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Spring Anime 2016 |OT| Get a Season So Complicated
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SliceSabre
Banned
Macross Δ 5
I thought the Prince was a girl the whole time.
I thought the Prince was a girl the whole time.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Yes! Sengoku Collection was a really weird and sometimes brilliant show, with incredible Studio Pablo backgrounds. It deserves attention.
Cornbread78
Member
She's the childhood friend. Why bother fighting a losing battle?. We all know how this one will end. I'm down for Chidori x Tenga....
SliceSabre
Banned
Episode 18 still depresses me
Sir Blaming
Member
Kuma Miko 5
OHKO! Rip in pieces
Natsu has a pretty dark imagination. Liked the episode though. Probably my favourite so far.
Hell yeah.I'm always team Chidori
The childhood friend is the pinnacle. The ultimate best end.
You need an iron will and the means to believe till the very end to carry this banner.
DeadRockstar
Member
Yeah I like Chidori actually. Her VA has given some great line reads, like the "kikoenai" when Katsuhira is mumbling about Sonozaki in the kitchen.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Theonik
Member
One could argue that Kurtz was 'dead' in the sense that, the person he was is gone and replaced by the Kurtz we meet in the film. Gargantia plays with a similar theme but plays it in a much more literal sense.
It kinda makes sense in that they clearly wanted to focus to be more about Ledo confronting his old ideals
It kinda makes sense in that they clearly wanted to focus to be more about Ledo confronting his old ideals
Fight me.
Cornbread78
Member
Well, it's definitely the most difficult end to achieve, lol.
Who says being on Team Chidori means she has to be with the white haired loser
Fair enough.
I said the same thing to him, lol.
Your Lie in April - Ep. 6-10
For some reason I never gave the anime the time it deserves.
Anyway, if it wasn't clear before the main theme of the series is how music affect other people.
The 2 rivals were excellent expamle of how Kousei affected them. It's also implied that one of the girls in the audience is going to be the next Emi Igawa.
My favorite part of these episodes was Kousei's development during his performance.
Not to mention that the sound and visuals are still amazing.
For some reason I never gave the anime the time it deserves.
Anyway, if it wasn't clear before the main theme of the series is how music affect other people.
The 2 rivals were excellent expamle of how Kousei affected them. It's also implied that one of the girls in the audience is going to be the next Emi Igawa.
My favorite part of these episodes was Kousei's development during his performance.
Not to mention that the sound and visuals are still amazing.
Yeah, it's a direct refference to DYRL.
Psycho-Pass The Movie
Before i start here's my stance on Urobuchi and why im happy he's back on this. I see him as the anime equivalent of Christopher Nolan. He makes generally broadly appealing shows for a wide-audience based around some high-concepts. I appreciate that he always tires to put some degree of depth into his shows, (and okay he's a bit heavy handed at times), without sacrificing a show's entertainment value.
Now i really like season one of Pyscho-Pass and i don't need to mention how much of an unmitigated shit-show season 2 was without Urobuchi. My main problem(there are a lot more) with Pyscho-Pass season 2 is as good a concept as the Sybil system is, it gets really tiresome seeing every plot point be centered around it and they had no imagination in how to put a fresh spin on it. So lets see how the movie did.
-Fresh Spin-Setting the movie in a new country with its own version of the sybil system was a great idea. While the original series the sybil system was used to portray a repressed, slightly communistic society that violently stamped out individualism, here its more about segregation and a dictatorship ruled by fear and violence. Tbh it didn't explore these concepts in too much detail, but I appreciated that they were there. And it provided a fresh perspective on a formula that was getting increasingly stale.
-Characters-I like that it almost completely disregards season 2 and Akane is not quite as "perfect" as she was then. Though i don't like that she become timid and passive in front of Kougami, that feels like a regression for her character. And Shimotsuki has even changed from the most unrealistic antagonist ever, to kind of tolerable. The only downsides are, holy shit Kougami is like Jesus in this. Plus, The movie characters are...immensely one-dimensional. So much so that they have to resort to bringing up Makishima, just to remind the audience what an actually compelling antagonist looks like.
-Action staging-Ill be honest its a bit ropey. There are some cool hand-to-hand fight scenes but the choreography is all over the place and at times it feels very weightless and floaty.
-In conclusion-The first 50 minutes is all good set-up, mix of interesting ideas and set-up. The second half, devolves into action scholk a bit too much for my liking and ive always thought the gore of what the dominators can do is completely pointless(it makes sense as an intimidation factor, but that's it. It feels like gore for the sake of having it), but i still enjoyed it. The twist in the end was pretty good and added an interesting side to the sybil system and the series ongoing theme of how the law and the individual intersect.
Overall a good return to form. Not unmissable by any means but a decent action flick with some good concepts.
Before i start here's my stance on Urobuchi and why im happy he's back on this. I see him as the anime equivalent of Christopher Nolan. He makes generally broadly appealing shows for a wide-audience based around some high-concepts. I appreciate that he always tires to put some degree of depth into his shows, (and okay he's a bit heavy handed at times), without sacrificing a show's entertainment value.
