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

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my head is swelling... wait no it's their heads that are swollen.

AHHHHHH
ahhhh
AHHHHHH

Why are they lifting their skirts???

ahhhh!

why is big sis.... ahhhhh!

Why are they stripping?

ahhhh!


tall girl dislike being tall? ahh- oh i know a few irl. Oh god, i'm connecting with this show! ahhhh!


Why are they showering??? ahhhhh!


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NewFresh

Member
Is there a way to set your browser to specifically block images of Ryo-ku-bu or however the f you spell it? Because when I feel like browsing gaffu on a Saturday morning (the worst hangover cure I have ever tried, btw) I sure don't want to feel like an accidental pervert looking at basketball lolis.

Let me know if you figure out how to do this.

Thanks in advance.
 
nanoha 5

oh some mage on mage action.

i really am digging the sound effects of the assorted staffs. Sounds so... mecha.

everything else... w/e. just skip past that stuff.
 
nanoha 6-7

More drama and something baddies something. Fate obviously has an abusive mom. Stuff was surprisingly graphic.

And time cop shota appears!


This show does seem to have a bunch of interesting elements. Really do wish the production value wasn't is like F tier.
 

DiGiKerot

Member
Regarding the last spoiler, do they show
the whole casinò part
?
As I've only been reading the manga (one day I'll get back to the book), Tweedledee being
Balot's brother in the movie
leaves me confused.

It's been the best part of a year since I saw the movie version, but I'm pretty sure that
Tweedledee didn't magically become Balot's brother
at any point.

Also,
the casino part will be continuing into the next movie as well
 

Theonik

Member
HeartCatch PrettyCure 21
This episode was pretty great for its trench-coat antics, also I think this new fairy might be the only redeeming fairy in the series. (Cope-sama doesn't count as he's a vegetable, a hideous vegetable) We are getting closer to the yellow precure, Can't be long now. HYPE.

HeartCatch PrettyCure 22
That was close in this episode, almost thought
that the gardening club president was going to be the yellow precure and was almost disappointed. Good save at the end. I guess it's almost certain that the student council president will be the yellow precure now!
The fight was pretty cool too continuing the trend from the previous episodes. Also the deserterians are becoming more and more ridiculous.
Bitter mellon? Really?

HeartCatch PrettyCure 23
YES! OH YES! FINALLY! Seems like I was right!
Claaaaaasssss president!
HYYYYYYYYPEEEEE! Crazy good fight this time, seems like it's a 2 parter though. Cure Sunshine's transformation is pretty sweet and unlike the other two she gets her very own unique sequence. Kinda unfair really, yellow precure discrimination. Her costume is also erm... A bit more revealing than the rest... Some very neat animation in this episode as well which is expected since this is meant to be a mid series climax but... Still neat.

HeartCatch PrettyCure 24
(No pictures this time because spoilers)
This episode further cements the notion that CUre sunshine's powerlevel >>>> the rest, she even gets her own
finishing move in the form of some sort of bullethell-esque spam, which is completely different to Sunshine's, Marine's or even dark Precure's finishers also forcefields
We also get to see the progress of the efforts of the characters in the form
of visiting the tree in the Sky
. Another thing this episode is trying to convey is that finally the PreCures seem to have power to
oppose the dark precure something that seemed impossible 3 episodes ago.

HeartCatch PrettyCure 25
We're back to life as normal, the fashion club as well as its newest member go on a summer training camp. I really enjoyed this episode for 2 reasons, it had some neat exposition (yes the N-word again) with the third precure getting to meet the other 2 characters a bit more personally with some hints of yuri while at the same time
the generals are holding a training camp of their own
leading to an awesome fight between all 3 precures and all 3 generals. Another sort of tease we got was how
sasorina got hit with the tact but the other two saved her before her genkification was complete. What DOES happen to a desert messenger when getting hit by that attack? I guess I'll have to watch on!
 

