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[NaDannMaGoGo]

What the spooky fuck. My phone just randomly joined the cyclejerk by playing 'Tank!' when I didn't touch it in hours @_@

I mean the music app was open in the background as there's no reason to close it, but it obviously was on pause and my phone lay on a smooth wooden surface, face up.

That reminds me, the one thing I genuinely do appreciate about Bebop are the excellent OP, ED and OST in general. Otherwise the show is decent but not really my thing.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

That reminds me, the one thing I genuinely do appreciate about Bebop are the excellent OP, ED and OST in general. Otherwise the show is decent but not really my thing.

You can say that about every Watanabe gig, even Terror in Resonance

 

[JulianImp]

I'm glad US got DBZ before DB, and even happier that the TV broadcasts switched to the Funimation over that Canadian dub. God, their editing was hilarious.

The only Canadian dub I enjoyed was Gundam Wing, Death Note, and Inuyasha.

I'd say that DB was definitely more interesting with its slight focus on adventuring, as opposed to getting beat by X -> training -> beating X -> getting beat by X+1 and repeating that pattern until the end of time. I can't deny I enjoyed Z as a kid, but vanilla felt better since it could do more stuff than just teleportation fights.

And yeah, I'd definitely add Fullmetal Alchemist and remove Haruhi. I remember my cousin who lives in Puerto Rico was quite into both FMA and Inuyasha back when I still went over there regularily during school's summer break.

I used to be really into anime during the 90s since a local chanel had several of them. I often watched Saint Seiya, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Ranma 1/2, Slayers, Irresponsible Captain Taylor and Dotto Koni-Chan. Then I kind of lost interest in the 2000s and only got back to it this decade, which was a shame since there was a dedicated anime channel back then that aired stuff such as Cowboy Bebop or Evangelion, which I only ended up watching much later.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Cowboy Bebop is a great show (10/10 imo) but the people who desperately cling to it don't want to hear that Yamato 2199 or Ping Pong or the best episode of Dandy S2 are as good or better, they just want to prop it up as an example of how shit was better in da 90z

And Trigun, what? Trigun isn't even close to that level

But the 90s man. You can't beat anime classics like The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Daria.

 

[Line_HTX]

How dare you challenge my preconceptions.

Nay, my preconceptions and conclusions are irrefutable facts.

Spoiler

God, I can't say that with a straight face. I crack up every time, lol

 

[Taruranto]

My god, this Cowboy Bebop circle jerk is getting fucking annoying.

Someone should recommend Boku no Pico to those guys just because.

 

[rrvv]

Cowboy Bebop have good music and interesting character so is good in my book

Someone should recommend Boku no Pico to those guys just because.

pretty sure that is banned

 

[Squishy3]

pretty sure that is banned

We can recommend his other work, Aldnoah Zero post-episode 3

 

[Cornbread78]

for a new page:

OK, so we are doing it, and everyone that hasn't watched this trainwreck yet, has no choice but to join in:

Next Let’s Watch is up: Future Diary a.k.a. Mirai Nikki!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1148250


Come join us friends!

Yandere chicks rock!

Eng. Dub available!

 

[TUSR]

 

[Theonik]

http://i.imgur.com/ipif2AX.gif

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

 

[nintendoman58]

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

It's the loading screen icon for the upcoming Hibike! Euphonium rhythm game.

 

[Qurupeke]

Osomatsu-san 9

Finally an amazng episode. The last story was great. Fun and emotional. ;_;

 

[Line_HTX]

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Please be a countdown to the 2nd season.

 

[ShinRPGamer]

So I started watching Wolf Children finally. Currently past the part where

Spoiler

there's some wolf-man on human action

. ...I have no comment for now.

 

[jman2050]

I hadn't paid attention before but I just realized the piece on that stave is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. In bass clef because it's euphonium lol.

 

[kewlmyc]

Osomatsu-San 09

Damn, wasn't expecting that from this series. The second act was very touching, especially since it dealt with the group numskull, Jyuushimatsu. What a great episode.

 

[javac]

Christmas episodes are one of my favorite tropes especially when it comes to anime. No reason as to why I bring that up, just wanted to share.

