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Spring 2011 Anime Thread of ZAWA ZAWA, Money, emo Cyclops, and fun^10xint^40=Ir2
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Jex
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If all the shows continue being good, there will be a heck of a lot of discussion even with individual threads (although those individual threads are certainly doing their jobs). So you'll need an OT2.
If all the shows turn to crap in a few episodes, then there will be lots and lots of discussion about everything but the current season, in which case you would need an OT2.
If some of the shows stay good but some go bad there will be less discussion than in previous weeks and maybe we won't need an OT2. But considering how many posts we've got already and how far we've got left to go...it's hard to foresee a scenario where we won't eventually hit OT2.
Toward the Terra 16
The Toward the Terra has some pretty sweet leaders for the Mu. I mean, Shin and Blue have to do quite in their role of Soldier:
-Act as general leader for the Mu race which includes deciding on the future of their race but also:
-Act a visionary and lead the Mu spiritually
-Act as the emotional leader for the race. As the Mu are linked telepathically one has to have a tight grip on your own emotions or else all the other Mu might feel your doubts and uncertainties.
-Act as a Tactician and General
-Act as a god damn super soldier who can fly in space unassisted and take on enemy battleships in hand to hand combat while wearing a purple cape.
If all the shows turn to crap in a few episodes, then there will be lots and lots of discussion about everything but the current season, in which case you would need an OT2.
If some of the shows stay good but some go bad there will be less discussion than in previous weeks and maybe we won't need an OT2. But considering how many posts we've got already and how far we've got left to go...it's hard to foresee a scenario where we won't eventually hit OT2.
Toward the Terra 16
The Toward the Terra has some pretty sweet leaders for the Mu. I mean, Shin and Blue have to do quite in their role of Soldier:
-Act as general leader for the Mu race which includes deciding on the future of their race but also:
-Act a visionary and lead the Mu spiritually
-Act as the emotional leader for the race. As the Mu are linked telepathically one has to have a tight grip on your own emotions or else all the other Mu might feel your doubts and uncertainties.
-Act as a Tactician and General
-Act as a god damn super soldier who can fly in space unassisted and take on enemy battleships in hand to hand combat while wearing a purple cape.
pieatorium
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An IS equivalent that we can talk endless shit about would push us over the top but I'm not sure if a terrible show that generates hilarious discussions would get as much viewership in a season with more than 3 shows that are worth talking about.
Crash Station
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pieatorium
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Welp theres tits and it's an animecosmicblizzard said:
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
It's alright man I like panties too.Geneijin said:
Infinite Justice
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cosmicblizzard said:
Awesome, will be checking this out
Jex
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Considering that I had already started The King of Braves GaoGaiGar sometime ago and found it boring I decided to go and check out episode 2 to confirm how I felt with regards to "monster of the week" stuff.
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar 2-3
This is probably a sign of how far I've fallen but these two episodes entertained me. I'm surprised at how competent and interesting the cinematography was, in places. The people making this clearly knew their stuff very well, which I appreciate.
The DIVIDING DRIVER is a pretty useful conceit to stop a fight destroying a whole city. That's fairly genre-savvy.
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar 2-3
This is probably a sign of how far I've fallen but these two episodes entertained me. I'm surprised at how competent and interesting the cinematography was, in places. The people making this clearly knew their stuff very well, which I appreciate.
The DIVIDING DRIVER is a pretty useful conceit to stop a fight destroying a whole city. That's fairly genre-savvy.
Ugh, still no release here in America. ;_;Salazar said:
Looking up the release, this guy gave the show D+! I feel like one of those fools cluttering up gaming-side's review threads, outraged about some random game getting a low score.
Poor souls. I may get around to finishing that show up, still on episode 5 or so but it just wasn't my thing, but regardless I'm sure by now there's no way anyone will be happy with Madoka's ending.Geneijin said:
Also, since we're talking new anime acquisitions I also just finally pulled the trigger on Nausicaa (Bluray) and Millennium Actress, never seen either, looking forward to them.
