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Summer 2012 Anime |OT| Goddesses, canines, and killer MMOs!

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jbug617

Banned
Kuroko no Basket 14

Not a fan of the new op and ed. It's great that they sneak in quick looks of the new characters in it.

For the episode, I think it was good episode with good laughs. I have a feeling
Aomine is going to go crazy on Kuroko and Kagami
 
Sword Art Online 1
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It has potential to be astounding, however at this point it was a nice start, especially with the camera angles and action scenes like this.. The tone is vastly different than what I expected.
I thought it would be a typical happy feeling type anime like Accel World, but the stakes are so much more higher. Actually being able to die in game and in the real world, instead of just losing the ability to Brain Burst, makes me definitely not wish I lived in this animes universe. Even more it looked pretty creepy when the VR world creator just appeared in that bloody mass and then just vanished like he had died or something. Awkward.

Dont know what Kotetsu, I mean, Klein was thinking, as Kirito irl form definitely is better than his, good, VR form.

Assuming that the source isnt done, will they have to do some original ending or just never tackle the subject of accomplishing the feat?

Ending song was awesome and I hope, based on those visuals, they keep the romance type stuff really low key, not really a fan of what it may be trying to imply :/
 

Geneijin

Member
The fanservice is a result of the show's overall intent of showing the audience exactly what they want to see, within reason of course. The show is full of poor, thinly-veiled wish fulfillment. I mentioned the anime adaptation subplot because that was especially bad.
And this is the hypocrisy I'm talking about. Are you really telling me the main audience wants to bang Kirino? Under the assumption that's what the show intends us to do?
 
Ah. Well, Smile Precure had its Tanabata episode last week and it's pretty good about coinciding its holiday episodes with the week of the actual holiday, so I just assumed it was in the vicinity of last week :p

I guess that some in Japan must celebrate Tanabata according to the Gregorian calendar if Folktales from Japan and Poyopoyo both addressed it this week.

It's pretty normal for anime to celebrate Tanabata on 7/7. Even Haruhi did it!
 

dimb

Bjergsen is the greatest midlane in the world
And this is the hypocrisy I'm talking about. Are you really telling me the main audience wants to bang Kirino? Under the assumption that's what the show intends us to do?
I don't really know why else anyone would watch OreImo to be honest. Unless you mean that you're supposed to like the other girls in the show more.
 

wonzo

Banned
Folktales from Japan 15


Once upon a time, old men obsessed with filling holes in the ground were used to facilitate a sickening magical children gold counter-fitting chain, rats would compete in sumo wrestling tournaments while bribing old couples for rice balls and crazy old priest would claim that inanimate objects like bamboo brooms have a thing called a soul.

The Japanese holiday Tanabata which has its basis in the story of Orihime and Hikoboshi was last week, so that's probably the reason!
who knew national holidays could be so moe~

Hi Magi fans, it's not Wednesday yet, but here's a lower resolution sneak peak at the key visual for Mor! :)

http://i.imgur.com/i7eY8.jpg
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omg fall is gonna own so much
 

dimb

Bjergsen is the greatest midlane in the world
Pretty much.

If OreImo really wanted to make Kirino fans out of the audience, it wouldn't have been a cumbersome harem show instead.
I think you should check how much "fan art" there is of Kirino compared to the other girls.
 

Brazil

Living in the shadow of Amaz
Hi Magi fans, it's not Wednesday yet, but here's a lower resolution sneak peak at the key visual for Mor! :)

http://i.imgur.com/i7eY8.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

Sexy bondage.

[quote="Dedication Through Light, post: 39620174"]Is she Sakura Haruno tier?[/QUOTE]

I wonder what you mean by that.
 

Geneijin

Member
I think you should check how much "fan art" there is of Kirino compared to the other girls.
And your point? This is just retreading an unanswered discussion about doujins and respective fanbases than reflecting the intents of the show(s) in question. Are we already forgetting how much OreImo sold?
 

dimb

Bjergsen is the greatest midlane in the world
And your point? This is just retreading the unanswered discussion about how big a fanbase of OreImo is rather than reflecting the intents of the show(s) in question. Are we already forgetting how much OreImo sold?
I feel like you are being needlessly obtuse. OreImo is wank fodder central and it's based around Kirino. Why does this have to be spelled out?
 

jman2050

Member
Oreimo is a romcom harem using younger sister wish fulfillment shenanigans along with other stock character types thrown in to wide the pool of prospective consumers. Not that there's anything wrong with that per se (many of my favorite shows heavily rely on personal wish fulfillment for their appeal) but in my eyes you gotta call a spade a spade.

Also Kirino is clearly designed to be an appealing character to the audience for better or for worse, I have no idea how anyone can say otherwise.
 

