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Spring Anime 2016 |OT| Get a Season So Complicated
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Cornbread78
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I'd much rather have a time skip, then build on the relationship from there with an established couple rather than build on a whole lot of nothing for entire seasons to get a confession and/or kiss in the final 2 mins of the series' existance, which is the norm.
Admiral Woofington
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The relationship of Kirito and asuna in part 1 was the only thing that kept me watching. But just because we get shit romance in general from Anime it doesn't mean we should necessarily be happy with a strong lady doing a 180 in personality.
Holy shit, this is inferno cop levels of hilarious.
My Hero Academia 4-7
Okay, so I think I understand why a lot of people are underwhelmed by this show. Its 100% the pacing and how everything in this entire season is set up for much much better arcs to come. Which is why I also think a lot of people see this season (and by extension this arc) as being "just another shounen". Because, unfortunate or not, this arc, this season kind of it the standard "get to know the main characters and see them get tested to see their baseline for later arcs" kind of arc we've seen so many times. I will agree that Katsuki is a pain in the ass and a lil too 1 dimensional for my liking. Thankfully, there are better characters who get more screen time later.
If I was watching this week by week, I'd probably like the episodes but I probably wouldn't have liked it as much as I do now. Because of the slow (but not bad by any means) pacing, I feel like this show rewards binge watching more than the standard week by week. Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed these episodes.
I do think it was a mistake to just make this 13 episodes. I mean, i'd probably be more fine if they came out and said that they were gonna adapt more, but still.
I wanna see the school tournament and Stain arcs animated so badly now!
(also: Japan is crazy if they think this adaptation is more disappointing than Ace Attorney... I mean, REALLY?!)
Okay, so I think I understand why a lot of people are underwhelmed by this show. Its 100% the pacing and how everything in this entire season is set up for much much better arcs to come. Which is why I also think a lot of people see this season (and by extension this arc) as being "just another shounen". Because, unfortunate or not, this arc, this season kind of it the standard "get to know the main characters and see them get tested to see their baseline for later arcs" kind of arc we've seen so many times. I will agree that Katsuki is a pain in the ass and a lil too 1 dimensional for my liking. Thankfully, there are better characters who get more screen time later.
If I was watching this week by week, I'd probably like the episodes but I probably wouldn't have liked it as much as I do now. Because of the slow (but not bad by any means) pacing, I feel like this show rewards binge watching more than the standard week by week. Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed these episodes.
I do think it was a mistake to just make this 13 episodes. I mean, i'd probably be more fine if they came out and said that they were gonna adapt more, but still.
I wanna see the school tournament and Stain arcs animated so badly now!
(also: Japan is crazy if they think this adaptation is more disappointing than Ace Attorney... I mean, REALLY?!)
It's likely a case of higher expectations not being met hence disappointment.
Shouldn't that be all the more reason that Ace Attorney would be top of the list
Wasn't that announced at a TGS press conference?
Edit: I don't disagree with your evaluation of the situation, though. Also, small sample sizes and all that.
manfestival
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oh so my hero academia is supposed to be 13 episodes and we are on episode 7... yeah im pretty disappointed knowing this now.
Also im really sad someone recommended the show erased to me. The first episode managed to get my attention but im not typically someone who is into these kinda shows...
Also im really sad someone recommended the show erased to me. The first episode managed to get my attention but im not typically someone who is into these kinda shows...
Both are different genres and mediums not to mention who is involved making those shows which is why different expectations, not everybody is interested in both mediums and people who read manga is higher than those who play games.
What sort of expectations could one possibly have about an anime made about a 15 year old video game? I can't imagine anyone but pre-existing fans care about it which severely limits the audience.
PshycoNinja
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Even I watched all of Endless Eight knowing what I was getting myself into. Proud to know I was strong enough to get through it.
PshycoNinja
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Im quite curious if the writer is going to change the end events in sword art online progressive.
I still need to read the books as I have the first two, but I am still working on book 6 of the normal series
.I am curious to see people's reactions when sword art online progressive starts getting an anime adaption though, since if it kept the pacing the anime does (2 books per 13 eps or so) a 26 episode series would only get through floor 4 of the dungeon
(as progressive is about rewriting sword art online, devoting a book to each floor.)peaceiscloser
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No doubt firehawk's secret youtube account.
