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Spring 2011 Anime Thread of ZAWA ZAWA, Money, emo Cyclops, and fun^10xint^40=Ir2
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Dororon enma-kun 3 - So wrong, yet so very awesome. I'm amazed how varied each episode has been in terms of theme, it's also easily the most consistent show this season. Every episode has been as good as the other!
The insert songs utilized in this episode, were also very cool.
The insert songs utilized in this episode, were also very cool.
A Black Falcon
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AnoHana 01 - Aww.... so sad... 
Really good though. I like it a lot. Whether AnoHana or Nichijou are show of the season will probably be determined by whether this show keeps up this level of quality.
As for the story, five broken people and their dead friend... the story's good, the characters are interesting, and it definitely succeeds and making you feel bad for them, and poor Menma.
Better than Hanasaku Iroha ep. 1? Most definitely, by a wide margin.
As for how the characters are broken, ep. 1 shows how a few of them (the main guy, most obviously) are, but I imagine it'll get to all of them. It's clearly not going to be a very happy show, but it's very well made.
If I have a complaint, it 's that the show is maybe too obvious about that -- the OP is quite unsubtle about what the plot's going to be about. No mystery here, just drama. I'm interested to see where the story will go, though.
Seriously though, yeah, it is an entertainingly stupid show.
They are pretty good at what they do, but sure, it might be interesting to see them try that too.
I know I said it last time the series came up, but A-Ko 3 > 1 > 2. None are particuarly good, but the third comes the closest. I haven't seen the fourth (and final) one, though. Similarly I've only seen part 1 of the 2-part full sci-fi spinoff, A-Ko Versus Battle. It was pretty decent. More fighting, and more sci-fi.
Really good though. I like it a lot. Whether AnoHana or Nichijou are show of the season will probably be determined by whether this show keeps up this level of quality.
As for the story, five broken people and their dead friend... the story's good, the characters are interesting, and it definitely succeeds and making you feel bad for them, and poor Menma.
"I just want that tomorrow to come"... but it can't.
Better than Hanasaku Iroha ep. 1? Most definitely, by a wide margin.
As for how the characters are broken, ep. 1 shows how a few of them (the main guy, most obviously) are, but I imagine it'll get to all of them. It's clearly not going to be a very happy show, but it's very well made.
Menma was a little annoyingly cutesy, but she's supposed to be -- the idea obviously is that she's a lot like how she was when she died, because that's how old she was then and dead people generally don't get older. They've changed, she hasn't. Makes sense, and fits the theme well.
Dog Days is nowhere near IS's level of quality, though. The story actually mostly makes sense, within its world, and the episodes follow reasonably from one to the next... boring.Dresden said:
Seriously though, yeah, it is an entertainingly stupid show.
It was funny at pretty first, but even in ep. 3 as I said I was starting to get tired of it by the end... so ep. 4 has more of that? Oh well, I'm sure they will change.Articalys said:
Good question, Key seems to have skipped it. Considering how good Angel Beats is (it's the best Key anime) that's not all bad, but who knows about their upcoming anime, maybe I'll be wishing it was this instead (if Little Busters is good, I don't know much about it), we'll see...Articalys said:
KyoAni hasn't done serious in a while, though... do they remember how?Dresden said:
They are pretty good at what they do, but sure, it might be interesting to see them try that too.
Agreed. I never watched the second season, though... just didn't get around to it, usually I don't watch horror at all and I did watch the first season, but reading about what happened in season 2 was enough and I never actually watched it.mAcOdIn said:
In some ways at least, that does seem to be true. I didn't watch any of most of the shows in your list, though... I'm going to guess the same is true for you and a lot of the ones on mine?
Oh, you should have said so ("there are no 2010 shows worth listing"). Just leaving the year off entirely looks odd, like your forgot. I mean, sure SnW did cross my mind, but mostly I just thought that you'd forgotten or left out 2010, not that you didn't think any were worth listing.
Probably so, yes.
