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[wonzo]

CR getting a jump start on the Summer simulcast schedule:

Crunchyroll Adds "Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse" Anime

hmm, it looks like crunchyroll really is picking up what matters most next season

Wow, CG? wonzo should get right on this.

I'll take a look myself. lol

it'll have to wait till i've seen this masterpiece

 

[dimb]

Mysterious Girlfriend X 01
wut

Are you astounded about how it's one of the best shows of the season?

 

[Train of Midnight]

Thought you guys might enjoy this.

 

[Ultimadrago]

I believe them, we can trust Bioware.

*ehem*

Laidlaaaaaaaaaw!

 

[madp]

The subplots aren't particularly involving, though: they're not the sort of strands that would take a lot of time to sort out. There's still the setup underpinning the entire setting which also acts as the main driving force of the plot, that is, the mystery of the scub corals/Renton's origins, and even the problematic Truth subplot hinges around this central mystery. The episodic content has all served to drive character development (and it hasn't exactly been subtle about this; the show tends to hit you over the head with its themes) while fleshing out the universe.

Ao isn't a great show, but I think we're overreacting a tad bit right now. This being Bones, anything is possible, but for now I'm content to see just where it's heading.

I can't rule out any subplots receiving more attention than they deserve because the show has already wasted time giving characterization to characters that haven't earned or warranted that extra focus yet (Fleur, almost certainly Elena in the future). I really wish that Ao had more compelling comrades, because the current selection is only serving to hinder his self-discovery.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Anime News Network continues this week's feature series on licensing, today looking at what goes into a licensing contract.

Some of those nightmares just seem like fanfiction, unless it just never happens in the anime releases that Ive been getting since late 09. I dont know if its crazy or impressive that the JPN studios would actually choose the dub voice cast.

 

[Rebel Leader]

I believe them, we can trust Bioware.

We can only have green, red, or blue characters.

 

[Jintor]

 

[1stStrike]

Is this the most inappropriate anime ever or what?

 

[Narag]

Thought you guys might enjoy this.

I..uh.. bought.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Its on my backlog.
I keep forgetting about it though.

What is it?

 

[Kazzy]

We can only have green, red, or blue characters.

...and only if you can engage in clothed shower sex with them.

 

[Uchip]

Are you astounded about how it's one of the best shows of the season?

Well, it made me nauseous
and thats something

 

[Soma]

Ah, Seitokai Yakuindomo. Probably my favorite guilty pleasure anime.

Kaichou <3

 

[firehawk12]

Is this the most inappropriate anime ever or what?

http://www.abload.de/img/seitokai4oqmlq.jpg

http://www.abload.de/img/seitokai33hk64.jpg

Ah, sexy Kobayashi!

hmm, it looks like crunchyroll really is picking up what matters most next season

it'll have to wait till i've seen this masterpiece

Are you doll?

I've a feeling it's going to be one of those animator specific things where some just get it and some don't.

Mitsuo Iso certainly seems to have a grasp on it. He did the tank scene linked above, part of the opening scene in 0080 that opens that youtube vid where the guns have such force and recoil in the GM hands, and this scene from Blue Submarine 6 where there's recoil evident in subtle movement of the jacket and the bouncing strap.

http://i.minus.com/ibu85ufR5hdyih.gif

I think I get what you mean though as sometimes they just feel like props. Then again I think I'm thinking too much about this.

Oh yeah, that looks better.

Maybe there's a good reason for people like Kojima to go into the woods and play with airsoft guns and pretend to be fake soldiers.

Funny enough, I don't think there were many shots of them actually shooting guns straight on in that episode of Jormungand. It was mostly profile shots except for when they showed Jonah's sight picture as he was aiming at the Dragon.

 

[madp]

Animegaf...is this the first time we are able to reach for OT4? Cause this is an accomplishment.

We won't make it, we've been pretty slow since OT3 started.

Ah, Seitokai Yakuindomo. Probably my favorite guilty pleasure anime.

Kaichou <3

I've been meaning to watch this. *adds to summer list*

 

[Chet Rippo]

We won't make it, we've been pretty slow since OT3 started.

