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[Steroyd]

is SAO worth trying again? I stopped back at episode 3 because of how dull it was.

Walk away and don't look back!

 

[fertygo]

SAO 16
Well, that's the first episode that I enjoyed since... I forgot.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Lol

 

[Maedhros]

Saint Seiya Omega 29

Lol, everything is the same as before. The difference is that their motivation is shitty as fuck. Actually, they are totally forgetting Athena.

Spoiler

The seventh sense is explained by Kiki... he fix their shitty armor... and Kouga goes to fight Taurus, named Harbinger. His voice is soooo lol. I laughed my ass off.

Kouga can't even touch him. LOL. And when we think that he's starting to get his seventh sense, Great Horn on his ass.

Just to show how much of a pussies these new saints are. They need to man up already, put their lives for something that matters, not revenge the shitty Aria. She's dead and she's useless.

Besides that, the new OP sequence is so fucking cool.

 

[Emitan]

is SAO worth trying again? I stopped back at episode 3 because of how dull it was.

Watch it if you want to suffer with me. I've only seen the first 4.

 

[dakkumauji]

is SAO worth trying again? I stopped back at episode 3 because of how dull it was.

It's a #hatewatch, #apatheticwatch, #terriblewatch, but definitely not an #enjoyablewatch.

 

[Maedhros]

It's a #hatewatch, #apatheticwatch, #terriblewatch, but definitely not an #enjoyablewatch.

Yes, it is enjoyable.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

It's a #hatewatch, #apatheticwatch, #terriblewatch, but definitely not an #enjoyablewatch.

ha, guess I will just go straight back to Hyouka then.

 

[WAR recon zero]

if you didn't enjoy the first 3 episodes drop it. That's my anime golden rule

 

[Maedhros]

if you didn't enjoy the first 3 episodes drop it. That's my anime golden rule

Yup. That's the best rule.

 

[Canis lupus]

School Days 11


The show starts off with great romance, I like it. The perverted stuff somehow works. Then, all of a sudden,

Spoiler

everyone becomes a fuck machine to Makoto, he sleeps with every girl without care. And now, the penultimate episode tries to end with romance? This guy, Makoto who needed a girl to see someone he fell in love with in the beginning, is suddenly a playboy? Get the fuck outta here.

 

[Maedhros]

Lol, just seen that it was Saint Seiya Omega ep. 29, not 28.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

if you didn't enjoy the first 3 episodes drop it. That's my anime golden rule

typically i'd agree though I didn't enjoy Evangelion till about episode 8 or 9.

 

[Canis lupus]

if you didn't enjoy the first 3 episodes drop it. That's my anime golden rule

I thought K-On was pretty average, glad I watched through it, because I loved K-On!! and the movie.

 

[Syrinx]

School Days 11


The show starts off with great romance, I like it. The perverted stuff somehow works. Then, all of a sudden,

Spoiler

everyone becomes a fuck machine to Makoto, he sleeps with every girl without care. And now, the penultimate episode tries to end with romance? This guy, Makoto who needed a girl to see someone he fell in love with in the beginning, is suddenly a playboy? Get the fuck outta here.

Stop gaffing and watch the final episode!

 

[cajunator]

School Days 10

How many more girls Makoto, and this:



@BGBW: But this show, it leaves me wanting more.

School Days 11


The show starts off with great romance, I like it. The perverted stuff somehow works. Then, all of a sudden,

Spoiler

everyone becomes a fuck machine to Makoto, he sleeps with every girl without care. And now, the penultimate episode tries to end with romance? This guy, Makoto who needed a girl to see someone he fell in love with in the beginning, is suddenly a playboy? Get the fuck outta here.

Holy shit dude. you must have skipped like 3/4 of the episodes.

 

[Syrinx]

Holy shit dude. you must have skipped like 3/4 of the episodes.

This has to be some sort of record. It took me almost a week to watch this!

 

[Narag]

It's what I did.

That's sensible since School Days seems like lightweight material for you.

 

[cajunator]

This has to be some sort of record. It took me almost a week to watch this!

