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Fall Anime 2014 lOTl Unlimited Tomino Works
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Your Lie in April 08
Well, Kousei is still kind of a sad sack, but he's at the very least inspired these two. That's more than most have accomplished at his age. Takeshi is a bit more straightforward than Emi in motivation, but they're both more likable than I'm used to seeing out of rival characters. Time for Kousei to bomb out next week, I expect. Music and the general direction of the concert scenes continues to shine.
Amagi Brilliant Park 09
Oh wow. Two straight good episodes out of this show. I think this is the first time that's happened so far. Elementario continues to be the best of the side characters, even if Tiramie is fun to hate. And the end of the episode hints at a deep, dark secret they're keeping from Kanie, which will probably be the plot hook for the final four episodes (and wind up pushing them over the top in attendance count).
Well, Kousei is still kind of a sad sack, but he's at the very least inspired these two. That's more than most have accomplished at his age. Takeshi is a bit more straightforward than Emi in motivation, but they're both more likable than I'm used to seeing out of rival characters. Time for Kousei to bomb out next week, I expect. Music and the general direction of the concert scenes continues to shine.
Amagi Brilliant Park 09
Oh wow. Two straight good episodes out of this show. I think this is the first time that's happened so far. Elementario continues to be the best of the side characters, even if Tiramie is fun to hate. And the end of the episode hints at a deep, dark secret they're keeping from Kanie, which will probably be the plot hook for the final four episodes (and wind up pushing them over the top in attendance count).
Dedication Through Light
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I believe it is not as great as this post is stating. Machimiya has been a step down and feels like a toned down clone of the god Midousuji. His cronies have like no feelings or personality. At least Midousuji had a cool captain that was pretty passionate and a Braces-kun who was pretty good character design too.
I think it was great from start through to the end of the 2nd day and start of the third but it went down when the snake nonsense came, also a few slow episodes in s1 made the day feel way too long. Also the lack of giving Imaizumi any sort of significant achievements like the speedster of naniwa or Onoda is a huge criticism too.
Err.. dude, Imaizumi is clearly playing bigger role than the Osaka dude (the only character that I felt pretty underused tbh)
The new antagonist is rather lame indeed but he just showed up in like last 2 eps which opposed to my post that more meant as general impression for the series, and I think Midosouji da gawd gonna take back the main antagonist role again,
MikeHattsu
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Humanity Has Declined 09
Let them eat cake
It's the rise and fall of a nation. Should have built a boat instead
Let them eat cake
It's the rise and fall of a nation. Should have built a boat instead
Already posted? First promotional video for the Otaku no Video Blu-ray Disc release coming next month:
『おたくのビデオ スペシャル・エディション Blu-ray』12月26日発売！ - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86AHTBxw0rY
『おたくのビデオ スペシャル・エディション Blu-ray』12月26日発売！ - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86AHTBxw0rY
Kokoro Library 11-13 + Final Thoughts
I wasn't sure I'd loaded the right episode with #11, but it was just what Kokoro had been looking for. Her family's backstory and the library's backstory. Even a backstory for the Comparoid she met earlier. The "everyone we've met over the course of the show comes together to help the main characters" kind of ending was satisfactory, if expected, and a decent payoff for everything. Episode 13 was cute, and I liked seeing Kokoro and Akaha's first meeting. The show's budget wasn't the greatest at points, like the shot where Kokoro's feet are the only thing in frame. What it does have going for it is a lot of cuteness and a lot of heart (pun intended?). Some growing pains from being the early stages of a genre that would later become an anime staple, but it works.
And to my surprise, the show's director would later go on to work on the last show of my book-themed anime tour, which also stars Chiwa Saito. There's going to be something else before I get to that series, though. Something a little more recent, a little bigger in scope. A little more metaphorical.
I wasn't sure I'd loaded the right episode with #11, but it was just what Kokoro had been looking for. Her family's backstory and the library's backstory. Even a backstory for the Comparoid she met earlier. The "everyone we've met over the course of the show comes together to help the main characters" kind of ending was satisfactory, if expected, and a decent payoff for everything. Episode 13 was cute, and I liked seeing Kokoro and Akaha's first meeting. The show's budget wasn't the greatest at points, like the shot where Kokoro's feet are the only thing in frame. What it does have going for it is a lot of cuteness and a lot of heart (pun intended?). Some growing pains from being the early stages of a genre that would later become an anime staple, but it works.
And to my surprise, the show's director would later go on to work on the last show of my book-themed anime tour, which also stars Chiwa Saito. There's going to be something else before I get to that series, though. Something a little more recent, a little bigger in scope. A little more metaphorical.
MikeHattsu
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Humanity Has Declined 10
Humanity really has declined then.
It's the first mission, fairies gets named and nobody wants to be god.
Humanity really has declined then.
It's the first mission, fairies gets named and nobody wants to be god.
