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Summer 2012 Anime |OT| Goddesses, canines, and killer MMOs!
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Crash Station
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I've only been able to find one, and he isn't that fat in it. Super disappointment.
Femmeworth
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Sword of the Stranger
On a visual level it doesn't look much better than a TV production, particularly the foreground art. The CG was integrated very well I thought, one area where it is much better than a TV production. I really did not like the digital effects (motion blur, snow, smoke, etc.) used during the fights, hampered my enjoyment of them very much so. It's a shame, because the actual animation is quite good. Then there is the sound design, which I thought was too exaggerated.
The musical score really grated on my nerves, way too pronounced and repetitive. The piece played during the final battle was unnecessary.
Not bad, but not that great either. It was a lot more brutal than I had remembered. The script is sooooo cliched, though I liked the
drug aspect. I wish it had been expanded upon, since it didn't seem to have any negative side effects apart from dependency.
The kid should have died during this scene, going by the sound effect. It sounded like his head exploded.
chickdigger802
Banned
you'd think it wouldn't be hard. give him a sumo body and... oh god.
It's not just what he looks like, but what he represents.
Also, if any of you guys were still wondering why we keep getting bad CGI anime, just read the ME anime thread in gaming-side.
Deviantart's legions of inflation fetishists probably have you covered on that.
Chet Rippo
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Deviantart's legions of inflation fetishists probably have you covered on that.
But the show has already inflated him...
Crash Station
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A fat nerd?
But it's like Commander Shepard says, nothing is ever simple!
You're wrong, sucker.
He already has the proportions of a sumo wrestler. Just a miniature one.
A Black Falcon
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I remember it being more really strange and sad than painful.
With a harem.
I think I figured out why that trailer is so reminiscent of a bad Saturday Morning cartoon. Not only is it the bland character designs and bad digital effects, but the framing and choreography is very inorganic and simple. Like that shot where the marine is shooting while falling feels like something straight out of G.I. Joe. It feels artificial and forced. I guess what I'm saying is, it all just looks so amateur.
Plus that abominable narration.
Unknown Soldier
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As wish fulfillment, I can see how Accel World surpasses it's predecessor SAO. In SAO, the protag is a good looking, athletic guy in real life and his character in the game looks exactly like him! In Accel World, well...
I think you've spent more time analyzing it now than they spent putting that trailer together.
I think you've spent more time analyzing it now than they spent putting that trailer together.
Probably. Although it still doesn't look as bad as Dragon Age.
I don't know how. Kirito is Nerd, Middle-School Hei. He's perfect in every single way.
I find myself kind of enjoying how unusual it is. It's strange, but there's nothing sad about it--it takes itself seriously but it's just grounded enough that it's still possible to become vested in the events and characters. It's certainly something that could never have been made today.
Mass Effects ending was so Anime
But it was made less than 5 years ago.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I still don't know who Hei is supposed to be. lol
Unknown Soldier
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If you have the right genes, anything is possible!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I never claimed it wasn't! (That's also not an explanation!)Goddamn it firehawk. Your anime-fu is weak.
I stand by my statement. Whatever market that may have once existed for this kind of anime is gone. It doesn't stop equally-bizarre and niche things from being produced today, but super-niche traditional game/sport series like this that appear to have been huffing the last fumes of Hikaru no Go and its ilk just doesn't really exist anymore, with the possible exception of something like Chihayafuru, which isn't exactly comparable.
Crash Station
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So? Plenty of fat people have harems.
The market never existed. I'm sure it was just made to promote the manga.
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
AO IS GONNA MEET HIS DADDY SOMETIME. THAT BASTARD IS ALIVE AND HE'S GONNA BE THERE, AND SHIT FUCK YEAH. EUREKA HNNNNNNNNNNNNN[REDACTED] OH MAH GAWD. I hope Ao learns to play the Johnny Be Good by the time the Enchanted Under the Sea dance happens
I think he might have the collarbones to pull it off.
Darker than Black, every girl loves him, has a badass coat, is occasionally an alcoholic bum.
chickdigger802
Banned
is SAO harem or just 1 girl?
