PshycoNinja
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Really? I couldn't get past that first episode.
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Spring Anime 2015 |OT| The Disappearance of YEAARRT!
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Really? I couldn't get past that first episode.
I dunno about that. It gets really obvious later on like when the purple-haired cousin shows up. An entire episode is spent talking while the camera is basically panning up and down the female characters' bodies at different angles.
They can't find anything interesting to do during their discussions other than provide fanservice or put those awful coloured filters on random shots.
AquaWateria
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This one is definitely my guilty pleasure. It has a right amount of edginess, action, and cheesiness that makes it enjoyable. It's definitely not good but it's hard to dislike a show that has a nurse destroying fodders with a machine gun, it's just hilarious.
SliceSabre
Banned
Nagato Yuki 04
Will Haruhi please fuck off?
Nanoha Vivid 03
Vivio you're supposed to take from your mother and beat the friendship into people. Not get the friendship beaten into you! You have much to learn before you'll ever be on her level! Also, Einhart is the best. I'm gonna love watching her kick ass.
Will Haruhi please fuck off?
Nanoha Vivid 03
Vivio you're supposed to take from your mother and beat the friendship into people. Not get the friendship beaten into you! You have much to learn before you'll ever be on her level! Also, Einhart is the best. I'm gonna love watching her kick ass.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Ok, on episode 5 of saekano now and im almost 99% sure that they're playing a instrumental of A lovely day by Bill Withers
I started watching it and haven't made it that far lol and those shots are glorious but that's just me. I started out at MangaGAF so I've been changed, Prison School does things to a person.
Hope you enjoyed it ! We can change Texhnolyze to something else if you didn't. lol
Soma 04
I'm still watching so I guess the show does something right. But I've to say, it's starting to get repetitive. Every episode, we have Soma cooking delicious meal against the odds and people reacting to it. New additions to the cast look entertaining enough at least.
Having to cook for an admission to dormitory in a school he already got admitted into is weird. I'm surprised he doesn't have to cook something every time he needs take a dump.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Because that'd be ridiculous.
Afterwards the shit though...he'd have all the ingredients he needs.
Usually you have to pay to live in a dorm even if you got admitted to a school, so cooking to be let in sounds pretty great.
Admiral Woofington
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I've enjoyed it in a... way I wasn't expecting when I read it's a show about samurai. As to texhnolyze I've always been planning to watch it it's just that priorities with other stuff. When I get the time I'll watch it. It's one of those shows that it seems everybody has to watch.
Regardless I'll write up something when I finish Shigurui.
I didn't need to have this particular image in my head. -_-
Well I imagine his dad took care of the money and this was just some additional exam.
I already broke the rule of 3 eps so I might as well.
It's a unique show after all.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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His dad giving him money...hahah good joke.
Lee Chaolan
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Might start new Kinmoza today
Kek. Nanoha was exactly the same in the beginning. Fate was way beyond her when they met for the first time.
MikeHattsu
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Watch Hidamari Sketch!
Lee Chaolan
Member
Is that streaming anywhere?
So how is he paying for the school ? It doesn't strike me as being publicly funded. (Not that I know much about Japanese education system.)
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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It's one of the those mysteries like why no one will ever wash their hands before cooking in this anime/manga. You just sorta accept it and stop thinking about it.
Lee Chaolan
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Eww commercials
BassForever
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F/SN UBW 16
I feel conflicted, on the one hand I am glad that Shirou acknowledge his relationship with Rin and how most people view them as an item and he basically agrees, it's refreshing to have a character acknowledge the girl he likes and his relationship with her without it being the finale. On the other hand the conversation is handled in a way that makes Rin sound more like a possession of Shirou's when she for much of the series has acted more like a mentor to him though much of the holy grail war.
Next week should seemingly be good with Lancer vs Archer
I feel conflicted, on the one hand I am glad that Shirou acknowledge his relationship with Rin and how most people view them as an item and he basically agrees, it's refreshing to have a character acknowledge the girl he likes and his relationship with her without it being the finale. On the other hand the conversation is handled in a way that makes Rin sound more like a possession of Shirou's when she for much of the series has acted more like a mentor to him though much of the holy grail war.
Next week should seemingly be good with Lancer vs Archer
If you've read the manga and are up to date with it, you might have a better reason as to why its like this,
Holy hell this strayed from the original catastrophe that was done in the 90's.
Lee Chaolan
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Thanks, yeah started watching it. Even though I watched the anime years ago, it's awesome seeing it again Live action. The actor that's GTO is pretty damn good too.
Hmm didn't see the Taiwan special on crunchy though.
Oh and I saw Time Traveler on there last week already added it to queue. xD
"Huh, I didn't knew about this site. Does it work here in Brazil?"
"Of course not". *sigh*
NaDannMaGoGo
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Mushi-shi - 01
So that was some nice, tranquil storytelling.
I heard that 'Natsume Yuujinchou' is a bit of a 'poor man's Mushi-shi' (or s.th. less negative sounding). The former lacked interesting enough stories and kind of just bored me eventually, so I put it on the backlog by around episode 8; I'll hope this one does better and the first episode definitely leaves a good taste.
