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[Hellwarden]

My Alien Pal and Me 7

He could probably kill us all at the slightest whim.

This episode pulled back on the somewhat threatening image we saw of zaShunina last episode, but it didn't downplay how otherworldly he is.

Why lady? Our Alien Pal is rad!

 

[Shard]

Kado - 07

They SOMEHOW managed to insert a Summer festival into my sci-fi show about interdimensions. Yukata and cheek blushes were included. It's also worth mentioning that this portion was entirely 2D for some reason.

It is almost respectable.

 

[Sterok]

Twin Angel Break 8

Okay, I was watching this ironically at first, but now I'm legitimately enjoying this now. Weird. Meguru and Veil have a pure friendship while Sumire and Nui have actual brains but don't want to let down their companion. Nice to have both sides go through that this time. Some respect for onii-chan for duping Mary. Too bad she double-duped him. Then he tried to triple-dupe her, but she's got the army and guns so it's kind of hard for her to lose. Also, why is she just now pulling out the guns? Actually looking forward to the next episode.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Kado 07

"Humans spend a third of their day sleeping, if they didn't have to human productivity would go up by 1.5 times"

From which corner of your ass are you pulling this math mr government employee/author? Has there been a study done of people who don't need to sleep that showed productivity increase that much? Are we not sure that people as a whole might simply laze around more?

They're thinking this in a very Japanese fashion me thinks. Maybe in their extremely work centric culture it works. Closest to that is probably America, but you try telling employees that they not only now have to work for more than 8 hours a day, but also be more productive.

I will fucking riot.

 

[Narag]

There aren't many dark fantasy novels/comics out there. Heaven knows if you go to tv and film, even less. But maybe it's true we western fans pretend it's bigger than it actually is.

But then you see them attempting to revive the series with games and this anime. Plus the films. So it's at least well known.

I imagine there's quite a bit of dark fantasy novels out there but lack of accessibility or lack of exposure hurts outside of stuff like The Black Company or Sandman

edit:

okay maybe pickings are slimmer than expected

 

[Admiral Woofington]

One of these days I'll read the Black Company. But after Malazan Book of the Fallen I've just been exhausted from fantasy novels for a while lol. As to Sandman, I honestly never considered that dark fantasy in the more traditional sense, but I guess that Gaiman does like writing his own modern version of it. Alongside American Gods, that's probably the genre he writes. Never grasped that.


edit: LMAO at The Scorpion King.

"I've read the novelization of the Scorpion King, it really is the epitome of the genre"

 

[KraytarJ]

Saekano.flat 7
Tomoya might have actually finally actually understood Kato after all their time together. So it seems like this is possibly one last ride together now for the title drop. Secret star of the episode has to be fujoshi barista.

 

[Narag]

One of these days I'll read the Black Company. But after Malazan Book of the Fallen I've just been exhausted from fantasy novels for a while lol. As to Sandman, I honestly never considered that dark fantasy in the more traditional sense, but I guess that Gaiman does like writing his own modern version of it. Alongside American Gods, that's probably the genre he writes. Never grasped that.

The first six books are fairly short. I think the first two omnibuses were like 600 pages each but 3 books each at that.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Kabuki Club Episode 8


I loved their performance, probably first half a bit more than second half since I could understand it better, but I still like the second half. Also I enjoyed their effects and sound for making the intro modern and easy to get the younger folks into it.

Ebihara knows he wants to participate, stop being so distant. Though Im glad he showed up!!!

Kurogo means stage hand, why would she name him that?

 

[Haly]

Phase 1 of alien invasion:

Phase 2 of alien invasion:

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Future Card Buddyfight X [ Batzz ] Episode 7 (engdub)

Gaito with that powerful Impact, nice upgrade. Though I kind of wanted

Spoiler

Dai Kaido to win

Gao going against Sakate is bad news for me, plotwise, Sakate will have to lose

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Phase 1 of alien invasion:


Phase 2 of alien invasion:

I was gonna make this joke, but it was so obvious I figured somebody else would. So thank you

 

[Cornbread78]

Sword of Oratoria ep.7

Whelp, the evil chick is back to kill Ais, however, we still have no clue what is going on or why... I blame Freya...

