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Spring 2011 Anime Thread of ZAWA ZAWA, Money, emo Cyclops, and fun^10xint^40=Ir2
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lazybones18
Banned
Finished up Ouran Host Club yesterday
Goddamn amazing! Loved every minute of it, and especially loved the running gag with the banana peel. And the Twins are still my fav. characters.
Solid A
Goddamn amazing! Loved every minute of it, and especially loved the running gag with the banana peel. And the Twins are still my fav. characters.
Solid A
firehawk12
Subete no aware
If you care about the characters/story, you may want to read the manga since that ended... last year, I think.lazybones18 said:
Funimation has licensed the new Fullmetal Alchemist: Star of Milos film (which was bleedingly obvious) and Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? (which definitely wasn't).
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-zombie-and-fullmetal-alchemist-star-of-milos
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-zombie-and-fullmetal-alchemist-star-of-milos
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Detective Conan 17
Someone's seen Home Alone.
These Junior Detective League episodes offer some variety from the normal mystery structure, but their quality isn't as good. Wacky hijinks are not this show's strength.
Someone's seen Home Alone.
These Junior Detective League episodes offer some variety from the normal mystery structure, but their quality isn't as good. Wacky hijinks are not this show's strength.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Zombie was an alright show to watch once, but I can't imagine wanting to own it. I wonder how long it'll take to get the movie out here though.Articalys said:
Hellsing321
Member
Dammit Funi! You couldn't get Wandering Son instead? I want affordable Blu-Rays dammit!Articalys said:
Crash Station
Member
Dance In My Blood said:
Wait, it's over already? Damn, I wonder if they changed stuff for the fight as well. Gotta get caught up.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
survivor said:
That is the plan, at least until I get bored with them. But I plan on taking breaks between seasons, so I hope I can avoid that.
Izayoi said:
Hah, I was saying that exact same thing on twitter the other day. There are a few doujins around, but I was real disappointed that the source material was an all ages visual novel.
Although personally I'm more of a Mayushii fan.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
I think its interesting enough without the ero content, but I suspect it has something to do with 5pb.
Infinite Justice
Member
Izayoi said:
I'm still shocked when i found out that the game wasn't.
So wait, I know Steins;Gate is the kind of VN where you can affect the ending with your choices but is there still one "true" ending, or is that not the case? And how has the anime dealt with the branching paths so far?
e: Next round of licenses: Sentai will be bringing over Amagami SS and MM! Lots of double letters there.
e: Next round of licenses: Sentai will be bringing over Amagami SS and MM! Lots of double letters there.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Yup, game has multiple "endings" with one true ending. I'd tell you but I stopped watching because I haven't finished the game completely.Articalys said:
Weekly Oricon DVD & Blu-ray Rankings for May 9 - 15
DVD
*1, 10,304 *,*10,304 Hakuouki Hekketsuroku vol.5 Limited Edition
*2, *5,544 *,**5,544 Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season vol.3
*3, *2,653 *,**2,653 One Piece 12th Season vol.3
*4, *2,579 *,**2,579 One Piece 12th Season vol.4
*5, *1,306 *,*20,674 Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 4 - The Lost Tower Limited Edition
*6, *1,250 *,**1,250 Naruto: Shippuuden Kako hen vol.2
*7, **,865 *,***,865 Gosick vol.1 Special Edition
*8, **,829 *,***,829 Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge vol.5 Limited Edition
*9, **,785*,*59,497 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn vol.3
10, **,736 1,071,406 My Neighbor Totoro
11, **,724 *,***,724 Kaichou wa Maid-sama! vol.10
Blu-ray
*1, 5,416 **5,416 Strike Witches Blu-ray Box
*2, 2,374 **2,374 Gosick vol.1
*3, 2,363 **2,363 Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai vol.4 Limited Edition
*4, 1,911 **1,911 Onii-chan no Koto nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne!! vol.3
*5, 1,485 *59,252 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica vol.1 Limited Edition
*6, 1,396 **1,396 Koe de Oshigoto! vol.2 Limited Edition
*7, 1,104 **1,104 Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge vol.5 Limited Edition
*8, *,854 ***,854 Kaichou wa Maid-sama! vol.10 Limited Edition
*9, *,828 103,443 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn vol.3
10, *,428 *17,328 Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai vol.5 Limited Edition
