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[Seraphis Cain]

You guys didn't watch G-Force when you were kids?!

I wish. I didn't have cable until like 1992. ;_;

 

[Jintor]

I probably wasn't conscious as a human being until 2001 or so

 

[SDBurton]

And I thought it would be about girls.

You and me both.

 

[Theonik]

Great, now I have both songs in my head. At the same time.

I'm sorry

It's shorter than Kenshin. Plus the second movie is probably my favorite magical girl thing ever made.

 

[Narag]

good gif

 

[cajunator]

Jun is a complete scene-stealer!

Spoiler

Also like how she acts as an audience-surrogate, of sorts. It's fun to watch her get jealous over all of the light-music clubs shenanigans!

OH.MY.GOD!

Words, something, I don't know what to say. Terrifyingly amazing.

Jun is pretty awesome with bedhair. Ui is better though.

If anime/hentai thought me anything, Most parents work overseas and leave their middle school child to fend for themselves.

Honoka deserved better. then her parents come around once a year bringing her presents like that makes it better

So if I don't give a damn about anime trying to maintain the illusion of normal family structure or responsibilities or whatever and am willing to accept whatever hand-wavy explanation it gives for parents or grandparents or whoever not being involved characters or even existing, does that make me a bad person or something?

As long as the plot doesn't use it as active elements of the ongoing story, and it remains part of the vague setup scenario, what do I care?

Of all the unrealistic cliches and tropes found in anime, the lack of parental figures is the least of its problems.

That sounds like a long anime though.

70 episodes. Pace thyself.

I'd say it's more a poster you can dress up.


I guess you could call that an inspiration.


But seriously, why do wall scrolls have to suck so much? I'd rather have them over posters but there are just no appealing designs. I'd do anything for some sweet Jojo wall scrolls, all colourful and vibrant, they'd look great.

Wallscrolls dont suck. Check out the Haibane Renmei ones. Those are gorgeous for example. ROD TV has some good ones too, and Fate Zero/FSN.

 

[SDBurton]

They're totally shoujo anime archetypes, too. The kid with the sword (Sugane) is old-fashioned and responsible and supposedly "distrusts women" at the start of the story but his heart is changed by Hajime and he begins to feel "love and longing" for her. Joe (small-head dude) is the angsty, dark bishounen with a DRAMATIC BACKSTORY that has been living very long with an EMPTY HEART but is eventually able to regain his "passion" thanks to Hajime.

TOTALLY NOT SHOUJO.

Ugh, god no.

Why couldn't it be an all female cast? Daaamn it.

 

[Regulus Tera]

I'm sorry

Aim For The Revolution! Utenabuster: A tale about Yoji Enokido's hang-ups with his adolescent lesbian liberation fantasies.

 

[Caesnd]

Are CLAMP somehow involved with the character design for Gatchaman Crowds? Those are some interesting proportions.

 

[LegatoB]

Tamako Market dared to have parents and it paid the ultimate price for it.

The low BD sales were a small price to pay for the most adorable dad in anime.

 

[BluWacky]

Ugh, god no.

Why couldn't it be an all female cast? Daaamn it.

Would you find those character types attractive if they were women instead of men?

 

[ZachDeKoromaru]

Zach, did he just call the Witches trashy?

I was so offended that I had to go to sleep to calm myself down.

"Servicing" yourself with a broom is pretty trashy.

They were just training to be witches the old-fashioned way!

 

[duckroll]

The low BD sales were a small price to pay for the most adorable dad in anime.

It's easy for us to say when we're not the ones paying the price!

 

[7Th]

Full translations: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-16/gatchaman-crowds-anime-characters-staff-revealed

 

[cajunator]

Ugh, god no.

Why couldn't it be an all female cast? Daaamn it.

Gotta throw a male in sometimes to add conflict to the garden.

 

[fertygo]

Madoka had parent, suck it K-ON

 

[Defuser]

In the PSY thread, I saw a chart of the top ten singles on iTunes Japan and noticed something neat:

Yep, that's the TV size version of the Attack on Titan OP, 90 seconds of music for 250 yen, released just over a week ago, sitting pretty at #8 in the singles charts.

90 sec song clip for 250 yen...man the show is getting more and more popular. I'll expect Mikasa to dominate newtype rankings for months. Eren can't beat Kirito.

 

[SDBurton]

Would you find those character types attractive if they were women instead of men?

If the premise was the same and they just gender flipped the two males? It would've greatly raised my interest. We get enough broody guys as it is when it comes to this genre. Mix it up, be bold!

A cold, standoffish woman falling for her fellow girl sounds a lot more appealing than shoujo flowchart #6.

 

[Regulus Tera]

If the premise was the same and they just gender flipped the two males? It would've greatly raised my interest. We get enough broody guys as it is when it comes to this genre. Mix it up, be bold!

You are starting to sound like DTL.

 

[cajunator]

You are starting to sound like DTL.

I was gonna say...

 

[Jintor]

SDBurton has always been LTD

 

[fertygo]

You are starting to sound like DTL.

That sure sound like "I can't relate with character that have different gender" statement.

