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Fall 2013 Anime |OT| When is Crunchyroll coming to GTA Online?
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Samurai Flamenco 1
I don't get it. As a total stranger to the nostalgia this is playing off of, I really don't, and explaining it would sort of be a waste of all our time. Like, is this a thing in Japan, now? Do we take old shows and reimagine them in award-winning ways? I mean Casshern Sins, then Gatchaman Crowds, and now this? I dunno, just seems like this one I really don't get. I guess if I swapped Kamen Rider for Spider-Man or something, but I dunno.
Show was DTL as fuuuuuck. Blonde boy is afraid of his hot boss, and main dude has a "Girlfriend who lives in Canada." Like seriously, Goto was even freaking Tsundere for Hero boy the whole time, plus the naked meeting. So damn DTL.
I'll stick with it, I mean, it doesn't seem like it's a bad show, but I dunno if it really does much for me.
I don't get it. As a total stranger to the nostalgia this is playing off of, I really don't, and explaining it would sort of be a waste of all our time. Like, is this a thing in Japan, now? Do we take old shows and reimagine them in award-winning ways? I mean Casshern Sins, then Gatchaman Crowds, and now this? I dunno, just seems like this one I really don't get. I guess if I swapped Kamen Rider for Spider-Man or something, but I dunno.
Show was DTL as fuuuuuck. Blonde boy is afraid of his hot boss, and main dude has a "Girlfriend who lives in Canada." Like seriously, Goto was even freaking Tsundere for Hero boy the whole time, plus the naked meeting. So damn DTL.
I'll stick with it, I mean, it doesn't seem like it's a bad show, but I dunno if it really does much for me.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Sugita da king, it's nice that he does hentai in this day and age when he could do better things. What a man.
i got a "we without wings" ad with the tag line "this show will blow your...mind."
Holy crap that was breasty. Overkill. And a reminder for me to steer clear of OVAs of certain kinds of series.
Oh wow didn't realize he was in that one. Huh.
On that note,
Tayu Tayu Episode 01
Yamatogawa deserved better than this.
Golden Time 2
The animation for this show is quite bad, and it's saying something when I even bother to point that out. Like, it's not bad like powerpoint presentation-bad but it's unremarkable stylistically and miserable on a technical level.
That said, the show is still very charming even if I think it might be running a little long in the requisite "exposition" stage, especially since we don't really have much of a 'hook' yet, so to speak. I'm interested in seeing where things go. I just wish the OP and ED weren't so miserable, total disappointment there.
The animation for this show is quite bad, and it's saying something when I even bother to point that out. Like, it's not bad like powerpoint presentation-bad but it's unremarkable stylistically and miserable on a technical level.
That said, the show is still very charming even if I think it might be running a little long in the requisite "exposition" stage, especially since we don't really have much of a 'hook' yet, so to speak. I'm interested in seeing where things go. I just wish the OP and ED weren't so miserable, total disappointment there.
VVV S2 1 (13)
I am not disappointed. It was suitably crazy enough for my tastes, with a thick glass of reality for Shoko to choke down when she realized running a country was going to be hard as fuck. Tough nookies, kiddo. Them's the breaks. Enjoy as the ARUS slowly bleeds your country dry.
Anyway, highlights of the episode for me were
NEW THEORY: L-Elf is the Lord Jesus Christ. It's the only explanation for his mad skills, his amazing foreknowledge of everything, and how he can show up everywhere whenever and just waltz through things. The L obviously stands for Lord, and "ERU ERUFU" is even more obvious, since ERU is the name of God in the Lord of the Rings.
I am not disappointed. It was suitably crazy enough for my tastes, with a thick glass of reality for Shoko to choke down when she realized running a country was going to be hard as fuck. Tough nookies, kiddo. Them's the breaks. Enjoy as the ARUS slowly bleeds your country dry.
Anyway, highlights of the episode for me were
Haruto being all "No bitch I don't want to rape you!" and L-Elf magically appearing before Haruto in his hour of need.
NEW THEORY: L-Elf is the Lord Jesus Christ. It's the only explanation for his mad skills, his amazing foreknowledge of everything, and how he can show up everywhere whenever and just waltz through things. The L obviously stands for Lord, and "ERU ERUFU" is even more obvious, since ERU is the name of God in the Lord of the Rings.
Kill la Kill 2
I'm loving the art, characters and story but the animation is kinda jarring. A bit too Inferno Cop and not enough TTGL/LWA. It still looks pretty stylish thanks to the art, but just flipping the art instead of animating a turn still feels cheap.
Also Sensei HNNG!
I'm loving the art, characters and story but the animation is kinda jarring. A bit too Inferno Cop and not enough TTGL/LWA. It still looks pretty stylish thanks to the art, but just flipping the art instead of animating a turn still feels cheap.
Also Sensei HNNG!
Theonik
Member
This is a great OP actually!
I wonder if the OP is still not done and that's the reason part of it is placeholder.
Fuck OTs.
Spoiler culture.
