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[madp]

Sword Art Online 09:

huh?

Common sense prevails as

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Kirito and Asuna get the fuck out of the boss room

. And yet,

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several people manage to get killed anyway

. I suppose the moral to this is that even if you're not making bad decisions, other people will inadvertently drag you into their bad decisions.

Oh look, it's the plot device of

Spoiler

holding one's true power back for vain reasons. Starburst Stream was so plot-motivated that they couldn't even find a good way to justify it in-universe. IT WAS JUST THERE IN MY SKILL LIST ONE DAY. All due credit to Kirito for ultimately doing the right thing and saving his friends, but when he said after the fight that other people knowing about his skill would be inconvenient for him, I can't believe that that held any weight whatsoever against the Sachi flashbacks and whatnot in the midst of the fight, if even for a moment. You just don't gamble with your friends' lives!

 

[BGBW]

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I can't believe that that held any weight whatsoever against the Sachi flashbacks and whatnot in the midst of the fight, if even for a moment.

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Hope you like those flashbacks because they're going to keep happening.

 

[jbug617]

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun 2

While Shizuku is suppose to be the star of the show, I really enjoy the antics of Haru. Haru fight for the chicken was funny. They introduced two new characters and can't wait to see what happens when they all interact with each other.

For the record

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Haru let it be known that he would "totally do Shizuku". Also girls eat a lot

 

[duckroll]

The Madhouse/Marvel collaboration isn't over: a direct-to-DVD film Iron Man: Rise of Technovore, directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki (Texhnolyze, Shigurui), is due out next year.

Wow. I hope they do an X-Men one too. I liked X-Men!

 

[dakkumauji]

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun 02

Another really good episode. It was all nicely done, adapted really well the two new characters and everything still looks amazing.

For the record, this episode covered the entire third chapter. Quite impressive that they covered less material but it still feels just as equally paced as the first episode.

 

[Scratch]

so I've never gotten into the shoujo genre before, but I figure that hopping on now couldn't hurt.

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right?

but out of curiosity, what makes shoujo appealing for dudes?

 

[survivor]

so I've never gotten into the shoujo genre before, but I figure that hopping on now couldn't hurt.

Spoiler

right?

but out of curiosity, what makes shoujo appealing for dudes?

Cheap drama and dumb romance.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

What'd be the difference.

(the concept with female aladdin does look like a somewhat different story)

With limited knowledge of the story (not seen ep 1) A female version of Aladdon would, to me, become instsntly unrelatable, uncool, and possibly be like most other female characters in anime and most likely approach overpowered damsel in distress status stealing attention from Alibaba, which is no good, really just the same issue as genderbending main male protagonists

 

[Joe Molotov]

but out of curiosity, what makes shoujo appealing for dudes?

Lots of blushing and cherry blossoms.

 

[/XX/]

Girls und Panzer - 1

http://www.abload.de/img/13497154406842ddum.gif

holy fuck!

- dat first person tank action scene
- many lovely little animations
- good soundtrack
- dead eyes and zombie walk moe
- cute girls eating sweet things
- power of friendship
- and the holy fucking very last scene

The show delivers on all fronts.

Yeah! The rightful return of enjoying a series along /ak/!

A shame I don't play World of Tanks, though... derails, man!

 

[Jex]

The Madhouse/Marvel collaboration isn't over: a direct-to-DVD film Iron Man: Rise of Technovore, directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki (Texhnolyze, Shigurui), is due out next year.

I feel...conflicted about this. Hiroshi Hamasaki is a cool director and I really like the atmosphere that he created, but very little of worth has come out of this Marvel/Madhouse collaboration.

 

[/XX/]

Wow. I hope they do an X-Men one too. I liked X-Men!

Are any of those young prominent animators you listed some time ago as working on that series still around in MADHOUSE, or not busy anywhere else?

