DiscoShark
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High praise, given the look of Spring I may have to check it out.
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Spring Anime 2015 |OT| The Disappearance of YEAARRT!
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High praise, given the look of Spring I may have to check it out.
santeesioux
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Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road 24
Now that's how you end a sports anime correctly! Season 3 announcement when?
Now that's how you end a sports anime correctly! Season 3 announcement when?
Rezbian Bear Storm episode 12
Ikuhara, you MAGNIFICENT BASTARD. What an ending. I did not expect that
And and we an unexpected pairing with
I guess that Kureha and Ginko
And what was
Ikuhara, you MAGNIFICENT BASTARD. What an ending. I did not expect that
Sumika was Kumilia, the yuri goddess. Maybe she knows Madokami?
twin tails and nasty bear.
ascended to some other form of existence.
Lulu at the end with her brother. Did she and he go to the same place that Ginko and Kureha are? Or was the whole anime just a story that Lulu was reading her brother?
Nadesico (Everything Else)
I still lack the full context for everything regarding this anime, but it held up pretty well for my first viewing of it. The twists at the end regarding
were pulled off smoothly enough, and the moment near the end of the series when the Jovians
was pretty powerful. Like,
. A real robot series with super robot spirit - it had a certain lightness to it that makes it feel not so much like a war story at times, while still delivering emotional moments like Ruri's entire episode. Good stuff.
I still lack the full context for everything regarding this anime, but it held up pretty well for my first viewing of it. The twists at the end regarding
time travel
end up shooting one of their own because Gekiganger has given them a black and white idea of "justice"
they basically killed Gai twice
Twin Tails
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Yuri kuma 12
Real nice ending
Real nice ending
Jex
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So now you can go watch the movie!
I'll just ignore the sarcasm and give it an honest chance. Because I plan to.
Theonik
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The parts that were finished though UNF
KharmaPolice
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Yuri Kuma 12
This ended on a really nice note. While Kureha kept saying throughout the series that her love was real, I think she only now realized what that actually entails and she finally broke her own mirror.
And while the mob is still caught in its fear and ignorance we see some hope for the future with twintails.
Unfortunately Crunchyroll decided to just not sub the last three line of the episode and instead put "missing line" in its place...
I'll have to check back later if they fix it.
This ended on a really nice note. While Kureha kept saying throughout the series that her love was real, I think she only now realized what that actually entails and she finally broke her own mirror.
And while the mob is still caught in its fear and ignorance we see some hope for the future with twintails.
Unfortunately Crunchyroll decided to just not sub the last three line of the episode and instead put "missing line" in its place...
I'll have to check back later if they fix it.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Lesbears 12 END
Yeah I'm definitely going to watch Utena and Penguindrum later. This is probably the only show I can think of that I watched where the first 3 episodes didn't deliver and then it all of the sudden became great all the way to the finish. Usually it's the exact opposite. And I liked Madoka before the third episode.
Ending was great, although
Also I got one question I don't think was resolved...
Yeah I'm definitely going to watch Utena and Penguindrum later. This is probably the only show I can think of that I watched where the first 3 episodes didn't deliver and then it all of the sudden became great all the way to the finish. Usually it's the exact opposite. And I liked Madoka before the third episode.
Ending was great, although
not sure how to feel about the Lulu and her Brother scene. I'm just gonna accept they died and it's Bear Heaven or something.
Also I got one question I don't think was resolved...
Who was the guy (I think) who put the principal in a box and clicked his heels together? Was he supposed to be important? Is this an Ikuhara thing?
Jex
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I hear only apocalyptically bad things about the movie so, good luck.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Eureka Seven - 12-16
Episode 12 and 16 have been my favorites so far. The psychedelic dream sequences are well made and intriguing. Anemone's relation to Eureka and Renton prompts some more question that didn't progress much yet but I'm curious about how all the transparticles, mechs etc. really play together.
Episode 12 and 16 have been my favorites so far. The psychedelic dream sequences are well made and intriguing. Anemone's relation to Eureka and Renton prompts some more question that didn't progress much yet but I'm curious about how all the transparticles, mechs etc. really play together.
