firehawk12
Subete no aware
What happened to mad pierrot?Oh wow. I missed some serious business last night it seems.
I hope Mad Pierrot. We never agree on anything but I like his presence in the thread. :/
What happened to mad pierrot?Oh wow. I missed some serious business last night it seems.
I hope Mad Pierrot. We never agree on anything but I like his presence in the thread. :/
What happened to mad pierrot?
What happened to mad pierrot?
I'm back, just in time for the new season.
The Rosen Ritter are fucking HAX.Legend of the Galactic Heroes - 43: The Gjallerhorn Blew
~ You mean you failed to change history? ~
Goddamn, Admiral von Reuental is a badass. Schenkopp comes in swinging with a battle-axe and he avoids it twice, then shoots the blade off.
The Rosen Ritter are probably the most competent fighting unit in the whole Alliance, storming a flagship like that.
Unfortunate we didn't really get to see a fleet battle between Yang Wenli and von Reuental.
They all got lost looking for WcDonald's.McDonald's is punching themselves for not thinking of a way to trick otaku into buying cheap plain burgers first.
I'm back, just in time for the new season.
April's Fools was last Monday, bro.Hataraku Maou-sama 01
Plus it has an ED by Nano.ripe. Greatness.
They all got lost looking for WcDonald's.
I wish I was an Internet celebrity. I would be invited to all the red carpet events.YouTube stars converting to anime. Strange times we live in.
So it's time to bring out my patented GameBoy Camera Anime Viewer again?[Aku No Hana] - 1
You know, if you sit back from the screen and kind of squint it look okay.
Moejita is always welcome here
Welcome back!
Yeah, this show really is a pleasant surprise. Also, first White Fox show I've seen with competent animations.Hataraku Maou-sama 01
Oh my shit.
I LOVE THIS
This show is entertaining and hilarious. I cant wait to see more of it.
Plus it has an ED by Nano.ripe. Greatness.
I'm back, just in time for the new season.
Never forgetI realise I shouldn't expect anything more but sometimes the MAL review comparisons make me laugh.
That's maybe the most boring burger ever.
Never forget
Looks like no-one else is gonna do it so I'll make the Aku no Hana OT tomorrow. Be sure to post your impressions~
My Nakama!*
Note: Nakama means comrade.
nano.ripe's high-pitch voice is more nasal. She sounds like a moribund walrus.
RECAP EPISODE (and not of Ikuhara quality)
Damn, this was a great episode. From the greater focus on the Zion forces, to the internal drama in the 08th MS Team to the fight in the end, all was good and the pacing was very very well done too. Hopefully it says at least this good to the end.
:Wonron
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team 04
Damn, this was a great episode. From the greater focus on the Zion forces, to the internal drama in the 08th MS Team to the fight in the end, all was good and the pacing was very very well done too. Hopefully it says at least this good to the end.
Obligatory :chet
so cute
Feelin' bored.
I think I like Maou-sama more than the other first episodes because it sets up its simple premise well. I feel like the other shows don't do that as well, which is why I'm not as excited about them.
In Maou-sama, you know a basic background about the characters so far (even the heroine), you know what they want to do, and you know where the initial tension in the show will come from. Everything's very clearly explained for me.
All of this is accompanied by funny gags, although I admit that I'm a sucker for sudden stops in music during punchlines and jokes where serious situations are built up only for a joke to appear. For example, when Ashiya trying to use magic, nothing happens the first time and a taxi stops a second time. During the montage where Maou integrates themselves into society, the first two scenes are relatively serious and the Maou is smooth regarding his explanation. The last scene (rule of three!), of course, subverts this and I found it hilarious.
Unfortunately, I don't think Oregairu, MJP, and DS2 were as successful. Oregairu especially fared the worst of the four to me. By the end, I had no idea what the show wanted to do, and the characters suffered for it. I get that the show is going to be about the group helping each other through their problems, but it doesn't really do a good job of showing you that. Hachiman might be one who will go through the most change, but his relationship with Yukino doesn't change and he even helps Yui out. Yukino is obviously the main heroine, but I have no idea how she's going to get through to Hachiman and, as a character, she feels shallow because everything about her is told to you (this is probably because they're in clubroom basically all the time).
