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[Makoto]

What I hated about the newest Upotte episode is that

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Sako could have easily won the entire thing but she didn't cause of dumb writing

Pretty much.

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Headshotting a target in a tower, hundreds of metes away?

No problem for Sako.

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Shooting at an unsuspecting target a few feet away?

Miss every shot.

And that's not even counting the

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you've got mud in your barrel and I can shoot you but I'm going to walk away and cackle maniacally because I'm a villain

BS.

 

[kayos90]

Fate/Zero 19
Shit.... that episode was good. The random transition of different times made it somewhat confusing but the material there was really good. I'll post something again after I watch it again after my Final.

I expect like paragraphs worth of stuff duckroll.

 

[Narag]

Fate/Zero 19

I really enjoy how they've cut out the OP for the past two focused episodes. Opening was great, addressed a long standing question, and had some wonderful music enhancing it. To some degree the past two have felt like a different show and it occurred to me I'd gladly watch a show about Kiritsugu's past.

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Loved the conversation between Kiritsugu and Natalia. Wasn't sure if that smile she gave at the end was because she was expecting him to do what he did or was simply unsurprised he had the resolve to do so though. Or maybe even she was subtly reinforcing his decision what with bringing up his ability to pull a trigger, the threat onboard and her worry it might not be containable, and her own desire to retire from the busines.

 

[BGBW]

So a rifle's mouth is where you bung the magazine.

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Your

would smell of gunpowder after a

.

 

[hellclerk]

What I hated about the newest Upotte episode is that

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Sako could have easily won the entire thing but she didn't cause of dumb writing

Sako's a sadistic showboat. What more can you expect? She draws things out for maximum suffering and humiliation.

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She pulled a batman gambit thinking Elle would just give up, but she didn't, and that's ultimately why she lost, her own hubris. 16 had to humble herself to win and let Elle save her, and that's ultimately why she won.

What is with you guys and the idea that the good guys losing is "realistic"? This episode, everyone was internally consistent. Sure, the Elle suffering was better done in the manga this episode, but the ideas were still brought across.

So a rifle's mouth is where you bung the magazine.

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Your

would smell of gunpowder after a

.

That's actually a reference to the fact that the Galil AR platform has a built in wire-cutter that can double as a bottle opener.

 

[Jex]

Upotte!! 6

TL;Dr: Those who watched for Episode 5 can safely leave the premesis. You will be notified when things get "not-boring-as-hell" again.

To be honest, I expected this, which is why I haven't watched episode six.

 

[survivor]

Sako's a sadistic showboat. What more can you expect? She draws things out for maximum suffering and humiliation.

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She pulled a batman gambit thinking Elle would just give up, but she didn't, and that's ultimately why she lost, her own hubris. 16 had to humble herself to win and let Elle save her, and that's ultimately why she won.

What is with you guys and the idea that the good guys losing is "realistic"? This episode, everyone was internally consistent. Sure, the Elle suffering was better done in the manga this episode, but the ideas were still brought across.

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Or you know just shoot her cause you are a sadistic person and enjoy pain. But hey don't, just walk away laughing like a generic villain.

 

[Envelope]

Upotte 6

A yuri episode! And an NTR episode!

Poor Sig-chan had such a bad day, first she got a new (and much better, if you ask me) hairstyle, then NTR struck as first

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Sako kissed her beloved,

and now Auguu~-chan also wants to

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steal Funco-chan away from her.

Galil is so [censored], I hope Cajunator is watching this show!

 

[hellclerk]

To be honest, I expected this, which is why I haven't watched episode six.

Why listen to Drago? It's not like he's watching it because it actually LIKES the show or anything.

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Or you know just shoot her cause you are a sadistic person and enjoy pain. But hey don't, just walk away laughing like a generic villain.

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There's a such thing as psychological pain too, you know. But hey, you know, it's not like Elle was stuck in the mud, feeling like a piece of crap, unable to do anything while Sako's true goal was 16 anyway. Why bother with the dud when you can win anyway?

 

[Jex]

this season is good for yuri!

Nope, a good season for yuri would involve an actually good yuri title, but we all know that won't happen.

Upotte 6

Scones WITHOUT clotted cream? What is this madness?

What the fuck. That's a crime.

 

[survivor]

Why listen to Drago? It's not like he's watching it because it actually LIKES the show or anything.