11, *,356 **6,072 Shinryaku! Ika Musume vol.5
12, *,323 111,653 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn vol.1
13, *,308 111,639 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn vol.2
14, *,250 **5,039 Amagami SS vol.13 Limited Edition
DVD
*1, 10,304 *,*10,304 Hakuouki Hekketsuroku vol.5 Limited Edition
*2, *5,544 *,**5,544 Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season vol.3
*3, *2,653 *,**2,653 One Piece 12th Season vol.3
*4, *2,579 *,**2,579 One Piece 12th Season vol.4
*5, *1,306 *,*20,674 Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 4 - The Lost Tower Limited Edition
*6, *1,250 *,**1,250 Naruto: Shippuuden Kako hen vol.2
*7, **,865 *,***,865 Gosick vol.1 Special Edition
*8, **,829 *,***,829 Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge vol.5 Limited Edition
*9, **,785*,*59,497 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn vol.3
10, **,736 1,071,406 My Neighbor Totoro
11, **,724 *,***,724 Kaichou wa Maid-sama! vol.10
Blu-ray
*1, 5,416 **5,416 Strike Witches Blu-ray Box
*2, 2,374 **2,374 Gosick vol.1
*3, 2,363 **2,363 Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai vol.4 Limited Edition
*4, 1,911 **1,911 Onii-chan no Koto nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne!! vol.3
*5, 1,485 *59,252 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica vol.1 Limited Edition
*6, 1,396 **1,396 Koe de Oshigoto! vol.2 Limited Edition
*7, 1,104 **1,104 Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge vol.5 Limited Edition
*8, *,854 ***,854 Kaichou wa Maid-sama! vol.10 Limited Edition
*9, *,828 103,443 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn vol.3
10, *,428 *17,328 Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai vol.5 Limited Edition
11, *,356 **6,072 Shinryaku! Ika Musume vol.5
12, *,323 111,653 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn vol.1
13, *,308 111,639 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn vol.2
14, *,250 **5,039 Amagami SS vol.13 Limited Edition
I'm gonna say you will get bored by the one episode filler plots. They are pretty pointless and the animations at times are just downright horrible. But yeah, try to take breaks or at least avoid some filler episodes.hosannainexcelsis said:
I didn't do a marathon of the anime from the beginning since I watched the first 100 episodes as a kid, but I did run through the other 400 episodes for about 2 episodes a day. I didn't get burned out by it, but I did find the the kids episodes to be stupid most of the times.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Baccano! 4:
Because the entire thing jumps through time constantly and tells a discontinuous set of non-directly connected stories, it's difficult for me to constantly talk about it every episode. However stuff happens and disparate threads continue to weave together, hopefully to a logical conclusion. Having spoiled myself extensively by reading the stupid Wikpedia entry, I know the anime only occurs during a short time period within the light novel's greater story. So I guess I should be ready for an ending that doesn't resolve anything, since the light novel has stuff that happens afterwards (and before).
Because the entire thing jumps through time constantly and tells a discontinuous set of non-directly connected stories, it's difficult for me to constantly talk about it every episode. However stuff happens and disparate threads continue to weave together, hopefully to a logical conclusion. Having spoiled myself extensively by reading the stupid Wikpedia entry, I know the anime only occurs during a short time period within the light novel's greater story. So I guess I should be ready for an ending that doesn't resolve anything, since the light novel has stuff that happens afterwards (and before).
Crash Station
Member
I think I watched like 200 episodes of Detective Conan before giving up. I do like the setting, but it's just too episodic with the majority of the show being filler (at least for the first few hundred episodes). The Black Organization didn't show up nearly enough and they were really the only thing to shake up the status quo.
The early episodes are a bit repetitive especially since the characters cast isn't that big at the time. However the one thing I like about them was the locked room cases they had were much better than the later episodes. But I agree on the Black Organization stuff, they should have showed them more often.cosmicblizzard said:
hosannainexcelsis
Member
survivor said:
I might end up skipping the Junior Detective episodes as time goes on. Mystery and melodrama is what I'm here for, not little kids.
I'm honestly not sure what in Conan can be called filler, considering what little overall plot there is (and at this early point there's none) doesn't seem important. Is the manga any different?