So that was some nice, tranquil storytelling.
I heard that 'Natsume Yuujinchou' is a bit of a 'poor man's Mushi-shi' (or s.th. less negative sounding). The former lacked interesting enough stories and kind of just bored me eventually, so I put it on the backlog by around episode 8; I'll hope this one does better and the first episode definitely leaves a good taste.
Tamako Love Story
Ahhhhh! So adorable, how love is shown in anime. Really great film with a nice ending. I'm glad it went the way it did, though I feel a bit sad for Midori, she should have
as well. As another poster brought up, the colors here were toned down a bit from Tamako Market and I think it worked out pretty well too, a nice touch, gives a visual explanation for how difficult it can be to confess and find oneself. Love it, squee worthy stuff.
10/10
Love Mushishi, top notch anime, if you like episode 1, you'll like the rest too, all are good with great stories. Ginko is awesome.
Ahhhhh! So adorable, how love is shown in anime. Really great film with a nice ending. I'm glad it went the way it did, though I feel a bit sad for Midori, she should have
confessed
10/10
Love Mushishi, top notch anime, if you like episode 1, you'll like the rest too, all are good with great stories. Ginko is awesome.
MikeHattsu
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I just checked the link, and Hola works. Its a free extension for your browser that allows you to access sites that you normally can't. I'll be honest, I'm not 100% sure in regards to if it's discussion is allowed on GAF when it comes to streaming and such, due to legalities and all that, its all fine right?
Arslan Senki - 4
I guess not too much happened in this one, but it was very enjoyable. The characters all seem good and have solid chemistry, and Arslan showed at least a bit of backbone. I hope Arslan and Elam become BFFs sooner than later.
Probably my favourite show this season.
I guess not too much happened in this one, but it was very enjoyable. The characters all seem good and have solid chemistry, and Arslan showed at least a bit of backbone. I hope Arslan and Elam become BFFs sooner than later.
Probably my favourite show this season.
BassForever
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Rin-ne 3
As a comedy this isn't that funny, and as an action show the action isn't particularly good. The characters are really boring and while the poverty gimmick has been explained well enough this series really is weak. I'll keep watching it because it doesn't piss me off but it'll be a back burner show just due to how indifferent I feel watching it.
As a comedy this isn't that funny, and as an action show the action isn't particularly good. The characters are really boring and while the poverty gimmick has been explained well enough this series really is weak. I'll keep watching it because it doesn't piss me off but it'll be a back burner show just due to how indifferent I feel watching it.
Admiral Woofington
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I think the issue is that it really hasn't done anything for a wow factor. We have basically another variation of anime x-men. The goofy nature of the show can work in its favor and against it. And the lead isn't exactly interesting as of right now. In the most recent episode they introduced another 'evil group' they have to fight against, but they have yet to have an actual battle with the villains introduced in the intro.
So we've basically had four episodes of getting to know the side characters, Which is fine, I'm enjoying the show but it's nothing to write home about outside of the environment art.
phoenix296
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Mushishi does not lack interesting stories, I think only two episodes of the first season fell flat for me. Mushishi is very consistent in its quality but the themes may be a bit overwhelming.
Save 'N Quit
Banned
Setup episode.
Nothing much to say.
At least the Samurai thing is finally getting out of the way next time.
Nothing much to say.
At least the Samurai thing is finally getting out of the way next time.
BassForever
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Yamada and the zero witches 3
This is around where I stopped reading the manga, I liked it enough but it went on the back burner only to rot for years. Fun episode that once again has barely anything to do with the title of the series.
This is around where I stopped reading the manga, I liked it enough but it went on the back burner only to rot for years. Fun episode that once again has barely anything to do with the title of the series.
Blood Blockade Battlefront 4
I'm still enjoying this show.
I can see why people aren't enjoying it, and from my limited experience reading the manga, a lot of these flaws are from the original source. A lot of things are happening very quickly that should be very meaningful, but given the time allotted to them, they're really not. New characters have been introduced every episode, but most of them have had very little meaningful screen time. New plots that should be meaningful are thrown in with each episode and thrown aside just as quickly. Femt set a plot into motion that killed a bunch of people and nearly killed many more, then vanished from the story. Some people were smuggling humans, and then they were caught (were they?) and that's that. A dangerous drug was being smuggled that seemed to even threaten the US President or something, and an Eastern European country was trying to get nukes? And here there's a potentially-existential threat to the city in the form of hundreds of powerful vampires. A viewer might ask themselves, are we expected to take any of this seriously if it's going to be whisked to the side next episode?
For me, given the show's repeated descents into elaborate slapstick, I'm not taking any of it too seriously yet, and that's fine. I'm enjoying how unpredictable things are from episode to episode. The cast is spread wide, but their exaggerated personalities play off each other well under Matsumoto's direction. The party scene in this episode in particular is a real highlight, using time-jumps to quickly tell all these little narratives about the members of Libra. People get into supernatural danger and then get out of it with some named super moves. I don't see any deeper meaning to anything yet, and so far I don't really need it.