 

[BGBW]

SDBurton has always been LTD

Is DTL a PLC then?

 

[jgminto]

I'm DTF.

 

[duckroll]

I'm DTL's friend. You know, the character who is always hanging out with the main character, and gets shipped in all the yaoi doujins, but officially might or might not be interested in him in that way. *wink*

 

[7Th]

I prefer yuri to straightshit, but I'm a sucker for shoujo-ish action shows in which a girl leads a group of men. Pretty much the only reason I watched a few episodes of the original Driland. The concept is kinda refreshing.

 

[dakkumauji]

CD Single Sales April 8-14
*2, 48,720 48,720 AKB0048 Next Stage OP & ED "Kono Namida wo Kimi ni Sasagu"
*3, 28,360 28,360 Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE 2000% OP "Kanon"
19, *3,006 20,201 Love Live! School Idol Project insert song "No brand girls / Startash!!"
47, *1,213 22,709 MS Gundam UC vol.6 theme song "RE: I AM EP"
48, *1,058 19,022 Dokidoki! Precure OP & ED "Happy Go Lucky! Dokidoki Precure / Kono Sora no Mukou"

Virtually nothing new was released on the BD/DVD side of things last week, so to hell with that stuff.

That Mamoru Miyano fame!

 

[Regulus Tera]

So, umm, what is Yoji Enokido doing after Redline anyway? I can't seem to find any information about his work post-bomba.

 

[Delusibeta]

AoD announces that they got UK streaming rights to Snafu. Guess that explains why Crunchyroll didn't get UK rights.

 

[duckroll]

So, umm, what is Yoji Enokido doing after Redline anyway? I can't seem to find any information about his work post-bomba.

Didn't the Star Driver movie just come out?

 

[7Th]

So, umm, what is Yoji Enokido doing after Redline anyway? I can't seem to find any information about his work post-bomba.

Star Driver: The Movie

 

[Regulus Tera]

Didn't the Star Driver movie just come out?

Star Driver: The Movie

I was hoping for something meatier.

Damn, I'm gonna have to finish Star Driver at some point, aren't I?

 

[SDBurton]

You are starting to sound like DTL.

Say what you want, but a squad of girls fighting evil and eventually falling in love with each other sounds a hell of a lot more appealing than what we currently got. :lol

 

[BGBW]

AoD announces that they got UK streaming rights to Snafu. Guess that explains why Crunchyroll didn't get UK rights.

Does that mean they'll change the name to something more British?

 

[Reknoc]

AoD announces that they got UK streaming rights to Snafu. Guess that explains why Crunchyroll didn't get UK rights.

Yes again I find myself surprised AoD still exist.

 

[Delusibeta]

Yes again I find myself surprised AoD still exist.

Apparently, they've got three more licencing announcements to make. Who wants to bet that one of them is Attack on Titan?

Does that mean they'll change the name to something more British?

"My Teenage Romantic Blunder"

 

[BGBW]

"My Teenage Romantic Blunder"

Much better. SNAFU sounds like a brand of snuff.

 

[7Th]

Say what you want, but a squad of girls fighting evil and eventually falling in love with each other sounds a hell of a lot more appealing than what we currently got. :lol

That's most magical girl anime. :X

 

[Regulus Tera]

That's most magical girl anime. :X

Most magical girl anime doesn't do the lesbian part, though.

 

[Reknoc]

Does that mean they'll change the name to something more British?

my yoof romance bugger up

Apparently, they've got three more licencing announcements to make. Who wants to bet that one of them is Attack on Titan?

I'm gonna guess at Date a Live and Maou-sama as being two.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

my yoof romance bugger up

Best title.

 

[Syrinx]

I know I'm late but...that Vividred costume is their school uniform?! What the fuck!

 

[dakkumauji]

my yoof romance bugger up

Would watch even more. Especially if they put in a British sub.

 

[cajunator]

Yall should watch Magic Knight Rayearth.

 

[ZachDeKoromaru]

I know I'm late but...that Vividred costume is their school uniform?! What the fuck!

I didn't post butts for 12 weeks because I was looking for butts, they came to me!

 

[SDBurton]

Most magical girl anime doesn't do the lesbian part, though.

.

 

[Regulus Tera]

.

It's not like most shounen is big on homoeroticism either, DTL goggles notwithstanding.

 

[survivor]

In the PSY thread, I saw a chart of the top ten singles on iTunes Japan and noticed something neat:

Yep, that's the TV size version of the Attack on Titan OP, 90 seconds of music for 250 yen, released just over a week ago, sitting pretty at #8 in the singles charts.

It should chart even higher. It's one of the best OP songs in the past few seasons. Up there with Psycho-Pass OP 1 and Utakoi's OP

 

[Syrinx]

Most magical girl anime doesn't do the lesbian part, though.

And at the risk of moving beyond the point of no return, I say, it's a damn shame.

 

[RurouniZel]

Yall should watch Magic Knight Rayearth.

Already done ages ago.

Though admittedly my first experience with the Magic Knight Rayearth story was the Sega Saturn game. :O