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[Canis lupus]

I too like the beginning of GT better than the rest of the series. I think Funimation cut that saga out of the original broadcast, a shame.

Let's not forget about that Rap theme, gross man.

This one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwOHS8uqJiE ?

I hadn't heard it... wtf, I like Ice Cube but this is crap

 

[Kazzy]

That's not a girl.

It's an all-girls school.

What the hell, ahahaha. Why did they give her a male voice in the lunch scene then?

EDIT: Also, the presence of male freshmen still validates my point. There are totally guys at their school.

EDIT2: Neeeeeeeeeeever mind. They're wearing skirts. Fuck. What the hell, KyoAni? WHY THE ANDROGYNY?

It's an all-girls school!

 

[Theonik]

I swear with the amount of 'Recommend some good anime' threads on OT one would think they don't trust us!

Spoiler

Yes that is an invitation to go there.

 

[kayos90]

I swear with the amount of 'Recommend some good anime' threads on OT one would think they don't trust us!

Spoiler

Yes that is an invitation to go there.

Done. Supporting Fate/Zero once more.

 

[cajunator]

I swear with the amount of 'Recommend some good anime' threads on OT one would think they don't trust us!

Spoiler

Yes that is an invitation to go there.

been there. done dat cher.

 

[Articalys]

Is Attack on Titan character designer Kyoji Asano actively recruiting new animators for Wit Studio using Twitter? Someone please help translate...

https://twitter.com/asanovic7/status/326219475890356225

edit: yeah, I know it's probably obvious to someone fluent, but I just wasn't 100% sure in the machine translation is all...

 

[BluWacky]

Is Attack on Titan character designer Kyoji Asano actively recruiting new animators for Wit Studio using Twitter? Someone please help translate...

https://twitter.com/asanovic7/status/326219475890356225

I have been trying to work out what time zone you're in as you never seem to sleep

Anyway, yes, Asano asks for any currently working animators who are enjoying Titan to contact Wit Studio if they're interested in working for them.

 

[Canis lupus]

DB GT

Vegeta's daughter Bulla has her father's temperament and her mother's beauty <3

"I'm hungry..."

 

[sonicmj1]

Is Attack on Titan character designer Kyoji Asano actively recruiting new animators for Wit Studio using Twitter? Someone please help translate...

https://twitter.com/asanovic7/status/326219475890356225

I can't think of any other ways to read that tweet.

"Are you an active animator who likes the "Shingeki no Kyojin" anime? If you are, please contact WIT STUDIO. Join forces with us m(-_-)m. We look forward to working with you."

The link leads to a page with a phone number and email address for WIT Studio on Production IG's website.

 

[BGBW]

I'm not an animator, but I have wit. Can I join?

 

[Noirulus]

Oreimo S2 - 03

A new challenger appears!

What I've learnt from this episode:

- Saori is the best girl, but she will be tossed aside in favor of the main heroines. Further cementing the fact that life is cruel and unjust.

- Waiting a week for more Oreimo is tough enough, I can't imagine how I'll feel after this season ends. ffffuuuuuuu

Thoroughly enjoyed the focus on Saori's past and her transformation from innocent little girl to wacky otaku.

Appeal table (total points):

Saori&#9733; +25 (25)

We finally get to see what kind of person she is when she isn't wearing glasses! Her shy, polite side is simply delightful.

Kuroneko* (20)
Kirino* (25)
Manami* (15)
Ayase* (15)

*Not enough screen-time to score them this week.

[REDACTED]

 

[Canis lupus]

DB GT Baby Saga end

Goku is no match for Baby, he goes to the Kibitokai and Old Kai for a special training, this training is nothing more than to have his tail grow, so he can change into a monkey again.

Goku sees the earth and starts transforming...

Well the end result is Super Sayan Goku 4

What a weak ass transformation, usually when they change into a new Super Sayan form they're overwhelming and all powerful and stuff.

Really hate it, SS4 looks weaker than SS3.

 

[DarknessTear]

Funny coincidence, I actually started marathoning Guilty Crown today. I just finished episode 12 and it hasn't been TOO bad, though a little odd at times. So, it gets depressing, eh? Even moreso than now? That's a disappointment..

 

[Crimsonlink]

Oreimo, HXH and Devil Summoner

Wow pretty crazy week for me animewise.

Oreimo was kinda iffy because they messed with what happened in the light novel but it was for the better for the most part I guess as Saori's sister was expanded upon.

