hosannainexcelsis
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JKTrix said:
Neat. It's nice to hear Ano Hana putting in the extra effort for believability.
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Neat. It's nice to hear Ano Hana putting in the extra effort for believability.
A Black Falcon
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Agreed on the point that Cinque isn't a British name, but they obviously don't care...Lain said:
Yeah, probably. A plausible explanation.tiff said:
Well if you think that, then you must love the show...
I don't think that, though. At least they keep the loli-service from going too far; there is some, but far less than people would probably expect from a show like this.Also, Shimapan-Man, the TV show? That is kind of amusing.
Huh, I might want to look up the original series then. Isn't it actually a whole season, versus six episodes or something for 21?zeroshiki said:
I'm enjoying it, yeahA Black Falcon said:Well if you think that, then you must love the show...
As for the loli-service, I think they're hitting the point where there's just enough not to distract from the actual plot and all.
Infinite Justice
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tiff said:I'm enjoying it, yeah
As for the loli-service, I think they're hitting the point where there's just enough not to distract from the actual plot and all.
They actually toned it down a bit from the manga, which is a surprise
Crash Station
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Sket Dance 7
Bossun's signal face is hilarious.
Bossun's signal face is hilarious.
Armitage III Polymatrix
Every time I re-watch this, I can't help but notice how disjointed this feels, with story elements left out and forcing you to piece some things together and just accept others as is... and yet I still like it very much.
Naomi Armitage feels like a smaller, more emotive version of Motoko Kusanagi.
Every time I re-watch this, I can't help but notice how disjointed this feels, with story elements left out and forcing you to piece some things together and just accept others as is... and yet I still like it very much.
Naomi Armitage feels like a smaller, more emotive version of Motoko Kusanagi.
Unknown Soldier
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Hitokage said:
FAAAAAAABULOUS
Trojita
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wtf is this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpy7yfeDof4
If I was even to explain it, I'd probably get banned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpy7yfeDof4
If I was even to explain it, I'd probably get banned.
NotebookJ2
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oh god I'm so behind on everything, I don't even know where to start.
Hyouge Mono 4
Excellent as always. I just can't get over how so incredibly cultured this show is. This week we basically get a classy fashion show with old Sengoku warriors. Nobonaga's was easily the best with his zebra pants and cherry blossom branches.
They also delivered in the sexy this week.
Naked apron Sasuke? Take me now.
Excellent as always. I just can't get over how so incredibly cultured this show is. This week we basically get a classy fashion show with old Sengoku warriors. Nobonaga's was easily the best with his zebra pants and cherry blossom branches.
They also delivered in the sexy this week.
Naked apron Sasuke? Take me now.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Ano Hana 6
If you played a drinking game where you drank every time Memna started blubbering and crying, you'd be shitfaced in like four seconds. Every time anyone does anything she starts crying.
If you played a drinking game where you drank every time Memna started blubbering and crying, you'd be shitfaced in like four seconds. Every time anyone does anything she starts crying.
Crash Station
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Space Thunder Kids
Tanks and Tron. Not really anything else to say. Don't think I'd be able to articulate any coherent thought about this anyway (much like the movie itself).
Tanks and Tron. Not really anything else to say. Don't think I'd be able to articulate any coherent thought about this anyway (much like the movie itself).
It's also public domain, believe it or not!
Looks like a cut-and-paste ripoff of a bunch of other ripoffs of various mecha anime series. Or something.
Also I love that Nichijou segment so much.
Looks like a cut-and-paste ripoff of a bunch of other ripoffs of various mecha anime series. Or something.
Also I love that Nichijou segment so much.
Anohana 6 - Decent episode, the scene where jinta defends anaru was pretty awkward yet amusing, the last bit of melodrama kinda got me sucked in, that said what they did with menma in this episode was weird i have no idea what they are doing with the supernatural element at this point, there seems to be no sense of consistency behind it.
[C] 6 - Not a strong episode, but not exactly a weak one either, they were some interesting plot developments, some character development, and although i think some will dislike it, i actually liked the fact that they cut the last fight short!
Still wonder what direction they will take this in the next 5 episodes, because they seem to be setting up a lot of stuff, in fact the whole series has been set-up at this point with no clear climax yet.
[C] 6 - Not a strong episode, but not exactly a weak one either, they were some interesting plot developments, some character development, and although i think some will dislike it, i actually liked the fact that they cut the last fight short!
Still wonder what direction they will take this in the next 5 episodes, because they seem to be setting up a lot of stuff, in fact the whole series has been set-up at this point with no clear climax yet.
Crash Station
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Denpa Onna 6
Most boring episode yet.
Most boring episode yet.
A Black Falcon
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Space Thunder Kids
....
