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[Gazoinks]

Tokyo Godfathers is the best Christmas anime. But War in the Pocket is really good too.

Ooh, I should rewatch that too, I've been meaning to do a Kon marathon for a while now.

 

[Midonin]

Some more details for Go! Princess Precure have started to materialize, and we have the names and hero designations for next year.

Haruka Haruno/Cure Flora
Minami Kaidou/Cure Mermaid
Kirara Amanogawa/Cure Twinkle

 

[Joe Molotov]

Finished the last of the Precure movies. Here's my Precure Rankings

1. Heartcatch Precure
2. HappinessCharge Precure
3. Fresh Precure
4. Smile Precure
5. Futari wa Precure
6. Splash Star Precure
7. Yes! Precure 5
8. Yes! Precure 5 GoGo
9. Suite Precure
10. Dokidoki Precure
11. Heart Max Precure

Best Cure: Cure Marine

Best Cure that was Evil then turned Good: Cure Beat

Worst Cure: Cure Echo, lol

Worst Canonical Cure: Cure Muse

Best OP: Splash Star Precure OP ~ Makasete★Splash☆Star★

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osgea5MeJRs

Best ED: Heartcatch Precure ED2 ~ Tomorrow Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEmgwT88Dg

Best Yuri: Yuri.

Best Good Friends Holding Hands in a Platonic Way: Nagisa x Honoka

Worst Canon Romantic Pairing: All of Them

Worstest Canon Romantic Pairing: Nozomi x Coco

Best Canon Romantic Pairing: Reika x Wolfrun

Best Noncanon Romantic Pairing: Mana x Everyone (Harem Ending)

Best Male General: Bunbee

Best Female General: Sasorina

Best Megane Monstergirl OL General: Anacondy

Best Movie: Heartcatch Pretty Cure!: Hana no Miyako de Fashion Show... Desu ka!?

Worst Movie: Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart: The Movie

Puripuri Pretty! Kyuakyua Cutie!: All Star Beauty!

 

[Jintor]

Yeah, but do you buy games you don't like?

On Steam sale or free through PSN, sure. Of course, I don't necessarily know whether I like them before I play them.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Good to see more people watching the best Christmas anime.



One of the best webcomics around
This should be in the OP of every thread really

This is the best thing I've read ever.

"Your little anime club is ruining anime for the rest of us. The TRUE connoisseurs. You all have terrible taste".

It really is AnimeGAF down to the tee, elitism and all.

 

[R_thanatos]

I'm always completely serious when I call your favorite anime shit.

Ah , such a tsundere , well we know you aren't serious

Never* but it's setup for a S2. Nothing too considerable has be affected from Trigger's ending.

Let there be hope !

I never watched Hyouka.

NO don't use that name, it's like putting oil on the fire.

.

Amazing i'm laughing .. Source ? it might intresting

 

[Crocodile]

Yes, it does because on GAF, at least, that term is loaded into "invalid thing that gets you banned."

Semantics. I can avoid using the word if it makes you antsy though. I don't think I misused the word but my intent was never to get you banned if that's what you thought so don't worry and sorry if you got spooked in that regard.

I'm not sure I understand how that relates to that particular analogy, though. Really, I don't even have a problem with hatewatching so as long there's a unique perspective involved or a really good reason to do it. But this is pretty far afield of the original discussion, which was mostly just that there's different levels of clique-iness, even within a niche genre like anime.

I'll admit I'm having a tough time putting this into words. I just feel some people are dead-set on not liking things to the point of watching them so they can remind us that they don't.

I thought your point was a counterpoint to Jintor's basically begin statement/observation. If it's not then I'm not sure what you meant by that particular post but I guess it doesn't matter much given this particular post quoted. I don't think there's a way to avoid multiple people having similar things to say about a work without enforcing a "you can't make additional posts about X unless you have something new to add" rule which is just silly. If lots of people are saying thing X is great/bad for the same reason Y, then they are likely just being accurate in what they observe. How can you possibly fix that (honest question)?

With regards to cliqueness, I mean elitism is a thing but addressing it is only useful on an individual to individual basis (if you care to of course). Otherwise you're kind of throwing your own critiques into the wind I feel

As for the last point, I think most people value their time enough not to watch something that has no redeeming qualities to them. That being said, there are lots of different reasons why someone may watch something they critique alot (heard it was good but was disappointed, sees a lot of potential but is annoyed at how it was squandered, as a critical exercise, watchbet, hatewatch, like the pretty fights but hate the characters, etc.) so things can be tricky.

