I tend to forget about it because I'm not watching it. In spite of that, I don't doubt that it's still the best show of the season!
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I tend to forget about it because I'm not watching it. In spite of that, I don't doubt that it's still the best show of the season!
Kokoro Connect 7
I'm not really liking this arc a whole lot. I feel like a lot of the comedic elements that made the previous one more enjoyable have been cast aside to make way for a new premise that feels tailor-made specifically to provide the characters with an outlet for even more shitty angst and melodrama.
The worst part is that I think said premise could lend itself to some actually interesting scenarios if done right but the show hasn't really done a whole lot with it so far, opting instead to go with some rather trite and predictable character developments.
Also, Taichi's white knighting is starting to get full-on insufferable.
I'm not really liking this arc a whole lot. I feel like a lot of the comedic elements that made the previous one more enjoyable have been cast aside to make way for a new premise that feels tailor-made specifically to provide the characters with an outlet for even more shitty angst and melodrama.
The worst part is that I think said premise could lend itself to some actually interesting scenarios if done right but the show hasn't really done a whole lot with it so far, opting instead to go with some rather trite and predictable character developments.
Also, Taichi's white knighting is starting to get full-on insufferable.
I accept it on some level. I do not think Kokoro Connect is an inherently bad show and it's something I actually tend to enjoy on a weekly basis. But it's something I enjoy because of the concept rather than the execution, which I consider to be fairly underwhelming.
And the manipulative supernatural puppet strings at play prevent them from manifesting or playing out in anything resembling reality even on an emotional level. I have no issue with supernatural elements pushing stories with these ideas and emotions, but they still need to be grounded in reason to really feel genuine. Dusk Maiden of Amnesia is something that is supernatural in every sense, and often ethereal, but the emotions are drawn out from real problems. What Kokoro Connect pushes forward to deal with these emotions is rooted in these completely nonsensical situations presented by an evil presence (who isn't even very present) out for kicks.
Not for long. Fall is coming to reclaim newtaminA!
I disagree completely that Dusk Maiden had more realistic emotions/problems than Kokoro Connect, they were completely laughable in Dusk Maiden. But I've said my thoughts about Kokoro Connect, hopefully you can understand why some of us like it as much as we do.
Ducky, not everyone is ready to embrace the CG future, despite the prophet Wonzo's great efforts.
It's pretty well jumped the shark.
KuwabaraTheMan
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4 realtaminA shows is still twice what we got last year, though.
This is a vast improvement, at least now I can pretend your avatar is actually from a good show.
People need to take a hint from animeGAF in earlier days and use this weak season as an opportunity to watch older, better shows, such as Infinite Ryvius.
But Summer 2010 was the first modern animeGAF thread.
Sounds like a Precure villain.
Is that a show worth buying??
I love sci fi shows so it should be worth it right?
Dusk Maiden is rooted in a real problem though.
It all traces back to disease and the issues that arise from the inability to deal with it.
I thought that this was going to be a backlog season for me, but somehow I ended up watching as many shows this season as I did in spring. Unlike spring, however, I'm not actually enjoying anything that I'm watching right now, so it's a lot of time for no benefit. I really need to learn how to drop things again.
It definitely is. I'm sure you've spent money on worse shows. And there's :cajun as well:
Not really; Precure villains are generically megalomaniacal with some kind of vendetta against whatever principles the protagonists are defending that particular season.
Whoever this Heartseed is, he just sounds like someone who uses mystical powers to perform unethical social experiments on other people. I guess I should catch up with Kokoro Connect soon so that I actually know what I'm talking about.
The origin of our tradition of suffering is suddenly clear.
I don't get it, it looks like all of that stuff is in one show or another this season.
Save for '90s street gangs I guess.
It definitely is. I'm sure you've spent money on worse shows. And there's :cajun as well:
That looks promising. Thing is, I already watch and rewatch lots of older anime. Thats the main reason why i have huge backlogs of newer anime. Maybe it means something.
Infinite Ryvius is actually good though. For reals.
R_thanatos
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For kokoro , you're not far from the truth as heartseed said it does it to not be bored.
Good man.
I don't, his character design is awful. Infinite Ryvius is the only anime where I can actually tolerate his work. Gundam SEED's character design makes me feel ill.
amishpriest99
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Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse 5-7
Continuing my random catching up on this season's series. It didn't really seem like a whole lot happened in these 3 episodes besides Yuuya and Yui butting heads, with Cryska getting into the mix in episode 7. That said, I'm still interested in seeing where the development of the Yuuya/Yui relationship goes.
The mecha part of the show is pretty average...the designs aren't doing much for me and the CG isn't really helping. I guess I still prefer hand drawn mecha as the CG doesn't really mesh too well to me.
Continuing my random catching up on this season's series. It didn't really seem like a whole lot happened in these 3 episodes besides Yuuya and Yui butting heads, with Cryska getting into the mix in episode 7. That said, I'm still interested in seeing where the development of the Yuuya/Yui relationship goes.
The mecha part of the show is pretty average...the designs aren't doing much for me and the CG isn't really helping. I guess I still prefer hand drawn mecha as the CG doesn't really mesh too well to me.
Razgriz-Specter
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2 episodes in on Turn A Gundam already considering dropping it.
Might watch a few more but I absolutely hate it so far.
Might watch a few more but I absolutely hate it so far.
But sCRYed is pretty bad ass.
Once you let the pure despair flow through you, you can do anything!
Hirai Hisashi did that?