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That was... almost indescribable. An experience like few others. Space Thunder Kids is simultaneously all action, unbelievably boring, horribly paced, full of shooting, completely nonsensical, very simplistic in plot, awesome, and terrible... it is both among the worst and best things ever. The movie, about an hour and a half long, is a Korean movie made up of clips from seven other shows, several of which are themselves ripoffs or clip collections of Japanese animes. So, it's a ripoff of ripoffs. Given that, it's kind of amazing it even works as well as it does... I mean, it makes no sense most of the time, but it makes more sense than you'd think given what it comes from.
It's just absurd stuff... from the way characters randomly appear and disappear, rarely with names given, to the confusion of who exactly the Space Thunder Kids are (are they all of the mecha heroes? Some? Certain ones? Are the different mecha heroes actually supposed to be different, or are we supposed to think that they're the same? I have no idea, the show doesn't explain.), to the question of how the heck the main villain, the Dark Emperor, was even killed anyway (
The best part of the movie by far, however, was a part in the middle with some Mazinger ship (that seemed to have a Gundam weapon?) that fought against an enemy fleet. This section had no talking at all -- no cuts to the ship's pilots, and none to the enemies, and no voiceover either. Just fighting. Fortunately, it was awesome fighting, easily the best in the film -- Mazinger destroys enemies by punching them, by cutting them in half, by flying forward, fist outstretched, and blowing up multiple enemy ships as they run into its fist, and more. There's also big battles against several major enemies. Mazinger uses a mace weapon, with a spiky ball on the end of a chain, too. It's pretty awesome stuff.
A while after that, though, the show more returned to form in a long scene continuing a side plot, that the enemies have made allies with China on earth. While the rest of the UN fights against the Dark Emperor, as the Earth is of course the galaxy's only hope for freedom, China betrays the UN, in part because the US accidentally shot a missile at China (though they shot it down before it hit anything) and part because, well, they're evil Commies of course! However, this plotline isn't finished -- even though there's a nearly two minute long shot of a huge column of Chinese tanks driving through some mountains to battle, the plotline is not continued. After they go through that tunnel who knows what happens to them, or China, because they aren't mentioned again. I presume that they gave up on their helping-evil thing after the Dark Emperor died.
So yeah, overall, Space Thunder Kids is an utterly incomprehensible disaster of a mess. It's all fighting with no context or point. Dialog is rare through much of the film. Characters appear and disappear at random, depending on which show is being used at the moment, rarely with explanation. Almost no characters other than the Dark Emperor are actually named. Scenes are repeated over and over, animation loops, random cuts help up the confusion factor, and more. It's just such awful, awful stuff, so poorly thought through and yet somehow entertaining and at times amazing as a result...
....
......
That was... almost indescribable. An experience like few others. Space Thunder Kids is simultaneously all action, unbelievably boring, horribly paced, full of shooting, completely nonsensical, very simplistic in plot, awesome, and terrible... it is both among the worst and best things ever. The movie, about an hour and a half long, is a Korean movie made up of clips from seven other shows, several of which are themselves ripoffs or clip collections of Japanese animes. So, it's a ripoff of ripoffs. Given that, it's kind of amazing it even works as well as it does... I mean, it makes no sense most of the time, but it makes more sense than you'd think given what it comes from.
It's just absurd stuff... from the way characters randomly appear and disappear, rarely with names given, to the confusion of who exactly the Space Thunder Kids are (are they all of the mecha heroes? Some? Certain ones? Are the different mecha heroes actually supposed to be different, or are we supposed to think that they're the same? I have no idea, the show doesn't explain.), to the question of how the heck the main villain, the Dark Emperor, was even killed anyway (
In the key part, from some anime with a partially Tron-inspired theme, one group of STKs convince a space pirate woman (who is apparently nonhuman, even though she looks human) to join their battle against the Dark Emperor. She refuses, and then changes her mind about two seconds later after her sister (who is about a foot tall) says that she wants to help them. It was pretty stupid. Anyway, then next we see them this group of STKs are all pinned down on the ground, fighting evil robots (the movie skips over the battle, all we see is that aftermath of sorts), when she intervenes and blows up a giant monitor with the Dark Emperor's face on it, as he was talking to his troops there.
Somehow, against all logic, this apparently kills the Dark Emperor. How exactly I have no idea, and it isn't explained, but it does. So yeah, the Space Thunder Kids don't kill the Dark Emperor, the pirate woman does. Works for me, nice avoidance of doing the expected...
Somehow, against all logic, this apparently kills the Dark Emperor. How exactly I have no idea, and it isn't explained, but it does. So yeah, the Space Thunder Kids don't kill the Dark Emperor, the pirate woman does. Works for me, nice avoidance of doing the expected...
