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That fills in some of the holes in Tokaku's backstory. That she showed restraint and said "I can kill you, but I won't" is the moment when I may have smiled. She didn't need to torture Isuke, just knock her out. They're both out of the game anyway, and that scene with Tokaku and Haru against the moonlight was kinda sweet. Their relationship has certainly been the most consistent, yuri-wise, this season.
That fills in some of the holes in Tokaku's backstory. That she showed restraint and said "I can kill you, but I won't" is the moment when I may have smiled. She didn't need to torture Isuke, just knock her out. They're both out of the game anyway, and that scene with Tokaku and Haru against the moonlight was kinda sweet. Their relationship has certainly been the most consistent, yuri-wise, this season.
PhantomOfTheKnight
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Decided to restart/finally start watching this show, since I've got some free time over the next week.
Kill la Kill - 01
Fun introduction. Ryuko is pretty cool (I really like her voice), Mako is hilarious, and the scale and action is seriously pretty cool.
Kill la Kill - 01
Fun introduction. Ryuko is pretty cool (I really like her voice), Mako is hilarious, and the scale and action is seriously pretty cool.
Ep 1 is my fave ep of the whole series. So well done.
TOTALLY FORGOT THAT SOREDEMO SEKAI WA UTSUKUSHII IS BACK EPISODE 7
I love Nike. Such a good character. Everything in this ep was fun and good until it all of a sudden had a really dark cliffhanger ending.
While I really enjoy the show, characters, and mild politics, the way they handle dark and serious themes is really weird. All the conflicts have seemingly dire consequences, but they're all sort of resolved really quickly and nonsensically. Nike's cave trial incident comes to mind, as well as the current "conflict". As a result, no matter how serious they try to make a situation, it never really seems like that much is at stake.
Still not feeling Tsubasa Yonaga.
I can't comment on the story or anything - I know who Char is, but Gundam isn't "my bag" - but I'm afraid I think that looks awful.
Many of the children look to me like they have heads that don't fit their bodies - like adult heads on small bodies, rather than being of the right proportion. The character designs in general look like rejects from early 00s Sunrise shows and display limited animation or nuance. The CG is bog standard stuff i.e. fairly poor.
Is this a remake of the original Gundam but with some extra backstory made into four films? That's what I'm getting from the Wikipedia page, and to be honest I wish they'd put more effort into something so seemingly significant.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
That CGI Guntank. Every. Time.
I should really read that. I'm the worst, I've been saying that for years
Ooh you are in for one hell of a crazy ride here!
victreeb3l
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Guys
Mario Kart 8 is amazing
:O
Mario Kart 8 is amazing
:O
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Date a Live looks quite interesting, too bad I'll never pick it up
Joe Molotov
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Anime of the Year starts now.
I feel ill
I can feel the acid reflux coming on, I hope you're happy.
The only time Ryou approaches anything remotely close to tolerable is Kappei's route and he isn't even in the anime!
Escha & Logy 08
I knew ahead of time that this show's hot springs episode would be light on hot springs content. Only one scene that was slightly lewd, and a single misunderstanding at the end, the rest of the time being precoccupied with a flame spirit. Wilbell was the center of this episode, really. Also my favorite character. She always livens things up when she's on screen, in this case her grandiose entrance in order to get everyone to come to the hot springs to begin with. The story was simple and charming, and that's all I really need this show to give me.
I knew ahead of time that this show's hot springs episode would be light on hot springs content. Only one scene that was slightly lewd, and a single misunderstanding at the end, the rest of the time being precoccupied with a flame spirit. Wilbell was the center of this episode, really. Also my favorite character. She always livens things up when she's on screen, in this case her grandiose entrance in order to get everyone to come to the hot springs to begin with. The story was simple and charming, and that's all I really need this show to give me.
Setre
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Kill la Kill Episodes 1-24
Overall an enjoyable series but I never felt like we got to see Ryuko just obliterate anyone. Even the in the final fight she still struggled. Maybe this isn't so much a problem with Kill la Kill though as it is shonen in general. My favorite characters were Gamagoori and
and I'd totally watch a show with
as the main character.
While I did enjoy Kill la Kill I still don't think it was as good as Gurren Lagann.
Overall an enjoyable series but I never felt like we got to see Ryuko just obliterate anyone. Even the in the final fight she still struggled. Maybe this isn't so much a problem with Kill la Kill though as it is shonen in general. My favorite characters were Gamagoori and
Nui
Nui
While I did enjoy Kill la Kill I still don't think it was as good as Gurren Lagann.
Agreed, both are really fun characters. KLK knocked it out of the park as far as supporting cast goes; I found them all likable, and the designs are fantastic. The issue I have with the story is that the antagonists never seem all that formidable; the same could be said for the protagonists. KLK felt like the first half of TTGL stretched out to 2 cours.
Crash Station
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And people complaining about Hunter x Hunter could sit down with a lot of other stuff and have their minds blown by the pacing issues.
Date a Live II 7
She's back, motherfuckers.
If you come at the Queen best not miss.
nintendoman58
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I bothered with Dog Days cause it was kinda going all out with its silliness and I found it kind of charming. Yeah it wasn't exactly a serious plot like I thought it would be (though quite frankly I didn't know why I expected something serious at the time, must have been tired).
And that's the name of the game. The hatred I see for this anime in some places comes from most people expecting another Gurren Lagann and being horribly dissapointed. On its own, KLK is a good show. Hell, KLK being the show it is kinda makes me love Gurren Lagann even more.
MikeHattsu
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I've finally sorted out all my pictures from my trip to Japan if anybody would care to see them.
