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Spring Anime 2013 |OT-8| What could be beyond OT-8? Possibility.

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Mature

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Gurren Lagann - 7
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Huh. Wasn't very impressed by this one. That's not to say it was poorly done or anything, but I feel like it's already starting to get played out, hah. Am I in trouble? Like the whole
"Our leg got damaged critically we can't move on— Oh, hey, check it out! being manly fixed it or something. Again."
That might even be a bit harsh. It's not like I ever got bored or offended by the direction, but if it keeps going forward in that it doesn't really move forward, i'll be a bit disappointed. There's a lot of potential laid forth and I hope they come to utilize it story-wise and not just aesthetic wise.

Again, though, this is just one episode where things just felt a bit status quo. Moving on!

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Gurren Lagann - 8
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Yup, this is what I was looking for. I gotta be more careful what I wish for...
(sob)
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Regarding how this episode handled itself thematically, I thought it was damn near perfect.
We have the Team going to fight the bad guys, but before they do, Simon feels a bit mixed up about the whole thing due to blossoming feelings about Yoko. The worst case scenario that I so desperately hoped that they would not do (and didn't do) was having Simon screw everything up just because of a little bit of love sickness. That would have pained me to no end. Oppositely, they used this as a tool to lift up and show the redeeming aspect of Kamina which in turn would make his death that much sadder. It was honestly a bit heartbreaking. I could feel it coming (I even vaguely mentioned such in an earlier impression), but when it actually did happen, I wasn't exactly ready. Very tastefully done.

And, of course the cherry on top, this episode looked fabulous. The character animations were sharper, the fights had a bit of follow-able choreography to them; it was an episode that needed to look great and it did.

Now what...

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Dedication Through Light

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TTGL posts and consistently looking at the BD set...makes me want to put off my ps4 savings and instead get the BD's. :(

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Cardfight!! Vanguard Asia Circuit 93 (eng dub)

Another girl power episode to close this Ultra Rare match out. It was, as usual, pretty enjoyable and intense. Sure it pushed the super cute levels way too much (dub va makes it sound even more girly cutsey than it needs to be), but still the prize was worth it and I got to see my favorite Iron Heart Mestema! Female characters fights are often good and enjoyable in this as their personalities clashing and what not. And for Kamui, epic fight.
 
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cajunator

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Dedication Through Light said:
TTGL posts and consistently looking at the BD set...makes me want to put off my ps4 savings and instead get the BD's. :(

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Cardfight!! Vanguard Asia Circuit 93 (eng dub)

Another girl power episode to close this Ultra Rare match out. It was, as usual, pretty enjoyable and intense. Sure it pushed the super cute levels way too much (dub va makes it sound even more girly cutsey than it needs to be), but still the prize was worth it and I got to see my favorite Iron Heart Mestema! Female characters fights are often good and enjoyable in this as their personalities clashing and what not. And for Kamui, epic fight.
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ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER!
 
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Kazzy

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Huh, it was only a week ago, but I had forgotten just how early TTGL hits that shift. I've still to conclude the remaining episodes, though I will say that the pacing is consistently great. Usually I have to be in a certain moods to watch most things, but it manages to bypass that filter.
 
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Kagari

Crystal Bearer
Gargantia 04

This is probably my favorite episode of the show so far. A nice change of pace after the previous episode's disaster (imo) and some nice characterization going on between the cast. I wouldn't mind if the rest of the series was like this really.
 
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duckroll

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Mature, personal request, but could you like, use proper aspect ratio for your screenshots? It's really... distracting looking at a bunch squished screens. :(
 
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Syrinx

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Girls Bravo-End

To be very concise with this, this show was perverse and insane.

I want moar.

Best OTP: Kosame x Kirie
Best girl: Lisa
 
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KirbYuuYuu

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Pandermonogatari 1

We have Araragi in a basement for a bit, and then looking around for fun things to do.

So far it's like a lets meet back up with the old bozos for a bit. But hey, the sisters are getting more screentime.

I can at least count on Hachikuji to ensure us that an episode will have moments of creepiness, although I assume he's this way because
She is already dead
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What a way to start out on Nisemonogatari.
 
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madp

The Light of El Cantare
Kirbyguy said:
I can at least count on Hachikuji to ensure us that an episode will have moments of creepiness, although I assume he's this way because
She is already dead
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Soon you'll wonder why you gave him even this much credit.
 
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MartyStu said:
Ergo Proxy 1

This is nice, I see a lot of promise. Love the animation.

What is the consensus on this?
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It starts with a lot of promise. Then it quickly turns into the most boring anime of all time. Whatever you are thinking is promising right now, you can be sure it never happens. They don't explore it, no questions are answered, you learn nothing, no characters become interesting and you never get to see the MC naked.

