Ah LoveCom is pretty awesome.
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Ah LoveCom is pretty awesome.
Yami to Boushi 5
gargantua's easily one of the worst characters i've ever seen.
in a world without subtlety
gargantua's easily one of the worst characters i've ever seen.
It's nice to know I'm not alone on bearing witness to this thing.
I like Shin Mazinger though. Just not that font!!!
Jex
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What a temptress.
Not my fault!
Even though I'm rereading it via SRWZ2 now and want to change like half the lines
I hope you're starting to understand why Sankarea was so surprising.
Let's not and say we did.
I was agreeing with them up until the "artistically vital" part.
That part in ep14 actually wasn't bad. I was HOPING that scene meant TIME TO CONNECT SHOWS NOW since they were being reborn and it showed the true Aquarion reacting.
But NOPE, just let them POWER UP and there's still no connections
I like the show, and the first half goofing around episodic was good like the first half of the original Aquarion, but now that it's getting plot-centric and serious the connection teasing is starting to become annoying.
Basileus777
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That doesn't really stand out as being worse than the standard stuff ANN and anime bloggers usually write.
but is it as good as angel beats?
That part in ep14 actually wasn't bad. I was HOPING that scene meant TIME TO CONNECT SHOWS NOW since they were being reborn and it showed the true Aquarion reacting.
But NOPE, just let them POWER UP and there's still no connections
I like the show, and the first half goofing around episodic was good like the first half of the original Aquarion, but now that it's getting plot-centric and serious the connection teasing is starting to become annoying.
Aquarion Evol is just Kawamori phoning it in. We all know that the upcoming AKB0048 is what he's really putting his heart and soul into.
Jex
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If you standards are already in the garbage, then I suppose so.
I meant the ones on your TV screen that lazy creators forgot to fill my making their shows 4:3 to save money.
hosannainexcelsis
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But not quite as artistically vital as Bakemonogatari.
fuck you with a spiky stick, marshmallows optional
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Crash Station
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Tone is one of the few things that can actually get away with being inconsistent and may even benefit the work. In the manga, it's pretty effective when the Cerebus Syndrome kicks in because a unified tone can go further when it's preceded by an inconsistent one.
Character development, I agree with, but the actual characters themselves (particularly Furuya) are pretty different and again I wouldn't say better or worse across the 2 mediums. Furuya has a much more colorful personality in the manga while there isn't really much to his character in the anime. I actually prefer the anime one because I hate those cat expressions, but I wouldn't fault someone for thinking the opposite.
Visually, well a full-blown anime production is usually prettier than its manga counterpart.
I still can't believe they're the ones behind Sankarea.
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Alternative title: Otaku Gaijin's Maiden Trip to Japan
At least the animators are having fun making this cartoon. Maybe I would appreciate it on any level if the dude had a penis. I don't think I will miss out on anything as long as you guys keep on making gifs of the important stuff.
Why you gotta focus on the unimportant stuff, man?
2012 Spring by comparison has.
Space brothers
Mysterious girlfriend X
Lupin the third : the woman called fujiko mine
Kids on the slope
Tsuritama
Eureka seven AO
Fate/zero S2
Saint seiya omega
+ that zombie moe show whatever it's called and Hyouka which has yet to air.
2007 Spring still has better shows really, and you forgot about Lucky star and Lovely complex on your list! although we have no idea whether we will still be reccomending half these spring 2012 shows by the time they all end!!!
I was bored & decided to anagram the anime I'm currently watching & came out with great results...
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san - HURRAY! SO OKAY INANE
Nyarlathotep - HOT PLANETARY
Puella Magi Madoka Magica - I AM GLACIAL AMOK UP DAMAGE
Upotte FNC-chan - CANNOT UP FETCH
Tsuritama - I AM A TRUST
Sakamichi no Apollon - HALO IN AS OK COMPLAIN
Eureka Seven Ao - EVOKE SANE UREA
Jormungand - MAJOR 'N' DUNG
Saki: Achiga-hen - HA HA! IS ACE KING
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san - HURRAY! SO OKAY INANE
Nyarlathotep - HOT PLANETARY
Puella Magi Madoka Magica - I AM GLACIAL AMOK UP DAMAGE
Upotte FNC-chan - CANNOT UP FETCH
Tsuritama - I AM A TRUST
Sakamichi no Apollon - HALO IN AS OK COMPLAIN
Eureka Seven Ao - EVOKE SANE UREA
Jormungand - MAJOR 'N' DUNG
Saki: Achiga-hen - HA HA! IS ACE KING
Jex
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Of course. You aren't calling ANN a liar, are you?
