So far...
Kurumi > Mana > Reine > Yoshino > Kotori > Origami > Tohka
Kotori is gonna be moving on up though, if the ending of this episode is anything to go by.
I love DEEP love. And that voice. And the troll face. And the ara ara~
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So far...
Kurumi > Mana > Reine > Yoshino > Kotori > Origami > Tohka
Kotori is gonna be moving on up though, if the ending of this episode is anything to go by.
I love DEEP love. And that voice. And the troll face. And the ara ara~
Hah I knew you would like the ara ara
I put Tohka second though. She just so kawaii desu.
Reine is pretty adorable with her tired eyes and sugar addiction.
so many excellent waifus.
Kare Kano 24
So it was a recap episode. But man, the first half was really a mess.
Kare Kano 25
Shame it was so low-budget with so little animation, because I liked the style. This was okay, and even more so because it's a self-contained episode unrelated to the main chain of events in the show. Kano is olev~
Kare Kano 26
Didn't like the alternating between manga panels and animation, nor the obnoxious narrators repeating everything. Besides that, well, it's hard to judge it because it's obviously part of a continuum, but it's put as the finale here. Not so sure if I want to go and read the manga, anyway. The anime ride was good enough (until 20, at least).
The series really did suffer from the production issues and Anno leaving, and it was obvious it was going to have a non-ending. But it had some really nice episodes and a nice approach to a shoujo romcom. I didn't really get attached to the characters though, and that's always a problem with romance stories.
It was good enough, I guess.
So it was a recap episode. But man, the first half was really a mess.
Kare Kano 25
Shame it was so low-budget with so little animation, because I liked the style. This was okay, and even more so because it's a self-contained episode unrelated to the main chain of events in the show. Kano is olev~
Kare Kano 26
Didn't like the alternating between manga panels and animation, nor the obnoxious narrators repeating everything. Besides that, well, it's hard to judge it because it's obviously part of a continuum, but it's put as the finale here. Not so sure if I want to go and read the manga, anyway. The anime ride was good enough (until 20, at least).
The series really did suffer from the production issues and Anno leaving, and it was obvious it was going to have a non-ending. But it had some really nice episodes and a nice approach to a shoujo romcom. I didn't really get attached to the characters though, and that's always a problem with romance stories.
It was good enough, I guess.
Hah I knew you would like the ara ara
I put Tohka second though. She just so kawaii desu.
Reine is pretty adorable with her tired eyes and sugar addiction.
so many excellent waifus.
I don't know why I love the tired eyes so much, but they're just great.
Tohka can be cute too, but to me she's just a food hole lol
[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]
TTGL is something of a dark horse for me. It seems positively receptive to the fact that, in some respects, it is completely predictable. Yet there lies an inherent contradiction at its core, as it also exists as something wildly erratic.
An odd assessment, maybe, but for as much as I thought I had this show figured, it continued to simultaneously placate and obliterate my expectations.
I think this is the first time that I can remember an anime so successfully evoking that spirit of a Saturday morning cartoon, or at the very least, the one I always wish I had! Which is why I think that I found it so compelling, because the first-half of the series is completely detached from any sense of trying to tell a po-faced story, and instead is just fun.
This is something that extends to the animation, which I can’t really offer up anything in the way of in depth analysis, other than to say I appreciate that “looseness”. It feels really fluid with how it presents itself, and really does feed into the overall chaos.
The pacing is a real boon for the series, and the balance is pretty much maintained throughout. I’m not usually one to much care for the obligatory “fan-service” episodes, yet they are carried off with such vigor and humor, that I can't begrudge the occasional foray. In fact, that bathhouse episode was so entertaining, that it remains one of my highlights of the entire series. If you’re going to pastiche all the familiar tropes, you may as well carry it out like that!
Its goal is fun, first and foremost, clearly. So it’s even more commendable that the narrative in which all this action is wrapped, is interesting and entertaining. It never feels like any one of these aspects is subservient to the other, and its impressive that such a large ensemble can remain entertaining. As far as I’m concerned, that first half is bereft of filler.
Sure, I enjoyed the first half more than the second, where it did get a little bit more hard-edged (and rendered one of my favourite characters into a glorified MacGuffin), but even then, it still ended with that ridiculousness! Comparatively, it isn’t as strong, but the moments where it clearly does not give a single care to how absurd it has become (and happily draws attention to that fact), well, it just makes it all worthwhile.
I think that it speaks to its quality, that at 27 episodes long, I was never really given the chance to become bored.
Summary:
TTGL is something of a dark horse for me. It seems positively receptive to the fact that, in some respects, it is completely predictable. Yet there lies an inherent contradiction at its core, as it also exists as something wildly erratic.
An odd assessment, maybe, but for as much as I thought I had this show figured, it continued to simultaneously placate and obliterate my expectations.
