that will also be the last day we hear from Cajun for 6 months.
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Spring 2014 Anime |OT2| about as likely as a second season of Hyouka
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that will also be the last day we hear from Cajun for 6 months.
hosannainexcelsis
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Skull Man - End
And so another anime closes with an
ending. They do like to do that.
The initially grounded nature of the show gradually broke down, as was inevitable when you're dealing with superhero/tokusatsu style stories, but the ending managed to not go off the rails with how it carefully developed and bore to fruition the many plot threads going on. Although there were some threads left open (
). And I have no idea what was up with that last post-credits scene.
And so another anime closes with an
apocalyptic
At least some of the people I liked survived.
Brain Gear...
nintendoman58
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FlyingSaucer
Banned
Gochiusa 11
- Demon instructor ! Death god of the battlefield !
- those are compliments.
- those are compliments.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Master Keaton is an earlier series from the same manga author, featuring the titular jack-of-all-trades and his many and varied globetrotting adventures. It's episodic instead of serialized, unlike Monster, but I think it carries a similar appeal.
Deputy Dangle
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My man.
ChickenHunter
Member
Yeah, I mostly meant in terms of quality.
As far as anime tropes go; I'll watch literally anything through to the end so I don't really mind too much. Hell, i've watched through bullshit garbage like Infinte Stratos (bad idea), Oriemo (gradually got worse), the Endless Eight (because someone said I couldn't) so I can't really complain about that sort of thing.
I've seen Baccano, liked it quite a bit. Haven't seen Durarara yet though...
Hmm, no I haven't watched any of those yet. I'll look into it, thanks.
My squees will be heard worldwide
Darker than black is great. I couldn't fap to it but that story was amazing. It puts some modern anime to shame.
Admiral Woofington
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How could you not fap to such beauty in this world.
No it's not on lewd alone, however as a connoisseur of harem shows (cause I can't get enough bad or good), I really liked STB. Good girls, good music, and the story and action was cool.
Sorry but I only fap to loli cameltoe.
What about
Amber
Damn you got me there.
I actually had Don't Lose Your Way start playing in my own dream. That was weird. And no, nothing near me was playing it.
Huh, so it is possible.
Ping Pong - END
I kinda want to deny the AOTY talk for this, but man I can't deny this is the best episode that I watched all year long lol
No wonder firehawk is raving, this is that he always talking about.. god you guys l bring this shit up forever will unbearable, I still love those shounen sport animu, fuck y'all
I always know the story of this show is magnificent being arguably Taiyou Matsumoto best work and all. With the OST being awesome as fuck, the remaining make or break for this adaptation is the production value, the first two episode setting high expectation and standard for me, its looked so beautiful with great art direction, cinematography and animation.. I must admit the few episode after that is disappointing me because the rough production value, fortunately the show can recover despite the rough still seen here and there and deliver the golden standard again especially for last 2 eps.. just simply outstanding, hopefully the blu-ray can also fix the problem in past episode, then the show as whole can be perfect!
Btw Kazama x Smile OTP, both make an wonderful banter together. give me smile at this one.
I kinda want to deny the AOTY talk for this, but man I can't deny this is the best episode that I watched all year long lol
No wonder firehawk is raving, this is that he always talking about.. god you guys l bring this shit up forever will unbearable, I still love those shounen sport animu, fuck y'all
I always know the story of this show is magnificent being arguably Taiyou Matsumoto best work and all. With the OST being awesome as fuck, the remaining make or break for this adaptation is the production value, the first two episode setting high expectation and standard for me, its looked so beautiful with great art direction, cinematography and animation.. I must admit the few episode after that is disappointing me because the rough production value, fortunately the show can recover despite the rough still seen here and there and deliver the golden standard again especially for last 2 eps.. just simply outstanding, hopefully the blu-ray can also fix the problem in past episode, then the show as whole can be perfect!