Eureka 'Seven' does probably mean it's a model number or some other counter. Anemone may be just a different 'Eureka' and the two of them suffer from, most likely, being imperfect entities, considering the headaches and such.
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
- A 7 year old, genocidal loli sprouts out of nowhere with a plan and resources to conquer the Earth. People listen to her because of reasons and she pulls off her plan in 2 minute long invasion.
- Wu-Fei is still a demented prick.
- Decision making continues to make no sense. Trowa tries to assasinate the villain but instead of being executed he is induced into the ranks of his army, is then caught pretty much red handed sabotaging their actions yet no one gives a shit.
- Wu-Fei is still a brain damaged dick.
- People don't die when they are killed. If they are already kaput, then they rise from the dead because ... also reasons.
- Certain idiot flips from one side to the other in the space of 5 minutes.
- Loads of usual drivel about war&peace.
Edit: -Wing Zero and Duo's Gundam grew out wings because ... once again ,,, reasons. Ruined the look of both of them.
To not be so overwhelmingly negative:
+ Duo is still the best character.
+ It looks pretty good. I suppose it's par for the course in a movie but still.
+ The last 20 minutes are pretty hilarious.
+ Relena doesn't have much screen time
+ Relena resorts to physical violence against a child. RIP total pacifism. That's character development for you !
+ Crazy blond girl shows up for only 2 minutes.
+ From what I can remember, some characters get a better send off and closure than in the TV series.
Overall - good riddance. Gundam Wing is bad for your health.
Watching this so soon after Aldnoah ended might not have been a very good idea. I don't think my brain recovered enough to deal with an even more peculiar brand of insanity that is Gundam Wing. Quick and dirty:
- A 7 year old, genocidal loli sprouts out of nowhere with a plan and resources to conquer the Earth. People listen to her because of reasons and she pulls off her plan in 2 minute long invasion.
- Wu-Fei is still a demented prick.
- Decision making continues to make no sense. Trowa tries to assasinate the villain but instead of being executed he is induced into the ranks of his army, is then caught pretty much red handed sabotaging their actions yet no one gives a shit.
- Wu-Fei is still a brain damaged dick.
- People don't die when they are killed. If they are already kaput, then they rise from the dead because ... also reasons.
- Certain idiot flips from one side to the other in the space of 5 minutes.
- Loads of usual drivel about war&peace.
Edit: -Wing Zero and Duo's Gundam grew out wings because ... once again ,,, reasons. Ruined the look of both of them.
To not be so overwhelmingly negative:
+ Duo is still the best character.
+ It looks pretty good. I suppose it's par for the course in a movie but still.
+ The last 20 minutes are pretty hilarious.
+ Relena doesn't have much screen time
+ Relena resorts to physical violence against a child. RIP total pacifism. That's character development for you !
+ Crazy blond girl shows up for only 2 minutes.
+ From what I can remember, some characters get a better send off and closure than in the TV series.
Overall - good riddance. Gundam Wing is bad for your health.
I wouldn't read anything into the title.
It refers to an 'alternative ending' that never got made.
Cyberteam in Akihabara (Entire Series)
For a magical girl-esque series, only two of the girls - the lead heroine and the mysterious newcomer - ended up actually "transforming". It's more like a monster series crossed with something that resembles Evangelion - and like Utena, it involved a castle in the sky, only
but Hibari's desire to
makes sense, even if it felt kinda anticlimactic. All the conspiracy/world history stuff was an interesting angle, but it always felt disconnected from both the trio of villainesses and the Cyberteam. The moments when the villains were by themselves did cast them in a largely positive light, especially compared to Rosenkreuntz. It wasn't really anything like I was expecting it to be, but it did hold my attention. A fascinating product of its era.
