Nudity is a pretty dull, overly-literal way to convey a sense of vulnerability anyway.
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Spring Anime 2012 III | AITAKATTA YES!
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Nudity is a pretty dull, overly-literal way to convey a sense of vulnerability anyway.
The wonders of Japan!
Chet Rippo
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But it is rather titillating.
see, they know that the community will do all the perverted art for it because they will feel blue balled by the show!
Why didn't they just give her the STOCK grey controller if they wanted to match the hair colours. Show ruined.
Play it Loud!
The ending of The lying Elves may leave me a bit unsatisfied? It was a like a kick to the balls of logic. Only part of the show I remember clearly because it was so bad.
Tits, gore and "cat" ears.
It's not like his previous avatar was from a manga or anything.
Shame it's too long for the next topic title. Would make people look at us with even more distain.
I'm gonna put this one in my bag of tricks for later use. Good show Uchip.
Well then he shud be postin a top magna poll then.
I don't think the Google overlords would be pleased with a top 10 erotic doujin list.
AKB0048 7-9
These idols must be stopped.
Those DES soldiers are merely doing god's work.
So yeah, so far I'm pleased with how the show consistently manages to have just the right amount of utterly retarded nonsense to make the proceedings amusing and entertaining instead of downright obnoxious. Kawamori's brilliant mind at work, no doubt.
These idols must be stopped.
My heart went out to that poor girl in the audience who sadly got infected with their heinous disease. Unbeknownst to her she is now destined to a life of peril and suffering.
So yeah, so far I'm pleased with how the show consistently manages to have just the right amount of utterly retarded nonsense to make the proceedings amusing and entertaining instead of downright obnoxious. Kawamori's brilliant mind at work, no doubt.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It'd be nice if they just copied the Natsu no Arashi ending anyway.
In fact, this is the perfect time for anyone who enjoyed Dusk Maiden of Amnesia to try Natsu no Arashi! NnA is basically TOxA with less horror and more MANLINESS.
Smile Precure 01
So I tried to watch Heartcatch the other day and made it through a few episodes. An utterly terrible show, every single thing about that show is terrible.
Being the kind soul I decided to not just logically write off all of Precure as a whole and to try out a different one.
And it's a good thing I did. The first episode of Smile Precure was thoroughly enjoyable. The premise and execution were well done in this first episode and the characters, the big bad wolf (hooray furry), the main character, and the mascot were much more interesting. The other girls introduced in the first episode are intriguing, the cute sporty girl with the Osaka accent (a shame her name is not Erika) and the heart attack inducing Yayoi (Ika-channnn) were the two that stuck out the most.
Will definitely be watching this one for the long haul.
Smile Precure 02
Smug wolf gonna smug.
Love Cure Sunny, she's moe blooded. Akane is pretty spiffy herself, I love the sporty girls and she's got an Osaka accent on top of it.
I really like how the enemy adapts to the scenery and themes of the episode, it really wasn't that noticeable in the first episode but its pretty obvious this week when its a.giant volleyball
It's pretty interesting early on how the show had to build up Miyuki as weak but gaining enough power to win her first battle in the episode and then tear her back down again to where she is so weak that she needs help to win her second battle against the same enemy from last ep. Its a bit convoluted but the show pulled it off well enough by explaining how she used up all her spirit. But I really hope this isn't the route they take for introducing all the Precures, I'm assuming they will be introduced one at a time in one episode after anther till they are all together.
But the transformation scenes and the battle outfits are solid stuff too. It's very noticeable and detailed but they aren't totally over the top and ridiculous. The big attacks by the girls are hilarious, not sure if I enjoy theor theflaming volleyball spikemore.heart shaped kamehameha
The opening for the show is quite catchy too. The ending is utterly horrific but that seems to be a theme with Precure shows.
Glad you're enjoying this one! Wolfrun is easily the best badguy in Smile, though Majorina does have her moments.
Judging from your impressions of the first 2 episodes, you should enjoy pretty much every episode that's out so far. Yes, Akane/Cure Sunny is awesome, but they will be using the "everyone was defeated, so now the newbie needs to step up" plot line to introduce all the precures.
A Black Falcon
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I don't know if I've heard of that.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The way they dealt with the "kid in a relationship with a ghost" thing was quite satisfying and inventive. It pays off the relationship but also settles it in a way that makes sense to the long term future of both characters.
Basically, Natsu no Arashi is Shaft's secret best show.
No its not >_
firehawk12
Subete no aware
If you remotely enjoyed Dusk Maiden - especially in terms of the direction - then Natsu no Arashi is basically a guaranteed hit.
What's amazing is that it also has touches of Hidamari Sketch in it as well. Truely, Shaft's secret best show.
Making amputees moé.
Crash Station
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Hmmm, maybe I should add this too. Though Hidamari comparisons are a bit disconcerting.
Unknown Soldier
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Fate/Stay Night (VN)
Rin's voice is love.
Sakura's voice is cute. You don't hear it much in the anime but she gets all kinds of shit to say in the VN.