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There's a such thing as psychological pain too, you know. But hey, you know, it's not like Elle was stuck in the mud, feeling like a piece of crap, unable to do anything while Sako's true goal was 16 anyway. Why bother with the dud when you can win anyway?

Wasting 1 second of your time shooting isn't a deal breaker that requires any effort. It's a lame villain trope and I was really hoping they wouldn't use it in an otherwise good battle.

 

[Envelope]

Femmeworth should totally watch this episode of Upotte!!.

^^

 

[Makoto]

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There's a such thing as psychological pain too, you know. But hey, you know, it's not like Elle was stuck in the mud, feeling like a piece of crap, unable to do anything while Sako's true goal was 16 anyway. Why bother with the dud when you can win anyway?

It's bad writing and almost inconsistent with the Sako of episode 5.

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She could have inflicted five times as much psychological pain by just shooting L right there and letting her wallow in defeat knowing there was no other outcome.

 

[Jex]

Eh, they're ok. I've always liked the Noir OP, and the Another OP is ok, too. I haven't heard much of their other works, though.

I hope you take your time to listen to the collection I posted earlier!

 

[Jex]

Upotte 5

I knew about fanning, didn't know about water skipping though. You'd think accuracy would go way down if you skipped, but I guess FNC-chan can pull it off sometimes.

You should watch the Golgo 13 TV series! Or maybe not, it doesn't have any cute girls in it.

 

[survivor]

You should watch the Goglo 13 TV series! Or maybe not, it doesn't have any cute girls in it.

Any anime without cute girls isn't worth watching unless it's Kaiji.

Then again Kaiji is pretty moe.

 

[Envelope]

You should watch the Goglo 13 TV series! Or maybe not, it doesn't have any cute girls in it.

Perhaps I would be able to find some of the stuff you recommend if they were spelled correctly.

Otherwise I'll just have to stick to my shows for 3 year old girls.

 

[jman2050]

Fate/Zero 19

The one thing this episode (and the last) does is establish via contrast just how much of an annoying wuss main character Shirou is.

Aside from that though,

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the airplane scene was predictable, but pulled off well nonetheless. I think once Natalia realized that she couldn't control the ghoul outbreak and the airport wouldn't ever take such a potential threat seriously she knew she was done, and was completely expecting Kiritsugu to 'take care of business'

 

[Brazil]

Fate/Zero 19

The one thing this episode (and the last) does is establish via contrast just how much of an annoying wuss main character Shirou is.

I don't think you need any contrast to establish that, haha.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Ginga e Kickoff 5

Lucky kids with tablets in grade school. Utterly hilarious episode with a lofty goal.

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Shou and chasing the coach down appearing at each location with Kyouka's help, then all the players and Zach chasing him down on that Sunday.

Only thing I didnt like were references that went beyond me...beckman, la liga, zidane.

 

[PdotMichael]

Maybe I'm the only one but I love the cute chinese accent of T91. Upotte!! knows my fetishes.

Upotte 6
Galil is so [censored], I hope Cajunator is watching this show!

the later manga chapters are full with cat and fox girls. Cajun would die a very moeish death.

 

[hellclerk]

Wasting 1 second of your time shooting isn't a deal breaker that requires any effort. It's a lame villain trope and I was really hoping they wouldn't use it in an otherwise good battle.

If she got shot though, they couldn't have done that fantastic "moment of truth" shot sequence (that really need better music). There's a narrative purpose for it all, so I'll take a lame villain trope (with a cartoonishly evil villain) with character development for everyone, than "THE BAD GUYS WIN" with an everyone is now subjugated to Finnish rule end.

 

[Envelope]

Maybe I'm the only one but I love the cute chinese accent of T91. Upotte!! knows my fetishes.



the later manga chapters are full with cat and fox girls. Cajun would die a very moeish death.

Maybe we should keep him away from it then.

 

[Theonik]

Maybe I'm the only one but I love the cute chinese accent of T91. Upotte!! knows my fetishes.

the later manga chapters are full with cat and fox girls. Cajun would die a very moeish death.

AnimeGAF's largest consumer of moe

 

[survivor]

If she got shot though, they couldn't have done that fantastic "moment of truth" shot sequence (that really need better music). There's a narrative purpose for it all, so I'll take a lame villain trope (with a cartoonishly evil villain) with character development for everyone, than "THE BAD GUYS WIN" with an everyone is now subjugated to Finnish rule end.

