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Summer 2012 Anime |OT2| Of Suspended Anime Due To Olympics

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madp

The Light of El Cantare
You guys have no idea how not having AO makes me immensely sad.

I was actually agreeing with you :p I may not share your feelings on that particular series, but in general I hate it when something I care about is preempted by something that I don't care about (fuckin' US Open/Wimbledon/etc...)
 
The Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan announced the winners for the 65th MPTE Awards earlier today. Black Rock Shooter actually won the prize for technical achievement in animation in the televison category, with Wandering Son taking an honorable mention for the same. Ei Aoki was happy enough with the latter that he tweeted his gratitude and congratulated the staff of the series for all their work.

Wandering Son losing to Black Rock Shooter in anything makes me sad. :(
 
You guys have no idea how not having AO makes me immensely sad.

How about some fanart to cheer you up?
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Im more distressed over a lack of Koi to senkyo to chocolate for two weeks, at least theres two new episodes on the day it comes back.
 

Uchip

Banned
How about some fanart to cheer you up?
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Im more distressed over a lack of Koi to senkyo to chocolate for two weeks, at least theres two new episodes on the day it comes back.

honestly
AO should have just become one big gay orgy
at least then it would be laughably bad, instead of just confusingly bad
 
Manyuu_Hikenchou 08 - 09

Those 2 eps completely took me by surprise as the Quality just went up suddenly


The last part of ep8, was made with ANIMATION..i repeat , ANIMATION

i can' t believe it.

This was clearly a well paced EP overall and my interest in this show rose a bit .


And then came EP9

There are too many moments of WTF i could have screencapped but i don't want to spoil the rest ..

Trully this show is mediocre but has very nice highlights...

Yes, episode 8 is awesome!
 
You mean you don't like plopping down on the couch for seventeen hours of beach volleyball and water polo every day for two weeks?

I love it. No one in their right mind would watch these sports if they were on regularly but every four years they become the most fascinating sports in the world for 15 mins.
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
But every once in a while, NBC slips up and shows something like rowing or something else not volleyball or water polo.

Well, in those rare instances, the internet's already spoiled me hours in advance so there's no need to watch.

I love it. No one in their right mind would watch these sports if they were on regularly but every four years they become the most fascinating sports in the world for 15 mins.

Don't get me wrong! I find the Olympics hugely entertaining, I was making more of a dig at NBC's obsession with showing a handful of sports at the expense of all others.
I'm also too lazy to stream instead of watch television
 

survivor

Banned
Don't get me wrong! I find the Olympics hugely entertaining, I was making more of a dig at NBC's obsession with showing a handful of sports at the expense of all others.
I'm also too lazy to stream instead of watch television

Sounds as bad as CTV where they only keep focusing on showing Canadian athletes getting owned in most of the competitions.
 

Tomat

Wanna hear a good joke? Waste your time helping me! LOL!
Sword Art Online EP1

"It's not a bug..."
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"It's a feature."
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SAO confirmed for indie game?

There's so much bullshit in this show. You mean to tell me someone created a VR interface that completely disables your real body? That's just asking for trouble. If the game takes hella long to beat and nobody in the outside world can take the visor off, won't some of these people possibly die of thirst and starvation because they're vegetables now?

Is this technology brand new or something? Is the Japanese equivalent of the FTC retarded? How could that possibly get out into the public market?

LOLREALISM aside, I like the premise. I think I'll keep watching.
 

Jex

Member
Sengoku Collection 18

This was actually a really well done episode so instead of making some throwaway snarky comment like I usually do about this stupid show, I'm just gonna post some pics of the fantastic background art.

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Studio Pablo
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Well, now that I've seen the background art I don't need to watch the episode. Thanks for that!
 

Instro

Member
Natsuyuki 5

Thumbelina manager
so :cajun.

That was a really good episode. Loved the art they used for Hazuki's adventure through the
sketchbook world
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Extollere

Sucks at poetry
Sword Art Online EP1


SAO confirmed for indie game?

