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[Dresden]

Kids on the Slope was pretty good, don't get the hate. Flawed, but most of those flaws were related to the cramped rate with which they adapted the material later on. The highs were high and the bros were pretty gay. Don't see much wrong with it.

Lupin was totally 7th.

 

[PdotMichael]

Magi is also a victim of Duckroll.

 

[Branduil]

Kids on the Slope doesn't belong with those others. The only context in which you could say it "sucked" is compared to previous Watanabe works, but that's a lofty bar. It certainly wasn't a disaster like Lupin.

 

[duckroll]

Goddamn massacre in here. >_<

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Lupin
Kids on the Slope

But Kids on the Slope was an incredible show.

 

[wonzo]

Kids on the Slope got kinda sucky towards the end (oh and the dumb fangboy shite) but it was pretty good for the most part, especially the end of episode 7 which was absolutely phenomenal so I don't really see why people would compare it to the incredibly disappointing Magi adaptation or the turd called fujiko mine

 

[Branduil]

Goddamn massacre in here. >_<

You'll always have Sword of the Stranger.

 

[Crash Station]

Magi should not be considered a duckroll hyped show. He was only 1 of many hypers.

 

[Soma]

man this page is kinda depressing

i need to watch some Girls Und Panzer.

 

[Narag]

Magi should not be considered a duckroll hyped show. He was only 1 of many hypers.

One-hype rule.

 

[Jex]

People casually dropping Kids on the Slope in here are out of their god damn minds. While there were a few elements of that story that I didn't love it was, for the most part, very good. Conversley, Psecho Pass isn't very good for the most part.

 

[Extollere]

man this page is kinda depressing

i need to watch some Girls Und Panzer.

No, you changed your avatar! I was just purging my hentai collection when I came across your avatar in a book. An animegaffer, in my hentai! It's funny because when I deleted that book, your avatar switched... the fuck is happenin!?

 

[CorvoSol]

Shinn "I wish people who didn't understand stuff wouldn't talk as if they did" Asuka.

HAW HAW HAW. I mean, is this guy for real? Motherflipping Athas ordered the evacuation of ORB as soon as they could, and more to the point, what would he have had them do? Side with the Earth and be wiped out by ZAFT? Side with ZAFT and be wiped out by the Earth?

Jesus this is the worst kid ever. I would sooner spend a day with Shinji.

 

[Branduil]

Magi should not be considered a duckroll hyped show. He was only 1 of many hypers.

I judge hyping on the basis of the most prominent hyper. Other people might have their own criteria.

 

[Jex]

Magi should not be considered a duckroll hyped show. He was only 1 of many hypers.

Lets not rewrite the history books here, duckroll was the prime mover in thay hype.

 

[Branduil]

I mean if From the New World goes off the rails it's perfectly fair to blame my hype even though I'm far from the only one. I made the thread after all.

 

[Dresden]

duckroll should just move to the manga thread where the hypequisition doesn't exist and hype is equally blamed on an assortment of posters, rather than a figurehead/scapegoat. Animegaf is vicious, mangaf is loving.

Jesus this is the worst kid ever. I would sooner spend a day with Shinji.

I dunno, Shinji would be cool. Pretty much any kind comment would result in a bath together as he furiously tries not to look at you. Then he'd listen to his SDAT player while fantasizing about the budding friendship.

 

[dakkumauji]

Robotics;Notes 07

We're just piling conspiracy theories one after another, and yet I just can't stop watching to see how ridiculous and more intertwined it will get.

 

[Lafiel]

I mean if From the New World goes off the rails it's perfectly fair to blame my hype even though I'm far from the only one. I made the thread after all.

It's already off the rails.

 

[Branduil]

It's already off the rails.

It could get considerably worse.

 

[Soma]

No, you changed your avatar! I was just purging my hentai collection when I came across your avatar in a book. An animegaffer, in my hentai! It's funny because when I deleted that book, your avatar switched... the fuck is happenin!?

I live vicariously through your hentai collection.

I liked that avatar too (

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and the source material

) so I might switch back at some point. I've just been in a big NGE mood lately with 3.0 out and this image has always been one of my favorite artworks from Sadamoto, let alone my favorite artwork of Misato.

 

[Lafiel]

It could get considerably worse.

Still my favorite show this season honestly. Despite it's direction issues in the past couple of episodes, the writing and storytelling is still very strong imo. And I'm really excited about tomorrows episode, based on a spoiler I heard about.

 

[Branduil]

Still my favorite show this season honestly. Despite it's direction issues in the past couple of episodes, the writing and storytelling is still very strong imo. And I'm really excited about tomorrows episode, based on a spoiler I heard about.

Telling people a spoiler exists is a spoiler.

 

[wonzo]

If it wasn't thanks to duckroll for hyping up Magi then I wouldn't have checked out the manga as early as I did so I can't hate him for that. :>

 

[Instro]

It's already off the rails.

I wouldn't say so. The issues are mostly with the production values and spotty direction, the core material is still good.

Lupin was totally 7th.

All Lafiel.

