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Spring 2014 Tokyo MX, er, Anime |OT1.5| ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA
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AnathemicOne
Banned
Well I think I finally watched enough anime for Spring 2014 to come up with my own awesome list.
Great
No Game No Life
Best show of the season so far. Doesn't take itself too seriously to piss you (or just me) off, heavy comedic elements, thought provoking aspects, and its references are always enjoyable. The OP/ED themes likewise is also great.
Good
One Week Friends
Puchimas!!
Decent
Brynhildr in the Darkness
Dropped Shows
Captain Earth
Lasted for one episode. Nothing in particular hooked me onto this show and the bombardment of technical terms and explanations further alienated to me, not to mention the needless flamboyance of the introduced villains.
Mahouka
Lasted for eight episodes. From the getgo I knew this anime was going to be horrible with its super-drawn out exposition (lasting 7 episodes), the incest bro-con, the harem, and the ridiculous OP gary-sue for the MC. Yet I stuck around for perverted humor of seeing how ridiculous the trainwreck will go, finally gave up after episode 8.
Black Bullet
Lasted for four episodes. This show was more disappointing than Mahouka, though I attribute that to viewing this show in a different light. Filled with rushed pacing and a loli harem, the potential for its interesting premise and primary antagonist was squandered.
Great
No Game No Life
Best show of the season so far. Doesn't take itself too seriously to piss you (or just me) off, heavy comedic elements, thought provoking aspects, and its references are always enjoyable. The OP/ED themes likewise is also great.
Good
One Week Friends
Puchimas!!
Decent
Brynhildr in the Darkness
Dropped Shows
Captain Earth
Lasted for one episode. Nothing in particular hooked me onto this show and the bombardment of technical terms and explanations further alienated to me, not to mention the needless flamboyance of the introduced villains.
Mahouka
Lasted for eight episodes. From the getgo I knew this anime was going to be horrible with its super-drawn out exposition (lasting 7 episodes), the incest bro-con, the harem, and the ridiculous OP gary-sue for the MC. Yet I stuck around for perverted humor of seeing how ridiculous the trainwreck will go, finally gave up after episode 8.
Black Bullet
Lasted for four episodes. This show was more disappointing than Mahouka, though I attribute that to viewing this show in a different light. Filled with rushed pacing and a loli harem, the potential for its interesting premise and primary antagonist was squandered.
astrogamer
Member
Wixoss 9
And now the reversal of friendship. Though after this, I'm not sure where else could go to make it more of a tragedy. The world ending?
And now the reversal of friendship. Though after this, I'm not sure where else could go to make it more of a tragedy. The world ending?
Admiral Woofington
Member
I'm glad to see that among the shit anime, some people here watch good shows like Fargo to wash out the bad taste.
MY PEOPLE.
MY PEOPLE.
AnathemicOne
Banned
What is Fargo?
A cheap brand of soda.
Joe Molotov
Member
A miserable pile of woodchippers.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You mean the best OP ever.
selector infected WIXOSS 9
Well, this is awkward.
I think somebody needs to tell Kazuki the truth, you guys. So many mixed feelings about
. Whoever created this game has a pretty twisted sense of humour.
So, at this point I think the game of Wixoss is so fundamentally screwed up that the only way we're really going to get a happy ending to the series is by finding some way to undo the rules of the game themselves. But if we assume for a second that that's not an option (which as far as the characters are concerned it doesn't seem to be), sadly I can see where Yuzuki's coming from.
If there's one major difference I can see between the fucked-up systems in Wixoss and Madoka, it's that
...idk what any of this actually means, I'm just thinking out loud.
Well, this is awkward.
I think somebody needs to tell Kazuki the truth, you guys. So many mixed feelings about
his and Yuzuki's feelings for each other finally being realised only when Yuzuki is no longer really there at all
So, at this point I think the game of Wixoss is so fundamentally screwed up that the only way we're really going to get a happy ending to the series is by finding some way to undo the rules of the game themselves. But if we assume for a second that that's not an option (which as far as the characters are concerned it doesn't seem to be), sadly I can see where Yuzuki's coming from.
If there's no way to break the rules, then Hitoe winning the game is probably the closest thing they can hope for to a happy ending. It would mean Yuzuki gets to come back into the real world (albeit in Hitoe's body...), and as for Hitoe, there's a possibility that becoming a LRIG might free her from her curse. The only major catch, of course, is that winning battles means someone has to lose, which means creating more curses. And presumably killing more LRIGs (since they seem to disappear forever when their owner loses for the third time), which seems extra awful now that we know where the LRIGs come from...
If there's one major difference I can see between the fucked-up systems in Wixoss and Madoka, it's that
in Madoka, the cycle of despair was something of a stable one - it had been going on for pretty much all of history, and could have gone on indefinitely. In Wixoss, though, this shit doesn't seem stable at all. There has to have been some kind of starting point that we don't know about - since if LRIGs are created from victorious Selectors, then where did the first LRIGs come from? - and the whole thing doesn't seem remotely sustainable, since the pool of LRIGs should be constantly shrinking (victory removes one LRIG from the pool and replaces it with a new one, but failure removes an LRIG from the pool without any replacement).
