DarknessTear
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Oh, I forgot about Magi. Yeah, the OP for that is really good.
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Fall of Anime 2012 |OT2| O cursed spite, that ever I was born to UUURRRRYYY!!
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darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Well yeah. Adele is terrible. And fat.
dakkumauji
Member
I guess OP/ED ranking time?
Great OPs:
1. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
2. Code Breaker
3. Magi
4. Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai!
5. PSYCHO-PASS
Great EDs:
1. Code Breaker
2. PSYCHO-PASS
3. Wooser no Sonohi Gurashi
Great OPs:
1. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
2. Code Breaker
3. Magi
4. Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai!
5. PSYCHO-PASS
Great EDs:
1. Code Breaker
2. PSYCHO-PASS
3. Wooser no Sonohi Gurashi
Jex
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I nearly forgot all about Magi's OP because I forgot all about Magi, it's not a series that has left much of an impression on me so far.
Nah, I'm set. Thanks though.
I've ignored Magi almost entirely due to seeing this reaction from most people.
Jex
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It's got a sweet OP.
Dedication Through Light
Member
The Kingdom OP, Pride, is their better song.
Chet Rippo
Member
Best: original Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! OP
Worst: "fixed" Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! OP
Worst: "fixed" Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! OP
Doesn't this describe the majority of anime opening lyrics?
I guess the seizure aspect has it's own novelty.
More like Lasik! :lol
The twist is, he never wore goggles at all!
:SDBurton
You and your "peasant yuri"! lol
(Thanks Ultima)
You'll be getting yours too Ultimadrago!
My OP Ranking:
Psycho-Pass
Jojo
Magi
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
Kamisama
K
Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai!
Robotics;Notes
Zetsuen no Tempest (turrible)
ED Ranking:
Jojo
Psycho-Pass
Magi
Jex
Member
After Blood-C's unique amalgam of languages, I can take anything.
As Engrish, Zetsuen's op isn't bad at all.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Discord in the Rose Council!
Well that just got bumped up my queue.
Jex
Member
Actually, have nonsensical English lyrics is just part of the charm sometimes. I mean, I wtf is Information High even about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82tzllnsQ38
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82tzllnsQ38
I just hate the tone, or whatever its called.. its like trying to hard to be catchy. Of course Ando somehow can make perfect sequence for that pathetic song.
The real charm is watching everyone scramble to figure them out, and usually fail horribly.
hacker's mind was lost~
Ultimadrago
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Am I going to have to go all Black Lagoon OP up in here?
*sniffle* Beautiful.
PorcellainThrill
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I like both the Jojo OP and ED the most this season. Haven't seen Shinsekai Yori though.
Might just check it out, as I was curious to begin with.
Might just check it out, as I was curious to begin with.
Chet Rippo
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Come to think of it, don't some of the concepts in Blasty sound like they could come straight out of K-n-K philosophy? I mean,
sacrificing the technological achievements of mankind to some kind of nature-god
Jex
Member
I suppose Mell really deserves a whole section just to herself.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
The rest of the instrumentation there is fuck awesome so I can't hate it.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I do find it funny that Hanamaru came right before Panty and Stocking.
Nah. Spilling refers to all delicious drinks that miss my mouth. If my Maker's Mark falls directly out of its bottle onto my shirt it had been spilt. If it falls directly out if its bottle into my mouth (which it does most of the time) it has been drunk. I'd wager that drinking is not a form of spilling, since the prerequisite - out if mouth - has not been met.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
imo the garish colour palette is more offensive than the animation
yes i know araki likes fabulous colours it doesn't make his taste any less shitty
I haven't taken a look at all the songs yet but I looked up Yakusoku and it seems like a good one too. Speaking of Hama Chisaki, I really like her other civilian look she has for this story arc. Her appearance seems to change the most when going from her regular everyday look to her Senshi form. Sawai Miyuu, for example, looks the same just with different hair. Komatsu Ayaka maybe looks the next bit different with her wig and makeup, such as the lipstick, too.
I didn't realize C'est La Vie was autotuned though. I haven't really listened to any songs of that sort but when I have heard one it seemed to have a very obvious or distinctive mechanical sound to it. I don't recall hearing that with C'est La Vie so I'll have to remember that the next time I hear it.
Yeah, I'm thinking now it was either an odd effect noise or one got picked up in recording and just left.
Ah, okay. They do call back to it at the end of the episode for the reveal part but ,yeah, it did come across as a little strange and didn't put her in the best light.
I've seen the episode now and I think it will take some getting used to seeing that character portrayed in that style. In the anime it at least had the "was it all a dream or not" thing. I guess for the manga too, as I think that story was adapted from one of the side stories of the manga from what I've read.
Sorry, but this is kind of confusing. Are you going by the girls hair colour or kimono colour? There's no black kimono colour but there's also no purple hair colour either. Green and purple would either be the same person or green and black. Plus you only have four entries but there are five girls?...
Jex
Member
Well, manga is black and white so his madness can't taint the real world too much. In all honesty I've gotten used to the colour palette by this point, it's really the least of the shows problems.
R_thanatos
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Joshiraku 11
The rambo + predator + platoon reference was excellent ..
Wow they waste their best animated experiences at the most silly moments ..
The rambo + predator + platoon reference was excellent ..
This weeks award for a low-budget animation sequence that was nevertheless fitting in context was once again won by David Productions:
Haunting.
All the budget went to frogs & ripples.
Just providing example
I get the feeling that these colors would have worked better in the era of ink and cel animation when they could have had that extra level of warmth that seems so elusive in digital productions. Part of the JoJo anime's problem is that everything is way too bright and clean.
