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[Valdfellgar]

Drifters Episode 2:

I generally really enjoy it's darker tones, the action, the copious amounts of blood-- but god those comedic breaks really damage the flow, especially towards the end of the episode. Still enjoying it however, that's probably my only big criticism so far. (Wow bad sentence, almost makes it sound like me enjoying it is the big criticism.)

 

[Cornbread78]

Oh I was just being snarky about that on twitter, I didn't know you actually said no.

Stay outta this neko-kun!

*sigh*

I'm gonna have to respectfully decline.

KEY and I...have had a bit of a falling out. There was a time when I enjoyed their works like Clannad as much as the average anime fan, but that time has passed.

Sorry.

Oh well, I tried. Maybe I'll find sonething non key.

Have you watched Anohana yet? Strike the blood, Yona of the Dawn?

 

[nintendoman58]

Have you watched Anohana yet? Strike the blood, Yona of the Dawn?

Anohana yes. Strike the Blood and Yona of the Dawn no. I plan on watching the latter someday.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Recommending anything is hard. You cant just say,"Hey go watch The Samurai Flamenco" and they'll do what you say. You have to make your audience care

Or you can say the show is shit, and that usually motivates someone to see why it's shit even when you tell them

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Great Passage 01

Yeah that was pretty good. If it goes into kanji mode and they have to talk about how to write the word I'll probably doze off though.

 

[Narag]

Or you can say the show is shit, and that usually motivates someone to see why it's shit even when you tell them

I remember the day Jexhius cursed us with Upotte!!

 

[NCR Redslayer]

Or you can say the show is shit, and that usually motivates someone to see why it's shit even when you tell them

Well i was referring to people who don't watch anime and don't have agency.

 

[firehawk12]

I remember the day Jexhius cursed us with Upotte!!

Akikan is clearly the show of our generation.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Well i was referring to people who don't watch anime and don't have agency.

Seems like a lot of time needed only to get a no and "you're rubbish".

 

[Cornbread78]

Akikan is clearly the show of our generation.

Oh goodness, I made that mistake...

 

[Basileus777]

Akikan is clearly the show of our generation.

Akikan isn't even bad in an entertaining way.

 

[firehawk12]

Akikan isn't even bad in an entertaining way.

I dunno, it looks ugly and the idea itself is hilariously terrible because the act of drinking from a can is basically oral sex.

 

[Copper]

It's happening

 

[Haly]

https://my.mixtape.moe/ygyksf.webm

STARRING ZUKA CHAN SENPAI

 

[Shard]

It's happening

Yea, don't trust marketing materials.

 

[Cornbread78]

It's happening

When will the baiting stop?

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

https://my.mixtape.moe/ygyksf.webm

STARRING ZUKA CHAN SENPAI

I've alluded to this before, but I feel it's pretty icky to have a light novel adaptation advertise its novel by trashing light novel authors and all of their colleagues in the industry. This is some Wake Up Girls territory right here.

 

[Valdfellgar]

Great Passage 01

Yeah that was pretty good. If it goes into kanji mode and they have to talk about how to write the word I'll probably doze off though.

Sigh. I want to watch this but I'm (95~%) legal only now. Damn you Amazon, damn you straight to however deep the Dinosaur Empire is.

 

[jman2050]

I've alluded to this before, but I feel it's pretty icky to have a light novel adaptation advertise its novel by trashing light novel authors and all of their colleagues in the industry. This is some Wake Up Girls territory right here.

Self-deprecating humor is a thing you know.

 

[Valdfellgar]

Self-deprecating humor is a thing you know.

Yeah I don't think it's meant to be taken too seriously. I'm sure there's a bit of truth to it, as not all voice actors, actresses, producers, directors are rays of sunshine. But I think the author doesn't mind throwing himself under a bus either. Most writers I know don't.

 

[Haly]

I don't mind throwing LN authors under buses either. It's a common ground.

 

[victreeb3l]

Haikyuu!! S3 Ep 2

Does Ushijima have 3 names? Ushijima, Ushiwaka, and another one his team mates call him. Got confused who they were talking about for a second.

Looking forward to Tsukishimas transformation. HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE YOU BITTER FOOL

 

[firehawk12]

Yeah I don't think it's meant to be taken too seriously. I'm sure there's a bit of truth to it, as not all voice actors, actresses, producers, directors are rays of sunshine. But I think the author doesn't mind throwing himself under a bus either. Most writers I know don't.

Just look at Curb Your Enthusiasm and all the clone shows about Hollywood that it spawned, culminating with 30 Rock.

 

[Hellwarden]

Wait a second, Sentai is just now getting Snafu 2 out?

Wasn't that early 2015?

 

[firehawk12]

Wait a second, Sentai is just now getting Snafu 2 out?

Wasn't that early 2015?

It could have been a rights issue with the BDs? They took a year to fart out Infinite Stratos 2 for a similar reason.

 

[dimb]

I've alluded to this before, but I feel it's pretty icky to have a light novel adaptation advertise its novel by trashing light novel authors and all of their colleagues in the industry. This is some Wake Up Girls territory right here.

I don't really see the problem personally. It's not some systematic dismantling of light novels as a medium, nor does it present itself as an authority on the industry. I heard that the anime does not really use the light novel as source material, but that they are just more generally connected as a property. This was from ANN so I can't really verify that claim though.

The stance is not even really against light novels, it's just the characters perspective, and more than anything it comes off as her not wanting to read.

 

[alleyezonme]

Are there any good 2016 harems?

 

[Cornbread78]

Are there any good 2016 harems?

Shomin Sample was pretty damn funny, but had some needless loli shit for a couple episodes.