Jex

Member
Is there a way to set your browser to specifically block images of Ryo-ku-bu or however the f you spell it? Because when I feel like browsing gaffu on a Saturday morning (the worst hangover cure I have ever tried, btw) I sure don't want to feel like an accidental pervert looking at basketball lolis.
I feel that the best move here is simply to set those who talk about such sinful matters to 'Ignore'.

It's really the safest way.
 

darkside31337

Tomodachi wa Mahou
Welcome to the darkside? lol :)

I see what you did there :/

I feel that the best move here is simply to set those who talk about such sinful matters to 'Ignore'.

It's really the safest way.

You plan on ignoring half the people who post in here?

I honestly don't get why people feel the need to watch a show they are uncomfortable with and don't enjoy. Just stop watching, it's not that difficult?
only exception is when a certain somebody has taken your family hostage until you finish the show.
 

Nafe

Member
Reading through the thread and I thought the two month wait for the last two episodes of Madoka was bad. It's going to be a long two weeks for some people by the looks of it.

We're certainly slowing down a bit. Probably for the best, all things considered.

Since I first started posting I've noticed a big slow down. When I first started reading the thread in Winter 2011 the OT seemed to move at about 6-8 pages a day. The last couple of seasons seemed more like 16-18 pages and I couldn't keep up. Now it seems to have moved back to the 6 pages or even less range.

Anime on hold for a few weeks... *gets package in mail* I think I'll manage.

I decided to buy Mana Khemia 2 around when it came out and it starts out kind of slow and formulaic but once you get all your party members and unlocking all the different abilities it became pretty fun.

The female and male characters aren't just skins either but get different abilities and see the story from different points of view which is nice. There's not really much story but more the little slice of life type moments that are more the main draw.

I also really like a lot of the music in the game. While I probably won't play it again for awhile I liked it enough to go and buy the first Mana Khemia which I had missed, although I haven't got around to play it yet.


Who needs to be up to date? Live in the past like me and dive into that backlog!

Yeah, I was thinking of using a bit of the time to try and watch some of these movies and OVAs you and Narag have been posting impressions of.
 

darkside31337

Tomodachi wa Mahou
Chitanda's not that bad :(

Ha I'm watching Hyouka of my own free will. I'm just a glutton for punishment.

The student film arc is awful, absolutely awful. The way they use music in this show and specifically in this arc is offensive, they try to create fake tension and wring out other fake emotions from the viewers by constantly playing the same BGM tracks over and over when its actually just completely unfitting and uncalled for.

I really do hate this show but Chitanda is the reason I'm sticking around. I heard I only need to make it to episode 12 before it gets good so I'm almost there now.
 

Narag

Member
Kokoro Connect 4

More secrets, more drama, and more fun. I picked this show up expecting comedic hijinx but instead I've gotten a decent drama for my troubles. Well, aside from (Caution: Spoilers) this exchange. Then again,
I figure they can't avoid sexual tension forever.
 

Theonik

Member
Ha I'm watching Hyouka of my own free will. I'm just a glutton for punishment.

The student film arc is awful, absolutely awful. The way they use music in this show and specifically in this arc is offensive, they try to create fake tension and wring out other fake emotions from the viewers by constantly playing the same BGM tracks over and over when its actually just completely unfitting and uncalled for.

I really do hate this show but Chitanda is the reason I'm sticking around. I heard I only need to make it to episode 12 before it gets good so I'm almost there now.
I was making a joke about you claiming that Chitanda is holding your family hostage to finish Hyouka
I still intend to watch the show but these impressions just make me sad. Might be the first KyoAni show I hate. Still waiting for the Bluray volumes to come out.
 

Grzi

Member
Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales

The first two stories were simply okay, but who cares about them when the Bakeneko arc is so fucking amazing holy fucking shit.
I mean, Mononoke is one of my all time favorite shows so it's kind of weird for me to wait this long to watch this arc. But dear god is it good. I'll be rewatching Mononoke soon because of it. Not much else to say really, this shit is only three episodes long so there are no excuses for not watching it, everyone should give it a shot, it's really really good.
 

