KazenY2J
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Spring Anime 2015 |OT2| Euriphonium
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striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Punchline 12
eh it's okay. Definitely not uchikoshi finest work. But this show did remind me i havent play virtue last reward. So all is not lost. Oh great sakuga though, except pine vs guriko sword fight which looks goofy
eh it's okay. Definitely not uchikoshi finest work. But this show did remind me i havent play virtue last reward. So all is not lost. Oh great sakuga though, except pine vs guriko sword fight which looks goofy
Deputy Dangle
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Last I recall, the Italian run was delayed past the old Spring air date. Not quite sure when it's happening now, but it's still supposedly airing in Japan during the Fall.
Patema Inverted
After finally getting the bluray and sitting down to watch, I absolutely fell in love with this movie. Patema inverted is about a young girl named Patema who goes out exploring a forbidden zone in her world. She falls down a tunnel, ending up clinging precariously in a completely inverted world. There she meets Age, a boy attending school in a very totalitarian 1984-like society where every little thing is monitored and scrutinized. Suddenly united, both of them have to discover just what the secret is between the two worlds.
Aside from Patema being a major cutie, I really love the setup here. The sci-fi idea of reverse gravity worlds and falling up is a pretty interesting concept, and although done before in games and movies, this is perhaps the first time anime has ambitiously used this idea. The worlds are realized in beautiful detail and the animation and art is very crisp and gorgeous. I also really enjoyed the music, though certain pieces are reminiscent of something and I cant quite figure out what it is. It is very atmospheric and it makes the scenes pop.
Without going into spoiler territory, Ill just say that it can get a bit confusing sometimes, but there is a definite logic to this world and its inhabitants, and if you give this movie a watch I think you will be pleasantly surprised and fall for its charms as I did. Its a very clever movie.
After finally getting the bluray and sitting down to watch, I absolutely fell in love with this movie. Patema inverted is about a young girl named Patema who goes out exploring a forbidden zone in her world. She falls down a tunnel, ending up clinging precariously in a completely inverted world. There she meets Age, a boy attending school in a very totalitarian 1984-like society where every little thing is monitored and scrutinized. Suddenly united, both of them have to discover just what the secret is between the two worlds.
Aside from Patema being a major cutie, I really love the setup here. The sci-fi idea of reverse gravity worlds and falling up is a pretty interesting concept, and although done before in games and movies, this is perhaps the first time anime has ambitiously used this idea. The worlds are realized in beautiful detail and the animation and art is very crisp and gorgeous. I also really enjoyed the music, though certain pieces are reminiscent of something and I cant quite figure out what it is. It is very atmospheric and it makes the scenes pop.
Without going into spoiler territory, Ill just say that it can get a bit confusing sometimes, but there is a definite logic to this world and its inhabitants, and if you give this movie a watch I think you will be pleasantly surprised and fall for its charms as I did. Its a very clever movie.
I tried so hard to like this movie, the villain
was so 1 dimensional and the plot "twist" was predictable.
But I used to have a Patema avatar.
Which has similar hair and skin colour to my current one.
What does this mean?
edit: and sinon has similar hair colour too, what the hell.
It was predictable but I still loved it. Its not a particularly difficult movie to comprehend and the villain as you said doesnt have much depth to him and that possibly knocks it down a few notches, but this is more about the story than the individual characters in this case.
Honestly I think this movie could have made for a really excellent series, and I would love to explore this world in more depth and give more depth to these characters. I was thoroughly entertained for the duration of this movie.
Definitely, I really did love the movie and characters enough that I wanted more.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Ninja Slayer 11
Just when i think Ninja Slayer couldn't find a way to innovate animation industry, they did this looping animation where Ninja Slayer beat the living shit out of Dark Ninja-san 10 times using mirrored animation looping.
Alabama drop/10
Just when i think Ninja Slayer couldn't find a way to innovate animation industry, they did this looping animation where Ninja Slayer beat the living shit out of Dark Ninja-san 10 times using mirrored animation looping.
Alabama drop/10
KenjiGlove
Banned
Best fight of the season. AARGH!
Thats pretty true lol. Faint praise as it were.
Sanya was my previous avatar only replaced because...well look how cute Nazrin is!
I may go back to her picture eventually.
She really is a cutie!
Hell yes. I would loooooooove Accel World 2. Not sure if theres anything left to adapt though. It seems Kawahara is much more interested in continuing SAO
But Accel World has Kuroyukihime and that alone makes it exemplary!
I love that too and its one of the main reasons why Zachy adores Strike Witches.
I actually have a couple figures from Strike Witches, of Sanya and Perrine. I really love everything about the series.
Kancolle almost seems like it tried to emulate Strike Witches' success but ultimately the characters arent as memorable and the naval style of fighting leaves much less to the imagination than dogfighting witch girls.
