Joe Molotov
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<72 hours until DAL Encore 3's release. I'd better make the most of this weekend, since it may be my last.
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Fall Anime 2014 lOTl Unlimited Tomino Works
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The RSi sale has finally gotten me to purchase my top series from the past several years that I largely didn't own because streaming removed a lot of the guilt tripping of prior years. Still:
Non Non Biyori - 2013 AotY
Say "I Love You" - 2012 AotY
Kids on the Slope - 2012 runner-up
Humanity Has Declined - 2012 #3
AnoHana - 2011 AotY
Penguin Drum - 2011 runner-up
Not a bad haul for $200, I think. I'd have probably bought Oregairu (My Teen Romantic Comedy Snafu) too, but I really hesitate to buy anything on DVD anymore.
Non Non Biyori - 2013 AotY
Say "I Love You" - 2012 AotY
Kids on the Slope - 2012 runner-up
Humanity Has Declined - 2012 #3
AnoHana - 2011 AotY
Penguin Drum - 2011 runner-up
Not a bad haul for $200, I think. I'd have probably bought Oregairu (My Teen Romantic Comedy Snafu) too, but I really hesitate to buy anything on DVD anymore.
MikeHattsu
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CheapJuice
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OMG! Lesbian Bear Storm PV with...
with..
ANIMATION!
http://youtu.be/PY7LmwROg9A
Lillies! Lillies everywhere!
with..
ANIMATION!
http://youtu.be/PY7LmwROg9A
Lillies! Lillies everywhere!
I could care less if this had been posted already. I'm posting again.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I'm so ready for this. It definitely looks Ikuhara as fuck.
'Fanwank'? Really? I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Show us on the doll where Ikuhara touched you.
Chocotto Sister Advent Calendar Day 06
The title suggested a bath episode, but only a few minutes of it was spent there. The rest of it was Haruma's attraction to the flower shop girl, and tickets to a Tarantino movie were involved. Going by the preview, most of this was romantic foreshadowing for the next episode.
The title suggested a bath episode, but only a few minutes of it was spent there. The rest of it was Haruma's attraction to the flower shop girl, and tickets to a Tarantino movie were involved. Going by the preview, most of this was romantic foreshadowing for the next episode.
CheapJuice
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Rainbow - 02
This definetly keeps on being rather dark. With Jou's orphanage rape and the market for selling children, in this case his little sister.
But it also has light moments as the group of boys show dedication and kindness to each other, like the escape. In this place the only thing they have is each other, and they do right to treasure it.
This definetly keeps on being rather dark. With Jou's orphanage rape and the market for selling children, in this case his little sister.
But it also has light moments as the group of boys show dedication and kindness to each other, like the escape. In this place the only thing they have is each other, and they do right to treasure it.
R_thanatos
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Shin Sekai Yori 9
Things are certainly heating up. A very welcome return to the more suspenseful and horrory bits. The short conversation with parents came a long way towards dispelling my earlier annoyances.
Things are certainly heating up. A very welcome return to the more suspenseful and horrory bits. The short conversation with parents came a long way towards dispelling my earlier annoyances.
In the first episode I thought that Saki's mother didn't look old enough to have multiple children without Saki remembering them and I suppose memory removal is how this particular situation came to be.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Yeh, that really took the show to another low.
Threatening one of the protagonists with rape in the very last episode in order to increase tension and drama...really now.
That's the nice thing, with a proper discussion board there's still s.th. to be had even with bad anime. Was really interesting to read your thoughts on the episodes. While I didn't quite agree with your opinion on a lot stuff I also didn't think you said anything wrong really. So I had to work my brain a bit to figure out why I did enjoy my walkthrough of the show despite not considering your arguments outright wrong. It's mostly just valuing aspects differently. Like how I didn't feel like the Taichi was quite so terrible as a MC, how well the premise is dealt with etc.
edit:
Oh snap, it's FSN UBW night.
I don't know, I think I'll pass. For some reason it's always a tough decision for me to finally drop a show, but just a tad later I often already realize that yeh, I really never cared for it. There's no way in hell UBW is actually going to turn out decent, so I'll just feast on your impressions instead.
