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[polyh3dron]

Now THAT was a damn good episode.

EDIT: and god dammit of course they have to follow that up with a filler recap episode. Dumbest thing these Anime shows do.

 

[pelicansurf]

Before Attack on Titan, I think the last anime I got into was FMA: Brotherhood. I just like relatively well-written, serious stuff. (Hence why HunterxHunter turned me off- it looks like some unholy spawn of Pokemon and JoJo's.)

It seems we have very similar tastes. I recently got into Sports anime. Kuroko no Basket, Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger are both pretty good. Planetes is a solid life in outer space show; Mushishi is one of my favorites as well.

That's a good starter pack if you haven't seen any of them.

Edit: This episode was damn good. I do hate how this show is so freaking short, especially during the high paced episodes. At least it wasn't as cliffhanger-ish as previous episodes. Those make me sad.

 

[Jotamide]

Oh dear, Attack on Titan is so terrible people will rather talk about other shows instead! Lololol.

Between this and the Devil Summoner anime...is there anything that you like?

 

[IrishNinja]

sounds like the pacing slump is over! lookin forward to this one now

 

[Soriku]

OK finally watched this ep. Very good. The recap in the beginning was longer than usual but they covered a pretty good amount I thought. OST was solid this ep too.

 

[duckroll]

Between this and the Devil Summoner anime...is there anything that you like?

I like lots of stuff.

 

[Lesiroth]

sounds like the pacing slump is over! lookin forward to this one now

You haven't seen the preview for the next episode, have you?

And what the hell was with the awkwardly animated scenes in this episode? I thought my PC was skipping frames for a while.

 

[Branduil]

Between this and the Devil Summoner anime...is there anything that you like?

He likes good shows without production disasters like Magi and Psycho Pass.

 

[DY_nasty]

As much as I like this episode, the clear as day drops in animation were just... wow

I honestly think they dropped at least 3 important moments in this episode because of it.

Spoiler

Marco, whatever Annie saw, and something during Jean's getaway

 

[duckroll]

He likes good shows without production disasters like Magi and Psycho Pass.

You're so bitter. I haven't even said "I told you so" yet.

 

[Crash Station]

Between this and the Devil Summoner anime...is there anything that you like?

Guilty Crown and Sword Art Online.

 

[Branduil]

You're so bitter. I haven't even said "I told you so" yet.

Bitter? I would have never learned the ways of ducktrolling without your mentoring. Now we need to decide what the next show we'll destroy is. Perhaps with our combined strength, we can even destroy anime itself.

 

[duckroll]

Bitter? I would have never learned the ways of ducktrolling without your mentoring. Now we need to decide what the next show we'll destroy is. Perhaps with our combined strength, we can even destroy anime itself.

What happened to the Branduil who just liked talking about Hyouka?

 

[Kagari]

Guilty Crown and Sword Art Online.

lol.

 

[Branduil]

What happened to the Branduil who just liked talking about Hyouka?

Good shows like Hyouka don't get licensed; the future of anime is Sword Art Online on Toonami.

#Novidwasright

 

[vazel]

Can anyone access funimation.com? It's been down for me all day.

 

[Narag]

#Novidwasright

Gonna borrow this.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

Wiiiiiiiiiit I don't know if you know this but cutting together a bunch of still frames/dropping the framerate does not do a good job of hiding scenes you didn't animate. It just makes it worse.

WIT stop it pls. ;_;

 

[Mad Bowser]

Episode 13 was FIRE! Made it up for all the shit previous ones

Spoiler

The moment Eren lifted the boulder and how they were protecting him. Who was Annie apologizing too?! I AM CURIOUS! Cause she's one heartless girl or atleast thats what they showed us in the beginning. The character who owned this episode definitely got to be LEVI! That badass intro was WICKED! And at last, I am hyped to see Eren and the Recon Corps leave the wall and go to Eren's house basement to see whats his father been keeping there @@

 

[Boaty McBoatface]

Great ep overal, despite the 'this-is-so-obvious-I-can't-believe-this-is-happening' incomplete animation.

