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[jman2050]

I hoped we'd got past this

oh clam up, I know you enjoy our ocean of puns.

 

[Jex]

hmm...



I know it's a weird angle, but shit still looks weird because they linger at that angle for a bit.

That nose

/

Well, it's set in the 90's so they're going for a 90's nose. Duh.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Watching this reminded me how I briefly entertained the notion only watching good anime in May before realizing I'd end up behind on a majority of the shows I'm currently watching this season.

That should tell you something.

 

[Jex]

I'm against the bastardization of classic literature in general.

So how do you feel about Gakustsuou and Romeo x Juliet?

 

[SDBurton]

Taisho Baseball Girls 05

Tomoe is so awesome. Loved the whole "rogue batters" and "rogue pitchers" skit. And the double play that happened back in episode 4 was pretty badass.

 

[Chet Rippo]

You probably don't remember when people get

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metaphorically raped

.

Yep, I really need to re-watch Sailor Moon now.

 

[Jex]

Hyouka 2

Edit2: Oh, Hyouka is going to have 24-episodes? For some reason that gives me hope. This show has to pick up eventually. It's going to get better. It has to.

I don't see why it would.

Yes, it's 21 episodes. And having done some research into the novels, it does appear that people who aren't happy with the show now probably won't ever be happy with it.

Oh well!

 

[Trojita]

I hoped we'd got past this

 

[madp]

Sailor Moon R 83:

I've always loved this particular visual effect for some reason.

Wait, so

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I thought that the Serenity/Endymion thing was kind of like Zelda/Link, basically an endless cycle of reincarnation driven by fate

. It's not? They're seriously saying that

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the present Usagi and Mamoru are the Serenity and Endymion of the 30th century

? I don't know if I like that, and it seems to be at odds with what the show has had to say on the matter until now.

Also, I certainly didn't expect to see any modern cryptoastronomy making an appearance in my Sailor Moon.

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Nemesis? How about that. Barring the appearance of a Sailor Nemesis I wonder how much fanfiction and speculation includes such a character, heh

.

Now I'm wondering if Demando's whole issue with Crystal Tokyo is one of those

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lust-driven "if I can't have you, no one can"

things because he certainly seems to have a lot of

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affection for Serenity

. It's either that or he's just crazy and

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wanted to rape Usagi as some kind of power trip

. Mamoru's

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my waifu is about to fuck another guy

radar is impeccable.

Sailor Moon R 84:

Note to Usagi: if it's not yourself that you're congratulating, you're jumping the gun.

And this episode teaches why you don't take candy from strangers. Or

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black crystals

. Or

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promises to help prove your competence and worth

.

Also

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crystals? Dragons?

This show is one picture of Fabio holding a sword away from some bitchin' 80s fantasy paperback fiction.

 

[Narag]

That should tell you something.

I'm still in my experimental phase where I watch bad stuff to better understand why it's bad! I haven't developed a critical eye yet! Don't judge me!

 

[Hazaro]

Legend of the Galactic Heroes 04

Ah, the good old-fashioned bitch-slap. We certainly don't see enough of it nowadays.

Annerose Also Kircheis :'( Poor prince, you surely have to put up with a lot. You deserve more.

Finish it quickly and make many comment posts.

 

[Chet Rippo]

For some reason this picture makes me angry.

 

[Jex]

Eureka AO makes it very easy to think of Okinawans as backwards, racist people. lol

Perhaps that's the point, but I can't really tell because it's kind of a subtle show.

I guess UY bought him a lot of goodwill.

Yeah, but the last thing he did with that project was the rather derided Beautiful Dreamer.

 

[wonzo]

For some reason this picture makes me angry.

yeah, it's a disgrace that a seemingly nice car would be defiled with the bland visage of a worthless character like Mio

 

[Chet Rippo]

yeah, it's a disgrace that a seemingly nice car would be defiled with the bland visage of a worthless character like Mio

Something about this post makes me angry.

 

[A Black Falcon]

The Legend of Kozumi says: yes.

That's the one and only thing that exceeds Saki in mahjong awesomeness, though.

Is it possible for majong to become more fun to watch ???

Apart from Koizumi, all I can think of is that if they showed more of it, it might be even more awesome. But yeah, that ep had some pretty great mahjong in it, certainly.

 

[Narag]

Something about this post makes me angry.

