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Spring 2011 Anime Thread of ZAWA ZAWA, Money, emo Cyclops, and fun^10xint^40=Ir2
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InfiniteNine
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From what I gather it covers more content than the movie does.Hellsing321 said:
firehawk12
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How can I watch it when you just said it was stupid? :lolHalycon said:
(To be fair, it's mostly the length that's putting me off. *rimshot*)
?firehawk12
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It's the 96 episode part that is more worrying. It's on my backlog anyway!Halycon said:
ba-dum-dum-cha!
umop_3pisdn
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firehawk12 said:
I don't really know much about yuri, but I could see that. There seems to be more yuri-esque subplots in various shows that I've seen, and they seem to be handled fairly reasonably on the whole.
Film seems like the better medium for that in general, from my experience. QAF was pretty damn good, but it was basically just Sex and the City for gay guys. And it follows the Rule of Drama a little too much to be taken seriously sometimes, but I'm certainly glad it exists. Films still seem to do everything better, but that might just be a matter of funding or marketing or whatever, since the landscape for films is more diverse.
I'm not painting it.. It's getting painted by http://headstronggrafx.com/ I won both the mask, and the painting service!Halycon said:
firehawk12
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There's apparently a Tokyo Gay and Lesbian film festival anyway, so maybe that's where all the talent/people tend to go.umop_3pisdn said:
Cartoons will always be the ghetto for children and nerds, it seems. Or as some would put it, we get the anime we deserve.
Jex
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Around a hundred episodes may sound like a lot, perhaps too much, but it's not really indicative of the amount of content. It's only 32 hours or so, just like a couple of seasons of BSG.firehawk12 said:
If you're worried about quality it does seem clear that you probably can't tell a traditional story with more than a hundred anime episodes, but it's not really a problem for romantic comedies.
firehawk12
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Oh no you didn't, girlfriend!icarus-daedelus said:
Yeah, spread out over 4-5 years is easy. Resisting the urge to marathon is hard.Jexhius said:
I did Eureka 7 in like 2-3 days and I still feel bad about it.
firehawk12
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expy said:
umop_3pisdn
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firehawk12 said:
Hahaha, I like that, thanks.
icarus-daedelus said:
Not really, a big part of it is just seeing a more direct representation of it on the screen. I was going through my early teens when it was on the air and that contributed somewhat to the whole self-acceptance thing, to use more of a personal example. I get that you're mostly kidding, though.
Sex and the City shares a lot of the same tropes. The relationships between the main cast was essentially modeled after gay guys, and this was I guess deliberate on the creator's part, but it's demographic was women and so it isn't really the same thing.
firehawk12
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I feel so numb.trejo said:
Yay, Bandai didn't fuck up the TokiKake BD!
http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php?p=1931316&postcount=57
http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php?p=1931316&postcount=57
hosannainexcelsis
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trejo said:
It would be even more out of place to have a narrator giving all the MC's dialogue in third person.
And I expect he won't be called Charlie.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Another one sees the light.Jerk said:
Hellsing321
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Then its not cannonhosannainexcelsis said:
Dedication Through Light
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firehawk12 said:Seikai-ichi Hatsukoi 2
I know we have one sarcastic poster here who fake-loves it, so there's not much to add.
I will say it's strange to basically have shoujo manga beats in a BL text - especially since the show itself is about making shoujo manga. It's like Bakuman, except the dudes are in love with each other instead of having secret girlfriends they can never see for some arbitrary bullshit reason.
What's hilarious is you have the bad ass super shoujo love interest that says things like this:
And the protagonist goes all shoujo-tsundere like every other shoujo heroine (most shoujo heroines are either strong but not strong enough or weak and need to be protected after all) and won't accept the fact that he's in love with the dude.
l
He (Takano) definitely makes the show really awesome and speeds the plot along.
Though he couldnt accept it cause he couldnt remember for some reason these past two episodes.
Though with full remembrance I wonder where it will go on to. Definitely one to look out for. I never thought of it like Bakuman though I guess it kind of works kinda, well Saiko x Shujin is canon so, it could...
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Quite right.Aigis said:
Infinite Justice
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Jerk said:
It was emo Cyclops wasn't it?
firehawk12
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Holy crap, I just noticed it.Regulus Tera said:
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
It's only the natural progression of both GAF circles.Nonoriri said:
firehawk12
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Man, we could have used you during the Infinite Stratos run!Dedication Through Light said:
Crash Station
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Mai-Hime 21
Finally, Reito shows his true colors. I was starting to think he was actually a good guy for a while there without a reveal.
Finally, Reito shows his true colors. I was starting to think he was actually a good guy for a while there without a reveal.
