Jex
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What about when the two combined, as in The End of Evangelion?
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What about when the two combined, as in The End of Evangelion?
hosannainexcelsis
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Blaming "moe" is often the cheap way out.
I wasn't sure about Trapeze initially, but it gradually builds up episode by episode to a spectacular conclusion. As a series I actually like it better than Mononoke.
I haven't seen it. It sounds like the perfect thing to wash the bitter taste of Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna out of my mouth, so I will likely watch it in the coming weeks.
Hyouka is the only series this season that was apparently popular enough to warrant its own subforum.
Huh.
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Jex
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On the other hand, there are interviews where the creators talk about how they created Maki solely to pander to the otaku market, so I suppose anything is possible.
I'll be sure to squeeze it into my summer, then!
Even without the existence of interviews, there's really no other conclusion that one could arrive at when pondering the reasons for Mari's existence. It's that blatant.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
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dakkumauji
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Tsuritama 09
Stuff happens! at a reasonable pace!
I liked this episode. So many different things were happening yet everything is going at a good pace. This has definitely got me wanting to see next week's episode.
Stuff happens! at a reasonable pace!
I liked this episode. So many different things were happening yet everything is going at a good pace. This has definitely got me wanting to see next week's episode.
Ultimadrago
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With my luck, it would be the one out of three shows (others being SSO and Acchi Kocchi) I dropped that ends up with strong reception.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Dude.
hosannainexcelsis
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You can always pick it back up again!
Ultimadrago
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I believe I will once this season winds closer still to an end.
I stuck with Medaka Box because it offered a genre shift, and I was curious to see its effect on the show and if I might enjoy it more after the change. I might watch or flick through what follows to see where the animation budget went.
Jex
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Well, they also mentioned that Mari was a rather more fleshed out character in the original script for 2.0 but they had to cut out those scenes because there wasn't nearly enough time for them.
Not that excuses anything, rather, it simply highlights how inefficient their creative process was/
I assume that every single person in this thread has already seen every single Hayo Miyzaki series - even though I know that isn't the case. This is probably because the first thing I did was getting into anime was watch works from creators that I could trust, so I watched all his work over a very short period.
KO Traveling Hobo
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To be fair, I thought it worked quite well at the end of 2.0. Which makes me loathe the
01 vs 03 fight
Jex
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It's...it's too soon man.
Ice cold.
I assumed this went without saying.
We're pretty close! Just get to watching. Tsuritama feels like something that would be really painless to marathon.
It's not that unreasonable of an expectation considering that Miyazaki's name is bandied about as the definitive seal of greatness. For the record, I haven't seen Ponyo or Porco Rosso either, though I did watch every other Miyazaki film within a year or so of getting into anime and have watched most of them multiple times.
edit:
oops.
Not so sure about that, there's nothing about Fujikolupin that's bad enough to make me drop it at this point. At least compared to the last few shows I dropped recently - Un-go and Guilty crown!
I've also kind of dropped Nisemonogatari and Rinne no lagrange but I'm probably going finish off the former.. eventually.
Actually to be fair [C] kind of did the same thing Tsuritama is doing for it's last few episodes. But it was done badly, esp the ending.
Jex
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That isn't difficult though, most things are more entertaining than Deadman Wonderland up to and including a visit to the dentist.
If bad writing made people drop shows then they wouldn't still be watching Deadman Wonderland.
Well, the question I always ask myself is 'what justified my continued investment in a show' as opposed to 'is it so painful that I can no longer proceed with the show'.
I wouldn't consider this to be a universal truth.
A Black Falcon
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Sure, watch some of the show, it has some good parts for sure, but drop the series before you get to ep. 18 if you know what's good for you...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=37816642&postcount=14031
dakkumauji
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Sengoku Collection 10
So, part two of the maid doing something. I was amused by the wrong recap at least and the whole exchange with Fuuma.
Nice to get some fight scenes and something actually resembling a plot that extends more than an episode.
It wasn't bad, not sure why this wasn't the only Hojo episode since it was pretty much self contained.
Oh, Fuuma, why you so trolling?
So, part two of the maid doing something. I was amused by the wrong recap at least and the whole exchange with Fuuma.
Nice to get some fight scenes and something actually resembling a plot that extends more than an episode.
It wasn't bad, not sure why this wasn't the only Hojo episode since it was pretty much self contained.
Jex
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The point where Redline comes closest to something like Dead Leaves is the point where it becomes visually incoherent.
I'm actually quite fond of Yurika. I think it's nice for the show to give Ritsuko another female character that, although she's theoretically her rival, gets on pretty well with her. I also liked Jun's backstory - I realise the JCP student thing is a bit overplayed in Japanese-fiction-I've-consumed (coming a mere week after I watched the film of Norwegian Wood, a book I read many years ago), but after the post you linked to recently condemning the show in part for not being 60s enough I thought it was a nice reminder of the setting of what is essentially a high school romance show that just happens to be impeccably executed.
