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Autumn Anime 2016 |OT| The seasons change, but we're still Falling for Euri
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Valdfellgar
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That Off Topic Guyver Thread got me psyched again for the Manga. Enough so my Wife decided for our 1 year anniversary today she'd like to be subjected to the OVA series, just to try and understand what's so great about Guyver.
Jex
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I don't understand a comparison between Fafner and the MCU. I mean, Fafner starts out very janky bland but it gets really good eventually!
KuwabaraTheMan
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Well, the MCU did get good a few times. It just went back to being bland immediately after each of those times.
nintendoman58
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Majin Bone starts off as what you'd expect to see from a tokusatsu show in anime form but it barely even takes a quarter of the show for it to start getting really good!
names2hard4you
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WWWWorking!! - 11
AOTS.
AOTS.
It just makes me want to headdesk. So much concentrated stupidity and the same lame deadly chocolate 'gag' that wore out its welcome after one episode.
I forgot you liked that a ton. Didn't know they added it to their catalog along with many many others in a short time.
Cornbread78
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*animegaf.gif
names2hard4you
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I think it works in this case since it's driving their development forward. It's their thing by now, it's not just a gag. I love their talks with St. Valentine LOL.
I am still watching it though. Some parts clearly still amuse me.
Admiral Woofington
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www.working isn't anywhere near as good as the original series. It's never as funny. They concentrated all of the romance of many characters into one fucking season. Does anyone still remember the blonde dude since he doesn't have a romance?
Regardless it's never bad enough to drop but not good enough where I'd feel good ranking it in top 10 unless i had nothing better.
By the way will the AOTY thread begin the second these shows end?
Regardless it's never bad enough to drop but not good enough where I'd feel good ranking it in top 10 unless i had nothing better.
By the way will the AOTY thread begin the second these shows end?
names2hard4you
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When you put it against most of the stuff airing this season, I think it fares pretty well. Whether that's a good or bad thing, I'll leave that up in the air. I'll just say I'm more entertained by this than Eupho S2. And definitely more than Sangatsu, which I'm watching atm.
Admiral Woofington
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it's the only show I'm watching this season if that says anything
Monday through friday and Sunday I do jack fucking shit
Guess I better write up my Thunderbolt Fantasy blurb.
who knows if cornbread will even allow it!
It'd be a disservice to the community if he did.
Admiral Woofington
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Thunderbolt Fantasy is the Trump of our anime season. Not technically qualified but fuck it, let's vote and it'll win.
Make anime great again with puppets
Make anime great again with puppets
This analogy is awful. But unsurprising.
Admiral Woofington
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it's a better analogy if you read it through tears
Hellwarden
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MetroidPrimeRib
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HEYBOT! 12
ITS HIS DICK
ITS HIS DICK
names2hard4you
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Sangatsu - 09
Did I just see Darth Vader in my Shogi anime? I cannot tell whether this show wants to be serious or funny. Shit goes 0 to 100 too quick, no build up to the comedy, nothing. One moment they are totally observant and in the game, the next you see an imaginary bear dancing in a cave on the table... When the old man started rambling about history I just had to skip forward. Then directly after what was 17mins of "gags" the MC becomes pensative again and concerned about the man as sad music is playing. If y'all thought Your Lie in April had weird mood pacing, stay away from this show. I think this may possibly have been the worst episode yet for this show.
Did I just see Darth Vader in my Shogi anime? I cannot tell whether this show wants to be serious or funny. Shit goes 0 to 100 too quick, no build up to the comedy, nothing. One moment they are totally observant and in the game, the next you see an imaginary bear dancing in a cave on the table... When the old man started rambling about history I just had to skip forward. Then directly after what was 17mins of "gags" the MC becomes pensative again and concerned about the man as sad music is playing. If y'all thought Your Lie in April had weird mood pacing, stay away from this show. I think this may possibly have been the worst episode yet for this show.
Dedication Through Light
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HEYBOT! Episode 12
I got my wish for a Moeru episode and it was so good.I loved his hot blooded firey passion on full display to one shot those jobbers.
Felt like they were strongly hinting at the plot but then kept it secret even from Nejiru.
I still think that guy looks like Future Nejiru.
I got my wish for a Moeru episode and it was so good.I loved his hot blooded firey passion on full display to one shot those jobbers.
Felt like they were strongly hinting at the plot but then kept it secret even from Nejiru.
I still think that guy looks like Future Nejiru.
Admiral Woofington
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WARE WARE CHINCHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN
Eupho S2 [9-10]
BUT WAIT WE HAVE ROUND 4 WITH REINA.
