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Summer 2012 Anime |OT3| Where All the Waifus Are Made Up and the Points Don't Matter
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dakkumauji
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I don't think Tanken Driland has simulcast or even streaming either. Well there's also Ebiten, but that's basically a fall anime now.
As DTL mentioned earlier, I don't think Hyouka or the sports shows have simulcasts?
Jex
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Ultimadrago
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Indeed it is.
dakkumauji
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Hyouka doesn't nor does Ginga e Kickoff. Kuroko's Basketball and Knight in the Area do.
Fair enough.
Those started last season; they're not part of what I'm talking about here. And he was talking about home releases, NOT simulcasts.
Anyway, KoiChoco ISN'T actually licensed for home release yet. It's just a streaming license so far.
Jex
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I really like how
Shiro gives your classic naive protagonist speech about love and war, which is a speech that characters tend to give in such situations. However, usually what happens is that everyone comes around to the hero's way of thinking - hear everyone just mocks Shiro for his naive idealism. I love it.
Not to spoil things further, but the best has yet to come. It's really only just begun.
Jex
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That's a pretty amazing plushie. I approve.
zyxwvu4321
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Oh, from the gaming side Media Create Sales thread, this week's new anime-related games:
02./00. [PSP] Bakemonogatari Portable # <ADV> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.23} (¥6.280) - 34.513 / NEW
08./00. [PSP] Detective Opera: Milky Holmes 2 # <ADV> (Bushiroad) {2012.08.23} (¥5.229) - 10.502 / NEW
20./00. [PS3] Rinne no Lagrange: Kamogawa Days - Game & Ova Hybrid Disc <ETC> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.23} (¥7.980) - 4.352 / NEW
02./00. [PSP] Bakemonogatari Portable # <ADV> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.23} (¥6.280) - 34.513 / NEW
08./00. [PSP] Detective Opera: Milky Holmes 2 # <ADV> (Bushiroad) {2012.08.23} (¥5.229) - 10.502 / NEW
20./00. [PS3] Rinne no Lagrange: Kamogawa Days - Game & Ova Hybrid Disc <ETC> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.23} (¥7.980) - 4.352 / NEW
Jex
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Sadly they cannot but hey, at least it's got more good episodes than Angel Beats!.
Dedication Through Light
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Is that more than what the anime normally sold, surprised people didnt get it just for the OVA.
Jex
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It's true. They should all be ashamed.
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Persona 4 - 25 & 26
The ending of the P4 as a game, was always exhausting, and probably has one too many fake-outs to truly have the impact it probably warrants.
It was interesting to see how they structured the 'true ending' portion of the story, not least of all because the way the game engineers that section would be incredibly cumbersome here. It was a clever conceit
It was nice to see some aspects of the ending fleshed out here too, with
getting more screen time, who I always felt devolved into something of a card-carrying villian at this point in the game.
If the anime has suceeded at one thing, its that it has taken what was previously, nothing more than a player avatar, and given him his own distinct personality. Its these sort of little creative additions that kept me interested in the show. There is clearly a group of people who have paid attention to these littler details, and its something I appreciate.
As ever, the problems I had with this show continue here, the fights are pretty superfluous and add nothing much,
Ameno-sagiri, while always a cool visual, essentially a representation of the voyeuristic role it inhabits as the judge of mankind, always felt very final to me.
It was interesting to see how they structured the 'true ending' portion of the story, not least of all because the way the game engineers that section would be incredibly cumbersome here. It was a clever conceit
to have the other outcome being played out in the form of the cycle, as it fits into the games logic of having Igor rewind time whenever the Protagonist failed to resolve the story within the alotted time.
It was nice to see some aspects of the ending fleshed out here too, with
Adachi
His calling out of Yu's resolve does play into the plot more, especially now that he develops a shadow of his own! His preceding scenes, playing the role, were very good.
As ever, the problems I had with this show continue here, the fights are pretty superfluous and add nothing much,
but it was nice to see many of the more well known SMT demons having cameos in the final battle scenes. And maybe it's just that I've had some distance from it since the original run, but man, the animation is really quite bad. I still don't understand how Teddie manages to look as shitty as he does here.
