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Spring Anime 2012 II | Welcome Home Eureka
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Gurren-Lagann
Big O
AV-98 Ingram
Zeta Gundam
Zeorymer
Nirvash
Mazinger Z
Mazinkaiser SKL
Yeah, yeah, Zeta is ugly but I've never seen Soranowoto and Takemikazuchi looks like ugly CG from the pic on the SaiMecha page. I'm surprised that CG mecha isn't disqualified altogether considering that this contest is probably by and for mecha purists.
I CANNOT UNDERSCORE THIS ENOUGH.
Ruined a lot of my enjoyment of Space Bros.
Big O
AV-98 Ingram
Zeta Gundam
Zeorymer
Nirvash
Mazinger Z
Mazinkaiser SKL
Yeah, yeah, Zeta is ugly but I've never seen Soranowoto and Takemikazuchi looks like ugly CG from the pic on the SaiMecha page. I'm surprised that CG mecha isn't disqualified altogether considering that this contest is probably by and for mecha purists.
I CANNOT UNDERSCORE THIS ENOUGH.
Ruined a lot of my enjoyment of Space Bros.
There's so many Gundam designs out there, I find it hard to believe that you would think they're all "shit."
I was resistant to it initially but embraced it by the end.
No doubt.
Embrace it, Cajun:
I've seen a bunch. I cant think of the names but theyre all pretty generic robot designs.
Maybe its just because I hate Gundam.
Jex
Member
The best designs in Gundam are usually the enemy mecha anyway, as opposed to the main 'Gundam'. The Unicorn is one of the few 'protagonist' Gundam's that I like the look of.
Also there's a ton of designs out there. Zeta on it's own has like 30 different designs in it. Gotta sell them toys.
PdotMichael
Banned
oh wow!
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Carnival Phantasm 09:
I want one!
Carnival Phantasm 10:
And we're back on Tsukihime. Akiha is as Onii-sama obsessed as ever, but Kohaku is awesome! Plus a quick Conan parody! XD
I want one!
Carnival Phantasm 10:
And we're back on Tsukihime. Akiha is as Onii-sama obsessed as ever, but Kohaku is awesome! Plus a quick Conan parody! XD
Crash Station
Member
Yeah, that's pretty much why I'm writIng it off.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I think that makes as much sense in English as it does in Japanese.
I have the solution to cajun's Gundam hatred. We need a sequel to G Gundam that takes place in America and gives each state their own Gundam for the once-a-decade nationwide Gundam Fight that determines which state governs the rest of the nation. The protagonist, Alceé Fujibayashi Thibaudeau, is the half-Japanese half-Cajun pilot of Swamp Gundam, Louisiana's entrant into the tournament.
Probably because it would just be inferior.
Syd Mead did the mech designs for all of Turn A didn't he? He should do more anime mech designs.
Dude this is like...fucking glorious. I would watch this!
Is this a request for more ISML stuff to be posted? Most of it was too easy. Here is the only important vote though:
Nope, Sora No Woto has lovely hand drawn mechs.
Is this a request for more ISML stuff to be posted? Most of it was too easy. Here is the only important vote though:
I havent watched Nise except for THAT EPISODE, but Shinobu seems cute.
All the original stuff, yeah. I was just looking at wikipedia and was surprised as I never realized the SUMO was his initial submission for the Turn A before Tomino asked him for something a little closer to the traditional model.
Jex
Member
Judging by the disappointingly negative fan-reaction to his designs I can't imagine we'll ever see him dong that again.
The 'stache is something that grows on you. Turn A was rad.
I don't think it was hideous or anything, but I do prefer the new design they have for E7Ao.
I don't think it was hideous or anything, but I do prefer the new design they have for E7Ao.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Carnival Phantasm 11:
A Final Destination parody? lol Poor Lancer, the story's punching bag.
A Final Destination parody? lol Poor Lancer, the story's punching bag.
Jex
Member
[Fate/Zero] - 18
Perhaps this episode deserved a more thorough write up than I gave it.
Perhaps.
Perhaps this episode deserved a more thorough write up than I gave it.
Perhaps.
I don't think anything particularly surprising happened in this episode, once we'd been given the initial set up of the island and it's inhabitants, but the way everything was presented and given to us far exceeded what you'd get in a normal show. Devoting the whole episode to a flashback, without even giving us a framing device (e.g. narration) or the title credits was a pretty ballsy move, but one made the entire story that much stronger.
A normal show would have Kuritsugu recount this story to someone else, presumably someone who hadn't heard the story before. This would involve some set up at the beginning and a sequence where we cut away from the story Kuritsus is telling so that we could get some reaction shots from whoever was hearing it.
The way that it's handled here is much stronger because it allows the story to stand on it's own, almost like an OVA within the main series which is really dedicated to telling this particular story.
A normal show would have Kuritsugu recount this story to someone else, presumably someone who hadn't heard the story before. This would involve some set up at the beginning and a sequence where we cut away from the story Kuritsus is telling so that we could get some reaction shots from whoever was hearing it.
The way that it's handled here is much stronger because it allows the story to stand on it's own, almost like an OVA within the main series which is really dedicated to telling this particular story.
Add one to the summer backlog.
I didn't even know that Sorawoto had mechs before today, interest x10000
It is not a mecha show though, don't go into it with the wrong impression!
But yeah, you should watch it, it's a fun series.
Well it only really has those tanks and you only see them in "action" at the end. Its more of a slice of life show. Also the design of the characters is NOT a ripoff of KON. Its an evolution of the Kannagi designs. (I will defend this notion to the death)
It does? I'm in.
