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Fall Anime 2014 |OT2| Idly waiting for the Dog Days of Sabre
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Sakura
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Wait. What do you mean season 1? Is it not going straight into winter? Fuck this show then. I hope Rin falls on her dinky little dagger and dies.
SliceSabre
Banned
What about Gotham?
Train of Midnight
Banned
Damn I wanna read all these spoilers. Must stay strong, Train.
It's a split cour just like F/Z was. Finishes in summer.
Sakura
Member
Dropped. Just like F/Z. I don't play that game.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
Didn't know it would be split-cour either. That said, I have it dropped already.
Oh man, new OT already? Damn you guys, I gotta catch up to 12 pages of discussion...
I loved reading this post. Brings me back to good old days of watching Geass instead of studying for my finals.
Geass was secretly the best comedy anime of its year.
I loved reading this post. Brings me back to good old days of watching Geass instead of studying for my finals.
Geass was secretly the best comedy anime of its year.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Chaika Avenging Battle 9-10
....talked about rushed development.
Well, at least it was over.
....talked about rushed development.
Well, at least it was over.
This is an incredibly petty reason to drop a show.
Sakura
Member
Hmph.
I've dropped shows for less.
Avatar: The Legend of Korra Book 4: Episode 11:
Well then, this one took some time to come out, I needed sleep before I could watch it. At any rate, so yea, lot of stuff happened this week, starting with actual character motivation! Indeed the obvious motivation was obvious and really should have come like 4 episodes ago. This show really does love to undermine itself at any and all given turns. They kept saying how dangerous and forbidden this spirit vine technology is and indeed it is rather deadly. I would contend that it was a lot less deadly and destructive then a full scale invasion of the city. Shit, a few laser shots, a few smoldering ships, and Republic City could not roll over to surrender fast enough. This is what superior firepower gets you, it is why it was perused and it is why it was justified, the right result happened. Speaking of rolling over, I know this series wants me to think that Battar Jr getting the laser blast was some grand act of betrayal but I have actually been paying attention to Kuvira's character and this is exactly what she would do. Battar Jr. turned unto some mushy doofus who couldn't stick it out and apparently lacked the cunning to escape. Kuvira has established time and again that such weakness is tantamount to betrayal and is to be cast out immediately. Let me see, Verrick and Zhu Li reunite in a heaping pile of bullshit that just should have been rewritten from the get go. Oh yes, a whole bunch of characters who you might have cared about at some point show up for a cameo and probably will vanish into the ether again. In short, ALL HAIL THE GREAT UNITER!
Don't ruin it for yourself. Seriously, don't.
lol Good luck with Durarara's new outing.
Yes and yes to both.
Shin Sekai Yori 22
A chance to finally catch breath with the story moving in the new direction.
The constant shots of Kiroumaru smirking do not promise a very bright future.
Sakura
Member
Way ahead on that game. Dropped the original Durarara 100 years ago. Not going to start watching a new one now.
Woah woah woah. New SRW info? Is there a thread?
Turin Turambar
Member
Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken 1-11
It comes for a 4-Koma and it shows, the super short style of the scenes clash a bit with the anime format (even when the eps are as short as this case). Humor wise I had some problems with it, as I didn't get some references and I think few jokes were surely Japanese puns.
Still, it has a pair of nice moments in the later episodes and it had a good feels last episode. Episode that btw, cheats a bit in the sense that it's totally different to the rest of the series! Different format (it's all continuous, instead of being 4koma-ish), different tone, direction, and art.
It comes for a 4-Koma and it shows, the super short style of the scenes clash a bit with the anime format (even when the eps are as short as this case). Humor wise I had some problems with it, as I didn't get some references and I think few jokes were surely Japanese puns.
Still, it has a pair of nice moments in the later episodes and it had a good feels last episode. Episode that btw, cheats a bit in the sense that it's totally different to the rest of the series! Different format (it's all continuous, instead of being 4koma-ish), different tone, direction, and art.
at least they're shows worth dropping anyway
3D shows? Oh man, what thread did I just enter?!