Not with that attitude you won't.

 

[Narag]

Not with that attitude you won't.

Obviously the solution is we should all watch more anime.

 

[survivor]

Well, it made me nauseous
and thats something

I felt the same while watching the first episode but you get used to it later on

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

I've a feeling it's going to be one of those animator specific things where some just get it and some don't.

Mitsuo Iso certainly seems to have a grasp on it. He did the tank scene linked above, part of the opening scene in 0080 that opens that youtube vid where the guns have such force and recoil in the GM hands, and this scene from Blue Submarine 6 where there's recoil evident in subtle movement of the jacket and the bouncing strap.

I think I get what you mean though as sometimes they just feel like props. Then again I think I'm thinking too much about this.

The forest scene in that sakuga reel is from Hashire Melos, the last notable Osumi production I'm aware. Excellent drama that I watched part of the way through, though I've yet to finish it.

Obviously the solution is we should all watch more anime.

I've just rewatched today's Green Jacket, Narag. We can talk about that.

 

[wonzo]

Are you doll?

i will doll after watch

 

[Narag]

I've just rewatched today's Green Jacket, Narag. We can talk about that.

I'll watch it shortly. Came home tired then the gun talk had me thinking!

 

[Femmeworth]

Casshern Sins Eps. 20 and 21

This is getting so unbelievably stupid. Three more episodes of this to suffer through, yay.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Obviously the solution is we should all watch more anime.

And stop playing games. What do you guys think this is, a games forum?

 

[Ultimadrago]

Obviously the solution is we should all watch more anime.

Is watching more anime ever the answer?

 

[Narag]

Is watching more anime ever the answer?

The answer depends on if it is Happy Science related.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

I'll watch it shortly. Came home tired then the gun talk had me thinking!

Cool. This is the part of the series where Miyahata starts to kick in and garner full-steam-ahead status.

 

[Crash Station]

Spoiler

Well, that is (probably) true, but I don't think it would have been better to cut that part from the adaptation of the chapter that corresponds to this latest episode, because I think it gives an important advise on Medaka's volition limits outside her present facade, rather than simply presenting further characters and plot lines cheaply on a flashback (that, well... it obviously does!), and they left that scene also for that reason.

Of course, NISIOISIN developed that further as I suppose he planned to do, but he had an opportunity with his own work that GAiNAX (probably) doesn't have now.

Well in the manga chapter, it was only an outline rather than an actual detailed, semi-silhouetted design. I see your point though.

 

[Dresden]

I can't rule out any subplots receiving more attention than they deserve because the show has already wasted time giving characterization to characters that haven't earned or warranted that extra focus yet (Fleur, almost certainly Elena in the future). I really wish that Ao had more compelling comrades, because the current selection is only serving to hinder his self-discovery.

Fleur's development had to happen. I could empathize with this sentiment if the show had gone off into a three-episode arc about her daddy issues, but it was resolved in the space of a single episode while developing more of the 'pointless' government subplots and furthering Ao's integration into Bleu.

Are you astounded about how it's one of the best shows of the season?

Sometimes I feel bad that I haven't caught up yet with MGX. Then I remind myself that Riichii gave up on it too.

 

[Novid]

Some of those nightmares just seem like fanfiction, unless it just never happens in the anime releases that Ive been getting since late 09. I dont know if its crazy or impressive that the JPN studios would actually choose the dub voice cast.

which makes the whole One Piece situation even more insane because if Toei made the dubbing act choices (thats a BIG if) then el o el.

 

[/XX/]

Well in the manga chapter, it was only an outline rather than an actual detailed, semi-silhouettef design. I see your point though.

And I understand your pain, man.

 

[survivor]

Tsuritama 7

Did that

Spoiler

fucker Natsuki just slap Sakura? Asshole, you just crossed the line.

Good follow up to the previous episode and it's good thing they shifted focus to Natsuki now.

Spoiler

I wonder if his sister just ran away somewhere or got involved with the alien thingy

My only disappointment is lack of Erika screen time, such a travesty.

 

[Ultimadrago]

The answer depends on if it is Happy Science related.

And if so, THE TRUTH shall set us free.

