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Spring 2014 Tokyo MX, er, Anime |OT1.5| ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA
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Mahouka's fun when it's not dick riding or dealing with class issues.
Unfinished parts of Ping Pong are mildly disappointing.
I didnt watch ping pong but Im sure its funny.
no game no life has a terrible color pallette.
For myself, even though I dropped the show early on, Nike from The World is Still Beautiful was a pretty fun character with a lot of energy. It's still a series I might consider marathoning at some point in the future.
I'll also agree that all the technospeak in the first few episodes of Captain Earth was kind of stupid even if I didn't mind it too much.
I'll also agree that all the technospeak in the first few episodes of Captain Earth was kind of stupid even if I didn't mind it too much.
Ah shit I literally forgot about this show. I liked it at first too.
Admiral Woofington
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The world is still beautiful is honestly fairly standard Shojo. The biggest plus it has is that the relationship moves really fast considering. Nike keeps her energy throughout the show though.
Sounds fun to me.
I definitely have to give credit to Captain Earth for some really nice designs for both characters and mechs.
I have to agree with cajunator that No Game No Life has an absolutely awful color pallate. Kudos for trying, but it really detracts more than it helps most of the time.
It looks like the color pallette from an early NES game. Its such a weird choice.
I just didn't care for King Shithead the 14th as a character at all.
Much like OreShura's color palette that looked like it had a white filter over it, NGNL's is taken from the same kinds of colors used on the light novel covers. It does take some getting used to, but this is anime, a medium where the art and the story are intertwined. The color palette is odd, but as cajun said above, it may be just what the story needs.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Mekaku City Actors has some decent music and a good ED
Ping Pong has production issues
Nike is easily one of the best protagonists of the season. Instantly like-able. Been loving the show so far.
-Captain Earth has great production value.
-M3: Sono Kuroki Hagane has terrible production value.
I love the way No Game No Life looks
chickdigger802
Banned
nananana collection 7
detective loli is still the best.
like the reverse hot spring thingy too.
detective loli is still the best.
like the reverse hot spring thingy too.
no no I meant the color pallette for NGNL.
it looks gamelike and I think thats the point.
I love Nike. Shes amazing. But that King I want to punch him in the face.
Admiral Woofington
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He's not that bad. He's not any worst than typical douchey protagonist with a heart of gold from any other Shojo really. I guess I'm just used to it.
That poor car.
Thats a Lexus. It deserves that fate.
chickdigger802
Banned
yeah, its not maki.
It is also his age, yea, not really feeling the love with this 12 year old larvae at the helm.
chickdigger802
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no game no life 7
yeah this really is the show of the season somehow. great execution, fun references, love the sound effects,
and steph <3
was surprised the other gal is back. is she a reoccuring character?
yeah this really is the show of the season somehow. great execution, fun references, love the sound effects,
and steph <3
was surprised the other gal is back. is she a reoccuring character?
So I have been told.
R_thanatos
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But bodacious is just a different kind of pirate anime.
The universe it's on is full of good technoblade , great characters and it has quite a bit of adventuring .it's no less an "out of place artifact in anime " than One piece.
Anyway , once you get past the prologue ( episode 5 ) it's non stop entertaining.
Answer to the question :
Yes
Bodacious Space Pirates is fucking legit as fuck. Cute characters in a hard sci-fi show, with an amazing Op and Ed. Goddamn.
Chiaki is incredible. I would feed her parfaits.
Joseph's arc is like the best thing ever.
nintendoman58
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Gundam SEED - 8
Oh man at this Flay girl -_-. This is Code Geass Nina all over again isn't it? Well at least she's not worshipping Princess Euphemia here, so I guess she's not as bad, but still.
But anyway, we finally see some salvation being brought to the wandering ship in this episode. So now it seems we're finally settling into a status quo of some kind with this show.
Oh man at this Flay girl -_-. This is Code Geass Nina all over again isn't it? Well at least she's not worshipping Princess Euphemia here, so I guess she's not as bad, but still.
But anyway, we finally see some salvation being brought to the wandering ship in this episode. So now it seems we're finally settling into a status quo of some kind with this show.
ZachDeKoromaru
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I swear if there's no Mofukichi in this week's NGNL that show doesn't deserve to be.
Stardust Crusaders so far has been my least favorite of the adapted Jojo parts since it doesn't have nearly as much Dio as Part 1 or as awesome a lead as Joseph.
Definitely interested, it just needs Akira and Aika because best.I figure I would just put this out there. If you guys recall, Mockingbird put together a group commission for Kiki/Paprika a while ago:
Anyway, I'm thinking of doing something similar for Aria, but I'm just wondering if there are enough people here to make it happen. Are there any Aria fans here interested in doing a poster with me? I'd let Mockingbird handle the logistics, but presumably we need quite a few people to make it it worth doing.
I'm mostly lurking the thread right now, but reply and PM me if you are interested so I can get an idea if there's any actual interest in this!
GoHands has been doing that for years though!
