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[dakkumauji]

He's not even here!

Then, DTLsense is tingling!

 

[cajunator]

Surely there are other things you could pick up instead.

Better things!

Guilty Crown is on my watchlist along with Fractale.

 

[R_thanatos]

I think the ALO arc is pretty much a given for this show given that it's 2 cour. Who knows. though. Anyway, there are currently 10 volumes. It goes like this.

That is unless the anime add original material !!! ( and they can easily )

 

[kayos90]

Guilty Crown is on my watchlist along with Fractale.

Don't watch GC. It's bad.

That is unless the anime add original material !!! ( and they can easily )

Honestly, if they really wanted to, I think they would've done so already. Why create original material when they could've easily made these SS two episodes each? Doesn't make much sense to me.

 

[Dresden]

It's the greatest bromance never told. With Kirito's skill and Klein's leadership, SAO would have been cleared in a month.

And then Klein would die in Kirito's arms at the end--they'll lean in for a final kiss, but Klein will disappear before their lips lock.

Best anime.

 

[cajunator]

Don't watch GC. It's bad.



Honestly, if they really wanted to, I think they would've done so already. Why create original material when they could've easily made these SS two episodes each? Doesn't make much sense to me.

But it has a girl with a cat ear suit.

 

[Narag]

And then Klein would die in Kirito's arms at the end--they'll lean in for a final kiss, but Klein will disappear before their lips lock.

Best anime.

But will Kirito ever learn to love again? If not, I'll agree. Best anime.

 

[Jex]

Well, now I'm excited for that.

Mardock Scramble 2 swaps out all the violence and nudity of the first film with weirdness...and nudity.

It's an interesting change, to say the least.

 

[Ultimadrago]

This is my only hope for this series!

Describing your hopes for this series is only adding to your shame post count!

 

[Defuser]

It's been months since GC ended but I'm still listening to the Everlasting Guilty Crown. Supercell is the only thing good about GC.

 

[kayos90]

It's been months since GC ended but I'm still listening to the Everlasting Guilty Crown. Supercell is the only thing good about GC.

Not true. The OST is good too. And the animation. And Gai. Well... part of him. Lol. Though, him being Rey Za Burrel didn't help.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox 7

What beautiful mountains.

A snow ninja arrives to test loser boy. It's a cute episode about the kids of the school trying to survive during a blizzard. Still don't understand the red-haired twins, but I'm not sure you are supposed to at all...

:cajun

 

[cajunator]

Supercell is a good band so thats not surprising.
The show has to have some redeeming qualities.

 

[kayos90]

Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox 7

A snow ninja arrives to test loser boy. It's a cute episode about the kids of the school trying to survive during a blizzard. Still don't understand the red-haired twins, but I'm not sure you are supposed to at all...

I'm so glad I dropped this show. This looks soooo stupid.

Supercell is a good band so thats not surprising.
The show has to have some redeeming qualities.

Oh yeah. It does. Too bad it can't carry the show to stardom. Or even avarageness.

EDIT: Okay, that last sentence was a bit too harsh.

 

[Branduil]

Now and Then, Here and There - 03

I dunno... it's good, but sometimes i feel it's being grimdark for the sake of being grimdark. Like the

Spoiler

implied rape scene

, i'm not sure what was its purpose.

I think the general theme of the show is "war sucks."

 

[Jex]

It tries too hard to create a negative oppressive shithole atmosphere. We get it already!

I don't particularly think that it's 'trying too hard', rather, I think the particular location that the series is set in is extremely oppressive and unpleasant. Nothing that happens there feels exceedingly exaggerated, based on my knowledge of child soldiers.

 

[Caesnd]

Wait wait, is NTR your real reason for dropping a show? I can

Spoiler

think of many other reasons to drop Eureka Seven: AO

.

It would make way more sense if someone dropped it prior to episode 12...

 

[cajunator]

I think the general theme of the show is "war sucks."

