So I just finished watching Katanagatari, and tough of doing an analysis on the whole thing, but I'm not in the mood. It's a great show, based Nisio, recommended to everyone, bla bla bla. However, one thing bothers me: can someone explain me what was the deal with Togame's eye? I don't think they ever explained in the anime.
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Fall 2013 Anime |OT2| The Rise and Fall of Kyoto
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Golden Time 10
Shutting up a ghost has never been so hillarious. On the other hand, Koko is so desperate that
to keep Banri on lockdown...
This isn't going to end well.
Every time it showed up she was expressing her true feelings/thoughts (
). At least that's how i understood it.
Shutting up a ghost has never been so hillarious. On the other hand, Koko is so desperate that
she's turning to sex
This isn't going to end well.
Every time it showed up she was expressing her true feelings/thoughts (
snake eye = revenge motivation
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Pretty sure it was just symbolism for whenever she cooked up a strategy or was confident or some other such thing.
FlyingSaucer
Banned
Again, some really, really sweet animation this week.
PS : I thought it was Midoriko who fancied Uzu-chan ?
In Kawamori I trust
The teacher episode was pretty special. Definitely rewatch it just in case.
Kurumi makes ALL the difference!
PdotMichael
Banned
No one knows it either it changes the form everytime she tells the truth or a lie.
Monogatari SS 23 (Koimonogatari 3)
Dear lord what was that OP. Ow, my ears. Note to self: abduct Miki Shin'ichiro and make him swear he will never attempt to sing again.
Aside from that, swag Kaiki is swag as per usual. It was fun seeing some of Ononoki too, particularly since I finished reading Tsukimonogatari today so she's relatively high up on my interest list right now.
Dear lord what was that OP. Ow, my ears. Note to self: abduct Miki Shin'ichiro and make him swear he will never attempt to sing again.
Aside from that, swag Kaiki is swag as per usual. It was fun seeing some of Ononoki too, particularly since I finished reading Tsukimonogatari today so she's relatively high up on my interest list right now.
Watch Simoun after this Corvy kun
Again, some really, really sweet animation this week.
PS : I thought it was Midoriko who fancied Uzu-chan ?
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OHMYGOD
Admiral Woofington
Member
Gingitsune 10
This show keeps being peaceful and a nice little show to watch on Sundays.
Satoru is one of my favs alongside Haru, so another episode focusing on him is great. It's great that he has started to loosen up and even made a friend (maybe two, come on Gintoki become a regular).
This show keeps being peaceful and a nice little show to watch on Sundays.
Satoru is one of my favs alongside Haru, so another episode focusing on him is great. It's great that he has started to loosen up and even made a friend (maybe two, come on Gintoki become a regular).
Theonik
Member
WHAT IS THIS SHOULD I BE WATCHING IT.http://i.imgur.com/mZfelX9.gif
Again, some really, really sweet animation this week.
PS : I thought it was Midoriko who fancied Uzu-chan ?
hosannainexcelsis
Member
This music video for the upcoming winter 4-koma adaptation Mikakunin de Shinkoukei features some very nice cute girl animation.
It's Yozakura Quartet - Hana no Uta and yes.
It's Yozakura Quartet - Hana no Uta and yes.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Short girl with big sleeves is the best girl, I feel it in my cute girl center of the brain.
both?
You have that too? My brain has a specialized portion just for squee
The dating sim can't compare to Melissa Mao. Of course Sousuke blew it off.
Speaking of this, I'm pretty sure it's bullshit, but it'd be nice to hear it from someone else: that nonsense about natural born babies not crying when they're born is bull, right? I mean come oooooon.
I have to check The List, but I think Happy Science is next.
Theonik
Member
Oh that's already on my list.
Agreed. Though the pinkish-red-haired main girl looks remarkably cute also, despite her air of Akari-esque unremarkability.
doga kobo b-team though.
Simoun aint on it but it has bad CG and girls kissing. I liked it.
LOL, the three theories I had. First I tough that was something like Phoenix Wright' psylocks, something that she uses to see people's intention and that's how she came up with her schemes, but with the ending I thought it showed up when she was telling a lie, but then i changed to
it appeared when she was being herself, showing her true intentions.
Yeah, this is definitely the best Winter-related thing I've seen so far.
It's for Dogakobo's Mikakunin, by the way.
It's for Dogakobo's Mikakunin, by the way.
Shin Mazinger Z 14
What. The. Hell.