I can't agree with that at all. Inconsistent tone nearly always ruins works.
Not when it's DEEN it isn't. Actually, that's not true a considerable amount of the time.
Jex
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"Art : A
Animation : B"
The fact that ANN assign a score to something they simply call 'Art' consistently amazes me. I whenever you score a film, or a game or whatever then you're scoring 'art' - but at least they don't actually have a box on their reviews labelled 'art'.
I wouldn't dare disparage such a reputable website and their impeccable reviews.
Well, it's too early to say that this season could match Spring 2007, but even the fact that we can compare them at all is incredible. I wouldn't have imagined such a thing could be possible in recent seasons.
Seriously, what is it about Shu and Inori that ranks them so high up? It's absolutely perplexing. Is it because the show has mechas or something, that's the only thing that would make a lick sense, probably.
Season 2 in a nutshell.
Tsuritama 1
I don't think I have very much interesting to say here. I like the bright color of the show. The direction is kind of frantic, but it's still easy to follow, which is nice.
I don't like Haru. Not only does he sound obnoxious, but I kind of hate the way he bends the plot around him through the first episode. Thanks to
and
, he can just plant himself in the center of things without anyone being able to so much as object. I'm sure there are good reasons for this that will be explained, but for now it just makes me vaguely annoyed.
At the very least, it's a pretty interesting contrast to Apollon (or is Kids on the Slope our preferred title?) which treats a similar premise with a similar protagonist in a completely different way.
I don't think I have very much interesting to say here. I like the bright color of the show. The direction is kind of frantic, but it's still easy to follow, which is nice.
I don't like Haru. Not only does he sound obnoxious, but I kind of hate the way he bends the plot around him through the first episode. Thanks to
Yuki's grandma letting him live with them for no clear reason at all
his magic mind-control watergun
At the very least, it's a pretty interesting contrast to Apollon (or is Kids on the Slope our preferred title?) which treats a similar premise with a similar protagonist in a completely different way.
Jex
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Well, as none of the shows for this season have finished yet it's wholly impossible to compare the two seasons, I was just highlighting the most exciting season in anime.
Absolutely. Tone is very important.
Far too many anime series suffer from absolutely zero consistent tone, mixing melodrama with slapstick comedy that can occur at any time. It's a big problem within anime in particular I think.
Honestly, looking back at 2007 I realized I've only finished 3 shows from the spring season. Maybe it wasn't that great to begin with, maybe spring 2012 is going end up being better after all?!
There's not a single show as good as Gurren Lagann this season yet though, despite how high-quality most of the shows are.
*cough*KEY*cough*
I feel like I should make an Angel Beats joke but I've just ragged on it yesterday. I'll give it a break.
I tend to think this kind of tonal inconsistency shows a lack of faith in the dramatic elements.
The worst part is that anime fans lap it up. Every time I see someone say "this series is like a comedy and a drama and an action series all in one every episode!" (usually in reference to Key junk or Key-related junk like Clannad or Angel Beats) I feel like shouting at things.
It's just not a good thing. Obligatory. Replace words to make it work for anime in your mind.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Tsuritama 1:
Pretty good first episode. The sound direction in particular is great, and I think there are some very well executed visual moments (especially whenever we get the water stuff blending in with reality). I also really like the whole look of the show, and I feel like Yuki is a good protagonist. His internal monologues are good, and I feel interested in him. I'm not 100% sure on the story, but the first episode at least set that all up well.
Pretty good first episode. The sound direction in particular is great, and I think there are some very well executed visual moments (especially whenever we get the water stuff blending in with reality). I also really like the whole look of the show, and I feel like Yuki is a good protagonist. His internal monologues are good, and I feel interested in him. I'm not 100% sure on the story, but the first episode at least set that all up well.
Branduil: so badass he dp's the anime thread
actually not trolling you, seriously, duck's the only other guy who would nail that strict mix of loving good things and hating bad things, and he's busy sucking F/Z's cock
which is a really impressive, smegmaless, and pointy cock. but still!
hosannainexcelsis
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Gintama is the only show I've seen that can actually make that kind of tone mixture work. It helps that when it really wants to be taken seriously, it makes a careful gradual shift between being mostly comedy and mostly drama.
Spring 2007 had Dennou Coil. Spring 2012 does not have Dennou Coil. Ergo Spring 2007 is superior.
this pug gets it
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I only watched three episodes of Dennou Coil and it was boring.
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