AnathemicOne
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Don't forget the MC with the plot armor of.... SURGERY!
No but seriously, the show essentially lied...
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Spring 2014 Anime |OT2| about as likely as a second season of Hyouka
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Don't forget the MC with the plot armor of.... SURGERY!
No but seriously, the show essentially lied...
Black Bullet 09
Midori's pretty cute. Not bad, for a bit of a calm before the storm episode. The battle of the monolith is probably going to take up the last three or so episodes (maybe a standalone for the finale, that tends to happen), so that cheer at the end was a nice place to end things. I know it was a base camp for an ongoing bug war, but it almost felt like a festival with all those stalls lined up.
Midori's pretty cute. Not bad, for a bit of a calm before the storm episode. The battle of the monolith is probably going to take up the last three or so episodes (maybe a standalone for the finale, that tends to happen), so that cheer at the end was a nice place to end things. I know it was a base camp for an ongoing bug war, but it almost felt like a festival with all those stalls lined up.
Any idea how far along the manga we are?
I don't really follow source material. And using a manga for a LN-based anime is only so helpful.
Ah yeah, forgot its LN based eeeeeep
Looks like we are in 3/7 for where the LN are at right now.
To be fair, do you honestly think they'd get away with Bisecting anything that is even remotely human?
Same country that spazzes out about not Kenshiro drinking not hiniken and smoking in JoJo's.
Nyarko W OVA
A hot springs episode, though the lewdest part was the eyecatch. The Kamen Rider references were small in number, mostly visible with the episode's title styling and one last Fourze reference. (We need a third season just so Nyarko can shower the world with Gaim references. Gaim is so good.) The same hijinks I've come to expect from this franchise, with all the yuri and whatnot. Luhy and Mahiro's mom doing the Precure reference deluge was also pretty fun.
A hot springs episode, though the lewdest part was the eyecatch. The Kamen Rider references were small in number, mostly visible with the episode's title styling and one last Fourze reference. (We need a third season just so Nyarko can shower the world with Gaim references. Gaim is so good.) The same hijinks I've come to expect from this franchise, with all the yuri and whatnot. Luhy and Mahiro's mom doing the Precure reference deluge was also pretty fun.
R_thanatos
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That bullet only works with gastreas monsters
It doesn't but you don't waste that super rare material on a mere human brain !
AnathemicOne
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You kidding? One of the main reasons I watch anime is how crazy they can fucking get with the violence.
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/1522574/rika-s-suicide-o.gif
That graphic unicorn death kinda gave me the expectation of a few gory explosions every now and then, human or not :U
R_thanatos
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Correct , but i doubt we'll get past book 3. for this season.
Psycho_Mantis
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I still maintain this is what Gosick should have been.
Okay what anime is this lol
and why is everyone talking about Dinosaurs at the beginning of this thread?
I need to get back to watching some of these shitty shows.....I'm looking at you Mekacity and Black bullet ( unless the loli harem was a joke)
AnathemicOne
Banned
Nonono, we already ditched the dinosaurs, we are NOT bringing them back.
Joe Molotov
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AnathemicOne
Banned
Final ep leads into the manga iirc. Story there is about Buaka stealing Greenpeace.
AnathemicOne
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All the Love Live! S2 talk on its Episode 9 made me decide to cut my break short and just go for it... mistakes were made.
Love Live! S2 - 01
Pretty much my overall reaction. Honoka suddenly becoming the new student president is stupid in itself and that sudden intro musical was jarring as hell. As for the drama, well it looks like the show doesn't want to let go of its contrived crap from season 1 with Honoka being all reluctant of attending the new Love Live! which I bet is stemming from her issues last season. And Nico of course is cringe-status.
Edit: I should probably mention that this will probably become my new hatewatch anime to replace Mahouka, if the nature of this episode signifies the nature of the succeeding episodes/show overall.
Love Live! S2 - 01
Pretty much my overall reaction. Honoka suddenly becoming the new student president is stupid in itself and that sudden intro musical was jarring as hell. As for the drama, well it looks like the show doesn't want to let go of its contrived crap from season 1 with Honoka being all reluctant of attending the new Love Live! which I bet is stemming from her issues last season. And Nico of course is cringe-status.
