orange's premise doesn't inspire confidence, the stupid recent plot of the manga for food wars has put me off the series for the time being
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Spring Anime 2016 |OT2| Justice is Over!
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orange's premise doesn't inspire confidence, the stupid recent plot of the manga for food wars has put me off the series for the time being
Yeah, it's one of those cultural things about personal space that make little to no sense around here. The closest thing I can think of would be the whole "girls have cooties" mentality that was sometimes shown on western cartoons I watched as a kid, but it was always more about sharing stuff with girls somehow being gross rather than embarassing. For example, Argentine/Uruguayean 'mate' has everyone sharing the same drink using the same metal straw, which makes me think Japanese people would probably find it pretty iffy.
Of course anime is an awful place to start if you want to understand how people act in Japanese society, but it's still kind of true that the Japanese arevery particular about preserving their personal space... at least until they have to get shquished together in order to ride a train during rush hour.
nintendoman58
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It might be good! Yes it's got the typical generically cute character designs, but it's also got:
-the benefit of not being a LN adaptation.
-no male MC for the show to be a harem
-a plot that could go somewhere fun or interesting (girls live in kingdom, giant robot attacks it, who knows where it goes from there)
None of these are indicators of actual quality, but no way does it mean that the show is going to be bad by default.
ThatChairMan
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Tiger & Bunny 25 (End)
Overall, I would say I liked it, aside from a few missteps, like how Rock Bison or Fire Emblem never really got their own episodes. And the huge twist that led into the final arc with
felt pretty stupid, I really would have preferred if they found a seperate way of leading into the big bad reveal. Still, characters were charmingly fun, comedy was usually on-point, lots of generic but well-done "hero" moments, and it was nice to have a mostly adult cast.
Are the movies worth watching?
Overall, I would say I liked it, aside from a few missteps, like how Rock Bison or Fire Emblem never really got their own episodes. And the huge twist that led into the final arc with
Barnaby's memories having been fake the entire time
Are the movies worth watching?
Admiral Woofington
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Even if 91 Days ends up as an edgelord poor man's mafia story, at least I hope it goes full stupid so it turns so bad it's good. I'm hoping it's a genuinely good show though.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
How dare you, he also directed Teekyu.
Soma is getting better now
S2 wont even start to cover the garbage arc
Basileus777
Member
Now you're just reminding me of Gangsta.
Cornbread78
Member
Fullmetal Alchemist:B ep.38
Scar you prick, what was that? You leave her alone ya jackass! Still new monsters are being shown and with only so-so ability. The reaction faces when May was reunited with the boys was excellent though (see above)
When it comes to the bigger picture though, I'm still trying to figute out how they are going to prevent the mass murder at Briggs, when clearly the deck is stacked against them and there isn't a lot of places to run.
Scar you prick, what was that? You leave her alone ya jackass! Still new monsters are being shown and with only so-so ability. The reaction faces when May was reunited with the boys was excellent though (see above)
When it comes to the bigger picture though, I'm still trying to figute out how they are going to prevent the mass murder at Briggs, when clearly the deck is stacked against them and there isn't a lot of places to run.
Well, Gangsta actually wasn't bad, imo. It just... ended.
Cornbread78
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So my buddy went to Masscon? and had a meet and great with Steve Blum and git him to do a voice mail for him in the voice of Spike Speigel, from Cowboy Bebop. Pretty cool of him to do that for him.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
yer killin me
Admiral Woofington
Member
Cowboy Beadsbop
Cornbread78
Member
Have no idea. My phone froze so I had to open a new page. Dammit, my phobe is only a week old, lol.
Btw, I have never watched that cowboy show so I have no idea about the character, but I listen to his voice mail abd saw the selfie... pretty cool of the guy to do.
There, I looked it up and fixed it. I'm sorry, fight me nerds!
Admiral Woofington
Member
Not sure you'd like it. It evokes emotion without being terribly manipulative about it.
Cornbread78
Member
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I'm going to watch it, but I'll be shocked if it is anything other than a hot mess. The staff isn't very promising, and the story premise doesn't really sound like the sort of thing that I want for Danganronpa.
Cornbread78
Member
In my defense 18 mos... that's it man.
And I can't remember you guys telling me to put it on my "must watch" list dammit.
See what I get for sharing...
I guess I can add it to watch after FMA:B and G Gundam.
Seriously.
Cowboy Bebop is a noir show set IN SPACE. It has romance, action, drama, comedy, mushrooms, and it does all of them equally well, all while you listen to an awesome soundtrack and see neatly animated and coreographed action scenes with a great cast to top it all off. It isn't my favorite anime series of all time, but it's certainly up there and fit for recommending even to people who aren't all that much into anime.
AOTY tentative ranking as of latest episodes!
1. Erased
2. Haikyuu S2
3. Kabaneri (pending)
4. Kiznaiver
5. Hero Academia
6. Joker Game (pending)
7. Re:Zero (pending, this would have been much higher up before the last 2 episodes)
8. Swagamoto (pending)
To finish list:
Gundam Iron Orphans
Shouwa Genroku
Grimgar
Dimension W
Bubuki Baranki
Spring season was far better than the Winter. Hopefully Summer will impress!
1. Erased
2. Haikyuu S2
3. Kabaneri (pending)
4. Kiznaiver
5. Hero Academia
6. Joker Game (pending)
7. Re:Zero (pending, this would have been much higher up before the last 2 episodes)
8. Swagamoto (pending)
To finish list:
Gundam Iron Orphans
Shouwa Genroku
Grimgar
Dimension W
Bubuki Baranki
Spring season was far better than the Winter. Hopefully Summer will impress!
