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[Thoraxes]

Didn't you give up on that noitaminA show? lol

I didn't watch all of it because I kinda just got sidetracked with work. I should probably go back and revisit/finish that.

I love the high-school concert setting like in this show a lot, mostly because it's more associated with my youth than the classical stuff is. The nostalgia is powerful lol

 

[Jintor]

Orchestras or concert bands?

sorry you're right, brass bands/concert bands

i default to orchestras because i was in one

 

[Thoraxes]

sorry you're right, brass bands/concert bands

i default to orchestras because i was in one

Oh, it's all good. I did a lot of heavy playing in both orchestra and wind ensemble/concert band!

That's neat to see it's more common there. I've probably performed on tiered podiums maybe 4-5 times ever while in a concert band setting. And that's over the course of like 17+ years.

 

[firehawk12]

I didn't watch all of it because I kinda just got sidetracked with work. I should probably go back and revisit/finish that.

I love the high-school concert setting like in this show a lot, mostly because it's more associated with my youth than the classical stuff is. The nostalgia is powerful lol

I guess that's why I liked Glee.

The problem is that this just seems so boring.

 

[TUSR]

Jarmel, id prob delete that.

 

[Jarmel]

Jarmel, id prob delete that.

Scans are only against the rules on gaming side. Or at least those are the only times I've seen it be an issue.

 

[TUSR]

Scans are only against the terms on gaming side. Or at least those are the only times I've seen it be an issue.

I figured since the art book costs money, that scans would be considered "piracy"

 

[Jarmel]

I figured since the art book costs money, that scans would be considered "piracy"

Well plenty of times people post exclusive info in articles and hell, Vito post Megami scans all the time.

 

[UltraGunner]

Sorry for double post, but it's sad news so don't want to post in my previous reply.

Cocoa Fujiwara, mangaka of Inu x Boku SS passed away
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2051314/full/

RIP, she's only 31 years old...

That's too damn young. RIP

 

[KharmaPolice]

Seraph of the End 1

Looks nice and appears to be interesting for a revenge story. I don't understand why the falling aereoplane in the first minute is cut on the Italian simulcast though.

Certainly due to the recent Germanwings airplane crash in France. But to be honest I'm surprised they went through the effort for an internet anime simulcast.

 

[Taruranto]

I'm perpetually looking for more shows to watch, and I'll pretty much hunt anything down. Definitely interested in recommendations. Fantasy with realism, stuff with a lot of detail, and character centered dramas/comedies/romances with good dialogue are probably the things I naturally look for, but one contradiction I've learned: Don't judge a cartoon by its cover. I'll watch an episode or two of anything, there are a lot of shows I love I would have skipped otherwise.

Check Princess Tutu.

 

[TUSR]

Rinne 1

Yup this is by rumiko takahashi

 

[Cornbread78]

You know guys, I think my TV viewing rights are destroyed forever. I was watching Sports Center for a couple mins before I went to bed and what pops up on the screen? A damn toothbrush commercial! I, just, can't... lol

 

[Black Hat]

Gintama 266

Anime is saved.

AOTS, AOTY, etc.

 

[Thoraxes]

GIntama S3 - 01 (266)

Alright, i'm going to go and watch this entire series from the start.

I've never seen this series before but I like it.

RIP my backlog.

 

[fertygo]

Gintama S3 - 01

Dat intro.. I don't know about the studio change ;_______;

 

[Shard]

GIntama S3 - 01 (266)

Alright, i'm going to go and watch this entire series from the start.

I've never seen this series before but I like it.

RIP my backlog.

I will probably have to wait till my next vacation before I could get the time to start cracking Gintama.

 

[Nightbird]

Gintama S3 - 01

Dat intro.. I don't know about the studio change ;_______;

Wait, hold on! What do you mean with Studio change? It's not Sunrise anymore?



