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Spring Anime 2012 III | AITAKATTA YES!
- Thread starter hosannainexcelsis
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Pretty much.
The only thing I could think of while watching Elfen Lied is how anime fans have failed me yet again.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Saki taking care of business... like a boss.
chickdigger802
Banned
More from articalys.
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Blu-ray
*1, 20,754 *20,754 Kokurikozaka Kara Special Edition
*2, 17,073 *17,073 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon vol.7 Limited Edition
*3, *9,531 **9,531 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed HD Remaster Blu-ray Box vol.2 Limited Edition
*4, *7,052 **7,052 Top wo Nerae! 2 Blu-ray Box
*5, *6,254 **6,254 Haiyore! Nyaruko-san vol.1 Limited Edition
*6, *5,727 **5,727 Kokurikozaka Kara Standard Edition
*7, *5,168 **5,168 Saki: Achiga-hen - Episode of Side-A vol.1
*8, *3,894 113,651 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn vol.5
*9, *3,712 **3,712 Eureka Seven AO vol.1 Limited Edition
10, *2,605 **2,605 Black★Rock Shooter Blu-ray Box Limited Edition
11, *2,319 **2,319 Rinne no Lagrange vol.4 Limited Edition
12, *2,196 **2,196 Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam vol.6
13, *1,855 **1,855 Chihayafuru vol.7
DVD
*1, 27,660 *,*27,660 Kokurikozaka Kara Standard Edition
*2, 22,948 *,*22,948 Kokurikozaka Kara Special Edition
*3, *4,581 *,**4,581 New Prince of Tennis vol.2
*4, *3,201 *,*57,487 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn vol.5
*5, *2,661 *,**2,661 Tales of Symphonia: Sekai Tougou Hen vol.2 Limited Edition
*6, *1,318 *,**1,318 Hiiro no Kakera vol.1
*7, *1,256 *,**1,256 Haiyore! Nyaruko-san vol.1 Limited Edition
*8, *1,103 *,**1,103 Smile Precure! vol.1
*9, **,957 *,***,957 Cardfight!! Vanguard vol.11
10, **,865 1,140,657 My Neighbor Totoro
11, **,749 *,***,749 Black★Rock Shooter DVD Box Limited Edition
12, **,735 *,***,735 Major Yume no Butai Hen Collector's Box
13, **,722 *,***,722 Major Kessen! Nihon Daihyo Sen Hen Collector's Box
14, **,600 *,***,600 Nintama Rantarou 19th Series vol.2
15, **,582 *,***,582 Chihayafuru vol.7
16, **,510 *,**9,907 Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 vol.1
17, **,486 *,***,486 Mobile Suit Gundam AGE vol.5
18, **,426 *,***,426 Eureka Seven AO vol.1
19, **,411 *,***,411 Saki: Achiga-hen - Episode of Side-A vol.1
20, **,407 *,***,407 Doki Doki Densetsu: Mahoujin Guru Guru DVD Box
21, **,380 *,***,380 SKET Dance vol.11Are you guys saying I'm not pure anymore?
That's okay, there's only one truly pure person in AnimeGAF anyway.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Are you guys saying I'm not pure anymore?
Pretending you were ever pure, huh?
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Cartman from Accel World:
1) Straddles his best friend's girlfriend
2) Looks forward to having three days alone with his 10 year-old cousin
3) Has a dream about smanging his waifu and his childhood friend at once
4) Imagines his waifu and 10 year-old cousin yuri'ing it up in the shower and plans to peep on them
5) Hates himself
Cartman is clearly the hero that animeGAF deserves, whether it wants him or not.
He's also moe.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Of course! How could I forget?
I don't think this is true at all.
I honestly don't remember any of that. Only the ending haunts my memory.
Then again Happy Science would be happy with the ending.
"I killed your family" "Doesn't matter, I love you anyway" The End.
Sword Art Online is how I heard of Accel World.
Accel World was (obviously) popular enough to get an anime made--I just assumed that Trojita was talking about oversea fans, the sort who actually go out and translate stuff.
The latter. And yeah.
The latter. And yeah.
But Accel World is the original.
I know. I don't know who I like more.... Hime or Asuna. Dammit!!!
