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Horizon 2 ep 7

Poor Tenzen

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getting a boring "death"

The whole debate was pretty good even if I had to, as usual, replay, and replay, and replay scenes especially since they instant message each other during it too. Honda Masazumi is really the start of the anime with her trusty Honda Futayo who is defintely epic with that claim of being able to take on 500 of their forces alone.

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I almost thought they were going to strike the deal with Oxford Academy, until Gin Tachibana and Velazquez of Tres Espana waltzed in there

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[Dresden]

MilSF is its own sub-genre though. I'm pretty sure Elizabeth Moon/David Weber/whoever is doing that stuff nowadays isn't dominating the genre anyway. As far as I know, Baen Books hasn't taken over the industry. lol

Eh, it wasn't just Baen and their horribly garish covers. It was in vogue for a while through the latter portion of the decade, until the zombie craze hit, which due to the viral nature of the setup placed it (unfortunately) in the SF camp.

 

[Chet Rippo]

hosanna, my lack of a response to this post is for you <3

For today, I will abstain from instigating any waifu wars.

Well that's boring.

 

[cajunator]

hosanna, my lack of a response to this post is for you <3

For today, I will abstain from instigating any waifu wars.

I'll have you know my discussions about waifus are well intentioned and peaceful.

 

[RurouniZel]

Sometimes you wanna kill Chitanda...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trmXJZZekvE
And sometimes you wanna hug her.

Chris Rock: "If you haven't contemplated murder, you ain't been in love. If you haven't seriously thought about killing a motherfucker, you ain't been in love. If you haven't had a can of rat poison in your hand and looked at it for forty-five minutes straight, you ain't been in love. If you haven't bought a shovel and a bag and a rug to roll their ass up in, you ain't been in love. If you haven't practiced your alibi in front of the mirror, you ain't been in love. And the only thing that's stopped you from killing this motherfucker was a episode of CSI: "Oh man, they thorough. I better make up. They might catch my ass."

 

[firehawk12]

Eh, it wasn't just Baen and their horribly garish covers. It was in vogue for a while through the latter portion of the decade, until the zombie craze hit, which due to the viral nature of the setup placed it (unfortunately) in the SF camp.

Do you count spec-fic as scifi? I do, so that's why I don't really see SF as being all that cramped. Like any genre, there's the stuff for the masses and the stuff that isn't.

 

[cajunator]

Chris Rock: "If you haven't contemplated murder, you ain't been in love. If you haven't seriously thought about killing a motherfucker, you ain't been in love. If you haven't had a can of rat poison in your hand and looked at it for forty-five minutes straight, you ain't been in love. If you haven't bought a shovel and a bag and a rug to roll their ass up in, you ain't been in love. If you haven't practiced your alibi in front of the mirror, you ain't been in love. And the only thing that's stopped you from killing this motherfucker was a episode of CSI: "Oh man, they thorough. I better make up. They might catch my ass."

Chris Rock is the best.
but no, Misaki is the only Hyouka waifu for me.

 

[Jex]

technically everything is fantasy, because science fiction isn't even about science anymore!

Moon was about science though, kind of, and that was a cool movie.

I think it's also worth noting that we now live in an age where NASA are doing shit that Jerry Bruckheimer would throw out of his movie for being too ludicrous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I8AoB1xgU so there's hope left for real science!

 

[Dresden]

Do you count spec-fic as scifi? I do, so that's why I don't really see SF as being all that cramped. Like any genre, there's the stuff for the masses and the stuff that isn't.

But you said just a while ago that fantasy was lame-o, and it'd fall under the spec-fic umbrellea as well.

 

[Crash Station]

Sword Art Online 7

Why are blacksmith girls always the best characters in everything?

 

[Ultimadrago]

I secretly wish every post in the thread was about this long and packed with as much thought. Although I would prefer a couple of paragraphs here and there to break up the text.

I'd like to be able to write posts of this length or above but I am no longer a Student or Unemployed so I don't really have the time to craft posts of the same length or breadth that I once could. Spending thirty minutes to create a review of a single episode of a particular show is no longer feasible.

Well, it hasn't been too long since your Golgo 13 - The Professional review or Fate/Zero OP/ED analyzation. Unless, of course, you mean those are peanuts in comparison to what you used to write before my time.

 

[madp]

Sword Art Online 7

Why are blacksmith girls always the best characters in everything?

Are you thinking Blue Exorcist? Because I'm thinking Blue Exorcist.

 

[firehawk12]

But you said just a while ago that fantasy was lame-o, and it'd fall under the spec-fic umbrellea as well.

Spec-fic is not Fantasy!

 

[Hellsing321]

Well, it hasn't been too long since your Golgo 13 - The Professional review or Fate/Zero OP/ED analyzation. Unless, of course, you mean those are peanuts in comparison to what you used to write before my time.

