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Fall 2012 Anime |OT| Meet the new world, same as the old world

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Branduil

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Yeah but why settle for average when there are shows we consider to be "great" available to watch?

Well, sometimes you don't know what a show is going to be when you're watching it. As for bad shows, sometimes they're unintentionally entertaining. At other times, well, at least you can learn something from them. Being able to articulate why a show is bad can be as enlightening as understanding what makes a show good.
 

yami4ct

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It resonated with me, to say the least!

I'm not nearly as moe when I'm ill, though. Or maybe I am 。◕‿◕。



This conversation might be skirting the TOS, but while I only take the recommended dose and I've never been what you'd call hopped up on NyQuil per se, the sleep aid certainly did wonders for my attention span. Downed anime in quantities I hadn't in a long time.

The edge of sleep thing really mess with your head when you watch certain things. That's why the best time to marathon a weird show is when you're already sick and forced to take the stuff. You're useless anyway, might as well have fun. Wished I would have saved Blood-C for this.

And remember kids, this is in no way condoning drug abuse. Drugs are bad. It's just sometimes fun to get the most out of them when you're forced to take them anyway.
 

Risette

A Good Citizen
It resonated with me, to say the least!

I'm not nearly as moe when I'm ill, though. Or maybe I am 。◕‿◕。



This conversation might be skirting the TOS, but while I only take the recommended dose and I've never been what you'd call high on NyQuil per se, the sleep aid certainly did wonders for my attention span. Downed anime in quantities I hadn't in a long time.
The sleeping aid did wonders for your attention span? Weird.

I'm used to taking stimulants/amphetamines for my ADD. I go over the recommended dose when I want to do more things.
 

yami4ct

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The sleeping aid did wonders for your attention span? Weird.

I'm used to taking stimulants/amphetamines for my ADD. I go over the recommended dose when I want to do more things.

For me, it forces me to pay attention to a singular thing in order to even stay awake. I guess it sort of puts me in a hyper focused state after a while.
 
Finally caught up! I last posted WAAAY back on page 150 at the start of the weekend and then by the end of the weekend the thread was on about page 190 or so for me. That's like 40+ pages in just two days! The thread is now on page 203 for 50ppp...

I need a rest now...

I feel your pain, too. I used all the weekend to catch up and when I caught up I had to go work. T___T

Haha, Sometimes I want to but I didn't read every post. I'm not following One Piece or am not really that interested in the waifu wars but I try to at least look at every page for any interesting news and announcements. I also feel bad for some like PoeticProse22 or Jexhius and others who take the time to write up a detailed post about their impressions, or maybe other things and want to let them know that at least one person read their post, even if I maybe don't have anything I feel is interesting to respond with. That's pretty much why if I want to do anything like that, I'll hold off and post it after the weekend.

I'm the same way. +1

Well I have said before that I read every post.
Even the detailed impressions.
Nothing is unread.
+2
There are people who read every single page. Just because we don't reply doesn't mean we don't read them. Cajun and I happen to be some of them.
+3
I read every posts, bookmark long ones, thank goodness for mobile devices, as the thread makes good bed time or morning time reading when theres no new manga or fanfics updates.

Paragraph length to multi paragraph detailed impressions are really nice and more pleasing than one liners.

+4. There's plenty of us people who read everything.

Maybe I'm using more time catching up than watching anime, time to see some anime. =D
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
The edge of sleep thing really mess with your head when you watch certain things. That's why the best time to marathon a weird show is when you're already sick and forced to take the stuff. You're useless anyway, might as well have fun. Wished I would have saved Blood-C for this.

And remember kids, this is in no way condoning drug abuse. Drugs are bad. It's just sometimes fun to get the most out of them when you're forced to take them anyway.

I'm taking melatonin as part of the treatment for a sleep disorder right now and when it kicks in, I can zone for hours fairly similar to NyQuil. It's certainly good for marathoning, although I wouldn't ever try to watch something plot-heavy when I'm that tired because it obliterates my recall. Come to think of if the humor in Gintama is apparently pretty sharp so I think I'd rather be fully alert when I'm experiencing it, hahah. I think I made a good call by sticking to cute girls doing cute things.

The sleeping aid did wonders for your attention span? Weird.

I'm used to taking stimulants/amphetamines for my ADD. I go over the recommended dose when I want to do more things.

