InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
It's from the science series so Steins;Gate AND I'M GONING TO FUCKING KILL DUCKROLL!?!2jkdfsngfslkdxfg,mxdfccxnmccosmicblizzard said:
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Spring 2011 Anime Thread of ZAWA ZAWA, Money, emo Cyclops, and fun^10xint^40=Ir2
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firehawk12
Subete no aware
Whelp, there goes the thread title courtesy of duckroll's impending murder.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Tell that to the end of my blade!duckroll said:
tearsofash
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I really enjoyed Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko. I hope it goes places. The first episode was interesting enough.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
[C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control Episode 1-2
Very nice and original i have to say. I am liking it, a lot.
Very nice and original i have to say. I am liking it, a lot.
So what kind of wacky hijinks have lead to I9 wanting to kill Duckroll?
Anyway, I watched all of Bakemonogatari during the week, pretty cool show. On the downside, its a bit dialogue heavy and slow at times, also the constant quick cuts can really get annoying since they are used so much during regular dialogue although there were times when it was used pretty well especially for comedic effect. On the other hand its a really nice looking show, and I liked most of the characters as well. The main guy and girl were actually a pretty good duo throughout, which made for some pretty great moments during the show. Even though the dialogue gets a bit overbearing at times, its all pretty well written so I never really felt like I was losing interest plus there were some really solid action scenes to break it all up particularly the ones involving
Overall though I really liked the show though so Im totally down for any anime adaptions of other books in the series. It sounds like the prequel novel is a bit more action oriented so that could be good.
Anyway, I watched all of Bakemonogatari during the week, pretty cool show. On the downside, its a bit dialogue heavy and slow at times, also the constant quick cuts can really get annoying since they are used so much during regular dialogue although there were times when it was used pretty well especially for comedic effect. On the other hand its a really nice looking show, and I liked most of the characters as well. The main guy and girl were actually a pretty good duo throughout, which made for some pretty great moments during the show. Even though the dialogue gets a bit overbearing at times, its all pretty well written so I never really felt like I was losing interest plus there were some really solid action scenes to break it all up particularly the ones involving
monkey arm girl.
Overall though I really liked the show though so Im totally down for any anime adaptions of other books in the series. It sounds like the prequel novel is a bit more action oriented so that could be good.
Crash Station
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Denpa 2
There is absolutely no reason for me to like this show, but I do for some reason. Huge fan of eccentric characters and these people are pretty damn eccentric.
There is absolutely no reason for me to like this show, but I do for some reason. Huge fan of eccentric characters and these people are pretty damn eccentric.
Crash Station
Member
No more succubi 
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Don't think I didn't miss the removal of the word loli for days, and now the emo cyclops!duckroll said:
AnoHana - 2
hmm okay i already see the ending... memma's wish was that they remain friends forever.. and each ep will be little steps, until they all reconcile and become best friends again, and remember that their lost friend was the person that kept their group together...
hmm okay i already see the ending... memma's wish was that they remain friends forever.. and each ep will be little steps, until they all reconcile and become best friends again, and remember that their lost friend was the person that kept their group together...
A Black Falcon
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The Twelve Kingdoms 20-22 - This (19-22) was the worst disc of this series by far, so far... ugh.
20 - Finally, the end of Taiki's story! No real ending here though, just an "and his troubles continued, and somehow bad stuff happened, and he's still in Earth and doesn't know it". Do they ever actually resolve this, if it doesn't return full time to his story? They had plenty of time, but decide to make his arc glacially slow instead of actually keeping up any kind of pace, so instead of actually getting through it they only get partway and then quit... great.
21 - What, it's not over? Oh, a RECAP episode? Of Taiki's arc? Who thought THAT was a good idea? Beginning-of-episode recaps are one thing, but an entire episode that is a recap, mixed with a few bits of new info so I couldn't just skip the whole thing... THIS is a recap that I agree with you about really disliking. Awful, just awful.
22 - So we finally return to Youko's story! Great! But wait, nothing happens in this episode. Instead it's about Youko and her troubles with being a queen now in a world she doesn't understand, and the mouse guy's troubles at scholar school. Very slow episode and nothing happens. Amazingly enough I think episode 19 was actually the best one on this disc, and that's saying something... There were some good things about this episode, it sets some backstory and provides more information about the world, but this series is just so uninteresting sometimes when nothing happens for so long... there are good shows where nothing happens and it works well, but this isn't one of them.
As for the actual plot though, not surprised to see Youko and her ministers having issues. On that note, this episode did a good job of making me dislike monarchies (though of course I did already). In my opinion they need a revolution, democracy > monarchy!
I mean, it is a good show, but it has its problems.
... Well, I'll watch AnoHana at least. What other good ones are you referring to though, other than that?