Shirou's voice seems less annoying than it was in the anime. It helps that I don't have to look at his ugly face all the time, since I'm playing as him.
The amount of infodumping during the prologue is intense. Rin explains everything about this world in excruciating detail to no-one in particular (in other words, you the reader) for what seems like ages. I'm sure this was useful in 2004 when no-one had seen this world before. I was hitting the Enter key a lot since she was reviewing material that I've now experienced in 2 anime series and a movie. It was a lot like cramming the night before a test.
Rin's voice is love.
Sakura's voice is cute. You don't hear it much in the anime but she gets all kinds of shit to say in the VN.
Shirou's voice seems less annoying than it was in the anime. It helps that I don't have to look at his ugly face all the time, since I'm playing as him.
The amount of infodumping during the prologue is intense. Rin explains everything about this world in excruciating detail to no-one in particular (in other words, you the reader) for what seems like ages. I'm sure this was useful in 2004 when no-one had seen this world before. I was hitting the Enter key a lot since she was reviewing material that I've now experienced in 2 anime series and a movie. It was a lot like cramming the night before a test.
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san 12 (FINAL)
I asked it before and I'll ask it again,
Go ahead and put me in the group of people who would like this show better if it was just the adventures of awful MC and his badgering, sex-driven, silver-haired best friend and her obsessive, yuri stalker. I never cared for H.P. Lovecraft's
works and I didn't care too much for the references either. I wanted more of Episode 7 (the beach episode) and less of, "I'm here for your Earth entertainment."
I just wanted a show about a genki, silver-haired otaku chick with a desire to get impregnated. Why Japan? Why anime?
I asked it before and I'll ask it again,
"WHY WON'T YOU LOVE HER, MAHIRO?"
racist and mediocre
I just wanted a show about a genki, silver-haired otaku chick with a desire to get impregnated. Why Japan? Why anime?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
They crib a few of the visual non-sequitors that HidaSketch uses, so I wonder if they shared directors at some point.
Natsu no Arashi is more comedy than drama though - although it's serious moments are in srs bsns mode (mostly because of the WW2 connection).
Maybe Crystal Dynamics has been doing things all wrong with this Tomb Raider reboot.
If they just made Lara naked, we'd surely want to protect her. It'd even bring out that "cornered animal" theme they have going.
LOL? Meh.
Funny thing is I remember watching the first episode sometime but never anything past that for whatever reason.
Is the game coming out on PC? I'm sure there'll be some mods to help with that.
Shock value got me through Elfen Lied. I can't say the same about DW.
I'm not sure where I'm going with this.
You were probably young and innocent when you saw Elfen Lied though.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It took the Dusk Maiden thing even further. Not only does the first episode start in the middle of the series, it is actually the first part of the first cour's finale. lol
It's a very neat cold open anyway... reminiscent of the whole Haruhi S1 thing.
Crash Station
Member
You're just numb to the insanity now. Just look at the reactions to DMW in the toonami thread and you'll realize a TON of people are watching it for the shock value.
chickdigger802
Banned
All I remember from elfen lied was that it was pretty much the tale of mewtwo if moe.
And some chick orgasmed on the leg of some dude.
And some chick orgasmed on the leg of some dude.
Another reason why Tsubaki is one of the best male leads in anime in a long time:
1) Sees girlfriend naked
2) Thinks about girlfriend naked
3) Tries torape hug girlfriend
4) Uses unintentional reverse psychology to plant his face in girlfriend's tits and then enjoys it instead of going "OH MY GOD TITS I'M DEATHLY ALLERGIC"
5) Has a dream about being smothered in clones of girlfriend made out of mochi
1) Sees girlfriend naked
2) Thinks about girlfriend naked
3) Tries to
4) Uses unintentional reverse psychology to plant his face in girlfriend's tits and then enjoys it instead of going "OH MY GOD TITS I'M DEATHLY ALLERGIC"
5) Has a dream about being smothered in clones of girlfriend made out of mochi
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Umm. For all their talk, sucking spit is still probably the furthest that they've gotten!
Crash Station
Member
Elfen Lied kind of shocked me, but it REALLY unsettled me. The atmosphere was just excellent in a lot of places. And my god, the music box that plays the main theme was a perfect touch. Such a chilling series. No anime since then has been able to replicate the feeling I got from it. I guess something like Shiki or Higurashi came the closest, but even those were only like a quarter of the way there.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
A metaphor for virginity!
elfen lied has always sounded like one of those really terrible gorefest shows that people put on a pedestal because it's all "deep and edgy". clearly it's something i'll have to check out one of these days
sounds terrible
Crash Station
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Yes, everyone should read Yume Tsukai. If only that got an accurate adaptation instead of MGX (though it probably would've been censored to hell).
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Wiki says there was an animu?
Crash Station
Member
But not an accurate one! It was a lot more grounded. I mean, just look at this:
There was NOTHING that awesome in the anime :/
Elfen Laid is a hentai.
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