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[Kincaido]

Oreimo S2 2

Dat Ayase <3

 

[SDBurton]

Miki/Iori is cute. Actually, fuck the haters. Miki makes for some of the best IM@S yuri.

Yep!

 

[darkside31337]

Miki x Makoto for life.

 

[Soma]

Shingeki no Kyojin Episode 02

Two for two with this adaption so far.

Pretty good follow-up to the first episode and I think it wrapped up the introductory arc well. I'm glad I haven't watched a lot of shows with Yuki Kaji voicing an MC because his voice doesn't bother me all that much here. He plays the part of a bratty, overly ambitious kid well enough and I'm curious to see how well he'll do for the rest of the series. The production values still seem to be pretty great, for the most part. The

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Armored Titan's

introduction was fantastic. The bombastic soundtrack accompanying the scene definitely improved an already memorable scene.

I really do enjoy both the OP and the ED for this show, visually and even musically.

also AWWW YEAAAAAH NEXT WEEK GET HYPE

 

[Nafe]

Mad Pierrot is back!

I also don't mind this sudden turn of yuri in the thread...

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Yeah, definitely still good overall, but, the amount of Spoor in a season is also somehow in direct correlation with how good the season is!

Haha, as a Spoor fan, I could see this.

You need to consider that there was a year gap between the two series so re-establishing certain character traits isn't really a bad idea, and Banner does a good job at achiving this without drawing too much attention to it.

Yeah, I thought of that after and it was basically a nine month gap between shows. It looks like Banner started around April of 2000 as well. Basically almost exactly thirteen years ago.

This is an interesting point. The first show doesn't really make the scale of the whole affair obvious as it focuses on just Lafiel and Jinto, but if you think about it, the Abh empire is meant to be a massive interstellar Empire so it only stands to reason they would have vast resources at their disposal while at the same time, from the perspective of the protagonists we only see bits of it at a time. (which helps imo)

Yeah, maybe not but it comes across like it will focus more on the conflict a bit more. Maybe more like latter episodes of Crest where it still focused quite a bit on Lafiel and Jinto but you see more battles and events surrounding.

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Since Lafiel commands her own ship and everything now.

Miki/Iori is cute. Actually, fuck the haters. Miki makes for some of the best IM@S yuri.

I like Miki too.

 

[kayos90]

None of you can ever, ever rib Articalys again for doing this, because the thing that comes after the ragequit is the quick realization that even if the thread can be a less-than-positive experience sometimes, there's still no better alternative elsewhere.

Of course, Saban killed anime yesterday so I suppose there's nothing left to talk about.

Welcome back!

 

[Crash Station]

Shingeki/Attack 2

This goes to show how little I remember of this part of the manga. Don't remember that

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dream with Eren's dad

at all.

Anyway, another fantastic episode. I was even on the lookout for Araki's direction ruining it, but nope, I thought it was perfect and not melodramatic or over the top to the point of being inappropriate in the slightest. I think they picked right with that guy.

 

[Jarmel]

Oreimo 2-

Don't they only have 16 episodes to go through a ton of material?

 

[Thoraxes]

Oreimo 2-

Don't they only have 16 episodes to go through a ton of material?

There's always room in my heart for a S3.

 

[chickdigger802]

hentai prince 1

I feel like I remember reading some of this manga a while back. Seems like a good adaptation and the humor is on. Goodie goodie!

 

[Quasar]

Riddle me this. Reasons for the lack of college based anime, aside from Japans cult of the young.

 

[ZachDeKoromaru]

Riddle me this. Reasons for the lack of college based anime, aside from Japans cult of the young.

As in an anime based around college and its antics? Maybe because it's harder to imagine something fun happening in college classes as opposed to high school.

 

[Regulus Tera]

[Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon] 046

That was some classic Ikuhara.

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Endymion's fight with Usagi was the focal point, and it delivered in spades. It finally made good use of the "Mamoru turning evil" arc, so when shit hits the fan (marked by some great use of flowers falling apart, courtesy of the first OP) it does feel like Usagi has reached the breaking point, making the conclusion even more the bittersweet.

All in all an excellent finale.

These last two episodes actually were pretty engaging in a way I was not expecting. It reminded me more of Saint Seiya, what with the

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heavy sacrifices to be made for the greater good

, than say, Precure, where they just straight up jump friendship world-saving shenanigans. I did not remember the show being this dark, at least in the beginning.

Anime Status: SAVED!

