That first episode is such a wreck.
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That first episode is such a wreck.
chickdigger802
Banned
Is it just me, or are the male leads this season all mostly pretty decent? You'd imagine more stereotypical perverts with the rabid infection of ahoge this season or something.
Two girls had the chance for a hot, steamy night and they went running?
BLASPHEMY! I don't even watch Nanatsuiro Kiseki and I'm offended. SMH, writers, what are you thinking? You are going against what is right and just.
Ahoges are too pure and innocent. Well, aside from Nyaruko, she's one feisty Cthulhu.
PdotMichael
Banned
Shining Hearts
A china/cat girl hybrid. Thats the deconstruction of so many things!
But a pretty worthless anime like K-on! just with weaker animations and bread instead of cakes.
A china/cat girl hybrid. Thats the deconstruction of so many things!
But a pretty worthless anime like K-on! just with weaker animations and bread instead of cakes.
chickdigger802
Banned
hmmm... did they dump the Tony Taka character art? That's about all that was interesting about the recent games...
Man, between this show, Angel Beats, Little Busters, etc KEY really likes to stay in their comfort zone when it comes to cheap melodrama twists.
Let's not forget Air and Clannad. Air had one of the most bullshit "sad" endings ever.
chickdigger802
Banned
while Clannad S2 had the most bullshit cop out ending ever.
Hellsing321
Member
That seems completely bonkers to me since Eureka Seven was very popular in the west.
Maybe that's exactly why they're being picky and not just giving the rights to anyone who makes an offer.
Go_Ly_Dow
Member
You may be over it, but the show will never be finished with you. Ever.....
Tsuritama 1
Grandma moe~, too!
I'm not fond of any of the characters yet, and there wasn't much story to speak of, but the art and music of this were fantastic. I only wish that some of those clouds had been animated.
All the water symbolism was pretty cool and well done. Haru is pretty damn annoying, though. I want to see the duck guy do more.
Grandma moe~, too!
Exactly! The solid colors and clean aspect give this an advantage on the CGI integration, looks good.
It gives me a totally different vibe because it is like a fancier version of that real world place. For example, it is true the sky looks flat but the many shapes of those so-white dreamy clouds, as well as the texture-like chips present on many things makes it look like a very simple but idealized representation of that city, as a boy would paint over a realistic photo of a landscape on a coloring book.
Another detail that I think gave personality to this show was the attitude of the passerby people on the streets and the aquarium scenes with Haru, or the students on Yuki and Haru new classroom; didn't you have the feeling that they were very easygoing? Reacting very delighted, gladly surprised or even chanting at their little dance without questioning much, I think all that has its own charm
(unless Haru shoot them all off-screen with that pistol, but I doubt that)
This could certainly be considered subjective, because I think there are also different quality grades for types of content, and I've seen criticisms based on that 'quality' (like blaming reused, generic or very exploitable concepts even if sometimes are well presented, and I'd agree with them in certain cases).
But as I said, that depends on each person and how they use that broad term.
Yeah, the whole city just feels like it's in the middle of a lazy summer day, and the bright colors fit very well with that.
I was referring mostly to the genres though. Stuff like Fractale, Guilty Crown, and BRS TV really have no place on the noitaminA block as it was originally conceived.
I see, later I thought that was what you were referring to, after posting.
Anyway, what did they say about the original scope and objectives of the block when it was first created? I remember something about pushing for original content but not much more... was it explained something more specific about noitaminA and its future direction when they unveiled it? Or recently on this new season presentation?
Everything is fun and games until Hito gets someone to watch Yami.
I think the argument could easily be made that these shows have no place on any channel.
I actually thought Renton for the most part was a pretty decent protagonist. I found the rest of the cast in the early half unlikable.
It might be some stupid move to drum up interest in the BDs, either that or Bandai might be asking for some insane prices.
The Grim Heaper
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dat ahoge made me really want to watch it
But I really don't think I can avoid it any longer after this.
This is really subjective but I personally think it's too colourful. I'm fine with the texture-like chips and interestingly shaped clouds; it gives more personality to the overall environment, giving that extra oomph to the visuals.
I'd disagree it's just a fancier version of a real world place; it's much more than that. It's like they turned up the contrast so much so it gives me a kind of eerie, too unnatural feeling. In fact, I think the point of these over-saturated colours is to paint a world that's almost a carbon copy of ours but with so much more brighter and optimistic than ours. Almost every visual was crafted with at least the primary colours present; it's just a constant bombardment of colours from start to end. They're not even toning down the contrast of the colours either. Even something as mundane as a doorway has so much colourful paraphernalia:
As I said, the colourfulness fits the quirky world and characters they're trying to portray though. I think they're being a bit overbearing though; I'd never thought I'd hear myself say this but my eyes hurt from cramming too much personality and colour in each frame ;_;
The surprised reactions of the passerbyers and the students chanting in those situations you suggested certainly do build upon the Tsuritama world. Their reactions are unnatural, unrealistic, and otherworldly. Almost contrary to what our expectations would be, although not exactly irony. The Tsuritama world feels wrong to be in; it's so jarring compared to our expectations.
Despite my negative-sounding impressions and dislike of over-saturated visuals, I do appreciate all these factors that bring the Tsuritama world to life. I think this has a lot of potential visuals-wise and now I'm only waiting on the story.