I'm really excited for this. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
Not sure how to multi-quote when mobile, but I'm also excited for that Otaku no Video BD. Hopefully that's Animeigo's next project after Bubblegum Crisis has shipped.
selector spread WIXOSS 09
Akira... that she's not calling herself by a nickname anymore means Ulith is in for a turnabout she never could've seen coming. There's a part of the human mind that's attracted to darkness, and WIXOSS has been doing a good job holding my attention ever since it debuted earlier in the year. Thanks to Black Rock Shooter (which AnimeGAF convinced me to watch) and M3, I have some idea where the story is going to end up, but seeing how it all plays out is part of the fun.
I hope Chiyori's loss doesn't affect her too badly. Eldora said it wouldn't, but you can never be sure with how much the game is rigged.
Sounds good, but I really want to pass a law banning Japan from ever using English punctuation marks in titles again.
R_thanatos
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Humanity Has Declined 09
Let them eat cake
It's the rise and fall of a nation. Should have built a boat instead
what wouldn't you do for a fairy *?
MikeHattsu
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Maybe it's a movie about xml tags. ;p
Garo -Seal of Flames- 09
So now both "rival" characters have Makai Knight powers. Can't have a W without an Accel, a Wizard without a Beast. I also noticed from the design of this Horror that it would be something prohibitively expensive, even with CG, to film in live action, especially the feet made of upside-down corpses and the trippy inverse color attack it did. That's how you take advantage of the animated medium.
Also, it was recently announced that, besides a ton of other stuff for Garo up to and including a musical, the anime will be getting a second (likely two-cour) season in the future, as well as a movie. So this story is just getting started.
Alfonso has become Gaia, the mantle is passed down.
Also, it was recently announced that, besides a ton of other stuff for Garo up to and including a musical, the anime will be getting a second (likely two-cour) season in the future, as well as a movie. So this story is just getting started.
That kind of tagging is used a lot in the book itself.
I bought a Japanese copy around when Project ITOH was first announced, but I still haven't gotten around to reading much of it.
Sounds unreadable. Well, at least there will be the movie.
Razgriz-Specter
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I love and hate this show so much.
Episodes are great but its probably the single worst show in terms of satisfaction ever.
Every episode feels like 5 minutes then has you sitting on the edge of your seat for an entire week.
It's not especially. (And the tags are well-formed in the text itself.)
Kind of a bizarre pick for a film adaptation, though.
You should know it's almost 50 episodes at this point so it won't be a small undertaking.
Machimiya isn't that similar to Midousuji. Midousuji looks creepy but all he cares about is doing anything to win. Machimiya is an actual creep. And his team hasn't even gotten their introduction episode yet. Also that "snake nonsense" was amazing.
I put it to you that an Earth King who can act as a unifying symbol but is unable and/or unwilling to interfere with the self-governance of the provinces is exactly what the Kingdom really needs right now. Some middle ground between Kuvira and complete Balkanization.
CheapJuice
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Amagi - 09
Oh a fortress, maybe it'll be an adventure like the last o- karaoke
I like that the elemental girls got screentime but I wasn't enjoying this as much as I should have. It had some funny bits, especially in the beginning but after the halfway point it went predictable and slow.
Oh a fortress, maybe it'll be an adventure like the last o- karaoke
I like that the elemental girls got screentime but I wasn't enjoying this as much as I should have. It had some funny bits, especially in the beginning but after the halfway point it went predictable and slow.
They don't seem to have that option. Prince Wu is SO not that man.
killer rin
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Mako's grandma seems happy enough with him! :lol
Dedication Through Light
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Introducing visual genjutsu stuff like that ruins the pure unadulturated sports experience which makes it offensive and painful to watch. How could I take it seriously when it is imagined as a snake that is viscous and folks screaming all crazily when its just biking? It made no sense. Additionally if Machimiya team is already caught up to, it already suggests they werent as good as Kyoto Fushimi who remained a force to be reckoned with for many more episodes.
Amagi - 09
Oh a fortress, maybe it'll be an adventure like the last o- karaoke
I like that the elemental girls got screentime but I wasn't enjoying this as much as I should have. It had some funny bits, especially in the beginning but after the halfway point it went predictable and slow.
Sounds like you need to watch it again.
It's a sad day when Araki directs a better episode than you within your own series.
Dedication Through Light
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Laughing in the Clouds 9
Sora-nii and Takeda was a funny part of this episode, glad he was able to cheer him up in that brief moment.
Ugh if Sora-nii is really the Orochi!!!
Sora-nii and Takeda was a funny part of this episode, glad he was able to cheer him up in that brief moment.
G-Self's DBZ-style "fly faster than the thing you sent flying and intercept it mid-air to hit it back in the direction it came from" and gundam roundhouse kick made me say "holy shit" IRL. Didn't think they'd top the Wuxia suplex.
CheapJuice
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Terra Formars - 10
You had one job Adolf!
This was a pretty bloody episode, that rock scene was brutal. If the 'country secrets' was legit then I'm not sure if this episode was needed, it just reinforced what was already established in the last episode, by Adolf being more badass and suffering.
