Season 1 was ass because it refused to execute in any way that could have been used to improve on Kirino's character (being forced to accept that her work would be futzed with in the context of her light novel, having to let go of her family life to improve on her abilities as an athlete, etc) because that would dissuade viewers from her being the prefect target for their 2D lust.
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Fall 2013 Anime |OT2| The Rise and Fall of Kyoto
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BassForever
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SAO has gotten worse each time I've seen it, it's a hot mess that deserves all the scorn it gets and then some
An amusing comment fanservice seems to be all people talk about here.
But yeah, I wouldn't think they'd radically change the tone for an OVA.
KirbYuuYuu
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Samurai Flamenco 11
Yea, not really the way I roll, if I hate something I will unleash the hatred regardless if somebody else enjoyed it. I mean I pretty sure that logic applies to most things.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 01-07
Finally something started happening. Getting hang of every organization mentioned in the dialogue is a pain.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 1-27
GL is beautifully animated (the goddamn episode 15) and so full of energy I was buzzed hours after watching an episode.
Attenborough rocks:
Also thanks to the the cosmicblizzard for introducing me to the series in the KlK OP. 
Finally something started happening. Getting hang of every organization mentioned in the dialogue is a pain.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 1-27
Fuck I thought it would be a happy ending but then they pulled that.
Still gathering my thoughts but the last battle was a terrific way to end it,show went out with a bang. Was a bit afraid the quality dipped after the timeskip but the last set of episodes was pure awesomeness.
I didn't like a few things. There was too much fanservice and the battles relied too much on the power of "believe". Show could also spend more time highlighting the various background characters (Kittan and the others), the impact of those few last episodes would be much greater. None of this has ever stopped me from enjoying those amazing series though.
Still gathering my thoughts but the last battle was a terrific way to end it,show went out with a bang. Was a bit afraid the quality dipped after the timeskip but the last set of episodes was pure awesomeness.
I didn't like a few things. There was too much fanservice and the battles relied too much on the power of "believe". Show could also spend more time highlighting the various background characters (Kittan and the others), the impact of those few last episodes would be much greater. None of this has ever stopped me from enjoying those amazing series though.
Attenborough rocks:
Fuck Rossiu.
Probably not, Fairy Dance is basically the overall story's drop stat so yeah, whatever.
What is Mahouka?
Salty coins and milk
Dedication Through Light
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The best jpn written novel work. Favorite LN and best school life magical story running.
People keep telling me I'm so close minded for this stuff, but yeah, that's basically why I've avoided it so far.
Indeed and I am pretty confident that unlike SAO, Orimeo will never air on Toonami.
Been so long since I actually watched Toonami, haha.
See I don't think its the premise thats the problem just the implementation. But then to me the premise of the show start with 'secret otaku girl and a brother who helps her enjoy her hobby'. Which is why a lot of S1 worked for me. The whole getting her to join an otaku club to make like minded friends, his defense of her and her hobby with their parents, etc.
Moral Panic
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I seriously don't see how people couldn't see the sexual tension they were egging on from the beginning.
KirbYuuYuu
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The initial season isn't quite bad. Not a masterpiece, but decent. The second season is when it goes down hill.
It did give me this which might as well be relevant to another show
Another way to depict DokiDoki 44
DeadRockstar
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The premise being that a guy helps his sister keep her life on track while enjoying a hobby she finds embarrassing? I don't remember there being much creepy about S1.
dakkumauji
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Kinda interesting they are planning to do that.
Terareflection
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Crunchyroll is being really shit this season.
hnnnngh yuri
Aniplex fuck you and your DVD only releases.
Oh my god yes. Its like pure joy wrapped in happiness and topped with squee and a side of hnng.
Good stuff. They already released OniAi? It isnt supposed to release till Dec 31. thats WAY ahead.
Samurai Flamenco 11
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NO
As I said parts. And I had hoped that was just for the audience and not really part the actual story, just as titillating camera angles are there in other shows. Obviously given where it went I was in denial. Doesn't mean it didn't have bits in there I liked. Maybe I need to do a phantom edit.
DeadRockstar
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I don't think there's a need to justify not being steadfast in the belief that a popular show would barrel head first into teenage incest territory. Especially if we consider the familiarity and tolerance for fan service somebody who regularly watches anime is likely to have.
It's easy to shout "naive!" in retrospect. Oreimo and Monogatari, amongst other things, have caused me to stay alert for incest potential in the future though.
That is not related to what I was saying at all.
Shin Mazinger Z 22
This was mostly just another clip episode dedicated to the fact that Baron Asura is the most miserable creature I have ever seen in any mecha anime. Poor thing cannot even die.
Yes. It's a nice, little supplement to my HxH Tuesdays.
Chet Rippo
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It's Christmas time, all over the world.
DeadRockstar
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Huh? You agreed with the idea of avoiding Oreimo because the premise creeped you out, and I laid out the premise as I understand it with the implication being that there's not much creepy about it. How is that putting words in your mouth?
Ho, ho, ho.
