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[Gazoinks]

The Tatami Galaxy 1

OH GOD STOP TALKING SO FAST I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE SUBTITLLLEEEES.

Once I got used to the RAPID PACE, I definitely enjoyed the episode. Looking forward to seeing where it goes. Despite the weirdness and speed, the central characters are already pretty likable.

 

[Articalys]

Outbreak Company ep.1

Because why the hell not, everyone else is watching it.

Have to at least respect a kid whose first reaction to waking up in a completely unfamiliar place is to make an Evangelion reference.
That said, although the maid is cute and I'd like to think she'll go through a "learning to be more self-assertive" character arc, I've got better things to spend my time on this season.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Toradora 20 (rewatch)

(I'm just going to start spoilering my Toradora posts, since Horse Detective is currently watching Toradora for the first time I think, and I don't want to spoil him on anything in these later episodes. Or anyone else, for that matter.)

Spoiler

So Taiga has started to push Ryuji away, as she thinks it's her fault that Minori turned him down on Christmas Eve. We also see her talk to Kitamura about something, but we're not told what (of course we find out soon, and it's quite the bombshell). Also Ami continues to be the only one who knows what's really going on, but doesn't tell anyone outside of vague hints because reasons. Anyway, shit starts to get real next episode!

 

[madp]

Nah, AKB I watched week to week, but the other two I watched right as they finished.

I'm dragging you into the cult of Rie Matsumoto before Kyousougiga airs next week.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Patlabor TV 28

Now this is a mecha. I really like the blue highlights; the shade used expresses the cold, inhuman, sinister nature of electronics, and accentuates by contrast the darkness of the rest.

 

[Hitokage]

I'm dragging you into the cult of Rie Matsumoto before Kyousougiga airs next week.

Only after dragging you into the 90's!

 

[wonzo]

Kill la Kill

Rating: 2 (out of 5)

Review:

An undeniably stylish and frantically paced (to say nothing of well hyped) show, Kill la Kill nonetheless has some problems that impacted my enjoyment of it, to the point where I had to turn it off and go to bed before resuming in the morning. The most glaring issue for me was one that may not bother all viewers – the repeated references to the rise of the Nazi party every time the students were in class. Granted, this makes a grand total of two times, but the seeming significance of the references was quite clear. Honnouji Academy, which towers oppressively over a shantytown, is ruled by a despotic student council garbed in fantastic Goku Uniforms, which grant their wearers amazing physical prowess. One student in the class in question has stolen one, and thus the burly blond Iro is out for blood. And he gets it – we open the next school day with another history lesson about Nazis as we find out that the student in question was, in fact, killed. This was an uncomfortable juxtaposition for me, as I don't feel that it is one that should be made lightly.

In between these scenes, we meet Ryuko, our badass heroine. Ryuko has come to town bearing half of a giant pair of scissors, which apparently was the weapon that murdered her family an undisclosed amount of years before. Ryuko is on the trail of the other blade, and instantly invokes the wrath of the student council – although not the stoic Satsuki, supreme leader of the bunch. Apparently she knows more than she's letting on. In any event, Ryuko finds a skimpy and sentient sailor uniform of her own in Daddy's basement, which allows her to fight the student council in a spectacular manner, upsetting the not-so-fragile balance of power at Honnouji. Thus a series is launched.

Perhaps Kill la Kill does more right than wrong – it looks good and is visually fascinating, there are plenty of anime trope jokes, and the shantytown is a great piece of background – but the aforementioned historical references and the fact that virtually every line is screamed take away from that. It wasn't for me.

i dont even

 

[Beats]

If you notice a translation problem use the "report a problem with this video" form and list your complaints, they will be read. It's not just for reporting a video won't load or whatever.

Oh, I didn't know this. The link underneath the player says "Video Playback Problem?", which I don't usually have so I never bothered clicking it. I didn't realize it took you to a 'contact us' sort of thing with multiple options. >.<

 

[Narag]

Patlabor TV 28

hng

 

[Hattori]

i dont even

Anime is doomed again?