There's so much bullshit in this show. You mean to tell me someone created a VR interface that completely disables your real body? That's just asking for trouble. If the game takes hella long to beat and nobody in the outside world can take the visor off, won't some of these people possibly die of thirst and starvation because they're vegetables now?

Is this technology brand new or something? Is the Japanese equivalent of the FTC retarded? How could that possibly get out into the public market?

LOLREALISM aside, I like the premise. I think I'll keep watching.

There's a HUGE suspension of disbelief involved in enjoying SAO.

They haven't even discussed the creator yet. He and his crew have to be somewhere deep in hiding, and the Japanese federal government must be in some kind of crisis mode right now due to all the homicides. They haven't touched on this at all. On one hand, you sort of feel trapped in the game with the player... on the other hand, so far we're only getting a narrow view of the story at large. Meanwhile, we can all pretend not to be excited at the moe loli service. I'll be the first to say that I'm not excited about it at all! I'm definitely not excited.
I'm excited.
 

Jex

Member
Terra e... | 1 - 11
at the beginning it was pretty meh but now things are looking pretty interesting. also I love the time skip even if they don't say when they are gonna do it.
I haven't seen you post in here before, so welcome.

At the very least you've made it through Terra e...'s rather weak and generic opening section. I'd say that's easily the worst part of the series and many people drop the show there because it seems like it's going to be a rather silly, generic show with bad art.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the series.
 

duckroll

Member
Eureka Seven AO - Episode 16

I can't believe they did it. It's such a shocking and horrifying twist in this series. I don't know where it's going anymore. OMG someone hold me. Arghughughuguhghgh.
All those action scenes were pretty exciting to watch, but I literally went "HOLY SHIT" when Renton came through the wormhole in the Nirvash SpecX to save Naru. But then... she just.... kills him. Wtf. This can't be real right?
It's going to be a looooong wait till next week's episode. >_<
 

Nafe

Member
Thank you! :D He's already received it, so no problems there. There's no problem shipping TO Japan, but FROM Japan seems to be a different story (my sister is there and coming back to the US later this month, she's bringing it back with her). I love the Diva games, I actually like them more than Project Mirai in terms of gameplay (though I prefer the Nendoroid aesthetic). I like learning the patterns and the music. :D

The Project Diva games are totally worth it, esp. since the PSP is region-free.

Right, I heard it was shipping FROM Japan. Apparently if the battery is removable from the device, such as a phone, it will be removed and the device shipped but now you need to get another battery.

Sounds good about the games. It's these type of niche games that I pretty much play now. Others are JRPGs and shmups. I'm not really interested in a lot of these iphone type ones that are popular now. Some might be fun but then I get bored of them rather quickly.

It plays out like Neo vs Agent Smith while pretending to be serious drama.

Okay, well not any time soon but in the end maybe I'll give the show a watch sometime.

Hmmmm.... the official PR Twitter account for the Persona 3 movie seems to be implying in a post teasing more news in future that the project might consist of more than a single movie. I wonder if they're going to do something like Kara no Kyoukai...

Peter Jackson getting involved with Persona 3, I knew it... haha

The official Hyouka site has put up some new key visual art for the next story arc:

As much as I'm enjoying the current arc I really want to see the next one too. That artwork is very nice with some interesting character dynamics shown. Kimonos seem like an annoyance to put on,especially if your busty, but some are really beautiful looking.

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Fucking filth. All ignored. Just look at this rogue's gallery of depravity. Well, you're all exposed now. EXPOSED!

What is this list and why am I on it?

