Outside of Fate/Zero and AO, Hyouka was far and away my favorite show of last season and continues to be at the top of my list each week heading into this season.
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Summer 2012 Anime |OT| Goddesses, canines, and killer MMOs!
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RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Not that I wouldn't be okay with more K-On! stuff, but I'd love to see another new hit from KyoAni. I hate to say it, but they probably would have had more success with that Little Busters whatever 'cause, you know, Key.
Nakama!
Tamayura ~hitotose~ 5.5
Usually these BD/DVD only eps are just an afterthought or where they dump a boatload of trashy fanservice but fortunately this wasn't the case for this episode as it was easily one of the strongest episodes yet of Tamayura ~hitotose~. The way in which everything came together for the final scene where
was masterfully done and I'd be lying if I said it didn't bring a tear to my eye.
Now the painful wait for season 2 begins anew.
;________;
Usually these BD/DVD only eps are just an afterthought or where they dump a boatload of trashy fanservice but fortunately this wasn't the case for this episode as it was easily one of the strongest episodes yet of Tamayura ~hitotose~. The way in which everything came together for the final scene where
Fuu looked at her fathers blurry, undeveloped photo's only to be immediately with a cut to the ED but with a mix of Fuu and her father's blurry photos replacing what was usually displayed before
Now the painful wait for season 2 begins anew.
There's nothing wrong with it, but it doesn't do anything special either. It's a neat slice of life show about friendship with a couple of bad episodes and some enjoyable ones.
Spring 2012 Review
What I watched
Fate/Zero [Complete]
Saint Seiya Omega [Ongoing]
Hyouka [Halfway]
AKB0048 [Almost over]
Lupin the Third - Fujiko is a Boring Woman [Complete]
Kids on the Slope [Complete]
Tsuritama [Complete]
Eureka Seven AO [Halfway]
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Best shows of the season
Fate/Zero - Great production values, strong writing, solid characters, and an exciting premise which keeps entertaining to the very end. Great range of emotions throughout the series with some really powerful high points and amazing consistency all round.
Tsuritama - Upbeat, quirky, and filled with heart. The best thing about the series is how it remains true to the core theme to the end, raising the stakes with each episode while developing the story and characters as it builds momentum all the way to the climax.
Other good shows in the season
Kids on the Slope - Overall it was a good show with some really strong high points. Unfortunately the attempt to adapt the entire 9 volume manga series into a mere 12 episodes meant that a lot of character development and pacing was left on the cutting room floor, resulting in a weak supporting cast and a disjointed sense of pacing and time.
Eureka Seven AO - As a follow up to the original series this sequel takes a less traditional route while going for something more unorthodox and riskier. While much of the art, flow, and music feels true to the original series, the narrative format and overall direction is drastically different. Yet this all seems to play into the grand scheme of things, as the central mystery in the show begins to revolve around how the sequel is truly connected to the original, and why things are so different... and sometimes so wrong.
Decent stuff from the season I kinda enjoyed
AKB0048 - While I initially started watching it mostly to see how bad it could possibly be, it turned out to be actually enjoyable in many ways. That's not to say the production values are particularly good, nor is the story really well written. It's mostly stupid, and often ugly. But there's still some sort of charm there which makes it entertaining in a crazy messed up sort of way.
Hyouka - A lavishly produced show with incredible art and animation, and some insane attention to detail. Unfortunately it is also an adaptation of a set of novels which if this series is any indication, is really boring and mundane. How good an episode is tends to depend heavily on how interesting the events of that episode are. Unfortunately more often than not, it fails to deliver, but when it does those episode are really, really special.
I'm not even really watching this...
Saint Seiya Omega - I can't really say I'm still watching this regularly, since other than the first 6 episodes or so, I've only watched it once every few weeks. I don't really like following long series to begin with, and the lackluster Toei production values on most of the episodes aren't really inviting.
Fucking garbage
Lupin the Turd - Fujiko the Boring Slutwhore - Watching this show is like getting shit shoved down your throat forcefully while someone pees into your eyes being held open by rusty staplers. I wish I never bothered.