I think this is the first time that I can remember an anime so successfully evoking that spirit of a Saturday morning cartoon, or at the very least, the one I always wish I had! Which is why I think that I found it so compelling, because the first-half of the series is completely detached from any sense of trying to tell a po-faced story, and instead is just fun.
This is something that extends to the animation, which I can’t really offer up anything in the way of in depth analysis, other than to say I appreciate that “looseness”. It feels really fluid with how it presents itself, and really does feed into the overall chaos.
The pacing is a real boon for the series, and the balance is pretty much maintained throughout. I’m not usually one to much care for the obligatory “fan-service” episodes, yet they are carried off with such vigor and humor, that I can't begrudge the occasional foray. In fact, that bathhouse episode was so entertaining, that it remains one of my highlights of the entire series. If you’re going to pastiche all the familiar tropes, you may as well carry it out like that!
Its goal is fun, first and foremost, clearly. So it’s even more commendable that the narrative in which all this action is wrapped, is interesting and entertaining. It never feels like any one of these aspects is subservient to the other, and its impressive that such a large ensemble can remain entertaining. As far as I’m concerned, that first half is bereft of filler.
Sure, I enjoyed the first half more than the second, where it did get a little bit more hard-edged (and rendered one of my favourite characters into a glorified MacGuffin), but even then, it still ended with that ridiculousness! Comparatively, it isn’t as strong, but the moments where it clearly does not give a single care to how absurd it has become (and happily draws attention to that fact), well, it just makes it all worthwhile.
I think that it speaks to its quality, that at 27 episodes long, I was never really given the chance to become bored.
Summary:
YOKO (You only kiss once)
Reine's hair is part of it for damned sure.
Tohka is an adorable eating machine.
The thing I wonder about the show is why the organization tries to kill the spirits while also having protocol in place for dating them.
is it supposed to be some kind of failsafe if the dating thing fails?
The show is silly to begin with but it doesnt make sense to have both parts at odds with each other.
im probably putting too much thought into it lol.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
That's because it is one.
I meant in a nostalgic sense, but sure.
I think they're separate. If I got this straight, the strike witches are separate from Ratatosk.
I think I could have done without the Zero Requiem. I think the SHOW could have done without it, too.
Not the same organization, one's AST the other, can't remember.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
What I meant to say is that it aired originally at 8am on Saturdays in Japan.
Or maybe it was Sundays.
They dont do a whole lot to clear that up but you are probably right.
its so dumb anyway XD
Probably Sundays. It's the only day when anything worthwhile seems to air.
Haha, yeah
Yep!
Either way Date a Live is a lot more fun than I expected it to be.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
[Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S] 110 (for real this time)
I was thoroughly satified by how Eudial got fleshed out in here.
highlights the exasperation she suffers at her continuous failures, bringing her up to the limit. It humanises her character a bit, making her more sympathetic and understandable to the audience.
A jarring serious affair after the more comedic episode by Sato. This is probably closest to the season one finale than anything else in the interim, with Ikuhara bringing all of the elements he is known for, from his stage-like framing to seemingly unrelated imagery that belies the conflict at hand. Such "boldness" would seem traitorous to the mood being set up in here, but he manages to strike a balance between the ridiculous and the dramatic. The misdirection is put to great use here, and when stuff gets real it is this contrast that makes the resolution all the more gut-wrenching.
I was thoroughly satified by how Eudial got fleshed out in here.
The bullying she suffers from her Witches 5 coworkers
Fingersex > Footsex. Suck it, Shinkai.
Theonik
Member
You know this is only going to make people post it or was that your plan all along?
You'd almost think he was a machine engineered for
genocide.
They also have 2OVAs though I think those are placed between the other episodes rather as a conclusion. 4 is plenty though.
There is a theory about this that
CC gave Lelouch her Code thus he is not only now immortal but he has the memory transfer thing code users have. Of course this also means he wouldn't be dead, but he for all intents and purposes is as he can't really show up ever again. That does also explain CC's wish since she wanted to die and the only way to do that would be to lose her code.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=548712
Not even linking the thread? for shame!
Not even Yukino and Arima? I guess Yukino reminds me so much of myself I've always been rather attached to her.
The show spirals away from itself not just because of budget/director issues but because it makes no attempt to resolve anything. A non-ending is okay - lord knows we've had enough of those in anime - but leaving off in the middle of a story arc as if the show isn't ending is immensely frustrating. At least most shoujo adaptations of unfinished manga give the audience some kind of made-up ending or just adapt up to the end of an arc.
I wouldn't say that. It's not like the Hideauze
are good. They are both fighting a war. I think that's the best thing about the twist. It's not "the humans were the real bad guys." Well...they were. But in a different way.
Although, in the Hideauze's defense,
we still have no concrete idea of who began the war, and this episode definitely painted a very frightening picture of Ledo.
