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Spring Anime 2013 |OT -7| My Giant CG Pony Can't Possibly Read This Much Baudelaire
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Dedication Through Light
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I thought Arata is at least 2?
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Oooh, you're watching Azumanga Daioh now? Excellent! Such a great show. And basically the template that all modern high-school slice of life comedies are based on. Enjoy it!
This is precisely the problem I had with the so-called action in Gundam 00 from season S2 onward. By the movie it was utterly incoherent, just like the plot, dialogue and characters themselves.
I watched it a few years back, but I need something that isn't mecha to keep me sane. Also I'm trying to watch good anime (even if I've seen it) to wash out the shit taste of shit shows like Gundam 00 and Gundam AGE and Rah Inceston.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Hmm I could make the trip to Dallas to watch it...
Chet Rippo
Member
K-ON! is the best.
Yup. I cannot believe how many spinoffs that show has generated and continues to generate. Truly anime struck gold when it happened upon that formula.
Same here. Hmm... Tempted...
I don't like MomoClover's off-key singing but everyone seems to love this OP for the music and guitar.
Episode 5 is awesome. Really sold me on the show.
I have no idea if they watch the anime, but I've seen multiple students read the LNs, and one girl I taught used Kirito for an "introduce a celebrity/character" exercise.
Wut.
Arata Kangatari 1
This show is not that great, but I liked it anyway.
There is nothing remarkable about its production values - there are some terribly animated horse things but otherwise it's what you'd expect from Satelight, identikit faces from all their shows and middling-to-poor CG effects animation (Code:Breaker this is not). Nor is the premise very original at all.
Part of it is, in fact, incredibly stupid - quite why no-one seems to see that normal world Arata is wearing completely different clothes and has completely different hair from fantasy Arata I don't know and it's badly explained.
So I'm not going to sell anyone on this show. I think I just have a soft spot for shows like this.
"Boy/girl in another world" stories have always been my personal favourite brand of adolescent wish fulfilment, and with the premise being that the two Aratas have swapped places I get double the fun (assuming, of course, the show ever chooses to do anything with the real world half ever again, given that it's theoretically much less interesting than waving swords around in fantasy world).
So I'm not recommending the show by any means, but... I'll watch more!
This show is not that great, but I liked it anyway.
There is nothing remarkable about its production values - there are some terribly animated horse things but otherwise it's what you'd expect from Satelight, identikit faces from all their shows and middling-to-poor CG effects animation (Code:Breaker this is not). Nor is the premise very original at all.
Part of it is, in fact, incredibly stupid - quite why no-one seems to see that normal world Arata is wearing completely different clothes and has completely different hair from fantasy Arata I don't know and it's badly explained.
So I'm not going to sell anyone on this show. I think I just have a soft spot for shows like this.
"Boy/girl in another world" stories have always been my personal favourite brand of adolescent wish fulfilment, and with the premise being that the two Aratas have swapped places I get double the fun (assuming, of course, the show ever chooses to do anything with the real world half ever again, given that it's theoretically much less interesting than waving swords around in fantasy world).
So I'm not recommending the show by any means, but... I'll watch more!
ZachDeKoromaru
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That's because it's Marty god damn Friedman.
Its a really unique OP. Like a space rock opera. totally amazing. Kind of like Kigurumi Wakusei the ED of Hanamaru Kindergarten. Just a frenetic song that keeps changing sounds and styles throughout. SO GOOD.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Seriously. It's like, every time I see a wacky teacher in a SOL anime, I think "Yep, there's the Yukari of this show". Yoshinoya is a Yukari. Fake Takane Shijou from Acchi Kocchi (I don't remember her name but holy shit she looks exactly like Takane) is a Yukari. Basically any wacky teacher character is a Yukari.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Anime is for children and manbabies, haven't you heard?
Chet Rippo
Member
He really is a chick magnet. Harem deserved.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Going with a friend to see what wolf kiddies are like.
This better be as good as you people have hyped it up to be!!
More moe than RKB!
RPG_Fanatic
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Not according to someone on AnimeSuki forums checked the DVD/Blu ray releases for this anime. The fact that the trailer and ending showed chapter 80+ material makes for a bad combination.