The best part of the movie by far, however, was a part in the middle with some Mazinger ship (that seemed to have a Gundam weapon?) that fought against an enemy fleet. This section had no talking at all -- no cuts to the ship's pilots, and none to the enemies, and no voiceover either. Just fighting. Fortunately, it was awesome fighting, easily the best in the film -- Mazinger destroys enemies by punching them, by cutting them in half, by flying forward, fist outstretched, and blowing up multiple enemy ships as they run into its fist, and more. There's also big battles against several major enemies. Mazinger uses a mace weapon, with a spiky ball on the end of a chain, too. It's pretty awesome stuff.
A while after that, though, the show more returned to form in a long scene continuing a side plot, that the enemies have made allies with China on earth. While the rest of the UN fights against the Dark Emperor, as the Earth is of course the galaxy's only hope for freedom, China betrays the UN, in part because the US accidentally shot a missile at China (though they shot it down before it hit anything) and part because, well, they're evil Commies of course! However, this plotline isn't finished -- even though there's a nearly two minute long shot of a huge column of Chinese tanks driving through some mountains to battle, the plotline is not continued. After they go through that tunnel who knows what happens to them, or China, because they aren't mentioned again. I presume that they gave up on their helping-evil thing after the Dark Emperor died.
So yeah, overall, Space Thunder Kids is an utterly incomprehensible disaster of a mess. It's all fighting with no context or point. Dialog is rare through much of the film. Characters appear and disappear at random, depending on which show is being used at the moment, rarely with explanation. Almost no characters other than the Dark Emperor are actually named. Scenes are repeated over and over, animation loops, random cuts help up the confusion factor, and more. It's just such awful, awful stuff, so poorly thought through and yet somehow entertaining and at times amazing as a result...
Crash Station
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Toriko 7
A prelude to some coliseum insanity. That's always fun. Also, I wish I could unhinge my jaw just to eat super tall burgers.
A prelude to some coliseum insanity. That's always fun. Also, I wish I could unhinge my jaw just to eat super tall burgers.
Now I really can't decide which opening song I like more. Tabi no Tochuu has the duet nature and more vivid imagery, but Mitsu no Yoake is brighter and a bit more romantic. And they both feel like they have the right structure for a waltz.
On a related note, any other anime opening songs similar in style to these two?
On a related note, any other anime opening songs similar in style to these two?
Unknown One
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I can't really feel Denpa Onna at all. I can't tolerate the main character, he seems a bit flat.
Those songs made me think of the ending songs from:
Zone of the Enders (TV)
Scrapped Princess
12 Kingdoms
Many of Arai Akino's anime songs sound similar to me, if you like her style of voice and song. At least from things after the 90's--she sounded much younger in the Macross Plus days.
Zone of the Enders (TV)
Scrapped Princess
12 Kingdoms
Many of Arai Akino's anime songs sound similar to me, if you like her style of voice and song. At least from things after the 90's--she sounded much younger in the Macross Plus days.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
So, I feel like AnoHana is just trolling all the speculah people because they just went ahead and have the characters confirm that they think
. Still good though, and that situation being diffused was very... real I think. It could have gone very poorly in terms of being cliched or boring.
It also kind of points to a show that would never be made into an anime - but, a more serious/realistic look at school life would be interesting to me. At least on an anthropological/sociological level.
Jinta is insane
It also kind of points to a show that would never be made into an anime - but, a more serious/realistic look at school life would be interesting to me. At least on an anthropological/sociological level.
I thought Allison to Lillia's was pretty similar, show is ok for the first half then quickly takes a nose dive but the OP was enjoyable.Articalys said:
Anohana 6
Still loving it. The scene with at the school was a great way of defusing the situation. Like many others have been saying, it could have ended very poorly had they gone a different way. Overall, definitely loving Naruko more and more. Poppo still high up there too. The ending was amusing too, a bit needed to lift the melodrama. Too bad they didn't have it transition into the ED as they have been recently.
Steins Gate 1-3
So far, it's coming off more of a comedy to me with how the crazy the protagonist is. Talking to himself, nicknames, the sekuhara... Definitely was laughing a lot. That said, I think it's finally getting serious at least.
Still loving it. The scene with at the school was a great way of defusing the situation. Like many others have been saying, it could have ended very poorly had they gone a different way. Overall, definitely loving Naruko more and more. Poppo still high up there too. The ending was amusing too, a bit needed to lift the melodrama. Too bad they didn't have it transition into the ED as they have been recently.
Steins Gate 1-3
So far, it's coming off more of a comedy to me with how the crazy the protagonist is. Talking to himself, nicknames, the sekuhara... Definitely was laughing a lot. That said, I think it's finally getting serious at least.
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