And this is where I get off the train. After the 2nd season being IS2'd, I'm done.
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Spring 2014 Anime |OT2| about as likely as a second season of Hyouka
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And this is where I get off the train. After the 2nd season being IS2'd, I'm done.
Ahh. I see. Got you.
Time for my daily dose of Idol.
The iDOLM@STER 06
It may be my imagination, but Iori gets better every episode. Her smile is very cute, when it's sincere. Still don't like the twins, but they get generally so small screentime that I'm ok with them. The custums were indeed very cute and the song very well sounding. Miki was interesting too, such a soft ambition. Producer was super stupid this episode, I get that he was ambitious, but there were basic stuff that went wrong.
Iori pretty much redeemed, Miki still in my favorites.
The iDOLM@STER 07
Iori is rich, huh (finally redeemed). She started this episode a bit annoying again, but she got better very fast. She and poor Yaoi make a nice team for storys. Her family is nice, too. Song was kinda random, but sure, why not. Hibiki shined too, she would be a great big sister.
I really liked this episode, all three girls and Yayois family were interesting and funny. The little drama wasn't anything special, but it worked even further develop the three.
The iDOLM@STER 08
Well, this is it. I am in despair. Should I ship Miki x Makoto or Yukiho x Makoto?
The over-the-top bodyguards where pretty funny, especially in contrast to the every calm Azusa. Her Ara Ara is killing me with hnnng. Her walking through the city and helping people left and right was maybe a bit too much, but at some point it got so silly, that it was fun. I swear, a bit more and she would've cured cancer.
Makoto full of energy, fighting to save one of ther Waifus was pretty fun, too. (but how did she manage to mistake the real bride with Azusa, even from behing, her hairs are totally different). Better action with her then some actual action anime. The short cuts to the fights reminded me of that one Person of Interest episode with Fusco and the model.
Mister Oil Baron and the super random solution were fun, too. Great enjoyment, can't believe that all that stuff happened in one episode.
Episodes 7 and 8 were my favorite episodes so far and now I am really happy to watch this show. It's really fun.
Favorites now still Miki, Hibiki, Makoto and Yayoi. Iori is on the edge to it, as well as Azusa, her Ara Ara got me. Well, I think I like Iori now, but my Kugumiya trauma is still haunting me. The rest is still Honoka-tier.
The iDOLM@STER 06
It may be my imagination, but Iori gets better every episode. Her smile is very cute, when it's sincere. Still don't like the twins, but they get generally so small screentime that I'm ok with them. The custums were indeed very cute and the song very well sounding. Miki was interesting too, such a soft ambition. Producer was super stupid this episode, I get that he was ambitious, but there were basic stuff that went wrong.
Iori pretty much redeemed, Miki still in my favorites.
The iDOLM@STER 07
Iori is rich, huh (finally redeemed). She started this episode a bit annoying again, but she got better very fast. She and poor Yaoi make a nice team for storys. Her family is nice, too. Song was kinda random, but sure, why not. Hibiki shined too, she would be a great big sister.
I really liked this episode, all three girls and Yayois family were interesting and funny. The little drama wasn't anything special, but it worked even further develop the three.
The iDOLM@STER 08
Well, this is it. I am in despair. Should I ship Miki x Makoto or Yukiho x Makoto?
The over-the-top bodyguards where pretty funny, especially in contrast to the every calm Azusa. Her Ara Ara is killing me with hnnng. Her walking through the city and helping people left and right was maybe a bit too much, but at some point it got so silly, that it was fun. I swear, a bit more and she would've cured cancer.
Makoto full of energy, fighting to save one of ther Waifus was pretty fun, too. (but how did she manage to mistake the real bride with Azusa, even from behing, her hairs are totally different). Better action with her then some actual action anime. The short cuts to the fights reminded me of that one Person of Interest episode with Fusco and the model.
Mister Oil Baron and the super random solution were fun, too. Great enjoyment, can't believe that all that stuff happened in one episode.
Episodes 7 and 8 were my favorite episodes so far and now I am really happy to watch this show. It's really fun.
Favorites now still Miki, Hibiki, Makoto and Yayoi. Iori is on the edge to it, as well as Azusa, her Ara Ara got me. Well, I think I like Iori now, but my Kugumiya trauma is still haunting me. The rest is still Honoka-tier.
KillerMan91
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SEED really was pretty fucking slow at the beginning. From where you are though it's rollercoaster to the end.
Saw your stealth edit.