What I watched
Fate/Zero [Complete]
Saint Seiya Omega [Ongoing]
Hyouka [Halfway]
AKB0048 [Almost over]
Lupin the Third - Fujiko is a Boring Woman [Complete]
Kids on the Slope [Complete]
Tsuritama [Complete]
Eureka Seven AO [Halfway]
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Best shows of the season
Fate/Zero - Great production values, strong writing, solid characters, and an exciting premise which keeps entertaining to the very end. Great range of emotions throughout the series with some really powerful high points and amazing consistency all round.
Tsuritama - Upbeat, quirky, and filled with heart. The best thing about the series is how it remains true to the core theme to the end, raising the stakes with each episode while developing the story and characters as it builds momentum all the way to the climax.
Other good shows in the season
Kids on the Slope - Overall it was a good show with some really strong high points. Unfortunately the attempt to adapt the entire 9 volume manga series into a mere 12 episodes meant that a lot of character development and pacing was left on the cutting room floor, resulting in a weak supporting cast and a disjointed sense of pacing and time.
Eureka Seven AO - As a follow up to the original series this sequel takes a less traditional route while going for something more unorthodox and riskier. While much of the art, flow, and music feels true to the original series, the narrative format and overall direction is drastically different. Yet this all seems to play into the grand scheme of things, as the central mystery in the show begins to revolve around how the sequel is truly connected to the original, and why things are so different... and sometimes so wrong.
Decent stuff from the season I kinda enjoyed
AKB0048 - While I initially started watching it mostly to see how bad it could possibly be, it turned out to be actually enjoyable in many ways. That's not to say the production values are particularly good, nor is the story really well written. It's mostly stupid, and often ugly. But there's still some sort of charm there which makes it entertaining in a crazy messed up sort of way.
Hyouka - A lavishly produced show with incredible art and animation, and some insane attention to detail. Unfortunately it is also an adaptation of a set of novels which if this series is any indication, is really boring and mundane. How good an episode is tends to depend heavily on how interesting the events of that episode are. Unfortunately more often than not, it fails to deliver, but when it does those episode are really, really special.
I'm not even really watching this...
Saint Seiya Omega - I can't really say I'm still watching this regularly, since other than the first 6 episodes or so, I've only watched it once every few weeks. I don't really like following long series to begin with, and the lackluster Toei production values on most of the episodes aren't really inviting.
Fucking garbage
Lupin the Turd - Fujiko the Boring Slutwhore - Watching this show is like getting shit shoved down your throat forcefully while someone pees into your eyes being held open by rusty staplers. I wish I never bothered.
Jex
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I didn't realise that an AWO bonus podcast has gone up at the end of last month. There are no reviews this time around because it's just Daryl talking on his own. He discusses Sakura-Con and, more importantly responds to a number of emails.
One of them appears to be from a member of AnimeGAF. I know this because Daryl notes that:
It looks like our online reputation is growing by the day! Keep up the good work, everyone.
One of them appears to be from a member of AnimeGAF. I know this because Daryl notes that:
Daryl said:
It looks like our online reputation is growing by the day! Keep up the good work, everyone.
Disclaimer: This is all based on my experience watching episode 1. It was pretty bad so I never continued.
It's boring and uninteresting. There's nothing wrong with the premise or the setting, but the actual direction of the show falls flat and the performances (both the voice acting and the animation/storyboarding) of the characters simply don't engage in any way. Slice of life shows live and die by how interesting the characters are and how willing the audience is to relate with the characters and follow their daily lives. There's nothing here but an empty void filled with a sense of cheap hollow marketing for an idol unit trying to be popular in more than one industry.
Most of us have no idea what those shows are either. This season is backlog season!
R_thanatos
Member
what a great way to summarise this trainwreck ..
What did we do so that everyone else has some snarky remark to say about whatever aspect of our discussions.
I guess it's the new "cool" thing to hate ...
Jex
Member
Well, I think it has something to do with the fact that someone keeps submitting posts from this form to the 'Shit Otaku Say' blog. It doesn't paint us in the best light!
Think of it this way: while they clearly are concerned about what we say and discuss, we don't even know them.
We're on top.
Dammit, Branduil.
Basileus777
Member
So are we just going to blame Branduil?
Continually out of context too.
Jex
Member
No, see, because the source for that quote is ANN. When the source is NeoGAF, then you're in trouble.
On the plus side, the email Daryl read out from a AnimeGAFfer was fairly good so it kind of balances out. But not really.
