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Spring 2011 Anime Thread of ZAWA ZAWA, Money, emo Cyclops, and fun^10xint^40=Ir2
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I believe you, but out of curiosity what's the source on this?Takao said:
EDIT: Ah, never mind. A filtered image on their Facebook page that looks like Takuto.
Dedication Through Light
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Takao said:
Oh yes, Ive been dying to finally watch that to see if all the fan art Ive seen is true. Main character and that other guy looked so cool. Hope it gets good casting.
hosannainexcelsis
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It's true that a 0-10 rating system - or any rating system - can't entirely capture the nuances of a show's quality. In this case, it seems pretty simple: Some shows cannot be watched or enjoyed. Glass Fleet can be watched and enjoyed, if not for the reasons the creators intended. So, while Glass Fleet is a failure, it doesn't deserve the worst rating possible.icarus-daedelus said:
firehawk12
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Oh, we need to seeGeneijin said:
America-tan and Russian-nyan
M_Night said:
Wait wait, where did you watch this? There's a copy of this out? I've been waiting for this for months! Gakky~~~
EDIT: FOUND IT! I forgot the DVD was coming out this month >_<
Also, you guys are nuts. This is the first time I woke up to find that the page has moved this much. Its usually slower around this time.
Lafiel said:
See this is the part where most everyone is like "wait a second. This is a generic romantic comedy with a few minor twists but with pretty standard characters and a good deal of the standard Japanese romcom trappings and yet I can't stop watching"
Welcome to the fold
pending whether you like the rest of the series of course
Lafiel said:Pfft there's already a fair bit of asian melodrama in the show so far, are you saying it gets worse?
Well even as a staunch Toradora supporter I agree with the fact that the last arc was somewhat weak and became a bit too melodramatic for what it was trying to acheive. Comes with the genre unfortunately.
However, it never ever gets TOO bad to become unenjoyable, and even aside from that the ending is mostly satisfactory (even moreso in the novel) and ensures the viewing experience was worth it.
Totally. For me it really built up his clout as a character and showed off his depth. The other side of the passive, laid back coin so to speak.jman2050 said:
Wait a sec... we're agreeing on something? Damnit... uh... somethingsomething Madoka sucks yadda yadda...
Oh I know.cosmicblizzard said:
Oh God no, everyone's plot had not been resolved!Dedication Through Light said:
Anyways, Kanade was one of my main gripes.
The show would go places, like imply that having God remembers how many evil clones thrust back into her psyche would fuck up her consciousness only to throw the idea away next episode and have her wake back up just fine.
So Angel Beats' sin to me was having promise and going nowhere. If they wanted a comedy there was stuff they could do, they had plenty of amusing moments but it seems they weren't going for a comedy so that was half-assed, then you have the drama side and that was half-assed, everything was schizophrenic, the show could have been so good had the series just had a single direction that it followed but instead it just kinda was all over the place.
I really wanted to like the show, I still think had they had the courage to really go dark it would have been awesome but missed opportunities and failed expectations are a given with anime.
gungrave ep4
Really enjoying this, after watching index it feels strange watching anime I like, really regret drop this show all those years ago after watching just the first episode.
love the ending theme
Inital
gaf really needs to watch Inital d (funimation dub,its aweasome)
try watch 1 episode
ps1 cg +techno pop+epic cheesie lines = Comedy Gold
Really enjoying this, after watching index it feels strange watching anime I like, really regret drop this show all those years ago after watching just the first episode.
love the ending theme
Inital
gaf really needs to watch Inital d (funimation dub,its aweasome)
try watch 1 episode
ps1 cg +techno pop+epic cheesie lines = Comedy Gold
RurouniZel
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Just watched the first episode of Hanasaku Iroha. Very nice artwork and animation. The plot could go either way at this point (the drama is at the edge of being too dramatic, but hasn't crossed it just yet).
I love the designs, and overall direction and attention to expressions is quite welcome. I look forward to the next episode. ^_^
I love the designs, and overall direction and attention to expressions is quite welcome. I look forward to the next episode. ^_^
firehawk12
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Geneijin said:
Infinite Justice
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jman2050 said:See this is the part where most everyone is like "wait a second. This is a generic romantic comedy with a few minor twists but with pretty standard characters and a good deal of the standard Japanese romcom trappings and yet I can't stop watching"
Welcome to the foldpending whether you like the rest of the series of course
Well even as a staunch Toradora supporter I agree with the fact that the last arc was somewhat weak and became a bit too melodramatic for what it was trying to acheive. Comes with the genre unfortunately.