But you're right I should've written more about the song, the performance was fantastic all around.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Episode 11:
Yes, this has certainly been the best battle on the season, helped by adding some actual pathos instead of the generic Dio wills it motivation. I will also note that I think we can probably blame Jojo here for starting the wretched explain everything that is going on with a move or attack sequence that I despise so much.
Yes, this has certainly been the best battle on the season, helped by adding some actual pathos instead of the generic Dio wills it motivation. I will also note that I think we can probably blame Jojo here for starting the wretched explain everything that is going on with a move or attack sequence that I despise so much.
A promise is a promise, and Mr. Maruyama promised to do it before he dies. There is still a lot of time left...
Not at all, for my part! I actually share your opinion there. ;-)
Pretty much! It doesn't feel forced to me because
I didn't think the focus was exactly on Peco's motivation to surpass the limits thanks to just the love for the sport (or also said as not exactly made to fulfil in that spot Peco's progress for this arc), but how the episode brought a conclusion to what the show has been long establishing about Kazama's character, who operated through motions forced by himself out of the pressure and dependency of everyone around him, never feeling (except during those forgotten memories of his father) the liberation that is the enjoyment that can produce a sport playing it with people that love it the way Peco does. Peco was the mirror to look in of this episode and, in fact, the way Kazama always progressed on just GUTS and effort to demonstrate he could be useful to everyone reminded me more of that "Shonen Heart bullshit" mentioned than how Peco approaches the joy of playing naturally after having lost for a time that initial spark... this wasn't a Hero VS. Monster battle, and instead a lesson to make him truly fly too!
I've seen enough of that "been predictable" argument to reach a point when I want to say; "do any of those who say something like that not ever enjoy re-watching things?"
The voyage is what gives everything its level of interest, how it is presented... like in a puzzle where you normally know what image you are going to end with once finished, but the way the pieces start to fit on each other while the clear picture you wanted commences to take form makes it a satisfying experience. The accomplishment on portraying the idea is key, above how cliché that idea could have been until now, because
the whole events on the story have been just a backdrop for Peco & Smile, and the renewal of their old bond, to be fulfilled again on a upcoming true match.
The further adventures of Explorer Girl looks like.
You're in season two. Get your hopes up, because Urusei Yatsura has just begun.
Didn't see anyone mention this, but it looks like Viz Media's BD release of Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit is $39.99 for the complete series. Feels good to have waited.
MikeHattsu
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Sailor Moon 07
Haha. Poor Umino
Everybody wants to be famous and sing Moonlight Densetsu. And the monster in this episode does some 'The Exorcist' stuff.
Just me or is the brightness in the episode too high?
Haha. Poor Umino
Everybody wants to be famous and sing Moonlight Densetsu. And the monster in this episode does some 'The Exorcist' stuff.
Just me or is the brightness in the episode too high?
Jex
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Thanks for this. A lot of their discussions re: possible story paths confirm my earlier suspicion that a lot the story they put on screen is littered with discarded threads of different stories that don't all quite hang together early on. The seams really show.
PshycoNinja
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Alright! I am back from E3. Now I can get caught up with the............ 30....... pages.... I missed. Wow.
Well let's start.
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No Corvo!!! What happend? Why was Corvo banned?
Anyways, it's good to see the part of the show that takes it's turn for the better is the episode where you really started to enjoy it. From this point forward it gets pretty good.
Well let's start.
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No Corvo!!! What happend? Why was Corvo banned?
Anyways, it's good to see the part of the show that takes it's turn for the better is the episode where you really started to enjoy it. From this point forward it gets pretty good.
MetroidPrimeRib
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders 11
More contradictory censoring. Looks like it's mostly gone away these past few episodes.
I forgot how much of a dick J. Gei- I MEAN CENTERFOLD was.
I also like how Kakyoin kind of foreshadows a future Stand in a later part, but probably not because Araki forgot he said that
And Hol Horse is still great.
More contradictory censoring. Looks like it's mostly gone away these past few episodes.
I forgot how much of a dick J. Gei- I MEAN CENTERFOLD was.
I also like how Kakyoin kind of foreshadows a future Stand in a later part, but probably not because Araki forgot he said that
And Hol Horse is still great.
Alright! I am back from E3. Now I can get caught up with the............ 30....... pages.... I missed. Wow.
Well let's start.
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No Corvo!!! What happend? Why was Corvo banned?
Anyways, it's good to see the part of the show that takes it's turn for the better is the episode where you really started to enjoy it. From this point forward it gets pretty good.