 

[Dedication Through Light]

The King's Avatar Episode 1

Do companies seriously exist that manage elite gamers and can kick them or bind them to a contract?

Ye Qiu is a good character if only he wasnt at retiring age which puts him older than most of my fav protagonists. Still hes funny and I hope he continues to be really epic in battle.

Some of the CG scenes looked amazing while others looked like Pre yr 2000 computer game models (any of the background character moments in the cafe), which is strange when some other moments look awesome (chair, or scene through the Chinese city).

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Planetes 21

The terrorist was the most sympathetic person in this episode.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Yes more free figures!

 

[Jarmel]

So since I was bored, I decided to rewatch one of Jexhius' favorite anime of all time.

Spoiler

Gundam Stardust Memory-1

It's been awhile since I've seen the show and so with the BD transfers, I was curious how the picture quality and animation have held up. The first episode starts off by establishing the core group of characters with the show, mainly Kou and Nina. Kou comes off as the usual brash sort of Gundam pilot but does seem competent as a test pilot in how quickly he was able to analyze the strengths of the new prototypes.

As an aside, I thought this line was pretty funny as at the end of the episode, the test pilots largely seem useless and one guy gets sliced up like butter. Then there's Nina who comes across as the usual stuck up Gundam heroine. Ah the good old days when Gundam heroines were actively dislikable. I am liking some of the side characters, mainly Keith and Mora. I'm starting to pick up on Kawamoto's preferences when he designs characters such as there's usually a 'big girl' and I appreciate a man with good taste. Anyway the primary villain Gato jacks the lightly guarded Gundam armed with a nuke. Why an active nuke isn't better guarded other than one checkpoint or that there aren't thousands of fail-safes, I will never know.

On the visuals side, there are a lot of really detailed mechanical drawings but no real animation showcase yet. There were some cuts with good motion but nothing too outstanding yet. The art direction and color design are making me a bit reminiscent of the previous cel era. The music is a bit better than I was expecting, the ending credits song being in English (by a native English singer) threw me for a loop. I forgot how some old anime liked doing that at random.

 

[Hellwarden]

People don't talk about Kou when they talk about Gundam, but he's probably one of the more grounded and believable leads in the series. (Not like that's saying much tho.)

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Planetes 22

In which Hachimaki falls into Existential Despair.

I don't really understand

Spoiler

how Hakim managed to escape after starting the explosion that ended last episode. The Von Braun was out in space, right? It doesn't seem like he should have been able to leave it by himself while escaping detection from the authorities and make his way down to Claire's apartment on the moon. I'm also not sure how the explosion managed to not damage anything, even if Hachimaki interrupted Hakim while setting it up. It certainly looked big and fiery enough to cause some kind of setback, but it appears to be business as usual for the Von Braun.

 

[JulianImp]

Phase 1 of alien invasion:

But that's the better Wham. Instead, they got infinite energy sources which could plunge the world into chaos, and that's probably worse in comparison.

 

[Kickz]

Space Brothers 49

Love these Space Chunnin Exams they take. Shits getting real when they give you a gun to shoot coyotes/rattle snakes

 

[kewlmyc]

That's depressing as all hell.

I would sacrifice you all to the God Hand for a good adaption of post Golden Arc Berserk.

 

[blurr]

Planetes 22

In which Hachimaki falls into Existential Despair.

I don't really understand

Spoiler

how Hakim managed to escape after starting the explosion that ended last episode. The Von Braun was out in space, right? It doesn't seem like he should have been able to leave it by himself while escaping detection from the authorities and make his way down to Claire's apartment on the moon. I'm also not sure how the explosion managed to not damage anything, even if Hachimaki interrupted Hakim while setting it up. It certainly looked big and fiery enough to cause some kind of setback, but it appears to be business as usual for the Von Braun.

Is this the episode with the scene where the 12 year old Lunarian asks him to see the earth from space and tell where he's from?

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Kado 07

"Humans spend a third of their day sleeping, if they didn't have to human productivity would go up by 1.5 times"

From which corner of your ass are you pulling this math mr government employee/author? Has there been a study done of people who don't need to sleep that showed productivity increase that much? Are we not sure that people as a whole might simply laze around more?

