm just going to say it here so all the regulars know what my stance is for the record - the next time I see a whole string of image macros in the thread, there's going to be a bloodbath.
Yes, one could be funny. Two would be kinda silly. Three is plain dumb. Four is spamming. Etc. It's not as funny as you think it is!
Yes, one could be funny. Two would be kinda silly. Three is plain dumb. Four is spamming. Etc. It's not as funny as you think it is!
PataHikari said:
Just to elaborate, I honestly found some of the world-building interesting. There's some interesting stuff going on, even if a lot of the universe seems kinda arbitrary (I find it weird how these ruling Magi families seem to know who the Grail will pick even before it does). It took a spot in my imagination even after the episode was over. I'm curious what goes on when the fighting actually starts.
But if you're doing an adaptation, that requires actually adapting the events to suit the medium, not just making minor tweaks to things and calling it a day. And that kind of exposition dump doesn't really work in a visual medium. Making people walk in a circle doesn't fix that fact.
All of that information has to get tackled in some form or another eventually. But front-loading it in that manner isn't the way to do it.
Dedication Through Light
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Kimi to Boku ep 1
Shun just ought to cut his hair. I chuckled a bit during the episode, basketball club scene and then the resolving scene of the day care sleep time was funny.
Shun just ought to cut his hair. I chuckled a bit during the episode, basketball club scene and then the resolving scene of the day care sleep time was funny.
Aww, and I had a great macro I've been waiting for a chance to properly use for like three months. Well, I guess he's banned now, so it would be too late, but still.
Anyway...
Phi Brain 1
That was fun. Not much on the overarching plot so far but got me interested enough to keep going. From the ending, looks like a six-character main cast, which seems manageable. Looking forward to next week.
Also, it's an original story, so no worries about a poor adaptation!
Anyway...
Phi Brain 1
That was fun. Not much on the overarching plot so far but got me interested enough to keep going. From the ending, looks like a six-character main cast, which seems manageable. Looking forward to next week.
Also, it's an original story, so no worries about a poor adaptation!
Infinite Justice
Member
duckroll said:
And just when i thought i would get some images for the anime i'm now watching.
Thanks for the heads up
Crash Station
Member
Ika Musume S2 2
So THAT'S what the bracelets are for. I bet the author just made that up on the spot when he needed another segment and just stared at the design.
So THAT'S what the bracelets are for. I bet the author just made that up on the spot when he needed another segment and just stared at the design.
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