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

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cajunator

Banned
CorvoSol said:
OH BOY NEW VALVRAVE TONIGHT. Can't wait for my brain to hurt!

Also, considering watching G Gundam again, but this time in Japanese, because I saw a clip from the Japanese version last night, and while I don't like to think of myself as one of those weeaboos who can't listen to a good dub, I must confess that G's dub, while thoroughly 90s, was not good.

And before anybody gets mad, yes, I will start Utena soon. As soon as HOTD is over.
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Utena will be so much fun to see how you react.
 
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Branduil

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Faiaa Emuburemu: Kakusei 1-26

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I've spent the last two months watching this anime, it was very entertaining. The character designs are very pleasant to look at, and it's a fun, not-too-serious western fantasy story. The cast of characters is huge, and they're all very trope-y, but it works because the interaction between them is so much fun. What really helps is the top-notch localization, with cleverly written jokes and great voice acting. The main character was unusually good for this kind of story, I could identify with him more strongly than is typical in anime, especially during the romantic moments.

This leads to another thing which makes this different from most anime; most series are afraid to commit to romance of any kind, but all sorts of pairing up and even plot-relevant reproduction occurs in this anime. It was so prevalent that it almost felt weird at times, and it was creepy when the child-like "1000-year-old" dragon had a baby with the Russian sellsword. But for the most part it was highly entertaining and amusing to see all of the characters fumbling through awkward romances; apparently rhubarb pie will make you regular.

Depending on how much you care about the story, you may wish to avoid the OVA episodes set between episode 25 and 26; they make the story really silly and nonsensical. There are also a bunch of random web ONAs that don't make any sense which involve the characters fighting against alternate versions of themselves. The weirdest one involved the main character fighting against like five different flamboyant versions of himself, half of them girls.

The soundtrack is also fantastic, some beautiful orchestral and choral arrangements that are striking and, at times, surprising.

Overall, it's the best fantasy anime I've seen in some time.

9/10 (Shinkai rating 0/10)

Best characters ranking:

Cynthia
Morgan
Lucina
 
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hosannainexcelsis

Member
Regulus Tera said:
This is exactly how I feel about Redline, but more so because I know I will regret having watched it afterwards since we will never see hand-drawn automobile animation again forever never. :(
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I kind of regret watching Redline because just about everything after the Yellow Line was a waste of time. Whenever you watch it, I personally recommend stopping at the title card.

zeroshiki said:
You guys should really just be pushing the Hosodapocalypse to everybody. Its a great movie and you don't feel dirty for ruining someone's day with a shit recommendation.
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Yes, Wolf Children is a film that should be seen by everyone.

Also, this isn't anime, but while we're talking about films I just finished watching the 1962 film Harakiri and I would highly recommend it to all present. Certainly one of the most memorable samurai films I've seen.
 
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KirbYuuYuu

Member
Revolutionary Girl Ooo-tin-uh

As the school of SDburton with dudes continues, one dude Saionji wants revenge for losing his waifu to Ooo-tin-eck, and still fails. Granted Ooo-ten-uh also failed at losing, but because she realized her love for monkeys, and the Power of Dio.

Music is quite out there still, making stair climbing sound like it's leading up to an important fight (which is obviously true) and the random
porno-ish
music playing with the Sword of Dios coming out of the rose wife.

The mascot should have a role in some episodes for no reason but to give him love.

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Branduil said:
Faiaa Emuburemu: Kakusei 1-26



I've spent the last two months watching this anime, it was very entertaining. The character designs are very pleasant to look at, and it's a fun, not-too-serious western fantasy story. The cast of characters is huge, and they're all very trope-y, but it works because the interaction between them is so much fun. What really helps is the top-notch localization, with cleverly written jokes and great voice acting. The main character was unusually good for this kind of story, I could identify with him more strongly than is typical in anime, especially during the romantic moments.

This leads to another thing which makes this different from most anime; most series are afraid to commit to romance of any kind, but all sorts of pairing up and even plot-relevant reproduction occurs in this anime. It was so prevalent that it almost felt weird at times, and it was creepy when the child-like "1000-year-old" dragon had a baby with the Russian sellsword. But for the most part it was highly entertaining and amusing to see all of the characters fumbling through awkward romances; apparently rhubarb pie will make you regular.

Depending on how much you care about the story, you may wish to avoid the OVA episodes set between episode 25 and 26; they make the story really silly and nonsensical. There are also a bunch of random web ONAs that don't make any sense which involve the characters fighting against alternate versions of themselves. The weirdest one involved the main character fighting against like five different flamboyant versions of himself, half of them girls.

Overall, it's the best fantasy anime I've seen in some time.

9/10 (Shinkai rating 0/10)

Best characters ranking:

Cynthia
Morgan
Lucina
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This is amazing. And I am okay with the rankings.
 