Gintama° 1

Classic Gintama right off the start, this is how it should be. OP and ED are meh tough. Nothing comes close to Donten and Katoniago

 

[lonely]

I can't believe the new season of Gintama started with a reference to that crazy Japanese press conference.

 

[Vito]

Danmachi ep 2 preview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATfrTzztRr8

 

[BGBW]

What a rubbish subtitle for that Gintama OT. 'It'll do'? Gintama isn't a show that can be described as a compromise. Utter utter hogwash.

 

[firehawk12]

What a rubbish subtitle for that Gintama OT. 'It'll do'? Gintama isn't a show that can be described as a compromise. Utter utter hogwash.

Gintama has always been self-deprecating. I mean it made so many jokes about being forced to change time slots over and over again.

 

[ultimatemegax]

Wait, hold on! What do you mean with Studio change? It's not Sunrise anymore?

Bandai Namco, the principal owners of Sunrise, split some Sunrise studios off into a new organization called Bandai Namco Pictures to create a new brand oriented for kids and family than the mecha and anime otaku.

 

[Black Hat]

Bandai Namco, the principal owners of Sunrise, split some Sunrise studios off into a new organization called Bandai Namco Pictures to create a new brand oriented for kids and family than the mecha and anime otaku.

They must have had the thought that Gintama and Cross Ange under the same studio was too much.

The sheer awesomeness would have levelled Japan.

 

[SliceSabre]

Kyoukai no Rinne 01

Decent first episode. Without knowing anything about this story I feel like I already know exactly what the character dynamics will be because I've seen stories like this before, but its interesting enough so I'll keep watching.

 

[Nightbird]

Bandai Namco, the principal owners of Sunrise, split some Sunrise studios off into a new organization called Bandai Namco Pictures to create a new brand oriented for kids and family than the mecha and anime otaku.

But it's still the same staff isn't it? I mean it should be!

I wanna believe ;-;

 

[CorvoSol]

Bandai Namco, the principal owners of Sunrise, split some Sunrise studios off into a new organization called Bandai Namco Pictures to create a new brand oriented for kids and family than the mecha and anime otaku.

The only good mecha anime Sunrise has ever made were the ones they targeted to children.

 

[Sölf]

Gintama
Okay, had to laugh pretty hard before the intro even started. Anime is saved. xD

 

[ultimatemegax]

But it's still the same staff isn't it? I mean it should be!

I wanna believe ;-;

New main staff excluding character design/chief AD, but a lot of people stayed back to supervise the new staff.

 

[Basileus777]

The only good mecha anime Sunrise has ever made were the ones they targeted to children.

Is Escaflowne a children's show?

 

[Aaronrules380]

GIntama S3 - 01 (266)

Alright, i'm going to go and watch this entire series from the start.

I've never seen this series before but I like it.

RIP my backlog.

It's amazing. First 2 episodes are bad filler though. Most of the filler content is actually still amazing though, just not the first 2 eps

 

[Sölf]

It's amazing. First 2 episodes are bad filler though. Most of the filler content is actually still amazing though, just not the first 2 eps

That's true, but it still takes quite a bit of time (~20 episodes) until all important characters are introduced and the show gets finally REALLY good (starting with the Hot Pot episode).

 

[Aaronrules380]

That's true, but it still takes quite a bit of time (~20 episodes) until all important characters are introduced and the show gets finally REALLY good (starting with the Hot Pot episode).

Yeah, it does take a while to warm up. Although having been rewatching the show from the start, it gets pretty good before the hot pot episode, even if there's another jump after that. And technically you mean introduce a lot of the core case. Many, many important characters don't show up until later because of how the show is structured.

 

[jgminto]

Gintama° 1

Fantastic start to the new season. They're right back into it as if the break between seasons never happened, even though they acknowledged it multiple times in the episode. If they can keep this up, all the season needs is a Shogun episode and it's golden.

 

[Aaronrules380]

I wonder if this could actually end up being the last season of gintama for real, given that the manga is definitely wrapping up right now.