For all that complaints I've heard about the variety, or lack thereof, of his character designs, the only characters that look really similar to me are the ones from the Gundam SEEDs and Fafner.
De aru!
Although Kobayashi is mostly a minor side character.
Darn.
I got excited there for a moment because I didn't know Kobayashi was in Gintama.
Well, I'll take a little Kobayashi over no Kobayashi.
I became an anime fan watching Gundam SEED and s-CRY-ed so I'm kind of hard-wired to like them even if they're decidedly dated.
Hirai takes sameface syndrome to new levels in his later works. Everyone has the same glassy-eyed stare and smug grin. It's awful. Plus his hair kind of sucks too.
Argento Soma is a post-Eva style mecha series which has a lot of the familiar plot points you would find in such shows. It's relatively serious and grim, there's a special international task force, there are mysterious monster-of-the-week aliens trying to reach a certain destination, there's a ton of tech jargon, etc. The unique element here is that the series is also a loose reimagination of Frankenstein. The main weapon the team has against the aliens is a giant alien of sorts called Frank, who seems to only respond to the emotions of a little girl. The main character also has a personal grudge against Frank, so while they are using Frank as a tool to fight their enemies, he also hopes to somehow get Frank killed for his revenge.
I don't really think it was all that good. There were some clever ideas and themes here and there, but the overall series wasn't very enjoyable, the pacing was off, the characters were pretty unlikable, and it felt really derivative of Evangelion in ways which didn't benefit the show's originality. The animation wasn't that great either.
Geneshaft is a scifi thriller set on a spaceship involving themes of genetic engineering and espionage/intrigue. There's a lot of obvious early CG work which looked kinda bad even back then. The cast of characters were kinda interesting but the show was rather dry. It also presented itself as a hard scifi story, but it went for a lot of unrealistic and silly stuff to try and raise the tension and excitement especially in action scenes. The most notable thing about it was probably that this is Kazuki Akane's first show with Satelight. Otherwise, I don't really have much to recommend from this show either.
So have any of you seen Argentosoma or Geneshaft?
Ok thanks Duckroll.
Im looking for some of those 90s era sci fi shows like that so if I find those shows for cheap i might pick them up.
Otherwise Infinite ryvius and scryed sound promosing. My roomates watched scryed and seemed to like it.
Im thinking of some others in this genre but cant remember names.
Ok thanks Duckroll.
Im looking for some of those 90s era sci fi shows like that so if I find those shows for cheap i might pick them up.
Otherwise Infinite ryvius and scryed sound promosing. My roomates watched scryed and seemed to like it.
Im thinking of some others in this genre but cant remember names.
He pretty much expended all his ability on character variety in sCRYed and Ryvius imo. After that it was all downhill. SEED, Fafter, Heroic Age, Olynssis, Linebarrels. It was all clone after clone of the same goddamn characters.
Sometimes I get the feeling I'm the only person Nafe never quotes.
I watched a bit of Argento Soma. It bored me to tears and I don't think I ever quite figured out what the show was about.
I watched a bit of Argento Soma. It bored me to tears and I don't think I ever quite figured out what the show was about.
He pretty much expended all his ability on character variety in sCRYed and Ryvius imo. After that it was all downhill. SEED, Fafter, Heroic Age, Olynssis, Linebarrels. It was all clone after clone of the same goddamn characters.
Yeah, that's the weird thing. Infinite Ryvius has a ton of characters, but there's plenty of variety in the character design, so you never get confused. I probably won't ever call the designs great, but they work and they never detract from the show. Somewhere around the time of Gundam Seed he started making every character look the same while also amping up all of his idiosyncrasies.
I finished all of it. It was kinda a #hatewatch with a friend except it was super oldschool because I did this like a decade ago, and it was with a good friend irl. He ended up liking it too.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Space Brothers 13:
Mutta is such a dynamic protagonist. I love how he can provide absolute hilarity at one moment, and then give some thought provoking responses the next. His
was laugh out loud funny, but then he turns around and gives a really great response to the question towards the end of the episode. Nitta's monologues throughout the episode were good, too. He's a great contrast to Mutta and Furuya who are constantly overreacting to things and getting really worked up.
Mutta is such a dynamic protagonist. I love how he can provide absolute hilarity at one moment, and then give some thought provoking responses the next. His
air abacus fail
The new gimmick itself is definitely less interesting than the first one.
But unlike a lot of people who started praising this show around epsiode 3, I liked it a lot from the very first 12 minutes (the NicoNico Ep 1 Part 1 pre-air preview) just because of the characters and their interactions (character design, character animation, dialog, VA), so I have faith it'll keep my interest with that even if the gimmick doesn't lend itself to amusing "what if" situations nearly as much as the first arc.
If this arc actually causes the characters to change in noticeable ways that are carried over into the next arc, that would be quite satisfying, but that's a lot to ask from most light novels, as they tend to prefer static characters and relationships that can be dragged on indefinitely. The
Taichi and Inori relationship carried over from the first arc though (it's shaky, but it's not a reset anyway), and Aoki and Yui seem to potentially going somewhere as well
Mutta is such an incredibly likeable character to root for.
I really have enjoyed Space Bros and for me to follow any show that long I have to like it considerably.
Just like with Kotetsu, Hiroaki Hirata is such a good match for his voice it's amazing.
Chet Rippo
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KuwabaraTheMan
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Indeed. It's rare to have a lead character as refreshingly likable as Mutta. He has character traits that you sometimes see in more obnoxious characters, but these traits are played in a completely different way with him. His facial expressions are also world class, and have a personality all to themselves.
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