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Spring Anime 2012 II | Welcome Home Eureka
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Jex
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I can assure you that you probably don't remember half of the crazy shit that goes down in that OVA.
Sometimes I really do mean it! Do NOT watch Gundam 0083 for any reason.
Ultimadrago
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Oh you.
Getting little tunes stuck in your head and whatnot.
This does interest me. I'll read through some this coming week.
"...Get animated about anime!" - Editor's Note
Oh boy!
Seigi no Riigu.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
[The Knight in the Area] 20
It's still shit, but damn if that wasn't a tense match.
I can't wait for Ginga to start its actual tournament arc.
It's still shit, but damn if that wasn't a tense match.
I can't wait for Ginga to start its actual tournament arc.
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES NETORARE ANTICS
Jex
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Haha, yeah the Editor's introduction was going so well up until that point. Why do people feel the need to pun?
http://www.vinto-de-pint.com/
There are 12 hints up now, so it's time to do a recap since there's a little more than a week left before it's revealed. I'll group the hints into categories so it's more informative.
General details:
- The theme is "friendship"? (Hint #1)
- The genre is "girl's scifi action" (Hint #4)
- There are 5 main heroines (Hint #5)
- The show depicts the girls trying their best in a cute manner (Hint #12)
Main character:
- The main character is a 14 year old girl (Hint #2)
- She lives with her sister and grandfather (Hint #6)
- Due to various circumstance, they live in poverty (Hint #7)
Setting:
- The show is set in a peaceful world where science can resolve all problem (Hint #10)
- The actual stage of the story is set on two different islands - a natural one surrounded by nature, and a man-made one filled with science (Hint #11)
Staff:
- The director is also handling the character designs (Hint #3)
- The series composition is handled by both the director and the main writer (Hint #8)
- There is a mecha designer among the main staff members (Hint #9)
To recap what we already know, this is a new original TV anime being bankrolled by Aniplex and Dengeki G's magazine. The current information we have suggests very strongly that the director/character designer/writer for this series is Yasuomi Umetsu of Kite and Mezzo Forte fame. Based on comments he made on his blog 2 years ago, it is also possible that the main writer for the series is Michiko Itou of RKB fame.
There are 12 hints up now, so it's time to do a recap since there's a little more than a week left before it's revealed. I'll group the hints into categories so it's more informative.
General details:
- The theme is "friendship"? (Hint #1)
- The genre is "girl's scifi action" (Hint #4)
- There are 5 main heroines (Hint #5)
- The show depicts the girls trying their best in a cute manner (Hint #12)
Main character:
- The main character is a 14 year old girl (Hint #2)
- She lives with her sister and grandfather (Hint #6)
- Due to various circumstance, they live in poverty (Hint #7)
Setting:
- The show is set in a peaceful world where science can resolve all problem (Hint #10)
- The actual stage of the story is set on two different islands - a natural one surrounded by nature, and a man-made one filled with science (Hint #11)
Staff:
- The director is also handling the character designs (Hint #3)
- The series composition is handled by both the director and the main writer (Hint #8)
- There is a mecha designer among the main staff members (Hint #9)
To recap what we already know, this is a new original TV anime being bankrolled by Aniplex and Dengeki G's magazine. The current information we have suggests very strongly that the director/character designer/writer for this series is Yasuomi Umetsu of Kite and Mezzo Forte fame. Based on comments he made on his blog 2 years ago, it is also possible that the main writer for the series is Michiko Itou of RKB fame.
R_thanatos
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Same results incoming .Beware childhood friends !!!
-_- I am expecting hentai with girls with freaky dead eyes.
Looking forward to some action gifs but will avoid watching the show.
He says on his blog that he's going for something very unique and cute this time. The thought of that really scares me.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Haven't been watching any anime lately, because I've been reading Tezuka's Ayako. What a saga this is: every element of a decomposing, landholding family gets exposed, developed, and perverted at every angle. Not only that, but it's the first manga to really convince me that Tezuka is a great draftsman, capable of producing some incredible visuals alongside a real-immersive story. It's also longer than I expectedwhen I read MW, for example, that was only around 300 or 300-and-a-half a pages long; this is around 700! If there's one manga I really want to see animated well and directed with confidence (from someone like, say, Sugii or OsumiWatanabe would be another great choice), this would be it.
Finally: Vertical Books is a fucking-awesome book label. Not only did they publish this translation of the manga, but it's in hardcover and just feels and smells like a dream come-true. This is the real frickin' deal, here!
Finally: Vertical Books is a fucking-awesome book label. Not only did they publish this translation of the manga, but it's in hardcover and just feels and smells like a dream come-true. This is the real frickin' deal, here!
Fate/Zero Episode 20 - Return of the Assassin
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1337434705?via=thumb_watch
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http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1337434705?via=thumb_watch
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He and Miura are the greatest draftsmen ever. I have yet to touch Ayako yet.
InsaneZero
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Dragoon En Regalia
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I've only gotten MW from the same label, and I loved that as well. Whereas that story was primarily symbolic and quite high-concept, this one is more relatable, though it's just as screwy overall. Haven't seen any gags in it, either, and the manga has this intimate context around as a result, knowing that Tezuka was taking this story seriously-enough.
But I don't like the summarizing text narration that pops up every now and then. The first of these sequences directly described each of the Tenge family member's personalities, and I felt like they could have been developed naturally instead.
But I don't like the summarizing text narration that pops up every now and then. The first of these sequences directly described each of the Tenge family member's personalities, and I felt like they could have been developed naturally instead.
