Fall 2009 Anime Season of Mononoke's Nakamura Kenji Strikes Back!
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Lostconfused
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Lain said:
Which arc is it?
Edit: Just looked it up on veoh, scratch whatever i was going to say.
GG is great if you can roll with their stupid internet humor antics.Gilgamesh said:
Lostconfused said:
Don't know about you, but I found 'When Seakitties Mew' and 'FABULOUS' pretty funny. I don't mind all the 4chan stuff they pull, since they always come through with the subs.
I also watched nothing but Umineko for the past three or so hours, and am up to episode 11. I don't know, it hasn't reached the OMG WTF level of episode five yet, but it does make me want to play the game.
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Well supposedly the translation for the 5th episode of the game is going to be finished in a few months (december some say). It's going to be kind of jarring though to move from the anime to game. Certainly was weird for me going from the game to the anime, well the 1 episode of the it that I watched.Dresden said:
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The dub is great, go watch it.Sebulon3k said:
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Jason said:Yeah, definitely not a stand alone series.
Looks like I'm watching 6 shows this season. Not bad.
Natsu no Arashi
Trapeze
Letter Bee
Darker Than Black 2
Sunred
Nyan Koi (shut up)
And that Hyakko OAV was pretty funny. :lol
Throw some Bantorra in there. Episodes 3 got really good and episode 4 promises to be even better.
firehawk12
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Dresden said:
Jason said:
Oh you guys. I guess I'm glad that I'm not the only one watching shitty harem anime though. :lol
And, gotta check out that Hyakko OAV!
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Dresden said:
But she's a he! Can Senou really be a lesbian?! What a conundrum. :lol
Clearly the answer is female Senou should take the red haired foul mouthed Akane and male Senou should take that other girl.firehawk12 said:
Truthfully though, Akane's the shit, they should just kill off all the other characters, they suck.
I'll probably pick Kampfer to be my stupid guilty pleasure of the season, either that or Railgun which has so far been nothing but crazy lesbian shit too.
mAcOdIn said:
I couldn't make it through ep. 3 of Railgun. It's so dull and inane, and the lesbian hijinks get annoying when you realize that it'll never be accepted by the recipient.
Senou is so submissive that 'she' can be dominated by the dominatrix Akane, while 'he' dominates the submissive Akane. Those two are made for each other.
It's such a stupid show, but then they go on and pull off stupid gags alluding to other anime that pull me back in. :lol I much prefer it to Railgun, which is just dull.
Episode 3 was idiotic. That's what pisses me off about Railgun so much because I really think the concept, the art, the music, the universe and the characters are so well done and then to have this universe of espers and mages, complete with ongoing conspiracies from the government and church, just to have these incredible people spending their time catching people drawing eyebrows on people or dodging lesbian chest grabs, it's just insulting.Dresden said:
I really like the characters of the show, I like the setting and I long for a story, it pains me to see such a well done concept used for this type of shit. If they just kicked the manga writers ass and hired a real writer to make some arcs for this thing it could be like the best show this season and instead it's a laughing stock. It's so painful to me. And it was the same damn problem with Index.
It might be my fault though, as who am I to tell someone what to use their imagination on or what the direction of their story should be but I can't help but feel so much potential is wasted. Or perhaps it wasn't "time" for an anime yet as the manga might not be very far and there really is an over all story, I don't know, I just know I'm disappointed with both shows yet keep hoping something will happen to bring the story up to par with the rest of it.
Regarding Kampfer, I don't think that dude could dominate any woman in either form. He's a wuss.
Travelling chick is probably the moderator who gave that girl all the dolls to give out with the hopes that he'd turn into a man at the end or some shit.
firehawk12 said:
Hyakkooooo~ (or Kageeyammaaaaa)
Finished GA (summer). Loved that series' humor and style. Of course, I'm in the 'FOR' camp with Seitokai, (and to a smaller extent Kampfer), so what do I know. DtB2, Arashi 2, Kobato, Kimi no Todoke are great too.
Trapeze's a roughie; I'll need a second episode to see where that's going.
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mAcOdIn said:
I don't really know anything about the universe, but I have to imagine that the "ha ha lesbian hijinks" story built up to that throwaway line where they thought that the databank mislabeled that girl's power level.
Ultimately, I'm hoping this turns into Eureka 7 or Planetes where the first half is otherwise generic slice of life stuff and the second half is the hardcore "shit goes down" world changing stuff.
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Oh yeah, I went through season one of Natsu no Arashi and really loved it, more than I expected to. It has a unique and refreshing air to it, it supplies comedy, drama and intrigue in just the right doses, and has excellent character interaction. The somewhat old-school character designs were at first a bit off-putting, but quickly became endearing to me as I got used to them.
I get the feeling that this show isn't as popular as it deserves to be.
I get the feeling that this show isn't as popular as it deserves to be.
Unfortunately that's pretty much the case. It's a shame that people flock to SZS and Maria Holic but ignore what is, in my opinion, the better show. At least Bakemonogatari seems to be popular. I think a lot of people were probably put off by the artwork in Arashi.Jeeves said:
Gilgamesh said:
I still think the first episode was rather weak, and the animation is pretty bad--and before I watched it, I thought the character designs were just odd, period. It's difficult getting people into it when the first thing they see is a rather subpar offering, compared to the rest of the episodes.