The manga appears to have been fairly short and ended around the time that the anime began. Is it common for anime to be produced to advertise manga that are no longer in production of new volumes?
what about fat Japanese boys?
From what i've been told it's like ZnT but with more commitment.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Polar Bear Café 10
Polar Bear Café 11
Polar Bear Café 12-13
Polar Bear Café 14
Polar Bear Café 15
What a neat cartoon.
Penguin-san with the swag, once again.
Oh poor, poor Handa-san. How do you expect to find love when you are far more interested in the smell of feces? You need to get your priorities straight, sir.
Polar Bear Café 11
Furries within furries. Or, alternatively, featheries within scalies? Whatever this is it was not meant to be and needs to be erased from the Earth asap.
Animal netorare. Or, more specifically, interspecies netorare. Not much Penguin-san can do considering the monstrosity that are testudine cocks, at least when compared to regular avian cloacas. (NSFW NSFW NSFW)
Speaking of visuals not apt for all ages, a weird case of anime not being censored by light beams or rubber ducks. Puni Puni Poemi only ever brought despair to the medium.
Thankfully the focus remains on the family nucleus. It does bring a whole new meaning to the genre of bear porn though...
Polar Bear Café 12-13
The jokes are dumb, the formula is too evident, and the puns are simply worthless due to translation. Regardless, Polar Bear Café is a great cartoon. Nothing pompous despite a few visual gags and just some very strong characterisation that manages to get the show entertaining from beginning to end. I'm sad that so many people seemed to not like it when it first started airing --at least this is the least cynical animu I've watched all year. Simply fun and endearing.
Polar Bear Café 14
Speaking of furries within furries: cosplay. Nothing else needs to be said.
The rest of the episode was just the main trio straight up chillin' in the beach. It's indecent fanservice trite the likes of a haremcrap show would come up during the middle of the season in order to give lagging ratings a boost up. And then there are some cartoons that do two beach episodes in one season (K-ON! YOU ARE A SHAMELESS MONEY-GRABBING SCHEME).
Polar Bear Café 15
Sasako is a real cutie (just look at dem thighs). Rest of the skit was okay.
People have already talked about the second part so whatever. It's just great payoff to a long-running joke which a lesser show would have continued on milking for seasons to come. I wouldn't actually be ashamed of sharing this animu with my family, even!
What a neat cartoon.
I have no idea. I would guess it would still be on store shelves, though. And given that this is Studio DEEN, I imagine it wasn't a large financial investment.
KO Traveling Hobo
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Cartman-kun is refreshingly honest and a breath of fresh moe air. When every single anime protag is a sterilized Kyon/Kyousuke clone, I'm holding you all responsible!
Keep in mind that he chose that avatar, afaik. The fact that he could have made himself look super badass but instead made himself Porky Pig speaks to how ridiculously self-loathing he is.
The first two minutes or so are some of the most painful anime I've had to endure, but once it reaches the OP it quickly ascends to godhood. Stick with it.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Sounds like every harem lead ever. Minus the coat!
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Why would you come back to watch this?
Welp, I'm glad I dropped this show.
ore no imouto ga konna ni kawaii whatever
That's too bad, you are missing out on a good show.
My enthusiasm is a danger sign now?
Except you root for Hei because he's a total badass. He's one of those harem leads.
It certainly doesn't have high production qualities. The problem with adaptations of finished manga are that, especially in the instance of something like Shion no Ou where the source material isn't very long to begin with and it's easy to adapt fully within 1-2 cours, receiving a complete anime adaptation seems to defeat the purpose of advertising the manga because there's no further story. BUY THE MANGA endings are pretty effective because they generally end on notes that tease new developments or would otherwise be unsatisfying if they were the actual ending, but no such advantage exists for complete adaptations. It really does seem like there was no good reason for the series to exist at all.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I only liked one half of the original Eureka Seven and what I saw of the sequel didn't enthrall me. [/shrugs]
p.s. brb gonna finish mysterious girlfriend x
My enthusiasm is a danger sign now?
Time travel is rarely handled competently as a plot dynamic if it wasn't part of the original concept to begin with.
In all fairness,
I might be jumping the gun a bit on calling it a validated theory, since there's still lots they have yet to explain.
Chet Rippo
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