Greatest love story ever told.
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Summer 2012 Anime |OT2| Of Suspended Anime Due To Olympics
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Greatest love story ever told.
It's called waiting for the Blurays to marathon it.
Hey, it's pretty mean to compare a pretty good movie like Poppy Hill to associate it with an overall above-average series like Nichijou
While I did enjoy the setting and the very charming scenery and cast of characters, IU found the direction the story took with
the faux incest drama stuff
Saying that, School Days was both a far more thought provoking and in hindsight, enjoyable (the reaction posts!) work thus I consider it to be the superior of the two!
yeah, it'd basically be the complete opposite of RKB
Watching shows that are well written probably.
Bakemonagatari?
Jex
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You were such a rebel last year, voting for entertainment over quality. Truly outrageous.I'd agree that it's a better list, but I probably don't have the right to comment on that. I voted for Ben-To, Tiger & Bunny and Denpa Onna in my 2012 top ten at the expense of some of these other shows, after all ¯\_(ツ
I suspect my AotY 2012 top ten will be much more in line with the rest of AnimeGAF's.
dakkumauji
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Gintama 32
Justaway needs all the love you can give it, just look at their faces.
Not a bad conclusion. Wasn't as lively but I get the tree thing.
Justaway needs all the love you can give it, just look at their faces.
Not a bad conclusion. Wasn't as lively but I get the tree thing.
Space Bros 19
That was kind of touching, this show always does such a nice job expanding on its characters and background stories. Also, I wonder if Aunt Sharon and that other lady are lesbians. I mean, why else would they be living together?
Rinne 17
Things have picked up after the slow start to the 2nd season, next week looks like it will be a good one. Although, it seems like a lot of people have not continued watching the show, which is too bad I guess cause its still a pretty looking show and generally fun to watch. A lot more shipping with the main characters this season too.
Saint Seiya Omega 15
I havent been really keeping up with this one too much at this point, I know most people dropped it a while back, but I find it enjoyable for the most part and there tends to be some interesting and cool episodes, particularly in more recent weeks I think. Probably one of the more disappointing shows this year I imagine, although obviously Lupin takes the cake in that regard.
That was kind of touching, this show always does such a nice job expanding on its characters and background stories. Also, I wonder if Aunt Sharon and that other lady are lesbians. I mean, why else would they be living together?
Rinne 17
Things have picked up after the slow start to the 2nd season, next week looks like it will be a good one. Although, it seems like a lot of people have not continued watching the show, which is too bad I guess cause its still a pretty looking show and generally fun to watch. A lot more shipping with the main characters this season too.
Saint Seiya Omega 15
I havent been really keeping up with this one too much at this point, I know most people dropped it a while back, but I find it enjoyable for the most part and there tends to be some interesting and cool episodes, particularly in more recent weeks I think. Probably one of the more disappointing shows this year I imagine, although obviously Lupin takes the cake in that regard.
chickdigger802
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Joshiraku 4
So much violence. megane. cute outfits.
bunny.
So much violence. megane. cute outfits.
bunny.
I agree with that plot stuff, but if you're serious about the School Days thing I will have to duel you. School Days is not particularly thought provoking, unless the thoughts you are provoking is "What the fuck"
A look into the mind of chickdigger.
Jex
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School Days is a dark examination of the harem genre taken to it's logical conclusion. It's a thought provoking piece of fiction. I'm being completely serious.
Is it the Evangelion of harem anime?
This is what anime does to people.
Jex
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Sure, why not. That statement doesn't really mean anything anyway!
It's certainly the most interesting take on the harem genre that can be found in anime today, unless someone goes and makes something even more self-aware.
Official art featured in the DVDs doesn't lie:
http://i.imgur.com/yhmOo.jpg
Spoilers for Dennou Coil's final episodes.
Tadashi Hiramatsu
I don't even know if I can separate the concepts now. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Actually, considering a couple of the series that I already consider a lock for my 2012 top ten, I almost certainly can still separate the concepts.
Jex
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I think you already know. They're providing the entertainment that otaku crave. It's not like School Days is a particularly moral, pleasant or feminist tale. One should not be surprised to find that it contains sickening and depraves scenes.
I think somewhere along the line it gets lost up its own gore/mind-breaking-producing asshole.
First season of Kimi ni Todoke had that effect on me. I'm sure I had a smile on my face for most of the time I was watching it. So sweet and innocent.
Jex
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And many would say it was better for it.
Jex
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Oh god, Narag. You choose to walk such a dark path. Your mind has truly been corrupted by the Naruverse.
dakkumauji
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Gintama 33
Hammerin' Hero Gintoki!
I'm impressed that it did fly.
Hammerin' Hero Gintoki!
I'm impressed that it did fly.
Jex
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This will never happen when the main source of discourse is stuff like School Days. It was truly a better time when stuff like Usagi Drop was airing.
Thank you for trying though!
In what way?
It seems I'll need to watch Un-Go sooner rather than later.Almost my nakama...
Ultimadrago
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Woah.
Putting a great comedy like Blood-C in the same list as mediocre titles such as Daily Lives of High School Boys and YuruYuri is insulting.
Personally, re: deconstructions, I feel the potential for damage in a harem situation is more emotional than anything else, and the use of gore and shock-value displays - even as resolutions of high-set emotional damage - detract heavily from any real point School Days has to make.
I also don't really think much of School Days as a whole, finding value only really in its shock value and reactions from viewers, so there's that also.
This is one of the changes in Final Fantasy VII: Last Order I complained about.
KO Traveling Hobo
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bandrul pls
Considering how things turn out, I'd argue that the anime very much is. It's condemning the behavior of its protagonist, not celebrating it.
Are you implying F/Z isn't well written? Really?
I can already taste the singular incredulity in your reactions. It's going to be an amazing time to be an animegaffer.
Could've been much worse:
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I'd argue the opposite and say the sick and twisted ending is the perfect allegory for such an incredibly sick and twisted genre.
I guess we're at an impasse. Let's go watch Whispers of the Heart with duckroll instead.
Crash Station
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Why? Dennou Coil has an uninteresting premise.
Would that even be remotely controversial? How much can Urobuchi really do with Type Moon trash?
Femmeworth
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ಠ_ಠ You can't be that dense. Premises don't exist inside a vacuum, you know.
How much can he do with anything?
Jex
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I'm not so sure about that. While the protagonist is certainly condemned for his bad behaviour by the characters in the show I don't think the show as a whole actually cares. I think it's looking to entertain and shock it's audience in whatever manner will be most effective and that's just where they ended up at.
Which is basically what I think about Elfin Lied.
Well, probably.
Crash Station
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These words are synonymous.
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