It's not just about girls and they do quite a bit, especially when you consider the authorities are busy trying to prevent them doing it.
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Fall 2012 Anime |OT| Meet the new world, same as the old world
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It's not just about girls and they do quite a bit, especially when you consider the authorities are busy trying to prevent them doing it.
it's about beanface deformities
I'm as cold as ice
I'm willing to sacrifice
wonzo's lungs and other viscera to the dark god Set
It is strange to see them do what Dresden aptly commented about this thing called "world-building" (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43233874&postcount=15572), because MAGI precisely shows inverted the emphasis on what was done for So・Ra・No・Wo・To. The core layer on this later one was the tight group of main characters that, being surrounded by the day-by-day of the consumed world they inhabit, exposed the meaning of it in constant drops. This is the case for a well established defined plot course you could work with from beginning to end, that you helped laid out on its foundations (a well formed continuity) to make a conclusive project. So, of course, this works differently for adaptations of ongoing works like MAGI, that keep adding lore as it goes, and things must be presented in the way the author originally handled it to not break its pace.
Not focusing on how the character originally interacted as a starting base to explore with them the continuously unfolding setting of MAGI could be an error, making it more unbalanced as it progresses.
My humble advice; don't think on pumping finalized work as is, and don't judge your works as you go... just draw, thinking on it as an exercise. Focus only on the individual elements first without contemplating the result just yet.
I've seen your sketches using Miku as a model and those are nice! Keep trying (and improving)!
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
It's a bad cartoon.
Dedication Through Light
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Naruto SD 29
Mario Kart genjutsu was a bit funny but as a whole the first skit was decent. Second skit was alright on focusing on the kunouchi weight loss, but like Gai, and Naruto, and Lee, I doubt they would have cared to know the kunochi's weights.
Mario Kart genjutsu was a bit funny but as a whole the first skit was decent. Second skit was alright on focusing on the kunouchi weight loss, but like Gai, and Naruto, and Lee, I doubt they would have cared to know the kunochi's weights.
Its glee in anime form.
Seriously.
Sawa being awesome is why I watched it personally, but its basically about a singing club at a school and melodrama.
Well, I never saw Jormungand but Black Lagoon does suck.
So, Black Lagoon is missing doves so I guess it's always been the doves that carry his movies. Wait, that's not true at all! Sorry, I watched a lot of John Woo/Chow Yun Fat movies and they're all better than Black Lagoon by far. Maybe that is what Black Lagoon was going for but if so it failed miserably, I'm not going to give it points for trying.
Besides, the dialog really is fucking bad.
There's little in the world that I should be trusted on but this is one of them!
Someone else way back recommended this to me but I'm going to recommend Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo. The show itself is rather mediocre but the woman is fantastic. Seriously. Find me a better fictional woman main character.
But sometimes you get answers like:
What? Seriously? Who's the strong independent female lead here in Black Lagoon? Revvy? She's as emotionally developed as a 12 year old and if you gave a 12 year old a gun and told her to shoot men in a barrel she'd be just as deadly.
I don't get this, when some people ask for a strong woman why is it seemingly just physical strength they have? Why do they still have to be perceived as weak emotionally and mentally? Revvy's not strong in that manner at all, I run into real live women all the time with a better grasp on shit than Revvy in Black Lagoon, sure they probably couldn't kill me but then again, I doubt Revvy couldn't kill me either. Oh, also I bet I could make Revvy cry.
You know, Revvy kills a lot of people in Black Lagoon but I haven't seen her kill one person moving. Think about that. The only moving target she faced was Roberta and Roberta's still alive. Makes one wonder if Revvy's really any good at all or if the people she faces are just idiotic.
Thanks for the back up but this is why we get paired together you know! It's all good though since I came out on top. That said, I'm almost willing to bet you miscapitalized all the letters in my name in case you ever wanted to distance yourself from this post sometime in the future? Hmm? You wouldn't be planning to run against me would you?
