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Spring Anime 2013 l OT One l All roads lead to this

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CorvoSol

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HOT DAMN I'M BACK ON.

Slayers NEXT 20

In this episode we finally meet
Phibrizzo
although no one is supposed to know that yet. Anyway, something bugging me is that in the midst of all this madness, Zelgadis' need for the Claire Bible to restore his human form has basically been forgotten.
 

FelixOrion

Poet Centuriate
So I'm gonna try to post some anime stuff in thread while I can, k?

Clannad: After Story 5

Just like every time before, the end of one arc brings forth the simplicity and tranquility and normal life nature of the start of a new one. How this get's melancholy like always...we shall see.

They really are a cute couple. Nagisa awkwardness is really cute.

Man, they can really pour on the bittersweet at any moment. And of different causes with easy. That sad "oooh oooh" song that plays at sad parts is also like salt in the emotional wound too.

So we're in the past, that much I can tell. That transition was a little hard to follow.
Is the blond kid the cat? Really? That's fucking stupid if that's true.
 
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Final Fantasy XV's got characters. Pick the best waifu(s) and husbando(s). Will the new black hair girl steal Kagari's Stella's crown? And who is this mysterious short haired bro in the middle? Decisions, decisions.
 

DiGiKerot

Member
Wtf did I miss? Amazon UK has so many anime blurays listed for the summer:

Blue Exorcist

Nura

Steins;Gate

Lupin movie

Deadman Wonderland

Bakemonogatari

Berserk movie 2

Years of nothing and suddenly an onslaught of non shitty anime.

I'm not sure what happened with MVM for them to decide to do a sub-only BD release with Bakemonogatari, but in the case of the Manga releases, it's mostly because they renegotiated all of their BD mastering and replication contracts at the start of the year, and got considerably better rates on them. From what they were saying on twitter last week, they can make a BD release work on most titles if they can realistically expect to shift about 1000 units over the first two years, as opposed to (what I'd previously been told was) about 5000. 5000 units was pretty darn unrealistic a number for the size of the UK market for pretty much anything other than high-to-mid profile movies, to be honest, and even 1000 is pushing it for some titles, but it's at least way more manageable.

Kaze titles like Berserk are manufactured by Kaze HQ in France, and for a lot of titles are manufactured for distribution all over Europe and simply slapped in different packaging. Their overheads for releasing BD over here tends, as such, to be way lower than it is for Manga or MVM.
 

jbug617

Banned
Hey guys, I had a emotional roller-coaster today with the console wars. I like the games Microsoft showed and prefer Xbox to PS3 but the price is just right for PS4. I'll probably get a Xbox One after a price drop or a Special Edition next year.
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
No, you can still BUY GAMES.

You're being irrational here. So you pay down the money to play online. Ok, stings, sure. Then you have the option of getting forcefed games you don't own but didn't pay extra for... or you can pay money to not have games that go away.

It's like you're enraged you have to return a rental.

The naive optimist in me is trying to convince myself that having more people pay into PS+ is going to enable Sony to offer even more content with the service, even if the change to an online paywall is unethical. I'm okay with the decision insofar as I'm already a PS+ subscriber and it's unquestionably the best deal in gaming right now, but I can sympathize with anyone who sees this as a money-grab first and foremost. There is no real rationale for online console gaming to be a paid service.
 

FelixOrion

Poet Centuriate
Final Fantasy XV's got characters. Pick the best waifu(s) and husbando(s). Will the new black hair girl steal Kagari's Stella's crown? And who is this mysterious short haired bro in the middle? Decisions, decisions.

Best girl: far right.

best guy: third from right

also: why is ezio in this? FFxAC crossover?
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
Final Fantasy XV's got characters. Pick the best waifu(s) and husbando(s). Will the new black hair girl steal Kagari's Stella's crown? And who is this mysterious short haired bro in the middle? Decisions, decisions.

I think they're all smokin' hot, personally. Even the old ones.
 

Hitokage

Setec Astronomer
The naive optimist in me is trying to convince myself that having more people pay into PS+ is going to enable Sony to offer even more content with the service, even if the change to an online paywall is unethical. I'm okay with the decision insofar as I'm already a PS+ subscriber and it's unquestionably the best deal in gaming right now, but I can sympathize with anyone who sees this as a money-grab first and foremost. There is no real rationale for online console gaming to be a paid service.
Brandy would have an argument with switch to paid online, but he was ranting about free games not actually being free.

