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Spring Anime 2013 |OT -7| My Giant CG Pony Can't Possibly Read This Much Baudelaire
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Ultimadrago
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Oreimo S2 - 3
This episode was most appreciated as expected. A back story and birthday focused on the best girl. All is right with the world. I'm wondering if this season will even focus on an overarching narrative. I don't mind either way because it's doing more than fine as is.
I'm guessing Kaori more
. It's not an uncommon interaction in anime, but fits well with the other relationships in-show. It also successfully explains Saori's character since the first season better (as her bond with friends was always put above all else). Now we see why she valued Kirino, Kuroneko and Kyou since the start.
Left: Older sister.
Right: Saori~ (an angel of two different faces in and out of otaku form)
This episode was most appreciated as expected. A back story and birthday focused on the best girl. All is right with the world. I'm wondering if this season will even focus on an overarching narrative. I don't mind either way because it's doing more than fine as is.
I'm guessing Kaori more
fronted a condescending view towards Saori in order for her to not rely on her to gain and maintain friends
Ultimadrago
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If you're talking about mine, that's her sister on the left not her.
Though their faces are really similar. Her sister is shorter than (older) Saori, so maybe it's that? Also otaku tight jeans exaggerate height more than long skirts.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
She seemed pretty tall in her dress, though that was the scene with the very short Kugyuu mangaka. It's probably the pants.
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Oh fine, but it's still an excuse to post the following Full Metal Panic! Sigma SPOILERS
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[My Little Sister Can't Possibly Be Playing Dead Video Game Systems.] 02
Ayase > Manami >Kuroneko > VAGINA > Kirino > the loli > the fujoshi
Crazy = Hot
Better CGI than the rest of the anime industry!
Ayase > Manami >Kuroneko > VAGINA > Kirino > the loli > the fujoshi
Hellsing321
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dakkumauji
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Yu-Gi-Oh! ZeXal II 92
A school festival that pales to pretty much any other school festival I seen yet.
A school festival that pales to pretty much any other school festival I seen yet.
Karneval 01:
For you, DTL/dakku.
So, this started with an albino shota in handcuffs and still managed to be watchable. The relationship between the various factions and their motives are still totally nebulous, but I'll just have faith that this is resolved soon and for now I'll just keep watching for Tsukumo's eyes.
For you, DTL/dakku.
So, this started with an albino shota in handcuffs and still managed to be watchable. The relationship between the various factions and their motives are still totally nebulous, but I'll just have faith that this is resolved soon and for now I'll just keep watching for Tsukumo's eyes.
They have a flashback/backstory of when she was younger in the ep. too (in which she is wearing her normal clothes).
Ultimadrago
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Crash Station
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Attack on Titan 3
Still good. Not the kind of episode that needed a budget, so whatever to that, though the series of stills at one point was pretty jarring.
Gotta say, knowing recent events in the manga really makes going through the story again from the beginning interesting. I'm wondering if they added more foreshadowing or if it's always been there. Too lazy to go back and check.
Still good. Not the kind of episode that needed a budget, so whatever to that, though the series of stills at one point was pretty jarring.
Gotta say, knowing recent events in the manga really makes going through the story again from the beginning interesting. I'm wondering if they added more foreshadowing or if it's always been there. Too lazy to go back and check.
Betterman 4
Part with the man with the blowtorch creaking through the storage room and empty school after Hinoki was scary as hell. Part with a glowing tree telling Keita about the end of the world was just WUUUUT. On the whole the idea of a mecha horror show works for this show, except when Keita is on screen. Something about him just defuses the terror in any scene, plus he's the world's biggest loser and still friends with animu babetacular Hinoki.
Part with the man with the blowtorch creaking through the storage room and empty school after Hinoki was scary as hell. Part with a glowing tree telling Keita about the end of the world was just WUUUUT. On the whole the idea of a mecha horror show works for this show, except when Keita is on screen. Something about him just defuses the terror in any scene, plus he's the world's biggest loser and still friends with animu babetacular Hinoki.
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Episode was okay until the silly melodrama near the end. Further proof that otaku issues are lame and trite and awful. Fucking otakus. At least there was some :sdburton.
Ayase > VAGINA > Manami > Kuroneko > the loli > Kirino > the fujoshi
More LARPers? Didn't we have enough with Chuu2? :|
Episode was okay until the silly melodrama near the end. Further proof that otaku issues are lame and trite and awful. Fucking otakus. At least there was some :sdburton.