Basileus777
Member
You are overselling things here, the loli is only pretending to be his cousin.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
It's what I do. I thought she really is his cousin, though. That's how she got the key for his apartment.
Shiawasette Naani:
This was Happy Science's first animated production, the story of a meeting between a cute angel girl and boy who hates school. The angel takes the boy for a ride in the clouds where she teaches him the virtues of living for others and introduces him to the concept of the inner universe, which he embraces and redoubles his efforts to be a good student and good citizen.
It's decidedly cuter and less doctrinaire than future Happy Science works, however the organization's footprint is still decidedly present.
It's still recommended for the hardcore Happy Science enthusiast. I only understood about 20% of what was being said, but Ookawa's teachings easily transcended the language barrier!
This is pretty amazing, I can't believe you actually found it. A true treasure in anime history. If only Kyoto Animation would do more cult animations, they wouldn't have to do boring stuff instead!
I find this suspect because they actually own an entire building, and the full 3rd floor of another HUGE building. That seems to me like they should have a lot more than 5 studio teams, but maybe the way they structure stuff is different from how other animation studios do. There could also be confusion between the French staff and the industry terms we understand usually.
A collection of Twitter reactions to the world premiere of Ookami Kodomo in Paris:
Those lucky French bastards.Ookami kodomo was a huge hit, I'm still picking up my teeth here Hosoda delivers HIS masterpiece, unmissable
How can 2 hours be THIS well used? Everything is in this movie! A lo-o-ot of surprising/amazing touches like.. subjective view & such
One was "deeply touched". Another one took the subway in the wrong way
Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki was pretty solid. Beautiful story and a lot of fun. And a tribute to moms.
Damn, that sounds really good. I look forward to seeing it. I hope there's some announcement locally for the theatrical release here soon. It sounds like Hosoda really managed to deliver the masterpiece he wanted to make. Soon there will be no salvation for us, and only the furrysodapocalypse awaits. I am ready.
Minori Scramble
You know, there's not enough well drawn food in anime, they are always so lazy when drawing sandwiches and such. That's a really tasty looking BLT. Actually this whole OVA is good looking, there's also a pretty impressive 2D car chase scene which I really enjoyed. On a whole Minori Scramble is quite entertaining honestly. The premise is rather simple, a cute penguin android doing cute things and making a ruckus around town. It reminds me a lot of Ika Musume except Minori lacks the same kind of intelligence. For a relatively short affair it does a good job making you immediately familiar with the personalities in the episode as it moves briskly through the material. There's never really any down or dull moments, it's very energetic and fun throughout.
Yay, glad you finally found the time to watch this. I found it really delightful too. Unfortunately no one bought it, so Ufotable won't be doing more Anime Bunko stuff. But the staff will probably find something creative to do in the near future anyway. Kondo is a producer who's generally able to get interesting work for his employees.
Dude, what the fuck
happened to Kerry's face?
That seems pretty damn bad for E7AO. 4k is pretty pathetic for the sort of big push they're giving the new series. I guess after this it's back to Star Driver and Darker than BLACK. Gotta make the stuff that sells! Even if it means hitting little girls and wearing silly masks!
A Black Falcon
Member
You got that entirely backwards, it'd be pretty sad if Achiga-hen got outsold by that uninteresting series...
(Oh, and of course everyone is nopan, but unlike the original series, there are very few fanservicey nopan shots in Achiga-hen. The series has less fanservice than the Saki anime has. The same is true in the manga, too, mostly.)
Finally, it's more of a sidestory than a full spinoff -- it partially does continue the plot from the original series, and sets things up for a combination ending. Watching Achiga-hen without having watched the original wouldn't make much sense after the early episodes. And while Achiga-hen has a slow start, it's become quite a good followup. It's a great series! The original is better, but it's quite good.
Saki Achiga-hen is better at being Saki than E7AO is at being Eureka 7.
A Black Falcon
Member
Love Hina? Why Love Hina? Elfen Lied isn't much like Love Hina at all, apart from that they both are in part harem shows... but a lot of things are at least in part harem shows.
Kara No Kyoukai 01: Overlooking View
This was pretty enjoyable and if this is any indication to how the rest of the films are I'm really looking forward to watching them all.