Edit: I should probably mention that this will probably become my new hatewatch anime to replace Mahouka, if the nature of this episode signifies the nature of the succeeding episodes/show overall.
I'm not following this series adaptation therefore I don't know how they are pacing it, so I wanted to know... do you think her little own story arc later on (you know, the one where she
visits her grandfather's mansion... and all of what happens after that
Yeah it wasnt too special. some cuties in it and great music but I liked another MMO based show better. If I could only remember what it was.
All right. It's time.
Show's booted up on Netflix and ready to go.
Oh no...
Uhm...check reality out at the door.
Just assume the device is super ultra foolproof and it can fry a brain instantly or some ridiculous shit. That said, the first part isnt what people really complain about except that it has a bad habit of introducing some fun likeable characters and then making them irrelevant within an episode to focus on more mundane ones and very forced romance.
Who is that? I dont recognize her.
Chaika - The Coffin Princess? Decided to hop into it and see what's it all about.
Chaika - 01
The 'prologue' was a bit iffy and hard to follow, but whatevs; to the actual episode! And immediately we are met with our two protagonists and then KILLER UNICORN!
A bit unorthodox but I'll take it! The following battle was also enjoyable which revealed Chaika to be a 'wizard' and the other dude to be... 'hair hulk'? From here on out the rest of the episode was enjoyable, however, the show has yet to reveal what a 'wizard' is to be exact or what the sibling 'hair hulks' are for that matter, in addition to how a seemingly medieval setting has access to magic sniper rifles, huh.
Chaika's pretty good thus far. Its kind of silly, but reminds me a lot of Scrapped Princess and earlier Bones works and thats a good thing.
You got my attention
Thank you for making this for me by the way
MikeHattsu
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It's gosick with a dinosaur pasted in.
So what I'm hearing here is...you hate fun and happiness?
As am I, of course =p
PdotMichael
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Well, looking at the pacing of the anime it would take like 30 episodes until we reach her arc.
Turin Turambar
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Hunter x Hunter 132
Two players out, six still in. But overall a slow episode, more about the tension itself of where everyone will move or what will they say in each moment, will the King discover the mystery, etc.
Two players out, six still in. But overall a slow episode, more about the tension itself of where everyone will move or what will they say in each moment, will the King discover the mystery, etc.
Hmmmm, I see... thanks for the answer, PdotMichael! I was looking forward to seeing sooner that part, though.
AnathemicOne
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I recall you asking me that before sometime ago. No I don't hate fun/happiness, I do dislike contrived drama and repeated cheese, the former being Honoka and the latter being Nico. I'll grant that Nico is the least offender of the two and her act was enjoyable the first few times, but like a joke, repeating it over and over again makes it stale really quick and Nico personifies this so far. But hey if contrived drama and a shoe-horned personality is what you call fun and happiness, I'm not here to stop you (just know that is not my definition of it).
Edit: Ahhh found it! It was my reaction to the first episode of Clannad! Well granted it wasn't Clannad I was watching as I confused the show for another show... derp.
Love Live! S2 - 02
Better episode than the previous. Maki still
believing in Santa
To be honest, I couldn't believe Maki still
believed in Santa
Soul Eater Not! 09
A series of short vignettes. There's plenty of anime that style themselves entirely on this, and I can appreciate an episode like this. Meme's been the center of a lot of this show, it feels like, and my favorite of the sketches was her own version of The Hangover. Night battle and baseball were both amusing in their own ways (and the night battle was fairly lewd), the letters home segment was alright, and the foreshadowing for the final arc is slowly building up - and looks to kick into high gear next time.
A series of short vignettes. There's plenty of anime that style themselves entirely on this, and I can appreciate an episode like this. Meme's been the center of a lot of this show, it feels like, and my favorite of the sketches was her own version of The Hangover. Night battle and baseball were both amusing in their own ways (and the night battle was fairly lewd), the letters home segment was alright, and the foreshadowing for the final arc is slowly building up - and looks to kick into high gear next time.
But...you expressed negative emotions towards the musical intro. I don't know how else to describe that.
(and of course hating on Nico is awful)
Black Bullet 9
No matter how much he denies it's his intention, Rentarou really has assembled quite the impressive little loli harem there, hasn't he. Every last one of them cute enough that they'd easily be best girl in almost any other show. I have to commend this show on its character designs, top-notch stuff.