PshycoNinja
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Code Geass: Lelouch Of The Rebellion R2 4
I just love when Lelouch plays mind games with people and is able to successfully pull something off. It's so satisfying.
That
bit at the end is more than a little worrying. He's kind of a prick now.
I just love when Lelouch plays mind games with people and is able to successfully pull something off. It's so satisfying.
That
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Lalalandia
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I get the appropriation for Kirito x Asuna in SAO through to the end of the ep 15 but after that until the Yuuki arc in SAOII she basically ceases to exist as a character. I thought the parts in SAO that focused on them deciding to try and build a life now that they were stuck complete with the max saccharine Yui stuff was great which is what made the subsequent 'fridging' of her character so damn annoying. For all of SAOII she and the rest of the side characters basically just watch the show alongside the audience while Kirito solves problems by staring at Sinon's ass. Even in the Yuuki arc she gets that because Kirito 'allows' her to by holding back on Yuuki but at least they finally thawed her character out for a bit.
phoenix296
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MM! 01
And I already want to die.
And I already want to die.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Kirito X Asuna was nice and all but that apparently went out the window when they introduce his sister and her huge boobs.
Did it sound like that? Wasn't my intention.
Yes, the manga is still ongoing.
There's nothing worse than a rushed showed. No idea why people want that for Hero Academia.
Have
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Well guess I have nothing better to do than taunt all day.
And thus our hero performed the prisyadka for the rest of their life.
The End
Have
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One day I found myself trapped in an MMO.
Well guess I have nothing better to do than taunt all day.
And thus our hero performed the prisyadka for the rest of their life.
The End
MikeHattsu
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Welcome to die
to be fair in the 2nd light novel the author out right apologizes for the fact that kirito is involved with every girl because he doesn't have the ability to write interesting stories with those females without involving kirito
I think it wouldn't be so bad if there was more confirmed. as it stands now MHA is going to be a lot like blood lad. Just enough to make people notice it but not really get anything done.
don't get me wrong I am still enjoying it, but it is going slower than expected, but everyone always seems to want the anime to rush through stuff. I remember that with shokugeki no soma and people from the start expecting it to get through the entire tournament (you know the one that will make up the likely 25 episode second season
)with MHA with such a short run it seems like a waste to pace it like it is one piece and going to go on forever. That being said I think it might be out of necessity to have a decent stopping point.
to be fair in the 2nd light novel the author out right apologizes for the fact that kirito is involved with every girl because he doesn't have the ability to write interesting stories with those females without involving kirito
Last six words are not needed.
SAO in general is plenty interesting.
I mean if it wasn't it wouldn't be a weekly topic of discussion around here
.Guess I'm lucky as I had zero hype for MHA (first I heard of it was when I was picking out shows for the OP ha ha). Also I don't watch these type of underdog stories (shounen isn't a genre, please stop using the term as such) all that often so one every so often can be refreshing. So personally I'm enjoying it and I like the pace.
SAO is the only anime I've watched that I actively think is offensive, mysogynistic garbage. Like, harem fanservice shows arent my thing but I can appreciate that it's just soft core porn so whatever. But SAO is an actual show with plot and themes, and yet it just reduces all women into either people who can't get over not being able to bang Kirito or damsels in distress. SAO's only way it knows to put women in danger is by having them go through attempted rape, because hey, rape is a bad thing that happens to women right? And yet despite this it also uses tentacle imagery which, compared with the directing, kinda makes me feel like I'm supposed to find these rape scenes sexy, and that's gross.
There, I have whined about SAO on the Internet. Truly I am living the dream.
There, I have whined about SAO on the Internet. Truly I am living the dream.
Lalalandia
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I agree, the way the show goes out of it's way to ensure we know the girls all need Kirito to achieve anything is pretty bad. Even in the Yuuki arc it's Kirito's intervention that ensures they get a run at the boss. In GGO the fact his character is very effeminate leads straight to 'creepy guys hit on Kirito' just shows he's way too reliant on sexual threat with female characters (as if face licker hadn't made that point in SAO already).
phoenix296
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If the amount of discussion a series generates was a metric for popularity, SAO is animegaf's #1.