I really do feel sorry for them. Is it just not economical to do it any other way? Why not have a two week schedule instead?

 

[Silent_Ocarina]

Episode 13 was FIRE! Made it up for all the shit previous ones

Spoiler

The moment Eren lifted the boulder and how they were protecting him. Who was Annie apologizing too?! I AM CURIOUS! Cause she's one heartless girl or atleast thats what they showed us in the beginning. The character who owned this episode definitely got to be LEVI! That badass intro was WICKED! And at last, I am hyped to see Eren and the Recon Corps leave the wall and go to Eren's house basement to see whats his father been keeping there @@

This episode was pretty great, but the flaws in animation are glaringly obvious. It's really the only anime I've become interested in enough to watch weekly, though. As for your question,

Spoiler

it was supposedly Mina. She died in Episode 5 with the rest of Eren's squad, if I remember correctly.

 

[Mad Bowser]

This episode was pretty great, but the flaws in animation are glaringly obvious. It's really the only anime I've become interested in enough to watch weekly, though. As for your question,

Spoiler

it was supposedly Mina. She died in Episode 5 with the rest of Eren's squad, if I remember correctly.

Makes sense to me!

 

[Varodor]

if they do not plan to solve the problems with the animation after recap episode, I see no reason to continue with the weekly release, it will be just a suicide. I hope they do not ruin the next recon squad arc ((

 

[kiyomi]

Best episode for a while yet. I haven't let the production issues affect my enjoyment of the show too much, but the pacing itself has been off recently. It was good to finally see some real action and some movement forward into what looks like a new arc for Eren. Seeing

Spoiler

Levi return was pretty cool, too, and he made a nice entrance

.

Spoiler

Kinda sucks to see Marco come and then just go like that. I would've liked it a whole lot better if he had been kept around and become a more realised character before having him die. Seeing Jean's reaction at the end seemed wholly disproportionate to what we, the viewer, had actually witnessed. We didn't get to see him die, and while Jean didn't either, it felt like an odd exclusion to not at least dedicate more time spent characterising him, given the time spent at the end to reinforce his short-lived existence.

Still, good episode. I hope they spend more time on the show itself rather than a flashy new OP, the current one is good. Not looking forward to next week. :lol

 

[Dram]

Spoiler

it was supposedly Mina. She died in Episode 5 with the rest of Eren's squad, if I remember correctly.

Weird, never saw them interact with each other.

 

[Shard]

13 as a great ep. I hope it will silence the "slow-pacing" crybabies for a whille

You do know we have a full on recap episode coming right?

 

[Alucrid]

just watched the first episode. it feels like people either have their emotions set on 1 or 11.

 

[Parakeetman]

Oh man the production quality, or lack thereof I should say is hilarious in Ep 13.

So much cutting corners and just not finished work. Did they even watch this shit before airing it?

 

[duckroll]

Can anyone access funimation.com? It's been down for me all day.

FUNi's site has been having problems a lot lately. Apparently they're doing a full site revamp in July though. Hopefully it's better after that.

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

ep 13 was great!, loved it.

Will be back for ep 14 in 2 weeks! awesome

 

[SonicX_Zero]

Well it was pretty good compared to the last two eps. but its really annoying when the sound you are hearing is different from what you are seeing especially in Jean and Annie's case. <_<

 

[Soriku]

Oh man the production quality, or lack thereof I should say is hilarious in Ep 13.

So much cutting corners and just not finished work. Did they even watch this shit before airing it?

I thought the ep was good overall but the scene where Jean jumps and it looks like a titan was going to eat him, the screen goes green, and then you just see Annie's face and they all just land made me go WTF? The hell even happened there? It's like they just cut a scene out lol.

 

[duckroll]

I thought the ep was good overall but the scene where Jean jumps and it looks like a titan was going to eat him, the screen goes green, and then you just see Annie's face and they all just land made be go WTF? The hell even happened there? It's like they just cut a scene out lol.