 

[kayos90]

Sword Art Online 09:



Common sense prevails as

Spoiler

Kirito and Asuna get the fuck out of the boss room

. And yet,

Spoiler

several people manage to get killed anyway

. I suppose the moral to this is that even if you're not making bad decisions, other people will inadvertently drag you into their bad decisions.

Oh look, it's the plot device of

Spoiler

holding one's true power back for vain reasons. Starburst Stream was so plot-motivated that they couldn't even find a good way to justify it in-universe. IT WAS JUST THERE IN MY SKILL LIST ONE DAY. All due credit to Kirito for ultimately doing the right thing and saving his friends, but when he said after the fight that other people knowing about his skill would be inconvenient for him, I can't believe that that held any weight whatsoever against the Sachi flashbacks and whatnot in the midst of the fight, if even for a moment. You just don't gamble with your friends' lives!

The problem is if people found out about

Spoiler

Dual Skills

people would bug him about it, get jealous, and bad things could end up happening. He wanted to avoid that. Granted it's a stupid reason but it's not some cop-out that you make it out to be.

 

[Stoof]

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun 2

I was worried after the first episode that the quality of content would drop off a bit, so I was pleasantly surprised when it continued to deliver. The pacing still felt great and I just hope it doesn't slow down in the coming weeks. The animation is still great, the facial expressions and full face blush work, and I'm really digging the music in this episode. We got new guy and new girl this episode, along with Rooster-kun. I can't wait to see more character interactions with all the new characters because that's one of this anime's strongest points. I also didn't expect

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Shizuku to tell Haru she loved him already, but now it looks like we'll get to see her smile more.

All-in-all, another awesome episode.

 

[Jex]

[Giant Robo] 5 - 7

...and the like. See what I mean about the lack of mecha action? Sure is a misleading title.

 

[Orlandu84]

I didn't get the chance to post yesterday, but here are my impressions for what they're worth:

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1. Why did they cut out the cool boss fight?! Things were just getting interesting when the last episode ended. Such a great opportunity wasted.
2. Why was Kirito the only who noticed about Heathcliff? He may be very observant about attacks, but Kirito is not that super deductive about human actions. More importantly, most people loose focus after being exhausted - as he was from the boss fight.
3. Paralysis = you can't move. Anything. Anywhere. Anyhow.
4. I hate deus ex machina, especially when it makes characters weaker. Instead of moping around and then becoming a ghost after Asuna's death, Kirito could have just as easily become enraged and died in a suicidal attack.
5. If the writing degrades any more, I will not be able to watch this show anymore.

 

[Jex]

Ixion Saga 1

This didn't really remind me of Gintama at all. Gintama didn't invent 4th-wall breaking straight men.

That being said, I like this. It's funny Will keep watching.

I'm totally in agreement with you on this, cosmicblizzard. It doesn't seem particularly Gintama-esque to me, even if there were numerous sequences where the straight-man explained how wacky everything was. I don't know if I will continue watching it though when there are so many other things to see.

I will say that it was far more entertaining than it had any right to be, considering the premise: an average male suddenly gets sucked into a fantasy world which leads to them getting caught up in some epic adventure. The 'comedy twist' manages to breathe some life into this stale concept but I don't know how well it will do long-term.

 

[/XX/]

Wow. I hope they do an X-Men one too. I liked X-Men!

Are any of those young prominent animators you listed some time ago as working on that series still around in MADHOUSE, or not busy anywhere else?

I found the post in question (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=27102140&postcount=8412), I wonder where are some of these guys and gals now...

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well, Mr. Tanaka is like... everywhere!

 

[madp]

Sword Art Online 10:

oh man, I was laughing uncontrollably when

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Kirito lost his hand

thinking that

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it was gone forever and that he was going to have to play permanently gimped after finally achieving his dual wield skill

. Ah, to think of what could have been.

So much for Kirito

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honoring his promise to stick with the Blood Knights, although I'd say fuck it too if one of my guildmates tried to PK me on my very first guild outing. Everything about the psychotic Kuradeel plot was just awful but I've stopped expecting more nuanced drama from the show at this point so whenever something like this happens I just sit back and laugh through it

.