Kuroneko wearing that costume was worth the episode alone.

HXH, So HYPED for Chimera arc. Dat OP too!

Devil Summoner, after I found out it was based on a game in the vein of Persona series and the same director I knew I had to watch it and I wasn't disappointed.

Some other episode not worth mentioning such as Saint Seiya for being boring.

Still have to catch up on some others.

 

[flawfuls]

Aquarion Evol End

Oh god I was dying of laughter at the end there. Crying robots and that title reveal. This whole thing was amazing. I have no idea what Kawamori was thinking, but I can say for certain that he is a genius.

 

[Basileus777]

Aquarion Evol End

Oh god I was dying of laughter at the end there. Crying robots and that title reveal. This whole thing was amazing. I have no idea what Kawamori was thinking, but I can say for certain that he is a genius.

I need to get around to watching this one day. Is watching the original first important?

 

[cajunator]

Oreimo S2 - 03

A new challenger appears!



What I've learnt from this episode:

- Saori is the best girl, but she will be tossed aside in favor of the main heroines. Further cementing the fact that life is cruel and unjust.

- Waiting a week for more Oreimo is tough enough, I can't imagine how I'll feel after this season ends. ffffuuuuuuu

Thoroughly enjoyed the focus on Saori's past and her transformation from innocent little girl to wacky otaku.

Appeal table (total points):

Saori&#9733; +25 (25)

We finally get to see what kind of person she is when she isn't wearing glasses! Her shy, polite side is simply delightful.

Kuroneko* (20)
Kirino* (25)
Manami* (15)
Ayase* (15)

*Not enough screen-time to score them this week.



[REDACTED]

kirino should stay the hell out of the goddesses outfit.
its just wrong.

 

[flawfuls]

I need to get around to watching this one day. Is watching the original first important?

I didn't watch the original and I could understand what was going on well enough. They do refer back to the original a lot, but they also explain what happened pretty thoroughly.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Right now it's not as good as many precure series , but it's not that bad.

Regulus i'm not seeing the bad animation. There was one episode with bad animation but after that i haven't seen it.

I know this is Precure so you gotta have a certain tolerance for this, but this show hasn't had one single stand-out episode in the animation department like Heartcatch 03 or a random Yayoi episode in Smile. It takes a lot of shortcuts when it comes to action, and it doesn't help that the character design is so bad it cannot hide the lack of animation at time.

Everything else is pretty subjective, so I can see where our discrepancies come from. Mana and her perfect perfectness got tiring to me way early into the first episode. She has none of the charisma from previous leads like Love or Miyuki, or even the underdog appeal of Tsubomi. She's just there as harem lead for people who are into Precure harems.

Heartcatch Precure 33

Spoiler

She's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack, bitches.

First off, Erika, going to Yuri to cheer her up, and hugging her...wow. She's the best. She's the queen. I love Itsuki and Tsubomi and I've grown to like and feel for Yuri, but Erika is where the tops is.

That scene between Yuri and Cologne was pretty great. I'm not really sure how that works, that they've collected enough heart seeds so he can be a ghost or spirit or whatever that can communicate with Yuri...but who the hell cares? Magic, that's how. And Yuri needed to have that conversation and that closure to be able to become a Precure again. And she did. Aw yeah.

Episode 34 is gonna blow YOUR MIND.

Smile Precure ~fin~:

That was good. I rather enjoyed this as my first PreCure.

Yes yes, I know Regulus. Heartcatch will be next.

Heartcatch > Smile

Heartcatch Precure 9-26

My only issue is the amount of recycled animation, I know it's an accepted trope of the genre but it drags things out. I was under the impression that transformations were the only bits I had to tolerate but between special attacks, heart seed pooping, extended eye catches, and turning wilting heart flowers into monsters it's starting to wear thin. Is this par for the course or is Heartcatch particularly bad about this?

This is just magical girls being magical girls.

I can see why people enjoy the show but what makes it so special? It seems to be a cut above the Digimons and Power rangers of the world (sorry, my lack of watching magical girls make closer comparisons harder to do) but nothing mind blowing. Hearing that this is the best Precure makes the other series sound sub par rather than Heartcatch being crazy good. Again I could be judging too soon but 26 episodes isn't exactly going by gut feelings here.

The show gets a lot looser in the second half, but to me it sounds like most of the problems you have with it have to do with the genre itself. I commend you for keeping up with it, though!

