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[AquaWateria]

What happened with Seraph of the End? I'm not watching it, but the last I was hearing of it was that it was pretty good and that it was supposed to be the next Attack on Titan, or something. Did it start petering out after the beginning or am I just imagining that people were praising it?

Trust me no one's praising it. It may have some similarities to Attack on Titan but it's execution is pretty terrible. Might as well not waste your time unless you really want to watch a mediocre show.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

What happened with Seraph of the End? I'm not watching it, but the last I was hearing of it was that it was pretty good and that it was supposed to be the next Attack on Titan, or something. Did it start petering out after the beginning or am I just imagining that people were praising it?

Nothing happened? The manga is selling well because of the anime. Its a great adaptation, also sawano x yosh is a great musical duo.

 

[BakedYams]

Trust me no one's praising it. It may have some similarities to Attack on Titan but it's execution is pretty terrible. Might as well not waste your time unless you really want to watch a mediocre show.

aqua pls ;_;

What happened with Seraph of the End? I'm not watching it, but the last I was hearing of it was that it was pretty good and that it was supposed to be the next Attack on Titan, or something. Did it start petering out after the beginning or am I just imagining that people were praising it?

Its a great show. The animation is great, the story is starting to pick up too. Its certainly no Attack on Titan cause that show just oozed a different kind of personality from other shows, also it had a lot of action that was well thought out in some places so it worked well overall for your average anime viewer and people outside of the anime vortex. Watch Seraph of the End, I think you might like it. It also has a nice pace, not too fast and not too slow, a nice in between.

 

[Jex]

[Tomorrow's Joe] 18 - 42

It's been a long time since I posted an update on this series and that's largely because, just like sports shows today, there's still a lot of what we'd call 'down time' between major fights. As such I've tended towards marathoning chunks of episodes at a time without passing comment on them.

What makes Joe different to other sports shows, however, is the titular character himself. In your normal sports show, like Hajime no Ippo, your protagonist spends most of their spare time training. In Tomorrow's Joe, Joe spends most of his spare time...goofing off and getting in trouble. While less of an asshole than he was before his bout in prison, Joe is still a wild street kid at hear and that gets him into trouble quite often. However, this impetuous streak is what makes him far more interesting than a character, like, say Ippo, who basically just a generic good guy.

Of course, the show also has it's own distinct visual appeal, is something I have highlighted previously. Unsurprisingly, the show look at it's best when Dezaki himself storyboards an episode. Consider, for example, episode 37:

Unlike other directors, Dezaki actually uses the visuals to tell a distinct story. Considering how workmanlike the rest of the production is you really notice when a director employs actual technique such as: unusual angles, use of reflections, shadows, even basic elements of shot blocking.

I think the most interesting thing about this particular post-prison arc, from a story standpoint, has to be the character of Wolf. Wolf is a boxer that Joe must best in the ring before he can proceed to fight other, important challengers. While he starts out as just an obstacle on the path to Rikishi the show does a great job of building him up to be a legitimate threat and even goes an extra step in turning him into a real bastard. Consider this scene, where Wolf's response to children spying on his secret boxing training is to beat the children unconscious:

Now that, ladies and gentleman, is a bad guy. None of this 'sporting warrior who Joe must respect' nonsense. Wolf is a thug who needs the shit beaten out of him.

 

[Mandelbo]

Its a great show. The animation is great, the story is starting to pick up too. Its certainly no Attack on Titan cause that show just oozed a different kind of personality from other shows, also it had a lot of action that was well thought out in some places so it worked well overall for your average anime viewer and people outside of the anime vortex. Watch Seraph of the End, I think you might like it. It also has a nice pace, not too fast and not too slow, a nice in between.

Nothing happened? The manga is selling well because of the anime. Its a great adaptation, also sawano x yosh is a great musical duo.

Trust me no one's praising it. It may have some similarities to Attack on Titan but it's execution is pretty terrible. Might as well not waste your time unless you really want to watch a mediocre show.

I see - the majority of the impressions I've seen in here seemed to be pretty apathetic about it, but I guess I got the wrong idea. Probably not gonna pick it up though, I've already got more than enough to watch right now.

 

[BakedYams]

I see - the majority of the impressions I've seen in here seemed to be pretty apathetic about it, but I guess I got the wrong idea. Probably not gonna pick it up though, I've already got more than enough to watch right now.

