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[Mandoric]

Well, I mean that we're in the Haremshit Generation now. But we just don't understand it because we're living in it. The guy who makes something awesome in 2025 will be the one who takes Haremshit tropes and thinks of a new way to pander to creepy otaku that doesn't involve making the girl wet her panties blush in a close up. I genuinely look forward to how they'll visually pander to the next generation of nerds - especially since as we go on, our standards about sex and pornography go through radical shifts.

Eh, I don't think this generation's fap fodder will leave any more of an impression than '90s tastes (I can't even remember to say something snarky) or '80s tastes (which make modern lechery seem well-adjusted; at least our generation's 12-year-old fetish objects are drawn as 6-head women rather than still with their baby fat and ■ rather than ▼ torsos).

 

[chickdigger802]

Little Buster 3

So many retarded unique girls in this show.

KEY being KEY.

I dig new girl though. Got boobs and a sadistic side.

 

[Mandoric]

You know, maybe this is blasphemy, but assuming the art style of the source material is exactly the same, I think I like the Joshiraku/JC Staff renderings of Kumeta's art more than the Shaft-o version.

But maybe I'm tricked by the moe girls being moe gimmick.

Kumeta doesn't draw Joshiraku, he just writes it. It's drawn by the guy who illustrated the Toradora novels.

Kumeta's style has also changed a lot; IIRC KnK is pretty close to its source, but the '80s almost-Adachi used in that one ep of Goku SZS was from one of his earlier works, and SZS in general was really close to the mark.

 

[Chet Rippo]

You know, maybe this is blasphemy, but assuming the art style of the source material is exactly the same, I think I like the Joshiraku/JC Staff renderings of Kumeta's art more than the Shaft-o version.

But maybe I'm tricked by the moe girls being moe gimmick.

They're done by the same guy? Looking at both of their source manga, they look pretty much exactly like how they are in their anime counterparts.

Edit: Never mind, Mandoric knows.

 

[Slamtastic]

You people watch a frightening amount of anime.

Registered and made a list just to show off how casual I am.

http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Slamtastic

(Does not include Pokemon, DBZ, FMA 1, Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, Paranoia Agent, GitS or Inuyasha, which I know I've watched some amount of episodes of each, but I'm not sure how many or if I watched the series from the beginning in order like I do with anything I watch nowadays)

 

[R_thanatos]

I don't think the pain will ever fully subside.



.....

.......

WHAT!

Spoiler

It's the twins from Wu, aren't they?

But yeah, Sousou is just so damn awesome.

Nice try , but you got only one

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Kami-sama Hajimemashita - 03

I thought fox fire wasn't suposed to be harmfull and just be an illusion .. it seems this version is not ...

After 3 episodes this is my surprise anime of the season as i wasn't even planning to watch it ..
BUt now i love it .. the quarells between the main characters and their fears and problem are well done and i enjoy the chemistry between them ..Also i can't get enough of the ED " LA LA LA LA "

This episode proves that even with a rubick's cube you can still score ! But i wonder what will happen once the poor guy will find the true identity of his beloved... [evil smile]

 

[cajunator]

Here and there. You know, life is distracting sometimes - blasphemy, I know. But I'll try to be around more often. I really miss AnimeGAF and everyone that makes it so awesome.
It felt really unnecessary at best. Very little was changed. The only thing I noticed that was different was towards the end when the two girls were in the sky together they were wearing these sparkly dresses instead of appearing nude. I had recently watched the series back to back and I really felt that the story and pacing benefited the most from the one cour format. The two-part movie is roughly 60 minutes short of the entire series, so it really adds nothing when viewed as a complimentary piece to the original. It's kind of like choosing between a 12oz steak, and a 10oz steak, when really one should have been the 12oz steak, and the other should have been a leaner, more petite, and more delicious filet mignon with sauteed mushrooms. Ya'll know what I'm sayin here.

On a side note:

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 1 - 3
That was awesome. I need more.

