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Bebpo said:
Um..over half of the pieces of music from the first episode of Slayers R were from the previous incarnations. I can't say I agree with you about it being slow either. Seemed about the same as any Slayers 1st episode. The older character designs were slightly less deformed than this one, true, but the improved animation(assuming it is consistent) outweighs such a thing IMO.
Slayers is BACK, bitches!
rykomatsu
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Strike Witches = Pedobear cameltoe anime, if anyone's into that kind of stuff...
was interested in Koshimizu Ami, Sawashiro Miyuki (since Croche from Ar Tonelico 2 and Perinne from this anime have similar personalities), and Fukuen Misato's voice acting, but I don't think I'm going to watch anymore eps after ep1... :/
was interested in Koshimizu Ami, Sawashiro Miyuki (since Croche from Ar Tonelico 2 and Perinne from this anime have similar personalities), and Fukuen Misato's voice acting, but I don't think I'm going to watch anymore eps after ep1... :/
rykomatsu
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Fireblend said:Isn't Strike Witches from Gonzo? That should be a red flag right there. My summer season shall start on Friday with Birdy anyway
Well, to Gonzo's credit, Kaleido Star was a really great series...most of their productions are garbage, but occaisionally, they have some really great stuff...so I was banking on that but maybe that was wishful thinking lol :|
mephesta said:
Seiyou Kottou Yougaiten ~Antique~(fuck yes)
Number of episodes: 12
Website: None
Japanese Air Date: July 3
Animation Company: Nippon Animation/Shirogumi Inc. (Moyashimon)
Seiyuu: Keiji Fujiwara, Eiji Hanawa, Shinichiro Miki, Mamoru Miyano,
Adaptation of Fumi Yoshinagas manga (the English licensed title is Antique Bakery)
Tachibana, grandson of a rich businessman and newbie in the world of managing; Ono Yuusuke, famous pastry chef and even more infamous devilish homosexual; Kanda Eiji, a retired young boxer with a thing for pastries; Kobayakawa Chikage, servant friend of Tachibana and current romantic interest of Ono, who is clumsy yet serious and stoic to a fault (most of the time). Together, these four men maintain a small yet elegant cafe known as Antique, where they and all their customers can come together to cherish one of the few but truly important things in life: cake.
Thought's
Honestly Japan makes some of the oddest things into the most engrosing tv (Hikaru no Go) I'm kind of surprised they didn't make a Cooking Mama anime instead but I'm sure they will get around to it. This should hold me over.
Who's Subbing
Yoroshiku
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If you have a soul
So this season features a show about gay guys and cake?!
.... hmm, queer.
I just watched the first episode of Slayers R, and I think it's awesome. But admittedly I've been yearning for a Slayers-like fantasy anime for quite a while. The OP is just as great as the earlier ones were, which makes it easily superior to most of the stuff made today.
Hidamari x365 is also just as good as I expected, so for me the season is already good enough.
Hidamari x365 is also just as good as I expected, so for me the season is already good enough.
Baccano! needs more love. One of the most consistently entertaining show I've watched in the past few years.Fireblend said:
Junpei Heat
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Shouta said:
Those fight scenes were ridiculously well done,I was super duper impressed. I miss some of the old charcter designs though and I've just realized I have seen Tsutomu killed 3 different ways now :/
Son of Godzilla
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Did anything at all come out of Spring or was it all "You'll only like it if you already like it" crap like Golgo and Maid Guy? Real Drive/Allison/those Bones shows turn out any good?
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Son of Godzilla said:
The Daughter of Twenty Face/Chiko is pretty fun. Surprise of the season for me.
Soul Eater...well Soul Eater took a long ass time to actually get anywhere. And I lost interest in Real Drive pretty damn fast, there is only so much techno-babble I could handle.
Shouta
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rykomatsu said:I'm definitely enjoying it and I really like the OP song but best ep1 this year? come on :| I like Chiba Saeko's voice
I personally think so. Great action, the human scenes flowed well, and the ep had great pacing overall. Very few of the ep 1s this year have really impressed me much.
