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Fall 2012 Anime |OT| Meet the new world, same as the old world
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Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Check at the bottom right corner of his post.
Which is afterwards undercut by Asuna's ridiculously stupid dialogue at Guild HQ.
Yes well if we always focused on the bad points no one would be able to enjoy anime ever.
It's important to pick and choose!
Crash Station
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Looks like somebody had a booboo all over the cels.
Start a kickstarter.
Getting free stuff with cinema tickets. In the UK we're lucky to get a cup of tea for free. Damn you America.
it really is beginning to be worth watching over the original
the lack of detail on the shins being torn was the only thing that bugged me, it looked a lot more painful originally
Crash Station
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More like someone peed on them. That's what 70% of the show looks like.
Razgriz-Specter
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Felt weird not having a Rinne no Lagrange episode this weekend.
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Speak for yourself. I want some tea with my movies
I said you have to be lucky to get one. Only time it's happened to me was when they messed up the subs for the Girl Who Played With Fire.
Nothing like watching a bit of lesbian hanky panky on a Saturday morning with the family
-Minsc-
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DS9 yo! When the Dominion war hits the station.
Very rare, but I don't treat this as a sequel as I didn't treat Fate Zero's split as a sequel.
For $10,000 that better be the best meal of all time and not drab night with conveyor belt sushi.
And they better pay for the drinks.
From the New World - Episode 1
I've been really looking forward to this one, so it's probably good that it's the first of the Fall shows to start. As expected from Ishihama, this show is really heavy on the visual presentation. It's not so much that it is amazingly well animated or anything, but rather the presence of the visuals is always felt. The way a certain shot is chosen, or the movement of the camera, or the general layout of the scene, all these things are constantly presented in a way where the audience feels that a lot of thought has been put into them. Cinematography at its finest.
The other noteworthy element in the show is the sound design. Everything from the music, to the sound and dialogue, and even the silence, is specifically engineered to complement the scene in a substantial way. It is never just something in the background, but a major part of the presentation. This really helps deliver the sort of tone the show wants to achieve in many of the scenes in the first episode, because when it comes to creating an unsettling feeling or attempting a horror direction, sound is just as important as the visuals.
All in all, I'm pretty intrigued and impressed by the delivery here. The source material is supposed to be well regarded in Japan, and it looks like the A-1 staff on the show are putting a lot of serious effort into the production. It feels less like a regular anime show, and more like something they are really proud of adapting and trying to do justice to.
I've been really looking forward to this one, so it's probably good that it's the first of the Fall shows to start. As expected from Ishihama, this show is really heavy on the visual presentation. It's not so much that it is amazingly well animated or anything, but rather the presence of the visuals is always felt. The way a certain shot is chosen, or the movement of the camera, or the general layout of the scene, all these things are constantly presented in a way where the audience feels that a lot of thought has been put into them. Cinematography at its finest.
The other noteworthy element in the show is the sound design. Everything from the music, to the sound and dialogue, and even the silence, is specifically engineered to complement the scene in a substantial way. It is never just something in the background, but a major part of the presentation. This really helps deliver the sort of tone the show wants to achieve in many of the scenes in the first episode, because when it comes to creating an unsettling feeling or attempting a horror direction, sound is just as important as the visuals.
All in all, I'm pretty intrigued and impressed by the delivery here. The source material is supposed to be well regarded in Japan, and it looks like the A-1 staff on the show are putting a lot of serious effort into the production. It feels less like a regular anime show, and more like something they are really proud of adapting and trying to do justice to.
yn-neko hates a cat
Banned
Do they get a free night of suicide watch and a month of depression counseling? If not then they're getting shit they don't need.
So, I just caught up with Kokoro Connect.
I guess it's okay so far, the constant monologues and tirades are getting really stale at this point. The characters are interesting but you can't actually expect us to be interested in them saying approximately the same thing fifty times.
I wish it had continued more on the themes from episode 5.