Incomplete animation. There are 2-3 scenes in the episode where it's obvious that they didn't finish those animation cuts in time, so they padded the visuals with stills or slowing down the scene before that instead. The same thing happened with some previous episodes in certain regions of Japan when they couldn't finish the stuff before the stations' submission deadlines.

Edit: Check this post for more info: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=57069856&postcount=1754

 

[Soriku]

That's...unfortunate. I didn't really notice before but it was really noticeable this time.

 

[duckroll]

That's...unfortunate. I didn't really notice before but it was really noticeable this time.

Previously it never happened on the normal broadcast or streaming outlets, it only affected TV channels in regions further from Tokyo and Osaka, which had earlier deadlines for programming submission.

 

[Boaty McBoatface]

Incomplete animation. There are 2-3 scenes in the episode where it's obvious that they didn't finish those animation cuts in time, so they padded the visuals with stills or slowing down the scene before that instead. The same thing happened with some previous episodes in certain regions of Japan when they couldn't finish the stuff before the stations' submission deadlines.

Edit: Check this post for more info: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=57069856&postcount=1754

This is terrible. I really do feel sorry for those poor animators.

 

[Parakeetman]

Previously it never happened on the normal broadcast or streaming outlets, it only affected TV channels in regions further from Tokyo and Osaka, which had earlier deadlines for programming submission.

Btw duckroll would it be considered spoilers if I posted a picture of

Spoiler

purple bricks lol

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Decent episode. Back on track for now.... (well all know how inconsistent anime can be week by week).

So many of the Titans were wide open for the kill yet the characters chickened out

Also, expecting the new OP to be still image fest!

 

[Jarmel]

Hayao Miyazaki neglected his family to make his films.

He has a family? I thought he didn't have any children.

 

[demented]

Good episode but after I watched it I couldn't wait any longer and read whole manga, well now I'm waiting for next chapter lol.
And all I can say is

Spoiler

nothing because I don't wanna spoil anything

. Unsure if I should keep watching now, hm

 

[Hachimaki]

Yay for recap episodes. How many more epispdes are planned to be released?

Also, off topic bit when does the anime summer season start?

 

[LiK]

Ep 13 was great. the way they edited and used the music was great. more fun than the manga, imo.

 

[Shard]

Yay for recap episodes. How many more epispdes are planned to be released?

Also, off topic bit when does the anime summer season start?

This week.

 

[Moaradin]

Just saw episode 13. Good episode but some of the animation was fucking weird. Lots of random cuts and I could have sworn I saw two characters talking with no animation.

 

[kirblar]

Just saw episode 13. Good episode but some of the animation was fucking weird. Lots of random cuts and I could have sworn I saw two characters talking with no animation.

Hopefully this gets corrected for the DVD.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Hopefully this gets corrected for the DVD.

Why would they bother spending the money? People will buy it regardless, there really isn't any incentive for the studio. If they cared about the integrity of the product they were producing so much or concerned about the reputation it would give them, they wouldn't have released it like that to begin with. Basically "It is what it is."

 

[Narag]

Incomplete animation. There are 2-3 scenes in the episode where it's obvious that they didn't finish those animation cuts in time, so they padded the visuals with stills or slowing down the scene before that instead. The same thing happened with some previous episodes in certain regions of Japan when they couldn't finish the stuff before the stations' submission deadlines.

Edit: Check this post for more info: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=57069856&postcount=1754

I wonder when we'll start getting recap episodes.

Prophet.

 

[fanboi]

So, if I want to watch a dark anime with super powers or awesome action, which one? I really like Attack on Titans style and gore.

 

[Asuma01]

The production issues in this show ruin it for me. Cutting away from the action only to show smoke rising from a building only to have it cut back to the characters saying I cant believe we made it! What a total crock of shit. What a shit show. It started off so promising.

The animation was fucking shit this episode. what a let down after all that buildup.

 

[fanboi]

I add my comment again so some nice fella can help me and so it doesn't go unnoticed

So, if I want to watch a dark anime with super powers or awesome action, which one? I really like Attack on Titans style and gore.