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Spring 2011 Anime Thread of ZAWA ZAWA, Money, emo Cyclops, and fun^10xint^40=Ir2
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Joe Molotov
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duckroll said:We feed on depression!
And octopus sausage.
Infinite Justice
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trejo said:
Its better to have low expectations.
Looks like there was another massive update to the Towa no Quon site while no one was looking!
http://www.towanoquon.com/character.html
http://www.towanoquon.com/world.html
The bike design looks pretty awful. But the character designs are looking better!
http://www.towanoquon.com/character.html
http://www.towanoquon.com/world.html
The bike design looks pretty awful. But the character designs are looking better!
Hen Zemi TV - 1
Odd to say the very least. It's certainly unique as well I guess? I might continue with this to see how often it'll rile up my comfort zone. The staircase segment of the episode wasn't unexpected.
Odd to say the very least. It's certainly unique as well I guess? I might continue with this to see how often it'll rile up my comfort zone. The staircase segment of the episode wasn't unexpected.
Guy taking upskirt photos? Seeing it so often in anime lessened the leap in mindset for me. So when the photographer's reason turned out to be to reveal an unseen world or something along those lines, I got a mild chuckle out of the justification because it's a somewhat ornament way of diminishing the very nature of the act.
The NTR fetish and boundaries issue (or joke?) caught my amusement though. The NTR fetish not so much because it's odd to comprehend a person of that age having such a fetish to put it quite frankly, so I wasn't readily able to accept it.
The NTR fetish and boundaries issue (or joke?) caught my amusement though. The NTR fetish not so much because it's odd to comprehend a person of that age having such a fetish to put it quite frankly, so I wasn't readily able to accept it.
pieatorium
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So you are saying things will definately be shit once the get to the 7th, makes sense to me.7Th said:
What the fuck did you guys make me watch with Madoka?!?!?
Meh =/! Only one episode but really... the cute girly aesthetics are not doing it for me. Also... magical girls. With transformations..... makes me feel like old times watching Toonami and Sailor Moon coming before DBZ.
Meh =/! Only one episode but really... the cute girly aesthetics are not doing it for me. Also... magical girls. With transformations..... makes me feel like old times watching Toonami and Sailor Moon coming before DBZ.
DrForester
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Relix said:
Have to watch the first three episodes. See what you think then.
Crash Station
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Tiger & Bunny 2
Good episode. Like flawfuls said, it's charmingly cliche. Tiger is a very likable guy and I hope things work out for him.
This has been said a billion times, but the first 2 episodes are incredibly deceptive. Don't drop it until you see 3.
Good episode. Like flawfuls said, it's charmingly cliche. Tiger is a very likable guy and I hope things work out for him.
Relix said:
This has been said a billion times, but the first 2 episodes are incredibly deceptive. Don't drop it until you see 3.
I think you should try to first watch it fully and only after get bitter about it.Relix said:
Especially when you consider that even the first episode of Madoka is dark enough to give you the right amonut of hints that the show isn't going into rainbow and sugar territory.
Also, helps keeping in mind that the character designs being the way they are reinforce the feeling of oppression the show tries to go for, and that it's normal that magical girls transform. If they didn't they wouldn't be magical girls.
I thought no ending was the actual ending!duckroll said:
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And look at it this way Relix, I was spoiled of the intended effect of Episode 3. Even if I were to start watching Madoka, it wouldn't nearly have as strong of an effect than someone like you would have if you watched it without knowing those spoilers. It's the better way.
Also, Madoka fans might have to spoil the Episode 3 if there's this much hesitation for a 3 episode commitment =P
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
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I really hope this thread isn't just about new anime, because if it is....... then I'm posting in the wrong place!
Anyways, I'm watching Naruto through at the moment for the first time. It's not bad though the whole re-cap / flashback structure of the show is slowly but surely driving me insane.
I'm up to episode 79 right now. I remember reading a while back that the filler comes thick and fast after about the 100th episode.
Can anybody break this down for me? Where should I watch upto, what should I definitely avoid and are the fillers as bad as I've read?
Thanks in advance!
p.s: Gaara is a cock! Really hope he dies soon
Anyways, I'm watching Naruto through at the moment for the first time. It's not bad though the whole re-cap / flashback structure of the show is slowly but surely driving me insane.
I'm up to episode 79 right now. I remember reading a while back that the filler comes thick and fast after about the 100th episode.
Can anybody break this down for me? Where should I watch upto, what should I definitely avoid and are the fillers as bad as I've read?
Thanks in advance!
p.s: Gaara is a cock! Really hope he dies soon
I dropped Naruto after a certain episode in the triple digits once a major event got concluded. Everything else after it was filler. You could easily start Shippuden after you finish that point from what I've read. You'll know when the filler starts when it does although I'll wait for more opinions before you follow what I've said. I haven't kept up with Naruto since those filler arcs started really.Jo Shishido's Cheeks said:
Crash Station
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Jo Shishido's Cheeks said:
You're fine for a while. I can't remember where exactly it starts, but I think it's in the 130s or so. At that point, you can just skip right to Shippuden.