R_thanatos
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My view of cosplayers is now changed forever:
Wait! If you care about video quality at all, stop that order somehow! The Penguindrum BDs are notoriously bad looking. For whatever reason they're done in 1080i and, from what I've heard and seen, look awful. If Sentai ever does a complete collection, there's a chance they could redo the disks and encode them properly (like they did with Moretsu Pirates), but as they are right now... you might not be satisfied with them.
Save 'N Quit
Banned
I just want to make a note that playing through the Fate/stay night VN and trying to get all the Tiger Dojo scenes first is both the best (Hilarity) and worst (Why are there so many? Its taking to damn long to finish!) idea I've had in awhile.
I did that while playing the game the first time. It helped that I had a flowchart.
Clov said:
Ugh...how bad? Sentai tends to license my favorite shows, but they also seem to fail on video quality a lot. So does Funi, for that matter. It's part of why I tend to not buy shows that were available streaming unless, like those six, they were absolutely incredible.
Sentai also tends to license the shows I like the best, and thankfully their video quality has improved. It's not on par with say, Aniplex, but it's much better than it was. As for how bad the Penguindrum BDs look, well, take a look for yourself:
Screenshots are somewhat big, so just use view image to take a nice look at them.
MikeHattsu
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Non non biyori. Nice.
victreeb3l
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SAO II Ep. 22
Man this writer really loves giving his characters the shittiest lives, doesnt he?
"Sleeping Knights" now makes sense.
I also just noticed the camera on Asuna's shoulder in the ED.
Man this writer really loves giving his characters the shittiest lives, doesnt he?
"Sleeping Knights" now makes sense.
I also just noticed the camera on Asuna's shoulder in the ED.
nintendoman58
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Hmmm, I've never heard of that Arcana Famiglia show before. A quick look at the plot and I'm finding it quite interesting.
Is it any good?
I'm going to cry. This and Viz's horrible Sailor Moon remasters...what did Ikuhara ever do to them!?
At least Nozomi did right by Utena.
True, but Nozomi is still irking me by not releasing the BDs. I'm going to hold onto the hope that that will change by next year.
I'm also going to keep hoping that Sentai will redo the Penguindum BDs for a complete collection next year. They've done it before, so maybe they'll do it again. Maybe!
Sailor Moon's pretty much a lost cause, though. Viz does not seem willing to improve on the quality of those in any way.
Freezasaurus
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I admit, this episode made me sad. I'm kind of surprised they
played the AIDS card in an anime
SAO II 22
This tragedy was handled better than many arcs in SAO before, but still. Damn. That's harsh, man.
Waremete 10
That's also harsh. Time loops are never easy on people, and there's a very
feel to this. Even worse, Yui can't explain what's really going on because nobody would believe her. All the mundane stuff beforehand was building up to something that's actually pretty intriguing. This is the advantage of a VN having all the story beforehand.
Fate/stay night UBW 09
Not quite as harsh, and also not filled with as many twists as Waremete,
This tragedy was handled better than many arcs in SAO before, but still. Damn. That's harsh, man.
Waremete 10
That's also harsh. Time loops are never easy on people, and there's a very
Homura-esque
Fate/stay night UBW 09
Not quite as harsh, and also not filled with as many twists as Waremete,
but I am ready for the blonde to get his ass handed to him in the quickest, most satisfying way possible. Even if that won't happen until the 2nd half.
Welcome to the Space Show
It kind of got convoluted at the end, but it was still pretty good. Looks gorgeous on Blu-ray. Also,
is BEST character. And Amane puts the moves on Pochi at the end there. That scene was hilarious. Everybody got embarrassed. So the girls
It kind of got convoluted at the end, but it was still pretty good. Looks gorgeous on Blu-ray. Also,
Ink
kicked ass while the boys still almost nothing..
Dedication Through Light
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BonKoi Episode 10
Lol at Kouzuki-kun this episode.
But I hope his hand isnt injured.
