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Spring Anime 2016 |OT| Get a Season So Complicated
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Asterisk 22
So much foreshadowing for what's next this episode... I hope it gets another season someday.
Ended up watching them anyways. Yeah they didn't add much
. I'll check out the Anzio one next and then on to the movie!
So much foreshadowing for what's next this episode... I hope it gets another season someday.
Ended up watching them anyways. Yeah they didn't add much
. I'll check out the Anzio one next and then on to the movie!About the new KIZNAIVER episode, I've never watched an episode of anything that made my favorite character become my one of my least favorite character in the span of 22 minutes. Fuck Tenga, he's a hypocrite who's overprotective of Chidori (not Kacchon's fault that she has a nervous breakdown every time he interacts with Sonozaki) and is also a hypocrite as pointed out by Yuta. Plus, I got the feeling he was just beating Kacchon up out of jealously by the end of it. Hope he can bounce back because he's now my second least favorite character. Still better than Chidori though.
ThatChairMan
Member
Kiznaiver 9
Who could have thought that forced understanding of thoughts and emotions would turn out to be a bad idea?
Yuta catapulted to best boy status.
Kiznaiver is impressive because it has a gimmick premise for the purpose of generating character drama, but it actually follows through on all the rules, expectations, and consequences of that gimmick, owning it as a unique narrative point rather than just flavoring. The natural assumption given the premise of a group of people being connected emotionally by force, would be that eventually they start to hate each other because being too close to a person can reveal things which are distasteful, even if the person seems nice and friendly on the surface. Not only have they followed through with that in the character relations, but the same holds true for how the audience perceives the characters. The more we know about them, the less there is to like about them.
it was mentioned that it could have been possible to own the dub and would have then required tv tokyo to license it from them, but when all was said and done it would be about a wash and wasn't worth the extra risk.
aka something like.
could retain rights to the dub for an extra 15k.
when getting released in other regions they would likely be offered 10-20k for the dub to license it from them making it about equal, or if they skipped the dub they would just be out the money.
they didn't give out the exact details but that is how they made it sound. either way I am just happy EU will have a chance to own the series with a quality dub as well.
Dedication Through Light
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Asterisk 22
So much foreshadowing for what's next this episode... I hope it gets another season someday.
Ended up watching them anyways. Yeah they didn't add much
So few LNs get S3's, and I dont see Asterisk being big enough for an s3.
nintendoman58
Member
Interesting.
This reminds me of Kino's Journey's first episode, where Kino visits this country where an experiment happened that allowed the people there to hear each other's thoughts, thinking that they'd be able to understand each other better because of it and end pain entirely, only for the opposite to end up happening with everybody driving themselves away from each other due to feeling everyone's thoughts and inner pain, causing everyone in the country to live in seclusion.
Maybe I'll check out Kiznaiver.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Kiznaiver
You should. In the running if not the winner of best anime of the season.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Gundam Build Fighters 21
It bothers me a little how everything with the Build Strike is now coming down to the Build Knuckle, and the repeated strategy of "we'll punch our opponent until they break down under our love of Gunpla Battle" is a bit tiresome. Still, the drama with Aila this episode was pretty well handled.
It bothers me a little how everything with the Build Strike is now coming down to the Build Knuckle, and the repeated strategy of "we'll punch our opponent until they break down under our love of Gunpla Battle" is a bit tiresome. Still, the drama with Aila this episode was pretty well handled.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
So they make us wait eight years for a new season, and it's a single cour? Amazing.
AquaWateria
Member
Hmmmm I think there at least 8 volumes worth (?) of stuff to go through after the point where the original anime left off on (them going to the new HQ wasn't it).
SliceSabre
Banned
Kiznaiver 09
This is why you shouldn't fall in love with people.
This is why you shouldn't fall in love with people.
Yeah, Tenga is the worst. Seemed so selfish. The most painful scenes weren't the ones with Chidori, but Nico's. I really didn't expect that and it certainly hit hard. And Tenga kept his focus on Chidori despite all that... Just the worst!!!
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Space Patrol Luluco Season 4 ep.1
Digging the new opening.
Alpha Omega Nova: Hail Blackholeian
Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou 8
This show soundtrack rulez.
Digging the new opening.
Alpha Omega Nova: Hail Blackholeian
Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou 8
This show soundtrack rulez.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Five minute full CG episodes from Toei. Hiroyuki Sawano composes.
Kiznaiver - 9
And now I've learnt how to say "It hurts" in Japanese!
I wonder how next they'll break Chidori into a million pieces, I can only imagine they'll hack the radio waves at one point when Nori and MC are out talking about their date.
Diamond is Unbreakable - 10
This episode was amazing, especially the last bit with the soap. I kept thinking
FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - 13
I think I preferred the original fight vs Greed, but that might be nostelgia distorting my memory.
And now I've learnt how to say "It hurts" in Japanese!
I wonder how next they'll break Chidori into a million pieces, I can only imagine they'll hack the radio waves at one point when Nori and MC are out talking about their date.
Diamond is Unbreakable - 10
This episode was amazing, especially the last bit with the soap. I kept thinking
Tonio was a good guy but the episode did really well to sell me on the misdirection.
FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - 13
I think I preferred the original fight vs Greed, but that might be nostelgia distorting my memory.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Toei CG would probably end up looking better than whatever it ends up actually being!
MikeHattsu
Member
Hmm... There's more work being done on new Evangelion pachinko machines each year than Evangelion 3.0+1.0
SliceSabre
Banned
I forgot how much I loved slices of raw Okada.
Hellwarden
Member
Kiznaiver Episode 9
Some studios just want to watch the shipping world burn.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Shipping will heal them.
Kiznaiver 09
Finally Tenga. This episode was amazing. They are finally getting to see what each of them really feels and consequently know them better.
What Nori did to Nico was savage and while Yuta did have a bit of a point with Tenga the situation is not the same. Yes Tenga is not the selfless person he seemed to be and he can act selfish for Chidori, but he's not like Katsuhira at all. Tenga did not know about Nico's affection for him, even the show kept it subtle at best, and when he found his final stance was what to say to her. Compare this to Katsuhira, who Chidori was been affectionate with for years and explicitly laid out her feelings for him and yet he continues to act like nothing has happened and doesn't even give a response. Although, Katsuhira does have an emotion problem which seems to only fade with Nori.
Kiznaiver 09
Also wow at how cold blooded Sonozaki was.
There's something inherently comical about about a neat line of 3/4 people getting their romantic feelings ignored while at the same time ignoring the ones directed at them and it's unfortunately stopping me from being able to fully embrace, sympathize and care for their predicament no matter how good the execution of that concept was. Fortunately it was still fairly restrained until the last third of the ep. The OST was once again superb.
Also wow at how cold blooded Sonozaki was.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I feel like the ending of Kiznaiver's episode as the brutal end of a shipping war is just hilarious.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Diamond is unbreakable 10
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.
I love the direction of this episode to make Tonio looks 'MENACING' when he really is just a good chef who want to serve healthy and delicious food. Though i imagine cleaning his restaurant will be a pain in the ass. guts and blood literally spilling out.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.
I love the direction of this episode to make Tonio looks 'MENACING' when he really is just a good chef who want to serve healthy and delicious food. Though i imagine cleaning his restaurant will be a pain in the ass. guts and blood literally spilling out.
When Katsuhira asked about Chidori's feelings back in like episode 2, she responded that she used to like him, key word being used, and reset their relationship back to status quo for them. So to Katsuhira, she's a close friend that used to have a crush on him. Everything up until episode 8 could be seen as her just being close friends with him, especially due to his "lack of emotions" making him you standard oblivious MC. Yeah, she confessed last episode, and it was a dick move to leave in the middle of it, but he didn't hear any of it and was completely unaware of what she was saying due to him having epiphany about his past at that moment. Not saying that Katsuhira isn't partially guilty (running away when he was asked to protect Chidori), but I feel Tenga was totally in the wrong this episode and that the situation between him and Nico is more alike than you think. Both are boys who are interested in someone else and are not sure what to do when a girl that currently has romantic feelings for them (unbeknownst to them) runs away in tears. He forced Katsuhira, who isn't in the best emotional state himself at that moment, to chase after Chidori without knowing what to do, but when it's Tenga's turn to do the same, he doesn't do it.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
But Tenga was at least wondering how to respond to Nico.
Katsuhira is guilty for being ignorant/indecisive. He holds Chidori only when hearing what she wants, a near meaningless hug unlike his one with Nori.
Tenga is guilty for being selfish and too forceful. You can't force Katsuhira to be with Chidori and beating him to the ground was excessive.
Chidori is guilty for being selfish for not being able to accept Katsuhira's connection with Nori.
Nori right now seems bluntly manipulative but I wonder what she is planning.
Nico is the only one who I thought was shown positively (the other three didn't have much of a role).
It hurts
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
They explained exactly why Tenga beat the shit out of Katsuhira though (same as in the first couple of episodes); Katsuhira's lack of emotion makes it impossible empathize or relate to him, which causes super negative reactions. The fact that he basically didn't give a fuck about a thing Tenga REALLY cared about kind of naturally led to him reacting that way.
We can all agree that both of them are complete shit.
DeadRockstar
Member
Tanaka-kun 9
A strong showing for WcDonalds. I love that the cashier just assumed Tanaka would drop his order and she'd have to clean it up. How are there this many ways to exploit Tanaka's lethargy for humour.
Also, anyone disappointed by the lack of Miyano in this ep should check out this week's twitter anime, which is about Tanaka not responding to her texts.
A strong showing for WcDonalds. I love that the cashier just assumed Tanaka would drop his order and she'd have to clean it up. How are there this many ways to exploit Tanaka's lethargy for humour.
Also, anyone disappointed by the lack of Miyano in this ep should check out this week's twitter anime, which is about Tanaka not responding to her texts.
Now I want Nisekoi to end with every girl and Raku on the ground screaming IT HURTS while a Komi author avatar watches with a big smile on his face.
Interesting! Wasn't aware that was even an option. Seems like a lot of companies over here must pass on it, though.
Tanaka-kun is Always Listlesss 09
I feel like I might be repeating myself but this has really grown on me to an extent I absolutely would not expect considering I nearly dropped it after first two eps. And Ohta's sister looks like yet another good addition to the cast.
One thing that slightly bothers me is Rin's obsession on the point of her brother, which, while fairly restrained and used for humor only still feels a bit out of place for a show like this. But maybe it's just my trauma from having seen too many stories where that angle was plain disturbing.
That look from Ohta for the the tile card and beginning of the OP was just priceless
I feel like I might be repeating myself but this has really grown on me to an extent I absolutely would not expect considering I nearly dropped it after first two eps. And Ohta's sister looks like yet another good addition to the cast.
One thing that slightly bothers me is Rin's obsession on the point of her brother, which, while fairly restrained and used for humor only still feels a bit out of place for a show like this. But maybe it's just my trauma from having seen too many stories where that angle was plain disturbing.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Kiznaiver 09
Man is this entire project set up just to ether Chidori at every opportunity? Did she anger Hera in a past life?
How this is written by the same person who writes Maiyoga is beyond me. Wtf is Okada.
lucky you
Man is this entire project set up just to ether Chidori at every opportunity? Did she anger Hera in a past life?
How this is written by the same person who writes Maiyoga is beyond me. Wtf is Okada.
Kobayashi.
Okada is like a strong Vodka. Good in moderation and even mixed with other things, but too much of it can rot your
Incidentally, watching BRS TV is like downing an entire bottle.
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