Edit: Not to mention the first episode went through 3 chapters of the manga.
Yukari is and always will be the best teacher in shows like that.
The SAO novels are about as big as it gets for LNs, as these older sales numbers Articalys provided can attest.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Kagami, don't believe firehawk's lies.
Theres nothing moe about Wolf Children. Good film though.
Wolf Children was moe.
I know about the LN being super popular. They're always translated even stateside. The Wut comment was directed more about the latter part of your post. lol/
Lol at this comment from that guy who posted the information on Animesuki:
We don't need to look for Magi 2.0 anymore! Arata Kangatari is sacrificing itself to save all of us!
Ill let you guys know how awesome this is, if I EVER get to see it
seriously go watch it right now
I don't think the distinction you're making between the real and virtual worlds is meaningful. In our interconnected online world, things that happen in cyberspace affect reality. I'm sure it's not much comfort to Adam Orth, for instance, that his comments weren't said in the real world.
We live in a world where someone like Flash can become a national celebrity because he's good at Starcraft. So why is it particularly disgusting to glorify Kirito for being good at this particular genre of MMO? His accomplishments ultimately had significant real-world consequences, and his relationships established in one game persist to the real world and beyond.
Chet Rippo
Member
I assume he means in theaters.
R_thanatos
Member
It's a shame since i was wondering how things will be since i kinda liked the first episode.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Because presumably Flash is a human being with a personality, depth, and exhibits a wide variety of various human traits that a woman (or a man) would find attractive in another human being. This is how relationships work and why just having the same hobbies doesn't guarantee a 60 year marriage with several kids and grandkids.
At least, I assume he is more than just a Starcraft robot anyway.
Lol, don't mind me. I'm just abusing a joke which probably stopped being funny a little while ago. I agree that it's a shame to hear about the rushed pace the anime might take, since I was kinda interested in the anime after seeing the PV (even if it looked kinda ugly, lol). I might give it a try anyway.
Majestic Prince - 01
Could have been worse. I appreciated the lighthearted nature of the main cast, because teenagers taking themselves seriously is rarely done well in anime.
The CG Action scenes were forgettable. There's a ton of destruction and fighting happening on the screen, but there was no way to gauge the threat of the enemy nor could you get a good sense of the scope of the battle. The characters strolled through everything and the enemy retreated almost instantly.
I'll continue watching it with low expectations in mind.
Could have been worse. I appreciated the lighthearted nature of the main cast, because teenagers taking themselves seriously is rarely done well in anime.
The CG Action scenes were forgettable. There's a ton of destruction and fighting happening on the screen, but there was no way to gauge the threat of the enemy nor could you get a good sense of the scope of the battle. The characters strolled through everything and the enemy retreated almost instantly.
I'll continue watching it with low expectations in mind.
Joe Molotov
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We postin' lists and rankings and shit yet?
----------------GET EXCITE!-------------
1. Attack on Titan
2. The Devil is a Part-Timer
3. Gargantia
----------------Maybe-------------
4. Devil Summoner 2
5. Severing Crime Edge
6. Red Data Girl
7. Hayate the Combat Butler! Cuties
8. Muromi-san
9. Mushibugyo
10. Arata the Legend
----------------Shit Tier Border-------------
11. Leviatan
12. Majestic Prince
13. My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Suspected
14. Karneval
15. Samurai Bride
16. Flowers of Evil
17. Photo Kano
18. Date a Live
----------------GET EXCITE!-------------
1. Attack on Titan
2. The Devil is a Part-Timer
3. Gargantia
----------------Maybe-------------
4. Devil Summoner 2
5. Severing Crime Edge
6. Red Data Girl
7. Hayate the Combat Butler! Cuties
8. Muromi-san
9. Mushibugyo
10. Arata the Legend
----------------Shit Tier Border-------------
11. Leviatan
12. Majestic Prince
13. My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Suspected
14. Karneval
15. Samurai Bride
16. Flowers of Evil
17. Photo Kano
18. Date a Live
Except they get along fine judging by what we saw in the show. Sure they met and got "married" cuz of the game but that's not why they're together though. I feel like you're disregarding the human aspect a lot and making them out to be some empty internet zombies.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I suppose he showed great growth when he became Batman for an episode?