Lol at Kouzuki-kun this episode.
But I hope his hand isnt injured.
Turin Turambar
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Fate/stay night UBW 09
Not as bad as the previous episode, but that's because this was a calmer, more boring episode. At least it seems old Archer can come into play, that could be fun.
Not as bad as the previous episode, but that's because this was a calmer, more boring episode. At least it seems old Archer can come into play, that could be fun.
Dedication Through Light
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Sword Art Online Episode 22
It must be hard being a doctor of this type.
It must be hard being a doctor of this type.
Turin Turambar
Member
Nyanpasu!
Luckyyyyyyyy
Kampfer - 13
Its nice to see you back!
Thats a great haul but yeah the Penguindrum pq is a little rough.
Thats the least egregious thing that society gets away with really.
I said I'm anticipating it, I never said it actually happened. But I will spoil it, my mistake.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Fate/stay Kitchen
Man you guys are gonna hate this episode.
Man you guys are gonna hate this episode.
I'm heavily considering killing the Penguindrum BDs and replacing them with the From the New World BDs. Only reason I didn't buy them is because the show's buried in my CR queue around episode 7 and I don't want to buy something without having seen it first, at least not when I can easily see it as part of my CR sub. Might have to marathon it next week to see if it's a worthy trade.
Ohh it is believe me.
but FTNW benefits heavily from watching it the first time.
Not sure if youd watch it again knowing everything that happens. But that doesnt stop me from rewatching either.
Turin Turambar
Member
You even specified when it's going to happen (2nd half), so it was implied you knew it would happen, from the VN or the previous anime or whatever.
It wasn't based on anything specific - more about how these kinds of anime are paced. And "second half" is a really broad span of time.
I will be careful to avoid such phrasings in the future that may read like a spoiler, though.
It's worth it for sure. From the New World is a great anime, and the picture quality on the BDs isn't awful like the Penguindrum BDs. Definitely finish watching it first to see if it's for you, though.
Turin Turambar
Member
As if I would read a VN, ewww.
Not that it's a really important spoiler, in the other hand.
I don't care about spoilers but I understand the sensitivity of others (well because I got flamed hard by somebody once, a mod here now for spoiling something OUCH). People that know f/sn for what it is probably think it's not worth all the fuss (I agree but that's not the point) but others might still want to find out for themselves. It's not like f/sn is some classic work of art, like how some people here were complaining about Les Miserables spoilers two years ago, holy jebus... not knowing that would be kinda sad for that person.
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I hate adaptations, anime originals are the best, people can actually freely discuss what they think could happen, so much more exciting and silly fun (like aldnoah zero thread, sogood. I enjoy that very much more than the bad show itself). Unfortunately it's so hard to have that with adaptations. Dodging Shin Sekai Yori and Attack on Titan spoilers were the worst for me. One was worth it the other nope, can't be helped still.
phoenix296
Member
SAOII 22
Brutal. Poor Yuuki. She is probably the only likable character that's come out of 40+ episodes of SAO (besides Klein of course).
Brutal. Poor Yuuki. She is probably the only likable character that's come out of 40+ episodes of SAO (besides Klein of course).
CheapJuice
Member
Noragami - 01
This was pretty good. Both Yato and Hiyori are likable and charming in their own way. Their reactions overall are very amusing.
The other supernatural elements design appeals to me aswell, so that's another thing I look forward to what they'll make of it further down the road.
Seems to be lots of pantsu, take that as you will. I'm surprised she hasn't gotten cat ears with that tail yet.
This was pretty good. Both Yato and Hiyori are likable and charming in their own way. Their reactions overall are very amusing.
The other supernatural elements design appeals to me aswell, so that's another thing I look forward to what they'll make of it further down the road.
Seems to be lots of pantsu, take that as you will. I'm surprised she hasn't gotten cat ears with that tail yet.
