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Summary of the entire franchise.
Admiral Woofington
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Also summary of Higurashi no Naku no Koro ni. I gave up after a couple of episodes as they made it clear they were not gonna answer my questions.
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As a Zeta fan I respect this argument. EVEN IF I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH IT
At least we can find common ground in thinking Victory was fucking horrible. Pretty much Tomino hates women the TV series.
YES! Especially if you like Big O and G Gundam
Deputy Dangle
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Gingitsune - 1
This was pretty nice; although, I didn't care for it jumping the gun with needing a conflict so quickly.
This was pretty nice; although, I didn't care for it jumping the gun with needing a conflict so quickly.
Kyousougiga 1
I enjoyed this a lot more than the prequel episode. It's amazing what coherent narrative can do!
I guess that's an easy joke to make, but this set of shorts was probably the best thing I've seen so far this season. It didn't lose any of the quirkiness that made the Kyoto setting so interesting, but the individual stories of Myoe and his family were really touching.
If this is the quality of storytelling we're going to get from the rest of its run, then I'm really looking forward to the episodes to come.
I enjoyed this a lot more than the prequel episode. It's amazing what coherent narrative can do!
I guess that's an easy joke to make, but this set of shorts was probably the best thing I've seen so far this season. It didn't lose any of the quirkiness that made the Kyoto setting so interesting, but the individual stories of Myoe and his family were really touching.
If this is the quality of storytelling we're going to get from the rest of its run, then I'm really looking forward to the episodes to come.
It does, though.
Admiral Woofington
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Fuck you're kidding me. They kept restarting the fucking timeline and I was all
The entire second half of the series is called the "Answer Arc" or something. I read like half of the manga and then B&N stopped stocking it and I forgot about it. >.>
Not sure whether I'll finish this show tonight or tomorrow.
The Flowers of Evil 10
The best episode of any anime I've seen this season.
Like I said, I'm in the minority when it comes to opinions on Zeta, and I think that part of my dislike for the show is because I watched the dub, expecting it to be as good as MSG's. I really like Kamille, and the Zeta and Hyaku Shiki are rad. But I dunno about Quattro. I kinda felt like Char post MSG is really wasted. Mostly because of CCA.
But really I just couldn't handle more episodes of people stealing an MS from the hangar and escaping the Argama with it. That Katz let Sarah escape twice pissed me off so much. Katz was probably half the cause of my anger in that show.
Crash Station
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Fuck you're kidding me. They kept restarting the fucking timeline and I was all
The resets tie into the overarching plot. A lot is answered by the end of season 1 and EVERYTHING is answered by the end of season 2.
Fujimi Shobo has a special illustration at their Fantasia Bunko 25th Anniversary Festival, though it's a tad less impressive than the one at Dengeki Bunko's:
25 Fantasia Bunko heroines for the 25th anniversary, drawn by Full Metal Panic! artist Shiki Douji. How many can you identify?
Save 'N Quit
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Finding time between school, work, anime, manga, and Pokemon, is going to be difficult.
You would be correct if only Chifuyu-nee didn't exist.
Good thing the first girl here is one of the best choices
You would be correct if only Chifuyu-nee didn't exist.
Good thing the first girl here is one of the best choices
China's music is better. Japan gets points for the OVA though.
This show had a slightly rocky start, but it's really developed into something pretty great(/unpleasant/emotionally exhausting). Definitely probably AOTY for me so far.
A Black Falcon
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IS2, biggest anime disappointment of the year so far? Okay, maybe not, but it's got to be on the list! IS2 is just average...
It's unfortunate that they apparently couldn't find someone who understood why the first season was so "great".
Instead, generic is all it aims for now... unfortunate.The hereditary talent trope is a very common theme in a lot of fiction, though... it's definitely extremely common in anime, and yeah, it has some troubling issues to it (mostly that the premise is flawed), but it's understandable that it'd be used so much -- people inevitably end up thinking of who someones' parents were, particularly if the person had a famous parent, or even ancestor.
Of course, also, the importance of family is emphasized even more in traditional Japanese culture, too (because of the influence from China probably, which has always strongly believed such things), which probably is a reason why it's so common...
