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[Risette]

At this point you might as well skip everything between an OP and ED.

Why?

 

[Jex]

There is too much Oreimo in this thread.

I tried to move it elsewhere. I tried!

 

[cajunator]

Heh, maybe we should start our own anime-gaf wiki.

This would be a bad idea.

 

[Jex]

Excuse me?

There is no pony better than Twilight.

I thought I knew who you were. Obviously, I was wrong.

 

[Novid]

Queen's Blade sells far better than a lot of the shows favoured around here, and from what I understand it does okay in the US as well.

what? for a second there i thought it wasnt going the fuck no where. i mean yall could have fooled me, thinking that Oreimo was selling like hotcakes with all that hnnging and toothbrushin. turns out boobs will always sell.

 

[cajunator]

what? for a second there i thought it wasnt going the fuck no where. i mean yall could have fooled me, thinking that Oremo was selling like hotcakes with all that hnnging and toothbrushin. turns out boobs will always sell.

THUNDER THUNDER THUNDER THUNDER THUNDER THUNDER CAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

[dimb]

turns out boobs will always sell.

Not always. Plenty of fanservice stuff falls on its face finding an audience.

 

[Jex]

First three movies.

Just watch the original movies - the pacing is much better than the television series, and it makes a few minor story changes that are considered canonical in the UC time-line.

For First Gundam, watch the movies, the TV show shows its age and is only really interesting for historical nitpicking.

If you like them, move on to Zeta--the TV show's the better option there, it holds up a lot better. After that, Char's Counterattack.

Spoiler

then come back to us so we can have the once-a-thread flamewar about which UC OVAs are the best.

One of these days I want to see someone recommend the TV series. Just for a change of pace.

You're just a slave to 19th century naturalistic fiction, man.

I approve of this reference.

 

[Hitokage]

So I take it we're free to use this from now?

Go nuts.

 

[cajunator]

All Ive seen of GITS is the TV series. Well part of it. a boring part.

Go nuts.

This could have consequences. Bad ones. Evil ones.

 

[Risette]

All Ive seen of GITS is the TV series. Well part of it. a boring part.

So all of it?

 

[Jex]

Ringo is mai waifu, bitches.

You don't chose Ringo, she chooses you.

 

[cajunator]

You don't chose Ringo, she chooses you.

DESTINYYYYYYYYYYYY

 

[duckroll]

Go nuts.

Famous last words.

/me goes nuts.

 

[chickdigger802]

You gotta foreshadow in the OP somehow.



It's the show insurance fraud should've been.

lol or you spoil the whole 'arc' like how they do it in fairy tail and Reborn.


New week, new avatar! Will hop back on a Yayoi avatar probably today if their is something good ;P

 

[Branduil]

Go nuts.

This imperative implies a current state of being which is not nuts.

 

[cajunator]

lol or you spoil the whole 'arc' like how they do it in fairy tail and Reborn.


New week, new avatar! Will hop back on a Yayoi avatar probably today if their is something good ;P

The only character suitable to replace Yayoi. You have chosen wisely.

 

[Hitokage]

Why?

You can skip to the REAL action and dispense with the padding.

 

[Jex]

i just can't come to terms with DEEN doing something as visually impressive as Sankarea and Gainax doing some silly shounen show. anime really has changed.

GAINAX have made some shitty looking stuff before, it's just that people remember the Gurren Lagann's and Panty and Stocking's of the world.

 

[Risette]

You can skip to the REAL action and dispense with the padding.

What

 

[Narag]

One of these days I want to see someone recommend the TV series. Just for a change of pace.

I need to check out the actual series sometime so I can revisit Doan's Island, witness the Gundam Hammer in action, and likely approve of M'Quve's Gyan being left out of the movies.

 

[Branduil]

You don't chose Ringo, she chooses you.

DESTINYYYYYYYYYYYY

Exactly. Some people have learned nothing from the waifu generatormountain. I didn't choose Saber as my waifu, but she's a king and has an invisible sword, so it can't be helped.

Spoiler

This is one of those posts that makes you look insane if you haven't been reading the thread for months.

 

[cajunator]

GAINAX have made some shitty looking stuff before, it's just that people remember the Gurren Lagann's and Panty and Stocking's of the world.

Watch "This Ugly Yet Beautiful World". I only bought this series because it looks like A Mahoromatic clone. Its NOT a clone of that show, but it is rather dumb. It does have Akari in it and well...