I know what you mean.
Life has a way of distracting from anime and other important things.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Hidamari Sketch ep 1
Like it so far. art style is nice,
only problem is it seems either way too zoomed in or way out.

 

[cajunator]

Hidamari Sketch ep 1
Like it so far, art style is nice.
only problem is it seem either way too zoomed in or way out.

Its Shaft's not so secret best show.

 

[kayos90]

I officially declare that this thread is in its final stages of deinitialization. In order to proceed free, the thread will temporarily transform into a SAO-praise/bashing thread. Feel free to talk to your heart's content.

 

[Emitan]

I'd ask what the hell your avatar is, but I'll just let that go.

emilie's avatar.


um.

Duck girl named Billie with Chuunibyou.

Billiechu!

I'm a plucky ducky.

 

[Jim E. Rossler]

but the game is virtual reality! I assume the eyes are at least 1080p, probably at least 4k.


Creepshots.

The eyes could actually be rendering at only what amounts to overall at 1080p's pixel count.
You only ever look at what's in the VERY CENTER of your vision and your very peripherals have only black and white cells, so the surrounding 90% of the game's framebuffer could start at 720p 24 bit color and go down to 320x240 b&W

 

[R_thanatos]

I officially declare that this thread is in its final stages of deinitialization. In order to proceed free, the thread will temporarily transform into a SAO-praise/bashing thread. Feel free to talk to your heart's content.

WAIT .. WAIT

we still have over 400 posts left before we go crazy ... don't rush things that much kayos !!

 

[chickdigger802]

The eyes could actually be rendering at only 1080p
You only ever look at what's in the VERY CENTER of your vision and your very peripherals have only black and white cells, so the surrounding 90% of the game's framebuffer could start at 720p 24 bit color and go down to 320x240 b&W

auto focus!

unless the pic was from screenshots of a justintv stream or something.

 

[Kincaido]

I officially declare that this thread is in its final stages of deinitialization. In order to proceed free, the thread will temporarily transform into a SAO-praise/bashing thread. Feel free to talk to your heart's content.

 

[kayos90]

WAIT .. WAIT

we still have over 400 posts left before we go crazy ... don't rush things that much kayos !!

LOL. I AM THE GAME MASTER AND THE PROCESS HAS BEGUN. YOU CANNOT STOP IT NOW.

 

[Haly]

Ah, anime standards. Go figure.

It's difficult to watch anime otherwise!

I just don't have enough energy for the #hatewatch.

 

[Hitokage]

I guess that makes sense. But the bill seems to be too small and at the wrong angle. Looks kinda taped on there, but maybe she's just a normal girl that thinks she's a duck...

It's smaller on account of the humanization. It is an anthro duck, after all.

 

[kayos90]

So, for those who watched both AW and SAO, which is better?

 

[Chet Rippo]

It's smaller on account of the humanization. It is an anthro duck, after all.

I'll just take your word for it.

 

[Tomat]

Do physical characteristics actually apply in SAO after they make the player's model look like their real self?

Like, would a fat guy be able to run fast?

 

[R_thanatos]

LOL. I AM THE GAME MASTER AND THE PROCESS HAS BEGUN. YOU CANNOT STOP IT NOW.

You want to talk about SAO and you think you're the game master ? you know what happens to game masters in SAO

Spoiler

and ALO

, right ?

Do physical characteristics actually apply in SAO after they make the player's model look like their real self?

Like, would a fat guy be able to run fast?

the answer is : YES

Since strengh and speed and variables that level up .. In those games it's possible to be speedy , regardless of your original appearance .. and gear does influence your stats

 

[kayos90]

You want to talk about SAO and you think you're the game master ? you know what happens to game masters in SAO

Spoiler

and ALO

, right ?

Yes.....

 

[trejo]

So, for those who watched both AW and SAO, which is better?

Guilty Crown >>> Both

 

[Kincaido]

So, is there a skill in SAO to make them better at "adult relations"?

 

[Emitan]

I'll just take your word for it.

She'd be cuter without the bill. And feathers. And "feather fur".

