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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
Yep, pretty much. Gotta get my fix, and she actually uses her range on the show.mAcOdIn said:
For whatever reason, I've always considered the term animation to have a broader focus than that. No idea why, that's just how it got stuck in my head.Branduil said:
ie, a Disney animated film has a very specific look and feel, just as a Pixar animated film has its own look and feel.
She sounds so hot in it, pity she's playing an underage boy in the show.firehawk12 said:
And I was thinking about this but is Kanako supposed to be ugly? She's always getting ragged on for her height, weight and shit but she looks fine, is it Mariya and Matsurika just being asses, another example of the "ugly betty" trope or would that actually be considered unattractive over there?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Well, there are never any ugly anime characters unless they are fat, so it's pretty much impossible to tell.mAcOdIn said:
I assume it's mostly trolling though - whether psychological or physical, when it comes to feeding her cake to make her fat.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Even animu is responsible for reinforcing negative images of women to little girls!Geneijin said:
So fat. Everyone says she is.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Oh yeah, buck teeth. Which is kind of ironic. :loltrejo said:
A Black Falcon
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Ano Hana 02 - Broken people being sad, I love this show... 
As for the plot, the blatant pokemon ripoff game was kind of amusing. It was "Gold" version though, but looked like it was for a GBA (GBA SP ripoff)... Pokemon Gold wasn't for GBA, it was for GBC. Three of them were actually getting along again, though... I wonder where the plot in this series is going to go, there will have to be more things come up than we know so far, I think... is "they keep trying things until they figure out what her wish was, while uniting the five of them again" going to be it, or will there be more? I'm guessing the latter, but we'll see. I guess part of that will depend on how hard it is to make friends again with the other two, these three are sort of getting along again but the other two look like they'll be tougher... the guy has the much talked about creepy scene, and the girl treats them pretty badly (because they're in a worse school, etc.).
I also wonder why only the main character guy can see her, and not the others... she certainly seems to be more than just a hallucination of his though, so it doesn't seem like it's that. But yeah, it's a pretty good show. Not much fanservice either, just a little bit (if you count the scene where she's in a bath towel as that, which it probably was meant as). That's good.
On the note of the creepy scene though...
Becoming friendly again, even if it's just some of them, is maybe progress towards that... hopefully it is.
Dog Days 03 - (I won't spoiler anything) :lol This show is awesome... Okay, so we know (from ep. 2) that our hero can't go home, and that in ep. 1 he was summoned when the princess' dog (an actual dog-shaped dog, not a dogperson, though it's clearly smarter than an average dog) set up a trap under his feet after he jumped off of the second floor when leaving school (because he's a gymnast he can do such things). Alright.
In this episode, though, we learn that when summoning the hero, you're supposed to tell them the catch -- that they can't go back -- and technically, the dog did... because, in the fantasy kingdom's script (which is not Japanese script), some small print was written around the edges of the circle. And in the smallest of that small print, it says "warning: you cannot go back". That's awesome, the fine print was there, but it was impossible for him to read... funny stuff.
Also, the roads, valleys, etc. are dangerous, and aren't protected by the "people don't die in battle" protection magic. And they're dangerous -- just like in a JRPG, roads are dangerous and full of monsters.
Oh, and apparently all of the researcher types in this kingdom are all children, or something... at least they all look like they're about ten, max. The lead one manages to get him some cellphone signal, though, so he can call Japan... as if anyone's going to believe where he is. He calls the girl from ep. 1 anyway, but doesn't tell her where he is. (Then the researcher girl wants to "borrow" the phone.)
Then, drama! The princesses used to be friends, now they aren't. Oh so sad (not really). Also, the cat princess has a brother who interrupts the concert. Before that though, our hero takes a bath. It goes straight for the stereotype as he, of course, walks in on the princess while she's bathing. They're about equally embarrassed. (I think that the fact that he had shorts on in the bath is just about the first non-Japanese thing I've seen this supposed British exchange student doing...)