You guys haven't watched Saikano have you.

 

[Jex]

I'm sorry I don't scrutinize the animation frame by frame.

Eh, Tari Tari essentially has awful faces in every single episode. It's a little distracting.

 

[kayos90]

It would make way more sense if someone dropped it prior to episode 12...

The main story started way too late in AO imo. I mean, if almost half of your show is dedicated to solely characterizing, I feel a bit sour. Granted E7 did the same thing but you got hints of the plot and such moving in the first 25 episodes. Here.... it's just... pure character development.

Eh, Tari Tari essentially has awful faces in every single episode. It's a little distracting.

I don't think it's that bad.... What's so bad about it?

 

[wonzo]

Moyashimon Returns 04

And look!

Moecrobes!

they really weren't joking with the Microbe Theatre ads for the new season

 

[Narag]

I don't particularly think that it's 'trying too hard', rather, I think the particular location that the series is set in is extremely oppressive and unpleasant. Nothing that happens there feels exceedingly exaggerated, based on my knowledge of child soldiers.

Spoiler

It's more the extra step taken to show how terrible things are. I get that the leader was crazy so there wasn't a need to strangle the cat on top of that. I get it sucks to be a female in this situation but there wasn't a need to throw rape on top of that. Thinking back, the indoctrinated child soldiers wasn't what aggravated me all that much.

 

[flawfuls]

He's not even here!

I'd like to think there is a little bit of DTL lives within all of us.

 

[Chet Rippo]

I'm so glad I dropped this show. This looks soooo stupid.

Knowing your tastes, I have no idea why you'd watch it to begin with...

 

[cajunator]

Eh, Tari Tari essentially has awful faces in every single episode. It's a little distracting.

Doent most anime?

 

[kayos90]

So is DTL just known for bromances?

Knowing your tastes, I have no idea why you'd watch it to begin with...

I like rom com. Not sex com.

 

[dakkumauji]

So is DTL just known for bromances?

One of the few forms of true love.

 

[cajunator]

Yes, mostly.
If it has swordfights he probably likes it.

 

[Chet Rippo]

DTL is known for DTL.

 

[kayos90]

One of the few forms of true love.

Gross.... I hope yall aren't being serious.

 

[Jex]

Ghost in the Shell

Then there are the clunkers where people over explain both the themes and the plot to each other (and more specifically to the audience), but I suppose I can forgive that given how relatively tight the film is when it comes to everything else.

Clunky speeches are just one of Oshii's many tropes. Interestingly, even with those in his movies people still manage to completely miss the point of his films quite often.

And as much as I like the world and the ideas, I can't imagine how they could drag this out to a 52 episode anime series. I'm not even sure that I'd want to check out the sequel because where else can you go after that ending?

Well, the series tells many other stories which aren't the puppet master storyline. After all, both the series and the films are based on a manga which contains multiple volumes of stories.

 

[Chet Rippo]

I like rom com. Not sex com.

How can it be a sex comedy if there is no sex?

 

[Geneijin]

Gross.... I hope yall aren't being serious.

The fuck?

 

[kayos90]

How can it be a sex comedy if there is no sex?

Well, the girls always want to have sex with the protagonist. They're always making sex jokes. ALL THE TIME. Just not my cup of tea.

 

[firehawk12]

Describing your hopes for this series is only adding to your shame post count!

You have to post twice for each post I make!

 

[Jex]

Doent most anime?

Er, no.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

Sword Art Online 4

You guys weren't kidding about the pandering. I love how casually anime zig-zags along the line between

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lust and familial love.

Kirito is really going full Hei here.

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Using the loli as bait

was great.

The show just keeps getting better and better.

Gross.... I hope yall aren't being serious.

wut

 

[kayos90]

You have to post twice for each post I make!

Is that physically... possible?

Sword Art Online 4

You guys weren't kidding about the pandering. I love how casually anime zig-zags along the line between

Spoiler

lust and familial love.

