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Bubuki Buranki 23

Best Mech show of 2016. Things didn't play out in the final confrontation like I had thought they would but they were still great moments all around and helped answer a lot of the lingering questions. Music selections and the battles were top notch. I know this show will be in my top 10 of 2016.

 

[javac]

I bet duck hasn't even seen Rakugo.

 

[Szadek]

Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku - Ep. 11
The fights sucked hard.
2 Characters died,but both of them sucked so who cares (not to mention that thier death scenes sucked as well) and they both died for the same stupid reason anyway.
Swim Swim somehow survied a huge explosion right in her face basically unharmed and only got knocked out of magical form (something that never happend before btw).

The anime feels the need to give a character that died like 6 episodes or so go ever so slight more personality, despite it being way too late for that kind of stuff.

At least Ripples transformation sequence was good, so that's something I guess.

Shuumatsu no Izetta - Ep. 11
One of the best episodes of the series.
I'm worried that 1 episode won't be enough to finish the series properly.
Hopefully we will at least get the yuri kiss we are all wating for.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Bubuki Buranki 23



Best Mech show of 2016. Things didn't play out in the final confrontation like I had thought they would but they were still great moments all around and helped answer a lot of the lingering questions. Music selections and the battles were top notch. I know this show will be in my top 10 of 2016.

Im glad the first OP song was used again, so catchy.

 

[MSMrRound]

Izetta 11

What Izetta as a series should have been. Just two girls in their white nightgown flying through the night.

 

[duckroll]

I bet duck hasn't even seen Rakugo.

Wut.

 

[names2hard4you]

The Great Passage, bro.

Yep, it's pretty much 'white man stuff'!

Time to watch The Great Passage.

This ^

 

[Maximilian Kolbe]

Bubuki Buranki 23



Best Mech show of 2016. Things didn't play out in the final confrontation like I had thought they would but they were still great moments all around and helped answer a lot of the lingering questions. Music selections and the battles were top notch. I know this show will be in my top 10 of 2016.

It's miracle that the writer stop being high and successfully end the show that with explain most of things(i know still one more episode, i wonder will Reoko x Azuma end up happens lol).
Still, Sanzigen did pretty good in action scene, i hope ID-0 will have better writing(well, Yosuke Kuroda is fine writer, plus Goro Taniguchi is directing).

 

[nintendoman58]

So now that I watched Mob Psycho 100 and finished Haikyu S3, what is even the point of anime anymore? Time to go back to white man stuff on Netflix, right?

Majin Bone.

It's got CG fight scenes. It's about BONES.

It's practically made for you!

 

[javac]

Wut.

Ducks go quack not wut, silly.

 

[GoldCrusader]

So now that I watched Mob Psycho 100 and finished Haikyu S3, what is even the point of anime anymore? Time to go back to white man stuff on Netflix, right?

You should try Poco's Udon World, it's visually beautiful and the story is sooo good.

 

[duckroll]

Majin Bone.

It's got CG fight scenes. It's about BONES.

It's practically made for you!

You know I'm not stupid right? Well, maybe. I think anyway.

 

[Ascheroth]

You know I'm not stupid right? Well, maybe. I think anyway.

You should watch Majin Bone regardless. Has a hype soundtrack , great action, great characters that get a lot of development and a strong story that never loses sight of its core theme and ties up everything neatly.
And he's not lying, it really is about BONES!

 

[javac]

We've got a new reaction image boys and girls.

EDIT: omg, the gif is even better.

 

[Taruranto]

Real life champion male figure skater Johnny Weir is tweeting about watching Yuri on Ice.

Speaking of that:

 

[nintendoman58]

You know I'm not stupid right? Well, maybe. I think anyway.

I know you're not stupid. That's why I'm recommending it. You might earn yourself another Fafner watcher if you give it a go.

And Majin Bone is a show where you don't have to wait until season 2 for it to get good!

 

[Shard]

3 Lions Episode 9:

Holy fuck, I am just done with this turdburger of a show, every time it manages to suck me in with some actually compelling serious drama, they decide to interject with some wacky madcap antics that completely ruins the scene. Fuck this, I am done, this may be the most infuriating show I have watched all year.

 

[Angry Grimace]

WWWWORKING!!!

These morons are going to end up married and acting like they don't like it the entire time.

 

[Joe Molotov]

The Great Passage, bro.

Man, it would be pretty sweet if this were on some sort of video streaming platform. Maybe one that cost $99 a year and gave you free 2 day shipping and such on a variety items in addition to streaming The Great Passage. Oh wouldn't that be a lovely day if such a place existed?

 

[Narag]

Man, it would be pretty sweet if this were on some sort of video streaming platform. Maybe one that cost $99 a year and gave you free 2 day shipping and such on a variety items in addition to video streaming. Oh wouldn't that be a lovely day if such a place existed?

Funny enough, it is in the UK but not the US. Trump's America for you.

 

[Quasar]

Funny enough, it is in the UK but not the US. Trump's America for you.