Sounds like you saved all the characters in Black Lagoon the trouble of shooting you a new asshole and did it yourself! Enjoy.
I didn't post things as meanly as I could have, should have, really.
Moribito's not boring it's just slow!
It nearly took my whole lunch hour to scroll down to the first reply on my phone. Jesus.
If, assuming I were wrong, those are all my crimes I'm a pretty amazing guy!
Tanabe's the only super positive girl I like, Planetes would suck without her.
R_thanatos
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is jinrui in danger ? i deliciously need more of it...
Should be ok. I'm pretty anything below 3k is a bomb.
I have a soft spot for 'Le pont de pierre' because it takes me back to the first trailer for the series. That music and backgrounds without any dialogue made it very haunting, and I loved that!
Oh, how do I miss the threads on 4Chan's /a/ on this series! The origin of SPECULAH! The charts are (only partially) a testament of that frenzy-ness:
Forum:Episode Charts - So Ra No Wo To Wiki
http://soranowoto.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Episode_Charts
To keep going back to the exposition and information dumps we have seen recently (and the "world-building" thing from earlier); there are works that come from novels and such were it is understandable why they do it, however I think that, sometimes, on this visual medium you need to take advantage of the visual part first and foremost and adapt necessarily to that, to not bloat constantly what you are trying to express for the work in question. More stimulating that way.
That kind of lite non-visual narrative that awakens the brains of those trying to understand everything can be a double-edged sword, though. It makes people go on their own beyond what you had planned, which could lead to disappointments.
The one from him I find most spectacular (table of contents included!)... by popular demand he even added some more images!
Gyrozetter - Episode 3
There's a dip in quality this week. The episode feels a bit like filler, with the story barely moving forward, and some padded out hi-jinx instead. There were some fun moments, but it got draggy by the end. I guess such is expected of a long kids series. But next week should be pretty fun! We're going to have a RACING BATTLE between comrades!
There's a dip in quality this week. The episode feels a bit like filler, with the story barely moving forward, and some padded out hi-jinx instead. There were some fun moments, but it got draggy by the end. I guess such is expected of a long kids series. But next week should be pretty fun! We're going to have a RACING BATTLE between comrades!
I found a source that explained why the Tari Tari 10k breaking numbers seemed to come out of nowhere. Basically, after it reached a 8,760 total with its second week of sales, the Blu-ray cutoff numbers for the next three weeks, even on the extended lists, were just high enough that weekly Tari Tari v1 BD numbers could have been as good as 500 every week and we didn't know about it. Oricon, of course, is still counting all the data, so as soon as the cutoffs were low enough again for it to get back on the charts, the full total is now in plain view. On the same note, as PdotMichael alluded to earlier, even though Hyouka v4 is the only volume from the series that we've seen break 10k on the list, the first three volumes are probably well past it by now; they've likely been consistently selling, but at numbers too low to make it onto the charts.
And that's your random sales nerd fact for the week.
Oh, and this week is when Natsuyuki Rendezvous volume 1 finally goes on sale, so we'll get numbers for it next week.
And that's your random sales nerd fact for the week.
Oh, and this week is when Natsuyuki Rendezvous volume 1 finally goes on sale, so we'll get numbers for it next week.
Seriously. Ai Tanabe is such a sweetheart. How can people hate her? For being overly positive?
That girl who sits next to Makoto and made friends with Katsura. Was that not her name? Shit, I'm usually good with stuff like this.
You mean Sekai?
Yeah. How the hell did I get Saoirse?
Her full name is Sekai Saionji. Probably remembered her last name.
The sequel/no sequel line on that chart is probably below #8, depending on if Humanity Has Declined had a big budget (it didn't have the unabashed viraling most big titles do)/Joshiraku was exceptionally cheap (it performed worse than SZS, and the same sponsors were obviously unhappy with where THAT went).
I guess.
Might watch more later tonight. Course I'll have to minimize the risk of being caught watching this by my roommates. Or anybody. Including myself. The show is only 12 episodes long, right?
