Is Yen Press the only likely publisher or are there any other publishers that do light novels I'm not thinking off? Well I guess there is Vertical but they sure as hell can't afford SAO.
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Spring Anime 2013 |OT -7| My Giant CG Pony Can't Possibly Read This Much Baudelaire
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Muromi
Gargantia.
Dedication Through Light
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Could viz count? They do translate those JPN science fiction novels, essays, and story anthologies.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
My top 3 shows of the season:
Gargantia
Aku no Hana
Titan
Shows I enjoy:
Crime Edge
Muromi
Hentai Prince
Date a Live
Fuck anime this shit sucks:
Yuyushiki
Devil Survivor 2
Arata
Sparrow's Hotel
Oh yeah, are you a Geass fan? Valvrave is promising if so.
Dedication Through Light
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Must Watch
Valvrave
Karnaval
Majestic Prince
Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love 2000%
Fun
Devil is a Part Timer (Maou-sama)
Gargantia
Arata
Mushibugyo
chickdigger802
Banned
Shy moe.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Probably doesn't want creeps harassing her.
That or she's still ashamed that she worked on Lucky Star
and Tamako
Are you saying boys can't seriously aspire to be Precures? What's with this sexist bullshit?
No, I'm not saying that because funny doesn't automatically mean bad or no good.
I like Ban-kun as he's been set up in the show so far and the staff going so far as to show what he would look like in a frilly costume if he were a PreCure I just thought was kind of funny.
Theonik
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But those shows were awesome wtf.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Huzzah!
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
lol I'm just picking on you.
chickdigger802
Banned
you'd think their spiderman tech could be modified to launch boats too
ASSauLTxMasTER
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Basically what i've started watching, compiled into a 15-second video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgDG9qYRxmQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgDG9qYRxmQ
Go_Ly_Dow
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Also they were closing a gate that was quite clearly on land. Why didn't all the people waiting for the boat just walk through that gate?
Also we only saw them close that gate. I'm assuming the big hole in the wall that the boat went through just stayed open the whole time.
Oh God it's Sword Art Online 2.0!
Also we only saw them close that gate. I'm assuming the big hole in the wall that the boat went through just stayed open the whole time.
Oh God it's Sword Art Online 2.0!
I know it doesn't answer all your issues, but wasn't all the boat stuff happening on the safe/inner side of the gate?
Well, safe until the super-titan tackled the wall down at least.
Ao no Exorcist 1-18
Apparently the story is 100% filler after 15 episode, so i tried to watch the next couple of eps to decide if it's worth watching till the end. It doesn't. However, i really like the story so far and animation was really cool in the first half of anime. Characters are cool too. Will read manga instead.
Apparently the story is 100% filler after 15 episode, so i tried to watch the next couple of eps to decide if it's worth watching till the end. It doesn't. However, i really like the story so far and animation was really cool in the first half of anime. Characters are cool too. Will read manga instead.
It was? Too many walls so I lost track. Still don't know why someone would choose to wait for a boat that was obviously full rather than just run to the next section with how slow it was going.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
That's neat.
Is your avatar Esdese?
Blood-C 5
Ghost stories are stupid.
So I guess their teacher is in on this whole Elder Bairn thing. Either that or she just heard the story about them. She was about to talk about a resolution the villagers came to, which I assume is this "covenant" the Elder Bairns keep bringing up. But then Saya had to go and pass out. Nice going.
Her dad seems to have no real problem sending her off into deadly battles like she fights in. I guess what has to be done has to be done, but still. He didn't seem all that concerned that she passed out at Guimauve. He just sent her into battle again. And about that; her injuries seem to heal fairly quickly. She often comes home covered in blood (most of it is her enemies', but some of it is hers), but the next day she looks perfectly fine.
Eh, this show...I at least thought this would be fun in a masochistic sort of way. But...I don't know. I don't even think this is a bad show so far; just a mediocre one. Maybe it's because too much is out in the open right now and there isn't some vicious hook in me that this show has cursed me with. I kinda like the fight scenes, like I said. And it seems the next episode is gonna start with one. Perhaps it will get going then, as now the Elder Bairns are attacking the location of the shrine and the people Saya cares about.
Ghost stories are stupid.
So I guess their teacher is in on this whole Elder Bairn thing. Either that or she just heard the story about them. She was about to talk about a resolution the villagers came to, which I assume is this "covenant" the Elder Bairns keep bringing up. But then Saya had to go and pass out. Nice going.
Her dad seems to have no real problem sending her off into deadly battles like she fights in. I guess what has to be done has to be done, but still. He didn't seem all that concerned that she passed out at Guimauve. He just sent her into battle again. And about that; her injuries seem to heal fairly quickly. She often comes home covered in blood (most of it is her enemies', but some of it is hers), but the next day she looks perfectly fine.