I thought Enju was particularly adorable in this episode, that whole scene where she was dragging Rentarou around the "festival" was hnnnnngh as fuck.
AnathemicOne
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Maybe it's due to that I dislike Honoka's character and her voice isn't all outstanding either. And the lyrics of that little musical don't make sense either, like who the hell recommended her to be the student body president, and more importantly, why? After the shit she pulled in the end of season 1 the last thing to do is put her in a manager position, especially one so high. And also, Disney-themed musicals isn't what I expected out of an idol show, sure as hell wasn't prevalent in season 1 either.
As for Nico, I've already stated in the post you quoted why I dislike her at times.
MissDeviling
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What's going on with Mushi-shi's air time? I thought it was supposed to be Sundays.
Great things take time
Wasn't it supposed to be Fridays?
Dedication Through Light
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Though production delay caused them to air a previous episode instead to give more time to finish the episode.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Hunter X Hunter 132
Slower episode compared to the last but it's to be expected. Not a bad episode, more setting up tension for the conclusion.
Slower episode compared to the last but it's to be expected. Not a bad episode, more setting up tension for the conclusion.
Admiral Woofington
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Apparently Amazon, even though I paid for same day delivery with amazon prime, has decided that the attack on titan shipments won't be delivered for another week. Awesome. I mean I'm not gonna watch it, but what the hell
Those shorts are cutting off the circulation to her legs, man!
Getter Robo G 30
Do you want to [blow up] a snow [demon]?
What a stupid question. When doesn't the Getter Team want to blow shit up?
Whenever the giant robots are being piloted by people they care about and don't want to kill. They will still blow them up, though, because that's war for you.
Well in Attack on Titan terms "Same day" really does last about a week, so it's just staying faithful to the material!
Maybe Funimation didn't print enough?
All this Hunter X Hunter talk makes me excited to finally start watching it. I only have a few episodes of Nana left, and then I'll finish up Gundam Unicorn. So, hopefully I'll have started it by next week.
astrogamer
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Dragonar Academy 9
Man all those tentacles....
That dragon dance was cool though
Man all those tentacles....
That dragon dance was cool though
Admiral Woofington
Member
If so that's both believable and stupid of them. It was up for pre-order in amazon for ages, they could've estimated how many they needed based off that. Also it's ridiculously popular so makes sense if it's like sold out.
But her shorts are one of the best things about her! Im sure some would agree.
astrogamer
Member
Mangaka san 9
Very sweet flashback with Mihari. She was very cute.
Very sweet flashback with Mihari. She was very cute.
Demonbane 04-06
Lifestyles of the rich and famous, Cthulu at the hot springs/beach and mysterious red-haired girls. Somehow every show I watched today, managed to have some of those elements. The two guns are okay for a powerup, but I prefer the kicking finisher or Lemuria Impact as far as robot moves go. The Anticross is covering something I was wondering about. Black Lodge was being presented as a threat, but when their only representatives are the guy who sits on his throne and Dr. West, I was wondering how they got anything done. The somewhat less exciting middle management answers that question.
The Cthulu/Dagon cultists were definitely my favorite episode. The scene with the fog where Kuro started acting on his libido was a little creepy, but Al had the right idea by kicking him in the junk. That'd disable anybody. Mecha designs are still aright. Over halfway in, and I'm enjoying this quite a bit.
Lifestyles of the rich and famous, Cthulu at the hot springs/beach and mysterious red-haired girls. Somehow every show I watched today, managed to have some of those elements. The two guns are okay for a powerup, but I prefer the kicking finisher or Lemuria Impact as far as robot moves go. The Anticross is covering something I was wondering about. Black Lodge was being presented as a threat, but when their only representatives are the guy who sits on his throne and Dr. West, I was wondering how they got anything done. The somewhat less exciting middle management answers that question.
The Cthulu/Dagon cultists were definitely my favorite episode. The scene with the fog where Kuro started acting on his libido was a little creepy, but Al had the right idea by kicking him in the junk. That'd disable anybody. Mecha designs are still aright. Over halfway in, and I'm enjoying this quite a bit.
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