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Spring Anime 2012 II | Welcome Home Eureka
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RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Acchi Kocchi 06:
Pony Tail get!
Pony Tail get!
hosannainexcelsis
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Lamentably, the technical state of the live-action industry in Japan, both TV and film, is incredibly poor.
Mashiroiro Symphony 7
It's like watching Napoleon conquer Spain only to say, "Well, that was fun. Okay boys, let's get out of here. I didn't like this place anyway." (Edit: Not that I'm advocating the conquest of real life lands and people. Just using that to emphasize my disappointment.)
I gotta hand it to Shingo, that's a pretty swag outfit he's got on.
Sana was the only girl I sort of spoiled myself on before I dove deep into Mashiroiro. I knew she wasn't going to get picked but the earlier episodes really made her seem like a throwaway character so I didn't really care but these last few episodes, gah. She claims to hate men (but really has a big sister complex) and treats Shingo like crap but Shingo nailed the conquest anyway and now he's throwing it away.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The voice acting is shit though. That guy playing the leader of the Wombats or whatever was really, really bad. Fandub bad.
There's still a few good liveaction filmmakers in Japan. And by few I mean like 2.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Lighting is expensive, bro.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Its that good? If only didnt I have to wait for the disc release to see it (hope nick gives it one, $2.99 per ep on amzn seems like a ripoff...).
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
For a shounen bro like yourself id say its the best possible thing
Sometimes I actually wish I listened to you for once
But you have only seen the first season of the first avatar?
Femmeworth
Banned
Envelope was trolling.Sometimes I actually wish I listened to you for once
Avatar fans >>>>>>> everyone else
Yeah they are better at shipping.
Femmeworth
Banned
I don't ship. >_>
Do they use Fedex or UPS???
firehawk12
Subete no aware
USPS is canon.
Femmeworth
Banned
Pizzaroll making puns scares me. D:
More like the bad fight. All of the goodwill I've tenderly nurtured up to this point is going to be completely undone
It certainly appears in spades whenever there's something to be censored!
Like I said before.
I had to stop giving impressions of Acchi Kocchi because it would just be a string of hnngs.
Ultimadrago
Member
I knew the rolling wouldn't be enough.
It's never enough...
Seriously, I can't blame you. Gosick definitely does hits the "lifeless" section of the tone-meter on multiple occassions.
Kids on the Slope 5 - This show continues to hit all the right buttons for me. It's just so good; compared to the previous two episodes, I thought the pacing was a lot tighter here, and felt way less condensed. The amount of different moods captured through the character interactions in this episode was impressively done as well. Can't wait for next week!
Also, it's mostly the fact that compared to something like Apollon, I don't particularly feel like narrative-wise it's transitioned past the "set-up" phrase of the story, but as I said before, I don't think it detracts that much from the series overall, as it really depends on how it all pays off in the end.
Eh, maybe I'm being impatient, and while this is obviously a character-driven narrative. I don't feel it's particularly that well-paced for one, simply because the only characters that seem to have gotten any development in 5 episodes are yuki and hagu, the other characters like alien girl and MIB guy seem to barely have a presence within the series.
Also, it's mostly the fact that compared to something like Apollon, I don't particularly feel like narrative-wise it's transitioned past the "set-up" phrase of the story, but as I said before, I don't think it detracts that much from the series overall, as it really depends on how it all pays off in the end.
Mashiroiro Symphony 9
Speaking of which...
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I'd like to know where the source of that light is.
Of course not, the girl's kitchen was barfing light from it's doorway.
I will be so angry if Miu is the girl he picks.
R_thanatos
Member
i took 2 tries to get through Go sick.
The ep8/9 ( in the village of the wolves ) was such a low point for me that i had to stop ..Several months later , mentally prepared i watched the rest and i enjoyed it .
Main antagonist is such an *sshole i can't believe it ... the the last part of Gosick is a spiral of nonsense actions on both sides that i can't believe it either...
in fact i really can't believe the way the serie turned..it's like everyone except kujo tried to be as much as an asshole as they could be without even bothering explaining their respective reasons
Victorique laugh and rolls were good but not 24 episodes good
I was planning on watching that series, loli in France. Is it fun?
The stuff I saw about the later parts of the series kinda make me sick and was part of the reason I didn't wanna continue.