Also, the characters' tails somehow seem to materialize through their clothing (invisible holes?) and somehow don't get in the way of anything either. And the world's your traditional Japanese fantasy random, incoherent mix of modern, fantasy medieval, Japanese, and more elements. Gah, so much about that stuff annoys me so much, and pretty much the entire genre does it. I like that there's so much fantasy anime, but it is annoying how little thought goes into the worlds. Instead they just toss in the expected random mixture of stuff, with no explanation about how such a bizarre world could ever happen, and call it good because that's what's expected in the genre. Most people don't care, I know, but because I actually know history I do...
As for the plot, the blatant pokemon ripoff game was kind of amusing. It was "Gold" version though, but looked like it was for a GBA (GBA SP ripoff)... Pokemon Gold wasn't for GBA, it was for GBC. Three of them were actually getting along again, though... I wonder where the plot in this series is going to go, there will have to be more things come up than we know so far, I think... is "they keep trying things until they figure out what her wish was, while uniting the five of them again" going to be it, or will there be more? I'm guessing the latter, but we'll see. I guess part of that will depend on how hard it is to make friends again with the other two, these three are sort of getting along again but the other two look like they'll be tougher... the guy has the much talked about creepy scene, and the girl treats them pretty badly (because they're in a worse school, etc.).
I also wonder why only the main character guy can see her, and not the others... she certainly seems to be more than just a hallucination of his though, so it doesn't seem like it's that. But yeah, it's a pretty good show. Not much fanservice either, just a little bit (if you count the scene where she's in a bath towel as that, which it probably was meant as). That's good.
On the note of the creepy scene though...
Looked like her dress to me. Was it actually the one she had when she died, or another one just like it, or what? However it is it is creepy, that guy obviously has issues... of course the idea is to show how, like all of them, he misses her, but even if it's less externally obvious when compared to the main character, clearly his problems are deep too.
Also, do all of them blame themselves for her death (did she drown or something?), or just the main character and the curly haired twintail girl? So far those two at least clearly think they have some responsibility for it, on the theory that if he hadn't run off (because she'd raised the question of whether he liked the girl who died), maybe whatever happened to her later that night might not have happened... who knows, they could be right, they could not. It's tough, with theoreticals like that, you will never know what could have happened had you made different choices. Eventually they'll have to accept that what happened happened, and the tragedy isn't all their faults (because from what we know it sure doesn't look like one person's fault).
Also, do all of them blame themselves for her death (did she drown or something?), or just the main character and the curly haired twintail girl? So far those two at least clearly think they have some responsibility for it, on the theory that if he hadn't run off (because she'd raised the question of whether he liked the girl who died), maybe whatever happened to her later that night might not have happened... who knows, they could be right, they could not. It's tough, with theoreticals like that, you will never know what could have happened had you made different choices. Eventually they'll have to accept that what happened happened, and the tragedy isn't all their faults (because from what we know it sure doesn't look like one person's fault).
Dog Days 03 - (I won't spoiler anything) :lol This show is awesome... Okay, so we know (from ep. 2) that our hero can't go home, and that in ep. 1 he was summoned when the princess' dog (an actual dog-shaped dog, not a dogperson, though it's clearly smarter than an average dog) set up a trap under his feet after he jumped off of the second floor when leaving school (because he's a gymnast he can do such things). Alright.
In this episode, though, we learn that when summoning the hero, you're supposed to tell them the catch -- that they can't go back -- and technically, the dog did... because, in the fantasy kingdom's script (which is not Japanese script), some small print was written around the edges of the circle. And in the smallest of that small print, it says "warning: you cannot go back". That's awesome, the fine print was there, but it was impossible for him to read... funny stuff.
Also, the roads, valleys, etc. are dangerous, and aren't protected by the "people don't die in battle" protection magic. And they're dangerous -- just like in a JRPG, roads are dangerous and full of monsters.
Oh, and apparently all of the researcher types in this kingdom are all children, or something... at least they all look like they're about ten, max. The lead one manages to get him some cellphone signal, though, so he can call Japan... as if anyone's going to believe where he is. He calls the girl from ep. 1 anyway, but doesn't tell her where he is. (Then the researcher girl wants to "borrow" the phone.