Yeah, at first I was really disappointed with the show since the intro seemed promising with action (even though it wasn't filled with it and the battle sequences are really lacking) but the story is actually a pretty decent run of the mill shonen.

 

[cajunator]

Anime production committees misrepresenting a show in merchandising in the hopes of making more money selling character goods to otaku? I've never, even heard of a such a thing happening before.

This is so common now I wonder why anybody is actually bothered by it.

Yūhei Murota, Love Live!’s character designer drew today’s Yamada-kun and the 7 Witches endcard.



By Miki Yoshikawa, Yamada-kun manga's author.

hhhhhnnnnnnnnggg

 

[sonicmj1]

Blood Blockade Battlefront 7

So Klaus is not only the best human Demon Chess player in the world, he's also probably the strongest human hand-to-hand brawler in the world? Geez, guy.

I see how they're setting things up for some kind of endgame, but this was a pretty boring episode for the most part. There was never really any kind of tension, and the directing was unusually unremarkable given the standard the series has set.

 

[Envelope]

Stop, shinkawa was just misunderstood and misled by her confusing intentions. Currently shinkawa is second best SAO male animated.

So she was asking for it? :^)

Poor lil' shinkawa and his misunderstood rapey-ness~

Would you say he was adorably misunderstood and misled? :^)

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Show by Rock 07

Rom is the best.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Simoun 16 They attempted to do that one thing from the first episode again and failed yet again. Don't think they are dead though.
Grisaia no Rakuen 05 And now starts the journey to get him out of prison. The

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Sci-fi

shit starts now! Also felt like a bunch of CG shots the episode.
and they got in some dirty jokes

Yamada-kun 06 Alright

Those can't be CR subs, can they? They tend to shy away from vulgarities in their subs, I thought.

 

[Angry Grimace]

So she was asking for it? :^)

Poor lil' shinkawa and his misunderstood rapey-ness~

Would you say he was adorably misunderstood and misled? :^)

I'm not sure which DTL take is more insane: Shinikawa's rapey-ness was a misunderstanding or Shinji Matou's rapey-ness just being him bringing some levity to the proceedings.

 

[Thoraxes]

.

Yūhei Murota, Love Live!’s character designer drew today’s Yamada-kun and the 7 Witches endcard.

By Miki Yoshikawa, Yamada-kun manga's author.

thanks to @Yuyucow, puple haired Maki

 

[Twin Tails]

Those can't be CR subs, can they? They tend to shy away from vulgarities in their subs, I thought.

CR subs *D*

 

[Cornbread78]

Chobits ep. 7-8
The weird just keeps coming with poor Chi. How can she

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shut down every computer around town after being touched in the crotch by the peep show guy. Then the voice in her head? WTF?

She is very cute, but Hideki needs to focus on the super cute Yumi. However, very cute moment at the end of ep.8.

 

[R_thanatos]

Not really, Seraph was advertised for the female audience considering the amount of BL overtones from merchandising and promotional posters. Too bad it's not working that well for the BD.

It seems most of the audience have fled to Kekkai Sensen for some reason looking at the BD preorders and the amount of art on Pixiv as well.

I was referencing the fact that there was 2 girls in the shower , but hey ...

Trust me no one's praising it. It may have some similarities to Attack on Titan but it's execution is pretty terrible. Might as well not waste your time unless you really want to watch a mediocre show.

NOt great , but really , the show is not "that" terrible. it's watchable, enjoyable by many ..in fact there is nothing wrong with the show or his characters..

Oh, I was under the impression things got undone. Also, what she did to Madoka she did without her consent. If you ask me that is messed up.

Nothing got undone, homura added more rules to the ones madoka wrote that's all

 

[ibyea]

Nothing got undone, homura added more rules to the ones madoka wrote that's all

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

So she was asking for it? :^)

Poor lil' shinkawa and his misunderstood rapey-ness~

Would you say he was adorably misunderstood and misled? :^)

Neither. I think Shinkawa was a great character that Kawahara unfortunately drove to doing an activity that ought to be considered noncanon, forgotten, and not used to gauge Shinkawa as a character. The fault is not with Shinkawa but with the writer. If the writer had given Shinkawa and Sinon a clarified communication dialogue tree at the fifth or sixth episode then the story could have avoided such a topic.

 

[Envelope]

I'm not sure which DTL take is more insane: Shinikawa's rapey-ness was a misunderstanding or Shinji Matou's rapey-ness just being him bringing some levity to the proceedings.