Anyway, thank you for at least taking the time to further elaborate your points. I had a hard time following what you were trying to say initially. Dropping the accusatory tone from your first posts certainly helped too

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Finished the last of the Precure movies. Here's my Precure Rankings

1. Heartcatch Precure
2. HappinessCharge Precure
3. Fresh Precure
4. Smile Precure
5. Futari wa Precure
6. Splash Star Precure
7. Yes! Precure 5
8. Yes! Precure 5 GoGo
9. Suite Precure
10. Dokidoki Precure
11. Heart Max Precure

Best Cure: Cure Marine



Best Cure that was Evil then turned Good: Cure Beat



Worst Cure: Cure Echo, lol



Worst Canonical Cure: Cure Muse



Best OP: Splash Star Precure OP ~ Makasete★Splash☆Star★

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osgea5MeJRs

Best ED: Heartcatch Precure ED2 ~ Tomorrow Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEmgwT88Dg

Best Yuri: Yuri.



Best Good Friends Holding Hands in a Platonic Way: Nagisa x Honoka



Worst Canon Romantic Pairing: All of Them



Worstest Canon Romantic Pairing: Nozomi x Coco



Best Canon Romantic Pairing: Reika x Wolfrun



Best Noncanon Romantic Pairing: Mana x Everyone (Harem Ending)



Best Male General: Bunbee



Best Female General: Sasorina



Best Megane Monstergirl OL General: Anacondy

Best Movie: Heartcatch Pretty Cure!: Hana no Miyako de Fashion Show... Desu ka!?



Worst Movie: Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart: The Movie



Puripuri Pretty! Kyuakyua Cutie!: All Star Beauty!

>Wolfrun
>Worst romance isn't Nagisa x Fujipi or Nikaido x Mana
>Cure Beat

I'm surprised Cure Beat beat Passion for you, even though I like me some Beats.

Yu Yu Hakusho 31-32

"Yusuke may be flippant now-" They said this right as he gave Togoro the bird.

Other than, we had two men passionately fisting each other to the death in the span of an episode. The fighting is strong

Also the new ending is inferior to the first one

 

[Admiral Woofington]

OH GOD THEY'RE DOING THE HARUHI DANCE IN THE COMIC. OFFICIALLY THE MOST HILARIOUS THING EVER, EVERYBODY PACK YOUR BAGS. IT'S LITERALLY THIS

My life is complete. MetroidPrimeRib thank you. I am here to thank at you.

 

[R_thanatos]

Finished the last of the Precure movies. Here's my Precure Rankings

1. Heartcatch Precure
2. HappinessCharge Precure
3. Fresh Precure
4. Smile Precure
5. Futari wa Precure
6. Splash Star Precure
7. Yes! Precure 5
8. Yes! Precure 5 GoGo
9. Suite Precure
10. Dokidoki Precure
11. Heart Max Precure

Best Cure: Cure Marine

Best Cure that was Evil then turned Good: Cure Beat

Worst Cure: Cure Echo, lol

Worst Canonical Cure: Cure Muse

Best OP: Splash Star Precure OP ~ Makasete★Splash☆Star★

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osgea5MeJRs

Best ED: Heartcatch Precure ED2 ~ Tomorrow Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEmgwT88Dg

Best Yuri: Yuri.

Best Good Friends Holding Hands in a Platonic Way: Nagisa x Honoka

Worst Canon Romantic Pairing: All of Them

Worstest Canon Romantic Pairing: Nozomi x Coco

Best Canon Romantic Pairing: Reika x Wolfrun

Best Noncanon Romantic Pairing: Mana x Everyone (Harem Ending)

Best Male General: Bunbee

Best Female General: Sasorina

Best Megane Monstergirl OL General: Anacondy

Best Movie: Heartcatch Pretty Cure!: Hana no Miyako de Fashion Show... Desu ka!?

Worst Movie: Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart: The Movie

Puripuri Pretty! Kyuakyua Cutie!: All Star Beauty!

This post , such an Imppeccable TASTE

Impressive , you really nailed the choices .
However you've made a typo :

3. Splash Star Precure
4. Smile Precure
5. Futari wa Precure
6. Fresh Precure

Here fixed it for you , now this post is trully perfect in every way.

 

[Terareflection]

Bahamut probably could've work better in 25 episodes. Then we can have both the standalone nakama episodes and angels vs demons vs bahamut arcs.

Yeah, definitely.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Amazing i'm laughing .. Source ? it might intresting

Already posted but here

OH GOD THEY'RE DOING THE HARUHI DANCE IN THE COMIC. OFFICIALLY THE MOST HILARIOUS THING EVER, EVERYBODY PACK YOUR BAGS. IT'S LITERALLY THIS

My life is complete. MetroidPrimeRib thank you. I am here to thank at you.

 

[Quasar]

I already explained this: "There is a difference between hatewatching (which people are allowed to do) and watching a show but having issues whilst enjoying other aspects of it/hoping it improves/or being so invested time-wise that you see it all the way through (sunk cost fallacy at work)."

Well personally I loath hatewatching as a concept and feel its pretty damaging.

