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Spring Anime 2013 |OT -7| My Giant CG Pony Can't Possibly Read This Much Baudelaire
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Have you watched Fullmetal Alchemist The Sacred Star of Milos? It's by the director of Gargantia, and the art is also pretty stunning. Really nice fire/smoke effects, city layouts, etc.
The studio working on the backgrounds for Aku no Hana is Studio Pablo, and they previously worked on Sengoku Collection and Penguindrum. You can check out their background art selection here: http://studio-pablo.com/garelly.html
Jex
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Well that might be the case but considering how offensive it is I don't want to just hand-waive it away.
Also, maybe this is one of the best arguments against the OVA format. Perhaps sometimes animators need to be retrained!
I think that what sets Aku no Hana apart is that it acknowledges that Kasuga isn't deep or intelligent, he's just a reject --
like that part where he admits he doesn't understand what he reads, he's just intoxicated by the act of reading it.
Huh, is that film any good? I've heard conflicting reports.
Eh, I'm with you on that. TV series had this charm to it derived from its purity that's lost in the OVAs.
RyougaSaotome
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It's pretty different from most FMA stuff, though a lot of that is due to the director and the writer. I think it's a fun little film, especially given how beautiful the artwork and animation is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIX6lGdWyNM
Ika Musume S2 OP, "High Powered" by Sphere. Annoyingly enough, there's several copies of the first season OP animation on youtube, but none of S2.
I don't think Milos was really "different" though. It's definitely a story which tackles all the same themes which FMA generally does. There were some interesting political parallels to certain things in the world today, but unfortunately I don't think any of those plot points got a satisfactory treatment because in the end it has to be an action packed shounen fight movie to please the fans.
I enjoyed the movie quite a bit, but I hated the ending.
I enjoyed the movie quite a bit, but I hated the ending.
RyougaSaotome
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Yeah, you're completely right. Hahaha. It actually does a good job of playing within the the rules and world of FMA. I think it's just the overall aesthetic and animation style that kind of threw me off, in a good way though.
I also agree that the ending is pretty "what."
Unknown Soldier
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I haven't forgotten about how the first page of my OT for P4TA was about you complaining that I forgot to mention where you can stream it.
Yes well you did. How are people going to watch it otherwise?!
Psycho_Mantis
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This one, isn't it? In the case of THE IDOLM@STER, for the individual/back-to-back episodes ranking of emissions only its 25 one is among the top 10 (http://nikonikoranking.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-7250.html#_tuujou).
Hey, the fans have spoken! And if she is shown happy like that I don't see the problem. ;-)
Anyway, I'm normally partial to the Chihaya & Yayoi pairing because I find it so sweetly awkward or unbalanced, and consequently more heartwarming but also funny. However, the Haruka × Chihaya × Yayoi triangle is a preferred option, in my opinion, and Lyot really knows best:
「アイマスやよいケーキ食い」/「リ ヨ」のイラスト [pixiv]
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=480525
Don't forget to mention the contribution to this of former GAiNAX member Kikuko Sadakata, that as always is very cool!
Well, it is Studio Bihō after all! One of Production I.G preferred ones, and justly so, to the point of immediately trusting the new ventures of previous staff on it (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=49049163&postcount=8912) because of the sure talent that generates.
Dedication Through Light
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The episode is that bad compared to the source material? It started with such huge potential. Still need to see this episode
Did you have a bad day? Thats an extreme reaction and comparison, at no times during the episode did valvrave look like powerpoint slideshows (like the ones widely prevalent in sword art online)
Yes with new footage at the beginning & ending. Same for next week too.
Take out the re-used footage and it's practically a 1 minute short.
Basileus777
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Yes, and next week's as well.
Most of it's great. It goes off the rails in the finale but it's still largely enjoyable.
3 weeks of recaps? Are they trying to outdo Wolf's Rain?
Project ARMS is pretty interesting and probably the only thing I enjoyed out of the three you listed. It's pretty long though.
Next week as well? Goddamn.
Well at least I have high octane mermaids to enjoy.
RyougaSaotome
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Gargantia 2
Well, this show has sunk its claws in me.
What a wonderful second episode, with some great character moments and a lot of neat world building. I love the bright colors, and the score has been fantastic thus far. The whole thing definitely feels like a Murata production. Especially the sequence where
A lot of great mechanical design here, and the finale was
Give me more. Now.
Well, this show has sunk its claws in me.
What a wonderful second episode, with some great character moments and a lot of neat world building. I love the bright colors, and the score has been fantastic thus far. The whole thing definitely feels like a Murata production. Especially the sequence where
the pirates spread their wings and launched into the air.
A lot of great mechanical design here, and the finale was
pretty damn grisly too. The way the pirates were just completely annihilated by Ledo's beam weapon is probably not going to win our hero any fans.
Give me more. Now.
Man, you aren't kidding. This show sucked me in big time.
I actually did right from the very first artwork, but it didn't disappoint at all.
Before watching it all I knew is that there were boats and a mech voiced by Sugita so... :lol
I'M IN
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
I know I've said this before, but damn I'm blown away by how good this season is in comparison to the Winter season. I'm enjoying every single show I've picked up for this season far more than anything from the previous (with the possible exception of OreGairu...might end up dropping that one, not sure yet).
Oh yeah, also:
Muromi-san 2
This show is so ridiculous. I love it.
Oh yeah, also:
Muromi-san 2
This show is so ridiculous. I love it.
Jex
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I actually thought that original trailer looked a little bad, which is why I am presently surprised.
If we all posted in the OTs then they'd be swept into OT Community where the anime filth belongs.
Aren't they for the people that fear us anyway? Why would they want direct post contact with someone from AnimeGAF?
Only OT I use is the Jojo OT because none of you people give a shit about good anime.
Jex
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Given those exact choices I would probably have to for Casshern Sins.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Gargantia is so ridiculously good. Like fuck. That was one crazy ending.
Really curious as to where the story goes now.
Definitely the show of the season (from what I've watched so far anyway) with Aku no Hana as #2.
Really curious as to where the story goes now.
Definitely the show of the season (from what I've watched so far anyway) with Aku no Hana as #2.
Dedication Through Light
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Well people posting in ots would be helpful as posts and impressions get lost quickly here and its difficult to go back and find posts if one is late watching an episode/waiting for the episode to actually air on tv/ or curious to go back and evaluate if peoples speculation turned out to be true or not.(well I like to keep track of whose good at predicting things).
Jex
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duckroll is just doing is part to destroy this thread. First he secludes us in Community, the he ensures that the discussions about all the best shows happen elsewhere. He's playing the long game!
Although, in reality, it's generally better to have all the posts about a particular show in one place.
I usually avoid OTs because posters have a tendency to blatantly disregard any potential spoilers and they happily start dropping hints or outright plot developments left and right. The Titan thread, for instance, has already fallen victim to this so I doubt I'll ever go back there again.
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