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Spring Anime 2012 III | AITAKATTA YES!
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Normal everyday people read manga in Japan. You can't say the same thing about comics in America.
I have no idea the point you are trying to make with this sentence.
tone is a foreign concept to anime directors
Evangelion's world had rules?
Depends on whether your anime is angel beats!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I suppose I'm lost here, because Narnia is still basically made up regardless of whether or not Lewis wanted Aslan to literally be the son of the Christian God in that universe.
haven't seen it but it looks infuriating
Female
Miyuki Sawashiro
Eri Kitamura
Yoko Hikasa
Nana Mizuki
Yuka Iguchi
Ami Koshimizu
Tomatsu Haruka
Aki Toyosaki
Yui Hori
Hana Kanazawa
Yu Kobayashi
Minato Kotobuki
Kayano Ai
Marina Inoue
Satomi Satou
Rina Satou
Male
Tomokazu Sugita
Daisuke Ono
Miyano Mamoru
Tomokazu Seki
Takahiro Sakurai
Jun Fukuyama
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Miyu Irino
Juichi Suwabe
Kenichi Suzumura
Satoshi Hino
Can't voice act for shit
Chiaki Omigawa
Ami Koshimizu & Tomatsu Haruka usually caught me off guard because sometimes I can't tell their distinctive tones in their voice.
hosannainexcelsis
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Er, I don't disagree. All I'm trying to do is use Narnia as an example of what is and isn't allegory.
Lost also has a problem of being made up as it went along.
At any rate, I can see why you are so bothered by Oniisama e now. Still, what's the fun in fiction if everything must be either completely like or completely unlike non-fiction? If an author wants spirits and ghosts in their story, more power to them I say. I don't confuse that with how I feel about the actual world here.
Youre wrong and stuff, especially about Chiaki Omigawa, but what is your opinion on Haruko Momoi?
Why does a show like Sengoku Collection get backgrounds that appealing?
Because Brains Base has good background artists?
Sankarea 11
Goddamnit, any of the emotional impacts of not only what happened but everything that's been building up to this in the past few episodes has been completely and utterly destroyed thanks to the incredibly shitty tonal shifts throughout this entire episode. To think that the last few episodes have actually been pretty good only for this monumental turd to drop. Maybe this show'll end up redeeming itself in some capacity with the last two episodes but I wouldn't bet anything on it.
Goddamnit, any of the emotional impacts of not only what happened but everything that's been building up to this in the past few episodes has been completely and utterly destroyed thanks to the incredibly shitty tonal shifts throughout this entire episode. To think that the last few episodes have actually been pretty good only for this monumental turd to drop. Maybe this show'll end up redeeming itself in some capacity with the last two episodes but I wouldn't bet anything on it.
Accel World 11
This was actually a well built up action sequence that really came though on delivering something entertaining, even if it somewhat falls prey to convoluted nonsense to get there. These bigger battles with fewer restrictions and raised stakes give more freedom to interesting things happening.
This was actually a well built up action sequence that really came though on delivering something entertaining, even if it somewhat falls prey to convoluted nonsense to get there. These bigger battles with fewer restrictions and raised stakes give more freedom to interesting things happening.
Ultimadrago
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End of the Eaaaaaaarth
End of the Eaaaaaaarth
*air guitar*
End of the Eaaaaaaarth
*air guitar*
Care to enlighten me which of my choices are wrong?
Chiaki Omigawa = Steven Segal.
As for Haruko Momoi, unfortunately I don't watch much shows involving her so I can't form my opinion.
the lack of Megumi Hayashibara is a big one.
hosannainexcelsis
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Hidamari Sketch Special 1
This episode showed that the principal is secretly the best character. He's surprisingly badass. Of course, it helps when you've got Genichirou Abe animating you.
Oh, and there were also swimsuits and stuff, like a proper special.
This episode showed that the principal is secretly the best character. He's surprisingly badass. Of course, it helps when you've got Genichirou Abe animating you.
Oh, and there were also swimsuits and stuff, like a proper special.
Jex
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Sankarea 11
Goddamnit, any of the emotional impacts of not only what happened but everything that's been building up to this in the past few episodes has been completely and utterly destroyed thanks to the incredibly shitty tonal shifts throughout this entire episode. To think that the last few episodes have actually been pretty good only for this monumental turd to drop. Maybe this show'll end up redeeming itself in some capacity with the last two episodes but I wouldn't bet anything on it.
You watched the show this fa so you only have yourself to blame.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I feel like we're not on the same page any more. lol
I don't really have a problem with Oniisama beyond the ardent melodrama (which I feel is a different problem related to cultural customs) and the faux-
lesbianism
(Of course, I haven't watched Oniisama in a while, so unfortunately I don't remember specifically why it bugged me at times)
I'm not asking for verisimilitude in my fiction. I'm saying that if someone wants me to assume that the rules of the real world apply to their fictional world, then they have to obey the rules of the real world. If you create a world where even a Japanese main character thinks Japanese basketball players are trash, only to then tell me that there are five Japanese LeBron Jameses slumming it in the local high school tournament, then you're asking me to think about your world more than you want me to.
It's like... Stargate SG-1. The premise of the show, and what made it different, was that these characters existed in late 90s America and were limited by our current knowledge and technology. They used P90s and C4 and not laser guns because that's the limit of our technology. At some point, they establish that the military discovers technology that allows them to build starships and all the other scifi junk that goes with that technological development. The problem is that events of the real world are still happening in this fictional universe - so in Stargate land, 9-11 happened, Afghanistan happened and Iraq happened and so on.