)Then, drama! The princesses used to be friends, now they aren't. Oh so sad (not really). Also, the cat princess has a brother who interrupts the concert. Before that though, our hero takes a bath. It goes straight for the stereotype as he, of course, walks in on the princess while she's bathing. They're about equally embarrassed. (I think that the fact that he had shorts on in the bath is just about the first non-Japanese thing I've seen this supposed British exchange student doing...)
Also, the characters' tails somehow seem to materialize through their clothing (invisible holes?) and somehow don't get in the way of anything either. And the world's your traditional Japanese fantasy random, incoherent mix of modern, fantasy medieval, Japanese, and more elements. Gah, so much about that stuff annoys me so much, and pretty much the entire genre does it. I like that there's so much fantasy anime, but it is annoying how little thought goes into the worlds. Instead they just toss in the expected random mixture of stuff, with no explanation about how such a bizarre world could ever happen, and call it good because that's what's expected in the genre. Most people don't care, I know, but because I actually know history I do...
Probably true, but sometimes at least the two are treated similarly, it's not always different.Halycon said:
Eh? Definitely second to blond girl, Kon was the shiznet.trejo said:
I'm sure she was made fun of at least once for her shoe size and bust.Geneijin said:
I'd hope it's trolling, I mean, she looks fine, what's she supposed to be a stick? She's not even that tall in the show, if she were shown a little differently I could almost see that but Ryuken's taller than her.firehawk12 said:
Infinite Justice
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Geneijin said:
So fat. Everyone says she is.
this is what people are calling fat now? smh
arnoldocastillo2003
Member
Geneijin said:
I like several like:
- Albafika vs Minos
- Thanatos vs Manigoldo vs Pope
- Etc..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ1EDNhEvcM
arnoldocastillo2003
Member
Grzi said:
No, you don´t have to watch the original, not at all, is a total REBOOT, sort of, it has its own story and characters, its like a prequel to the original series, so there is no need to even know a thing about the original series.
Just see with open mind and you will like it.
Edit:
Yeah weird LOL!mAcOdIn said:
Crash Station
Member
As someone who loves battle shounen, I really do need to check out Saint Seiya, especially if it indeed helped shape what the genre is today. Saw very little as a kid when it was on CN.
doomed1 said:
I know the feeling, while my sister doesn't appreciate the art of reading subs, she was able to marathon through the Cardcaptor dub, and many others in just a few days, hell she took her own initiative and start watching the Haibane Renmei dub on her own, I just can't watch anime like that in so little time anymore. D:
Halycon said:
Powers!? ... bah should have known from the first episode really.
Crash Station
Member
Steroyd said:
Why do you think I put it in my battle thread? The show's a full on super-powered fighting series with horror elements.
Well, it pretty much single-handedly jumpstarted the anime craze in Latin America back when it premiered. There were other big shows before it, but this was the first one to explode in popularity to a crazy degree as far as I recall.cosmicblizzard said:
Superiority between peers was determined by the amount of action figures you owned and trips to the principal's office over fights about which character was the most awesome and the like were commonplace. It was pretty wild.
I couldn't really tell you how well it stands up nowadays since my nostalgia goggles are impossible to remove.
Don't remember them. I should check out Season 1 again.mAcOdIn said:
AnoHana spoilers
If you really want to know, check out the episode 3 preview. I would not recommend it, but there are heavy implications Episode 3 won't be the former for that episode at least.A Black Falcon said:
They're the most emotionally separated from the group. Arguably, Episode 2 depicts Tsurumi/Tsuruko as the one who's the most emotionally damaged and affected by Menma's death and the group's separation despite Yukiatsu's scene. I don't think Tsurumi's reply to Naruko was meant to be taken as a pompous retort but to illustrate the distance of their relationships between the two based on how both of them addressed one another.
Becoming friendly again, even if it's just some of them, is maybe progress towards that... hopefully it is.Also, do all of them blame themselves for her death (did she drown or something?), or just the main character and the curly haired twintail girl? So far those two at least clearly think they have some responsibility for it, on the theory that if he hadn't run off (because she'd raised the question of whether he liked the girl who died), maybe whatever happened to her later that night might not have happened... who knows, they could be right, they could not. It's tough, with theoreticals like that, you will never know what could have happened had you made different choices. Eventually they'll have to accept that what happened happened, and the tragedy isn't all their faults (because from what we know it sure doesn't look like one person's fault).