Who could resist shinji's unique brand of humor? :^)

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Yamada And The Seven Witches Episode 6

I forgot they all had a boys sleepover, too bad the charm spell wasnt active among all three.

This was pretty funny take of the chapter.

 

[names2hard4you]

Arslan 07
Damn I like where this is going, but I find this show to be a bit too slow. I wish they would get to the gist of things much quicker.

Grisaia 05
So the girls have left the school in search of Yuuji. Very ineterested in seeing where the story goes from here.

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WTF at his sister being the AI. Is this supposed to be a ploy to screw with his head, or is this forreal?! All things pointed at her being alive somewhere.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Arslan 7

Wow Kenn and Yuki Kaji doing so good as their respective characters. I wonder if Silver Mask will turn out to be a good guy someday.

Elam is my favorite fighter of the series.

 

[AquaWateria]

Arslan Senki 7

Truly a sight to behold.

I can't wait till Farangis and Gieve join Arslan's group. The pace is pretty slow but that's necessary considering it's a coming of age story. So we need the story to have a great amount of development. The good thing is that it's 2cours which will give the necessary amount of character development while expanding the story. It's nice seeing how different of a leader Arslan is compared to the king and how he's much kind hearted. Anyways it seems Kharlan is burning down Villages without any sense of remorse in order to find Arslan.

There was a decent amount of action that was enjoyable and the episode itself was good too.

 

[Twin Tails]

Simoun 19
And another one fing

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dead

.

 

[TUSR]

ive been watching this love live show

and the cg makes me want to vomit

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

ive been watching this love live show

and the cg makes me want to vomit

Watch Aikatsu

 

[TheGreatDirector]

The LN only has 10 volumes and this arc in the anime is middle of the 9th so they will probably get to the end of all the published material this season. The series is supposed to end in a couple of volumes after that, actually.

Damn, so there won't be a definitive animate end? I really hope there isn't a cliffhanger or tragic ending to this. :l

 

[names2hard4you]

Euphonium 1
Decided to give it a shot. I enjoyed it, gonna keep going! After I finish tonight's research for my summer course lol.

 

[Valkerionseven]

Cardfight Vanguard: 01-24

Only half paid attention to it since they never actually explain the rules of this damn game in the show... Guess they were going for the opposite of watch the show then get the cards. Thinking about grabbing some cards as part of my new hobby but this show did not sell me on it at all. Took 15 episodes before they sorta talked about the rules and even then I still have no clue how its actually working or how people are winning. Not to mention the million and a half obvious liberties taken with the dub. The cards look awesome irl though.

YuGiOh 5D's 01-07

Once again, no fucking clue what's going on or how these new monsters work but its an oddly watchable show so far. way more than Vanguard.

 

[victreeb3l]

That's the thing, I haven't read the LN's but I'm sure he's going through a transformation right now.

In the beginning, in S1, he saw himself as a worthless character in the story of life and got caught in this service club with Yui and Yukino. Hikigaya loathed it since he believed he had no placed he belonged too. Having depressing experiences as a child with shitty people made his outlook on life a dim one, believing no one cares for him and he has to fight his battles on his own, which is a good mentality to have but it goes to an extreme with Hikigaya, which ends up denying the attention and friendship of other people.

With that low value of self and depending on the situation, like if its better if he does it than anybody else so they don't get hurt, he plunges and sacrifices himself depending to resolve an issue.

The transformation going on right now is that he is beginning to realize that he has value and doesn't understand what that is since this is possibly the first time someone other than his sister outside his home is starting to show him he has value, which are Yui and Yukino. However, the two are doing it in different and very polarizing ways, one is showing it outwardly while the other is being obtuse about it and now believes she is worthless since Hikigaya can come up with all the solutions (which Hikigaya doesn't believe at all). Which in turn, is giving him value and worth as a member of the club in his own eyes, even though he hasn't realized it yet. Since all of them are teenagers and have difficulty portraying their honest feelings, it basically all boils down to Hikigaya being a martyr for select people when they ask for help and Yukino and Yui aren't liking that anymore since they think he is not just a useless piece of flesh (which Hiki thinks he is) but a friend and a classmate who provides great ideas and have a great time with.