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Thanks. I need to keep moving forward, you're right.
The MC is easy for me because he has the same name as Sailor Jupiter. Is Makoto a unisex name in Japan?
And I'm glad that you see it that way now.
I remember Makoto, Katsura, Sekai and Setsuna (the stoic loli).
I don't remember anything about the rest of the characters besides Makoto's friend being a dumbass.
Yes, although I only tend to remember the female Makoto's for some reason.
Its hard to forget those.
It is an anime.
Dedication Through Light
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The one thing I do want to see from this is how her manga turns out.
Saimoe Group A Final
1st 226 Saki Miyanaga @ Saki
2nd 214 Koromo Amae @ Saki
With vote totals like those, the whole tournament is basically rendered meaningless. Might as well just shut the whole thing down for next year.
It's a shame that the organizers turned Saimoe into some sort of exclusive club, since I like its format better than the much more open ISML's endless round robin setup, but what can you do.
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Today:
1st 226 Saki Miyanaga @ Saki
2nd 214 Koromo Amae @ Saki
With vote totals like those, the whole tournament is basically rendered meaningless. Might as well just shut the whole thing down for next year.
It's a shame that the organizers turned Saimoe into some sort of exclusive club, since I like its format better than the much more open ISML's endless round robin setup, but what can you do.
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Today:
Only Akarin can save us from an all Saki final.
KO Traveling Hobo
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I dunno, her face's got a bit of a Rick's Bread ED thing going on.Meanwhile, the male hetero audience...
That and the cream is probably covered in sweat and dead skin. So unhygienic.
AKARIN AKARIN AKARIN
;__;
Joe Molotov
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And girl cooties.
Not to mention how sticky and gross her boobs are going to be from all that whipped cream.
Gross.
Girls und Panzer - Episode 2
The concept remains ridiculous, but yet so fun. It's pretty hilarious how they are trying so hard to make tank driving moe and charming. The tank otaku girl is a pretty good addition to the main team. The other teams look pretty fun too. Other than that, there isn't really much to talk about, other than the awesome SD cuteness of the ED as you can see below!
The concept remains ridiculous, but yet so fun. It's pretty hilarious how they are trying so hard to make tank driving moe and charming. The tank otaku girl is a pretty good addition to the main team. The other teams look pretty fun too. Other than that, there isn't really much to talk about, other than the awesome SD cuteness of the ED as you can see below!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Disappointing that it's just a duology.
Man, I guess I shouldn't complain that they upped the price of free shipping to 250 bucks up here. Boooo.
Best Asian-American food.
No, it's glee but without the crappiness!
Good luck!
I can't really comment on Magi since I haven't watched the second episode, but the show always balanced the characters first and the setting second. By doing the classic "new girl in town" trope, they're able to have Kanata discover the wonders of the world while focusing on her development as a character.
Yeah, using a real world setting helped tremendously... but like Aria, the setting-porn came second to the characters and the storytelling.
We can probably agree that SnW has an awesome, haunting soundtrack all around.
I figure that Magi has the "burden" of manga-expectations. I complain about adaptation-anxiety, where people feel the need to cover the source material as close as possible because they feel tied to it, but going in the other direction without care could be problematic in its own right I suppose.
I'm seriously waiting for a scifi show to hit me like SnW. I wonder if Sekai can hold me after the
time jumps
So the post about the new Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo reminded me to watch it, where I made an observation:
I almost thought she was Akane from Smile Precure, but I guess there are a couple of newbies who specialize in Kansai accents. (Well, more likely, they just have those accents given how much range the typical voice actress in Japan seems to have
Dammit I really didn't want to have to watch this especially considering the declaration I made a couple of threads back but I'm pretty much obligated to watch anything with a Kansai girl. Is it a really thick accent or just one of those "-han/chau/ya" dealies? Because I can probably make an exception for a show this bad if it is.
It's unisex, even though it appears to be more common for females than males.
The best Makoto is still a guy, though:
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