Basileus777
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Jex
Member
Right, that doesn't help either. I mean, we know when someone is joking but it certainly wouldn't appear that way to an outside eye.
Yes. But that was taken out of context, so is that one icarus post, etc.
I'm still right btw.
Well lucky for this Daryl chap, I'll be in Hyde park this Saturday. If he would like to say that to my face offline rather than via his microphone then he is welcome to.
BGBW will defend our honor with his fists.
Jex
Member
Anyway, it's not really indicative of anything. Daryl just happens to know the Colony Drop guys and read their Shit Otaku Say blog so it's a pretty small network.
All things considered, this is less brutal than my review.
All things considered, this is less brutal than my review.
It's indicative of something -- you should stop listening to bad podcasts and reading bad blogs that insult you!
Jex
Member
If I avoided all the blogs and podcasts that, at some time or another had made fun of NeoGAF I wouldn't have much to listen to or read! At least, in the gaming space.
chickdigger802
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Wait akb is nearly over?
Jex
Member
I believe it's pronounced "do-rah-maa" when it's Internet drama.
Also, when I first heard it I found it to be funny, rather than insulting. We hadn't got a shout out before.
Unknown Soldier
Member
If you're going to fight him, at least have the courtesy of having your friend film it so you can post the sight of a fistfight between animu fans to Youtube so the entire Internet can watch!
Knowing the Colony Drop people and reading their blog should be a crime to begin with. BGBW threatening to cave Daryl's cranium in shouldn't even be necessary!
Jex
Member
You're saying duckroll is a criminal?
Unknown Soldier
Member
Wait, we all know ducky and this is even a question?! :< Every time he hypes a Bones show, he is committing a crime!
Poor ducky. Huhuhu~
The fact that you claim ducky reads Colony Drop even further damages the credibility of his list of people who you can listen to that was posted a few pages back!
Sometimes, Japan really disappoints me.
its not like both show selling good anyway, Sengoku coll v1 sell 3000k (its not good number anyway) copy because its bundled with some kind of ticket, V2 sold less than half of that. Natsu-iro v1 is on discount.
In general no one striking home run on sales this season.
[thread=478079]Well I am going to Hyde Park to meet people.[/thread] This sudden reputation of being a fighter is rather interesting seeing as I am a rather non violent person.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Trainwreck? I still need to catch the last two episodes but based on the screens and at least comments, it seemed like Shining Hearts Bread of Happiness took an actually surprising and fun turn, not that it wasn't before, but wow, at Rick, definitely up there for best protagonist of the season.
Well if I did a list of the best five protagonists of the spring it would probably be
1. Amata / Rick (Aquarion Evol / Shining Hearts)
2. Ao (E7 AO)
3. Kouga (Saint Seiya Omega)
4. Yuki (Tsuritama)
5. Oreki (Hyouka)
Well while watching AKB0048 Ep10 earlier, I certainly felt like a criminal...
I don't just read Colony Drop. I know the people who run the site, they're good friends of mine. I've also contributed to the site before! There's no shame in telling the world harsh truths about anime.
Well while watching AKB0048 Ep10 earlier, I certainly felt like a criminal...
most of those kind of anime would make me a criminal for watching in my country
of course im just guessing that its that kind
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Holy fuck! So far down the list I didn't even notice it!
GODDAMN IT JAPAN!!! (♯｀∧´)
Ultimadrago
Member
chickdigger802
Banned
yuruyuri s2 1
Grand Delusion was great.
So was the air of yuri.
God bless anime.
Grand Delusion was great.
So was the air of yuri.
God bless anime.
Ultimadrago
Member
It'd be something if they actually utilized SoC battle tactics eventually, but they won't...
You heard me, Campoine! I'm calling you out on inevitable CG weapon spam and magic circles!
Ultimadrago
Member
You chose a solid pair.
Unknown Soldier
Member
I've reserved the bulk of my comments for the PM. I really have little more to say here. Nevertheless, even though I know you aren't being serious, I would be remiss if I didn't point out that opinions are subjective and contain no substantive objective basis on which any concept of truth can be based.
Ultimadrago
Member
This was the best morning read I've had in a while. Thank you.
It might help if you knew wtf you were talking about once in a while before talking about it!
Ultimadrago
Member
Do we become celebrities after a certain number?
You'll be able to get into all the exclusive bars and will never have to book a table.
Ultimadrago
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