It's funny because last week some troll said that Sword of the Stranger was nothing but outside of a few great action scenes. That description is more apt for One Punch Man.
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Spring Anime 2016 |OT| Get a Season So Complicated
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It's funny because last week some troll said that Sword of the Stranger was nothing but outside of a few great action scenes. That description is more apt for One Punch Man.
hosannainexcelsis
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I intend to finish watching One Punch Man eventually. It's just not a priority.
Once it's not airing no one's going to care like most of the single cour shows we get. Anime fans have short memories.
When AOTY was founded under new management, the previous shame was all wiped clean.
Maybe you are right. I do hope you are wrong, I really want MHA to succeed.
Crash Station
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Fair enough. I don't expect you to like it much, though maybe you will after MHA considering it's like the opposite of it as far as super hero stories go.
I don't think it comes even close to some of the most well-animated fights in tv anime. I could name like 5 Naruto fights I like more, and I don't even watch Naruto!
Admiral Woofington
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It's funny because last week some troll said that Sword of the Stranger was nothing but outside of a few great action scenes. That description is more apt for One Punch Man.
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Talking with ultimatemegax, i'm quite excited not only for season 2, but also the prospect of a season 3 as well. There is going to be a lot to look forward to in Eupho over the course of the entire work.
I'm more excited about my incoming shipment of two hardcover collections of the indie comic Fatale than I am for any anime airing this season. Anime is dead.
Meanwhile please check out these awesome comics by Ed Brubaker: https://imagecomics.com/creators/view/ed-brubaker
You might know him as the writer who created The Winter Soldier, and whose work on Captain America inspired and formed the foundation of the hit blockbusters Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and the upcoming Captain America: Civil War.
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Meanwhile please check out these awesome comics by Ed Brubaker: https://imagecomics.com/creators/view/ed-brubaker
You might know him as the writer who created The Winter Soldier, and whose work on Captain America inspired and formed the foundation of the hit blockbusters Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and the upcoming Captain America: Civil War.
/shill
firehawk12
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I heart you duckroll.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
What more do you want? They shoehorned in the closure that people wanted, even though it was already implied since like the first episode. lol
Crash Station
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I got no problem with MHA being popular and I'm very happy for Horikoshi finally getting a successful series after a few cancellations (one of which had more potential than MHA imo). I just see very little that puts it above other consistent shounen series (and I've read/watched way too many of those) that to me are more worthy of that level of popularity.
Maybe if Bakugou was excised from the series, my opinion would be different. He really does bring the whole thing down.
Maybe if Bakugou was excised from the series, my opinion would be different. He really does bring the whole thing down.
Cornbread78
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I will not even try to deny that... I expected more from my man Oreki, we finally get it, then boom, it's taken right back. I think I was a little angry when I typed my reaction here, lol.
I know, but still, just do it and let it fly, not that horrible cocktease ending, lol.
Hellwarden
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It is an impressive amount isn't it?
In completely unrelated news, I thought this review on Dagashi Kashi was pretty good. It offers a bit of insight into the history of anime and candy, and how they're intertwined.
ColossalLazy
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MHA is good, but still has a long way to go to be called great. Its still a young series, after all. A lot can change for better or worse in one year or two.
Cornbread78
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Can I just say how shocked I am at all this MHA hate right now when so many here were jumping up and down like lottery winners when the show was announced...
Different people.
I'm still fairly content with the show although the slow pacing and the one cour aspect is putting a damper on it. I don't think anyone expected the anime to be going this slowly.
I take full responsibility. Sorry anime, I failed you.
I am joking in case its not clear.
Only if you retroactively disqualify Yamato 2199 for not actually being a TV series and award KLK its hard-earned win.
Pretty sure there is in the manga. Bit of a flashback implying there's more to Deku and Bakugou's relationship. Guess they skipped it in the anime for time.
hosannainexcelsis
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I don't have a problem with the concept of My Hero Academia per se, but I'm not intrinsically interested in shounen battle training schools or in American-style superheroes, so I'd need good execution to keep me engaged. At least in the first episode of the anime, that execution was not there.