The only correlation I can come up is you really don't like that model of car and took offense to him calling it nice.

 

[Jex]

obligatory mention of NyaruReferences

I might not watch the show, but I do still glance through this.

Dear god. Just in case you ever wonder if you're wasting too much time...

 

[Femmeworth]

So how do you feel about Gakustsuou and Romeo x Juliet?

I haven't watched all of either one, but I am led to believe that they are at least partially true to the source material.

 

[chickdigger802]

gaf I need help.


I remember watching an anime as a kid in china.

I believe it's one of those designed to sell you models.

I recall them being little model cars and the dudes steered them with hockey sticks.

 

[Hitokage]

I haven't watched all of either one, but I am led to believe that they are at least partially true to the source material.

Fuck purism. The only responsibility an adaptation has is to be good, not to be faithful. Sometimes they coincide anyway, but sometimes they don't.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Mayonnaise on my Chichis! 12

Come the fuck on, you are not even being subtle about the censorship! I understand you gotta sell Blu-Rays but this is ridiculous.

I liked this show more when it was about the harem and not about the silly romance plot. That's the problem with these haremshit cartoons: they don't realise that nobody gives two fucks if the pathetic male lead ends up with the best girl, they just wanna see the wacky hijinx.

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Or, in this case, not letting Konoe be the girl she always wanted to be. What a retarded lesson.

 

[Chet Rippo]

The only correlation I can come up is you really don't like that model of car and took offense to him calling it nice.

Yeah, it's such an ugly car.

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I have no idea what car that is...

 

[Narag]

Well no wonder you hate it so much.

 

[Trojita]

 

[Femmeworth]

Fuck purism. The only responsibility an adaptation has is to be good, not to be faithful. Sometimes they coincide anyway, but sometimes they don't.

Does Nyaruko-san even qualify as an adaptation? I didn't say that an adaptation has to be 100% faithful.

 

[Branduil]

[AKB 48] - 1

I felt that everything after the amazing opening was kind of a let down, although the final scene was pretty stupid.

Also, Statelight haven't improved their CG at all. At all.

Yeah, after the opening it was pretty much just pedestrian bad Okadrama.

 

[wonzo]

 

[Chet Rippo]

Who is this guy? I've seen him somewhere before...

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No, that's not me.

 

[Articalys]

Temporal DVD + Blu-ray Sales Rankings for Winter 2012

*1, 57,512 Nisemonogatari
*2, 14,286 Inu x Boku SS
*3, 10,547 Highschool DxD
*4, 10,345 Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
*5, *8,677 Aquarion Evol
*6, *7,694 Ano Natsu de Matteru
*7, *7,639 New Prince of Tennis
*8, *6,472 Mouretsu Pirates
*9, *5,098 Senki Zesshou Symphogear
10, *4,973 Brave 10
11, *4,520 Amagami SS+ plus
12, *4,391 Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai!
13, *3,694 Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
14, *3,089 Rinne no Lagrange
15, *2,573 Another
16, *2,353 Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Dai 2 Maku
17, *1,525 Zero no Tsukaima F (vol.2)
18, **,686 Kill Me Baby

 

[Femmeworth]

 

[firehawk12]

Nisemonogatari saving the FUCK out of anime. Moar please!

 

[Articalys]

Full DVD/BD sales data for April 23-29:

Blu-ray
*1, 50,160 50,160 Nisemonogatari vol.1 Limited Edition
*2, 18,747 18,747 Persona 4 The Animation vol.6 Limited Edition
*3, *7,570 *7,570 Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai vol.4
*4, *7,063 *7,063 Working'!! vol.7 Limited Edition
*5, *6,844 *6,844 Highschool DxD vol.2
*6, *6,674 *6,674 Aquarion Evol vol.1
*7, *5,824 *5,824 Ano Natsu de Matteru vol.2 Limited Edition
*8, *5,608 *5,608 Inu x Boku SS vol.2 Limited Edition
*9, *5,602 *5,602 The iDOLM@STER vol.7 Limited Edition
10, *5,538 *5,538 Seitokai Yakuindomo OVA
11, *5,489 *5,489 Guilty Crown vol.4 Limited Edition
12, *4,847 *4,847 Natsume Yuujinchou Shi vol.3 Limited Edition
13, *3,979 *3,979 Mawaru Penguindrum vol.7 Limited Edition
14, *3,675 *3,675 Tamayura: Hitotose vol.5
15, *3,662 19,650 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon vol.5 Limited Edition
16, *3,542 *3,542 Senki Zesshou Symphogear vol.2 Limited Edition