For as much as they made this finale feel more coherent from a narrative standpoint, they fumbled the exection here. If it wasn't for the game,
It was an odd decision, and was it not for the fact that they had essentially fashioned an almost new ending, I would have wrote it off as them not seeing the need to explain it to fans.
I couldn't have said it better!
That's Lucifer (Helel), and hes an extremely late game Persona, one which you'd probably never see unless you really went to the effort to reach the requirements to fuse.
Izanami, they never actually explained who she actually was.
the revelation of the gas station attendant being the ultimate puppet master, would have been a little confusing. I mean, they actually show that she is responsible, but you actually don't get any real context past some slight psychobabble.
I couldn't have said it better!
That's Lucifer (Helel), and hes an extremely late game Persona, one which you'd probably never see unless you really went to the effort to reach the requirements to fuse.
Give it time. Porn finds its way into everything. You know it in your heart.
bigmit3737
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Nope. I think it goes on for much longer. Actually I'm not entirely sure how many episodes it is supposed to run for. The latest episode is 21.
chickdigger802
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suppose to be about 50ish.
Same with polar bear cafe.
At least we know there is gonna be good shit all year round ^.^
Sounds great, I will definitely check that out sometime.
Nausicaa is next, simply because it's what I have on hand.
Indeed.
As long as you skip the Spirited Away dub. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy to hear that english "crying".
Wow. That's such a sly insult.
IF you prefer you could imagine the ending with a really smooth rendition of Rudolf.
Too many.
Jim E. Rossler
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NUOH MAH GOD
Disagree. I have a soft spot for the Spirited Away dub. It was the first way I have watched most Miyazaki films and this was no exception.
Well I suppose I'm a little harsh on it, but whoever voiced Chihiro really did a botch job and basically ruins it for everyone else.
She's a little kid. you honestly expect an oscar worthy performance for a little child's role?
How many little kids do you know who don't sound like an idiot when they cry?
Chet Rippo
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Ah no wonder, I have CS4 still...
Really? I could have sworn there was...
Nothing came out of Comiket for Joshiraku?
The Japanese girl (who I'm sure is even younger) didn't give a bad performance which is why I'm perfectly content with watching the Japanese dub.
Dedication Through Light
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Doesnt the show have 18+ volumes of source available, I guess it could go a really long time.
dakkumauji
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Persona 4 26
I didn't know everyone's most used Persona looked so weird.
It was ok. Animation was pretty much everywhere in terms of quality. I did enjoy the
things they did which was pretty cool.
Infodump was pretty boring, and the whole hands stuff was pretty fun to look at. The persona spam was cool to see them, even though it looked pretty terrible. Poses cut straight from the game, a bunch of different effects that overlays on looking other everything and basically doing one random move before shuffling off to the next. I guess I rather play the game instead now.
Wouldn't mind an Arena anime for some Akihiko action though.
I didn't know everyone's most used Persona looked so weird.
It was ok. Animation was pretty much everywhere in terms of quality. I did enjoy the
whole groundhog day
Infodump was pretty boring, and the whole hands stuff was pretty fun to look at. The persona spam was cool to see them, even though it looked pretty terrible. Poses cut straight from the game, a bunch of different effects that overlays on looking other everything and basically doing one random move before shuffling off to the next. I guess I rather play the game instead now.
Wouldn't mind an Arena anime for some Akihiko action though.
No, it's not finished yet. It's probably going to run for 52 episodes or so and we've not quite reached the halfway point.
What's Juri doing in Persona 4?
Gintama 26
Booo shinpachi no one likes you, give me gintoki,kagura or the shinsengumi.
I don't hate shinpachi it's just that his so lame compared to everyone in gintama and his starting to come off as that unnecessary guy that the viewer is meant to relate to.
by the way did you watch the special that came with movie 4?
Booo shinpachi no one likes you, give me gintoki,kagura or the shinsengumi.
I don't hate shinpachi it's just that his so lame compared to everyone in gintama and his starting to come off as that unnecessary guy that the viewer is meant to relate to.
by the way did you watch the special that came with movie 4?
Dedication Through Light
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24 - 26
I guess if its popular enough it and Accel World (I guess Sunrise could?), the LN sells seem to be doing well, I think.
RurouniZel
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Rule 34.
Man, seeing her as she was back then and now is insane. Hell of an improvement in art.
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