Corvy got caught up in some Final Fantasy bullshit. He will return in couple weeks.
Jex
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If you like Stand Alone Complex you should pick this up (assuming the quality isn't crummy).
A Huge Battleship
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I am ara ara'ing so hard right now. That image from the video looks like Tohka's sword, which isn't much of a hint for what it'll be about. Wonder if it'll be an original story like the PS3 games.
caaaajun. Does it say region A only on the back?
Jex
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Mike, I'll give you three guesses who directed this episode, and no looking it up!
Turin Turambar
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If you like this complex cyber police thriller you should buy this slow paced fantasy adventure!
That's a weird comment to make. Of course someone can like both series, but in the same way people could easily like one and not the other.
The setting, genre and character focus are different in the two series!
Unfortunately it does my friend.
nintendoman58
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IIRC, Corvo returns on the 28th of June.
Dude got caught up on the bad end of some Final Fantasy stuff, as stated before.
He posts some mini impressions on his Twitter, but he kind of stopped Clannad for a bit. I'm pretty sure I saw him post episode 17 impressions there though.
Remember Yen Press's emphatic declaration at Sakura-Con that the light novel market in America was perfectly viable? If you haven't seen the news over in MangaGAF, they're doubling down hard:
http://www.yenpress.com/2014/06/new-license-announcements-2/
Added to their lineup are the Kagerou Daze novels, plus Sword Art Online Progressive, Kawahara's chance to redeem the early parts of the SAO story. Oh, and they've already got the license for his upcoming Absolute Solitude series as well.
http://www.yenpress.com/2014/06/new-license-announcements-2/
Added to their lineup are the Kagerou Daze novels, plus Sword Art Online Progressive, Kawahara's chance to redeem the early parts of the SAO story. Oh, and they've already got the license for his upcoming Absolute Solitude series as well.
PshycoNinja
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Gai Rei Zero was freakin heartbreaking. That ending was tough to watch because you knew how it was going to go down. Life handed those characters a pretty shity fate.
MikeHattsu
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I don't follow director info in anime so I don't think I could even name 3 at all
He posted some stuff about episode 20 too.
PshycoNinja
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Ah I see. Wonder what FF BS there was going on here. Good thing I was at E3. The excitement and positivity for games there is completely different from..... well the internet in general. Anyways back to anime!
Okay, I will wait for his return. May give me time to catch up on G Gundam so that way I have watched as many G Gundam episodes as he has Clannad episodes.
I may have said that the arc of these last few episodes has been "predictable", but it's not meant as a negative criticism. It's in a good way. It's not a random story: Ping Pong has always been about what it means to compete, about why people play sports and what they get from it. The games have always been a means to an end more than the end in themselves. Everything has been building to the events of this episode, and the episode to follow it. And it's satisfying to watch all those pieces fall into place, because the direction and writing is so strong that those moments feel meaningful even if you expect them.
If things went differently, that'd be surprising, but it would be at the expense of the messages the story is trying to convey about the growth of these characters. And even if we know how events need to play out, we need to see the how and why to understand their importance. If we didn't, we could just watch all our anime on Wikipedia and save ourselves a lot of time.
Theonik
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You are slowly redeeming yourself
If IE gets exclusive gargantia fanservice it might just be the catalyst they need!
Jex
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That seems like an odd comment. Are people not fans of Spielberg, Scorsese, Soderberg, Kubrick, Ridley Scott and so forth. Are all their works the same? Aren't people often fans of artists which makes them interested in any work they produce? People are excited for whatever Trigger puts out next just the same as they were excited for whatever Gainax used to put out, regardless of the content.
If you're a fan of one you're more likely to be a fan of the another because it's by exactly the same director/writer, from the same studio, with the same art director, chief animation director and featuring many of the same script writers and storyboarders and episode directors, key animators, painters etc etc etc. If you're a fan of the work that one team does led by a particular director there's a good chance you'll be a fan of their other work.
A Huge Battleship
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Not only that, but with Kenji Kamiyama specifically, his slow, deliberate pace is immediately recognizable. If you're used to and enjoy a work like Stand Alone Complex which is rife with political and social exposition, then the connection, and recommendation, to Moribito is an obvious one.
Save 'N Quit
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Date a Live movie would interest me if I didn't have this sinking feeling that Kurumi will only show up for a grand total of 5 minutes.
AnathemicOne
Banned
Honoka tier huh? Haha, I'll make a bet and say by the end of all 24 episodes you will have atleast 10/12 idols off that tier.
