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[Blader]

So, does Trigun really get better after the first few episodes? I bought the series because it was pretty cheap, and because its a classic and all. But man, I'm just not getting into it at all. The humor just doesn't work for me at all. I know shit gets real partway through the show, but I have no motivation to keep watching.

You clearly haven't met Wolfwood yet.

 

[Crash Station]

So, does Trigun really get better after the first few episodes? I bought the series because it was pretty cheap, and because its a classic and all. But man, I'm just not getting into it at all. The humor just doesn't work for me at all. I know shit gets real partway through the show, but I have no motivation to keep watching.

Depends how much a fan you are of Cerebus Syndrome. I think it gets better when shit gets real.

 

[Hellsing321]

I wonder if it was an intentional parody of that artstyle.

Man, I need to get started on this combined anime/games backlog I have. Doesn't help that there's more than a few 26-episode shows and 30+ hour JRPGs in there.

It definitely intentional. Wakaki is a huge gamer and parodies and references tons of games in the Manga.

 

[Infinite Justice]

So, does Trigun really get better after the first few episodes? I bought the series because it was pretty cheap, and because its a classic and all. But man, I'm just not getting into it at all. The humor just doesn't work for me at all. I know shit gets real partway through the show, but I have no motivation to keep watching.

Try the manga version.

 

[Jintor]

Imho the manga was even more confusing and weird, although it was at least consistant in direction

 

[Jex]

So, does Trigun really get better after the first few episodes? I bought the series because it was pretty cheap, and because its a classic and all. But man, I'm just not getting into it at all. The humor just doesn't work for me at all. I know shit gets real partway through the show, but I have no motivation to keep watching.

Kind of, but overall it's an above average show, rather than a 'classic'.

 

[Defuser]

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Gintama 214: A boss conclusion to a boss arc. In fact, it's the most bossy-bossness I've ever witnessed in years and singlehandedly restored my faith in anime. It turns out anime can be good and fun... who knew?

 

[Blader]

Every time I see something from Gintama, I think, "Hey that looks cool, maybe I should watch" but then I wiki it and remember it's over 200 episodes long. =\

 

[Defuser]

Every time I see something from Gintama, I think, "Hey that looks cool, maybe I should watch" but then I wiki it and remember it's over 200 episodes long. =\

Once it a while there will some serious arcs but most of the time it's self contained from 1 to 2 episodes so it make it easy for people to jump in anytime. You can start from the beginning of gintama' 2011 which is episode 202.

 

[Jex]

Saigo no Sutāfaitā

It's not often that things are better than you remember them, so that's always a nice treat.

 

[Dresden]

Looks pretty fucking hot, man.

 

[Crash Station]

Every time I see something from Gintama, I think, "Hey that looks cool, maybe I should watch" but then I wiki it and remember it's over 200 episodes long. =\

200 is nothing. That's like 70 hours. Not even a full game of Persona 4.

 

[Bel Marduk]

Gintama, I love you.

 

[Uchip]

Arietti is a very pretty movie
did feel like not much happened though

 

[Instro]

Kind of, but overall it's an above average show, rather than a 'classic'.

Its a classic in the sense that it's one of those shows that got a lot of attention with westerners who were relatively new to anime at the time. Or something like that. In retrospect, its not great nor is it bad, its just good.

 

[Uchip]

its mostly the setting that was interesting in Trigun
cant name many good western themed anime

 

[Instro]

its mostly the setting that was interesting in Trigun
cant name many good western themed anime

Hm yeah, I was thinking the same thing. There should be more western themed anime, or futuristic western(or is it space western?) stuff like Outlaw Star. I dont see that very often.

 

[Crash Station]

Hm yeah, I was thinking the same thing. There should be more western themed anime, or futuristic western(or is it space western?) stuff like Outlaw Star. I dont see that very often.

There's a ton of western/space western manga. There's also a bunch of anime, but harder to find good stuff.

 

[Jex]

Tiger and Bunny 13

So when are these two guys going to make it out?

 

[duckroll]

Hm yeah, I was thinking the same thing. There should be more western themed anime, or futuristic western(or is it space western?) stuff like Outlaw Star. I dont see that very often.

How about Gun x Sword? Gun Frontier is also a pretty great Leiji Matsumoto scifi western.

 

[Instro]

There's a ton of western/space western manga. There's also a bunch of anime, but harder to find good stuff.

It seems that way, not that I've ever really looked into it though.

How about Gun x Sword? Gun Frontier is also a pretty great Leiji Matsumoto scifi western.

I've heard of them, I can't say I know much about either though other than the names. Worth watching? I think I have one of them on my list of things to watch at some point.

 

[iavi]

Tales of the Abyss 6-8

It amazes me how they went from a piece of shit as insufferable as Luke, to someone as awesome as Yuri, with just the next game, cause Luke is that bad, jesus. I'm getting to the complete

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replica

reveal, so he's been as confused and whiny as ever.
But, you know, when I think on it, it's kind of understandable. He is mentally challenged manchild that had to play catch up due to the fact that he is

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a blank-slate replica.

Still, it annoys me to no end.

The story is over the hump that was it's beginning, so it's actually getting pretty interesting.

e: I'm reading that Vesperia is the second entry after Abyss. Interesting, I never knew that.

 

[Articalys]

Tiger and Bunny 13

So when are these two guys going to make it out?

It seems like, for series where the two lead characters are female, a large majority of official art like posters, magazine spreads, etc. is going to have some sort of yuri overtones to it, yet for series with two male lead characters it's not nearly as high of a frequency. Which is funny since I thought the yaoi market was a bigger audience than the yuri market.