Amazon continues the mishandling of its exclusives.

 

[Thud]

3 Lions Episode 9:

Holy fuck, I am just done with this turdburger of a show, every time it manages to suck me in with some actually compelling serious drama, they decide to interject with some wacky madcap antics that completely ruins the scene. Fuck this, I am done, this may be the most infuriating show I have watched all year.

A shame anime watchers can't get the same experience from it as the manga.

I covered it a while ago that a straight adaption might not be the best approach for this series. As someone that read the material it's been pretty good for me. I didn't expect to enjoy the anime based on my preferences. Normally I like to see some action or something that moves me (no not Clannad cornbread).

 

[Jex]

Man, it would be pretty sweet if this were on some sort of video streaming platform. Maybe one that cost $99 a year and gave you free 2 day shipping and such on a variety items in addition to streaming The Great Passage. Oh wouldn't that be a lovely day if such a place existed?

As a UK resident I can confirm that that's exactly where it is for me!

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

I know you're not stupid. That's why I'm recommending it. You might earn yourself another Fafner watcher if you give it a go.

And Majin Bone is a show where you don't have to wait until season 2 for it to get good!

If you want this to work, you'll need to compare it to MCU movies.

 

[Turin Turambar]

A shame anime watchers can't get the same experience from it as the manga.

I covered it a while ago that a straight adaption might not be the best approach for this series. As someone that read the material it's been pretty good for me. I didn't expect to enjoy the anime based on my preferences. Normally I like to see some action or something that moves me (no not Clannad cornbread).

The problem is that is too much a literal adaption, yep. You also have the cutesy/slapstick comedy chapters, followed by dark, brooding, melancholic scenes in the manga.
I think the difference is that the material comes alive much more in an anime: you hear the voices of the girls, you have the assault of color in your eyes, etc, it makes both sides of the same coin (light parts, dark parts) to be even more light and dark, so the contrast is too much.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Anime.

When is this going to be an OVA

So now that I watched Mob Psycho 100 and finished Haikyu S3, what is even the point of anime anymore? Time to go back to white man stuff on Netflix, right?

YOU NEVER FINISHED STARDUST CRUSADERS AND NEVER STARTED ON DIAMOND IS UNBREAKABLE

 

[Quasar]

A shame anime watchers can't get the same experience from it as the manga.

I covered it a while ago that a straight adaption might not be the best approach for this series. As someone that read the material it's been pretty good for me. I didn't expect to enjoy the anime based on my preferences. Normally I like to see some action or something that moves me (no not Clannad cornbread).

Well it's working perfectly fine for me. Really enjoying it. Definitively plan to switch to the manga when the anime is over as I'll want the rest of the story.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

DAYS Episode 23 – I'm a Member of Seiseki's Soccer Team, Too

The opposing team isnt interesting but this final bit of the match was. Tsukamoto is great, and Haibari is easily MVP. I dont know what role Kurusu is supposed to have.

Spoiler

Beautiful endgame kick and also amazing when Tsukamoto was about to score but the other guy dumbly pulled him down, lol

 

[godisntheradio]

WWW WAGNARIA!! EP11

i think this was one of the best episodes yet, every scene was a hit and miyakoshi was super cute, i'm already sad it's just 1 season

 

[Eumi]

I swear to god I'm going to just melt when these two have an actually romantic scene. They're both so adorable and stupid.

 

[Ascheroth]

Valkyria Chronicles

It took me 2 years, but here I am, I've finally completed it!
Better anime story than most anime. While it's nothing ground-breaking, they absolutely nailed the epilogue and final confrontation. (I'm so glad that it wasn't some kind of magic/god/ancient-evil thing even though the game had it's share of supernatural elements, but just pure German Science Is The Best In The World, in a way )

Also the entire artstyle is so, so beautiful.

 

[lazyproblems]

Occultic;Nine 10

We finally started getting some answers, but for every question answered, they provided at least one new one. With the pacing this show can have (especially with the dialogue), I'm almost nervous at how they're going to have to cram all the answers into the last two episodes.

It seems one of the nine managed to

Spoiler

revive herself

, so I'm sure

Spoiler

at least half of the others will have the same happen to them.

Some good stuff, but it was mostly set-up, so I'm interested to see the fallout next week.


Magical Girl Raising Project 11

That fight was pretty disappointing, but the way they killed one of the girls was pretty funny.

 

[Aaronrules380]

You know I'm not stupid right? Well, maybe. I think anyway.

Majin Bones is legitimately good

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

3gatsu 09

Yeah...I really don't understand what tone they wanted for this episode. Do they want me to feel bad for this old dude or laugh at him? And did we really need that stupid cat shogi thing in the middle of the episode again?

Rei's foster sister seriously feels like she should be in Monogatari and not here. She's some weird mix of Math and Crab.

