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Spring Anime 2017 |OT| Don't be a SukaSuka for Gacha
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GoldCrusader
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names2hard4you
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AoT - 30
I've warmed up to this OP. It's awesome lol. I'm also impressed by the fact that production this time is sailing smoothly. Pretty sure they know what they have in their hands with this series, so they have to put that extra polish into it. This was the most hype induced episode yet from this season also. Quite a bunch of action sequences this week, and those were needed since they were what the show was most well known for.
I've warmed up to this OP. It's awesome lol. I'm also impressed by the fact that production this time is sailing smoothly. Pretty sure they know what they have in their hands with this series, so they have to put that extra polish into it. This was the most hype induced episode yet from this season also. Quite a bunch of action sequences this week, and those were needed since they were what the show was most well known for.
Hellwarden
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Yakuza 0 Chapter 15
Man, how does Serena stay open?
Also sorry Nishikiyama, but you're no match for my Bat-fu.
Man, how does Serena stay open?
Also sorry Nishikiyama, but you're no match for my Bat-fu.
Dedication Through Light
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Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL Season 1 Episode 22 The Shark Hunter
Darn is Shark going to be THAT character, the one who tries to win but just keeps losing causes the animators dont like him that much, even when he tries his hardest. I cant. I like him alot.
Darn is Shark going to be THAT character, the one who tries to win but just keeps losing causes the animators dont like him that much, even when he tries his hardest. I cant. I like him alot.
names2hard4you
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Re-Creators - 04
Okay sure I get it. They are surely dumping this much info because they plan on going all out with action in the coming weeks right?
Okay sure I get it. They are surely dumping this much info because they plan on going all out with action in the coming weeks right?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I know some people are into Eccentric Family, and I just noticed that NHK's Imagine-nation did an episode on the second season (featuring some talk about Kyoto and some interviews with anime staff) if anyone is interested:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/vod/imagine/20170425/
It's available until May 2nd, since for some reason NHK doesn't understand how the internet works and just flushes everything after a couple of weeks.
(Going down weird Asian-related media rabbit holes this weekend, it seems)
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/vod/imagine/20170425/
It's available until May 2nd, since for some reason NHK doesn't understand how the internet works and just flushes everything after a couple of weeks.
(Going down weird Asian-related media rabbit holes this weekend, it seems)
After the DLC for Zetsy, it was the only outcome for both parties.
MikeHattsu
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I already posted about it since it has anime tourism in it ;P
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=234679291&postcount=5334
names2hard4you
Member
Totally agree. And it is like I mentioned, even though there is that extra polish, so far, the production has remained fairly consistent. This episode specifically was a definitive high point of the season thus far. They sure put a lot of work into animating the snowstorm and specially Ymir's titan fight, which was just awesome.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Ah. lol
I went straight to the production stuff... lol
I should keep their page bookmarked or something. I keep forgetting it exists, but it's basically the only English language show about anime now that Danny Choo's show seems to be dead.
Hellwarden
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MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Yeah Attack on Titan S2 looks really good. Its like the best looking shots of Season 1 with the facial detail all the time. It looks so much better then the manga that its hilarious, and it does a good job translating what Isayama is good at into anime form - good layouts and shots.
Yeah with Tiger Mask W and certain episodes of Dragon Ball and One Piece, Toei has been doing good recently.
Yeah with Tiger Mask W and certain episodes of Dragon Ball and One Piece, Toei has been doing good recently.
names2hard4you
Member
The story is much easier to follow too. With the manga I fell off the hype train for one because of those monthly waits. I'd forget what events took place in the previous chapter, and overall, things got way too talky for me. With the weekly format it's super easy to remember characters, faces, and with the way they are directing this it just doesn't feel like I am staring at characters blabber without things getting anywhere. AoT 2 so far is a great continuation of the first season.
Admiral Woofington
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ill watch Attack on Titan S2 once the cool thing in the manga happens where Eren (manga spoiler)
. Because then I can watch it all in one go and pretend that's where the show ends because the next arc is boooooooooooooooooooooring
screams and controls the Titans
Turin Turambar
Member
That is going to be totally the final episode of this season.
Admiral Woofington
Member
woof. You're telling me that if they do another season after this it's going to entirely be
the civil war
Good luck with that show.
Dedication Through Light
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Kabuki Club Episode 2
Am I the only one still watching? Glad we finally got one person to join the club, his dancing will be wonderful.I think Ebihara could learn from him, maybe.
Am I the only one still watching? Glad we finally got one person to join the club, his dancing will be wonderful.I think Ebihara could learn from him, maybe.
