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Autumn Anime 2015 |OT| Like leaves on a tree were falling one by one.
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actually gahara
PdotMichael
Banned
Kaiki does wear panythose?
Damn, there are pictures in my head now
Damn, there are pictures in my head now
I love them all
He's the best Monogatari waifu for a reason. You didn't even know you wanted it, but now you do.
petran79
Banned
I watched the BD version of Venus Wars and it had some of the best action scenes ever. Story and characters were non-existent but I didnt mind.
Then to my dismay I read the manga and found out that there is an actual story. In fact two separate stories in the 2 enemy camps. Manga characters are different and movie introduced non-existing characters and even changed the personality of the ones found in the manga. While the manga does not feature any complex story like Appleseed, it would have made a good adaptation and retained plenty of action as well.
Dont know why they chose this approach.
Then to my dismay I read the manga and found out that there is an actual story. In fact two separate stories in the 2 enemy camps. Manga characters are different and movie introduced non-existing characters and even changed the personality of the ones found in the manga. While the manga does not feature any complex story like Appleseed, it would have made a good adaptation and retained plenty of action as well.
Dont know why they chose this approach.
What's "creepy" right now?
Admiral Woofington
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You poor thing, you don't even know just how creepy this thread has gotten.
This is like vanilla.
So off-contest that he's got a whopping two chibi figures of him released so far. Chibi figures can't ever do Kaiki justice.
Also, damn you for making me think about a Monogatari VN adaptation where Kaiki had a route of his own...
And yes, we just derailed the whole thread with pantyhose talk and stupid sexy Kaiki.
Prof. Bathtub
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I haven't read the manga, but I can only guess that Yas wanted to make this movie his "Akira" or "Nausicaa", and changed around the details while adapting his own comic. Arion fared a little better, it has wonky pacing as well, but the story feels more complete.
Each of Yas' three features has individual strengths, but also corresponding detriments. He's still stylistically one of my favorites though.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You're better off just typing "girls in pantyhouse" into google.
Admiral Woofington
Member
You're better off just typing "girls in pantyhouse" into google.
Everytime I see someone with a Justified avatar talk about ecchi I die inside.
Don't want to sound like a broken record but Saekano is truly awful
I hate that self aware "oh look we make jokes about harems even though we conform to every harem trope ever. Oh look I know I'm a tsundere...baka" I think it's the most pandering, laziest form of humor ever.
And then the self insert "hey be a dick to girls and they'll like you" protagonist. Anyone watch Invaders of the roukujyouma? That dude deserved a harem not the chucklefuck from Saekano.
I hate that self aware "oh look we make jokes about harems even though we conform to every harem trope ever. Oh look I know I'm a tsundere...baka" I think it's the most pandering, laziest form of humor ever.
And then the self insert "hey be a dick to girls and they'll like you" protagonist. Anyone watch Invaders of the roukujyouma? That dude deserved a harem not the chucklefuck from Saekano.
PdotMichael
Banned
You are way to invested in the harem genre. That's not healthy.
Admiral Woofington
Member
The best way to get people to dislike tsunderes is to watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLa8M6f71J4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLa8M6f71J4
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The whole anime is about making a game and the only thing that the harem lead brings to the table is that all the girls want to fuck him. He literally has no tangible skills.
I bet Raylan loves Gintama.
Hellwarden
Member
So I just compared some people over in the gaming side to Griffith for their decisions in the final episode of Life is Strange....
...I think I should stay on this side of the forum for a bit. Just to be safe.
Also here's the trailer for the Akagami no Shirayuki-hime OVA.
Be warned, it has hot hand holding action. Too steamy to post here.
...I think I should stay on this side of the forum for a bit. Just to be safe.
Also here's the trailer for the Akagami no Shirayuki-hime OVA.
Be warned, it has hot hand holding action. Too steamy to post here.
Admiral Woofington
Member
the best part is how she tries to translate the b-bakaaa
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
The Tale of Princess Kaguya:
Beautiful. Pretty much perfect. The art, the animation, the writing, the music, everything was just perfect. This is art.
I'll have to think about this some more, and watch the movie again for sure, but I think this could potentially be my favorite movie of all time. It's definitely up there. What a masterpiece.
Beautiful. Pretty much perfect. The art, the animation, the writing, the music, everything was just perfect. This is art.