Basileus777
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Huh? Season 2 was the subpar one, season 3 is when it bounced back.
Sailor Moon Mondays; Sailor Moon S: Episode 119:
Oh hey, speaking of the plot, it has finally returned in full force as the manga retcons continue to be added. This time around they finally graft the origins of the Death Busters onto the story but have revealed nothing beyond them being invaders, possibly from space. Also, the true intentions of The Outers is added, their mission, their tragic solitary mission is to stop the arrival of Sailor Saturn, guardian of Death and Rebirth and the one processioned to expunge the world of all life. They are trying to mix that in with their own Messiah of Silence invention and it works well enough but you can see the seams as well. Anyway, most of the episode plays out like any other in this mini-arc except that The Outers have regained their agency as the verification of Hotaru's identity is finally confirmed and The Outers waste no time in trying to kill her and The Inners are resolute in protecting her, but before the Sailor Civil War can actually begin Hotaru ups and teleports out and we are left waiting if she has fully awakened yet. High recommendation to watch and dear god good riddance to that mini-arc.
Oh hey, speaking of the plot, it has finally returned in full force as the manga retcons continue to be added. This time around they finally graft the origins of the Death Busters onto the story but have revealed nothing beyond them being invaders, possibly from space. Also, the true intentions of The Outers is added, their mission, their tragic solitary mission is to stop the arrival of Sailor Saturn, guardian of Death and Rebirth and the one processioned to expunge the world of all life. They are trying to mix that in with their own Messiah of Silence invention and it works well enough but you can see the seams as well. Anyway, most of the episode plays out like any other in this mini-arc except that The Outers have regained their agency as the verification of Hotaru's identity is finally confirmed and The Outers waste no time in trying to kill her and The Inners are resolute in protecting her, but before the Sailor Civil War can actually begin Hotaru ups and teleports out and we are left waiting if she has fully awakened yet. High recommendation to watch and dear god good riddance to that mini-arc.
Basileus777
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Nah, the later seasons are still pretty great comedy, even if season 1 is the best. Tadaima comes pretty close to season 1.
Except for the character designs, animation, colour palettes, music score. Not to mention the excessive fanservice. The characters in S1 weren't saints either, but I felt they were getting more and more depraved for the sake of 'comedy' the longer it went on.
Saikano 02
It feels like this is moving really quickly - the
I'd gathered that Chise is
during episode one, but the implications it could have on Shuji as well could prove to be quite a strain on their relationship.
It was kinda funny when some
It feels like this is moving really quickly - the
timeskip after the air raid meant that we didn't see a lot of the changes Chise went through with her body. She's concerned about how she's growing, but we only very briefly saw what she was like before that. Shuji's decision for them to run away also doesn't seem like the best of ideas. He even admits it himself! Given that he stopped Chise from taking down the military helicopter it also doesn't look like he has any semblance of a plan, either.
constantly being monitored
It was kinda funny when some
ballistic missiles fell out of her back. Did she make the missiles? Or were they stored inside her beforehand? Not too important really, but it did seem a little silly!
R_thanatos
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As i said , kirito is the main focus and character, 99% of the time.You should know that he's got plot armor.
I agree Season 3 was really close to season 1
Sidonia 2.12 - And thats that. A OK end. A nice bit of quiet time post battle before we sign off. And some interesting setup pieces for a third season if it happens. Really hope it does. As much as I dislike the Netflix exclusive I hope it does well there so they fund more of this. Of course the scene going back to where he started made me think that might be it.
I liked them all personally. My gripes are mostly about things not really moving forward. But I guess that's like complaining about Maggie Simpson not growing up.
Not from what I remember, been ages since I saw that though.
Good to know. I've been sitting on the Blu-ray for a while now, I'll probably watch it this week, could always use a good movie to watch.
Too true, Nazrin is really cute ~~!
So if anyone missed it or people actually read what I wrote (Lurkers included), heres what I watched this weekend.
Strike Witches
Couldn't Become A Hero
Hand Maid May
Fuujin Monogatari (Windy Tales)
Vividred Operation
Sorry if the continued format gets boring to read without an in-depth analysis for these shows (or past ones too), really enjoyed what I've seen, as you can tell.... a particular theme for this weekend ~ =)
Mitch
Banned
Dropped by my parents' place to pick up something yesterday morning, and my sister was watching Toonami/Adult Swim. The 2nd episode of Michiko & Hatchin was playing, and she said it looked cool from seeing commercials for it.
I sat there for a moment and watched a bit, and decided to pick it up. Watched the first two episodes, and got some heavy Lupin, Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo vibes.
This will keep me busy until the Summer shows start airing.
I sat there for a moment and watched a bit, and decided to pick it up. Watched the first two episodes, and got some heavy Lupin, Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo vibes.