Praise be, Thoth (and shoutouts to UFO destroying flower petals)!

 

[qcf x2]

Casshern Sins Eps. 20 and 21

This is getting so unbelievably stupid. Three more episodes of this to suffer through, yay.

I forgot how hot she was.

 

[madp]

The answer depends on if it is Happy Science related.

Happy Science teaches reincarnation, so to have been born as an anime fan in this life means that I have nowhere to go but up in the next. Maybe I'll get to be a plankton or a gnat.

 

[cajunator]

Kuromajo 9



i dunno, that sounds like perfectly normal behaviour by a "Black Witch" to me

This is on my watchlist too.
Is it as cute as it appears?

 

[Dresden]

I forgot how hot she was.

Gross . . . she has sharp-ish eyebrows.

Happy Science teaches reincarnation, so to have been born as an anime fan in this life means that I have nowhere to go but up in the next. Maybe I'll get to be a plankton or a gnat.

You'll probably become a stamp collector.

 

[cajunator]

Side to side motion?

Undulation.

 

[firehawk12]

Undulation.

I thought that was a gif!

(I have no idea what this is from)

 

[Narag]

Lupin III (1971) 12

Last of the Osumi episodes and it was a fun one. It was a bit more whimsical than I expected from his episodes what with the apparent running gag of the Elder being untied and tied back up and Lupin's snowmobile accident. It was rather impressive how so much was done with so little regarding the setting. I think everything took place either in the cave, the cabin, or the snowfield. Fujiko & Lupin interaction in the cave was top tier too. Great stuff.

 

[Narag]

Happy Science teaches reincarnation, so to have been born as an anime fan in this life means that I have nowhere to go but up in the next. Maybe I'll get to be a plankton or a gnat.

You could be the Thoth of this era. You never know!

 

[Dresden]

Assuming reincarnation does exist, we'll probably be reborn into an era when everything is CG and traditional animation is a niche fetish for ultra billionaires who sponsor a few artisans in their spaceships.

 

[Ice Lightning]

Serial Experiments Lain 5-7

Is this real life?

I hope the next few episodes will finally start to explain something. Even if it doesn't, I just cannot stop watching this series. Apparently I like some trippy stuff.

 

[Femmeworth]

I thought that was a gif!

(I have no idea what this is from)

Very good fanart.

 

[cajunator]

I thought that was a gif!

(I have no idea what this is from)

DTB2

 

[Narag]

DTB2

I've been led to believe (by quite reputable AnimeGAF members, I might add) that DtB2 isn't real and simply an internet hoax.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Lupin III: A Woman named Fujiko Mine 10

Uhh-huh.

On one hand, it could have been boring. On the other hand, I didn't leave very satisfied. It was notable, but I didn't feel more than a bit more "enlightened" by it, even if it was on details that I didn't care to know. That being, the episode did not add weight to the plot for me, merely some details.

Spoiler

I almost forgot that all paths end to Fujiko until "she" reminded me again that it's "her" story.

 

[madp]

You could be the Thoth of this era. You never know!

Let me just get on my spirit phone and see if El Cantare picks up. I wouldn't mind knowing the purpose of my life.

Assuming reincarnation does exist, we'll probably be reborn into an era when everything is CG and traditional animation is a niche fetish for ultra billionaires who sponsor a few artisans in their spaceships.

Just my luck that I'll finally be reborn as a Japanese person and all I'll have to look forward to are crippling social rigidity, sexual repression, and (possibly) enslavement by the Chinese.

 

[wonzo]

This is on my watchlist too.
Is it as cute as it appears?

it's a 7 minute injection of cute

which makes the whole One Piece situation even more insane because if Toei made the dubbing act choices (thats a BIG if) then el o el.

i remember reading somewhere a long time ago that oda didn't really have any issues with the 4kids edits but i can't find the interview anywhere

 

[Dresden]

Just my luck that I'll finally be reborn as a Japanese person and all I'll have to look forward to are crippling social rigidity, sexual repression, and (possibly) enslavement by the Chinese.

With my luck I'll probably pop out in the Aryan Republic of Arizona.