Fate/Zero 11
Let me start by saying this was a great episode, and here's why:
Saber is utter shit as a character. Absolute shit from every angle. Animation wise she's fucking hideous to behold, her motivation doesn't jive with either the pseudohistorical nor popular, legendary Arthur, nothing about the hilarious charade they'd have had to enact to fool medieval-or-pre-medieval Anglos into believing she was a man and letting her ascend the throne holds up to an ounce of scrutiny, she can't hold her own in any fight ever (requiring, without fail, that men bail her out) and frankly she's a bore in conversation.
I mean take a minute and think her through with me. If she's the pseudohistorical Arthur who repels the Saxon invasion, then why is she so obsessed with saving Britain from destruction? She already did. If she's the legendary Arthur and is referring to the end of his reign over Britain, with Lancelot's and Mordred's insurrections, that raises a shitton of other questions. Remember that Britain was saved from that, too. Arthur's realm either passes into the hands of his surviving sons or into the hands of his kinsman Constantine, but the point is that Britain outlasts Arthur, Lancelot and Mordred, so it isn't destroyed.
Where the fuck would Mordred even come from, though? Arthur couldn't sire him or anybody else in this version of the story, so the traitor who does him in simply doesn't exist. All that leaves is Lancelot, except Lancelot's treachery doesn't happen until Arthur is an old man and the flashback makes it look like this British Apocalypse happened when Saber was still exactly the same age she is in the show. What's more is that Lancelot's entire treachery begins to unravel with Arthur as a woman. How in the world did they ever manage to carry the farce far enough to get Arthur a wife? In what world do dark age thinkers let women get married?
But let's hit that flashback again because that shit pissed me off to no end. In it, we clearly see Saber in the exact fucking dress she wears in the show. Remember that Saber allegedly posed as a man her whole life and basically nobody knew she was a girl. How? She wore a fucking skirt to war. That doesn't make any sense. If I was a woman pretending to be a man I can't think of a better way to fuck that up than to forego the gender hiding platemail of my day and wear a fucking ball gown to battle. Also, her hair is long in this scene. Now, it isn't that uncommon for men to have long hair back in those days, sure, but you're telling me that nobody at any point saw Arthur's pretty face and flowing hair and said "Hey but doesn't the King look rather like a lass?"
Absolutely nothing about her backstory holds up. It works for Joan of Arc, sure, because Joan of Arc actually did see France destroyed and would want to stop the shit that happened to it. Joan didn't wear skirts into battle because only fucking idiots do that, but the character's fundamental motivation makes so much more sense that way. It's sad when a stark raving lunatic knows the character better than the writers do.
The rest I've gone into detail before, how Saber constantly needs saving even though she's supposed to be the mightiest of all these warriors (despite her having displayed exactly 0 powers compared to literally every other character), how she never ever lightens up, and how everything related to her, Irisviel and Kiritsugu is just a boring fucking drag written to appease the Newtype Magazine voters.
But let's bring this back to the point I want to make. The reason this episode is good because for the first fucking time somebody actually points out how much Saber fucking sucks. Rider just tears her to pieces and he's spot on on each and every point about this sanctimonious little shit playing dress up and pretending she's Xena Warrior Princess. To emphasize his point, he shows her that any King worth his salt has friends and doesn't whine like a bitch about being alone, pulls out his red materia, summons Knights of the Round, and beats the shit out of the Ass Creed Player's Convention just to prove his point. All this in the middle of a fucking drinking contest him and Gilgamesh are having while she sits there and mopes.
Because a fucking Anglo king somehow isn't going to be a heavy drinker.
The point I'm making is that Rider opens his mouth, flat out says what we're all thinking "You're not a king, you're a little girl." and then proves it again and again in a glorious display of what a fucking war-king is like. And it is magical. So magical, in fact, I will be downright livid when this show pulls the inevitable and unfair move of killing Rider so that Saber can find her balls and do some shit and win, since her awful, terribly drawn face is the face of this franchise.
Because the writer once jerked off to a copy of The Mists of Avalon and has been desperately trying to justify it ever since.