Oh hey, Shiro,
Dude, this is all so messed up. Kabuto Juuzou comes off incredibly negative in this light. I mean you don't just make a bet on who controls the life of a woman. More surprising still is that Tsubasa, who is by all means a hard as nails lady, let this happen! Good grief this stuff is insane. What the hell happened on Bardos island? Whatever it was, it drove Dr. Hell insane, cost Kabuto his eye, killed Kenzo, and was enough to convince Tsubasa to abandon her two children. Oh and made Baron Asura.
There is something really fucked up going on in the back story of this show. REALLY messed up.
What. The. Hell.
Oh hey, Shiro,
the cold and unfeeling woman who runs the local bath house is your mom. She definitely had sex with the creepy Frankenstein who is the father of the girl you've been chasing. Also your grandfather made a bet for her life. Also this woman who is your mom killed your dad. Also your father's ghost is now speaking through your girlfriend. I hope you like therapy!
Dude, this is all so messed up. Kabuto Juuzou comes off incredibly negative in this light. I mean you don't just make a bet on who controls the life of a woman. More surprising still is that Tsubasa, who is by all means a hard as nails lady, let this happen! Good grief this stuff is insane. What the hell happened on Bardos island? Whatever it was, it drove Dr. Hell insane, cost Kabuto his eye, killed Kenzo, and was enough to convince Tsubasa to abandon her two children. Oh and made Baron Asura.
There is something really fucked up going on in the back story of this show. REALLY messed up.
Log Horizon 10
Soooooo goooooooooooood.
The only thing I'm still kinda iffy on is how... well, calm they are about the whole 'we all got trapped in this other world, where's my family' thing. Like, most of the compelling stuff maybe could've been done without the MMO mechanics... but not all of it... IDK.
I also kind of don't see why the crafting guilds would really want money though.
Kill la Kill 09
Lewd. (Very fun though)
It's been said, but all the 'villains' are way more interesting than Matoi right now :/
Soooooo goooooooooooood.
But the more the author reveals about the world the more "Goddamnit that's the novel I had in my head this whole time" I feel about the whole thing... I was pretty surprised when they used the cooking skill and logically extended it to the crafting skill, in the process creating an entire economy. Although why the crafting guilds aren't more pissed about Shiroe basically giving away the secret they all paid like 1.5 mil for two episodes ago is surprising, but I guess they must recognise it was part of his overall xanatos gambit.
Real interested to see what this NPC war thing is going to amount to...
Real interested to see what this NPC war thing is going to amount to...
The only thing I'm still kinda iffy on is how... well, calm they are about the whole 'we all got trapped in this other world, where's my family' thing. Like, most of the compelling stuff maybe could've been done without the MMO mechanics... but not all of it... IDK.
I also kind of don't see why the crafting guilds would really want money though.
Kill la Kill 09
Lewd. (Very fun though)
It's been said, but all the 'villains' are way more interesting than Matoi right now :/
Save 'N Quit
Banned
Pokemon XY 9
So good~
Apart from the usual Serena and Bonnie goodness (Tyrantrum pajama's is fucking adorable), I really enjoyed the chemistry between Clemont and Ash, who actually acted like a competent mentor to his dishearten friend.
Episode introduces us to Clemont and Bonnie's awesome dad. He's got great expressions and it was surprising to find out that
he's the Blaziken trainer
Continue to love the battle intros. But the real standout was the Magneton scene.
I did not know it could split apart like that
Gym battle was ace. From Clemont acting like a boss and Bunnelby being the little bamf that he is, to the fantastic gym battle music that played during the whole time.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Too fluffy. Much too fluffy.
T.P. Sakura ~Time Paladin Sakura~
The Ever-Present Edo Set
Da Capo's had a lot of longevity and a small presence for the Western side of the fandom. I still haven't seen the Kotori OVAs, but a magical girl spinoff was much more interesting to me than an alternate romantic route. After finding Prisma Illya worth watching, this was next on my list.
Unlike Illya, almost everyone's recast. Except for Suginami, of course. Suginami is always Suginami. It helps to give it a different feel from the main series. Inevitable comparisons. Mimori's voice has a different quality from Tamura's, and everyone else sounds more like the kind of characters I'd expect from their new VAs than their old ones, even if the roles they play are fairly similar. Kanae Ito is a nice replacement Yuki Matsuoka, for example.
With the way the world's been rearranged, that's necessary. Junichi and Kotori being elementary schoolers, Sakura being an actual elementary schooler... Miharu's still a robot, but not even one line about bananas.
It's very typical magical girl fare, with an emphasis on time travel. The magical sakura tree was already something that led to many stories with a supernatural bent, so it worked well enough here. The time was, of course, Japan's own Edo period, with Shiro Amakusa as the villain. The destination the story was going to go was telegraphed early on, but one who goes into this watching it as a magical girl series knows what to expect, it's a well-tested formula.
