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Summer 2012 Anime |OT2| Of Suspended Anime Due To Olympics
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Mass Effect Anime
Day 1
save the fuck out of anime shepard
Day 1
save the fuck out of anime shepard
You're not alone. Jormungand kinda looks like Black Lagoon if you squint hard.
Femmeworth
Banned
Is there something to differentiate it from other productions with Aniplex invovled?
As somebody with zero knowledge of the manga, I completely disagree and enjoyed the anime a lot, and you do a disservice to others by keeping it from them.
i dont wether i can laugh or cry at this statement.
maybe more "acceptable" for international play. just sayin.
Must watch:
From the New World
Will probably watch:
Magi
Psycho-Pass
Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
Zetsuen no Tempest
Will plan on watching but probably not finish until months later:
Robotic:Notes
The Monster Next Door
Chuunibyou
Kyousogiga 2
Eh maybe if everyone says it's amazing:
Kamisama Kiss
Sukitte Ii na yo
Code:Breaker
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure the Animation
No:
Little Busters!
From the New World
Will probably watch:
Magi
Psycho-Pass
Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
Zetsuen no Tempest
Will plan on watching but probably not finish until months later:
Robotic:Notes
The Monster Next Door
Chuunibyou
Kyousogiga 2
Eh maybe if everyone says it's amazing:
Kamisama Kiss
Sukitte Ii na yo
Code:Breaker
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure the Animation
No:
Little Busters!
Will watch:
Magi
Psycho-pass
Robotics;notes
Little Busters!
Jojo
Might hop on Jomugand S2 if I get around to the first.
Crash Station
Member
I'm not saying people shouldn't watch it if they don't read manga or anything like that, but I don't think it's tough to see the massive amounts of wasted potential or even some inconsistencies that wouldn't be present had they picked better areas to adapt.
dakkumauji
Member
Fall 2012 List Go!
Extremely Hyped For:
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
Zetsuen no Tempest
Kyousogiga 2
Optimistic For:
Robotics;Notes
Sukitte li na yo
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
K
Medaka Box S2
Will Try Out:
Psycho-Pass
Code:Breaker
Backlog'd:
Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
Hayate no Gotoku! I Can't Take My Eyes Off You
To Love-Ru Darkness
Seitokai no Ichizon (new)
Duckroll Hyped:
Magi
12 airing shows, not counting whatever the hell continues from this season. Not bad.
Extremely Hyped For:
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
Zetsuen no Tempest
Kyousogiga 2
Optimistic For:
Robotics;Notes
Sukitte li na yo
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
K
Medaka Box S2
Will Try Out:
Psycho-Pass
Code:Breaker
Backlog'd:
Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
Hayate no Gotoku! I Can't Take My Eyes Off You
To Love-Ru Darkness
Seitokai no Ichizon (new)
Duckroll Hyped:
Magi
12 airing shows, not counting whatever the hell continues from this season. Not bad.
Still airing:
Kuromajo-san ga Tooru! (?)
One Piece (if I ever catch up)
Saint Seiya Omega
Smile Precure!
Legitimately interested:
Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Litchi*Hikari Club
Magi
Robotics;Notes
Shin Sekai Yori
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
Zetsuen no Tempest
Watching because of studio:
Chuunibyou blah blah
Ixion Saga
Sure, why not:
CODE:BREAKER
Kamisama Hajimemashita
To-LOVE-Ru Darkness
Trusting hosanna's opinion:
Gyrozetter
Blood pact with duckroll:
PSYCHO-PASS
#sufferwatch:
Aikatsu
Waiting for Godot:
Hyouge Mono
A shit ton better than this past season. Only Sword Art Online is worth watching.
This is maybe an uncomfortable collar tugging level assertion.
Hyped:
Jormungand S2
Curious:
Robotic;Notes
Code:Breaker
Magi
I don't know enough about any other shows on that list and until I complete Horizon I don't think I should add too many shows. I'm already sorta watching Binbougami Ga and Sword Art Online. If I add too many shows I'm just going to do the same thing I do with games: stock pile them and watch none of them.
Nope.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Gotta prepare for the apocalypse.
Will I even have something capable of playing video when that happens?
Femmeworth
Banned
The director is working on Girls und Panzer, so definitely not.
Was this season that bad?
Personally I consider it a pretty big upgrade to just go from girls to girls and tanks.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
It doesn't apply to this case, but just because a director is taking on a new show doesn't mean an older show he's working on will stop.
No.
Femmeworth
Banned
Someone threatened to hit him with a pair of those grotesque pairs of breasts.
How often do directors have co-occurring series? With how tight production schedules usually are, I wouldn't think there would be much time unless it was at the same studio.
It was a rhetorical question.
I thought the MC Tori Aoi sounded interested and some folks on /a/ said the show was confusing because of the amount of information they throw at you at once.
Mainly watching out of curiosity. The first episode wasn't that bad.
Yeah let's not forget that in Spring the same director was on both Space Bros and Mysterious Girlfriend X, and Space Bros is still running now! Next season both Ixion Saga and Gyrozetter will also have the same director.
Yes...it really was.