I'll have to think about this some more, and watch the movie again for sure, but I think this could potentially be my favorite movie of all time. It's definitely up there. What a masterpiece.
John Blade
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It's kinda funny as you did post about this when I post the same image in February saying
But yea, I own the entire You're Under Arrest franchise show on DVD from the OVA to the special and the live action (which was thrown in for free when I got the entire DVD collection of the show) in North American release (except the live action which is those bootleg from Malaysia).
lol I've probably only seen about 5 harem shows. And I wouldn't make a blanket statement like all harems are awful but Saekano is bottom of the barrel type stuff.
Nothing to watch on Tuesdays = Time to complain on GAF
You're just jealous of her dance moves.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I have the memory of a goldfish, especially when it comes to this thread. lol
I think I own most of the series on DVD when Rightstuf was clearing them out. I remember missing a big chunk of it though.
Ergo Proxy Episode 13:
Ah so we finally get the grand culmination of the Iggy Cognito subplot and it lands with a resounding meh at least it does for me. Mainly because I never really cared about that Entourage and really this series has enough rapey creeps who are unhealthy obsessed over Re-l as it is.
Ah so we finally get the grand culmination of the Iggy Cognito subplot and it lands with a resounding meh at least it does for me. Mainly because I never really cared about that Entourage and really this series has enough rapey creeps who are unhealthy obsessed over Re-l as it is.
John Blade
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Oh, so you did own You're Under Arrest collection. That's good to hear but the original release of the Ova and the TV series by Animeigo might be harder to get as I won't able to find all of them on sale together at a good Price. Also, waiting for this Christmas Right stuff to see what they will put up for sale.
Dedication Through Light
Member
I hope an instrumental version gets made.
Cornbread78
Member
Blah, all this Saekano hate is unwarranted, the show is fun to watch.
The real Ergo Proxy starts now...
Well maybe,I don't actually have a clue what people mean when they say that.
I'm not saying it's bad, but more like there're many other shows that deserve being watched a lot more than Saekano. The only season we got so far only helped set up the stage for a boy and his harem to begin making a VN sometime later, and played all the generic boring harem tropes perfectly straight in the most boring way it possibly could. I agree with a previous poster on how the MC appears to have no character traits besides having a harem.
I think Gahara spoiled me on tsundere characters that actually change from their agressive into their endearing sides as the show goes on, rather than their sole character trait being the whole "it isn't like I did <thing> for you *looks sideways*... baka" act over and over. Gahara slowly opening up to Shuraragi as she began showing her more caring side to him was part of what made her character progression interesting to watch, as opposed to some blonde girl with twintails who keeps verbally assaulting the MC, only to blush right afterwards.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The thing is that Saekano doesn't offer anything, other than making stuff like Monster Girls look good by comparison.
I think what infuriated me was that they went out of their way to lampshade themselves in an attempt to justify the crappiness of the show, which I can't stand. Just because you say you are bad at something before you do it doesn't mean you get a free pass.
I think what infuriated me was that they went out of their way to lampshade themselves in an attempt to justify the crappiness of the show, which I can't stand. Just because you say you are bad at something before you do it doesn't mean you get a free pass.
I haven't watched Monmusu, but at least from what I've heard it manages to do what it set out to do, which is lots and lots of lewd.
I'd say that Welcome to the NHK and even Oreimo have better "let's make a VN" story arcs than Saekano. The whole cast was a one-trick pony even if Kato was decent, and only because of how it looked like she was there to make fun of all the copy-pasted harem and VN tropes the show loved invoking over and over.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Welcome to the NHK is a good show. It slumps and has low points but I feel comfy whenever I think about it, I guess it reminds me of when I watched it all those years ago which is funny because I guess I wasn't too different to Satou myself at the time, I mean even now I'm a social shut in. Erm....NHK has a fantastic soundtrack!
ShinRPGamer
Member
Witch Hunter Robin 12-13
These are the final episodic episodes before we begin the main storyline. The 13th episode was better than the 12th but both were still decent episodes regardless. Now the real show begins.
These are the final episodic episodes before we begin the main storyline. The 13th episode was better than the 12th but both were still decent episodes regardless. Now the real show begins.
John Blade
Member
Yup, get ready to see the big surprise which turn the show around quite a bit and in a way, make the show much better. Hope you like the roller coaster as you continue watching it as I start to like it once you start going through the main storyline.