 

[kayos90]

Guilty Crown >>> Both

Seriously? Actually... probably Cosmic would agree with this.

 

[Dresden]

chuuni = kayos

ball = his account

 

[R_thanatos]

So, is there a skill in SAO to make them better at "adult relations"?

what's with this question ? Of course not

Spoiler

Not that was revealed in the books anyway .. i do imagine that you can get better by raising your overal stats

 

[madp]

So, for those who watched both AW and SAO, which is better?

Tower of Druaga.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

It's weird but I find reki kawahara's author's notes kinda moe. He always sounds so helpless. It's gotten to the point where I just wait for new notes to be translated.

Kawahara isn't just kinda moe. He's incredibly moe. It's no wonder that Cartman is so adorable. You write what you moe, after all.

I love these pictures. are there any more?

I don't have any from other series, but I do have another Madoka one, because, you know, why not?

 

[kayos90]

chuuni = kayos

ball = his account

Uh.... what's the umbrella?

Also... I don't even get it.

 

[Tomat]

So does SAO know the players exact dick size?

I'm not sure if I'd want my video games knowing that.

 

[trejo]

Uh.... what's the umbrella?

Also... I don't even get it.

[Ikuhara]The umbrella is a penis[/Ikuhara]

 

[Ultimadrago]

So, for those who watched both AW and SAO, which is better?

Ultima Online.

 

[Tomat]

Ultima Online.

Is that where the first half of your name comes from?

 

[kayos90]

Is that where the first half of your name comes from?

No dude. It comes from yours.

 

[Hitokage]

She'd be cuter without the bill. And feathers. And "feather fur".

Pfft.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Is that where the first half of your name comes from?

Now that's a secret!

Spoiler

No.

 

[El Sloth]

Uh.... what's the umbrella?

Your keyboard.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

[Ikuhara]The umbrella is a penis[/Ikuhara]

[maxIkuhara]It's actually a penis penetrating a vagina.[/maxIkuhara]

 

[Chet Rippo]

She'd be cuter without the bill. And feathers. And "feather fur".

Sure, I believe you.

 

[wonzo]

wonzo, wonzo, wonzo. Now I remember why I like you.

oh icarus, we shall watch the lesbian basset hounds play until the sun comes down~

Um, I probably shouldn't ask this for my own sake, but... for those of you who've enjoyed reading my School Days impressions, what other shows do you think you'd enjoy reading my impressions for?

[H]Earth Maiden Arjuna[/H], Midori: Shoujo Tsubaki, Yami to Boushi and Blood-C

Hidamari Sketch ep 1
Like it so far. art style is nice,
only problem is it seems either way too zoomed in or way out.

Are you watching the DVD version (16:9) or the TV version (4:3)?

I officially declare that this thread is in its final stages of deinitialization. In order to proceed free, the thread will temporarily transform into a SAO-praise/bashing thread. Feel free to talk to your heart's content.

get out

 

[kayos90]

get out

Didn't you know. We're all stuck.

 

[Mandoric]

[maxIkuhara]It's actually a penis penetrating a vagina.[/maxIkuhara]

[fabulousMaxIkuhara]It's actually a penis penetrating an--

 

[Narag]

I officially declare that this thread is in its final stages of deinitialization. In order to proceed free, the thread will temporarily transform into a SAO-praise/bashing thread. Feel free to talk to your heart's content.

I fear for what ALO will do to me. Once upon a time, I asked in this thread for the very definition of moe. The ghost of Tiff told me it wasn't something that could be defined but something that could only be felt. A few hundred works later, I found myself still wondering what it was. Was I immune to it? Was it due to my own failings? I felt emotionally crippled as if I could never truly understand what so many others knew.

Then I saw her:

Spoiler

Asuna in ALO.

Those ears, those wings, the very cage she's held in. It stirred strange and mysterious feelings in me and I began to question myself. I thought perhaps I had fallen prey to some sort of pandering but slowly, I came to terms with it. This strong character reduced to a damsel in distress, doubly so given what was happening in the real world, was in desperate need of something and that was protection. I believe in Kirito as he can do what I cannot yet these feelings linger and I begin to wonder if I finally understand the meaning of moe at last. However, I didn't want my first time to be like this. I wanted it to be memorable and special but not like this.