DVD
*1, 12,918 *,*12,918 Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 5 - Blood Prison Limited Edition
*2, *9,207 *,**9,207 Gintama' vol.10
*3, *7,352 *,**7,352 Nisemonogatari vol.1 Limited Edition
*4, *6,220 *,**6,220 Persona 4 The Animation vol.6 Limited Edition
*5, *5,735 *,**5,735 Inu x Boku SS vol.2 Limited Edition
*6, *3,554 *,**3,554 Natsume Yuujinchou Shi vol.3 Limited Edition
*7, *2,786 *,**2,786 Sekaiichi Hatsukoi 2 vol.5 Limited Edition
*8, *2,456 *,**2,456 Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 5 - Blood Prison Standard Edition
*9, *2,381 *,**2,381 Working'!! vol.7 Limited Edition
10, *2,374 *,**2,374 Highschool DxD vol.2
11, *2,212 *,**2,212 Bleach Gotei 13 Tai Shingun Hen vol.3
12, *2,157 *,**2,157 Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai vol.4
13, *2,003 *,**2,003 Aquarion Evol vol.1
14, *1,920 *,**1,920 Seitokai Yakuindomo OVA
15, *1,674 *,**1,674 Brave 10 vol.2
16, *1,671 *,**1,671 Guilty Crown vol.4 Limited Edition
17, *1,668 *,**6,438 New Prince of Tennis vol.1
18, *1,271 *,**1,271 The iDOLM@STER vol.7 Limited Edition
19, *1,087 1,133,609 My Neighbor Totoro
20, *1,015 *,**1,015 Shakugan no Shana III vol.5 Limited Edition
21, **,946 *,***,946 Kimi to Boku. vol.5 Limited Edition
22, **,940 *,***,940 Beelzebub vol.11
23, **,811 *,***,811 Nintama Rantarou vol.3
24, **,796 *,***,796 Maken-Ki! vol.5 Limited Edition
25, **,786 *,**5,593 Detective Conan Bonus File Fantasista no Hana
26, **,760 *,***,760 Mashiroiro Symphony: The Color of Lovers vol.4
27, **,730 *,***,730 Zero no Tsukaima F vol.3
28, **,717 *,***,717 Senki Zesshou Symphogear vol.2 Limited Edition
29, **,714 *,***,714 Tamayura: Hitotose vol.5

 

[dimb]

Guilty Crown doesn't seem to be holding up particularly well, unless I'm not remembering the numbers it put up before right.

 

[firehawk12]

That looks like a moderately successful showing for all the other animu no named Nisemonogatari as well.

 

[wonzo]

Who is this guy? I've seen him somewhere before...

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No, that's not me.

Thank god for reverse google image search

Winter 2012 Temporal Sales

57,512 *1 Nisemonogatari [DVD+BD]: 2012/04/25
14,690 *3 Inu x Boku SS [DVD+BD]: 2012/03/21
10,547 *3 High School DxD [DVD+BD]: 2012/03/21
10,345 *2 Natsume Yuujin-chou Shi [DVD+BD]: 2012/02/22
*8,677 *1 Aquarion EVOL [DVD+BD]: 2012/04/25
*7,694 *3 Ano Natsu de Matteru [DVD+BD]: 2012/03/23
*6,472 *4 Mouretsu Pirates [DVD+BD]: 2012/03/07
*5,971 *1 Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama [DVD+BD]: 2012/04/20
*5,098 *2 Senki Zesshou Symphogear [DVD+BD]: 2012/03/28
*4,973 *2 Brave10 [DVD+BD]: 2012/03/21
*4,888 *2 Amagami SS+ plus [DVD+BD]: 2012/04/04
*4,391 *2 Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai! [DVD+BD]: 2012/03/07
*3,694 *2 Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou [DVD+BD]: 2012/04/03
*3,599 *3 Rinne no Lagrange [DVD+BD]: 2012/03/23
*2,573 *2 Another [DVD+BD]: 2012/03/30
*2,353 *1 Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2 [DVD+BD]: 2012/03/21
*1,525 *1 Zero no Tsukaima F [DVD+BD]: 2012/03/21 (v2 sales)
**,686 *1 Kill Me Baby [DVD+BD]: 2012/03/07
**,*** *0 Recorder to Randoseru [DVD+BD]: 2012/04/20
**,*** *0 Therma Romae [DVD+BD]: 2012/04/20
As a comparison, the week one DVD+BD sales for Bakemonogatari vol. 1 were 44,885.

holy fuck

 

[BGBW]

And yet Kill Me Baby probably made the biggest profit despite those sales.

