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[Ezalc]

I legitimately don't remember the character of Andreia Cavalcanti from the novel at all. So basically his every action in this episode has been completely out of left field to me. I guess I know what book I'm restarting tomorrow.

The Count of Monte Cristo 19

Where to begin? Albert and Eugenie are not coping with

Spoiler

the death of Franz

very well at ALL. Albert especially. He gets into a fight and gets beaten so badly he's knocked out, and has the trippiest nightmare, in which he desperately tries to save everyone from The Count and fails. He stabs The Count, only for The Count to be

Spoiler

Franz, who tells him he hates him and will forever.

Albert also has one hell of a good line in this episode: "Who the hell is Edmond Dantes? Why is

Spoiler

Franz dead

because of YOUR soap opera?"

Meanwhile, Andreia Cavalcanti unmasks himself as the single most fucking terrifying character in the show. Oh, Fernand, Danglars, Villefort, and even the Count are scary, but Andreia

Spoiler

announces to his mother that he is her son, feels her up and has sex with her, then almost rapes his sister, to whom he is betrothed. And that almost rape is the most terrifying thing. He RIPS HER CLOTHES OFF after chasing her and knocking her to the ground, then slides his hands around her before gripping her and laughing his ass off.

Horrific.

Also, Heydee tries to stop The Count, and awaken the good in him, but its too late. He sets in motion the plan to bankrupt Danglars.

IIRC

Spoiler

Benedetto, is pretty different from the anime in that he never fucks his mom, but to be honest I can't be completely sure of that at the moment, but they do explain as to why he was in jail before. You also don't remember that there was another person who betrayed the Count but wasn't as lucky as his compatriots with regards to future position.

 

[CorvoSol]

Is it okay to watch Getter Robo Armageddon if I haven't ever watched any Getter Robo? I feel like it isn't.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Futari wa Precure Max Heart - 07

The passion heartiel seems pretty legit. I mean, it has its own pigeon as a ride for crying out loud, plus BURNING HEARTS!

Needs Burning Rangers.

Is it okay to watch Getter Robo Armageddon if I haven't ever watched any Getter Robo? I feel like it isn't.

I don't know. It's part of the reason why I never continued beyond the first episode.

Also Pretty Cure.

 

[duckroll]

By the time we get final numbers for the last two volumes of SAO, and numbers for the final volume of GuP, I think GuP will definitely be above SAO on average. Another month to go.

 

[Articalys]

Weekly Blu-ray sales for May 27 - June 2:

*1 33,450 *33,450 Girls und Panzer vol.5
*2 23,318 *23,318 Space Battleship Yamato 2199 vol.5
*3 15,982 *15,982 Love Live! School Idol Project vol.3 Limited Edition
*4 12,596 *12,596 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure vol.5 Blu-ray Limited Edition
*5 *7,536 **7,536 Little Busters! vol.6 Limited Edition
*6 *7,449 **7,449 To Love-Ru Darkness vol.6 Limited Edition
*7 *5,245 **5,245 Vividred Operation vol.3 Limited Edition
*8 *3,948 372,947 Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
*9 *3,632 **3,632 Karneval vol.1 Limited Edition
10 *3,577 **3,577 Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W vol.1 Limited Edition
15 *3,289 **3,289 Puchimas vol.3 Limited Edition
16 *3,116 *24,177 Sword Art Online vol.8 Limited Edition
17 *2,512 **2,512 Jormungand Perfect Order vol.6 Limited Edition
19 *2,230 **2,230 Yuyushiki vol.1 Limited Edition
20 *2,077 **2,077 The Pet Girl of Sakurasou vol.5

As usual, new series are bolded.

Edit: while I'm waiting for the full DVD list, it's worth pointing out that Nyaruko cratered from S1 to S2, going from 6254/1256 v1w1 to 3577/831.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Pet girl deserves to bomb.