Which is why I said bad writing.

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They could have had a better scenario where Eru has her moment to shine without making Sako fail to generic villain tropes.

edit:

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Also I'm not that mad with Sako losing. It looks like she has gotten friendly with them and it seems like she is coming back in the next big arc. So if she is on the side of the good guys, I would like it more

 

[Instro]

Young Animator Training Project- Wasurenagumo

That was a strange one, very enjoyable. The anime reminds me of some old fable or myth with a very poignant lesson, in this case

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don't fuck around with monsters/demons/etc. It was interesting how the tone kind of lulls you into false sense of security with the bits of comedy antcs, because I think that's what ended up selling the latter parts and the ending

. Lots of great animation, its rather surprising that we've had 2 semi action shows from this year's projects so far. I particularly liked how the fire was being animated during the opening scenes. It looked very alive, so to speak. Also the framing of some of the shots in the abandoned house at the end was also really well done.

 

[Brazil]

About Wasurenagumo, was I looking too much into that last scene in the ED, or does that actually mean...?

 

[chickdigger802]

Accel World 6


These kids sure take their video games seriously.

Why are they discussing the moral of 'leeching'? 'The honor of fighting'...

They sure do like their fanservice angles with chi.

And that pony tail D:


You know what this show reminds me of? Megaman battle network.

 

[Ultimadrago]

About Wasurenagumo, was I looking too much into that last scene in the ED, or does that actually mean...?

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The girl's tangible form is facing away from the audience, she is not only distant from us physically but mentally as well.

A.k.a:

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She gon'!

 

[BGBW]

So the MC girl in Wasurenagumo

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died right and not some weird she turned into another spider girl twist.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Area no Kishi 19

The things allowed in soccer is pretty baffling, you can actually kick someone and not be fouled?

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I did like the trauma theme going on once Kakeru was playing, two times was alright, and with that kick to the face, hopefully he gets over it next episode

.

We need Mako and Kaoru back in action though. Shonan match has been fun.

 

[Brazil]

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The girl's tangible form is facing away from the audience, she is not only distant from us physically but mentally as well.

A.k.a:

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She gon'!

What I was thinking was more along the lines of:

So the MC girl in Wasurenagumo

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died right and not some weird she turned into another spider girl twist.

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She became some spider/girl mix.

At least that's the impression I got.

 

[Ultimadrago]

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She became some spider/girl mix.

At least that's the impression I got.

Yeah, for that I was thinking

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the spider girl took her body and mind. So more like a host or new body for the spider girl, meaning there's no more main girl left besides her body which now belongs to the spider girl.

 

[Brazil]

Yeah, for that I was thinking

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the spider girl took her body and mind. So more like a host or new body for the spider girl, meaning there's no more main girl left besides her body which now belongs to the spider girl.

Oh, yeah. That makes sense.

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Still unsettling.

 

[BGBW]

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She became some spider/girl mix.

At least that's the impression I got.

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Watching the ending again I guess this has to be the case as the girl at the end is bigger that the original spider gal. Haircut mean nothing since the hypnotised bloke could have easily cut the original spider's hair to disguise it.

 

[Jex]

Perhaps I would be able to find some of the stuff you recommend if they were spelled correctly.

I am teaching you through correction.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Kids on the Slope 5

Yo dun goofed, bro!

A nice shot of "Tug o' War" here.

The string (medium through channeling of self) drops as the line and

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emotions of Kaoru

drop

Pardon the listing, some of the first-half's cinematography just caught my eye during this episode. The

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intrusion from Sentarou

seemed a bit "convenient" in order for the character to get yet another link of understanding towards Kaoru. However, it will probably add to the depth between them later on.

Warning: CG trains.

The scene where Kaoru

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laughs with his mother over getting rejected.

It truly is the best medicine.

Nice episode, I'll try not to watch the next one so late.

 

[Jex]

I'm certainly not enjoying Tsuritama as much as Mononoke or even Trapeze, but it's absolutely better than [C].

Still, that's not saying much. You're essentially saying it's not crap.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Fate Zero 19

Kiritugu is more interesting as Kerry than in his early adult and later adult form. Seemed like something was lost in the transition. Though I did like the scenes with Kerry and Natalia .

