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I actually think the show feels closer in tone to Panty and Stocking and Dead Leaves rather than TTGL or FLCL. I think it worked better in the former two shows rather than the later two because there wasn't much to them. However when you're somewhat trying to tell a serious story, that breakneck pacing doesn't work.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Art's got my back! There is that similar raspiness, for lack of a better term for it. Sawashiro seems to have more of a range with that particular voice of hers though. At least after one episode of this anyway.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
On a scale of 1 to 10 how dumb is the IS MC.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Shirou.
Turin Turambar
Member
I'm jealous of all you NEETs who can watch Kill La Kill right now. Still got another hour at work.
But normal people don't work at 23:45, you know.
EvilKatarn
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Dumb out of 10. Fits perfectly alongside the likes of Makoto and Tsukune as a bad harem lead. But at least this MC has one good quality that the girls might fawn over - he can pilot an IS as the only man in existence.
Just rewatch KLK again still not getting breakneck complaint there's a lot of downtime, I oh well.
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firehawk12
Subete no aware
Well, all harem protags have one plot reason that seemingly justifies their awesomeness anyway.
MisterSamMan
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Kill la Kill 01
This is all I could have ever asked for an absolutely insane over-the-top action anime. So yeah, I'm probably going to love this show and overhype it.
This is all I could have ever asked for an absolutely insane over-the-top action anime. So yeah, I'm probably going to love this show and overhype it.
PdotMichael
Banned
Not all harem leads can be like Arararagi.
EvilKatarn
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Now that I think about it having a specialty only makes them worse.
Tsukune is a human among 'monsters' and is fucking terrible.
Makoto is a horny childish monster among monsters and is fucking terrible.
Rito from TLR has no specialty and he doesn't piss me off.
And that's where my harem expertise ends. Luckily.
This show is a good example of what my mind is like at a given moment lol.
He scores a perfect *
And by that I mean there is no number positive or negative that can quantify his dumbfuckery.
KLK 1 left me feeling pretty cold. Everything is just sort of happening in a vacuum, and the blisteringly fast pacing in some scenes somehow manages to overload dialogue with infodump while also making it feel perfunctory and weightless. This really should have been broken into two episodes with some transitional scenes that fleshed out the world and hinted further at the grim and dystopian nature of the city and school; outside of Ryuko's walk through the slums, set pieces felt really empty and barren and the sense of oppression isn't pervasive enough outside of the blatant hyper-violence. Part of my feeling of disconnect is likely attributable to Sawano's OST, which was blandly epic and unevocative; good music is absolutely essential in enabling me to "channel" this kind of extreme hotbloodedness, but the music largely failed to complement or enhance anything that was happening on screen.
The good thing, though, is that I'm hopeful that the pacing will correct itself now that most of the basic premise has been dealt with. The animation was stylish, spectacular, expressive, and took several cues from Western animation. I like the premise, I like the characters, and I'm definitely not immediately dismissing the chance that KLK will be a really entertaining show. It was just a really rough opening episode for me.
The good thing, though, is that I'm hopeful that the pacing will correct itself now that most of the basic premise has been dealt with. The animation was stylish, spectacular, expressive, and took several cues from Western animation. I like the premise, I like the characters, and I'm definitely not immediately dismissing the chance that KLK will be a really entertaining show. It was just a really rough opening episode for me.
ZachDeKoromaru
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Eh, I can see where you're coming from but I still don't really hear it. I don't think there are many prevalent seiyuu that are that similar to each other, except for maybe some tones of Miyukichi sounding a lot like Ryoko Shiraishi among other things.
santeesioux
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Kill La Kill 1
Anime is indeed saved, from what i don't know though.
Anime is indeed saved, from what i don't know though.
Okay, I think I figured it out -- Koshimizu uses a more Sawashiro-like tone when Ryuuko is just in normal conversation, but for battle mode, her voice does change a bit more.
But yeah, we probably need more than one episode's worth of voice sample to make any real comparisons.