The problem is if people found out about

Spoiler

Dual Skills

people would bug him about it, get jealous, and bad things could end up happening. He wanted to avoid that. Granted it's a stupid reason but it's not some cop-out that you make it out to be.

Kirito's actions aren't a copout but the way in which he

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received his new power

was. He just has his priorities mixed up.

Fortunately, episode ten retroactively made the non-explanation a little more bearable due to

Spoiler

Heathcliff also having a unique skill, meaning that it IS actually game mechanics at work and not a deus ex machina

.

 

[Jex]

I found the post in question (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=27102140&postcount=8412), I wonder where are some of these guys and gals now...

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well, Mr. Tanaka is like... everywhere!

Probably all gone and buried

 

[firehawk12]

I've not seen the show, what's it about?

K-On! but they wear army uniforms

K-On!! not K-On!.

Although, because of this season, I would probably compare it to From The New World meets Battlefield Bad Company. lol

I still like this one though:

 

[kayos90]

Sword Art Online 10:

oh man, I was laughing uncontrollably when

Spoiler

Kirito lost his hand

thinking that

Spoiler

it was gone forever and that he was going to have to play permanently gimped after finally achieving his dual wield skill

. Ah, to think of what could have been.

So much for Kirito

Spoiler

honoring his promise to stick with the Blood Knights, although I'd say fuck it too if one of my guildmates tried to PK me on my very first guild outing. Everything about the psychotic Kuradeel plot was just awful but I've stopped expecting more nuanced drama from the show at this point so whenever something like this happens I just sit back and laugh through it

.



Kirito's actions aren't a copout but the way in which he

Spoiler

received his new power

was. He just has his priorities mixed up.

Fortunately, episode ten retroactively made the non-explanation a little more bearable due to

Spoiler

Heathcliff also having a unique skill, meaning that it IS actually game mechanics at work and not a deus ex machina

.

It was more meaningful in the LN. Just saying.

 

[survivor]

My Little Monster 2

Natsume is a good addition to the cast and I already like her a lot especially after the post ED scene.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

I'm totally in agreement with you on this, cosmicblizzard. It doesn't seem particularly Gintama-esque to me, even if there were numerous sequences where the straight-man explained how wacky everything was. I don't know if I will continue watching it though when there are so many other things to see.

I will say that it was far more entertaining than it had any right to be, considering the premise: an average male suddenly gets sucked into a fantasy world which leads to them getting caught up in some epic adventure. The 'comedy twist' manages to breathe some life into this stale concept but I don't know how well it will do long-term.

I don't want to stretch the "It's like Gintama!" comparison too far or anything, but I did think the irreverent writing, the trolling twists, the pervasive perverted humor, and the line delivery of the voice actors reminded me of the style of comedy I've seen in Shinji Takamatsu's other shows.

I do agree that I'm not sure how long the show will be able to hold up, especially over 24 episodes (game companies just love throwing money at Brains Base, don't they?), but I'm going to keep watching as long as it's as entertaining as this first episode was.

 

[/XX/]

Probably all gone and buried

And MADHOUSE will sustain itself with some additional, newly fresh and cheap youngsters until it completely dies... such is the Law of Life...

 

[Envelope]

And MADHOUSE will sustain itself with some more newly fresh and cheap youngsters until it completely dies...

Nah, Chihirofuru S2 will save madhouse from perdition!

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Probably all gone and buried

Well, just looking at the linked ANN profiles, here's what they've been up to this year:

Ai Yokoyama: key animation on Hunter X Hunter and Btooom!
Katanao Akai: lots of animation on Gundam Age
Minami Yoshida: key animation on Hunter X Hunter and Btooom!
Shinya Segawa: animation director on Tsuritama
Mika Yamamoto: key animation on Zetman

 

[duckroll]

Are any of those young prominent animators you listed some time ago as working on that series still around in MADHOUSE, or not busy anywhere else?