It was goofy and didn't make a lot of sense but I thought it was still pretty fun to watch. Was a lot less awkward than watching the first episode of idolm@ster at least.
dakkumauji
Member
Poyopoyo 34
Roundcat is not amused.
Roundcat is not amused.
Why aren't you watching Space bros.
There are definitely some less than desirable quality levels from im@s, especially the first two episodes. It is not completely without merit though.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Eureka Seven 41 - 50 (end)
Ignoring the last two episodes, I think Eureka Seven was overall a good ride. Renton started off kind of annoying but overtime grew on me and definitely became one of the more interesting protagonists in Mech based anime. I guess I liked his initial innocence and turn to actually want to do things his own way even if it was for the one he loved or just to protect all or whatever in his own special way. He was also really funny and got along so well even when faced with much adversity from Holland, but thanks to a good support group like Big Brother Doggie, Dominic, Charles, he was set straight on the path. He was also the best and most skilled pilot in the anime, rivaling Doggie's skills with the Gekkostate and Holland at his peak. I was ultimately, impressed with Renton.
Dominic, though he needed more screentime, was probably my second favorite character. I guess he was essentially a kind of federation take on the Renton character and worked well even if he was actually not ever in a position of fighting. I liked his whole thing of seeking the truth and staying rational about everything and just
were all really well done and memorable.
And then lastly, Renton and Moondoggie scenes were good their episode and sunset dinner in the first half was memorable still as well as the soccer episode with their awesome skills too. He needed more screentime overall but was glad when he got involved.
Unfortunately the anime was plagued with lots of terrible characters like. Anemone was close to being a decent character but
. Gigdet and Talho werent any better, I cant recall them contributing anything other than getting emotional for often no reason.
Eureka was quite annoying, bland, and just awful. To me, as a namesake character of the anime, shouldnt she be, you know, epic cool and stuff?
. And speaking of the kids, they were as bad as Eureka. There was no point for them being her, they ruined everything and were really annoying. Im so glad that whoever did Eureka Seven AO decided to ditch having kids as a part of the plot.
Plot was alright and solid except the ending. The first half was really good and amazing. I mean, I dont think there was nary a weak episode. The suspense, action, character development was all there, just about everything I love from this type of series. And going into the second half the Charles/Renton/Ray thing was a memorable arc.
. Only issue with second half was it felt like we had less mech based fights, well that is what it felt like, though I did marathon through 25 or so of these episodes today? Backstory of everything and the world was nice if confusing, but I guess it makes sense
The biggest shock was that Nirvash
The ending was awful and I hope whoever penned it doesnt write the E7AO ending, because this was just unacceptable. I almost just cut the episode off because I didnt want to deal with this. I could envision so many better endings. It was also unsatisfying and just left too many loose ends. There was no rationale for
.
Wrapping up, enjoyable anime, glad I did give it a chance and watch it. Although it had those character faults and ending faults, it was good enough to stay hooked to enough to see it. I guess an 8 / 10 after all is said and done. Renton is still not as good as Ao, and the music wasn't as good as Ao, though there were quite a few tracks I liked but I think the soundtrack kept lots of the action scenes from feeling actiony and intense, music often felt like some dance track at some summer of love event. Oh and Gekkostate, the ship, and Nirvash are awesome.
Ignoring the last two episodes, I think Eureka Seven was overall a good ride. Renton started off kind of annoying but overtime grew on me and definitely became one of the more interesting protagonists in Mech based anime. I guess I liked his initial innocence and turn to actually want to do things his own way even if it was for the one he loved or just to protect all or whatever in his own special way. He was also really funny and got along so well even when faced with much adversity from Holland, but thanks to a good support group like Big Brother Doggie, Dominic, Charles, he was set straight on the path. He was also the best and most skilled pilot in the anime, rivaling Doggie's skills with the Gekkostate and Holland at his peak. I was ultimately, impressed with Renton.
Dominic, though he needed more screentime, was probably my second favorite character. I guess he was essentially a kind of federation take on the Renton character and worked well even if he was actually not ever in a position of fighting. I liked his whole thing of seeking the truth and staying rational about everything and just
the whole thing with him going to see the grandpa and getting emotional and then seeing the facilities of the manufacture of more Anemone's and getting emotional, and then switching sides and get worked up on the Gekkostate (best Dominic Scene as well as the one with him and the animal and him diving in there to save and call out Anemone as they locked hands diving)
And then lastly, Renton and Moondoggie scenes were good their episode and sunset dinner in the first half was memorable still as well as the soccer episode with their awesome skills too. He needed more screentime overall but was glad when he got involved.
Unfortunately the anime was plagued with lots of terrible characters like. Anemone was close to being a decent character but
she never won a single fight, just how terrible can a character be to pilot THE END and still lose thrice, just unacceptable, and then her personality was awful, treating Dominic like that her only decent moment was just when he came to save her and they were falling
Talho chose an odd time to get pregnant. Its a wartime why are they doing that then? It greatly reduced any combat ability she may have possessed to pilot an LFO, so
Decent pilot in the beginning but in the end just became more useless and annoying? I mean how did she lose her skills and only become good for whining constantly, crying, and moaning. I was always expecting her to do something but she just did nothing. I was quite disappointed, I mean, second half, I can't honestly remember nothing that she contributed. She was basically Renton's luggage like the kids
Plot was alright and solid except the ending. The first half was really good and amazing. I mean, I dont think there was nary a weak episode. The suspense, action, character development was all there, just about everything I love from this type of series. And going into the second half the Charles/Renton/Ray thing was a memorable arc.