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And then it was killed again WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS FUCKERY AGAIN?!!?!?!?

***

[Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon] final thoughts:

It's very good. SM manages to find a stable balance of comedy and drama, although more heavily leaning on the former. It's a difficult task to accomplish, though, as the show doesn't get into proper "plot mode" until after the halfway mark. The fact that the "filler" episodes are as enjoyable as they are is critical to the pacing of the show, as otherwise it would be a pain to get through that early run.

It's also a magical girl show through and through, so if you are not willing to endure monster of the week stories you will not find much to like here. That is not to say that the show is repetitive, though. It suffered a bit from the Precure syndrome of "here's a new character; now watch him or her be used by the evil forces" at some points, but when it gets loose with the formula it is very enjoyable. It also helps that the main cast is extremely likable, and the chemistry between all of them makes for some fun scenarios.

I wholeheartedly recommend it if you are looking for a lightweight super hero(ine) cartoon. It's a fun magical girl show, with all the flaws and strengths that entails. 4 out of 5 Ikunis crossdressing as Sailor Mars.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

Riddle me this. Reasons for the lack of college based anime, aside from Japans cult of the young.

Not hard to explain really.

Japanese folks don't hold that same nostalgia for college that they do for high school. For a lot of people here, college is just a thing you go to for huge lectures. From what I gather from co-workers and friends etc, the best time of their young life was back during HS. Most folks don't live in dorms, they either commute from home or live in an apartment somewhere in the city, so you don't have those dorm antics either.

Having gone to college here for a year, I can attest to the fact that it's all pretty "meh." You make friends in clubs (if you're in any), but making friends in class is a rare sort of thing, and you have to be one hell of a go-getter in order to do it. With the majority of courses being huge lectures, there's never much time to talk to your peers unless you make the time.

High school settings are easy, and they appeal to a wide audience. College? Not so much, as odd as that may seem.

Also, Attack on Titan's ending is fucking great.

 

[OceanBlue]

As in an anime based around college and its antics? Maybe because it's harder to imagine something fun happening in college classes as opposed to high school.

B-but Moyashimon!

Nostalgia might be a reason.

 

[Jintor]

Riddle me this. Reasons for the lack of college based anime, aside from Japans cult of the young.

I hear college blows in Japan.

 

[Quasar]

As in an anime based around college and its antics? Maybe because it's harder to imagine something fun happening in college classes as opposed to high school.

In part. But also just centered around college aged people rather than middle/high school. And I certainly don't feel it would be harder, if anything it would open up a wealth of opportunities.

 

[OceanBlue]

Not hard to explain really.

Japanese folks don't hold that same nostalgia for college that they do for high school. For a lot of people here, college is just a thing you go to for huge lectures. From what I gather from co-workers and friends etc, the best time of their young life was back during HS. Most folks don't live in dorms, they either commute from home or live in an apartment somewhere in the city, so you don't have those dorm antics either.

Having gone to college here for a year, I can attest to the fact that it's all pretty "meh." You make friends in clubs (if you're in any), but making friends in class is a rare sort of thing, and you have to be one hell of a go-getter in order to do it. With the majority of courses being huge lectures, there's never much time to talk to your peers unless you make the time.

High school settings are easy, and they appeal to a wide audience. College? Not so much, as odd as that may seem.

Also, Attack on Titan's ending is fucking great.

That sounds pretty definitive to me. I heard it was due to nostalgia but I've never really seen it explained before. Thanks!

 

[Quasar]

Not hard to explain really.

Japanese folks don't hold that same nostalgia for college that they do for high school. For a lot of people here, college is just a thing you go to for huge lectures. From what I gather from co-workers and friends etc, the best time of their young life was back during HS. Most folks don't live in dorms, they either commute from home or live in an apartment somewhere in the city, so you don't have those dorm antics either.

Having gone to college here for a year, I can attest to the fact that it's all pretty "meh." You make friends in clubs (if you're in any), but making friends in class is a rare sort of thing, and you have to be one hell of a go-getter in order to do it. With the majority of courses being huge lectures, there's never much time to talk to your peers unless you make the time.

High school settings are easy, and they appeal to a wide audience. College? Not so much, as odd as that may seem.

I wonder if part of that leads into the numbers of Japanese studying abroad.

 

[ZachDeKoromaru]

In part. But also just centered around college aged people rather than middle/high school. And I certainly don't feel it would be harder, if anything it would open up a wealth of opportunities.