At any rate, I'm still on vacation and I've plenty of time. Does anyone have any recommendations? Preferably something that already has a bunch of episodes so it can keep me busy for a while.
I found Tsuritama kinda boring and annoying and quit circa episode 5. I found Sword Art Online to be atrocious. Space Bros is pretty good.
If it helps with the recommendations, some anime that I've actually liked: Welcome to the NHK, Planetes, Hikaru No Go, One Piece, Haruhi, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Twin Spica.
I guess it's okay so far, the constant monologues and tirades are getting really stale at this point. The characters are interesting but you can't actually expect us to be interested in them saying approximately the same thing fifty times.
I wish it had continued more on the themes from episode 5.
At any rate, I'm still on vacation and I've plenty of time. Does anyone have any recommendations? Preferably something that already has a bunch of episodes so it can keep me busy for a while.
I found Tsuritama kinda boring and annoying and quit circa episode 5. I found Sword Art Online to be atrocious. Space Bros is pretty good.
If it helps with the recommendations, some anime that I've actually liked: Welcome to the NHK, Planetes, Hikaru No Go, One Piece, Haruhi, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Twin Spica.
General: check out Mawaru Penguindrum. For some good slice of life check out Moyashimon (and Moyashimon Returns!), Nodame Cantabile (All 3 seasons), Honey and Clover (S1+S2).
KO Traveling Hobo
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Sword Art Online 13
Feels were felt. Fists were pumped. Boners were rocketed into low orbit.
Why can't it be this on-point all the time?
Also, maybe it's just my imagination since I don't understand Japanese, but Kirito's VA seems really awesome. A bit late to be pointing this out, I suppose, but it really stood out to me here.
Alright, despite my proclamations of love for all things Kawahara, most of my episode impressions for this show have been at least 50% complaints and rage. But this episode was so damn good.
DAT SIDEBOOB
Feels were felt. Fists were pumped. Boners were rocketed into low orbit.
Why can't it be this on-point all the time?
Alright, here's a nitpick: this image would have been so hype if Kirito didn't look like he just shit his pants. Granted, he might have.
Also, maybe it's just my imagination since I don't understand Japanese, but Kirito's VA seems really awesome. A bit late to be pointing this out, I suppose, but it really stood out to me here.
Time of Eve Movie, Dennou Coil
Crash Station
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Watch Toriko if you like One Piece. It's pretty much OP with food.
If he bailed on Tsuritama, I won't be surprised if he bails on that too.
I was thinking that too, but then again some of the "ordinary-ness" that happens in most of the first half of Tsuritama (which is a turn-off to a lot of people (even me) before it gets super-fun) is avoided and replaced by crazy stalker girls instead.
yn-neko hates a cat
Banned
If he bailed on Tsuritama, I won't be surprised if he bails on that too.
I could keep interest in Tsuritama but was hooked on Penquindrum. PD just had better pacing and more enjoyable characters - to me -
...also, Dat Soundtrack!
Best show of Spring.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Will donate later today. Absolutely love Yuasa to death. He can have my money. This is totally awesome to see.
$10000 one sounds so appealing but then it means I would have to eat dinner with Oshii. No thanks.
Razgriz-Specter
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Higurashi is one of the few shows that I liked the second season much more than the first.
Well, it's over. If anything, it was... entertaining? I really don't know, it was ridiculous and insane at times (the last scene with the space shuttle?!)
I seriously don't know what to think of it, but I think I'll watch it again next week?
God what am i even doing.
edit > OH SHIT, Hokuto no Ken is broadcasting right after AKB ahahah. What a weird choice.
I seriously don't know what to think of it, but I think I'll watch it again next week?
God what am i even doing.
edit > OH SHIT, Hokuto no Ken is broadcasting right after AKB ahahah. What a weird choice.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Bail out now. Get out before its too late.
yn-neko hates a cat
Banned
The show really brings me down. It's good and all but it kind of like Breaking Bad in the sense things just get darker and darker with each episode.
Of topic: did something happen to your avatar image earlier tonight or am I just getting bad vision?
