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Spring 2011 Anime Thread PART TWO return of sex hair, ghosts, and ZAWA
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I hear you. I've been job hunting, so those endeavors are on hold for myself even.Uchip said:wish i could still smoke
Anohana 9
I'm not sure where this is going anymore, but you know, I'm perfectly cool with that. I've been thinking about it, and came to the conclusion that anohana's strengh is not its core premise but those characters. The fact that ive hung with this silly premise for as long as I have kind of speaks for itself.
I also lol'd at the heavy handed plothole filling. Dump that sand right on in, writers.
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Enma-kun 9
Enma and Yuki have some pretty sexy ways to fight.
Enma and Yuki have some pretty sexy ways to fight.
Unknown Soldier
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survivor said:
I watched it sub, but the only thing to remember about E7 is that you should NEVER hesitate to fast-forward through or even skip episodes which seem to be going nowhere. Because they are. The show is about 75% fillers and 25% actual things happening.
icarus-daedelus said:
The original Highlander is something of a cult classic, and rightfully so. The whole rest of the franchise is massive quantities of immeasurable dreck.
hosannainexcelsis
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Miri said:
I couldn't help but laugh at that as well. It's nice that the show is at least slightly aware of its own faults.
Good to see the naming issue has been put to rest.
So.
Out of all the series from the Spring 2011 season, Funimation decides to license Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai (We Without Wings).
Additionally, due to poor sales, they won't bother renewing Higurashi, nor will they ever bother to license Higurashi Kai or Umineko.
So.
Out of all the series from the Spring 2011 season, Funimation decides to license Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai (We Without Wings).
Additionally, due to poor sales, they won't bother renewing Higurashi, nor will they ever bother to license Higurashi Kai or Umineko.
Crash Station
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Prince of Tennis 45
Akutsu is a pretty cool villain, what with him being a total psycho douche as a kid and all. Love him teleporting all over the court as well.
Akutsu is a pretty cool villain, what with him being a total psycho douche as a kid and all. Love him teleporting all over the court as well.
Unknown Soldier
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Aigis said:Funimation needs to release Tatami Galaxy on Blu-ray
Nope, they have more important things to release like Dance in the Vampire Bund!
Jex
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Well, there isn't a whole lot, but here are a few titles of note, arranged by genre:simtmb said:
Comedy
Astro Fighter Sunred - this work starts out as a parody of Power Rangers/Sentai type shows, but moves into the realm of more general comedy as well.
Detroit Metal City - another comedy, perhaps even more absurd than the one above, about a mild mannered country boy who comes to the big city to make his name as pop musician. Things don't work out quite like that and he ends up the lead singer in a death metal band, with hilarious consequences.
Assorted
Genius Party - a collection of short movies from Studio 4°C created by a variety of different directors and animators. If you're a fan of short animation collections, such as Robot Carnival a few of these may interest you, even if they vary in quality.
Michiko e Hatchin - this show is a little harder to pin down. Wikipedia suggests action adventure, which seems somewhat accurate but that doesn't paint the full picture. The story essentially follows a mother and daughter as they travel across a Brazil-esque country in search of a man, kind of. It's a tale that ranges from comedy to romance to action and even dips it's toes in drama.
Tatami Galaxy - I don't really know how to sell this work. It's very odd? It has a great style and fantastic animation? The protagonist speaks a thousand words a minute? It's unique? None of these seem to do an adequate job explaining why you might like this work. If you see Kaiba and like it, this is by the same director, so there's a chance you'll enjoy his brand of strangeness in this work as well.
Science Fiction
Kaiba - A science fiction series set in a place where minds and memories can be easily transferred or moved from one body to another with great ease and the various problematic consequences that arise from such actions. If that sounds like some cold sci-fi along the lines of Ghost in the Shell you'd be right in principle but wrong in execution, as Kaiba is far 'warmer' then that, being practically a romance show in it's own right.
Casshern Sins - The world lies in ruin. Both human and robot alike are finding their numbers dwindling away. Casshern wonders the waste lands alone, blamed with destroying the world and under constant attack by human and robot alike he travels to help recover his memories and learn how the world brought to destruction. With totally kick-ass fighting scenes. This show may be a bit grim for some.
Time of Eve - A short six episode series/movie which tells the tale of a world where human-like robots work and live with people on a regular basis. The concept is hardly unique but the execution is excellent and, for the most part, charming as well. I've only see the series but I understand that the movie combines all the episodes with additional footage, which might be the best version to watch.
Trigun: Badlands Rumble - do you like Trigun? They made more of it, in movie form! Took them long enough.