Cornbread78
Member
I just thought it was cool a well known VA would do that for him. It was a pretty cool message too.
I'll watch it after FMA, lol
I'll watch it after FMA, lol
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Shirobako 3
My eyes started to glaze over when the characters started getting into in-depth discussions over how many cuts were where, but in general the show is still doing a great job of keeping this workplace drama entertaining. Watching Miyamori run around all over the place in panic, it's strongly impressed on you just how close this production is to total disaster. Boing Boing ever lurks in the shadows...
My eyes started to glaze over when the characters started getting into in-depth discussions over how many cuts were where, but in general the show is still doing a great job of keeping this workplace drama entertaining. Watching Miyamori run around all over the place in panic, it's strongly impressed on you just how close this production is to total disaster. Boing Boing ever lurks in the shadows...
Admiral Woofington
Member
next you'll tell me you haven't watched english VA Baccano
It's one of those anime shows everyone assumes one has watched like Neon Genesis.
(I've never seen Neon Genesis and only watched the final half of Bebop so I know the feeling.)
Cornbread78
Member
My man.
Check out Orange this summer.
Also Rewrite, 91 Days, Battery, all sound like stuff you might like
Admiral Woofington
Member
you need english Baccano in your life. All of the appropriate accents are fantastic
HAVING THIS BROOKLYN ACCENT MAKES IT REALLY HA'HD TO PLAY CAAAAAAHD GAMES
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Haven't seen a burn this sick in a while.
Cornbread78
Member
Umm, I havn't watched it at all yet...
Remember, 18 months... geez. That's all I've been watching anime for and I'm just getting to the "classic, must watches" this year, lol.
Next season I'll pick up 91 Days and Mob Psycho for sure. I'll watch Danganronpa 3 despite not being confident about it turning out any good, just so I can see how that storyline wraps up. New Game sounds like it could be a pretty cute watch, and I'll watch season 2 of that magical boy anime since the first one was pretty fun. Is there anything else that seems like it would be really worth watching, or that has great staff behind it?
Haven't you seen like 300 animes? How is this even possible.
You're married too, where do you have the time to be a family man?!?
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Amanchu: Adaptation of a relaxing manga by the author of Aria from Junichi Sato and Kenichi Kasai.
Battery: Baseball themed character drama directed by Tomomi Mochizuki.
Days: Soccer manga adapted by Konosuke Uda.
Orange: Well respected drama/romance shoujo manga adapted by Hiroshi Hamasaki.
Sweetness and Lightning: PV looks adorable.
Cornbread78
Member
Lets just say last year was a very VERY bad year in the office, so I had a ton of down time to watch snd syill stay on top of all my client's needs. This year has been a lot different, which is why my viewing has slowed down to mostly just the simulcast staff I can watch at my second job while I work...
there was a sick burn in here like a day or two ago i remember being noticable (...but not enough i remember what it was)
Admiral Woofington
Member
I don't even like cornbread all that much.
I'll take that moist bread cake thing from Louisianna any day of the week.
I'll take that moist bread cake thing from Louisianna any day of the week.
Basileus777
Member
Seems as though there's more nice looking shows than I thought! I've enjoyed Sato's slice of life work, so Amanchu I'll definitely pick up. I'm not generally into sports, though I have enjoyed my share of sports anime. I think I'll at least give Battery a watch. Didn't know Orange had Hamasaki behind it; while not everything he's directed turned out good, I did enjoy some of his work so I suppose I'll watch that as well. Sweetness and Lightning definitely looks cute, so onto my list it goes.
Thanks for the recommendations!
makes sense, hoxas can't very well claim his own burn is sick
- Watches 300 animes
- Is a family man
- Has two jobs
Dammit Cornbread stop making me realise how much a failure of a man I am.
Dedication Through Light
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So early to think of AOTY, I think Id have God Eater, Divine Gate, and Cardfight!! Vanguard G STRIDE GATE, POSA, and Grimgar on it, from this spring season, Super Lovers probably, Cerberus.
ThatChairMan
Member
Put into that perspective, Cornbread is someone I now aspire to be.
John Blade
Member
Well...the two guys who kill the homeless person is taking over the team to kill MC Kei which suck as Grantz set this entire game to literally kill MC Kei even getting some of the people to believe MC Kei is the person who kill them by some sort of delusion.
I don't like how this game is right now as it break the rules of what Gantz is. Even the delay when shooting an enemies have remove. Turing this in almost a team deathmatch game. I guess the battle scene with Kei fighting against the team and also the two guys is interesting to watch. Unfortunately, it kinda ruin a bit of what I like of Gantz. With 3 more episodes to go, we will see where this fight will get to.
I don't like how this game is right now as it break the rules of what Gantz is. Even the delay when shooting an enemies have remove. Turing this in almost a team deathmatch game. I guess the battle scene with Kei fighting against the team and also the two guys is interesting to watch. Unfortunately, it kinda ruin a bit of what I like of Gantz. With 3 more episodes to go, we will see where this fight will get to.
John Blade
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Man...Cornbread. You make me want to step up and watch more animes when I have 303 animes in my collection and I just complete 161 and need to get through the rest right now. Need to slow down a bit so I can catch up with you a bit