The background art and photography is insanely good. There really are few studios/teams that can compete with KyoAni when they're working overdrive like this. Problem is that the writing and pacing in this season is largely fucked. Kumiko has been in a circling pattern for almost the entire season. Thank god somebody called her out on it. The drama itself has been largely uninteresting and painfully drawn out. At this point I just want the anime staff to focus on the efforts and preparations needed for Nationals.
BUT WAIT WE HAVE ROUND 4 WITH REINA.
Its about as good for anime as trump is certainly.
We will build a wall around cornbread and let him pay for it.
Make anime with puppets again.
names2hard4you
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Occultic;Ten
WHY IS THE HECK IS CAMERA ALL OVER THE PLACE. Today I legit felt nauseous. Camera cuts with weird angles all over this episode. I had to stop halfway through. Good lord. Shame that it took me this long but I can't watch this anymore.
WHY IS THE HECK IS CAMERA ALL OVER THE PLACE. Today I legit felt nauseous. Camera cuts with weird angles all over this episode. I had to stop halfway through. Good lord. Shame that it took me this long but I can't watch this anymore.
First Eupho screens that I've ever seen and legitimately thought "wow that looks real good!"
Speaking of bad camera angles:
The show really does look at its best when they yank off the blur filters a bit.
What the fuck is it with this season?
Clouds worthy of Fafner.
The show really does look at its best when they yank off the blur filters a bit.
GoldCrusader
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Those anime makers want to be creative? not that it works, but hey it's different. O;9 was particularly creative today, It did not work all the time though.
hosannainexcelsis
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What do you mean by that? I don't think heavily slanted camera angles are unusually prevalent in this season's anime.
Feels like it. I'm not just talking about heavily slanted but almost inverted or rotated camera angles. There's Keijo, Eupho, and Occultic Nine.
names2hard4you
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Do not watch Occultic;Nine. It's like being in a roller coaster, speed and all.
Dedication Through Light
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I hope to see the final magazine image
GoldCrusader
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I don't think it was that bad, but they did move the camera a lot today in the first half and it felt weird visually. I mean I watched it fine.
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Now that we know that DAYS is returning for at least another season, I want to know of it's worth for me to pick it back up. I stopped at 12. Any one still watches it?
names2hard4you
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I do get vertigo very easily so let's just put that on the table. But if I, just your average Joe watching japanese toons got sick watching this, I can guarantee that there had to be others. I'm not that special lol. It was bad.
NaDannMaGoGo
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So we can strike instrument fetish from your list?
Dedication Through Light
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Yes I just want more for a more interesting team, this one they just played had a lot to be desired after following up with KENN's team. I hope another 24 episodes at least.
GoldCrusader
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Sure I give you that they moved it too much. I mean I won't defend the show for that. They clearly exagerated today. They also did some weird shot during the Ryotas and Gamotan conversation I wasn't a fan of.
I was just saying that it did not affect me that much.
GoldCrusader
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Even if I wasn't a big fans of the episode around 12? I'll give it a shot, like 3 episodes too see if it re-clicks.
hosannainexcelsis
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I think it's a little much to extrapolate from those three examples to the season as a whole (and at least Sound Euphonium does not make these sorts of angles a regular occurrence), but I can understand being bothered by their appearance. I do have a pet peeve about cheap Dutch angles myself.
Occultic;Nine seems to be going for a deliberately disorienting direction style to match the unsettling horror material, which is a reasonable choice but might not always be done in an appropriate manner. Today's episode was storyboarded by Mamoru Kanbe (Elfen Lied, Sound of the Sky, Perfect Insider), and I would consider him to be one of the lesser directing talents who have worked on Occultic;Nine compared to people such as Ishihama, Takao, or Toshimasa Ishii.
names2hard4you
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There were other weird direction choices. Like having Myo at the start taking her sweet time going into the cafe (while the camera spinned everywhere) and then taking her sweet time again to go through the list of names only to confirm that Chio wasn't there. It was time wasted. Then directly after we get back into the actual plot and everything is rushed as always.
I was actually in shock, since this show always seems to not have enough time to present everything they want in one episode. Instead they rush the actual plot and take their time on a seemingly pointless scene. The direction in this episode was some weird stuff of legends only.
Maybe this would explain it? I would actually encourage those who are better with analysis and prose to go and watch the first 10-15mins of this episode, because I'm not joking when I say it was bad. As you all know I'm generally positive about stuff that I watch, so something has to be very wrong for me to complain.
GoldCrusader
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I agree, I was so accustomed to the fast pace, that that slow moment with Myu actually threw me off guard. They seem to be extremely creative with the direction of the show and while it works well sometimes like in episode 9 with the dark hallways and the first person view, this episode it wasn't good at all and made some scenes look really weird.
I mean I am a pretty big fan of the show and I accept some of the bad stuff it does sometimes, but this time it was pretty intense.
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