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Autumn Anime 2015 |OT2| It'll at least last longer than Steve.
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Crash Station
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Oh right, forgot this was happening. But really, did Hirano stop jacking off long enough to even have enough material for a full season?
hosannainexcelsis
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Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark
I don't really know what I expected from this movie, but it certainly wasn't a feature-length version of episode 14! Izubuchi knows just how to push my buttons. This is how you do science fiction, folks. I'm glad at least one revival of a nostalgic property has a creative visionary at the helm.
Maybe someday I'll collect a bunch of shots that show off the spectacular design work evident throughout the film, but if you've seen the series, you know what to expect on that front.
I don't really know what I expected from this movie, but it certainly wasn't a feature-length version of episode 14! Izubuchi knows just how to push my buttons. This is how you do science fiction, folks. I'm glad at least one revival of a nostalgic property has a creative visionary at the helm.
Maybe someday I'll collect a bunch of shots that show off the spectacular design work evident throughout the film, but if you've seen the series, you know what to expect on that front.
Crash Station
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I watched A LOT of shows this year. OPM is still probably my favorite TV anime since Gurren Lagann, by a pretty significant amount at that.
Season of what? This isn't going to be a TV series lol.
That Dude John
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I'm likin' this.
Crash Station
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OPM is a series about depression and deep themes.
It's also not boring like Shirobako or Oregano.
What is it, a movie/ova? Only info I'm finding is there's a Drifters anime happening.
Hellwarden
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I've realized something.
My "Why won't people watch Garo: The Animation?" is my own personal "Why won't people buy a Vita?" ;_;
My "Why won't people watch Garo: The Animation?" is my own personal "Why won't people buy a Vita?" ;_;
It's produced by the same company that made the Hellsing Ultimate OVA, based on a manga by the author of Hellsing, with staff who worked on the Hellsing Ultimate OVA, and the trailer features graphic decapitations and lots of blood. I think that's all we need to know.
veloxStrix
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You don't want to hear my opinion on Gurren Lagann either. I'll admit my personal taste sways away from battle-heavy anime and more towards dialogue and character driven shows. Gurren Lagann is one of the best of the genre and probably one of the better pieces of anime in general, but I hear it get thrown in the same category as Evangelion and Madoka all the time.
OPM is running on a lot of hype right now. Its biggest issue is that it satirizes a genre, but then slips up and falls into the tropes it tries to satirize. The first half is hilarious, but the humor tank runs dry midway through and tries to build a narrative on top of the jokes of the first half. Due to the nature of the satire, the fights - especially the fight with Boros where it actually mattered - lack any reason for the viewer to really care. I honestly think it's one of the most overrated anime of all time despite the fact that I enjoyed it (for further reference, I'd give it an 8.25 or something on the Strix Arbitrary Scale)
As soon as I get Sound! Euphonium out of the way, I'll wander into Garo territory. I saw it on a couple of AotY lists.
hosannainexcelsis
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Mainstream audiences aren't usually looking for something that asks them to think too hard.
i can back this statement up
You can like something without trying to stir shit!
edit: not implicitly directed at you
yep, shirobako winning would be pretty lame
veloxStrix
Banned
This is probably true as well. I write for my college's weekly magazine about film (focus on traditional but every once in a while I slip an anime into the mix) so my viewpoint is more critical and less about watching purely for enjoyment. That's probably where I end up in so many disputes with people. (Not that my viewpoint is more refined, better, or even closer to correct. It's just different.)
And I like to argue in general.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Well, we'll see if OPM has staying power. If you look at Parasyte, the number of people voting for it has dropped significantly. For me, I liked OPM before so the anime is just the cherry on top.
Attack on Titan S2 should be interesting though
Attack on Titan S2 should be interesting though
31/01/2016 23:59 UTC
Hellwarden
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You know, seeing people unironically call Aldnoah.Zero one of the best shows of the year, reminds me that tolerating different opinions in the bedrock of any functioning society...
*twitches slightly*
*twitches slightly*
nice. i can wait for the 31st month of the year to vote.
Parasyte was also disappointing.
Gundam Build Fighters 1
Why is Reiji so based? Is he a wizard? How did he appear out of nowhere to save the day? Why does Sazaki remind me of Weevil from Yugioh? Why is this an awesome way of doing a Gundam show?
Will continue watching in excitement.
But seriously, why is Reiji so based?
Why is Reiji so based? Is he a wizard? How did he appear out of nowhere to save the day? Why does Sazaki remind me of Weevil from Yugioh? Why is this an awesome way of doing a Gundam show?
Will continue watching in excitement.
But seriously, why is Reiji so based?
GoldCrusader
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Well AZero was a decent show with an anti-climatic ending. So if people enjoyed things like the music and the robot fights I think its quite normal some people have it on their list. I mean...I enjoyed it myself.