I'm almost tempted to change my avatar into this. Almost.
KLK takes priority though.
rhizomatic
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Samurai Flamenco - 1
Well, this is certainlyTL enough.
OP song is pretty mediocre J-rock, but I'm a sucker for delay-drenched riffs, so that particular hook is at least somewhat interesting. Chorus is fairly predictable. Apparently these guys have had a couple of their songs featured in Gintama according to Wikipedia, but I'm nowhere near far enough in it to have heard either of them. They're pretty meh, though, so I don't really care.
Speaking of Gintama, though, I don't think I can ever watch another anime with Sugita in it and not think of Gintoki. It's ruined me.
I wasn't expecting this to be so goofy. I don't really mind, though. I suppose a series heavily influenced by tokusatsu is inevitably going to be at least a little goofy.
I think it'll be fun, but nothing all that special.
Well, this is certainly
TL enough. OP song is pretty mediocre J-rock, but I'm a sucker for delay-drenched riffs, so that particular hook is at least somewhat interesting. Chorus is fairly predictable. Apparently these guys have had a couple of their songs featured in Gintama according to Wikipedia, but I'm nowhere near far enough in it to have heard either of them. They're pretty meh, though, so I don't really care.
Speaking of Gintama, though, I don't think I can ever watch another anime with Sugita in it and not think of Gintoki. It's ruined me.
I wasn't expecting this to be so goofy. I don't really mind, though. I suppose a series heavily influenced by tokusatsu is inevitably going to be at least a little goofy.
I think it'll be fun, but nothing all that special.
I really need to get on this.
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Kill la Kill - 02
Another awesome episode. The friendship bit with Mako was absolutely amazing and her family are a riot. Her little brother has no shame!
Tennis match was so legit. Giant ass rackets and power serves that made the concrete break upon impact was so damn fun to watch.
But goddamn at that preview for next week. SO. FUCKING. HYPED.
SPYAIR Rocks.
No one watches anime for story anymore breh..
Either way its hard to tell in just 1-2 eps, come back in a month.
I bet my money Okuchi the anime story writer god will deliver masterpiece again.
No one watches anime for story anymore breh..
Either way its hard to tell in just 1-2 eps, come back in a month.
I bet my money Okuchi the anime story writer god will deliver masterpiece again.
Go try Nagi no Asu Kara, Tokyo Ravens, and maybe Strike the Blood.
And possibly one or both of the Noitamina anime that started today, Galileidonna and Samurai Flamenco. I haven't got around to checking those out yet, but they seem pretty hype maybe.
When it comes to Flamenco's music, my order of interest goes something like this.
The show within a show insert songs for the heroes sung by veteran toku singers like Akira Kushida and Takayuki Miyauchi > the ED (it's Tomatsu and Mao Ichimichi, and I like idols) > the OP.
The OP's fine, but the other two are closer to my tastes.
The show within a show insert songs for the heroes sung by veteran toku singers like Akira Kushida and Takayuki Miyauchi > the ED (it's Tomatsu and Mao Ichimichi, and I like idols) > the OP.
The OP's fine, but the other two are closer to my tastes.
Hellsing321
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Kill La Kill 2
That was glorious!
After the hype for this episode dies down, someone needs to go through GAF and find out how many pictures of Sensei's abs were posted.
dakkumauji
Member
What a glorious day. Based Sugita.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Kitakubu 12 -END-
Honestly this was probably one of the best episodes of the shows run, if not the best. I have to admit I found Kitakubu to be quite boring a lot of the time, but they knocked it out of the park with this last episode (at least comparatively).
Overall, this was a pretty meh show. The writing was weak and the characters all fell into very clearly defined stereotypes. The "Mugi", the genki girl, the cute one, the strong one, and the straight man. It also all too often fell into the "references and fourth-wall breaking are funny, let's just do that!" trap that a lot of comedies fall into. There were a couple of episodes where the only things I got a chuckle out of were MonHun references.
So yeah, I found it very average as far as comedies go. Again, if you want a real gag show, watch Nichijou or Nichibros. They're so far above this.
Honestly this was probably one of the best episodes of the shows run, if not the best. I have to admit I found Kitakubu to be quite boring a lot of the time, but they knocked it out of the park with this last episode (at least comparatively).
Overall, this was a pretty meh show. The writing was weak and the characters all fell into very clearly defined stereotypes. The "Mugi", the genki girl, the cute one, the strong one, and the straight man. It also all too often fell into the "references and fourth-wall breaking are funny, let's just do that!" trap that a lot of comedies fall into. There were a couple of episodes where the only things I got a chuckle out of were MonHun references.
So yeah, I found it very average as far as comedies go. Again, if you want a real gag show, watch Nichijou or Nichibros. They're so far above this.