That means this show is asking me to believe that the US government had giant starships in orbit and willingly let terrorists fly planes into buildings and thousands of American soldiers and innocent civilians die in the subsequent wars simply because they refused to reveal the existence of alien technology.
Now, that might have actually been a fine story point to make - except the producers never actually gave it any thought. So all I'm left with is the thought that every single person in the Stargate universe is a horrible human being that is perfectly willing to let people suffer just so they can have stupid space adventures.
That was silly and long-winded (and meaningless if you've never seen Stargate, I suppose), but the point is that I shouldn't have to perform mental gymnastics to justify the motivations and actions of the characters in your piece of fiction. Don't tell me your show is set in the real world and then ignore 9-11. If you want to ignore 9-11, then just establish that 9-11 never happened (as in the "alternate universe" of Fringe).
Kobayashi. The fact that she can play sultry sex-crazed teacher or genki soccer-playing boy and everything in between basically shows you what she's capable of.
I wonder if this is a case of the religious definition and the literary definition of allegory being at odds here.
Jex
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Randomly opening the thread on this page and reading this comment has left me rather confused.
Unknown Soldier
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What's most infuriating about it is that it's full of randomly awesome moments which are immediately followed by WTF? moments. I really liked the ending though.
I agree with that and I do miss out some more since I'm in the rush to return hime.
Jex
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Why do you have to lie? Your lies hurt kittens.
Crash Station
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Fairy Tail 136
Yep......
Yep......
Jex
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I don't know, that design is pretty god damn memorable!
I need to start watching Fairy Tail again.
Actually I have the opposite problem. Too many characters, and I don't want to spam every hour. Plus, I'm going to sleep soon.
Your posts almost seem like some kind of bizarre banner advertisements that ended up in posts. Of course most of us here are watching the show already so I don't know how effective it will be. You should try posting those in random threads.
Jex
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One of my major problems with the show is the script itself, but that doesn't really come up in the first episode.
Jex
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It doesn't actually end up like that in the show though, largely because certain colours (for instance Yuki's red hair) are pretty much only associated with him. They must have had a skilled colour technician (I've forgotten what the official title for this role is) working all this out beforehand because it's very easy to get that wrong.
What in the hell of fuck is going on there and why is a catgirl involved?
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka ? of the Dead 08
For the most part I really did enjoy the first 7 episodes of this season. The show is humorous and the characters are generally likable in this season as they pretty much removed all the nauseating angst from the first season and made it much lighter in tone and thankfully lighter in content. The show is at its best (which really isn't a very high peak) when it's light hearted harem slice-of-life hijinx.
But this episode might have been the worst episode out of both seasons. And the instigator is not surprising,
is such a horrifically awful character that she literally drags everybody else around her into becoming total idiots. Aikawa putting all his friends in danger by introducing them to
is so ridiculous and that was just the tip of the iceberg with everything wrong with this episode. Thankfully the developments at the end of the episode give me some hope. Not much though.
For the most part I really did enjoy the first 7 episodes of this season. The show is humorous and the characters are generally likable in this season as they pretty much removed all the nauseating angst from the first season and made it much lighter in tone and thankfully lighter in content. The show is at its best (which really isn't a very high peak) when it's light hearted harem slice-of-life hijinx.
But this episode might have been the worst episode out of both seasons. And the instigator is not surprising,
Kyouko
a god damn serial killer, one who killed him to start the show
Jex
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Or, rather more importantly, remember that theoretically one guy can make a manga with some rather basic equipment where as anime requires a large team if you want to get anything made quickly.
Oh wait, you're way ahead of me.
thats quite clearly not part of her head
Jex
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Excel Saga is simply to watch because of it's extremely frenetic pacing and constant barrage of quick-fire jokes and sequences. Watching more than a couple of episodes in one sitting might actually be a bit too much to handle.
Chet Rippo
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Genshiken 2
Now where is Kanako?
It's only the 2nd episode and Saki is already going crazy. Though who can blame her? She got dumped for standing in line at midnight to get a new eroge. But it's okay, he's attractive. That's the only reason why she puts up with these otakus. Maybe she's barking up the wrong tree.
Welcome to the otaku world.
Now where is Kanako?
watashi wa kawaii desu ka
Jex
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Judging by the variety and diversity and weirdness of the manga that I've read, I feel like we don't even need an infinite number of universes. Everything under the sun seems to be published here.
Crash Station
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Jex
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Plastic Little
This total stranger can't possibly be this busty. I'm not sure what I watched, but it was fun. Something about Pet hunters and gravity belts and ambiguous evil government, I'm not really sure. I'm still trying to understand what the plot was about, but who cares, it looked cool! Oh and the action scenes were good too.
Hmm, I wonder if the guy who did the creased bed sheet in that shot worked on the creased bed sheet in the Utena movie! You rarely see such attention paid to creases.
Ultimadrago
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A bikini Miyako is fine too.
hosannainexcelsis
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"Color Design" is usually how I've seen it translated. (It's "色彩設計" in Japanese.) Which in Tsuritama's case would be this person.
It's hard for me to really articulate what makes Excel Saga work. Even your post, which is as succinct a summary as we can get, really doesn't do the show justice at all.
Of course, even then, it's not for everyone.
Jex
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So it's come down to comments like this, has it? I'd commend you on your perseverance but in this case I don't actually think that's a virtue.
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