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Summer 2012 Anime |OT2| Of Suspended Anime Due To Olympics
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firehawk12
Subete no aware
That's the Welcome to the NHK-esque ending that I'd want!
You tell me - where's the hope?
The teaser points to some potential complications to the uber-harem next week, so we'll see how that goes. lol
And, I suppose at least episode 4 had probably the best anime endings ever in terms of just straight up laughs. lol
Oh, so like Ghost in the Shell then?
You tell me - where's the hope?
In Kirito
No, because I'm lying.
Black Magic M-66
Hey, something else I'd seen that before I'd forgotten about. This is a 1987 sci-fi/action OVA loosely based on the Masamune Shirow manga of the same name. It ended up pretty damn good. The premise is these perfect anti-personnel humanoid robots are lost during transport. They activate themselves and special forces goes in to retrieve them. The issue is they shipped with a test program so they're after a particular target: their creator's granddaughter. The plucky freelance reporter following all of this finds herself getting involved when circumstances arise such that only she and the robots know where the granddaughter is.
This is self-contained which is a strong point in of itself but it's got all that crazy 80s OVA flair to it what with the vehicles and, well, the robots. It's very evocative of some earlier 80s Hollywood films too. Now this part I'm not entirely sure of but some elements feel like they'd been lightly adapted from First Blood like the military planning scenes in the woods or how the Major reminded me quite of a bit of Trautman but I haven't watched that in a while so I might be off some. I am sure though that at its core, it's this lovely homage to The Terminator especially when the unstoppable killing machine part kicks into high gear.
Hey, something else I'd seen that before I'd forgotten about. This is a 1987 sci-fi/action OVA loosely based on the Masamune Shirow manga of the same name. It ended up pretty damn good. The premise is these perfect anti-personnel humanoid robots are lost during transport. They activate themselves and special forces goes in to retrieve them. The issue is they shipped with a test program so they're after a particular target: their creator's granddaughter. The plucky freelance reporter following all of this finds herself getting involved when circumstances arise such that only she and the robots know where the granddaughter is.
This is self-contained which is a strong point in of itself but it's got all that crazy 80s OVA flair to it what with the vehicles and, well, the robots. It's very evocative of some earlier 80s Hollywood films too. Now this part I'm not entirely sure of but some elements feel like they'd been lightly adapted from First Blood like the military planning scenes in the woods or how the Major reminded me quite of a bit of Trautman but I haven't watched that in a while so I might be off some. I am sure though that at its core, it's this lovely homage to The Terminator especially when the unstoppable killing machine part kicks into high gear.
That lovely 80s OVA feel. So good.
KO Traveling Hobo
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But then they show some programmers copy and pasting Kirito's code, challenging the viewer to question the meaning of self and its relation to cloning.
Yeah but I think that'll cause drama in of itself. Maybe we'll get a body switch where one girl lies about her real identity to just be with him which leads to further zaniness. I'd rather they go all out and blow it all up with crazy awkward melodrama that distorts and test friendships but I figure they won't be that bold.
Yes! I loved Black Magic the first time I saw it and I loved it even more the second.
I can't believe I forgot I watched it. It has been forever though.
Next episode.
Unknown Soldier
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See this infamous Angel Beats! (another P.A. Works classic) Keyframe (yes, keyframe. it's not an in-between no matter what some might say)
I've seen this image posted a thousand times and every time I look at it, I'm still not sure what problem I'm supposed to be seeing.
KO Traveling Hobo
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Her eye is ginormous.
Looks like his face, how she's not looking into the scope, and how she's holding the gun.
Can't believe people stopped watching taritari.
It got cute insects
And undulation
That is anime in a nutshell right?
Tari Tari is like if K-On was actually about music.
Just remember that Sawa is a true goddess and nothing less.
Chet Rippo
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don't see the problem with this
Really? I thought the problem with the world was that if it's not an 8 or higher it's bad. Then we have this situation where basically everything IS bad.
But Angel Beats is less than a 5.
Everything is bad, though.
*sigh*. I give up on this for now. Yall are impossible.
KO Traveling Hobo
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They have to make up for people like me who rate on an 8-10 scale.
dakkumauji
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That would require people to have actually played deeply into that.
The way she holds the gun is wrong.
It would fall off the side from instability if someone really held it like that.
I still enjoyed that show a lot.
I have standards. It's not my fault most anime does not live up to them.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
That almost sounds like Secret Base needs to play at the end of the series if that happened. lol
He's no Batman.
I'm sure the Japanese did!
Dont blame me. I gave Yami a 10.
Space Bros 18
slick moves
That was the first time I've seen
Fortunately,
slick moves
That was the first time I've seen
Kenji so unhinged over a rather stupid and petty remark.
he sorts it all out by solving the greatest mystery of our time, a mystery that not even the classics club could handle. Thats right, I'm talking about the meaning of ka-pe!
please tell me what it's like to watch anime while suffering from glaucoma
Chet Rippo
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Razgriz-Specter
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Well based on his reward it was a boss move.
Ultimadrago
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I took a double take.
Different focus, GitS tv is more police story than anything else, although there is some existentialist stuff in the background.
Lies. Filthy lies.
The series doesn't tell the same story as the anime. It's basically a futuristic procedural with a mix of episodic and serial content.
No... Not like CG R2 not at all.
That might have been bad, but at least it was entertaining
My mean score on MAL is 6.14. I should be a tougher critic
i take that back. the Tachikoma Specials weren't half bad
Regardless of whether the tv series is inferior to the movies, it is superior to most of the stuff this season.
He has connections to all 3 girls and he was close to saying
I love you while talking to Nagase. What would happen if he decides to confess his love and it's a different girl in the body
Unknown Soldier
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How does Chet always have an image for responding to everything?
You're out of your mind.
You're out of your mind.
S2 was way better than S1.
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