 

[Dynedom]

Patlabor TV 28

Now this is a mecha. I really like the blue highlights; the shade used expresses the cold, inhuman, sinister nature of electronics, and accentuates by contrast the darkness of the rest.

Hot damn.

 

[R_thanatos]

So hey guys

So she will block the legendary flame sword made from existance energy with her bare hands ? ? OK

 

[darkside31337]

i dont even

Seems like a well written opinion. Whats the problem?

 

[Mik317]

so coming off the KLK high from yesterday I decided to watch some of the director's other works, I started with RE: Cutie Honey


tits. that is all.


lol.


But besides the insane amount of fanservice (which I do know is inline with the original and Go Nagai), it was pretty freaking insane...which is just what I wanted but lol with the seemingly recent pushback against fan-service that is there because reasons...this show would give some people ulcers.

Still it did what I wanted it to do= entertain me with insane-ness.

 

[Dynedom]

So she will block the legendary flame sword made from existance energy with her bare hands ? ? OK

The power of eroge-hands

 

[Seraphis Cain]

So she will block the legendary flame sword made from existance energy with her bare hands ? ? OK

It makes no less sense than any other fighting game character that blocks any other type of bladed weapon with their bare hands.

 

[R_thanatos]

The power of eroge-hands

the sprite work seem really off ( especially on the legs )

 

[zeroshiki]

I know that Shana is really short but Kirino's legs are crazy long there.

Oh and Kirino isn't the only new character announced. We also have Railgun. Toma is the support character in this pic :lol

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Toradora 21 (rewatch)

Oh man, this episode. One of the few that I have major problems with. Rant incoming:

Spoiler

And now we get to the episode I have a few problems with. First, Ami picking a fight with Minori after she accidentally hit her with the sled. Ami swore that Minori did it on purpose, but...wasn't Taiga the one in front? I don't know much about sleds, but I'd assume the one in front would be the one steering. And then Taiga disappears, and nobody fucking thinks to look about five feet to the right to see the broken barrier and sled tracks. In fact when it zooms out, I'm pretty sure you can see that at least a couple people ARE looking in that direction. Also did nobody notice that the sled was gone? "Hey, the sled is gone, maybe we should look for SLED TRACKS?".

A whole lot of dumb anime bullshit for the sake of drama that I admittedly let slide because I love this series so much...but man is it ever dumb.

Anyway, we also get Ryuji finally finding out that Taiga likes him, which of course is huge, and really sets the stage for the rest of the series. I just wish they didn't go about it in such a ham-handed way.

 

[jgminto]

So she will block the legendary flame sword made from existance energy with her bare hands ? ? OK

She blocks it with her attitude.

 

[Articalys]

I'd expect that one of Kirino's super combos involves Stardust Witch Meruru in some way.

 

[chickdigger802]

outbreak company 1

nope.

 

[Gazoinks]

Ergo Proxy 13

This was a sad episode!

Spoiler

Iggy. ;_; At least Re-l will probably be nicer to Vincent now.

 

[firehawk12]

i dont even

ANN?
Ah yes, ANN. lol

---

This is the western yandere.

 

[Shard]

Not even going to bother with Outbreak Company.

 

[Beats]

Oh, Beats, I already miss your last avatar. ;-;

Heh, I wasn't sure if I wanted to change it, but I really enjoyed the first episode of Kill La Kill. I'll go back to the Utena one eventually.

 

[Crash Station]

Strike the Blood 1

This is generic as hell, but I kind of like it. Music isn't bad either.

 

[Freezasaurus]

Approved as fuck.

This game will be mine.

I'm definitely LTTP on this one... What game is this?

 

[Articalys]

I'm definitely LTTP on this one... What game is this?