The noitaminA website itself says that the block was founded for "anime like renzoku drama". I don't know enough about live-action Japanese programming to really comment on whether this has a specialised meaning other than "serialised", but I think the block has always been supposed to show anime that is not targeted at the stereotypical young male audience. It wasn't about original content - I think you might be mixed up with Anime no Chikara, TV Tokyo's very short-lived timeslot partnership with Aniplex - it was about original audiences.
The noitaminA name was chosen because they "wanted to defy the conventions of anime".
Calibrate your TV.
Pizzaroll, this is why many people consider you a troll, because you try to dismiss his opinion with a throwaway line.
Of course, you describe it well. I like it for that semi-fantasy environment approach, but obviously I can't fault your position on this because it is a rightful one. We have different tolerances to colorful things, man!
Yeah, I see I mixed the premises of those two... thanks for the information BluWacky!
Because he's the viewer anime deserves, but not the one it needs right now.
Jex
Member
Stop being so reasonable!
What? I'm saying that Tsuritama is not as overbearingly bright as he is describing it and could be a result of overblown contrast on his TV with the bright (but not overly bright) visual design it has. Since you seem to know so much about me, you should also remember the emphasis I've always put on video & display quality.
Maybe you bunch should stop reading into every single post I make. If they bother you, don't reply.
Saved? It's never actually in danger. Just various degrees of existence.
How does anything work in Medaka Box?
Well...maybe second. I dunno. Too much cute this season. Peace is still queen of [redacted]
not sure about 'best', heck I'm not even sure she is classifiable as a 'character'.
She is just a bundle of adorable. Which I'm fine with.
Tsumiki is third, although yes she's very adorable. the problem is that's all we really know about her.
Almost forgot.
cutest of the year.
Bingo.
Actually if Kids on the Slope was directed by a different director I'm pretty sure it would get praise here regardless, because AnimeGAF loves noitamina stuff, I just think people are overselling it due to the Watanabe name, heck I know a number of people who wouldn't even watch the show if it wasn't directed by Watanabe to begin with, so there's that too.
This is kind of bullshit. A good show is a good show. I'm in it for the jazz and the slice of life bro story. I don't care who directed it or who the staff is.
It's pretty rad.
Norio improves everything. EVERYTHING.
O_O! [redacted]!!!
Jex
Member
Well, consider this poster gobsmacked.
Jex
Member
I know, right? We've really slowed down recently.
Do you really think that all that he's saying is that the colours are just a little too bright? I don't want to put words in his mouth, but the way I read it, he thinks that the artists are trying to cram just a little too much into every shot of the show. He also mentioned many positives about the show, but you really only noticed the few lines where he mentions the vibrant colours? And your first thought isn't, "he has a different opinion than me", but rather, "He must be doing something wrong"?
It's really not a big deal to me, but it goes against what you often claim about yourself.
chickdigger802
Banned
Ahoge Knight
A few lines? There was an entire paragraph on it. I didn't edit it down to that paragraph only because I'm on my phone and it's a pain.
But whatever. I guess I'll just stop trying to post anything because people are clearly going to have issues no matter what.
Jex
Member
Does your madness know no end?
And here you're doing the same thing again: you ignore 9/10ths of what someone says, just so you can find the one thing you want to harp on. Which would be fine so long as you actually acknowledge the other 9/10ths exist.
But you are correct, it was an entire paragraph, not just a few lines.
I wasn't trying to be critical of you, but you often complain about how people claim you are a troll, and I was explaining that that was one of the reasons why.
PdotMichael
Banned
Sankarea - 02
oh... Wanko! You are too perfect for the MC.
oh... Wanko! You are too perfect for the MC.
I'm sure that thinking about that now will make me miss these shows less in the future. A little sad situation, isn't it?
Come on! Don't say it like that... I don't want you to stop posting.
I'm not harping on him, jesus. I was actually trying to help because I find the color design in Tsuritama to be pitch perfect but also the sort of thing easily ruined by overblown contrast and such found on most people's TVs.
I didn't say you were harping on him.
I don't think you were harping on him.
I was saying that if you put a bit more thought into how you responded, you could avoid a lot of people claiming you're a troll.
But if you don't mind the complaints, I guess that's fine too.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Natsuiro Kiseki
Two episodes to yuri:
Yeah, so the whole show is presumably based on the supernatural element and the girls having various hijinks as a result of that. I suppose that might be fine if they didn't just assumed that people would care about the characters without any real development.
Two episodes to yuri:
Yeah, so the whole show is presumably based on the supernatural element and the girls having various hijinks as a result of that. I suppose that might be fine if they didn't just assumed that people would care about the characters without any real development.
Jex
Member
Natsuiro Kiseki
Two episodes to yuri:
Yeah, so the whole show is presumably based on the supernatural element and the girls having various hijinks as a result of that. I suppose that might be fine if they didn't just assumed that people would care about the characters without any real development.
So it still sucks, huh? I can't really tell because you wrote less than 500 words.
Natsuiro Kiseki
Two episodes to yuri:
Yeah, so the whole show is presumably based on the supernatural element and the girls having various hijinks as a result of that. I suppose that might be fine if they didn't just assumed that people would care about the characters without any real development.
I like where this is going...
wherever the hell it is going.
Jex
Member
You're going to love season 2!
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