Theonik
Member
Both sides being Hitler doesn't mean that neither side is Hitler. Both are going for genocide here though the Galactic Federation were the ones going for the senmetsu route first.
Nice cart.
Edit: Gargantia 09 spoilers
This episode made it clear that
the federation struck first before getting the UN equivalent's approval on the Evolver facility.
Oh, I really liked Yukino. She's perfect for the main character, and I really thought she was lovely. But I didn't *really* get attached to her (nor Arima, although I didn't think Arima was all that interesting besides having a good chemistry with Yukino (but then, who doesn't?)). Not in the sort of way where big events have impact just because they're happening to these characters.
To be frank, I wouldn't have a problem with the show not resolving stuff if it didn't give them any relevance. If it was just about the day-to-day of the characters and how their relationships progress, it'd be okay, but especially all the stuff they raised in the final "arc" seems like they were aiming for a second season that never came.
But that's assuming that
The Alliance and the Hideauze' war is the same war as the Federation and the Evolver's war. While it's undeniable that the Alliance and Hideauze war is a product of those times, we can't even be certain who comprise the Alliance anymore. For all we know, the people who became Hideauze turned on the Evolvers, and the Alliance are their descendants, while the Federation broke up and became the roaming humans that Ledo was prepared to meet, while others remained on Earth.
By the way, Anime GAF, I need a new, not Gundam, giant robot show to fill Code Geass' spot. Something that has 25 episode seasons would work best, because 50 episode seasons are slow as hell, but if it's good enough I'll make the exception no problem. Just tell me there's a good mech show for me to check out.
1-6 looks unusually phallic. Like all the shots are kind of phallic, but there is something extra in regards to that one.
But you can fool me, wonzo.
Theonik
Member
Not a fan of アレステッド・ディベロプメント ?
I think you need to pay attention more.
It is clearly shown the Continental Union fought the Evolvers for a substantial amount of time in space, outside the Earth's orbit, presumably for years. By the time the Continental Union decided to attempt to use the warp gate to escape before destroying it, the Evolvers were all completely evolved into space snails and space squids. All the humans in the Evolver faction are... Hideauze. There are no more normal humans in their faction. It's really clear who is who. The wormhole tech for the warp gate is similar to the same technology the Galactic Federation uses, and their ships are a more primitive version of the same ships shown in the first episode.
R_thanatos
Member
For me ,
of course lelouch is alive , it's just emperor lelouch that is dead.. i mean isn't that obvious ? he has the code on his body, so he can't die by being stabbed.
That one is hard to find
Theonik
Member
R_thanatos
Member
This one?
Well i guess i shouldn't underestimate this place ...
I was thinking about the with hanyu but this one will do
KirbYuuYuu
Member
This one?
Wonder if it is also gruesome
Theonik
Member
Almost all Cosplay JAVs are.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
That much is true.
Deputy Dangle
Member
Two more months!
PdotMichael
Banned
Almost? I don't think there is a single good cosplay porn.
Theonik
Member
I'm going to leave it to someone else to set this wrongdoing straight.
Because I have no idea, hoping for suggestions if anything as I haven't seen one that wasn't honestly.
nintendoman58
Member
You have succeeded. You have prevailed over one of anime's greatest triumphs. Even though your mind is no doubt now a decomposed mess after that, I'm sure you feel proud!
As for your next show, I unfortunately have no other mecha shows to recommend. I can recommend a Shounen (with 20 episode story arcs), two Mahou Shoujos (that aren't Precure related), a medical drama anime, and a high school drama anime, but unfortunately no mecha shows.
The manga is an independent work produced at the same time, and doesn't really achieve quite as much as the anime.
Utena strongly pulls from Ikuhara's own experience from shows like Sailor Moon's very loose anime adaptation, where he was an episode director for stuff during the range of 1-166, series director for 60-166 (full control on 90-127), and director of the first movie (Sailor Moon R). He was also episode director during Goldfish Warning, which is what the SM staff was doing immediately before. He later did Mawaru Penguindrum, but generally people don't view it as highly as Utena.
You can also mine the shoujo influence as Utena is basically Sailor Moon plus Oniisama e(mean girls plus last king of scotland. you'll see the connections when you watch it), which in turn is Rose of Versailles(french revolution style) plus Ace o Nerae(tennis drama that provides character prototypes).
That is one of the moments in Sailor Moon that just SCREAMS Utena.
R_thanatos
Member
CRIME EDGE - 08
Yeah right like i'd believe that end.
And how can you be so defenseless when you're in the middle of the lion nest ?
Seriously....
Yeah right like i'd believe that end.
And how can you be so defenseless when you're in the middle of the lion nest ?
Seriously....
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
As a Nanami fan, Eudial's plight cut me deep.
AlsoAs a Nanami fan, Eudial's plight cut me deep.
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