Suginami remains as scene-chewing as ever, but anybody who's not Sakura or Junichi has a relatively minor role to play. I would've loved to see more of the Mizukoshi sisters besides being mission control, because they had some great interactions in the mainline series, but it's just the nature of the story they were trying to tell. Maybe the packaged visual novels went more in depth on these things. They wouldn't be constrained like an anime.
The magic system was kinda cool. All the different card configurations, and a lot more heavy magical weaponry than I expected. The Dimension Rifle is no Starlight Breaker, but it'll do. Transformation sequence was simple and cute. Not the greatest magical girl thing I've seen, but as spinoffs go, it shows enough of its world and new settings for the characters that I ended up enjoying it.
Final Thoughts: For Da Capo fans, depends on how much you like Sakura. For magical girl fans, a fun OVA. The new voice cast does good work with what they're given, and the young love story is cute. It's a rainy day kind of anime.
The Ever-Present Edo Set
Da Capo's had a lot of longevity and a small presence for the Western side of the fandom. I still haven't seen the Kotori OVAs, but a magical girl spinoff was much more interesting to me than an alternate romantic route. After finding Prisma Illya worth watching, this was next on my list.
Unlike Illya, almost everyone's recast. Except for Suginami, of course. Suginami is always Suginami. It helps to give it a different feel from the main series. Inevitable comparisons. Mimori's voice has a different quality from Tamura's, and everyone else sounds more like the kind of characters I'd expect from their new VAs than their old ones, even if the roles they play are fairly similar. Kanae Ito is a nice replacement Yuki Matsuoka, for example.
With the way the world's been rearranged, that's necessary. Junichi and Kotori being elementary schoolers, Sakura being an actual elementary schooler... Miharu's still a robot, but not even one line about bananas.
It's very typical magical girl fare, with an emphasis on time travel. The magical sakura tree was already something that led to many stories with a supernatural bent, so it worked well enough here. The time was, of course, Japan's own Edo period, with Shiro Amakusa as the villain. The destination the story was going to go was telegraphed early on, but one who goes into this watching it as a magical girl series knows what to expect, it's a well-tested formula.
Suginami remains as scene-chewing as ever, but anybody who's not Sakura or Junichi has a relatively minor role to play. I would've loved to see more of the Mizukoshi sisters besides being mission control, because they had some great interactions in the mainline series, but it's just the nature of the story they were trying to tell. Maybe the packaged visual novels went more in depth on these things. They wouldn't be constrained like an anime.
The magic system was kinda cool. All the different card configurations, and a lot more heavy magical weaponry than I expected. The Dimension Rifle is no Starlight Breaker, but it'll do. Transformation sequence was simple and cute. Not the greatest magical girl thing I've seen, but as spinoffs go, it shows enough of its world and new settings for the characters that I ended up enjoying it.
Final Thoughts: For Da Capo fans, depends on how much you like Sakura. For magical girl fans, a fun OVA. The new voice cast does good work with what they're given, and the young love story is cute. It's a rainy day kind of anime.
Admiral Woofington
Member
On the spoiler talk
I think the reason it didn't bother them it's because Shiroe also shared his discovery of being able to build stuff with real world hard work. These guys have money to make a fortune out of this, so even if they are a bit pissed at being tricked over the food, in the over-all scheme of money making they are completely in favor of the round table as with it the economy will grow and their profits will increase
On the irl drama:
I'm honestly surprised they haven't covered this as well. Say what you want about SAO but at least it was a driving factor to the issues of the first half. I'm thinking the author is solely using the 'real people stuck in MMO' setting for background purposes. As in if this world wasn't originally an MMO we wouldn't have party chat, menu systems, skills, etc.. it'd just be a regular fantasy anime, so a lot of the discoveries and thinking outside of the box would have no effect. I mean if nobody has wondered how they got there by now they won't worry about it later. I was hoping that
the guilds would at least attempt to bring together their smartest minds to try and think why they're there or find a solution
It's definitely weird. On one hand I kinda like it simply because it makes it feel different from all the other MMO settings, but in-universe it feels pretty strange that no one's questioned it at all.
Yeah, it's the one niggling doubt I have about the series as a whole.
Like, if it wraps and never addresses it (it'd never do that right?!?!?) I'd be preeeeeetty pissed.
Getter Robo 13
Musashi is the best character in this show. Unlike basically everyone else, he's actually a nice, decent person who is willing to sacrifice for the team. In spite of being the brute, he's also not the violent, psychopath that Ryo and Hayato are. Musashi wears his heart on his sleeve, and all these people do is look down on him as the show's comic relief.