Since the beginning of the club, Hikigaya didn't want to join due to his personality, same with Yukino, I don't recall why Yui joined though, possibly had no other clubs to join in (might have to rewatch S1 to remember). However, since he now is starting to feel as a functioning member of the club, its conflicting with his pride of

"not saying anything and being quiet since my opinion (not a solution to a problem) means nothing"

and Yukino see's that the only way to relieve Hiki from all this trouble is to tell him that its alright to leave the club if its too much of a hassle. Now the part that frustrated me this episode, which is a good thing cause its showing that Hiki is growing, is how he tried to reply back to Yukino's statement but didn't, showing he's just learning how to accept his new perception of life. He'll eventually break down (probably won't show it all too well, maybe just get really mad) and say his honest feelings, not what optimal for a situation, not the best for all three of them, just what he wants since now he has to put his pride aside for the sake of his two friends, Yukino and Yui. This is basically what I was thinking of when I saw the latest episode.

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Iroha is the best girl, fuck everyone else!

I definitely think Hikigaya is going to reach out for help but I dont think he will completely make a 180 from who he is, at least not anytime soon. Maybe it wont be a sappy confession (hopefully not) but he must express his feelings to Yui and Yukino and let them know how much they mean to him. Rather, Yukino and Hikigaya need to spit it out as Yui has been pretty damn vocal about how important they and the club is to her. This is why I like her so much. She has no problem just keeping it real and being honest.

His face when Yukino told him not to come anymore was hilarious. I guess he never expected to hear that. "If you were to break down, that'd be all there was to it". That line is confusing. That'd be all to what? I feel like that was a weird translation by Crunchyroll.

 

[AquaWateria]

Cardfight Vanguard: 01-24

Only half paid attention to it since they never actually explain the rules of this damn game in the show... Guess they were going for the opposite of watch the show then get the cards. Thinking about grabbing some cards as part of my new hobby but this show did not sell me on it at all. Took 15 episodes before they sorta talked about the rules and even then I still have no clue how its actually working or how people are winning. Not to mention the million and a half obvious liberties taken with the dub. The cards look awesome irl though.

YuGiOh 5D's 01-07

Once again, no fucking clue what's going on or how these new monsters work but its an oddly watchable show so far. way more than Vanguard.

5D's is arguably the best series out of the whole Yu-Gi-Oh franchise.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Cardfight Vanguard: 01-24

Only half paid attention to it since they never actually explain the rules of this damn game in the show... Guess they were going for the opposite of watch the show then get the cards. Thinking about grabbing some cards as part of my new hobby but this show did not sell me on it at all. Took 15 episodes before they sorta talked about the rules and even then I still have no clue how its actually working or how people are winning. Not to mention the million and a half obvious liberties taken with the dub. The cards look awesome irl though.

YuGiOh 5D's 01-07

Once again, no fucking clue what's going on or how these new monsters work but its an oddly watchable show so far. way more than Vanguard.

What? the dub explains vanguard pretty well with how slow paced it starts in the first season.

 

[Cornbread78]

ive been watching this love live show

and the cg makes me want to vomit

But you guys told me how horrible that show was last week, you should be embarrassed with yourself, lol...

^^^^
Edit: The post above was made in a joking manor and was done for fun (the "lol" was there, LOL)

Now everyone hold hands, watch some SAO and Cross Ange with smiles ahoy!

 

[ibyea]

But you guys told me how horrible that show was last week, you should be embarrassed with yourself, lol...

It's okay, people in AnimeGAF doing this to themselves is to be expected.

 

[BakedYams]

I definitely think Hikigaya is going to reach out for help but I dont think he will completely make a 180 from who he is, at least not anytime soon. Maybe it wont be a sappy confession (hopefully not) but he must express his feelings to Yui and Yukino and let them know how much they mean to him. Rather, Yukino and Hikigaya need to spit it out as Yui has been pretty damn vocal about how important they and the club is to her. This is why I like her so much. She has no problem just keeping it real and being honest.

His face when Yukino told him not to come anymore was hilarious. I guess he never expected to hear that. "If you were to break down, that'd be all there was to it". That line is confusing. That'd be all to what? I feel like that was a weird translation by Crunchyroll.

That is an odd translation. Wouldn't really know what they were trying to say lol and I do agree, being honest with each other near the end of the season will seal it nicely for another season.

Spoiler

That'll happen in like 2-3 years ;_;

 

[Quasar]

The LN only has 10 volumes and this arc in the anime is middle of the 9th so they will probably get to the end of all the published material this season. The series is supposed to end in a couple of volumes after that, actually.

Hopefully they use 6.5. It was a nice feelgood Christmas story. Its been interesting reading some of it lately, seeing some of the neglected characters get a fair bit more to do.