I know I said it last time the series came up, but A-Ko 3 > 1 > 2. None are particuarly good, but the third comes the closest. I haven't seen the fourth (and final) one, though. Similarly I've only seen part 1 of the 2-part full sci-fi spinoff, A-Ko Versus Battle. It was pretty decent. More fighting, and more sci-fi.
Oh, alright, so you were referring to their other stuff then, and not Azumanga.jman2050 said:
Yeah, the second episode is just a strong. The first episode had some weird scenes though, but at the end of the episode I thought it worked well in the context.A Black Falcon said:AnoHana 01 - Aww.... so sad...
Really good though. I like it a lot. Whether AnoHana or Nichijou are show of the season will probably be determined by whether this show keeps up this level of quality.
As for the story, five broken people and their dead friend... the story's good, the characters are interesting, and it definitely succeeds and making you feel bad for them, and poor Menma.
<3 this man.Dresden said:
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Finally finished up ep19-24 today. Not a lot of choice episodes here, and a ton of reused footage even towards the end. The series definitely starts to falter towards the latter half, but it's still rather enjoyable as a CLAMP show. The strength of the series is very much in the characters and no the main plot, which is relatively paper-thin and does not have a great or satisfactory conclusion.
It's not surprising that Ando storyboarded the most exciting episode of the series though, and honestly it should have really ended with the pen-ultimate episode anyway. The final episode was pretty mediocre and a letdown in contrast. It's actually interesting to see some proto-Stranger style direction in the fight at the end of ep23, even though it is clear all the effort was on the part of Ando's storyboards, because the actual animation and execution was really cheap, just like most of the series in general.
It was nice to refresh my memory on the series and revisit this adaptation, but honestly, now I'm kinda hoping that if CLAMP ever continues and finishes the X manga, that Madhouse or another studio with better animation staff will do a complete redo ala FMA:B. The fights could certainly do with more animation frames...
Finally finished up ep19-24 today. Not a lot of choice episodes here, and a ton of reused footage even towards the end. The series definitely starts to falter towards the latter half, but it's still rather enjoyable as a CLAMP show. The strength of the series is very much in the characters and no the main plot, which is relatively paper-thin and does not have a great or satisfactory conclusion.
It's not surprising that Ando storyboarded the most exciting episode of the series though, and honestly it should have really ended with the pen-ultimate episode anyway. The final episode was pretty mediocre and a letdown in contrast. It's actually interesting to see some proto-Stranger style direction in the fight at the end of ep23, even though it is clear all the effort was on the part of Ando's storyboards, because the actual animation and execution was really cheap, just like most of the series in general.
It was nice to refresh my memory on the series and revisit this adaptation, but honestly, now I'm kinda hoping that if CLAMP ever continues and finishes the X manga, that Madhouse or another studio with better animation staff will do a complete redo ala FMA:B. The fights could certainly do with more animation frames...
Keep in mind that the interview was made on May 17, 1995. I don't know if he would say the same nowadays.zeroshiki said:
Mamoru Oshii said:
Mamoru Oshii, I suppose, considers relevant in a film only the social commentary of present times, and thinks that old values won't reach this nowadays (seemingly jaded) society. Then, every film should have an specific theme that he deems acceptable? And what he thinks about universal values, atemporal messages or simple and pure entertainment in them? What about the spectators that want to abstract themselves from their lives by means of a movie? Or to learn from those ideologies to have a broader image of today's world? Wouldn't that makes him somewhat disconnected with the general public? No, I think he simply has an opinion like he has his own ways of see filmmaking, personal and not absolute. In my opinion, films have the purpose their creators want for them and can reflect everything they want. I don't see his commentaries as an attack, I see them more like a perspective that those who know him personally (like Mr. Miyazaki, Mr. Takahata and Mr. Suzuki) will read between the lines.Mamoru Oshii said:
I know you are (probably) half joking, Jexhius, and I'm not trying to defend mistreatments of any kind, but I suppose that for an already old and seasoned animator like Mr. Miyazaki, it's very hard to change that philosophy of work he experienced at Toei Animation in the 60's; working in time consuming and exhausting full-animation productions (as opposed to limited-animation ones made in that era by Mushi Productions, and later A Production), that has continued to make alongside Studio Ghibli (and as far as I know, he still works as hard as anyone there).Jexhius said:
Some character designs for Toei's Kyousogiga have been released; character designer was also revealed: Yuki Hayashi.