 

[Ezalc]

Weekly Blu-ray sales for May 27 - June 2:

*1 33,450 *33,450 Girls und Panzer vol.5
*2 23,318 *23,318 Space Battleship Yamato 2199 vol.5
*3 15,982 *15,982 Love Live! School Idol Project vol.3 Limited Edition
*4 12,596 *12,596 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure vol.5 Blu-ray Limited Edition
*5 *7,536 **7,536 Little Busters! vol.6 Limited Edition
*6 *7,449 **7,449 To Love-Ru Darkness vol.6 Limited Edition
*7 *5,245 **5,245 Vividred Operation vol.3 Limited Edition
*8 *3,948 372,947 Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
*9 *3,632 **3,632 Karneval vol.1 Limited Edition
10 *3,577 **3,577 Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W vol.1 Limited Edition
15 *3,289 **3,289 Puchimas vol.3 Limited Edition
16 *3,116 *24,177 Sword Art Online vol.8 Limited Edition
17 *2,512 **2,512 Jormungand Perfect Order vol.6 Limited Edition
19 *2,230 **2,230 Yuyushiki vol.1 Limited Edition
20 *2,077 **2,077 The Pet Girl of Sakurasou vol.5

As usual, new series are bolded.

How is Jojo not number 1? What the fuck Japan.

 

[fertygo]

Is it okay to watch Getter Robo Armageddon if I haven't ever watched any Getter Robo? I feel like it isn't.

No problem, its alternate story..
Also you must've familiar enough with it from SRW like me.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Weekly Blu-ray sales for May 27 - June 2:

*1 33,450 *33,450 Girls und Panzer vol.5
*2 23,318 *23,318 Space Battleship Yamato 2199 vol.5
*3 15,982 *15,982 Love Live! School Idol Project vol.3 Limited Edition
*4 12,596 *12,596 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure vol.5 Blu-ray Limited Edition
*5 *7,536 **7,536 Little Busters! vol.6 Limited Edition
*6 *7,449 **7,449 To Love-Ru Darkness vol.6 Limited Edition
*7 *5,245 **5,245 Vividred Operation vol.3 Limited Edition
*8 *3,948 372,947 Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
*9 *3,632 **3,632 Karneval vol.1 Limited Edition
10 *3,577 **3,577 Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W vol.1 Limited Edition
15 *3,289 **3,289 Puchimas vol.3 Limited Edition
16 *3,116 *24,177 Sword Art Online vol.8 Limited Edition
17 *2,512 **2,512 Jormungand Perfect Order vol.6 Limited Edition
19 *2,230 **2,230 Yuyushiki vol.1 Limited Edition
20 *2,077 **2,077 The Pet Girl of Sakurasou vol.5

As usual, new series are bolded.

Holy mackerel, is Evangelion the Pokemon of anime blu-ray sales.

 

[duckroll]

So the GuP BD reprints sold less than 2k each?

 

[PdotMichael]

By the time we get final numbers for the last two volumes of SAO, and numbers for the final volume of GuP, I think GuP will definitely be above SAO on average. Another month to go.

Well, does Oricon count the Bandaishop sales? It was the only place you could reorder the first two volumes (LE).

 

[zeroshiki]

Holy mackerel, is Evangelion the Pokemon of anime blu-ray sales.

The people who grew up watching Evangelion are all adults with jobs and disposable income now. If the movie wasn't this goddamn awful mess, it would have most likely sold more.

 

[duckroll]

Well, does Oricon count the Bandaishop sales? It was the only place you could reorder the first two volumes (LE).

It doesn't really matter whether they do or not. If there are no numbers, there is no valid comparison. It's like people going "OMG BUT THE DIGITAL SALES!" in Media Create threads. Lol.

 

[Pooya]

BRS TV 3-5

....wow.

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They got that eerie, creepy feel that something horrible can happen any time really well, could've made for a good psychological thriller, I'm not sure what this is right now.