Kayos is a bad influence.
Captain Earth panders to me from a fanservice perspective, peropero.
Stardust Crusaders so far has been my least favorite of the adapted Jojo parts since it doesn't have nearly as much Dio as Part 1 or as awesome a lead as Joseph.
ZachDeKoromaru
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Really fuwafuwa ponytails.
Hnnnng as fuuuuuuck
KirbYuuYuu
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Well it'll get better than part 1 at least.
I'm waiting for Diamond is Unbreakable to be animated tho
When she got thirsty.
Just Newtype.
Jex
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dakkumauji
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No Game No Life 07
ZETSUBO!!! Another info dump episode.
Ginga e Kickoff!! 26
That Reina-chan transformation! And I gotta say all this to get Kota and Aoto to become better friends was highly amusing.
Puchimas!! 44
Cutest Happy Birthday wishing.
Yu-gi-oh! ZeXal II 120
God, whenever this show goes into the stupid past lives crap it's always soooooo stupid. No one caresssssssssss
Hitsugi no Chaika 07
Valley of NTR
ZETSUBO!!! Another info dump episode.
Ginga e Kickoff!! 26
That Reina-chan transformation! And I gotta say all this to get Kota and Aoto to become better friends was highly amusing.
Puchimas!! 44
Cutest Happy Birthday wishing.
Yu-gi-oh! ZeXal II 120
God, whenever this show goes into the stupid past lives crap it's always soooooo stupid. No one caresssssssssss
Hitsugi no Chaika 07
Valley of NTR
Somebody needs to webm the
from Chaika
the one on this page (may contain nsfw stuff): http://www.emptyblue.it/post/2014/05/02/Hitsugi-no-Chaika-Loli-Dragoon-Im-fine-with-that-laughs.aspx
it needs to happen
dragoon loli transformation scene
the one on this page (may contain nsfw stuff): http://www.emptyblue.it/post/2014/05/02/Hitsugi-no-Chaika-Loli-Dragoon-Im-fine-with-that-laughs.aspx
it needs to happen
The source material's designs are pretty damn generic as well, it just doing its job as a faithful adaption!
Here’s something I’ve been thinking about lately, but haven’t thought to put it to words: Why is it that we see less weathering and “detailing” in typical drawings than we did in a older, pre-digital age of anime? Take this basic shot of a net gun in Cowboy Bebop.
The accentuating lines aren’t some labored addition, and the shots of the gun later scale the detailing down or erase them for ease in animation— as one would expect.
I’m not really referring to the kind of detailing you’d only see in a lavish big budget production, but rather the simple kind that gives the normal subject of a drawing some character. I understand that the more detail something has, the rougher it is to animate, but as with the example above it just seems like an extra bit of spice. I liked that taste! I think it’s easy to say that productions don’t get the time and budget that they used to and, as a result, don’t have the luxury of small details, but it almost seems more like a fundamental shift in design. Or maybe a technique that never graduated to a new generation? I’m curious, because this is something that’s synonymous with an older look and something I’m quite fond of. Perhaps this is just a symptom of the larger, industry-wide design shift towards cleaner looking anime? It's almost like the detailing is less gone, and more replaced with (subjectively) less attractive digital filtering alternatives, as opposed to a more hand drawn look.
I know I’m by no means the first to bring this up or anything. Any production level junkies have something to say about this to a pleb?
It’s worth noting that it’s not entirely absent in modern titles. And when it does show up, it’s striking and memorable:
The accentuating lines aren’t some labored addition, and the shots of the gun later scale the detailing down or erase them for ease in animation— as one would expect.
I’m not really referring to the kind of detailing you’d only see in a lavish big budget production, but rather the simple kind that gives the normal subject of a drawing some character. I understand that the more detail something has, the rougher it is to animate, but as with the example above it just seems like an extra bit of spice. I liked that taste! I think it’s easy to say that productions don’t get the time and budget that they used to and, as a result, don’t have the luxury of small details, but it almost seems more like a fundamental shift in design. Or maybe a technique that never graduated to a new generation? I’m curious, because this is something that’s synonymous with an older look and something I’m quite fond of. Perhaps this is just a symptom of the larger, industry-wide design shift towards cleaner looking anime? It's almost like the detailing is less gone, and more replaced with (subjectively) less attractive digital filtering alternatives, as opposed to a more hand drawn look.
I know I’m by no means the first to bring this up or anything. Any production level junkies have something to say about this to a pleb?
It’s worth noting that it’s not entirely absent in modern titles. And when it does show up, it’s striking and memorable:
David Production generally seems to put their character art over animation and it results in some nice detailing; I really love the look of Stardust Crusaders. And the bit of scuffed mechanical equipment that Meow's father used in Space Dandy stood out in the otherwise clean looking aesthetic of the show.
KirbYuuYuu
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A Link Between Worlds doesn't look "lived in" came to mind just now.
But yeah, sucks its gone. Same with detailed hair.
But yeah, sucks its gone. Same with detailed hair.
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