Crossover fighting game for Dengeki Bunko's 20th anniversary.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-cast-join-dengeki-bunko-fighting-climax-game

 

[HolyBaikal]

Hi again, AnimeGAF, did you miss me? I missed you.
I had to leave NeoGAF for half a year on account of using ALL CAPS.

Much WataMote happened in my life while I was gone.

Also, I think I have the most referenced tag on all of NeoGAF.
And sometimes I don't even know what people are talking about when they reference my tag.

 

[Shard]

Okay then.

 

[Narag]

Hi again, AnimeGAF, did you miss me? I missed you.
I had to leave NeoGAF for half a year on account of using ALL CAPS.

Much WataMote happened in my life while I was gone.

Also, I think I have the most referenced tag on all of NeoGAF.
And sometimes I don't even know what people are talking about when they reference my tag.

what was the game on your steam list that you were ashamed of

 

[dimb]

Wow, ANN really loves Coppelion. Like...a lot of their reviewers rated it decently or highly.

 

[Ghizz]

Kill la Kill 01

Wow, just over the top entertainment. I love it already. ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN

 

[Freezasaurus]

Crossover fighting game for Dengeki Bunko's 20th anniversary.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-cast-join-dengeki-bunko-fighting-climax-game

Must. Have.

 

[wonzo]

Hi again, AnimeGAF, did you miss me? I missed you.
I had to leave NeoGAF for half a year on account of using ALL CAPS.

Much WataMote happened in my life while I was gone.

Also, I think I have the most referenced tag on all of NeoGAF.
And sometimes I don't even know what people are talking about when they reference my tag.

NAME THE GAME

 

[jgminto]

i dont even

I wonder what the point of the nazi reference was. To show that it's the same world as this one?

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Kill la Kill 1

THIS IS SOME GODDAMN ANIME RIGHT HERE HOLY SHIT

My only problem is holy fuck why is the audio mix so bad? Hope they get that ironed out.

But damn this is so good. I love how the premise seems to basically be a video game like No More Heroes. Assassin ranks and all that.

Anime status:

[X] Saved
[ ] Not Saved

 

[Narag]

I wonder what the point of the nazi reference was. To show that it's the same world as this one?

More to help establish social structure, I think.

 

[Gazoinks]

I wonder what the point of the nazi reference was. To show that it's the same world as this one?

That and to establish the totalitarian themes in a very obvious way.

 

[Syrinx]

I wonder what the point of the nazi reference was. To show that it's the same world as this one?

Well they had that whole 1984 thing going there too, so probably just to kind of establish that whole oppressive regime theme in a classroom setting to open it up.

 

[HolyBaikal]

what was the game on your steam list that you were ashamed of

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. NOT AGAIN. I don't wanna.;_;

Fine, if I won't get flamed to oblivion I'll tell y'all. If it stops people from asking me this constantly.

Can I not get flamed?

 

[zeroshiki]

While I in no way endorse that ANN review, something can be said about making use of unnecessary imagery. Its not like KLK will have anything to do with Nazi Germany or WW2 in any form (I mean, I hope not).

 

[Narag]

Can I not get flamed?

Yes.

 

[madp]

What if Senketsu is a seifuku possessed by Hitler's ghost?

 

[Hitokage]

You're in the anime thread. If it's some porn game there are more than a few people who will yawn.

 

[dakkumauji]

Yuushibu 01

This was enjoyable. The very impressive action at the start was a treat and I really like the setting of basically a modern world but everything is explained by MAGIC.

Silly heavy on the fanservice and the ED was literally the episode in reverse.

Will keep watching.

 

[zeroshiki]

You're in the anime thread. If it's some porn game there are more than a few people who will yawn.

Maybe its Call of Duty and he doesn't want to lose weab cred?

 

[Defuser]

So hey guys

Jebus, are they gonna show nothing but female characters? Hopefully the next one is Misaka Mikoto.

Edit:
Nvm, saw the other pics lol.

 

[Hitokage]

Maybe its Call of Duty and he doesn't want to lose weab cred?

That's even more boring.