Shiki comes across as the typical cold/brooding protagonist but there's a few hints that show that there's more to her than that. There's some subtle chemistry between her and Mikiya in a few scenes but there's really nothing that tells us what their relationship is besides friendship and an apparent partnership alongside Touko for some reason... though perhaps that's all we really need to know at this point. While the lack of character introductions made some scenes a bit confusing for me, it gave some really great looking scenery and backdrops at least.
The film itself is quite impressive looking and I appreciated that it attempted to communicate solely through visuals at times (most notably in the scene of
). Sometimes I just like it when a film takes its time to build and showcase the atmosphere of the world especially when it's done in a good way.
When it comes to animation, I thought it was pretty solid. Some scenes felt a little awkward and floaty but one scene I liked in particular was
. Just the camera-work and the angles, in conjunction with the music made for a really enjoyable scene. The music was great and definitely very fitting. Always a fan of Kajiura's signature sound.
The plot itself was pretty interesting though a bit confusing at first. At first I thought all the films were connected through a single plotline instead of each or most of them having a self-contained plot so I guess that added to the confusion. In any case, I dug this and I'm excited to watch the rest.
And now I want some Häagen-Dazs :<
This was pretty enjoyable and if this is any indication to how the rest of the films are I'm really looking forward to watching them all.
Shiki comes across as the typical cold/brooding protagonist but there's a few hints that show that there's more to her than that. There's some subtle chemistry between her and Mikiya in a few scenes but there's really nothing that tells us what their relationship is besides friendship and an apparent partnership alongside Touko for some reason... though perhaps that's all we really need to know at this point. While the lack of character introductions made some scenes a bit confusing for me, it gave some really great looking scenery and backdrops at least.
The film itself is quite impressive looking and I appreciated that it attempted to communicate solely through visuals at times (most notably in the scene of
Shiki eating Haagen Dazs with her remaining arm
When it comes to animation, I thought it was pretty solid. Some scenes felt a little awkward and floaty but one scene I liked in particular was
Shiki sliding across the watered down rooftop while chasing after the ghosts
The plot itself was pretty interesting though a bit confusing at first. At first I thought all the films were connected through a single plotline instead of each or most of them having a self-contained plot so I guess that added to the confusion. In any case, I dug this and I'm excited to watch the rest.
And now I want some Häagen-Dazs :<
Naru = Lucy. Other Girl = Other Girl.
Can't argue with that.
Unknown Soldier
Member
The first film is actually the worst of the entire 7 film cycle, partly because it begins in media res and so is intentionally confusing for the first-time viewers. In terms of the internal chronology, the proper order of the films is 2 -> 4 -> 3 -> 1 -> 5 -> 6 -> 7. Because the last 3 films are chronologically successive, the mixing of the order of the first 4 films is actually pretty pointless. Fortunately once you've gotten through 1 it gets a lot easier to understand, since 2 starts at the very beginning. All 7 films are connected with a single plotline and everything that happens in the films is caused by a single succession of events, which you will see more clearly later on.
This random throwaway line in F/SN suddenly makes a million times more sense after viewing KnK 1 though. I was playing F/SN and saw this line and realized immediately what it was referring to only because I had seen KnK previously and experienced Nasu's insanity and obsession with floating vs. flying in mindbreaking detail.
P.S. Haagen-Dazs sucks.
I dunno, maybe it's because she is the CRAWLING CHAOS?
Dedication Through Light
Member
Ah I was watching the dub, they use Akuto Sai.
Operator-kun higher than Amata and Andy is kind of funny, then again he does have fanarts.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Sounds hot. But admittedly she is annoying, however cute.
Jex
Member
Those are the sales it deserved. But those are far lower than I would have expected.
Hyouka Ep10
I'm really quite disappointed in how this arc is going. It was so promising when it started in ep8 too. This episode was better than the previous one, but still not as good as ep8. The deductions are more or less what I expected, but I felt the narrative presentation left a lot to be desired. It's really a pity because the directing is pretty solid, but it always feels held back by the source material.
AKB0048 Ep8
I found this episode pretty hard to get through, and it took me several tries over a span of a week. It just isn't that interesting to me, and the character dynamics it focuses on are characters I don't really like to begin with. Hard to care about character drama when I don't care about the characters involved.