Huh? I am pretty sure Bakugou is just a jerk that wants to be the best while everyone else fails. He is the embodiment of this:
Huh? I am pretty sure Bakugou is just a jerk that wants to be the best while everyone else fails. He is the embodiment of this:
I don't know what that is.
But I guarantee there's a flashback implying there's more to it!
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It was though. That was the entire point. In the year where it won, it aired on TV. Unicorn can win this year too by the same token!
There is one but there is much later in the story, I recall
it pretty much reinforces the idea that he just wants to be the very best.
nintendoman58
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The execution was definitely there in episode 2, and it was episode 3 that made me binge-read the rest of the manga.
And it was the rest of the manga that made it one of my new favourite series.
And 2202 can win next year. That way Fukui can have back to back wins!
hosannainexcelsis
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Kuromukuro 2
The character animation isn't as impressive in this episode as it was in the first, which is not too surprising. What is surprising is how good the CG mecha action is. The modeling itself pales in comparison to Orange CG mecha models in Akito and the like, but the motion is well choreographed and the movement feels weighty. Being that the lack of weight is a common criticism of CG mecha, that's pretty good. The sound effects help a lot with this too. The footsteps of the mecha, the clashing of their swords - there's a heft and wideness to these sounds that helps create the illusion of these being powerful machines capable of intense destruction.
I like a lot of the elements being set up here - the fish out of the water nature of the awoken samurai (upon seeing modern skyscrapers he exclaims "What are these giant tombstones?), his dark past of failing to protect his princess, the quirky characters such as Yukina's mom continuing to be unable to remember to bring her phone with her, the mysterious alien threat. I'm very interested in seeing where this all goes.
The character animation isn't as impressive in this episode as it was in the first, which is not too surprising. What is surprising is how good the CG mecha action is. The modeling itself pales in comparison to Orange CG mecha models in Akito and the like, but the motion is well choreographed and the movement feels weighty. Being that the lack of weight is a common criticism of CG mecha, that's pretty good. The sound effects help a lot with this too. The footsteps of the mecha, the clashing of their swords - there's a heft and wideness to these sounds that helps create the illusion of these being powerful machines capable of intense destruction.
I like a lot of the elements being set up here - the fish out of the water nature of the awoken samurai (upon seeing modern skyscrapers he exclaims "What are these giant tombstones?), his dark past of failing to protect his princess, the quirky characters such as Yukina's mom continuing to be unable to remember to bring her phone with her, the mysterious alien threat. I'm very interested in seeing where this all goes.
You are the reason why I don't listen to the haters :,)
You have my sword!
MetroidPrimeRib
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Kill la Kill winning would be 100x worse then PSG winning
Yeah fuck Kill la Kill. Hunter x Hunter was obviously the best show both of those years.
Yeah I just did a quick scan through the first few chapters and I didn't see what I was thinking of so I guess I made it up. It was some interaction contrasting the before and after of when Bakugou got his quirk. Dunno where I got that from.
I predict there's more to it than we're seeing though, otherwise Deku wouldn't be so obsessed.
hosannainexcelsis
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I'm not sure if Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou will end up in my top 5 of the year - way too early to tell that - but it is a great show, which is what really matters.
I'm watching it and it's great!
I'll be surprised if we see 2202 on tv before 2018.
ColossalLazy
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Cant wait for the Tonkatsu DJ soundtrack.
Cornbread78
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Well, if nothing else, I'very now watched more episodes of MHA than I could take of OPM, so there's that..
MetroidPrimeRib
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the main theme thing has been stuck in my head all day
is that because the mc cries every episode
hosannainexcelsis
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Have you tried breaking up with a crying lady? Its really, really hard.
I need to watch Tonkatsu DJ, it seems really enjoyable.
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