Ayase > VAGINA > Manami > Kuroneko > the loli > Kirino > the fujoshi
It sounds like something written by Hideo Kojima.
Just assumed it was a bit of Engrish meant to punch up the boring title.
Crash Station
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Hunter x Hunter 76
The Chimera Ant arc has begun! All you guys that watched the old series up to the end of Greed Island, now is the time to jump in.
The Chimera Ant arc has begun! All you guys that watched the old series up to the end of Greed Island, now is the time to jump in.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Mankoto has the sexual prowess of three men? Maybe three men gattai'd to make him?
Work hard to pander to me, Maou-sama! - 02 & 03
Forgice me if I'm judging it too early, but this has officially stepped into the ranks of all the other insipid romcom anime. All the positive reception from anime-GAF might have towered my expectations for this show but I'm utterly puzzled as to why it's been so well-received here. The premise was very interesting, but the show does not capitalize on it at all, and the characters are shallow (or perhaps misrepresented might be a better description, but more on this later). The only genuine praise I can shower is that it's consistent at being slightly above average, and generally has good pacing outside of the first episode.
I wouldn't be having such a hard time handing compliments if the characters were true to their role. Maou is a demon king. He's supposed to be a ruthless, unsympathetic person no? Yet on earth he's represented as a happy-go-lucky, softhearted gentleman. Now, as if this dumbfounding sudden revelation wasn't confusing enough, he later proclaims to Emilia that his new objective is to take over the entire world and also reclaim the world he came from!
Now, I'm not exactly expecting plenty of realism from a shounen romcom, but what the fuck is this bullshit? How can you expect me to take the characters seriously with such a stupendously illogical development? I'd be more than pleased with the show if it weren't for this huge disconnect.
Forgice me if I'm judging it too early, but this has officially stepped into the ranks of all the other insipid romcom anime. All the positive reception from anime-GAF might have towered my expectations for this show but I'm utterly puzzled as to why it's been so well-received here. The premise was very interesting, but the show does not capitalize on it at all, and the characters are shallow (or perhaps misrepresented might be a better description, but more on this later). The only genuine praise I can shower is that it's consistent at being slightly above average, and generally has good pacing outside of the first episode.
I wouldn't be having such a hard time handing compliments if the characters were true to their role. Maou is a demon king. He's supposed to be a ruthless, unsympathetic person no? Yet on earth he's represented as a happy-go-lucky, softhearted gentleman. Now, as if this dumbfounding sudden revelation wasn't confusing enough, he later proclaims to Emilia that his new objective is to take over the entire world and also reclaim the world he came from!
Now, I'm not exactly expecting plenty of realism from a shounen romcom, but what the fuck is this bullshit? How can you expect me to take the characters seriously with such a stupendously illogical development? I'd be more than pleased with the show if it weren't for this huge disconnect.
ssssssshhhhhhh don't say anything or MAL will edit the title.
Speaking of which, here are some more title "enhancements" that I noticed on my list recently:
Shame on MAL for taking so long to deliver some titles from the yoke of our barbarian tongue.
Hellsing321
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No it was just one man. The one man to rule them all.
Kuroneko was chuunibyou before Rikka!
Chet Rippo
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I'll be looking forward to it!
Truth be told, this is one of my favorites from the first season. It really shows how close Mio and Ritsu really are, and how not only does Mio rely on Ritsu a lot, but Ritsu also depends on Mio as well.
Checking mine I see:
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Sailor 9 Senshi Shuuketsu! Black Dream Hole no Kiseki
Dragon Age: Blood Mage no Seisen
Eiken: Eikenbu yori Ai wo Komete
Glass no Kantai: La Legende du Vent de l'Univers
It's a reversal of roles.
On one hand you have the Demon Overlord who is known for doing bad stuff, but deep down he's an extremely practical and realistic guy. He understands that there's no point to going around grandstanding if he doesn't have his magic or an army, so he doesn't bother.
On the other hand, you have the Hero, who is supposed to be a leader and icon for the people. But she's plagued by insecurity and is unable to accept her powerlessness. She believes so steadfastly in her ideals that she can't even conceive of the Overlord being anything other than the manifestation of evil.
In a "typical" RPG fantasy story, it's the other way around, because the hero usually hails from humble origins while the villain is irrevocably corrupt or whatever. But Emiliya is finally starting to understand that the Overlord isn't a truly bad person deep down, and that understanding shows just how petty and arrogant her lofty attitude really is. This is almost the same setup as Maoyuu Maou Yuusha, where Hero is initially unable to understand Demon King's request to work together. He gets over that hurdle immediately, whereas here it seems like it'll take Emiliya the entire series to realize this.
