RurouniZel
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Why have I not heard of this show until now?
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Summer 2012 Anime |OT2| Of Suspended Anime Due To Olympics
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Why have I not heard of this show until now?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The difference being that Gintama has a giant cast to draw on to switch it up whereas Binbougami seems to be stuck with the two.
because the first episode just came out, and it's not a weekly show.
Magical boyfriend anime?
I was wondering the same. but it doesn't matter, because I know now :3
Crash Station
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Kind of hard for a monthly series that hasn't been going on for at least a decade to compete with a massive WSJ series.
Give it time though. The world of gods is humongous. Comparing the whole of Gintama to 5 episodes of another show isn't really fair. It's not like Gintama had 8 billion characters from the very beginning (the first 2 filler eps don't count because they sucked).
hosannainexcelsis
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While Ichiko and Momiji are the main focus of Binbougami, it is building a wider cast.
Episode 2: Introduces and focuses on Bobby.
Episode 3: Introduces and focuses on Keita.
Episode 4: Introduces and focuses on Momou.
Episode 5: Further development of Keita and his family, introduction of Taro.
And of course, Gintama didn't exactly start with hundreds of characters.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You brought up Gintama though. lol
I don't mind the "Give it time" approach... except that, as they've said in the show themselves, it's a 1 cour show. It just seems like after a couple of premise episodes, there should be some kind of evolution so that half the series isn't the characters at a weird standstill.
The thing with Gintama is that they could always do a show about Kagura or Shinpachi if they had to (not to mention the Shinsengumi characters), so even if they're just doing the same thing over and over again (Gorilla wants to date Shinpachi's sister yet again) at least they can cycle through the cast so there's some variation between episodes.
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featuring an MC voiced by Hanazawa!
Crash Station
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That's Sunrise's fault, not the series'. The manga is at 13 volumes and will probably continue for a long time. And there's also a lot more plot progression and character development in only a few volumes than the whole of Gintama.
Now you can upgrade to one of the best short shows, Morita-san wa Mukuchi!
featuring an MC voiced by Hanazawa!
Yes I saw the name and immediately added this to the list.
Plus they are all doing the nyaa pose. I don't know why and I don't care why. but I like it.
Ultimadrago
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Gunslinger Girl 4
Triela seems to envy Henrietta's relationship with her "brother." It's a given that the girls would be observant upon the matching relationships, since they are all in the same boat and don't have much else to go on about.
"Brother"
"Tool"
Different connotations for the same job, that could switch over to either Giuse or Jean. "An older figure to who you need to follow killing or apprehending orders from" is a circle from where both men exist despite their methods in leading their respective soldier.
On Triela's mission, funny thing, I had just watched Godfather Part I and II recently. Therefore, the whole business on mafia and witness protection shot to mind in an instant. In any case, it seems to be connected to some of Hirscher's story before he joined Social Welfare. A small remark also brings to light the trying relationship with this particular duo. If Giuse's chemistry is seen as positive while Jean's as negative, Hirscher's is on a balance beam leaning on the desire to join Giuse. THis applies to both Triela and Hirscher and it's a solid addition to have with the big picture. It comes off a bit unnatural to have it set in such a "tidy" fashion, but I would rather that than redundant perspectives. To see Triela and Hirscher make awkward attempts at becoming closer near
was a solid way to end the episode.
As for visual direction, there was nothing too striking in this episode. A couple of dynamics for intimate discussion was all of the notable marks this time around. It was pretty standard with that aside. Nonetheless, I like the format of these episodes thus far. They are greatly episodic, but entertaining while offering character building.
Triela seems to envy Henrietta's relationship with her "brother." It's a given that the girls would be observant upon the matching relationships, since they are all in the same boat and don't have much else to go on about.
"Brother"
"Tool"
Different connotations for the same job, that could switch over to either Giuse or Jean. "An older figure to who you need to follow killing or apprehending orders from" is a circle from where both men exist despite their methods in leading their respective soldier.
On Triela's mission, funny thing, I had just watched Godfather Part I and II recently. Therefore, the whole business on mafia and witness protection shot to mind in an instant. In any case, it seems to be connected to some of Hirscher's story before he joined Social Welfare. A small remark also brings to light the trying relationship with this particular duo. If Giuse's chemistry is seen as positive while Jean's as negative, Hirscher's is on a balance beam leaning on the desire to join Giuse. THis applies to both Triela and Hirscher and it's a solid addition to have with the big picture. It comes off a bit unnatural to have it set in such a "tidy" fashion, but I would rather that than redundant perspectives. To see Triela and Hirscher make awkward attempts at becoming closer near
the end when Christmas time came around
As for visual direction, there was nothing too striking in this episode. A couple of dynamics for intimate discussion was all of the notable marks this time around. It was pretty standard with that aside. Nonetheless, I like the format of these episodes thus far. They are greatly episodic, but entertaining while offering character building.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Well, not in the first volume of the manga at least.
KO Traveling Hobo
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I'm with you on this. It's still a lot of fun, though.
Now you can upgrade to one of the best short shows, Morita-san wa Mukuchi!
featuring an MC voiced by Hanazawa!
Any goggle moments?
