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[Master Milk]

Oh I knew it. Last thread when I mentioned 'those running scenes' at the end of Apollon, I knew they were good!

Bahi JD did backgrounds for other scenes but these ones were fully animated by him. GOOD.

What exactly is the guy in the middle of the screen doing? I don't remember noticing how awkward he is during the actual show.

 

[Theonik]

2 hours to Fate/Zero! Oh boy I can't wait!!!

Aitakatta. YES!

 

[wonzo]

What exactly is the guy in the middle of the screen doing? I don't remember noticing how awkward he is during the actual show.

lol, i just noticed that the dude hanging outside the door overlaps the girl running down the hallway. why bahi jd why

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Tsuritama 7

I think someone captured my feelings best, "You know that moment when someone in a show does something really embarrassing, you just pause the episode and giggle to yourself because you’re getting embarrassed too for watching it? Yeah, this anime is making me do that every 5 minutes."

Pretty great friendships and stuff, like

Spoiler

When were Natsuki and Akira all friendly like that, and even more Akira with everyone else, though I guess we assume they always fished together through the whole time getting the salary? I guess thats nice for developments. Natsuki needed a hug there on the ship and such. I still cant wait to see how they resolve that family issue.

On the ending moment

Spoiler

the Bermuda Triangle thing and all the people dancing, curious of what the entire background scheme is going on. I guess Haru's plot is time to come to light and the exact connection of what Duck Corp is trying to do

　

 

[madp]

;_;


Here you go.

She's purdy. It's only that quick cut too, and they show it nowhere else it seems.

On one hand, CHAPATSU'S FACE :O but on the other hand, I kind of liked the running gag. Japan sucks for not supporting Ben-To.

"Mad Pierrot hype" will soon be a thing along with "duckroll hype" and [REDACTED].

Yeah, let's not encourage that. I like having a good reputation, thanks!

lol, i just noticed that the dude hanging outside the door overlaps the girl running down the hallway. why bahi jd why

I dunno, maybe she's just twelve feet tall and the perspective is correct.

 

[flawfuls]

Sengoku Collection 8

Well that was pretty neat, but it would have been a lot better without the girls breaking the atmosphere of the glorious rice world with their annoying generic antics.

So what is this show like normally? Does it even have a normal?

 

[duckroll]

Yeah, let's not encourage that. I like having a good reputation, thanks!

You should be honored!

 

[survivor]

Sengoku Collection 8

Well that was pretty neat, but it would have been a lot better without the girls breaking the atmosphere of the glorious rice world with their annoying generic antics.

So what is this show like normally? Does it even have a normal?

Normally it's a boring show about cute girls doing something or solving a dilemma in real life. Only episode 5 and 8 go this crazy route and manage to be enjoyable.

 

[Jex]

[Eureka Seven AO] - 7

It's difficult to talk about this episode for a number of reasons. Firstly, the majority of my comments would be spoilers, resulting in lines and lines of black bars. Secondly, they still seem to be setting things up for later.

Of course, the most obvious reason why this episode is difficult to talk about is that it resembles something from Un-Go. For those unfortunate people who haven't had the pleasure of experiencing Un-Go, it's essentially a 'mystery' show the most notable aspect of which is that many episodes are bizarre with disjointed stories that involve everything from futuristic technology to ancient gods all of which is explained through a needlessly confusing editing style that makes every story appear far more complicated than it is.

The problem with this episode of Eurkea Seven AO is that it felt really poorly put together. I understand that the episode was supposed to cause confusion in the viewer, however this didn't feel well crafted like a Kon movie. It was jarring and, in places, amateurish.

Some of this was down to tone - why would you insert this light-hearted scene in them middle of a serious action scene? Some of it was down to pacing - a particular scene might go on too long and spoil the tempo of the events. The rest was, as I said, very jarring, who is this character? What are they doing? Who is this other character, are they important? What about that? Shouldn't people be firing their guns? Wait, how did we get here? I understand that

Funnily enough Aikawa Shou, the script writer for episodes 2-4 and 7 of AO worked on the screenplay for every episode of Un-Go. However, considering the way that the industry works that probably doesn't mean anything.

Anyway, to give unsuspecting viewers fair warning, this is the kind of thing that ran through my head as I was watching:

Is that Setsuna F. Sei?

We have no need for your physics.

The Truth likes to ignore explosions, Bad Boys style.

Shoot him.

You know, this reminds of the first episode of Giant Robo where there base is assaulted. Except far weirder.

No-one cares where Elenea is.

Everyone always puts ADAM in the basement.

Um, musicians?

Mirror? We're approaching Tomino levels of character naming.

Please just shoot.

Oh it's too late for that now.

I guess he's going to take with him, huh.