In that case, there's a couple of shows like that. There's Hen Zemi which I'm not a big fan of, a more slice of life show/manga that I really like however is Genshiken, which is based around a club full of otaku plus one normal person, and PapaKiki which is about a college kid raising his young family members on his own.

 

[Dresden]

After watching Tatami, I can see why.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

I'll never forget when I had some JP friends visit me at my school in America. They were living in our suite for a month, and their minds were blown. They had no clue college could be like this.

I also remember them freaking out when they saw how much work we were doing. Japanese college is typically a cake walk. It's getting in that's the hard part. Haha.

 

[OceanBlue]

Don't forget the upcoming Golden Time anime, written by the author of Toradora! That takes place in college.

 

[darkside31337]

Devil Survivor 2 2

This is atrocious. I have zero interest in playing this game now. The story is completely atrocious and I hate every single character.

I'd rather have wasted my time watching Persona Trinity Soul. This was awful dull generic shit. Everything was awful. I seriously cannot believe how stupid the story and the characters are in this.

dropped

 

[Crash Station]

Not hard to explain really.

Japanese folks don't hold that same nostalgia for college that they do for high school. For a lot of people here, college is just a thing you go to for huge lectures. From what I gather from co-workers and friends etc, the best time of their young life was back during HS. Most folks don't live in dorms, they either commute from home or live in an apartment somewhere in the city, so you don't have those dorm antics either.

Having gone to college here for a year, I can attest to the fact that it's all pretty "meh." You make friends in clubs (if you're in any), but making friends in class is a rare sort of thing, and you have to be one hell of a go-getter in order to do it. With the majority of courses being huge lectures, there's never much time to talk to your peers unless you make the time.

High school settings are easy, and they appeal to a wide audience. College? Not so much, as odd as that may seem.

Also, Attack on Titan's ending is fucking great.

I'm going to save this post and post it whenever the next "PERSONA 5 NEEDS TO BE SET IN COLLEGE" discussion comes up.

 

[mAcOdIn]

Devil Survivor 2 2

This is atrocious. I have zero interest in playing this game now. The story is completely atrocious and I hate every single character.

I'd rather have wasted my time watching Persona Trinity Soul. This was awful dull generic shit. Everything was awful. I seriously cannot believe how stupid the story and the characters are in this.

dropped

It is pretty bad. I have the game still unopened and now I kinda regret it even though I haven't played it, that's how bad the anime is.

I'm going to save this post and post it whenever the next "PERSONA 5 NEEDS TO BE SET IN COLLEGE" discussion comes up.

Well they're not doing anything fun in high school as high school events in the Persona series either!

 

[RyougaSaotome]

For the record, I'm of course making generalizations: there are people who have an amazing time in college.

But on the whole, the friends you make in high school are your friends for life. Clubs, culture festival, sports day: these are all really important parts of youth, and are generally only a big deal in junior high and high school.

 

[chickdigger802]

How big is college over there. Like what % of folks go to uni after hs?

 

[A Black Falcon]

Not hard to explain really.

Japanese folks don't hold that same nostalgia for college that they do for high school. For a lot of people here, college is just a thing you go to for huge lectures. From what I gather from co-workers and friends etc, the best time of their young life was back during HS. Most folks don't live in dorms, they either commute from home or live in an apartment somewhere in the city, so you don't have those dorm antics either.

Having gone to college here for a year, I can attest to the fact that it's all pretty "meh." You make friends in clubs (if you're in any), but making friends in class is a rare sort of thing, and you have to be one hell of a go-getter in order to do it. With the majority of courses being huge lectures, there's never much time to talk to your peers unless you make the time.

High school settings are easy, and they appeal to a wide audience. College? Not so much, as odd as that may seem.

Yeah, the problem is that Japan needs better colleges, like America's are.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

How big is college over there. Like what % of folks go to uni after hs?

I honestly don't know. I live in rural Japan, so I'm sure the percentage is MUCH lower than up north.

Hell, I have plenty of junior high school students who don't go on to high school. Required schooling in Japan is only up through JH.

 

[Crash Station]

For the record, I'm of course making generalizations: there are people who have an amazing time in college.

But on the whole, the friends you make in high school are your friends for life. Clubs, culture festival, sports day: these are all really important parts of youth, and are generally only a big deal in junior high and high school.

So does Japan know about the west's obsession with college from like American media or whatever? Of course, I can't imagine something like Van Wilder would be very popular over there.

