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[Kincaido]

SAO would've been better if Sugu was his actual sister. Just sayin

 

[kayos90]

SAO represents everything that is wrong with anime. I can get more enjoyment staring at the sun for 20 mins then watching that vile garbage.

Uhh.... no. If you want something that is utter and complete shit then watch Date-A-Live. That show is fucking horrendous outside of the cool female character designs.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Can this be Kirbyguy's tag, Kagari? We've been in a pretty terrible tagging drought here since Hitokage abdicated ;_;

....what does abdicated mean?

 

[Narag]

SAO would've been better if Sugu was his actual sister. Just sayin

It would have been better had we gotten the Kirito x Klein end we deserved.

 

[jgminto]

SAO would've been better if Sugu was his actual sister. Just sayin

Because it's totally different with them being cousins.

 

[Dresden]

liz was best girl

fuck asoona

I'm always amused by all the venom directed at the show, because it just seems so . . . middlingly bad. It's like saying that the Da Vinci Code is the Mein Kampf of the 21st century.

Firehawk's line about it early on is still the best thing to come out of his rage, though:

I thought SAO was the worst thing on the internet since child porn.

 

[Kincaido]

It would have been better had we gotten the Kirito x Klein end we deserved.

This would've been great too.

Because it's totally different with them being cousins.

It really does.

 

[Hattori]

....what does abdicated mean?

give up authority or power

 

[jgminto]

It really does.

How?

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

give up authority or power

Oooooh.

 

[Kincaido]

How?

Fucking your cousin is more acceptable than fucking your sister.

 

[Branduil]

Well, yeah, staring at the sun for 20 minutes will give you an experience that lasts a lifetime.

20 minutes of staring at the sun is nothing compared to 13 episodes of staring at Angel Beats.

 

[Pooya]

Admit it, all of you are anticipating SAO s2, and all of you will watch it.

 

[Dresden]

I dropped it after episode seven, so no.

 

[Mature]

20 minutes of staring at the sun is nothing compared to 13 episodes of staring at Angel Beats.

 

[CorvoSol]

Oh man Corvo gonna watch SAO.

I'll paid money for this.

Not in the immediate future, though. I dunno, gotta look at my shej.

Get a room!

Jealous.

The problem with Sword Art Online is that it's mostly just bad, not so bad it's good. It's a competently-produced series with one of the most puerile and amateur screenplay ever written.

Sounds exactly like Gundam AGE.

....what does abdicated mean?

It's what Princess Euphemia was going to do

Spoiler

before Lelouch murdered her for kicks.

 

[dakkumauji]

It would have been better had we gotten the Kirito x Klein end we deserved.

At least it didn't, so we don't have to praise it.

 

[kayos90]

Admit it, all of you are anticipating SAO s2, and all of you will be watching it.

Aw hell yeah.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Admit it, all of you are anticipating SAO s2, and all of you will watch it.

I won't watch it, but I'm certainly anticipating it. I can't wait for firehawk to watch it and give his reactions.

 

[CorvoSol]

I feel like knowing a show is gonna suck going into it ruins the fun for me. I KNEW Gundam AGE wasn't going to be bed. Finding out things like Rah Xephon and Gundam 00 were the most awful shows ever on my own was a much . . . richer experience.

 

[dakkumauji]

Admit it, all of you are anticipating SAO s2, and all of you will watch it.

I grown wiser and stopped watching the sequel season of shows I hate.

 

[Hellsing321]

A quick 15-second CM for Kimi no Iru Machi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18QDEt3DJgo

Just a brief character overview for now.

Looks like the official site got a refresh too.

My rage is ready.

 

[jgminto]

Admit it, all of you are anticipating SAO s2, and all of you will watch it.

I'd say it's more a sense of dread. I will watch it but I don't really want to.

Fucking your cousin is more acceptable than fucking your sister.

Barely. Both lead to incest babies.

 

[Kincaido]

I never raged while reading KNIM

 

[Branduil]

A quick 15-second CM for Kimi no Iru Machi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18QDEt3DJgo

Just a brief character overview for now.

Looks like the official site got a refresh too.

Bad art direction, character design, animation. Nothing in that trailer looked appealing.

 

[cajunator]

liz was best girl

fuck asoona

I'm always amused by all the venom directed at the show, because it just seems so . . . middlingly bad. It's like saying that the Da Vinci Code is the Mein Kampf of the 21st century.

Firehawk's line about it early on is still the best thing to come out of his rage, though:

Liz was definitely the best. My roommate always asks me why I hate SAO so much.
truthfully I think its a combination of it ignoring my favorite characters completely, and me being generally apathetic towards the whole premise, since I dont like MMORPG games. Then episode 14-15 didnt help either.

Admit it, all of you are anticipating SAO s2, and all of you will watch it.

Im anticipating Accel World S2.

 

[kayos90]

I never raged while reading KNIM

Have you been reading the manga chapters for the past half year? They're fucking terrible.

 

[Hitokage]

Barely. Both lead to incest babies.

In terms of doing it once, with a cousin is like waiting 10 years to do it with somebody of no relation.

When repeated down a family line bad things crop up, though.

 

[Ezalc]

Admit it, all of you are anticipating SAO s2, and all of you will watch it.