Supernatural
Natsume's Book of Friends - the easiest comparison here would be Mushi-Shi or xxxHoLiC, if you're familiar with those works. If not, then it's a story where the protagonist, Nastume, has the ability to see and interact with various mythological beings, who generally need some odd task completed. Light hearted, charming and fairly whimsical go watch the first two seasons now before the third airs in summer!
Gambling
One Outs - Like Kaiji and Akagi, One Outs is a tale of high-stakes gambling and totally insane psychological warfare.
Drama and relationships
Aoi Hana - a serious business yuri/lesbian show set at a highschool, directed by the director of Honey and Clover.
Spice and Wolf - this shows ardent fanbase will likely explain the appeal of this medieval wolf-girl and her odd companion better than I. Suffice to say it largely resolves around a strong central relationship and occasionally some economic discussion.
Wandering Son - a serious business show about gender identity show, set in a highschool. The original work is by the creator of Aoi Hana, which is why the character work leans towards the realistic end of the spectrum.
Pretty Colours
Ponyo, it's still senile Miyazaki, but this time he embraces his disregard for plot and makes an entire movie about pretty things happening, one after another.
There are plenty more, but that should hopefully do for starters.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Pffft they are spending all their awesome on the Spice & Wolf BD sets.Unknown Soldier said:
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Nichijou 10 - This show needs less Mai trolling. Some of it's funny, but there's way too much of it. Still though, overall this was a pretty funny episode as always.
Battle Girls 08 - Good episode. This episode is about our three main characters' continuing trip towards the place with the other armor parts. In this one, they run into some difficulties, go off the road, and get lost. They can't keep going along the normal route because bad rumors about Nobunaga had spread -- that she ate the children of women in her area, specifically. It was all a backfired plan by her underling, jealous of how Nobunaga seems to be paying more attention to our heroine than her, sent out ninjas to spread good rumors about her. It didn't quite work right and the rumors... changed in transit, as such things sometimes do, so now everyone flees from them on sight. Good stuff.
So, they end up traveling cross country, through some ridiculous terrain, such as going straight up cliffs. The main character realizes how tough life is in this world, and is getting skeptical about how long she'll survive here... life is much harder and shorter than in modern Japan, to say the least, and she's not exactly prepared for all the walking and danger. Later on she gets sick with a cold. Nobunaga does what she can, but there's not much to do. Luckily the other person from modern times (her teacher I think?), the one whose portal our idiot heroine fell through, was in the area and secretly dropped off a cold pill for her, which Nobunaga gave her. The main character still doesn't know who the teacher is here, though, I think...
Anyway, so in the end they get to their destination. Looks like there'll be a fight now, these people won't just give up the armor pieces...
Battle Girls 08 - Good episode. This episode is about our three main characters' continuing trip towards the place with the other armor parts. In this one, they run into some difficulties, go off the road, and get lost. They can't keep going along the normal route because bad rumors about Nobunaga had spread -- that she ate the children of women in her area, specifically. It was all a backfired plan by her underling, jealous of how Nobunaga seems to be paying more attention to our heroine than her, sent out ninjas to spread good rumors about her. It didn't quite work right and the rumors... changed in transit, as such things sometimes do, so now everyone flees from them on sight. Good stuff.
So, they end up traveling cross country, through some ridiculous terrain, such as going straight up cliffs. The main character realizes how tough life is in this world, and is getting skeptical about how long she'll survive here... life is much harder and shorter than in modern Japan, to say the least, and she's not exactly prepared for all the walking and danger. Later on she gets sick with a cold. Nobunaga does what she can, but there's not much to do. Luckily the other person from modern times (her teacher I think?), the one whose portal our idiot heroine fell through, was in the area and secretly dropped off a cold pill for her, which Nobunaga gave her. The main character still doesn't know who the teacher is here, though, I think...
Anyway, so in the end they get to their destination. Looks like there'll be a fight now, these people won't just give up the armor pieces...
Well, sort of, except Reversible School Life has all the students in dresses sometimes, while in Princess Princess it's only a couple of them.tiff said:
hosannainexcelsis
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Articalys said:
I'm glad Funimation won't be going near that abomination which doesn't deserve to have the Umineko name attached to it. Ryukishi07 deserves better than DEEN.
On the other hand, the Higurashi anime, while dramatically inferior to the VN, was actually decent, so it's too bad it won't get a proper English release. I'm surprised that Funimation would be so harsh as to say they will stay away from any series "that bears even a minor resemblance" to it. What could they be referring to?
Of course, I don't know how Funimation expects to make money when they do things like
license the worst show of this season. Maybe it's cheap, but that doesn't excuse passing over good shows for complete trash.