I hesitate to make a list yet because we're only one episode into the season, but for now I've got eight shows I'm watching (seven new + Space Brothers), maybe nine pending future impressions, which is a lot more manageable compared to Winter either way.
Too bad almost everything is on Thursday or Saturday.
Too bad almost everything is on Thursday or Saturday.
In all honesty I feel like you view him as a lifeless empty character. He has no human aspect at all. This is definitely not the case. Even in the dumbest show, Date-A-Live included, has protagonists that show human characteristics and some semblance of personality/traits. The way you're describing Kirito seems to reject that altogether. I'd love to have a fruitful discussion but it feels like you're being uncooperative in trying to actually dissect something. Instead you're just baselessly hating on something. If that's how it's going to go down then I'm just going to end the conversation here.
R_thanatos
Member
I hope they don't rush this one.
Like i said earlier he hasn't seen them interracting outside the game enough because they couldn't show this.
Even if they did show them together outside ..maybe it wasn't enough ?
Who doesn't want to be Batman?
I mean, in Twilight, Bella's defining character traits are that she's clumsy and she's madly in love with a vampire. And multiple people fall madly in love with her for that! This isn't unusual.
I'm not trying to make SAO out to be good or anything, I just don't think the fact that he plays MMOs suddenly turns standard teenage fulfillment schlock into the Dark Spawn of Satan.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes - 48: The Two-Headed Snake: The Battle at Rantemario
~ I need to leave this old body for the enemy firing squad, right? ~
~ I need to leave this old body for the enemy firing squad, right? ~
Bucock is one hell of a tough fighter. Manages to hold himself up by the skin of his teeth against Mittermeyer, Fahrenheit and Bittenfeld. Great fleet combat too. The desperation attack by the Alliance reminded me of the theory that random moves in a strategic game can confuse master players dearly.
And Trung Yu Chan is an exceptional tactician. Where the hell did the Alliance manage to hide his talents before this war? Likable guy too.
And Trung Yu Chan is an exceptional tactician. Where the hell did the Alliance manage to hide his talents before this war? Likable guy too.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Id make a list but I still have valvrave, karneval, arata, sparrow's hotel to watch out of the 13 shows I picked up :/
Flowers of Evil 1
Only issue with the visuals is the characters dont blush and stuff which was odd. The effect of the scenes to make them a bit more special and memorable was lost as all the character did was get flustered and nothing else, that is when Saeki and Kasuga had the moment where they both looked at one another with the grades and then he turned, I guess in most anime a characters face would turn red and what not.
Kasuga is an good character but Yamada and his voice was hilarious, easily great and most memorable moments of the episode. Nakamara was shocking with her comment as it was just so absurd and well unbelievably rude. I hope IRL JPN teachers and students are not that rude quite eye opening
OP is in the running for best of the season and the ED is atrocious, Ill skip it every week.
Flowers of Evil 1
Only issue with the visuals is the characters dont blush and stuff which was odd. The effect of the scenes to make them a bit more special and memorable was lost as all the character did was get flustered and nothing else, that is when Saeki and Kasuga had the moment where they both looked at one another with the grades and then he turned, I guess in most anime a characters face would turn red and what not.
Kasuga is an good character but Yamada and his voice was hilarious, easily great and most memorable moments of the episode. Nakamara was shocking with her comment as it was just so absurd and well unbelievably rude. I hope IRL JPN teachers and students are not that rude quite eye opening
when he was like about to hit her and stuff, rude
OP is in the running for best of the season and the ED is atrocious, Ill skip it every week.
Crash Station
Member
You're missing my Kore wa Zombie Desu Ka and Dog Days OTs.
Also, Hells Angels might count, though I don't know if it's considered an OT.
ZachDeKoromaru
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Those few replies in the Dog Days thread makes me sad. If I were there at the time I would post all of the fluffy tails.
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