To be fair, anime virtually never get ANY Western settings right. That includes both fantasy worlds and "real world" settings -- in either case, if it's not set in Japan (or maybe ancient China), and wasn't made by Ghibli, it's almost certain to be ludicrously inaccurate. It's extremely annoying though, certainly. "Omnipresent and really frustrating" is a good way to think about it, I think. Of course the fact that I'm a history major amplifies how much this bothers me versus other people, but yeah, it's a big problem.
Admiral Woofington
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Finding time between school, work, anime, manga, and Pokemon, is going to be difficult.
You would be correct if only Chifuyu-nee didn't exist.
Good thing the first girl here is one of the best choices
Chifuyu-nee is his sister though. And I say that well aware of anime shows lol. He hasn't shown any interest in her as a woman, which again is surprising for a male lead in anime.
And Houki has no personality besides "childhood friend". That's literally her personality.
Viva la France
KirbYuuYuu
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ONAhole, but you're close I guess.
(meanwhile as I deal with WWHD, Rune Factory 4, and Dream Team).
nintendoman58
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You're in for a great game. The characters are hell of enjoyable to listen to. Make sure you watch the SHAFT animated short on the game!
Admiral Woofington
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That's why I love Monster. The only Japanese guy was the weirdo in it.
You're in for a great game. The character's are hell of enjoyable to listen to. Make sure you watch the SHAFT animated short on the game!
Is it in the game? Cuz my animue/game waifu at the moment is still Shoko from Liberassion Maiden. Hometown the size of the moon.
They were briefly 3DS downloadable around the launch window.
Great write-up, there. Your analysis of Kasuga really brought out why he was such an interestingly characterized character. It's really hard to make this sort of sniveling pathetic dweeb work as a character, but they managed it. And yeah, the utter rawness of Episode 10 was just... Oof. Especially Kasuga's
admitting that he doesn't understand The Flowers of Evil.
Y'know, it's kind of funny coming to this show right after The Tatami Galaxy, because they're both about pathetic "empty" people who just need to get their act together and actually go for the things they want. Except Tatami Galaxy is quirky and touching and The Flowers of Evil is like submerging your face in acid (okay that's probably an extreme comparison, but still).
How's the anime? I love the manga, but I've never seen the show.
As far as good non-Japanese settings in anime, the only thing that really comes to mind is Baccano. A big part of what made that feel so good was the dub, though.
Admiral Woofington
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Forgot about Baccano, that was another great western setting anime. Same with the first 1-2 episodes of Eden of the East in Engrish America.
As to Monster, the anime is fantastic. Though I'm not sure how much enjoyment you'd get out of it with already having read the manga as the plot is 90% of the enjoyment, with the other 10% being the amazing german locales and backgrounds. They did great research.
I can't wait for the HBO live action Del Toro version
ZachDeKoromaru
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You're in for a great game. The characters are hell of enjoyable to listen to. Make sure you watch the SHAFT animated short on the game!
It is a great game. Bit challenging for us lefties though!
They arent but footage is all over youtube. Shaft Palu is REALLY cute.
KirbYuuYuu
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Not in game, was on Nintendo Video (that thing I don't use anymore).
Maybe it's on Youtube???
A Black Falcon
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Fortunately, yeah, in this series the incest option isn't happening anywhere outside of the minds of those crazy incest fans... but I don't think I need to say anything about incest in anime again. I've done that before.
I'll just say that I think it's clear that Chifuyu is as she is as bait for incest fans, but the author doesn't actually want to GO that route, so it's kept at a very low level compared to all of those super-creepy incest-obsessed animes out there, thankfully.Hey, she's also "tsundere"... though almost the whole main female cast is tsundere, but that's part of IS's charm!
Also Houki has a bit more to her, mostly revolving around her somewhat tense relationship with her sister. But that's about it.
Char is the best character by far, of course, but the ending of ep. 12 of S1 suggested that if anyone "wins" it's going to be Houki...
I haven't watched either of those series, but they don't seem like things I'd like that much I think...
As for animes with Western settings which actually have competently thought through settings, outside of Ghibli, The Sky Crawlers had a good setting... though of course that was a movie, not a TV series, so it had a lot more budget and attention. Too bad about how unbelievably, numbingly boring the movie was, though... Anyway, there are a few examples of good, accurate Western settings in anime, but they are EXTREMELY rare.