Well he is skimming the hell out of it.
Not the proper way to watch it by any means.

 

[DiGiKerot]

Nerawareta Gakuen

TL;DR - beautiful and generally very entertaining film unfortunately let down by poor handling of its genre elements, particularly to the detriment of the film's ending

I'll endorse your comments there - I think you've pretty much nailed my feelings on it after having had a day to ruminate on it.

Spoiler

Although I'm starting to think it's flicked the Xenoglossia this is interesting flag in my head. I suppose it is Studio 8, after all...

 

[Clairvoyance]

Baccano is better.

Baccano.

Thanks guys! Baccano it is.

Shiki is great, loved the soundtrack.

That's good to hear. I'll check out Shiki after I'm done with Baccano.

Its a pretty good anime, in comparison to all the chapters I read its really just as action packed and intense, and all of the viewer submitted designs work well in the universe. (and the OP is perfect)

Where did Beelzebub go wrong, a friends been bugging me to watch it with him.

Glad to hear. Beelzebub messed up with the pacing, filler, and crappy, rushed ending. Some parts were just....ugh. I forced myself to finish some of the later episodes.

It's an alright adaptation, doesn't really have any high points (minus 1 fight), but doesn't have completely botched low points on the same level that Beelzebub did.

That sounds fine. I just need some shonen to tide me over until One Piece and Naruto get out of their horrible pacing or filler. As long as it's better than Beelzebub lol.

The Toriko anime is MUCH better than the Beelzebub one. It does have some censorship, but it's not terrible. The pacing is pretty good, sometimes going at a 3:1 ratio. Animation is usually pretty whatever, but it does have its moments of excellence, particularly one episode in the 40s. Now there is a filler character that kind of got added to the main cast, but fortunately she doesn't interefere with major scenes.

If you already read the manga, it might not be totally worth it, but I like it.

Yeah, I don't mind censorship unless it ruins the scenes. Pacing is what I was worried about, so I'm glad to hear that. The filler character sounds bad, but I haven't read the manga yet, so it shouldn't bother me much.



Thanks everyone. It's good to hear some opinions that aren't from MAL forums. I lose some faith in humanity every time I try reading anime discussions over there.

 

[Syrinx]

Well he is skimming the hell out of it.
Not the proper way to watch it by any means.

How do you even know when to stop skimming when doing this? You're bound to miss SOMETHING.

 

[madp]

How do you even know when to stop skimming when doing this? You're bound to miss SOMETHING.

This is the sad path that leads to stopping watching anime altogether and just watching sakuga videos on youtube.

 

[NewFresh]

This is the sad path that leads to stopping watching anime altogether and just watching sakuga videos on youtube.

MAD is your friend and mine.

 

[Hitokage]

If you're gonna post about it, you should do it in the manga thread. Wonzo already has. Add another series to smutgaf's roster.

Eh, I guess.

 

[madp]

MAD is your friend and mine.

It's a supplement, not a replacement!

 

[Jex]

Nerawareta Gakuen

[Stuff excised]

Maybe I’m biased – I have been looking forward to this film since its announcement, and I am absolutely inclined to see the best in it. I genuinely do think there is a LOT of “best” in it, though – but whether other people are happy to see past the deeply flawed climax I don’t know. I’d be delighted to see the film again when I have the opportunity and re-examine it to see if it holds together better.

TL;DR - beautiful and generally very entertaining film unfortunately let down by poor handling of its genre elements, particularly to the detriment of the film's ending

That sounds...unfortunate. I've been looking forward to this solely based on Nakamura's Moryo no Hakko and Aoi Bungaku. He seems to be a very cerebral director in that he's really interested in playing with conventions and challenging the audience to think carefully about what they're seeing. It's unfortunate to hear that it's mired by such a serious flaw but I was already a little weary about how it would turn out based on the premise.

 

[chickdigger802]

School Days started with great romance?

 

[Jex]

This is the sad path that leads to stopping watching anime altogether and just watching sakuga videos on youtube.

Sometimes that's the right decision, though not in the case of School Days.