Turin Turambar
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Yeah, both are from Production IG and even from the same date, more or less.
But there are some limits. It depends of the case. When the author is an individual, like an author book or a mangaka, I think it's more normal to do recommendations by author, as the work is fully theirs. Another example, music bands. Not an individual! But with music bands, the number of authors is smaller so there is more coherent and authorial output and well, usually music bands usually move themselves in the same genre (jazz, progressive metal, rock & soul, rap, pop) that's why you usually can check a group past albums if you liked one of them. Chances are very high that you will like one if you liked other.
Imo, it is a bit more weird with a production group than in the end it's a company, and companies sometimes will produce something original, or are hired to make an adaptation, whatever.
Following your example, yeah, I also wouldn't recommend to buy a movie blindly because someone liked another movie altogether from the same director. You liked Schindler's List? You should totally buy Jaws and War of the Worlds!
Nor I would recommend to buy Moribito if you liked Ghost int he Shell, and I've seen both. Hell, if I had to make a blind guess, I would say the chances of liking it if you liked Gits are "less than average chances", no "more than average chances".
By god.
I was annoyed after mere 10 seconds, lol
Glad to hear that.
So, the twins stay annoying, eh
But good to hear, I sincerely hope that you're right.
Durarara !! 24-25
A good ending to this weaker set of episodes. Was expecting Celtsy's head issue to finally reemerge but alas it was not to be. Izaya got off easy, a single punch is too light a fate for him. At least Kida got a happy closure.
I'm puzzled about the decision to include a few characters in the opening. Shizuo's boss and brother + the traffic cop were named in the OP but they barely featured.
Looking back, I think the mini Saika arc was my favorite. Really good, creepy atmosphere and some surprising twists and reveals. All in all very good show even despite losing some steam at the end. Think I would rate it a bit above Baccano. The bigger episode count really lets all those characters breathe.
A good ending to this weaker set of episodes. Was expecting Celtsy's head issue to finally reemerge but alas it was not to be. Izaya got off easy, a single punch is too light a fate for him. At least Kida got a happy closure.
I'm puzzled about the decision to include a few characters in the opening. Shizuo's boss and brother + the traffic cop were named in the OP but they barely featured.
Looking back, I think the mini Saika arc was my favorite. Really good, creepy atmosphere and some surprising twists and reveals. All in all very good show even despite losing some steam at the end. Think I would rate it a bit above Baccano. The bigger episode count really lets all those characters breathe.
AnathemicOne
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So, the twins stay annoying, eh
But good to hear, I sincerely hope that you're right.
Personally all the idols for me is off a "Honoka-tier" because Honoka is one of the worst characters I came across that served as the main protagonist role of a show, but then again everyone is not me.
But yeah I can say iM@S gets better from really soon when it starts to focus on group-centric arcs.
Ice Lightning
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Will definitely have to pick up the Kagerou Daze LN. Still hoping for Yen Press/Yen On to license NisiOisiN's Monogatari series.
*huggles
Yup, the Spring Hapcha Avatar Pact has expired.
astrogamer
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Date A Live 2 10
Disappointed this is the final episode for a while. Especially since it revolves around Tohka. Quite possibly the worst DAL girl
Disappointed this is the final episode for a while. Especially since it revolves around Tohka. Quite possibly the worst DAL girl
nintendoman58
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Jojo's Bizzare Adventure - 12
OH TACOS.
Much like during someone else's adventure,
OH TACOS.
Much like during someone else's adventure,
the supernatural power that the Nazis try to control backfires horribly on them.
MetroidPrimeRib
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ONII-SAMA the Animation 10
There are too many characters in this. But at least Erika was in a maid outfit.
And of course the hotly anticipated hot springs scene, were everyone just wears bath robes.
BOO THIS SHOW.
BOO I SAY.
So the show decides to go Shaft and show a lot of interesting shots, and then talk about how Miyuki emits yuri particles. And then she goes on to tell the MOST BALD FACED LIE OF ALL TIME.
There are too many characters in this. But at least Erika was in a maid outfit.
And of course the hotly anticipated hot springs scene, were everyone just wears bath robes.
BOO THIS SHOW.
BOO I SAY.
So the show decides to go Shaft and show a lot of interesting shots, and then talk about how Miyuki emits yuri particles. And then she goes on to tell the MOST BALD FACED LIE OF ALL TIME.
Theonik
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2 Episodes from Nice and Breezy! Also I see Lynne put all that effort for you to NTR with Perrine.
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