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

Christmas episodes are one of my favorite tropes especially when it comes to anime. No reason as to why I bring that up, just wanted to share.

Might be because we reached Christmas time and you've seen Ping Pong which features an excellent Christmas episode?

 

[javac]

Might be because we reached Christmas time and you've seen Ping Pong which features an excellent Christmas episode?

I'm not a very festive person but yeah Ping Pong got me thinking about it I guess. The use of Midnight Flight is fantastic and emotional. Wasted Tears is a great soundtrack. I haven't seen many Christmas episodes but the ones that I have seen I really enjoy for the most part and they generally stick out to me. The Big O had a nice one too that sticks out in my head for some reason but its been a while since I saw that show...man that was a nice show. Great soundtrack!

 

[Cornbread78]

Didn't School Days have a good Christmas episode?

 

[Line_HTX]

What...

 

[javac]

Speaking of Christmas, I think this is the perfect opportunity for me to finally watch Tokyo Godfathers.

 

[nintendoman58]

Didn't School Days have a good Christmas episode?

What an odd thing to say.

 

[kewlmyc]

Didn't School Days have a good Christmas episode?

Sure, if you consider

Spoiler

the MC getting murdered

a good Christmas episode.

 

[Qurupeke]

Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica 1

Woah. From the very first moment it completely surprised me. And damn, that's certainly a Shaft show. I already love the style and Chiwa Saito in another leading role. The atmosphere is amazing, with all those trippy effects and the antithesis of colours. Very creepy, in a good way. The calm tone in the voice of the more mysterious characters certainly helps too.

I'm still not 100% sure about the characters though. I'm not really used to watch stuff with the protagonists being young girls, but I guess I can ignore that for now, if the series is good. I just don't get why they should be cute, young girls in the first place. Stuff like Sailor Moon seems to have handled this a bit better with a bit more teenage looking girls, even though they're all about the same age. Again, I'm not saying that's it's a bad thing or a problem, I'm just not used to it.

 

[Droplet]

Next OT should have an "I think anime was only good in the 90s and that Cowboy Bebop is literally God, also I've been living under a rock for the last 15 years, what shows should I watch?" section.

 

[Squishy3]

Gintama has good Christmas episodes.

Spoiler

That never actually air during Christmas

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Serious question here...

Is Panda-kun the most manipulative villain in all of anime?

 

[phaze]

Boy oh boy, this last episode of E7 ventured far far away into the asspull lands. Even before that, they throw a lot of shit at you and the logic of it all seems pretty suspect. But as I've stopped paying much attention about 2/5 through, I'm not really into the position to pick it apart. Will pen a few lines more later on.


Is there some in rl theory among physicists and the like that served as a source or inspiration for the "Question Limitation." ? Googling and finding nothing ... Such a weird plot device.

 

[Line_HTX]

Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica 1

Woah. From the very first moment it completely surprised me. And damn, that's certainly a Shaft show. I already love the style and Chiwa Saito in another leading role. The atmosphere is amazing, with all those trippy effects and the antithesis of colours. Very creepy, in a good way. The calm tone in the voice of the more mysterious characters certainly helps too.

I'm still not 100% sure about the characters though. I'm not really used to watch stuff with the protagonists being young girls, but I guess I can ignore that for now, if the series is good. I just don't get why they should be cute, young girls in the first place. Stuff like Sailor Moon seems to have handled this a bit better with a bit more teenage looking girls, even though they're all about the same age. Again, I'm not saying that's it's a bad thing or a problem, I'm just not used to it.

But it's forbidden love!

 

[Puruzi]

Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica 1

Woah. From the very first moment it completely surprised me. And damn, that's certainly a Shaft show. I already love the style and Chiwa Saito in another leading role. The atmosphere is amazing, with all those trippy effects and the antithesis of colours. Very creepy, in a good way. The calm tone in the voice of the more mysterious characters certainly helps too.

I'm still not 100% sure about the characters though. I'm not really used to watch stuff with the protagonists being young girls, but I guess I can ignore that for now, if the series is good. I just don't get why they should be cute, young girls in the first place. Stuff like Sailor Moon seems to have handled this a bit better with a bit more teenage looking girls, even though they're all about the same age. Again, I'm not saying that's it's a bad thing or a problem, I'm just not used to it.