 

[kayos90]

What is with these tags? Who's Ikuhara?

 

[dakkumauji]

Gintama 155

Half recap, half writers can't write a good ending so they kill off a character.

 

[Kazzy]

I officially declare that this thread is in its final stages of deinitialization. In order to proceed free, the thread will temporarily transform into a SAO-praise/bashing thread. Feel free to talk to your heart's content.

Eh!

Spoiler

EH?

 

[firehawk12]

Eventually Japan is going to finally realize that having an age of consent is just a barrier to population growth.

Spoiler

oh god it's just a bit of dark humor please disregard

"humor". lol

Eh, I don't think this generation's fap fodder will leave any more of an impression than '90s tastes (I can't even remember to say something snarky) or '80s tastes (which make modern lechery seem well-adjusted; at least our generation's 12-year-old fetish objects are drawn as 6-head women rather than still with their baby fat and ■ rather than ▼ torsos).

I'd be curious to read a compilation of how people pandered to otaku in previous decades anyway. There seems to be a craft here that I never really paid much attention to. lol

Kumeta doesn't draw Joshiraku, he just writes it. It's drawn by the guy who illustrated the Toradora novels.

Kumeta's style has also changed a lot; IIRC KnK is pretty close to its source, but the '80s almost-Adachi used in that one ep of Goku SZS was from one of his earlier works, and SZS in general was really close to the mark.

Ahhh, that makes more sense then. The Joshiraku girls definitely look more gooey and moe...ey.
Given that SZS is done, is he going back to drawing for whatever he's doing next?

Yes, that's why I told you the execution was different from the particular complaint that you gave as to why you disliked MPD.

Nothing is ever going to convince you on this point, however, because I'm pretty sure you started (& stopped) watching it before MPD even came out. It's OK. You don't like it. It's OK!

The first arc seemed like a good place to take a break, mostly because of how repetitive the whole duel thing turned out to be. It just felt like a show that was meant to be watched normally - week to week - than serially in some otaku-assed otaku marathon. Then MPD happened and here we are today.

I've definitely seen things where the gay people are "just there," though I don't think it's necessarily automatically any better than a gay-focused story just because it's rarer. I mean, if gay people are bullied to the point of suicide, surely there is at least as much interest to be had in the external conflict generated there as there is in the internal machinations of their relationships.

I do think it has its place, though. I'm hoping we'll one day get entirely past the need to kill off or villainize homosexual characters in fiction, as much as I enjoy stupid shit like Red Sonja. Getting there, I think!

Well, I guess it's the difference between having black sitcoms like the Tyler Perry shows or having black actors on sitcoms (like... umm... that one guy on New Girl). One allows you to directly address black issues, but seems to only be of interest to other black people while the other makes it "normal" to be black, but has absolutely no interest in examining black identity.

I'm not sure if there's a good solution to the problem, but for representation of minoritized populations, that seems to be where we're at. I guess in Japan I wouldn't mind seeing a comedy anime with a gay character where we laugh at the gay character not because he is effeminate but because, and let me BLOW YOUR MIND with this suggestion - he's funny!

KoiChoco was the most recent example of a funny-gay who is only funny because he comes on to the main character and talks about wanting to suck him off. High-LARRRRR-ious.

The Kids Are Alright was directed by a lesbian too, I think, and the whole thing where even lesbians couldn't resist the Mark Ruffalo cock was just totally bizarre, not to mention demeaning. That movie kinda totally sucks, though.

Hey, when he gets angry, I hear it gets pretty big! And at least they mashed the lesbians back together in the end. lol

You know, there is really such a thing as finger sex, and it is definitely too risque for television.

Ah, the classic finger-bang. An oldie but a goodie.

And hey, we already have table-kun, so it's not that far off!