To be fair, the dude was probably around that age too!
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Summer 2012 Anime |OT2| Of Suspended Anime Due To Olympics
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To be fair, the dude was probably around that age too!
KO Traveling Hobo
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I am gelatinous. Here I am living like a chump when I could have been a bestseller!
Unknown Soldier
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Mawaru-Penguindrum 2:
Ah, so this is why one of the tags in this show's anidb.net entry is STALKERS STALKING STALKERS. Huhuhu~
Teacher Complex is something a lot of kids go through. I never had any hot teachers I wanted to fuck in high school, so I can't relate to those crazy threads which occasionally appear in the |OT| about some teacher who gets arrested for fucking their student or whatever. All the teachers at my high school were kind of old and decrepit as I recall, though it's been a long time since I was in high school.
Considering the author of SAO was actually in high school or college or whatever when he originally wrote it and posted it online as a web novel, I would say it's not far from the truth.
Too bad, you could have been famous instead of SAO's author!
Ah, so this is why one of the tags in this show's anidb.net entry is STALKERS STALKING STALKERS. Huhuhu~
Teacher Complex is something a lot of kids go through. I never had any hot teachers I wanted to fuck in high school, so I can't relate to those crazy threads which occasionally appear in the |OT| about some teacher who gets arrested for fucking their student or whatever. All the teachers at my high school were kind of old and decrepit as I recall, though it's been a long time since I was in high school.
Considering the author of SAO was actually in high school or college or whatever when he originally wrote it and posted it online as a web novel, I would say it's not far from the truth.
Too bad, you could have been famous instead of SAO's author!
After KO's mention of School Days I just gotta support that. The reactions in the Toonami thread would be a goldmine.
That's just mean.
Guilty Crown will probably be pretty popular...
Admittedly this is America, so all you'd need are parents who own a small publishing company willing to print and peddle your shit!
Admittedly this is America, so all you'd need are parents who own a small publishing company willing to print and peddle your shit!
I await that day.
Is that any good? I've heard of it but never seen it. Its price slashed significantly so it probably sucks.
I was interested in checking this out actually.
KO Traveling Hobo
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I didn't get very far into Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom, but what I saw was pretty underwhelming. In one episode they make a big deal about being subtle and blending in with the crowd and whatnot, only to voluntarily engage in a huge firefight in front of a crowded mall and speed off in a flashy car.
Ein is pretty moe, though.
It's kinda bad, but it's definitely pretty crazy! Lol.
Unknown Soldier
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Mawaru-Penguindrum 3:
I've never really been a fan of curry, to be honest. But I had pho tonight at a place I like, so it's okay. I would hate to have to watch this episode on an empty stomach. It's a good thing I ate before I watched it.
Why Ringo's room has an aquatic theme, I couldn't even guess. As with all of things of this nature, it might just be because someone thought it would be a fun theme to have and there's no deeper symbolism beyond that. I'll refer to that sort of symbolism as Evangelion Symbolism - "We thought it would be cool, so we ran with it. And it was cool."
I have two apple trees in my backyard. I should eat apples while watching this show, because for some reason apples are a recurring theme everywhere in it. Even Ringo's name means iPhone. Maybe Ikuhara's a big fan of Steve Jobs.
I've never really been a fan of curry, to be honest. But I had pho tonight at a place I like, so it's okay. I would hate to have to watch this episode on an empty stomach. It's a good thing I ate before I watched it.
Why Ringo's room has an aquatic theme, I couldn't even guess. As with all of things of this nature, it might just be because someone thought it would be a fun theme to have and there's no deeper symbolism beyond that. I'll refer to that sort of symbolism as Evangelion Symbolism - "We thought it would be cool, so we ran with it. And it was cool."
I have two apple trees in my backyard. I should eat apples while watching this show, because for some reason apples are a recurring theme everywhere in it. Even Ringo's name means iPhone. Maybe Ikuhara's a big fan of Steve Jobs.
dakkumauji
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Gintama 22
The ultimate blind waifu.
Too bad you need to assist an assassination to get her.
The ultimate blind waifu.
Too bad you need to assist an assassination to get her.
Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion
Hmm, well let's see here:
-Ridiculous names
-Unnecessary nudity
-Over-the-top gore and violence
-Bland characters
-Terrible dialogue
-Iffy direction
-Random references meant to appear deep even though they don't actually mean anything
-This:
Yup, this is Mardock Scramble alright.
As you can see, a number of the elements that made the first one such a... unique experience are back with a vengeance. Characters talk, disrobe, and then talk some more. The dialogue reads like something your 15-year-old self would consider deep and insightful and absolutely makes you want to roll your eyes at regular intervals and worst of all it feels as if the people behind this thing are still expecting you to take all of this as seriously as possible, which is quite frankly a laughable notion at this point.
However, for all of its many, many shortcomings and much to my surprise, I actually found myself enjoying the second half of the movie quite a bit. Maybe it's because I like
but this part was rather entertaining and, while not lacking in shitty dialogue, at least it didn't get in the way as much. I dare even say I thought the little showdown between
was legit entertaining and completely against the general tone of everything that preceded it.
Of course this couldn't last long so shortly after the movie not so much ends but rather just... stops. Like they ran out of film. Or money. Or ideas.
At this point I feel pretty much obligated to see this through to the end but I still wouldn't really recommend this to anyone else. At least not in good conscience.
And I gotta say, one thing that is criminally easy to overlook is that Balot can look surprisingly classy in the rare moments where she's actually wearing some clothes.
Hmm, well let's see here:
-Ridiculous names
-Unnecessary nudity
-Over-the-top gore and violence
-Bland characters
-Terrible dialogue
-Iffy direction
-Random references meant to appear deep even though they don't actually mean anything
-This:
And alsoa dolphin
Yup, this is Mardock Scramble alright.
As you can see, a number of the elements that made the first one such a... unique experience are back with a vengeance. Characters talk, disrobe, and then talk some more. The dialogue reads like something your 15-year-old self would consider deep and insightful and absolutely makes you want to roll your eyes at regular intervals and worst of all it feels as if the people behind this thing are still expecting you to take all of this as seriously as possible, which is quite frankly a laughable notion at this point.
What, indeed
However, for all of its many, many shortcomings and much to my surprise, I actually found myself enjoying the second half of the movie quite a bit. Maybe it's because I like
casino settings and I love watching characters cheat the system
Balot and the wise casino dealer lady who imparts important lessons
Of course this couldn't last long so shortly after the movie not so much ends but rather just... stops. Like they ran out of film. Or money. Or ideas.
At this point I feel pretty much obligated to see this through to the end but I still wouldn't really recommend this to anyone else. At least not in good conscience.
And I gotta say, one thing that is criminally easy to overlook is that Balot can look surprisingly classy in the rare moments where she's actually wearing some clothes.
Don't I know it
Jex
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Who are you to judge others!
omg.... Not even the best girl.
Just give up and admit that you have terrible taste in SAO waifus.
Jex
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Japan is so far ahead of us.
Never.
Jex
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Oh dear, poor Toonami. That's quite a follow up.
Jex
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I don't quite understand this comment because, as far as I am aware, all of Sailor Moon S is worth watching.
Ultimadrago
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Good ol' Dickson leading others to the right path.
Jex
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Hahahaha, it's been a while since the shadow of reverse importation has loomed over a release. Well I suppose it's not so funny if you were planning to actually buy the release, but it just goes to show how stupid the Japanese market is.
No, she's just main girl. Main girls are almost never best girls. Take Gurren Lagann for example. You wanna think best girl is Yoko, but really it's Kiyal.
Point proven.
No good girl in that show imo...
So I guess they're just buying whatever show is in the anime distribution equivalent of the Walmart bargain bin now.
Jex
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Or we wont even recommend it when it's been given away for free.
Well damn. If they want crazy and awesome then I can't think of anything better than Glass Fleet: The Legend of the Wind of The Universe!
All the more reason to enlighten them to the greats.
You could have the next big LN hit on your hand with a little bit of editing and a Japanese Translator!
Jex
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Hey, leave Al alone, he's one of the better Gundam protagonists. No, really, he's right up there with the best.
Anyway, War In The Pocket is a good watch in general as it succeeds in areas that so many other Gundam works fail at. It's been argued, for good reason, that's its the best part of the whole franchise. I'd even recommend it to non-mecha fans!