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Uchip said:
So every match with Kinukmaru, or a specific match? If it's the latter, nope.
shintoki said:
I just want to see crazy DBZ tennis battles like the one from the movie. Still waiting on that :/
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Jexhius said:
Well done. Nice mix. Spice and Wolf would be my #1 pick from it.
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shintoki said:
Well I've come this far and I'm enjoying it at least. Will probably continue.
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InfiniteNine said:
They'd better be, I'm waiting on Blu-rays to watch it!
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hosannainexcelsis said:
I was thinking they meant they wouldn't license anything that was an adaptation to any of R07's stuff.
Of course, even if they wanted to they probably couldn't anyway.
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You can restart your Key watch through!icarus-daedelus said:
Well Funi's in it for the money not the art. I figure a lot of the anime fans left in the US buying legit releases legitimately buy trash on average and Funi happens to be able to license the trash for particularly cheap so it's a Win/Win.hosannainexcelsis said:
I mean I'd love to sit here and tell them they don't know what they're doing and that if they instead just licensed good shows that they'd do better but the honest truth is they'd probably do worse, the good stuff probably doesn't sell as well and since for the most part they've been profitable they probably do know what they're doing.
My only real gripe with that situation from a business perspective is I feel it traps them in that cycle, they can't ever really hope to grow or expand their market when they willingly pander to the type of anime fan who just watches "ecchi" anime however they probably feel they have little choice on the matter as their hands are also tied by what Japan does as well so if Japan's not exactly bursting at the seems with genuinely good, mature, content that's good outside the context of anime then they can't really bank on having those titles to bring over consistently and enlarging their audience.
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This wasn't as easy for me to find on Youtube as I would have expected. It was uploaded in 720p though.
May'n - Kimi Shinitamou Koto Nakare (OP - Shangri-La). This is actually the track which is included on the Hidan no Aria OP single, but here you can actually see what's going on.
May'n - Kimi Shinitamou Koto Nakare (OP - Shangri-La). This is actually the track which is included on the Hidan no Aria OP single, but here you can actually see what's going on.
Hellsing321
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Tiger & Bunny 11
Please be ok Origami. ;_;
Edit: also watching Tiger and Bunny on Hulu plus over a 3G connection is not the way to go.
Please be ok Origami. ;_;
Edit: also watching Tiger and Bunny on Hulu plus over a 3G connection is not the way to go.
Hellsing321
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Felt the thread was going too slow?jman2050 said:
Crash Station
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Kemonozume 10
Ooba is nuts. Dude's got some long flesh eater arms.
I assume shit's about to hit the fan as the medicine becomes more widespread.
Ooba is nuts. Dude's got some long flesh eater arms.
I assume shit's about to hit the fan as the medicine becomes more widespread.
Denpa Onna 9
Erio comes back to the spotlight and reaffirms her status as best character. Also retard moe + baseball = excellent combination for my tastes. Also some Kana Hanazawa for you obsessed fans out there.
On a related note, Team Denpa would like to officially declare a vote of no confidence in Team AnoHana.
Erio comes back to the spotlight and reaffirms her status as best character. Also retard moe + baseball = excellent combination for my tastes. Also some Kana Hanazawa for you obsessed fans out there.
On a related note, Team Denpa would like to officially declare a vote of no confidence in Team AnoHana.
I don't follow Choo - I know vaguely that he's some kind of a blogger - but I guess he's developing a show? Or trying to develop one?
Because... lol. Is this a joke? It's like he's fapping on the screen to design this giant fucking Mary Sue harem lead.
Because... lol. Is this a joke? It's like he's fapping on the screen to design this giant fucking Mary Sue harem lead.
This is the character profile for Eiji
Name: Eiji Seiun [星雲永時](せいうんえいじ
Birthday: December 24
Height: 175cm
Blood type: O
Age: 17
Classmate of Mirai and Kanata
Bright personality with an optimistic outlook even in the bleakest of situations.
Would suddenly disappear from time to time only to be found doing something brave and crazy.
Can be seen from time to time looking out to sea or at a sunset deep in thought.
Average grades in all subjects apart from Mecha and Exoskeleton Industrial Design.
Folks think that there is a possibility that Eiji likes Mirai
Works in a restaurant part time after school.
Hobby is watching anime, reading manga, collecting figures, dakimakura and dolls.
Eiji also loves music and can be often heard singing during battle or during his part time job as a waiter.
Eiji loves language and apart from his mother tongue of Japanese and English, he is also learning and speaks some Chinese, Korean, French, Spanish and German. If he is not listening to music on his headphones then hes listening to language learning material.
Weapon of choice is the Sonic Naginata [ソニック薙刀]. A Naginata is a Japanese halberd.
Father is Japanese, Mother is British.
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