Let me start by saying this was a great episode, and here's why:
Saber is utter shit as a character. Absolute shit from every angle. Animation wise she's fucking hideous to behold, her motivation doesn't jive with either the pseudohistorical nor popular, legendary Arthur, nothing about the hilarious charade they'd have had to enact to fool medieval-or-pre-medieval Anglos into believing she was a man and letting her ascend the throne holds up to an ounce of scrutiny, she can't hold her own in any fight ever (requiring, without fail, that men bail her out) and frankly she's a bore in conversation.
I mean take a minute and think her through with me. If she's the pseudohistorical Arthur who repels the Saxon invasion, then why is she so obsessed with saving Britain from destruction? She already did. If she's the legendary Arthur and is referring to the end of his reign over Britain, with Lancelot's and Mordred's insurrections, that raises a shitton of other questions. Remember that Britain was saved from that, too. Arthur's realm either passes into the hands of his surviving sons or into the hands of his kinsman Constantine, but the point is that Britain outlasts Arthur, Lancelot and Mordred, so it isn't destroyed.
Where the fuck would Mordred even come from, though? Arthur couldn't sire him or anybody else in this version of the story, so the traitor who does him in simply doesn't exist. All that leaves is Lancelot, except Lancelot's treachery doesn't happen until Arthur is an old man and the flashback makes it look like this British Apocalypse happened when Saber was still exactly the same age she is in the show. What's more is that Lancelot's entire treachery begins to unravel with Arthur as a woman. How in the world did they ever manage to carry the farce far enough to get Arthur a wife? In what world do dark age thinkers let women get married?
But let's hit that flashback again because that shit pissed me off to no end. In it, we clearly see Saber in the exact fucking dress she wears in the show. Remember that Saber allegedly posed as a man her whole life and basically nobody knew she was a girl. How? She wore a fucking skirt to war. That doesn't make any sense. If I was a woman pretending to be a man I can't think of a better way to fuck that up than to forego the gender hiding platemail of my day and wear a fucking ball gown to battle. Also, her hair is long in this scene. Now, it isn't that uncommon for men to have long hair back in those days, sure, but you're telling me that nobody at any point saw Arthur's pretty face and flowing hair and said "Hey but doesn't the King look rather like a lass?"
Absolutely nothing about her backstory holds up. It works for Joan of Arc, sure, because Joan of Arc actually did see France destroyed and would want to stop the shit that happened to it. Joan didn't wear skirts into battle because only fucking idiots do that, but the character's fundamental motivation makes so much more sense that way. It's sad when a stark raving lunatic knows the character better than the writers do.
The rest I've gone into detail before, how Saber constantly needs saving even though she's supposed to be the mightiest of all these warriors (despite her having displayed exactly 0 powers compared to literally every other character), how she never ever lightens up, and how everything related to her, Irisviel and Kiritsugu is just a boring fucking drag written to appease the Newtype Magazine voters.
But let's bring this back to the point I want to make. The reason this episode is good because for the first fucking time somebody actually points out how much Saber fucking sucks. Rider just tears her to pieces and he's spot on on each and every point about this sanctimonious little shit playing dress up and pretending she's Xena Warrior Princess. To emphasize his point, he shows her that any King worth his salt has friends and doesn't whine like a bitch about being alone, pulls out his red materia, summons Knights of the Round, and beats the shit out of the Ass Creed Player's Convention just to prove his point. All this in the middle of a fucking drinking contest him and Gilgamesh are having while she sits there and mopes.
Because a fucking Anglo king somehow isn't going to be a heavy drinker.
The point I'm making is that Rider opens his mouth, flat out says what we're all thinking "You're not a king, you're a little girl." and then proves it again and again in a glorious display of what a fucking war-king is like. And it is magical. So magical, in fact, I will be downright livid when this show pulls the inevitable and unfair move of killing Rider so that Saber can find her balls and do some shit and win, since her awful, terribly drawn face is the face of this franchise.
Because the writer once jerked off to a copy of The Mists of Avalon and has been desperately trying to justify it ever since.
Admiral Woofington
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I am going to assume from reading your post that you are part of the Rider fan club Corvo, and I welcome you with open arms as it's the best fan club for Fate Zero.
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