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Fall 2012 Anime |OT| Meet the new world, same as the old world
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Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere II 13 (end)
Who is he? Pretty good conclusion to this arc and mindblown at
On the ending
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I liked the first season a bit more, mainly for more interesting conflicts, however I did like this whole season for seeing more of the varied and diverse groups, powers, God of War's, and battle tech and abilities there are. I hope for a season 3, and for more Noriki. 8/10 like s1.
Who is he? Pretty good conclusion to this arc and mindblown at
that Musashi backflip as well as Level 3 Avarice Horizon. I did like the line about the Horizon too.
On the ending
Did that mean the Tachibana's both defected to Musasahi?
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I liked the first season a bit more, mainly for more interesting conflicts, however I did like this whole season for seeing more of the varied and diverse groups, powers, God of War's, and battle tech and abilities there are. I hope for a season 3, and for more Noriki. 8/10 like s1.
Stick with the show.
It may be a bit more than you suspect...
Plus its only 12 episodes.
Let's just say theres a reason its on the list while a lot of similar shows aren't.
Yes, it is quite boring. Until the proverbial shit hits the fan at least.
(not that I watched it.)
That's up there for me as well. It helps it was paired with the Enies Lobby arc as well. It was just such a great intro, partially because you knew the episode that came after was going to pretty much always show something new, exciting and fun.
I guess that's an apt description.
hosannainexcelsis
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Just watch the ending on Youtube or something. That's what I did, at least.
No. Bad hosanna!
Stay with it. I thought as you did once, perhaps with a bit more skepticism, and I was appropriately rewarded.
That's kind of difficult to say. The anime scene is not exactly overflowing with great writers of original series, and many writers have to do adaptations of bad material so it can be hard to tell where the original writing ends and theirs begins. I guess Urobuchi just wins by default, lol.
Unlike, say, Glass Fleet, Yami, or Garzey's Wing, which are actually entertaining in their own right, School Days is just a poor show, not worth watching. The sole reason it gets any sort of mention is for the
shock value of the ending.
No youre not crazy.
Garzeys wing is another fine choice.
SOmetimes animeGAF recommends a bad show if it has some highly entertaining or enjoyable quality. This is one of those examples.
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dakkumauji
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Naruto SD 26
I don't even know wh...
Sport festival again? And I didn't realize joining the B-tier group if you can even call it that was that important.
I don't even know wh...
Sport festival again? And I didn't realize joining the B-tier group if you can even call it that was that important.
hosannainexcelsis
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I can't think of too many notably great scriptwriters - even in shows which have good writing, that's often either due to the source material (Space Brothers - Makoto Uezu's previous writing credits are unimpressive) or seems to be due largely to the influence of the director (Tsuritama - Toshiya Ono's only previous credit is Suite Precure, so I don't know how much credit can be given to him). Of course, directors who have their own original ideas often handle scriptwriting duties themselves, as Yasuhiro Yoshiura does.
Chiaki J. Konaka is at least significant, but he hasn't been active for a while.
You can check out his work in Gyrozetter this season!
But Urobuchi wrote Blassreiter and visual novels. Surely that has to count against him.
It seems like anime writers are pretty inconsistent. Guys like Dai Sato and Yoji Enokido have fallen off pretty hard recently.
It's just not the same, especially with what happens in the second half of the show.
It's hard to think of any anime writers without major misses.
It's too bad Keiko Nobumoto isn't writing anime any more.
Go_Ly_Dow
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Duckroll and I briefly discussed this, it seems like Blassreiter was shit more due on part of the director rather than Urobuchi himself. Also I've heard a lot of praise of Saya no Uta from his VN days.
I know you all hate Aikawa at the moment, but I actually consider him to be a very capable scriptwriter. I think the way he expanded Twelve Kingdoms out of Yoko's head was very clever, I really enjoyed his version of Fullmetal Alchemist, and he's almost always got interesting ideas (see: Neo Ranga, the idea behind Ayakashi Ayashi, Oh! Edo Rocket). While Un-Go is bonkers, and Eureka Seven AO appears to have gone off the deep end, I don't think he's always shit.
As for other writers:
- For solid work in the shoujo sphere there's always Reiko Yoshida, firehawk's favourite; her work is almost always good.
- I generally prefer Chiaki Konaka's individual episodes (Princess Tutu and RahXephon in particular) to shows where he's chief writer, but even if I feel Lain is overindulgent I love his work on Big O.
- Dai Sato can be good, as others have mentioned
- Yoji Enokido is sometimes good, but often I think he doesn't actually understand what made Utena work
All of the above have already been mentioned, though. I am slow!
Hellsing321
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This is bad advice. Its meaningless if you don't watch the whole thing. Much like Endless Eight is meaningless out side of broadcast TV.
Saya is an entertaining schlocky horror read but it's not really well written. It's full of typical VN things like misogyny and random sex.
Finishing Tsuritama first is a great choice.
It was a pretty unique experience watching that one.
Go_Ly_Dow
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Worked fine for me. Time spent watching School Days can be spent on more productive things like lifting or making protein shakes.
Keep at it, and be sure to keep us informed after each episode. The meltdown will be delicious.
Hellsing321
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Actually, Lifting while watching School Days would be a good way to channel the rageahol.
Go_Ly_Dow
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both are essential to human development.
hosannainexcelsis
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I think Aikawa used to be good - certainly I think he did a great job on Fullmetal Alchemist - but he hasn't really done solid work for a while now.
As far as individual episodes go, I really like the arcs of Mononoke Konaka wrote - Umibouzu and Nue - which are the best arcs of the show.
Joshikousei - 10
Ayano centered episode. The girls help Ayano determine whether her boyfriend likes her for her or if he simply has a glasses fetish.
It was at exactly 3:38 pm, Mountain Standard Time, that our hero SDBurton developed a glasses fetish.
YumaxAyano for life!!
Ayano centered episode. The girls help Ayano determine whether her boyfriend likes her for her or if he simply has a glasses fetish.
Ayano's big sis.
It was at exactly 3:38 pm, Mountain Standard Time, that our hero SDBurton developed a glasses fetish.
This is what Eiken has taught me. AnimeGAF never lives up to its hype.
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Blocked in your c... oh for fiddle stick's sake.
Can't really refute this as I haven't played the game myself but I've never heard anyone, before you, speak bad of it.
I'm not speaking bad of it, it does what it sets out to do well. It's just not really a paragon of writing.
Crash Station
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Wait, you don't know the ending? I figured everyone in here did already. Gonna be awesome to see your reaction.
dakkumauji
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Naruto SD 27
Sentai parodies especially when they go horribly wrong are always fun.
I also approve of the new OP and ED.
Sentai parodies especially when they go horribly wrong are always fun.
I also approve of the new OP and ED.
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