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Spring Anime 2013 l OT One l All roads lead to this
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YOU BETTER STILL WATCH IT! Or I will hunt CorvoSol down.
The first half of TTGL is perfect.
My heart is aflutter.
I remember reading about them in one of your episode impressions. Looking . . . forward to them.
Quality dog moe.
My heart is aflutter.
I remember reading about them in one of your episode impressions. Looking . . . forward to them.
I enjoy the second half more than most seem to, but this statement is pretty tough to argue with.
Basileus777
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Gurren Lagann was amazing until it tried to do politics.
Its only for like 1 half of episode.
You should definitely still watch Gurren Lagann. What you SHOULD NOT DO is click spoilers in any of my posts moving on. Bad enough you let me spoil Count of Monte Cristo for you, now I have to live knowing I spoiled Gurren Lagann, too.
Attack On Titan 8
I don't know if I'm laughing or crying. That was pretty easy to call, I guess. This show, man. THIS SHOW. HAHAHAHAHA.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes - 88: On the Outer Fringe
~ You might have killed millions of people, but at the very least, you made me happy. ~
~ You might have killed millions of people, but at the very least, you made me happy. ~
An alternative title for this episode might have been "Thoughts of a young Commander". Pretty much an episode revealing the situation Julian finds himself in, as a flamebearer for republican democracy, with its idol in a grave and on the fringe of not just space, but the entire collective of human society. In a way, I'm once again reminded of Asterix' little Gaul village.
I'm intrigued by his plan to constitutionalize the Empire, but I have no idea how he is going to implement this. I have a feeling this last season will not contain much military campaigns, but will have all the more statesmanship and political intrigue.
I'm intrigued by his plan to constitutionalize the Empire, but I have no idea how he is going to implement this. I have a feeling this last season will not contain much military campaigns, but will have all the more statesmanship and political intrigue.
Jex
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Gurren Lagann's character arc in that regard is just, you know, the Heroe's Journey. I don't know why people get quite so worked up about it. It's the same as hundreds of other similar character arcs.
Oh, that's a good episode, although I actually kind of felt that
Because sometimes Obi-Wan Kenobi and Merlin and Gandalf are cooler than Luke Skywalker, King Arthur and Frodo Baggins.
Simon's showdown against the anti-spiral was better. Unless the part where Simon jumps out of several mecha, through several mecha to deliver the final blow himself happened during the Lord Genome fight and not the Anti-Spiral fight, in the which case I'll give that my vote.
Because sometimes Obi-Wan Kenobi and Merlin and Gandalf are cooler than Luke Skywalker, King Arthur and Frodo Baggins.
I love a good Hero's Journey. What can I say?
Trolling.
I'd like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as a Titan, is in fact "Eoten", or as I have recently taken to calling it, "Attack plus Eoten".
they like to be fancy when they're just making it worse, I suggest picking a different sub group
It happens every other episode, though. Like, in odd numbers they're Eotena, but in even they're Titans.
I don't know if he's a Titan Burt Reynolds or a Burt Reynolds Eotena in this episode, but either way, how do you suppose he managed to shave his mustache into place?
Jex
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Sometimes there's nowhere for the 'old master/mentor' to go, character wise. They've reached the end of their character arc before the story has even taken place. These stories are about the hero's rise, how he develops from nothing and turns into heroic figure by the end. That's, apparently, what we want to see. That's why you see a bunch of really competent side characters (Kamina, Roy/Max, Mikasa, Char) who aren't the actual protagonists because the characters need to grow and develop competencies.
Char can't possibly count because they dragged his goddamn carcass through an extra 50 episodes after MSG.
Also, I get that
Kamina dies so Simon can grow and blah blah, but I still don't agree with the decision to off Kamina.
lol I stopped trying to make sense of this whole series, it just hurts my brain
so disappointing that the show is bombing on sales and that we'll not get another season.
It's probably not for everyone but from my own experience the first few episodes weren't particularly compelling to start with. At the very least, you should pick up the delicious Choro Club soundtrack.
Jex
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Zeta Gundam is a different show to Mobile Suit Gundam!
I don't mean the in story reason for such a thing existing, I mean the realistic reason for such a thing. I mean, obviously none of us have experience developing force fields, warp drives and other stock sci-fi technology but, oddly enough a round shield sort of makes sense. I don't know the science behind any of the shit I'm talking about but one would assume that with any kind of warp drive, folding system, or any other faster than light system you need to create a barrier around the entire ship or object. So it stands to reason then that both the ship and its design take that into account and that they influenced each other. It'd be rather silly if say a ship activated a force field of some sort and it severed a section of the ship, or when going to warp or folding space or whatever the show decides to call it it left a piece behind. So really, these things need to be taken into account from the start, it's not something you can "find."
