Summer 2009 Anime Season
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Ignis Fatuus
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It took me pretty much the entire afternoon to finally get this post. I'm an idiot.Papercuts said:
Kudos good sir.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
firehawk12 said:
It still needs another four episodes to reach the "one-minute long stillshot while Ode to Joy plays in the background" layer of pretentiousness Evangelion set.
Tranced Shadow
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I.F. said:
Airing it out of order made sense, as the plot progression and slice-of-life episodes were neatly spread out through the season.
I mean, what makes a better ending:
1. Kyon
kissing Haruhi to save the world from certain doom
2. Kyon
lugging a radiator up a hill
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, someone made that suggestion during the first episode at another board I read.
I hope it's that mundane, to be honest.
I hope it's that mundane, to be honest.
He started to, then was like bleh I'll never finish, screw it.Steroyd said:
I'm really impressed now. The fact that the viewers can figure something like that out after what seems like the same episode repeated over and over with near subliminal differences is just a testament to how well they're able to execute it. All respect lost has been regained 3;
Unless they do it again >.>
Tranced Shadow
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Yeah, reading the light novel just makes the anime look even more insulting, as it handled everything in one iteration :lol
typhonsentra
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Steroyd said:
That's the best part: The conclusion is the ultimate blue ball. Nothing important comes of this story and that can't change that as it takes place long before other events we've already seen in the story. I've seen people try to analyze the episodes for clues, people are going nuts over trying to figure out what the plane means. :lol
Ignis Fatuus
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Why don't they just check the light novel?typhonsentra said:
I had it spoiled for me a while back by an innocuous comment on a website. I was not happy.
Hellsing321
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They are streaming episodes on Crunchyroll with a week delay from Japan legally.sca2511 said:
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Watch the first, the second, the fourth, and the sixth.B.K. said:
The first is the original iteration, just shows the summer events.
The second
shows them discovering that there's a loop.
has several interesting changes as their sense of deja vu increases.
has Kyon breaking the cycle by getting Haruhi to help with his homework.
I'm gonna go with #2. It was mostly a boring episode overall, but I'll take that over chronological bullshit.Tranced Shadow said:
Hellsing321
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Episode 2 of Umineko is great.
I wasn't expecting the bodies to pile up so fast.
I love the show, but I wonder if anyone actually likes Haruhi the character?Pein said:
I like the fact the main protagonist has no power, if this were any other anime Kyon would have power leveled up like 5 times, he's still as shit as he was in the first book. Awesome. Better yet, he wants none of it and is just as annoyed now by everything as he was the first day.
Plus, Nagato's an awesome character.
I dunno, I like it.
Rahxephon91
Banned
I like the characters. I really like Kyon and just find the show funny.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Excellent. Heads should roll.Branduil said:
Taishou Yakyuu Musume seems really interesting. I've liked the first episode along with the reason for starting to play baseball.
Umi Monogatari has an insulting premise. I kinda liked the char deisgn, but the premise is really stupid.
Kanamemo is retarded, but it made me laugh. The scene with her running away from home was great.
Sora no Manimani was interesting and fun to boot.
Umi Monogatari has an insulting premise. I kinda liked the char deisgn, but the premise is really stupid.
Kanamemo is retarded, but it made me laugh. The scene with her running away from home was great.
Sora no Manimani was interesting and fun to boot.
Zeouterlimits
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Enjoyed the bizarreness of Bakemonogatari, hopefully is a keeper.
Agreed, wonderfully/terribly ridiculous.
I wonder who thought this is a "good" idea.
I.F. said:
Agreed, wonderfully/terribly ridiculous.
I wonder who thought this is a "good" idea.
Lazy vs Crazy
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It'll kill DVD sales, and that's where the money is made.neoanarch said:
You're giving them way to much credit. Kadokawa has managed to tick off the author so badly that the final volume hasn't been released even though it was due two years ago. They thought beginning the second season without any advertising was a brilliant idea, and now this.neoanarch said:
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
I think I figured it out gents:
I apologize for the small subs...