-I'm glad that mysterious flower dude with glasses is used sparingly. I remember hearing about Tuxedo mask swooping in to save the day happening too often. That critique is only hearsay though, could be total BS.

This gets addressed.

DB GT

I wish the black star dragon balls saga didn't end, its so much better than Baby saga...

Only saga worth the bother in GT is (don't read if this is your first time watching)

Spoiler

the super-17 saga

.

 

[Defuser]

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-15816.html

Hataraku Maou-Sama! is one of the highest in anime related products.

And on the rise on Light Novel sales.

TSUTAYAライトノベルス
→ *1位　*1位　『ソードアート・オンライン 12　アリシゼーション・ライジング』　川原礫　電撃文庫
－ *2位　**位　『這いよれ！ニャル子さん 11』　逢空万太　GA文庫
[U][B]△ *3位　*7位　『はたらく魔王さま！』　和ヶ原聡司　電撃文庫
△ *4位　10位　『はたらく魔王さま！ 2』　和ヶ原聡司　電撃文庫
△ *5位　13位　『はたらく魔王さま！ 3』　和ヶ原聡司　電撃文庫[/B][/U]
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[U][B]△ *8位　18位　『はたらく魔王さま！ 4』　和ヶ原聡司　電撃文庫
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△ 11位　30位　『変態王子と笑わない猫。』　さがら総　MF文庫J
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初 14位　**位　『のうりん 6』　白鳥士郎　GA文庫
[U][B]△ 15位　27位　『はたらく魔王さま！ 7』　和ヶ原聡司　電撃文庫[/B][/U]
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▼ 19位　*8位　『新・フォーチュン・クエスト２ 1　僧侶がいっぱい！(上)』　深沢美潮　電撃文庫
初 20位　**位　『結婚契約書にサインを　石油王の花嫁』　みかづき紅月　ティアラ文庫

 

[jgminto]

The power of good comedy and Chiho!

 

[Dave1988]

Spoiler

It was stated that he be thrown off the boat and they keep the "Yunboro".

I'd really like to see how they would achieve this.

 

[cajunator]

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-15816.html

Hataraku Maou-Sama! is one of the highest in anime related products.

And on the rise on Light Novel sales.

TSUTAYAライトノベルス
→ *1位　*1位　『ソードアート・オンライン 12　アリシゼーション・ライジング』　川原礫　電撃文庫
－ *2位　**位　『這いよれ！ニャル子さん 11』　逢空万太　GA文庫
[U][B]△ *3位　*7位　『はたらく魔王さま！』　和ヶ原聡司　電撃文庫
△ *4位　10位　『はたらく魔王さま！ 2』　和ヶ原聡司　電撃文庫
△ *5位　13位　『はたらく魔王さま！ 3』　和ヶ原聡司　電撃文庫[/B][/U]
▼ *6位　*4位　『バカとテストと召喚獣 11』　井上堅二 ファミ通文庫
初 *7位　**位　『吐息はやさしく支配する』　崎谷はるひ　ルチル文庫
[U][B]△ *8位　18位　『はたらく魔王さま！ 4』　和ヶ原聡司　電撃文庫
▼ *9位　*3位　『はたらく魔王さま！ 8』　和ヶ原聡司　電撃文庫
△ 10位　25位　『はたらく魔王さま！ 5』　和ヶ原聡司　電撃文庫[/B][/U]
△ 11位　30位　『変態王子と笑わない猫。』　さがら総　MF文庫J
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初 20位　**位　『結婚契約書にサインを　石油王の花嫁』　みかづき紅月　ティアラ文庫

well deserved too!

 

[Theonik]

I'd really like to see how they would achieve this.

Well if the episode made one thing clear is that they aren't the brightest kids on the block. Same goes for the pirates of course.

 

[sonicmj1]

I'd really like to see how they would achieve this.

Remember, most of the ship didn't believe that the robot had an autonomous AI inside it. They'd probably reason that he has to sleep sometime.

 

[dimb]

Remember, most of the ship didn't believe that the robot had an autonomous AI inside it. They'd probably reason that he has to sleep sometime.

And they wouldn't wake up if they were thrown off a ship into the ocean? The robot is impenetrable to them and they have no access to its innards.

 

[Milamber]

Well if the episode made one thing clear is that they aren't the brightest kids on the block. Same goes for the pirates of course.

As if they had any background context or factual comparisons to back it up.

By the moe gods, I want to cut up the first episode so it starts with the gargantia half first so it would get into you.

