Wait so its kind of like a yurified Chihayafuru? I'm so fucking there!
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Wait so its kind of like a yurified Chihayafuru? I'm so fucking there!
Crash Station
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Akibaranger 1
Well that was fun. Akiba Yellow is the best.
So this is basically a more comedic, live-action Chaos;head?
Well that was fun. Akiba Yellow is the best.
So this is basically a more comedic, live-action Chaos;head?
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
smh at Geass hate.
For anybody curious as to where Mai Ritoru Poni impressions were (I'm sure like one or two of you were reading them), I'm posting them now in the MLP community thread due to complaints from here on out. And this will be my last post here for a while.
For anybody curious as to where Mai Ritoru Poni impressions were (I'm sure like one or two of you were reading them), I'm posting them now in the MLP community thread due to complaints from here on out. And this will be my last post here for a while.
Now THAT'S MORE LIKE IT!
Aww. Don't leave us Darkside!
I liked your pony-show impressions.
KO Traveling Hobo
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Seconded. I just watched it for the first time a few months ago and loved it.
Jex
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So, I was listening to one of the latest ANN casts, specifically their 80's Anime Top Ten list and I was kind of shocked that Zac wasn't familiar with so many landmark titles from that era. It seemed a little bizarre.
Then I realised that I was being a little bit unreasonable - there's no reason that he should be familiar with every important anime just because he happens to work for ANN.
Yet, as he continued to reveal his ignorance on certain key issues I found myself becoming increasingly irritated with with him. How could he not know that? Why the hell does he think Gundam is a super serious show that was made for military history fanatics? Why doesn't he know that there weren't that many titles produced in the 80's compared to today? After all, hasn't everyone already familiarised with that information thanks to Wikipedia?
Then I realised that I was becoming 'that guy' who knows far, far too much about a certain subject for his own good.
Incidentally, the podcast was quite enjoyable when they were actually discussing the merits of each individual show or movie. However, as with all "top 10 lists" as soon as people began explaining why they'd ranked show X higher than show y it became boring because that's such a subjective, personal choice about why you think one show is better than another rather than why a particular show is good.
Still, it might he a helpful introduction to some of these titles for people who aren't particularly au fait with there 80's anime. I also recommend listening just to hear Zac rip Macross: DYRL apart.
Then I realised that I was being a little bit unreasonable - there's no reason that he should be familiar with every important anime just because he happens to work for ANN.
Yet, as he continued to reveal his ignorance on certain key issues I found myself becoming increasingly irritated with with him. How could he not know that? Why the hell does he think Gundam is a super serious show that was made for military history fanatics? Why doesn't he know that there weren't that many titles produced in the 80's compared to today? After all, hasn't everyone already familiarised with that information thanks to Wikipedia?
Then I realised that I was becoming 'that guy' who knows far, far too much about a certain subject for his own good.
Incidentally, the podcast was quite enjoyable when they were actually discussing the merits of each individual show or movie. However, as with all "top 10 lists" as soon as people began explaining why they'd ranked show X higher than show y it became boring because that's such a subjective, personal choice about why you think one show is better than another rather than why a particular show is good.
Still, it might he a helpful introduction to some of these titles for people who aren't particularly au fait with there 80's anime. I also recommend listening just to hear Zac rip Macross: DYRL apart.
Ultimadrago
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I don't want a fellow Nichijou Bro to take absence. :'(
I hadn't seen complaints about the impressions here for a while, (except that one random guy yesterday).
I'll be here waiting for your return, darkside.
I was becoming "that guy" regarding anime, but I chose to go a different path and concentrate on the science of hnnng.
So you're saying Jexhius should specialize?
I'm not sayin'. I'm just sayin'.
Jex
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Aw shucks. Farewell, fellow Pony viewer. Hopefully you'll return at some point.
I don't approve of this one bit.
I rarely feel like it's the same with movies though. How many people would say the first movie they watched is one of their favorite of all time? That's what makes lists like this confusing to me. On what level are they looking at the works? What they are now? For the time? The wires seemed particularly crossed during the podcast regarding this, although I appreciated that the people on the podcast seemed knowledgeable outside of Zac.
hosannainexcelsis
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He likes to stuff cameos in everything he directs, most recently episodes of Sket Dance. He really is full of himself.
Crash Station
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Becoming?
My list changes constantly, but there are a few series I put way up there at the top, like Haibane Renmei, Kino's journey, Twelve Kingdoms, that will remain there unchanging.
Below that, the forecast is mostly cloudy.
Jex
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It just seemed to be "pick your top 10 titles from the 80's" and the podcasters seemed to interpret that in a variety of different ways, which is fine. It largely seemed to be things that they personally liked, even though though Zac chose something that he personally didn't love.
Anyway, top ten lists are dumb because ten isn't really enough, you always have to say "and here's the other important things I couldn't mention because I couldn't fit them in". I don't really understand having movies and titles on the same list either.
that's why I pretty much stick to my top 2 or 3 and the rest just keep changing. I honestly cant nail down a definitive list, because it is variable depending upon whats interesting to me at the time, how memorable particular shows are, or if I even remember what the hell was on the list a few years ago.