I kind of miss Mitsuishi Kotono's voice as Birdy. It just fit so well that I could imagine her voice while reading the manga. Chiba Saeko's is pretty good though.
rykomatsu
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Son of Godzilla said:
I thought Wagaya no Oinarisama had a reasonably wide appeal...most of my friends have enjoyed it thus far
Shouta said:
I would have put Shigofumi or H2O ahead of Birdy from a sheer ep1 aspect (H2O deteriorated rather rapidly though, but it originally had a lot of potential...wish they followed the actual visual novel). Don't get me wrong, I think it's one of the best this year so far though
Artstyle isn't to my liking but it has a very high polish overall to begin with so no doubt I'll go through the entire series.If I've read the original manga, do you think it's worth it to start up with the newer run in Young Sunday?
Slayers Rev was pretty good; thought it was pretty typical 1st Slayers episode type thing. Slayers really starts off light and ramps up as the series progresses, so it's hard to really tell. Haven't checked out anything else yet, one or two of these series seem interesting but doesn't look like subs are out yet.
Also if anyone's been following it, the last episode of Toshokan Sensou (12) is out this morning, grabbing it now. The series hasn't been really what I expected, but it's not bad. It kinda reminds me of You're Under Arrest in that it's a largely character driven series. What's really caught me off guard though is how short it is, I would have expected it to be at least a full season, which is pretty disappointing.
Also if anyone's been following it, the last episode of Toshokan Sensou (12) is out this morning, grabbing it now. The series hasn't been really what I expected, but it's not bad. It kinda reminds me of You're Under Arrest in that it's a largely character driven series. What's really caught me off guard though is how short it is, I would have expected it to be at least a full season, which is pretty disappointing.
Toshokan Sensou 12 (Libarary War) was alright. The ending was fine, but I really think the series needed a full season to flesh out all the characters and everything more, so in a sense it's really disappointing.
Also Macross Frontier 13, holy shit what the fuck is even happening now.
Also Macross Frontier 13, holy shit what the fuck is even happening now.
vas_a_morir
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Zoe said:
What, like filler?
Zoe
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vas_a_morir said:
Nevermind, I forgot the chapters were titled
Black Dragon
Nizuheg
Original episodes are inevitable cause the story isn't finished, but noone knows when they'll happen. There's one possibly coming up on the 28th, but they might just use the omake for that.
ToyMachine228
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HAI GUYZ KIN WE TALK ABOUT SQUIDBILLIES???
vas_a_morir
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Zoe said:
Having no knowledge of the manga, I can't imagine this show being any slower.
rykomatsu
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7Th said:
it's in 16:9 but there's no mention of it being an HD production...not all HD anime have it, but a good chunk of HD anime generally have a small HD Production logo appearing on the top right corner towards the beginning for a few moments...Birdy doesn't have this logo either so...
Shouta
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rykomatsu said:
I think the newer run is far better than the older one. It's worth checking out at the very least. It's a bit meandering right now but the individual stories aren't bad and the action is solid. It just needs an overall story to tie everything together, or at least one that's more pronounced. In a way, it's fairly typical Masami Yuuki.
I saw this and just assumed it meant it was licensed.
http://www.animeondvd.com/conitem.php?item=285
http://www.animeondvd.com/conitem.php?item=285
radios shipping overview
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Yeargh, so much trash. As usual.
I'll watch Birdy the Mighty, and Ryoko's Case File might be up my alley. I'll recommend Antique Bakery to my yaoi-loving girlfriend. I wasn't going to sit through a second season of Someday's Dreamers, but those screengrabs have my attention. As for Ultraviolet...I think I'll just track down the original Gloria.
Koihime Musou... I can't believe this has come to pass, but Japan has genuinely strip-mined bare the "wacky gender-swapped take on Three Kingdoms." This industry is a hole.
I'll watch Birdy the Mighty, and Ryoko's Case File might be up my alley. I'll recommend Antique Bakery to my yaoi-loving girlfriend. I wasn't going to sit through a second season of Someday's Dreamers, but those screengrabs have my attention. As for Ultraviolet...I think I'll just track down the original Gloria.
Koihime Musou... I can't believe this has come to pass, but Japan has genuinely strip-mined bare the "wacky gender-swapped take on Three Kingdoms." This industry is a hole.
Shouta
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I just finished watching ep 1 of Ryoko's Case File and it isn't as good as the novel or manga. Some of the charm to the written versions is lost and the show is really poorly animated. The content is largely the same I think. I was hoping something that kind of looked pretty (because the art for the series is fantastic) but man, the anime was pretty awful looking. It has a few cool moments but it's a show that's definitely for folks that enjoy the chatter, just like the novel/manga (although the manga is more amusing than this).
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