I kinda like that arc actually. If they ever did animate it, the action sequences would be absolutely insane. So much motion and camerawork.
WIT still has been abusing still shots, pans and ACTION LINES but I think this time they are all intentional rather than budget/scheduling shortcuts. Hopefully the rest of AoT S2 goes well.
GoldCrusader
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I would watch it. I watched episode one as soon an amazon Canada put it on prime video. But sadly they decided we did not deserve more then episode 1Kabuki Club Episode 2
Am I the only one still watching? Glad we finally got one person to join the club, his dancing will be wonderful.I think Ebihara could learn from him, maybe.
They told me it should be fixed too. Amazon is the worst.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
HEYBOT! 31
Alright, its time to level with you guys when it comes to HEYBOT! Lets get real here - this show is really good. Its a lot like Gintama in a few ways - meta humor (that manages not to be annoying) with constant character specific gags, reference humor without it feeling like a crutch and extremely esoteric humor. But the things that are so fucking INSANE about HEYBOT! are...high in number. I think the first would be how good the show looks. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say how much effort the team puts into stupid gimmicks.
A pretty large chunk of this episode is in pixel-ish art style, sometimes only for half a second before moving to something else but theres always details thrown in. I'm not kidding when I say that this show is surprisingly well storyboarded and animated.
Second, HEYBOT! is at times straight up nonsense. OK well its always nonsense, but sometimes the gags are so rapid-fire that they don't even bother to connect or make sense with anything. Its what I would call "stream of consciousness animation" where it feels like the animators are just doing whatever the fuck they want and slapping it together into an episode that is loosely connected and only held together by hopes and dreams. It feels like the people given key roles on the episode will just be given a summary of the episode plotline and then be sequestered to a locked prison cell where they will make the storyboards for the episodes without any communication with the rest of the team. Then they look at what they have and make some Frankenstein's Monster of an episode out of it.
HEYBOT! is like the ultimate evolution of anti-humor. Like an anime version of Tim and Eric. Jokes don't follow any real format. There can be a Die Hard quote in the pre-OP intro and then five minutes later they will finish the joke with Bruce Willis. HEYBOT! is a show for the Twitter memespamming age. Its a show made so that people can watch it on Twitter through me posting images of it on Twitter. Think about stuff like @dril and brain expanding memes - I used to find actual jokes with a setup and punchline funny or movies like Airplane, but now this is what I think is hilarious.
Third - and I think this is most important to its identity - HEYBOT! is a show made for no one but the people making it. HEYBOT! is a kids show, or at least its supposed to be. But look at that above reference from Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. And its not just a simple reference to Street Fighter, its a direct reference to when Akuma comes in on the final stage and kills M. Bison to become the secret final boss. And its like a direct copy of the scene. And he does a Shun Goku Satsu. And the scene after has the not-Akuma doing his exact fighting stance. When HEYBOT! wants to make a reference, HEYBOT! doesn't half-ass it. Also SUPER STREET FIGHTER 2 TURBO CAME OUT IN 1994.
I can't really stress how completely out there the references this show throws out can be. Kids wouldn't know what the hell this is referencing. Hell, sometimes I'm surprised a Japanese person even knows what the fuck something is. Key example - Zardoz.
And now, some more of my favorite gags.
Basically -
Alright, its time to level with you guys when it comes to HEYBOT! Lets get real here - this show is really good. Its a lot like Gintama in a few ways - meta humor (that manages not to be annoying) with constant character specific gags, reference humor without it feeling like a crutch and extremely esoteric humor. But the things that are so fucking INSANE about HEYBOT! are...high in number. I think the first would be how good the show looks. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say how much effort the team puts into stupid gimmicks.
A pretty large chunk of this episode is in pixel-ish art style, sometimes only for half a second before moving to something else but theres always details thrown in. I'm not kidding when I say that this show is surprisingly well storyboarded and animated.
Second, HEYBOT! is at times straight up nonsense. OK well its always nonsense, but sometimes the gags are so rapid-fire that they don't even bother to connect or make sense with anything. Its what I would call "stream of consciousness animation" where it feels like the animators are just doing whatever the fuck they want and slapping it together into an episode that is loosely connected and only held together by hopes and dreams. It feels like the people given key roles on the episode will just be given a summary of the episode plotline and then be sequestered to a locked prison cell where they will make the storyboards for the episodes without any communication with the rest of the team. Then they look at what they have and make some Frankenstein's Monster of an episode out of it.