 

[UltraGunner]

Kill La Kill 15

RIP in Peace Riff Raff

Also nice on Trigger to finally use their animation budget

Sword Art Online II 06

So now it's revealed why Kirito has an effeminate body: So the guys can be added to his harem as well. Fucking swell.

 

[Midonin]

Tsukikage Ran 01-03

Looks like this show was a contemporary of Miami Guns, but its tone and intent are radically different outside of a female duo who goes on adventures. The show feels like it could be a TV drama, though it was created as an anime first. Ran is a fun heroine - she likes sake, napping and saving people. But a large part of what makes her work is her interactions with Meow - wannabe hero Chinese martial artist. I thought they'd be traveling companions, but so far it's more like they happen to be meeting each other at the same places.

The sake episode revealed the vulnerable side of Ran, and the baby episode was pretty fun, for a baby episode. It's extremely episodic, as expected for a wandering samurai show - and speaking of that, Bob's Burgers' first non-consecutive finale episode "Hawk & Chick" was really sweet - but that's not a detriment against it. The fighting animation for Ran dealing with enemies is also pretty fluid, and the OP and ED are typical of samurai works. After the tragedy of Ga-Rei, it's a nice and easy watch.

 

[Envelope]

But you guys told me how horrible that show was last week, you should be embarrassed with yourself, lol...

Tell me more about this monolithic hivemind, please

 

[Thoraxes]

But you guys told me how horrible that show was last week, you should be embarrassed with yourself, lol...

You actually listen to what the people in here tell you to watch?

You should just watch whatever you want to watch.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Damn, so there won't be a definitive animate end? I really hope there isn't a cliffhanger or tragic ending to this. :l

Well, the first series adapted basically everything that was available and this adapted everything that was published after the first one came out. It does take a couple of years in between series, but assuming it sells well, they'll probably just keep doing it the way they did the first two until the author ends the series.

 

[Puruzi]

You actually listen to what the people in here tell you to watch?

You should just watch whatever you want to watch.

pmuch.

 

[UltraGunner]

Arslan Senki 06

I don't know if it was my tv or the episode itself, but I just haf a hard time making out what was happening with how dark everything was

 

[Cornbread78]

Tell me more about this monolithic hivemind, please

Lol, no, drop your sword; I didn't say "animegaf"..

I was referring to the guys that said it was horrible the other night when I wrote "Love Live" instead of "Love Lab" all are free to watch whatever the hell they want to..

You actually listen to what the people in here tell you to watch?

You should just watch whatever you want to watch.

Obviously, the joking nature of the post appears unnoticed, my apologies everone...



Fruit of Grisaia S2 ep.5
Damn, Shit just got real. I don't like the way they bridged the episodes though. I went from that scene

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where he was supposed to shoot Oslo to him being accused of shooting up the consolation and conspiring with Oslo.

That is one way to flip a cliffhanger. ... Also, the whole

Spoiler

school dismissal happening sucks, I thought they got the financing to support the school for years after the events from S1

Now the girls

Spoiler

are setting out on a suicide mission to find Yuuji

This is going to keep getting better and better isn't it. Only problem is, didn't

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Aman promise not to go after Yuuji if he was to go away for awhile, or morn if he died? He for shadowed everything right there

bad girlfriend is bad. Also, where is JB in all of this now? Oh and the oral sex references were funny as hell and used perfectly, lol.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Mad Max Fury Road saves shitty season of anime.

Anime wasn't a mistake after all.

 

[BakedYams]

NUDISTU BEACH!

 

[SliceSabre]

Lol, no, drop your sword; I didn't say "animegaf"..

I was referring to the guys that said it was horrible the other night when I wrote "Love Live" instead of "Love Lab" all are free to watch whatever the hell they want to..



Obviously, the joking nature of the post appears unnoticed, my apologies everone...

Anime is serious business I hope you have learned your lesson not to make light of it!

 

[Passive Assassin]

Giant Robo 1

Holy shit. This is awesome. The dub is awesome.

 

[Cornbread78]

Anime is serious business I hope you have learned your lesson not to make light of it!

Yes, long live Love Live! I shall add it to my MAL now and watch both seasons on Crunchyroll to further my enlightenment.

 

[AquaWateria]

Mad Max Fury Road saves shitty season of anime.

Anime wasn't a mistake after all.

What's there to save, the season is pretty good especially compared to last season.

Kekkai Sensen, Arslan Senki, and Gintama saving this season for me.