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Spring 2011 Anime Thread of ZAWA ZAWA, Money, emo Cyclops, and fun^10xint^40=Ir2
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Hellsing321
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Damn you. I'm going to watch Eva 2.22 and come back with an Asuka image dump just to spite you.icarus-daedelus said:Lol, I was only joking to get a rise out of you guys. It worked
Abridged version has nothing on Episode 1!
obviously.
Because you hate male Rie KugimiyaDresden said:
shotacon
I'm waiting to watch episode 10 to confirm a certain scene's authenticity before I post my impressions so far. I already knew beforehand before 7th posted it.icarus-daedelus said:
Geneijin said:
Wait, this is the wrong reaction.
Noooooooooooooooooo
Hulu it is.icarus-daedelus said:
WS is the better show but I do enjoy the experience of Meduka more. A lot of it has to do with the fandom, art, etc. It's also hilarious and fun to watch. Either way, two excellent shows in Winter.trejo said:I'll refrain from comparing Madoka and Wandering Son until the former finishes i.e., never
A Black Falcon
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Infinite Stratos 12 - And so one of the best shows of the decade finally ends... it was such a moving episode too, the parts with the fight scenes with sad music really worked. Also, it resolved everything too. IS's consistency is one of its best traits. My expectations were high, but it exceeded them!
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Well those fight scenes with sad (or sentimental or whatever) music did work at making me laugh at how horrible IS is, at least... And it was consistent, consistent at being incredibly inconsistent. As always, this episode almost feels like a new reality from the previous episodes. This happens in pretty much every episode. This show has incredibly poor continuity, beginning to end...
Also, America vs. Japan, China, Britain, France, and Germany combined? Bah, the US would win.
On the battle... um, as I say above, they attempt to make the battle more stylish and dramatic with the long parts with no sound effects and different-tone music playing. You know, to show how it's really about their feelings, etc. It doesn't work at all. Sure, good shows could do that and make it great, but these people aren't good, and it doesn't work, unless the goal was making me laugh at how bad it is, which I somehow doubt was the goal. Sure, flashy CG battle, but the overall presentation was completely lame and not well thought through. Ep. 12 of Samurai Girls blows this away, seriously. Not even a contest.
On Ichika/Houki:
That final scene though, that is one of harem anime's most classic themes. It had to be used sometime, so why not have it as the final shot? I mean, usually it's something that happens early and often in the series, but in this one, with this guy, it's understandable why it doesn't happen until the final seconds. We are talking about Ichika after all.
Overall, I'm looking forward to season 2!
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Well those fight scenes with sad (or sentimental or whatever) music did work at making me laugh at how horrible IS is, at least...
And it was consistent, consistent at being incredibly inconsistent. As always, this episode almost feels like a new reality from the previous episodes. This happens in pretty much every episode. This show has incredibly poor continuity, beginning to end...Also, America vs. Japan, China, Britain, France, and Germany combined? Bah, the US would win.
On the battle... um, as I say above, they attempt to make the battle more stylish and dramatic with the long parts with no sound effects and different-tone music playing. You know, to show how it's really about their feelings, etc. It doesn't work at all. Sure, good shows could do that and make it great, but these people aren't good, and it doesn't work, unless the goal was making me laugh at how bad it is, which I somehow doubt was the goal.
Sure, flashy CG battle, but the overall presentation was completely lame and not well thought through. Ep. 12 of Samurai Girls blows this away, seriously. Not even a contest.On Ichika/Houki:
So now Ichika likes or maybe even loves Houki? Sure, I called it in episode 1 because she's the first girl, but I really can't think of any other reason whatsoever why he'd do that, unless he likes all five of them that much but he just hasn't entirely shown it yet for the other four. It could well be that, but if it is "Houki wins", um, shouldn't you have had ... just about anything... showing them ... um, just saying more than a few words here and there, or in some episodes even being in the same scene together... much for the six episodes or so before the last one and a half? No? It's fine to have it just come out of nowhere for no apparent reason because of the events of eps. 11 and 12? Okay, there's also the unstated reason that because she's the first girl she has a 98% chance of winning if anyone does, but the "childhood friend" issue hasn't been mentioned in several episodes, so if that is part of the reason they didn't bother mentioning it.
Oh, and I hope that those ribbons were the secret gift Ichika bought in the shopping trip episode several episodes back... if so, my prediction that that was a setup for a later misunderstanding was almost right. There wasn't a misunderstanding about the gift, but there was a "other girls interrupting the almost-kiss that followed the gift" scene, as the very last scene in the show. I was pretty close, though with a show this predictable it wasn't too hard.
But anyway, the Ichika/Houki "romance", it was so brain-hurtingly stupid... and the worst part is that the show doesn't even ATTEMPT to explain it. Houki asks him "do you see me as a woman", he says "yeah sorta", she's happy, they almost kiss... I know, in ep. 11 Ichika criticized Houki, which I guess made her love him more (using the same utter failure of "logic" that got us the reason why Cecilia loves him, are they?), but that explanation is almost too bad to even want to write, and there's nothing else.
So, overall, the final episode was a perfect representation of this show -- stupid, mindless, badly written drivel. The only thing it might have going for it is that it's almost so bad it's good... but it's mostly just so bad it's terrible.
