Of all the analogies, you have think of this one?
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Never even heard of it. Dusk Maiden's first episode is a victim of incredibly poor pacing, a rotten introduction, and a complete lack of focus. There is no reason for the story to begin there, and it actually hurts the following episodes by simply revealing everything up front and then immediately regressing to the build up.The first episode was fine! I bet you skipped Natsu no Arashi's first episode too.
Crash Station
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There is one, but as far as I know, they don't actually fap to it. Me, Dresden and a few others are part of it. The manga thread had a pretty big discussion about Mai-Chan's Daily Life a while back, so I think that added some members.
What's the worst thing that could happen in
I haven't seen this but Ill watch it to see what the fuss is all about.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Given that the guy did Natsu no Arashi, it's not surprising he started the series in the middle of the action. I think I appreciate just being thrown into a story and assuming that the audience is smart enough to pick up stuff on their own.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Sankarea Episode 04:
Hrmm... wonder how Furuya is going to solve that problem with his dream woman there.
Hrmm... wonder how Furuya is going to solve that problem with his dream woman there.
It's not an issue of not being able to pick things up. It's just pointless to start in media res when there's no pressing matter and they just go back anyways. It's like a punch to the gut of filler right at the get go that's followed up with more filler because they play out the same events all over again. If anything, that's a testament to not respecting that the audience gets it the first time.
The first episode was fine! I bet you skipped Natsu no Arashi's first episode too.
The problem I found with the first episode wasn't that it started in the middle and then pull back to introductions in later episodes, it was that they showed the same episode twice, as if the audience didn't "get it" the first time, doing a double take with the ghost visible would have probably been shorter and a better option to not making us have to needlessly watch the exact same shit over again for a solid 8 - 10 minutes.
Sounds like the Gundam 00 experience.
I've... not fallen into this vicous cycle somehow, which is so unlike me.
Ah well, I'll take what I can and run for hills.
You never know. People doubted Guilty Crown too. Then it saved anime.
You're welcome.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Somebody stupid enough to quote it in its entirety?
What's wrong with whom?
Erika is the best precure.
That is undeniable fact.
She doesn't get the best transformation, sadly.
I used to be on Yuri's bandwagon, but I had to come over to Team Erika due to her genkiness.
Oh, sorry, I skipped that part. I was talking about AnimeGAF in general.
I envisioned it more like coming back from high sea to your wife after circumnavigating the globe.
Is that the one about the girl in the concrete block?
...goddammit I didn't want to remember that one.
It did?
Mankind ill needs a savior such as you.
Crash Station
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Oh god no. Even guro fans are disgusted by that one.
Mai-Chan is about a girl who regenerates, so she keeps getting raped and killed and stuff for the amusement of sexual deviants.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I don't wanna keep on keeping this discussion.
Obviously, that is not the least they could do.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I dunno, it's a lot like the "first" episode of Haruhi or Gintama I suppose. I didn't really have much a problem with it except for...
This. But even then, I suppose that was a way to be cute and save some money, Shaft-style.
The problem is that not many people liked the genre shift at first... and it only really became a hit once it hit the arc after the change.... which tweaked the prior formula and introduced a lot of great characters (Kumagawa Box ftw) which won't get animated even if the show is split cour.
In other words, read the manga, since whoever cleared this to air in this manner has no fucking clue as to why the manga is popular.
Crash Station
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I figured it was common knowledge.
I don't think the first episode of Gintama is something anyone should aim for.
Overwhelmingly bad would probably be at least a little interesting.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's been a while since I watched that episode, but I don't remember having any problems with Gintama either.
Mars of Destruction
Holy fucking amazing.
The derp. the terrible "animation". The violence. The completely confusing editing. The ....classical music?
Well this actually could have had potential as a full series actually, but instead its a waste. The twist at the end is interesting. The girls are decently cute but I think one doesn't find Madoka Magica to be funny at all.
Overall, I loved how horrible this was.
Holy fucking amazing.
The derp. the terrible "animation". The violence. The completely confusing editing. The ....classical music?
Well this actually could have had potential as a full series actually, but instead its a waste. The twist at the end is interesting. The girls are decently cute but I think one doesn't find Madoka Magica to be funny at all.
Overall, I loved how horrible this was.
Before that show was being advertised, I had never heard of Sphere. After the show started running, I now have no interest in knowing anything more about Sphere. Seems like a pretty shitty marketing attempt when you take an idol unit and shoehorn them into a boring drama with no real distinctive qualities, and doesn't leverage on any of the actual appeal or talents of the group (is there any?).
What show is this referring to?
ALso, If this is the Sphere by Michael Crichton it is a great book and an absolutely awful movie.
We'll see how well the OP/ED single sales are next week. If it bombs, then we'll know for sure.
Natsuiro Kiseki which has the 4 members of Sphere as the lead gals of the show.
It's marketing baby! Except the anime is going to flop (lol sunrise) but the cd singles might not.
Sphere,a pop idol group consists of 4 seiyuus who are Haruka Tomatsu, Ayahi Takagaki, Minako Kotobuki and Aki Toyosaki. They have done OP and ED for shows such as Asobi ni Ikuyo, Otome Zakuro, Ika Musume S2.etc
When Natsuiro Kiseki was first announced I knew it's a blatant Sphere anime.
Oh that Sphere. I thought it was about the other more interesting sphere.
Well it doesn't matter I guess. At least the music might be good
until this project gets crushed beneath the behemoth that will be AKB0048
Poor girls. It's okay though, I'm sure they can join AKB and make it into season 2 if they try hard enough!!!
There are some 'rumors' about Sphere IIRC such as they were on the verge of breaking up by the higher ups due to Tomatsu Haruka, Ayahi Takagaki and especially Aki Toyosaki causing some trouble(scandal?). Anyway I forgot where I got this info from and I'm not sure whether it is true or not.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Whatever happened to that lesbian sex comedy thing that the idol group was doing? I think wonzo was watching it. Every week it would be "banned" for being too explicit. lol
Too bad the final episode is the biggest bullshit ever for a harem show.
^ I heard it was just lolz that ending.
Man gonna have this on repeat for the next twenty at least...
Man gonna have this on repeat for the next twenty at least...
you wouldn't be talking about Gokujo? fwiw it finished airing a while ago but i had no idea that an idol group was behind it!
A Black Falcon
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Yeah, she won't get a shirt back for a while. It's kind of interesting, though, that despite Lucy's CONSTANT fanservice, even in the manga she barely ever has pantyshots -- they're almost always averted despite her usual short skirts.
It starts off reasonably well, but does get confusing near the end... still, confusing isn't bad, and once you figure it out it's still good.
I will say, though, just about anything with Re-l is better than just about anything with Vincent. She's a better character.
I guess that's true, you didn't say anything bad, but I'm sure some other people did... I'll have to see about ep. 2 though, will watch it soon.
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