 

[Sölf]

Shogun episode

.

 

[Mitch]

I guess I'll check out Gintama after I finish Nisekoi.

 

[Nightbird]

New main staff excluding character design/chief AD, but a lot of people stayed back to supervise the new staff.

Well that's something at least. Let's hope for the best then.

Thanks for the Info!

 

[R_thanatos]

GIntama S3 - 01 (266)

Alright, i'm going to go and watch this entire series from the start.

I've never seen this series before but I like it.

RIP my backlog.

Gintama has enough praise here ! You should have done this when everyone was excited about the anime coming back !

But enjoy this, it's one of the best

 

[DiGiKerot]

They must have had the thought that Gintama and Cross Ange under the same studio was too much.

The sheer awesomeness would have levelled Japan.

It's probably more to do with shows that actually make mad bank, particularly the merchandise/game-led media-mix properties.

By which I mean Aikatsu.

 

[Narag]

The only good mecha anime Sunrise has ever made were the ones they targeted to children.

VOTOMS annihiliated

 

[DiGiKerot]

The only good mecha anime Sunrise has ever made were the ones they targeted to children.

I am pretty well certain that Xenoglossia was aimed entirely at nerds, my good sir!

 

[Crocodile]

Vito, can you not imbed those images into the thread. Just leave the links if you have to but there is no need for those images to hit you in the face when somebody opens the thread. There really is no need :/

Spoiler

The show seemed good enough to sell on its own merits without stuff like that but I guess the suits disagreed?

 

[Joe Molotov]

Meowmori, why?

 

[victreeb3l]

Leave Oi-chan-senpai alone you perverts!!!!

 

[Aureon]

While Legend of the Galactic Heroes suffered from a few idiotic plot points, none that I can recall were as bad as

Spoiler

the hero's girlfriend being tragically killed in a swimming pool by a bourgeois aristocrat's pet monster just to i) highlight how out of touch and spoiled the ruling elite were and ii) create a tenuous plot point for why Not-Yang Wen-li should get revenge.

Spoiler

"We colonized that planet, but they're at a medioeval tech level!"

 

[ZachDeKoromaru]

Those Shirobako daki covers aren't even half as fanservice heavy as some of the magazine pinups.

 

[Meesh]

Kyoukai no Rinne 01

Decent first episode. Without knowing anything about this story I feel like I already know exactly what the character dynamics will be because I've seen stories like this before, but its interesting enough so I'll keep watching.

Watched it subbed... Honestly...*sigh. I'm a huge Takahashi fan so the bar is already set high, but I feel this is going to be a series that grows on you over the course of time, episode by episode. I'll have to reserve final judgement for a little later but my initial reaction is that we've pretty much been there and done that if you know what I mean. Thankfully the concept has me intrigued, as does the plain Jane, girl next door protagonist which almost feels outta place in today's landscape of anime busty beauties. I suppose that in itself is sort of an allure. Really curious to see how the characters develop, who the villains are and what sort of obstacles will thwart the "good guys", haven't read the manga so it's all gonna be a surprise.

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

Spoiler

The show seemed good enough to sell on its own merits without stuff like that but I guess the suits disagreed?

Seriously, I just can't help but feel like a studio, publisher or whoever is ultimately responsible doesn't respects its own IP enough when they...'whore out' their characters for crap like this.

I just don't (want to) believe that Shirobako needs this kind of merchandise to be profitable or...more profitable. Y'all will tell me it's still a reasonable thing to do and worth the otaku-bucks but man, I need to wtf at this.

 

[CorvoSol]

Is Escaflowne a children's show?

Well it definitely isn't aimed at grown ass "THIS NEEDS TO BE DARKER LIKE BUBBLEGUM AD ANGEL COP OVA SERIES" people.

VOTOMS annihiliated

VOTOMs is yesterday's news. Its kid brother Layzner is the true champion.