Ah yes, I thought we could do with a vomiting scene about now. This is Fractale-level mood-shifting.

What's with all these warnings people keep giving?

Wait, is this a flashback? Or what.

That seems like the Kawamori solution - medicine is just holding you down!

I don't know either.

That doesn't seem like a good plan.

Oh SNAP.

What.

WHAT?

Or WAS IT?

Duckroll was right all along.

In summary:

I guess you really need to see it for yourself.

 

[Ultimadrago]

lol, i just noticed that the dude hanging outside the door overlaps the girl running down the hallway. why bahi jd why

The laughter, it won't stop.

Sengoku Collection 8

Well that was pretty neat, but it would have been a lot better without the girls breaking the atmosphere of the glorious rice world with their annoying generic antics.

So what is this show like normally? Does it even have a normal?

Being bad is its normal.

 

[Jex]

What exactly is the guy in the middle of the screen doing? I don't remember noticing how awkward he is during the actual show.

Haven't you ever seen the backwards robot before?

 

[Ultimadrago]

A reaction .gif?

In a Jexhius post?

It's time to watch Eureka Seven AO 7.

 

[madp]

You should be honored!

It's not that great of a feeling for the only show that I've successfully pimped to be something absolutely terrible, hah.

Of course, the most obvious reason why this episode is difficult to talk about is that it resembles something from Un-Go. For those unfortunate people who haven't had the pleasure of experiencing Un-Go, it's essentially a 'mystery' show the most notable aspect of which is that many episodes are bizarre with disjointed stories that involve everything from futuristic technology to ancient gods all of which is explained through a needlessly confusing editing style that makes every story appear far more complicated than it is.

...

Funnily enough Aikawa Shou, the script writer for episodes 2-4 and 7 of AO worked on the screenplay for every episode of Un-Go. However, considering the way that the industry works that probably doesn't mean anything.

And on top of everything else, Truth jingles like Inga. Undoubtedly a sign of terrible things to come.

 

[trejo]

It's almost eerie how similar Jex's thoughts on Ao 7 were to mine own. Except for the part where , y'know, he can actually put them into words whereas I usually just go either "this was awesome" or "this was shit".

Kids on the Slope 7

Talk about a great return to form. I don't care if it was rotoscoped or whatever, that character animation looked phenomenal to me. And dat performance was absolutely wonderful.

If there's one little gripe I had with this episode was that the Kaoru x Ritsuko in-universe shipping got a tad too heavy handed.

Tsuritama 7

One thing I'll give this show credit for is the very natural way Yuki's personality has progressed since the first episode. I'm willing to bet if I were to revisit that first episode he wouldn't even feel like the same character anymore.

 

[chickdigger802]

Accel World 7

Wait... my

Spoiler

fake

cousin/sister turns into that wall boss from contra?

Kinda hilarious and awesome.

I do wish Cartman didn't look like a piece of shit irl and in the game though. Something about the color pallet on his armor...

And red king looking so much like Roll makes me cry a bit on the inside T_T.


Burst Link business seems like a pain. Reminds me of Yugioh 5D where you are forced to a children's card game if your bike is within range of some other dude that activates something.

 

[survivor]

Wait a minute, the new Eureka Seven is becoming like Un-Go? That's excellent news

 

[trejo]

One thing I forgot to add about E7 Ao is that the Omigawa character can go die in a fire.

 

[chickdigger802]

So is AO interesting now?

I kinda put it on hold because it felt a bit too similar to your typical mecha show.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

So is AO interesting now?

I kinda put it on hold because it felt a bit too similar to your typical mecha show.

Typical mecha show? It seems more compelling and I don't think its aiming to be that focused on the mechs. Key character isnt even interested in it.

 

[chickdigger802]

Typical mecha show? It seems more compelling and I don't think its aiming to be that focused on the mechs. Key character isnt even interested in it.

only watched until eps 3 or 4, but those few eps did fit the standard 'kid finds robot, beats up aliens that no one else can for some reason'.

hmmm

actually I think I took a break because someone posted a screenie of some derp loli forehead lol.

 

[trejo]

I wish it were still a typical mecha show. Now it's just some weird Un-Go-like mystery show wannabe.

 

[madp]

Wait a minute, the new Eureka Seven is becoming like Un-Go? That's excellent news

Can't wait to see this start happening:

 

[duckroll]

Wait a minute, the new Eureka Seven is becoming like Un-Go? That's excellent news

:3

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Can't wait to see this start happening:

Thats when it got good.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Thats when it got good.

Eureka Seven AO 6

Side note:

Spoiler

Truth

is so TL

Called it.

 

[madp]

Thats when it got good.

I think that you might have missed the Un-Go joke in the picture!

 

[duckroll]

I think that you might have missed the Un-Go joke in the picture!