Oh, and I hope that those ribbons were the secret gift Ichika bought in the shopping trip episode several episodes back... if so, my prediction that that was a setup for a later misunderstanding was almost right. There wasn't a misunderstanding about the gift, but there was a "other girls interrupting the almost-kiss that followed the gift" scene, as the very last scene in the show. I was pretty close, though with a show this predictable it wasn't too hard.
But anyway, the Ichika/Houki "romance", it was so brain-hurtingly stupid... and the worst part is that the show doesn't even ATTEMPT to explain it. Houki asks him "do you see me as a woman", he says "yeah sorta", she's happy, they almost kiss... I know, in ep. 11 Ichika criticized Houki, which I guess made her love him more (using the same utter failure of "logic" that got us the reason why Cecilia loves him, are they?), but that explanation is almost too bad to even want to write, and there's nothing else.
So, overall, the final episode was a perfect representation of this show -- stupid, mindless, badly written drivel. The only thing it might have going for it is that it's almost so bad it's good... but it's mostly just so bad it's terrible.
Overall, I'm looking forward to season 2!
KuwabaraTheMan
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trejo said:I'll refrain from comparing Madoka and Wandering Son until the former finishesbut right now the latter is winning.i.e., never
They're 1 and 1a in my mind, but Wandering Son is the superior show. It's possible the final two episodes of Madoka (
in 2013
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
:lol ahhahaha... oh wait your seriousollin said:
Glass Fleet 2
Did I miss an episode, or is this anime really bad at being coherent?
Vetti: [some of the most ridiculous destiny BS ever spouted by a ridiculous destiny-obsessed tyrant archetype].
Girly little brother: I understand.
Cleo sure likes talking about things in his pockets. Also Cleo is the worst pirate name ever.
Oh man I need a gif of Michel dropping the hanky.
Did I miss an episode, or is this anime really bad at being coherent?
Vetti: [some of the most ridiculous destiny BS ever spouted by a ridiculous destiny-obsessed tyrant archetype].
Girly little brother: I understand.
Cleo sure likes talking about things in his pockets. Also Cleo is the worst pirate name ever.
Oh man I need a gif of Michel dropping the hanky.
Actually, that's how bad the animation is. It's hard to tell. I thought they literally outpaced the airship while walking away from it while the airship misses for who knows whyjman2050 said:
Well, Rie Kugimiya was aiming!
She also voiced Rokujou in Nabari no Ou.jman2050 said:
Geneijin said:
lol horse leg animation, what on earth where they planning to do? why hold hands...oh so there stopped before they made love to one another
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCSHnQN2QrY
lol whats up the animation (fight,arrows)
On the Origins of mAcOdIn
true. Mac is part of my name and Odin is just for the God Odin, while I'm positive something from the movie Odin stuck with me I'm sure it was bad because all I remember were solar sails and a desire to never watch the movie again, not the kind of thing I'd like to remind myself of every day, it'd be like naming myself after syphilis. So really, it was my lame April Fools joke.
Glass Fleet
Also, I like how my name is different with every single quote, lol, I don't know if it's cute or some kind of code I'm supposed to pick up on and have the cops break down your door and save you from, umm, more Glass Fleet?
Infinite Stratos
Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru
Jexhius said:
Honestly, it's absolutelyicarus-daedelus said:
not
Glass Fleet
It's just so uninspired and, well, loveless. I know I've bashed Last Exile and on the technical front Last Exile is every bit as bad as Glass Fleet but with Last Exile you can tell they have this story they want to tell, someone, somewhere in Gonzo came up with a world and a story and wanted to tell it he just unfortunately lacked the ability to write it and flesh out the characters and Gonzo didn't really have the ability to animate it, or good sound design, or good direction. Any other studio besides Bee Train and Gainax could have probably made it a masterpiece but alas all we can do is think of the possibilities.icarus-daedelus said:
I think it'd be funny to see this reversed for once, star some guy who's almost cool but pines for a heroine who can carry him. Sure the concept of the main male being pushed to higher heights by a woman is common but I'd like to see a show where that's what he asks for from the beginning instead of it being some grand revelation in the final episode where the hero's standing over everyone with his sword in the villains chest.icarus-daedelus said:
I can't believe you're taking this so seriously, now everyone's way ahead of me, I'll have to follow through now, I can't bring it up and then sit by as everyone else watches it. Shit, even more people are watching it!icarus-daedelus said:
Also, I like how my name is different with every single quote, lol, I don't know if it's cute or some kind of code I'm supposed to pick up on and have the cops break down your door and save you from, umm, more Glass Fleet?
Infinite Stratos
Well, even if she's wrong since she said it I imagine the universe will accept her word and reality will be altered to reflect it, she's that cool.Geneijin said:
Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru
I hope what you meant was that you like the ED more in spite of Chiaki Omigawa not being the main vocalist.trejo said:
It's easy to just pigeonhole a poorly written series into the "pretentious" category more as a quick convenient critical tag than as any sort of real assessment of the show's content in and of itself, regardless I can safely say that this show is goddamn pretentious as hell.
Also I already know that my masochistic tendencies have gotten the best of me and that I will very likely finish this entire series because hell, it's not like Madoka is airing anytime soon
Also I already know that my masochistic tendencies have gotten the best of me and that I will very likely finish this entire series because hell, it's not like Madoka is airing anytime soon
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firehawk12
Subete no aware
What the hell is this Glass Fleet anyway?
The name makes it sound like a space opera ballet.
The name makes it sound like a space opera ballet.
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