Alternately, it's just David ignoring the nuances of the original art and slapping Easter Egg shades on everything when that's not quite the original color palette.
Jex
Member
[Getter Robo Armageddon]
I suppose this show deserved a few more words than I've allotted to it thus far. For those not in the know, which I assume is pretty much everyone GRA is a thirteen episode OVA from 1998. It's part of the Getter Robo series of works, Getter Robo being a popular super robot franchise created by Go Nagai in the early 70's. If you're thinking about watching this don't be worried if you don't know anything about Getter Robo - it won't really affect your enjoyment of the show. As with most Go Nagai shows the plot isn't that complicated - bad aliens called Invaders are trying to do something bad and the good guys have to stop them. With giant robots. Oh there's lots of ridiculous twists and turns along the way but none of that is particularly important.
Weirdly enough GRA is actually a sequel to an audio drama that was never animated in the first place, so there's practically no way for the average viewer to know all the backstory beforehand. This isn't the only Imagawa directed work that's a sequel to something that was never animated in the first place - Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still is exactly the same in this regard.
As I've said above, the plot isn't particularly important with most super robot shows. The important things tend to be: are the characters memorable? Is the pacing acceptable? Are the fights interesting? Is the animation good? Is the music fitting? Do you feel excited while watching the show? With regards to this particular series I can generally answer "yes" to all the questions posted above, but only really under the cowardly label of 'for a super robot show'. That's because this show is unashamedly and unreserved a very simple show about robots punching bad guys until they explode. It has very little appeal outside of people who are already interested in that kind of thing.
So lets assume, for a moment, that you are interested in that kind of thing or else you wouldn't be bothering to read this review. Therefore I can briefly speak about what makes this series so memorable for a super-robot work, of which there are many. I think the most obvious thing to discuss is the dark brutality of the GRA world and characters. Brutal, gruesome death occurs in nearly every battle with the semi-organic Invaders and the body-horror aspect of fighting with a species that can absorb your body is played with to great effect later in this series. There's no hold back here and the show really revels in Go Nagai's childish love of gore and dark, psychotic characters (sometimes the main characters!) doing dark, psychotic things.
The character and vehicle designs are memorable but the animation quality is, sadly, extremely variable. Sometimes it will look movie-quality for one particular cut an then drop down immediately.
Overall it's kind of a work that's only really going to appeal to fans of super-robot stuff. However, if you do have a passing interest in Super Robot stuff you should definitely consider adding this to your list because it's only 13 episodes for cripes sake. It wont take you that long
I suppose this show deserved a few more words than I've allotted to it thus far. For those not in the know, which I assume is pretty much everyone GRA is a thirteen episode OVA from 1998. It's part of the Getter Robo series of works, Getter Robo being a popular super robot franchise created by Go Nagai in the early 70's. If you're thinking about watching this don't be worried if you don't know anything about Getter Robo - it won't really affect your enjoyment of the show. As with most Go Nagai shows the plot isn't that complicated - bad aliens called Invaders are trying to do something bad and the good guys have to stop them. With giant robots. Oh there's lots of ridiculous twists and turns along the way but none of that is particularly important.
Weirdly enough GRA is actually a sequel to an audio drama that was never animated in the first place, so there's practically no way for the average viewer to know all the backstory beforehand. This isn't the only Imagawa directed work that's a sequel to something that was never animated in the first place - Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still is exactly the same in this regard.
As I've said above, the plot isn't particularly important with most super robot shows. The important things tend to be: are the characters memorable? Is the pacing acceptable? Are the fights interesting? Is the animation good? Is the music fitting? Do you feel excited while watching the show? With regards to this particular series I can generally answer "yes" to all the questions posted above, but only really under the cowardly label of 'for a super robot show'. That's because this show is unashamedly and unreserved a very simple show about robots punching bad guys until they explode. It has very little appeal outside of people who are already interested in that kind of thing.
So lets assume, for a moment, that you are interested in that kind of thing or else you wouldn't be bothering to read this review. Therefore I can briefly speak about what makes this series so memorable for a super-robot work, of which there are many. I think the most obvious thing to discuss is the dark brutality of the GRA world and characters. Brutal, gruesome death occurs in nearly every battle with the semi-organic Invaders and the body-horror aspect of fighting with a species that can absorb your body is played with to great effect later in this series. There's no hold back here and the show really revels in Go Nagai's childish love of gore and dark, psychotic characters (sometimes the main characters!) doing dark, psychotic things.
The character and vehicle designs are memorable but the animation quality is, sadly, extremely variable. Sometimes it will look movie-quality for one particular cut an then drop down immediately.
Overall it's kind of a work that's only really going to appeal to fans of super-robot stuff. However, if you do have a passing interest in Super Robot stuff you should definitely consider adding this to your list because it's only 13 episodes for cripes sake. It wont take you that long
Train of Midnight
Banned
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - 04
This show. This fucking show, you guys. We're not worthy for something this awesome.
JOJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This show. This fucking show, you guys. We're not worthy for something this awesome.
JOJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Chet Rippo
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Hair color. People were complaining when I was using their actual names before.
Green = Gankyo
Purple = Tetora
Black = Kukuru
Yellow = Kigurumi
And I say purple only because they mentioned purple. Looks like brown to me, but I guess I can see where there coming from.
Marii was left out because of reasons.
Crash Station
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It's getting better, but if you have a choice, it's better to read the manga.
Ultimadrago
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Kingdom 17 - 21
Another Kingdom soldier to post episode-by-episode images for my entertainment?
This is wonderful.
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