 

[Theonik]

Re Cutie Honey 02

All that 4th wall breaking

That was at least for a large part substantially less lewd. I guess someone from Toei stepped in in horror and held them back. It's still pretty lewd though. Holy mother of SDBurton Batman.

Visuals also seemed to take a bit of a hit on this one, though still not bad by any stretch of the imagination just a lot less flashy.

Spoiler

Also the altered version of the OP by Scarlet was awesome. Dem lolis.

it's pretty awesome how the :GoNagai still shines through in this surprisingly. :cuilan

As if they had any background context or factual comparisons to back it up.

By the moe gods, I want to cut up the first episode so it starts with the gargantia half first so it would get into you.

?

 

[R_thanatos]

I know this is Precure so you gotta have a certain tolerance for this, but this show hasn't had one single stand-out episode in the animation department like Heartcatch 03 or a random Yayoi episode in Smile. It takes a lot of shortcuts when it comes to action, and it doesn't help that the character design is so bad it cannot hide the lack of animation at time.

Everything else is pretty subjective, so I can see where our discrepancies come from. Mana and her perfect perfectness got tiring to me way early into the first episode. She has none of the charisma from previous leads like Love or Miyuki, or even the underdog appeal of Tsubomi. She's just there as harem lead for people who are into Precure harems.

except heartcatch that had glorious animation mainly from start to finish , all precure show have episodes where the animation takes a nose dive .. even more that the episodes where animation stand out are rare and never this close from the start. doki doki is so far only at 12 eps and there is plenty of time for it to have episodes where the animation is greatly improved.
Smile wasn't an anime where every episode had great animation from start to finish.
now it seems you don't like the design of the world..it's a shame.

About cure heart , this clearly the first time , they try a "harem route" and it's certainly unusual ..but despites my numerous complain about her i'm not gonna try to judge miss perfect untill the end, because to compare i have an entire set of episodes for the others.
A harem-like lead in precure is something i'm greatly intrested in. ( an so far the harem can still grow )

 

[cajunator]

Re Cutie Honey 02

That was at least for a large part substantially less lewd. I guess someone from Toei stepped in in horror and held them back. It's still pretty lewd though. Holy mother of SDBurton Batman.

Visuals also seemed to take a bit of a hit on this one, though still not bad by any stretch of the imagination just a lot less flashy.

Spoiler

Also the altered version of the OP by Scarlet was awesome. Dem lolis.

it's pretty awesome how the :GoNagai still shines through in this surprisingly. :cuilan


?

Holy mother of terrible character designs...

 

[Regulus Tera]

Re Cutie Honey 02

Visuals also seemed to take a bit of a hit on this one, though still not bad by any stretch of the imagination just a lot less flashy.

The thing about Re: Cutie Honey is that each episode has its own visual flair, mainly because of the different teams handling the project. It's back to GAINAX in episode three, but apart from one scene it won't look anything like the Imaishi/Yoshinari cartoon style of the first episode.

except heartcatch that had glorious animation mainly from start to finish , all precure show have episodes where the animation takes a nose dive .. even more that the episodes where animation stand out are rare and never this close from the start. doki doki is so far only at 12 eps and there is plenty of time for it to have episodes where the animation is greatly improved.

Agree to disagree. Nothing has impressed me apart from Rosetta's henshin.

 

[Theonik]

Holy mother of terrible character designs...

Can't be helped.

The thing about Re: Cutie Honey is that each episode has its own visual flair, mainly because of the different teams handling the project. It's back to GAINAX in episode three, but apart from one scene it won't look anything like the Imaishi/Yoshinari cartoon style of the first episode.

That's a shame

Spoiler

I only started this because I saw that one scene. You mean to tell me there isn't more of it?!

 

[Regulus Tera]

[Re: Cutie Honey]

That's a shame

Spoiler

I only started this because I saw that one scene. You mean to tell me there isn't more of it?!

If I had to make comparisons:

Ep 1: Gurren Lagann
Ep 2: A bad Precure episode
Ep 3:

Spoiler

Rebuild of Evangelion

Episode three is pretty good, though!

 

[Milamber]

?

 

[Theonik]

[Re: Cutie Honey]

If I had to make comparisons:

Ep 1: Gurren Lagann
Ep 2: A bad Precure episode
Ep 3:

Spoiler

Rebuild of Evangelion

Episode three is pretty good, though!