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kayos90

Tragic victim of fan death
SNAFU 11

It had :SDBurton and :DTL so... lulz. Besides that it was very amusing. More philosophical battles and ideological deconstruction. I really really really enjoy this anime because I think it goes places where animes rarely go.
 
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CorvoSol

Member
cajunator said:
Utena will be so much fun to see how you react.
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Hooooo boy. All I know about it is magical lesbians. That didn't stop Rin-ne, though.

Branduil said:
Faiaa Emuburemu: Kakusei 1-26



I've spent the last two months watching this anime, it was very entertaining. The character designs are very pleasant to look at, and it's a fun, not-too-serious western fantasy story. The cast of characters is huge, and they're all very trope-y, but it works because the interaction between them is so much fun. What really helps is the top-notch localization, with cleverly written jokes and great voice acting. The main character was unusually good for this kind of story, I could identify with him more strongly than is typical in anime, especially during the romantic moments.

This leads to another thing which makes this different from most anime; most series are afraid to commit to romance of any kind, but all sorts of pairing up and even plot-relevant reproduction occurs in this anime. It was so prevalent that it almost felt weird at times, and it was creepy when the child-like "1000-year-old" dragon had a baby with the Russian sellsword. But for the most part it was highly entertaining and amusing to see all of the characters fumbling through awkward romances; apparently rhubarb pie will make you regular.

Depending on how much you care about the story, you may wish to avoid the OVA episodes set between episode 25 and 26; they make the story really silly and nonsensical. There are also a bunch of random web ONAs that don't make any sense which involve the characters fighting against alternate versions of themselves. The weirdest one involved the main character fighting against like five different flamboyant versions of himself, half of them girls.

Overall, it's the best fantasy anime I've seen in some time.

9/10 (Shinkai rating 0/10)

Best characters ranking:

Cynthia
Morgan
Lucina
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How is Cynthia better than anyone not named Henry? Cynthia bottom of barrel, bro. It's all about Olivia, Cordelia, and most importantly NONSTOP GREGOR.
 
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FelixOrion

Poet Centuriate
Clannad: After Story 16

Man even our little fantasy/junkboy story is getting sad.

THREE names on the mailbox and a very pregnant Nagisa? Oh man, here go, wish me luck.

Man, Tomoya's attitude towards himself reminds me a lot of myself :/

And the gang is back together again! Good to see.

Ah shit. She can't get to the hospital can she? Shit shit shit.

Man this is hard to watch

Don't fucking die...Don't fucking die...

NO


FUCK






THIS







SHIT





I'm so fucking done right now, fuck everything.
 
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kayos90

Tragic victim of fan death
FelixOrion said:
Clannad: After Story 16

Man even our little fantasy/junkboy story is getting sad.

THREE names on the mailbox and a very pregnant Nagisa? Oh man, here go, wish me luck.

Man, Tomoya's attitude towards himself reminds me a lot of myself :/

And the gang is back together again! Good to see.

Ah shit. She can't get to the hospital can she? Shit shit shit.

Man this is hard to watch

Don't fucking die...Don't fucking die...

NO


FUCK






THIS







SHIT





I'm so fucking done right now, fuck everything.
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gg no re
 
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Jintor

Member
Branduil said:
Faiaa Emuburemu: Kakusei 1-26



I've spent the last two months watching this anime, it was very entertaining. The character designs are very pleasant to look at, and it's a fun, not-too-serious western fantasy story. The cast of characters is huge, and they're all very trope-y, but it works because the interaction between them is so much fun. What really helps is the top-notch localization, with cleverly written jokes and great voice acting. The main character was unusually good for this kind of story, I could identify with him more strongly than is typical in anime, especially during the romantic moments.

This leads to another thing which makes this different from most anime; most series are afraid to commit to romance of any kind, but all sorts of pairing up and even plot-relevant reproduction occurs in this anime. It was so prevalent that it almost felt weird at times, and it was creepy when the child-like "1000-year-old" dragon had a baby with the Russian sellsword. But for the most part it was highly entertaining and amusing to see all of the characters fumbling through awkward romances; apparently rhubarb pie will make you regular.

Depending on how much you care about the story, you may wish to avoid the OVA episodes set between episode 25 and 26; they make the story really silly and nonsensical. There are also a bunch of random web ONAs that don't make any sense which involve the characters fighting against alternate versions of themselves. The weirdest one involved the main character fighting against like five different flamboyant versions of himself, half of them girls.

Overall, it's the best fantasy anime I've seen in some time.

9/10 (Shinkai rating 0/10)

Best characters ranking:

Cynthia
Morgan
Lucina
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It's lucky the characters and interactions are so strong because the main plotline was balls meh.
 
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cajunator

Banned
FelixOrion said:
Clannad: After Story 16

Man even our little fantasy/junkboy story is getting sad.

THREE names on the mailbox and a very pregnant Nagisa? Oh man, here go, wish me luck.