Edit: Yep, 136 is the start of the 2 year long filler.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks said:
Watch till 135. There are some fillers around 102,103 up to 108 I think. Something along those lines. If you watch an episode about a stupid race... that's filler. Skip those episodes. After Episode 135 you can skip to the last half of Episode 220 and then jump to Shippuuden.
The first Madoka episode was amazing, only topped by the 8th and possibly 10th. I can definitely understand the hesitation though, I never would have touched the series if it hadn't been from Shaft. And I was still pretty wary of the whole magical girl part of the show until it completed the shift.
A Black Falcon
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The Twelve Kingdoms 16-18 (that one last time was 15 actually) - Long, slow sidestory arc, telling the backstory of the guy from ep. 15, a person from Earth who's actually a Kirin and is brought to the Twelve Kingdoms at age 10. Almost nothing happens most of the time and it's definitely on the dull side. It's not actually bad really, it's all done well and I mostly liked it, but this is a very, very slow part. This could have compressed all three of these into one episode I bet. But I guess they couldn't think of enough other stuff to fill out 50 episodes with, or something... oh well, it's alright, just not nearly like the story arc that came before it. (You did mention this stuff happens in this show, didn't you mAcOdIn... it's true.)
Kampfer Fur die Liebe 1
(On that note, Tad Williams is really good. Otherland; Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn; Shadowmarch... all fantastic series!)
Last Exile
As I said though, one of my few criticisms of the show would be that I also wish they'd made it clear at the end as to whether the terraformer fixed up part/all of the dual planets they were on, or whether it brought them somewhere else. The show doesn't tell you which one it is, really, which is too bad; it'd be nice to know. Oh well though, they're better off now and in a place which isn't resource-poor, so it doesn't matter THAT much. It'd just be nice to know. As you say most things are explained, I agree, but not that.
Kampfer Fur die Liebe 1
Oh, I didn't actually dislike the episode. It's a decently good Kampfer fanservice episode (with more sexual content than previously). I was just hoping for some kind of continuation of the plot, considering that it ends with a cliffhanger... oh well.tiff said:
I guess so. They make it even clearer now though, it's their only scene in the episode, but they have a group bath scene.
Fanservice is popular, so end that way if you don't really have plans for having an actual ending anyway, I guess? Kind of annoying, but oh well...firehawk12 said:
Oh, okay.
Sure, ASoIaF is darker than most fantasy, but no, that's absolutely not true. SWure, some fantasy books are for younger audiences, but there are lots that are for older audiences too -- I'd certainly say that Robert Jordan, Tad Williams, etc.'s books are for adults for sure. Considering how thick all of their books are (all three write very long books), most younger readers would probably be too intimidated by the size to ever start them...
(On that note, Tad Williams is really good. Otherland; Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn; Shadowmarch... all fantastic series!)Last Exile
Huh. I don't remember noticing that.doomed1 said:
Yeah, that is what happened, as far as terraforming goes...
things went wrong and the terraformer was never activated.
Yeah, it was nice to see that he lived, I agree.
Crash Station
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Mai-Hime 11
Even the friggin nun's a Hime? At this point, it would be easier to guess who doesn't end up being a Hime. Student council president definitely is at least.
Even the friggin nun's a Hime? At this point, it would be easier to guess who doesn't end up being a Hime. Student council president definitely is at least.
firehawk12
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Yeah, it's an easy out and probably as effective as the non-ending anyway.A Black Falcon said:
I dunno, most nerd stuff is for adult males anyway... or nerds broadly. I can say the same for science fiction for the most part. There's nothing wrong with that, but when you read bad fantasy/science fiction, you can't help but feel a bit silly. At least with IS I'm just wasting 22 minutes * 12 episodes.Sure, ASoIaF is darker than most fantasy, but no, that's absolutely not true. SWure, some fantasy books are for younger audiences, but there are lots that are for older audiences too -- I'd certainly say that Robert Jordan, Tad Williams, etc.'s books are for adults for sure. Considering how thick all of their books are (all three write very long books), most younger readers would probably be too intimidated by the size to ever start them...
Oh, and of course, when I was a young nerd I thought longer books were cool because they gave you more "value for your money", so length probably plays into nerds being nerds. :lol
That can't be the actual opening for Maria Holic. I guess they're still not done with it.
I'm just bitter because some of the books I bought this year feel like they've been self-published, complete with size 14 font.
Some smaller sf/fantasy novels get larger fonts just so that the book looks thicker overall. Rofl. Size of dictionaries or bust.firehawk12 said:
I'm just bitter because some of the books I bought this year feel like they've been self-published, complete with size 14 font.
firehawk12
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Oh, hardcovers always had funky fonts. I never put one and one together and figured out why though!Dresden said:
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Sket Dance is... I dunno? I have no real idea what that was meant to be. Sentimental comedy in the vein of Key/Angel Beats?
firehawk12
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Nonoriri said:
firehawk12
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They should just make an Eva high school anime spinoff already.
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