I agree that the episode is a bit cheap in how it executes much of this material, but I don't have a huge issue with Yurika and Jun's stories.
Kids on the Slope 09:
Wow. This show certainly has an amazing talent for coming back incredibly strongly after faltering. The events of this episode certainly make the events of the previous episode seem much less grievous in hindsight, and ultimately
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I especially enjoyed the scene between
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Also loved
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The blue string of fate means, uhh.....I have no idea.
Wow. This show certainly has an amazing talent for coming back incredibly strongly after faltering. The events of this episode certainly make the events of the previous episode seem much less grievous in hindsight, and ultimately
I can't see the temporary deviation of the plot toward Jun and Yurika's side story as all that bad when the resolution was so fantastic. What a really elegant and romantic way to write them both out of the show at once
I especially enjoyed the scene between
Ritsuko and Yurika after they fished the ball of yarn out of the garbage. It was the first time in the show that Yurika felt "real" to me; previously she wavered intermittently between walking plot device and boringly uptight, reserved oujosama, but something about that brief conversation on Ritsuko's feelings gave Yurika more personality and warmth than I'd seen from her. I don't know if this was meant to reflect the influence that Jun had had on her or if Ritsuko's words were causing Yurika to have a personal revelation regarding her own feelings, but it was a nicely-done conversation
Also loved
the jazz duel. There's no better way to communicate your feelings, hahaah
Redline never goes far enough; the agressive, manic storyboarding of Dead Leaves makes it a lot more compelling in the long run.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Dead Leaves certainly has more interesting animation, for the most part. Koike's main strength is in world-building, plus the fact that he's an excellent key animator and has a lot of flair for his character designs.
Redline's better, though.
Redline's better, though.
Jex
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But...what is anime?
Dragoon En Regalia
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And who was phone?!
Going to watch REDLINE tonight, just so I can talk about something me and the majority of Anime-GAF actually appreciate.
Going to watch REDLINE tonight, just so I can talk about something me and the majority of Anime-GAF actually appreciate.
Ultimadrago
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Tsuritama 2
That girl is dangerous!
Some of the lighter tensions are portrayed alright,
Does Haru acting towards not be an annoying creep all the time count as development?
Anyways, I can't say I'm very invested, but this worked better with me than the first episode did. The colors pop out nicely, though I'm still not fond of the overall character design. Overall, not a shabby experience with this episode. I want to see how it shoots of now that all the same players are finally in one room.
These aliens are the true danger to Earth.
That girl is dangerous!
Some of the lighter tensions are portrayed alright,
Yuki with his "save the world" obligation shoved in his face, Haru consistently on his back, some father issues with that one kid.
Anyways, I can't say I'm very invested, but this worked better with me than the first episode did. The colors pop out nicely, though I'm still not fond of the overall character design. Overall, not a shabby experience with this episode. I want to see how it shoots of now that all the same players are finally in one room.
Hah, what?
Jex
Member
Everyone should give Votoms a chance or, if they feel they don't have the time, they can just watch Armor Hunter Mellowlink.
hosannainexcelsis
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Tsuritama has the best character designs this season.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Mellowlink's just a shorter version of VOTOMs. The protag and Chirico are so resemblant I can't tell the difference sometimes!
Dead leaves is a hot mess of interesting, Redline is just boring.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Anime-GAF is a hot mess of somethingI guess. We can't decide which film's better!
Redline still has those first ten minutes, though.
Which is the way it should be!
Which is the way it should be!
I felt they missed a trick with Yurika when they
brought on the whole arranged marriage thing in the last seconds before I was willing her to jump infront of the train, if they played that aspect of her tangent storyline, as she called it "her world" (again, mentioned in the last minutes), rather than just being there for the sake of it, then maybe that train scene would have had more impact at the end, rather than me thinking "thank fuck she's out of the show now".
Ultimadrago
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Nah, I'm not seeing it.
But isn't being a hot mess better than being a cold mess?
Dragoon En Regalia
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Hot mess just gets messier. Good or bad, you decide!!!
hosannainexcelsis
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They're attractive, distinctive, and work really well for animation with all their sleek curves. I really like Atsuya Uki's style.
I mean, I really can't think of any show right now with better designs. Kids on the Slope's are kind of clunky. Fate/Zero's are alright, but they're kind of generic thanks to Takeuchi. Hyouka's are easy on the eyes, but not particularly distinctive. My second-favorite designs would be those of MGX.
dakkumauji
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Sakamichi no Apollon 09
Good job show for getting back to form, especially with the latter half of the episode. It was a good resolution for two characters I really didn't care too much about. Now bring back focus onto the important characters!
Good job show for getting back to form, especially with the latter half of the episode. It was a good resolution for two characters I really didn't care too much about. Now bring back focus onto the important characters!
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