This was my favorite gag in the episode and it comes from absolutely nowhere without any setup. It rules
HEYBOT! is like the ultimate evolution of anti-humor. Like an anime version of Tim and Eric. Jokes don't follow any real format. There can be a Die Hard quote in the pre-OP intro and then five minutes later they will finish the joke with Bruce Willis. HEYBOT! is a show for the Twitter memespamming age. Its a show made so that people can watch it on Twitter through me posting images of it on Twitter. Think about stuff like @dril and brain expanding memes - I used to find actual jokes with a setup and punchline funny or movies like Airplane, but now this is what I think is hilarious.
Third - and I think this is most important to its identity - HEYBOT! is a show made for no one but the people making it. HEYBOT! is a kids show, or at least its supposed to be. But look at that above reference from Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. And its not just a simple reference to Street Fighter, its a direct reference to when Akuma comes in on the final stage and kills M. Bison to become the secret final boss. And its like a direct copy of the scene. And he does a Shun Goku Satsu. And the scene after has the not-Akuma doing his exact fighting stance. When HEYBOT! wants to make a reference, HEYBOT! doesn't half-ass it. Also SUPER STREET FIGHTER 2 TURBO CAME OUT IN 1994.
I can't really stress how completely out there the references this show throws out can be. Kids wouldn't know what the hell this is referencing. Hell, sometimes I'm surprised a Japanese person even knows what the fuck something is. Key example - Zardoz.
And now, some more of my favorite gags.
Vocammy slaps this dudes mouth off his face and it has to realign the next scene
Nejiru falls on Heybot and he gets slammed into his shirt for no reason then the epiode ends
This CLAMP joke girl who's legs get longer every time she shows up. Also in that second image the character on the far left isn't an actual character until like four episodes later where she shows up in an episode about discarded side characters who get no screentime
Basically -
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Fine, I'll watch Heybot
Admiral Woofington
Member
Didn't see this earlier. Agreed on Shindo. I have yet to see anything that makes him seem like the god of all negotiators. Episode 0 might have been attempting this but I didn't see anything of his skill set there outside of being able to bring people together that know what they have to do and can have realistic expectations. Seems like a good government worker, not necessarily the god of talking.
I am hoping the show is simply not showing me quite yet his superior skill set. That his accomplishments in the past, prior to episode 1 are what he is known and famous for among these government employees.
As to the female lead having a cute moment it doesn't bother me too much. I think her being a professional for the most part but still having moments of weakness is more to display her humanity. But I hope it isn't prevalent, they seem to be shipping her with Shindo as of right now.
If the show exclusively kept Shindo's sidekick and this unprofessional side of her as the comedic relief of the show it'd be fine, but hurricane kawaii scientist is slowly approaching and I really hope the author uses her very very sparingly.
If it's not Re: Creators, Virgin Soul, or Saekano then Amazon dgaf (though really Saekano is the only one to actually be consistently on time). Grimoire and Sword Oratoria still haven't showed up yet. All in all Amazon getting more into anime has been really rough for Canada so far.I would watch it. I watched episode one as soon an amazon Canada put it on prime video. But sadly they decided we did not deserve more then episode 1
They told me it should be fixed too. Amazon is the worst.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
It looks really great when applied well, but it's also the sort of time consuming and technically demanding approach that can kill a production if not well scheduled.
GoldCrusader
Member
Noitamina shows get there evenually. Sentai shows are the problem. The rep from CS told me it was SENTAI's fault. For whatever that's worth. Still it's ass. I want my cute boys anime with CLAMP designs!
Funny they also told me they would fix Kabukibu's subs and then contact me. It's been 2 weeks. I was on high priority too lol.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Are you saying Legend of the Galactic Heroes has no moe characters? What about every single character in the show?
Dedication Through Light
Member
Re:Creators Episode 2
Definitely up there for my favorite show of the season, I love how all these stories have characters coming to life, and even more how one of the creators was just in shock that the character his company associated with was real and had the powers in the real, how cool is that.
New final boss is good.
Music (vocal song) when Magical Girl was fighting was pretty awesome.
I need the vogelchevalier to appear.
Definitely up there for my favorite show of the season, I love how all these stories have characters coming to life, and even more how one of the creators was just in shock that the character his company associated with was real and had the powers in the real, how cool is that.
New final boss is good.
Music (vocal song) when Magical Girl was fighting was pretty awesome.
I need the vogelchevalier to appear.
I'm pretty sure that last one is a Zeta character.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Dragon Ball Super 88
Hey Gohan managed to go Mystic again. Good for him.
More importantly though FEMALE SAIYANS
Hey Gohan managed to go Mystic again. Good for him.
More importantly though FEMALE SAIYANS
Admiral Woofington
Member
did you freeze that frame perfectly so it looked like the potato chip scene?