I'm pretty sure people could make a list today, then one two years from now and it would have a ton of changes, maybe even at the very top.
hosannainexcelsis
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Top 10 lists may be dumb, but you have to limit these things to some arbitrary number to keep from going on forever, and 10 is as good a number as any.
Jex
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I think you selectively quoted the wrong segment of my post, because your question doesn't match the text repeated.
Yeah but I can't even nail down my favorite ten. SOme shows I love to death because they are hyper cute, or dramatic and unfrogettable, or just well made, but some I love because they are awful. Maybe I could categorize them all and rank that way, but its fruitless. It just changes too much to be reliable indicators of my interests.
Jex
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Well I am all for having a focused discussion that doesn't run forever but I am still bothered by the Top Ten Format.
Firstly, the usage of 'Top Ten' implies that the list being discussed is somehow definitive, when really people seemed to generally pick out titles that they really liked, not necessarily the 'best ones', as dimb mentioned.
Secondly, 'Ten' really is too small a number to incorporate a decades worth of anime. Something like 30 or 40 would be a lot more useful if your purpose is to actually inform people about the important works being produced at that time. If you just want to stir up shit and here some controversial opinions sticking with 10 is quite effective.
A format where they just talked about 40 shows instead of four people listing ten would also solve the problem of overlap on titles leading to weird gaps in the discussion when one person has it as their number ten and another has it as their number one. I'd imagine they both would probably rather just say everything they have to in one go.
Ultimadrago
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Nyaruko-san 2
*zip*
*zip*
This simple quoted word can infer so many things!
Jex
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I am pretty awful at creating a 'Top 10' of anything, which perhaps explains my distaste for them in general.
Jex
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Another problem with having 10 titles is that people avoid saturating their list with a certain type of work for the sake of variety, which is why Daryl only chose one Ghibli movie for his list, which is silly because no serious discussion of 80's anime should be without Nauiscaa and Totoro.
A Black Falcon
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The two series have some significant differences -- Chihayafuru is much more shoujo, Saki's about a more interesting game, etc -- but yeah, that comparison does sort of make sense. I know that Firehawk has been comparing the plot of Achiga's first episode or two to Chihayafuru, though I think it's just as much like Saki's, myself.
I'm awful at even rating shows, much less coming up with a Top Whatever.
That said, I actually just listened to these podcasts, and I didn't really have an issue with them limiting it to 10. In this particular case, there's more variety anyway simply because of the number of people involved. Sure, there were duplicates, but honestly not as many as I expected before I started listening. I do agree, though, that it was better when they were discussing exactly what made each show work, rather than just "show x was better than show y because I like it more".
That's another problem. People can be biased towards certain elements of a show. My top ten wouldn't really contain much cuteness in it, although I love that sort of thing, and certainly a few moe shows are good enough to warrant inclusion.
Crash Station
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Hayate no Gotoku 33
2 references in 1 character? Impressive.
Also, dat SZS.
2 references in 1 character? Impressive.
Also, dat SZS.
hosannainexcelsis
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I haven't listened to the podcast that inspired this discussion, but given that it's ANN, I would assume it's aims more at stirring up controversy than genuinely informing listeners about the time period.
Crash Station
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lol, whoops.
I really need to rewatch this, seeing so many references in your screenshots that I didn't notice the first time around (or at least don't remember).
Gotta get dem HITZ
It's not too bad, given that half the participants are not from ANN.
Jex
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This is exactly why I don't bother with a MAL, even though it would be useful to have all that information contained in one place.
dakkumauji
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Ah My Goddess TV 25
Amazingly, this was a welcome surprise of an episode. It adapts one of my favorite Urd's story into something that works really well.
I mean it starts with:
Amazingly, this was a welcome surprise of an episode. It adapts one of my favorite Urd's story into something that works really well.
I mean it starts with:
Young Urd so what could go wrong. But, it does adapt very nicely Urd's time spent with Shohei and expands on it a bit more. While, I did like the last bit of the manga's story a little bit more, I still think the show did well on this chapter.
Next, we get adult Skuld and it does look like these were originally OAV so I guess I can still say good job show for ending so nicely last episode!
Medaka Box 2
This is too much. Medaka is so goddamned perfect even her flaws are endearing. Medaka dog stirs some scary conflicting feelings in me but other than that the episode didn't do much to hold my interest.
With so many potentially good shows this season I really see no reason to keep bothering with this middling cast of characters.
This is too much. Medaka is so goddamned perfect even her flaws are endearing. Medaka dog stirs some scary conflicting feelings in me but other than that the episode didn't do much to hold my interest.
With so many potentially good shows this season I really see no reason to keep bothering with this middling cast of characters.
I'm TRYING to work on MAL but its kind of a boring thing in general.
The format and the way you have to add new information is just tedious.
It is kind of useful though when you have started like twenty shows at once, like I have (many more than that actually)
Yeah, hence mine contains no ratings whatsoever. I pretty much just use it to keep track of what I'm watching. (Particularly useful if I have to put something on hold for a long time or such.)
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Well, it's closer to Chihayafuru insomuch as the main motivating factor is a girl who transfers away to another school after playing the game with the main characters. You even have the time jump so that helps too.
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