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Spring 2011 Anime Thread of ZAWA ZAWA, Money, emo Cyclops, and fun^10xint^40=Ir2
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Izayoi said:
it was said but to bring a block considered by people to be dieing helps lol
Halycon said:
wat.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Your face looks silly!Halycon said:
Ah... so you're talking about one dimensional. Got ya. Fractale is too complicated?Jexhius said:
Fast forwarding to your last comment I've quoted below, I'm not sure you know what you're talking about. You describe the first episode as fluxuating severely in tone. Really?
There were mixed signals up until
the terrorists started killing people
I'm not sure what you're saying here, but the tone was fairly lighthearted throughout the entire first episode, ending with a romance being kindled.
My reaction to watching the first episode.trejo said:
Koe de Oshigoto 2
Stealth porn. Had to keep watching the door. The manga I feel is better with that sort of thing...
On a technical level, they need to work on their audio pacing and cues. They really crammed a ton of the manga into just one episode, so they have to work on pacing it properly with the bg audio.
Stealth porn. Had to keep watching the door. The manga I feel is better with that sort of thing...
On a technical level, they need to work on their audio pacing and cues. They really crammed a ton of the manga into just one episode, so they have to work on pacing it properly with the bg audio.
hosannainexcelsis
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Detective Conan 8-13
You'd think Ran and Kogoro would start putting the pieces together after the umpteenth sympathetic murderer called out "Thank you, little detective!" while being led away. Yet they never seem to truly realize that Conan's the one calling the shots in all their investigations. Ah well, as long as I get my melodramatic mysteries, my crazy Agasa inventions, and my lovely tsuntsun Ran, I can let issues of larger plot continuity slide.
You'd think Ran and Kogoro would start putting the pieces together after the umpteenth sympathetic murderer called out "Thank you, little detective!" while being led away. Yet they never seem to truly realize that Conan's the one calling the shots in all their investigations. Ah well, as long as I get my melodramatic mysteries, my crazy Agasa inventions, and my lovely tsuntsun Ran, I can let issues of larger plot continuity slide.
Crash Station
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hosannainexcelsis said:
I wonder if you can still say that 500 episodes from now.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
A girl's gotta eat. :lolJoule said:
hosannainexcelsis
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jman2050 said:
I am well aware of that and can safely say I'm not looking for anything to come of the overall plot. I just want some fun mysteries and the show isn't disappointing on that front so far. I find the lengths it goes to keep status quo more amusing than anything else.
Crash Station
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Hajime no Ippo 10
The day is finally here. I honestly can't predict the outcome of this match. Oda has more to lose it seems, but Ippo is the main character and all that.
The day is finally here. I honestly can't predict the outcome of this match. Oda has more to lose it seems, but Ippo is the main character and all that.
KuwabaraTheMan
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jman2050 said:
There is plenty of plot progression, though, it's just mixed in with a lot of other stuff going on, too. The plot cases often have long gaps between them, but the mysteries are almost always engaging, and the characters are almost always moving forward.
Plus, the wait for it makes all of the epic cases with tons of twists even better.
And Detective Conan pulled off one of the most amazing plot twists in any manga or anime.
RurouniZel
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KuwabaraTheMan said:
This x 1000. It's still my favorite anime to this day. ^_^
Master Milk
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Oh really? What was it?KuwabaraTheMan said:
Here's an unconfirmed but credible listing of key animators for X-Men ep9 leaked on 2ch before Newtype was released last week. It is based on various twitter exchanges as well as Hayama's blog posts about working on the episode.
Kouichi Arai, Hideki Hamasu, Hiroya Iijima, Masahiro Kurio, Yoshihiko Umakoshi, Hisashi Kagawa, Keisuke Masunaga, Masayuki Satou, Toshio Ishizaki (Sushio), Chikashi Kubota, Kazuhiro Miwa, Hiroshi Nagahama, Soichiro Matsuda, Keisuke Watabe, Yutaka Minowa.
Kouichi Arai, Hideki Hamasu, Hiroya Iijima, Masahiro Kurio, Yoshihiko Umakoshi, Hisashi Kagawa, Keisuke Masunaga, Masayuki Satou, Toshio Ishizaki (Sushio), Chikashi Kubota, Kazuhiro Miwa, Hiroshi Nagahama, Soichiro Matsuda, Keisuke Watabe, Yutaka Minowa.
A Black Falcon
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The whole second half of the original TV version of the episode was in greyscale black and white. Now it's in color. Did you forget that?tiff said:
Plus, the animation's better and there's more of it. The episode's a solid minute to minute and a half longer thanks to that.And also of course, that additional bit at the end... I like the new ending so much better.