 

[Jintor]

Peeps got too much time on their hands if they can hatewatch @_@

 

[Midonin]

When I watched something like Black Rock Shooter, I watched it because I was genuinely interested.

 

[victreeb3l]

Yuki Yuna Is A Hero 3-4

Talk about literal death flags..err cards. These 2 episodes have been way too happy go lucky. The dread just kept on building these 2 episodes, seems like

Spoiler

Older Sister is going out first

.

 

[R_thanatos]

Already posted but here

Thanks ..it's was more entertaining than i expected.

Well personally I loath hatewatching as a concept and feel its pretty damaging.

Same here .

i Want to reaffirm that i watched blade and soul only to see just how deep it will go in the nonsense and the lack of sufficient production values
It was an experience that i will never forget ...

When I watched something like Black Rock Shooter, I watched it because I was genuinely interested.

I liked black rock shooter

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

There are standards of good direction, good art, good animation, good writing, good music, etc. Standards that are objective in nature, not just down to subjective preference.

I think this is more true for direction and animation than for art, music or writing. Standards certainly exist for those, but all of those are a lot more subjective in nature. There's definitely a lot of stuff you can look at and say are objectively bad, but there can be a lot more well reasoned and informed debate (eg not just saying 'I don't like it') about what is good. Different standards exist for different genres or types of stories, at styles, etc, and not everything will always work for everyone. There are technical standards that can still be evaluated, but I think it can be a lot less cut and dry in terms of what is considered 'good writing', unless you're just saying "has strong grammar, follows a coherent structure and doesn't introduce any plot twists which don't make sense".

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Art direction is clearly objective. As in Ping Pong was drawn with fucking crayons, which are obviously objects.

 

[cajunator]

The only issue that I have with "objective standards" is that they frequently are used not as a tool for some kind of thoughtful/critical analysis but more often to debase others for enjoying something that you clearly do not. It's not uncommon for supposedly critical reviews to contain allusions to mental deficiency among other things on part of those who don't share the same opinion that they do.

I'm all for discussion, but not when it's used as a tool for boosting the ego of someone who bases their superiority over others on their choice of animated television programs.

fully agree. Its one thing to criticize a work. A rebuttal is fine and even healthy discussion. Its unhealthy when you talk down a PERSON which is when bans happen. I could call SAO shit all day long as long as I dont call people who watch it anything demeaning. If someone enjoys what I hate theres no harm in that.

Can't we all just go back to calling each others anime shit and knowing we aren't completely serious?

My favorite anime is pretty widely acclaimed to begin with so its difficult to take seriously. But even as a joke its like, whatever. I like a lot of anime stuff that makes many of yall cringe.

 

[Mature]

What's with the crayon discrimination? Wanwa the Doggy looks like it was drawn with crayons and it's beautiful.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

What's with the crayon discrimination? Wanwa the Doggy looks like it was drawn with crayons and it's beautiful.

Wan~

 

[CorvoSol]

Peeps got too much time on their hands if they can hatewatch @_@

It's the truth. I've had too much time on my hands for years.

 

[Basileus777]

I think this is more true for direction and animation than for art, music or writing. Standards certainly exist for those, but all of those are a lot more subjective in nature. There's definitely a lot of stuff you can look at and say are objectively bad, but there can be a lot more well reasoned and informed debate (eg not just saying 'I don't like it') about what is good. Different standards exist for different genres or types of stories, at styles, etc, and not everything will always work for everyone. There are technical standards that can still be evaluated, but I think it can be a lot less cut and dry in terms of what is considered 'good writing', unless you're just saying "has strong grammar, follows a coherent structure and doesn't introduce any plot twists which don't make sense".

I think you can have objective ways of measuring very specific things in art, but for broad categories such as writing or direction or music, the idea that there is some objective standard is fairly absurd. But lack of objectivity doesn't mean there isn't meaningful debate or criticism to be made.

 

[AnathemicOne]

So after binging Nichibros I've decided hey, there's some Another .gifs on this thread, I'm going to watch that now!

So here I am and binged the 12-episode series of Another in a period of 3-4 hours.

Probably will get to doing an in-depth review at some point, but regardless this show was entertaining enough. But damn, this show has great production values but its horror element is mediocre. Sure the constant death scenes were entertaining and produced minor shock value, but you just kind of expect it. And I'm quite disappointing that the main mystery to the show

Spoiler

is not even explained in the end

, you just have to go with it; very different than Higrashi.

And yeah I know Misaki technically explained it, but I always took it as a theory and expected for the show to eventually debunk and/or expand upon it.

So yeah, fun watch (well fun for me) but not something one would go into to really experience the horror genre. Man, makes me wish that Higraushi had the same production values as Another.

 

[Branduil]

If you're not watching Another as a black comedy you're watching it wrong.

 

[UltraGunner]

Already posted but here

This comic is more accurate than most people would like to admit.