I cried
It took so long to realize that they werent actually on Earth. I think I missed the explanation of the time limit of the Antibody Coralians, but they were nice for enemies, and I liked the whole Scub Burst wanted to understand the humans, and etc
The biggest shock was that Nirvash
is female? I thought it was male the whole time, its design even
The ending was awful and I hope whoever penned it doesnt write the E7AO ending, because this was just unacceptable. I almost just cut the episode off because I didnt want to deal with this. I could envision so many better endings. It was also unsatisfying and just left too many loose ends. There was no rationale for
why Eureka and Renton had to go away, or why half the people have to go, or the place where people will leave. It seems lazy to just say, we will try a solution in a different dimensions, sorry, and goodbye but we need to take half of you all with us, thanks. There was also too much flowers and hearts that it felt really girly, isnt that odd to have happy stuff when were losing half people? There was also not enough action there needed to be more. The music made everything feel way too lighthearted and the scenes of destruction just didnt feel that intense to me for some reason, sure sad, but there needed to be more explosions, etc.
Wrapping up, enjoyable anime, glad I did give it a chance and watch it. Although it had those character faults and ending faults, it was good enough to stay hooked to enough to see it. I guess an 8 / 10 after all is said and done. Renton is still not as good as Ao, and the music wasn't as good as Ao, though there were quite a few tracks I liked but I think the soundtrack kept lots of the action scenes from feeling actiony and intense, music often felt like some dance track at some summer of love event. Oh and Gekkostate, the ship, and Nirvash are awesome.
amishpriest99
Member
Sword Art Online 8
Good Asuna episode; no doubt she's my favorite SAO girl. Not that there are any other compelling choices.
Gundam AGE 43-44
Continuing to limp towards the finish. The only possibly compelling characters especially at this stage of the show have been poorly handled, emphasized here by
SMH. I guess since I've watched this far I might as well finish, but given the dubious quality of the series especially since the beginning of the 3rd gen I highly doubt it can be salvaged. But we shall see.
New stuff I'm interested in for fall:
Psycho-Pass
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Chuunibyou
To Love-Ru Darkness
Little Busters
Robotics;Notes
Code:Breaker
Good Asuna episode; no doubt she's my favorite SAO girl. Not that there are any other compelling choices.
Gundam AGE 43-44
Continuing to limp towards the finish. The only possibly compelling characters especially at this stage of the show have been poorly handled, emphasized here by
Zeheart willingly drinking Ezalcant's koolaid about Project Eden maybe one minute after going in to argue with him about it. "Okay, I'll go be Space Hitler for you if that's your dying wish".
New stuff I'm interested in for fall:
Psycho-Pass
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Chuunibyou
To Love-Ru Darkness
Little Busters
Robotics;Notes
Code:Breaker
Folktales from Japan 22
Once upon a time (mukashi mukashi desu~), that story about the axe falling in the lake you've probably already heard a billion times happened, Monkey monsters would sell their labour for marriage rights to old people's daughters and the japanese branch of the Wu-Tang Clan ain't nuthing' ta fuck wit.
Once upon a time (mukashi mukashi desu~), that story about the axe falling in the lake you've probably already heard a billion times happened, Monkey monsters would sell their labour for marriage rights to old people's daughters and the japanese branch of the Wu-Tang Clan ain't nuthing' ta fuck wit.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Thanks for posting these excerpts; they're quite interesting. You've reminded me that I need to go buy this set.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
If anyone wants to know what Chii-chan is doing in Accel World
She is using Noumi to gather points and level up. Her power isn't a healing ability, it is a time ability that allows her to revert something to a previous state. So when she uses it in battle she can revert someones health and armor to how it was like at the beginning of the match. She's accumulating enough points to revert time back on Haruyuki to when he still had his wings.
You're not even going to halfheartedly try and save him? That's just cruel.
Nah it's all good, don't worry about it! I don't mind hearing the positives and negatives about a show. The reactions I get for saying I'm checking the show out are pretty funny.
I just watched the last episode and couldn't help but feel like the show is plodding and terrible right now. More than usual even. Fortunately it looks like the best character is coming back next week to save the show.
You could always read the manga for more cute girls doing cute things!
It thought it was so
she could reverse time on Nomi to the point before he even installed the Brain Burst program or something dumb like that.
There's plenty more than just what I posted. Some of the stuff about the work they put into character design and the difficulties in adapting them from the manga is really interesting. It's also obvious from looking at the art and the interviews that they put a lot of work into clothing design, and tying that together with the art direction to indicate the changing of the seasons.
There's also shorter interviews with the artists who worked on the OP and ED.
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