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[tiff]

Samurai Girls 12 - Didn't really notice anything different until the very end, which was pretty predictable.

Episode itself wasn't bad. Things actually happen for once in this one. AnimeGAF would hate it either way, but the series as a whole probably could have been a lot more watchable if it was more of this and less the gang just chilling out at the dojo. It already looks nice and god knows the fanservice is already accounted for.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Haha! Yeah, that's a great one.

So I just finished Madoka, and wow. Deserved the hype it got. If Hell Girl has a child with Bakemonogatari, then Magical Lyrical Nanoha has a child with Revolutionary Girl Utena. And then those two children have a child. And that child had a child with Higurashi, then you'd have Madoka. ^_^
Anime pulls a nice "School Days" too.

Going to start Umineko later today. Sadistiic stuff. GET HYPE!

I hope you mean you're starting the awesome masterpiece that is the Umineko VN and not the terrible abomination that is the Umineko anime.

 

[Dynedom]

Cross Game - 01



Cross Game - 02-04

Awesome. This anime really paces itself well. It's slow enough for development. Really looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Still, through all those flashbacks: The bunk-bed scene especially.

 

[MCD]

>Cross Game

Enjoy your STARING, the Anime.

 

[Trojita]

But Umineko is not very hype worthy at all. Well, I mean, other than the OP/ED.

Oh desire!

 

[InfiniteNine]

Oh desire!

I kinda want to see a shop of that George Takei image with this.

 

[Instro]

Ao no Exorcist 04 - So kawaaaaaaai ^_^

Is he busting out the dreamworks face?

 

[TheOddOne]

Is he busting out the dreamworks face?

I can't unsee it now ;_;

 

[firehawk12]

I have a similar impression, because seeing his last shows I've assumed that Yutaka Yamamoto efforts are aimed to interest the viewer at the same level as previous successful works he was involved with, but in the way of making it he has recurred recently to established formulas that only work in a specific and planned context. And that leads to the more obvious attempt of this plan, FRACTALE, that it seems to be the conjunction or pastiche of so many ideas from a probably confused Mr. Yamakan, as he is trying to connect with the audience again, that in my opinion he doesn't give it a much needed focus or clear progression. From all those mixed ideas, some are very clever, but I think a general cohesion is the primary objective in a project like this one.

We were talking about this a bit in the IRC yesterday, and I wonder how much he was bound by an extremely confused script. One suggestion that came up was that he set himself up for a profound fall by simply being hyperbolic about the impact Fractale would have. Declaring that he would retire from anime should it fail probably didn't help matters either.

It probably doesn't help that I don't really have a sense of his style, mostly because his comedies have been mostly workmanlike.

 

[Jex]

Is he busting out the dreamworks face?

You son of a bitch!

 

[Infinite Justice]

Is he busting out the dreamworks face?

lol

 

[Dresden]

Ratings for the week of April 25 - May 1:

22.2%(20.1%) 05/01 18:30-19:00 CX* Sazae-san
15.5%(13.2%) 05/01 18:00-18:30 CX* Chibi Maruko-chan
*9.5%(10.3%) 05/01 *9:30-10:00 CX* One Piece
*9.1%(*9.0%) 04/30 18:00-18:30 NTV Detective Conan
*6.9%(*8.3%) 04/29 19:30-19:54 EX* Crayon Shin-chan
*6.9%(*7.7%) 05/01 *9:00-*9:30 CX* Toriko
*6.5%(--.-%) 04/29 19:00-19:30 EX* Doraemon
*5.2%(*6.1%) 04/28 19:00-19:30 TX* Pokemon Best Wishes!
*4.9%(*5.2%) 05/01 *8:30-*9:00 EX* Suite PreCure ♪
*4.8%(*4.0%) 04/27 19:00-19:27 TX* Inazuma Eleven (End)
-------------------------------
*3.9%(*2.5%) 04/28 24:45-26:45 CX* noitaminA - [C] - AnoHana
*3.2%(*1.9%) 04/29 16:30-17:00 NTV Soreike! Anpanman
*3.1%(*2.5%) 05/01 *7:00-*7:30 NTV Beelzebub
*2.4%(*2.5%) 05/01 *7:00-*7:30 EX* Battle Spirits: Brave
*2.2%(*2.6%) 04/26 24:59-25:29 NTV Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Hakairoku-hen
*1.9%(*2.8%) 05/01 *6:30-*7:00 EX* Digimon Xros Wars
*1.2%(*1.2%) 04/26 25:29-25:59 NTV Yuruani?
*0.5%(*0.9%) 04/29 27:08-27:38 NTV Dragon Crisis!