Eh, this show...I at least thought this would be fun in a masochistic sort of way. But...I don't know. I don't even think this is a bad show so far; just a mediocre one. Maybe it's because too much is out in the open right now and there isn't some vicious hook in me that this show has cursed me with. I kinda like the fight scenes, like I said. And it seems the next episode is gonna start with one. Perhaps it will get going then, as now the Elder Bairns are attacking the location of the shrine and the people Saya cares about.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Episode six is where it kicks off.
Dedication Through Light
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Toriko 97 (FuniHulu)
Excellent way to celebrate the 100th episode with both a new OP and a new ED. The New ED is really good. I like when Toriko ED's sound like that. Popularity poll was baffling, how in the world is YUN more popular than Starjun...At least my favorite characters are in the top 5 (Komatsu, Terry the most epic battlewolf to ever exist)
Excellent way to celebrate the 100th episode with both a new OP and a new ED. The New ED is really good. I like when Toriko ED's sound like that. Popularity poll was baffling, how in the world is YUN more popular than Starjun...At least my favorite characters are in the top 5 (Komatsu, Terry the most epic battlewolf to ever exist)
If I remember correctly, episode 6 is pretty much the turning point of the show.
KillerMan91
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Considering the popularity of the manga it's pretty weird that they ended anime so quickly with anime original ending. I thought it would be new long running shonen.
dakkumauji
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Red Data Girl 03
Oh hey, I finally wasn't completely bored with the episode.
I really don't have confidence that the show will stick to all this supernatural stuff though. :/
Oh hey, I finally wasn't completely bored with the episode.
I really don't have confidence that the show will stick to all this supernatural stuff though. :/
K-ON! - 05
This episode.. this episode!!! Sawa-chan is so awesome, I wish I had a teacher like that in high school.
yes. Sawako is a goddess.
Ritsu is my favorite though.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
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Straight Title Robot Anime 11
We need more robots doing funny things type show, this was too hilarious of an episode, laughed so many times. Mori, Kato, Fuuji, are hilarious and their VA's too. The nose, and masks both times. Ill miss it after next weeks final episode.
We need more robots doing funny things type show, this was too hilarious of an episode, laughed so many times. Mori, Kato, Fuuji, are hilarious and their VA's too. The nose, and masks both times. Ill miss it after next weeks final episode.
Preview for the special features of the next Tamako BD.
Detective Conan: The Detectives' Requiem
Eh. Average. I actually watched this yesterday, but didn't have the gumption to write about it.
The main problems with this one were basically the usual ones: The extremely great premise was underutilized, and the cast is a bit too large (and so also underutilized).
The best part of this premise was the combination of time and area. Thanks to unremovable wristwatches that combined a time bomb function with a GPS function, so that they would blow up either if time ran out or if they left a certain area, most of the cast is trapped! ...In a theme park, so it's not actually so bad. But wait! The most fun ride takes you outside the park area, so you'll blow up! A cunning trick.
This is where things go downhill. Maybe we should ride something else? Nope. Haibara decides to act unusually dumb and invent a bunch of stupid excuses to ruin everyone's day so that no one has any fun at all. Instead of, you know, telling them. No, she'd rather almost get people killed just because.
On top of that, the area restriction only applies to non-detectives - meaning that the police, Conan, Hattori, Kogorou, and some other guy who I forget the name of
get to do the usual footwork more or less uninhibited, and the wristwatches are basically just used to turn all the friends and lovers into damsels in distress. As if having a time bomb strapped to wrist wasn't enough motivation, or something.
All those quibbles aside, it was still a Conan movie. It had some interesting tricks and twists (which I managed to work out before the ending this time, which is always nice), some halfway-decent action, and a lame pun quiz. (I actually like those. I often can't figure them out, but I got this one.
is good family fun, ha.)
All that stuff is basically a free 4 points or so out of 10 - but this movie didn't have much else to add to the formula on top of that. I've seen some really great cases in episodes, but none of the movies so far have been all that exceptional. This one's verdict is a plain 5 / 10.
Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
I'm still not mentally prepared to start a seven hundred episode series, but the reccomendations to start from the beginning seem nevertheless valid. To compromise a bit, I'll be doing the movies that I have left in release order. So, this is the first one.
Going back this far, it seems that some of the cast members I know hadn't been introduced yet. I was particularly surprised by Shiratori - apparently he was first introduced in this movie, which is pretty crazy, since I've seen him in TV episodes as well. I don't think they were all filler, so I guess he got a permanent cast position at some point. That's not something most movie-original characters can do!
