dakkumauji
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Lucky Star 12
I love you seiyuu and reference jokes. I really do.
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Spring Anime 2013 l OT One l All roads lead to this
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firehawk12
Subete no aware
DFC, etc.
I'll just say keep watching, as it gives them an out for the season finale.
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So another ANNCast with Funimation that I half listened to. Some interesting sales facts:
Mass Effect did "well" for them, but that somehow means meeting "80-90% of expectations"... so it's successful but not as successful as they thought it would be?
Blood-C is also one of their higher selling series. lol
Older releases that seem to be doing well for them include Tenchi Muyo Geminar War, One Piece, Black Lagoon, Dragon Ball GT and Trigun.
Funico is pretty much dead, but they "don't know". lol
Certainly I would be happy if we got more stuff from in between the initial stories and their epilogues, like we got in Amagami SS+. But I guess that is all stuff that never appeared in game form (of course I have no idea what of the anime appeared in game form - whether it all comes from the game or whether they anime folks created extra stuff).
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Teacher arc first, and so forth!
Jex
Member
[Valvrave] - 9
Huh, the mecha action and choreography was actually entertaining in it's own right this week. Weird, I wasn't expecting that aspect of the show to actually be competent.
I'm not too concerned, at present, that the series hasn't done anything overtly crazy for a couple of weeks. I'm sure it's just building up to it. I believe in Valvrave.
Huh, the mecha action and choreography was actually entertaining in it's own right this week. Weird, I wasn't expecting that aspect of the show to actually be competent.
I'm not too concerned, at present, that the series hasn't done anything overtly crazy for a couple of weeks. I'm sure it's just building up to it. I believe in Valvrave.
Slayers NEXT 15
So I definitely think 2nd Season is the best season of Slayers. That said, this episode is creepy as hell, because it is all about scary dolls, and when I was younger, my older sister had a collection of creepy as hell dolls. Oh, and Xellos kisses Lina. Amelia makes sure Gourry doesn't see. He's too busy being a jellyfish.
So I definitely think 2nd Season is the best season of Slayers. That said, this episode is creepy as hell, because it is all about scary dolls, and when I was younger, my older sister had a collection of creepy as hell dolls. Oh, and Xellos kisses Lina. Amelia makes sure Gourry doesn't see. He's too busy being a jellyfish.
Hibiki & Teacher or bust imo.
So there was a Hibiki arc in the game? I always wondered why she never got a arc in the show.
Razgriz-Specter
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anime is pretty close, manga has some crazy arcs.
one manga for example turned that bad Haruka ending into a complete story.
Oh god yes.
Teacher would be good too.
Lavalamp1138
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Character interactions are pretty straightforward so I don't think you'll end up confused, even if you aren't particularly familiar with the franchise.
I think she got one on a fan disk and the teacher had some web exclusive thing.
Jex
Member
[Crest of the Stars] - 1 (Re-watch)
As you tend to at the start of a series, the overall director of the series Yasuchika Nagaoka directed and storyboarded this first episode. In most cases this means that the first episode of any given series has much better direction, and sometimes better animation and art, than later episodes in the show because extra time and effort was poured into it.
That's not really the case here; instead I'd argue that this is one of the worst directed episodes in the entire series. I can't fathom why that would be the case, unless Yasuchika Nagaoka is just a bad director which could very well be the case because I've never seen any other works directed by him, but whatever the reason the results are unimpressive.
There's a number of weird, canted shots that make the visuals unnecessarily confusing. The jarring, erratic editing causes further confusion as we cut from one image to to another with no apparent rhyme or reason leaving whole sequences of the episode nothing but a string of bizarre images that fail to create a sense of place, mood or time. I imagine the idea behind this editing was to place the viewer in the middle of a chaotic battle sequence but there's good ways to portray this and poor ways to portray this. If I, the viewer, can't make sense of the images in front of me then I can't be made to feel like I'm in the middle of a chaotic battle when I literally don't know what's going on.
Oh, I really can't complete any discussion of this episode without talking about all the terrible visual after effects that were used on the animation. It feels like someone just got a hold of photoshop and liberally slapped filters and effects all over the place. It's garbage. Let's not talk about the character designs either, they're the worst kind (well, not quite the worst, but nearly) of 90's character designs.
The opening music is really good though!