 

[cajunator]

BRS TV 3-5

....wow.

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They got that eerie, creepy feel that something horrible can happen any time really well, could've made for a good psychological thriller, I'm not sure what this is right now.

It is nothing. It is everything.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Shakespeare > your favorite anything

Cervantes > Shakespeare

 

[Articalys]

Weekly DVD sales for May 27 - June 2:

*1 9,597 **9,597 Space Battleship Yamato 2199 vol.5
*2 3,687 **3,687 Karneval vol.1 Limited Edition
*3 2,957 162,701 Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
*4 2,686 **2,686 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure vol.5 Limited Edition
*5 2,021 **2,021 To Love-Ru Darkness vol.6 Limited Edition
*6 1,841 **1,841 Girls und Panzer vol.5
*7 1,572 **1,572 AMNESIA vol.3 Limited Edition
*8 1,505 **1,505 Little Busters! vol.6 Limited Edition
*9 1,172 **5,416 009 Re:Cyborg
10 1,162 **1,162 Cuticle Detective Inaba vol.3
11 1,068 **5,595 Sword Art Online vol.8 Limited Edition
13 *,939 ***,939 The Unlimited Hyoubu Kyousuke vol.3 Limited Edition
14 *,868 ***,868 Hiiro no Kakera S2 vol.5
15 *,838 **7,410 Gintama' Enchousen vol.4 Limited Edition
16 *,831 ***,831 Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W vol.1 Limited Edition
17 *,828 ***,828 Smile Precure! vol.16
19 *,811 ***,811 Vividred Operation vol.3 Limited Edition
20 *,808 ***,808 Smile Precure! vol.15
21 *,805 ***,805 Dokidoki! Precure vol.1
22 *,694 **3,593 One Piece Film Z Tie-In Special Edition Z no Kibo-
23 *,678 ***,678 Senyuu vol.2
24 *,621 ***,621 Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East vol.3
25 *,610 **2,844 Magi vol.6 Limited Edition
26 *,602 ***,602 Busou Shinki vol.6
28 *,536 ***,536 Senran Kagura vol.3
29 *,535 ***,535 The Pet Girl of Sakurasou vol.5

Precure doesn't get bolded since it's not a "standard" seasonal show.

 

[Regulus Tera]

How is Jojo not number 1? What the fuck Japan.

They can buy the manga at a much cheaper price to get the same experience. Who wants a glorified motion comic?

Spoiler

In reality those sales are very good, especially for such a low-budget production.

 

[duckroll]

When does One Piece Film Z actually hit stores?

 

[cajunator]

Jojo probably cleaned up, financial wise.

 

[Articalys]

When does One Piece Film Z actually hit stores?

End of the month, June 28.

 

[cajunator]

My roommate is watching an anime with something to do with music and the main girl has short pink hair. what could the show be? she doesnt know the title and they are asleep so I cant watch some of it to tell.

 

[duckroll]

http://www.ntv.co.jp/GATCHAMAN_Crowds/

Gatchaman Crowds key visual:

Maaya Uchida plays Hajime Itchinose, the main character.

 

[zeroshiki]

Its NTV so its Madhouse? The artstyle does look like its by them.

EDIT: Wtf, Nakamura Kenji?! And I was wrong, its Tatsunoko Pro.

 

[cajunator]

http://www.ntv.co.jp/GATCHAMAN_Crowds/

Gatchaman Crowds key visual:



Maaya Uchida plays Hajime Itchinose, the main character.

Oh shit its Saya!

 

[Regulus Tera]

http://www.ntv.co.jp/GATCHAMAN_Crowds/

Gatchaman Crowds key visual:



Maaya Uchida plays Hajime Itchinose, the main character.

Brunette Nowi!

Its NTV so its Madhouse? The artstyle does look like its by them.

EDIT: Wtf, Nakamura Kenji?! And I was wrong, its Tatsunoko Pro.