Ah, rural Japan? I guess it would be different there than in Tokyo.

 

[Quasar]

In that case, there's a couple of shows like that. There's Hen Zemi which I'm not a big fan of, a more slice of life show/manga that I really like however is Genshiken, which is based around a club full of otaku plus one normal person, and PapaKiki which is about a college kid raising his young family members on his own.

Thanks. I'll look into those.

 

[Crash Station]

Thanks. I'll look into those.

Sekirei also stares a college student. Not much school going on, though.

Edit: I'm wrong, the guy's a ronin, so he's still trying to get into college. He's college age though.

But if we're just talking about late teens/early 20s main characters, there's a bunch of stuff like that.

 

[Jintor]

Genshiken is pretty great, I think, although it focuses a lot more around the club than it does the classes aspect (which is fair enough)

 

[Articalys]

The good news for those down under continues, as Madman has licensed Fate/Zero. Sounds like it'll have the upcoming English dub as well.

 

[Defuser]

I like how more than half of animegaf enjoys hataraku maou-sama! Its really a fun to show to watch.

 

[lazybones18]

Black Butler 1-5

Well, I'm liking it so that's a relief.

 

[wonzo]

I like how more than half of animegaf enjoys hataraku maou-sama! Its really a fun to show to watch.

Just don't read the manga, it isn't very good at all.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Digimon Adventure 2 (22 - 50 end) (dvd)

First half of the anime and then the last seven episodes were the best. The middle episodes, or rather everything with Arukenimon and all that world traveling just felt awful, or maybe better words would be unfocused. I guess it was just way too much.

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Expanding the digi destined to such huge numbers made it feel less special and then it spread the cast out too much diluting the potential that could be unlocked from having them all together with good interactions, though they did still focus on some during that whole arc once they stayed in the world as a whole and had the Black Wargreymon plot going, specifically TK and Cody stuff was really well done, and then Ken's struggle and black thing within him

Imperialdramon (fighter mode), Magnamon, Magnaangemon, for best digimon as a whole, Ken, TK, Davis for the best characters of season 2, and of course faves to Matt/Tai. Ken as Dark Emperor was really good and his whole plot and all he went through will be memorable.

I hope Digimon Tamer's improves upon the formula and is a solid blast all the way through. DVD release in May, I think.

 

[Quasar]

Just don't read the manga, it isn't very good at all.

So I wonder how much of the manga is in the anime.

 

[Jintor]

Oooooh I don't know if you'll like Tamers

 

[kayos90]

The good news for those down under continues, as Madman has licensed Fate/Zero. Sounds like it'll have the upcoming English dub as well.

Sorry. I must've missed what Madman is. What exactly is it?

 

[Syrinx]

Princess Tutu 13

Oh wow, great ending to this arc. Finally, the

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epic dance-off I was waiting for. Watching Tutu do the pon de deux (or whatever it's called) alone, trying to win back Mytho from Kraehe

was pretty powerful and probably would have left me sobbing like a baby if I wasn't a jaded bastard and appreciated ballet more than I do.

Only part I don't understand was

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that end part with Edel. So, what, she was just a puppet, like an actual, physical puppet, being operated by a spirit who also acts like a guiding light or something? And now she's gone? That's gonna suck.

Wonder how they're gonna do this going forward.

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Is Kraehe coming back? I hope so. I want to see more of her. I'm not quite sure why.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Sorry. I must've missed what Madman is. What exactly is it?

Australian media company.

 

[cajunator]

Two more weeks! Two more weeks! Two more weeks!

Also I got the recording for my orchestra piece yesterday

send me some samples if you have the time and dont mind. Would love to hear your genius.

Will anything be as great as Steins;Gate?

Some things will, but not many. It is a very high point in anime.

Looks like Nico has streamed Valvrave ep1, which means all the 3 mecha shows this season have premiered on Nico. Japanese blogs have collected the viewer satisfaction stats at the end of each screening and... it's somewhat surprising!

Gargantia Ep1
Very Good - 83.5%
Good - 12.1%
Average - 2.6%
Kinda Bad - 0.6%
Pretty Bad - 1.2 %

95.6% of viewers thought the episode was good.
1.8% of viewers thought the episode was bad.

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Majestic Prince Ep1
Very Good - 49.6%
Good - 30.3%
Average - 11.7%
Kinda Bad - 4.7%
Pretty Bad - 3.6%

79.9% of viewers thought the episode was good.
8.3% of viewers thought the episode was bad.