 

[Pooya]

From the New World was very bad for 3-4 episodes, fortunately last week was back to being interesting again, hope it stays like that this episode and for the rest. I can deal with it looking very ugly now (man, it looked great at first ) as long as story delivers.

 

[Branduil]

If it wasn't thanks to duckroll for hyping up Magi then I wouldn't have checked out the manga as early as I did so I can't hate him for that. :>

It's not like duckroll hype makes the anime suck, it's just a disturbingly reliable correlation.

 

[RoboGeorgeForeman]

I wanna watch something, but I have absolutely no idea what. Someone name some random anime that doesn't have romance as a major focus or revolve around cuteness please.

I was thinking about watching Boogiepop Phantom, but I dunno...

 

[Grzi]

One Piece - Thriller Bark Arc (326-381)

There was one thing I was sure of in my life: a shounen would never be able to make me cry.

Welp, so much for that. I guess you did warn me, Mad Pierrot, haha.



At first, this arc was a bit weird, specially coming off the Ice Hunter filler arc. Why? Well, Ice Hunter was about

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an island that roamed the Grand Line capturing smaller ships to sell the pirates who owned them for their bounties.

And, coincidentally, Thriller Bark semeed to be about...

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An island that roamed the Florian Triangle capturing smaller ships to sell the pirates who owned them for their bounties.

Obviously, then came the revelation that

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Moria was actually a Shichibukai

and thatescalatedquickly.jpg. Still, the first part of the arc turned me off a bit.

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It dragged on and on and on and on... Shit seemed straight out of Kaizoku Musou, hahaha. Non-stop running and fighting weaklings, w00t. The haunted theme was funny and surprising (despite already knowing about the "Thriller" part in this arc's title, I never saw it coming), but the novelty wore off the moment that random awkward zombie dance number showed up. Also, the fact that Oda decided to pair Chopper with Nami and Usopp as "the weak guys" annoyed me a little. I mean, did he read Enies Lobby?

Then the secondary face-offs started, and the only one who was actually enjoyable was

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Zoro x Ryuma... And it only lasted half an episode. Well, I guess Usopp x Perona was neat because of Usopp's trolling antics.

But, overall, the confrontations in the first half were really disappointing.

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Absalom was crap and got beat like a sack of meat, Perona barely fought... But the worst part was the hyper-hyped Chopper x Hogback clash that never happened. I'm ok with the fact that the doctor wasn't actually a fighter, but Chopper couldn't even deliver that glorious suplex? Come on, Oda.

But then...



The second half was pure shounen hype.

But before that,

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Brook! What an awesome fella. I was afraid that this would finally be the time they'd introduce a nakama I didn't like... But, nope. Guy's simply awesome.

And so

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Oz stops being 100% stupid Luffy and becomes a 50-50 between stupid Luffy and awesome Luffy, and shit starts getting real. Moria and Oz weren't really remarkable in any way, but their absurd power was enough to satisfy me. Yes, the "Luffy chases Moria and gets bitten by Brick Bats" mini-arc was very aggravating, but what happened after all that crap made me forget about it. I won't describe those episodes in detail, but holy shit, this show needs more team fights. Hopefully with Pirates Docking Six showing up, too, alongside the ingenuity and actually good animation from the team attack that downed Oz.

Of course: Oda again managed to make everything much more interesting with a sudden twist.

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Kuma the Pacifista blew my mind a little. He also blew Moria's mind, haha. "You gon' die, mang."

Surprisingly, though, everything that happened after the "conclusion" of the arc were its best parts.

- First, episode number mother fuckin' 377. Also known as the best episode in the series yet. I mean, OH MY GOD. You guys know what I'm talking about, so I don't have to say anything else here. Just, wow.
- And second,

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Brook's backstory.

This is the part where the tears come in. The initial revelation led me to this, and then...

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Those three flashback episodes killed me. Sanji's backstory was sad, yeah. Nami's was sadder. Chopper's was sadder than Nami's. Robin's, of course, was also sad as hell. And so was Franky's. But Brook's, oh man, let me tell you: this shit makes Romeo's trajectory look like a Dora the Explorer episode. First they had to abandon Laboon. Then their captain died. And then... Wow. It's been a while, but I just couldn't hold back when they decided to record Bink's Sake and all of Brook's nakama started dying.

The blend of feels was too much.

So: first half = bad, second half = One Piece. Overall, I liked it. Also, what the fuck.

Oh, yeah! It seems they're finally reaching the future events and things in the series that the universe spoiled for me:

(Spoilers for future arcs... As in, future for me)
-

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No, Luffy, Ace's not gonna be ok. I'm getting kind of nervous now that the time is almost here...

-

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They mentioned Hancock! Cool.

-

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Kaizoku Musou starts off with Luffy, Zoro and Sanji destroying Pacifistas like they're nothing. That's kind of funny. Obviously they're most definitely not as strong as Kuma, but still.

Previous impressions: Arabasta, Jaya + Skypiea, Davy Back Fight, Water 7 + Enies Lobby.

I love One Piece.

Great impressions, as always, it's always nice to see first timers' reactions to One Piece.