Because you know damn well that that isn't the premise I was referring to and are deliberately misrepresenting what I said for the sake of your point. How is that not putting words in my mouth?
A Black Falcon
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Incestbait LN series about a massively overpowered protagonist (who of course doesn't think he's all that great and is in the "lower class" of magic users at school for dumb plot reasons about how his powers work. He also has a harem of course, though none of them get anywhere compared to his sister, not that he responds to any of them of course.)... it seems at least partially decent at first, but it's so, so dumb when you think about it at all.
A lot of people were blinding themselves to the obvious reality of what the show was about. It took a while for them to finally realize that they were wrong, but unfortunately the show eventually proved it.
Ho, ho, ho.
See, it wasn't that bad. You're already making jokes of it.
DeadRockstar
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Golden TIme EP 12
I would think it would've been more difficult for Koko to find Banri in that club. Koko is cray, Linda is superior,
I wonder if there will be more eps because we still need the obligatory beach episode
I would think it would've been more difficult for Koko to find Banri in that club. Koko is cray, Linda is superior,
Banri chose wrong.
and Koko said they were going to sex on the beach.
Dedication Through Light
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I still am, poor manager san each episode, and her 17 billion yen was it?
Mocking the source of agony is a popular coping technique.
If Aniplex is streaming it, Aniplex is releasing it. Which doesn't guarantee a dub but guarantees a high price (blu-ray, at least).
Theonik
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Festive boobs.
KillerMan91
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It's going to be two cour anime so 12 episodes left.
DeadRockstar
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The question mark was the tip off that the statement I made required confirmation and wasn't me speaking for you. You're misreading my intentions. Believe me, I'm not about to intentionally twist words to defend Oreimo.
PdotMichael
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KirbYuuYuu
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rip. auto-renewal to double my subscription fee from last year was a little gross.
Psycho Pass is up for preorder at Right Stuf for $95.99
http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-...k/t=item,c=right-stuf,v=right-stuf,i=fun09430
Also is the Anohana movie getting a US release?
http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-...k/t=item,c=right-stuf,v=right-stuf,i=fun09430
Also is the Anohana movie getting a US release?
A Black Falcon
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Eh, Laura's alright apart from the stupid eyepatch, and I'm starting to feel kind of bad for China with how badly she's been ignored this season... but Russia Jr. is boring and Britain is the worst, yeah.
As for Char, she's always best of course, though her role this season has been mixed in quality at best. I guess I kind of feel bad for her, but it's kind of hard when the show reminds you of how of course she loves mr. idiot the MC... it's more "feel bad for the fact that she has to be in a harem show" I guess, which is a quite valid form of feeling bad for the characters I admit.
Russia... I imagine that Russia will end up in the harem in the end (ep 12 should be soon, yes?), but she's not quite in it yet... I'm holding out hope, even if it isn't much of it. She's much better as a troll than she would be as a haremite...
Laura's complete reversal of personality as soon as he stopped her (back in S1) was pretty hilarious really... it was so, so dumb that it was amusing. Both Laura and Char have been going downhill in S2 though, but everyone has, so that's nothing unique. S2 is all about more homogenization, more girls hitting Ichika, less fighting, and less of what made most of the characters interesting in the first place.
I think they toned that down slightly in ep. 11, which is probably part of why I think it's one of the best episodes of the season, but it's still present of course.
Yeah, this episode was good, and one reason why is that they weren't beating him up for once. They did chase him, but he fully deserved it, and there were none of the usual S2 "then they hit him" scenes. Improvement, but it comes too late to save the season.
Also, yes, this season's incredibly slow paced plot -- one minute or less of plot per episode -- is a definite issue too. Less plot than S1, seriously? And less fighting too, a lot of the time, making room for more mediocre harem antics? No wonder this season is worse than the first one, even apart from everything else. I mean, IS fights aren't that great either, but the harem antics are often even worse...
Hey, remember the beginning of S1? They're not just death machines... and it's a high school, all Japanese high schools have to have beach and Kyoto trips, right?
The books are quite different from the show, though they're still just LNs, so I wouldn't call them "good" for sure.
Rahxephon had incestbait? I'd forgotten that, but I don't think it was a major theme at all... but yeah, RahXephon is pretty good overall (even though you hated it).
But anyway, while anime may partially desensitize to some things, that doesn't mean everyone is going to be equally desensitized of course! No matter how much I see some things in anime (incestbait, the more overt forms of sexism, etc.), I still dislike them greatly.
I thought Speed Grapher was pretty good overall. It was overly fanservicey at times, but otherwise was interesting.
There's a season zero of Yugioh? If I knew this before I'd completely forgotten... very interesting! Makes me want to try watching it sometime.
I never thought Haruhi (the series) was quite as good as its popularity suggested, but you make a good argument here... but I still haven't watched anything past S1 of the anime, so yeah.Well, to that I say:
ColossalLazy
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Samurai Flamenco 11
HAHAHAHAHA this is amazing.
HAHAHAHAHA this is amazing.
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