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Spring 2011 Anime Thread of ZAWA ZAWA, Money, emo Cyclops, and fun^10xint^40=Ir2
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Gonzo lol episode 6 first half:
Obvious trap is obvious.
Listening to Michel is like trying to listen to a wall. No matter how hard you try to hear, it's still a goddamn wall.
This is the least subtle Victorian-style royal non-religious homosexual pedophiliac relationship ever.
Isaac kinda sucks, doesn't he.
EDIT - Wait NOW they take into account the vacuum of space?!?! Really? Also the end of this episode is hilarious.
Obvious trap is obvious.
Listening to Michel is like trying to listen to a wall. No matter how hard you try to hear, it's still a goddamn wall.
This is the least subtle Victorian-style royal non-religious homosexual pedophiliac relationship ever.
Isaac kinda sucks, doesn't he.
EDIT - Wait NOW they take into account the vacuum of space?!?! Really? Also the end of this episode is hilarious.
Tiger & Bunny (free on Hulu/ANN/Vizmedia.com)
But in context it kind of makes sense. It's a reality game show featuring superheroes (who are all mutants who got some kind of super ability). Just like NASCAR drivers have emblems all over themselves, or even those pro Korean Starcraft players (and other sports I'm sure), these heroes get sponsored. So instead of just making up fake companies, they got real ones to participate. Pretty cool.
So we're seeing it from two distinct perspectives so far, one is the 'heroes' as they go about competing on the show. These are real crimes, so the heroes are in fact protecting the city, but they get points based on who gets there first, how many civilians they save from immediate danger, that kind of stuff.
The other is the perspective of it actually being a produced TV show. There is one woman who is the 'producer' of this show, and she is able to communicate with the heroes as things go on. Things like 'Hey, can you not use your finishing move for 30 seconds, we're going to commercial'. The heroes are also concerned with pleasing their sponsors--some of them have very specific behaviours that their sponsors want them to act like.
It's definitely not taking itself seriously. I laughed out loud at how matter-of-fact some of the things are, like the ads. And near the end of the episode, a statue starts walking and they are only momentarily surprised by it. 'Why is that statue moving? Must be a mutant.'
It's fun.
Yes, and it is hilarious. I seriously busted out laughing when I saw stuff like Pepsi Next and USTREAM logos on them.icarus-daedelus said:
But in context it kind of makes sense. It's a reality game show featuring superheroes (who are all mutants who got some kind of super ability). Just like NASCAR drivers have emblems all over themselves, or even those pro Korean Starcraft players (and other sports I'm sure), these heroes get sponsored. So instead of just making up fake companies, they got real ones to participate. Pretty cool.
So we're seeing it from two distinct perspectives so far, one is the 'heroes' as they go about competing on the show. These are real crimes, so the heroes are in fact protecting the city, but they get points based on who gets there first, how many civilians they save from immediate danger, that kind of stuff.
The other is the perspective of it actually being a produced TV show. There is one woman who is the 'producer' of this show, and she is able to communicate with the heroes as things go on. Things like 'Hey, can you not use your finishing move for 30 seconds, we're going to commercial'. The heroes are also concerned with pleasing their sponsors--some of them have very specific behaviours that their sponsors want them to act like.
It's definitely not taking itself seriously. I laughed out loud at how matter-of-fact some of the things are, like the ads. And near the end of the episode, a statue starts walking and they are only momentarily surprised by it. 'Why is that statue moving? Must be a mutant.'
It's fun.
DrForester
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Dresden said:
Show's a bit Ruf eh?
Theory 1: Maison Ikkoku exists in the same timeline as Urusei Yatsura. Lum and Ran here are on a field trip and they dressed in school girl clothes to fit in. However, why would they wear the outfits for high school when they're in elementary?
Theory 2: Maison Ikkoku exists in a parallel timeline as Urusei Yatsura. Due to the physics shattering hijinx of Lum and gang in UY-verse, their two timelines don't sync up perfectly, which is why you see Ataru, Shinobu and Megane as kids, but Lum and Ran in their UY incarnations.
Theory 3: Fanservice.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
From what I gather KnT does pretty well so a 3rd season is more likely than you think!M_Night said:
Tiger & Bunny - 1
I don't like how the setting was introduced. I get the program is a superheroes game show, but it doesn't feel plausible even if it is not-so-serious. If they established the existence of the program better, I would have like everything about this episode really.