Jex just hasn't been the same since Cajun dethroned him as supreme AnimeGAF overlord. The fight is gone in him.

 

[Jex]

Well, it hasn't been too long since your Golgo 13 - The Professional review or Fate/Zero OP/ED analyzation. Unless, of course, you mean those are peanuts in comparison to what you used to write before my time.

I could write those kind of lengthier posts for just about every episode of everything I watched. Which was one of the very, very few benefits of not being in work.

 

[Haly]

Isn't spec-fi just an overly broad umbrella term?

 

[Chet Rippo]

Are you thinking Blue Exorcist? Because I'm thinking Blue Exorcist.

I'm thinking Queen's Blade.

 

[Dresden]

Moon was about science though, kind of, and that was a cool movie.

I think it's also worth noting that we now live in an age where NASA are doing shit that Jerry Bruckheimer would throw out of his movie for being too ludicrous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I8AoB1xgU so there's hope left for real science!

I think the visual aspect of film gives SF more respite re: fatigue than its literary incarnations.

Sword Art Online 7

Why are blacksmith girls always the best characters in everything?

They're handy.

Spec-fic is not Fantasy!

Spec-fic encompasses it and if you remove it all that's left is SF... because, despite the abundance of sub-genres and sub-genres of sub-genres, all with their own headings, genre fiction is ultimately divided up into those two categories.

 

[OceanBlue]

Sword Art Online 7

Why are blacksmith girls always the best characters in everything?

Not in Tears to Tiara!

 

[Jex]

After about a decade of obsessing over it, that's my opinion on it--not enough works of note being published, not enough innovation, just tired schticks and esotericisms being recycled in lieu of actual ideas. Or just tech-wanking.

At least fantasy (the non-ASOIAF/Wheel of Time kind) has men and women willing to push the buttons.

I would certainly kill for my sci-fi texts in the style of Ray Bradbury. I miss the majesty and texture that he gave to his stories. I suppose it's hard for an author today to write with his mindset because of what we know about actual science. He was free to write stories about 50's people strolling around mars talking to the natives.

 

[Kazzy]

Haven't been around here long but I'm guessing that whenever K-On is brought up it on AnimeGAF it doesn't end well...

Whatever it is, it's cyclical.

And as for this thread, there is certainly eloquence to be found amidst the normal routine. It's at least welcoming enough that I don't have to fear posting my thoughts on whatever I happen to be watching, despite being a newbie to this particular dance.

I at least owe this place a debt of gratitude for developing my interest in Anime as a whole. Whether or not that's misplaced, I'm a little unsure!

Summary: I'm too late to all of this...

 

[cajunator]

I'm all caught up with Hyouka so now its time to see what this Fractale series is about...The boxart is pretty.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

Sword Art Online 7

Why are blacksmith girls always the best characters in everything?

I don't know about other blacksmith characters, but dedicated crafters in MMOs are almost always really interesting people.

 

[firehawk12]

Spec-fic encompasses it and if you remove it all that's left is SF... because, despite the abundance of sub-genres and sub-genres of sub-genres, all with their own headings, genre fiction is ultimately divided up into those two categories.

This is a debate that will not end well. lol

 

[jbug617]

I'm all caught up with Hyouka so now its time to see what this Fractale series is about...The boxart is pretty.

Did you see the code I put up. Go Hastings had the bluray combo for $32. Don't know if the code still works. You can try it's STOCKUP

 

[cajunator]

Did you see the code I put up. Go Hastings had the bluray combo for $32. Don't know if the code still works. You can try it's STOCKUP

I bought it already. It was part of a shipment I used a code on. Appreciated that.
I also have the first season of Kimi No todoke to watch.

 

[Tomat]

Internet drama is rarely helpful.

I meant to cause no drama sir. It was all in good fun.

 

[OceanBlue]

You're histories greatest monster.

Perhaps for some people, but I'd argue that there's a healthy mix of opinions and views.

I agree. The mix is even more prominent because all discussion is centralized in one thread, so you get to see every opinion instead of being focused into a smaller group that most likely shares similar preferences to you, which is what tends to happen in general anime forums. That being said, I wasn't really referring to AnimeGAF's views on anime as much as AnimeGAF's views on AnimeGAF. It was kinda just a throwaway remark anyway.

 

[Jex]

This is a debate that will not end well. lol

Fight-O Fight O Fight-O!

 

[Soma]

Someone hasnt seen animeleague

oh god someone else here has heard of it

 

[PdotMichael]

I also have the first season of Kimi No todoke to watch.

And why do you want to watch Fractale and not Kimi No Todoke?

 

[kayos90]

Animegaf Awards!

/me nominates BONES and Ufotable for everything and runs away.

Sweet. I can live with that.