...idk what any of this actually means, I'm just thinking out loud.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
A chain of banks.
Admiral Woofington
Member
>your favorite anime (of this season)
A TV show that wishes so bad to be half as good as breaking bad
Admiral Woofington
Member
I love Breaking Bad but this show has only one real thing in common and even then it's only in the idea of a character, and it's very loose. Also it has Sault talking folksy and saying "AH JEEZ"
So I guess what I'm trying to say is No U. Either ways I preferred True Detective and Hannibal this season.
BassForever
Member
Sailor Moon 5
Man this can be a pretty fucked up show at times, what the scene of the poor starving dog digging though the trash to then be ignored by Shingo and his friend? Then to follow it with a scene of a cat being kicked? Damn this is like a completely different series to what I remember as a kid lol
Man this can be a pretty fucked up show at times, what the scene of the poor starving dog digging though the trash to then be ignored by Shingo and his friend? Then to follow it with a scene of a cat being kicked? Damn this is like a completely different series to what I remember as a kid lol
Both going for the same thriller feeling except one is good fun while the other is dumb fun.
BassForever
Member
Episode 6 finally updates the OP to have the girls throw those cloth things, that was always my favorite scene in the American OP and it was driving me crazy that it wasn't happening in the Japanese OP
AnathemicOne
Banned
Fargo = NGNL?
You come up with the worse nicknames for shows, BOO! BOO THIS MAN
Admiral Woofington
Member
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Ping Pong 8 is:
a) So good.
b) Something that makes me feel sad about
.
a) So good.
b) Something that makes me feel sad about
Kong
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Fresh Pretty Cure! 40
Oh God, out of nowhere, I've been blindsided by feels. Set-chan.
And this is why, I voted that Love's Mom is the best Precure Mom
Its time for
Kong to find life outside of ping pong and get out of this suffering world
So good.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's amazing how
they made him a real character based on his limited screen time. He went from being an arrogant asshole to being a good coach/teammate.
Yes.
:firehawk end!
That entire match was so well done, and that moment really topped it off. It makes me so excited to see the next set of matches!
BassForever
Member
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
The odd time being a music major and taking music history has caused me to stop watching an anime
For the past hour I've been drooling at this Cintiq. I haven't seen any models since maybe 5+ years ago, and they look WAY better and more practical now than ever. Fawk. For the love of crappy anime doodles I want this.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Music major? Huh didn't know that was a thing.
BassForever
Member
Well technically Music Education, but considering 90% of the classes are the same it might as well be the same thing
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
The odd time being a music major and taking music history has caused me to stop watching an anime
I still don't even understand.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Thoraxes here is a Music PhD, so he can officially prescribe music as a drug!
Admiral Woofington
Member
CornBurrito
Member
Wixoss Episode 9
So why does Hitoe want to battle since she must know that "winning" would mean getting her body hijacked? The power of depression?
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Rush is the Hidamari Sketch of music.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
There's a major for everything
Oooo, another music major. I have an M.M. in comp. Doing DMA or PhD stuff too. Haven't chosen.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
The odd time being a music major and taking music history has caused me to stop watching an anime
That said, hopefully music history isn't fucking your shit up. I had a lot of friends who couldn't make it though it in undergrad lol
Save 'N Quit
Banned
Nanana's Buried Treasure 8
Pretty boring episode besides pajama Tensai and Manager-san having her moment.
Don't really care for the loli or the supposed final villain to be defeated on the last episode.
BassForever
Member
I already passed the first class, would have already taken the second had it not been for life crisis leading me to taking some time away from school. I hope to go back next fall. I did really well in music history, the hardest part was just spending hours listening to the dozens of songs the teacher wanted us to know for identification on the final.
Fucking Organum and Discant lol. Once you get past that the listening wasn't so bad.
Nah, those would be the music therapists! I'm in academics and theory/composition. I can tell you how music is built, what's actually in the piece, how it functions, and why you perceive it the way you do. And i've had pieces recorded by orchestras.
I see neither a like or favorite button for this post but surely one exists and I simply cannot find it.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Organum is awesome though, especially the Notre Dame stuff. Leonin is so chill to listen to.
I would listen to a Wide 2112.
Oh I totally agree.
Just memorizing the audio for Music History tests was a major pain in the butt! Listening to those pieces outside of that context is just great though.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
And then Starman was Ume-sensei!
Admiral Woofington
Member
Guess I better ask you Doctor Bear. Why does some music give me goosebumps of excitement? Like listening to Attack on Titan's 'Attack on Titan' song.
R_thanatos
Member
Puchimas!! - 50
This was too real , for my tastes.
Kudos for the effort provided i guess.
This was too real , for my tastes.
Kudos for the effort provided i guess.
Joe Molotov
Member
This show has some great side characters. Love's Mom, Tarte (I think he might be my favorite fairy), Kaoru-chan, Miyuki. Also, Westar is pretty great too.
Miki's younger brother/fake boyfriend kinda got kicked to the curb after like 2 episodes though, haha. Haven't seen him in a long time.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
I bet it was for the implied incest that he was kicked off.
But yeah. Some great side characters in Fresh. Kind of wish it kept up this level of side characters after Fresh.
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