The real Ergo Proxy starts now...
Well maybe,I don't actually have a clue what people mean when they say that.
I think it is code for when this series finally goes mental and goes balls deep into surrealism.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Katanagatari 12 END
Nah people who didn't like this finale are fucking nuts. I understand, it's kind of a big "fuck you" and everyone fails at everything but really, I cannot imagine a better ending. It pulls absolutely no punches and man is it 100x better off for that, a lot of anime series tend to end in a limp way so I can really respect an ending that is so definite. If you can't at least appreciate that tower climb then I don't know what to say.
Nah people who didn't like this finale are fucking nuts. I understand, it's kind of a big "fuck you" and everyone fails at everything but really, I cannot imagine a better ending. It pulls absolutely no punches and man is it 100x better off for that, a lot of anime series tend to end in a limp way so I can really respect an ending that is so definite. If you can't at least appreciate that tower climb then I don't know what to say.
Cornbread78
Member
Can't remember if it was Jan or April..
Now go watch Chrno Crusade.
Clannad After Story 12
Because 13 is starting with yet another case of characters placing tons of importance on completely arbitrary sports contests, I want to hit this episode now.
I found the first half of this episode pretty unsatisfying for a few reasons, but it's largely the same kind of thing I always dislike about this show so far, so I don't want to spend too much time on it. I can recognize in Yusuke's story how artists can get lost attempting to create for others when they used to create for themselves, but how it's presented here makes it feel so overdone and fake. I couldn't take it seriously, especially presented in monologue form.
The second half of the episode has me conflicted. It's a satisfying emotional story beat. Tomoya's tensions with his father have been constantly simmering beneath the surface of the plot, and they needed to get out eventually. His relationship with his father defines much of who he is, and it's something that still separates him from Nagisa. This can't have been the first time an event like this has happened. His anger grabs your attention.
The problem is, once again, how overdone it feels to me. I could say it pops out of nowhere, but that's not really accurate. It arrives (as always) at the worst possible time, and when Tomoya confronts his father, it happens in such a stilted way due to his dad's complete silence. Once again, the show doesn't trust enough in its characters, and instead tries to manipulate the audience through writing these circumstances.
Maybe things would be easier if I stopped trying to be critical, but I just wish these moments were better. Tomoya has real insecurities, and they would manifest in a real way no matter how this confrontation came about, in a way that would deeply affect Nagisa as much she is affected in this episode. So why does Clannad repeatedly insist on bludgeoning me out of its world to highlight its own artifice?
Because 13 is starting with yet another case of characters placing tons of importance on completely arbitrary sports contests, I want to hit this episode now.
I found the first half of this episode pretty unsatisfying for a few reasons, but it's largely the same kind of thing I always dislike about this show so far, so I don't want to spend too much time on it. I can recognize in Yusuke's story how artists can get lost attempting to create for others when they used to create for themselves, but how it's presented here makes it feel so overdone and fake. I couldn't take it seriously, especially presented in monologue form.
The second half of the episode has me conflicted. It's a satisfying emotional story beat. Tomoya's tensions with his father have been constantly simmering beneath the surface of the plot, and they needed to get out eventually. His relationship with his father defines much of who he is, and it's something that still separates him from Nagisa. This can't have been the first time an event like this has happened. His anger grabs your attention.
The problem is, once again, how overdone it feels to me. I could say it pops out of nowhere, but that's not really accurate. It arrives (as always) at the worst possible time, and when Tomoya confronts his father, it happens in such a stilted way due to his dad's complete silence. Once again, the show doesn't trust enough in its characters, and instead tries to manipulate the audience through writing these circumstances.
Maybe things would be easier if I stopped trying to be critical, but I just wish these moments were better. Tomoya has real insecurities, and they would manifest in a real way no matter how this confrontation came about, in a way that would deeply affect Nagisa as much she is affected in this episode. So why does Clannad repeatedly insist on bludgeoning me out of its world to highlight its own artifice?
Hellwarden
Member
Why the hell didn't anyone license Katanagatari?
There's no release for it here right?
There's no release for it here right?
Cornbread78
Member
You are about to hit the best part of the whole series that brings it all together. You'very been negative throughout, but the next part is really good.. If you can, watch ep. 15 straight through to the end. This episodes are what makes this anime so special.
hosannainexcelsis
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