LoliHana saving the planet.

 

[Infinite Justice]

LoliHana saving the planet.

Japan loving lolis confirmed?

 

[tiff]

Japan loving lolis confirmed?

I guess if anyone was still on the fence about that.

 

[Articalys]

LoliHana saving the planet.

I honestly have no idea what any of those percentages or CX/EX/etc. stuff mean, or why only some of them are starred, but I guess 3.9, or 2.5, or both at once is a good thing?

 

[Hellsing321]

LoliHana saving the planet.

Yamakan confirmed for savior of noitaminA block. He died for our sins.

 

[jman2050]

Is he busting out the dreamworks face?

I hate you

 

[Cwarrior]

Yamakan confirmed for savior of noitaminA block. He died for our sins.

Spoiler

am not a fan of his work

 

[Jex]

LoliHana saving the planet.

It's true, and I'm thankful for it.

 

[firehawk12]

YAMAKAN!!!!!!!

 

[Dresden]

I honestly have no idea what any of those percentages or CX/EX/etc. stuff mean, or why only some of them are starred, but I guess 3.9, or 2.5, or both at once is a good thing?

*9.5%(10.3%) 05/01 *9:30-10:00 CX* One Piece

9.5% = ratings for that week

(10.3%) = ratings for the week before

The * is just to fill out the space for single-digit ratings.

CX/EX/etc are channels - CX is Fuji TV, I think.

AFAIK! Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Articalys]

*9.5%(10.3%) 05/01 *9:30-10:00 CX* One Piece

9.5% = ratings for that week

(10.3%) = ratings for the week before

The * is just to fill out the space for single-digit ratings.

CX/EX/etc are channels - CX is Fuji TV, I think.

AFAIK! Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Cool, thanks. So 4.0% is pretty good for the 1am timeslot, I take it?

 

[firehawk12]

Cool, thanks. So 4.0% is pretty good for the 1am timeslot, I take it?

For noitaminA it's like 4 times what they got last season.

 

[hellclerk]

I agree

There is no sparkle. The sparkle in all in your mind. You only perceive it because it represents your infatuation with the individual.

Spoiler

That's my reasoning for the sparkle-hair in Denpa anyway

 

[trejo]

No, the sparkle is there. I believe in the sparkle.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Fairly obvious that the futon is the reason behind the sparkle.

 

[Jex]

Kaiji 6

There's still another story arc in this season? How?

 

[Lain]

No, the sparkle is there. I believe in the sparkle.

That's no sparkle, that's dandruff.

 

[hellclerk]

Let's put a face to that voice, why don't we...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GMrg7d7AQk
(thankfully Lantis understands the internet and posts official versions of their bands' music videos online)

I still don't think it's that bad except for the very first line.

God, she should just sing in her natural range instead of forcing that kind of compression an octave up. She'd probably sound really good and it would give a much stronger tone.

Wow, that's so exactly the opposite of the face I would expect with that voice. Mad props to that band for being all-Fender though, except for the drum set obviously.

Yeah, Fenders tend to have a good, dry, crisp tone that fits most J-rock pretty well. Still, a Stratocaster. All my hate right there. I can't be CERTAIN what guitar they used to lay down the tracks, since whoever engineered the sound did a damned good job of hiding the weak strat tone, but i'm at least 70% confident it was a strat... Sweet Jag though.

No, the sparkle is there. I believe in the sparkle.

Then SHAFT has won. Prepare for your spine twisting head tilts.

 

[firehawk12]

Koe de Oshigoto 2: Pictures are worth a thousand words or whatever, so:

If you turn off your brain and imagine a world where it's okay for a girl to perform a

Spoiler

rape fantasy

, then it's very easy to find the wacky sex comedy here. It's basically a plain/vanilla version of Hen Zemi, where the fetishes are absent and the sex is boring.

Case in point:

I do think it's amusing that you have a voice actress pretending to be a high school girl who is a porn voice actress. I feel like there should be a "Yo dawg" or "You've been incepted" meme for this animu. The fact that you have

Spoiler

a white knight who defends porn (voice) actresses

brings the self-awareness to a whole new level, where you have no idea who this text or the message is meant for.

