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Spring Anime 2016 |OT| Get a Season So Complicated
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Space Patrol Luluco
Since I made no progress on Mushishi last year, I'm doing it this year. I've got 15 episodes of the first season done, so I'm on a good pace.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Mayoiga 02
I feel let down because this episode wasn't as dumb as the first one.
Maybe I've been playing too much Zero Escape and Danganronpa lately but this feels like one of those setups. Although having 30 characters for that would be a clusterfuck
I feel let down because this episode wasn't as dumb as the first one.
Maybe I've been playing too much Zero Escape and Danganronpa lately but this feels like one of those setups. Although having 30 characters for that would be a clusterfuck
Added to the doc but didn't update the post so don't go looking for it there!!
John Blade
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No problem. Just something to remind myself to go finish those show plus show in my backlogged.
hosannainexcelsis
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You could try 12-sai. That's your fluffy shoujo option from this season. Well, there's also Shounen Maid as another shoujo manga adaptation, but I don't know if that'll be your thing.
Sibersk Esto
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Tsuda is still the director though.
Dedication Through Light
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The Lost Village Episode 2
Wow just how close were Mitsumune and Speedstar for people to clear see them as dating each other and then to even come on this trip together, definitely more than friends confirmed canonically.
I wonder what super natural beast is assaulting this village.
Wow just how close were Mitsumune and Speedstar for people to clear see them as dating each other and then to even come on this trip together, definitely more than friends confirmed canonically.
I wonder what super natural beast is assaulting this village.
And Yuuta Takamura and Toshiyuki Kato are the Chief and Series Director. I suppose you could blame Kenichi Suzuki too for past seasons, but it's clear the reason this season is so much better is due to Takamura and Kato.
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Sakamoto desu ga Episode 1
Cornbread78
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Sibersk Esto
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I would say Kato after a cursory glance at his ann page
MetroidPrimeRib
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Sakamoto 01
Don't think I can say I enjoyed this. I do like the manga, but as someone said earlier that the idea is better in concept then in execution and I can't really disagree.
Don't think I can say I enjoyed this. I do like the manga, but as someone said earlier that the idea is better in concept then in execution and I can't really disagree.
hosannainexcelsis
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Given the ordering of credits and the episode credits for the first two episodes:
Episode 1: SB Tsuda, ED Takamura
Episode 2: SB/ED Kato
I think Takamura's position is more like Chief Episode Director (enshutsu) than Chief Director in the sense that he's the top guy everyone else reports to. Takamura did only episode direction and never storyboarding on the previous seasons of Jojo as well. Pretty sure the hierarchy here is Tsuda > Kato > Takamura.
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I still enjoyed it to a point of not being disappointed because we all knew what to expect from the studio.
ShinRPGamer
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Two things:
1. I do not see my name and list on your list Narag.
2. Aside from the DBZ films/OVA's (only 4 left) I've essentially made no progress (University kinda sucks like that).
Dedication Through Light
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I hope the bus driver gets a good end in The Lost Village. The characters treat him so badly unfairly.
hosannainexcelsis
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From the New World 10
Unlike episode 5, here the story actually provided a narrative justification for Yamauchi to indulge in wild surreality. This both gave Yamauchi even more license to go wild with visuals (only so much you can do when half the episode is in a cave) and made it not matter that you couldn't follow what's going on. Shun's Cantus leaking is making reality go haywire, so it makes sense for the visual presentation to go haywire as well. The deformed Subaru in particular was disturbing. I mean, it would have been nice if the couple moments of action had been a little more coherently portrayed, but it didn't really matter in the long run. Kenji Matsumoto really outdid himself with the art in this episode; as you can see from the above, it takes crazy and twisted to a new level. Pretty effective.
Unlike episode 5, here the story actually provided a narrative justification for Yamauchi to indulge in wild surreality. This both gave Yamauchi even more license to go wild with visuals (only so much you can do when half the episode is in a cave) and made it not matter that you couldn't follow what's going on. Shun's Cantus leaking is making reality go haywire, so it makes sense for the visual presentation to go haywire as well. The deformed Subaru in particular was disturbing. I mean, it would have been nice if the couple moments of action had been a little more coherently portrayed, but it didn't really matter in the long run. Kenji Matsumoto really outdid himself with the art in this episode; as you can see from the above, it takes crazy and twisted to a new level. Pretty effective.
ShinRPGamer
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I suppose I should have actually given the list when I made the initial post. My bad.
Finish watching Soul Eater
Finish watching Kekkai Sensen
Finish watching El-Hazard: The Wanderers
Knights of Sidonia S2
Summer Wars
Spice and Wolf S2
Baccano
My Neighbour Totoro
Howl's Moving Castle
Grave of the Fireflies
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Shuten Douji.
Watching all of the Dragon Ball Flims and specials (The Z ones at least)
Cornbread78
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This is more like it. I wish had these moments this spring.
Who knows, maybe Hundred and/or Asterisk will deliver a few good moments at least.
I feel that he's going to be one of the first ones to die; probably a sacrifice, considering the fact that everyone but him is way younger than him.
hosannainexcelsis
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DEEN already has AOTY on lock (with the possible exception of Sangatsu), so don't blame the studio!