 

[Basileus777]

Exactly. Some people have learned nothing from the waifu generatormountain. I didn't choose Saber as my waifu, but she's a king and has an invisible sword, so it can't be helped.

Spoiler

This is one of those posts that makes you look insane if you haven't been reading the thread for months.

In which case you already know everyone here is insane.

 

[Narag]

Now and Then, Here and There 5

I'm think I'm getting the hang of this now and starting to enjoy it.

Now and Then, Here and There



This is why I mentioned contrivance earlier. Is the show subjecting the characters to these things because it's trying to pile on the suffering in a cheap manner to make us eel bad, or it simply trying to portray a really awful situation? I guess that depends on how you approach the work and how you feel the director has constructed the scenario and characters - do they make this seem plausible?

If we step back from this particular show for a moment - whenever a show or movie decides to show us characters experiencing a long series of bad events and suffering immensely there is always the potential for it to be "emotionally manipulative garbage". This is usually due to the manner in which it is presented by the director.

All of this raises the question - is there a way to present a story in such a way that it can be swallowed by the audience? Because NTHT is clearly trying to tackle a serious subject, perhaps some would complain that it does so in a 'anime manner', but I don't know. What I've read of actual child soldiers tends to be extremely bleak material.

I think in my case I was going into this expecting something more "anime"and other misconceptions that the first episode helped enforce.

Spoiler

I realized the setting and the whole Lala Ru/pendant plotline is secondary so far to the other characters. I was wondering today why I'm enjoying Abelia as a character and it occured to me how she's apparently a buffer between Hamdo and the rest of Hellywood and being crushed under the weight of keeping order in spite of the whims of a man who doesn't simply act like a child but apparently actually has the faculties of one given how he's portrayed and her loyalty to him. Also after watching episode five I have the notion Sara and Shu are being used to illustrate the difficulties of being abducted and how different their integration is. Shu meets everything with defiance while Sara is reduced to resignation. I might have simply not seen another but outside of Lala Ru and Abelia, are there really no other females around? I'd imagine this would make her segregation from everyone else make much more sense. It's interesting to watch Nabuca's indoctrination begin to fracture as well.

Now and Then, Here and There 6

Well of course after I type something I see

Spoiler

Sara does have some fight left in her. Hamdo's orders for her to breed makes me wonder why Abelia is apparently off-limits. Also it's weird to see Hellywood apparently wasn't so much a community struggling to survive in some inhospitable but are apparently the actual aggressors.

smh at destroying farmland and water sources though

 

[Novid]

Not always. Plenty of fanservice stuff falls on its face finding an audience.

thats true. maybe because Queens Blade has a equal amount of Oppai and DFC?

 

[cajunator]

Now and Then, Here and There 5

I'm think I'm getting the hang of this now and starting to enjoy it.



I think in my case I was going into this expecting something more "anime"and other misconceptions that the first episode helped enforce.

Spoiler

I realized the setting and the whole Lala Ru/pendant plotline is secondary so far to the other characters. I was wondering today why I'm enjoying Abelia as a character and it occured to me how she's apparently a buffer between Hamdo and the rest of Hellywood and being crushed under the weight of keeping order in spite of the whims of a man who doesn't simply act like a child but apparently actually has the faculties of one given how he's portrayed and her loyalty to him. Also after watching episode five I have the notion Sara and Shu are being used to illustrate the difficulties of being abducted and how different their integration is. Shu meets everything with defiance while Sara is reduced to resignation. I might have simply not seen another but outside of Lala Ru and Abelia, are there really no other females around? I'd imagine this would make her segregation from everyone else make much more sense. It's interesting to watch Nabuca's indoctrination begin to fracture as well.

Now and Then, Here and There 6

Well of course after I type something I see

Spoiler

Sara does have some fight left in her. Hamdo's orders for her to breed makes me wonder why Abelia is apparently off-limits. Also it's weird to see Hellywood apparently wasn't so much a community struggling to survive in some inhospitable but are apparently the actual aggressors.

smh at destroying farmland and water sources though

At least someone else besides me "enjoyed" NTHT

 

[frostbyte]

GAINAX have made some shitty looking stuff before, it's just that people remember the Gurren Lagann's and Panty and Stocking's of the world.