It's still Gatchaman in name after all.

 

[zeroshiki]

Maybe it'll be as great as the last Nakamura-Tatsunoko collaboration!

 

[cajunator]

seriously though, who is the little green haired girl? She reminds me of Saya.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

I have hopes for it.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Notice how we haven't seen a single super hero.

 

[Shergal]

http://www.ntv.co.jp/GATCHAMAN_Crowds/

Gatchaman Crowds key visual:

Maaya Uchida plays Hajime Itchinose, the main character.

Looking good. But will he put it to good use? I can only hope.

 

[Articalys]

http://www.ntv.co.jp/GATCHAMAN_Crowds/

Gatchaman Crowds key visual:



Maaya Uchida plays Hajime Itchinose, the main character.

Anything new in those character profiles, or is it all stuff we already heard?

 

[BluWacky]

http://www.ntv.co.jp/GATCHAMAN_Crowds/
Gatchaman Crowds key visual:

That looks really freaking weird. I mean, it obviously looks like [C], but at least [C] didn't have a previous visual style to compare it to - how on earth does this relate to Gatchaman as a franchise?

I'm sure it'll be interesting nonetheless, but I guess I was expecting something that looked a bit more like Eagle Riders etc.

 

[duckroll]

Notice how we haven't seen a single super hero.

Nakamura shows are really notorious for having really short marketing cycles. Remember the Tsuritama garbage before they revealed it?

 

[cajunator]

So I take it that we dont know who little miss green hair is yet?

 

[duckroll]

Anything new in those character profiles, or is it all stuff we already heard?

I don't think they've added anything since site went up.

That looks really freaking weird. I mean, it obviously looks like [C], but at least [C] didn't have a previous visual style to compare it to - how on earth does this relate to Gatchaman as a franchise?

I'm sure it'll be interesting nonetheless, but I guess I was expecting something that looked a bit more like Eagle Riders etc.

There are Gatchaman suits in the show, they're just not in the first key visual. The suit designer is a mecha designer who has worked on various super robo stuff, so it should look the part at least.

 

[Dresden]

http://www.ntv.co.jp/GATCHAMAN_Crowds/

Gatchaman Crowds key visual:



Maaya Uchida plays Hajime Itchinose, the main character.

Girl looks swongo. Will watch.

 

[Lafiel]

FLCL > End of Eva > Gurren = Eva TV > Panty > Honneamise > Diebuster > Re:CH > Nadia > Gunbuster > KareKano

Nobody cares about the rest.

After re-watching Panty&Stocking recently that's a pretty close mirror of my rankings. Except I haven't seen Nadia..

 

[Theonik]

Screw bottom page!

Shame on you!

Went and added a crap ton of new shows to my queue on Crunchyroll, tell me if any of these are good:

5 Centimeters per Second - Hear this a lot on GAF, and since the director just put out a new film I've been interested in his work.
Air Master - I kinda get some Teppuu vibes from this.
Attack on Titan - ...don't really need an explanation for this one; was originally waiting for it to end, but I may jump in now.
Captain Harlock - Added this becuase I'm also watching Galaxy Express 999 and apparently they exist in the same universe.
Occult Academy - ...how come with this show I can watch all the episodes as a free member, but with anohana I can only watch the first 4, kimi ni todoke I can't watch any, and usagi drop isn't even on here anymore? Consistency, NISA, what's that?
Queen's Blade - ...yes, I know what happens in this.
Oreimo - ...watched the first episode out of curiosity and boredom and didn't find it painful.
YuruYuri - ...meh, I just want stupid yuri action.

This post just made me realize once again how trash non-US CR is.

I've never seen it, despite knowing the end, which is why I'm :kayos/:chitanda about it. lol

The fact that they're reissuing Diebuster but not Gunbuster on BD is doubly weird.

Well you know what you must do.

Man, Crank is a great movie.

And Chiho is totally best girl.