Btw Kazama x Smile OTP, both make an wonderful banter together. give me smile at this one.
Let's see if I can gets this straight: Shotaro Ishinomori, creator of Cyborg 009 and Skull Man, had long since said the two properties were connected somehow but never really explained just how they were. This show attempts to bridge that gap.
Show was meant to serve as a prequel to a potential Cyborg 009 reboot iirc. The baby that Kiriko has is supposed to be Joe Shimamura, 009's protagonist. What you see at the end is the Skull Man having been retrieved and repurposed as the Black Ghost, Cyborg 009's future antagonist, which would set up some tragic father/son stuff down the line. That's where the Brain Gear stuff led, another cute nod with the initials being shared with 009's secret antagonist organization.
I think Duckroll said they got the VAs from the original Cyborg 009 show to play the number named cast in Skull Man. It's like this really neat love letter to the whole franchise if I had to describe it, it's just no one really sees it coming. lol Biggest clue I think they give past the callback with the VAs is some character designs looking really old school all of a sudden compared to everything else about halfway through.
http://i.imgur.com/nNGbTim.jpg is a more traditional look for the property but you can see where the Black Ghost design had been made far more contemporary in the Skull Man vs how it's normally presented.
Show was meant to serve as a prequel to a potential Cyborg 009 reboot iirc. The baby that Kiriko has is supposed to be Joe Shimamura, 009's protagonist. What you see at the end is the Skull Man having been retrieved and repurposed as the Black Ghost, Cyborg 009's future antagonist, which would set up some tragic father/son stuff down the line. That's where the Brain Gear stuff led, another cute nod with the initials being shared with 009's secret antagonist organization.
I think Duckroll said they got the VAs from the original Cyborg 009 show to play the number named cast in Skull Man. It's like this really neat love letter to the whole franchise if I had to describe it, it's just no one really sees it coming. lol Biggest clue I think they give past the callback with the VAs is some character designs looking really old school all of a sudden compared to everything else about halfway through.
http://i.imgur.com/nNGbTim.jpg is a more traditional look for the property but you can see where the Black Ghost design had been made far more contemporary in the Skull Man vs how it's normally presented.
Good writing isn't a recent invention. And I dunno about BBs plot. It's essentially "lolsatan", isn't it? There are way better hentai doujinshi that would make a good story.
I don't know. You people make me do things I can't even understand sometimes.
nintendoman58
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Baccano! - 2
Lol, this mining couple is the best.
"Hmm, she wants a baby brother, but we can't give her a baby brother. Lets give her something expensive instead. But we don't have any money! Welp, time to commit a train-robbery!"
This is said with the most cheerful attitude possible. :lol
Huh, so there's a
Lol, this mining couple is the best.
"Hmm, she wants a baby brother, but we can't give her a baby brother. Lets give her something expensive instead. But we don't have any money! Welp, time to commit a train-robbery!"
This is said with the most cheerful attitude possible. :lol
Huh, so there's a
bomb on the Pussywagon. So that's what's gonna happen to it.
At the very least it's better than SAO. And the ending satisfies me.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I don't want to hate Nanananananana but it's good stuff is few and far between and there's too many goddamn characters so the best ones can never get any screentime
PshycoNinja
Member
Gurren Lagann 26 - And You Thought It Couldn't Get Any Crazier
Despite Crunchyroll trying to frustrate me to no end and trying to completely ruin this episodes tone and pace, this was a really really good episode. Would've been a hell of a lot better if Crunchyroll didn't pause and screw up so much.
actually made me bittersweet. They did it wonderfully and pumped me for this last episode.
The fact that they shot in
is retarded levels of awesome. I think at one point they were
which is just insane.
Bring on the last episode!!!!
Despite Crunchyroll trying to frustrate me to no end and trying to completely ruin this episodes tone and pace, this was a really really good episode. Would've been a hell of a lot better if Crunchyroll didn't pause and screw up so much.
