Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I would totally be on board for this if I weren't so self-conscious about my accent.
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Jex
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The earlier episodes are like, two hours in length, but more recently they're down to abut 45 minutes.
Femmeworth
Banned
If Branduil and pizzaroll are on it, it will be gold.
Well, you owe me 100 internets now, but how exactly do I cash them out?
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Mmm, maybe I'll add them after my footie podcast.
I could cut the sexual tension with a butter knife.
Sexual favours.
I would totally be on board for this if I weren't so self-conscious about my accent.
I'm just excited to hear Jex's Brit accent.
Jex
Member
This is a classic example of terrible meddling - all the plot lines which the show had been working up to were awkwardly aborted in favour of some really dumb shit inserted at the last moment.
Jex
Member
I know, right? How else will you stay up to date with all of Japan's culture exports.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
That's very simplistic. There are a lot of British accents!
A Black Falcon
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Mahjong is indeed a major part of the show, and I don't know that you'll really learn it by watching -- the game's quite complex and I still don't really understand, though I've read/watched the series a few times -- but I just don't think it matters too much. I mean, for people who do know mahjong I'm sure it'd be even better, but the series works well on its own... it's not exactly realistic mahjong, anyway, not with how a lot of the characters have superpowers. They play tiles, crazy stuff happens, people win... I found it fun to watch, regardless of if I understood it or not.
(I have played various Shanghai games, so I do know what the tiles look like, which maybe helped a little, but I don't know the rules to Mahjong.)
Also, yes, expect lots and lots of yuri subtext. Apart from mahjong it's certainly one of the series' main themes.
Femmeworth
Banned
And then spread it on some of Rick's bread? Yum.
What if it's Cockney?
Jex
Member
The animation in Black Lagoon isn't terribly consistent, but the action choreography improves after the first set of episodes.
Femmeworth
Banned
What if it's Chav? D:
The exchange booth burned down with the rest of the internet when you showed me that last picture. Do something noble and donate your internets to a foundation for hysterical blindness.
Greasing it up does make it go down easier.
Jex
Member
Nah, she's in the first episode.
Dedication Through Light
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Kimi to Boku 2 - 3
Movie watching part was hilarious as well as the photo op and etc.
and it never gets old how much they Kanemecchi gets so angry at everyone and how active Chizuru is. Akira was a compelling character, 30 seemed so old for him, but hopefully he returns again, great VA.
Movie watching part was hilarious as well as the photo op and etc.
Chizuru was hugging Kanemecchi
Jex
Member
Roberta is zzz. C'mon now.
Shenhua is the best Black Lagoon girl anyway!
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Kinda off-topic, but where's the "New Adventures of the GAFcast" video with sp0rsk? I can't find it on the yootoobs.
Mmm Rose Tyler.
Does this mean he's gonna suddenly sport a lisp like Rose Tyler?
Mmm Rose Tyler.
Jex
Member
They're just appreciating Lovecraftian lore from a different perspective, what's so wrong with that? Are you a hater?
You're just upset that what you asked for actually existed! Not my fault your idea of a safe bet was mistaken.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
This is like taking names and locales from The Divine Comedy and mix them up with snazzy action, hard rock, and incestuous brotherly love tension.
...oh.
Historical bondage reenactments.
Jex
Member
Once again, a SHAFT show beats out some Watanabe rubbish.Kids on the Slope;;Kids on the Dope
This image looks like something out of Apollon. Note the thick black outline that is the same throughout. Notice the shading that makes each character like grainy mud.
This gif shows how soft shading and highlights can be used appropriately. The soft shading is used sparingly in the face and the hands. In the face it is used to show blush in the face and in the hands it is used to give depth. Soft shading is never used too much because it can make the image look like cancer.
Also in this gif, the outlines are not the same color or size. This gives the image a more sense of realism, because humans do not look like pen outlined blobs.
Also, you're wrong. Your argument seems to imply that there's something inherently wrong with the art style of Kids on the Slope, as opposed to the fact that you don't like it. I can understand why you (and others) dislike like it but it seems perfectly valid to me.
Madpierrot needs to get out of the kitchen.
Jex
Member
Zetman 03
This girl has a face like a manatee. Creeps me out, especially when all the old man faces are so rich with detail. Info dump episode (mostly of stuff I already assumed/knew) with a fight mixed in. Didn't really do a lot for me and I don't really know if I'll stick to this show. This show is just hitting the story beats way too fast and it's kind of just out of control at this point. Even the sloggy info dump couldn't really reset the emotional bearings.
Well, we all know that old men are always more interesting to design, because their faces can have actual features. You know, wrinkles, lines, faults, crags, whatever it may be. Young women or girls must have perfectly smooth, flat faces with no blemishes at all.
Old men also work best in CGI.
Jex
Member
As Sqaure taught us all!
Mirai Nikki 25-26 (The End
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What the fuck just happened? So many plot elements in the last few episodes lacked impact since they seemed to just be making them up on the spot.
Does the manga at all explain why
... OR IS IT???
What the fuck just happened? So many plot elements in the last few episodes lacked impact since they seemed to just be making them up on the spot.
Also Yukkii is apparently the worst God ever. Like 10,000 years later everything in his timeline is just gone. It's just him moping over Yuno,in the void, growing out his hair, while Murmur rereads manga. He and Yuno should have just shacked up in World 3 off the grid, like Minene wound up doing, since the whole point of one of them winning was saving their world.
Does the manga at all explain why
Deus can skip the Survival Game and keep on living in World 3?
Hellsing321
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Gintama 89
My favorite part about this Bleach parody was that they didn't draw any backgrounds. Kept it true to the source material. Kubo would be proud.