And again, coming from a position of ignorance here, in fiction I'm really only aware of two, make it three, ways of having a shield. The first would be the shield being something inside the ship that's somehow generated outward, as silly as it sounds but I look at it like emitting shit, you know, like a signal just for some reason it's a signal that stops lasers and shit. I guess you could alter the shape of that type of shield by changing the shape of the emitter(or whatever we want to call it) inside much like how the shape of an antenna can change the transmission of radio waves but that's something that'd need to be built into the device. Then there's, I don't know if this counts as a shield or not but hardening, where the shield's like built into the hull somewhat as a reinforcement rather than an external shield. I guess you could design it in a way where you just provide power to the wanted areas but why? Then there's the idea of having external emitters outside the hull that make the shield. I guess this one would be the easiest sci-fi type shield to manipulate in such a crazy way as you could, I guess, just not turn on those areas you don't want to shield to conserve power.
However, whatever crazy fictional shield we're discussing here, there's one problem: At least in Macross they had a room seemingly dedicated to it, complete with a method of controlling it! That wasn't just found! Wasn't just some "oops we took out a large part of Canada so lets build this," it must have always existed. The idea of a shield is rather straightforward, though if it ever becomes reality I'm sure the science behind it will be rather complicated, but regardless, the idea's simple, put the shield up and give it power to stay up. That doesn't require a crazy interface for a human to control, everything can be displayed and manipulated simply by a human crew member. Now a movable shield on the other hand becomes rather crazy. Not only is the idea already silly by expecting humans to have to manually intercept attacks, which frankly always struck me as downright retarded in shows that feature systems able to discern incoming missiles, lasers and ships, I mean, why ask the humans to control that at all if your computer's already tracking all of it but what of the logistics behind controlling such a thing? Assuming you had a crew member good enough to play a fully realized 3d pong or missile command how would you display that information and devise an interface so that crewmember, or crewmembers, could realistically manipulate the shield by hand?
This is one of the stupidest things I'll ever say but I think it'd be infinitely more believable, and probably more realistic amusingly enough, to plug a human into the machine to control such a shield than have them doing it with fucking trackballs and shit, assuming they're not, for some crazy reason, not just going to shield everything or have the computer itself control it.
Awful Falafel
Banned
Everyone's got their own issues, ain't nothing wussy about that. Can't argue with trauma when someone doesn't like something, hope dealing with them gets easier for you someday though.
Then how do you explain the popularity of Love Plus or Clannad: After Story? I think focusing on the courtship instead of the resulting relationships is a problem in lots of media and shouldn't be blamed on Otaku. Just look at the majority of dramas and sitcoms, the only exception I can think of is Mad About You and that ended way back in '99. Shame too because it would be a nice change of pace, who isn't sick of some of the romcom cliches by now?
It seems you have a problem with the execution of the tonal shift and the surrounding circumstances though so I don't think it's fair
to dislike the idea of an early heroic death outright. The novelty and potential usage as a plot device doesn't hold any appeal to you? I think having it at the end cheapens their death, it's okay for them to die there because it doesn't matter that they died there.
Majestic Prince - Episode 10
Boring exposition. Really ugly visuals for the most part. Tamaki is getting dumber and dumber. The hope of the series actually taking off as a successful action comedy seems fading week by week. But! Suddenly! More Wulgaru scenes! It feels like a totally different show when they involve the Wulgaru in the story. The art direction, the characters, the animation, the script, everything somehow feels more interesting, more exciting, and it just flows better. They should have made a show featuring the Wulgaru instead.
Next week looks like we're back for another major action packed mission. Should be good stuff... while it lasts.
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Yuyushiki - Episode 9
Wow. Great episode. Probably my favorite one in weeks. There were so many different varied situations and jokes, there are some deadpan ones, there are some character development gags, and there's awesome subtle yuri. Seeing the characters from the other side's perspective worked really well, and gave the series much more depth than before. It shows that the minor developments they've been doing throughout the series is really paying off. Visually the episode looked better than the last few weeks too.
All that build up to the Yui x Aikawa scene... omg.... squuuuuuuuel. :sdburton
If only the entire show is like this.
Boring exposition. Really ugly visuals for the most part. Tamaki is getting dumber and dumber. The hope of the series actually taking off as a successful action comedy seems fading week by week. But! Suddenly! More Wulgaru scenes! It feels like a totally different show when they involve the Wulgaru in the story. The art direction, the characters, the animation, the script, everything somehow feels more interesting, more exciting, and it just flows better. They should have made a show featuring the Wulgaru instead.