Bodacious Space Pirates 8
Suddenly
loli princess
Majority of the episode was boring cause they went back to school. Need more piracy action
Crash Station
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Upotte! 6
So is the barrel like the heart or something?
Also, I vote Galil for new best character.
So is the barrel like the heart or something?
Also, I vote Galil for new best character.
Upotte! 6
I had my hopes high in this episode due to the ending of the last one but this was really disappointing. It's all about gun love this episode.
Kuroko No Baske 6
Enjoyed the first years adventure at lunch. The game this episode is basically a lead up to the showdown with Midorima.
I had my hopes high in this episode due to the ending of the last one but this was really disappointing. It's all about gun love this episode.
Kuroko No Baske 6
Enjoyed the first years adventure at lunch. The game this episode is basically a lead up to the showdown with Midorima.
These two sentences don't add up at all.
The mentality of Anime is so grossly atavistic,
that a really massive crime often slips by unrecognized.
I think that if any part of your body explodes you'll most likely die.
Yes, Ikoku Meiro is a fun little show.
Yune is ADORABLE.
Her reactions will make your heart explode so be careful.
We had two blu rays of shounen, seventy-five dvds of romcom, five box sets of high-budget nomiminA, a manga half-full of catgirls, a whole galaxy of multi-colored moe, slice of life, mecha, gag anime... Also, a quart of fantasy, a quart of shoujou, a case of Hentai, a pint of raw ecchi, and two dozen Yuri's. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious anime collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.
The only thing that really worried me was the lolis. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of a loli binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.
The only thing that really worried me was the lolis. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of a loli binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.
Ultimadrago
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I call misdirection/red herring.
It is vague, but seems too "in-your-face" for me to take it seriously. Though I have the slight feeling I'll eat crow on that statement with a
full flashback
Amon's image may be more about the message to the people and less about they mystery behind the man.
Unless you are interested in anime in general (which there are some good things on right now), it's probably best to just visit on Korra day. But feel free to bring in impressions!
More the merrier!
Agreed.
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Korra no Densetsu 6
Tenzin
be pimpin'
Pro-bending finally looked kinds cool!
( too bad it took some illegal moves!)
More Adult Toph!
"I love the Power Glove, it's so bad. etc, etc."
And some crumbs of scrumptious
NTR
Good episode.
Fate/Zero 19:
Kiritsugu is a hugely fascinating character and I couldn't be happier at how excellently these past two episodes fleshed out his character and established the logic that dictates his actions in the present. Masterful.
FUCK
I KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
BUT FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUCKKKKKKKKK ;_;
I KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
BUT FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUCKKKKKKKKK ;_;
Kiritsugu is a hugely fascinating character and I couldn't be happier at how excellently these past two episodes fleshed out his character and established the logic that dictates his actions in the present. Masterful.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Let's examine which characters are driving Tsuritama. First is obviously Yuki. He is the primary viewpoint character, he is the one whose inner thoughts we hear the most, and he is the one who structures every episode by reflecting on the events of the first half through the filmstrip effect and using that to make a decision leading to positive relational growth in the second half. In the second tier are Haru, Natsuki, and Akira. Haru has received the most obvious development, as he learned not to resort to his water gun for everything, but the other two have gotten attention as well. Natsuki was initially gruff and cold towards Yuki, Haru, and seemingly everyone, constantly frowning, but as his fishing instruction progressed he became more open and comfortable, smiling more and more often. We've also seen a fair bit about his relationship with his family. Akira, after being introduced as a distant observer, has gradually come more and more into focus until this past episode started getting inside his head and laying bare his insecurities.
The last tier is the family and friends of the above characters who fill up the rest of the cast. Some of them have more personality, such as Yuki's grandmother, others less, such as Akira's fellow organization members, but in the end they are all important only in what they mean to the four leads. And that's OK. Unless you have a very small cast, you can't develop everyone equally and must choose who to focus on. You could argue that, in the case of Apollon, only its two leads, Kaoru and Sentarou, have received any substantial development. Even someone as important as Ritsuko is only defined by the importance they place on her. I don't see these less developed characters as a serious detriment to either show, because I've been so satisfied by what they've done with who they've chosen to focus on.