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko 1: That was better than I was expecting but it does feel low on the budget side of things. The music was pretty good (I kinda even dig the OP in its Denpa-ness). Can't say I feel the characters yet (Adult Ami is pretty alright though) but I'll keep up with this. Shaft Headtilt count is a little lower than expected.
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Finally back to Aria for a bit.
Aria the Natural 3:
An episode featuring a little bit on what the Gnomes seem to do for the world of Aqua. Al sure is dull though but he makes a good funny face. At the least he knows what up on hotpot. Not too sure what Aika sees in him but at least we get some cute reactions from her. I do like how she thinks of Woody and Akatsuki (it is pretty accurate on Akatsuki's part). Well it's really more like Al just explaining how gravity works to Akari, Aika and Alice. I would think that in the far far future this sort of thing would be rudimentary to even our Undine friends. Oh well. The main point of the episode was a meteor shower viewing which was pretty nice. I really love these sort of scenes. While Akari did have her usual embarrassing talk of how the falling stars is another beautiful aspect of Aqua but it's nice to see Aika doing it too (that tsundere).
Really though the most important part of the episode was Pres Aria going in. Except he gets held back by the dark.
You'll get her buddy. Just keep putting in that work.
Aria the Natural 4:
This was a good episode. Akari helps out the mailman in his duties when his gondola is in the shop for repair. It's an interesting idea that letters and postage is still in use on a large scale in Aqua. With all the email exchanges with Akari and Ai as well all the message delivering that Akari did in the first season, it was just a matter of time for this episode I guess. The romanticism involving sending letters in a modern age is something I enjoy. Pres Aria donning a new look while at the postal office while enjoying a good stretch. Akari is a little rough on her first go at being a mail person but Mr Mailman and Pres save the mail. The latter half the of episode have our trio helping out a young Sora (Syaoran) who wants to deliver a letter to his teacher. It's kind of a cheese story with the teacher having her wedding ceremony while getting this letter but it does lead to seeing Akira and Aika's wedding gondola services. After a job well done it's on to the next delivery. What a rare episode where Akari can just say all those embarrassing things without being reprimanded by Aika. While this particular message is fairly common in these sorts of slice of life deals, it's still an enjoyable concept. However at the end of the day sometimes letters are just so...
Pres Aria is just styling.
The funny face count was a little lower in this time around with episode 4 but there was still lots of good shots.
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Finally back to Aria for a bit.
Aria the Natural 3:
An episode featuring a little bit on what the Gnomes seem to do for the world of Aqua. Al sure is dull though but he makes a good funny face. At the least he knows what up on hotpot. Not too sure what Aika sees in him but at least we get some cute reactions from her. I do like how she thinks of Woody and Akatsuki (it is pretty accurate on Akatsuki's part). Well it's really more like Al just explaining how gravity works to Akari, Aika and Alice. I would think that in the far far future this sort of thing would be rudimentary to even our Undine friends. Oh well. The main point of the episode was a meteor shower viewing which was pretty nice. I really love these sort of scenes. While Akari did have her usual embarrassing talk of how the falling stars is another beautiful aspect of Aqua but it's nice to see Aika doing it too (that tsundere).
Really though the most important part of the episode was Pres Aria going in. Except he gets held back by the dark.
You'll get her buddy. Just keep putting in that work.
Aria the Natural 4:
This was a good episode. Akari helps out the mailman in his duties when his gondola is in the shop for repair. It's an interesting idea that letters and postage is still in use on a large scale in Aqua. With all the email exchanges with Akari and Ai as well all the message delivering that Akari did in the first season, it was just a matter of time for this episode I guess. The romanticism involving sending letters in a modern age is something I enjoy. Pres Aria donning a new look while at the postal office while enjoying a good stretch. Akari is a little rough on her first go at being a mail person but Mr Mailman and Pres save the mail. The latter half the of episode have our trio helping out a young Sora (Syaoran) who wants to deliver a letter to his teacher. It's kind of a cheese story with the teacher having her wedding ceremony while getting this letter but it does lead to seeing Akira and Aika's wedding gondola services. After a job well done it's on to the next delivery. What a rare episode where Akari can just say all those embarrassing things without being reprimanded by Aika. While this particular message is fairly common in these sorts of slice of life deals, it's still an enjoyable concept. However at the end of the day sometimes letters are just so...
Pres Aria is just styling.
The funny face count was a little lower in this time around with episode 4 but there was still lots of good shots.
Lafiel said:
I would rather see a show turn to shit after being great than one that's shit from the beginning. And sometimes, the show can turn itself around again - or at least partially redeem itself. For instance, Romeo X Juliet has the most god-awful middle third of pretty much anything I've ever watched, but the ending is at least half decent.
If a show can get me to the halfway point then usually it can get me to the end, come hell or high water. And sometimes I can embrace the naffness - I still can't decide if Aquarion turned to shit or it was deliberately insane (I think the latter).
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