It's worth saying that I still enjoy this series quite a bit and would recommend it highly to others but I can't deny that, this episode at least, suffers from serious problems.
As you tend to at the start of a series, the overall director of the series Yasuchika Nagaoka directed and storyboarded this first episode. In most cases this means that the first episode of any given series has much better direction, and sometimes better animation and art, than later episodes in the show because extra time and effort was poured into it.
That's not really the case here; instead I'd argue that this is one of the worst directed episodes in the entire series. I can't fathom why that would be the case, unless Yasuchika Nagaoka is just a bad director which could very well be the case because I've never seen any other works directed by him, but whatever the reason the results are unimpressive.
There's a number of weird, canted shots that make the visuals unnecessarily confusing. The jarring, erratic editing causes further confusion as we cut from one image to to another with no apparent rhyme or reason leaving whole sequences of the episode nothing but a string of bizarre images that fail to create a sense of place, mood or time. I imagine the idea behind this editing was to place the viewer in the middle of a chaotic battle sequence but there's good ways to portray this and poor ways to portray this. If I, the viewer, can't make sense of the images in front of me then I can't be made to feel like I'm in the middle of a chaotic battle when I literally don't know what's going on.
Oh, I really can't complete any discussion of this episode without talking about all the terrible visual after effects that were used on the animation. It feels like someone just got a hold of photoshop and liberally slapped filters and effects all over the place. It's garbage. Let's not talk about the character designs either, they're the worst kind (well, not quite the worst, but nearly) of 90's character designs.
The opening music is really good though!
It's worth saying that I still enjoy this series quite a bit and would recommend it highly to others but I can't deny that, this episode at least, suffers from serious problems.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Actually, it's funny. IIRC, the teacher arc in the original game was a "bad ending". But they retconned that and made her a possible waifu with the exception that
dude graduates before they can hook up
The rule is that fanboys always win. Always. lol
Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam 33
So Bright and the gang stop off in Dublin for a chat and, well, to make a long story short, my boy Judau decides he's had enough of playing second fiddle to an invalid like Kamile, so he PUNCHES A WORLD LEADER IN THE FACE. That's right, Judau PUNCHES A MAN IN THE FACE. So cool. Meanwhile purupurupurupurupuru! Oh, and Fa is back. Not that anyone ever cared, because Fa is the undisputed WORST GIRL.
So Bright and the gang stop off in Dublin for a chat and, well, to make a long story short, my boy Judau decides he's had enough of playing second fiddle to an invalid like Kamile, so he PUNCHES A WORLD LEADER IN THE FACE. That's right, Judau PUNCHES A MAN IN THE FACE. So cool. Meanwhile purupurupurupurupuru! Oh, and Fa is back. Not that anyone ever cared, because Fa is the undisputed WORST GIRL.
SS+ failed because otaku have the same attitude toward romance that they have toward high school life: it's all downhill after you actually achieve your goal. More courtships arcs for everyone!
Jex
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This is a good list, but it needs to include Requiem from the Darkness.
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Another good episode, the pacing wasn't as quick as I'd like it to have been but they made good use of the match by focusing on the actual players for most of it. I swear to god though if
then I'm gonna be real pissed.
Another good episode, the pacing wasn't as quick as I'd like it to have been but they made good use of the match by focusing on the actual players for most of it. I swear to god though if
Taichi loses the final
It just goes to show that sometimes the fanboys know what's up!
Jex
Member
I can endorse this prediction.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Do you really need to blame otaku here? You can see similar phenomena in, say, shoujo romance manga, where the final confession and hookup only comes at the end of the story. Writing about an already firmly established romantic relationship and making that relationship interesting is a difficult thing to do.
If I'd seen it, I'd probably have included it.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I wonder if the Rihoko volume sold well. lol
Jex
Member
That's a bit controversial, but I broadly agree.
Lavalamp1138
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Basileus777
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SS+ wasn't very good regardless of any such preconceptions.
Lavalamp1138
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I really liked the idea they presented at the end, especially considering how different the writers deviated from the source material while still having it all make sense within the rules of alchemy, but I think they just didn't execute it well enough.
They really should have just given that volume away for free to anyone who had proofs of purchase for every volume from SS.
No arguments there.
Godannar 6
So it occurs to me in this episode that, although Goh and Anna have been married legally for some time now, they
Meanwhile, we get some crazy reactions to the revelation that
Still crazy that Goh married a high school girl.