 

[Jarmel]

I'm not even looking forward to catching up with my backlog. *sigh*

 

[AnathemicOne]

If you're not watching Another as a black comedy you're watching it wrong.

Haha that was the term I was looking for. And yes luckily AnimeGAF taught me that way back after I finished Higurashi.

 

[UltraGunner]

If you're not watching Another as a black comedy you're watching it wrong.

The best thing to come out of the show was the pie meme

 

[phoenix296]

I don't know how you do it Narag.

 

[FelixOrion]

The best thing to come out of the show was the pie meme

Yes it is

 

[dimb]

I don't know how you do it Narag.

Wan day at a time.

 

[Crash Station]

When I watched something like Black Rock Shooter, I watched it because I was genuinely interested.

I unironically liked it. The action was cool and the drama was good enough.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Yu Yu Hakusho Disc 1 of Vol 2

Human compassion be damned. Everyone wants the Urameshi blood, and can you blame them? He beat the first team in his not usual hair style. That's intimidation.

Although they're quite fucked right now. Granted I'm not sure why 3 out of 5 isn't being done, but given the circumstances from the previous rounds, that obviously doesn't matter given everyone on the opposing team fights, so they just went BIN IT.

 

[Crash Station]

As hilarious as the pie meme is, I legitimately liked Another as well. Actually empathized with the students and the shit they had to go through as well as how broken it left them when shit hit the fan in the climax. Also felt a bit down when

Spoiler

the ending reveals that shit will happen over and over.

Same feeling I got from the Corpse Party games, albeit to a lesser extent. I don't know, I guess the presentation got to me and how legitimately unsettling/disturbing a lot of the deaths were.

It's why I argue for personal preference over a universal standard, as something that's supposed to be "bad" can effect me in the way it actually intended (because I know enough people here like Another ironically).

 

[Thoraxes]

Another showed us the way to the glorious CG future of anime.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Another showed us the way to the glorious CG future of anime.

PS1 Final Fantasy water ftw

 

[Basileus777]

Yowamushi Pedal 8

Imaizumi has the best fashion sense.

 

[TUSR]

I'm not even looking forward to catching up with my backlog. *sigh*

is this even possible?

 

[FelixOrion]

So I know what I'll be watching here soon enough:

(from GAF secret santa!)

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Redline is amazing.

 

[Crash Station]

Inou Daily Buttholes end

Blue balls ending. Goddammit Trigger.

 

[Basileus777]

Yowamushi Pedal 9

The reaction faces in this are killing me.

 

[Thoraxes]

Redline is amazing.

7 YEARS OF HAND-DRAWN ANIMATION

 

[Branduil]

As hilarious as the pie meme is, I legitimately liked Another as well. Actually empathized with the students and the shit they had to go through as well as how broken it left them when shit hit the fan in the climax. Also felt a bit down when

Spoiler

the ending reveals that shit will happen over and over.

Same feeling I got from the Corpse Party games, albeit to a lesser extent. I don't know, I guess the presentation got to me and how legitimately unsettling/disturbing a lot of the deaths were.

It's why I argue for personal preference over a universal standard, as something that's supposed to be "bad" can effect me in the way it actually intended (because I know enough people here like Another ironically).

The writing in Another is objectively terrible. Like, nothing about the story makes any sense whatsoever, and all of the characters are in a permanent state of holding the idiot ball.

Thank goodness Mizushima had the sense to direct it the way it deserved.

 

[BGBW]

firehawk12 loves Houki from Infinite Stratos

I need to restock on scented candles, mood lights and bamboo for my browsing season but I'll deliver an avatar of that lass asap.

 

[Rhapsody]

Inou Battle END

Well that was an interesting ride. It went from weird/boring to me at the start of the season, to getting attached to the characters, to weird serious plot where I'm wondering if I should take this seriously in relation to the main characters, to romance, and a conclusion.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the series. It was a nice mix with a group of people having fun, while seeing how they react to the serious things behind the scenes. Andou actually ended up as a better main character than I thought it'd be. It was cool seeing both sides of him and when he almost gave up a chuunibyou life in the past.

But yeah, I thought the series did a nice balance with light hearted moments and the darker parts. There were quite a bit that caught me by surprise since I'm so used to the light hearted antics with the Literature Club, especially the ending.

I don't follow the LNs, but a season 2 would be nice. Also it was cool getting a glimpse of Trigger handling an adaptation.

 

[fertygo]

Yowamushi Pedal 9
The reaction faces in this are killing me.

I looking forward to see this same post but in different meaning.

 

[fertygo]

The writing in Another is objectively terrible. Like, nothing about the story makes any sense whatsoever, and all of the characters are in a permanent state of holding the idiot ball.

Thank goodness Mizushima had the sense to direct it the way it deserved.

I want to see Mizushima x Okada's show.