For a magical girl-esque series, only two of the girls - the lead heroine and the mysterious newcomer - ended up actually "transforming". It's more like a monster series crossed with something that resembles Evangelion - and like Utena, it involved a castle in the sky, only
this one was real. I'm not sure what the deal with Takeshi was at the end,
stay behind, because Akiba at least has the possibility of change, unlike waiting things out in space with Crane
My ranking for winter 2015
1. Shirobako - I mean, duh. The ending of episode 23 cliched the number spot in my book.
2. Your Lie in April - Powerful story, no filler. Fantastic ending.
3. Yuri Kuma Arashi - Technically it's a tie with Your Lie in April, and it's spectacular ending really made up for it's sometimes unlikable characters.
4. Saekano - Megumi made this anime. Best.normal.character.ever.
5. Gourmet Girl Graffiti - Fluffy, sweet, totally likable characters.
1. Shirobako - I mean, duh. The ending of episode 23 cliched the number spot in my book.
2. Your Lie in April - Powerful story, no filler. Fantastic ending.
3. Yuri Kuma Arashi - Technically it's a tie with Your Lie in April, and it's spectacular ending really made up for it's sometimes unlikable characters.
4. Saekano - Megumi made this anime. Best.normal.character.ever.
5. Gourmet Girl Graffiti - Fluffy, sweet, totally likable characters.
nintendoman58
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Dominic X Anemone OTP.
Also, you're asking the right questions. If you're enjoying these parts then I've got a feeling that you're going to really like this show.
You might have liked it a bit more if you watched the dub.
Anyways now would be a good time to watch G Gundam.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Yurikuma Arashi 12:
Praise Ikuhara. The show completely nailed the ending. This was a very different episode than I had expected, but everything made sense to me, and the episode did a good job of doing right by both the broader themes of the show as well as the characters.
I hope that we don't have to wait another three years before we get another Ikuhara show.
Praise Ikuhara. The show completely nailed the ending. This was a very different episode than I had expected, but everything made sense to me, and the episode did a good job of doing right by both the broader themes of the show as well as the characters.
I choose to interpret the ending credits scene as Lulu being alive because she's the greatest.
I hope that we don't have to wait another three years before we get another Ikuhara show.
hosannainexcelsis
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I don't know what you mean by "adaptation factory". Most of KyoAni's work over their entire existence has been adaptations, including their best work. Munto and Tamako Market are their only completely anime-original works. I guess Free kind of counts too, since the anime serves as a sequel to the original LNs. Sound! Euphonium falls squarely in the sort of thing KyoAni has been doing all along, and will probably be better than all their shows post-Hyouka (not that that's a high bar, but still...) due to the source material if nothing else.
Cornbread78
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Yona of the Dawn Ep. 11-16
Ok, I'm getting kind of lost here in these episodes, even all the music has changed... I like orchastrated music for the opening better actually. I undersand they are building the backdrop for the rest of the story, but, just a little slow story wise.
Ok, I'm getting kind of lost here in these episodes, even all the music has changed... I like orchastrated music for the opening better actually. I undersand they are building the backdrop for the rest of the story, but, just a little slow story wise.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I mean specifically dull adaptations with little ambition beyond "sakuga". Like the jump from K-On s1 to s2, where they just went for it after they realized that they had a hit on their hands. Or even Endless Eight, which I still think is amazing after all these years.
R_thanatos
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Excellent i guess ??
lol , you shouldn't have seen school days..now your perceptions and your expectations are totally messed up.
Indeed , the orchestrated music was better ....but after a while the new music will seem harmless.
Don't get lost you're about to start an awesome arc.. You need to watch it.
Train of Midnight
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One and done
This makes firehawk sound like some sort of psychic vampire that feeds off indignation lol
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Just checking in to say nice op. Excited for this season. Last season was kind of a dud for me, only thing I really found really great was Cute High Earth Defense Club Love. So I guess that makes it my favorite show so far this year. Just skimming this thread it doesn't look like many people watched it 
The finale to this show was easily the best single episode to any show I watched this season too.
The finale to this show was easily the best single episode to any show I watched this season too.
Cornbread78
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Always looking for that twist, lol..
Oh, I will, but they need to chill on the reverse harem stuff they are approaching, lol
ZachDeKoromaru
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is this one of the white people shows he's watching?
No but it sounds chuuni enough that he'd watch it if it was anime.
Is Gundam Wing a narrative mess? Yes. Yes it totally is.