Ah. Yeah, you're mostly right -- it is very juvenile. I don't know why anime decided that being so juvenile is the right thing to do, but by now it's such a long-held thing that I doubt it's going to change anytime soon...
I'm not so sure that things are getting worse, though. Stupid, fanservicey junk has been around for decades. Maybe in some ways it's getting worse, but in others it always was like this.
But yeah, I agree that compared to Western things the way anime usually treats romance and such is pretty weird, so, so juvenile and ridiculous... it's the style they use, but it is kind of odd. Part of it is about the audience though, they think the audience doesn't want anything more than that. That makes sense for some stuff -- that would most likely be accurate for stuff for the younger male audience -- but not for everything, and it is like that in way too much stuff.
But still, some of it IS cultural differences -- we have ours, they have theirs like nosebleeds and fainting. I don't know enough to say whether that's something that's just for the anime subculture though, versus something that applies more widely to Japanese culture; that is a good question, I agree. You well might be right, but I'm not certain.
20 - Finally, the end of Taiki's story! No real ending here though, just an "and his troubles continued, and somehow bad stuff happened, and he's still in Earth and doesn't know it". Do they ever actually resolve this, if it doesn't return full time to his story? They had plenty of time, but decide to make his arc glacially slow instead of actually keeping up any kind of pace, so instead of actually getting through it they only get partway and then quit... great.
21 - What, it's not over? Oh, a RECAP episode? Of Taiki's arc? Who thought THAT was a good idea? Beginning-of-episode recaps are one thing, but an entire episode that is a recap, mixed with a few bits of new info so I couldn't just skip the whole thing... THIS is a recap that I agree with you about really disliking. Awful, just awful.
22 - So we finally return to Youko's story! Great! But wait, nothing happens in this episode. Instead it's about Youko and her troubles with being a queen now in a world she doesn't understand, and the mouse guy's troubles at scholar school. Very slow episode and nothing happens. Amazingly enough I think episode 19 was actually the best one on this disc, and that's saying something... There were some good things about this episode, it sets some backstory and provides more information about the world, but this series is just so uninteresting sometimes when nothing happens for so long... there are good shows where nothing happens and it works well, but this isn't one of them.
As for the actual plot though, not surprised to see Youko and her ministers having issues. On that note, this episode did a good job of making me dislike monarchies (though of course I did already). In my opinion they need a revolution, democracy > monarchy!
Escaflowne actually has good pacing, a fast-moving plot, a story that stays good throughout, etc... Twelve Kingdoms doesn't have those things. Sure when it's good it's good, but when it's not, not so much. And so far there's a bit too much of the latter.mAcOdIn said:
I mean, it is a good show, but it has its problems.
No, Clannad's a bit better than I was remembering (and I didn't watch it even this far anyway). The Twelve Kingdoms is certainly better, but Clannad's not that bad.
Yes, this is indeed that episode. I don't really like that stuff, being mean like that isn't nice... sure sometimes it's amusing, but it's not right. So continues to often be either irrationally angry or acting like that? Great.mAcOdIn said:
So I decided to watch the first episodes of a bunch of stupid shows... yeah, it's true. But in my defense I haven't been able to watch anything new in a while... once I do I'll be sure to fix that by watching Lotte no Omocha.
... Well, I'll watch AnoHana at least. What other good ones are you referring to though, other than that?No, I meant things that our culture uses as romance/love references which aren't based on fact -- hearts as a love symbol for instance would probably be a good one, for our culture. And the heart shape for that matter.
Ah. Yeah, you're mostly right -- it is very juvenile. I don't know why anime decided that being so juvenile is the right thing to do, but by now it's such a long-held thing that I doubt it's going to change anytime soon...
I'm not so sure that things are getting worse, though. Stupid, fanservicey junk has been around for decades. Maybe in some ways it's getting worse, but in others it always was like this.
But yeah, I agree that compared to Western things the way anime usually treats romance and such is pretty weird, so, so juvenile and ridiculous... it's the style they use, but it is kind of odd. Part of it is about the audience though, they think the audience doesn't want anything more than that. That makes sense for some stuff -- that would most likely be accurate for stuff for the younger male audience -- but not for everything, and it is like that in way too much stuff.
But still, some of it IS cultural differences -- we have ours, they have theirs like nosebleeds and fainting. I don't know enough to say whether that's something that's just for the anime subculture though, versus something that applies more widely to Japanese culture; that is a good question, I agree. You well might be right, but I'm not certain.