Ai Yokoyama was the most prominent young Madhouse staff to get a big gig in X-Men. She's apparently still there.. kinda. She did animation for the Btooom! opening, and an episode of HxH.

Kenichi Shima got his first animation direction gig as an assistant AD on one of the X-Men episodes, and he's the animation director for the Persona 4 Arena animation scenes. So he's still there.

Many of the other younger animators who got prominent positions on the show like Katanao Akai, Mika Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Niho, and Shin Wakabayashi aren't Madhouse internal staff, so they've been doing other stuff. Akai and Yamamoto seem very active in Sunrse, while Wakabayashi recent did a storyboard for an episode of Mysterious Girlfriend X. I don't think Niho has been doing much, and I'll be surprised if he gets to do a storyboard again. Lol.

Edit: hosanna covered some of the others, thanks!

 

[RurouniZel]

K-On!! not K-On!.

Although, because of this season, I would probably compare it to From The New World meets Battlefield Bad Company. lol

I still like this one though:

Quite an interesting combo there. Kind of like what threw me about Bodacious Space Pirates.

 

[Grzi]

Magi - 01

I finally got around to watching this and I am very pleased. Yeas they changed it up a bit and rushed the beginning but I don't mind, the really good stuff is yet to come anyway.
The show looks really amazing, I hope they can keep this kind of quality for the more important scenes until the end, the animation was done so well, definitely one of the prettiest (if not THE prettiest) first episodes of the season.
The character designs really shine here, it's like they were made to be animated.

I loved it.

 

[Damaged]

Don't post in her much at all but you all put me onto Sakamichi no apollon recently and I loved that (was a big bebop fan so the fact its from the same person helped). Are there any new shows out of that sort of quality? I already have From the new world on my list so anything other than that I guess

I should also add I'm not above watching the likes of K On! or Hyouka either.

 

[Crash Station]

Don't post in her much at all but you all put me onto Sakamichi no apollon recently and I loved that (was a big bebop fan so the fact its from the same person helped). Are there any new shows out of that sort of quality? I already have From the new world on my list so anything other than that I guess

I should also add I'm not above watching the likes of K On! or Hyouka either.

You into shounen action? If so, watch JoJo and Magi.

 

[Jex]

Don't post in her much at all but you all put me onto Sakamichi no apollon recently and I loved that (was a big bebop fan so the fact its from the same person helped). Are there any new shows out of that sort of quality? I already have From the new world on my list so anything other than that I guess

I should also add I'm not above watching the likes of K On! or Hyouka either.

Prediction: this line of your post will draw more attention than your request for suggestions.

 

[Damaged]

You into shounen action? If so, watch JoJo and Magi.

If i knew what that was? really not up on all the genres im afraid

Prediction: this line of your post will draw more attention than your request for suggestions.

lol, not sure if thats a good or a bad thing? they are both from the same studio right? Different sort of shows I know..

 

[Kazzy]

Prediction: this line of your post will draw more attention than your request for suggestions.

Aw, fuck it.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Don't post in her much at all but you all put me onto Sakamichi no apollon recently and I loved that (was a big bebop fan so the fact its from the same person helped). Are there any new shows out of that sort of quality? I already have From the new world on my list so anything other than that I guess

I should also add I'm not above watching the likes of K On! or Hyouka either.

You're looking just for shows that started this season? Out of what I've seen, besides From the New World I'd most recommend Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun.

 

[Grzi]

Don't post in her much at all but you all put me onto Sakamichi no apollon recently and I loved that (was a big bebop fan so the fact its from the same person helped). Are there any new shows out of that sort of quality? I already have From the new world on my list so anything other than that I guess

I should also add I'm not above watching the likes of K On! or Hyouka either.

Watch Tsuritama, it aired in the same season as Apollon (even in the same programming block) and deals with some similar themes (in a different way though) but it turned out to be a much better show.

I'd say Hyouka is better than Apollon too, Fate/Zero as well, but that's like a completely different kind of show. All of those shows are from this year.