Man, Tomoya's attitude towards himself reminds me a lot of myself :/

And the gang is back together again! Good to see.

Ah shit. She can't get to the hospital can she? Shit shit shit.

Man this is hard to watch

Don't fucking die...Don't fucking die...

NO


FUCK






THIS







SHIT





I'm so fucking done right now, fuck everything.
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Yaaaay! Everybody's happy :D
 
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peaceiscloser

Member
Branduil said:
Faiaa Emuburemu: Kakusei 1-26



I've spent the last two months watching this anime, it was very entertaining. The character designs are very pleasant to look at, and it's a fun, not-too-serious western fantasy story. The cast of characters is huge, and they're all very trope-y, but it works because the interaction between them is so much fun. What really helps is the top-notch localization, with cleverly written jokes and great voice acting. The main character was unusually good for this kind of story, I could identify with him more strongly than is typical in anime, especially during the romantic moments.

This leads to another thing which makes this different from most anime; most series are afraid to commit to romance of any kind, but all sorts of pairing up and even plot-relevant reproduction occurs in this anime. It was so prevalent that it almost felt weird at times, and it was creepy when the child-like "1000-year-old" dragon had a baby with the Russian sellsword. But for the most part it was highly entertaining and amusing to see all of the characters fumbling through awkward romances; apparently rhubarb pie will make you regular.

Depending on how much you care about the story, you may wish to avoid the OVA episodes set between episode 25 and 26; they make the story really silly and nonsensical. There are also a bunch of random web ONAs that don't make any sense which involve the characters fighting against alternate versions of themselves. The weirdest one involved the main character fighting against like five different flamboyant versions of himself, half of them girls.

The soundtrack is also fantastic, some beautiful orchestral and choral arrangements that are striking and, at times, surprising.

Overall, it's the best fantasy anime I've seen in some time.

9/10 (Shinkai rating 0/10)

Best characters ranking:

Cynthia
Morgan
Lucina
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I just realized that there are 26 chapters. Holy shit this anime writes itself
 
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Dresden

Member
I guess my problem with Awakening is that, outside of those three or four support conversations you unlock with each possible pairing/duo, I don't care much for the game at all.

But damn, do I love those little bits of chatter.
 
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firehawk12

Subete no aware
Dresden said:
I guess my problem with Awakening is that, outside of those three or four support conversations you unlock with each possible pairing/duo, I don't care much for the game at all.

But damn, do I love those little bits of chatter.
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Especially since Donnel x Cordelia is canon.
 
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Lavalamp1138

Member
Is Fire Emblem making a comeback in this thread? Whelp, see you guys in thirty pages.

I should probably get around to picking it up one of these days
 
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SDBurton

World's #1 Cosmonaut Enthusiast
Branduil said:
Faiaa Emuburemu: Kakusei 1-26



I've spent the last two months watching this anime, it was very entertaining. The character designs are very pleasant to look at, and it's a fun, not-too-serious western fantasy story. The cast of characters is huge, and they're all very trope-y, but it works because the interaction between them is so much fun. What really helps is the top-notch localization, with cleverly written jokes and great voice acting. The main character was unusually good for this kind of story, I could identify with him more strongly than is typical in anime, especially during the romantic moments.

This leads to another thing which makes this different from most anime; most series are afraid to commit to romance of any kind, but all sorts of pairing up and even plot-relevant reproduction occurs in this anime. It was so prevalent that it almost felt weird at times, and it was creepy when the child-like "1000-year-old" dragon had a baby with the Russian sellsword. But for the most part it was highly entertaining and amusing to see all of the characters fumbling through awkward romances; apparently rhubarb pie will make you regular.

Depending on how much you care about the story, you may wish to avoid the OVA episodes set between episode 25 and 26; they make the story really silly and nonsensical. There are also a bunch of random web ONAs that don't make any sense which involve the characters fighting against alternate versions of themselves. The weirdest one involved the main character fighting against like five different flamboyant versions of himself, half of them girls.

The soundtrack is also fantastic, some beautiful orchestral and choral arrangements that are striking and, at times, surprising.

Overall, it's the best fantasy anime I've seen in some time.

9/10 (Shinkai rating 0/10)

Best characters ranking:

Cynthia
Morgan
Lucina
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Excellent write up, though I see no Tharja nor Noire on your list. :mad:

Chet Rippo said:
Nah man, Tharjass x Donnel OTP
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Oh hell no. FemMU x Tharja for life.
 
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gashikunFLCL

Member
Hitokage said:
Few things are as bad as s1 Artemis, and none of the main cast applies.
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Hitokage said:
What about her? She's harmless.
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I don't know,
but for me a character who is just there, only know how to talk chibi chibi or repeat the last word some other character has said(we could call her echo) is bad, I think there would be better ways to give a new power up without using her, and time used to interact with her was just wasted.
Since we are talking about Stars,
what happened with Umino and Naru, did they just went to another school
? lol
 
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