It is the worst disc for sure.A Black Falcon said:
No, this arc never gets resolved in the anime, I don't know about the books.A Black Falcon said:
I always complained about the recap episodes from day one so I agree.A Black Falcon said:
Well Escaflowne had "good" pacing at the expense of a good story while the Twelve Kingdoms has a good story many times at the expense of pacing.A Black Falcon said:
But anyways, you're at the best arc now.
Stupid starfish girl gets the most of his hokes so after her that part of him dies down a little and we get more emo guy.A Black Falcon said:
God I hope Lotte no Omacha's a joke! I dunno, I'd rather be watching Maria+Holic and Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko but I guess my real problem was that you actually ranked the crap, I'd have just left everything that sucked off. If it's a list of what you've seen it's sad but understandable but if it's actually ranked and you got enjoyment out of all of them it's scary.A Black Falcon said:So I decided to watch the first episodes of a bunch of stupid shows... yeah, it's true. But in my defense I haven't been able to watch anything new in a while... once I do I'll be sure to fix that by watching Lotte no Omocha.
Totally different! It'd be comparable if our cartoons all featured teens getting shot by cupid with arrows and shit when they hook up but we don't have any of that nonsense, it makes little sense to compare a benign, stationary heart shape to an visual action. I don't think we have anything comparable.A Black Falcon said:
It doesn't even reach juvenile level, really. Since it doesn't even reach a kid's level it does make it seem like pandering to just crazy perverts.A Black Falcon said:
It's the idiotic breaking of the third wall, you wanna show someone's boobs fucking write a scene for it, don't just show them.A Black Falcon said:
But what exactly is our culture here? What do we have remotely similar to nosebleeds? Or fainting? Hmm. And I'll readily admit I'm ignorant however I currently refuse to believe that these are really widely accepted cultural expressions in Japan. The sheer amount of stuff without it in all the other mediums implies that to the greater Japan all these things are silly so it being so prevalent in Anime and Manga is weird, so I'm going to also go out and go on a limb and again say they're appealing to a certain narrow demographic with these, as you say, cultural expressions, when if they were truly universal they should be in everything.A Black Falcon said:
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Anyways, watched Denpa 2, was decent, seems like this is going to be pretty much Arakawa in school which I'm fine with but I guess I'll have to wait and see if it overstays it's welcome like Arakawa did.
Now to catch up on all this other stuff.
Jex
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Denpa 2
Sure is SHAFT/Outsiders/moe/boring in here! Dropping this straight down a well.
Hyouge Mono 2
I'm still enjoying this, even with the rather poor direction. Most of the time it isn't that bad, but the sound-mix in one scene really spoiled the mood. Other than that, I'll definitely be keeping up with this show.
Sure is SHAFT/Outsiders/moe/boring in here! Dropping this straight down a well.
Hyouge Mono 2
I'm still enjoying this, even with the rather poor direction. Most of the time it isn't that bad, but the sound-mix in one scene really spoiled the mood. Other than that, I'll definitely be keeping up with this show.
Denpa 2
The lead guy continues to kill the show, I don't think it's possible to make him less interesting.
Denpa girl is still quite amusing, glad she got back in the futon. Girly Kyubey is a bit weird to listen to now. And costume girl seems quirky enough to be decent.
I'm in until the show decides on what route it's taking at least.
The lead guy continues to kill the show, I don't think it's possible to make him less interesting.
Denpa girl is still quite amusing, glad she got back in the futon. Girly Kyubey is a bit weird to listen to now. And costume girl seems quirky enough to be decent.
I'm in until the show decides on what route it's taking at least.
Question: I watched Kiki's Delivery Service last week and this has been bugging me.
Maybe it's different in the subs (the person I watched it with is part of the HURF TOO HARD TO READ crowd and therefore we watched the dub), but I noticed at the end of the movie that
Is this intentional? I took it to symbolize that
Maybe it's different in the subs (the person I watched it with is part of the HURF TOO HARD TO READ crowd and therefore we watched the dub), but I noticed at the end of the movie that
her cat is still meowing to her, which implies to me that she still can't understand him.
Kiki still hasn't worked out all of her problems, but that's a normal part of growing up.
From the National Film Board Of Canada website (http://www.nfb.ca/), the English version of the first trailer and also the second one:7Th said:
Muybridge's Strings (Trailer)
http://www.nfb.ca/film/muybridges_strings_trailer
Muybridge's Strings (Trailer 2)
http://www.nfb.ca/film/muybridges_strings_trailer_2
The problem is that maybe we won't be able to see this animated short in a long time, because the National Film Board Of Canada (NFB) usually makes recently produced animated shorts exclusive to their NFB Mediatheque in Toronto, Canada, and other affiliated centers, or present them on various film festivals before uploading it to their database for the free-of-charge online release. As an example, Runaway by Cordell Barker was made available online more than a year after its world premiere at the 2009 edition of the International Critics Week celebrated in Cannes, France.
