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Spring Anime 2012 III | AITAKATTA YES!
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firehawk12
Subete no aware
Sacrah bloo, you don't like ze impreseeve Franchais accent?!
I'm crying from a broken heart.
Jex
Member
[Dusk Maiden of Amnesia] - 7: Please Stay to the End
Well, that was entirely expected but still pretty good.
Once again, SHAFT are being shamed right here. The only SHAFT show that's as Shaft-y as this is Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. The rest of them only go half-way to towards having extremely stylish and symbolic visuals.
In Dusk Maiden nearly every single shot in every single episode is a 'crazy SHAFT visual'.
Well, that was entirely expected but still pretty good.
Once again, SHAFT are being shamed right here. The only SHAFT show that's as Shaft-y as this is Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. The rest of them only go half-way to towards having extremely stylish and symbolic visuals.
In Dusk Maiden nearly every single shot in every single episode is a 'crazy SHAFT visual'.
I hope every studio gets Shafted.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yep. Best anime of the season by default!
Learn to love the superior Charlotte!
your heart was already broken from too many hnnnghs though
Good, I await everyone's final impressions to roll in before I finally start on it myself. I intend to marathon it, oh yes.
Femmeworth
Banned
I don't think it works that way.
Too much of a good thing is a bad thing.
Nobody said anything about logic.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The best anime of the season is
Femmeworth
Banned
I would love to see you write a paper/article/whatever destroying SHAFT. No sarcasm.
KO Traveling Hobo
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I wish I had your willpower. Fate/Zero seems like a show that would benefit greatly from marathoning.
I'll get around to it.
I actually hadnt seen past episode 1 when I bought BLuray Box 1. It was pretty much a blind buy. Glad it worked out though.
The second time around I know exactly what I'm getting though.
Jex
Member
I don't think I even know what this means.
I may well regret this, considering your blinkered opinion of SHAFT, but could you elaborate?
followed by one about how avatar has worse camera shots than bleach filler
Jex
Member
Oh, okay then.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Lucky! That was a pretty ballsy purchase though.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I only hope Penguin-san gets out of the
Shaft is the Terrance Malick of anime.
I don't really think it was because I reallyl iked Fate Stay night and there was no way this was going to be worse than that. Also, the box was just so damned PRETTY.
Man I did debate it for a while.
Malick is pretty good with visuals, it's the editing where he needs work.
dont be coy
I know you have many objections when the last airbender is labelled as being good
Well, it was a pretty bad movie. Shymalan should quit making movies.
ive got my eye on you!
He's just gotta be at S.Rank 3 with Miss Penko given he not only got his drivers license, but even went through a NTR mini-arc involving a turtle! And that's not even factoring in all the SERVICE COUPONS he's been getting showered with lately!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Those coupons are just another way of saying "it's not you, it's me" though!
Jex
Member
I am aware of the meaning but unless you elaborate it's hard to understand your point.
The iDORU 26
Easily one of the best episodes of the series. Now all they need to do is turn those movie trailers into OVA's or something as that shit would totally own.
Easily one of the best episodes of the series. Now all they need to do is turn those movie trailers into OVA's or something as that shit would totally own.
bu bu but the handshakes
Jex
Member
The iDORU 26
Easily one of the best episodes of the series. Now all they need to do is turn those movie trailers into OVA's or something as that shit would totally own.
Why would they do that? It would be like KyoAni turning their hand to anything outside of the slice of life/cute girls field.
Suite Precure 12
This was one of the better episodes so far, good animation and good writing.
Bass riding the bicycle was the best thing any of the trio have done so far.
This was one of the better episodes so far, good animation and good writing.
Though, I really don't think Cure Muse will be Siren, simply because everyone in the show thinks she will be...
Bass riding the bicycle was the best thing any of the trio have done so far.
More sheer luck than anything, I only really started watching anything of substance about midway through the season. And considering the love it's getting in here, I am quite happy to sit it out until the end, if only to see if it somehow gets screwed up.
Joking.
I've finally had time to watch something this week, and with that it was time to continue with K-ON!:
K-ON! 9
Like Ive said a couple of times already, I instantly have an affinity for a character that acts as an avatar for the audience, and just like Sawako before her (you know, before she entered full-on creeper mode), Azusa is now filling that role.