AKB0048 Ep9
Now this was much better. I like the series when it's just kinda silly and having fun on its own. The backgrounds here were pretty nice, and we finally have another big concert. What's creepy here is that we finally witness the origin of the heart-eye disease, and it seems confirmed that AKB0048 are spreading some sort of deadly virus to young girls around the galaxy via their concerts. No wonder DES is pissed...
I'm really quite disappointed in how this arc is going. It was so promising when it started in ep8 too. This episode was better than the previous one, but still not as good as ep8. The deductions are more or less what I expected, but I felt the narrative presentation left a lot to be desired. It's really a pity because the directing is pretty solid, but it always feels held back by the source material.
AKB0048 Ep8
I found this episode pretty hard to get through, and it took me several tries over a span of a week. It just isn't that interesting to me, and the character dynamics it focuses on are characters I don't really like to begin with. Hard to care about character drama when I don't care about the characters involved.
AKB0048 Ep9
Now this was much better. I like the series when it's just kinda silly and having fun on its own. The backgrounds here were pretty nice, and we finally have another big concert. What's creepy here is that we finally witness the origin of the heart-eye disease, and it seems confirmed that AKB0048 are spreading some sort of deadly virus to young girls around the galaxy via their concerts. No wonder DES is pissed...
Jex
Member
Well, that is logical I suppose.
What you're really saying is that you didn't want to the magic to end in 24mins so you watched it in bite sized chunks so you could savour the episode slowly.
Jex
Member
Come on now, it's only a small proportion who favour Elfin Lied. There are much larger problems with the fandom then that!
A small proportion is still a proportion too much.
There sure was a lot of them six years ago.
What's with the "i"? Didn't the Japanese butcher the title badly enough already?
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Even though I doubted that Nyaruko would be able to break 10k, it's still less than I expected. Since that was leading in preorders, it looks like nothing is going to sell particularly well this season (aside from Fate/Zero of course).
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
From the amount of backlash the show gets, I always got the impression that it was fairly popular.
chickdigger802
Banned
Nyaruko 12
so... harem end? Season 2 might happen?
Anyhow, fun enough show. I enjoyed it because i got the references (and am a kamen rider fan). And the cast is cute as horrible monsters can be.
7.5/10
so... harem end? Season 2 might happen?
Anyhow, fun enough show. I enjoyed it because i got the references (and am a kamen rider fan). And the cast is cute as horrible monsters can be.
7.5/10
It's a popular show, but most of AnimeGAF doesn't like it.
I found it fun, but the manga is better.
chickdigger802
Banned
Smile Precure 20
1 week without precure sucked. Glad this eps was pretty great. Invisibility without having to be butt naked? Insanity I tell you! And I love the bishoujo faces ;P
Good eps.
1 week without precure sucked. Glad this eps was pretty great. Invisibility without having to be butt naked? Insanity I tell you! And I love the bishoujo faces ;P
Good eps.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
BLUE DRAGON LIED TO ME! >_<
Smile Precure 20
Lots of good humor in this episode,
I though the fight was a pretty clever way to get by without having to animate anything, the moment when Akane and Miyuki realized what not being invisible meant was priceless.
The Police man is the only reoccuring character who isn't the teacher/family member, right?
It's getting pretty obvious now
An invisibility episode! Unlike a certain show about ghosts, this laid down the rules right away.
whatever got caught by the camera was invisible, but that was it. So anything else they picked up could be seen.
Lots of good humor in this episode,
the homework and the painted faces were the best gags.
I though the fight was a pretty clever way to get by without having to animate anything, the moment when Akane and Miyuki realized what not being invisible meant was priceless.
The Police man is the only reoccuring character who isn't the teacher/family member, right?
Nao and Yayoi had the best faces in this episode
It's getting pretty obvious now
with the clock filling up and Jester's appearance that big stuff is going to happen soon.
Nyaruko 12
I will never be able to pet Nyaruko
Yeah, I'm wondering about that too. It had the most points and didn't sell a lot. I hope that doesn't mean Hyouka will sell worse than 7k
Ultimadrago
Member
Fate/Snuff, rated PG-13.
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