Looks like they'll be livestreaming loctest footage from Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax over the weekend at this Ustream channel. At the moment I'm posting this no one seems to be around so it's just CPUs fighting as part of the demo reel, but later in the day when people start showing up there'll probably be some actual matches.
edit: looks like the first players showed up, though they're just testing out moves for now.
edit2: I just saw Shizuo charge straight through Mikoto's railgun attack using a van door as a shield, so I'm satisfied for now.
edit: looks like the first players showed up, though they're just testing out moves for now.
edit2: I just saw Shizuo charge straight through Mikoto's railgun attack using a van door as a shield, so I'm satisfied for now.
Passive Assassin
Member
I like how laid back the material is. Temple priests angry about your skills? Make your own world instead.
dakkumauji
Member
Samurai Flamenco 01
Half of the episode I was wondering if I wasn't just watching an adaptation of very interesting manga series I have read before.
I will admit the set-up is pretty nice of a wanna be hero and what you'll call a hero these days. Though the wanna-be hero does reach points of chuu cringe-worthy but I hope the series is more of his growth instead of the other way.
Plus it has Sugita and a SPYAIR OP.
Half of the episode I was wondering if I wasn't just watching an adaptation of very interesting manga series I have read before.
I will admit the set-up is pretty nice of a wanna be hero and what you'll call a hero these days. Though the wanna-be hero does reach points of chuu cringe-worthy but I hope the series is more of his growth instead of the other way.
Plus it has Sugita and a SPYAIR OP.
Terareflection
Member
Kill la Kill - 1
Got a P&SG vibe from this show, but I feel like the show is less interesting than P&SG because it tries to shoehorn some world-building and plot into all the dialogue. It bores me honestly.
Got a P&SG vibe from this show, but I feel like the show is less interesting than P&SG because it tries to shoehorn some world-building and plot into all the dialogue. It bores me honestly.
Passive Assassin
Member
BLESSED SILVER BALLS MAN
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
KILL la KILL 2
This OP is lewd as fuck, but of course the whole show is even more lewd.
But I'm really loving how faced-paced, humorous, and utterly and unapologetically ridiculous this show is. And as always, badass music and based Trigger. Show is so fucking good.
AOTF. Besides this and Valvrave (IT'S BACK!) and IS, my plate is just full of fuckin nonsense.
This OP is lewd as fuck, but of course the whole show is even more lewd.
But I'm really loving how faced-paced, humorous, and utterly and unapologetically ridiculous this show is. And as always, badass music and based Trigger. Show is so fucking good.
AOTF. Besides this and Valvrave (IT'S BACK!) and IS, my plate is just full of fuckin nonsense.
Galilei Donna 1
I liked it.
Kozuki, or whatever the young redhead's name is, sure has a lot of explaining to do, building an airship and having a talking goldfish and whatnot. I don't think her family knew anything about this, so it'll be interesting to see the reactions and what this leads to with the family. I wonder how her sisters will get involved with everything she's doing and thus with the people who are after them.
Thought the show looked fantastic. Ver interesting setting, liked the character designs.
I liked it.
Kozuki, or whatever the young redhead's name is, sure has a lot of explaining to do, building an airship and having a talking goldfish and whatnot. I don't think her family knew anything about this, so it'll be interesting to see the reactions and what this leads to with the family. I wonder how her sisters will get involved with everything she's doing and thus with the people who are after them.
Thought the show looked fantastic. Ver interesting setting, liked the character designs.
Crash Station
Member
Galilei Donna 1
Boring and bland.
Boring and bland.
Thats something to look forward to. Samurai Flamenco was the first #1 this season I gave up on part way through.
I think I can now determine my Season START Official Husbando Top 5 List of Fall!
1. Uzu Sanageyama Kill la Kill
So dreamy...and Viral's VO. Too good.
2. Aikuro Mikisugi Kill la Kill
'nuff said
3. Cicinho Galilei Donna
Italian Space Pirate, yes please
4. Goto Hidenori Samurai Flamenco
Based Sugita
5. Takuma Hachimine Meganebu
I want to sniff his hair. I bet it smells like cream puffs.
1. Uzu Sanageyama Kill la Kill
So dreamy...and Viral's VO. Too good.
2. Aikuro Mikisugi Kill la Kill
'nuff said
3. Cicinho Galilei Donna
Italian Space Pirate, yes please
4. Goto Hidenori Samurai Flamenco
Based Sugita
5. Takuma Hachimine Meganebu
I want to sniff his hair. I bet it smells like cream puffs.
Finally my cannibal incest anime is coming! When?
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Warning: really disgusting eating noises lie within.
Terareflection
Member
Kill la Kill - 2
Yeah, this show just isn't for me, I think it's all the dialog, somewhat reminiscent of Attack on Titan's endless talking during the action, but not as grating, just...boring.
Yeah, this show just isn't for me, I think it's all the dialog, somewhat reminiscent of Attack on Titan's endless talking during the action, but not as grating, just...boring.
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
well...it's something.
Youtube HD link for the new pupa PV, if that makes it easier for anyone to watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWNY76Ajuo8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWNY76Ajuo8
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Oh wow...
uhhhh....
Deputy Dangle
Member
Oh god, the crunching!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
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