I still have yet to see anyone else mention Kare Kano

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Although Kare Kano is more of no budget kind of situation rather than shitty looking. I still love it though.

Maybe I'm coming in at the wrong time.

 

[Femmeworth]

thats true. maybe because Queens Blade has a equal amount of Oppai and DFC?

I didn't know what DFC stood for. Huh, you learn something new every day.

 

[Narag]

I didn't know what DFC stood for. Huh, you learn something new every day.

My vocabulary has expanded to uncomfortable levels due to this thread.

 

[cajunator]

I didn't know what DFC stood for. Huh, you learn something new every day.

Hey, I remember you said you liked Oreimo. Who is your favorite character?

 

[Hitokage]

But...IT HAS PANTY SHOTS AND CANT POSSIBLY BE GOOD.

Blatant pantyshots in a show is like having an iron ball chained to your ankle in a 100m sprint. Sure, some manage to put in a good showing regardless but think of what they could be without the handicap.

 

[wonzo]

Smile Precure 3

these bad guys sure are doing a pretty damn good job at carrying out their nefarious plan.

Spoiler

i'm fucking sick and tired of akanbe.

GAINAX have made some shitty looking stuff before, it's just that people remember the Gurren Lagann's and Panty and Stocking's of the world.

Yeah, I actually forgot about their lesser known (and for good reason) works. It doesn't help that pretty much all the talent left.

 

[Thoraxes]

I didn't know what DFC stood for. Huh, you learn something new every day.

Is this learn in a good way or learn in a bad way?

 

[cajunator]

Blatant pantyshots in a show is like having an iron ball chained to your ankle in a 100m sprint. Sure, some manage to put in a good showing regardless but think of what they could be without the handicap.

I enjoy a good challenge.

Smile Precure 3

these bad guys sure are doing a pretty damn good job at carrying out their nefarious plan.

Spoiler

i'm fucking sick and tired of akanbe.

Yeah, I actually forgot about their lesser known (and for good reason) works. It doesn't help that pretty much all the talent left.

Akanbe sucks. worst part of Precure smile. Everything else is sublime though.

 

[Jintor]

I'm actually tempted to finish watching Broken Blade. That's probably a good sign.

 

[wonzo]

after manyuu hikenchou i'm a big believer in the benefits of dat DFC

 

[Thoraxes]

after manyuu hikenchou i'm a big believer in the benefits of dat DFC

But according to that show, you aren't a woman or even considered a human without them (as a woman).

 

[Femmeworth]

Blatant pantyshots in a show is like having an iron ball chained to your ankle in a 100m sprint. Sure, some manage to put in a good showing regardless but think of what they could be without the handicap.

Prude. /pizzaroll

Hey, I remember you said you liked Oreimo. Who is your favorite character?

Is this learn in a good way or learn in a bad way?

Can't it be both?

after manyuu hikenchou i'm a big believer in the benefits of dat DFC

You didn't call it Ninja Tits, so I had to look it up.

 

[wonzo]

But according to that show, you aren't a woman or even considered a human without them (as a woman).

yeah but one day the DFC will have a revolution and throw out the oppressive big titted elite!

 

[Lain]

Not always. Plenty of fanservice stuff falls on its face finding an audience.

Indeed. Just putting T&A on display isn't enough to sell.

 

[Hitokage]

I enjoy a good challenge.

I guess that's one way to interpret what I wrote.

 

[InfiniteNine]

yeah but one day the DFC will have a revolution and throw out the oppressive big titted elite!

Those big titties are causing global warming!

 

[cajunator]

Wow so thats the proper name for ninja tits? I was hoping ninja Tits was the actual name

 

[Thoraxes]

yeah but one day the DFC will have a revolution and throw out the oppressive big titted elite!

The Civil War of anime will be glorious.

 

[cajunator]

There is definitely merit to DFC.
But not TOO DFC If you know what Im sayin.

 

[InfiniteNine]

There is definitely merit to DFC.
But not TOO DFC If you know what Im sayin.

Yeah, we don't want humps coming out of peoples backs.

 

[Narag]

yeah but one day the DFC will have a revolution and throw out the oppressive big titted elite!

Sounds like a show premise.

 

[wonzo]

Sounds like a show premise.

fingers crossed for a season two

 

[cajunator]

I'm honestly surprised such an idea hasn't been explored. Like seriously.