I probably will go back to it at some point because it looks nice and I like cute things.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Surfer mode for AO's unit is good looking, Libertas, Voluntas, Teneritas are the better designs in Lagrange, though the Vox trio dont look that bad.
Yesssss. Excellent <3
the ending theme is sooooooo infectious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGjH5mRo1WA
the ending theme is sooooooo infectious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGjH5mRo1WA
Ultimadrago
Member
Best Mecha Round 1
Gurren Lagann
Big O
Ingram
Zeta
Zeorymer
Nirvash
VF-25 Messiah
Mazinkaiser SKL
99% of these will be uninformed screenshot votes for me...Here we go!
Gurren Lagann
Big O
Ingram
Zeta
Zeorymer
Nirvash
VF-25 Messiah
Mazinkaiser SKL
99% of these will be uninformed screenshot votes for me...Here we go!
I probably will go back to it at some point because it looks nice and I like cute things.
So do they all die at the end?
Crash Station
Member
Fans of the manga had no reason to think it would be bad had they gotten to at least the 2nd post-genre shift arc. Since they're only getting to the first, well it's hard to still be excited.
Watch it and find out!
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya III-V -END
Positive points:
- Some Tsuruya action.
- Nagato attacking Mikuru.
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Bwahaha. I had totally forgotten about him.
- Kyon interacting with Haruhi in the last two episodes.
- This great scene:
Negative points:
- Strangely low animation quality. Lower even than in most of the Endless Eight episodes.
- Haruhi being a lot worse than the usual, to the point of villainy, in the first half of the arc.
- It was kind of off-putting how you could never be sure when Kyon was talking or thinking, because apparently KyoAni thought it was a great idea to show the back of his head more than his face in this arc. Sometimes it seemed he was thinking, and then Nagato or Koizumi would respond; sometimes, he would think something and Haruhi would "read his mind"; sometimes, he talked and you weren't able to realize it until later in the scene.
I liked the scene in which Mikuru said what she thinks about Koizumi, though. It made me realize that 95% of the explanations we've had until now came from him... And they are all merely theories. And then there was Koizumi's interpretation of Mikuru's actions. Good stuff.
But now... Disappearance!
Positive points:
- Some Tsuruya action.
- Nagato attacking Mikuru.
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The philosophical talking cat.
- Kyon interacting with Haruhi in the last two episodes.
- This great scene:
Negative points:
- Strangely low animation quality. Lower even than in most of the Endless Eight episodes.
- Haruhi being a lot worse than the usual, to the point of villainy, in the first half of the arc.
- It was kind of off-putting how you could never be sure when Kyon was talking or thinking, because apparently KyoAni thought it was a great idea to show the back of his head more than his face in this arc. Sometimes it seemed he was thinking, and then Nagato or Koizumi would respond; sometimes, he would think something and Haruhi would "read his mind"; sometimes, he talked and you weren't able to realize it until later in the scene.
I liked the scene in which Mikuru said what she thinks about Koizumi, though. It made me realize that 95% of the explanations we've had until now came from him... And they are all merely theories. And then there was Koizumi's interpretation of Mikuru's actions. Good stuff.
But now... Disappearance!
But I don't like seeing cute girls die in anime. You guys better not trick me into watching this and ending up all sad at the end
But I don't like seeing cute girls die in anime. You guys better not trick me into watching this and ending up all sad at the end
Just watch it!
Gurren Lagann
Big O
Ingram
Zeta Gundam
Shin Getter
Nirvash
VF-25
Mazinkaiser SKL
Arbalest vs Gurren Lagann was the toughest choice out of the bunch. I love both, but I had to go with the gurren shit at the end. Also Ingram vs. Rahxephon. Both Izubuchi designs, and I love both, but the ingram is just more iconic.
My top 3 out of that list would be Gurren Lagann (Just overall cool design, awesome attacks, looks great with wings), Nirvash (it fucking surfs, also one of the best human-ish designs that lends itself extremely well to great animation) and the VF-25 (fucking come on)
Big O
Ingram
Zeta Gundam
Shin Getter
Nirvash
VF-25
Mazinkaiser SKL
Arbalest vs Gurren Lagann was the toughest choice out of the bunch. I love both, but I had to go with the gurren shit at the end. Also Ingram vs. Rahxephon. Both Izubuchi designs, and I love both, but the ingram is just more iconic.
My top 3 out of that list would be Gurren Lagann (Just overall cool design, awesome attacks, looks great with wings), Nirvash (it fucking surfs, also one of the best human-ish designs that lends itself extremely well to great animation) and the VF-25 (fucking come on)
But I don't like seeing cute girls die in anime. You guys better not trick me into watching this and ending up all sad at the end
Don't watch Saikano then.
Ever.
Sure, I knew that it's a slice-of-life, however that alone is rarely enough to get me to watch something. Spider mechs named Shinto gods on the other hand...
R_thanatos
Member
indeed , the prologue is boring and the rest is awesome ..the number of crazy things in medaka box is just godly ... but the anime miss all the marks ..( except shiranui )
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Saikano is on my list of shows never to watch. I think I'd actually die. D:
Femmeworth
Banned
I don't get the hate for the Zeta Gundam's design, I rather like it.
My votes:
Gurren Lagann
Big O
Ingram
Shin Getter Robo
Nirvash
Messiah
Delphine
My votes:
Gurren Lagann
Big O
Ingram
Shin Getter Robo
Nirvash
Messiah
Delphine
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