Deadtamina. I can't really blame Japan, though.
dakkumauji
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Sengoku Collection 18
To sum up this episode in one neat little sentence:
Unlucky bandaged moe girl starts writing letters.
This episode did have really nice background, much nicer than other episodes. Took me like half the episode to realized that this wasn't in Japan but in some country that used the Euro. But, really nice backgrounds at least.
Next week we finally get Mitsuhide Akechi!
And it doesn't look like there'll be any actual plot related things happening.
To sum up this episode in one neat little sentence:
Unlucky bandaged moe girl starts writing letters.
This episode did have really nice background, much nicer than other episodes. Took me like half the episode to realized that this wasn't in Japan but in some country that used the Euro. But, really nice backgrounds at least.
Next week we finally get Mitsuhide Akechi!
And it doesn't look like there'll be any actual plot related things happening.
hosannainexcelsis
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Of course Gintama is the better and more varied series, but at the same time it took a lot longer than 5 episodes/manga chapters for it to get there. It is unfortunate that Binbougami is only 1-cour, as I'd like to see later manga material adapted. But a split-cour is certainly still a possibility, like Medaka Box whose timeslot it took over.
I do think the current Binbougami arc has potential to change the character dynamics a bit, though not having read this far into the manga I can't if it will for sure.
It's interesting to note that, despite the full top 100/50 DVD/BD lists being released, we still have this:
**,*** *0 Medaka Box [DVD+BD]: 2012/07/25
**,*** *0 Shining Hearts ~Shiawase no Pan~ [DVD+BD]: 2012/07/27
meaning those two were ultra-bombas.
Also, the BD for the Working!! concert event sold 2,965 and the DVD sold 3,534.
**,*** *0 Medaka Box [DVD+BD]: 2012/07/25
**,*** *0 Shining Hearts ~Shiawase no Pan~ [DVD+BD]: 2012/07/27
meaning those two were ultra-bombas.
Also, the BD for the Working!! concert event sold 2,965 and the DVD sold 3,534.
Plenty. Some need only the very faintest of goggles.
What's the lowest known sales figure on the list?
dakkumauji
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Kinda amazed that Medaka Box is still getting a second season.
At least Japan knows better than to buy Shining Hearts.
823 for DVD, 1,470 for BD
Here's the stuff that was outside the normal Tuesday rankings:
BD
DVD
hosannainexcelsis
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It was planned that way from the start.
Crash Station
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Man, I really hope Medaka s2 doesn't bomb. If it follows the manga sales, it would do exponentially better as the genre shift has occurred. Will probably still bomb though
The character dynamics will gradually change from this arc on until a certain arc that I'm hoping ends the season, where the dynamics change drastically.
The character dynamics will gradually change from this arc on until a certain arc that I'm hoping ends the season, where the dynamics change drastically.
My sudden interest in Akechi (not related to oda nobuna no yabou's akechi ofc) + Kaneko means I might actually watch this.
Bottom of the barrel like the manga, can't be helped.cosmicblizzard said:Man, I really hope Medaka s2 doesn't bomb. If it follows the manga sales, it would do exponentially better as the genre shift has occurred. Will probably still bomb though
It's almost like Zenikichi and Medaka are horribly boring characters that no one cares about. Should've started straight up from the end of the flask arc.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
If it's a split-cour, then maybe they'll be ready to change it up in the second half. Otherwise, they might have just considered skipping to the more interesting parts of the manga.
Waiting for the #gamechanger!
Crash Station
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Best case scenario, season 2 ends with
Kumagawa holding the blood covered screws saying "I know what you're thinking, but it wasn't me." followed by a "To Be Continued!" showing up on the screen.
They should just give Hansode Shiranui her own show, like how Komugi from Soultaker got a fucking awesome little spinoff OVA series. At least cull the wheat from the chaff. Hansode deserved better.
Dedication Through Light
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They could have ditched some of the stuff in the beginning of Medaka box as the swimming episodes and then the Unzen episodes were really where the anime took off for me.
And Poor Rick, though I imagine that was made more to sell games than to sell bd discs.
And Poor Rick, though I imagine that was made more to sell games than to sell bd discs.
Okay, I'm legitimately very excited now.
Crash Station
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Well they're already skipping around, but they can't skip important character development arcs or later stuff would make no sense.
It sure as hell sold me a figurine of Xiaomei.
That's all I needed to hear.
That second gif is going to give me a seizure.
That . . . that sounds like extortion, man.
That . . . that sounds like extortion, man.
Dedication Through Light
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Youre so lucky they make figurines of your characters
Not always.
Sometimes I have to be very patient.
I would buy Hansode Shiranui and Tsumiki figures right now if they were available.
Youre so lucky they make figurines of your characters
One thing that I think we can agree on is that the selection of figurines from shounen series is generally pretty poor, with the exception of One Piece. 90% of my anime figurines are One Piece, actually, hahahah.
Have I ever shown you guys a photo of my Tower of Shounen Power? It sits in a corner of my room as a testament to the kind of anime fan I used to be.
post it.
The only OP figurine I wanna get the post timeskip Robin one.
dakkumauji
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Youre so lucky they make figurines of your characters
Maybe you are liking the wrong characters or follow the wrong series.
I been able to get nice figures of some of my favorite series.
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