I mean, do they want guys who fap to this to feel good about fapping? They're supporting a voice actress' hard work/dreams after all!. Do they want to make the voice actresses feel good about breathing heavily into a microphone? These are the questions that demand answers!

 

[hellclerk]

Koe de Oshigoto 2: Pictures are worth a thousand words or whatever, so:
http://i.imgur.com/xIU3il.jpg[IMG]

If you turn off your brain and imagine a world where it's okay for a girl to perform a [SPOILER]rape fantasy[/SPOILER], then it's very easy to find the wacky sex comedy here. It's basically a plain/vanilla version of Hen Zemi, where the fetishes are absent and the sex is boring.

Case in point:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/MeWejm.jpg[IMG]

I do think it's amusing that you have a voice actress pretending to be a high school girl who is a porn voice actress. I feel like there should be a "Yo dawg" or "You've been incepted" meme for this animu. The fact that you have [SPOILER]a white knight who defends porn (voice) actresses[/SPOILER] brings the self-awareness to a whole new level, where you have no idea who this text or the message is meant for.

I mean, do they want guys who fap to this to feel good about fapping? They're supporting a voice actress' hard work/dreams after all!. Do they want to make the voice actresses feel good about breathing heavily into a microphone? These are the questions that demand answers![/QUOTE]
You bring up some interesting points, but I kind of don't see it as targeted at one particular individual, instead I end up reading into it as sort of a commentary on something known about but never discussed. The sort of pandering I feel is in a way meant to dull the edge of the plot's thesis, the "romance" element a sort of cover story to hide the perceived faux pas of humanizing the actors who voice porn. I mean seriously, otaku don't THINK of the people behind the mic through their "excitement" behind an event scene, rather they take what's there at face value. Because of a certain element of "innocence" in many of these games, to think of the person who voices them at all is an uncomfortable practice because that would force the recognition that the waifu laid (literally) bare before them is false. They love the illusion of the character, and conflict comes if the facade is taken away.

I just think there's some interesting, if sneaky social commentary in there. It's still unmitigated pander-bait, but it does some interesting things that kind of catch you off guard.

 

[Crash Station]

Toriko 6

Jirou is awesome. I always love the characters with body part enlargement powers. And oh look, the first major antagonist appears.

Glad the filler reporter isn't interfering too much with the actual plot. Let's hope it stays that way.

 

[Jex]

Sai Mecha Round Whatever: Where shit gets realer - http://saimecha.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/super-dimensional-robot-tournament-sai-mecha-the-1337-8/

[Evangelion Unit 01] vs. Tachikoma
[VF-1] vs. Sinanju
[Zaku II] vs. Escaflowne
[YF-19] vs. Gurren Lagann

Finally, worst name:

Mister Bushido vs. [Any given Innovator] vs. Full Frontal vs. South Burning

 

[firehawk12]

You bring up some interesting points, but I kind of don't see it as targeted at one particular individual, instead I end up reading into it as sort of a commentary on something known about but never discussed. The sort of pandering I feel is in a way meant to dull the edge of the plot's thesis, the "romance" element a sort of cover story to hide the perceived faux pas of humanizing the actors who voice porn. I mean seriously, otaku don't THINK of the people behind the mic through their "excitement" behind an event scene, rather they take what's there at face value. Because of a certain element of "innocence" in many of these games, to think of the person who voices them at all is an uncomfortable practice because that would force the recognition that the waifu laid (literally) bare before them is false. They love the illusion of the character, and conflict comes if the facade is taken away.

I just think there's some interesting, if sneaky social commentary in there. It's still unmitigated pander-bait, but it does some interesting things that kind of catch you off guard.

I wonder though. If animu actors can gain popularity, surely there are guys who follow porn voice actors around. Hell, there are guys here who follow real porn actors and their careers.

Of course, this is also just another moe show since girls who are embarrassed about sex and enter "sex trances" are inevitably moe.

 

[Data West]

Toriko 6

Jirou is awesome. I always love the characters with body part enlargement powers. And oh look, the first major antagonist appears.

Glad the filler reporter isn't interfering too much with the actual plot. Let's hope it stays that way.