The transition was nicely done, and by the looks of it, there's more "cockroach thief's" showing up.
You had one job Adolf!
This was a pretty bloody episode, that rock scene was brutal. If the 'country secrets' was legit then I'm not sure if this episode was needed, it just reinforced what was already established in the last episode, by Adolf being more badass and suffering.
The transition was nicely done, and by the looks of it, there's more "cockroach thief's" showing up.
MikeHattsu
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Humanity Has Declined 11
The ED-209 of cleaning robots.
It's a school episode then. She gets bullied and doesn't take the chance to make friends. And there's a room full of bones? Weird.
The ED-209 of cleaning robots.
It's a school episode then. She gets bullied and doesn't take the chance to make friends. And there's a room full of bones? Weird.
Dedication Through Light
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Naruto SD Episode 1 (engdub)
Ways to ruin your main series...change the lead characters voice actor
I dont understand why viz did this. Especially since Naruto maintains his regular va in the shippuden anime here. I just cant get into him here.
Ways to ruin your main series...change the lead characters voice actor
I dont understand why viz did this. Especially since Naruto maintains his regular va in the shippuden anime here
. I just cant get into him here.Best are
One piece movie 9
One piece episode of nami
One piece dead end adventure
One piece filmz
One piece strong world
One piece 3d2y
Other worth checking out ones are
One piece movie 2
One piece movie 6
One piece movie 7(ymv lighthearted treasure hunt non-seriouse story)
6 and the nami special
nintendoman58
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Full Metal Panic! - 11
Okay, so I'm watching the dub, and I come across what is perhaps the biggest missed opportunity for a Wilhelm Scream. The boat shakes and a random guy falls off a railing right before the scene transitions quickly. How can you even not think about putting one in?
That aside, it's really interesting to see just how much Chidori doesn't act like a damsel in distress in this show. In fact, she ends up being more worried of what Sousuke has to go through when he has to save her or if he'll even make it out alive.
I cannot name any other light novel female protagonists off the top of my head that are like this, so good job FMP!
Also,
Okay, so I'm watching the dub, and I come across what is perhaps the biggest missed opportunity for a Wilhelm Scream. The boat shakes and a random guy falls off a railing right before the scene transitions quickly. How can you even not think about putting one in?
That aside, it's really interesting to see just how much Chidori doesn't act like a damsel in distress in this show. In fact, she ends up being more worried of what Sousuke has to go through when he has to save her or if he'll even make it out alive.
I cannot name any other light novel female protagonists off the top of my head that are like this, so good job FMP!
Also,
so help me if Andrei is dead. I doubt it, but still.
CheapJuice
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Garo - 09
Yeah this is more like it! Very colorful, LSD rush Knight. The monster in this was something else, at first I thought Orcs were going to invade from Draenor.
Some sad moments but we'll most likely get some bro teamwork now. That's what
Yeah this is more like it! Very colorful, LSD rush Knight. The monster in this was something else, at first I thought Orcs were going to invade from Draenor.
Some sad moments but we'll most likely get some bro teamwork now. That's what
Sensei would have wanted ;_;
6 and Film Z
You're taking your times with this.
Imho it's a pretty smooth sailing from here on iirc. Good episodes and little padding compared to before.Monster 31-33
Just fucking
shoot him
Hus, thirty years war and now
Johan
nintendoman58
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Oh yes, both Corvo and you are watching Fate/Zero? Oh this is too good.
You sir are in for a treat.
thequickandthedead
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Do you already know the story of FS/N or are you watching it alongside F/Z?
MikeHattsu
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Humanity Has Declined 12
Haha. Holy crap.
Hm... Well... It's definitively strange. But I'm not sure it's the kind of strange I like. Guess it's just one of these shows I don't get, just like Flowers of Evil.
The look of the show is interesting and the OP and ED is nice though. The ED reminds me of the Azumanga Daioh ED and looking it up, it's not weird that I do.
I give it 2.5/5 fairies:
Sorry Cajun
Haha. Holy crap.
Hm... Well... It's definitively strange. But I'm not sure it's the kind of strange I like. Guess it's just one of these shows I don't get, just like Flowers of Evil.
The look of the show is interesting and the OP and ED is nice though. The ED reminds me of the Azumanga Daioh ED and looking it up, it's not weird that I do.
I give it 2.5/5 fairies:
Sorry Cajun
The Nami special is the only bit of One Piece I've seen. Enjoyed it.
Admiral Woofington
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Good on you for watching superior fate.
some of his reactions were on par with mine. episode 1 had some really shit scenes in it.
I don't know anything about the fate franchise (type moon???) aside from f/z 1-3 and UBW 1-7.
Yeah I already like it more than UBW, but someone told me UBW gets really good in the latter half.
thequickandthedead
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So you're watching UBW as well? Is it true that F/Z's first episode ruins UBW's plot twists?
Curious to know as watching UBW has really made me want to watch F/Z as well.
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