Admiral Woofington
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Baccano and Monster are two must watch animes if you haven't seen them, definitely should be on the list of everybody.
As to Eden of the East I'm not sure. It's like a more mild/less gory Mirai Nikki and very seinen in its depiction of a competition of this sort and characters. But I always thought it was really well rated and it ended up being only ok rated among anime fans.
As to Eden of the East I'm not sure. It's like a more mild/less gory Mirai Nikki and very seinen in its depiction of a competition of this sort and characters. But I always thought it was really well rated and it ended up being only ok rated among anime fans.
AGEtory Gundam 38
Honestly at this point I only know that the Zanscare are the bad guys because they're employing Chumpicle Asser and Bitchijina Loser. Otherwise, I wouldn't know because what these people are fighting over is a complete fucking mystery. What even is the Zanscare platform? Like, Zeon were for spacer independence, Cosmo Babylonia for aristocracy, and Jovians for the subjugation of Earth for materials. Zanscare is to promote the wheel?
Odelo wants to handle Ms. Marbet's body if things get too tiresome for her. Olha olha!
SHOW ME YOUR BIKING DREAM, SIR! WE SHOULD KILL PEOPLE SO WE CAN RIDE MOTORCYCLES
"Your lips! I can help you wet them!"
"Not right now."
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL SHUT DOWN ODELOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
I swear half the things that Uso says have no-HOLY SHIT BLADES ON A WHEEL OH MY SWEET GOD OF MECHA THESE ZANSCARE ARE PLAYING FOR KEEPS NOW THEY PUT SWORDS IN WHEELS! Has science gone too far!?
I will give 10 dollars to the man who can find a scene in this show where Karlman isn't trying to shit down Shakti's back. You can't do it. It can't be done. "We should focus on finding my sister who is in mortal peril!" "You're right, so instead let's chase Uso!"
You would think that it goes without saying that bicycles are not suited for flying, but as a proud member of the Zanscare Motorad Regiment of fucking idiots, Colonel Dumbfuck has to point out that these particular bikes are not suited for flying. This is a franchise that used to attempt to make an attempt at being scientifically believable. Now you better fucking buy my motorad toys or so help me there won't be another Gundam again.
HOLY SHIT FLANDERS FACE I CAN'T BREATHE OH DANG
Honestly at this point I only know that the Zanscare are the bad guys because they're employing Chumpicle Asser and Bitchijina Loser. Otherwise, I wouldn't know because what these people are fighting over is a complete fucking mystery. What even is the Zanscare platform? Like, Zeon were for spacer independence, Cosmo Babylonia for aristocracy, and Jovians for the subjugation of Earth for materials. Zanscare is to promote the wheel?
Odelo wants to handle Ms. Marbet's body if things get too tiresome for her. Olha olha!
SHOW ME YOUR BIKING DREAM, SIR! WE SHOULD KILL PEOPLE SO WE CAN RIDE MOTORCYCLES
"Your lips! I can help you wet them!"
"Not right now."
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL SHUT DOWN ODELOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
I swear half the things that Uso says have no-HOLY SHIT BLADES ON A WHEEL OH MY SWEET GOD OF MECHA THESE ZANSCARE ARE PLAYING FOR KEEPS NOW THEY PUT SWORDS IN WHEELS! Has science gone too far!?
I will give 10 dollars to the man who can find a scene in this show where Karlman isn't trying to shit down Shakti's back. You can't do it. It can't be done. "We should focus on finding my sister who is in mortal peril!" "You're right, so instead let's chase Uso!"
You would think that it goes without saying that bicycles are not suited for flying, but as a proud member of the Zanscare Motorad Regiment of fucking idiots, Colonel Dumbfuck has to point out that these particular bikes are not suited for flying. This is a franchise that used to attempt to make an attempt at being scientifically believable. Now you better fucking buy my motorad toys or so help me there won't be another Gundam again.
HOLY SHIT FLANDERS FACE I CAN'T BREATHE OH DANG
dakkumauji
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Yuushibu 02
This show is really enjoyable. It's odd how we have another hero and dreams series yet this works just as good. I really do like the world they got going on here and all the characters are pretty fun.