Whatever works, I suppose! I don't think that I meet the clinical definition of ADD, but I still often have difficulty sticking to a single task for a significant amount of time, even when it's something recreational like watching anime. Sleep aids just seem to calm me and make me feel less fidgety.
 

yami4ct

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I'm taking melatonin as part of the treatment for a sleep disorder right now and when it kicks in, I can zone for hours fairly similar to NyQuil. It's certainly good for marathoning, although I wouldn't ever try to watch something plot-heavy when I'm that tired because it obliterates my recall. Come to think of if the humor in Gintama is apparently pretty sharp so I think I'd rather be fully alert when I'm experiencing it, hahah. I think I made a good call by sticking to cute girls doing cute things.

Right now, I'm in a state where I'm alert enough to get the sharper stuff, but the random stuff still messes with my head. It's probably since I'm on the nighttime gel capsules not the liquid. They pack less of a punch.

But yeah, cute girls doing cute things would work, too. Just needs something with enough randomness to jolt you out of zoning out once in a while.
 

Branduil

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I don't like that cut at all. The camera bob makes me a little dizzy. I don't think it's technically impressive either, because I don't like the way it was directed and composited. The camera movement is a large part of the technical nature of the scene, so I would argue that if someone doesn't like how it was done, then the scene obviously wasn't technically impressive. There are many much more impressive shots in the first episode alone, so to pick the weird 3D movement one that people are split on is kinda odd.

Honestly, I'll put that POV shot in Hyouka alongside the Crazy Girl OP as stuff that might have seemed like a good idea on paper, but turned out to be just kinda... a miss.

Well, you should post what shots you think are more impressive then.
 
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 01

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Oh, it's that kind of show.


Ok, I don't know anymore.

Not a bad first episode. It looks pretty decent, the characters were kinda just tossed at you and hoping that their personalities or traits stuck. I don't really know where at all this is headed so that kinda means I have to at least watch another episode to find out.

And, if all else fails, it was at least amusing hearing Kirito overreacting to everything.
 

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sealed with a kiss
Aria the Animation 1

I was going to point out the silly premise, the somewhat contrived writing and plot for this episode, the merely average art, the CG weathervanes...

but then it happened.

10 out of 10 "Ara ara"s, will continue to watch.
 

Jex

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I wish I hadn't noticed; then perhaps I would have been able to enjoy it more than I did. Although I'm not even fond of the character designs. Actually my favorite thing about the film was all the fantastically detailed 80s mechanical design.

That's all you need though! There's fight scenes as well!
 
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 01



Oh, it's that kind of show.



Ok, I don't know anymore.

Not a bad first episode. It looks pretty decent, the characters were kinda just tossed at you and hoping that their personalities or traits stuck. I don't really know where at all this is headed so that kinda means I have to at least watch another episode to find out.

And, if all else fails, it was at least amusing hearing Kirito overreacting to everything.

A cat is fine too...
 

Jex

Member
All I really got from this is that I should watch every single episode of Sengoku Collection. Thanks for clearing that up, wonzo.

Only a masochist of the KEY persuasion would use this line of argument, everyone else just watched a hand-picked selection of the best episodes! Sadly, I don't have that list on my person,
 
I don't...what? I can at least understand the pornstar ones that are sculpted after the real thing, but how do you make an anime-based fleshlight?

The sleeping aid did wonders for your attention span? Weird.

I'm used to taking stimulants/amphetamines for my ADD. I go over the recommended dose when I want to do more things.
Oh man, Adderall was the best thing that ever happened to my anime viewing. I don't think I could have marathoned Code Geass in its entirety without it.

That's probably the only reason I regret going off it.
 

Thoraxes

Member
I knew there were depraved corners of the Anime market, but fuck me, or rather, fuck them.
But like...a hole's a hole. How is an Asuna fleshlight different from any other fleshlight? The design on the box?
I want to link stuff to prove the horror, but I feel like I would get banned even if I put a nsfw tag on it lol

Let's just say that Papakiki and RKB were popular..............

They do sidecuts of the internal design so you get it personalized and different from the others...
 

cajunator

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I want to link stuff to prove the horror, but I feel like I would get banned even if I put a nsfw tag on it lol

Let's just say that Papakiki and RKB were popular..............

They do sidecuts of the internal design so you get it personalized and different from the others...

Fucking jlist...
Literally in this case.
 

Tomat

Wanna hear a good joke? Waste your time helping me! LOL!
I forgot to mention this in my review, probably because I'd chosen to forget all about it, but yeah.


JoJo's dad is an idiot.
It was... either cute or funny (little of both I guess), because he's like, 4 years old.
 
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