That sounds right about episodes 1 and 2 that I saw, though I don't really think it was as bad as the worst of PreCure. Hell, the :SDBurton alone made up for the bad! If anything this shows what PreCure would be like if Toei wasn't making it for 10 year olds. Will watch the third one later I think.

 

[7Th]

Ep 3:

Spoiler

Rebuild of Evangelion

with LESBIANS

Fixed that for you.

 

[cajunator]

Can't be helped.


That's a shame

Spoiler

I only started this because I saw that one scene. You mean to tell me there isn't more of it?!

Sure it could be helped! I recall earlier Cutey Honey designs looking much better. Not sure what the hell happened here.

 

[R_thanatos]

Agree to disagree. Nothing has impressed me apart from Rosetta's henshin.

Well that's too bad .

Still, glad we had this discussion

 

[Seraphis Cain]

K-ON!! 11

You know, the thing I really love about this show is that every episode is legitimately interesting. As much as I loved Hidamari Sketch, I won't deny that every now and then I'd get a little bored with it and have to pause halfway through an episode and go do something else for a bit. But that doesn't happen with K-ON!!. Once I start an episode, I'm pretty much hooked.

Also, Mugi's eyebrows have annoyed me ever since I started noticing them. Gah.

 

[NeonZ]

doki doki is so far only at 12 eps and there is plenty of time for it to have episodes where the animation is greatly improved.
Smile wasn't an anime where every episode had great animation from start to finish.

I think the issue with DokiDoki is that not even the stock footage is that good looking. Smile didn't have consistent greatly animated episodes from start to finish, but all new stock footage was always really good looking. DokiDoki's animation somehow stumbles even on something really basic like that.

 

[OceanBlue]

About to post the Hataraku Maou-sama OT.

Done deal.

edit: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=544470

BOOM! Should probably be added to the list of OTs in the OP.

Too many! I can't keep track of them all. ;_;

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-15816.html

Hataraku Maou-Sama! is one of the highest in anime related products.

http://i.imgur.com/o42bLBQ.jpg[IMG]
And on the rise on Light Novel sales.
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I'm surprised! Then again, I guess Shingeki and Gargantia aren't light novel adaptations and Oreimo was already popular. Haiyore Nyaruko-san is on there too. I almost forgot it was airing this season, lol. Definitely nice that Maou-sama is getting some recognition though.

 

[Theonik]

Fixed that for you.

You have my undivided attention.

 

[Regulus Tera]

[Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R] 056

Makoto does have the biggest talent...

Poor Naru-chan. She's fallen so much from Usagi's favour ever since the latter found better friends.

Makoto and Minako got ripped off in that play. Even Ami had more things to do!

Fixed that for you.

I thought that was implied in the title of the show.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Mushibugyo 3

Jinbee is so dedicated to all his masters, really fun guy. Didnt think the antagonist would be

Spoiler

a balde mantis, thought for sure it would have been a human, why would it want gold coins?

. Koikawa has alright backstory though and epic sword skills, feels like a better take on the Zaraki Kenpachi type of character.

 

[Jintor]

Maou-sama 3

What a pity the OP is just stitched together frames. Ah well, can't wait until we get the real one in ep 5.

Lol, Maou, can't tell if completely oblivious or so meh about love he's just rolling with it.

God Asrael is so rad. Bro-tier demon general. He plays off Emilia hilariously, too.

I really like that there's a big sense that they're in... like, a society. There's lot of moving foot traffic, sounds of the city, it feels like they're in a real city environment. It's a very nice feeling for a fish-out-of-water story.

Also the music is surprisingly effective. The fucking epic theme that kicked in when Emi turned up at the cafe... definitely sounded like a boss showdown.

Jesus christ Chi's boobs are humongous. Like, ludicrous. Gotta say though she wins a lot of points from me though for not putting up with any of Emi's (from her POV) bullshit.

Holy shit. That was a big one. LOL MAOU LOLZ

 

[Novid]

There is a reason why people like cute things.

Because the darkness will make them go insane.

But truth lives in darkness. Light, in its cuteness burns everything up in the wrong way.

 

[Pooya]

There is a reason why people like cute things.

Because the darkness will make them go insane.

you know that from experience?

 

[Regulus Tera]

There is a reason why people like cute things.

Because the darkness will make them go insane.

But truth lives in darkness. Light, in its cuteness burns everything up in the wrong way.

You sound like a Baudelaire fan.

 

[cajunator]

I LOVE EVERYTHING.

 

[Milamber]

you know that from experience?

ma- ma-- ko- ko---







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