Jubei fading out like that, as she does in the original version, was so sad... it's happier in the new ending where you can interpret it as her returning.
I do wish that it'd been a little clearer about what happened to Amakusa, though. Gisen's last words implied that maybe they've been sealed again, to maybe come back sometime in the distant future, but it doesn't come out and say for sure that that's what happened. I wish it had. Oh well, not too big of a point, you can figure out what happened I'd say.
I do wish that it'd been a little clearer about what happened to Amakusa, though. Gisen's last words implied that maybe they've been sealed again, to maybe come back sometime in the distant future, but it doesn't come out and say for sure that that's what happened. I wish it had. Oh well, not too big of a point, you can figure out what happened I'd say.
Yeah, I entirely agree. I really wish that the series had had a lot more of this and a lot less of the stupid harem hyjinx that took up the vast majority of the series, with this they showed that they could do some pretty good action and okay plot, against expectations given how stupid most of the series was. In comparison IS's action was no better than anything else in the show, but Samurai Girls had some cool action bits, when it finally tried... I do wish there'd been more like this in the series, yes, for sure.
Sounds like fun.Hitokage said:
Crash Station
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Hajime no Ippo 11
Ippo wins!
Ippo wins!
Windy tales was pretty incredible, first series I've seen in a while that genuinely impressed me in every aspect - favorite episodes are probably 3, 5, 11, 12 and 10. But every episode had it's moments.
I love how down-to-earth and realistic the character interactions were despite the unusual art, it kind of reminded of ghibli in how grounded it was and never resorted to any anime-ish cliches.
The mood and atmosphere was also incredibly well-done, there were also a good amount of "MONO NO AWARE" moments that were so amazing and well-executed.;_;
It's a shame how overlooked this series is, anyone who hasn't seen it already, should definitely check it out!
Now I'm going to check out the Tamayura OVA next which seems pretty similar to Windy tales based on the premise, although i doubt it's going be as good!
I love how down-to-earth and realistic the character interactions were despite the unusual art, it kind of reminded of ghibli in how grounded it was and never resorted to any anime-ish cliches.
The mood and atmosphere was also incredibly well-done, there were also a good amount of "MONO NO AWARE" moments that were so amazing and well-executed.;_;
It's a shame how overlooked this series is, anyone who hasn't seen it already, should definitely check it out!
Now I'm going to check out the Tamayura OVA next which seems pretty similar to Windy tales based on the premise, although i doubt it's going be as good!
I blame you for all this Koe de Oshigoto viewing!firehawk12 said:
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Back to my totally irregular Aria viewings
Aria the Natural 5: A couple half episode segments was the feature this time. The first was about Akari and Alicia taking a day trip to visit an island that was apparently claimed by Japanese and thus has its culture all over. Again Akari has a experience with the supernatural. It felt a little more out of place this time around maybe just because it's an anime and they using kitsune and such. It doesn't really seem to mesh well for me and the idea of Neo Venizia. I'll let it slide though because it's not too deterring.
The second half, I appreciated more. It started off pretty good with Akari and Aria's night caps. Alica invites the two to another day trip where they look for the essence of Spring at Alicia's special place while having a picnic. The place they go is an abandoned piece of land that was once perhaps a train station. Quite a nice setting it is. Their lunch is also cute. A fork in road leads them to not their expected destination but a marvel none the less. Somehow when they said searching for Spring, I should of expected cherry blossoms. A very firehawk segment indeed. Flower viewing from with an abandoned train.
Aria the Natural 6: Alice episode~ She has such amusing slippers! So this time we have the gang staying over at Orange Planet's dorms as per invitation from Alice. Of course this gathering poses a great danger to Aria to point of him going do not want. That crazy President Maa is relentless but he's impeded by a high bed. Meanwhile the girls have fun playing cards and things. Alice isn't fond of losing to Aika. Later on Alice receives a letter invitation to a 'pair' party. She declines while the rest of the gang (particularly Athena and her clumsy tactics) to get her to try it out. Eventually through the sheer tenacity of President Maa getting over the bed to take a bite of Aria she considers his efforts and musters the courage to try meeting these new people at the pair party. So it turns out that Alice was just afraid of meeting others outside of her already established circle with Aika and Akari. Being the genius of Orange Planet does have its troubles too. Alice was pretty cute this episode though.
And finally what's Aria without a funny faces exhibit:
Aika says watch Aria or I'll pinch your cheeks~
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It was impossible to resist!Joule said:
Ah yeah, that's one of those wonderful mono no aware / world building episodes. Not world building in the traditional sense, but in terms of just pure mood and atmosphere. In life, there's no such thing as a wrong turn! :lol
Oh, yeah, there's that too. I kinda meant more substantial changes than "oh, it's in color now."A Black Falcon said:The whole second half of the original TV version of the episode was in greyscale black and white. Now it's in color. Did you forget that?