 

[duckroll]

Kuromukuro is really good. Okamura needs to direct more shows like this instead of 7 Deadly Sexual Predators.

 

[alleyezonme]

Shomin Sample was pretty damn funny, but had some needless loli shit for a couple episodes.

Thanks I'll check it out

 

[dimb]

shomin sample is from 2015. also it is completely bad.

 

[names2hard4you]

The Great Passage - 01

OP of the season? OP of the season.

Needless to say this was excellent. Guess the showdown for new anime property AOTS for me will be between this and Sangatsu.

 

[Thoraxes]

It's only baiting if you're dumb enough to fall for it.

 

[duckroll]

Couldn't post impressions at all last night because GAF was so fucking slow...

Kuromukuro - Episode 18

Lol onsen episode. Of course. The entire dinner scene was great. Are they really discussing a cosplay promo video or could they be in fact describing the next PA Works original anime?! Maybe we can get a Kuromukuro x Shirobako crossover out of this. Lol. Poor Spanish guy though.

Oh my, that cliffhanger. Noooooooooooo.


Kuromukuro - Episode 19

Oh looks like this is the "answers" episode. Wait, nope. This is the "there will be answers SOON" episode. Lololol. Trolled.


Kuromukuro - Episode 20

Okay, looks like this is the "answers" episode! That's interesting. This kinda reminds me of Majestic Prince a little. I'm sure there's more to that backstory. Looks like shit is REALLY happening now. For a race of aliens with Wolverine healing factors and super advanced mecha tech, they seem really incompetent though.... Whatever, Kennosuke rocks!!!

 

[Narag]

To Be Hero 2

Like Muromi-san, I expect this to have some nicely animated bits and humor that aggravates me half the time.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

I don't mind throwing LN authors under buses either. It's a common ground.

I can certainly understand the appeal for certain people. I'm sure someone like Cindi Mayweather would love a show that is so cynical and disparaging of the light novel and anime industry, to judge from that OT thread.

 

[Cornbread78]

shomin sample is from 2015. also it is completely bad.

Damn, thought it was spring season... There's been zero this year then.

Also, outside of that stupid loli character, the show was pretty funny. The maid was the best character, lol.

 

[Hellwarden]

Preview for the Patlabor Reboot.

....It's not really a reboot tho right? They're just calling it that?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I want an anime about a light novel brainstorming idea between two friends.

"What do we write about?"

".... I got it!"

"Huh?"

"Our main character, how about if it's a male"

"Yeah all right"

"And he's a regular high school kid"

"O..........k?"

"But here's the hook. He was a regular high school student.... UNTIL"

"OH SHIT. WRITE IT DOWN BARTHOLOMEW. WRITE IT DOWN!"

 

[nintendoman58]

I imagine light novel brainstorming usually goes like this:

You got a guy who's got decent story ideas but lives with a giant monster clown he doesn't know how to say no to.

So the guy says: "I'm going write a story about a bunch of teenagers trapped in a virtual online video game and have a large focus of it be about the human condition."

But then the giant monster clown starts smashing a rubber mallet all over the room yelling: "Harem and waifus! Harem and waifus!"

 

[names2hard4you]

Haikyuu S3 - 02

Seems that Hinata doesn't just have Wakatoshi to worry about.

 

[Narag]

Miss Bernard said. 1

The cold truth of the world.

 

[killer rin]

Lostorage Incited WIXOSS - 2
Man, they are really layering on the feels with Chinatsu. She's already on the ground and life just keeps on kicking

 

[Narag]

Miss Bernard said. 2

All the dumb scifi author name dropping sustains me. Show is likely to increase my to-read list too as it gives some titles more visibility.

 

[blurr]

This is my problem, I cannot stand characters making idiots out of themselves or suffering from social anxiety, it hits a bit too close to home and I always have to pause or start skipping scenes.

I mean, I'll give it it's dues that just on the first episode it made me feel uncomfortable.

I get the feeling but personally, the spirit with which the show delivers humor did not come off as "harsh" as such. While it did exaggerate for sarcasm's sake, there's no denying they can result in funny situations but much of that has to do with the way the person thinks or behaves which is what the show explains as well through Kuroki's monologues/thoughts, than simply ridiculing her - I believe there are times when the show comforted Kuroki when she was down.

 

[SDBurton]

It's happening

Don't fall for it. I won't be satisfied until music teacher falls for his co-worker (older lady) and Kumiko's childhood friend either finds someone else to fall for or die, the latter preferably. Those two obstacles need to be removed ASAP before I can truly get excited.

Keijo - 01

So this show.... yeah. LOL

 

[Instro]

Preview for the Patlabor Reboot.

....It's not really a reboot tho right? They're just calling it that?

I'm a little out of the loop on this, is it just a short or is there something more substantial coming down the road?

 

[blurr]

I'm a little out of the loop on this, is it just a short or is there something more substantial coming down the road?

It is just a short.

 

[duckroll]

I'm a little out of the loop on this, is it just a short or is there something more substantial coming down the road?

It's a short which is technically a new theatrical exclusive entry for Animator Expo. It started a limited run in cinemas today along with a compilation of a few other Animator Shorts.

But. We live in a world where:

- Death Billiards spawned a TV series.
- Little Witch Academia got a longer sequel Kickstarted, and subsequently a TV series via Netflix.
- Endless Night gets a spiritual successor TV anime via Yuri on Ice.
- Dragon Dentist is getting a 90 minute TV feature sequel.

So never say never. More than ever now, creative anime shorts seem to be pilot launch pads for bigger things.

 

[kasane]

if yuri on ice is what it means to be gay then ill gladly be gay