Jex
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Thinking about Kaiji always leads me to thinking about over the top narrators in anime. The logical conclusion of this is a battle between the narrator in Kaiji and the narrator in Armor Trooper VOTOMS.
The narrator from Kaiji has a large advantage in that he speaks throughout the actual episode, where as the Armor Trooper VOTOMS narrator is confined to the next-episode preview. Still, he puts on a good fight!
Then again, that coffee line is worthy of a hardboiled detective novel.
The narrator from Kaiji has a large advantage in that he speaks throughout the actual episode, where as the Armor Trooper VOTOMS narrator is confined to the next-episode preview. Still, he puts on a good fight!
Then again, that coffee line is worthy of a hardboiled detective novel.
Edit: On a random note, I just found out Disney JPN is showing K-On!
Shaft delay raised anticipation for it, and the ending was met with more or less so-so reception because it turned out as expected.mAcOdIn said:
That... looks disturbingly appropriate. Let's just hope it never makes it stateside on disney. GOD FORBID Miley Cyrus or some shit singing English Cageyake Girls...Geneijin said:
Well, to be truthful, at least it would be better than the other English dub songs...
Infinite Justice
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Geneijin said:
Could this be a sign of things to come on the Western side?
plus IIRC the channel has more of a female audience anyways so it could fit.
Geneijin said:
Oh dear god, it looks so... right. D:
Plus Disney can put in their own songs (which they generally do for their shitty shows) rather than straight up providing english translations of japaneese songs, my god I can see this working in the west if it happens this way.
The Storyteller
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I'll second this. Mostly because i want to be included on someones sane list for once, but also because Tatami Galaxy is pretty damn good.Lafiel said:
Delay? Are we making the cat episode the ending? I don't know if I see it that way, even if it was the last stuff released, I consider that like a bonus episode like the bonus episode of Spice and Wolf on DVD.Geneijin said:
I'll trade you, I spend most of my waking life trying to get off of everyone's sane list.The Storyteller said:
When are you starting Sky Girls for your hot-blooded mecha action?Jexhius said:
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Finally had a chance to catch up on last weekend's slate of new shows after being away.
AnoHana looks really nice and it at least has me caring about the plot, so that's good. Has there been mention of how many episodes it's supposed to run?
Denpa Onna is pure Shaft through and through. Like the points-tallying thing at the end of each episode. Let's see where it goes.
I have C on my shortlist but apparently the first episode doesn't do much on its own; I'll wait for ep2 then watch them both.
Don't care about the rest of the new stuff.
So my current lineup is Nichijou, Iroha, Sket, Denpa, AnoHana, and potentially C. Manageable.
AnoHana looks really nice and it at least has me caring about the plot, so that's good. Has there been mention of how many episodes it's supposed to run?
Denpa Onna is pure Shaft through and through. Like the points-tallying thing at the end of each episode. Let's see where it goes.
I have C on my shortlist but apparently the first episode doesn't do much on its own; I'll wait for ep2 then watch them both.
Don't care about the rest of the new stuff.
So my current lineup is Nichijou, Iroha, Sket, Denpa, AnoHana, and potentially C. Manageable.
Jexhius said:
I feel there are two schools of thought when it comes to episode titles. One is rooted in literature, while the other is rooted in reporting. This theory is not researched at all, but rather one of observation, so I could be completely wrong. But I feel that in general episode titles are either written as a chapter title based around the context/theme of the content in the episode, or they are written as alarmist headlines reporting on the content of the episode. The latter type are the ones which generally contain massive spoilers, because it is probably felt that the nature of the content is not important, but rather how the content is presented. So in that sense they feel that spoiling what happens might actually attract more readers, and people simply want to know HOW that event goes down, without being too bothered that the event itself is spoiled in the title.
Unknown Soldier
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Salazar said:
Take deep breaths. Say to yourself, "The movie is coming this year!" Exhale slowly. Everything will be just fine. :3
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