Extollere

Sucks at poetry
A lot more then Kuroneko, or whatever her real name was? I guess I'll go research this...

I thought Kuroneko was the usual subject of doujinshi. At least more than Kirino, who I pretty much despise. I won't even read an ero-doujin with Kirino in it. It's not even exciting! I just get mad.
 
bondage animu?
Hopefully.
Also Kirino is clearly designed to be an appealing character to the audience for better or for worse, I have no idea how anyone can say otherwise.
Well of course, but so are the other girls.
I thought Kuroneko was the usual subject of doujinshi. At least more than Kirino, who I pretty much despise. I won't even read an ero-doujin with Kirino in it. It's not even exciting! I just get mad.

It's basically Kirino and Kuroneko, and then the rest get the scraps.
 

Geneijin

Member
I feel like you are being needlessly obtuse. OreImo is wank fodder central and it's based around Kirino. Why does this have to be spelled out?
Because the show is a failed attempt at social commentary and becomes an awful harem comedy instead? The original intent of the show wasn't to whore out Kirino. If it were, it'd be more like Index.
 

darkside31337

Tomodachi wa Mahou
Because the show is a failed attempt at social commentary and becomes an awful harem comedy instead? The original intent of the show wasn't to whore out Kirino. If it were, it'd be more like Index.

But it is like Index. The main female of the show is the least liked girl in the entire series. The most popular girl gets her own spinoff.
 
Sword Art Online 1
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It has potential to be astounding, however at this point it was a nice start, especially with the camera angles and action scenes like this.. The tone is vastly different than what I expected.
I thought it would be a typical happy feeling type anime like Accel World, but the stakes are so much more higher. Actually being able to die in game and in the real world, instead of just losing the ability to Brain Burst, makes me definitely not wish I lived in this animes universe. Even more it looked pretty creepy when the VR world creator just appeared in that bloody mass and then just vanished like he had died or something. Awkward.

Dont know what Kotetsu, I mean, Klein was thinking, as Kirito irl form definitely is better than his, good, VR form.

Assuming that the source isnt done, will they have to do some original ending or just never tackle the subject of accomplishing the feat?

Ending song was awesome and I hope, based on those visuals, they keep the romance type stuff really low key, not really a fan of what it may be trying to imply :/

i just watched this and this was pretty much PERFECT as a first episode. the synopsis was great but damn the tension in that plaza ... almost like bomber in "hunter x hunter" .. Something very bad you can't control is happening , you're screwed and then ....
 

Brazil

Living in the shadow of Amaz
Sword Art Online 1
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It has potential to be astounding, however at this point it was a nice start, especially with the camera angles and action scenes like [url=http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6tekxr53R1qzk4cro1_500.gif]this[/url].. The tone is vastly different than what I expected. [spoiler]I thought it would be a typical happy feeling type anime like Accel World, but the stakes are so much more higher. Actually being able to die in game and in the real world, instead of just losing the ability to Brain Burst, makes me definitely not wish I lived in this animes universe. Even more it looked pretty creepy when the VR world creator just appeared in that bloody mass and then just vanished like he had died or something. Awkward.[/spoiler]

Dont know what Kotetsu, I mean, Klein was thinking, as Kirito irl form definitely is better than his, good, VR form.

Assuming that the source isnt done, will they have to do some original ending or just never tackle the subject of accomplishing the feat?

[B]Ending song was awesome[/B] and I hope, based on those visuals, they keep the romance type stuff really low key, not really a fan of what it may be trying to imply :/[/QUOTE]

I'm pretty sure that was the OP.
 
Shining Hearts: Bread of Happiness 11
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Probably the only person, but I think this anime is pretty great. This episode is definitely up there with some of the ones when Rick is off to find himself. I mean Rick was pretty epic in so many parts of this one.
After the upgrade, he looked as if he could take on the world, his new outfit, the sword, and even throwing those Getsuga Tenshou's!

Also liked this moment
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Reknoc

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Sword Art Online 1

Some pretty good scenery porn in this. Already seems more interesting than .hack for the whole killer mmo thing.
 

duckroll

Member
True enough; both Nishigori and Kubooka were heavily influenced by Sadamoto.

I hope Nishigori isn't stuck working on a series that doesn't suit him or doesn't offer him a lot of creative options though. If his work is not going to be reflected, I'll rather it not be him.
 
Hi Magi fans, it's not Wednesday yet, but here's a lower resolution sneak peak at the key visual for Mor! :)

i7eY8.jpg
So, uh, what is this show about again?
And this is the hypocrisy I'm talking about. Are you really telling me the main audience wants to bang Kirino? Under the assumption that's what the show intends us to do?
Kirino is more than just a lightning rod for the audience's sexual desires. She is also a vehicle for wish fulfillment.
 
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