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Plane stuff was quite moving and intense. Odd to have not packed no skydiving kit though and the visuals in sky were nice

.

 

[Jex]

I'm a great human being and I throughly love BRS TV.

Duly noted.

Well I wouldn't go that far, but it's kind of hard to call any anime watchers decent human beings.

You're absolutely correct. The ANNCast has reminded me of that fact.

 

[Femmeworth]

Femmeworth should totally watch this episode of Upotte!!.

^^

But I would have to watch the previous episodes too.

 

[Jex]

New English version of the official website for Mr. Kamiyama's 009 RE:CYBORG movie, including the promotional short film titled 'Mid Report':

009 RE:CYBORG
http://009.re-cyb.org/

The painful thing about watching the Berserk and 009 trailers is that I can see that there's some great cinematography on display, and the director is clearly talented, but what's actually being captured by the camera is painfully ugly. What a waste of talent.

 

[Envelope]

Suite Precure 6

That's not how you get a family, Hummy

This was an alright episode, Kanade needed to be way more apologetic at the end, though I guess they were going for the "they know each other so well they don't need to really apologize" angle.

Anime parents are so irresponsible.

Anyway, a new character is being teased:

Poor Hibiki and Kanade didn't stand a chance against her.

A

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new power up already? hmmmmm.........

The horror! The horror!

 

[Jex]

Random question for you guys. I was just thinking about this earlier and I was wondering how you all feel about this topic.

What would be, in your estimate, the show(s) with the best opening episode?

That's an interesting one. Opening episodes are clearly extremely important, if they don't hook the viewer in it's unlikely that they'll watch the rest of the show.

Still, just because they are extremely important that doesn't mean that they're always going to be great. I can think of a number of shows with fairly unimpressive openings, such as Towards the Terra and Gunbuster, which do themselves no favours.

Still, off the top of my head here's a few that stand out:

Cowboy Bebop
Evangelion
Moribito
Monoke
Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Giant Robo
The Big O
Bakemonogatari
Casshern Sins
Ergo Proxy
Gurren Lagann
Hanasaku Iroha

 

[Envelope]

That's an interesting one. Opening episodes are clearly extremely important, if they don't hook the viewer in it's unlikely that they'll watch the rest of the show.

Still, just because they are extremely important that doesn't mean that they're always going to be great. I can think of a number of shows with fairly unimpressive openings, such as Towards the Terra and Gunbuster, which do themselves no favours.

Still, off the top of my head here's a few that stand out:

Cowboy Bebop
Evangelion
Moribito
Monoke
Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Giant Robo
The Big O
Bakemonogatari
Casshern Sins
Ergo Proxy
Gurren Lagann
Hanasaku Iroha

I haven't seen all those shows, but of the ones I have (with one exception) I agree with your picks.

 

[Jex]

hmmm

Besides Death note and Geass, any other noteworthy keikaku shows that are worth a watch?

Sadly, not Liars Game.

 

[kayos90]

Fate Zero 19

Kiritugu is more interesting as Kerry than in his early adult and later adult form. Seemed like something was lost in the transition. Though I did like the scenes with Kerry and Natalia .

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Plane stuff was quite moving and intense. Odd to have not packed no skydiving kit though and the visuals in sky were nice

.

Pretty sure airplanes don't have that...

 

[Jex]

Moyashimon Returns - Haven't seen the original yet, but it certainly seems very beloved.

Well what's keeping you? There's not much going on at the moment.

Only if there's more pretty lights than fanservice.

We all know that you make an OVA so that you can include more fanservice.

 

[Instro]

That's an interesting one. Opening episodes are clearly extremely important, if they don't hook the viewer in it's unlikely that they'll watch the rest of the show.

Still, just because they are extremely important that doesn't mean that they're always going to be great. I can think of a number of shows with fairly unimpressive openings, such as Towards the Terra and Gunbuster, which do themselves no favours.

Still, off the top of my head here's a few that stand out:

Cowboy Bebop
Evangelion
Moribito
Monoke
Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Giant Robo
The Big O
Bakemonogatari
Casshern Sins
Ergo Proxy
Gurren Lagann
Hanasaku Iroha

Fate/Zero

 

[survivor]

Did Kore wa Zombie turn serious yet? Has like 5 episodes out so if they are all comedy should be worth watching.