Let's hope the filler reporter gets eaten by something. Zongeh is the only reason I put up with her dumbass puns

 

[Jex]

Toriko 6

I'm still enjoying this show, in a fairly laid back manner. However, if it ever becomes boring I'll have no qualms with dropping it.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Ao no Exorcist 4

No complaints so far. Very enjoyable.

 

[Izayoi]

Japan loving lolis confirmed?

I think that this was confirmed many, many years ago.

I think it's confirmed for pretty much all of Asia, actually.

 

[Haly]

[Evangelion Unit 01] vs. Tachikoma
VF-1 vs. [Sinanju]
Zaku II vs. [Escaflowne]
YF-19 vs. [Gurren Lagann]

Mister Bushido vs. Any given Innovator vs. [Full Frontal] vs. South Burning

I voted for the stuff I was familiar with so there ya go.

Also Macross mechs look silly.

 

[dimb]

So I'm watching Evangelion for the first time and I'm nearing the end. I just finished episode 20, and I'm wondering if there's a specific ending I want to watch. It seems like my choices are the original episodes, the director's cut versions of 21-24, and The End of Evangelion. Was just kind of wondering what routes AnimeGAF would recommend.

 

[Jex]

Also Macross mechs look silly.

....what. They're like fighter jets. And fighter jets are awesome.

So I'm watching Evangelion for the first time and I'm nearing the end. I just finished episode 20, and I'm wondering if there's a specific ending I want to watch. It seems like my choices are the original episodes, the director's cut versions of 21-24, and The End of Evangelion. Was just kind of wondering what routes AnimeGAF would recommend.

Directors cut, the original ending and then the End of Evangelion.

 

[Hellsing321]

So I'm watching Evangelion for the first time and I'm nearing the end. I just finished episode 20, and I'm wondering if there's a specific ending I want to watch. It seems like my choices are the original episodes, the director's cut versions of 21-24, and The End of Evangelion. Was just kind of wondering what routes AnimeGAF would recommend.

Watch the director's cut episodes, 25&26, and then End of Evangelion.

 

[hellclerk]

I wonder though. If animu actors can gain popularity, surely there are guys who follow porn voice actors around. Hell, there are guys here who follow real porn actors and their careers.

Of course, this is also just another moe show since girls who are embarrassed about sex and enter "sex trances" are inevitably moe.

Yeah, but just seeing seiyus rarely infringe on the idea behind the character. They don't exactly have live ero scene readings. The "lust" element remains secure because it's never really touched upon where the seiyus are in sight, so what the seiyus end up being is more just an element of the characters, another poster/cd to be "collected". That's what porn really ends up being, a practice in disassociation. What ends up being "humanized" is the idea rather than any of the elements that create it.

That's just me and my database post-modernity talking though.

 

[trejo]

Evangelion Unit 01 vs. [Tachikoma]
[VF-1] vs. Sinanju
Zaku II vs. [Escaflowne]
YF-19 vs. [Gurren Lagann]

Bonus round:

Mister Bushido vs. [Any given Innovator] vs. Full Frontal vs. South Burning.

After a quick google of Innovator names I gotta say "dartboard approach", indeed.

....what. They're like fighter jets. And fighter jets are awesome.

Even better is that they are transformable fighter jets, which only makes them awesomer.

 

[Data West]

Hulu needs to sort out this Tiger & Bunny streaming stuff. I'm already relaxed watching Toriko then I gotta get up and go in the other room to watch Tiger & Bunny on the computer instead of my xbox

 

[Hitokage]

I just had the pleasure of sharing Garzey's Wing with others today. Many were in awe of its splendor.

 

[Steroyd]

Koe de Oshigoto - 01

*grabs coat*

I'm handing in my animu card and taking a nice long jog in the rain.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Koe de Oshigoto - 01

*grabs coat*

I'm handing in my animu card and taking a nice long jog in the rain.

 

[trejo]

Koe de Oshigoto - 01

*grabs coat*

I'm handing in my animu card and taking a nice long jog in the rain.

Did you rike it?

 

[Uchip]

[Evangelion Unit 01] vs. Tachikoma
VF-1 vs. [Sinanju]
Zaku II vs. [Escaflowne]
YF-19 vs. [Gurren Lagann]

Mister Bushido vs. Any given Innovator vs. [Full Frontal] vs. South Burning

I voted for the stuff I was familiar with so there ya go.

Also Macross mechs look silly.

get out!