(Disclaimer: I haven't watched any action shows with Koshimizu in a main role in quite a while, so I don't know what the "usually" sounds like.)
But yeah, we probably need more than one episode's worth of voice sample to make any real comparisons.
(Disclaimer: I haven't watched any action shows with Koshimizu in a main role in quite a while, so I don't know what the "usually" sounds like.)
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Welp. Was to be expected though.
What siscons?
I'm sure you meant Kintaro.
Theonik
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Different (bad) composer.
Miyukuchi is actually a prototype for the next generation of Vocaloid.
RIP.
NeoGainax is dead. So... They can't take any notes.
KLK has near universal acclaim based on the first episode impressions you can see if you scroll up. Copellion looks kinda bad but I haven't seen it yet.
Watch Gurren Lagann. Your welcome.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Hopefully actual vocaloid and not in the same vein as that Yui Horie/Miss Monochrome nonsense. Yeesh!
Man, youve been missing out then.
I haven't seen any announcements for it yet.
Only in Taiwan so far, apparently,
KLK isn't exactly a show where you need more than an establishing shot and some incidental dialogue to figure out what's going on and why. The long zoom out from the inside of the school to the outside and through the different layers of the city up until the final shot of the school towering over everything below it just about tells you everything you need to know, and it proceeds from there as such.
Also splitting this episode into two is a terrible idea.
Also splitting this episode into two is a terrible idea.
Well thats one random place to stream..
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Nope. None of the previous seasons have gotten streams either.
Kill la Kill 1
So gooooood...
I watched this with a smile on my face for pretty much the entire time. Barely 10 seconds in the insanity starts and it scarcely stops. I can understand how this would be a turnoff for some people, as I too would like to learn more about the city and school they're in as well as get a little bit more information on Maho, but what can I say? I absolutely enjoyed the hell out of this. That fight with the boxer dude was the sort of thing that got me so hyped for this show after finishing TTGL.
Also I could have done without the red letters all over the place, especially for characters who had already been introduced, but I laughed pretty hard when the boxer unveiled his super spiked steel glove thing and the name was so long it pretty much covered the whole screen.
Can't wait for more.
So gooooood...
I watched this with a smile on my face for pretty much the entire time. Barely 10 seconds in the insanity starts and it scarcely stops. I can understand how this would be a turnoff for some people, as I too would like to learn more about the city and school they're in as well as get a little bit more information on Maho, but what can I say? I absolutely enjoyed the hell out of this. That fight with the boxer dude was the sort of thing that got me so hyped for this show after finishing TTGL.
Also I could have done without the red letters all over the place, especially for characters who had already been introduced, but I laughed pretty hard when the boxer unveiled his super spiked steel glove thing and the name was so long it pretty much covered the whole screen.
Can't wait for more.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
jman, when're you watching Golden Time?! I want to see if you draw the same parallels to Toradora that I did.
They need to put more time in than a quick two minute scene where Ryuko cries at her parent's house. They did little to establish why the audience should care about any of these characters and settings.
santeesioux
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Oh crap, Golden Time just popped up on CR, i thought i was done with animu for the day...
KirbYuuYuu
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Motto! Ojamajo Doremi 9
HazukixYada shipping, what with the ocarina of secrets being given to Momoko (she misunderstood it, Darn you language barriers)" and it got Yada pissed.
Of course, Momoko made a major mistake in giving him the Ocarina because he thought Hazuki broke their promise and threw it in a river. So now everyone looked for it.
SERIOUS BUSINESS.
HazukixYada shipping, what with the ocarina of secrets being given to Momoko (she misunderstood it, Darn you language barriers)" and it got Yada pissed.
Of course, Momoko made a major mistake in giving him the Ocarina because he thought Hazuki broke their promise and threw it in a river. So now everyone looked for it.
SERIOUS BUSINESS.
Save 'N Quit
Banned
Pokemon Origins 2
Did not expect them to adapt the Pokemon Tower. Absolutely glad they did because fuck Gold and Silver for turning that place into a Radio Tower.