This will keep me busy until the Summer shows start airing.
ultimatemegax
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Yeah I can understand that. I've given enough presentations where if I put down everything I wanted to say on my actual slides they would just be blocks of text
My institution has a type of software that captures the video shown on screen with the audio from a presenter so students can listen to the presentation at a later date. I was stuck on trying to think how I could acquire a copy of the software for non-academic (though kinda academic) reasons, but I think I could replicate it with recording myself via Audacity/Windows Movie Maker for a video on YouTube. That seems to be the best way IMO to provide both a reference image(s) alongside the auditory information and it'll allow you to back up and listen to something again.
I felt SAO had some good depth with neuroscience and this may allow me to cover some additional material I wouldn't have time for in an hour long presentation (I'm going through the 5 main senses, the motor functions, how the NerveGear works and where we are now with current technology, the physical problems of being stuck in SAO for so long, and VR tech's development. That doesn't even get into multisensory processing (which may be more difficult for the NerveGear than Kawahara would think), the Medicuboid (I'd like to read v7 again to ensure my information's correct, but I love the concept), the use of VR as a way to overcome phobias (for example, I'm deathly afraid of falling. This could be a way for me to experience something like skydiving without the actual risk of dying.), and the whole application use for people paralyzed to "live" again similar to what happens later on.
SAO to me is good just on the basis of a way for me personally to think "how would this work?" and "what would need to happen to make this a reality?" similar to how a lot of science is inspired by sci-fi. I just found it amusing when people bash the nonrealistic portions and I'm thinking "there's utterly no way the NerveGear works in reality as described, so I'm just in it for the ride."
NaDannMaGoGo
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Well I'll just about never give a show credits for coming up with a premise, unless it's a really clever one. Coming up with a 'good enough' premise is the easiest thing in the world. What then matters if you can actually execute on that, which is s.th. where SAO falls flat completely.
There isn't one single aspect that the Kawahara really researched or has a clue about, from technology and games to how the fuck human beings work. Is there any interesting facet to the NerveGear? There isn't really, it's the most generic, plot-abiding device that's really not anything new. This kind of virtual reality headset has been done a thousand times before.
Now there's nothing against taking about the neuroscience and the current and future possibilities of these virtual reality advancing devices, but SAO certainly doesn't earn any references to the show when doing so. If you just take it from the basic premise, fine, but while SAO is recent it's certainly far from the first.
There isn't one single aspect that the Kawahara really researched or has a clue about, from technology and games to how the fuck human beings work. Is there any interesting facet to the NerveGear? There isn't really, it's the most generic, plot-abiding device that's really not anything new. This kind of virtual reality headset has been done a thousand times before.
Now there's nothing against taking about the neuroscience and the current and future possibilities of these virtual reality advancing devices, but SAO certainly doesn't earn any references to the show when doing so. If you just take it from the basic premise, fine, but while SAO is recent it's certainly far from the first.
cm osi
Member
can i suggest you the light novels? they're fast to read and they're on a whole different level than the anime. Like, for every spoken line there are 5-6 of hachiman monologue, and most of them were cut for obvious reason. if you have time, of course.
Basileus777
Member
Yamada End
I'm actually impressed that they managed to get through ~90 chapters of the manga and not have it be butchered and end up rushed in a far worse way. This was a pretty decent adaptation. If only Yamada had ended with this arc.
I'm actually impressed that they managed to get through ~90 chapters of the manga and not have it be butchered and end up rushed in a far worse way. This was a pretty decent adaptation. If only Yamada had ended with this arc.
Dedication Through Light
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Ace of the Diamond Second Season Episode 13 Fissure
Nabe better not quit the team, we need more normal guys in positions.
Nabe better not quit the team, we need more normal guys in positions.
A lot of shows have gary stu protags. Only SAO goes full on stupid with it to this level.
This isnt counting shounen anime in which practically every protag goes gary stu.
But Kirito being a Gary stu is just one of a thousand problems with that show.
You are sooo adorable! *squeezes
I dont mind a bad show being popular. SAO juist particularly made me angry. I dont know what it was in particular about that show but it set me off.
hey bill how do you feel about this vr helmet tech software that we know trapped like a thousand people in a virtual world and they all like starved and shit and suffered immense psychological damage if they didn't die because if you die in the game you die for in life
SHIP IT
SHIP IT
Cornbread78
Member
I see the SAO battle still rages on, lol.
Ahahaha, I always giggle when you say this! Hehehe, thanks Cajun! *Squeeeze!*
it will rage forever
Dedication Through Light
Member
Tribe Cool Crew Episode 37
Kumo development episode was nice and great Haneru moment. His family is so hilarious.
The teamwork of TriCool was good. I think this will really challenge them for Dance Road but I pray they succeed.
Kumo development episode was nice and great Haneru moment. His family is so hilarious.
