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[firehawk12]

You all are horrible animals who should be spayed and neutered.

Not our fault you guys are on the wrong team!

Anklets, piercings, cufflinks, hip chains, bolos, watches, garters, bobby pins, fobs; you name it, they'll use it!

Well, I figure anything under the waist is off limits, since they are still trying to sell to girls... and they're not going to git rid of those hawt boots.

Oh, I suppose they can keep upgrading the compact. Every time they do that, the girls have to buy a new one. They probably half to buy all the decors too.

Doesn't really count because she was anime's least-convincing reverse trap of all time, haha.

Better than Char!

I'll kick your maple ass a million hectares back to Saskatchewan, just like we did in The War!

America, Canada's boxers.

 

[Haly]

"Why are you wearing purple contact lenses? Are you that desperate to draw attention to yourself?"

"Ami, don't you get tired of dying your hair every day?"

"Just how much hair gel do you go through in a week, Cloud?"

 

[SDBurton]

Sound like you're talking about

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Kanna's 10 babies when she's 40 years old and still getting drunk every night and spilling her sagging body into that cat maid outfit.

 

[Jex]

"Ami, don't you get tired of dying your hair every day?"

"Just how much hair gel do you go through in a week, Cloud?"

These are questions that demand answers. I was pretty shocked when it was actually brought up in AO, but then again that was only because of the whole 'outsider' angle.

I guess The Twelve Kingdoms is another good example but it explicitly deal with hair dye in episode one.

 

[Hitokage]

"Ami, don't you get tired of dying your hair every day?"

She studies while doing it.

 

[madp]

Well, I figure anything under the waist is off limits, since they are still trying to sell to girls... and they're not going to git rid of those hawt boots.

Oh, I suppose they can keep upgrading the compact. Every time they do that, the girls have to buy a new one. They probably half to buy all the decors too.

Yes, anything that interferes with the boots is off limits. Usually the upgrades end up being objects that just pop out of thin air when needed rather than an article of clothing. It won't stop them from thinking of plenty of ways to part plastic-mad little girls from their parents' money!

Better than Char!

I should have included the caveat among watchable shows in my previous statement.

America, Canada's boxers.

Indeed, it takes all of America's glory to shield the rest of the world from Canada's comically-small penis.

 

[Hitokage]

It's at times like this that I really wish a character in the show would say something along the lines of:

"Why are you wearing purple contact lenses? Are you that desperate to draw attention to yourself?"

You got a problem with purple eyes?

 

[Jex]

I really feel that this deserves to be quoted in full:

Boycotts are busywork and nonsense, but what can’t continue, won’t. If otaku had actual families and businesses and obligations, then they wouldn’t have as much surplus wealth which could be wasted on nonessential nonsense like figurines and BDs and so on.

Anime thrives in the penumbra between societal despair and disposable income.

On average, otaku are like homosexuals - they seem richer than they are, because their lack of a future leaves them with an unusual ratio of expenses to disposable income.

 

[Haly]

She studies while doing it.

I guess even geniuses must have one or two vanities.

 

[RurouniZel]

I really feel that this deserves to be quoted in full:

The article basically reads like ( ´Д`)y━･~~

 

[Ryuukan]

I really feel that this deserves to be quoted in full:

I agree, except about the latent gay-bashing.

 

[Ultimadrago]

The article basically reads like ( ´Д`)y━･~~

What are you saying?!

I'm so confused.

 

[Jarmel]

I really feel that this deserves to be quoted in full:

Wow what an asshole.

 

[RurouniZel]

What are you saying?!

I'm so confused.

I'm saying the writer is a ponce, or is acting like one IMO.

 

[Jex]

I agree, except about the latent gay-bashing.

I feel that it's emblematic of a lot of things that I read on the internet which start out sounding fairly reasonable and end up completely insane. I mean, the discussion of super expensive products is an interesting one, but way to go completely off the rails.

 

[Jex]

You got a problem with purple eyes?

Not at all, I just find it funny that totally unnatural hair/eye colours are taken for granted in anime where as in live action you wouldn't be able to get away with that stuff unless you had some kind of explanation.

 

[Ultimadrago]

You got a problem with purple eyes?

.

 

[SDBurton]

I really feel that this deserves to be quoted in full:

Smh at that last bit.

 

[RurouniZel]

.

LOL

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I miss Heulen.

 

[Jarmel]

Not at all, I just find it funny that totally unnatural hair/eye colours are taken for granted in anime where as in live action you wouldn't be able to get away with that stuff unless you had some kind of explanation.

I think it's just traditional now in that the colored hair is accepted in most shows. My guess it was done in the earlier days to have more distinctive character designs. In E7 though IIRC only the two female leads have colored hair and there was a story reason for that. That's why it's brought up in AO(of course then Oda designs a character with purple hair) in that Eureka's hair is very distinctive.

 

[firehawk12]

Yes, anything that interferes with the boots is off limits. Usually the upgrades end up being objects that just pop out of thin air when needed rather than an article of clothing. It won't stop them from thinking of plenty of ways to part plastic-mad little girls from their parents' money!

Girls get the best plastic crap!

I should have included the caveat among watchable shows in my previous statement.

What are you saying about Natsu no Arashi?

Indeed, it takes all of America's glory to shield the rest of the world from Canada's comically-small penis.

Shield us with that great universal health care! Oh wait!

 

[Crash Station]

Awww Yeeeaaah! Rewatching some Blazing Transfer Student again.

Whoa, I didn't even realize they made an anime of this. Shimamoto <3

 

[Regulus Tera]

Indeed, it takes all of America's glory to shield the rest of the world from Canada's comically-small penis.