Next week looks like we're back for another major action packed mission. Should be good stuff... while it lasts.
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Yuyushiki - Episode 9
Loooooool.
Wow. Great episode. Probably my favorite one in weeks. There were so many different varied situations and jokes, there are some deadpan ones, there are some character development gags, and there's awesome subtle yuri. Seeing the characters from the other side's perspective worked really well, and gave the series much more depth than before. It shows that the minor developments they've been doing throughout the series is really paying off. Visually the episode looked better than the last few weeks too.
All that build up to the Yui x Aikawa scene... omg.... squuuuuuuuel. :sdburton
Basileus777
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Soon even Duckroll is going to abandon Majestic Prince and I'll be the sole remaining person to like it. Tamaki is incredibly annoying though.
And they dragged Char Aznable's rotting corpse the whole way through it.
I think it really depends. I grant that not everything can be like in Lord of the Rings where,
Gandalf dies and comes back
kill off a major character so early into a story.
Attack on Titan 9
Oh, fine, I'll keep watching.
Unless they actually wipe out the Wulgaru and the show still continues, I'm never dropping MJP. So, for all our sakes, I hope the humans continue to lose!
Of the four shows I picked up for this season, it's hands down the worst one. The mecha are a disastrous mess, the action subpar, the faces hirai, the comedy flatter than a ten month old cup of soda in the back of a hoarder's car, and the main five are in desperate need of developing away from one another.
Theonik
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大平原の小さな胸
Best tag.
Dedication Through Light
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Dont you mean Jean, a character that actually shows development and isnt the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow?
I guess I was lucky. I watched TTGL 100% blind and on a whim of a recommendation of a friend at his place. What was one episode became watching the whole show in one sitting. I was on anime hiatus for a few years and it was the show to finally rope me back into it all.
It was the best thing i've ever seen. I don't think the impact would've been the same for me had I not seen it that way or had any of the show spoiled for me.
Dedication Through Light
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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
I hope they tackle some other property to give the anime treatment too, uncharted,infamous, must be considered or even novels, animu harry potter or Artemis fowl.
Hataraku Maou-sama 10
Useless meat.
I think they've run out of people to introduce, so I guess things are going to continue in this gear until they use up all their episodes. Which isn't so bad, because this show's still a lot of fun, besides Japanese boob humor, which I always find weird. There are great intense reaction images here.
I feel bad for Ashiya. I can tell you from experience that having stomach troubles on squat toilets is really exhausting.
Useless meat.
I think they've run out of people to introduce, so I guess things are going to continue in this gear until they use up all their episodes. Which isn't so bad, because this show's still a lot of fun, besides Japanese boob humor, which I always find weird. There are great intense reaction images here.
I feel bad for Ashiya. I can tell you from experience that having stomach troubles on squat toilets is really exhausting.
So no recommendations for where to import anime from the US to the UK.
Oh, I didn't see you ask, sorry!
I always use DVD Pacific (I'm typing this on my scrappy mobile so excuse the lack of a link). They've been my go to anime import website for over a decade now - the prices are decent even with the inevitable customs charges and the shipping is cheap and fast.
One thing I'd like to see Hataraku Maou-sama do, even if as a joke, is take Chiho or the manager to Enta Isle and see if a person taken there may find that they are in fact a demon or angel as a joke fanservice episode. Little Chiho with a devil's tail, that's awesome, that needs to be done.
Jex
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So no recommendations for where to import anime from the US to the UK.
Amazon sir. Always Amazon.
Thanks. Guess I'll keep an eye out for YuruYuri then.
EDIT: Oh and thanks Jex (even though I did thank you in the IRC, just making it visible for the rest of the board so I don't come off as a rude individual.)
Blowing my mind with the fact that DVD Pacific still exist!
I have to admit, I usually just use United Publications these days, because whilst they aren't the cheapest, I usually forget to order things in advance, and since they're based in the UK, I usually get anything in stock the next day.
I don't really order much outside the occasional NISA title, though.
That's very impressive post lol, I agree about its not making sense and all but I won't complaining much since those guy making some technology magic in 80's lol
And macross does have some cool technology like video phone, I'm watching a lot of old mecha anime lately and laughing when I found they already showing stuff that look and have function like Ipad long ago.
Jex
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How British of you!
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
To be fair it is pretty shitty when people throw unwarranted spoilers for a completely different show inside their spoiler comments. :/
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