Then again Star Driver had this, so I dunno. Maybe I'm naturally filtering it out.

 

[duckroll]

I've heard of them, I can't say I know much about either though other than the names. Worth watching? I think I have one of them on my list of things to watch at some point.

I would totally recommend Gun Frontier. Very unique and cool. Gun x Sword kinda sucks though.

 

[Jintor]

Holy shit. I finally got around to watching Rebuild of Evangelion (2.22 anyway) and why didn't anybody tell me that Anno finally got around to making Eva awesome?

 

[iavi]

Holy shit. I finally got around to watching Rebuild of Evangelion (2.22 anyway) and why didn't anybody tell me that Anno finally got around to making Eva awesome?

Because Eva's always been awesome.

 

[Jex]

X-Men 12

And thus ends what will presumably be the only good Madhouse/Marvel project, outside of the Iron Man trailer.

I don't think that psychic confrontations that take place entirely inside the minds of characters make for particularly interesting finales. Well, they could do, but this particular one involved more talking and extending arms longingly then actual combat. All those other superhero designs sure were neat though.

Holy shit. I finally got around to watching Rebuild of Evangelion (2.22 anyway) and why didn't anybody tell me that Anno finally got around to making Eva awesome?

1) There's a large thread on Evangelion 2.22 and the internet in general has been singing it's praises for a long time.

2) Because it's worse than the TV series.

 

[Jintor]

Yes, but I stopped paying attention to anything because it was like "Another version of Eva? Goddamnit"

I needed someone to slap the blu ray in my hands and say 'watch this goddamn show'

which is what happened

 

[Instro]

I would totally recommend Gun Frontier. Very unique and cool. Gun x Sword kinda sucks though.

Ok cool. From premise alone the latter doesn't sound as good, but as long as it isn't boring it seems like it could be decent enough to watch. Definitely will check out the Gun Frontier though.

 

[Jintor]

Gotta say though, very glad I watched Eva all those years ago. It feels a bit like watching Game of Thrones, where you know roughly what's going to happen but you watch it to see how they do it. Not to mention what they change.

The pacing at movie speed is awesome.

 

[iavi]

The pacing at movie speed is awesome.

I thought it was pretty horrible actually. They expect you to have seen the show, to even begin to be able to tell what's going on. It moves much too fast.

 

[Jintor]

I like it fast. Less dicking around.

I could do with a little less gratuitous fanservice though

 

[Jex]

The Evangelion debate is truly a zombie argument.

 

[Jintor]

You can't even see anything under that hat!

 

[iavi]

I like it fast. Less dicking around.

I'm in your same boat, normally. I don't prefer breakneck pacing at the expense of clarity however.

 

[Jex]

I like it fast. Less dicking around.

I could do with a little less gratuitous fanservice though

Then you'd have to erase the whole movie!

Of course, in terms of sexual fanservice, Evangelion has always 'gone there' and I agree that they push it a little too far in this one. Ideally you'd have none at all.

 

[Instro]

I'm in your same boat, normally. I don't prefer breakneck pacing at the expense of clarity however.

Not exactly the show's strong point to begin with.

 

[iavi]

Not exactly the show's strong point to begin with.

That's so true.

 

[Jintor]

Mind you, I did find the reverse nakedness sequence in the apartment absolutely hilarious. I have to say the moments when the animation warps comedically are really quite funny, if slightly out of place.

It was really nice just to see the kids being, well... kids.

 

[Crash Station]

One Outs 11

Lots of math up in this bitch. I'm surprised these people can stay consistent within a fraction of a second every time they hit/run/pitch/etc.

 

[airmangataosenai]

Alright GAF... watching the first episode of Infinite Stratos. Wish me luck!

 

[Instro]

Alright GAF... watching the first episode of Infinite Stratos. Wish me luck!

Everyone's favorite 2011 show!

 

[mAcOdIn]

They've got you right where they want you! Turn back, there's still a chance!

You have to learn that sometimes people just want the best for you and when they do just let go and let them have their way with you, savagely, because it's for the best.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

The Evangelion debate is truly a zombie argument.

One day we will argue about K-ON endlessly the way we argue about Evangelion.

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Fuck Strike Witches, K-ON is the voice of our generation!

 

[InfiniteNine]

AnimeGAF's favorite VN is getting released in the US along with some other titles!

 

[Instro]

AnimeGAF's favorite VN is getting released in the US along with some other titles!

That's surprising.

 

[Articalys]

AnimeGAF's favorite VN is getting released in the US along with some other titles!

http://i.imgur.com/CHl63.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]
I saw the list in the "English translated VN" topic. Saya no Uta excepted, how obscure are these games on the obscure-o-meter?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I saw the list in the "English translated VN" topic. Saya no Uta excepted, how obscure are these games on the obscure-o-meter?

All VNs are obscure outside of Japan...including Saya no Uta. I only know about that game from GAF, nobody has ever talked about it anywhere else I frequent.

 

[Articalys]

All VNs are obscure outside of Japan...including Saya no Uta. I only know about that game from GAF, nobody has ever talked about it anywhere else I frequent.

Hmm... I wonder what went into choosing those particular five then, if they're all equally not well known.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Hmm... I wonder what went into choosing those particular five then, if they're all equally not well known.

They all have translations that can be bought off someone. Sumaga's patch isn't public, and Django is a surprise since there was never a public project for that.