Too true.
Uh, no.
Poor kayos is yet again wrong about waifus, tho. It should be quite evident when the time comes that liz > all.
And if there's a sequel, Sinon with Miyuki Sawashiro.
Sinon is cool. Not Asuna-level cool but cool. Cooler than Lizbet imo.
Hellsing321
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It is that bad. You couldn't pay me to watch finish the rest of Guilty Crown.
Unknown Soldier
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Mawaru-Penguindrum 4:
Almost caught up with where I originally dropped the series now.
This episode is actually quite hilarious even though it overuses the motif frequently seen in Utena. "What are you doing? This is MY daydream!" Poor Ringo, I guess she's kind of cute but she's way out of her league here. Poor Shouma too, he has to get trapped in someone else's playing out of an existential nightmare. He did manage to sneak his first kiss out of it too, though it seems Ringo doesn't realize it just yet.
The antics of Penguin #2 and The Skunk were awesome. I love how at the end #2 was going to save Ringo (who apparently can't swim) and then he catches a fish instead and swims away, leaving it to poor Shouma to be the unwitting hero.
What Ringo attempts to do is actually hilariously attempted by a character in the movie The Sandlot. Unlike Ringo, he not only succeeds in getting rescued, he is conscious and is able to pull off a huge (and awesomely satisfying) kiss with the girl he has a crush on.
I had forgotten how much I like the OP and ED of this show. I actually have both the OP and ED singles, though the full version of Nornir is not unlike the full version of God Only Knows (you can guess which show that OP belongs to). Both are bizarre and meandering and totally unlike a usual anime OP in their full versions, not necessarily fun to listen to but very interesting and experimental. The full version of O2 (the OP1 for Code Geass S2) is similarly unusual though not nearly as fun.
Huh. There's an anime film of this. And the main characters are cats. I'll have to look into it sometime.
Almost caught up with where I originally dropped the series now.
This episode is actually quite hilarious even though it overuses the motif frequently seen in Utena. "What are you doing? This is MY daydream!" Poor Ringo, I guess she's kind of cute but she's way out of her league here. Poor Shouma too, he has to get trapped in someone else's playing out of an existential nightmare. He did manage to sneak his first kiss out of it too, though it seems Ringo doesn't realize it just yet.
The antics of Penguin #2 and The Skunk were awesome. I love how at the end #2 was going to save Ringo (who apparently can't swim) and then he catches a fish instead and swims away, leaving it to poor Shouma to be the unwitting hero.
What Ringo attempts to do is actually hilariously attempted by a character in the movie The Sandlot. Unlike Ringo, he not only succeeds in getting rescued, he is conscious and is able to pull off a huge (and awesomely satisfying) kiss with the girl he has a crush on.
I had forgotten how much I like the OP and ED of this show. I actually have both the OP and ED singles, though the full version of Nornir is not unlike the full version of God Only Knows (you can guess which show that OP belongs to). Both are bizarre and meandering and totally unlike a usual anime OP in their full versions, not necessarily fun to listen to but very interesting and experimental. The full version of O2 (the OP1 for Code Geass S2) is similarly unusual though not nearly as fun.
Huh. There's an anime film of this. And the main characters are cats. I'll have to look into it sometime.
Jex
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I don't there's a safe way to respond to this comment, accept that firehawk12 only appreciates classy things. Like Cross Days.
No,
you're thinking of Suguha, who won't appear until the next arc. He even talks about her in episode four.
KO Traveling Hobo
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I tried typing it up once a few years ago and surrendered in less than 100 pages because the pain was too great. Alas, my chance has come and gone.
All my hopes and dreams now lie in Kawahara's hands.
See, here's a person who can appreciate good music, unlike some others here.
Unknown Soldier
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Oh, you guys are talking about SAO waifus.
Sorry, I gotta side with Team Asuna here. I will always rate a girl who can cook very highly, especially when her other attributes are so strong too. Silica is pretty cute though, I'll give you that. She has a cute dragon too.
Sorry, I gotta side with Team Asuna here. I will always rate a girl who can cook very highly, especially when her other attributes are so strong too. Silica is pretty cute though, I'll give you that. She has a cute dragon too.
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