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
maybe a lil bit
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Tiger Mask W 22
On top of everything else, Fukuwara Mask has the magic power to see through Clark-Kent-glasses.
On top of everything else, Fukuwara Mask has the magic power to see through Clark-Kent-glasses.
Hellwarden
Member
Dragon Ball Super 88
Pretty fun episode. Setup, but good setup. Any episode where Piccolo uses his stretchy arms is dope in my book.
Also the next episode is gonna focus on Tien.
Tien is great.
Everyone please pray for Yamcha's feelings. They're about to be killed.
Pretty fun episode. Setup, but good setup. Any episode where Piccolo uses his stretchy arms is dope in my book.
Also the next episode is gonna focus on Tien.
Tien is great.
Dedication Through Light
Member
ATOM The Beginning Episode 1
Silly geniuses but I really liked their excitement around their creation, A106, saving the the day using intuition.
After the rain sounds familiar, but Ive not listened to any of their music before this, weird.
Silly geniuses but I really liked their excitement around their creation, A106, saving the the day using intuition.
After the rain sounds familiar, but Ive not listened to any of their music before this, weird.
Yakuza 0 Chapter 14
Tachibana, you were a true man.
Hadn't felt so pumped for a fight in a long time.
Poor MakotoDedication Through Light
Member
Monster Strike 2nd Season Episode 3
Walpurgis went for a wild ride, but once Ren taught Mana how its done, we were able to see one of the most exciting fights in this season. Really good and hope it continues.
Also will have to have Monster Strike as my favorite ED song of the season.
Walpurgis went for a wild ride, but once Ren taught Mana how its done, we were able to see one of the most exciting fights in this season. Really good and hope it continues.
Also will have to have Monster Strike as my favorite ED song of the season.
Aikatsu Stars 54
Kirara is a lot sharper than she acts. Probably. She played Ako like a fiddle, and actually knew that dresses need to be special to a brand, but the idol type. Ako is kind of a dick honestly, dedicating her efforts to crushing Kirara. And failing, because she's still the joke character. So Ako (and Yume) can just barge into an important meeting unannounced? Well they are important, and maybe Ako got special treatment since she was going to be muse. Elza showed up just to shit on Ako. She seems to love that. 4 episodes into the new season, and we have 4 new songs. I like it, but slow down a little, otherwise we're going to go a dozen episodes without anything new. Kirara'a song is pretty quiet for a pop idol. Good contrast with Ako and Yuzu. Those wings are being handed out fast. 3 in four episodes. Yume, Laura, and Mahiro to transfer to Venus Ark. I don't know if Yuzu is a secret genius or just plain crazy, because this plan is super risky. Elza is going to have all the time in the world to seduce those three now, and she has a trump card. I can't imagine moral at Four Stars will be high either.
Kirara is a lot sharper than she acts. Probably. She played Ako like a fiddle, and actually knew that dresses need to be special to a brand, but the idol type. Ako is kind of a dick honestly, dedicating her efforts to crushing Kirara. And failing, because she's still the joke character. So Ako (and Yume) can just barge into an important meeting unannounced? Well they are important, and maybe Ako got special treatment since she was going to be muse. Elza showed up just to shit on Ako. She seems to love that. 4 episodes into the new season, and we have 4 new songs. I like it, but slow down a little, otherwise we're going to go a dozen episodes without anything new. Kirara'a song is pretty quiet for a pop idol. Good contrast with Ako and Yuzu. Those wings are being handed out fast. 3 in four episodes. Yume, Laura, and Mahiro to transfer to Venus Ark. I don't know if Yuzu is a secret genius or just plain crazy, because this plan is super risky. Elza is going to have all the time in the world to seduce those three now, and she has a trump card. I can't imagine moral at Four Stars will be high either.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
One Piece 786:
Not many shows can manage to introduce best girl 786 episodes into the show. And casting Miyuki Sawashiro as Pudding was some damn perfect casting from Toei's part (and I can't wait for them to get to some certain moments later on).
Big Mom's song at the end was great, too. Can't wait to see the best One Piece arc in the past 9 years getting animated.
Not many shows can manage to introduce best girl 786 episodes into the show. And casting Miyuki Sawashiro as Pudding was some damn perfect casting from Toei's part (and I can't wait for them to get to some certain moments later on).
Big Mom's song at the end was great, too. Can't wait to see the best One Piece arc in the past 9 years getting animated.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
TheGreatDirector
Banned
Oh man. It's happening.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I get a big dumb grin whenever I am reminded that Geass R3 is happening
Sibersk Esto
Banned
It's pretty perfect. I wonder how quickly the casting decision was made.
Looks like virtually no time has passed since the end of R2.
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