Newtype-001
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We need more slow stuff like Grimgar yes plz Season 2 when
KenjiGlove
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Joker Game 07
Wait, so did he just take away a child at the end to raise her? That doesn't seem like a very "spy" thing to do.
Speaking about bad spy things, it's so odd that the identities of the other spies could be found out by these obvious tells. If the enemy has intel that you're the spy who "must fill in every crossword puzzle he sees" (I know right?), why are you not avoiding them like the plauge? Why are you even a spy in the first place?
Almost as dumb as having Cerberus as your codename and taking a dog with you
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Kinda fell asleep during the rest so I can't give any insight about the mystery, ending was comfy though.
Wait, so did he just take away a child at the end to raise her? That doesn't seem like a very "spy" thing to do.
Speaking about bad spy things, it's so odd that the identities of the other spies could be found out by these obvious tells. If the enemy has intel that you're the spy who "must fill in every crossword puzzle he sees" (I know right?), why are you not avoiding them like the plauge? Why are you even a spy in the first place?
Almost as dumb as having Cerberus as your codename and taking a dog with you
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Kinda fell asleep during the rest so I can't give any insight about the mystery, ending was comfy though.
Hellwarden
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Evangelion 3.33
So, I finally got around to 3.33....
fuck.
Evangelion 3.33 is bad. It's...real bad. When people say they're not looking forward to the next movie...I get it now.
FUUUUUCK.
So, I finally got around to 3.33....
fuck.
Evangelion 3.33 is bad. It's...real bad. When people say they're not looking forward to the next movie...I get it now.
FUUUUUCK.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Well... the author of the light novels passed away so...
I think this is more a case of all anime songs and anime intros being exactly the same.
The Daijobu bit is hilarious though. OKAY indeed.
I've hopped onto the Monogatari nendo train. Help.
Also, having read through most of Kizumonogatari (raw) makes me think the movies are going to have several scenes that'll be quite shocking, and a couple that might rival toothbrush Karen. Let's just say I used to not care all that much about Hanekawa, but after Kizu... wow.
God that Senjougahara nendo.
You've only begun caring about Hanekawa after Kizu? which is something I'm assuming you've started reading relatively recently - Nekomonogatari Shiro dude, that was an amazing arc. As much of a Senjougahara fan I am, I have to give credit where it's due.
There there...
Pretty much the only worthwhile scenes in 3.33 though.
SliceSabre
Banned
3.33 was okay.
Just okay.
Just okay.
Cornbread78
Member
Kare Kano ep.18
So did they or did they not? I would have to conclude they did, but.... no? Either way, pretty lame portryal.
So did they or did they not? I would have to conclude they did, but.... no? Either way, pretty lame portryal.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
It went out of the window when they decided to turn the show into some cringe harem lite.
3.33 was worth it.
names2hard4you
Member
It was bad indeed. Not sure whether I want to see the 4th movie or not. Maybe there is a reason why it hasn't come out yet.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
I look forward for the sequel. I can't wait to see how Anno getting out of this mess.
nintendoman58
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Watch as Eva 1.0 + 3.0 just turns out to be a feature-length Evangelion V.S. Godzilla film as a massive troll.
Actually wait a minute, that wouldn't be a troll, that'd be freaking awesome.
Actually wait a minute, that wouldn't be a troll, that'd be freaking awesome.
GoldCrusader
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I actually really liked 3.33 being a big fan of Kaworu and all. I still like manga Kaworu best though.
The pacing for mha is perfect you guys are crazy. Also while I'm on MHA i would like to had that the dub funimation did as of right now is sooo good.
You can't wait but Anno sure can. He's doing Shin Godzilla first because he has writer's block on Eva! Lol.
names2hard4you
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Nothing Anno comes up with for 4 will surpass the original series anyway at this stage. And I doubt he'll make it more coherent too lol. I'm probably just gonna watch it to see some Eva action and not expect too much out of it. Hopefully that way I don't get burnt.
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