Musashi is the best character in this show. Unlike basically everyone else, he's actually a nice, decent person who is willing to sacrifice for the team. In spite of being the brute, he's also not the violent, psychopath that Ryo and Hayato are. Musashi wears his heart on his sleeve, and all these people do is look down on him as the show's comic relief.
Gintoki313
Banned
Speaking of that Aokiji scene. During the last few minutes of the episode, I've started noticing that the characters are starting to look a lot more glossy.
It kinda reminds me of those animated scenes from that One Piece Romance Dawn game. Where everyone was glossed out (especially Robin). I think it's most noticeable in that
fight scene
Poor guy's out of a job. That's rough. Hopefully he can find some steady employment somewhere else.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
No such thing.
Zachy knows
Guy's actually got a few articles from '11 floating around, lol. You dig deep enough, looks like he was trolling... or lying about trolling... who knows or cares anymore
Beyond: Two Souls 1-17 END
Not even moe Ellen Page
could save this from the
Fucking hell.
Not even moe Ellen Page
sniffing the ghost farts of dead people/inanimate objects
otherworld vaginas spewing the robot things from the matrix/said matrix creatures sudden inability to go through walls when its convenient to the narrative/ancient indian spirits fighting against a great curse/spirit condoms.
sakuga as fuck
dudes scum
Chet Rippo
Member
You should be fine watching the rest if you enjoyed watching the first episode. Lots of scenery porn if you're looking for that.
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
Hopefully a job that doesn't require good judgment or working with kids.
Ha! I'd been waiting for you to watch this. I agree with most of these impressions and you were able to put it more eloquently than I could. I'm a sucker for the kind of drama (what little of it) that Kaguyahime has and while you do kinda see the ending coming a mile away, it didn't feel manipulative to me and the feels did come in one big wave.
Great movie!
People gotta eat lol. If he was trolling about losing his job, then oh well.
Oh, okay. That's cool then.
Mobile Suit Gundam 13
This is the episode where Amuro reunites for his mom. It's an interesting episode in retrospect because of the effects the One Year War has on Amuro and his family. By rights, Amuro and his father are war heroes. In reality, Amuro spends the next decade of his life as an absolute nobody and a loser, incapable of really adjusting to normal life and only rising from his funk when caught up in more wars. Tem is driven mad and spends the rest of his life as a madman on some Side. As far as we're shown, Amuro never again sees his mother, which is a harsh fate for a mother. While I don't particularly like what happens to Amuro post MSG, I do applaud them on not just giving him a flat out happy ending.
This is the episode where Amuro reunites for his mom. It's an interesting episode in retrospect because of the effects the One Year War has on Amuro and his family. By rights, Amuro and his father are war heroes. In reality, Amuro spends the next decade of his life as an absolute nobody and a loser, incapable of really adjusting to normal life and only rising from his funk when caught up in more wars. Tem is driven mad and spends the rest of his life as a madman on some Side. As far as we're shown, Amuro never again sees his mother, which is a harsh fate for a mother. While I don't particularly like what happens to Amuro post MSG, I do applaud them on not just giving him a flat out happy ending.
R_thanatos
Member
both are god tier , but fuwafuwa is superior !
They
aren't pissed because they are big enough to take advantage of the benefits regardless ( they still are a big organisation after all ) .. also they did got pissed at first untill they realised the new possibilities and teh vigor in the market they could profit afterwards.. not to mention that they have secured a place in the round table thanks to their donations in the end they made various profits ( all of them ) Being an active member in the round table give them an edge over decisions that is not to be underestimated.
First , they are calm because time has passed. Most of them were pretty confused at first. Also they are all aware of the apocalypse , but they don't know what trully happenned but that's another subject. the main problem in the arc we just finished is that people ( the adventurers , the players ) as a result of being in elder tale didn't have motivation and that's a direct result of them being trapped. they aren't screamins that they can't log out , they all know they can't log out and they can't die by themselves ( they respawn in the church ) .Same thing with contact from their familly.
My point is that they all are past the point of being upset or confused , the players were divised between those who choose to act , and those who did nothing.
Also plenty of players are spending time with players they do know a little so it ease the matters a bit ( guild or party members ).The real issue was the beginners and we all know what happenned to them
Don't worry,
but you might need to read a little.
Those were Naotoshi Shida's cuts. He's a talented animator whose animation style often incorporates lots of tone shading, which is where the "gloss" you're talking about comes from.
According to that MAD, he actually did animate part of the OP for the Romance Dawn 3DS game.
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