It's implied Menma drowned for now. I think both Jinta (MC) and Naruko/Anaru (twin-tails girl) blame themselves the most for Menma's death. Yukiatsu to a lesser extent but doubtful.
Most notably, it's why Naruko is my most favorite character right now because I want to see how she develops since AnoHana may be implying she's assuming most of responsibility for not only Menma's death but Jinta's current Hikikomori lifestyle as well; hence, my small speculation if you're interested.
Most notably, it's why Naruko is my most favorite character right now because I want to see how she develops since AnoHana may be implying she's assuming most of responsibility for not only Menma's death but Jinta's current Hikikomori lifestyle as well; hence, my small speculation if you're interested.
It was a reference to all those fat jokes she got on the show, so she's a fatty by anime standards. =PInfinite Justice said:
Guess I'll try and find an original clip from the show. I dislike most AMVs like those.arnoldocastillo2003 said:
I love watching original scenes in their full glory e.g. Hunter x Hunter -
Kurapica vs Ubogin
I'll keep those fights in mind when looking. Thanks.
Nonexistent goggles.trejo said:
Considering what their club name was I was expecting AnoHana to turn into something like Ghostwriter with them solving mysteries.
Also I watched some of Maria+Holic season one recently and it held up pretty decent, but it's really hard to tell when it comes to what comes out of Mariya and Matsurika's mouths in regards to whether they're serious or just being awesome jerks.
Also, I thought the gasoline scene was a tad much in the first season.
Also I watched some of Maria+Holic season one recently and it held up pretty decent, but it's really hard to tell when it comes to what comes out of Mariya and Matsurika's mouths in regards to whether they're serious or just being awesome jerks.
Also, I thought the gasoline scene was a tad much in the first season.
Crash Station
Member
trejo said:
Eh, even if it doesn't hold up that well, it's one of the essentials I'm missing along with HnK. I'm pretty much obligated to watch/read it.
-Stranger-
Junior Member
Hanasaku Iroha 04
Fun episode, i enjoyed the new setting and the introduction of the new character.
The ending was really good (choke slam lol), looking foward to the drama next episode.
Fun episode, i enjoyed the new setting and the introduction of the new character.
The ending was really good (choke slam lol), looking foward to the drama next episode.
A Black Falcon
Member
Moshidora 01 - Noo! Bill Buckner, why are you now in a Japanese high school?
Other than that, applying business management to baseball is pretty odd, I assume the series exists as much to push knowledge of that stuff than anything else... but while decent, this isn't exactly the business management equivalent of what Spice and Wolf was to economics. This seems more blatant about that focus for one thing, and isn't as interesting either. But decent? Yeah, sure, it's okay. I'll probably watch some more of it at least.
Other than that, applying business management to baseball is pretty odd, I assume the series exists as much to push knowledge of that stuff than anything else... but while decent, this isn't exactly the business management equivalent of what Spice and Wolf was to economics. This seems more blatant about that focus for one thing, and isn't as interesting either. But decent? Yeah, sure, it's okay. I'll probably watch some more of it at least.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RsepQh342gicarus-daedelus said:
Jamiroquai needs more love in general.Hitokage said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sQMToLMvHY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMku3431W8w
Moshidora 2
I'm liking this, maybe since having all ten episodes over only two weeks will at least make it feel faster paced. Should be a good character-focused show, if a bit cliche. Also the "look behind you" gag near the start had me chuckling for a bit.
Steins;.:Gate 4
This is getting tiresome. I'm starting to warm up to crazy doctor guy and his silly antics but the pacing is all over the place and I feel the direction is still somewhat lacking. I want to like it but it feels like the show is purposefully making me work for it.
This is getting tiresome. I'm starting to warm up to crazy doctor guy and his silly antics but the pacing is all over the place and I feel the direction is still somewhat lacking. I want to like it but it feels like the show is purposefully making me work for it.
Joe Molotov
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Hitokage said:
Sad girls gonna sad.
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