 

[Branduil]

I wanna watch something, but I have absolutely no idea what. Someone name some random anime that doesn't have romance as a major focus or revolve around cuteness please.

I was thinking about watching Boogiepop Phantom, but I dunno...

Haibane Renmei.

 

[Extollere]

I live vicariously through your hentai collection.

I knew it!

*closes all his hentai*

 

[Uchip]

I wanna watch something, but I have absolutely no idea what. Someone name some random anime that doesn't have romance as a major focus or revolve around cuteness please.

I was thinking about watching Boogiepop Phantom, but I dunno...

boogiepop phantom? so you like dark, moody shows?
try ghost hound, maybe

 

[Lafiel]

Telling people a spoiler exists is a spoiler.

I was thinking of spoiler tagging that too.>_>

 

[RoboGeorgeForeman]

Haibane Renmei.

I actually started watching this but never finished it, guess now's as good a time as any. Thanks.

boogiepop phantom? so you like dark, moody shows?
try ghost hound, maybe

I'll check that out once I finish Haibane Renmei. Thanks for the recommendation, it sounds like really interesting.

 

[CorvoSol]

I dunno, Shinji would be cool. Pretty much any kind comment would result in a bath together as he furiously tries not to look at you. Then he'd listen to his SDAT player while fantasizing about the budding friendship.

Especially if you've only just met! First dates with Shinji Ikari go great, but I'm lead to understand the relationship just goes downhill from there.

Shinn Asuka isn't so different, except the first impression is crap and it just gets worse from there. So much worse.

I'll go with door number three and choose Roger Smith. He's so noir.

 

[Branduil]

From the New World was very bad for 3-4 episodes, fortunately last week was back to being interesting again, hope it stays like that this episode and for the rest. I can deal with it looking very ugly now (man, it looked great at first ) as long as story delivers.

The thing that surprises me is how bad Ishihama handles CGI because his aesthetic is otherwise very well-developed.

I was thinking of spoiler tagging that too.>_>

Too late, now the show is ruined for everyone.

 

[Crash Station]

Psycho Pass 7

I need to stop coming here before watching stuff. I'm waiting the whole episode, waiting for it to get crappy, but nothing. Didn't find anything wrong with it.

Sort of a transition episode, giving more development to the presumed villain. Not much progress in the case itself, but that's fine. We can assume a few motives here which I found pretty interesting. Also highlights more problems with the system itself.

Looking forward for what's to come.

 

[Instro]

Hey guys, remember that fucker duckroll? That asshole hyped the shit out of Psycho-Pass, posting news and updates about it every goddamn day. He even made an OT for the piece of shit show. What a goddamn loser. I'm never buying into that duckroll hype again. The guy has shit taste. This is what happens when we listen to scrubs.

http://i.imgur.com/o518s.jpg

I'll never forget the duckroll I saw that day.

 

[Crash Station]

Lets not rewrite the history books here, duckroll was the prime mover in thay hype.

I disagree. A good chunk of the cross-posters from mangagaf were very excited and just as optimistic. duckroll hadn't even started Magi until it had already cemented itself as one of the most popular series over in that thread, so I think the credit should be shared.

I wanna watch something, but I have absolutely no idea what. Someone name some random anime that doesn't have romance as a major focus or revolve around cuteness please.

I was thinking about watching Boogiepop Phantom, but I dunno...

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure!

 

[Crash Station]

dp

 

[Uchip]

I'll never forget the duckroll I saw that day.

im going to dress up as him to keep the memory alive

 

[dakkumauji]

Robotics;Note 7

I need to stop coming here before watching stuff. I'm waiting the whole episode, waiting for it to get crappy, but nothing. Didn't find anything wrong with it.

Sort of a transition episode, giving more development to the presumed villain. Not much progress in the case itself, but that's fine. We can assume a few motives here which I found pretty interesting. Also highlights more problems with the system itself.

Looking forward for what's to come.

I feel like this impression isn't aligned with the right series.

 

[Branduil]

I'll never forget the duckroll I saw that day.

Cue shrine scene.

 

[Crash Station]

I feel like this impression isn't aligned with the right series.

You are correct. Fixed now. Fuckin Noitamina.

 

[duckroll]

You are correct. Fixed now. Fuckin Noitamina.

Lol. Are the shows really that similar?

 

[Dresden]

Especially if you've only just met! First dates with Shinji Ikari go great, but I'm lead to understand the relationship just goes downhill from there.

Shinn Asuka isn't so different, except the first impression is crap and it just gets worse from there. So much worse.

I'll go with door number three and choose Roger Smith. He's so noir.

Hey, you never know how a relationship (totally platonic) would turn out with Shinji. It's not his fault they tend to lose their heads.

 

[Crash Station]

Lol. Are the shows really that similar?

No, they aren't at all. I just dumb.

 

[Instro]

Lol. Are the shows really that similar?

Both suck.

 

[duckroll]

Cue shrine scene.

Everyone is suffering today. ;_;

For what it's worth, I'm still supporting SSY! I haven't lost all hope yet.

 

[Branduil]

Both suck.

Good news, they'll be taking up both noitaminA slots in the winter season as well.