They're thinking this in a very Japanese fashion me thinks. Maybe in their extremely work centric culture it works. Closest to that is probably America, but you try telling employees that they not only now have to work for more than 8 hours a day, but also be more productive.

I will fucking riot.

From episode 0's presentation of Shindo, it was clear that the show was steeped in Japanese salaryman culture where Work is Everything. Shindo is held up as an admirable figure because he works tirelessly without rest, and it seems like the alien's schemes for human modification are designed to encourage everyone to attain the same heights of salaryman-ness.

Is this the episode with the scene where the 12 year old Lunarian asks him to see the earth from space and tell where he's from?

No, that was a while ago, although Nono does appear in this episode as well.

 

[nintendoman58]

Code Geass R2 - 9 [Rewatch]

Never forget.

 

[jman2050]

Code Geass R2 - 9 [Rewatch]



Never forget.

I don't know what it says about me that out of all the stupid nonsense that happens in both seasons of Code Geass, Schneizel's illegal chess move is still the most upsetting.

 

[nintendoman58]

I don't know what it says about me that out of all the stupid nonsense that happens in both seasons of Code Geass, Schneizel's illegal chess move is still the most upsetting.

(Most of) the stupid nonsense in R2 can be hand-waved away by filling in some blanks in your head.

This is just a flat-out blatant thing that anyone with the slightest knowledge on how to play Chess will yell: "THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WORKS."

 

[JCG]

Guilty Crown had a more accurate depiction of chess but that sure didn't make it a better show.

 

[blurr]

No, that was a while ago, although Nono does appear in this episode as well.

Ah, that was an incredible moment during the time of my viewing. A sense of epiphany.

 

[Hellwarden]

Saturday is a good day for anime, because of many shows, but mostly Tiger Mask W.

It has wrestling Tigers just hanging out, being wrestling Tigers.

 

[HStallion]

 

[Admiral Woofington]

 

[Narag]

Wish Berserk was animated like Ninja Slayer.

 

[Kickz]

What a disgrace, this show should be getting the HunterxHunter 2011 treatment..

 

[TheGreatDirector]

A work of art.

 

[Szadek]

Wish Berserk was animated like Ninja Slayer.

At this point I take Inferno Cop:

 

[Kickz]

Durarara!! Ep 45

Zero to 100 real quick. Emo Mikado, his plan is in flames and he decides its a good time to check out.

 

[Narag]

At this point I take Inferno Cop:

Berserk's not good enough for that treatment.

 

[TUSR]

dont insult inferno cop

 

[Hellwarden]

 

[Admiral Woofington]

trigger honoring inferno cop

 

[Line_HTX]

Dayyum... This year Kadokawa has banned ALL isekai or reborn in / transported to another world type stories and stories with teen protagonists in their Light Novel contests.

Looks like they have seen too many Endless Traaaaash~

 

[Szadek]

Dayyum... This year Kadokawa has banned ALL isekai or reborn in / transported to another world type stories and stories with teen protagonists in their Light Novel contests.

Looks like they have seen too many Endless Traaaaash~

Aren't that like all the Light Novels, though?

 

[jman2050]

Dayyum... This year Kadokawa has banned ALL isekai or reborn in / transported to another world type stories and stories with teen protagonists in their Light Novel contests.

Looks like they have seen too many Endless Traaaaash~

A move I can get behind.

 

[duckroll]

Dayyum... This year Kadokawa has banned ALL isekai or reborn in / transported to another world type stories and stories with teen protagonists in their Light Novel contests.

Looks like they have seen too many Endless Traaaaash~

LOL.

 

[Szadek]

Apperently this girl is the next KiraKira precure villain:

 

[D3RANG3D]

So they quit LN publishing?

 

[Line_HTX]

Which seiyu is that?

 

[Quasar]

Aren't that like all the Light Novels, though?

Don't read much do you.

 

[Mendrox]

Dayyum... This year Kadokawa has banned ALL isekai or reborn in / transported to another world type stories and stories with teen protagonists in their Light Novel contests.

Looks like they have seen too many Endless Traaaaash~

lol amazing. So something new stupid will be born.