Bail out whilst you still can.
 
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firehawk12

Subete no aware
wonzo said:
The problem with Chihayafuru is that it actually can make the Karuta matches engaging thanks to great pacing, use of music, and interesting character development (major and minor characters) driven by introspection during each the games. The problem is it's pretty much found itself dragging shit out again like the later parts of the first season did. It's to the point where all tension and excitement has been replaced with side-characters (literally characters sitting on the sidelines not playing at all) repeatedly stating the obvious over and over again for no fucking reason whatsoever as if it's somehow interesting in any way.

e: And I honestly couldn't care less about the romance as it's pretty much devolved to two spineless wimps pining over the most oblivious girl on the planet. At this stage the dynamic between Kana & Desktomu (and the queen & snowmaru) is far more interesting.


Sounds like a really dumb contract so you're probably right. :(

If only more adaptations followed the Polar Bear's Cafe way of almost completely disregarding the manga by picking and choosing the best things from it and just going crazy with it.
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Given that the anime people can't/won't write original material to fill in the gaps, probably the only way to make the show palatable now would be to just reduce each season to 12 episodes and have them do a season every 18-24 months to let the manga catch up. Of course, if the point of the anime is to sell the manga, it doesn't really matter all that much either way.

I had no idea that the Polar Bear Cafe adaptation just picked random parts though. It makes sense since, other than trying to keep a basic chronology, there's no real continuity to worry about between the half episodes that they do.

nintendoman58 said:
Huh, never seen that anime. Looks co-wait a minute...


Uh....

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Well this is awkward to look at...
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See, if an anime makes a reference to an another anime, it's clever and automatically funny. That's how comedy works in 2013.

(The Big Bang Theory, #1 show in America!)
 
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R_thanatos

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Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W - 04
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Never stalk in public when you're famous !

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I'm sorry ??? No i don't want to see a play with fork ..i don't want to imagine.
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Nice episode , even if it went in someplace i wasn't expecting them to.
It seems that they didn't retcon totally the previous season regarding on specialist journalist now transformed in cupidon ( or so she thinks )

We also see what an extrement addiction to monster hunter can do to people , even housewives. and the monster themselves aren't "safe" from exposure , leading to some stupid moment.

Anyway , the episode was good and it seems that next week , we'll get some delicious new character and kuko develloppement.

All is right there :)
 
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Crash Station

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Gargantia 4

Still like the show. The continued culture clash + daily life on Gargantia developments make this damn interesting. It's like watching a robot learn to feel. And now, we got some more information on Ledo. Hope that goes somewhere fun.
 
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wonzo

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firehawk12 said:
Given that the anime people can't/won't write original material to fill in the gaps, probably the only way to make the show palatable now would be to just reduce each season to 12 episodes and have them do a season every 18-24 months to let the manga catch up. Of course, if the point of the anime is to sell the manga, it doesn't really matter all that much either way.
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That'd just create the problem of constant flashbacks and recaps. :(

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I had no idea that the Polar Bear Cafe adaptation just picked random parts though. It makes sense since, other than trying to keep a basic chronology, there's no real continuity to worry about between the half episodes that they do.
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From what I've seen, the manga really only focuses on Polar Bear & Panda in their day-to-day escapades and characters like Mr. Penguin, Sasako, Handa e.t.c. are rarely seen. Sounds terrible, I know.

Jarmel said:
Arjuna better not be a troll show recommendation in that it's boring.
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Boring as the absolute last word I'd use to describe Arjuna.

Syrinx said:
I'm gonna end up watching Arjuna at some point, aren't I?
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Yes.
 
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madp

The Light of El Cantare
chickdigger802 said:
mermaid 2

history is fucked.

huh.
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Watch The Laws of the Sun for more background on the Mu continent.

7Th said:
Time to ask the real questions about Arjuna: does it count as magical girl?
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Most definitely. There's a transformation, there are MotWs, there's a "mascot" who bestows magical powers in order to combat an otherworldly menace, battles largely serve as metaphors for ideological quandaries.
 
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KirbYuuYuu

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Nisemonogatari 2

More pandering to the little sisters. But we gained naked Kanbaru, I am okay with this.

But now you understand why not to open a greeting with Sexual harrassment.
 
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Chet Rippo

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Watanabe Kazuma said:
Huh, it was only a week ago, but I had forgotten just how early TTGL hits that shift. I've still to conclude the remaining episodes, though I will say that the pacing is consistently great. Usually I have to be in a certain moods to watch most things, but it manages to bypass that filter.
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Exactly.
 
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