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Spring 2011 Anime Thread PART TWO return of sex hair, ghosts, and ZAWA
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Hellsing321
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Fractale 2: Yamakan Strikes Back!
Unknown Soldier
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Branduil said:
It doesn't need one.
Unknown Soldier said:
Xenoglossias alright as long as you appreciate that the whole thing is effectively Sunrise trolling the expectations of the audience. It might be a bit weird to watch for the first time now, though, as a lot of what the show is was informed by what Sunrise was doing then (and how they promoted it). The shows kind of lost it's context now.
Zoramon089 said:
Hey, some of us have seen Redline three times already. The Japanese release of Redline is still due for August. You could always import that for crazy monies if you really need it on disk format, though the Japan-produced subtitles they were running on the theatrical screenings, and are likely the ones on the Japanese disks, were kind of bad.
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So what is Kotonoha doing here?
Hellsing321
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If you felt that the series was lacking Nazis then you might like it.Aigis said:
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Idolmaster: Xenoglossia 1:
And so begins Sunrise's daring series, which dares to combine moe and mecha like moe and mecha have never before been combined! Well, I think that's what the point of this show is. As expected from a Sunrise show, the mechas are very big and metallic and fly around and punch meteors. Unexpectedly, the girls are very, very moe. In many ways, this show integrates a number of ideas which would later propagate to or were propagated from Sunrise's other series around this time, this series aired immediately preceding Gundam 00 and overlapped with the end of the first season of Code Geass.
I'm not sure what the hell I"m watching here but the animation is fantastic, the mechas fly around in 3D space, and the girls all have pleasing character designs which are vaguely like but also different from their alternate universe game selves. I consider this show to be the "true" Idolmaster universe, the LMC ("Loli-Mecha Century") if you will, the "alternate" Idolmaster universe of the games, the disappointingly ordinary LC ("Loli Century") will be the subject of the new upcoming Idolmaster series, but fuck that shit, the LMC has mechas! :3
Tales of the Abyss 13-15
He was tested, but the bro remained real. Luke's gotten much better, even if he hasn't learned to keep his voice at room-level. Nathalia, who I haven't actually been mentioning, got her sob story. Jade continues with more mr. mysterio unveiling. Tear's still a gold-digger. Anise is still an irritating, laughably out of place, loli. And Ion is... still Ion. We've got planes in the air now. A needless war has been fought. People still can't seem to have a conversation on the down low without somebody creeping their ear in. Asch randomly shows up to mack on Nathalia in the middle of the night, then disappears just as randomly, like a boss. And things, still, are falling from the sky.
He was tested, but the bro remained real. Luke's gotten much better, even if he hasn't learned to keep his voice at room-level. Nathalia, who I haven't actually been mentioning, got her sob story. Jade continues with more mr. mysterio unveiling. Tear's still a gold-digger. Anise is still an irritating, laughably out of place, loli. And Ion is... still Ion. We've got planes in the air now. A needless war has been fought. People still can't seem to have a conversation on the down low without somebody creeping their ear in. Asch randomly shows up to mack on Nathalia in the middle of the night, then disappears just as randomly, like a boss. And things, still, are falling from the sky.
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Sailor Moon R 73-81 - Lol... this show is so repetitive and predictable, but it's also amusing and entertaining. Some of these episodes weren't so great (the one in the cake shop was pretty bland, and the one after that (or was it the one after that?) wasn't so great either, but some others were good stuff, like the one where they're sick and Venus tries to take care of them. I wonder, who's more incompetent, Venus or Moon? 
Also, though Chibi-Usa is a complete pain up to about ep. 74, FINALLY she stops being completely awful (using magic to get Usagi's family to accept her as a relative, trying to separate her and her friends, etc, etc), which is good. She was really, really annoying for quite a few episodes. Even though she's still kind of a pain, at least she's not nearly as bad as she was.
Oh yeah, and this evil woman's not good at much other than evil laughter, is she... it's funny how all of the villains are so certain that they're going to crush the Sailor Senshi, and then use the same exact lame plots that their predecessors did (or something no better) and are shocked, SHOCKED when the results don't change. Yeah... it's so surprising, really! At least in this last episode she summoned two creatures, sort of, even if they sort of were one as well (one that could split into two? I'm not sure), slightly reducing the usual "there are 6 goodguys versus one monster" thing, but the result was the same. As if that should surprise anyone, given how Sailor Moon is a monster of the week show most of the time.