I'm easily amused and find a lot of mediocre jokes hilarious, but most of the talking in Oregairu isn't very interesting. The jokes that worked for me actually had a punchline. I thought Hachiman's flashbacks were funny because they build up to something. Yukino's insults and their conversations in general aren't really funny because it feels like the jokes are just sprinkled in their conversations for seasoning. I dunno. Everything in the show just feels really unfocused, and I wouldn't be surprised if it were due to a lazy transition from a light novel format to an anime format. Oregairu reminds me of the reasoning KyoAni had for introducing new characters: Having only two or three characters talking in a scene may work for a light novel, but it feels incredibly empty in an anime.
I kinda feel like I don't know where MJP is going as well, except less so. I actually thought the reactions were kinda funny until the last joke. As I said, I'm easily amused, lol. They were actually set up as jokes, which Oregairu didn't do. I can see why people might have been turned off by them though, since they repeat the same joke at least three times without any real variation. I also feel like they didn't do a great job setting up the show. The setting is a war between humans and aliens. The characters were awful in school, didn't have really interesting goals when asked, and did a great job in the field defying everyone's expectations in the field. That's great. With that in mind, does it really matter to me what happens after? I'm not really interested a show where I should expect the main characters to fail every time, only for them to succeed because they're actually not bad. Should I expect them to succeed every time only for them to fail at a critical moment? I don't know what the conflict in the show is.
DS2 does a good job telling me what I should expect from the show. It's just kinda boring, lol. The main characters are really plain so far. It's unfortunate too because, to me, this kind of plot kinda needs you to care about the futures of the characters, but I don't have reasons to. I really like Nitta though, and her Digimon is BLANKA. I'll probably watch it for her, lol.
Well, I shouldn't be too down on DS2, or any of the other shows so far, because I enjoyed watching them. DS2 first episode worked well enough to set things up, and I can't be too greedy with first episodes. Same with MJP. I'm sure the characterization in DS2 and the plot in MJP will come with time. I'm not as confident about Oregairu. Hopefully, it gives me reasons to continue with the show, lol.
so cute
:A1Episode 53 of Space Brothers is also gonna be a recap episode. :/
I always thought its strange to at least compare first episode of a one season series to at least a two season one and I guess theres a game adaptation in the mix too...
Desu2 at least leaves a bit more there that needs to be explained, but then that seems unfair based on genre to compare everything to this comedy fantasy Maou that I figure doesnt have as deep and sprawling of a plot as the huge universe that spans thousands of years in MJP and the various characters in Desu2.
It's not strange or unfair to me. It doesn't matter if a show is 20 episodes or 200 episodes. If the first episode is boring, the first episode is boring. A show with a more complex plot requires a lot more finesse, I'd imagine, but that doesn't mean it's okay for it to be boring. It just means it's more understandable.
Just tell me how the fuck some man 200 years ago predicted GODDAMN ALIENS.
What's that? No fucking explanation? Because this show is fucking bullshit and the writers make this shit up as they go and don't remember things from one episode to the next?
So, I've finally noticed that for whatever stupid reason, this show does NOT match up. As in, last episode Tieria goes "Lemme tell you bout Aeolia's plan, bro" and then credits roll. Now Suddenly Setsuna is in his Gundam fighting Ribbons. This has happened MULTIPLE TIMES. Fucking hell this show is poorly written shit.
I thought you were gauging them on how well they present their premise not on the level of boringness of an episode?
Feelin' bored.
Saved several of these made by others.
I think I like Maou-sama more than the other first episodes because it sets up its simple premise well. I feel like the other shows don't do that as well, which is why I'm not as excited about them.
In Maou-sama, you know a basic background about the characters so far (even the heroine), you know what they want to do, and you know where the initial tension in the show will come from. Everything's very clearly explained for me.
Nobody ever posts the good one though.Saved several of these made by others.
Maou-sama is simple but well-made and directed. That's good and sadly more than you can say about the most anime each season.
Democracy has failed.Nobody ever posts the good one though.
Nobody ever posts the good one though.
Nobody ever posts the good one though.