I feel that Tsuritama is paced properly for the kind of setting and mood it wants to establish - certainly Apollon-style pacing would not serve it well. It just seems weird to consider it still in its setup phase, when the situation has been set up and we are in the midst of the tale. I do agree that the payoff at the end is key, as if that doesn't feel like the culmination of the journey the four boys have been on, the series as a whole will not be satisfying.
It hurts more to avoid it.
Poyopoyo 19
nnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Did he
get neutered?
though, I can't remember if they have to shave a cat's entire underside for that...
though, I can't remember if they have to shave a cat's entire underside for that...
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Poyopoyo 19
nnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
D:
Vadernooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
speaking of boring shows...
A Black Falcon
Member
How far did you get? But yeah, overall, Gosick is okay at times, but disappointing overall; I really liked it some of the time, but the bad parts are so bad, and it's kind of boring too often as well.
Hey, remember ep. 19, just before the start of the final arc... Kujo and Victorique are kind of awful too.
But yeah, I definitely think that the show falls apart in the last six episodes or so. That last arc was so dumb, and the one before it no better... it's too bad, because it was decent up to that point, but it didn't last.
Unfortunately true.
It's pretty good, yeah. A bit slow, but good.
What did you hear, specifically?
I mean, it's likely true, just wondering.
Yeah, the parts on the planet are a bit less interesting than the space parts, that's true. They're still good, but not as good, certainly.
Chet Rippo
Member
The manga looks like K-on already anyways.
I see dudes. All further comparisons between the two are henceforth invalid.
Chet Rippo
Member
I'm ok with this.
A Black Falcon
Member
Oh, that. Yeah, that was pretty dark stuff. Victorique's mother's story is really depressing for sure.
For Victorique and Kujo, though, in my opinion their lowlight is from ep. 18 (sorry I said 19 before, it's 18) when they cross a moral event horizon
after watching a girl (who was working for one organization) die painfully of poison and then saving the day, they have a nice chat with her killer (who was working for a rival one), and Victorique quite understandingly tells hims that she knows his real identity and that he's working for the people he does because they're holding his sister prisoner. As if that completely excuses the multiple murders that'd occurred in the episode (I only mentioned the cruelest one, but there were several others, and I'm pretty sure he was involved in some of them too)? Ah... I'm not so sure about that... but yeah, okay, here's that important thing the people you work for want, that all the other people had died fighting over, bye. Victorique does keep one piece of key information to herself, but still, it's pretty messed up stuff. No mention at all of what he'd just done moments before. Oh, you did it because they're holding your sister? Alright, murder's fine with me then! That's not how it works...
Oh yeah, and did I mention that the girl who dies was an orphan or something like that, and died saying how she was scared and wanted to live so she could figure out her birthday, because she believes that people who die without knowing their birthdays will have a horrible afterlife? Kujo looks sad for a moment after she dies, but seems to have forgotten the whole thing a few minutes later when the scene in the above paragraph occurs. Neither Kujo nor Victorique either act like they remember that she'd existed, or reference anything that he did on the train, in the whole conversation that makes up the end of the episode. It's entirely forgotten.
And then the episode ends with the guy, smiling in happiness thanks to Victorique's actions.
Oh yeah, and did I mention that the girl who dies was an orphan or something like that, and died saying how she was scared and wanted to live so she could figure out her birthday, because she believes that people who die without knowing their birthdays will have a horrible afterlife? Kujo looks sad for a moment after she dies, but seems to have forgotten the whole thing a few minutes later when the scene in the above paragraph occurs. Neither Kujo nor Victorique either act like they remember that she'd existed, or reference anything that he did on the train, in the whole conversation that makes up the end of the episode. It's entirely forgotten.
And then the episode ends with the guy, smiling in happiness thanks to Victorique's actions.
Oh, and it's a different kind of issue, but when Victorique saves the day,
she fires off their last bullet at range to hit the switch that'll switch the train from the current track (of going off a cliff) to one where they will be saved... even though it's their last shot, and she's never fired a gun before I believe. Kujo trusts her anyway, and of course she makes it, but yeah... is that really the time for that, given her inexperience and that if she misses, everybody dies?
And I don't even want to start on how stupid I found the ending of the series, too. Again it's for other reasons, but GAH! No! That just does not make sense!
And I would have said that I liked the series overall, too, up until those last 6 episodes.
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