Unknown Soldier
Member
I love how you guys are discussing what may or may not be filler in a shounen series. The whole series is filler compared to most animes! :3
Some cases aren't in the manga so that's pretty much what I consider filler. However you can follow the chapters list put up by DCTP since they go over each story arc and tell you if it's important or if no story developments happen in it. It helped me later on since it made identifying filler chapters much easier.hosannainexcelsis said:
Crash Station
Member
Unknown Soldier said:
There's a difference between a long shounen series like One Piece that has a clearly defined end point and state of progression and something like Detective Conan where 90% of the episodes can be watched in any order.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Sentai licensing those bangers!Articalys said:
Girls shows dominating those DVD charts, with blu-ray kind of bombing this time around.Dresden said:
Unknown Soldier
Member
Baccano! 5:
There IS a persistent pattern so far, they are devoting each episode roughly to developing a group of characters even within the overall story arcs. I guess with only 16 episodes they need to move quickly but so far the story is developing at a good pace. The "Rail Tracer" makes his first appearance in this episode and promptly gets to throwing people off the train to their deaths, though I'm assuming the show is going to hide his true identity for a while longer. (I've been spoiled, but you could guess who the Rail Tracer is from the OP/ED since there is ONE character whose name does not appear in the OP but he is seen briefly in both OP and ED so that's how you know who he has to be.)
There IS a persistent pattern so far, they are devoting each episode roughly to developing a group of characters even within the overall story arcs. I guess with only 16 episodes they need to move quickly but so far the story is developing at a good pace. The "Rail Tracer" makes his first appearance in this episode and promptly gets to throwing people off the train to their deaths, though I'm assuming the show is going to hide his true identity for a while longer. (I've been spoiled, but you could guess who the Rail Tracer is from the OP/ED since there is ONE character whose name does not appear in the OP but he is seen briefly in both OP and ED so that's how you know who he has to be.)
Unknown Soldier
Member
Baccano! 6:
Ennis and Chane are both hot when they are kicking ass. That is all.
Baccano! 7:
Ah, THIS is what I've been waiting for. The origin story episode. Now we leap all the way back to 1711 and the beginning of all this nonsense. It all began when a group of alchemists led by Maiza summoned a demon who gave to them the Elixir of Life (called the "Grand Panacea"), and 2 specific rules they all had to follow: (1) if you put your right hand on another immortal's head, you can impart on them whatever knowledge you choose, or "devour" them and absorb their lives as well as their knowledge and experiences, and (2) immortals can only speak to each other using their true names, thus ensuring they can always find each other should they wish for their immortal lives to end.
Predictably, and to the demon's amusement, the "devouring" begins almost immediately. The demon, in predictably malevolent fashion, only gave to Maiza and his cohort the Elixir of Life so he could amuse himself with seeing what sort of shit goes down when immortal humans begin killing each other based on their selfish desires for the secret formula. How terribly mundane, and how terribly predictable that humans would behave this way.
Ennis and Chane are both hot when they are kicking ass. That is all.
Baccano! 7:
Ah, THIS is what I've been waiting for. The origin story episode. Now we leap all the way back to 1711 and the beginning of all this nonsense. It all began when a group of alchemists led by Maiza summoned a demon who gave to them the Elixir of Life (called the "Grand Panacea"), and 2 specific rules they all had to follow: (1) if you put your right hand on another immortal's head, you can impart on them whatever knowledge you choose, or "devour" them and absorb their lives as well as their knowledge and experiences, and (2) immortals can only speak to each other using their true names, thus ensuring they can always find each other should they wish for their immortal lives to end.
Predictably, and to the demon's amusement, the "devouring" begins almost immediately. The demon, in predictably malevolent fashion, only gave to Maiza and his cohort the Elixir of Life so he could amuse himself with seeing what sort of shit goes down when immortal humans begin killing each other based on their selfish desires for the secret formula. How terribly mundane, and how terribly predictable that humans would behave this way.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Nichijou 8
Great as always. I love shows which you can tell the animators were having fun with. My favorite segment was in the stuck elevator. Creative composition and excellent music made for great atmosphere.
Guess the acapella ED is here to stay. I'm down with that.
Great as always. I love shows which you can tell the animators were having fun with. My favorite segment was in the stuck elevator. Creative composition and excellent music made for great atmosphere.
Guess the acapella ED is here to stay. I'm down with that.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Jexhius said:
I didn't do it on purpose! Wikipedia never ever hides anything, so I'll go there to find something else about something and end up reading the whole entry! >:|
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