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Valvrave Ep1
Very Good - 52.7%
Good - 25.9%
Average - 11.7%
Kinda Bad - 5.1%
Pretty Bad - 4.6%

78.6% of viewers thought the episode was good.
9.7% of viewers thought the episode was bad.

Haven't seen Valvrave yet but I definitely feel Gargantia is the perfect mix of what I want.

So glad you enjoyed it! Ritsu is amazing

She is indeed. BEST K-on girl.

Space Houki fucking shits all over Houki. Houki was horrible and that was before Charles stole the limelight, Touka has been pretty good so far. I'll take the main 2 in DaL over the 2 in IS any day of the week so far.

Hopefully that crazy goth loli bitch is in soon

This sounds like a good thing. Houki was ok in IS but Charles is the only saving grace of that show. Date a Live is probably better than IS. Also crazy loligoth bitch is supposedly much later in the series why must so many shows deprive us of best girl for so long?

Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko 1



I REALLY liked this episode. The main character is an absolute blast to watch as he interacts with other characters who may or may not physically/verbally harm him. Just loads of fun that I seriously hope doesn't stop due to the adaptation or JC Staff being JC Staff.

Also, this show is absolutely adorable. Cajun be warned.

Oh my...I need to watch this too.

Someone with gif making skills needs to add "NOPE" to this when he runs away. Its begging for it.

I love this idea. It would be perfect in this scene!

Oh man. The second K-On OP is so awful.

It is, unfortunately. Sounds way sped up and just...wrong.
Yui's hair swaying is really adorable though.

Obligatory Nanoha chart.

It's definitely one of the high points of the series and and an interesting development to Subaru but it always struck me as too little too late. Her (and Teanna) weren't bad characters but that long training period just kinda bored me and then Subaru jumps up in power anyway.

On the plus side, you have the the brilliant Vivio stuff coming next.

I can attest to that chart being quite accurate. Except StrikerS doesn't reach those highs.

[Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon] 044

They came from Outer Space

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Earth

! Brilliant reversal. Episode was all around pretty hype even though some of the attempts at drama were eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh.

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Queen Serenity. ;____;

P.S. Usagi's mom is dayum.
P.P.S Nice to see

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Nephrite and Jadeite

back, even if only for a brief moment.
P.P.P.S

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Kunzite's death

seemed to be a lot more gruesome than the animators were willing to show.
P.P.P.P.S. OH COME THE FUCK ON TOEI THIS IS LIKE THE FOURTH TIME YOU PULL THIS SHIT THIS SEASON

Toei is famous for that and yes its bullshit. However, that title is absolutely accurate. Devastatingly so

 

[chickdigger802]

Shingeki 2

You know... you'd think the cities would be designed for Titan attack, with underground routes and spike strips and stuff.

Eren gotta stop being a bitch already though. I mean its fine storywise... just annoying.


And it's weird that the dialogue is all shouneny.

I don't think 'getting stronger' is what it takes to take out these giants lol. Maybe stop messing around with spiderman gear... hmmm... this show really does remind me of the Matrix lol.

 

[Quasar]

This is probably as good as any place for this...

So lately I've been browsing the PSN Store anime collection, and seeing that its dub only there, I went and had a bit of a gripe on the Madman forums (the distributor of such anime in Australia) wondering whether it was simply Madman trying to drive physical sales by not providing dual audio/subs digitally.

And surprising I got a official response with them saying they are technically unable to offer dual audio or soft subs on the videos sold through the PSN. How bloody weird is that. So the PSN video store can't support the deaf through soft-dubbing or dual audio for foreign films (anime or non anime).

Makes me wonder just what container format Sony is using on their store. I mean iTunes I'm sure supports soft subs at least (dunno about dual audio) and I assume they use mp4.

 

[Lafiel]

Devil Survivor 2 2

This is atrocious. I have zero interest in playing this game now. The story is completely atrocious and I hate every single character.

What the fuck am I reading?

 

[Narag]

None of you can ever, ever rib Articalys again for doing this, because the thing that comes after the ragequit is the quick realization that even if the thread can be a less-than-positive experience sometimes, there's still no better alternative elsewhere.

Of course, Saban killed anime yesterday so I suppose there's nothing left to talk about.

You could always predict the English names of the Gangnam Girls.

 

[Hitokage]

You could always predict the English names of the Gangnam Girls.

More importantly, when will they make the Gangnam Girls x Equestria Girls crossover? The synergy is obvious!