This show is really enjoyable. It's odd how we have another hero and dreams series yet this works just as good. I really do like the world they got going on here and all the characters are pretty fun.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Strike the Blood 2
Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit this was so good. Strikes a perfect balance between slice of life stuff and action. And the action scenes were really, really well animated, too.
Can't wait until next episode to see
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Seriously, this episode just moved StB waaaaaay up in my rankings for this season. This show is great.
Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit this was so good. Strikes a perfect balance between slice of life stuff and action. And the action scenes were really, really well animated, too.
Can't wait until next episode to see
Akatsuki really let loose with his powers
Seriously, this episode just moved StB waaaaaay up in my rankings for this season. This show is great.
Patlabor OVA 2 [12]- The Dungeon Again
~Welcome to the jungle, we got fun 'n' games
We got everything you want, honey we know the names
We are the people that you find, whatever you may need
If you got the money, honey we got your disease
In the jungle, welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your kn-kn-knees, knees
I wanna watch you bleed~
~Welcome to the jungle, we got fun 'n' games
We got everything you want, honey we know the names
We are the people that you find, whatever you may need
If you got the money, honey we got your disease
In the jungle, welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your kn-kn-knees, knees
I wanna watch you bleed~
hosannainexcelsis
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Master Keaton.
ZachDeKoromaru
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Riding Bean
Ah, youtube's got me covered, it seems.
Great write-up, there. Your analysis of Kasuga really brought out why he was such an interestingly characterized character. It's really hard to make this sort of sniveling pathetic dweeb work as a character, but they managed it. And yeah, the utter rawness of Episode 10 was just... Oof. Especially Kasuga'sadmitting that he doesn't understand The Flowers of Evil.
Y'know, it's kind of funny coming to this show right after The Tatami Galaxy, because they're both about pathetic "empty" people who just need to get their act together and actually go for the things they want. Except Tatami Galaxy is quirky and touching and The Flowers of Evil is like submerging your face in acid (okay that's probably an extreme comparison, but still).
I feel that the point of the show is what Nakamura says: to break down your barriers. The whole town has this oppressive atmosphere, and that atmosphere has made Nakamura, Kasuga, and Saeki miserable and lonely. Destroying the town, at least in Nakamura's eyes, would set them free of that.
Welp, time to play some more Liberassion Maiden, it seems.
I still have no idea how to use the stand.
Yeah, gotta find a good quality one, tho.
CAST IN THE NAME OF GOD YE NOT GUILTY
Gunslinger Girl.
That's pretty much what literally happened.
I forget if this is new information, but at Kodansha's NYCC panel they confirmed that the Niconico streaming of the new Sailor Moon anime this January will be subtitled in 10 languages. Of course, which languages those will be wasn't said, but I'm pretty sure English will be at least one of them.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2013/new-york-comic-con/7
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2013/new-york-comic-con/7
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
What a hilarious troll it would be if it wasn't, though. :lol
Wikipedia: "Before The Big O, Sunrise Studios was a subcontractor for Warner Bros. Animation's Batman: The Animated Series"
Well then.
A Black Falcon
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It does better than most, anyway, sure. I don't know if that holds up in the manga or season 2 of the anime, but the first season is the only good part anyway, so that doesn't really matter. I thought of mentioning Gunslinger Girl... it has some issues, but certainly is much better than most. Still though, if they didn't tell you that, could you tell it's supposed to be set in Italy?
Gunsmith Cats... :lol
SnW is one of my favorite animes, but the setting? No. It is not accurate. The whole "it's a European village but it's in Japan" element of the setting is pretty silly, and the whole Europe/Japan mixture thing is never competently (or incompetently, even) explained. Another one in a similar place to that is Haibane Renmei; the setting is great, but the part-Europe, part-Japan element to it is weird. Of course Haibane Renmei is even better than SnW and is one of the best TV animes ever, but the setting isn't exactly "accurate".
Noir (European setting)
Did Chicago get shipped to China?
That actually brings up another point I like about this show: How much of a dead end the town feels. It just feels so secluded and oppressive. When Nakamura says that maybe there's nothing beyond it, you can almost believe it.
That would be one crazy Gainax ending.
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