You got his name in Japanese wrong.

 

[madp]

You got his name in Japanese wrong.

Truth isn't Chuurusu? Is it Tsuurusu instead or something?

 

[survivor]

Can't wait to see this start happening:

That's amazing

Make it happen Bones

 

[duckroll]

Truth isn't Chuurusu? Is it Tsuurusu instead or something?

トゥルース

 

[madp]

トゥルース

Fixed! Didn't realize that トゥ was a substitute for "tu".

 

[Ultimadrago]

So there are freeze frame character introductions in Un-Go?

With text?

It's time to watch some Un-Go! (...or not)

 

[survivor]

So there are freeze frame character introductions in Un-Go?

With text?

It's time to watch some Un-Go! (...or not)

Do it for the amazing mysteries and Oscar worthy writing.

 

[duckroll]

So there are freeze frame character introductions in Un-Go?

With text?

It's time to watch some Un-Go! (...or not)

The frame doesn't freeze. That's part of how amazing it is.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Do it for the amazing mysteries and Oscar worthy writing.

Oh my.

Now I'm just suspicious. Though to be fair, its reputation here has always left me suspicious.

 

[Jex]

A reaction .gif?

In a Jexhius post?

It's time to watch Eureka Seven AO 7.

There was a time when I frequently used .gifs to indicate my immediate reaction to an anime. These days I am loathe to use them unless the work in question has left a marked effect on me.

 

[RurouniZel]

There was a time when I frequently used .gifs to indicate my immediate reaction to an anime. These days I am loathe to use them unless the work in question has left a marked effect on me.

That bad, huh?

 

[madp]

Oh my.

Now I'm just suspicious. Though to be fair, its reputation here has always left me suspicious.

Let's see if there actually is such a thing as Mad Pierrot hype, shall we?

Watch Un-Go. If nothing else, it is totally unique among anime and you're guaranteed to feel things while watching it. Lots and lots of things. It's the most thought-provoking BONES work in years, and it has a mad sexy ED. What more do you need?

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Fate/Zero 21

Decent. So glad that team

Spoiler

Waver (and rider)

makes it through one more week. Glorious visuals during the skirmish. Otherwise much of the rest was kind of dull. Though I did like the Kariya happenings.

Didnt understand the

Spoiler

kirei kotomine and the older mage discussion nor what Gilgamesh was even planning with with him

. The anime would be easier to follow and wrap my head around if it was more doing instead of talking so much.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Apollon 7

That was absolutely fantastic. The last two scenes really saved the show.

 

[Jex]

Fixed! Didn't realize that トゥ was a substitute for "tu".

 

[Dedication Through Light]

APOLLON 7

[MY LAPTOP KEYBOARD IS FUCKED AND IT WON'T LET ME TAKE OFF CAPS AFTER PUTTING IT ON, AND I ALSO CAN'T USE BRACKETS, ALONG WITH A MILLION OTHER ISSUES]

THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. THE LAST TWO SCENES REALLY SAVED THE SHOW.

on screen keyboard can allow you to remove caps

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

on screen keyboard can allow you to remove caps

Awesome. Thanks for the tip.

protip - never spill green tea over the keyboard...

 

[Jex]

Wait a minute, the new Eureka Seven is becoming like Un-Go? That's excellent news

It even appears to feature Un-Go final episode spoilers

Spoiler

a Bettentou like being who can alter reality. No, really.

That bad, huh?

It sure was something.

 

[Dresden]

Wait a minute, the new Eureka Seven is becoming like Un-Go? That's excellent news

I never asked for this.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Moyashimon 1

Well, that was dull.

I'll do that "Skip episodes" thing that people here have been talking about.

Is this cosmicblizzard "dull" we're talking about here?

lol, i just noticed that the dude hanging outside the door overlaps the girl running down the hallway. why bahi jd why

Now I can't unsee it. What have you done?!

Wait a minute, the new Eureka Seven is becoming like Un-Go? That's excellent news

I knew it! Duckroll tried to say it wasn't "interesting" in the same way as Un-Go, but I knew it would go there sooner or later.

 

[Jex]

I never asked for this.

It's the crossover everyone secretly wanted but were to afraid to ask for.

 

[Branduil]

Kids on the Slope 7
If there's one little gripe I had with this episode was that the Kaoru x Ritsuko in-universe shipping got a tad too heavy handed.

Seems like a realistic depiction of teenage girls to me.

 

[Jex]

Seems like a realistic depiction of teenage girls to me.

Not to stereotype teenage girls or anything, but it seemed inherently plausible to me as well.

 

[Branduil]

Not to stereotype teenage girls or anything, but it seemed inherently plausible to me as well.

Well it's not like all of them do it, but then the show didn't say that either. It's extremely normal to find girls like that in high school, though.