Aldnoah Zero S2 was so amazing that it made me drop all anime for like 6 months. For its ability to improve productivity alone I would say it is one of the best shows of the year!
At least it's not Charlotte. I didn't think it was possible for me to loathe a show more this year than Aldnoah.Zero S2, but I was proven wrong not even 6 months later.
I wouldn't call it decent, mediocre maybe? Frustrating, idiotic, baffling and terrible are also words I'd use to describe Aldnoah Zero, and I only watched the first season.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Level E 11
Man the CGI is so jarring in this. The movement is so stiff, robotic and unnatural, thankfully it isn't used much.
Anyway, enjoying this quite a lot. Not the kind of thing I'd expect from Togashi but I guess this proves he can do more then just battle Shonen. Koyasu's character is the standout though, he should really do more comedy roles.
Season 2 was far worse
Man the CGI is so jarring in this. The movement is so stiff, robotic and unnatural, thankfully it isn't used much.
Anyway, enjoying this quite a lot. Not the kind of thing I'd expect from Togashi but I guess this proves he can do more then just battle Shonen. Koyasu's character is the standout though, he should really do more comedy roles.
Season 2 was far worse
It's one of the few shows that I finished the first season yet didn't even watch a single episode of the second, I didn't have the patience for more of Inaho's bullshit.
Maybe half-off wasn't the correct descriptor but the first BD only has the first episode and so is half the price of vol.2.
As for the game thing, I heard that being thrown around but apparently someone misread it as it's just extra DLC for a Vita game.
Either way, I don't imagine the 1st volume to be indicative of how the average volume sales will turn out.
hosannainexcelsis
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Can't wait for the Milky Holmes movie. It's going to be the best thing J.C. Staff has done since Joshiraku!
Dedication Through Light
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Did you not watch Heavy Object?
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Time to watch Prison School
I refuse to watch Heavy Object on the basis that Heavy Object is a dumb name.
Over my dead body.
Dedication Through Light
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Dumb? The Objects are actually pretty heavy though.
manfestival
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starting to hate this gundam show. its become too sappy and all the forced emotions and putting me to sleep
Sibersk Esto
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Gonna have to narrow down which gundam show you're talking about with that description.
*ba-dum-tssh*
So what you're actually saying is that it is in fact an overpriced single episode volume with a dlc bonus for a game which is so poorly received that it was 60％ off in the first week of release?! Sounds totally opposite from it being half price and bundled with a game!
How is it overpriced when it's literally half the price of volume 2 and includes extras that would be found in a typical volume release?
manfestival
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unicorn? ahem I mean iron blood orphans
Hellwarden
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There seems to be a real divide in the Gundam fanbase.
Fans in Japan like over the top, new types performing magical feats Gundam.
Fans here seem to want a more reserved Gundam.
Fans in Japan like over the top, new types performing magical feats Gundam.
Fans here seem to want a more reserved Gundam.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
More like 20 divides.
Aldnoah Zero S2 was so amazing that it made me drop all anime for like 6 months. For its ability to improve productivity alone I would say it is one of the best shows of the year!
Killed you off only for you to rise from the dead as a Marvel Zombie
manfestival
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Well... just gonna leave this here but cross ange is better.
hosannainexcelsis
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Sound Euphonium 1
I am someone who constantly checks any sheet music on a T-shirt or other decoration to see if it's genuine playable music or they just threw some random stuff that looks kind of music up there. I was disappointed when I received a piano ornament for Christmas this year, that the "music" printed on the stand was totally fake bullshit that didn't even have proper rhythm. So when I saw this:
genuine sheet music that matches the Offenbach band arrangement being played, with scribbled performance notes that are realistic (if made by an extremely zealous student), well, I love this show already just for this.
Helps that it's KyoAni on a good day too.
I am someone who constantly checks any sheet music on a T-shirt or other decoration to see if it's genuine playable music or they just threw some random stuff that looks kind of music up there. I was disappointed when I received a piano ornament for Christmas this year, that the "music" printed on the stand was totally fake bullshit that didn't even have proper rhythm. So when I saw this:
genuine sheet music that matches the Offenbach band arrangement being played, with scribbled performance notes that are realistic (if made by an extremely zealous student), well, I love this show already just for this.
Helps that it's KyoAni on a good day too.
Hellwarden
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My initial AotY list. If I'm not lazy it will probably change a little from now.
Or full-on Super Robot nonsense.
Disgusting...
Or full-on Super Robot nonsense.
Disgusting...
manfestival
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what order should I finish these?
Fafner season 2
Noragami season 2
Aldnoah zero season 2
Overlord
Ninja slayer
Fafner season 2
Noragami season 2
Aldnoah zero season 2
Overlord
Ninja slayer
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