 

[Articalys]

Single CD sales:

*4, 35,044 *35,044 Detective Conan Movie 16: The Eleventh Striker "Haruuta"
*6, 20,868 *20,868 Natsuiro Kiseki "Non stop road" "Asu e no Kaerimichi"
*7, 15,315 *15,315 Hanazawa Kana "Hoshizora☆Destination"
12, *8,049 *31,812 Fate/Zero 2nd Season "to the beginning"
16, *5,061 **5,061 Mouretsu Pirates "Black Holy"
20, *4,474 162,977 Doraemon: Nobita and the Miracle Island - Animal Adventure "Ikiteru Ikiteku"
24, *3,617 *40,943 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master vol.2 Anzu
25, *3,579 **3,579 Medaka Box "Happy Crazy Box"
26, *3,553 **3,553 Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? of the Dead "***Passionate"
30, *3,332 **3,332 Saki: Achiga-hen - Episode of Side-A "Square Panic Serenade"
34, *3,088 **3,088 Tasogare Otome x Amnesia "Choir Jail"
35, *3,083 *36,435 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master vol.4 Kaede
36, *2,972 *36,425 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master vol.1 Rin
38, *2,739 *34,855 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master vol.3 Kanako
40, *2,607 *12,356 Kuroko no Basket "Can Do"
42, *2,505 **2,505 Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit Hen "Limit Break"
43, *2,490 *32,635 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master vol.5 Rika
45, *2,315 *30,534 Ozuma "Neverland"
46, *2,299 **2,299 Imai Asami "Hasta La Vista"
49, *2,192 **2,192 Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? of the Dead "Koi no Beginner nan desu (T_T)"

 

[Trojita]

Thank god for reverse google image search


holy fuck

That girl has the weirdest interests I've seen for a 17 year old female.

 

[Crash Station]

Nice to see Highschool DxD doing so well. Hopefully that means another season.

 

[Femmeworth]

That girl has the weirdest interests I've seen for a 17 year old female.

Must be icecream's sister or something.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Thank god for reverse google image search

Something tells me I should watch Queen's Blade.

 

[PdotMichael]

Great sales for the best anime studio. I see nothing wrong here.

 

[Femmeworth]

Something tells me I should watch Queen's Blade.

I'm shocked that you haven't.

 

[R_thanatos]

Something tells me I should watch Queen's Blade.

Something ??

Oh well ... If you're starting from the first anime adaptation bear in mind that ..well it can become fairly silly and unintresting ... 2nd season was ..Well much better

 

[flawfuls]

Is it just me or have anime sales gone up recently. It feels like there were a less hits and a lot more bombs even just a year or two ago.

 

[Theonik]

Is it just me or have anime sales gone up recently. It feels like there were a less hits and a lot more bombs even just a year or two ago.

Anime is saved!

 

[wonzo]

Something tells me I should watch Queen's Blade.

i'll probably get around to that after HSotD

Is it just me or have anime sales gone up recently. It feels like there were a less hits and a lot more bombs even just a year or two ago.

not shinbo saving anime confirmed

 

[Westlo]

Temporal DVD + Blu-ray Sales Rankings for Winter 2012

*1, 57,512 Nisemonogatari

As a comparison, the week one DVD+BD sales for Bakemonogatari vol. 1 were 44,885.

You have to keep in mind that Bake Vol 1 sales were so low because of lack of supply, it ended up doing something like 82k, if Nise Vol 1 is like Bake Vol 6 and frontloaded as fuck than it will be lucky to get near 70k.

 

[Articalys]

You have to keep in mind that Bake Vol 1 sales were so low because of lack of supply, it ended up doing something like 82k, if Nise Vol 1 is like Bake Vol 6 and frontloaded as fuck than it will be lucky to get near 70k.

Yeah, I saw that the earlier Bakemonogatari volumes were exceptions but I was too lazy to edit out my reference.