I looked at the Glass Fleet page a few weeks ago and it's been hit with the weeb stick for a while but that subtitle is recent. fuck's sake
fucking lmao
Marimo no Hana: Saikyou Butouha Shougakusei Densetsu
One Piece: Episode of Nami - Koukaishi no Namida to Nakama no Kizuna
Pokemon Advanced Generation: Mew to Hadou no Yuusha Lucario
then there's this:
Senki Zesshou Symphogear: Meteoroid-Falling, Burning, and Disappear, Then...
:lol
Again, surprised no one posted this yet, unless you all already saw the news and figured the rest of the people did as well.
The new Rozen Maiden series coming this summer has all the main seiyuu returning -- Sawashiro as Shinku, Rie Tanaka as Suigintou, etc. -- along with a new seiyuu listed for a differently aged Jun, suggesting that they might be using the second manga series plot as a springboard for the new anime...
Oh, and they're bringing in the Sankarea director and character designer, Ali Project is still doing the OP, and it's being animated by Studio DEEN now. Just so you know.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...den-anime-reunites-cast-brings-in-studio-deen
The new Rozen Maiden series coming this summer has all the main seiyuu returning -- Sawashiro as Shinku, Rie Tanaka as Suigintou, etc. -- along with a new seiyuu listed for a differently aged Jun, suggesting that they might be using the second manga series plot as a springboard for the new anime...
Oh, and they're bringing in the Sankarea director and character designer, Ali Project is still doing the OP, and it's being animated by Studio DEEN now. Just so you know.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...den-anime-reunites-cast-brings-in-studio-deen
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Show is pretty boss otherwise. They totally nailed the feelings of isolation and self-guilt in here, and even the actor playing Takao manages to come across as an overbearing middle school dipshit despite the obvious age discrepancy. Really, it's just the side characters who look like bad J-Drama rejects. The main cast is fine.
That's supposed to be a girl. What the hell. And while we are on bad art, not only do we have bad art with a lack of distinct facial features, but there are moments when the art just stops and, because of no mouth flaps, it looks like the screen froze over. I had to recheck my player to make sure Crunchyroll wasn't crashing on me.
Show is pretty boss otherwise. They totally nailed the feelings of isolation and self-guilt in here, and even the actor playing Takao manages to come across as an overbearing middle school dipshit despite the obvious age discrepancy. Really, it's just the side characters who look like bad J-Drama rejects. The main cast is fine.
Do you understand Baudelaire, shit eaters?
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
I didn't mention because I've never seen Rozen Maiden, but now that I know Miyukichi's in it I'll probably get to it eventually.
Going through my list, here are changes that have to have occurred in the past couple of weeks:
- Animation Runner Kuromi -> Animation_Seisaku_Shinkou_Kuromi-chan
- Geobreeders 2 -> Geobreeders_2:_Mouryou_Yuugekitai_File-XX_Ransen_Toppa
- Geobreeders -> Geobreeders:_File-X_Chibi_Neko_Dakkan
- Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence Apocalypse -> Shoujo_Kakumei_Utena:_Adolescence_Mokushiroku
- Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann OVA -> Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann:_Mitee_Mono_wa_Miteen_da!!
- Cooking Master Boy -> Chuuka_Ichiban!
- Blue Comet SPT Layzner -> Aoki_Ryuusei_SPT_Layzner
- Legend of the Legendary Heroes -> Densetsu_no_Yuusha_no_Densetsu
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes -> Ginga_Eiyuu_Densetsu
that last one is just offensive.
edit: derp, I was lazy and copied the JP names from the page URLs so sorry about the underscores.
I understand his focus on being practical and realistic, but his new nature struck me as far more of a genuinely nice fellow than a tyrannical demon king would need to be. I think It'd have helped my enjoyment of the show if his character was more subdued than it currently is. As it is, it strongly peeves the cynic inside me because it seems more than a little contrived that he's your typical nice guy protagonist when all the preamble would have you believe that he'd be anything but that.
Anyway, It could be that I'm just being annoyingly nitpicky, but I'm hoping at the very least that there's slightly more clarification in the future pertaining to the type of person he was during his rule of the world he came from.
Razgriz-Specter
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Good choice.
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