Much like School Days, I've resisted all of AnimeGAF's attempts to get me to watch it.

Jealous.

A little. Can I watch?

 

[Branduil]

Barely. Both lead to incest babies.

Cousin marriage is definitely far more acceptable than sibling. It's actually legal in a large number of states. Of course it's a lot less so when you've lived with them like siblings.

 

[Kincaido]

Have you been reading the manga chapters for the past half year? They're fucking terrible.

I'm all caught up. I just think it's boring.

 

[Lain]

Valvrave 8

On one hand

Spoiler

dead girl is dead, as much as it's too bad she died.

On the other, the story keeps being laughably silly and damn that talk about sweet and bitter and coffee. At least use tea damn it.

 

[madp]

Yu-Gi-Oh S0 1

This is hideously ugly, so ugly I'll save your eyes by refraining from posting any screenshots. The color design is hideously garish in that early digital way, especially all the black shading which does not work at all. There's also some nonsensical layouts. That said, there were a few nice direction touches which surprised me, such as the pan out through the keyhole when Yuugi is working on the puzzle in his room. I also liked the transition to and from the eyecatches.

The content itself is somewhat appealing though. I never got into CCGs, so this initial version of the series with its variety of games is considerably more attractive to me than what it later became. Also, bullying stories like this strike a cord with me. The Yami Game at the end reminded me of Hell Girl, a guilty pleasure of mine. I'll probably be able to get some enjoyment out of this. At the least, at only 27 episodes this won't be another Law of Ueki situation.

Visually, it might be the ugliest thing that Toei's ever produced, and that's saying something. Even so, the horrifying color palette and the warped, washed-out, creepy old-beaten-up-VHS look significantly help in selling the experience as something from the dark side of anime, condemned to be lost to time by its creator. It's a bizarre experience with its curious mix of lighthearted school antics, ancient mysticism, incredibly dark and often surprisingly creative confrontations, and the pure gleeful schadenfreude of Yami Yugi absolutely trolling the fuck out of his opponents and slapping them with delicious ironic punishments.

I'm definitely getting the feeling now that I've overstated just how good it is to people who aren't me, but I think you'll find the experience to be unique, if nothing else.

You are only making me afraid. ;_;

SuperS' worst is still better than any of the Doom Tree stuff in R so you have nothing to fear. It's not like we're going from Heartcatch to Max Heart or anything.

I quite enjoyed Mad Pierrot's La storia della Arcana Famiglia ending impressions.

I still can't believe that I'm responsible for that................thing.

 

[Narag]

I'm definitely getting the feeling now that I've overstated just how good it is to people who aren't me, but I think you'll find the experience to be unique, if nothing else.

Just consider it suicide pact material and rest easy.

 

[dakkumauji]

Yahari 09

Self-realization. All these almost moments, so good.

 

[madp]

Just consider it suicide pact material and rest easy.

Don't I owe you something for this?

 

[cajunator]

Much like School Days, I've resisted all of AnimeGAF's attempts to get me to watch it.



A little. Can I watch?

good. continue to avoid it.

 

[Narag]

Don't I owe you something for this?

No no, I exist solely to indulge others who would like to see more people check out a show they have a fondness for. Nothing more.

 

[Quasar]

Admit it, all of you are anticipating SAO s2, and all of you will watch it.

I'm anxiously anticipating the GAF rage, which I expect to be stronger. I've bought popcorn already.

I am curious to see whether they can make the anime version more interesting to me than I found the novel(s). I don't hold out much hope though. But then I have less than zero interest in the game type used for the story.

Of course as I've said before, I really enjoyed SAO...well the first arc.

 

[Hitokage]

No no, I exist to indulge others who would like to see more people check out a show they have a fondness for. Nothing more.

Stars.

 

[Regulus Tera]

SuperS' worst is still better than any of the Doom Tree stuff in R so you have nothing to fear. It's not like we're going from Heartcatch to Max Heart or anything.

Doom Tree was okay aside from the dumb finale and the bad art. I'll never get the hate.

 

[madp]

No no, I exist solely to indulge others who would like to see more people check out a show they have a fondness for. Nothing more.

Well that's no fun. I'll at least watch some Shin Mazinger Z for this!

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Because everyone else does, obviously.

 

[Narag]

Stars.

Soon™

 

[fertygo]

Admit it, all of you are anticipating SAO s2, and all of you will watch it.

Aw yeah, hope we have Corvo on board next time.

 

[Jex]

[Valvrave] - 8

The coffee of L-Elf is bitter indeed.

 

[madp]

Doom Tree was okay aside from the dumb finale and the bad art. I'll never get the hate.

More than anything, it was just consistently boring, which really can't be said of any other arc in the series.

 

[Hitokage]

Smile Precure 18

Fell the peddling! Feel the plastic! Forget about it! It's henshin time!

 

[wonzo]

So this is what my life has been reduced to. Adding quotes to the Glass Fleet page on an anime database.

A life well wasted.

Admit it, all of you are anticipating SAO s2, and all of you will watch it.

No and only bottom feeders who know no better will.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

No no, I exist solely to indulge others who would like to see more people check out a show they have a fondness for. Nothing more.

On that note, I will watch anything anybody wants me to (within reason) if they watch Jewelpet Kira Deco.