There's a reason the characters look the way they do

keep watching it

 

[JulianImp]

Sure, if you consider

Spoiler

the MC getting murdered

a good Christmas episode.

Anything with Makoto ending up like that is good in my book.

Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica 1

Woah. From the very first moment it completely surprised me. And damn, that's certainly a Shaft show. I already love the style and Chiwa Saito in another leading role. The atmosphere is amazing, with all those trippy effects and the antithesis of colours. Very creepy, in a good way. The calm tone in the voice of the more mysterious characters certainly helps too.

I'm still not 100% sure about the characters though. I'm not really used to watch stuff with the protagonists being young girls, but I guess I can ignore that for now, if the series is good. I just don't get why they should be cute, young girls in the first place. Stuff like Sailor Moon seems to have handled this a bit better with a bit more teenage looking girls, even though they're all about the same age. Again, I'm not saying that's it's a bad thing or a problem, I'm just not used to it.

The character designs in Madoka designs aren't my cup of tea either, but they work well with the constant feeling of dissonance that permeates the show.

At least we didn't get ludicrous fanservice with all these infantilized girls, unlike with Gakkou Gurashi...

 

[Line_HTX]

Boy oh boy, this last episode of E7 ventured far far away into the asspull lands. Even before that, they throw a lot of shit at you and the logic of it all seems pretty suspect. But as I've stopped paying much attention about 2/5 through, I'm not really into the position to pick it apart. Will pen a few lines more later on.


Is there some in rl theory among physicists and the like that served as a source or inspiration for the "Question Limitation." ? Googling and finding nothing ... Such a weird plot device.

Yeah, I wasn't sure about that aspect either. Having the dub call it The Limit of Questions made it sound like some theoretical question on the species population or something. I kind of interpreted to be about those things, lol. I think I made things more confusing. DUCKROLL HELP!

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Ume Aoki is an excellent and distinctive character designer.

 

[nintendoman58]

Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica 1

Woah. From the very first moment it completely surprised me. And damn, that's certainly a Shaft show. I already love the style and Chiwa Saito in another leading role. The atmosphere is amazing, with all those trippy effects and the antithesis of colours. Very creepy, in a good way. The calm tone in the voice of the more mysterious characters certainly helps too.

I'm still not 100% sure about the characters though. I'm not really used to watch stuff with the protagonists being young girls, but I guess I can ignore that for now, if the series is good. I just don't get why they should be cute, young girls in the first place. Stuff like Sailor Moon seems to have handled this a bit better with a bit more teenage looking girls, even though they're all about the same age. Again, I'm not saying that's it's a bad thing or a problem, I'm just not used to it.

You'll understand why the characters are designed they way they are the more you watch the show.

Boy oh boy, this last episode of E7 ventured far far away into the asspull lands. Even before that, they throw a lot of shit at you and the logic of it all seems pretty suspect. But as I've stopped paying much attention about 2/5 through, I'm not really into the position to pick it apart. Will pen a few lines more later on.


Is there some in rl theory among physicists and the like that served as a source or inspiration for the "Question Limitation." ? Googling and finding nothing ... Such a weird plot device.

I'm sorry that you didn't enjoy it.

Maybe you'd like G Gundam better.

 

[Firemind]

You must watch some hyperactive shit then because that was an enjoyable character development episode.

- Second-in-command wants revenge for being shamed in their previous bout;
- Commanding officer finds it all very humerous and is intrigued by protagonist's skills;
- Scrub pilot wants revenge for his fallen sempai so naturally he'll be one of the first to bite the dust;
- Protagonist and his admirer give out lunches so admirable;
- Protagonist learns to spell his name;
- The crew wants the help of a seedy organization because their navigation system doesn't show them how to go to Earth who the fuck knows why.

Did I cover all the bases? In the previous 'action-packed' episode, their plan was to send a suit to 'sacrifice' himself (Eugene was his name?) and then he miraculously returned to the ship a minute later. The other ship didn't blow apart from a full frontal attack.

I guess it was too much to ask for a Gundam show not aimed at children with a single-minded purpose to sell toys.

