That's International saimoe. Regular old saimoe is organized on 2ch and they've erected walls, moats, electric fences, tiger traps and viper pits to keep filthy gaijin out of the tournament so their vote counts are smaller.
I guess that it doesn't mean much anyway considering that with some Angel Beats uguuthing sweeping ISML it's confirmed that international moe otaku have just as terrible taste in characters as their nihonjin brethren.
Are you suggesting that the winners of popularity contests tend to be character who pander to the lowest common denominator?
Paranoia Agent 10
Well... this was an episode.
I don't like it as much as most of the other episodes, because the guy that they focus on is just kind of pathetic in every way. Even if he, he's just a lazy, irresponsible guy. We're not given a lot of reason to care what happens to him, despite that classic Kon-styled intercutting framed by his going in and out of consciousness.may or may not have been bumping off every other person in the staff
The cool (and unexpected) thing here is that the whole episode is set in an anime studio where the staff are trying to crunch and finish an episode of their own. The closest thing I've seen to an anime approaching the production of anime is that short part in OreImo where they're lobbying to make Kirino's LN adaptation better (ugh), and this is much more exhaustive. We even get short rundowns of what role each person has in the making of an anime.
It's also pretty friggin' dark. The staff themselves often look pretty disheveled or out of shape, and they're frazzled and overworked trying to meet impossible deadlines. One kink in the chain of command and the whole thing starts falling apart like a line of dominoes. People start taking their frustration out on each other, being abusive and violent. We even get quips from the narration like, "There aren't a lot of girls working in the anime industry, so if you're just a little bit cute, you can easily become an idol." It fits well in the world of the show, but I'd have thought it'd be hard for a studio to make this kind of work about their own industry, unless they were really unhappy.
The preview implies they might be "getting back on track" next episode, but I don't even know what that would look like anymore.
Well, I have had my Gundam fix for now, gotta watch some different genre. Angel Beats any good?
Saimoe Round 1 - Group H, Day 1 Results
H05
1st 220 Kuroyukihime @ Accel World
2nd 124 Ritsuko Akizuki @ The Idolmaster
3rd 70 Hiroko Funakubo @ Saki
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I suppose one could think Angel Beats were good if they were into really cheap melodrama, were partially colorblind, and want their love interest characters to be trophies for the MC to catch at the end and nothing more.
Have you not watched Goldenboy?
Production so good it turned one episode into six.Have you not watched Goldenboy?
I suppose one could think Angel Beats were good if they were into really cheap melodrama, were partially colorblind, and want their love interest characters to be trophies for the MC to catch at the end and nothing more.
The OST is good though, so there's that.
Despite the fact that it's the most by the books episode, I still love it just by the fact that it deals with the art of making animation. Well, before everything went digital.
Here's a clean scan of the Psycho-Pass spread in Otomedia, from 2ch:
not really a fan of the character designs
But that's exactly what the target audience for Angel Beats wants, isn't it? Obviously there are other things that its fans will appreciate, but the selling point of Angel Beats is Jun Maeda's writing, and the audience is going to expect a similar "gotta catch em all" mentality to the heroines - because that's what his games do.
I haven't seen any of Angel Beats beyond the OP, and I will admit to really liking My Soul Your Beats. I guess I'm just a sucker for all the piano and strings in there
Here's a clean scan of the Psycho-Pass spread in Otomedia, from 2ch:
No wonder he went Psycho. Poor kid bought a Vita.
I guess his criminality level went too high due to gross abuse of a corpse.
digital and CG are different kind of things, though
The best Angel Beats song is Brave Song
I guess his criminality level went too high due to gross abuse of a corpse.
The fact you're ranking the sight of underaged girls starkers in order to say some is excusable proves Miyazaki has twisted your perceptions of reality. Their only one ranking for wrongness.
Here's a clean scan of the Psycho-Pass spread in Otomedia, from 2ch:
The illustration here is by Hiroya Iijima, colored by Noriko Arisawa.
The choice of illustrators so far for the spreads are interesting, especially if they're an indication of the animators potentially working on the show itself. Michinori Chiba and Hiroya Iijima are both animators who worked under director Fuminori Kizaki on his various projects - Afro Samurai, Basilisk, and more recently X-Men. I would be pretty excited if Kizaki himself is somehow involved with this show, because he does action with adult characters pretty well.
I'm still wondering who did the Animage spread though. That one looks the worst by far. Lol.
No wonder he went Psycho. Poor kid bought a Vita.
Dude. What is happening with your disappearing avatar?
Is there some kind of joke I'm missing out on?
[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood] - 63
So there's like ANOTHER episode after this? Why?
Dude. What is happening with your disappearing avatar?
Is there some kind of joke I'm missing out on?
Dude. What is happening with your disappearing avatar?
Is there some kind of joke I'm missing out on?
I have an avatar?
Dude. What is happening with your disappearing avatar?
Is there some kind of joke I'm missing out on?
Hot damn, son.
Always incorporating your Gaming Side ammo over here!
One of the fun things about GAF is discovering the things that you can't say on Gaming Side but can say in OT and vice-versa.
Saimoe Round 1 - Group H, Day 1 Results
H09
1st 164 Nazuna Takanashi @ Working!
2nd 146 Azusa Miura @ The Idolmaster
3rd 116 Sora Takanashi @ Papa No Iukoto O Kikinasai!
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PROTIP: OT Community is best.I don't feel like figuring out all this stuff by myself. Can I just buy the strategy guide?
Oh yes.
[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood] - 63
So there's like ANOTHER episode after this? Why?
looks like Hitsugi no Chaika will get an anime
tags: girls with weapons, yandere, incest
official website of the LN: http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/sp/201012hitugime/
looks like Hitsugi no Chaika will get an anime
tags: girls with weapons, yandere, incest
official website of the LN: http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/sp/201012hitugime/
By Ichirou Sakaki, author of Scrapped Princess, Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica, and Macademi Wasshoi.Toru Acura, an incredibly lazy man with some hidden talents, has been forced by his sister Akari to actually go outside and search for work. However, he is in for a big surprise when he meets Chaika Trabant in the forest, and they are suddenly attacked by a monster! How will they survive? Who is this mysterious girl, and why is she being targeted?
Just to spite you.
looks like Hitsugi no Chaika will get an anime
tags: girls with weapons, yandere, incest
official website of the LN: http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/sp/201012hitugime/
The real winner in all of this.