However, this short is only produced in part by the NFB, so I can't be sure when they'll made it available.
Not going to bump the X-men thread until I've seen it in HD, but...
X-men ep4
As expected this is a solid and totally unique episode done by web-style animators. Similar to certain episodes of Naruto, or the general style of Noein and Birdy Decode, the art in the episode is not particularly consistent with the rest of the series, but has it's own distinct style. The animation flows well, and there are VERY creative camera angles and general direction thanks to Niho's storyboards and Ikehata's direction.
Two particular types of scenes stand out in the episode. Firstly the action sequences are pretty awesome, with lots of dynamic camera movement, morphing effects, and great motion flair. Secondly, the character scenes have a good degree of naunce in the body language and general motion.
I'm not sure if regular viewers will enjoy the episode as much as I did (even the script is much more interesting than the previous episode though, so it's definitely a step up), but being a fan of unique styles of animation and experimentation, this episode made me VERY happy.
X-men ep4
As expected this is a solid and totally unique episode done by web-style animators. Similar to certain episodes of Naruto, or the general style of Noein and Birdy Decode, the art in the episode is not particularly consistent with the rest of the series, but has it's own distinct style. The animation flows well, and there are VERY creative camera angles and general direction thanks to Niho's storyboards and Ikehata's direction.
Two particular types of scenes stand out in the episode. Firstly the action sequences are pretty awesome, with lots of dynamic camera movement, morphing effects, and great motion flair. Secondly, the character scenes have a good degree of naunce in the body language and general motion.
I'm not sure if regular viewers will enjoy the episode as much as I did (even the script is much more interesting than the previous episode though, so it's definitely a step up), but being a fan of unique styles of animation and experimentation, this episode made me VERY happy.
Ano hana ep2
Missed opportunity for product placement ninpendo
Its funny how they came to the conclusion that menma rise from the dead for her rare pokemon.
Good episode,I was expecting for something terrible to happen after Geneijin comment but it wasn't so bad.
Smelling dead girls dress smh guys got problems
Missed opportunity for product placement ninpendo
Its funny how they came to the conclusion that menma rise from the dead for her rare pokemon.
Good episode,I was expecting for something terrible to happen after Geneijin comment but it wasn't so bad.
Smelling dead girls dress smh guys got problems
Ano Hana 2
Good episode. Looks like they're slowly getting the gang back together. Skirting the edge of copyright was quite hilarious. I kinda expect the last episode of this show to make me cry.
I'm slowly being swayed to Team Ano Hana after this good episode and Iroha's weird 3rd episode! To be fair though I'll give Ano Hana 3 eps as well
C The Money of Possibility and Soul Control 2
I agree with the people saying the art in the financial district is pretty damn ugly. Story seems pretty interesting though. Also good to see the main character get kinda freaked out because I thought he was too chill in the first ep. When all this weird crap is happening to you screaming is the appropriate reaction.
Good episode. Looks like they're slowly getting the gang back together. Skirting the edge of copyright was quite hilarious. I kinda expect the last episode of this show to make me cry.
I'm slowly being swayed to Team Ano Hana after this good episode and Iroha's weird 3rd episode! To be fair though I'll give Ano Hana 3 eps as well
C The Money of Possibility and Soul Control 2
I agree with the people saying the art in the financial district is pretty damn ugly. Story seems pretty interesting though. Also good to see the main character get kinda freaked out because I thought he was too chill in the first ep. When all this weird crap is happening to you screaming is the appropriate reaction.
Jexhius said:
Yeah the dramatic music in this show is absolutely terrible and they put it in at the wrong time both episodes. Other than that episode 2 was great. It's already past what I've read of the manga and it's much more entertaining when you don't know what is going to happen. I'm pretty stoked that we get three seasons of this.
C ep2(maybe the C stands for cliché?)
Putting the visuals aside, the show is so cliché, the idea sounds interesting on paper but the execution is sadly disappointing.
I was hoping the virtual fight is where this anime will shine but I was mistaken it makes yugioh 3d bike racing look good right about now.
ok the 3d sucks really bad but the worse part is, so does the 2d
Putting the visuals aside, the show is so cliché, the idea sounds interesting on paper but the execution is sadly disappointing.
I was hoping the virtual fight is where this anime will shine but I was mistaken it makes yugioh 3d bike racing look good right about now.
ok the 3d sucks really bad but the worse part is, so does the 2d
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Ano Hana 2:
Well, that was unexpected. I didn't really expect this show to go and spend its second episode on Pokemon. This series seems kind of aimless right now.
Well, that was unexpected. I didn't really expect this show to go and spend its second episode on Pokemon. This series seems kind of aimless right now.
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