But anyway, plot. No gimmicks here - just a simple serial terrorism case in which the culprit calls out the detective directly and gives him occasional hints. It's a classic setup that just works. Events move along at a steady pace without any real downtime, and the early plot threads (pun intended, ha) come back properly in the end. It's a nice complete package that actually feels like a movie, instead of an elongated TV episode (which Requiem felt like).
High point: The
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Low point: The animation quality is noticably lower than the more recent films. I guess that's to be expected, but it's still worth pointing out. On the plus side, the trains were 2D! CG vehicles plague the newer movies something fierce.
I found it funny that the explanation bit at the beginning (about how he shrunk and all that) hasn't changed at all from this movie onwards. Newer ones seem to be redrawn, and have extra bits added for Haibara and Kid as needed, but the shot of Conan bonking his head on a desk has been constant for years and years. It's kind of impressive! I guess Toei isn't the undisputed champion of reused animation after all.
Overall, better than most of the movies I've got through so far, but not quite as good as the Magic Kaito one. Verdict is a 6 / 10, I guess?
Eh. Average. I actually watched this yesterday, but didn't have the gumption to write about it.
The main problems with this one were basically the usual ones: The extremely great premise was underutilized, and the cast is a bit too large (and so also underutilized).
The best part of this premise was the combination of time and area. Thanks to unremovable wristwatches that combined a time bomb function with a GPS function, so that they would blow up either if time ran out or if they left a certain area, most of the cast is trapped! ...In a theme park, so it's not actually so bad. But wait! The most fun ride takes you outside the park area, so you'll blow up! A cunning trick.
This is where things go downhill. Maybe we should ride something else? Nope. Haibara decides to act unusually dumb and invent a bunch of stupid excuses to ruin everyone's day so that no one has any fun at all. Instead of, you know, telling them. No, she'd rather almost get people killed just because.
On top of that, the area restriction only applies to non-detectives - meaning that the police, Conan, Hattori, Kogorou, and some other guy who I forget the name of
(and might have been Kid in disguise? That's the impression I got, anyway)
All those quibbles aside, it was still a Conan movie. It had some interesting tricks and twists (which I managed to work out before the ending this time, which is always nice), some halfway-decent action, and a lame pun quiz. (I actually like those. I often can't figure them out, but I got this one.
Making fun of fat kids
All that stuff is basically a free 4 points or so out of 10 - but this movie didn't have much else to add to the formula on top of that. I've seen some really great cases in episodes, but none of the movies so far have been all that exceptional. This one's verdict is a plain 5 / 10.
Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
I'm still not mentally prepared to start a seven hundred episode series, but the reccomendations to start from the beginning seem nevertheless valid. To compromise a bit, I'll be doing the movies that I have left in release order. So, this is the first one.
Going back this far, it seems that some of the cast members I know hadn't been introduced yet. I was particularly surprised by Shiratori - apparently he was first introduced in this movie, which is pretty crazy, since I've seen him in TV episodes as well. I don't think they were all filler, so I guess he got a permanent cast position at some point. That's not something most movie-original characters can do!
But anyway, plot. No gimmicks here - just a simple serial terrorism case in which the culprit calls out the detective directly and gives him occasional hints. It's a classic setup that just works. Events move along at a steady pace without any real downtime, and the early plot threads (pun intended, ha) come back properly in the end. It's a nice complete package that actually feels like a movie, instead of an elongated TV episode (which Requiem felt like).
High point: The
sappy ending. I called the solution from light-years away as soon as it came down to a red wire and a blue wire, but it was still heartwarming in a simple kind of way. Also, rather than have it be coincidence like I was expecting, they included a scene earlier specifically to put the idea in the villain's head, which was cool - I didn't realize until the flashback, which might make it the first flashback in the history of forever that wasn't wasting my time
Low point: The animation quality is noticably lower than the more recent films. I guess that's to be expected, but it's still worth pointing out. On the plus side, the trains were 2D! CG vehicles plague the newer movies something fierce.
I found it funny that the explanation bit at the beginning (about how he shrunk and all that) hasn't changed at all from this movie onwards. Newer ones seem to be redrawn, and have extra bits added for Haibara and Kid as needed, but the shot of Conan bonking his head on a desk has been constant for years and years. It's kind of impressive! I guess Toei isn't the undisputed champion of reused animation after all.
Overall, better than most of the movies I've got through so far, but not quite as good as the Magic Kaito one. Verdict is a 6 / 10, I guess?
Yep, he's in the manga now and everything.
That reminds me, why don't they build more ditches and moats?
One thing I don't get about that in retrospect is...why did Mio just keep kneeling there with her ass out to the audience? Like, it was a whole few seconds.
Maybe I'm misremembering. I'm feeling out of it right now.
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