DC, brah. Duckroll is only excited for Marvel properties it seems.
Don't pretend like you weren't gonna watch it anyway.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
Chaika: Avenging Battle 10
It feels like the season got cut short here and they had to wrap things up quickly. It's strange when the one guy they hyped up for two seasons
From other comments I've seen it looks like they skipped a bunch of material to end things here. It's too bad they didn't have enough episodes to cover the missed material and end things at a better pace.
Symphogear 3rd season [2015]
It feels like the season got cut short here and they had to wrap things up quickly. It's strange when the one guy they hyped up for two seasons
gets dispatched in a single episode.
Symphogear 3rd season [2015]
Friendly remind to pick up Humanity Has Declined while it's still discounted.
Sakura
Member
Milky Holmes for me.
Read or Die the TV 18-20
It's the paper airplane from the OVA! Yomiko's still got it, and makes a surprisingly fun pair with Anita as a pair of Paper Master buddy cops.
It's the paper airplane from the OVA! Yomiko's still got it, and makes a surprisingly fun pair with Anita as a pair of Paper Master buddy cops.
For as long as it lasted, anyway. I always did think it odd that Anita had the most Anglosphere-esque last name of the three sisters, but there's so much of her backstory that she just cast aside to the flames, and her relationship with Yomiko isn't in good standing either. After all she went through, it's understandable, but this show has just been a never-ending series of "it keeps getting worse" since the Hong Kong incident. There's still hope, sure, but the tension is ratcheting up.
Good list.
Armored Trooper VOTOMS backlog season with Dresden.
Haibane Renmei for sure.
Yup, Haibane Renmei.
ShinRPGamer
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I can tell you the original Hellsing is crap. So yeah, Haibane Renmei even if I haven't seen it.
Joe Molotov
Member
MCU for AOTY 2015.
selector spread WIXOSS 11
That pallor was a visual cue the whole time, but now it's been spelled out. Kazuki getting in on the action was an interesting turn, as was the followup to Hanayo's story. I'm sorta looking forward to the finale. WIXOSS has been a wild ride, and while full of despair, I've never felt that it didn't have something to say. Also a far better example of how to do a late night card game anime than Z/X. Go for it, Ruko! You can do it!
Mayu's been dead the whole time.
Yurumates 3D+ 1-13 end
Irresponsibility moe the show. Fluff, but cute and nice at times.
Poor Ronja that almost felt like too intense of a situation, but I think it might be the best episode yet. It was beautiful.
There's quite a few interesting things coming up but the only one I feel an obligation to watch is Yuri Kuma Arashi.
Irresponsibility moe the show. Fluff, but cute and nice at times.
Ronja 10
ronja cant catch a break sometimes
It's a damn shame more people aren't watching this great little series. Buncha CGphobes the lot of ya!
Poor Ronja
that almost felt like too intense of a situation, but I think it might be the best episode yet. It was beautiful.There's quite a few interesting things coming up but the only one I feel an obligation to watch is Yuri Kuma Arashi.
Dedication Through Light
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The anime and manga is so fun. Especially as this goes on.
MikeHattsu
Member
Damn. Nice catch.
Shin Sekai Yori 23
That's quite a cliffhanger to leave things on.
, my prediction
may yet come true. Would be the first.
2 episodes seem like an awfully short time to resolve the story and answer all the remaining question. Will try to finish this today.
As for the winter, my picks are: Tokyo Ghoul (no way in hell i'm typing that stupid subtitle, Durarara !! x2. Will try Death Parade, at least a few episodes of Aldnoah for futher lols and perhaps Jojo, if it manages to free itself from the monster of the week stuff.
That's quite a cliffhanger to leave things on.
With Shun showing up (You really couldn't drop that Holy Barrier truth bomb 13 episodes earlier ?) and the Cantus leakage issue emerging once again
about Queerats being former humans
2 episodes seem like an awfully short time to resolve the story and answer all the remaining question. Will try to finish this today.