I can see why some dont initially warm to Azusa, its easy to pick her out as being overly similar to Mio, but I already appreciate her introduction as its coinciding with a hefty chunk of character development. If anything, she is acting as the surrogate straight-man of the group, allowing for the others to be have their personalities explored. A cat among the pigeons, so to speak. I approve.
I do like that occasionally, the absurdness of just how lazy the Light music club is gets highlighted, and through the eyes of Azusa it almost comes across as a parody.
Summary: The power of friendship > all.
And Is Azusa developing into the new protagonist?
K-ON! 10
Another beach-episode, already?
I do appreciate that the repeating of earlier events allows for nice little nods to certain details, like Ritsu and Yui devolving their original beach trip into a shipwrecked scenario.
I wouldnt say that I disliked Mio previously, but she was pretty one-note in how she has been portrayed, although the same be said of everyone bar Yui, probably. Which is why I welcome the little back and forths between Mio and Ritsu, and their bubbling resentment about their roles in the group.
My favourite scene was probably Yui practising the guitar alone, it wasnt really needed but it helps to ground the whole thing. I always get the impression that the progression of characters in shows such as these often come off as feeling artificial, but even with the idiot-savant aspect Yui has to her character, I dont feel as though I have to suspend my disbelief to buy into it. I mean, Azusa pretty much confirms that they are still a rag-tag collective. That is the aspect of the show that has impressed me, as it would have been so easy for them to be depicted as an amazing band after their first successful concerts.
Like many good shows, its really about nothing, but quite a lot happens at the same time. It really does creep up on you.
K-ON! 11
Huh, drama, I was not expecting this! I was pretty taken aback by the fact that the episode quite quickly set its sights on telling the story from Ritsus perspective. It looks like all those little cuts in the previous episodes were leading up to something all along. It was nice, as it served to show that their relationship isnt entirely one-sided, what with Mio being the butt-monkey of the group for the most part. It was surprising to see Ritsu as being portrayed as probably the weaker one in this instance, practically crumbling the moment it looks as though her friendship with Mio was becoming strained. Although that said, I cant imagine that Mio would even attempt to come out of her shell, where it not for the help (torment?) of Ritsu. Im curious to see if they poke at their precarious dynamic in the future.
The little details in the background were a nice touch, the various lone shots of the instruments in the music store specifically.
A really good run of episodes, now its time for the spotlight to shine on Mugi, right? I pretty much like the entire cast at this point, well, expect Sawako.
Jex
Member
[Dusk Maiden of Amnesia] - 9
This episode had a few issues.
Firstly, unlike nearly every episode in the series, it used a fairly naturalistic style to depict all the events that took place. Oddly enough, that's actually jarring once you get used to the show looking like a SHAFT production. To stay visually consistent with the series as a whole it needed to have been more stylized. It's all worth nothing that, without this shows heavy stylization other weaknesses in the story become more apparent.
The events that took place felt unnecessary drawn out. As a member of the audience I was aware of what the story was doing and where we going to go next but the show refused to move to that point swiftly, instead it seemed more concerned with characters running around fruitlessly which felt like a way to pad out the story.
Finally, I am not entirely sure why they were running. Teiichi said that we has going to talk to the shadow, but then he spent all his time running away. This seems especially odd when,
he can presumably get access to the memories and information that he's been looking for since the start of the show.
This episode had a few issues.
Firstly, unlike nearly every episode in the series, it used a fairly naturalistic style to depict all the events that took place. Oddly enough, that's actually jarring once you get used to the show looking like a SHAFT production. To stay visually consistent with the series as a whole it needed to have been more stylized. It's all worth nothing that, without this shows heavy stylization other weaknesses in the story become more apparent.
The events that took place felt unnecessary drawn out. As a member of the audience I was aware of what the story was doing and where we going to go next but the show refused to move to that point swiftly, instead it seemed more concerned with characters running around fruitlessly which felt like a way to pad out the story.
Finally, I am not entirely sure why they were running. Teiichi said that we has going to talk to the shadow, but then he spent all his time running away. This seems especially odd when,
by confronting the shadow,
chickdigger802
Banned
Apollon 11
Fun stuff.... then... what? Forced drama scenarios? Ehhh... meh.
Almost F/z time? yay! Wonder if Ducky will survive to the end.
Fun stuff.... then... what? Forced drama scenarios? Ehhh... meh.
Almost F/z time? yay! Wonder if Ducky will survive to the end.
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