Wow, the Yuasa Kickstarter already added $500 and $1000 tiers! That was fast.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/production-ig/masaaki-yuasas-kick-heart
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/production-ig/masaaki-yuasas-kick-heart
Seriously, I don't hate Oshii but this sounds bad and unappealing. haha..
I feel like I already know everything about what dinner with Oshii would feel like after watching Avalon. Definitely unappealing.
KO Traveling Hobo
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I like how this implies that pledging less than $5 doesn't earn their gratitude.
Ahem. I think there's been a misunderstanding here. I wasn't saying that if I were a Campione in his universe that I'd have made out with my younger sister, not that I'm saying I wouldn't either in that ridiculous situation as I'd clearly save a family member's life if possible even if I had to do something gross like kissing them, but anyways, what I was saying is that if I were the pander baiting soft core porn author writing books for people that think there's not enough bad writing in Fifty Shades of Grey that I'd have made the main character kiss his sister by the fifth volume. Might as well just check that box you know?
I mean, I actually really, really dislike this show, more than the usual bad shows I watch. For one, while I am not morally against harems, polygamy and the like and theoretically even find the concept "hot," it's like a paradox because I'm not attracted to a woman who couldn't control me enough to keep me from other women, so, yeah. Harem scenario ends up being a no-go for me because the only type of women that'd exist in a harem can't interest me. Life's cruel like that.
But anyways, this show actually pisses me off because, and I'm going to take a cue from A Black Falcon here, because it's sexist. Not in the normal A Black Falcon way where the story happens to just focus on like 5 people that ends up better representing the male sex, no, that shit doesn't make me mad. A fictional world's a whole world and I don't get mad if I'm given a believable world and from that incredibly small snippet of the fictional world I'm exposed to it happens to look sexist. Doesn't bother me. In fact I'm willing to generally give the author the benefit of the doubt in that case. But, like, EVERYTHING in Campione is sexist and is sexist and exists just to serve the existence of this wacky harem. While one may argue that Godou deserves his harem through his deeds in the context of the show the fact is is that the universe in Campione is essentially designed to give men harems. Just to become a Campione requires a kiss from a woman first. These knights or witches, who are all young, are essentially whored out by older men in their societies to become mistresses of God slayers. Trained to treat what are essentially bratty teens with super powers as royalty. While it's not touched upon I wonder if it is even possible for a female to become a Campione, at the very least they unfortunately would have to get kissed by another female witch first so they don't even get the decency of getting some heterosexual wish fulfillment out of the deal but I guess if they swung that way they it works. You never see male Warlocks and you never see female Campiones. Even if there were female Campiones you'd have to wonder who their knights would be since these secret orders all seem to hire women. The entire aspect of having to kiss them to divine information is just to set up a ridiculous kissing scene and you never see the male dude working with the Shrine Maiden offering up his lips for victory. Essentially every facet of the world in Campione exists only to serve the formation of harems and while other harem shows also have tons of aspects I hate rarely is there a property that literally bangs the fact that everything in the world exists to perpetuate a harem as Campione does. The last show so insulting to me was Samurai Girls. I mean, I can't feel that Godou earns his harem because it feels like in that universe the heavens and earth exist just to give him a harem, and if not him just someone else so long as that person has a penis and that to me takes anything it could have ever had that made any character in the show special by any degree and stomps on it. I can't feel anything for the girls because in that universe they have to be haremites essentially and again, if not those specific girls there'd just be others. But hell, it's not just the mechanics of the world, all the combatants themselves essentially abide by the universal harem creation law by sitting around like a fool while their rival kisses some chick "just because."
I mean, when the pandering is so blatant in every single aspect of a work I have to question why the work exists in the first place, surely he could just write up straight porn with no scenarios right? Not like my imagination could actually entertain such a blatantly perverse set of world laws just to create the contrived scenario the author's feeding me.
Sigh.
Well, I feel better.
Basileus777
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You'll get the gratitude, it just won't be sincere.
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