They sure look a lot better than Kawamoto's designs for Towa no Quon.
It looks better without that badly animated punch in the middle of it.cosmicblizzard said:
Dog Days 4: There were some pretty bleh animated portions in this episode like where Shinku and Eclair 'battle' with the cat grunts. Yukikaze and Brioche's entrance was better but still not as good as episode 2. Can the dog ninja's turn the tides against the cats? They're pretty cool in any case. Hopefully the next episode is more fun as they've set up a couple fights and Leon is going into the fray as well.
Point of amusement this episode:
Dog days gaf where you at.
firehawk12
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So it's... a serious baseball anime?Geneijin said:Moshidora - 1
I will unapologetically like this. It is like the preview special indicated so don't expect a comedy.
Not quite. It's a drama as listed on ANN where Minami learns how to be a manager from the Drucker's Management book she bought. It's less about baseball and more about converting the ideas from the book into practical ideas which can be used for something else like bettering the team. There's moments like Yuki telling Minami that isn't a real manager management book or Yuki telling how Minami can apply those ideas to lighten the mood of the show, so it's not a serious drama in that sense.firehawk12 said:
firehawk12
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Is it going to be Taishou Baseball Girls then? Which was early 20th century feminism wrapped in moemoekyun?Geneijin said:
Jex
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It's pretty deep like that.flawfuls said:
So how many episodes to bondage and dress sniffing?Geneijin said:
I already have enough things to watch! But obviously I'll add it into rotation if it's good.
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Toward The Terra 18
Easily one of the most exciting and episodes in the show. The way the balance of power shifts between hunter and hunted in pretty extreme.
Also, now it's pretty clear why they don't want those guys to breed. They create GODS. Which in turns leads to a massive (and in some sense, justified) superiority complex.
firehawk12
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Eh, with shorter hair, that picture could have been taken straight out of OoFuri.vocab said:
I rewatched the fourth episode Hanasaku Iroha for the benefit of my little sister who's following the series as well, and I actually noticed a few things I missed on the first time through. Phrases, connections, imagery. I got the one where Drill Hair is talking about Tohru and Ohana thinks she's talking about the author, more when Tohru makes a comment about Ohana's physical development in comparison to Drill Hair's. Why would he know this? Oh, that's why. *squick*. Also that scene where Tohru's showing Minko how to skewer the sushi. That doesn't mean anything at all. I'm sure. Nope.
Nope. Unless you have a seiyuu fetish, there's a lack of moe here and I'd be hard pressed to call certain moments moe. It'll be a drama on how to rebuild/improve the team as Minami draws inspiration from the Drucker's Management book to deal with various problems because she sees the essence of its practicality in other facets of life when reading it unlike everyone else except Yuki who either laughs or ridicules the absurdity of it.firehawk12 said:
It's a reference to something that happened in Episode 1.
Yu Yu Hakusho
I have gotten to the Dark tournament and this is one of the most straightforward shounen I've ever seen. Usually there is some aspect of adventure or something, but after the first set of episodes it's pretty much all fights. Not that there is anything necessarily wrong with that, the fights are pretty decent and I think it being so straightforward makes it easier to plow through. Also it practically feels like Kuwabara is the main character at this point. He has been getting more dialogue and screen time than Yusuke.
I have gotten to the Dark tournament and this is one of the most straightforward shounen I've ever seen. Usually there is some aspect of adventure or something, but after the first set of episodes it's pretty much all fights. Not that there is anything necessarily wrong with that, the fights are pretty decent and I think it being so straightforward makes it easier to plow through. Also it practically feels like Kuwabara is the main character at this point. He has been getting more dialogue and screen time than Yusuke.
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