I'm gonna miss Kuroko's Basketball. Best sports anime I've seen in a while.
What they do in Kuroko isn't really basketball though...
I'm gonna miss Kuroko's Basketball. Best sports anime I've seen in a while.
One of the discs would actually just be a piece of vaguely disc-shaped cardboard.If that were true, the episodes would be in the wrong order or something. lol
Rinne no Lagrange - 22
Dude. Holy shit this episode. Not only was the story progression really awesome, but this episode really delivered on the entire audio/visual package. Dat art! Dat music! One of the more outstanding episodes in the series for me so far incorporating all those elements. Superb all around!
One thing I really love this season is that instead of trying to incorporate all the elements they wanted to in every single episode, they've taken way better care of separating the SoL and Action/Battle/Fuckawesome stuff, giving them each fair breath, and resulting in a lot less disjointedness on an episode-by-episode basis.
Good stuff all around this season, and I love robots fighting.
What they do in Kuroko isn't really basketball though...
Allow me a moment to make myself clear.I am not asking for people to accept my preference. I am asking that they realize that there is merit for the broadcast version, and not fall victim to those who say the animation is "bad" and write it off completely, unable to accept any opposing opinion or valid point for the original version, making fun of anybody who prefers it over the DVD version, which is what you do.
For what it's worth, I agree with you.
This is how the dark path always begins.
I can't recall if I've ever bought something from Sentai. Here's to hoping their pengu blu set doesn't suck too hard.
I'm also totes down for that Rose of Versailles set, in spite of never having seen it. I dig that Right Stuf has carved out this super classy, semi-old school niche that caters to me and my odd tastes.
You need images. Like wonzo.LOGH 18
War. War never changes.
"Don't think too much"
lol.
I actually wonder where this pairing goes in the manga. lolFive Star Stories
- So we begin with what is actually some pretty impressive animation. Something something alien attack something something robot soldiers something. We see a girl in darkness fight and destroy a giant monster in the backdrop of a ruined city. Somehow I have a sneaking suspicion that the rest of the show will not resemble this action sequence in the least
- So this android girl named Mahoro has 398 days to live and do whatever she wants. Being vaguely familiar with the premise of this show means I have sort of an idea what to expect.
- And we're introduced to our protagonist, Suguru. He's hiring a live-in maid since his house is trash and he lives alone. He enters a bus on his way to interview his new maid and sees Mahoro in a maid costume. Since 2001 is before every anime was required to have a chaste pussified MC who hates the mere thought of a woman's nether-regions, we instead see Suguru imagining her as her maid and all the naughty things he'd do in that situation. Of course, surely he'd never get a catch like that...
- And suddenly... bus hijacking! Wait, what? So, two guys threaten everyone with a gun, they get the police on their tail, and threaten to kill the bus driver. Suguru can't bear to watch and provokes the criminals to aim at him instead. Mahoro intervenes and provokes the dudes herself and their attempts to shoot the high-powered combat android go about as well as you'd expect. With the dudes down for the count Suguru and Mahoro crash the bus together and hold each other in embrace as they are launched out the front.
- Suguru comes to and Mahoro tells him she's a combat android, which is why she owned the criminals so easily. With the police nearby she leaves immediately, leaving Suguru flustered and confused. He comes home and hears singing in his own backyard, which turns out to be Mahoro. Shock and awe, she's Suguru's new maid, and introduces herself politely as such.
- Halfway point: The presentation seems pretty subdued but the animation is very good so far. The director is Gainax founder Hiroyuki Yagami, who seems to be involved in some way with pretty much everything Gainax has done. Interestingly enough, the only other directing credits he has are for Wings of Honneamise and Magical Shopping Arcade Abenoboshi, of all things. This is very mucha Gainax show it seems, and maybe it's cheating starting with something like this as opposed to Shaft's more familiar solo acts, but hey, that's the way the ball bounces. I'll get to familiar Shinbo/Shaft antics soon enough.
- Mahoro explains her origins as a combat android and Suguru is rather intimidated by the whole deal. He worries about sharing a roof with what is essentially a high school girl (damnit, and you started so well too!) and considers turning her down. Since that would end the story right there, he decided to give it a go, if only temporarily.
- He shows her around the house, and, after a quick interlude showing that his parents are gone somehow, it becomes clear that his lifestyle would make Taiga's living accomodations look acceptable in comparison. The rooms get progressively worse until it culminates with Mahoro opening an overstuffed closet full of... roomfuls of... used... underwear? Kid, they make Dateline specials about people like you.