 

[Damaged]

Aw, fuck it.

Crap, knew I would offend somebody here somehow, what did i do wrong

You're looking just for shows that started this season? Out of what I've seen, besides From the New World I'd most recommend Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun.

Just figure it saves people recommending a load of shows I may have seen, dont want people to have to go to too much effort

Watch Tsuritama, it aired in the same season as Apollon (even in the same programming block) and deals with some similar themes (in a different way though) but it turned out to be a much better show.

I'd say Hyouka is better than Apollon too, Fate/Zero as well, but that's like a completely different kind of show. All of those shows are from this year.

I actually really enjoyed Hyouka, will give Tsruitama a go thanks

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Don't post in her much at all but you all put me onto Sakamichi no apollon recently and I loved that (was a big bebop fan so the fact its from the same person helped). Are there any new shows out of that sort of quality? I already have From the new world on my list so anything other than that I guess

I should also add I'm not above watching the likes of K On! or Hyouka either.

K is a pretty quality anime worth checking out ah and Blast of Tempest too.

 

[Crash Station]

If i knew what that was? really not up on all the genres im afraid

DBZ, One Piece, that kind of stuff. Not liking them doesn't mean you wouldn't like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure though.

 

[Damaged]

Stuff like DBZ, One Piece, that kind of stuff.

Ah right, love one piece but got up to about episode 170 or something and it just lost momentum for me. Never tried DBZ, similar to One piece in that there are just so many episodes to catch up on

 

[Emitan]

Watch K-On

 

[PorcellainThrill]

Don't post in her much at all but you all put me onto Sakamichi no apollon recently and I loved that (was a big bebop fan so the fact its from the same person helped). Are there any new shows out of that sort of quality? I already have From the new world on my list so anything other than that I guess

I should also add I'm not above watching the likes of K On! or Hyouka either.

I wouldn't miss Tsuritama and Hyouka from this year.

This season is just beginning so I am careful with recommendations a couple of weeks (and episodes) in the opinions will soldify.

 

[Envelope]

Don't post in her much at all but you all put me onto Sakamichi no apollon recently and I loved that (was a big bebop fan so the fact its from the same person helped). Are there any new shows out of that sort of quality? I already have From the new world on my list so anything other than that I guess

I should also add I'm not above watching the likes of K On! or Hyouka either.

Sakamichi and Bebop really aren't similar shows, so it's kind of hard to tell what you're looking for (other than that it has to be good).

Are you looking for shows only from this year or season? How much have you been keeping up with anime since Bebop? I really need more information to work with.

Anyway, simply limiting it to this season, Tonari No Kaibutsu-kun and JoJo both had very strong opening episodes.

 

[Emitan]

I really should watch Hyouka at some point.

 

[Envelope]

I really should watch Hyouka at some point.

You really don't need to. There's so many better things you haven't watched yet that would be far more worth your time.

 

[chickdigger802]

a lot of pretty boy with explosion shows this season.

And this might be sacrilege, but the SAO 14 fight reminded me of the final fight in sword of strangers for some reason T_T.

 

[duckroll]

Don't post in her much at all but you all put me onto Sakamichi no apollon recently and I loved that (was a big bebop fan so the fact its from the same person helped). Are there any new shows out of that sort of quality? I already have From the new world on my list so anything other than that I guess

I should also add I'm not above watching the likes of K On! or Hyouka either.

Do you think a 22 episode cop anime about a dystopian future which is a mix of Minority Report and Ghost in the Shell sounds exciting?

 

[Envelope]

a lot of pretty boy with explosion shows this season.

And this might be sacrilege, but the SAO 14 fight reminded me of the final fight in sword of strangers for some reason T_T.

This is indeed sacrilege. Go train under a waterfall for 6 months to repent.

 

[Emitan]

You really don't need to. There's so many better things you haven't watched yet that would be far more worth your time.

You don't understand. I need to watch so I can complain about more than the first episode!