Branduil

Member
I was making a joke about you claiming that Chitanda is holding your family hostage to finish Hyouka
I still intend to watch the show but these impressions just make me sad. Might be the first KyoAni show I hate. Still waiting for the Bluray volumes to come out.

You shouldn't put too much stock in darkside's opinions. You'll only get hurt.
 

Articalys

Member
From the Otakon Aya Hirano panel:

13:28:25 <bay|Ota|Hirano> Q: How do you feel about the controversy that was created when fans posted pictures -----? (translator shoots him down)
 

fertygo

Member
To be fair, the movie arc maybe only good because KyoAni that doing it.. I might laugh it aloud if read it as novel. The uncle's past arc part was beautiful though.
 
Accel World 16

A short training arc. That's nice. This wasn't a terrible episode at the very least. I feel like this show is on the literal borderline between something decent and crap and each week I feel like it jumps between the two.

On the plus side, I beat Whitney and got my third badge.
 

Kettch

Member
...I think I just heard the Bakemonogatari commentary will be subtitled on the release. Someone tell me I'm not dreaming.
 

darkside31337

Tomodachi wa Mahou
Not about the music. I don't know where that's coming from.

Really you don't notice the overuse of music in this series?

00:00 - 00:39
01:21 - 03:14
03:31 - 04:14
04:28 - 06:19
06:49 - 07:49
08:54 - 10:45
11:46 - 12:40
12:58 - 15:35
16:14 - 18:22
19:46 - 21:02
23:10 - 23:50

Here is the timestamp of all the scenes with BGM playing during episode 9 which is the last episode I finished (and its terrible). A 24 minute episode having more than 15 and a half minutes worth is pretty crazy. Especially when said music is totally uninspired and nowhere near matching the amount of effort and work being put into the show on the visual level.

The most egregious use came during the scenes where the 4 of them were talking to various club members to try to solve the "mystery" and when they were talking to each other after said scenes. There was just no need to do this.
 

Branduil

Member
Really you don't notice the overuse of music in this series?

00:00 - 00:39
01:21 - 03:14
03:31 - 04:14
04:28 - 06:19
06:49 - 07:49
08:54 - 10:45
11:46 - 12:40
12:58 - 15:35
16:14 - 18:22
19:46 - 21:02
23:10 - 23:50

Here is the timestamp of all the scenes with BGM playing during episode 9 which is the last episode I finished (and its terrible). A 24 minute episode having more than 15 and a half minutes worth is pretty crazy. Especially when said music is totally uninspired and nowhere near matching the amount of effort and work being put into the show on the visual level.

The most egregious use came during the scenes where the 4 of them were talking to various club members to try to solve the "mystery" and when they were talking to each other after said scenes. There was just no need to do this.

Wait, your claim is that anime should never have more than 15 minutes of music?
 

darkside31337

Tomodachi wa Mahou
Wait, your claim is that anime should never have more than 15 minutes of music?

The least the show could do is to use actually different tracks instead of the same handful of ones over and over, ones that happen to suck really bad too. And yes there are way too many scenes in this show where they decide to drum up that same track for background music instead of just having silence. There is nothing wrong with silence. You can have emotional scenes in a show without having to resort to using all that music to lead the way.
 
Wow I guess I can finally see durarara, the bd set isreleasing in the us

durarara bd lunch box set
14:48:59 <bay|Ota|Aniplex> pre-order date 7.30.2012
14:49:02 <bay|Ota|Aniplex> original set for north america
14:49:11 <bay|Ota|Aniplex> limited edition with exclusive lunch box
14:49:14 <bay|Ota|Aniplex> 5 blu-ray disc set
14:49:16 <bay|Ota|Aniplex> 26 eps
14:49:18 <bay|Ota|Aniplex> double sided poster
14:49:19 <bay|Ota|Aniplex> more
14:49:24 <bay|Ota|Aniplex> 10.30.2012 release date
 
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