Kamina's appearance
The fact that they shot in
every direction through multiple time periods and multiple dimensions
throwing planets at Super Special Awesome Mega Ultra Dai-Gurren Lagann
Bring on the last episode!!!!
Thats exactly what I found, who is who and what the fuck are they doing. Nothing is fleshed out because there are too many characters.
Kamina appearing gave me anime feels
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Watch that last episode
Admiral Woofington
Member
Isaac and Miria are infectious and a favorite among many viewers. Some reviewers even go so far as to say that without them the show wouldn't be as good. I love them to death.
It was nice to see him actually be useful for a change.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Thanks for that; it helps a bunch. I'm aware of Cyborg 009 but not really familiar with the intricies of it, so I didn't pick up on the homage. It's a little annoying, inasmuch as it makes Skull Man less of a stand alone work, but it still mostly works without prior franchise knowledge so I can't complain too much.
R_thanatos
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Choujigen Game Neptune: The Animation 1-12
I watched all this anime in one sitting because a friend wanted to watch it, I don't even consider myself a Neptunia fan, but I still found the anime to be a surprisingly decent for a short video game adaptation.
I was not expecting this anime to make me cry, but this scene was really fucking sad:
P-ko!
You should watch the oav ASAP.
I think that it'd probably work better without watching the last scene if one wanted something more standalone, just there's this creation of a :kayos moment if one is unaware of what the show is attempting when they watch that last bit.
nintendoman58
Member
Get ready for the best final showdown in all of anime. Ever.
The movies are only worth it for their final 30 minutes of awesomeness that they throw at you.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
The second TTGL movie is so stupid and ridiculous, I love it
R_thanatos
Member
So today i'm older ..i almost didn't realise it ... where was my birthday email, NEOGAF ?
30 years old
BassForever
Member
Ping Pong - END
I kinda want to deny the AOTY talk for this, but man I can't deny this is the best episode that I watched all year long lol
No wonder firehawk is raving, this is that he always talking about.. god you guys l bring this shit up forever will unbearable, I still love those shounen sport animu, fuck y'all
I always know the story of this show is magnificent being arguably Taiyou Matsumoto best work and all. With the OST being awesome as fuck, the remaining make or break for this adaptation is the production value, the first two episode setting high expectation and standard for me, its looked so beautiful with great art direction, cinematography and animation.. I must admit the few episode after that is disappointing me because the rough production value, fortunately the show can recover despite the rough still seen here and there and deliver the golden standard again especially for last 2 eps.. just simply outstanding, hopefully the blu-ray can also fix the problem in past episode, then the show as whole can be perfect!
Btw Kazama x Smile OTP, both make an wonderful banter together. give me smile at this one.
It's too bad the series is so freaking ugly to look at, the amount of eye bleach I need after seeing some of the images might break the bank
Black Bullet 9
"You're part of my loli-harem plan" lol teacher is by far the best character
Well the team is together and it's nice to have one or two loli girls who don't want Satomi's d
MikeHattsu
Member
So today i'm older ..i almost didn't realise it ... where was my birthday email, NEOGAF ?
30 years old
Congrats!
The cutest hentai is Magical Twilight
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Well if you haven't watched Bible Black, I could give you a run down on it if you want
Exactly how cute are we talking here?
Admiral Woofington
Member
Standing in the edge of the Ping Pong, Like the 11 once said
Great ending. I guess I wasn't too far off. Also the whole "children singing with ping pong" thing made me laugh. That's so Japan.
Great ending. I guess I wasn't too far off. Also the whole "children singing with ping pong" thing made me laugh. That's so Japan.
A few shows ended.
MikeHattsu
Member
That and some SAO discussions.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I just watched it, omg I'm so happy ;-;
So how much of the story of Victory did I just spoil myself today? I'm in like chapter 4 of the game and I plan to finish that and then play both of the Vita remakes
Edit: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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