I have pretty low hopes for her to be honest. Theres been no memorable good female antagonist in the genre. Seems to be pretty awful of a character, doesnt look like she has any potential to be a compelling antagonist and based on her elemental alignment, it will be great to see Soma destroy her if they go in that route? Only actually decent female character in Saint Seiya Omega has been Athena, actually courageous and does something worth mentioning exceeding expectations. If Yuna would only increase her enemy defeated count to being at Koga's level then maybe she can be better. Sure you may say Soma has not has as many wins as Kouga, but at least he has been there from the start supporting Kouga through hard trials and lending friendship, while Yuna has only been tending to Athena extensively, ignoring Souma and Kouga. I think that that does make him even more a cool and better designed character even if his fighting skills arent at Kouga level.

Inori would have lost just about everything she had going for her. Sure as Egoist the song is nice, but otherwise not being an asset for Shu would make her really way less appealing and just typical anime female character. She would be on Ayase's level, characters that are just there to increase the numbers in the plot but really provide no other benefit than just kind of nudging Shu forward but being unsuccessful. Part of the good thing with Inori as she was was, as an essential asset for him, she was able to, in his most down moments give him some hope to go on and serve as inspiration, knowing that he could utilize her when he needed the support.

Ayase was alright as a Endlave pilot and during that one scene with Shu
when she had legs
but otherwise pretty much not really a character worth mentioning as a whole, actually kind of anger inducing at several points due to her actions, however was definitely a vital access in rounding out this good anime.

I have trouble thinking of the qualities that would make an actually likeable female character in a context not with a male protagonist or a context of not taking looks into account.

I like that kind of down depressed attitude for main characters though. It makes them creative, realistic, and kind of someone to relate to. I imagine people have had or would have those sorts of feelings toward things. It a great setup for extensive character development and growth, and it always leads to scenes where this sort of unenthusiastic negative character just rises to the occasion and shocks everyone. Isnt that good? Unlike the characters I mentioned, Shou actually has power and actually does stuff to make him not be a worthless deadweight.

Ok, I think I'll leave it at that. I'd discuss it further but I think we'll have to agree to disagree. I just wanted to know more why you felt the way you do towards female characters.
 

Jex

Member
I don't see how Hyouka can top the festival arc, but that art looks good! I like how Satoshi is turned away from the others - really interested to see where his character arc will go.

Well, I already know where certain bloggers want his character to go! But we all know this will never happen.
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
Sounds as bad as CTV where they only keep focusing on showing Canadian athletes getting owned in most of the competitions.

It's raining medals here in America as usual and I can't be bothered to care. I just want to see cool shit going on, I don't need my patriotism stroked constantly.

it needs more shitty "retro" graphics and chiptune music

And the bad guy controlling the game isn't nearly enough of an asshole hipster.
 

Jex

Member
I don't mind doors that much because it's not like anime has ever been known for great door animation.

Well, I don't just get annoyed by CG animation because it replaces previously well done traditional animation. I just find that having two different visual techniques welded together is distracting to the point where it takes me out of the experience of watching the anime in question.
 
Natsuyuki 05

Beginning was emotions heavy.

Girl is really clueless for a while.

I approve of the haircut

That's some dream.
 

Nafe

Member
Referring to another thread where somebody was all LOL U PEOPLE HAVE ANIME AVATARZ.

Was that the Atelier topic people were mentioning? I just gave it a brief look.
Do people really do this though? Put someone on ignore simply because of an aesthetic choice to the art style in their avatar?

Well, to me, I guess I don't want to talk to them either if they're going to be that silly and shallow minded about it...
 

Emitan

Member
Was that the Atelier topic people were mentioning? I just gave it a brief look.
Do people really do this though? Put someone on ignore simply because of an aesthetic choice to the art style in their avatar?

Well, to me, I guess I don't want to talk to them either if they're going to be that silly and shallow minded about it...

Who would want to ignore those wonderful breasts in your avatar?!
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
Was that the Atelier topic people were mentioning? I just gave it a brief look.
Do people really do this though? Put someone on ignore simply because of an aesthetic choice to the art style in their avatar?

Well, to me, I guess I don't want to talk to them either if they're going to be that silly and shallow minded about it...

Spend a day posting in a wide variety of OT threads.

See how many responses you get.
 
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