Also, Sky High and Blue Rose.
I don't like how the setting was introduced. I get the program is a superheroes game show, but it doesn't feel plausible even if it is not-so-serious. If they established the existence of the program better, I would have like everything about this episode really.
Also, Sky High and Blue Rose.
Oh jman, was I really suppose to know Racine thought of her brother more than a brother? Unless they removed that from the dub...jman2050 said:
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
You can just jerk it into an envelope and send it!
Tiger and Bunny
That was pretty good, very charming. The product placement was ridiculous though. I don't think I've ever seen anything with as much product placement as this show. It's not just the logos on the heroes suits, they throw in product placement wherever humanly possible.
That was pretty good, very charming. The product placement was ridiculous though. I don't think I've ever seen anything with as much product placement as this show. It's not just the logos on the heroes suits, they throw in product placement wherever humanly possible.
Yeah, you're right.jman2050 said:Nah they didn't change that. And like you seriously thought that was surprising in any way. Sure you did...
But I was surprised they thought inserting that type of a relationship was a great idea to make the audience sympathize even more with Michel's distress over her brother when there was no inclination of it nor any character development for it. There's a strange art to how offensively bad this is.
Slayven said:
I know, but they go further than that. Even when they are off the air there is random product placement everywhere. If they limited the product placement to when they are on air it would make sense, but they don't. It doesn't really bother me though, I actually find it kind of funny.
Since I was bored and had nothing better to do I followed some users recommendation in this thread to to watch Mai Hime which I strangely enough haven't watched yet. Just hit episode 10 and it is quite solid so far. A little bit too slice of life/filler heavy but I think the show will kick in, in a few eps. Another thing I don't like is the coupeling of the main char since the male dood is just too plain/generic/boring. I was hoping for some hot yuri action
since most of the cast is female but oh well, can't have everything. Overall the character cast is suprisingly well balanced with a lot of different personalitys assembled, very stereotypical characters at that, but no real complaints here. The action is okayish if a little bit scarce for such a show. Soundtrack is surprisingly weak for a Yuki OST, but still quite nice.
Solid 6-7 on my rating scale so far. I like it. Nicely animated hips and legs.
since most of the cast is female but oh well, can't have everything. Overall the character cast is suprisingly well balanced with a lot of different personalitys assembled, very stereotypical characters at that, but no real complaints here. The action is okayish if a little bit scarce for such a show. Soundtrack is surprisingly weak for a Yuki OST, but still quite nice.
Solid 6-7 on my rating scale so far. I like it. Nicely animated hips and legs.
Also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbzZYacdCns
The Ralph/Vetti scenes would've been the best part of this episode by a mile had it not been for the entire last half. This almost makes watching the show worth it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbzZYacdCns
The Ralph/Vetti scenes would've been the best part of this episode by a mile had it not been for the entire last half. This almost makes watching the show worth it.
cutebabyelephant
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How is Tiger & Bunny in terms of the CG? The preview was loaded with awful looking CG.
Trojita
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Just finished Index 2
The fuck kind of ending was that? How did the school populace know that the city was at war? I thought no one in the academy except for a select few knew about the church's influence to begin with.
Also finished Kore wa Zombie... I lol'd when she told Mystletain to shutup.
I don't know if it was mentioned or not, but it was announced today that Working is scheduled for a Second Season
The fuck kind of ending was that? How did the school populace know that the city was at war? I thought no one in the academy except for a select few knew about the church's influence to begin with.
Also finished Kore wa Zombie... I lol'd when she told Mystletain to shutup.
I don't know if it was mentioned or not, but it was announced today that Working is scheduled for a Second Season
Infinite Justice
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Trojita said:
It was mentioned already in the thread (to the point some thought it was an april fool's joke)
Unknown Soldier
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Okay, wow, a random Ghost in the Shell reference in the middle of this TWGOK episode.
cutebabyelephant
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Trojita said:
The area where Touma was in 22/beginning of 23 was rather apocalyptic looking with the giant hole and all of the smashed buildings. Accelerator also threw that building into another building. And a large amount of people fainted, or whatever that was.
The major problem with the end there was, that it was horrid in terms of the atmosphere. The people at Touma's school didn't seem all that freaked out, the scenes in the city didn't seem to invoke a very panicked public, and all of the Accelerator scenes were all angst focused.
I assume it was trying to elude to some sort of mass panic from the attacks on the city, but it really did an awful job of showing that.
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