Shamlamawow twist: The United States average penis size is smaller than Canada's.

 

[madp]

Tasogare Otome x Amnesia 03:

Keep throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks, Oonuma. I can take the bad in exchange for a few shots like this.

Now that I've had the revelation that this is basically a spookier Natsu no Arashi, I think I can handle the low budget and random directorial flights of fancy. This really is junk food anime, but I like the atmosphere, I like Yuuko, and new girls is okay too:

Looking kinda zetsuboushita there.

Dat earring moe.

So

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Yuuko was a human sacrifice or something like that

? That's fucked up. No wonder she has

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grudge mode

. It looks like the show will be dividing its time between club antics and the central mystery, probably occurring 90% in set pieces used in the first two episodes (olol).

Some of this SHAFT junior grade stuff is awful.

 

[Crash Station]

I guess he could but having something like a mythical zoan user for the enemy would be cool and shake up the equation and be different. Feels like we have tons of logia's and paramecias.

I don't think Oda would want to waste the extremely rare mythical zoan type DF on a non-canonical movie villain. Of course I could be wrong.

 

[Jex]

The comedy in K-ON never did anything for me; it was mainly the enjoyable chemistry between the girls that kept me watching, and I feel a similar vibe from the Classics Club of Hyouka. No one is really that interesting or fleshed out on their own, but together they're pleasant and relaxing to watch.

I feel like the most important mystery is: what the club is actually supposed to be doing.

 

[Haly]

I feel like the most important mystery is: what the club is actually supposed to be doing.

Reading books I assume.

 

[firehawk12]

Reading books I assume.

They're "classicking", obviously.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Shamlamawow twist: The United States average penis size is smaller than Canada's.

This sounds like something you would have bookmarked, Tera!

 

[Haly]

They're "classicking", obviously.

Does that involve Homer and Virgil?

 

[jman2050]

Nyaruko-san 3

Kuuko is the most loyal waifu~

 

[Jex]

Sure, what's the threshold line for good/bad sales?

It really depends on the work itself, how much money the poured into it and so on. Above 10k would certainly make it not a 'bomb' but I wouldn't call it 'good sales'.

 

[firehawk12]

Does that involve Homer and Virgil?

100 poets and memorizing cards, probably.

 

[Haly]

100 poets and memorizing cards, probably.

"The Mystery of the Disappearing Cards"

Oh wait someone flicked it under cabinet.

 

[Regulus Tera]

This sounds like something you would have bookmarked, Tera!

Google fu.

 

[madp]

Girls get the best plastic crap!

Seriously. Boys just have to use their imaginations, it sucks.

What are you saying about Natsu no Arashi?

I'm saying that I watched two entire seasons of it and couldn't make it through a single episode of Infinite Stratos!

Shield us with that great universal health care! Oh wait!

NO U

Shamlamawow twist: The United States average penis size is smaller than Canada's.

LAMESTREAM MEDIA LIES

 

[Ultimadrago]

Google fu.

I know, just pullin' your

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third

leg.

But 5.1? That's it?
Huh.

 

[Jarmel]

It really depends on the work itself, how much money the poured into it and so on. Above 10k would certainly make it not a 'bomb' but I wouldn't call it 'good sales'.

Above 10k for a volume? That's very slim pickings then. 10k for a volume is great news.

 

[trejo]

"The Mystery of the Disappearing Cards"

Oh wait someone flicked it under cabinet.

Wow Haly you're, like, super smart for being able to figure that out.

 

[Jex]

Having a continuous plot arc does not automatically make something more or less interesting. If simply requires more investment on the part of the audience to enjoy the entire ride. The continuous plot arc itself can also be uninteresting and boring. Self-contained episodic story telling is just as valid, and can be used to present interesting or exciting stories as well.

Format is only a means to an end. It's all about execution and content. If K-On sucks, it is not because there is no overarching storyline, but it would be because the material being presented is uninteresting or poorly told.

I am kind of surprised that the whole episodic/overarching story debate wasn't finished with this post. I guess that would make too much sense.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

It really depends on the work itself, how much money the poured into it and so on. Above 10k would certainly make it not a 'bomb' but I wouldn't call it 'good sales'.

If 10k wasn't good sales, the industry would already be bankrupt.

 

[Haly]

I am kind of surprised that the whole episodic/overarching story debate wasn't finished with this post.

Debates are never finished with single posts unless they say something along the lines of "Thread locked".

 

[Ultimadrago]

Debates are never finished with single posts unless they say something along the lines of "Thread locked".

"/Thread" is the scientific terminology.

 

[firehawk12]

Seriously. Boys just have to use their imaginations, it sucks.

Boys should wear tiaras too!

I'm saying that I watched two entire seasons of it and couldn't make it through a single episode of Infinite Stratos!

I feel sorry for you.

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[Haly]

"/Thread" is the scientific terminology.

If only.

 

[Jex]

Above 10k for a volume? That's very slim pickings then. 10k for a volume is great news.

Whoops, doubled the figure there, I meant 4-5k.

 

[Regulus Tera]

LAMESTREAM MEDIA LIES

Do we need a live comparison?

 

[Jex]

Is a former Shinbo-ite directing the animu?

Bad Shinbo clones are spreading like weeds!

 

[firehawk12]

Bad Shinbo clones are spreading like weeds!

Shaft saving anime, one manga adaptation at a time bro.

 

[Jex]

Shaft saving anime, one manga adaptation at a time bro.

Hey, I'm not complaining about the good ones! Sankarea is clearly a work that's been improved by the presence of such a director and staff.