That said, with what seems to be the full cast of characters from the ED properly introduced in the show, and with Femt's name coming back up at the end, it seems like the plot surrounding White that had been teased to this point is going to start coming to the fore. That could provide the larger structure that the show has been lacking so far (much in the way that Kyousogiga changed as it departed from the episodic ONA deeper into its airing run), though I don't expect the show's wide tonal swings to ever really go away.
I'm still enjoying this show.
I can see why people aren't enjoying it, and from my limited experience reading the manga, a lot of these flaws are from the original source. A lot of things are happening very quickly that should be very meaningful, but given the time allotted to them, they're really not. New characters have been introduced every episode, but most of them have had very little meaningful screen time. New plots that should be meaningful are thrown in with each episode and thrown aside just as quickly. Femt set a plot into motion that killed a bunch of people and nearly killed many more, then vanished from the story. Some people were smuggling humans, and then they were caught (were they?) and that's that. A dangerous drug was being smuggled that seemed to even threaten the US President or something, and an Eastern European country was trying to get nukes? And here there's a potentially-existential threat to the city in the form of hundreds of powerful vampires. A viewer might ask themselves, are we expected to take any of this seriously if it's going to be whisked to the side next episode?
For me, given the show's repeated descents into elaborate slapstick, I'm not taking any of it too seriously yet, and that's fine. I'm enjoying how unpredictable things are from episode to episode. The cast is spread wide, but their exaggerated personalities play off each other well under Matsumoto's direction. The party scene in this episode in particular is a real highlight, using time-jumps to quickly tell all these little narratives about the members of Libra. People get into supernatural danger and then get out of it with some named super moves. I don't see any deeper meaning to anything yet, and so far I don't really need it.
I like how the super-theatrical lighting that popped up when they interrogated Leo about the red wings was revealed to have been a part of the scene the whole time. All those little idiosyncrasies keep me smiling.
That said, with what seems to be the full cast of characters from the ED properly introduced in the show, and with Femt's name coming back up at the end, it seems like the plot surrounding White that had been teased to this point is going to start coming to the fore. That could provide the larger structure that the show has been lacking so far (much in the way that Kyousogiga changed as it departed from the episodic ONA deeper into its airing run), though I don't expect the show's wide tonal swings to ever really go away.
Not washing his hands why Soma's food is so good. It adds to the flavor.
BassForever
Member
Yona of the Dawn 18 Dub
Pretty grim scene with the
which I very much enjoyed
because I hate kids it was very well done
. I'm glad to see Yona finally beginning to take some action, looks like the next episode will put all her training to the test. It's taken us almost an entire season but we're very close to bad ass warrior princess we were teased with in the first episode. The dub was once again excellent and the green dragon plays off the rest of the team really well.
Pretty grim scene with the
murdered child
Save 'N Quit
Banned
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEY PUT IT IN.
THANK YOU 8-BIT.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The TW special is listed as a different show on there for some reason. I want to imagine that maybe some TW network paid for them to produce the special, so it's owned by a different network? But I have no idea.
Ive watched some bonus episodes and omakes, trailers, things like that. Not usually commentaries though for some reason.
The bird sucks but leave Choi out of this. she is a cutie!
Excellent. I was wondering how long this marvelous show would grace us with its presence.
I will buy it no matter what the price is!!
R_thanatos
Member
Yep ... Vivio is gonna befriend a lot of people , just like her mother.
My problem is that the show want to tell a story and then it doesn't tell one.
The production values of this show beg for a story to be told and so far , it's quite in shambles.
They put that scene in ?
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEY PUT IT IN.
THANK YOU 8-BIT.
Time to watch grisaia !
Its an alright show, aside from Hestia being too overhyped and seeing her absolutely everywhere that Im sick of her character already.
Highly recommended!
astrogamer
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Princess Jellyfish
This was a really good show. It felt awkward but cute. It did a really good job to invoke emotion. It was only the main girl and the two brothers that developed but, they developed well. Tsukimi though still in her shell, was able to actually do some impressive stuff and like it. Older brother really chilled out from his introduction and the younger brother seemed to become less selfish. The other girls didn't change that much but, it sort of fit with their characters.
The op and the ed were pretty good also. The op fits in a whole bunch of references but is still a cheerful tune. I loved when the ending had a turnaround and the song started off with "love is coming back". It really solidified the happy mood at the end.
This was a really good show. It felt awkward but cute. It did a really good job to invoke emotion. It was only the main girl and the two brothers that developed but, they developed well. Tsukimi though still in her shell, was able to actually do some impressive stuff and like it. Older brother really chilled out from his introduction and the younger brother seemed to become less selfish. The other girls didn't change that much but, it sort of fit with their characters.
The op and the ed were pretty good also. The op fits in a whole bunch of references but is still a cheerful tune. I loved when the ending had a turnaround and the song started off with "love is coming back". It really solidified the happy mood at the end.
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