Have you not seen this series before, or have you? If you haven't, I do need to say something even if it's sort of a spoiler -- the series takes a dark turn about halfway through. Perhaps that's expected because it's Sunrise, but it does happen and I did dislike it. A bit after it happened is when I stopped watching, even though I'd moderately enjoyed most of the first half.
Also, though Chibi-Usa is a complete pain up to about ep. 74, FINALLY she stops being completely awful (using magic to get Usagi's family to accept her as a relative, trying to separate her and her friends, etc, etc), which is good. She was really, really annoying for quite a few episodes. Even though she's still kind of a pain, at least she's not nearly as bad as she was.
Also, it's quite obvious to the watcher, but somehow none of them seem to have noticed that Chibi-Usa's mother looks exactly like Usagi... I wonder when they figure it out? Soon I imagine, because I think they're about to go forward in time to save Chibi-Usa's mother from the Dark Moon crystal or whatever she's in.
Oh yeah, and this evil woman's not good at much other than evil laughter, is she... it's funny how all of the villains are so certain that they're going to crush the Sailor Senshi, and then use the same exact lame plots that their predecessors did (or something no better) and are shocked, SHOCKED when the results don't change. Yeah... it's so surprising, really! At least in this last episode she summoned two creatures, sort of, even if they sort of were one as well (one that could split into two? I'm not sure), slightly reducing the usual "there are 6 goodguys versus one monster" thing, but the result was the same. As if that should surprise anyone, given how Sailor Moon is a monster of the week show most of the time.
Unknown Soldier said:
Have you not seen this series before, or have you? If you haven't, I do need to say something even if it's sort of a spoiler -- the series takes a dark turn about halfway through. Perhaps that's expected because it's Sunrise, but it does happen and I did dislike it. A bit after it happened is when I stopped watching, even though I'd moderately enjoyed most of the first half.
Infinite Justice
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Unknown Soldier said:
Those novels say otherwise.
Jex
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Sailor Moon R 73-81
The main "kidnapping" arc has reached it's conclusion and now the "laugh manically when constantly defeated" arc is in full swing. It's largely felt more monster-of-the-week than previous arcs, but there was a particularly great episode featuring nurse antics. No, not in that kind of way.
The main "kidnapping" arc has reached it's conclusion and now the "laugh manically when constantly defeated" arc is in full swing. It's largely felt more monster-of-the-week than previous arcs, but there was a particularly great episode featuring nurse antics. No, not in that kind of way.
Instead of facing their problems they shrink away like children. They willingly placed themselves into a situation and now are too scared to fix it, so they choose to run away instead. It's frustrating to watch, to say the least. (Maybe that's the point, I'm not sure.)Jintor said:
Durarara!! 1-24 - Plot twists, the anime. They weren't even overdone or contrived, either (well, most of them). Enjoyable, but didn't have quite the impact that Baccano did. Was it the ending? The fact that nobody was quite as awesome as Issac and Miria? I'm not really sure. What I am sure of, though, is that I wish there was more. This is definitely begging for a second season, if only to see
That and more hhnnggh-inducing Celty.
In any case, it was enjoyable, and I'm glad I watched it.
I would watch the fuck out of a show just about the van crew, though. Them and Shizuo-chan. So awesome.
Izaya get what's coming to him.
In any case, it was enjoyable, and I'm glad I watched it.
To be fair, Drrr has its fair share of badasses, but it really is a shame that they're not the main characters. By the end the trio was definitely starting to wear on me.Jexhius said:
I would watch the fuck out of a show just about the van crew, though. Them and Shizuo-chan. So awesome.
Holy shit, I wasn't told about this.Dresden said:
Season 2 fucking where?
Also, something about the end, when
Izaya mentions that he "loves his job" it felt to me like he was talking about more than just being an information broker - and the way he talks about people in general leads me to believe he knows more about the paranormal than he's letting on. Don't tell me outright if you know, but am I on the right track here?
No clue about the spoilered question, I haven't read the spoilers either. Although it does seem likely, no?Izayoi said:
As for the
lesbo izaya imoutos
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