Spoiler

I'm saying the opposite of what's true for comedic effect.

But Chiho IS best girl. Can't compute.

Is Free gonna make a shit ton of money?

That's the plan.

Spoiler

I hope it burns.

 

[peaceiscloser]

Just watched the actual Count of Monte Cristo (2002 version) tonight.

Time to watch space anime Count.

 

[7Th]

http://www.ntv.co.jp/GATCHAMAN_Crowds/

Gatchaman Crowds key visual:



Maaya Uchida plays Hajime Itchinose, the main character.

Will watch.

 

[cajunator]

Date a Live 10

Oh man. Shit got super real.
Kurumis voice and....well everything about her is soooooooo awesome. hnnnnnnngh a billion times. She truly steals this show.
Some stuff happened in this episode that kind of turned everything on its head, in a fun and interesting and somewhat foreboding way. Cant wait to see the next episode!


Rankings are getting more difficult, with several girls vying for second best behind Kurumi.
Kotori made a huge leap forward. Origami turned on the charm.

Kurumi >>> Origami = Tohka = Kotori > Reine > Yoshino > Mana > Tamae

Kawaii sensei needs to make some moves quickly or she will be stuck in last place.

 

[wonzo]

http://www.ntv.co.jp/GATCHAMAN_Crowds/

Gatchaman Crowds key visual:


Maaya Uchida plays Hajime Itchinose, the main character.

Lookin' pretty good so far.

 

[CorvoSol]

Just watched the actual Count of Monte Cristo (2002 version) tonight.

Time to watch space anime Count.

Is that the one with Luiz Guzman? I like that one.

But this is space anime demon giant robot Count.

 

[Lafiel]

Will watch.

It looks like [C] 2.0. We need a PV to prove us otherwise.

 

[wonzo]

Kuromajo 28

cute girls fighting cute wars

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Okay, it's finally time to get started on the Spring 2013 Temporal (first volume) Sales Rankings:

*7,319 *1 Karneval [DVD+BD]: 2013/05/28 (possible event ticket boost)

Much higher than I thought best anime this season would do, it also has the best boxart set design.

 

[Kurita]

The Hero Yoshihiko And The Key Of Evil Spirits 10

*dead*
*dead*
*dead*
This episode was fantastic, might be the best episode of the season.

 

[Articalys]

Weekly CD Single Sales May 27 - June 2 (new release only, full list here)

*5, 27,885 *27,885 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 2000% character song "Idol Song: Natsuki Shinomiya"
11, 10,821 *10,821 Kotonoha no Niwa theme song "Koto no Ha"
17, *6,867 **6,867 Hetalia Character CD II Vol.4 "Italia (Sugiyama Noriaki) My Friend"
29, *4,125 **4,125 Toriko ED "Akai Kutsu"
38, *2,727 **2,727 Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties OP "Haru Ulala Love yo Koi!!!"
45, *1,956 **1,956 Karneval Character Song vol.1 Nai

CD Album
19, 5,367 *5,367 Psycho-Pass Complete Original Soundtrack
26, 3,520 *3,520 Infinite Stratos Original Drama Series vol.2 feat. Cecilia Alcott ~Hishochi no Koi wa Honoka ni Amaku~
40, 2,139 *2,139 Dokidoki! Precure Character Album ~Songbird~



Okay, you know what, forget it. My real life problems are spiraling more and more out of control and I don't want to have to deal with any of this shit here, so I'm just going to get out for now. Hopefully things stabilize before July because I'd really like to come back and run the all-time anime poll, but it's probably not likely.

The way that people treat each other here and expect to be treated in return... this community is NOT the right kind of place for me.

 

[R_thanatos]

BRS TV 3-5

....wow.

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They got that eerie, creepy feel that something horrible can happen any time really well, could've made for a good psychological thriller, I'm not sure what this is right now.

Does it hurt ? it hurts ... it hurts so much ...