 

[cajunator]

oh god someone else here has heard of it

Heard of it? I still get friend requests 4 years after I left it.
Although I had some fun posting there. but it wasn't very engaging discussion, even outside of the silly hnnngh cute stuff.

 

[Soma]

Heard of it? I still get friend requests 4 years after I left it.
Although I had some fun posting there. but it wasn't very engaging discussion, even outside of the silly hnnngh cute stuff.

haha sounds like AL alright

i still post there regularly in the ramblings section. as awful as the forum is, it was my first message board (7+ years oh god) so it's basically home.

 

[jbug617]

I bought it already. It was part of a shipment I used a code on. Appreciated that.
I also have the first season of Kimi No todoke to watch.

If you want another one, let me know. I only preorder stuff from Right Stuf and the codes don't work on that.

 

[madp]

Let's see if AnimeGAF can effortlessly defuse discussions that cause entire anime forums to collapse in on themselves.

dub or sub BOOM DISCUSS

 

[cajunator]

And why do you want to watch Fractale and not Kimi No Todoke?

Because Fractale looks so goddamned pretty.
Its just so pretty.

 

[jbug617]

Let's see if AnimeGAF can effortlessly defuse discussions that cause entire anime forums to collapse in on themselves.

dub or sub BOOM DISCUSS

Sub. Dub just seems weird to me, I want to view the anime the way it was intended to be.

 

[dakkumauji]

Naruto SD 21

His more prominent role yet!

Ghost stories and stuff. Not bad, just not too exciting.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

I agree. The mix is even more prominent because all discussion is centralized in one thread, so you get to see every opinion instead of being focused into a smaller group that most likely shares similar preferences to you, which is what tends to happen in general anime forums with subforums. That being said, I wasn't really referring to AnimeGAF's views on anime as much as AnimeGAF's views on AnimeGAF. It was kinda just a throwaway remark anyway.

Not to circlejerk, but I agree with you. I like that AnimeGAF has both shallow, silly stuff like waifu wars as well as thoughtful analyses and criticisms. I'm still a newbie, but I think that both have their place here.

imo, what really matters is that people are respectful to one another, regardless of what's being discussed.

 

[firehawk12]

Fight-O Fight O Fight-O!

The only winning move is not to play!

 

[Branduil]

Oh, which is this?

Flight of the Navigator.

It's entirely possible that it's just my nostalgia talking. I haven't seen it in some time.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Let's see if AnimeGAF can effortlessly defuse discussions that cause entire anime forums to collapse in on themselves.

dub or sub BOOM DISCUSS

The K-ON! dub has Laura Bailey, so I can't say no to that.

 

[Tomat]

Let's see if AnimeGAF can effortlessly defuse discussions that cause entire anime forums to collapse in on themselves.

dub or sub BOOM DISCUSS

Both are good, although I don't really know what a bad Japanese VA sounds like so I'm not really critical of Japanese VA's at all.

A lot of dubs I have watched are terrible, but then you get stuff like Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and even Eureka 7 where everything is pretty good.

 

[cajunator]

Let's see if AnimeGAF can effortlessly defuse discussions that cause entire anime forums to collapse in on themselves.

dub or sub BOOM DISCUSS

It honestly depends on several things:

1. Availability. Some things I buy only have the subs. Most licensed stuff does have dub and I usually will watch that given a choice.

2. The presence of Kana Hanazawa, Kana Asumi, Chiaki Omigawa, Eri Kitamura or Haruko Momoi. characters with these roles I listen to sub only. SUB ONLY.

3. Mood. Sometimes I feel like reading text, and a lot of times watching with friends I would prefer it in english so I can talk about other things while watching.

4. Editing. If its edited, fuck the dub to hell. Period.

5. National Security.

 

[SDBurton]

Sword Art Online 7

Why are blacksmith girls always the best characters in everything?

Because people that are actually useful tend to stand out from the rest.

 

[OceanBlue]

Let's see if AnimeGAF can effortlessly defuse discussions that cause entire anime forums to collapse in on themselves.

dub or sub BOOM DISCUSS

Can Hanazawa Kana speak English?

 

[Train of Midnight]

Let's see if AnimeGAF can effortlessly defuse discussions that cause entire anime forums to collapse in on themselves.

dub or sub BOOM DISCUSS

Always sub, there is no discussion to be had.

 

[firehawk12]

Let's see if AnimeGAF can effortlessly defuse discussions that cause entire anime forums to collapse in on themselves.

dub or sub BOOM DISCUSS

What is moe?

 

[InfiniteNine]

Let's see if AnimeGAF can effortlessly defuse discussions that cause entire anime forums to collapse in on themselves.

dub or sub BOOM DISCUSS

Sub automatically. I've heard so many bad US Dubs I have my player switch to the JP audio track automatically.