So it occurs to me in this episode that, although Goh and Anna have been married legally for some time now, they
have not had sex yet, judging from Anna's reaction to some sexy talk last episode and the fact that in this episode, Goh is shown to still share his room with his little bro.
Goh's old partner, Mira, is still alive. And that they had had sex.
Still crazy that Goh married a high school girl.
Original FMA anime's end was bad, but I can't say the manga's end was much better. When I read that, I almost immediately soured on the whole series. Original anime's end was good concepts executed terribly, manga's end was bad ideas executed competently. I'm not actually sure which I prefer.
Chet Rippo
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Moé
Noses are far too big.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
[Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S] 115
Are they ever gonna address why
I probably shouldn't be surprised that Hotaru x Chibiusa doujinshi are a thing. But they shouldn't. Just like other stuff the perverts at Toei (IKUHARA) included in here. Which I won't link because banhammer.
Are they ever gonna address why
Pluto is suddenly able to travel through time? I thought she was trapped by the door or something.
Who put all this Key in my Toei?
Lavalamp1138
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Hey speaking of FMA, does anyone know if The Sacred Star of Milos is canon within the Brotherhood series?
Crash Station
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FMA movie ending>FMA original TV ending. Much better closure than what the TV series gave us.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I don't believe so, but it takes place before any of the conspiracy stuff, so it could fit into either series I suppose.
Poor anime fans, always getting trolled.
Broken clock and all that?
God no.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I-I liked the TV ending. :S
pillowtalk
Member
Guys I'm halfway through ep2 of Dennou Coil. Does the show get more interesting later on or is it pretty much the same thing throughout?
Much more interesting.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Jewelpet Kira Deco 32
Best face this episode:
Finally someone has the sensible response to Sweetspets.
Best face this episode:
Finally someone has the sensible response to Sweetspets.
It was the worst kind of closure that the story could have ever possibly come up with.
Legitimate plot hole
that doesn't exist in the manga because events in R and S differ. Her appearance is pretty much handwaved in the anime.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Conqueror of Shambala is freaking Godwin's Law: The Movie. How can you not love that?
edit: DAMN YOU IKUHARA
edit: DAMN YOU IKUHARA
Jex
Member
[Valvrave] 9: Random Thoughts
We all know that anime series love to reference each other. As with a couple of the other big shows this season, Valvrave makes a very overt Evangelion reference this episode, namely that (Evangelion and Valvrave 9 spoilers)
The other reference this episode made was to The Super Dimension Fortress Macross. This one's a bit more unusual because everyone takes stuff from Evangelion but I haven't a Macross reference this specific in sometime. They students basically use the same pinpoint barrier system that the Macross has:
This system always seemed terribly impractical to me which is probably why I haven't seen it any other show. The idea that the people in control of the shield have to be fast enough to react to enemy attacks and move the shield into place to block them always seemed very silly to me. I assume that it's in this series as some kind of joke, but I can't be sure. It's an absurd enough system to fit into the Valvrave universe.
Yeah, I know, I've seen too much anime.
We all know that anime series love to reference each other. As with a couple of the other big shows this season, Valvrave makes a very overt Evangelion reference this episode, namely that (Evangelion and Valvrave 9 spoilers)
that all the pupils in the school were, unwittingly, part of the Valvrave program just like how everyone in Shinji's class is a potential Evangelion pilot.
The other reference this episode made was to The Super Dimension Fortress Macross. This one's a bit more unusual because everyone takes stuff from Evangelion but I haven't a Macross reference this specific in sometime. They students basically use the same pinpoint barrier system that the Macross has:
This system always seemed terribly impractical to me which is probably why I haven't seen it any other show. The idea that the people in control of the shield have to be fast enough to react to enemy attacks and move the shield into place to block them always seemed very silly to me. I assume that it's in this series as some kind of joke, but I can't be sure. It's an absurd enough system to fit into the Valvrave universe.
Yeah, I know, I've seen too much anime.
If
Nazis
Lavalamp1138
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I think that's a pretty good way of putting it. I didn't really like the climactic finale in Brotherhood, but I definitely enjoyed the resolution a lot more than the original series.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Apparently me missing Conquerer of Shambala was a blessing in disguise.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Only if the Naziness is as non-sequitur and unwelcome as that of FMA!
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