Kirito is really going full Hei here.

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Using the loli as bait

was great.

The show just keeps getting better and better.

I can't tell if you're legitimately enjoying this or not. lol.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

I can't tell if you're legitimately enjoying this or not. lol.

I am, but I'm also illegitimately enjoying it.

 

[wonzo]

HxH 2011 41

yyyyeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

FINALLY

Summary of any worthwhile thing Maruyama said at his Otakon panel:

- He wants to make Pluto, but it needs to be 8 hour long episodes. Someone give him money to do it, and he'll do it. Open your wallets now.

- He wants to complete Kon's Dream Machine within the next 5 years. Open your wallets now.

- Before making Kids on the Slope with Watanabe, he was actually trying to get several projects off the ground at Madhouse with the director. None of them ever got into production. They actually completed a script for a movie once, but that got canned too.

- He would like to work with Kawajiri again, but the bastard is still at Madhouse so it would be hard. If they do work together again he would want Kawajiri to make something a little different.

tl;dr: If you want more cool stuff from MAPPA, please Paypal Maruyama lots of money!

If they need money then I'm sure there's a couple of unadapted genderbent historical figure card games out there just waiting for their time to shine!

If we've learnt anything over the course of the last few years, with the slow death of US anime companies and everything, is that they really love to waste money on licensing shit.

Heat Guy J killed anime

 

[cajunator]

Well, the girls always want to have sex with the protagonist. They're always making sex jokes. ALL THE TIME. Just not my cup of tea.

Thats like Maburaho.
Lots of sex jokes and such.
That anime turned out excellent and I bought all seven Dvds and the artbox, so I definitely felt it was worth it.
If Kanokon is similar to that at all it might be entertaining enough to watch.

 

[Jex]

Spoiler

It's more the extra step taken to show how terrible things are. I get that the leader was crazy so there wasn't a need to strangle the cat on top of that. I get it sucks to be a female in this situation but there wasn't a need to throw rape on top of that. Thinking back, the indoctrinated child soldiers wasn't what aggravated me all that much.

Spoiler

Leaving aside questions of dead cats, for the moment, rape is obviously a very sensitive subject. You argue that 'there wasn't a need to throw rape on top of that' but I disagree. Rape and war have been tied together for thousands of years, even if it's rare to see a story cover that subject. It's not some grimdark trope, it's an extremely prevalent problem. I don't see why they would want to shy away from that aspect of being in a group of soldiers when it's an extremely common occurrence.

 

[Articalys]

Good lord you guys post a lot.

Super Space Brothers 18

hell yeah kenji

Also, I mean to post this along with last week's impressions, but I forgot so here it is now:
Timelapse View from the ISS at Night

 

[cajunator]

Er, no.

I would respectfully disagree. Anime is filled with derpfaces even in good shows.

 

[kayos90]

Good lord you guys post a lot.

That's AnimeGAF for you.

I would respectfully disagree. Anime is filled with derpfaces even in good shows.

Even Fate/Zero had a few derp faces.

 

[SDBurton]

Gross.... I hope yall aren't being serious.

Uh oh. Landmine.

 

[Branduil]

Spoiler

It's more the extra step taken to show how terrible things are. I get that the leader was crazy so there wasn't a need to strangle the cat on top of that. I get it sucks to be a female in this situation but there wasn't a need to throw rape on top of that. Thinking back, the indoctrinated child soldiers wasn't what aggravated me all that much.

Spoiler

Rape is an actual thing that happens in war, though. You can't really have a show about the horrors of war and not acknowledge that.

 

[Jex]

I would respectfully disagree. Anime is filled with derpfaces even in good shows.

KyoAni disagrees.

 

[kayos90]

Uh oh. Landmine.

What? I don't get it.

 

[Jarmel]

I'm gone for a day and people shit on Rin? What the fuck is this?