As for the winter, my picks are: Tokyo Ghoul (no way in hell i'm typing that stupid subtitle, Durarara !! x2. Will try Death Parade, at least a few episodes of Aldnoah for futher lols and perhaps Jojo, if it manages to free itself from the monster of the week stuff.
Garo: Seal of Flames 11
Maybe he was ZERO. Maybe he wasn't. Either way,
Mendoza has pretty much gone into full supervillain mode here, though things are setting up for what looks to be a fun fight to end the first cour of the series. I don't know if Garo has a super mode, or if what was seen in the preview is more like a berserker mode, but it looks like something that takes advantage of the animated medium in a way that the CGI for the live action series might've had trouble with.
Maybe he was ZERO. Maybe he wasn't. Either way,
Bernardo is dead, and I don't think Herman has that much longer to live either. Being stabbed like that was painful.
Had a shipment in:
Time to watch The Tale of the Princess Kaguya!
So this is what envy feels like.
Really nice.
Turin Turambar
Member
I have pending to watch Princess Kaguya, but instead of that, I used the evening to watch a little movie called Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind!
No, I didn't watch it before.
But it's hard to judge it for me as I read the manga and in fact it's in my Top 5, just a pure classic.
Obviously given length limitations in a film is an adaptation, taking mainly the story from the first part of the manga and also making their own ending. No surprises here, it's the correct choice, to make a standalone product that can stand at its own. I also love the Akira film a lot together the comic.
But though the material is overall good I'm not sure if this adaptation is as good as it could be. Following the same comparison, which I think it's appropriate as both are epic scifi action/adeventure/drama from 80s, I think Akira did its film better than Nausicaa did it.
The mystery of the Fukui forest is discovered but isn't well integrated in the rest of the script, it seems put there because it was an important reveal in the manga and is central to the general ecologic theme. It limits the political/military warfare to Tolmekia, Pejite and mainly the Valley itself, again understandable because there is no way to put half of all that happens in the manga, but I don't think they did a great job in the war side, it felt underwhelming, it's just Tolmekia getting the God Warrior, the Valley people rebelling when they see a chance, then the sea of Ohms courtesy of Pejite comes and stop everything. Because the film tries to ease the viewer in this alien Earth, giving also time to Nausicaa character to develop and to the adventure in the mid part of the film, it didn't really had time to develop more the war side of the plot. The God Warrior gets to make a guest appearance shooting twice and then dying wohoo.
That said I had one of those blue, sentimental days, and I actually dropped a tear when Nausicaa "died" and then was revived by the Ohms.
No, I didn't watch it before.
But it's hard to judge it for me as I read the manga and in fact it's in my Top 5, just a pure classic.
Obviously given length limitations in a film is an adaptation, taking mainly the story from the first part of the manga and also making their own ending. No surprises here, it's the correct choice, to make a standalone product that can stand at its own. I also love the Akira film a lot together the comic.
But though the material is overall good I'm not sure if this adaptation is as good as it could be. Following the same comparison, which I think it's appropriate as both are epic scifi action/adeventure/drama from 80s, I think Akira did its film better than Nausicaa did it.
The mystery of the Fukui forest is discovered but isn't well integrated in the rest of the script, it seems put there because it was an important reveal in the manga and is central to the general ecologic theme. It limits the political/military warfare to Tolmekia, Pejite and mainly the Valley itself, again understandable because there is no way to put half of all that happens in the manga, but I don't think they did a great job in the war side, it felt underwhelming, it's just Tolmekia getting the God Warrior, the Valley people rebelling when they see a chance, then the sea of Ohms courtesy of Pejite comes and stop everything. Because the film tries to ease the viewer in this alien Earth, giving also time to Nausicaa character to develop and to the adventure in the mid part of the film, it didn't really had time to develop more the war side of the plot. The God Warrior gets to make a guest appearance shooting twice and then dying wohoo.
That said I had one of those blue, sentimental days, and I actually dropped a tear when Nausicaa "died" and then was revived by the Ohms.
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Turin Turambar
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How much in total? using Amazon?
Joe Molotov
Member
Just get in where you fit in, man.
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