 

[Envelope]

Magi Ep 3


The strongest episode yet! Perhaps focusing on just one event

Spoiler

the resolution to the dungeon arc

allowed it to do more than the previous ones, or perhaps I'm just getting used to the way the anime is handling the adaption.

 

[Geneijin]

Thanks everyone. It's good to hear some opinions that aren't from MAL forums. I lose some faith in humanity every time I try reading anime discussions over there.

But we all post there. twist

 

[Hitokage]

But we all post there. twist

I just use their website. I don't even lurk!

 

[Steroyd]

This has to be some sort of record. It took me almost a week to watch this!

I watched the whole of Evangelion in just over 24 hours. (no skipping)

And just as I was about to break, I watched the EoE movie soon after.

How do you even know when to stop skimming when doing this? You're bound to miss SOMETHING.

If you don't skip too far ahead (say 30 seconds at a time), you can piece together bits of the episode just fine, and you can rewind back if you leap straight into a confusing scene to add context.

I do it from time to time, when my tolerance of a show is really low.

 

[madp]

But we all post there. twist

I'm 100% tsuntsun toward the MAL community. Just look at this profile message I've had for the past five years!

 

[NewFresh]

But we all post there. twist

I should leave before people take off their pants and whip out their MALs.

 

[Emitan]

I use it to make a list of stuff I've watched and to compare with AnimeGAF. Never visit the forums or anything.

 

[firehawk12]

Where do I buy tickets?

Given that Simon is thinking about bailing on TV as a medium, sooner than you might think!

 

[Narag]

I use it to make a list of stuff I've watched and to compare with AnimeGAF. Never visit the forums or anything.

Yeah, it's mostly just a tool to me.

 

[Metrotab]

I use MAL to keep progress on my backlog.

 

[Hitokage]

I'm 100% tsuntsun toward the MAL community. Just look at this profile message I've had for the past five years!

Haha, or basically "all of you can piss off".

 

[madp]

Haha, or basically "all of you can piss off".

I used to get annoyed at constant club invites but then found out how to block them, and the message stayed for some reason. I haven't really thought about it before now, but it's actually kind of assholeish!

 

[cajunator]

School Days started with great romance?

more like BAD ROMANCE.

 

[Canis lupus]

Well he is skimming the hell out of it.
Not the proper way to watch it by any means.

Not true, I just spend the last 4 hours on School Days. I'm not skipping through conversations or any relevant scenes.

 

[Hitokage]

I use it to make a list of stuff I've watched and to compare with AnimeGAF. Never visit the forums or anything.

By the way, here's mine: http://myanimelist.net/profile/hknishino

 

[Emitan]

By the way, here's mine: http://myanimelist.net/profile/hknishino

Medium-High
66.5%


Bueno.

 

[Metrotab]

Awww shit, we dropping profiles now:

http://myanimelist.net/profile/Metrotab

 

[survivor]

Hidamari Sketch 6

I wish my tests were this easy. Yoshinoya needs to get her own episode already.

 

[SDBurton]

Out of all the shoujo shows this season, this was the least enjoyable. His nicely-insensitive personality plus his bad hairstyle just didn't work.

Yep, that hairstyle is just ass.

That's a weird thing to get hung up on, really. lol
Sex is just a normal thing like anything else man!

Nope. I like to see my characters as pure individuals when it comes to delicate, emotional genres, romance in this case. This episode ruined any chance he had of me warming up to him. Another case why shoujo-ai>*

This is why Yuri exists.

Girls love is best love. If only there were more anime adaptations of it I wouldn't have to settle for this C-tier drama garbage. >:I

 

[Canis lupus]

Awww shit, we dropping profiles now:

http://myanimelist.net/profile/Metrotab

By the way, here's mine: http://myanimelist.net/profile/hknishino

If you guys don't mind, I'll send you friend invites over there. Not that we'll be socializing.

 

[firehawk12]

Nope. I like to see my characters as pure individuals when it comes to delicate, emotional genres, romance in this case. This episode ruined any chance he had of me warming up to him. Another case why shoujo-ai>*

You sound like a housewife who only reads Harlequinn romances or something. lol