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Spring 2011 Anime Thread of ZAWA ZAWA, Money, emo Cyclops, and fun^10xint^40=Ir2
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InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
I thought that was the Nickelodeon and Disney Channel audience!Branduil said:
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
zeroshiki said:
We've got nothing on Gomez GAF and you know it.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
zeroshiki said:
Do you want us discussing hentai artists again?
I picked it up alongside Muramasa (also great) when I had some Amazon credit a while back and they were on sale for $20-something; I figured my excuses for why I hadn't bought them yet had run out. They'll both make your hands cramp up if you play for more than a few hours at a time though.Regulus Tera said:
Cool, thanks. After all of the 5cm hate earlier in the thread I was afraid there was no one left who liked it.Halycon said:
Sorry, nozeroshiki said:
5 Centimeters per Second screengrabs:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/azfrtp
It's mostly from Okasho with a few screens (the sci fi ones) from Cosmonaut. Nothing from 5 Centimeters Per Second because it didn't have as nice scenes as the first two.
No one hates 5cm. It's a very YMMV kind of thing. And I doubt anyone can claim that it's anything short of breathtaking.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Don't hate it just thought it was boring. I can appreciate the scenery in it at least. It's kinda like the Mass Effect series I think it's pretty boring as well, but everyone seems to like it.Halycon said:
I think I'm going to slip into my maid outfit again.
Great, thanks again.Halycon said:Sorry, no
5 Centimeters per Second screengrabs:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/azfrtp
It's mostly from Okasho with a few screens (the sci fi ones) from Cosmonaut. Nothing from 5 Centimeters Per Second because it didn't have as nice scenes as the first two.
No one hates 5cm. It's a very YMMV kind of thing. And I doubt anyone can claim that it's anything short of breathtaking.
Yeah, I guess hate was kind of the wrong word. Maybe just "didn't prefer."
Jexhius said:
Personally I'm actually surprised that Macodin didn't think much of it. I'd expect anyone who is a fan of shows like Kure-nai would be all over something like Hanasaku iroha!
Pfft it's not like his taste follows any sense of rational logic or consistency though.
No, competent means it's alright it's just something that doesn't really interest me is all. Not a big deal. Now Nichijou sucked but there's nothing wrong with Hanasaku Iroha. I felt the same way about Wandering Son, Level-E and Modoka, nothing wrong with them I just had no desire to watch any of them. There's something boring with a show being decent but not interesting to me, I can't bitch and moan about how it sucks so it doesn't evoke some sick masochistic self pity emotion that I can derive satisfaction from but since I'm not interested by them it's not really entertaining me either. So I guess decent shows are the worst shows?
Kurenai had the initial violence hook to draw me in and while it's true that by episode 6 you kinda stop caring about all that and just enjoy the people Hanasaku Iroha doesn't have that hook.
Kurenai had the initial violence hook to draw me in and while it's true that by episode 6 you kinda stop caring about all that and just enjoy the people Hanasaku Iroha doesn't have that hook.
Sket Dance - 1
Underwhelmed but I'll watch a few more. I like concept of the SKET club doing odd jobs, but nothing else really stood out this episode for me. Maybe Switch if only because he talks through his speech software on his laptop, and the voice is voiced by Tomokazu Sugita (Haruhi - Kyon, Honey & Clover - Mayama). I just find him an oddly appealing character like Sasahara from Nichijou, the guy who rides a goat to school. If Sket Dance was a comedy, Episode 1 gives a weird impression as the story is told through a 3rd-person perspective from a transfer student who gets befriended by members of a club called, "Sket-dan," and involved with some drama, which felt flat due to the lack of tension. Is Sket Dance a light-hearted comedy? Because if it's trying to be, this is an awful episode to showcase this. The director is apparently the guy who's done Hayate no Gotoku (that I somewhat liked when it got good), so I'm pretty much wait and see at this point if it'll get better.
Underwhelmed but I'll watch a few more. I like concept of the SKET club doing odd jobs, but nothing else really stood out this episode for me. Maybe Switch if only because he talks through his speech software on his laptop, and the voice is voiced by Tomokazu Sugita (Haruhi - Kyon, Honey & Clover - Mayama). I just find him an oddly appealing character like Sasahara from Nichijou, the guy who rides a goat to school. If Sket Dance was a comedy, Episode 1 gives a weird impression as the story is told through a 3rd-person perspective from a transfer student who gets befriended by members of a club called, "Sket-dan," and involved with some drama, which felt flat due to the lack of tension. Is Sket Dance a light-hearted comedy? Because if it's trying to be, this is an awful episode to showcase this. The director is apparently the guy who's done Hayate no Gotoku (that I somewhat liked when it got good), so I'm pretty much wait and see at this point if it'll get better.
For what it's worth the reason i make the kure-nai comparison is i actually find myself hooked for the same exact reasons that drew me into kure-nai - which is the characterization.
Kure-nai might have ended up a better show if it didn't have that hook you are referring to anyway.
That's actually surprising coming from someone that seemed to like 12 kingdoms. As that's one good example of a show that merely starts off decent but gets great later down the line.
I do find it amusing that you rather watch a bad show from start to finish, then keep up with a decent show that could potentially become great later on?
I think we're broken inside.icarus-daedelus said:This is what I was trying to say about Clannad!
Well I wouldn't say the characterisation in Kure-nai was just OMFG awesome at the start, it took awhile. And it wasn't "just" the violence that was sort of the hook but the extreme situation of having to take care of a child, so that was also unique. Working while in high school, not unique, moving while in high school, again not unique, moving to a new place and working while in high school, still not unique enough, I did that, I didn't raise a kid alone and I didn't have a knife that came out of my arm so there was something alien to Kure-nai that interested me. Granted, by the end I agree that the whole main plot surrounding Murasaki's family could have been dropped and the show would probably be better off but the chance I would have watched it without that plot is slim.Lafiel said:For what it's worth the reason i make the kure-nai comparison is i actually find myself hooked for the same exact reasons that drew me into kure-nai - which is the characterization.
Kure-nai might have ended up a better show if it didn't have that hook you are referring to anyway.
Yeah, but again it's different, I've never been Queen and barring some kind of sex-change probably never will, but I did go to high school, so if the show was just about some quiet girl in school I probably wouldn't have watched it. And yeah, again you're right, it starts out pretty damn "meh" and takes like 8 episodes to start going so it's impressive I stuck it out that long, well except for the fact I fucking spent money on it and was going to fucking watch it lest I feel I wasted 25 bucks.Lafiel said:
In fairness to myself I did say "I don't think I'll follow either," it's possible I will end up following it. But yes, being more interested in a truly terrible show from the start as opposed to a competent one is a sad character trait of mine, I'm 31, too damn old to change now.Lafiel said:I do find it amusing that you rather watch a bad show from start to finish, then keep up with a decent show that could potentially become great later on?
Sounds like a pretty straight adaptation of the first chapter of the manga; the rest of the series isn't like that. It turns into mostly a plot-of-the-day comedy, with the first major arc hitting about 25 chapters in. The first six or so chapters (up through the first multi-chapter story) should give you a general idea of what it's about, so wait it out another 3-4 weeks.Geneijin said:
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Whatever old man!
Go_Ly_Dow
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TheOddOne said:So whats Anime-GAF opinion about Bakuman? I'm at episode 9 now, but the show seems to be stuck in a rut. Still has some funny moments though!
From what I remember GAF didn't approve, though I have some seen positive comments on other forums and blogs that I used to visit.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
If I had an anime blog would you read it Jexhius?
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Well it'd only be about sex if I was reviewing a hentai or something like School Days!duckroll said:
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