BassForever
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Dammit, everyone is talking about Ushio and Tora and how good it apparently is, and I don't have the time to catch up. I was too busy watching terrible shows like Crimson Moon and shit...
*looks at most recent posts*
Or maybe I'm not missing anything.
Honestly its still really enjoyable and I've been told by manga readers the ending is amazeballs so if they're rushing some of the middle stuff to have a well paced finale I'm cool with it.
lol i went back and found the old post already. Thanks anyhow!
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Yeah. Overall I'm pretty bummed by the season. So far at least there's very little that's got me watching. Though there's a few shows I haven't got to try yet.
Hope the shoujo drought doesn't last long. Wish the josei drought would end too.
More time for manga I guess.
Basileus777
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It's Takamatsu directing a comedy from source material that's right up his alley, why focus on the studio?
This says Saturdays
This is more like it. I wish had these moments this spring.
Who knows, maybe Hundred and/or Asterisk will deliver a few good moments at least.
Netoge seems like there'll be some eventually.
hosannainexcelsis
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Dude. Just watch soap operas if you're looking for steamy romance.
Excuse me while I roll my eyes loudly.
What drought? We just had Snow White with the Red Hair, we have 12-Sai and Shounen Maid this season, and there's Hatsukoi Monster and Orange next season. As far as josei goes, we had Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu last season and we'll have it again next season.
Admiral Woofington
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As long as they make the episode feature multiple arcs, and show full swag I'm good with it. Doesn't take much to entertain me. I mean the best part of the P4G anime was the king scene, to have an entire manga/show based on that is the best.
ShinRPGamer
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NP Narag.
Guess while I'm on the subject, Which two shows/ films on the list (Barring the DBZ flims) should I start with?
There's so many stylistic changes that I would have to imagine either Tsuda is more hands-off and either Kato/Takamura are doing a lot of the heavy lifting or Kato/Takamura are captaining the ship.
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Basileus777
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Well 12-Sai is unlicensed and without any decent English translation.
It's interesting to see you in shock when I had been expecting Akito to end badly with the trajectory it was already heading in.Got up. Head still hurts badly. Feels like a full blown Akito hangover. Why did Akane do this to us. Why did Akane do this to himself...
Spice & Wolf and whichever Ghibli you want to watch first.
hosannainexcelsis
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My Neighbor Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies. Do a double-bill like was originally intended!
There's a notable stylistic change to be sure, but it's not like Tsuda is hands-off when he storyboarded the first episode and Kato did a lot of the heavy lifting on the previous seasons of Jojo (Takamura not so much). I know it's speculated that Kato is the main reason for the change, since he has the best resume out of the directors involved, but I imagine it was a group decision.
It's not about it ending "badly", it's about how much of a mess it is thematically and how confused it feels at the end with what it wanted to be at all. Bad anime is a dime a dozen, no one really cares if something is bad because most shows are disposable trash anyway. It's a lot stranger when a talented director decides to dedicated 7 years of his career in crafting an OVA for a popular franchise only to get worse and worse at it as it goes along before shitting the bed completely by trying to say things with the ending which seems in opposition with the tone of the rest of the series. It's not just bad storytelling, it's just.... why.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Got up. Head still hurts badly. Feels like a full blown Akito hangover. Why did Akane do this to us. Why did Akane do this to himself...
What did you expect from Akito
Cornbread78
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We'll see about that. I'm in that one for the comedy.
Spice & Wolf S2 is excellent.
SWAGAMOTO ep 1
I can't believe the director use the same volleyball gag 3 times not only in a episode but rather this is the 3rd time he use it in 2 other shows. Daily Lives of High School Boys and DT Ixion saga, and Sugita is involved in all 3 volleyball gags, it's getting kinda stale and overused.
Other than that, decent adapatation. Swagamoto too swag.
I can't believe the director use the same volleyball gag 3 times not only in a episode but rather this is the 3rd time he use it in 2 other shows. Daily Lives of High School Boys and DT Ixion saga, and Sugita is involved in all 3 volleyball gags, it's getting kinda stale and overused.
Other than that, decent adapatation. Swagamoto too swag.
Mayoiga 02
Yeah, nothing really happened this episode. I still feel like the whole situation with the bus driver is a bit ridiculous. He tried to kill them, then they ignored him, betrayed him, and then he got back. What.
That all said, it's a show that gets me curious. Unfortunately I found it highly unlikely that they'll really kill off those two offscreen, since the weird girl is one of them. And I want them to start dropping characters really fast so I can maybe somehow memorize some of the names of the 30+ characters, lol.
ED song is pretty great.
Yeah, nothing really happened this episode. I still feel like the whole situation with the bus driver is a bit ridiculous. He tried to kill them, then they ignored him, betrayed him, and then he got back. What.
That all said, it's a show that gets me curious. Unfortunately I found it highly unlikely that they'll really kill off those two offscreen, since the weird girl is one of them. And I want them to start dropping characters really fast so I can maybe somehow memorize some of the names of the 30+ characters, lol.
ED song is pretty great.
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