Here they are:
Gaming/anime/figure pictures Some might be considered slightly NSFW
General pictures
I guess the first one is most relevant to this thread
Here they are:
Gaming/anime/figure pictures Some might be considered slightly NSFW
General pictures
I guess the first one is most relevant to this thread
I'd say even without comparing KLK to TTGL it's still just a mediocre show after the first couple episodes. The animation was poor, the story was inconsistent and hard to care about, if the supporting cast wasn't as strong as it was I would have dropped it, though they still squandered a lot of the potential of the supporting cast. I was excited for Kill la Kill because I thought it would be a well animated action show with fun fights and a fun story. It didn't deliver on that aside from about two fights.
I've finally sorted out all my pictures from my trip to Japan if anybody would care to see them.
Here they are:
Gaming/anime/figure pictures Some might be considered slightly NSFW
General pictures
I guess the first one is most relevant to this thread
Nice pictures
I agree with pretty much all of this.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Yeah, I agree. It had a pretty strong start then never did anything with it. Awful fights too. Didn't like a single one.
While it's true that the final bit isn't really written in well, I will say that it does make sense. It just is very abrupt and not inserted well into the film.
If there's one great thing about Rebellion though, it's the visuals. In fact, with how inspired by ballet and theater Rebellion is, I think it actually tells a good part of its story through the visuals by themselves. It's easily the best work that InuCurry (the group that designed and animated the Witches) has ever done, and it's worth watching for that alone.
The cake scene was one of the most adorable things ever.
PhantomOfTheKnight
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As a person who dislikes Gurren Lagaan, did that mean my chances of enjoying Kill la Kill are higher?
Yeah, that was a lot of fun! Such a surreal moment though. I was sitting in the theater and laughing because I couldn't believe what I was actually seeing.
Neat fact, apparently InuCurry wrote the lyrics for that scene by themselves, and Yuki Kajiura had to figure out how to write the music around it.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
That probably makes your chances lower, honestly.
The questions is: why did you dislike Gurren Lagann? If you thought that i was too over the top, you better get away from Kill la Kill. Fast.
Well, I bought it. Ain't got no time to play it though. Not with all this anime to watch.
Ping Pong 8
And again this show reminds me why I haven't dropped it yet with a pretty strong episode. Bleh. Trying to figure out how I feel about this show will be the end of me.
Save 'N Quit
Banned
I would if I had a WiiU.
8-ball says don't bet on it.
MikeHattsu
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Nice pictures
Thanks
It had such a strange but fascinating clunky sound to the scene. Really surreal and childlike which was likely the intended effect. It left a big impression on me.
I've finally sorted out all my pictures from my trip to Japan if anybody would care to see them.
Here they are:
Gaming/anime/figure pictures Some might be considered slightly NSFW
General pictures
I guess the first one is most relevant to this thread
I love seeing pictures of Japan. Awesome pics.
Speaking of which, I really wanna go to Tokyo. Spent a couple weeks in Fukuoka last year and it was pretty awesome. Now that I'm back into anime, I wanna visit that electric town proper.
PhantomOfTheKnight
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Kill la Kill - 02
Much better than the first episode. I REALLY hope to see more of Mako's family, they're amazing. I really like Ryuko, too, especially when she goes from brooding badass to gawking at anything weird going on, it's hilarious. And that sensei dude... I forget his name, but he was the best thing in the whole episode. Actual fight wasn't that bad either.
Boring giant mech fights and a second half that didn't need to happen.
Much better than the first episode. I REALLY hope to see more of Mako's family, they're amazing. I really like Ryuko, too, especially when she goes from brooding badass to gawking at anything weird going on, it's hilarious. And that sensei dude... I forget his name, but he was the best thing in the whole episode. Actual fight wasn't that bad either.
Boring giant mech fights and a second half that didn't need to happen.
R_thanatos
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It's still fun to see and watch a "HERO" that get shit done fast.
Also leon michelle galette des rois is awesome , as you probably saw.
It is really bad.
Time for me to face the terrible english translation which I hear so much about.
Not babelfish bad , kinda Not proof reading bad.
ALL OF MY WANT.
Don't count on it.
No boring fight, no mecha... to the last thing. KLK got a strong beginning and a nice end, but its tend to get a bit honky in the middle
MikeHattsu
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Bring lots of money if you want to buy any anime ;P
I respect your opinion but "poor animation" doesn't even make sense to me. There are so many other shows out there with boring, cookie-cutter, lifeless animation by comparison. KLK, like TTGL, oozes style with dynamic camera moves, slick cross stitch shading, crazy squash-and-stretch, and emotive characters. The animation is one of its strongest traits.
The major problem is Ryuko and how the narrative treats her. She encapsulates a lot of the flaws with the writing. She very rarely has any wins due to decisions and aspects made of her own volition and instead is constantly played, tricked, or wins via deus ex machinas.
There's a difference between art style and the animation itself. I will admit, I have issues sometimes separating the two but there definitely is a difference. KLK had a great art style that incorporated the lack of actual animation.
Mockingbird
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knights of sidinia 8
Some shocking truths in this ep.
Damn!
Some shocking truths in this ep.
So Tanikaze is a clone and is immortal. Hoshijiro got cloned. The captain and the bear are immortals.
KLK doesn't ooze with style at all, it oozes with cheapness. Sliding still frames across a flat screen is not slick, not dynamic, not crazy, it's lazy and lame.
Oh c'mon. That was clearly a stlyistic choice. It would have just as easy (or possibily easier) to simply animate the character turning. Doing those 2D flips or having a character grow in the camera is part of the look of the show and shouldn't be seen as a lack of animation chops. I don't see it as lazy.
It's not any different from all the panning, parallax shots in TTGL that were done deliberately.
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