Speaking of manga draftsmanship, I recently read Satoshi Kon's Kaikisen manga. The artwork is incredibly detailed, and even back then you can clearly see that he isn't someone destined to work on comics. The manga reads like an elaborate movie storyboard rather than what you would expect from a typical manga. The fact that he chose to write a stand alone single volume story is probably also an indication of how his personal taste always gravitated towards feature films, rather than an on-going serial format.
The other interesting thing about the manga is that storywise it contains almost none of the typical trademarks of a Kon story (psychology, adult themes, fantasy/dream visuals) but rather reads like what I would expect from a Miyazaki story. Heavy handed anti-urbanization, environmentalist theme, nature/culture vs development, etc. It's pretty interesting either way. Good art and a relatively uplifting bittersweet story. The closest it compares to out of Kon's other works would probably be Tokyo Godfather.
The other interesting thing about the manga is that storywise it contains almost none of the typical trademarks of a Kon story (psychology, adult themes, fantasy/dream visuals) but rather reads like what I would expect from a Miyazaki story. Heavy handed anti-urbanization, environmentalist theme, nature/culture vs development, etc. It's pretty interesting either way. Good art and a relatively uplifting bittersweet story. The closest it compares to out of Kon's other works would probably be Tokyo Godfather.
Crash Station
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He says on his blog that he's going for something very unique and cute this time. The thought of that really scares me.
That's what Gen said about Madoka.
Dedication Through Light
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Fate/Zero 20
Kind of a dull episode. I dont understand why we are at 20 episodes in and still deeply developing characters, we already know so much about Kiritsugu that we need to know more? I did enjoy the time spent with Waver and his motivations, and Rider. But otherwise boring.
Kind of a dull episode. I dont understand why we are at 20 episodes in and still deeply developing characters, we already know so much about Kiritsugu that we need to know more? I did enjoy the time spent with Waver and his motivations, and Rider. But otherwise boring.
I did like the part with Kariya getting the bug mana powerup. He needed more screentime throughout the series. At least Maiya received the just desserts for the death of ryuunosuke
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
[Sankarea] 07
I like how they are not even hiding anymore the fact that Chihiro is a self-insertion fantasy for otaku.
CAJUNATOR ARE YOU OKAY POST IF YOU ARE OKAY
I like how they are not even hiding anymore the fact that Chihiro is a self-insertion fantasy for otaku.
Fate/Zero Ep20
Fuck Ufotable. They did this on purpose. Hype up the start of the FINAL ARC, and let everyone walk right into the trap of a full episode spent setting up the final arc instead and ending on a big cliffhanger. Argh!
Is is next week yet?! Need cryogenic chamber. >_<
Fuck Ufotable. They did this on purpose. Hype up the start of the FINAL ARC, and let everyone walk right into the trap of a full episode spent setting up the final arc instead and ending on a big cliffhanger. Argh!
Is is next week yet?! Need cryogenic chamber. >_<
I found the direction in the Waver scene pretty interesting. I wonder if the shots of the sky from Waver's POV are inspired by Lost. They definitely feel like a sort of homage, given that there is even a shot at the end of the scene where he sees a plane flying by.
It's Ufotable's way of telling us that Berserker is only 2D in Kariya's dreams nightmares.
Because in reality, characters are constantly being developed and evolving? Idk, imo, good stories don't have all the char. developments in the beginning and have the plot expand after that. Instead they have character developments as the character encounters crap as it happens.
Told you it was going to be a dialogue and no big action episode until next week. lol.
But next week, we're going V-MAX to the MAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very true. It'll be a non-stop roller coaster. . I really do wish that the last episode was 40 minutes like the first. It'll be like the series made full circle.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Does it make me a bad person if I am not enjoying Eureka Seven AO at all despite loving the original? I feel like I am only watching because everyone else is.
Btw, regarding F/Z ep20...Looks like Berserker's voice actor finally earned his paycheck after 20 episodes. Lololol.
Sounded really familiar. They chose a really good VA for him.
PdotMichael
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watervengeance
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Fate Zero -
It's important to note that Kiritsugu has gotten weak over the years because of his wife and daughter. The amount of emotion that he shows throughout the series is actually quite surprising considering the amount of determination in the flashback. His "old self" is the stoic one that was seen in the flashback, and briefly seen again when he showed little emotion to his dying wife.
Hence Return of the Assassin unless it's a double meani- oh shit. lol jk. I already knew that. You see hints of Kirei everywhere.
Master Milk
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It looked like both to me.
Oh wow, that's a real thing? Awesome that they'd throw it in there.
I think this week was pretty bodacious. Especially the way Marika was riding her bike. No care for potential onlookers at all.
Looks like Saber got a trademark infringement call from Yamaha's lawyers, and had to file off the VMAX logo sometime between ep17 and ep20, lol!
Ep 17:
Ep 20:
I have to say, that drawing is so beautiful, UFOtable have been doing a great job at keeping this show looking consistently good
except for CG trucks and Berseker
That and this was a missed opportunity to represent how the Brits often underdress in the cold. Mid January you will see someone walking around in a tshirt and shorts.
Well they always have the opportunity to reflect how the Brits rush to the beaches the moment the sun pops out to say hello.
Well they always have the opportunity to reflect how the Brits rush to the beaches the moment the sun pops out to say hello.
so true.
the slightest bit of sunshine has everyone dressing like it's mid summer in January despite it being cold.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Maybe I should pick this up again now that I've dropped E7AO.
How far did you get? I've been enjoying it all the way so far, though the first 5 episode arc did have a much slower pace then subsequent arcs.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
3 episodes.
Master Milk
Member
Is it my birthday? This is exactly what I wanted.
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