After all, you lose access to all your Netflix movies when you stop paying.
 

Branduil

Member
No, you can still BUY GAMES.

You're being irrational here. So you pay down the money to play online. Ok, stings, sure. Then you have the option of getting forcefed games you don't own but didn't pay extra for... or you can pay money to not have games that go away.

It's like you're enraged you have to return a rental.

I'm not being irrational. P2P online gaming should cost zero dollars. Period. The end.
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
Was PS+ a loss-leading service this whole time? Given that Sony put its foot down so strongly in regards to consumer rights issues like DRM and used games when it didn't have to, my cynicism can't quite drown out wondering whether or not this move was financially necessary for the preservation of one or both of the services involved. I'm not saying that this is a likely justification; I'm simply wondering aloud.
 

Branduil

Member
Was PS+ a loss-leading service this whole time? Given that Sony put its foot down so strongly in regards to consumer rights issues like DRM and used games when it didn't have to, my cynicism can't quite drown out wondering whether or not this move was financially necessary for the preservation of one or both of the services involved. I'm not saying that this is a likely justification; I'm simply wondering aloud.

It's more like it provided convenient cover for Sony. Microsoft became so diabolically, cartoonishly evil that Sony could only screw consumers a little bit and still come up looking like the hero of the common man.

And now you're changing the subject.

I didn't change the subject, wonzo did. I'm tired of seeing "free games durr" as if that's a justification for forcing online behind a paywall. I'm sure it's a great rental service but I just want to play online without being nickeled and dimed to death.
 

CorvoSol

Member
Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam 38

Sooooooooooooooooooo. Judau went crazy. And so did Mashmyre. And so did Tomino. But really, I just can't stand Emaly any longer. WOMAN. CPT. BRIGHT IS A MARRIED MAN. YOU KNOW HE IS A MARRIED MAN. QUIT TRYING TO BE A HOMEWRECKER. CUT IT OUT. I know Cpt. Bright is the sexiest man alive now that
Char is presumed dead
but you can't have his babies because Mirai Yashima already did. Just step off. Also you aren't even as attractive as Mirai. You got this hideous white lipstick on and shaggy dog hair. Step off the cap'n.

Also, Beecha, you ain't cap'n. You suck and always will. Get over it.
 

Dresden

Member
sasami-san - 10

Through all the ups and the downs, through the hills and the valley of the shadow of death, through the gauntlet of mediocrity in the first four episodes and the verbiage of the terminological porn, I have survived, I have lived, I have triumphed.

It was all worth it for this.


Funya~
 

Hitokage

Setec Astronomer
Branduil: paying for online is BS.

Wonzo: free games.

Branduil: they're not free if you have to pay for them.

Hitokage: WHOA you can't say that Branduil you're being irrational!
Well, we could go into the irony of you running to Steam as your savior.
 

FelixOrion

Poet Centuriate
Clannad: After Story 6

Shima's a good kid, but why is this kid never in school?
Why isn't he in Misae's future? He better not be the cat. But they're going dates...and he's not in her future...oh boy. brb, gonna go get off on my daily bus stop in Heartbreak City.

georgetakeiohmy.gif whyyyyy

Actually, seeing as he has the same English VA as our little friend Junkboy the Battle Bot, my prediction is the kid is going to die become that thing. That or he uses the wish to become the cat. That is probably a good prediction too.

okay, wtf is going on. Is he basically
After Story's Fuko?

"SOMEONE PICK UP THAT PHONE BECAUSE I FUCKING CALLED IT"
 

dimb

Bjergsen is the greatest midlane in the world
Console battles ensue even in anime. Shows our inner spirits.
I would rather people didn't. Can't you go back to irc or something for this? If stuff was going to leak in from there I would rather it was Culian links and not uneducated video game blithering.
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
It's more like it provided convenient cover for Sony. Microsoft became so diabolically, cartoonishly evil that Sony could only screw consumers a little bit and still come up looking like the hero of the common man.

Just so that I don't give the impression that my previous post was fanboy spin in the guise of speculation, this is essentially what I believe to be the likely scenario. Sony taking a stand against the Xbone's madness was a good thing in and of itself, but it was also perfect for making their own negative policy change appear innocent by comparison.
 

BGBW

Maturity, bitches.
Console battles ensue even in anime. Shows our inner spirits.

still hate the forcing online behind a pay wall.
Consoles? In anime? It will just be 3DSs with a few Vitas sprinkled in the Sony sponsored shows. Handheld future!
 
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