However, it never ever gets TOO bad to become unenjoyable, and even aside from that the ending is mostly satisfactory (even moreso in the novel) and ensures the viewing experience was worth it.
that scene where minorin got pissed and went fuck this shit was kinda annoying due to tiaga's antics but least minorin got serious. And that final decision by Taiga (luckily they redeemed it somewhat in the after credits)
firehawk12
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Put it this way - nerds love it, so you're probably safe.Jerk said:Madoka
Are y'all sure this is safe to watch?
I mean:
Every fibre in my body is telling me to run away...
Star Driver 25
I jumped from 6 -> 25, and feel pretty good about it. Much couldn't have changed throughout the series because I still had a pretty good idea of what was going down, surprisingly. Insert songs were catchy, and animation was good--though, not as good as usual Bones, I felt. The actual progression however, was anti-climatic as fuck.
Takuto gets beat down.
"I CAN SEE IT!"
Wins.
Sugata is a martyr. Everybody cries "wah, we're losing such a good man."
Takuto says "fuck that shit, nobody steals my spotlight." And proceeds to destroy this big ass cybody that I'm guessing was played up as the ultimate entity in the universe for the whole show.
Funny story, first thing I thought of when he said I CAN SEE IT, was: "Oh, great, he can already see the ending. So can I"
I jumped from 6 -> 25, and feel pretty good about it. Much couldn't have changed throughout the series because I still had a pretty good idea of what was going down, surprisingly. Insert songs were catchy, and animation was good--though, not as good as usual Bones, I felt. The actual progression however, was anti-climatic as fuck.
Takuto gets beat down.
"I CAN SEE IT!"
Wins.
Sugata is a martyr. Everybody cries "wah, we're losing such a good man."
Takuto says "fuck that shit, nobody steals my spotlight." And proceeds to destroy this big ass cybody that I'm guessing was played up as the ultimate entity in the universe for the whole show.
Funny story, first thing I thought of when he said I CAN SEE IT, was: "Oh, great, he can already see the ending. So can I"
Dedication Through Light
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mAcOdIn said:
I can agree with that. I think I remember feeling that way for awhile, but I guess I just let go of my inhibitions and enjoyed it for what it was...though the characters stood out more than the plot, especially because of Otonashi, he was a great protagonist.
Crash Station
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Jerk said:
Seriously, watch to episode 3 and you'll understand everything. There is a very good reason why you should NOT trust the promo art.
You do realize thatcosmicblizzard said:
Mami dying in an admittedly groutesque fashion
that sequences wasn't much more than a set up for MOOD DISSONANCE WoooOOOooo~
I guess what I'm trying to say is, episode 3 told me nothing about the series
other than people die.
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doomed1 said:
I think it says enough precisely for the reasons you listed, especially considering
Jerk thinks it's a moe moe uguu happy magical girl series where no one dies and the main characters are all popular and junk while they make friends with their former enemies.
firehawk12
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I think it's because the angst is a bit spread out and generally, the stakes seem a bit lower than they are in MariMite... mostly because no one tries to kill themselves.icarus-daedelus said:
But, for whatever reason, Asian writers can never be subtle with melodrama. Ever. :lol
I still think it's disingenuous. The finer points don't really start to show until near the end.cosmicblizzard said:
Though on the same token, Jerk, it's not "typical" magical girl bullshit. You might find enjoyment in it.
They are still not the same thing.Branduil said:
HA! Great scene, that.Dresden said:
KuwabaraTheMan
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doomed1 said:
They aren't the same thing, but they are connected. Episode 3 is what the tone starts to shift (although it should have been obvious to people that it was going there from Episode 1), which has a lot to do with what the themes of the series are.
Infinite Justice
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Dresden said:
smh
hosannainexcelsis
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doomed1 said:
Actually that immediately tells you the kind of direction the story is going.
Before that fight, Madoka confesses how much she looks up to Mami and wants to become a magical girl to fight alongside her. Mami, having been alone for so long, is joyful at the prospect of having a partner and vows to fight hard for Madoka's sake. The plot seems to be moving in the direction of "Friendship conquers all", a standard magical girl trope. Initially, with this newfound motivation, Mami seems to be victorious. But her perfunctory death turns things in the opposite direction - love, friendship, and idealism actually aren't very useful when you're facing powerful evil. From that moment the deconstructionist nature of Madoka Magica is apparent.
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