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

Boy oh boy, this last episode of E7 ventured far far away into the asspull lands. Even before that, they throw a lot of shit at you and the logic of it all seems pretty suspect. But as I've stopped paying much attention about 2/5 through, I'm not really into the position to pick it apart. Will pen a few lines more later on.


Is there some in rl theory among physicists and the like that served as a source or inspiration for the "Question Limitation." ? Googling and finding nothing ... Such a weird plot device.

From what people here told me there is in fact a concept behind that. However, the anime director/writers may have misunderstood or just mangled it for E7.

 

[Line_HTX]

From what people here told me there is in fact a concept behind that. However, the anime director/writers may have misunderstood or just mangled it for E7.

They misunderstood the purpose and just threw it in there?

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

They misunderstood the purpose and just threw it in there?

Well, not like there's a whole lot of quality storytelling going on in E7 to begin with. It's pretty fucking dumb to introduce such a world-ending concept later into the show anyways, when nothing really build up to it.

 

[javac]

You'll understand why the characters are designed they way they are the more you watch the show.

People always say this but I never really got the impact of it. I understand what they were going for on paper but in practice it felt null and void.

 

[Szadek]

Shokugeki no Souma - Ep 12
The last few episode were really good.
Focousing on Megumi and her cooking skill was a great idea.
The ending was kind of an asspull, but I guess we can't have a Shounen without those.

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

People always say this but I never really got the impact of it. I understand what they were going for on paper but in practice it felt null and void.

Sign me up. I share the very same sentiment.

 

[Cornbread78]

What an odd thing to say.

Sure, if you consider

Spoiler

the MC getting murdered

a good Christmas episode.

Oops, I forgot that was Christmas day; hilarious.... Well, it was probably the most unique then...


Now I can't remember which anime I'm thinking of, either Torodora, From me to You, or something else.... dammit.

 

[Russ T]

You'll understand why the characters are designed they way they are the more you watch the show.

I've seen the whole thing, and besides the fact that it's the trope... I have no idea why, either?

I admit, though, I'm not the biggest fan of Madoka. I think it's mostly all right.

 

[nintendoman58]

People always say this but I never really got the impact of it. I understand what they were going for on paper but in practice it felt null and void.

Sign me up. I share the very same sentiment.

It's supposed to be a subversion of the magical girl genre, like how Evangelion was with the mecha genre.

The magical girl genre typically stars young girls with big dreams and big hearts, so it makes sense for them to be to portrayed as such in the show.

The same way Shinji was designed to be a normal-looking kid who gets asked to pilot a giant robot to save humanity, like mecha shows go.

 

[Line_HTX]

Shokugeki no Souma - Ep 12
The last few episode were really good.
Focousing on Megumi and her cocking skill was a great idea.
The ending was kind of an asspull, but I guess we can't have a Shounen without those.

Shameless, LOL

 

[Russ T]

It's supposed to be a subversion of the Magical Girl genre, like how Evangelion was with the mecha genre.

The magical girl genre typically stars young girls with big dreams and big hearts, so it makes sense for them to be to portrayed as such in the show.

The same way Shinji was designed to be a normal-looking kid who gets asked to pilot a giant robot to save humanity, like mecha shows go.

Oh, I thought you meant there was a specific reason they had to be so young and adorable.

Like someone else said, in Sailor Moon they're older, and not as moe-cute-and-just-oh-so-precious, and that's the most experience I have with the magical girl genre.

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

It's supposed to be a subversion of the Magical Girl genre, like how Evangelion was with the mecha genre.

The magical girl genre typically stars young girls with big dreams and big hearts, so it makes sense for them to be to portrayed as such in the show.

The same way Shinji was designed to be a normal-looking kid who gets asked to pilot a giant robot to save humanity, like mecha shows go.

The difference is that Shinji felt like a well established human being I could easily empathize with whereas in Madoka Magica this doesn't happen at all. There's no immersion for me happening in there and I sort of distantly view the characters as being literally characters in a play. There was this unnatural feeling to the characters and story overall and it's actually really hard for me to pinpoint exactly just why Madoka Magica failed to immerse me at all.

Shameless, LOL

Took me way too long to notice what you meant >_<

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Ume Aoki makes attractive characters that are pleasant to look at. You don't have to come up with any kind of subversion nonsense to justify her designs.