Now i really like season one of Pyscho-Pass and i don't need to mention how much of an unmitigated shit-show season 2 was without Urobuchi. My main problem(there are a lot more) with Pyscho-Pass season 2 is as good a concept as the Sybil system is, it gets really tiresome seeing every plot point be centered around it and they had no imagination in how to put a fresh spin on it. So lets see how the movie did.
-Fresh Spin-Setting the movie in a new country with its own version of the sybil system was a great idea. While the original series the sybil system was used to portray a repressed, slightly communistic society that violently stamped out individualism, here its more about segregation and a dictatorship ruled by fear and violence. Tbh it didn't explore these concepts in too much detail, but I appreciated that they were there. And it provided a fresh perspective on a formula that was getting increasingly stale.
-Characters-I like that it almost completely disregards season 2 and Akane is not quite as "perfect" as she was then. Though i don't like that she become timid and passive in front of Kougami, that feels like a regression for her character. And Shimotsuki has even changed from the most unrealistic antagonist ever, to kind of tolerable. The only downsides are, holy shit Kougami is like Jesus in this. Plus, The movie characters are...immensely one-dimensional. So much so that they have to resort to bringing up Makishima, just to remind the audience what an actually compelling antagonist looks like.
-Action staging-Ill be honest its a bit ropey. There are some cool hand-to-hand fight scenes but the choreography is all over the place and at times it feels very weightless and floaty.
-In conclusion-The first 50 minutes is all good set-up, mix of interesting ideas and set-up. The second half, devolves into action scholk a bit too much for my liking and ive always thought the gore of what the dominators can do is completely pointless(it makes sense as an intimidation factor, but that's it. It feels like gore for the sake of having it), but i still enjoyed it. The twist in the end was pretty good and added an interesting side to the sybil system and the series ongoing theme of how the law and the individual intersect.
Overall a good return to form. Not unmissable by any means but a decent action flick with some good concepts.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Yes Saiki Kusuo is getting the tv anime it deserves this summer.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...o-psi-nan-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-july/.101704
Its going to be so funny seeing my favorite chuuninjet black wing.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...o-psi-nan-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-july/.101704
Its going to be so funny seeing my favorite chuuninjet black wing.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Kumamiko 5
Tsundere
I wonder if making your kid spend a night with a bear is a good punishment (lol)
Tsundere
I wonder if making your kid spend a night with a bear is a good punishment (lol)
Because that's what makes her best witch ofc.
SliceSabre
Banned
Leave your mofu lust out of this!
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I liked the way she looked as a full dog and regular human than as a dog-girl.
Im actually annoyed they showed her human face so early. Should have cut right after everyones reaction and left it at that. Should have built that shit up.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Boku no Hero academia 5
Yeah, that was good. Bakugo still a shitty person. Need more Tsuyu
Flying witch 4
Mofu witch best witch. Still calming as ever. It's good SoL that can be safely recommended to everyone. No ecchi scene or anything.
Yeah, that was good. Bakugo still a shitty person. Need more Tsuyu
Flying witch 4
Mofu witch best witch. Still calming as ever. It's good SoL that can be safely recommended to everyone. No ecchi scene or anything.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
This is true. Kiznaiver is actually best show of the season.
What? News networks cycle through the same stories every 30 minutes or so. It was just a neat transition.
Cornbread78
Member
Kare Kano ep.14
Review episode of Arima and Yukino's "adventure" thus far.
Review episode of Arima and Yukino's "adventure" thus far.
Trigger is just saving anime yet again.
Still, for me I think Joker Game is actually the AOTS so far.
It's the one I look forward to the most. In a season where I'm watching Jojo part 4 and Ace Attorney, I never expected that.
lol, im not putting either guy on a pedestal. That comparison comes with the positive and negative aspects of both.
SliceSabre
Banned
Thank you google search.
Joe Molotov
Member
Thoraxes, pls advise.
Cornbread78
Member
Only a little more time before:
SliceSabre
Banned
J'accuse!
I mean, crazies and memesters are 99% of Platinum's fanbase too.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Haven't been posting about it in here, but I've been watching the first run of Psycho-Pass lately and I'm finally compelled to talk about it...because I'm genuinely impressed at how it is addressing just about every problem I had with it. Early on I was struggling through because it just seemed like sort of a lesser GitS-like, but all of the moral and ethical questions I had about its premise are suddenly being thrust to the forefront of the plot in a way that not only seems appropriate but almost...that that might have been the plan all along?
nintendoman58
Member
Danball Senki - 16
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Admiral Woofington
Member
Trigger has never saved Anime and everytime people post it I immediately assume they're mocking them, which is all right by me.
Yeah it's pretty great. Just don't watch season 2.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
I'm watching Giant Robo again
It's pretty freaking great
It's pretty freaking great
School Rumble - 26
This episode was one
, I don't even know anymore I know I've been trolled multiple times by one episode. That ending too, absolutely brilliant.
Great first season, definitely becomes more enjoyable as you stick with it, now to start on season 2. If I would have one compliant... It's I wish there was more Harima in some episodes!
This episode was one
big dream or a manga written by Harima or mind swaps or all three combined
Great first season, definitely becomes more enjoyable as you stick with it, now to start on season 2. If I would have one compliant... It's I wish there was more Harima in some episodes!
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