The teamwork of TriCool was good. I think this will really challenge them for Dance Road but I pray they succeed.
names2hard4you
Member
I sure hope this argument is over by the time we get the new OT lol
People just don't realize that SAO is just epic anime nonsense like many other animes. It is fine for what it is and the soundtrack and animation are good and also the waifus are fine (Sinon <3). The story bits are stupid, but who cares... I wanna see people in MMOs wreck shit and do mary sue shit.
Season 3 will have a stupid story too (I know what happens and it is lolworthy, but keeps it going in the right way), but it will be fine and people will eat it.
R_thanatos
Member
real talk :
Much of the safety tests were falsified ( people in charge of it were bribed ) . People didn't found out untill the event ( launch of SAO ) and they made the second helmet that had the real safeties in place that were intended for the project.
In before , "this wasn't explained in the anime so it doesn't count"
Meanwhile Toonami GAF is pretty unified on the matter, SAO is awful in a variety of flavors.
Saikano 03
Thank God Shuji abandoned his
Since they gave up on
though, I can't quite work out where this is going. Obviously I know that Chise
but I wonder what's actually going to happen next? Is Chise just going to keep
Maybe she'll
Thank God Shuji abandoned his
stupid running away plan. I don't really like Shuji, to be honest. His inability to think things through annoys me and I feel that it'll be the cause of a number of problems later. For instance, we are shown that Chise has developed some form of precognition when she predicts that the pager will ring a few seconds before it does. Immediately after this he goes off with the teacher he fawns over and "lies down" with her (whether or not this is implied sex I'm not sure, but they've already set a precedent for it by showing us that the two have had sex before.) This seems like an extraordinarily bad idea given that Chise already suspects that something's up with him, even more so that she may be able to know what he's doing thanks to her newfound precognition. Chise is already emotionally unstable and is coincidentally also a war machine - it probably isn't wise to piss her off.
Since they gave up on
running away,
is probably going to die or turn into something that barely resembles her based on the opening,
going off and fighting?
kill off the teacher if she finds out that Shuji loves her too.
True that. The current arc isn't terrible, but dear god, it's no where near how good the first witch hunt arc was.
Just rewatched Spirited Away on blu-ray. Movie was much better than I remember it to be, and the HD art is just jaw dropping.
Ghibli is so good at animating goopy things and food. But man the creativity and designs in this movie are off the charts. The lovely story was just icing on the cake.
Its nice to have a truly magical experience like this time to time. Just feel so good right now.
Oh thats right. This came out on bluray!
I must have it ASAP!
It must look so gorgeous in HD.
This is the point at which I just put my hands up and said fuck this show.
First show I actually ragequitted.
Three men on the rails is a particularly poignant episode.
However Im kind of surprised you like this one given that it is a similar format too the episode you didnt like.
Hell yes. That ponytail is sublime.
I love this arc. It is the only two parter in the whole series but a very interesting one. Kino actually demonstrates a rarely used fighting ability and uncharacteristically disrupts the order of the land. Proving that Kino is in fact still human and will react under extreme circumstances. Though Kino was basically forced into participation in this instance.
The next episode is much more laid back but easily one of my favorites.
Cornbread78
Member
Flippin between the two threads has been a horror show and pretty damn funny at the same time...
Our pain is the entertainment of others.
Because he blatently haxed his way out in their first confrontation? Remember? The rest, eh. I'll just chalk it up to a wizard did it. Kawahara being the wizard.
R_thanatos
Member
You actually have 60 secs before your death in the game and the fact that you were revived.
Asuna died in the game but since the game "ended" , she didn't die irl.
Kirito did use "willpower" to do a double-ko. It has to do with the infinte possibilities of the human brain that even the nervegear couldn't replicate. it's ambigous by the writter himself because not even him want to explain it in detail..
Asuna died in the game but since the game "ended" , she didn't die irl.
Kirito did use "willpower" to do a double-ko. It has to do with the infinte possibilities of the human brain that even the nervegear couldn't replicate. it's ambigous by the writter himself because not even him want to explain it in detail..
I am in need of a Japanese Culture Expert.
On episode 3 of Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb, Hiro is making Pepperoncini for pasta for everyone and she substituted a lot of garlic for peppers since they were out. Then Sae says "Tomorrow..." (tomorrow is when school starts again) and the numbers "9" and "1" appear on her glasses. Hiro panics and tells everyone to drink some milk.
WHAT IS THE JOKE HERE???
On episode 3 of Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb, Hiro is making Pepperoncini for pasta for everyone and she substituted a lot of garlic for peppers since they were out. Then Sae says "Tomorrow..." (tomorrow is when school starts again) and the numbers "9" and "1" appear on her glasses. Hiro panics and tells everyone to drink some milk.
WHAT IS THE JOKE HERE???
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