My favorite part about this Bleach parody was that they didn't draw any backgrounds. Kept it true to the source material. Kubo would be proud.
Jex
Member
Are you saying that Makoto Shinkai is not a good director???
(I know that you aren't, because you said 'regardless of the theme').
Still, I can't actually think of an anime director who uses the same style repeatedly regardless of the theme. Probably some bad episode director somewhere.
hosannainexcelsis
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Shin Oonuma. And other inferior Shinbo imitators.
Jex
Member
You see, I can't remember the names of the little people but he certainly has a rather lacklustre resume.
I tried watching it years ago, but found it to be so dull. Couldn't get through more than a few episodes.
Femmeworth
Banned
I... I would be okay with that.
It's like they lure you in with all this teasing and then just suddenly drop it.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Hot.
#AnimeEconomyIt's like they lure you in with all this teasing and then just suddenly drop it.
Devil May Cry, dude.
Jex
Member
If you must have your yuri just watch Cream Lemon: Pop Chaser!
Femmeworth
Banned
Oh, I thought you were talking about anime.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Now who is the corrupted one huh?
Jex
Member
What's wrong with some really great sakuga, huh?
Maria-sama ga Miteru Season 2 13 [END]
Drama, drama everywhere. In contrast to the first season, season two provided us with episodes that focused more on the white and yellow rose families. With graduation's quick arrival, the three roses (Youko "Rosa Chinensis" Mizuno, Eriko "Rosa Ftida" Torii, Sei "Rosa Gigantea" Satou) said their goodbyes to Lillian Girls' Academy and passed on their legacy to their en boutons.
Sei Satou's departure was not only hard on Yumi, it was especially taking its toll on Shimako. A girl who was quiet and reserved at the start of the series, Shimako slowly but surely blossomed into her own person. I loved the frighteningly similar interactions between Shimako and Noriko, and how well it mirrored between Shimako's first meeting with Sei as well. As someone mentioned before, the white rose family honestly does have the best characters.
The relationship between Rei and Yoshino is so sweet that it kills me that they're not a couple. Underneath her calm exterior, Rei is super protective of Yoshino and frets about anything she does that requires effort
. This is when yuri goggles come in handy.
Another really solid season. Still not a fan of Touko though. :lol
Drama, drama everywhere. In contrast to the first season, season two provided us with episodes that focused more on the white and yellow rose families. With graduation's quick arrival, the three roses (Youko "Rosa Chinensis" Mizuno, Eriko "Rosa Ftida" Torii, Sei "Rosa Gigantea" Satou) said their goodbyes to Lillian Girls' Academy and passed on their legacy to their en boutons.
Sei Satou's departure was not only hard on Yumi, it was especially taking its toll on Shimako. A girl who was quiet and reserved at the start of the series, Shimako slowly but surely blossomed into her own person. I loved the frighteningly similar interactions between Shimako and Noriko, and how well it mirrored between Shimako's first meeting with Sei as well. As someone mentioned before, the white rose family honestly does have the best characters.
The relationship between Rei and Yoshino is so sweet that it kills me that they're not a couple. Underneath her calm exterior, Rei is super protective of Yoshino and frets about anything she does that requires effort
even though Yoshino is fine after the heart surgery in season 1
Another really solid season. Still not a fan of Touko though. :lol
That reminds me.
Futari wa Precure 1-49
Much like Heartcatch Precure, I started out hating this series then it gradually got better on me. Annoying mascots pushed to the background and the main characters, Nagisa and Honoka, were brought more to the forefront and used better. Monsters were all kinda dumb, but the generals were good enough and episodic stories provided enough Nagisa/Honoka to be amusing.
This series is really two stories under the same title, and the start of the second story plunged the show into hateful territory pretty hard. Once again, though, it worked its way back up and managed to continue providing the same fare that made the show watchable even if it wasn't anywhere near enthralling.
One thing that became clear to me, though, was that the success of this franchise is largely due to the extensive and pervasive product placement throughout the show. This facet goes above and beyond the usual method of simply selling the brand alone and then making products that can be attached to it. Anything the main duo use is in the form of something that can be sold. Mascot plush toys. Mascot flip phone replicas. Cosplay dresses. Power up bracelets. Piece to hold magic gems. It goes on and on. One episode even revolved around a precure brand love meter. In stores now, kids. Tell your parents.
Futari wa Precure Max Heart 1-17, 23, 47
Oh. My. GOD. SO. BORING.
This show was the opposite of what I described before. It started out decently enough with an interesting premise. Our heros get a new companion to protect and must find 12 sprites/fairies for her, but there's no actual searching and what they're looking for just shows up on its own at random. It just seems they aren't even trying anymore. Changes to mascot items (BUY NOW) are brushed aside in the show itself. Enemies simply hang out twiddling their thumbs until one of them decides to go out for a smoke. There's no real drive, no real purpose, no real point, and the show even slacks off on episodic stories which makes it entirely insufferable.
I really haven't seen a show be so purely awful in a long time. Shows like Yami fuck up and manage to be interesting in their terrible state and others are bad from being offensive or aggravating, but there's none of that here. It just fails to be entertaining on any level whatsoever, and not even fast-forward made it any better. Anyone who has seen my viewing history knows I'm not the kind to drop shows I start, but I simply couldn't continue. Even when I skipped to the end to see how things end it was tiresome.
This show is horrible.
Yeah Touko doesn't get any less annoying until very far into the series. If you can watch until then, you will officially become a Marimite-bro. The rosary ceremony will have to come after that though.
This is what happens when you watch shows designed for young children.
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