Does that matter in the face of "Your shelter is secure, is it?"
No. No it does not.
What trauma even makes a person even joke about watching that abomination?!
What are you going to do next? Try and make them watch E7 AO?!
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
The Meguca Rebellion of anime.
I like the way you think!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Who are you talking to? I like Kancolle, so perhaps you're up your own ass as well?
Perhaps writing is subjective, even though I think Saekano is a terrible indicator of the "Ready Player One-ization" of contemporary culture, so let's talk about the actual production. Kancolle uses CG and while it still looks like ass, it's not as shitty as what the animators threw out for Saekano. If you want to defend those giant meat hands banging on a keyboard or the fact that every extra at the mall has the same walk animation, then more power to you.
Haha, apparently I'm the only one who feels that way about the show, so perhaps take it with a grain of salt. lol
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I haven't watched anything Wing related in over decade because I basically consider it to be the low point of the entire franchise (at least prior to Age coming along), but isn't the plot of Endless Waltz basically "all this bad stuff couldn't be stopped because we got rid of the Gundams, but let's get rid of them again anyway at the end".
I was told Wing is okay if you don't care for the battles, but like the politics of the situation...haven't ever watched Gundam so I don't know how true that is.
The politics in Wing are horrible.
ah, I would have been interested in it if that part of it was amazingly well done.
Yeah, it basically boils down to "no one should ever fight" vs "let's have the worst war ever so no one ever wants to fight again"
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
The 'politics' of Wing consist of a bunch of characters standing around talking vapidly about 'pacifism' with absolutely no understanding of what the term actually means, what drives nations to war, what sort of people profit from war, or any other such ideas. Instead Wing just consists of 'pacifists' (who fight with the strongest weapons in the name of pacifism) vs the evil mustache twirlers. A six year old could write a war story with more nuance.
ah, such a shame. I was going to start from the beginning of the Gundam universe century timeline and watch to the end after I finished Ikkitousen. It might still be something I do, but I'll see.
(apparently Wing isn't a part of that)
astrogamer
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Yurikuma 12
Pretty well done ending. Feeling oddly similar to Penguindrum though they aren't that alike in finale. The ambiguity in the ending feels oddly satisfying even though you can't say with a gurantee, what happened to everyone. It would have definitely been better as a longer show, but it is still pretty impressive to become so good, especially since the first couple episodes were kind of poor. I should definitely rewatch this again sometime. I'll probably catch things I've missed.
Pretty well done ending. Feeling oddly similar to Penguindrum though they aren't that alike in finale. The ambiguity in the ending feels oddly satisfying even though you can't say with a gurantee, what happened to everyone. It would have definitely been better as a longer show, but it is still pretty impressive to become so good, especially since the first couple episodes were kind of poor. I should definitely rewatch this again sometime. I'll probably catch things I've missed.
Joe Molotov
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Say what you will about Gundam Wing, but Heero ripping the birthday party invitation in half, man that shit was hilarious.
Yeah, granted at that point anything besides "Dem Feddie/Zeon Scum get off/on our planet/space colonies" was a vast improvement (See G Gundam for example) but Wing over simplified the scenario and had an almost Thanatos level obsession with death to the point where "Mobile Dolls are bad because they ruin war because they're drones (...huh) and therefore the human cost of war is lessened" is like a whole small arc to itself that was in of itself very very boring.
Honestly, and I can't believe I'm saying this, Gundam 00 basically got it right; The Gundams were an actual team (Unlike the sort of vague teams of Herro/Duo & Trowa/Quatre (Can we just forget Wu Fei? He was awful and, for the longest time before the show aired in the UK I thought he was a girl), the team were genuinely considered terrorists and the lack of a Sanc Kingdom to bog affairs down made things work a lot smoother.
Just don't talk to me about Trailblazer, that goes in the bin alongside Prince of Darkness and Rebellion (More Like "Puella Magi Homura vacca", am I right?)
Moral Panic
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Trailblazer and 00 S2 are completely separate works in my mind. 00 was a great Gundam entry and the sequels being crap doesn't change that the slightest imo.
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