Emotions were everywhere with each scene baby Cubone appeared. Him reuniting with his mom was the first time I got teary eyed over anything related to Pokemon since way back when I watched the Butterfree episode as a child.
Also, I thought the Charmander scream was bad, but that was NOTHING compared to mama Marowak's death scream.
BassForever
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Beyond The Boundary 1
Nice set up episode, like the main characters and their rather unique dynamic. Ending seems to tease we're gonna have a lot of characters running around in this series pretty quickly.
Nice set up episode, like the main characters and their rather unique dynamic. Ending seems to tease we're gonna have a lot of characters running around in this series pretty quickly.
Freezasaurus
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Kill La Kill 1
I posted my thoughts in the actual KLK thread, so I'll just quote them here...
I posted my thoughts in the actual KLK thread, so I'll just quote them here...
Kill La Kill Episode 1: So here we are, he we are with the big anime of the season, the Sword Art Online, the Attack on Titan, the Free! of thew season, at least in terms of hype. Glanced at a few impressions that said this episodes left them cold, I guess I could see that, but I was too busy being entertained to notice. Yea, so now I know what Utena would have looked like by way of Gurren Lagan. Indeed as it has been suspected Kill La Kill has eaten and absorbed the old Gainax personality, which really could have used on Stella Woman's Acadamy. Another reason for enjoying this is because I am truly enjoying seeing the piss taken out of the high school setting. Anyway, yea, I can see why this fell falt for some people who don't like this style of humor and this still an establishing show, but anybody who is bored by this, go watch Kyoukai no Kanata. Still, time will tell if this can fully live up to the promises made but I will be watching, in my estimation is has somewhat lived up to the hype so far. ALso, Thursdays are going to be downright maddening as I have IS 2 and Golden Time to watch and more new shows next week.
Kyoukai no Kanata 1
Well, Mirai is certainly cute. And the animation is just great to watch in general.
The protag is about as generic as they come, but I don't find him annoying or anything. The only unique thing about him is
I didn't think the dialogue in this episode was as bad as everyone's been making out, but it wasn't anything special. The OP is pleasant enough but pretty ordinary. The ED is more visually interesting, with all the pretty colours and textures in the background.
Oh, and vaguely lewd butt shot is vaguely lewd.
Well, Mirai is certainly cute. And the animation is just great to watch in general.
The protag is about as generic as they come, but I don't find him annoying or anything. The only unique thing about him is
the whole immortality thing, but even that's a pretty standard sort of power for a protag to have. Hopefully the fact that he's half-Youmu will play into the plot somehow, though, since straight away that goes against the general impression that Youmu are just monsters to be slain.
I didn't think the dialogue in this episode was as bad as everyone's been making out, but it wasn't anything special. The OP is pleasant enough but pretty ordinary. The ED is more visually interesting, with all the pretty colours and textures in the background.
Oh, and vaguely lewd butt shot is vaguely lewd.
Theonik
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Princess Tutu 18
Metropolis
This was pretty good, CG aside (which was distracting and hurt the style of this film substantially). Seemed to capture Tezuka's designs quite well and some of the animation was quite cool. OST was pretty good too.
Editing was pretty iffy though. Some very weird transitions and some genuine iffy moments where it felt like reading a book but some pages got stuck together. And oh god those circle transitions. Why.
So yeah, good film, some issues. Well worth watching if you like Tezuka's manga.
I'm starting to warm up more to this arc, the new
Being Fakir is suffering.
storyteller? Seems like a good way to break away the repetition the show was falling into. Also dayum at Tutu's injuries.
Metropolis
This was pretty good, CG aside (which was distracting and hurt the style of this film substantially). Seemed to capture Tezuka's designs quite well and some of the animation was quite cool. OST was pretty good too.
Editing was pretty iffy though. Some very weird transitions and some genuine iffy moments where it felt like reading a book but some pages got stuck together. And oh god those circle transitions. Why.
So yeah, good film, some issues. Well worth watching if you like Tezuka's manga.
Butt of course.
Have you seen Gurren Lagann.
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