Substantial plot-wise, I mean. I guess.
You're probably right about the animation too, but I wouldn't really notice little things like that since it's been months since the last episode aired.
I was never really attached to any of the characters, but it was definitely a happier ending, yeah.A Black Falcon said:And also of course, that additional bit at the end... I like the new ending so much better.
Jubei fading out like that, as she does in the original version, was so sad... it's happier in the new ending where you can interpret it as her returning.
A Black Falcon said:
I don't remember anything being said about a seal (Jubei's attack looked pretty fatal to me), but she says they'll be back in a few hundred years, and it's not like antagonists ever bluff about something like that, so I don't really know what else it leaves.
Joule said:And finally what's Aria without a funny faces exhibit:
Aika says watch Aria or I'll pinch your cheeks~
http://i.imgur.com/vQKNA.gif[IMG][/QUOTE]
How often does Aria stay in a chibi style? I thought the art style was always like [URL="http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aria_gondolas.jpg"]this[/URL].
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It only does Chibi for reaction shots. Most of the time they're in "normal" mode.Articalys said:
They're pretty prominent though. Enough to stick in my mind for awhile. Akari has the best one!firehawk12 said:
Some random things I forgot to mention:
-I liked how Alice changed her hair up a bit in episode 6.
-Akari's Patapon beat is the best thing. It must keep occurring.
-Orange Planet is really swanky. It's large bath house is even orange themed.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Joule said:
Oh yeah, it happens very often, but it's used mostly when a character is reacting to something that has just happened. There's no chibi during the dramatic moments anyway.
Jex
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There is no other human reaction suitbale for that momentous works.Hitokage said:
Clearly you have been watching the wrong kind of shows. All the best shows make you feel ashamed.trejo said:
Not particularly. It is fairly bad though, which explains it's famous popularity...Dali said:
Yes, that is my opinion and I'm not exactly alone in my accusation. You can go back over the thread where Fractale aired (although that would take a while) to find similar points being raises. Also, Cain is such a pervert! *blush*Dali said:
Okay, I know I said I was quitting with the ISML stuff, but I had to share these two bonus match results.
This is pretty awesome:
whereas this is just depressing:
although not altogether unsurprising given that recent move by Toyota.
Oh and Mikoto won the main bonus match if anyone cares about that.
This is pretty awesome:
whereas this is just depressing:
although not altogether unsurprising given that recent move by Toyota.
Oh and Mikoto won the main bonus match if anyone cares about that.
Jex
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Sounds pretty great. If I had time in busy schedule of absolutely insane shows I'd be sure to check it out.Lafiel said:Windy tales was pretty incredible, first series I've seen in a while that genuinely impressed me in every aspect - favorite episodes are probably 3, 5, 11, 12 and 10. But every episode had it's moments.
I love how down-to-earth and realistic the character interactions were despite the unusual art, it kind of reminded of ghibli in how grounded it was and never resorted to any anime-ish cliches.
It's a shame how overlooked this series is, anyone who hasn't seen it already, should definitely check it out!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Articalys said:Okay, I know I said I was quitting with the ISML stuff, but I had to share these two bonus match results.
This is pretty awesome:
Aria > all.
Jex
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GaoiGaiGar 14
This episode continues with a running theme that this show has explored in the last few episodes. Namely, that Volfogg is amazing, and could surely be the star of his own show. This episode in particular was probably the best the show has had so far, with very little falling back on the old repeated animation scenes.
Volfogg's powers currently include: Transforming into a car, invisibility, fog projection, holographic projection, built-in mirror coating, incredible speed, giant ninja-esque throwing weapons, the ability to summon a helicopter and motorcycle which he can also fuse with to do yet more crazy shit.
This episode continues with a running theme that this show has explored in the last few episodes. Namely, that Volfogg is amazing, and could surely be the star of his own show. This episode in particular was probably the best the show has had so far, with very little falling back on the old repeated animation scenes.
Volfogg's powers currently include: Transforming into a car, invisibility, fog projection, holographic projection, built-in mirror coating, incredible speed, giant ninja-esque throwing weapons, the ability to summon a helicopter and motorcycle which he can also fuse with to do yet more crazy shit.
Crash Station
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Hajime no Ippo 12
Another win so soon? Awesome.
Another win so soon? Awesome.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Hey, what's a wet dream if not a thought induced orgasm?jman2050 said:
(Generation Kill reference!)
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