 

[Cornbread78]

Valkyria Chronicles

It took me 2 years, but here I am, I've finally completed it!
Better anime story than most anime. While it's nothing ground-breaking, they absolutely nailed the epilogue and final confrontation. (I'm so glad that it wasn't some kind of magic/god/ancient-evil thing even though the game had it's share of supernatural elements, but just pure German Science Is The Best In The World, in a way )

Also the entire artstyle is so, so beautiful.

Lol, I made the OT, bought it at launch, but still haven't play it past ch.2. Bad me..

 

[Hellwarden]

Tiger Mask W 10

It's fine. Look he can move it by waving his arm.

Decent episode. Looks like Tiger is gonna get a killer move next episode.

 

[dimb]

I actually loved this week's 3-gatsu. It felt very human in its blend of hardship and humor, and the comedy actually worked for once. More than that the dramatic elements here we're not emotionally exploitative, so the character backstory could just kind of speak for itself. The show is basically running two ED sequences right now though, and I was watching this in the bath so the unexpected torture of baby voices singing about shogi to CG cats was completely unavoidable.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Tiger Mask W 10

"You cannot beat Monopoly as you currently are because you do not have a Super Art. I recommend the Raging Demon. Its super cool."

 

[Joe Molotov]

As a UK resident I can confirm that that's exactly where it is for me!

I'm sorry, this doesn't look like anything to me.

 

[Thud]

Valkyria Chronicles

It took me 2 years, but here I am, I've finally completed it!
Better anime story than most anime. While it's nothing ground-breaking, they absolutely nailed the epilogue and final confrontation. (I'm so glad that it wasn't some kind of magic/god/ancient-evil thing even though the game had it's share of supernatural elements, but just pure German Science Is The Best In The World, in a way )

Also the entire artstyle is so, so beautiful.

I need to finish this as I recently made some progress. I appreciate the reports (sidestories) and the story, however the amount of missions is pretty scarce.

Also one of the few games I play dubbed. Hell, I think with this setting Dutch would work as well. Suggestive placement on the world map would agree with me that this basically a fictive England vs Germany with Holland in between.

Gotta love nature while riding this tank.

 

[killer rin]

Poco's Udon World 10

Man, this episode was just feels overload. Onion Ninja's invaded several times throughout the episode

 

[Wanderer5]

3gatsu 09



Yeah...I really don't understand what tone they wanted for this episode. Do they want me to feel bad for this old dude or laugh at him? And did we really need that stupid cat shogi thing in the middle of the episode again?

Rei's foster sister seriously feels like she should be in Monogatari and not here. She's some weird mix of Math and Crab.

I be honest, that was when I just closed the stream for a little bit lol. Nice Darth Vader cameo I guess through.

Edit: Okay the saying the sound effects thing is really getting on my nerves more times than not.

 

[Qurupeke]

Valkyria Chronicles

It took me 2 years, but here I am, I've finally completed it!
Better anime story than most anime. While it's nothing ground-breaking, they absolutely nailed the epilogue and final confrontation. (I'm so glad that it wasn't some kind of magic/god/ancient-evil thing even though the game had it's share of supernatural elements, but just pure German Science Is The Best In The World, in a way )

Also the entire artstyle is so, so beautiful.

While I don't really consider it a bad story, I feel people give it way too much credit. They tackle some interesting themes, but not as much as I'd hope for, and rather clumsily I'd say. It's more like they nail some of the big story moments, not that the story is particularly good. Still it's enjoyable. Surprising good game.

 

[Ascheroth]

While I don't really consider it a bad story, I feel people give it way too much credit. They tackle some interesting themes, but not as much as I'd hope for, and rather clumsily I'd say. It's more like they nail some of the big story moments, not that the story is particularly good. Still it's enjoyable. Surprising good game.

I agree, the story isn't amazing. It's a solid story that is elevated by them nailing some key story moments and having a very good epilogue.
Which means it's still better than most anime

 

[Qurupeke]

I agree, the story isn't amazing. It's a solid story that is elevated by them nailing some key story moments and having a very good epilogue.
Which means it's still better than most anime

And better than the Valkyria Chronicles anime, for sure...

 

[Thud]

I agree, the story isn't amazing. It's a solid story that is elevated by them nailing some key story moments and having a very good epilogue.
Which means it's still better than most anime

Like Xanadu Next.

That ending left me with teary eyes. Not because of my crappy ranking.

 

[Ascheroth]

Like Xanadu Next.

That ending left me with teary eyes. Not because of my crappy ranking.

Same here, same here.
I honestly didn't expect that ending. So sad

Falcom never dissappoints.

 

[nintendoman58]

If you want this to work, you'll need to compare it to MCU movies.

Oh come on.

I didn't see anybody comparing Fafner to the MCU!

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Oh come on.

I didn't see anybody comparing Fafner to the MCU!

I seem to recall a lot of people saying that you had to wade through a lot of formulaic stuff before you started getting towards anything that was really artistically interesting.

 

[Narag]

I seem to recall a lot of people saying that you had to wade through a lot of formulaic stuff before you started getting towards anything that was really artistically interesting.

Thought of Phase 1 when I saw his post but before I saw yours.