Branduil said:
To be fair, after 40 million for a full-page ad in Asahi to announce the second season, there probably wasn't much money left to push hype when they actually made it. :lol
Author probably just wants more than his 10%, which is completely fair but pretty amusing when you tally up the list of everyone -else- Kadokawa publishes who'd want to negotiate. I'm amazed they haven't created a prize for for him or something that falls outside the normal royalty scheme, in order to smooth it over..
Edit: To put money amounts into perspective, for what they paid to advertise S2 was coming back in 2007, they could have produced 2 or 3 episodes, counting KyoAni's cut. Even taking into account paying for airtime it'd have covered one or two.
neoanarch said:
It's too bad Haruhi ratings aren't really reported; I'm assuming, even though it's Haruhi, it's not finishing out of the charts that go all the way down to 0.6%.
Can't wait to see Oricon tracking for vol. 2-5 of Haruhi 2, or better yet vol. (whatever) of Haruhi Complete, though.
While we're on ratings talk, holy SHIT Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 had a hell of a premier. I feel almost like I'm on the losing team, comparing Antique or Eden that I had a hand in hovering in the high threes or low fours to its ep 1 5.8%.
Edit edit: wow, FMA2 is really bombing like hell, isn't it. Under Mazinger this week, 5pm Sunday compared to 11:30 Saturday and without Mazinger's whole "did you like the TV show? Because all the fucking plot is in the web stream" gimmick.
Mandoric said:
FMA2 was just too soon, if you ask me, for what was largely a remake up to this point (as I understand it - I haven't been watching it, as much as I love Bones I loved the first FMA too much and don't really see the need for this one). I'm sure that has nothing to do with it, as it's kids that are watching at that time and they won't have seen the original, but it's only been six years or so and that's not long enough in my head.
Mandoric said:
FMA2's ratings bombing have a lot to do with how the time slot is totally mismanaged. The old Saturday time slot died because of years of stuff no one wanted to watch like Blood+ and Ayakashi Ayakshi. After moving it to Sunday, starting off the time slot with Geass Season 2 (a sequel) and then following it up with Gundam 00 Season 2 (another sequel) is more than enough to turn people off since you won't increase audience numbers by airing sequels of an ongoing storyline.
In complete contrast, Tokyo M8's huge opening can be completely attributed to how well managed that FujiTV time slot is. Not only are all the shows on it pretty much winners for the target audience, but they're mostly not sequels and shit. Eden really helped the time slot take off even further by being the first original series on it not based on a book or manga. And since Eden was so successful, it's no surprise that the following original series also captures a huge audience. They've also been cross-promoting both Eden and Tokyo M8 heavily on FujiTV, so people interested in Eden or hearing good things about it will automatically know that Tokyo M8 is the show following Eden.
By the time they started FMA, it's pretty much doomed because anyone who is not interested in FMA would not bother to watch it because they'll just assume it's like Geass and 00, something for the fans and if you don't already watch it you would be lost. Unfortunately for FMA, since it's a reboot, even the people who watched it started tuning out because well.... they've seen it all before. Lolz.
typhonsentra
Banned
Huh? Bittorent downloads so far have been pretty average, around the same as other mid-range popular series like Toradora, quite a bit below K-On and possibly Clannad too. Moreover Youtube and other video site views are catastrophically lower than the previous season, shit the new opening's videos have barely cracked 100k. What the hell are you talking about? I wasn't into torenting shows back then but I was under the assumption Haruhi was on par in popularity with shows like Geass, going by downloads for this season (Endless Eight at least), that isn't the case.neoanarch said:
drkOne
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Branduil said:
The thing about it is, we're all still watching. It's kind of hilarious.
I know I'm late 
avoided this thread before watching last ep because if I read that it still wasn't the last I wouldn't even be able to watch it...
But I think this is it for me, now to see who can handle it until the end.
avoided this thread before watching last ep because if I read that it still wasn't the last I wouldn't even be able to watch it...But I think this is it for me, now to see who can handle it until the end.
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