I think Arashi is better than Maria Holic, and better than most episodes of SZS (and all the seasons afterwards), mainly because SZS can be so hit-and-miss at times. Arashi is consistent and it's always a fun watch. I do think Bakemonogatari is superior, though.
I also tried watching Sora no Otoshimono. So horrible.
I think it will be shit to be honest, Index had the same issue, in fact I think they finished Index's "story" like halfway through and after that it was just different characters personal fights.firehawk12 said:
But again, maybe I don't have the right to bitch, if the author intended for this to just be a comedy how can I call him out on it? Index just lacked direction and Railgun will probably be the same thing, it'll probably cover one major event from Railgun's life and spend the rest of the series being silly.
Great, I love the show so I'm glad more are catching it now.Jeeves said:
I don't know if it's better than SZS or Bakemonogatari but it's definitely better than Maria Holic which really after the first few "holy shit" episodes the shtick wore off and became boring to watch.Gilgamesh said:
The very first episode was very weak I agree. When I watched the first I was like"well this sucks" but I gave it another chance and it hooked me in. They picked a bad lead in, but in reality it's probably the type of show that no single episode would have been a good lead in.Dresden said:
I also really like the music in Natsu no Arashi, I have no fucking idea what summer music sounds like to the Japanese but I really get a '50's summer vibe from a lot of the music on the show.
Soro no Otoshimono, that was shit. Pure shit. My God what a bad show.
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I've not seen Darker than Black either, but hearing everyone say such great things makes me think I should check it out.
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He meant that people had recommended watching first season, not first episode of the second, which is what he watched.. It was worded kind of ambiguously.Nonoriri said:
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mAcOdIn said:
Yeah, I can see it turning out like that as well. But at least it hasn't done anything egregiously bad yet.. and it still looks fairly good.
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Queen's Blade S2 has been awesome so far!
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Other than a few things getting cut, I liked Fairy Tail episode 2. I'm really digging the Celtic/Irish music. Totally fits the series.
firehawk12
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I don't know anything about Fairy Tale... but it's a long running shounen fighting series? I heard someone compare it to One Piece or something.
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firehawk12 said:
I stopped reading the manga at chapter 7 when I knew an anime would be coming soon, so I'm not positive, but it definitely seemed like it would turn into a typical shonen fighter. Right now, I would say it's One Piece with magic, but that's probably not accurate. Just check it out if you like typical battle shonen.
Just watched the first episode of Kimi no Todoke, show reminds me of a mix of Honey and Clover and Lovely Complex :lol . This is by all means a good thing, I just hope they have similar character development to H&C.
Other then the obvious recommendations such as Clannad has there been a romantic anime comparable to H&C in quality?
Other then the obvious recommendations such as Clannad has there been a romantic anime comparable to H&C in quality?
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I was loving Umineko until episode 5
Haven't downloaded the next episode yet, can someone tell me if I'm going to hate it more based on what I've said here or does it still retain that Poirot-vibe (That is just my view for it, not sure if anyone else feels that or not...)
wtf everyone comes back to life and nobody really seems to think its wierd. Battler is just a fucking ignorant cunt though, how can you deny that shit after all that? His inabilty to accept what is blatanly obvious annoys me. I sense this is a pivotal plot device though, not sure if I can bare it through. Up until this ep I was loving it, it reminded me of a more brutal version of Poirot in anime form. Then this shit happened, and I think it got really pretentious when that other witch asked me not to disapoint her. At that point, after all the previous wtfing I was doing, I thought really...REALLY?
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It's not even that, its just his retarded non-explanation of "magic can't exist" surely they can write something better than that? He just doesn't give any reason to why he denies it so much, even after ep 5, and then gives piss poor theories on what he thinks could have explained it. As a viewer that knows the witch exists its really nothing more than wasting my time is it not?
I really wish this anime was what I wanted it to be. I've never 180'd this much on something, I really loved Umineko up to this point. Also my point on pretentiousness hasn't been answered yet, does this
breaking the fourth wall bullshit
I've been keeping up with it despite being annoyed with Battler's habit of denying magic while ignoring the metaworld thing he's in (among other things) and I don't remember any fourth wall breaking, so no, it doesn't.
Umineko constantly has me changing my opinion of it. One minute I'm like "this is awesome" and the next I'm like "this is as stupid as Code Geass R2". I wish it was all the former, but there's a lot of the latter. It's entertaining even in the parts I find to be stupid, though, much like R2 was.
I went in with really high expectations because I loved Higurashi and came away really disappointed. It's probably making me more critical of it than I should be.
Umineko constantly has me changing my opinion of it. One minute I'm like "this is awesome" and the next I'm like "this is as stupid as Code Geass R2". I wish it was all the former, but there's a lot of the latter. It's entertaining even in the parts I find to be stupid, though, much like R2 was.
I went in with really high expectations because I loved Higurashi and came away really disappointed. It's probably making me more critical of it than I should be.
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