- Mahoro cleans the kitchen and starts to make dinner with Suguru's paltry foodstuffs and... oh hey, 16 minutes in and we finally get our first panty shot. I knew you wouldn't let us down Gainax! Anywho, dinner is ready, but Suguru feels uncomfortable eating while Mahoro just watches idly. Sigh, it seems like he's nestled himself pretty cleanly into the "flustered asexual male" role with haste.
- Suguru takes a bath, yes you can probably write the entire scene in your head and be roughly in the ballpark (this being Gainax, we have teh nipples). More flustering, Mahoro has the kid rest on her chest in the bath (I don't think this was in the contract...) and, remembering his mother, Suguru faints in the bathtub. Seriously, is fainting in the bathtub when you're older than five years old seriously a thing? Why does this happen? Was there some epidemic in Japan ala Korean fandeath that has the Japanese deathly afraid of hot water? Is it just some in-joke that everyone in the industry plays along with? Somebody help me!
- Suguru recovers and Mahoro is upset that she let him faint in the bathtub and starts the crying about being a combat android and not knowing what she's doing etc etc. Because he feels sorry for her and NOT because he's totally completely in love with her (that would just be silly) he agrees to contract her on a permanent basis, improving Mahoro's mood considerably. He talks about losing his parents early (JAPAN, THERE IS SUCH A THING AS CHILD SERVICES) and they come to an understanding. The next morning he leaves for school and Mahoro smiles as he departs with the show reminding us at the end that she ceases functioning in 390 days.
You need images. Like wonzo.
So I begin my long-term anime watching project today: jman2050's 2012(-13?) SHAFTWATCH So I claim to be a Shaft fan but in actuality don't actually have much experience with their shows before SZS, and even some after or during that period. Well that's about to change, as I now set out to go through (almost) every single project Shaft has been prominently involved with since the turn of the millenium in chronological order, whether good, bad, or somewhere in between. Many of these shows I have either never seen or have only seen bits and pieces of, so I'll be going in completely blind for most of them.
As an aside, this must be one of the only times that the animation designs for something actually match up with the concept art. Heck, the character designs are actually more elaborate:
If you're going to do this, you should make sure to watch Shinbo's pre-SHAFT works as well, such as Le Portrait de Petit Cossette.
Shinbo's non-SHAFT catalog seems pretty extensive. I may end up watching a few of those on the side like Cossette.
Why is Miyako awesome?
Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Yoshinoya!
LOGH 18
woah, why can't everyone just get along
quick question, are there any dips in quality for this long ass show?
Akane looks so incredibly uncomfortable in every image i've seen of her so far.
Did he explain why he could handle the first punch?
Or does the contacts still allow him to use his mode?
Could be he's just strong enough to handle the punch at 20% without the need for any kinds of enhancements. Or he had the chain wrapped around his body as protection, I don't know.
it feels like nothing significant happened in sword art online in a long time. or rather, im surprised that its been 10 episodes so far and no mention of the GM or anything like that. not to mention the crazy time skips. 2 years already, damn. i really loved the first 4-5 episodes but now its getting kinda boring. is this going to be 24 episodes or 12?
for some reason i wanted to punish myself, i ended up marathoning all of ano natsu de matteru. i liked the onegai stuff when i was a kid and since people from those series were involved, i thought this series couldnt be that bad. holy shit this is one of the worst anime i have ever seen. i wish every single one of the main cast died. i originally started watching it late last night because i couldnt sleep but i ended up finishing it all, swearing all the way through.
Haseqawa's great, love her.Moyashimon - 08
I...
I want to go drinking with Hasegawa...
And those chocolates...
There's so much to be gained in life with fermentation. The ladies of this show are great. The awkward situation guide is even better.
Oh yes, I almost forgot -- this happened in one of the exhibition matches in the last round of ISML:
Oh yes, I almost forgot -- this happened in one of the exhibition matches in the last round of ISML:
Sweet, sweet victory. Get dunked, Saber.Oh yes, I almost forgot -- this happened in one of the exhibition matches in the last round of ISML:
Oh yes, I almost forgot -- this happened in one of the exhibition matches in the last round of ISML:
Oh yes, I almost forgot -- this happened in one of the exhibition matches in the last round of ISML:
Oh yes, I almost forgot -- this happened in one of the exhibition matches in the last round of ISML:
Oh yes, I almost forgot -- this happened in one of the exhibition matches in the last round of ISML: