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Spring Anime 2016 |OT| Get a Season So Complicated
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hogan's heroes, dad's army... you can make anything light-hearted... or at least surface-level light-hearted
NaDannMaGoGo
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never got around to it, why? it's on the great list
Berserk still looks iffy. The character faces all look kinda off, like they've been simplified but it looks wrong somehow. There's this Fujiko style shading filter being applied which looks kinda bad too. In 1:25 of the trailer you can also see boobs without nipples. I sure hope this isn't an indication of what to expect from the actual show...
I remember you were asking about anime with a teacher as a protagonist, this is one of those albeit it is not what you'd call a grounded drama. It's a comedy but with very moving moments and strong themes. It's been an influential show for me.
DeadRockstar
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Want to go back and trade this for Teekyuu Season 8 somehow.
hosannainexcelsis
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It's a crime that Itagaki is allowed to do anything but Teekyuu.
nintendoman58
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Why are you weird people calling that show a "magical girl" show? Is Ghost in the Shell a cyberpunk magical girl show?
Well, the poster has a girl in a dress holding a weapon, and the PV seems to indicate that she has magical powers, so I'd say magical girl would be an apt description.
SliceSabre
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Yes.Why are you weird people calling that show a "magical girl" show? Is Ghost in the Shell a cyberpunk magical girl show?
Animation looks stiff, characters looks lifeless, and the koikelupin-esque shading is barftastic.
That's true, but I also think it's unlikely that they could successfully create a serious plot about a Magical Girl fighting in literally WWII either.
Cornbread78
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Is Arslan worth a watch in prep for season 2 starting in a couple weeks?
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I didn't get any of that from the trailer. It looks like a typical "secret military weapon" show. If the show is about magic, why would she be coming out a scifi capsule thing?
GoldCrusader
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Yes it is! It's good! Watch it! Also I recommend the dub over the sub since it was better in my opinion.
Sounds like Guilty Crown. Oh another Magical Girl show!!!!!!
Full color with very little lighting. The filter is almost used as a substitute for that and as a lousy self-shadow tool, which is done so poorly that you have to wonder if it was just sloppily applied manually. It's pretty silly, particularly when the effect is not uniform. I don't think they know what to do with the filter on detailed CG surfaces either, so you see stuff like the monsters and metallic surfaces being ignored completely. I don't know if this is better or worse but you see remedial traditional self-shadowing mixed with the filter without any real logic or technique. Confusing.
nintendoman58
Member
Uh, because maybe she can do magic and that makes her a valuable war asset?
I don't know, the way the poster looks just makes the show give me Madoka Magica vibes for some reason! >_<
hosannainexcelsis
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Why are you weird people calling that show a "magical girl" show? Is Ghost in the Shell a cyberpunk magical girl show?
True, we can't truly call it magical girl until we see a transformation scene.
You never know. Joker Game failed at creating a serious plot about World War II even without the presence of magical girls!
SliceSabre
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it is pretty magical
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Shounen Maid 4
This episode featured notably good direction, a notch above the usual in utilizing lighting and framing meaningfully. The first half in particular was pleasantly heartwarming, with a simple sincerity in portraying Madoka's outlook on the world. Moments like those feel close in spirit to the director's previous work on Yama no Susume.
This episode featured notably good direction, a notch above the usual in utilizing lighting and framing meaningfully. The first half in particular was pleasantly heartwarming, with a simple sincerity in portraying Madoka's outlook on the world. Moments like those feel close in spirit to the director's previous work on Yama no Susume.
The whole style reminds me of the Valkyria Chronicles games, but it somehow manages to look worse. I don't know. I am still happy a new Berserk anime comes though.
Maximilian Kolbe
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Oh right, damn i forget magical girl always have transformation scene.
Lalalandia
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Dammit you're right Dad's Army is basically a live action anime with old men, the daft scenarios, the one note joke supporting cast, the total lack of actual threat from the war, it's anime all the way down!
Would that make me duckrolll?
Maybe it makes you duckloll.
SliceSabre
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Sure if that's what you want.
Cornbread78
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See, she transforms..... She is a magical girl...
Yeah know, I just got over how pissed the second half of that show made me. They ruined so much by having a nonsense plot, not finishing the plot, asspull after asspull, regressive character development, regressive relationship development and did I mention complete and utter nonsense plot? It was all right there to be pretty good, then the director went on a peyote binge and forgot what world he was in and what world he was creating....
Oh, I almost forgot, the music was absolutely great for the show..
PdotMichael
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I support this anime.
That's called stripping, not transforming...
PdotMichael
Banned
We call it plot development
Cornbread78
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No, not just her clothes; look at her face, her hair, her sanity..... IT ALL changes in an instant........
SliceSabre
Banned
Lies her hair didn't get shorter.
It makes you fucktrolll.
Theonik
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To transform you must first strip. Just like to rebuild the world you must first destroy it!
Hey not cool man. You don't get to call me that.
PdotMichael
Banned
But if the witch is French then why is the title in German?
That's character developement. Get your anime memes right!
That's character developement. Get your anime memes right!
So just two l's then?
SliceSabre
Banned
I have shamed animegaf, I will commit sudoku to restore honor.
Now there's an idea for a mod.
Lalalandia
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Oh god that would be hilarious if Izette was the charging spirit of Blitzkreig. My money is 'German sounds cooler' though even if 'Izette le dernier sorciere' is still pretty cool by my reckoning (feel free to correct me actual french speakers on here).
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